The Straits Times, 14 September 2006

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 2006 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon 6 years for first Subutex pusher convicted under new law
    346 1  -  Chong Chee Kin By SUBUTEX trafficker Ow Wai Ping yesterday became the first person to be convicted m Singapore under new legislation targeting Subutex abuse. Yesterday, Ow, 40, a coffee shop assistant, was jailed for six years by a district
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    Lock icon LANDMARK LIGHT-UP
    81 1 Visitors to the Chinese Garden mill mt a chance to see Turkey's Blue Mosqu(% or rather, a lantern replica of the famous landmark (above). The f&ucture is one of the replicas of well-known structures being featured m the Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival, which will be he«l at the garden
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    Lock icon IMF-WB meetings pull in record 23,700 delegates
    489 1  -  Audrey Tan By Assistant Money Editor Attendance dwarfs that of previous 2 meets held outside US THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings m Singapore started officially yesterday with news that they have drawn an unprecedented number of delegates. About
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    Lock icon Old shipyard gets a new shine for the Olympics
    960 1  -  Lee Seok Hwai I »UPFRONT By 'This venue m Qingdao is unsurpassed, compared to any sailing venues m past Olympic host cities...Qingdao could hold the Olympics tomorrow." MR DAVID TILLETT, who headed the judging panel at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He
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  • UPFRONT
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        53 2 Muddy problem Indonesia is setting up a team to deal with mudflow from an exploratory oil well as the environmental disaster steadily worsens. PAGE 6 Ron's US visit Differing views on Pyongyang mean expectations are low for the meeting between South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and the US
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        29 2 Exporters of students China and India are the leading exporters of university students, while the US leads the pack m attracting overseas students, says a report. PAGE 17
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        40 2 Five years later It's reassuring to hear President Bush say the US will not quit on Iraq until the job is done. But not so when he lumps together every which Islamic group under the label "fascists". PAGE 25
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        21 2 Misguided strategy Taiwan's aim to beer up its "offensive deterrent" capabilities against China usmg missiles is pure folly. PAGE 26
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        75 2 Keeping kids m school New school North Light will use Xbox games and table soccer to help keep students who fail rSLE repeatedly m school. PAGEI Civil groups' causes Members of international civil society groups have begun arriving and will raise issues such as eliminating poverty with IMF and
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        51 2 Blocking protesters Singapore owes no apology to anyone for blocking entry to protesters, readers say PAGE 10 Review of PR case The immigration authorities will assess a case m which a reader wrote m to say that her mother has yet to get PR after 40 years here. PAGE
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        23 2 Low expectations England coach Steve McClaren says he had never believed that England could win the World Cup m Germany. PAGE 13
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        49 2 Lippo's Spore Reits Indonesia's Lippo group is planning to list three Reits with combined assets worth at least $3 billion m Singapore. PAGE 20 More auditing work More companies are likely to ask for increased scrutiny of their accounts by external auditors under new listing rules. PAGE 19
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      30 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-16 World 17-24 Review 25-27 FYI 28 SECTION TWO Home H1-H9 Forum H10 Sports H11-H14 Obituaries H15 Money H16-H20 LIFE! Arts L2-L8 Events TV Lll
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Indonesia gives up bid to reform labour laws
      529 3  -  AZHAR GHANI By Indonesia Bureau Chief I\ Jakarta Opposition from trade unions the reason; businessmen, investors concerned by move INDONESIA has given up trying to push for new labour laws Decause of tough opposition from trade unions. In an interview with the
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      Lock icon One-week reprieve for Thai wife of Singaporean
      585 3  -  Khushwant Singh BY THREE months pregnant with her second child, 21-year-old Wilasini Maniwan has been spared deportation at least for a week. The Thai national, who is married to a Singaporean, was released from jail yesterday after completing a four-week sentence for lying
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      Lock icon SPH, Norway firm in tie-up to boost online business
      388 4  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has launched its most ambitious bid to develop its online business and expand beyond local shores by inking a tie-up with European media leader Schibsted. SPH and the Norwegian
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      Lock icon Terminal 2 is now BIGGER and BETTER
      649 4  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent More shops, eateries and facilities to help Changi maintain its lead among airports CHANGI Airport's Terminal 2 now offers the traveller more space, more shops, more eateries and more facilities overall. Its $240 million, three-year-long renovation works are
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono acts to clean up mud disaster
      633 6  -  Salim Osman By hidonesia Correspondent Ix Jakarta Decree issued amid growing anger over mud leaking from exploratory well THE Indonesian government has set up a national team to tackle the uncontrolled flow of mud from a failed exploratory well m East Java. A
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      Lock icon Soap amid the mud
      150 6 THE noxious mudflow from an exploratory oil well m Indonesia is the backdrop to a new TVs soap opera and it has the baling of the very company under firejfpr the disaster. The 13 -episode love JHw is being backed by Lapindo Braa|&s, the local company
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      100 6 Big diabetes problem With modernisation, Indians have become fatter, less active, and more prone to diabetes. India now has 35 million diabetics. PAGE 1 1 tu3C^S 3ww3w from the City.,. Join us at the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji for exciting racing action on Friday, 15 September (first race at 6.30pm)
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon TRIBUTE TO CHINA'S FEATS
      93 8 Come Oct I, when China celebrates its National Day, Tiananmen Square m Beijing will be a showcase for the country's achievements. Workers are busy building replicas of the Three Gorges Dam (top) and Tibet's Potala Palace (right). The Three Gorges Dam, which spans the Yangtze River
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      Lock icon Wen vows free flow of financial news
      690 8  - Wen vows free flow of financial news Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing Hinting at possible about-face, he says new curbs have led to 'a lot of misunderstandings' CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao, facing growing criticism of new restrictions on foreign news agencies m China, pledged yesterday to
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      Lock icon Clampdown on court 'leaks'
      89 8 CHINA is extending its clampdown on media to the courts, threatening severe punishment for officials who leak information to reporters. New rules forbid court officials from releasing information without approval about cases involving national security, ethnic groups, religion, important emergencies, unspecified "sensitive issues" or cases involving
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      Lock icon Arms deal will get green light, Taipei lawmaker assures US
      402 9 Visiting ruling party leader expects nod m next Parliament sitting Washingtox THE head of Taiwan's ruling party has assured White House officials that a muchdelayed deal to purchase US weapons would be approved by the island's legislature. Former premier Yu
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      Lock icon China 'wants stability' in Taiwan as anti-Chen protests continue
      233 9 PHOTO: Beijing CHINA yesterday said it wanted peace and stability m Taiwan as a campaign to oust pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian entered the fifth day. In its first official reaction to the protests m Taipei, Beijing stressed that the situation would
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      Lock icon UN rejects Taiwan's 14th membership bid
      281 9 United Nations TAIWAN has failed for the 14th year to win approval from a key United Nations committee m its bid to become a member of the world body. The UN General Assembly's General Committee on Tuesday decided not to put the Taiwan issue
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Roh visits Bush but expectations are low
      622 10 Ties strained by discord over North Korean nuclear issue Washington SOUTH Korean President Ron Moo Hyun arrives at the White House today for his fifth summit with his US counterpart George W. Bush. The trip promises little to match the glamour of a
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      Lock icon Japan 'still must resolve royal succession'
      242 10 Japan 'still must resolve royal succession' Tokyo JAPAN'S imperial palace chief has warned that the birth of the first male heir to the throne m four decades does not resolve the looming succession crisis. Imperial Household Agency Grand Steward Shingo Haketa said the royal family's future is still shaky. "Even
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      Lock icon CLASH OVER HOMES
      89 10 Protesters getting into a scuffle with riot policemen who have sealed off a farming village m Pyongtaek, located about 70km south of Seoul. South Korea's Defence Ministry is demolishing empty houses to make way for an extension of a US base m the township. Camp Humphreys is
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      Lock icon Abe challenges China's view on WWII
      258 10 TOKYO WITH Japan's top job almost within his grasp, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has thrown a new wrench into his country's strained relations with China, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday. Mr Abe, the favourite to be the next Prime Minister, has indicated that
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Diabetes cases soar as Indians get richer
      565 11 Diabetes cases soar as Indians get richer Modernisation leads to fatter, more affluent Indians; 35 million already have disease Chennai "I am concerned for virtually every country where there is modernisation going on, because of the diabetes that follows. I am fearful of the resources ever being available to address
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      Lock icon NEW BIRD FOUND
      79 11 A new bird species has been discovered m India for the first time m almost 60 years. The Bugun Liocichla, a babbler, was found m a wildlife reserve m the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh state by astronomer and keen birdwatcher Ramana Athreya. Birdlife International, a
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      Lock icon India sacks 29 cops for refusing to fight rebels
      169 11 KOLKATA THE Indian authorities have sacked 29 policemen and suspended dozens of others for refusing to fight Maoist rebels m the restive state of Chhattisgarh. Many policemen are unwilling to fight armed Maoists m the dense jungles of central and eastern
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      156 12 New Thai airport to double tourism revenue Bangkok BANGKOK'S new international airport will help Thailand's tourism revenue double to one trillion baht (Ss42 billion) over the next five years, an official said yesterday. "The new airport will certainly boost the tourism industry m Thailand," Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit told
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      Lock icon Promotion exercise raises temperatures in Thai army
      500 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Squabble centres on apparent attempt by Thaksin to put loyalist m key post EMOTIONS are running high m the Royal Thai Army over an annual reshuffle and promotion exercise. The usually routine procedure has turned into
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon HAZE BLANKETS WEST MALAYSIA
        136 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Acrid haze thickened over Malaysia yesterday as smoke from a large number of forest fires m Indonesia shrouded the peninsula's heavily populated west coast. Malaysia's Department of Environment said the air pollution index yesterday morning m the town of Muar m southern Johor state
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        Lock icon KL ACTS TO EASE SUGAR SHORTAGE
        108 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Fine sugar has been declared a controlled item, with retail prices fixed at RM1.55 (550.67) a kg m Peninsular Malaysia and RM1.65 a kg m Sabah ana Sarawak. The Malaysian government made the decision because manufacturers were producing more fine sugar as
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        94 12 DILI: Timor Leste's Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he was ready to resign if his people no longer wanted him, insisting he had not wanted the job m the firstplace. His remarks followed rumours that his opponents would stage a protest next Wednesday to try
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        Lock icon CHINA TO HAVE NEW HAPPINESS INDEX
        77 12 BEIJING: China will formulate a new "happiness index" this year to include living conditions, salary and the environment, state television said yesterday. "The Happiness Index will include ordinary people's feelings towards their own living conditions, such as their income, employment, social welfare and the
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        96 12 TOKYO: Nissan Motor said yesterday it is developing cars that will not start if the driver is intoxicated, as Japan steps up action against drunk driving. Nissan said it may install a straw-like tube on the driver's seat which the driver would have to blow into
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        105 12 MILWAUKEE: Two American companies have agreed to jointly distribute new embryonic stem cell lines that may be created without destroying human embryos. The WiCell Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin, and California and Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology said on Tuesday they would
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Ex-aides accused of engineering Mahathir's defeat
      553 16  - Ex- aides accused of engineering Mahathir's defeat Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief Kuala Lumpur At a meeting, they allegedly told voters not to back the former PM THREE former top aides of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad have come under fire for holding a meeting to deny him victory m
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      Lock icon A CLEAN SWEEP, AT LAST
      83 16 Mothers, take heart nagging works, Malaysian students Jenny Foo, Yap Jun Hui and Wong Hui Shan, all 12, have invented a pair of slippers that vacuums the floor after one too many complaints from their mothers for not sweeping the floor clean. The device, which
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      Lock icon Row over funds for 2 Chinese schools
      360 16 Kuala Lumpur TWO of Malaysia's top education officials are locked m a war of words over an allegation that officials had misappropriated public funds meant for two Chinese schools. The spat between Education Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Deputy Higher Education Minister Ong Tee
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      Lock icon KL dangles 'instant approval' carrot to attract big investors
      174 16 Kuala Lumpur INVESTORS proposing highimpact projects which are of substantial benefit to Malaysia can expect instant approvals. High-impact projects which involve huge amounts of capital or specific technologies, or are big m terms of job creation or vital to the economy
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      26 16 BERITA HARIAN IMF/World Bank Meetings Prayer area for Muslim delegates I ■mpTTTBc m mrmlim 4 r- nPAViK «|i ft /I A k rK is f ■J|^^
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Chinese lead pack going abroad to study
      563 17 Overall, 2.7 million people study overseas, with US and UK the top destinations: OECD London CHINA leads the pack when it comes to sending the most students overseas to university, says a new report by the Organisation tor Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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      Lock icon Fees in Australia 3rd highest for foreigners
      293 17  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Sydney OVERSEAS students m Australia pay the thirdhighest education fees m the world, a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found. Only the United Kingdom and the United States are more expensive.
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      Lock icon Syria eyes better ties after foiling US Embassy attack
      489 18 Amid US gratitude, Damascus says there is 'chance to improve relations' Damascus SYRIA suggested yesterday that its efforts m foiling a brazen daylight attack on the US Embassy m Damascus could pave the way for better relations with the United States.
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      Lock icon Israeli general first official to quit over Lebanon war
      524 18 Jerusalem A TOP general resigned yesterday, becoming the first Israeli official to quit over the Lebanon war and fuelling calls for further heads to roll over the conflict. Major-General Udi Adam, who led Israel's northern command during the 34-day offensive, submitted
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      Lock icon EU to limit liquids in hand luggage
      317 18 Brussels THE European Commission plans to restrict the amount of liquids allowed m hand luggage for air passengers m a new security measure. "Following the incidents of this summer, we have sought to introduce a response proportional to the needs of security," said
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      265 18 Brussels THE US has called on Western allies not to abandon Afghanistan which, it warns, is m danger of becoming a failed state. The appeal from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came on the eve of a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)
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      864 22  - Deep rift over US national security ahead of mid- term elections Eugene Low By 175 Correspondent In Washington Partisan squabbling likely to escalate m run-up to the November polls ISSUES related to national security will dominate the agenda of the US Congress m the run-up to the mid-term elections m
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      415 22 New York THE familiar tokens from the Monopoly board game are getting a modern and, some might say, mercenary makeover. An updated US edition of the venerable game, coming out this week, will include tokens styled after name-brand products. Five of the
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        297 23 SOCIAL activist Gloria Steinem and actress Jane Fonda have launched an all-women, all-talk radio network across the United States. They are among the founders of Greenstone Media, a radio company that rolled out the network. Ms Steinem, 72, said the network, which is run
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        149 23 BILLIONAIRE financier George Soros pledged US$5O million (SSSO million) yesterday to help the United Nations (UN) tackle extreme poverty and Aids m SubSaharan Africa. The money will be spent on the five-year Millennium Villages project, which provides fertilisers and bed nets to stop mosquitoes that
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        154 23 JOHN Mark Karr, briefly a suspect m the Jonßenet Ramsey murder, has arrived m California to face child pornography charges. Karr, 41, arrived at Oakland International Airport on Tuesday with considerably less fanfare than when he was greeted by a crowd of reporters m
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      446 23 Up to 10 dead stingrays are found off Queensland, following Croc Hunter's death "We just want to make it very clear that we will not accept and not stand for anyone who's taken a form of retribution. That's the last thing Steve would want."
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      490 24 British leader says running government is a 'hard and difficult business' London MR TONY Blair has defended his record as Prime Minister, telling union members the "brutal truth" is that government is a "hard and difficult business". Even after being
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      368 24 London IN HIS first major foreign policy address, Mr David Cameron sought to distance his Conservatives Party from what he called a "slavish" bond established between Britain and the United States by Prime Minister Tony Blair. But he asked his audience
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      365 24 London man on terror training charge Lyndhurst (England) A LONDON resident whose family is from Uganda has been charged with receiving training for terrorism on British soil. Yassin Mutegombwa, 22, is the first person to be charged under a law enacted this year. The charges against him illustrate the increasing
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      156 24 Madrid THE world's first ban on overly-thin models at a top-level fashion show m Madrid has caused outrage among modelling agencies. It now raises the prospect of restrictions at other venues. Madrid's fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that girls and young
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      387 17 Revenge killings? Dead stingrays were found m Queensland with their tails cut off, raising fears that Steve Irwin's fans might be taking revenge. PAGE 23 Jl^^ljji^^^B^^^^B(2Amm^^l .^^^l Ljlj^^»*£^W^lsallj KlJ^^l LxUS^^l I iii mi— Enjoy Festive Savings a^ THE HOME OFDIYJ Lers aM get r e ady to j^ pf ■F
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      442 25 Five years after Sept 1 1 UNITED States President George W. Bush lias reiterated his promise to get Osama bin ten. "Our message to them is dear, he said m a nationally televised address rking thefiftli annii vrsary of the Sept 2001 attacks on the US. "No matter how long
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      1118 25  -  Martin Wolf FUND IN FINANCIAL CRISIS By POOR FINANCING THE RICH? The Fund's economists seem to suggest that it makes sense for a country to allow sizeable net inflows of capital only when it has a first-rate financial system...But it does not
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      873 25  -  Juan Somavia By For The Straits Times FACED with the fact that growth is not producing enough jobs worldwide, the world's financial leaders gathering m Singapore must focus on the global jobs imbalance alongside trade and financial imbalances. Granted, this year is expected
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      1296 26  -  Wallace Gregson KOBYN LIM By For The Straits Times Plan to beef up island's 'offensive deterrent 1 capabilities against China is pure folly LATE last month, Taiwan's military admitted for the first time that it was developing "special missiles". And according to press reports, Taiwan is
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      Lock icon Is 9/11 a lie staged by Washington?
      1058 27  -  DZULKIFLI RAZAK By Questions still being raised about what actually happened on Sept 1 1 five years ago FIVE years after the 9/11 tragedy, some "cracks" are beginning to appear. The collapse of the World Trade Center was not as straightforward as it
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      873 27  -  Nora Ephron BY WE WOULD like a bottle of Pellegrino. The waiter brings the Pellegrino. There are four of us at the table. The waiter brings glasses for the Pellegrino. The glasses happen to be extremely tall. Tall glasses are not necessarily the Best
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      212 25 Suicide strategy Taiwan's strategy of developing ""special missiles" as an offensive deterrent against China is pure suicide. PAGE 26 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE. 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2. *****4 ST INTERACTTA'E: http://straitsrimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing) hditor-
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      202 28 Singapore today ftiitly cloudy and slightly hazy. Showers with thunder m the afternoon. Shinco |n i i A 1 1 W& S x I II lEsa W SD Slot V- 4 JL/ V built-in DVD player worth $800 m 0 f t r r* i^^^l BJ IfC^^^^^^P 'SHI i UB
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      32 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 2006 Kiss and tell NTU professor sent immigration authorities e-mail with scandalous accusations against former lover, to get her sent back to China. PAGE H2
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      Lock icon Xbox, pool to keep problem pupils in school
      915 1  -  Maria Almenoar By New North Light School comes up with plans to help dropouts and kids who fail PSLE repeatedly IT IS a scene you would not expect to see m a school; eight students seated side-by-side playing games on Xbox 360
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      Lock icon PM, MM sue Feer for defamation
      505 2  -  Aaron Low By Suit filed against Hong Kong-based magazine for article on Chee Soon Juan PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Vcw have filed a defamation suit here against the publisher and the editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review
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      Lock icon $12m fines for cigarette smugglers
      459 2  - $12m fines for cigarette smugglers K.C. VIJAYAN By Crime Correspondent A BOATMAN who was paid $200 to help smuggle m about 9,000 cartons of cigarettes and tobacco has been hit with an Si 1.7 million fine. The smuggler who hired him was fined more than $12 million and both penalties
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      Lock icon NUS student gets jail and cane for burglary
      222 2 AN UNDERGRADUATE was yesterday sentenced to 7Va wars m jail and 24 strokes of the cane for burglary. So Weng Kei, 27, admitted four counts of housebreaking and theft at various flats m Choa Chu Kang between June 9 and 13 this
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      Lock icon Shoe rack thrown from flat cuts boy
      280 2  -  Khushwant Singh By A lO- YEAR-OLD boy needed 14 stitches after a metal shoe rack thrown from an 11th floor corridor hit him on the head. Police arrested a teenager yesterday and will charge him with committing a rash act. The 17-year-old suspect
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      Lock icon Coach hits walkway roof at Johor checkpoint
      287 2  -  CHAI HUNG YIN A PASSENGER narrowly escaped injury when an express coach from Kuala Lumpur struck the roof of a walkway at the Johor checkpoint on Tuesday night. Some windows on the right side of the bus cracked and shattered. No one was
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      Lock icon Citizenship panel chief 'spun tales'
      784 2  -  Elena Chong By A MARRIED university professor spun sordid tales about his former lover m a bid to have her sent back to China, a court heard yesterday. Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann, the chairman of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's (ICA) Citizenship Advisory Committee, is
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        931 4  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By Two seminars, Raffles Forum and LeeSummers dialogue, will engage top policymakers High-key meetings RAFFLES FORUM Organiser: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy When: Today and tomorrow Where: Raffles City Convention Centre Star speakers: Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan
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        713 4  - Activists to lobby on wide range of social, economic issues Ken Kwek Aaron Low By "Right now we are campaigning for trade justice and improvement of trade conditions. The IMF and World Bank attach very strict conditions to their aid, which forces countries to adopt certain economic policies which may
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        Lock icon World Bank accuses S'pore of breaching formal agreement
        393 4 BLACKLISTED CIVIL ACTIVISTS THE World Bank yesterday accused Singapore of breaking an agreement by blacklisting 28 foreign activists planning to attend its annual meeting here. "This is a breach of the formal agreement we had with the Government of Singapore, m the
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        242 5 oday, The Straits snapshot pro lay of one of 16,000 international delegates in town for the !MF/Worid Bank meetings. FEDERICO MOLINA, 58 Argentina's financial representative in the country's embassy in Washington, DC What will you be doing in Singapore? Besides attending the IMF/World Bank meetings,
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        538 5 Tokyo JAPAN will push hard to persuade other countries to ratify a plan to give China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey a greater say m running the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Japanese officials said. And Tokyo is prepared to do so
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        601 5 He says Treasury will oppose efforts to punish Beijing for trade gap with US Washington UNITED States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday that he will urge the Chinese to move more quickly to adopt economic reforms, including a more flexible currency.
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        610 6  -  Tania Tan First-time visitors also wowed by lush greenery and newly paved roads BY Here they come THE land of four million smiles appears to be proving that warmth and efficiency can go hand m hand. Ms Martha Mugwenhi, adviser to Zimbabwe's Finance Minister and
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        380 6  -  MICHELE TAY By BEFORE sunrise yesterday, Mr Sing Sung Hwa was already at work, doing yet another check of the public toilets at the Suntec Convention Centre. The 58-year-old, a senior housekeeping attendant, was making sure that the Crabtree Evelyn hand soap and the potted plants
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      422 7  -  Li aw Wy-Cin By THEY sun-bathe, picnic, stroll and jog on this roof. Nothing unusual these days, perhaps, with many developments using their rooftops as gardens, exercise space and dining areas. But what stands out about the Nanyang Technological University's new academic
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        Lock icon FIRST BUDDHIST COLLEGE OPENS
        98 7 SINGAPORE'S first Buddhist college was officially opened yesterday at the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery m Bright Hill Road. The Buddhist College of Singapore offers a four-year bachelor's degree m Buddhism. Lessons will be held at the monastery until a new $35 million five-storey
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        90 7 A\ IMPORTANT Message" signal will be sounded islandwide tomorrow via the Public Warning System (PWS). The exercise is part of the Singapore Civil Defence Force s efforts m raising awareness on how to respond to such a signal. Consisting of pulsating blasts, the "important Message" signal
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        60 7 THE Singapore and Indonesian armies are currently conducting an annual exercise, code-named Safkar Indopura. It involves about 2,000 infantry soldiers from both countries. The exercise, which began on Sept 4, will end this Saturday. In its 18th year, the exercise includes a war-gaming simulation which familiarises
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        61 7 SECOND Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam was m Hong Kong yesterday for the first leg of the third Asean Finance Ministers' Investor Seminar. The seminar promotes investments m Asean and profiles the region's growth potential. The second round will be held m Singapore this Saturday
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      Lock icon Renowned horticulturist to be new NIE director
      376 7  -  Sandra Davie Described by NTU as an 'outstanding and dynamic leader', he will take over m Nov By Education Correspondent PROFESSOR Lee Sing Kong has spent most of his life cultivating plants, but from November he will be nurturing teachers' minds here instead.
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      255 7 SCHOOL administrators and policymakers interested m studying global educational trends can now enrol for a new dual doctorate degree offered jointly m Singapore and London. Students will take a part of the Doctor of Education degree at the Nanyang Technological University's National Institute of Education
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      Lock icon Church hires surveyors to check cracks due to Circle line works
      467 8  -  Tan Hui Yee Building is structurally sound, says LTA; it will also 'rectify defects where needed' By THE widening cracks within the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, which sits on the edge of construction work on the MRT's Circle
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      476 9  -  Elaine Young Research findings will be presented at upcoming congress here By SYNTHETIC blood, being developed here for the past 12 years, is now ready for testing on human tissue, researchers say. If the tests are successful, it could well mean the
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      681 9  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By WHAT'S the secret to a long life? For 104-year-old Chia Siok Hwee, it was simple Food and a dedicated family that cared for her. She died m her sleep on Saturday without having suffered a major illness or setting
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        387 10 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND/WORLD BANK MEETINGS SINGAPORE CAN DO WITHOUT THE VIOLENCE The car burning, window smashing and the violence that took place m Seattle and Hong Kong seemed completely lost on World Bank MD Juan Jose Daboub. WORLD Bank managing director Juan Jose Daboub
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        317 10 AMICABLE TALKS THE WAY TO GO If it is the desire of the World Bank and groups clamouring for public protests to hear each other out, why do so only during the IMF/World Bank meetings? I WAS fascinated by some of
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        60 10 POLICE would like to inform Mr Andrew Yong Yun Leong ("Road-rage case driver ought to be punished too"; ST, Sept 5) that investigations into possible traffic violations by both the motorcyclist and the driver are still m progress. The involved parties will be kept informed.
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        97 10 I WOULD like to highlight the unhygienic practice of a restaurant's staff. On Saturday, at about 6.20pm, I was at Kovan Heartland Mall with my family. My little girl wanted to eat sushi so we went to Edo Sushi on the second level. There
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        193 10 RECENTLY I took a bus from the Sengkang (Compass Point) bus interchange. On opening the glass door, I was hit by the pollution within the air-conditioned enclosure. While queueing for the bus, the sliding door opened as the bus for the next queue arrived. Though
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        154 10 I REFER to the letter, "Save paper: Print on two sides of statements" (ST, Sept 6). We thank Mr Mohamad Noor Abdullah for highlighting Star Hub's practice of using both sides of the paper m its monthly invoices to subscribers. This practice is commendable.
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        172 10 I REFER to the letter by Ms Chen Zhizhi, "40 years here and her mum has yet to get PR" (ST, Aug 25). The Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) supports the Government's naturalisation efforts m attracting suitable immigrants to Singapore. Applications for immigration
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        174 10 I REFER to the letter, "Have residents vote on upgrading again" (ST, Sept 8), by Mr Lim Eng Wah. The Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) was offered to residents of Block 301, Clementi Avenue 4, m 2003. To ensure support for the programme, at
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        238 10 MS CHAN Hou Yoong ("No reply from bank after surprise charge"; ST, Sept 11) wanted to find out about the Frequent Flyer Programme fees charged to her cred-it-card account. We apologise for not responding to Her query m a timely manner. One of the benefits
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        144 10 I WORK m the Shenton Way district and travel to work by MRT. Like many other workers, I receive a free copy of My Paper when I reach the exit of Tanjong Pagar MRT station. More often than not, I will be
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          91 10 I VISITED the RSAF Open House on Sept 2 and was impressed. The organisers are to be commended for a job well done. Visitors did not have to wait long for the shuttle buses and there were many activities to ensure that there was
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          76 10 I WRITE to thank the staff of the NTUC Fair Price outlet m Serangoon Central. On Aug 30, when I realised I needed Nestle cream to make cheese cake for my daughter to give to her teachers on Teachers' Day, it was past 10pm and
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          82 10 MY FRIENDS and I met a very kind and understanding taxi driver recently. It was 3am when we flagged his taxi to take us from the West Coast to Bukit Panjang. Halfway through the journey, one of my friends, who was drunk, vomited
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          69 10 I WOULD like to thank the driver of Comfort SHAIO3K whose taxi I boarded on Aug 31 m Ang Mo Kio during the morning peak hour. He agreed to make two stops even though he was changing shift. We got caught m peak-hour traffic
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          80 10 ON AUG 29, my son's wallet and mobile phone fell out of his pouch wnile he was running at Macßitchie Reservoir. That evening, mv son got a phone call to tell nim that a Mr Joseph Yeo had found his phone. The next morning, his school
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          38 10 I WAS involved m a traffic accident at the pedestrian crossing outside Eunos MRT station on Aug 22 at about 2.45pm. I would like to thank all those who helped me. Soh Kirn Hua
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        596 11 CHELSEA BEAT BREMEN 2-0 Even after win, Blues boss unhappy with questions over Lampard and cards London A 2-0 win over Werder Bremen, m which Michael Ballack scored his first goal for Chelsea, should have ended happily for the English champions. Instead, manager Jose Mourinho upstaged everyone
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        198 11 Makelele must play if picked CHELSEA midfielder Claude Makelele says he has no option but to answer his country's call again if France coach Raymond Domenech picks him for the next batch of Euro 2008 qualifiers. Despite announcing his retirement from international football after the World Cup, Makelele was selected
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        Lock icon Pizarro inspires Roma to 4-0 romp
        286 11 ROMA coach Luciano Spalletti singled out midfielder David Pizarro for praise after Tuesday's emphatic 4-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk. Trie former Inter Milan player was fined on Saturday for reacting badly to being substituted m their 2-0 Serie A victory over Livorao
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        Lock icon Cole attacks Arsenal's lazy, selfish and arrogant' youngsters
        485 11 LONDON ASHLEY Cole has condemned Arsenal's young players as having "big heads on young shoulders". He also hinted that midfielder Francesc Fabregas was behind the Battle of the Buffet", where pizza slices were thrown at Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson two seasons
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        Lock icon Barca dazzle with 5-0 rout of Levski
        447 11 Barcelona BARCELONA got their defence of the Champions League off to a flying start by thrashing Levski Sofia 5-0 despite torrential rain on Tuesday. Seeking to become the first team to retain Europe's top club trophy since AC Milan achieved the feat m
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        Lock icon BARCA ARE CHAMPIONS WITH HEART
        164 11 Barcelona's Ronaldinho dons his jersey printed with the emblem of Unicef, the United Nations' children's charity. This is the first time m the Catalan club's 107-year history that they have an advertising logo on their jerseys. However, m a reversal of the norm, where teams
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        Lock icon Inter lose Vieira, go down 0-1 to Sporting
        312 12 soccer Rome INTER Milan's 0-1 defeat by Champions League rivals Sporting Lisbon brought back the Italian club's all-too-famil-iar doubts and demons. Earlier this week, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said that Inter's off-season transfer campaign had given them "the best squad m the
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        630 12 Boss Benitez slammed for not starting Gerrard against Dutch champions PSV EINDHOVEN TWO seasons ago, Rafael Benitez could do no wrong, leading Liverpool to their fifth European Cup. This time, he has left observers wondering when he will do something right, after
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        168 12 Munich BAYERN Munich received an unexpected Champions League bonus on Tuesday, when their 4-0 win over Spartak Moscow was coupled with a surprise defeat for group rivals Inter Milan. Patrick Vieira. sent off for the Italian club, will be missing when Bayern travel to Milan
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        49 12 Group A Barcelona 5 Levski Sofia 0 Chelsea 2 Werder Bremen 0 Group B Bayern Munich 4 Spartak Moscow 0 Sporting Lisbon 1 Inter Milan 0 Group C Galatasaray 0 Bordeaux 0 PSV Eindhoven 0 Group D Olympiakos 2 Valencia 4 AS Roma 4 Shaktar Donetsk 0
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        659 12 Rimini (Italy) JUVENTUS could have been playing m the Champions League this season. After winning the Serie A last season, stalwarts like Alessandro del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi went on to lift the World Cup. How far the
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        472 13 SOCCER London BEN Thatcher faces an uncomfortable two years m football. The Manchester City player was hit with an eight-match ban by the Football Association on Tuesday, for his brutal forearm smash on Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes last month. However, m an
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        Lock icon I never believed we d win, says McClaren
        746 13 England coach says that expectations to lift 2006 World Cup were unrealistic London STEVE McClaren never believed England could win the World Cup m Germany. He conceded that expectations emulating the Bobby Moore-led team m lifting the trophy 40 years ago were
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        Lock icon Armstrong calls NYT doping story a nasty hatchet job
        333 13 CYCLING Chicago LANCE Armstrong on Tuesday bristled at a report that two former teammates had admitted to using perform-ance-enhancing substances. He called it "'a hatchet job... to link me to doping through somebody else's admission". Frankie Andreu and another former mate
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        206 13 Hanoi VIETNAM'S soccer chief admits he is facing a headache about a new kindf of match-fix-ing for which there is no law to prevent, a report said yesterday. Nguyen Trong Hy, the chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation, says that unlike the
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        271 13 London ALEX Ferguson has revealed that he failed m a dead-line-day move to resurrect a deal to sign Marcos Senna. The Villarreal midfielder, 30, had been the Manchester United manager's top target, reported the Manchester Evening News. But he turned his attention to Bayern Munich's
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          127 13 LONDON: Fulham fear that in-form midfielder Jimmy Bullard could be out for the rest of the season. This despite initial reports that he would be back m just eight weeks, after injuring nis right knee m last Saturday's 2-1 win at Newcastle. The £2.5
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          88 13 LONDON: Midfielder Yossi Benayoun plans to sign a new five-year contract with English Premiersnip club West Ham United, the Mirror reported yesterday. The 25-year-old Israel captain, who is only one year into a four-year deal, pledged his long-term future to the Hammers after helping
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        543 14  -  Leonard Lim GOLF He and Mardan are two shots behind leaders Hong Kong m World Cup qualifier BY MORE than halfway through the first round of golf's World Cup qualifying. Singapore's Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat knew something had to be done
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        507 14 Los Angeles GOLF fans can expect an intriguing contrast m captaincy styles for the second contest m a row when Europe defend the Rvder Cup against the United States m Ireland next week. Two years ago at Oakland Hills, the ice-cool and meticulous Bernhard Langer led
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        328 14 UNITED States' Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman believes his team can reclaim the treasured trophy from Europe next week m Ireland. He also expects Tiger Woods to be the key to victory, saying on Tuesday: "Your stars have to be your staris. "Your best players
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        322 14 London BALKING at paying Tiger Woods some US$3 million (554.7 million), just to appear on Singapore's shores? Singapore Open organisers, who want to lure Tiger Woods to the Republic, can take a leaf from British golf. Woods' presence m England and Ireland
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          117 14 BEIJING: China is using a reality TV show to select coxes for the national men's and women's rowing eights at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "Tne 14-episode series, to be shown on China state television from next February, will feature 20 male and female
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          94 14 TOKYO: Japanese baseball fans celebrated yesterday as New York Yankee Hideki Matsui returned to duty m style after recovering from a broken wrist. The Japanese national hero, who missed 110 games due to the injury, received a standing ovation at Yankee Stadium before matching his major
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          92 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting yesterday apologised for an outburst during the limited-overs tri-se-ries opening match against the West Indies that resulted m him being fined his entire match fee. Ponting objected to umpire Asad Rauf's decision to award a wide m the
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        276 14 MOTOR RACING Berlin MICHAEL Schumacher's r.a^er has accused Fernando Alonso of "'pitiful behaviour", after the Formula One world champion described the German ace as the least sporting driver of all time. Bild newspaper yesterday quoted Willi Weber as saying that the Renault driver's comments on Spain's
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        450 14 BASEBALL MLB: Boston 6 Baltimore 5, Kansas City 5 Cleveland 3, Detroit 3 Texas 2, NY Yankees 12 Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh v Milwaukee (postponed), NY Mets 6 Florida 4, Cincinnati 5 San Diego 4 (11 innings), Atlanta v Philadelphia (postponed), Chicago Cubs 9 LA Dodgers 8 (11 innings),
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        98 15 WONG KM FUN Age: 54 passed away peacefully on 12 September 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: Wong Weng Kong Thong Yee Kwai Uncle: Aunt: Wong Tng See Thong Lin Chen Sister: Brother-in-law: Wong Swee Khuan Edwin Kwee Cousins: Cousins-in-law: Wong Soy Chan Wong Soy Keng Takahiro Saito Wong
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        119 15 ■HOT*:!? HIRO KODUMAL DASWANI Age: 70 passed away peacefully on 11 September 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: (Savita Hiro Daswani, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Mahesh Reina Sushil Minoo Daughters: Sons-in-law: Shirly Manoj Grandsons: Granddaughters: Suraj, Shivam.Sharan Tamanna, Deepika, Kashish.Johanna, Karisma, Rishika, Serena And The Entire Daswani
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        183 15 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Gilbert One Peng Koon ana Mdm Patricia Chow Goon Chau on the demise of his/ her beloved mother-in-law/ mother MDM KUNG AH KOON Departed on 1 1 September 2006 From Gordon Cai Zhen Oiane 8 DBS VICKERS SECURITIES In Loving Memory Of HENG
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        178 15 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Director MR LOH AH JOO On the demise of his beloved brother Low Ngiap Chin Tony Departed on 12 Sept 2006 From Staff of Pan-West Singapore Pan-West Malaysia Thalai Thevasam 1 st Anniversary SUBRAMANIAM S/O POONSAMY (Former Traffic Police officer/ Taxi
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      32 20 MONEY THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 2006 Big wans DBS is named top regional bank at the Private Banker International Wealth Conference, while Daniel Truchi is outstanding private banker. PAGE HlB
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        5413 16 TMRSACTIM DATE: SEP 13 2006 52WEM TU WKKKI UST W. Ml IST *t» WSM LOW COSE COWMR HMO SAf "M Mi IM M $M 1 5716 lstSoftware 2.5 +0.5 841 2.5 2.5 10.1 6 3M STelecom 7 -0.5 11 7 6 5 7 4 33 5 583-1
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      254 17 New York THE winning bidder m an online auction that started yesterday will not just get a new car he or she will be chauffeured by its previous owner, billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Mr Buffett, 76, who pledged the bulk
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      33 17 Yesterday's close-. 15,750.05 (+30.71 points) Japanese stocks closed mixed, with modest gains made on a technical rebound, after recent heavy losses offset by continued concerns over the economic outlook. AFP
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      32 17 Yesterday's close: 17,210.04 (+134.64 points) Hong Kong shares ended 0.79 per cent higher, buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street overnight as oil prices continued to drop. AFP
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      34 17 Yesterday's close: 1.689.39 (-6.47 points) Chinese stocks fell 0.37 percent, snapping a three-day winning streak as investors opted to take profits, with metal and machinery stocks sn particular losing ground. AFP
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      26 17 Yesterday's close: 5,017.2 (+42.8 points) .Australian shares finished 0.86 per cent higher, supported by bargain-hunting m resources issues after recent heavy losses. AFP
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      32 17 Yesterday's close: 954.25 (+0.55 point) Malaysian stocks closed little changed, as bargain-hunting m select blue chips by local funds offset losses led by a slump m mining issues. AFP
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      30 17 Yesterday's close: 11,893.79 (+233 points) Indian shares ended 2 per cent higher, extending their recovery after Monday's heavy sell-off, as lower oil prices sparked fresh fund support. AFP
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      35 17 Yesterday's close: 1,451.08 (+15.87 points) Indonesian stocks finished 1.1 per cent higher on a technical rebound after recent falls. However, the main index ended off its intra-day peak amid some profit-taking. AFP
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      30 17 Yesterday's close: 698.19 (+10.43 points) >» Thai shares closed 1.52 percent higher, with sentiment upbeat after a strong Wall Street performance overnight sparked gains across the region. AFP
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      459 17 California official claims he has enough evidence to indict those involved Los Angeles THE boardroom intrigue at Hewlett-Packard (HP) intensified with California AttorneyGeneral Bill Lockyer saying he has "enough evidence to indict" people inside the Silicon Valley icon for snooping confidential
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      221 17 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.32 1.440 +0.020 Ascendasreit 1.05 2.100 BlLlntl 0.41 1.430 Capita Land 4.47 4.880 +0.080 Capita Mall 0.92 2.460 +0.020 Chart SamiCond 0.96 1.260 +0.040 CrtyOev 2.70 9.900 +0.350 ComfortDalGro 1.57 1.580 +0.010 CoscoCorp 0.72 1.540 +0.040 Creative Tech 0.37 10.400
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      53 17 Wilmar 45,820,000 Synear 27,591,000 Hi-P Intl 27,382,000 Bio-Treat 25,823,000 Sing Tel 23,930,000 China Honping 22,113,000 CapitalanMßLeCW7o2l4 20,321.000 Chart SemiCond 18,505,000 China Milk 17,256,000 ASL Marine 15,737,000 Sep 13 Capita Land 14,380,000 Xpress 14,115,000 Axis Sys 14,085,000 STATSChP 13,973,000 MMI Hldgs 12,542,000 Gallant 12,143,000 AEM-Evertech 10,448,000 UTAC 9,957,000 CapitalandDßeCW6l2lB
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      138 17 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar .1.1770 1.1910 Can dollar 1.4010 1.4170 Euro 1.9900 2.0130 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4294 0.4300 NZ dollar 1.0030 1.0250 Sterling pound 2.9380 2.9720 US dollar 1.5690 1.5860 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS OF
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      Lock icon Boardroom scandal derails chairman's meteoric rise
      480 17 San Jose (California) MS PATRICIA Dunn's resignation as Hewlett-Packard (HP) chairman halts her rise from a two-week temporary typist gig at an investment firm to the top of the financial and high-tech universe: Congress and state and federal investigators are probing whether any laws
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      2084 17 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE SEP 13 2006 h-week ib. ewinrr usr vhmk HIBH imi CODE tMMR HUDEO SAlf D§o 47 8 3779 ASI Marine WOM4OI 37.5 +0.5 23C 7.5 3 ArianeCorpWo9!229 3.5 -0.5 3302 9 6.5 9092 AsiaEnvWQ.9oB24 7.5 -0.5 397 6 0.5 3795 AutronWo7o6o3 1 unch 110 38
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      Lock icon More private bankers wanted as number of new rich surges
      446 18  -  Gabriel Chen By Sector sees explosive growth, but severe lack of trained staff a cause for concern A SURGE m the number of newly wealthy, self-made entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific has helped spark a growing shortage of private bankers, a
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      535 18 Asian properties attract flood of global investments INSTITUTIONAL investment m Asian real estate has reached what one real-estate executive m a recent survey called "nosebleed levels". Each US dollar of property for sale now attracts US$5 (SsB) m capital m some cases, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Local and
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      329 18  -  GABRIEL CHEN TAKING THE HONOURS: DBS was voted top regional bank while Mr Truchi, who heads SG Private Banking, was named outstanding private banker m the region. The awards are based on individual nominations by readers of PBI magazine. SINGAPORE had two big wins at
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      448 18  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent AN AUSTRALIAN domestic airline owned mostly by Singaporeans has doubled full-year net profits to a record A515.7 million (5518.7 million). The good showing by Sydney-based Regional Express was driven by a 15 per cent increase m passenger numbers to hit
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      559 18 San Francisco APPLE Computer chief executive Steve Jobs has concluded a much-anticipated company event with his usual tease, noting that he had "one last thing" to introduce. Then, m an unusual departure from Apple's practice of announcing new products when they
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      555 19  -  Lee Su Shyan This is due to greater onus on directors to ensure interim results pass muster By d >mpanies Correspondent COMPANIES will put even more demands on their number crunchers now that tough new listing rules have placed their
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      696 20  - Lippo to list 3 Reits here by end-2007 Fiona Chan By It hopes to raise $I.Bb from the trusts, whose assets are valued at $3b IN A major coup for the Singapore Exchange, Indonesia's Lippo group plans to launch three property trusts here over the next 15 months. The trusts
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      203 20 First Reit Comprises three Jakarta hospitals and an Indonesian hotel worth about $300 million m total. Lippo hopes to list this by the end of the year to raise about $150 million. Second Reit To be launched m the first half of next year, it will
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      418 20  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent INDONESIA'S Lippo Group has won the tender for a prized leasehold Sentosa Cove condominium site with a new benchmark price for the upscale residential enclave. The firm's aggressive top bid of $234.7 million secured the Marina Collection,
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        1631 2  -  Clara Chow ARTS CORRESPONDENT LIKE elements winking into life m a dreamscape, ID monumental sculptures have appeared m Singapore quietly and m batches since last Monday. There is a unicorn, a piano with legs, an armless female torso and melting watches, to name a few. Erected at midnight
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        142 7 INVISIBLE pheromones, an Osama video and magic carpets. They are all m the Singapore Biennaie. Every week, for the next three weeks, we will be giving away five pairs of unlimited passes worth $25 each to the inaugural contemporary art showcase. Just snap
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        391 8  -  June Cheong > dance MEN. BEYOND HORIZON Dance Ensemble Singapore Arts Victoria Theatre Last Saturday ARTS REPORTER BEYOND the horizon of bared bodies, balled fists and bold somersaults, the men of Dance Ensemble Singapore (DES) Arts revealed their softer side. The one-night
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        67 12 DREAM SHOW: Extra seats have been released for tomorrow's sold-out performance of My Dream by China's Disabled People's Performing Troupe at the Singapore Expo. Tickets at $58 and $78 are available at Sistic on 6348-5555 and at www.unusual.com.sg... BEATLES' STAMP OF APPROVAL: The Fab Four will appear on British
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        309 4  -  Michelle Tay FASHFLASH Baubles once owned by queens, maharajahs and stars will go on display at the National Museum of Singapore from Sept 30. Called The Art Of Cartier, the free exhibition will feature about 100 pieces of jewellery and ornaments dating back to the early 20th
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        265 4 There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but sometimes, you can get two for the price of one. Just ask Goldheart Jewellery, which is riving bling-lovers twice as many reasons to go jewellery-shopping this month. It is marking its 32nd birthday by
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        220 4 In the world of fashion, you're either m or you're out Similarly m the game of musical chairs, you're either sitting or you're out, since there is always one fewer chair than there are players. Next month, a number of luxury stores are se to dabble m this
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        39 4 URBAN SUBURBAN Sheer, lightweight T-shirts Thick T-shirts Examining Baby Suri's photographs Examining Baby ShilofVs wax figure Coachella Valley Music Festival m Glastonbury Festival m Somerset, southern California England Ordering custom-composed classical Burning CDs and swapping music (cantilenamusicxom) iPod pfaylists
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      257 5 .After 21 years of operating a two-storey boutique tucked inside Kuala Lumpur's fashionable Starhill Gallery, French luxury brand Louis Vuitton has moved to the front of the mall, opening its first street-facing flagship store m Malaysia. The space was previously occupied by the Marriott
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      277 7 Discover your sole mate with boots Boots are a fashion staple when the weather turns chilly. But there is no reason you can't enrol m boot camp m sunny Singapore. Anne Hathaway's sharp outfits m The Devil Wears Prada have had us hankering after those fashion-sensible footwear. Ankle-
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      435 11 TO MEDIA-SAWY YOUTH, SUPERHEROES ARE MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES COMPARABLE TO THE APOLLOS AND ZEUSES OF ANCIENT LEGENDS' DC Super Heroes' Irwan Sukarman From bikinis and T-shirts to flip-flops and pyjamas, home-grown casual wear boutique newurbanmale.com is also cashing m on mature cartoon fans. "Cartoons will always sell because girls, no
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        410 13 Stuart Vevers ight) bags a :>est-seller for I berry Exclusivity may be the hallmark of luxury goods. But Stuart Vevers, the British design director of English company Mulberry, says: "I'm not interested m doing things that only 10 people will carry." He has his wish: The 32-year-old designed
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      546 14 Despite a slew of choices here, make-up artists are still heading overseas for their favourite brands. But that trend could change with Face Bistro. LEONG SU-LIN reports Veteran make-up artist Dily Wang has touched up the faces of Kylie Minogue, Christy Chung and virtually every local
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      112 22 Every night for the past week, I've had a small glass of Korean raspberry wine after dinner. Ruby red and with 1 5 per cent alcohol, it smells wonderfully of raspberries and makes a really good digestif. the wine isn't too sweet and is delicious drunk chilled. You
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