The Straits Times, 28 August 2006

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 70 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 MONDAY, AUGUST 28 2006 JF A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Seizures of contraband cigarettes hit a record
    683 1  -  Arti Mulchand By More arrests, higher fines as smuggling trade balloons CUSTOMS officers have made record seizures and arrests this year as the underground trade m contraband cigarettes here has ballooned. To tackle the problem, beefed-up enforcement is being backed up by stiffer
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    Lock icon HUMAN JAM AT SHEARES BRIDGE RUNS
    173 1 Moments after the 6km and 10km Safra Sheares Bridge Runs were flagged off at Bam yesterday, h\wmm traffic on Esplanade Drive slowed to a snail's pace, due to the record turnout of runners. Between 65,000 and 70,000 runners turned up for the various races,
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    Lock icon OCBC is first bank here to offer reverse mortgages
    539 1  -  Grace Ng By OCBC Bank has become the first one here to offer elderly people the chance to use their private property to get a regular monthly income. The bank's new product is known as a reverse mortgage because it means
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Obese kids a huge concern in India's capital
      1133 1  - Obese kids a huge concern in India's capital Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi TV IS THE BIGGEST CULPRIT "...if you were to ask me what is the single biggest contributor to the problem, it is television. The worst thing you can do is put a television
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      23 1 8 *****1 11 *****7 l caii 6388-3838 to subscribe to The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, The Business Times, Berita Harian and Tamil Murasu
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  • IN A FLASH
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      Lock icon ASIA
      44 2 New bankruptcy law China passes a corporate bankruptcy law, after 12 years of debate. PAGE 8 Pressure on Tokyo Victims of wartime sexual slavery under the Japanese are petitioning the UNCHR m order to pressure Tokyo for an apology and compensation. PAGE 11
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      34 2 Baffling captivity New details and auestions emerge about ie ordeal of an Austrian girl who was kidnapped when she was 10 and kept m a cell for more than eight years. PAGE 15
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      36 2 Market drive With the Doha trade round half -dead and other regions ramping up cooperation, Asean as a trade zone does not want to dawdle forever. Get organised and get integrated or bust. PAGE 19
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      25 2 Pains of divorce With divorce on the rise, parents should look to minimise the disruptive effects of their separation on their children. PAGE 19
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      66 2 Erasing the past A doctor's project is giving 140 Malay youths a fresn start by offering tattoo removals. PAGE HI Cancer m the family An NUH project checks siblings and parents of patients with nose cancer for the same disease. PAGE H4 Risk of Aids Youths risk contracting HIV
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      48 2 CPPs function CPF funds should serve only their basic function ana not be used for investment which can be speculative, says reader. PAGE H8 Need for vigilance Nonchalance over unattended backpack shows Singaporeans should be more vigilant over the potential for terrorist attacks, says reader. PAGE H8
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      23 2 Tiger drops his lead An uncharacteristic string of boeeys turns Tiger Woods' lead m the Bridgestone Invitational into a deficit. PAGE 11
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      42 2 China's new rules New M&A rules m China may mean companies take longer to list here. PAGEHIB Permission denied Nasdaq-listed Multi-Fineline Electronix is denied permission by Singapore's securities watchdog to withdraw its takeover offer for sister company MFS Technology. PAGE 18
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      59 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-12 World 13-16 Review 17-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-HlB UFE! People L2-LB, LlO Events TV L 9 1 ma a\±^**\ H^_!^l _/^ia__^^^ _____k _r /am Ikw I II& /ill I PP /J IV J KLif
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon 49 killed in plane crash near US airport
      433 3 49 killed in plane crash near US airport Jet goes down soon after take-off m Kentucky; only one survivor found Lexington (Kentucky) A COMAIR flight carrying 50 people crashed I.skm from Lexington's airport yesterday morning shortly after takeoff, leaving just one survivor. Comair Flight 5191, carrying 47 passengers and three
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      Lock icon All the glitter's in place for KL's wedding of the year
      641 3  - All the glitter's in place for KL's wedding of the year Cheong Suk-Wai By Senior Correspondent In Kuaia Lumpur BEST SINGER, AND NOW THE BEST WIFE? "Last time, I was the best singer m Malaysia. Now, I want to be the best wife m Malaysia." SINGER SITI NURHALIZA TARUDIN MALAYSIA'S
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      Lock icon 2 journalists held hostage in Gaza freed
      317 4 Gaza City TWO Western journalists held hostage m the Gaza Strip for two weeks were freed yesterday. Correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, a US national, and freelance cameraman Olaf Whe, 36, from New Zealand, had been neld by Palestinian militants. The men, who worked
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      Lock icon TRAPPED AT HOME
      653 4  -  Radha Basu By Despite more facilities being built, some of the elderly and the disabled are still 'prisoners' BARRING a trip to the doctor m May, 92-year-old Elizabeth Gomez has not left her two-room Bedok flat m the past six years, since old age rendered her legs
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      213 4 VIEWS FROM THE TOP What struck you most, personally and from an economic and business perspective, about Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech? s^yfc_________i _____9____*?__r____i ______________________________________________H **c PREMIER ISSUES "To be diverse and cosmopolitan, we have to "A wider approach would be to set up an promote
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      28 4 Reverse mortgage loans hot up UIJB fiscal A local bank has joined pioneer NTUC Income m offering reverse mortgage loans. Will other banks also enter the fray? 111
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Message in a bomb: Watch out, Thaksin
      646 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent m Bangkok PHOTO: Security experts say the partly built explosive was meant as veiled threat to the Thai PM SPECULATION over the alleged plot to assassinate caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continues to rivet people m the Thai
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      109 6 THAILAND'S opposition Democrat Party has urged the caretaker Prime Minister to arrest the military officers he suspects were involved m last week's alleged assassination plot. Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday pressed Mr Thaksin to speed up the investigation and arrests to limit any damage to the country's stability
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      417 6 WWII sex slaves' petition Victims from the Philippines, Taiwan and South Korea appeal to the UN m a bid to pressure Tokyo for an apology. PAGE 1 1 l/m^*4^emm\mf\\ m^K wtti^Ster^yv g^m W **+^*mV\ m W W^ immmmmmTmT^mVt^ %aw w g^, *mmSmm the shadow of hair S^RHr Mm problems behind
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      227 7 CONGRATULATIONS TO I Water for All ■.Conserve, Value. Enjoy I DEEP TUNNEL SEWERAGE SYSTEM (DTSS) I PUMPING STATION AT CHANGI mmm. W MT J__________K mb *MBBkl* _Bfe_. W" *!________________________n___________^Bßßl^____. *mm .mm. 1 m-m-.- w kr «aa> ■_________P^^ ""^"CSS?* ~a*7 wLm. T I Hiijl _-_t__l_____f i^_____^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^W^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K i I I H b&
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Beijing passes corporate bankruptcy law
      636 8  -  Tschang Chi-Chu By China Correspondent In Beijing NEED FOR NEW LAW "One of the reasons why some Western countries refuse to grant China market economy status is because they said we do not have a bankruptcy legal system." MR AN J lAN, deputy director. Standing
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      Lock icon Acid rain falling on third of Chinese land
      480 8 Beijing MORE damning reports on China's slow progress m tackling environmental degradation have surfaced. Parliamentary officials were quoted yesterday by media as saying one-third of China's landmass is suffering from acid rain caused by its rapid industrial growth. Local leaders are also
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      Lock icon PASSION FOR PRINT
      73 8 This lavishly illustrated French newspaper is part of a private collection of 800,000 copies of newspapers and manuscripts owned by a former journalist m Hefei m central China's Anhui province. Some of the artefacts date back to the Qing dynasty. China has more daily papers than any
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      Lock icon Taiwan to get another two US warships
      273 8 TAIPEI TAIWAN'S navy is preparing to take delivery of another two Kidd-class destroyers from the United States that will boost the island's defence capabilities against rival China, reports said yesterday. The warships are "one of the crucial defence screens to safeguard peace m
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      Lock icon HK singer files complaint over photos
      155 8 Hong Kong HONG Kong pop singer Gillian Chung has lodged a complaint with Malaysian police after a Hong Kong magazine published secret photographs of her changing clothes at a concert m Genting. She will also receive support from more than 100 Hong Kong celebrities,
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan-Taiwan cultural, commercial ties grow
      668 9 But China is likely to turn a blind eye as long as Japan does not officially recognise Taiwan Taipei WHEN Japan's top-ranked sumo wrestler Asashoryu walked into a reception to kick off a sumo tournament m Taiwan, guests rushed to take his photo and mobbed
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      Lock icon China and Russia unreliable: N. Korea
      235 9 Pyongyang NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong II has criticised close allies China and Russia as unreliable and said the country must overcome the difficulties it faces on its own, a Japanese news report said. Mr Kirn's scepticism towards China and Russia was conveyed at
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      Lock icon Japanese bank's 'interest' in global warming
      318 9 Kumamoto (Japan) A BANK here is doing its bit to raise interest over global warming, m more ways than one. The Kumamoto Family Bank on the southern island of Kyushu has taken eco-con-sciousness to a new level by basing its interest rate on the
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      Lock icon VIEWERS' CHOICE
      60 9 Tibetan man Pubajia is the winner of the first nationwide contest organised m Shanghai. The three-month contest to pick a man with looks, charms and character was very popular among the Chinese more than four million TV viewers voted for their choice through SMS. The 21-year-old, flanked by
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Riots rock Quetta after killing of tribal chief
      425 10 Troops called m to impose curfew on Pakistani city Quetta (Pakistan) THE authorities m the Pakistani city of Quetta imposed an indefinite curfew and called m troops yesterday as violent protests over the killing of a Baluch rebel nationalist leader spread. Nawab
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CENTRAL ASIA TOUR BY KOIZUMI
        114 10 TOKYO: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is due to begin a trip to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan today, the first visit by a Japanese premier to Central Asia. Japanese media said that Tokyo intends to bolster cooperation with the two countries to secure supplies of natural resources
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        Lock icon SEOUL OFFERED EARLY HANDOVER
        120 10 SEOUL: US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld has suggested that South Korea take wartime control of its troops m 2009, South Korea's Defence Ministry said yesterday. Mr Rumsfeld sent a letter to South Korean Defence Minister Yoon Kwang Ung earlier this month insisting it would be
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        Lock icon NEW UN FORCE FOR TIMOR LESTE
        145 10 DILI: Timor Leste's Prime Minister Jose Ram-os-Horta said yesterday he expected a new UN mission to arrive m a month, a move aimed at shoring up security m the fledgling nation torn by violence three months ago. The United Nations established the mission, comprising
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        Lock icon PETRONAS EXPULSION SHOCK
        134 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said he was shocked to hear that the African nation of Chad has ordered Petronas to leave the country m 24 hours for failing to honour tax obligations. "We do not have such a record. Petronas is a competent company
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      560 11  - WWII 'comfort women' UN help Alistair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila Victims of sexual slavery want world body to press Japan for apology and compensation VICTIMS of wartime sexual slavery under the Japanese are petitioning the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) m an effort to put pressure
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      Lock icon Local govt chiefs urged to tackle haze
      353 11 Jakarta INDONESIAN Forestry Minister Malem Sambet Kaban yesterday urged local administrative heads to play a more active role m preventing land clearing by fire, blamed for the thick smoking haze that has blanketed the region. Ground and forest fires on the islands of
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Khairy to explain remarks that upset MCA
      495 12 Umno Youth chief says issue must not hurt relations among BN parties Pekan UMNO Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin will explain his recent remarks which drew the ire of the youth wing of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). His boss, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin
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      Lock icon A first in Umno history
      234 12 UNUSUAL and inappropriate. These are among the views of several Umno leaders on the intention of former party president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to offer himself as a delegate to the general assembly m November, although the party has not prevented him from doing so.
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      Lock icon Video of police 'beating' sparks investigation
      272 12 Kuala Lumpur POLICE will investigate allegations of police brutality m lock-ups, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said yesterday. This followed a television channel on Saturday showing a video clip which it said was of a person being beaten up m a police station. He said
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      Lock icon FLIPPING OUT IN MID-AIR
      48 12 Somerset does a somersault as he hurls himself out of the PHOTO. 421m-tall XL Tower m Kuala Lumper yesterday with the Petronas Twin Towers m the background. Eighty jumpers from various countries participated as part of celebrations of Malaysia's Independence Day on Thursday. AFP
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      Lock icon Parkway seeks deal to end Pantai controversy
      397 12  -  Leslie Lopez BY Malaysia Correspondent m Kuaia Lumpur LISTED Parkway Holdings is set to draft Malaysia's state-owned Khazanah as its main partner m Pantai Holdings. Analysts say the deal will help remove widespread controversy over the Singapore company's control of the Malaysian health-care
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon NEW STRATEGIC ROLE FOR EUROPE
      595 13 NEW STRATEGIC ROLE FOR EUROPE EU TROOPS FOR LEBANON Ministers hail 'historic' commitment to relaunch peace efforts m the Middle East Brussels EUROPEAN support for the UN force m Lebanon has thrust the continent into a major new political role m the Middle East, a region where it has traditionally
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      Lock icon Prisoner swap deal 'reached'
      237 13 ISRAEL and Hizbollah have reached a deal brokered by Germany for a prisoner exchange to take place within two or three weeks, Egyptian state-owned daily Al-Ahram reported yesterday. "The prisoner swap between Hizbollah and Israel is to take place within two or three weeks maximum, thanks
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      Lock icon Beirut residents count the cost of the war
      489 13 Beirut THE bitter smell of burned plastic is carried on the wind as a noisy excavator rattles and scrapes at a small mountain of rubble. Residents of the southern Beirut district of Haret Hreik are cleaning up, salvaging what they can from
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      Lock icon Iran refuses to stop its N -programme
      625 14 ATOMIC AIM "Production of nuclear fuel is one of Iran's strategic objectives. Any action to limit or deprive Iran could not force Iran to give up this goal." LEAD NEGOTIATOR ALI LARIJANI It insists on making nuclear fuel and test-fires missile as UN
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      Lock icon Fat & asthmatic? The Aussie army wants you
      385 14 Fat asthmatic? The Aussie army wants you Sydney AUSTRALIA'S stretched army is likely to let fat people and asthmatics join up as it tries to boost troop numbers to combat regional instability, the nations top soldier says. Prime Minister John Howard last week unveiled a Aslo billion (Ssl2 billion) plan
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      188 14 Miami ERNESTO became the first Atlantic hurricane of this year's season yesterday. It barrelled towards Jamaica, Cuba and the United States Gulf Coast exactly a year after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. A US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft sent to the Caribbean reported early yesterday
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BLAIR SUBSERVIENT TO U.S., SAYS CARTER
        95 14 LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is "subservient" to the White House and failed to constrain America on Iraq, former US president Jimmy Carter said m an interview published yesterday. "I think that more than any other person m the world, the Prime Minister
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        Lock icon IRAQI PREMIER TO RESHUFFLE CABINET
        79 14 BAGHDAD: Iraq's Prime Minister plans to reshuffle his Cabinet, just 100 days after it was formed. Deputy Prime Minister Bar ham Salih said. He said the move was prompted by frustrations with some ministers' performance and disloyalty among others. In a weekend interview, he said
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        Lock icon GERMANS 'STILL FACE GRIM TERROR THREAT
        93 14 BERLIN: Germany's top crime fighter said the country faced a serious terrorism threat, even after making a series of arrests following a failed plot to detonate bombs on crowded trains. Federal crime office president Joerg Ziercke said he was alarmed that a group of
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        84 14 KABUL: The US military insists that a raid last week that left eight people dead m eastern Afghanistan, targeted an "Al-Qaeda associate" who was also killed. A spokesman said Alam Zer, described as a commander of an Islamic extremist group belonging to the Afghan warlord
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      249 15 ITALIAN Prime Minister Romano Prodi has just returned to Bologna after a holiday spent with some 105 of his family members at a remote castle where the young ones endured a "kibbutz" life. They slept m dormitories, did housework, visited a ceramics factory
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      243 15 A MAN who retrieved a US$l million (Ssl.6 million) lottery ticket from the trash has reached a settlement with the family of the man who claimed he accidentally threw it away. Mr Edward St John, 83, agreed to give up US$l4O,OOO of the winnings
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      207 15 TWO British women are nearing the end of a 13,600-km journey from Thailand to the United Kingdom m a pink motorised three-wheeled vehicle, reports BBC News. Ms Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent and Ms Jo Huxster, both 27, set off from the British Embassy m Bangkok
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      425 15 A baffling 8-year captivity Nature of relationship between abductor and freed Austrian girl remains unclear Vienna SHE dashed to freedom as soon as she got a chance but reportedly wept inconsolably when told her "master" was dead. She has had a tearful reunion with her parents, yet has not asked
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      279 16 Focus on Iran's N-activities WHAT IT IS THIS week is one of intense nuclear politics for Iran. The UN Security Council has ordered Iran to suspend uranium enrichment by Thursday and to respond to questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency. But Iran has sent clear signals that it
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      146 16  -  KWAN WENG KIN Abe to declare candidacy for top post WHAT IT IS JAPAN'S Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is expected to announce on Friday his decision to run for the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He is the last of three Roliticians (after Finance
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      166 16  -  REME AHMAD PM to unveil budget WHAT IT IS PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi, donning his Finance Minister's hat, unveils the budget for next year on Friday. This comes live months after he released the ambitious RM2OO billion (SsB6 billion) five-year blueprint, the Ninth Malaysia Plan, and two weeks after
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      26 16 MANILA: Press conference by chief government negotiator m shelved peace talks with communist rebels. ISLAMABAD: Parliament votes on a no-confidence motion against President Pervez Musharraf.
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      30 16 TOKYO: District court to rule on suit filed by former Chinese "comfort woman" seeking damages from Japanese government for being forced to work m brothels during World War 11.
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      23 16 TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi expected to make his annual speech marking the Sept 1, 1969, coup that brought him to power.
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      32 16 BANGKOK: The first international passengers arrive at new airport m test flights a month before its official opening. STOCKHOLM: International conference on the humanitarian situation m Gaza and the Palestinian territories.
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      22 16 HANOI: Vietnam to free 5,352 prisoners to mark its National Day. BAGHDAD: Iraq's elected Parliament returns from its first summer recess.
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      13 16 SEOUL: President Roh Moo-Hyun embarks on tour of Europe and the US
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      426 17 r "1 o APPmRECIATE the imperative for a single-market Asean EcoJL nomic Community, consider the numbers. Singapore has a population of fust four million. There are bigger nations, of course, yet even Asean's largest member, Indonesia, can count only 245 million. But add all together and
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      1213 17  -  Li Mingjiang SINO JAPANESE TIES By For The Straits Times FACING THE ISSUE So far, Mr Abe has tried to dodge questions on whether or not he will visit the shrine if he wins the September election. But his strategy of evasion will not
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      877 17  -  Steven Clemons By ANYWHERE else, it might have played out as just another low-stakes battle between policy wonks. But m Japan, a country struggling to find a brand of nationalism that it can embrace, a recent war of words between a flamboyant newspaper editorialist
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      1201 18  -  Michael Richardson THE CHINA CONNECTION IN IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME By For The Straits Times SIA, Temasek find themselves caught unwittingly m US moves against Iran's N-buildup IS THE US trying to ratchet up pressure on China to induce it not to veto a resolution m
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      1656 19  -  Sophia Ang By For The Straits Times SUFFER THE CHILDREN Children from divorced families may have a higher probability of experiencing social and psychological problems when compared with children from intact families. Some of the problems include delayed social maturation, the increased likelihood of marital
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      216 17 Suffer the children Children of divorced couples may have a higher probability of experiencing social and psychological problems. PAGE 19 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE. 1000 Toa Payoh North. Podium Level 2. *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.as_al.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing)
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, AUGUST 28 2006
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      Lock icon Helping young people erase the signs of a less-than-perfect past
      782 1  - Helping young people erase the signs of a less-than-perfect past Arlina Arshad By Doc's initiative helping 140 Malay youths get a fresh start by offering cheap tattoo removals WHEN she was 12, Nora Ismail's father and cousin spiked her drink and carved tattoos on her with a needle and Chinese
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      Lock icon S'pore Run draws record 65,000
      427 2  -  YAP SU-YIN A RECORD of more than 65,000 participants showed up yesterday for the 15th Safra Sheares Bridge Run Army Half Marathon. Also known as The Singapore Run, it has become the largest mass-running event m the region. It drew school-children as well as senior
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      Lock icon Sneaking in illicit puffs in under 60 mins
      862 2 IN AND out m under an hour that is how quickly some syndicates work to smuggle cigarettes by land into Singapore, say private investigators who collect intelligence on tobacco smuggling. A former law enforcement officer m his 30s, who now works with
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      Lock icon Smokers face tougher penalties too
      460 2  -  Arti Mulchand ILLICIT CIGARETTES By Posters next month to warn people about contraband, seek info THESE are riskier times for cigarette smugglers and so too for street peddlers of the contraband and their customers. The fine for possessing just one packet of smuggled cigarettes has
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      Lock icon More foreign talents critical to boost economic growth
      469 3  -  Lim Wei Chean By Foreign investments will be lost to other cities if Singapore lacks skilled labour, say ministers TWO ministers yesterday acknowledged that the Government's move to open up the country to more immigrants was of big concern to some Singaporeans
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      Lock icon Barred believer sues pastors for defamation
      596 3  -  Ben Nadarajan By A DIFFERENCE m opinion over theology has escalated into a church-goer suing his pastors for defaming him m church. Mr Lim Seng Hoo, a member of the Calvary Pandan Bi-ble-Presbyterian Church since 1996, claims its leaders senior pastor Tow Siang Hwa
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      609 4  - cancer: NUH doc screens siblings Lee Hui Chieh By Consultant starts tracking siblings of patients m bid to boost early detection SEVEN years ago, when Madam Wong Say Moi had a swelling on her neck checked, she was found to have second-stage nose cancer. Last year, her younger brother Choon
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      518 5  - Fewer road accidents in school zones Teh Joo Lin By Safety measures help slash mishaps involving pupils to 3 last year, from 13in 2004 ROADS around schools have become safer for children since new signs and road markings were introduced two years ago. Last year saw just three accidents none
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      174 5 An emergency exercise yesterday to test the readiness of health agencies and other bodies m handling a sudden surge m the demand for blood ended with just about half the targeted amount of blood collected* The aim was to draw 1,000 units,
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      309 5 THE Internet could hinder civil society activism if young people did not go beyond expressing themselves online to getting organised and taking action, said both an opposition politician and an activist on Saturday. It was not enough to be "rambling m the distance",
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        Lock icon Have Orchard Road all to yourself
        402 6  -  AHMAD OSMAN BY WANT to know where to get the best bargains or special offers m Orchard Road, or where to wine and dine m this shopping and entertainment belt? You can now practically have the whole of Orchard Road to yourself anytime, any
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        296 6  -  GERALDINE TAN By COME on m and make yourselves at home. Welcome to Gain City's brand new Marina Square outlet. To make sure you are comfortable, the appliance retailer has even set up a Virtual Home Lifestyle Corner m its newest showroom m
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        267 6  -  DAPHNE LEE By IT'S fun, trendy and practical. The newly-launched Chevrolet Spark mini is the ideal car for urban and short-distance driving, without compromising on the design. The new Spark has a striking personality with a bold bumper design and distinctively-shaped front headlights with
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        219 6  -  DAPHNE LEE By VALUE-CONSCIOUS shoppers can now look out for NTUC Fair Price's five new house-brand labels that are priced 10 to 15 per cent lower than comparable national brand products. The mainstream Fair Price housebrand caters to the needs of the majority, offering
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          190 6 Cook up a gastronomic storm I withß Carrefour's new line-up of house^H brands that is every host's dream. Takeß a short-cut and make a fondue dessert| or bake a decadent chocolate cake with the new Bio organic cooking chocolate. This cooking chocolate (at $4.90) is made
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          178 6 the colour of H green I Jurong Point. I From now Sept I the west I has up a of I with I Go Green Be Happy I There are priz- 1 es and attractive premiums galore during this period. Sign up for the happiest
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          160 6 Listening to music is a breeze with Home Automation's Sonelco built-in radio system. Available m two models, PCP 1 270, a wall-mount-ed FM tuner and PBlO6 series, a ceiling-mounted stereo FM tuner, both options offer convenience and space-saving ideas to add to a home, an office
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          138 6 Combat a bloated stomach and constipation the natural way with C-Lium Fibre, a 100 per cent natural multi-tasking fibre that assists m promoting bowel regularity, helps clean out the digestive system and eliminates wastes from the colon. C-Lium Fibre, a natural fat absorber also helps you to maintain
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        626 7  - My steady boyfreind gave me HIV Tan i a Tan Debbie Yong YOUNG AND RESTLESS By Youths here are at risk as they assume that those m the same social circles make 'safe' sex partners ALICIA, 19, does not attend wild parties, drink or smoke. She is not promiscuous and
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        527 7  -  Edward Choy By WE HAVE heard the clarion call from our leaders to face up to the challenges of propagation and self-renewal. We have read and heard responses from fellow Singaporeans about this most pressing of issues. There were 20,000 fewer births last
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        33 7 GROWING PAINS Let's talk about As the pressure builds on Singaporeans to have more babies, Youthlnk writers jump into the debate, although they have some time to go before starting families
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        245 7  -  Esther Fung By I AM interested m having babies after I get married and I want four. It might sound like financial suicide m Singapore but I do find big families more attractive than a bank balance
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        283 7  -  Mazuin Khamis By I CHANCED upon an article on motherhood recently m which the writer said: "When you give birth, you fall m love with someone new." I am not a mother yet, but I can identify with what
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        202 7 HIP AND HAPPENING Place: Tea Lounge Where it's at: One Cuscaden Road, The Regent Singapore Word on the street: The lounge has two things going for it tasty English scones and a nice view of the hotel atrium. Another pleasure: A harpist strumming tunes for you. It has recently become
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        530 8 I REFER to the report, "Retirement needs? Firms take hands-off approach" (ST, Aug 18). The survey findings reflected a mindset among employers that the Government should take the lead m retirement matters, which is expected and obvious. The ageing population and insufficient
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        377 8 LAST Tuesday, I found an unattended rucksack while visiting a customer service centre of a major electronics company here. The alarming thing was that despite my alerting two staff members, nothing was done about it at first. This shows Singaporeans still have a long way
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        182 8 SEVERAL big bags containing postal items continue to be thrown into one corner m the basement of Tanglin Shopping Centre. Someone goes to the basement and leaves these bags there every day. Often, the bags are left lying there for some hours before the
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        106 8 ON LIN E FORUM For more renters views, log on to http-/Affww. straits times_asial conLsg/fbrum Access to letters online is free. Help! Can our scientists dear the growing confusion over good and bad foods? SembCorp should improve the way it collects recyclables All S'poreans have duty to protect the country
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        169 8 Give more concessions to seniors above 65 years old IN ITS reply to letters by Mr Harry Chia and Ms Poon Siew Ling, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports states that eligibility for seniors' concessions generally ranges from 55 to 65 years of age (ST, Aug 17). There
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        385 8 I write...to demand justice not just for my brother but for all who may have committed some offence m a moment of folly and have genuinely repented. AFTER I read about the delivery man who will be denied entry to the Conrad Centennial Hotel
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        207 8 MY WIFE and I were scheduled to travel on Singapore Airlines flieht SQI6B to Jakarta at 9.15pm on Aug 8. When we arrived at the check-in counter at Bpm, to our surprise, we were told by the airport staff that there were
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        228 8 I HAVE lived m Sengkang since 2000. I have to make calls to Ang Mo Kio Town Council on corridor lighting issues, lift issues, garbage and bulky items left unattended for days and so on. My question is: Whose responsiblity is this? Residents? Then
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          179 8 I WOULD like to put on record the great service I received from the Sing Tel technical hotline on Aug 4. Mr Shamsul, who attended to me when I complained about the malfunction of my Prolink modem, was very patient to explain that there
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          83 8 MY LATE wife, Madam Simah Othman, was diagnosed with liver cancer m early 2004. She worked at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and was granted medical leave from February to December 2004 and again from December last year until she died on July 16 this year. During
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          158 8 MY SISTER-IN-LAW flew recently from New York to Singapore by the direct SQ2I flight. She was travelling with her two children, aged three and one. Considering the long travel time, we were all a bit sceptical as to how well she and the
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        775 9  -  Richard Jolly LAMPARD AND DROGBA ON TARGET By Blues respond to shock midweek defeat with a 2-0 win at Ewood Park THEIR cloak of invincibility dented by a hat-trick of away defeats, Chelsea reasserted their authority with a hard-fought victory at Blackburn yesterday. Secured by
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        698 9 Track: Soft (Race 1 8). Yielding (Race 9) Race 1 Class 5 (5) 1200 m 12 Ml BESTZ. S H Lea 1. 11 Silver Express, M Wepner 2 8 Tomahawk Missile, C Segeon 3. Margins 1/2 len x Neck. Time: 1:14.3. Nos. 12. 11,
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        307 9 London NEWCASTLE lost 0-2 to Aston Villa yesterday. But the bigger worry for manager Glenn Roeder was seeing £10-million (Ss29-million) signing Obafemi Martins stretchered off. Making his Premiership debut, the striker struggled with the pace of the game. He looked as if he suffered a
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        549 9 London MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson was a relieved man yesterday after a scan on Rio Ferdinand's foot cleared up worries that he had broken a toe. The centre-back was injured m United's 2-1 win at Watford on Saturday and Ferguson was expecting the worst, with
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        295 9 o 2 U < CC UJ cc o X "It was a little firmer than I expected but having said that it is a true track," said Barand Vorstar. "It witf loosen up over the next couple of weeks and 'tis going to be really good." "Ifs still a
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        620 10 SOCCER Henry misses slew of chances as Barton's penalty gives Pearee's men a memorable win London NINE away League defeats last season, many of them early on, robbed Arsenal of any chance of mounting a serious challenge to Chelsea for the Premiership title. One domestic
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        Lock icon Arsenal and Man Utd chase Reo-Coker
        124 10 ARSENAL and Manchester United are interested m signing West Ham captain Nigel Reo-Coker before the transfer window closes on Friday. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is keen to acquire the 22-year-old, a key figure m West Ham's Cm to the Premiership and to last season's
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        Lock icon Scything elbows steal the show in Charlton win
        453 10 London THE offensive use of elbows has taken centre stage m the Premiership. Charlton's Hermann Hreidarsson and Kevin Davies of Bolton were sent off by referee Mike Dean for clear, separate elbowing offences during Charlton's 2-0 win on Saturday. The incidents came
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        216 10 CHELSEA'S footballing millionaires have been accused of lacking class by Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. Boro shocked Chelsea 2-1 last Wednesday, but Schwarzer was angry that their opponents walked off the pitch without shaking hands. He told The Sunday Mirror: "Chelsea are the only team we
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        481 10 London RAFAEL Benitez has demanded more killer instinct from his players after Liverpool's narrow 2-1 win over West Ham at Anfield on Saturday. Defender Daniel Agger scored the sort of home-debut goal any striker would die for, while new signing Dirk Kuyt made
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        161 10 Madrid STRIKER Fernando Morientes celebrated his return to the Primera Liga by scoring the first goal of the new Spanish season. He guided Valencia to a 2-1 win over Real Betis on Saturday. The former Real Madrid player, who returned to Spain m the close
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        386 10 London IN THE wake of Tottenham's second loss of the Premiership season on Saturday, goalkeeper Paul Robinson has hit out at his club's decision to sell Michael Carrick. Spurs lost 0-2 to Everton, who played nearly two-thirds of the game with 10 men.
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        Lock icon Players banking on stem cells to treat injuries
        236 10 PREMIERSHIP footballers are storing their new-born babies' stem cells to use m case they suffer career-threatening injuries, reported The Sunday Times yesterday. They are freezing cells taken from the umbilical cord blood of their babies as a possible future cure for cartilage
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        198 11 YUSAKU Miyazato's twoH Reno-Tahoe Open on Fridayß may not have been the only I time a player has carded! aces the same Tour history. I On Friday, Tour officials I the feat was the first m I modern history, which they I
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        574 11 Woods wilts to open up race »GOLF Tiger amasses bogeys to turn his lead into a deficit and joins several others to catch Cinks Akron (Ohio) USUALLY, the last round of a golf tournament m which Tiger Woods is playing is a chase because he is leading. But, with a
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        Lock icon Umpire Hair likely to lose his elite job
        251 11 CRICKET London THE career of umpire Darrell Hair is probably over after his e-mail offer to quit top-level cricket m return for US$5OO,OOO (*****,200). The Australian, at the centre of the ball-tam-pering row involving Pakistan, later withdrew the offer. But the damage
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        400 11 "TENNIS New York THE two met m the final of the French Open (Rafael Nadal won), and the final at Wimbledon (Roger Federer won) this year. So the stage is set for a rubber match m New York. World No
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        566 12 MOTOR RACING Brazilian leads Ferrari, Schumi home for 1 -3 finish m Turkey Istanbul BRAZILIAN Felipe Massa scored his maiden victory, as defending world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain fended off a fierce challenge from Michael Schumacher m a dramatic Turkish Grand Prix yesterday.
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        199 12  -  "KARATE JAPAN emerged as undisputed champions at the Asian Ka-rate-do Federation Junior and Cadet Championships, which ended yesterday. They swept 13 of the 25 gold medals during the three-day tournament held at the Jurong East Sports Hall. Two of these were won
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        265 12 BASKETBALL Saitama (Japan) CARMELO Anthony scored 20 points to lead the United States to a crushing 113-73 win over Australia and a berth m the quarter-finals of basketball's World Championship yesterday. Joe Johnson added 18 points and Dwyane Wade had 15 for the US,
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          37 12 BERLIN: German cyclist Jan Ullrich has accepted his dismissal by the T-Mobile team following doping accusations. He denied the allegations but has reportedly decided not to go to court for financial compensation. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          59 12 SYDNEY: An Australian Rules football player had to have his right kidney removed following a horrific on-field accident. Geelong's Tom Lonergan suffered a cut to his kidney during a contest for the ball m Saturday's AFL match against Melbourne and was taken to hospital. But his
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        150 12 Top 10 results: 1 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari lhr 28min 51.0285 ec 2 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault +5.5755 ec 3 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari +5.656 4 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda +12.334 5 Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) McLaren +45.908 6 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault +46.594 7 Ralf
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        94 12 SINGmAPORE Cricket Club's John Lee (m yellow) tries to get away from Chiefs Red's Paul Nieves m a quarter-final at the Blacks Midnight 7s rugby tournament at Evans Road. SCC won the match 12-0. They made it to the Cup final, but lost to Brewerkz Bucks 0-24.
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        54 12 HOME SPORTS SOH MISSES OUT ON TOP 10 IN QINGDAO SINGAPORE sailor Maximilian Soh narrowly missed out on qualifying for the medal round of the Laser event at the Qingdao International Regatta. He finished 11th after 10 races, six points behind lOth-placed Frenchman Jean Baptiste Bernaz. The top 10 qualify
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        431 12 BASEBALL MLB: San Francisco 4 Cincinnati 1, Kansas City 2 Toronto 0, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 2 Florida 7 Milwaukee 2 Minnesota -8 Chicago White Sox 7 (11 innings), Cleveland 8 Detroit 5, Atlanta 10 Washington 1, Houston 7 Pittsburgh 4. NY Mets 11 Philadelphia 5, St Louis 2
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        Lock icon Stags give up title chase? Nonsense
        490 12  -  Nicholas Fang "SOCCER By DEFENDING S-League champions Tampines Rovers are currently m third place, 12 §oints behind league leaders ingapore Armed Forces FC. But head coach Vorawan Chitavanich believes they still have a good chance of retaining their title. Yesterday, he dismissed recent speculation
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        84 12 P W D I F APts SAFFC 2014 5 148 22 47 Young Lions 2112 3 6 5127 39 Tampines 1910 5 445 31 35 Home (ltd 21 9 6 636 30 33 A Niigata 22 8 8 640 36 32 Woodlands 19 8 6 542 30 30 BalestierK
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    • OBITUARIES
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        136 13 "Sureh tmommm und km will follow me nil the days of my life, and I will dwell m the kmm of t lie ixtrd foreivr." Psalm 23:6 r-4 .1 mlmm J* YAU MUN YING Age: 67 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 Aug 06 leaving behind
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        100 13 JAMES SEOW HOCK LEONG was called home to be with the Lord on 26 August 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mary Goh aughter*. Son-in-law: nnifer Scow Glen Chua Wee Sze Grandsons: Andrew Chua, lohn Chua, lames Chua, Michael Chua brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews
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        45 13 In Loving Memory of LEE LAI HIONG Departed 28 August 2004 Heartfelt memories of her as a kinc and helpful lady with a soft touch shall linger m the minds of those who truly missed her h Always remembered by Loved ones, Frieniis and Ex-colleagues
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        37 13 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of rHENG KAI HAI Departed 28 August 2004 (tone from our /nr.*. one so dear, Hut m our hearts forever near. Dearly missed and always remembered by Doris, lohn, lean, Royce Marilyn
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        144 13 HAN lUAT QUEE Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 26 August 2006 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Loh Gee Kwang, deceased) Children: Hong Yap Koh Soo Cheng Hong Kin. David Kuah Hock Eng, Esther Wan Eng (Han Kam Quang, deceased) Wan Meng, Rosemary Soh Seng Ghee, Thomas Wan Leng. Alison
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        83 13 RAMARAJ S/O NALLAIAHNAIDU Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 27 August 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Veera Letchimi, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: I Yogaeswari N. Asogan R. Manjula Naidu K. Suriapragash Menon Granddaughters: Grandsons: Sharanya Asogan Vishwa Menon Sahana Asogan Vijay Menon Divyaa Menon Brothers, sisters,
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        97 13 K.RAGHAVAN PILLAI Departed peacefully on 24 August 2006 m Kerala. S. India. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by all loi ied ones. Wife: Kamalakshi Am ma Sons: Vejayadharan, Muralidharan Sasidharan Daughters: Radha. Indira Sushila Daughters- m law: Syan.ala Dcvi Indra Dcvi Son-in-law: Induchoodan Grandsons: Preshant. Ash win Shyam Granddaughters: Sobha.
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        61 13 We, the family of the Ute SAMYKANNUS LUCAS Departed 20 Aug 2006 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance prayers, donations am wreaths during our recen bereavement. Words cannot adequately express our sincere gratitude to his brother, our
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        38 13 In Loving Memory of VIVIEN WONG KUM YOKE Departed on 28.8.1992 (Lunar Calendar Ist day of Bth Month) Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Husband Hor Siew Fu and daughters Charissa Hor Pui San (Zlarissa Hor Mun Sail
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        71 13 SEAH BEE KEOK, ELLYN Age: 51 passed away peacefully on 26 August 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Foo Say Nong Sons: Foo Cexiang Luvis Foo Nen Yuen Daughter: Foo Xinyue All relatives and friends. Wake is held at 89 Thong Soon Green, Singapore *****5. Cortege
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        34 13 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late RAYMOND ANG KHENG SENG Departed on 26 August 2006 From The Management Staff of gapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd w Singapore Technologies Telemedia
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        86 13 J. YALAMBAH (CHITRA) Age: 58 (National Environment Agency Staff) passed away peacefully on 26 August 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Beloved Husband: K. Perumal Mother: MariyammaThambusamy Daughter: Son-in-law: Kaladevi Partiban Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kaleselvan Mala Sivakumar Saras Grandchildren: Navin, Tharani, Divyaa, Sharvesh and Yuthika Brothers, sisters, all in-laws, relatives
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        100 13 LOY CHEE LAN Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 26 August 2006. Dmarty missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Woon Siang Juat Sons: Daughters-in-law: Woon Tai Boon Li Liping Woon Tai 800 Tan Chew Yian Daughters: Sons-in-law: Woon Scow Lian John I'anson-Holton (Woon Lie Lie, deceased) Sanford Ng
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        128 13 CHOO YEOW KWANG Age: 51 passed away peacefully on 26 August 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Tiong Leng, Amy Sons: Choo Ying Liang Choo Yu Liang Parents: Parents-in-law: Choo Soon Seah Tan Han Tin Teo Poh Kee Lim Ah Gim Brothers: Spouses: Choo Yau
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        58 14 CENTS Creative Tech 1090 165 0 17 8 Asia Pac Brew 1550 60 0 4 0 KeppelCorp 1540 600 41 DBS BK 6% NCPS 10 ***** 30 0 0.3 SC Global WlOl2lO 60 25 5 73 9 SC Global 189 25 0 15 2 Spore Land
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        44 14 CENTS JMH 1740 157 8 5 4 OBSGrp 1760 70 0 3.8 OmeeaNav 2380 40.0 17 CapitalanMßlXCWM 94 5 36 5 27 9 SGX CS eCWO6O9OI 30 22 5 42 9 HKland 386 22 1 3.5 CityOev 950 20.0 21
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        51 14 Week's Top Falls CENTS CityDev MBIeCWO6WI2 .0.5 900 4.5 OBS MBL XCWOSOB3I OS 85 7 3 0 MMP Reit DBeCW 06 0 5 75 0 1.5 SmgPcstSG»eCWo6lol6 1 S 70 0 3.5 CharteredMßleCW6o9M OS 66 7 10 Sine TeIMBLXCWO6O9?9 0 5 66 7 10 DBS DB eCWO6OB2B 2 60.0 3
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        94 14 per 100 units o< foreign currency *new 2006 low new 2006 high Source: Reuters Au| ?5 %CHNG rR 2006 CLOSE "Uu|?4 3 LOW 3 HIGH USJ ***** -007 1.6630 1.5591 Euro ***** +036 2.0422 ***** ***** +0.20 ***** 2 7897 A$ ***** +0.35 1.2369 1.1366 Yen*
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        Lock icon Market awaits merger moves, economic data
        454 14  -  Lee Su Shyan TAKING STOCK By TIE UP AT HAND? Market talk is that some merger or collaboration among KS Energy, Aqua-Terra and SSH is on the cards, given the buoyant market all three operate m and the synergies if they work together July's
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          Lock icon OCBC UPBEAT ON RAFFLES EDUCATION
          93 14 RAFFLES Education's results surpassed market forecasts with a net profit jump of 88 per cent to $32.3 million for the year ended June 30. More growth is expected this financial year, with the setting up of Raffles university allowing more students the option of a
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          89 14 EXPANSION is the theme at Robinson. DBS Vickers says the outlook is optimistic with promising tourist arrival numbers and a Marks Spen- cer (M&S) outlet to open at VivoCity. The M&S flagship store m Kuala Lumpur is to be expanded. DBS likes its
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          Lock icon GOLDMAN FINDS STARHUB HAS ROOM FOR GROWTH
          76 14 STARHUB 's upcoming capital reduction exercise will see one share for every seven cancelled. The telco will pay $2.13 for every cancelled share, implying a one-off 14 per cent yield, while there are concerns over negotiations for English Premier League broadcasting rights, there
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        Lock icon Irregular trading patterns precede many top US mergers
        687 15 INFORMATION LEAKS? The New York Times analysis found that m a handful of the mergers, significant progress towards a deal was being made on the days that unusual trading occurred This likely points to insider trading m shares of buyout targets, study
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        Lock icon Toshiba to make Microsoft's Zune player
        309 15 Toshiba to make Microsoft's Zune player Seattle MICROSOFT has chosen Toshiba to manufacture its Zune digital music player, a device that will compete with Apple Computer's mar-ket-dominating iPod. Toshiba, which sells music and video players that use Microsoft's Windows software, last week filed with the United States Federal Communications Commission
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        Lock icon Telstra's $9.7b share offer not a fire sale, says Aussie govt
        423 16 Telstra's $9. 7 b share offer not a fire sale, says Aussie govt It says thc company's current share price reflects its true value Sydney AUSTRALIA'S decision to sell about AsB billion (559.7 billion) of shares m telco Telstra is not a fire sale and the company's share price represents
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        Lock icon Informal networking the way to land Mid-East deals
        991 16  -  Cai Haoxiang By MR LOUIS Tay, a top executive at Surbana International Consultants, a company with strong success m clinching lucrative projects m the oil-rich Middle East, has blunt advice for other Singapore firms looking to the region. "In the first two
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        Lock icon Thailand's SEC plans stock disclosure rule
        300 16 Proposal UNDER the rule, investors which buy shares of listed companies through nominees will be required to report their true corporate name and entity every time their stake touches multiples of 5 per cent, instead of 10 per cent currently. Bangkok THAILAND'S Securities and
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        92 16 WASTA is a business custom that applies across the Arab world. It refers to connections or influence, a similar notion to China's guanxi, and involves informal, personal relationships necessary for sealing deals. Firms looking for deals m places such as Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar must be prepared
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        Lock icon Oji Paper to give up hostile takeover plan
        201 16 Tokyo JAPAN'S largest paper producer Oji Paper plans to drop its hostile bid for rival Hokuetsu Paper Mills, at least for now, news reports said. The takeover battle is believed to be unprecedented, pitting one Japanese firm against another m the same
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      • PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
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          47 16 ESTHER LOH QUEK LAN: Appointed chief executive of bedlinen supplier Mayfran International with effect from Aug 7. Ms Loh, 45, previously worked as sales manager of Nike Singapore Footwear and general manager, as well as regional marketing manager of Dr Marten Airwair Singapore.
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          63 16 UM HOW TECK: Appointed board director of Jurong Port with effect from July 1. A shipping veteran who spent 26 years at Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), he last held the posts of NOL's executive director and group chief financial officer. He is currently the executive chairman
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          71 16 VALENTINE ORTEGA: Confirmed as chief executive of Informatics Education, after serving as acting CEO since March 31. Mr Ortega, 58, has been with Informatics for 16 years, and previously held posts such as vice-president of academic affairs. He has several academic qualifications, including a Master of
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          Lock icon PRUDENTIAL ARM NAMES S'PORE CEO
          83 16 SURAJ MISHRA (right): Appointed chief executive I officer (CEO) of Prudential I Asset Management (Singa- 1 with fromß Aug Previously the deputy I CEO of Prudential Unit! Trust, he replaces Mr Kong I Siew Cheong, who has^***-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-*****-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-been promoted to head Prudential Services Asia. Mr Suraj
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          Lock icon BOARDROOM'S CHIEF STEPS DOWN
          68 16 THOMAS YEOH: Resigned as chief executive officer (CEO) of Boardroom "to pursue other business opportunities". His last day of service is Sept 22. While the company searches for a new chief to replace Mr Yeoh, chairman Goh Geok Khim will temporarily assume the role of CEO
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        Lock icon Error trades: More needs to be done
        1104 17  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY By Markets Correspondent TRACKING HOLDINGS In Singapore, an investor's shares are kept with and are recorded only m the CDP. So when a trader keys m a sell order online, he must remember the exact number of shares he
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        Lock icon Chinese firms sue over plan for stock futures on SGX
        297 17 Shanghai CHINESE firms managing data for the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have filed suit m an effort to block the launch of China stock futures by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), an official newspaper reported. SSE Infonet and Shenzhen Securities
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      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon LASSETERS' NET GAIN SLIDES 12%
          55 17 GAMING company Lasseters International Holdings has reported an 11.9 per cent drop m full-year net profits to A57.9 million (559.6 million). Revenue for the year ended June 30 climbed 30.7 per cent to AsBB.B million. It declared a final dividend of 0.35 Singapore cent, up
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          Lock icon GKE INT'L ISSUES PROFIT WARNING
          83 17 METAL logistics service provider GKE International has issued a profit warning ahead of its results announcement for the full year ended May 31. "It appears that the group may suffer a full-year loss as a result of certain expenses such as additional tax assessments, claims
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          Lock icon C&O EARNINGS UP 23% AT $24M
          72 17 CHINA-BASED C&O Pharmaceutical Technology (Holdings) reported a 23 per cent jump m annual net profit, for the year ended June 30, to HK$llB.l million (5524.2 million). Its full-year revenue rose 17.5 per cent to HK5347.4 million. Earnings per share increased from 19.2 HK cents
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          Lock icon LION TECK CHIANG GAINS SURGE 92%
          69 17 STEEL and property development company Lion Teck Chiang posted a 92 per cent surge m net profit to $4.2 million for the full-year ended June 30. Revenue rose 8 per cent to $90.4 million. Earnings per share jumped from 1.4 cents m the previous
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        Lock icon Banyan Tree spreads beyond the Asia-Pacific
        514 17  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Some upcoming resorts Hainan, China 114 rooms (2007) Marrakech, Morocco 150 rooms (2008) Mayakoba, Mexico 100 rooms (2008) Pilos, Greece 60 rooms (2008) Kerala, India 100 rooms (2009) BANYAN Tree executive chairman Ho Kwon Ping is expanding his premium resort, hotel
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        Lock icon New China corporate rules may delay listings in S'pore
        862 18  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent Listing routes 'RED-CHIP' Foreign investors set up a company overseas, for example, m Bermuda. This entity then buys the assets of the China company to be listed. Pre-IPO investors provide the funds m foreign currency.
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        9 18 For the week 2,453.21 -30.32 a
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        Lock icon SIC rejects M-Flex's plan to withdraw takeover offer
        331 18 »BID FOR MFS TECH SESDAQ-LISTED Multi-Fineline Electronix (M-Flex) has been denied permission by Singapore's securities watchdog to withdraw its takeover offer for sister company MFS Technology. In a statement on Saturday, M-Flex said the Securities Industry Council (SIC) has denied its application
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        501 5 SO WHAT IF YOU ARE NOT YET 2 1 TEENS ARE DECIDING WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT THROUGH THE MANY ONLINE POLLS AND SMS-VOTING CONTESTS OUT THERE. YEN FENG FINDS OUT WHY YOU JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THEM. ■hether through mobile phones or the
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        88 5 TRENDS AND QUIRKS ■BP IRAN PRESIDENT KEEPS A BLOG TOO Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has his own blog at www.ahmadinejad.ir. It seems like a savvy move to give Iranians a chance to see his personal side and communicate with him online. Hundreds of thousands of visitors have already answered his
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        156 6 THIS WEEK: SINGAPORE SCHOOL LIFE POEM BY LEE HAFSA AFANDI 1 5, SEC 3, CHIJ ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT In this full life it is to rush Before the time to sit and perish. For after a hard day slogging in vain, Our sore fingers tend to pain. No one
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        158 6 L-uve into tne ocean to swim with its most mysterious inhabitants from the unusual wolf eel to the giant pacific octopus through the Singapore Science Centre's Omni-Theatre's five-storey dome screen. Five lucky winners will each win a pair of tickets co catch this underwater I adventure. To
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        4 6 COME ON, SHOW OFF!
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        613 7 TEENS AROUND THE WORLD A TEEN 1N... ...THE MIDDLE EAST IS ONE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS MAKING THEIR WAY HOME AFTER FLEEING FROM THE FIGHTING IN LEBANON AND ISRAEL. The guns have largely fallen silent m the uneasy truce that has ended weeks of conflict, but the nightmare is far
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        75 7 TALES FROM NEAR FAR m UPROAR OVER •BULLY' VIDEO GAME Los Angeles -In October, Rockstar, the maker of best-selling video game series Grand Theft Auto, will launch Bully, a game with themes of school fighting that has antiviolence critics up m arms. The game's main character is a 1 5-year-old
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        308 8 OH, BEHAVE! Gaming is good, clean fun. Do not use your avatar for lewd activities. CASUAL'S COOL When deciding what to wear to gaming centres, chuck your school uniform for something that says "casual but cool". Urn, do not dress up as one of your
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        730 8 CY GETA BER AWAYS EXIT: THE SOLITARY SHOI GAMING LOUNGES LAVISH! HOT TEEN HANGOUTS ARE AND YEN FENG Until recently, teens who played computer games did not behave too differendy from ostriches they would stick their heads into the virtual world and cut themselves off from everyone else. Now however,
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        201 9 t fe. _^__E. -i*- >'*■ '■ffi&fc*'' -^t_i___: a -k "'_i 1' •v^'^S^'T^T iT: -v A^^ffl- g^f"- _«_?^s I 4 Gaming Only: Lifestyle Havens: **_B___f_ri>*______J^ a*mamam*a..MmmmmmAmart am* m tT' w p M s^^^»-i.»«w»M. J w«ri«rs X-Square S^^^edlnJcK^ Along the Orchard Road wa^S!^^!^!^^^ stretch or m resort areas like P^*
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        64 8 GAMING IS THE MOST POPULAR 'SPORT* BY FAR A survey done last year found that almost four m five of those aged between 15 and 25 play computer games, while research firm IDC puts the number of gamers here at over a million. That is more than the combined number
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        53 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK WCG GREW FASTER THAN THE OLYMPICS The World Cyber Games (WCG) is one of the fastest growing global sports events m the world, attracting 67 countries m five years. The Olympic Games took about 60 years to achieve the same amount of participation. (ST, Digital
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        520 10 ZORRO GALLOPS INTO THE HORIZON ON THE BACK OF A STALLION. IT SEEMS EASY ENOUGH. BUT IS IT? JESSICA LIM FINDS OUT. Horse-riding is gaining momentum among students and could be more popular if it were not so expensive and difficult. Expert Chew Boon Yong, 53, from
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        25 10 SCHOOL'S FOO XIU QUAN, 1 7, scales a rock wall during the school's 7th Invitational Let's Rock Competition held during the June holidays.
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        48 10 SCHOOL'S TAN WEI TING (NO. 1 4), trying to stop Chung Cheng High School's Amelia Lee Yilin (No. 1 5) from scoring at the Schools Basketball Quarter-final C Division Girls' Championship. Chung Cheng High emerged the winner, beating Dunman Secondary 35 to 20. PHOTO: ALBERT SIM
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        40 10 ANDY RODDICK hitting a forehand against Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero, m the championship match at the Western Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament on Aug 1 6 m Mason, Ohio. He beat Ferrero 6-3, 6-4. PHOTO: AP
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        38 10 PHELPS celebrating his win after setting a new world record of 1 :53 .80 m the men's 200 m butterfly at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Aug 1 7 m Victoria, Canada. PHOTO: AFP
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        91 10 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF S3 LEBRON LEARNING MANDARIN Leßron James wants to be the world's first billionaire athlete. To do that, he knows he has to win over Asia. That is why he has been doing exclusive press conferences for Chinese and Japanese media on days Team USA are
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        46 10 *^a m --^k^**^ WIN AN EXCLUSIVE GYM BAG FROM THE STRAITS TIMES WHEN YOU SEND US THE MOST CANDID SPORTING MOMENTS FROM YOUR SCHOOL WITH A CAPTION EXPLAINING WHAT IS IN THE PICTURE. IF YOUR PICTURE IS PUBLISHED, THE LIMITED EDITION BAG IS YOURS! E-MAIL: stin@sph.com.sg
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        1048 11 BY KRIST 800, THE STRAITS TIMES, AUG 1 7 TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY It is illegal to use military maps unless they have been declassified -which means they are no longer secret. In fact, maps showing anything that might be sensitive to the nations
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        88 11 RACK YOUR BRAINS PETITION TO SAVE TREE AND TEMPLE A 65-year-old temple off Bartley Road and its large bodhi treewhich are being acquired by the Government are attracting hordes of visitors every weekend amid growing calls for both to be preserved. More than 6,000 people have trooped down to Jin
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        391 12 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... LAYOUT: TAY CHERN HUI TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY While Mr Lee's 2004 speech was energetic and his 2005 address was lively, this year's was grittier. The main message of the 90-minute speech, to an audience of 1,400 consisting of ministers, MPs, grassroots leaders and ordinary Singaporeans at the National
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        39 13 ARMED WITH THE RIGHT WORDS MUCH OF THE RECENT NEWS HAS FOCUSED ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LEBANON AND ISRAEL. YEN FENG GIVES YOU SOME IDIOMS RELATED TO WAR AND CONFLICT TO FIRE UP YOUR WORD POWER. ILLUSTRATIONS: LUDWIG ILIO
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        97 13 WHAT IT MEANS: It is used when someone is trying to say that unpleasant or unfair behaviour is acceptable during an argument or competition. WHERE IT CAME FROM: The original idiom "The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war*' has
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        96 13 WHAT IT MEANS: It means you have to accept or face something unpleasant because it cannot be avoided. WHERE IT CAME FROM: The idiom most likely originated during the American Civil War. During a time when there were no anaesthetics for surgery, patients whose limbs needed to
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        111 13 WHAT IT MEANS: A Pyrrhic victory is one that causes the victor to suffer so much to achieve it that it is not worth winning. 4 k WHERE IT CAME FROM: This expression alludes to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans in AD 279, but lost
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        138 13 WHAT IT MEANS: If you have an axe to grind with someone or about something, you have a grievance or resentment, and you want to get revenge or sort it out. WHERE IT CAME FROM: One of America's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, published a lot of stories.
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        589 14  -  SUE-ANN CHIA BY THE STRAITS TIMES, AUG 18 Avast majority of employers polled recently don't think it is enough for employees to rely on Central Provident Fund savings for their retirement needs. Yet few felt obliged to do anything about it, a survey by
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        80 13 READ AND WRITE BETTER WIN A COOL GIFT! Just answer this: The new manager really appeals to the rank and file m the different company departments for his leadership capability. What is the meaning of the phrase "rank and file"? Send your answer to stin@sph. com.sg by Wednesday, with the
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        107 14 'jwA 60, AND HATING IT I Don't tell me I'm 60, so said former US president Bill Clinton, as he celebrated his birthday on Aug 19. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I
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        90 15 READ AND WRITE BETTER 1 FORGO HOLS, SAVE MONEY FOR OLD AGE! "Germans must go without holiday!" complained the German mass-circu-lation daily Bild on its front page. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck had sparked the furore m a magazine interview. "People are going to have to spend more on their
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        211 16 WHAT HAS THE SOLAR SYSTEM GAINED RECENTLY? WHY ARE PEOPLE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN, GROWING FATTER? AND WHO SAID SINGAPORE IS SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH? CHECK THEM ALL OUT HERE. Match these digits to the reasons they made the news. a) 160 I. Percentage of fires here
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        54 16 6) "The Singapore that we had very orderly, very wholesome, very clean is not good enough. 0 Who said this recently while talking about the need to make the country more exciting? Was it a) actor Gurmit Singh b) Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew or
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        22 16 Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. DIFFICULTY RATING:
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        62 16 IQ BOOSTER! Sudoku is a puzzle craze that originated m japan, ••Su" means number m Japanese, while "doku" maim single. Its aim is simple: No column, row or box can contain a repeated number (hence the name), Although it looks Bke mathematics, the game is purely logical. Don't miss the
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        62 16 8) Why is the Orchard MRT link to Wisma Atria shopping centre, used by 1 .8 million pedestrians every month, going to be closed? Is it because a) it is getting too crowded b) construction work on a new mall is going
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        50 16 9) What has been blamed for expanding waistlines on Japan's southern island of Okinawa? Is it a) the dietary legacy left by the burgermunching Americans who once ruled the island b) an influx of sumo wrestlers moving there or c) the low cost of television sets and computers?
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        33 16 1 0) Leading astronomers just added three of these to the current solar system, simply by changing an old definition so it covers things like large asteroids. What are they?
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        47 16 I (b) 70 per cent 2(a) 1 60 litres 3(d) 25 per cent 4(c) 38,000 s(e) $1 10 million 6(b) Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew 7) Singapore and Malaysia 8(b) construction work on a new mall 9(a) dietary legacy left by the Americans 1 0) Planets
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        5 16 FACES PLACES IN THE NEWS
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        48 16 l^i !ffillllß' l _l 'Or- I Amm I '*^-_l _-_--^^------L n "*****< __._________i___________ii.___r *tB 'Ji yW wwWm ___________l__________________L_ fij^^R 7) Which two countries are now offering each other's youths free entry to tourist fc j- attractions, m order to encourage under-2 1 s to visit their neighbouring nation? ''''..........1........
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