The Straits Times, 4 November 2008

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon Human egg donation: No payment for pain, risks
    521 1  -  Serene Luo But women donating to research should be reimbursed, says panel WOMEN who donate their eggs for research should be reimbursed but only for expenses such as cab fares, and their earnings in the time taken up. They should not, however,
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    Lock icon IF OBAMA LOSES: Upset could spark violence
    648 1 How Americans vote today will also determine the fate of their parties. JONATHAN EYAL reports IF SENATOR Barack Obama loses his bid for the presidency, this will be one of the most significant upsets in modern US history. He led the polls solidly
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    Lock icon IF McCAIN LOSES: End of party's historic rise
    634 1 SHOULD Senator John McCain lose his bid to become the United States' 44th president, rumblings of unhappiness among Republicans are to be expected. There will be mutterings about the style of his campaign. There will also be accusations that the Democrats "cheated"
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  • prime commentary
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      Lock icon Big day, bigger tasks ahead
      1046 2  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Next US president has to fix a costly mess in Iraq and Wall Street TODAY is Election Day. As millions of Americans cast their votes, they are making a choice that will impact all of us. The man they elect to be the
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      175 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Obama has the advantage Whoever wins the US presidential election must rally the American people to believe in themselves again. That could make the world a better dl<3.C6 EDITORIAL PAGE A2l COLUMNS Tough times for Beijing jM &g, China may grow more m wS slowly than many
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  • prime news
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      Lock icon SIA to charge for more legroom
      789 4  -  Karamjit Kaur Passengers requesting seats in exit rows must pay up to US$lOO extra EXTRA legroom on Singapore Airlines now comes at a price US$5O (Ss73) one-way and double that for a return flight. In a move that has upset some customers, the airline
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  • prime financial crisis
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      Lock icon Weaker job market as employers turn cautious
      611 6  -  Jessica Lim There could be higher retrenchment, says Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong THE job market, already beset by worries over the economy, could turn worse over the next few months, resulting in more Singaporeans losing their jobs. This is because employers
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      Lock icon Maybank's Minibond customers hold meeting
      497 6  -  Gabriel Chen OVER 100 investors who had bought Lehman Minibonds from Maybank met last night to discuss their options over their failed investment. The packed "closed door" session in a Raffles Hospital meeting room was staged to kick-start collective action over their losses. Speakers peppered
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      Lock icon Investor interest in Johor down
      233 7 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: Iskandar Malaysia, an economic zone in the southern state of Johor, is seeing lower investor interest since June due to the global financial crisis, an official said yesterday. "Earlier in the year until June, we received, I think two or three groups
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      Lock icon S. Korea plans $16.6b stimulus
      259 7 BLOOMBERG SEOUL: South Korea plans to pump an extra 14 trillion won (5516.6 billion) into the economy next year as it steps up efforts to prevent the nation's first recession in a decade. The government will spend 3.4 trillion won more to help smaller companies
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      Lock icon Indian PM asks firms to avoid job cuts
      557 7  -  Ravi Velloor Warning of prolonged global crisis, he says layoffs will add to woes THE global financial crisis is "more severe" than expected, India's econo-mist-turned-Prime Minister warned yesterday, asking companies to avoid steep job cuts that would worsen the situation. India, the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Milestone in cross-strait ties
      795 8  -  Ho Ai Li Chinese envoy begins historic visit to Taiwan amid tight security TAIPEI: China's top cross-strait envoy Chen Yunlin, his trademark bouffant hair ruffled by the wind, walked down the stairs from his plane yesterday and stepped onto the tarmac of Taoyuan Airport. At that
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    • world regional
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        Lock icon Fresh appeal won't save Bali bombers
        554 9 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Court rules out delay in execution; prosecutors say trio have exhausted legal options JAKARTA: Indonesia's Supreme Court said yesterday that a new appeal filed by lawyers for relatives of the Bali bombers against their imminent execution would not delay
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        Lock icon Penang police raid gay parties
        345 9 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK GEORGE TOWN (Penang): Malaysian police broke up four gay parties over the weekend and nabbed 70 people, some of whom were caught literally with their pants down. Those detained included locals, Americans, Europeans and a Chinese national. Police, in a blitz
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        Lock icon Ex-minister called 'a traitor to race'
        692 10 Umno politicians flay remarks on Malay supremacy concept BALING (Kedah): Former defacto law minister Zaid Ibrahim has come under withering criticism from Umno politicians for saying that the concept of "Ketuanan Melayu" or Malay supremacy championed by the party has led to failed policies.
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        Lock icon Najib has his work cut out for him
        645 11  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysia's next PM has to fulfil Abdullah's vows but avoid his mistakes KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi swept into office in 2003 promising a host of changes. Five years down the line, it is these same promises that have
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        Lock icon Gerakan V-P dies after falling from building
        437 11  -  Hazlin Hassan KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan vice-presi-dent S. Vijayaratnam was found dead in front of his clinic yesterday, apparently after falling from the rooftop of the four-storey building in Seremban. The 58-year-old was the nephew of Singapore's former foreign minister S. Rajaratnam, who died
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        Lock icon Japan to bear all childbirth expenses
        414 13 YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK TOKYO: The Japanese government intends to use public funds to pay for all childbirth costs, beginning the next fiscal year, as part of measures to reverse the country's declining birth rate, sources told a newspaper. The new approach would encourage
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        Lock icon Floods wreak havoc in Vietnam's north
        664 13 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, XINHUA PHOTO: Parts of Thailand, China also inundated; Viet officials issue health alert HANOI: Torrential rains have lashed Vietnam, Thailand and south-west China, leaving many people dead from flooding, landslides and mud flows. Floods have killed at
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    • world u.s. elections
      • The last big push
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          Lock icon The Boss gives Obama a singing endorsement
          525 15  -  Paul Zach CLEVELAND (Ohio): A crowd of 80,000 sang along with legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen at a rally for Barack Obama as he made a final swing through Ohio's three biggest cities in hopes of winning the state and the US presidency. Springsteen,
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          Lock icon Hint of nostalgia as McCain returns to quest's beginning
          487 15 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS PETERBOROUGH (New Hampshire): Senator John McCain's quest for the White House began in the basement of Peterborough's town hall here almost nine years ago. Back then, there was so little interest in his candidacy in the
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          Lock icon Churches join battle over abortion rights
          438 15  -  Li XUEYING CLEVELAND (Ohio): Mr Lester Pegues is 18 years old, black, and until two weeks ago, had been clear whom he was going to vote for: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Now, he is not so sure. "I'm confused," says Mr Pegues, who
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        Lock icon The numbers war
        247 16 A look at where candidates stand on election day HOW THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORKS The winner of the US presidential poll is not decided by the popular vote. To win, he has to get minimally 270 out of 538 votes cast by members of the Electoral College
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        Lock icon Can McCain pull it off?
        913 16 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Poll figures and electoral college votes seem stacked against him WASHINGTON: A victory today for Republican presidential candidate John McCain would be a stunning, last-minute upset coming at the end of an exhausting 21-month campaign. Most national polls show his
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        Lock icon Election coverage goes high-tech
        178 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES NEW YORK: For United States television news organisations, Election Night is like the Super Bowl the year's best chance to show off their talent and technological innovations. NBC News is going to imprint a US map on the Rockefeller Centre skating
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        Lock icon Will the voting system hold up?
        168 16 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Armies of volunteers, lawyers and federal agents will fan out across the US for today's elections amid mounting fears that a record turnout will overload the voting system, sparking a ballot-box meltdown. Memories of the bitter 2000 election
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    • world, international
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        Lock icon President's Kuwait trip can boost business ties
        506 17  -  Goh Chin Lian KUWAIT CITY: When Mr Yip Kong Ban visited Kuwait five years ago, its officials asked if his information technology company could import Singapore's e-government model to the oil-rich emirate in double-quick time. "We took 25 years. They wanted to do
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        Lock icon Revolt over new runway at Heathrow
        179 17 LONDON: Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been challenged by figures showing a significant fall in flights in the coming months as Cabinet ministers joined a Labour revolt against expanding the airport. The number of flights to and from Heathrow will fall
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        Lock icon Australia may open up domestic air routes
        623 17  -  Roger Maynard Proposal, part of govt review, will benefit international carriers such as SIA SYDNEY: Australian domestic aviation routes could be opened up to international carriers, including Singapore Airlines, under reforms being proposed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra.
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        Lock icon Gaddafi in energy talks with Russia
        624 18 NEW YORK TIMES Libyan leader may be trying to play Russia, US off against each other MOSCOW: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi visited Moscow over the weekend for talks on oil and natural gas deals, just two months after United States Secretary of State Condoleezza
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon Jogging shrimp a hit
        157 19 LONDON: A super-fit shrimp has become a massive Internet hit after learning to run on a treadmill as part of an unusual science experiment, it was reported yesterday. Scientists were amazed by results which showed the crustacean could jog at speeds of over 20m a minute
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        Lock icon Tension in Bay of Bengal
        132 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Bangladesh vowed to take "all possible measures" yesterday to protect its territory after accusing neighbouring Myanmar of exploring gas in its part of the hydrocarbon-rich Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh will also send a high-level delegation to Myanmar to "defuse" tensions between the
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        Lock icon Having a galloping good time
        78 19 Don't try this unless you are a good horseman. This couple is taking part in the annual Chabysh festival in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan. The sport involves a man chasing a woman on horseback. When he catches her, he gets to kiss her.
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        Lock icon Shanghai cabbies strike
        103 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Taxi drivers smashed car windows, including those of police vehicles, as they went on strike in one of China's biggest cities yesterday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in the morning rush hour. Thousands of taxi drivers in south-western Chongqing city protested against high operating
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        127 19 BANGKOK: Chief government whip Witthaya Buranasiri said yesterday that the government has completed rewriting Article 291 of the 2007 Constitution, and the draft is expected to be submitted to House Speaker Chai Chidchob within this week. The amended Article 291 would pave the way for the establishment
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        Lock icon 'Pictures are not proof
        116 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Weekend photographs of North Korea leader Kirn Jong II at a football match are no indication of his state of health, the South Korean government said yesterday. There were no details on the new pictures, seen as a renewed bid by Pyongyang to
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        Lock icon Violent backlash possible
        89 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RAWALPINDI: Pakistan yesterday voiced fears that further US missile strikes inside its territory could spark a violent backlash and severely hamper efforts to curb extremism, defence chiefs said. The country's defence ministry said Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar conveyed the message during a meeting here
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      116 8 P| WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE Thaksin therapy. Says David Brown: Palm takes prank call. "Hopefully the call will be sufficient, Thaksin: "I cannot return home." no coup will be attempted, the PAD will pack up and cease their illegal YOUR SAY
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Obama has the advantage
      444 20 AMERICANS choose their president today in a period of stress and uncertainty. The banking contagion that was hatched in America is slowly strangling parts of the world of essential economic growth, of which the worst effects are yet to be felt. People everywhere are resentful; they
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      Lock icon Worrying times for Beijing
      765 20  -  Bruce Gale CHINA'S ECONOMY LAST month, when China's National Statistics Bureau reported that the economy had expanded by just 9 per cent in the third quarter the slowest rate since 2003 both local and foreign economists were quick to argue that the country was well-placed to
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      Lock icon What gave the Special Branch its edge
      858 20  -  Cheah Boon Kheng BOOK REVIEW Title: Malaya's Secret Police, 1945-60: The Role Of The Special Branch In The Malayan Emergency. Author: Leon Comber Publisher: Iseas, Singapore: 2008. 324 pages. MALAYA'S secret service, the Special Branch, succeeded in the fight against armed communist insurgency
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      Lock icon The fundamentals will always surface
      985 21  -  Ivan Png ECONOMIC WATCH IF NOTHING else, the current crisis has underscored the accuracy of economics as a scientific discipline. Economic fundamentals may be slow to manifest themselves, subject as they are to lags, psychological biases and government regulation. But in the end, they do
      U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS  -  985 words
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      Lock icon Moving beyond false dichotomies
      1503 21  -  Robert E. Rubin Jared Bernstein NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE U.S. ECONOMY public investment in critical areas such as education, health care, energy, worker training and much else. In our view, then, the next president needs to proceed on multiple tracks, with both the restoration of a
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      488 22  -  Simon Sia EASING TRAFFIC JAMS I REFER to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) reply last Tuesday, "LTA's approach holistic and balanced", explaining the complications of forecasting vehicle deregistration numbers and how "discrepancies" in vehicle growth are corrected later. If a forecasting process tries to hit a target
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      Lock icon Childcare centre teachers come and go
      267 22  -  Wee Hien Seng I REFER to the recent discussions on raising childcare teachers' pay and upgrading their skill level. As a parent of a six-year-old, let me share some views. Our daughter has attended an NTUC Childcare centre in the west since she was
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      Lock icon Shanmugam emphasised interests of Singaporeans
      210 22  -  S. Radha (Ms) I REFER to yesterday's article, "Get real, accept foreigners, says law minister". Two points need to be clarified. It was reported that Mr K. Shanmugam said "get real and get practical" in respect of the foreign worker dormitories in Serangoon Gardens. That
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      334 22  -  Tan Lay Peng (Ms) I REFER to last Thursday's report, "Commuters dispute upbeat transport study". There are plenty of flaws in the Public Transport Council (PTC) study. Given the number of bus routes across the island, how could the six-month study end up with
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      345 22  -  Ong Seng Eng I REFER to the letter by Mr Tang Shangjun, "Singapore lags behind Europe in recycling" (Oct 25). We thank Mr Tang for his encouragement and suggestions, and his call for both the Government and citizens to do their respective parts
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      393 22  -  Tan Yip Meng ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE IN HER column on the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) last Thursday ("Escaping the dangers of dying ill"), Dr Lee Wei Ling urges Singaporeans to take a positive view on the subject. Coincidentally, a report just received from
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      305 22  -  Peter Chen THE editorial, "A spot of bother over Ma's China closeness", last Friday, a few days before the second Chiang-Chen talks in Taipei, is timely and significant. In recent surveys by the media, 65 per cent of respondents in Taiwan supported holding the talks
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      557 24  -  Jermyn Chow Singapore could be the first Asian country to host the Red Bull Air Race year were in in Abu Dhabi in the Middle East, San Diego and Detroit in the United States, and London, Rotterdam, Porto and Budapest in Europe. Britain's Paul
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      201 24 M What is this? It is an aviation motorsport featuring the world's best pilots flying lightweight racing planes. In a competition based on speed, precision and skill, a dozen pilots take turns to navigate a low-level aerial race track made up of air-filled pylons or air gates.
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      581 25  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Police arrest suspect believed to be a flatmate of man stabbed to death A CHINA national was found stabbed to death in a Jurong West flat he rented with several others yesterday evening, making him the sixth China national murdered in Singapore this
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      291 25  -  Jane Ng By THE PAP Community Foundation (PCF) is setting aside $1 million to help low-in-come families with children in its kindergartens. The one-off aid amount for each eligible child comes to $100. To be disbursed in two lots of $50 each next
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      364 26  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN PUMP prices have fallen again, the 11th time since July. And with the latest cut in prices, a motorist driving a mid-sized car is likely to spend $300 a month filling up about $90 less than in July. This round of
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      570 26  -  Lim Wei Chean Casino, four hotels and many attractions will be up by then; hiring starts next year THE steel frame for the first ride at the Universal Studios theme park in Sentosa, the Revenge of the Mummy, was winched into place last week.
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      431 27  -  Christopher Tan MCE already $600 m over budget; poor soil, higher construction costs cited as reasons THE new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE), which will link the new downtown to the western and north-eastern suburbs, is busting its budget in a big way. With
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      372 27  -  Yeo Ghim Lay A TRAFFIC accident some distance ahead of an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry which went live yesterday wrecked any chances of assessing whether the new charges have improved traffic flow. The gantry along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) before Eunos Link
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      267 27  -  YEO GHIM LAY A PANEL of foreign transport experts has endorsed the move by the authorities here to inject more competition into the public transport sector. The six-member group known as the International Advisory Panel, which advises the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on its policies, yesterday
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      689 28  -  Lee Hui Chieh April Chong Key religious groups, except perhaps Hindus, may oppose mercy killing THE major religious groups here with the probable exception of the Hindus are likely to share the Catholic Church's stance against euthanasia. Religious groups such as the Singapore Buddhist Federation, the
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      574 29  -  Tania Tan Danish firm launches $500 m research centre in Fusionopolis IN STILL and sheltered Singapore, one would be right to think that harnessing energy from wind would be a lot of hot air. But that has not stopped research in wind power
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      453 29  -  Grace Chua WITH jobs in the financial and other sectors becoming scarce, graduating students are eyeing "green-collar" jobs those in the field of preserving the environment. A mini fair at the National University of Singapore last week to showcase careers in renewable energy featured just
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      444 30  -  Shobana Kesava ELECTRIC vehicles, a smart power grid and even nuclear power for Singapore may some day form part of the country's evolving energy strategy. These suggestions and others made by the high-powered International Advisory Panel on Energy, which is
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      87 30 A photo exhibition by Straits Times photojournalist Alphonsus Chern (right), showcasing never-before-seen pictures of power stations, alternative energy sources and power generation infrastructure, will open today at Raffles City Convention Centre. Titled Energy: Portraits Of Production And Consumption In Singapore, the exhibition runs in conjunction with Singapore's inaugural
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      531 31  -  Scow Kai Lun Agencies not cutting rates yet even as more people do their own housework BELT-TIGHTENING is getting Singaporeans to clean up after themselves. Agencies which supply ad hoc cleaning and gardening services have started to see demand drop in the past
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      330 31  -  SEOW KAI LUN THE 10 finalists for The Straits Times National Schools Newspaper Competition are a mix of old contenders and newcomers. Picked from a field of 22 entries to produce a four-page tabloid newspaper in just 24 hours, the finalists include Anglo
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      323 32  -  Sujin Thomas MAID ABUSE Pair hit maid soon after she started working for them A MOTHER and her daughter took turns to abuse an Indonesian maid within three months of her starting work for them in their Pasir Ris flat. Housewife Mazlinda Mohamed, 33, started
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      143 32  -  SUJIN THOMAS THE China-born wife of opposition politician Tan Lead Shake is hoping to have the murder charge against her reduced, said her lawyer Subhas Anandan yesterday. He refused to say how he planned to make a case for this, but accused persons
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      267 32  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN ATTORNEY-GENERAL Walter Woon (right) will be in the High Court today to argue that the publisher of the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA) is guilty of contempt of court. The Government is accusing Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) which owns and publishes
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      648 33 REUTERS, THE TIMES, LONDON, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO: For 21.4 seconds on Sunday, Felipe Massa had the world championship trophy in his grasp after a perfect race in tricky conditions. As he crossed the finish line first in front of his home crowd, he thought he
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      521 33 THE TIMES, LONDON SAO PAULO: As Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team celebrated the success of an extraordinary tactical gamble to win the Fl World Championship, one of motorsport's most famous figures claimed that far from a stroke of genius the 23-year-old driver had
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      110 34 Drivers 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 98 points 2 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 97 3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 75 4 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 75 5 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 61 6 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 60 7 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin)
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      541 34  -  Steve Slater I SIMPLY cannot think of a more dramatic closing seconds of motor racing than the final corners of Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. It was nerve-wracking, it was dramatic; for Felipe Massa, it was cruel. It was motor racing at its very best. It was
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      314 34 Name: Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton Age: 23. Born on Jan 7, 1985 in Stevenage, England. Parents divorced when he was two. His motorsport career started at the age of eight. He had won his first British karting championship by the time he was 10. Signed up for McLaren's
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      499 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS Liverpool optimistic that Spaniard will be ready to meet old club Atletico LONDON: After losing top spot in the Premier League, Liverpool are hopeful that striker Fernando Torres will be fit to face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League today. If Torres can help
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      241 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS LONDON: Premier League leaders Chelsea have outscored their opponents 8-0 in their last two football games and now face an AS Roma side reeling from their worst Serie A start in 35 years. Chelsea are hoping their visit to Rome for today's
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      1153 35  -  Rohit Brijnath AS WE flee from Manchester's cruel cold into the heated room, there he stands. Captain Marvel, a few pounds heavier. No cape adorns him, but so what, we know that when he played he could fly. It is a fine moment,
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        45 35 REUTERS NEW YORK: The Milwaukee Bucks turned up the pressure on the New York Knicks and cruised to a 94-86 win in their NBA match on Sunday. Bucks, who led 49-45 at half-time, pulled away to 61-45 in the third quarter.
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        35 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Bolton earned a much-needed win as they beat Manchester City 2-0 in their Premier League football clash. The win saw Bolton move off the bottom of the table.
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      453 35  -  Wang Meng Meng INDRA Sahdan is back ahead of schedule. Just two weeks ago, he suffered a torn meniscus on his left knee and was ruled out for six weeks. But the national football captain made a stunning return in Home United's
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      42 36 REUTERS PARIS: Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clinched the final qualifying spot in tennis' season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai with victory in the Paris Masters on Sunday. Tsonga beat defending champion David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      349 36 Athletics New York City Marathon Men: 1 Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Bra) 2hr Bmin 43sec 2 Abderrahim Goumri (Mar) 2:09:07 3 Daniel Rono (Ken) 2:11:22 4 Paul Tergat (Ken) 2:13:10 5 Abderrahime Bouramdane (Mar) 2:13:33. Women: 1 Paula Radcliffe (Gbr) 2:23:56 2 Ludmila Petrova (Rusj 2:25:43 3 Kara Goucher
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      197 36 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: For elite runners, marathons are not unlike bank accounts. Only so many withdrawals can be made before the body exceeds the available balance of kilometres, and speed and stamina. At 34, battling recent stress fractures and two Olympic disappointments, Paula
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      451 36  -  Terrence Voon Spores world champs paired up only days ago THEY may be close friends off the court, but Singapore's new badminton world champions were not even the Republic's preferred pairing in the women's doubles. Fu Mingtian and Yao Lei trained together only days before the World Junior
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      96 33 CB WHAT'S ONLINE O MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Maradona pooh-poohs inexperience claims. Hamilton must deliver if he doesn't nail drivers' title, weight of failure could be overwhelming. Report of Singapore firm's rights to MotoGP race premature YOUR SAY What happened to Timo Glock? The
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      90 33 1. Name one top-10 American golfer Send y°ur entries to: who will be competing at this year's Singapore Press Holdings Ltd Barclays Singapore Open MacPherson Road Post Office Locked Bag Service No. 014 Singapore *****6 2. When will the Barclays Singapore Name: Open be held? NRICSchool: 3. Which golf course
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      92 36 CHOONG KHUN YIN Age: 76 Passed away peacefully on 3 November 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. I Husband: Wong Kum Poh Son: Daniel Wong Keng Fatt Daughter-in-law: Vivien Mok Swee Lian Granddaughter: Serena Wong Xue Van Grandson: Terence Wong Kai Wen Goddaughter: Jenn Song Godson-in-law: Anthony
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      117 36 "Surety goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 LEW SOON LIN LILY Age: 69 Passed away peacefully on 3 Nov 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Chan Chin
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      93 36 t$ SARDAR DARSHAN SINGH JI Beloved husband o/Sardarni Kartar Kaur, passed away peacefully on 3 November 2008, aged 91 years. Deeply mourning his loss are his brother, sisters-in-law, children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces and all loved ones. Our beloved dad will be resting at Blk 733, Yishun Aye 5 from 2pm
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      146 36 I? "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall noi^M W" be in want. He makes me lie down in green V pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, 1 He restores my soul." Psalm 23:1-3 Christine Wee Bee Choo Age: 56 years Was called home to be with the Lord
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      46 36 The Family of the Late CHUNG YUK YIN Departed on 31 October 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, pastors and members of churches for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      60 36 We, the family of the late RAYMOND SNG KOK HIAM Departed 28 October 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to Archbishop Nicholas Chia, Rev. Fr.
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      76 36 DORAI MARY PUSHPAM Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 2 November 2008, dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Francis Dorai (deceased) 6 sons, 3 daughters, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, 20 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Body is resting at Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, 50 Ophir Road (Apparition Room) Funeral mass
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      176 37 LEE KIM BEOY Age: 97 years Passed away peacefully on 2 Nov 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Cheng Tim Kok Sons: Daughters-in-law: Cheng Yue Hee Lee Koon Yin Cheng Yue Hien Poo Jok Nam Cheng Yue Teen Chng Li Li Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Cheng Mooi Kiow,
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      271 37 a_/D/E/(<s eugjiOluiTegiih &rr&<xir® &.{Diiidl aSlifluuaii Qurr&^Lb tSpuLj. ((Qsp&r 339) MANGALAM SEETHALAKSHMI D/O P Nadrajah Pillai Sivagami Ammal Age: 65 Passed away peacefully on 2-11-08 Beloved Husband: N Ramakrishnan (ex Police Officer CID(RW) Singapore Literary Enthusiasist' Son: Daughter-ln-Law: R Thirunavukkarasu Rameshwary Daughters: Sons-in-Law: R Jeeva Ghandi V Elangovan R Bhavani Francis
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      106 37 TAN CHAR BOH Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 3 Nov 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Ang Ah Moi Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Cheng Huat Tan Siu Huang, Jane Tan Cheng Hoe Lim Hee Hong Tan Ching Joon Wang Patricia Daughter: Son-in-law: Tan Li Neng, Mary Wong Ming Huang, David
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      178 37 WONG MEE CHIN Age: 87 passed on peacefully on 2 November 2008. Dearly missed by family and loved ones. Husband: Tham Poh Leong (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tham Tuck Chong, Steven Wee Siew Bee, Doris Tham Tuck Keen Son Siew Hoon Tham Tuck Cheong Sng Su Ming, Joanna Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tham
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      80 37 RONNIE KOK KIM CHOY Age: 54 Passed away peacefully on 2 November 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Juliet Lee SaiKhin Son: Elvin Kok Jian Zong Daughter-in-law: Jolain Chay Peck Har Daughter: Stacy Kok Mci Shi Grandson: Garren Kok Cheng Jun all relatives and friends Wake
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      62 37 I place myself in your care. You will save me, Lord. Psalm 31v5 Manuel de Castro 82 years Granted eternal rest on 3 November 2008 Leaving loved ones including 3 great grandsons to mourn him Wake at Block 64A Commonwealth Drive (Multi Purpose Hall) Cortege leaves on Wednesday 5 November
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      14 37 InLovingMemoryOf ONGLAYYIAH Departed 4th Nov 1988 Dearly missedby Mother, Sisters, Brothers, Nephews and Nieces
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      35 36 Memory wanders as shadows rail baclctothedaus or happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. 3
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      264 36 Today Football S-League: Young Lions v Balestier Khalsa (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). Uefa Champions League: Liverpool v Atletico Madrid (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3am), Roma v Chelsea (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30am), CFR Cluj v Girondins Bordeaux, Anorthosis Famagusta v Inter Milan, Werder Bremen v Panathinaikos, Sporting v Shakhtar Donetsk, Barcelona v Basel,
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      99 37 Memory wanders as shadows fall sack. to the daus of happiness, Daus oeuond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. '■-/I For the loved ones whom you remember. .T^TJP "In Memoriam" W "N*^^
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      588 38  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Singapore among biggest gainers, with blue chips leading the way A JOLT of optimism shot through battered regional bourses yesterday with investors betting that the welter of policies unleashed to deal with the global financial crisis would eventually take root. The
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      297 38  -  Alvin Foo WARRANT WATCH A COMBINATION of imminent earnings' reports and blue chip stocks that were battered last month led investors to turn their attention yesterday to warrants of DBS Group Holdings, Keppel Corp and Capita Land. DBS contracts were active ahead of
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        20 38 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.64 billion shares worth $1.14 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 422 Losers: 125 Unchanged: 781
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        94 38 Mid Cap 373.00 A 28.24 Basic materials 230.47 A 19.06 Utilities 263.69 A 1.13 Small Cap 304.92 A 19.28 Industrials 393.78 A 19.57 Financials 466.77 A 24.24 All Share 448.93 A 23.80 Consumer goods 346.59 A 31.04 Technology 416.98 A 29.08 Fledgling 398.25 A 12.78 Health care
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        21 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Friday's close: 8,576.98 (-452.78) »Japanese financial markets were closed for a public holiday They reopen today.
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        28 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 899.35 (+35.74) Malaysian shares closed 4.1 per cent higher as investors await an expected economic plan to fight the financial crisis
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        24 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 14,344.37 (+375.70) Hong Kong shares closed 2.7 per cent higher, led by property developers and HSBC.
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        26 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,129.08 (+16.02) South Korean shares closed up 1.5 per cent after Seoul announced a major package to stimulate the economy.
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        26 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,719.77 (-9.01) Chinese shares closed down 0.52 per cent as concerns grew over a slowdown in the real economy.
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        28 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 10,337.68 (+549.62) Indian shares rose 5.62 per cent, after the central bank unexpectedly cut its key lending rate by 50 basis points
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        28 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 4,221.5 (+203.5) Australian shares closed up 5 per cent as financial stocks buoyed the market ahead of an expected rate cut.
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        29 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 449.19 (+32.66) Thai shares closed up 7.84 per cent on last week's Wall Street gains and easing fears of domestic political violence.
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          111 38 (0) Nov 3 CENTS OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 ...8520 170.0 lardine C8C 1070 144.0 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .8200 140.0 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ...7500 134.0 GLD 100S$ 7260 96.9 SI A 1192 84.0 JOB 5.05%NCPS 100 8570 70.0 JOB 1370 68.0 DBSGrp 1168 66.0 Keppel Corp 500 52.0 Lyxor
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          102 38 (0) Nov 3 CENTS DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 Star Hub TMC Edu H Royal BrightWoi Hyflux Tsit Wing CerebosPac SingTel 100 GP Bat FalconEne S Cotteemix UOL IMH RichLand CHZ GuocoLand Ltd H Plaza... SBSTransil C80 Pharm 9470 -250.0 -2.6 227 -11.0 -4.6 5 5 -6.5 -54.2
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          95 38 Nov 3 Sunmart Chinasing Teledata Sunshine Sky One Reyphon Centillion Compact Gul Tech Radiance TexchemPack PSL Hldgs Firstlink HL Global AusGroup FirstRes AEM ChinaESave Contel Equation CENTS 10 122.2 5.5 2 100.0 1.0 1 100.0 0.5 :i 5 75.0 1.5 6 71.4 2.5 2 5 66.7 1.0 I
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          102 38 Nov 3 CENTS THC Edu lets Technics Sapphire E3 Hills Adroit Amplefield Liang Huat Tsit Wing Chinalishan ITE Elec RichLand RH Energy BrightWor EMS Ener Esmart Hoe Leong CM2 ChinaNTown Onionmet VibroPower 5.5 -54.2 tl 5 -50.0 II5 -50.0 1 -33.3 I 5 -25.0 I 5 -25.0 1
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          111 38 (0) Nov 3 CENTS DBS HBL ICW*****3 150 STI 2300SGAeCW*****0 17 STI 1000 DBeCW*****2 38 UOB MBL ICW*****0 121 KepCorp MBUCW*****3 19 CapitalandRBeCWOOOOl 49.5 KepCorp MBLeCW*****4 29 DBS BNP eCW*****0 21.5 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 36.5 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 31 DBS MBL ICW*****0 46 SingTel DBeCW*****0 29 DBS HBL eCW*****1 27 NobleGrpRBeCW*****3 9.5
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          110 38 (0) Nov 3 CENTS STI 2450 DBePW*****1 120 -43.0 -26.4 DBSRBePW*****8 59 -25.5 -30.2 STI2350BNPePW*****0 100 -19.0 -16.0 STI 2250 DBePW*****2 87.5 -11.5 -11.6 STI 2050BNPePW*****0 39 -10.0 -20.4 STI 1050 DBePW*****2 50 -8.5 -14.5 STI 2500BNPePW*****B ...86.5 -7.5 -8.0 DBS DB ePW*****2 49 -7.0 -12.5 STI 2100SGAePW*****0
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          104 38 Nov 3 CENTS STI 2300SGAeCW*****0 17 277.8 12.5 Tat Hong W*****2 7.5 150.0 4.5 NobleGrpRBeCW*****3 9.5 90.0 4.5 STI 2300 DBeCW*****2 8 77.8 3.5 KepCorp HBLiCW*****3 19 72.7 8.0 DBS DB eCW*****0 6.5 62.5 2.5 CapitalandDBeCW***** 5.5 57.1 2.0 StraitsAsRBeCW*****5 7.5 36.4 2.0 DBS BNP eCW*****0 21.5 34.4
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          112 38 Nov 3 CENTS STI 2400 DBeCW*****1 1 -71.4 -2.5 OCBC BkRBeCW*****2 1.5 -70.0 -3.5 STI 2500BNPeCW*****0 0.5 -50.0 -0.5 DBS RB ePW*****8 59 -30.2 -25.5 STI 2450 DBePW*****1 120 -26.4 -43.0 DlanHu W*****9 5 -23.1 -1.5 STI 2050BNPePW*****0 39 -20.4 -10.0 OCBC BkHBLiCW*****0 12.5 -16.7 -2.5 STI 2350BNPePW*****0
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        181 38 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 22 lade Tech 2.5 China Hongxing 20 IndoAgri 62 Noble Grp 108 StraitsAsia 114 Gosco Corp 82 SingTel 251 FirstRes 31.5 AusGroup 19 Ezra 57.5 Gent Intl 39 Biosensors 27.5 China Energy 13 Synear 21
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        104 38 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Nov 3 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9860 1.0430 Can dollar 1.2150 1.2290 Euro 1.8770 1.8980 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4167 0.4176 NZ dollar 0.8590 0.8790 Sterling pound 2.3680 2.3940 US dollar 1.4700 1.4870 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        359 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 790 375 770 2180 610 72.5 123 525 3580 2236 II.... 840 515 909 329.7 1570 490 482 386 .1. 473 414 322 2170 572 228 5606 CapitaLand 146 5417 CapitaMall 530 5611 CityDev
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        625 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 272 212 256 264 438 112 130 241 269 MM 191 365 388 195 117 595 398 780 I-,, 372 317 194 580 87 222 256 ll« 130 120.4 37 383.7 137 164
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      497 39  -  Karamjit Kaur But Sats president notes that growth has continued even with global crisis SINGAPORE Airlines' ground-handling and engineering subsidiaries have reported lower second-quarter earnings on the back of higher spending and lower margins. Despite a 5 per cent increase in revenue to $249.2
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      403 39  -  Elizabeth Wilmot INSURANCE giant Great Eastern Holdings has posted a 9 per cent rise in thirdquarter net profits to $135.2 million after bumper new business helped produce a sharp rise in gross premiums. Turnover at Great Eastern was up 13 per cent to $2,513 billion
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      388 39  -  Elizabeth Wilmot HONG Leong Finance, a distributor of the ill-fated Lehman Minibond product, said its move to buy back the notes from its most vulnerable customers would not adversely affect its full-year results. In the statement, which came in the company's third-quarter results
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      341 39  -  Robin Chan TECHNOLOGY firm Addvalue Technologies is getting an injection of up to $94.6 million in cash from investment management firm Pytheas. Addvalue said yesterday that it had entered into the deal on Sept 29 after Cy-prus-based Pytheas completed a due diligence
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        93 39 LOGISTICS group CWT reported a 642 per cent surge in third-quarter net profits to $54.2 million for the three months to Sept 30 with revenue up 20 per cent to $154 million. Profits rose on the sale and leaseback of CWT Logistics Hub 2 for
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        71 39 CHINA-based Fibrechem Technologies announced a 0.6 per cent increase in third-quarter revenue to HK5482.6 million (5591.9 million) but profits fell 18.5 per cent to HK5120.6 million. Higher material costs and fixed overheads increased total cost of sales. Earnings per share fell three HK cents to 13
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        35 39 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the Fujian Development and Reform Commission Office yesterday to further promote the listings of Fujian enterprises on the local bourse.
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      631 40 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS SLOWDOWN Credit crisis and reduced demand hit manufacturing in US WASHINGTON: Manufacturing in the United States contracted last month at the fastest pace since 1982 as the credit crisis deepened and companies slashed orders. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index
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      257 40  -  Dennis Chan A SINGAPORE consortium has clinched a deal to develop a port and industrial hub in Brunei. Surbana International Consultants and Global Maritime Port Services have been appointed consultants for the detailed master plan and consultancy services to turn Brunei's Pulau Muara Besar
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      333 40 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: It is not just Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the United States, too, ÜBS customers are taking out claims against the bank over "100 per cent principal protected notes" issued by Lehman Brothers that are now almost worthless. US
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      537 41 REUTERS Sources say due diligence, talks on price starting soon TOKYO: The heads of Panasonic and Sanyo Electric have agreed in principle to a deal that would see Panasonic take over Sanyo to create Japan's largest electronics maker, three people familiar with the matter
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      349 41 REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesia's regulator said yesterday that a trading suspension in shares of some Bakrie group firms would not be lifted until the group provided details on its plans to raise US$l.3 billion (Ssl.9 billion) from the sale of a stake
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      275 41 BLOOMBERG PEPSICO, the world's largest snack maker, plans to invest US$l billion (Ssl.s billion) in China to increase production in the world's most populous nation. The company also intends to boost local research and development, expand its sales force and build its brand
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      506 42  -  Robin Chan He is said to have sent letters questioning firm's projects, blasting directors THE co-founder of E3 Holdings who was fired for his alleged role in a poison pen campaign has hit back at the firm ahead of what promises to be
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      466 42  -  Elizabeth Wilmot KEPPEL Singmarine is looking to new opportunities in the Arctic, after its historic completion of two icebreaking ships for a leading Russian oil firm the first Asian shipbuilder to crack this large market. The firm, part of Keppel Corp, has
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      263 42 TWO mainboard-listed electronics companies are planning a merger. Mechatronics and electronics manufacturing services provider Electro Tech Investments and ETLA, which listed on the Singapore Exchange only a year ago, will merge in an all-share deal worth about $30 million. Under a scheme of
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      664 43  -  Joyce Teo Leasing of ready-built factories turns negative for first time in 4 years INDUSTRIAL landlord JTC Corp has reported the first slide in four years in the take-up of its ready-built factories by manufacturers and other firms. This was the result of a
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      959 43 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm Nobody and no government has a MOST-READ ONLINE crystal ball on what's going to happen Long queue for new Nintendo. as these are uncharted waters." Asian bourses make record gains. BLOGGED ABOUT MOST COMMENTED Losing my religion. Says Inflation to
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      35 44 Gourmet Killer I Heavyweight heaven humour drama Wining and IreneAngback JkJ^ Gemuk Girls dining in with stand-up m ik is powerful Piedmont show J and layered DESIGN: SALLY LAM PHOTOS: MIRAMAX FILM and JAMIE KOH
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        1443 45  -  alison de souza Watch the movie, visit the set. Get a feel of the aristocracy in the 18th-century castle where Brideshead Revisited was filmed Film-makers must get kickbacks from tourism boards, and if they do not, they probably should. Just look at what The Lord Of The
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        725 47 I will be travelling with some friends to Tokyo this year-end. Besides Shin-juku-Shibuya, Odaiba, Akasaka and Roppongi, where else should I visit within the city? And what are the must-try attractions at DisneySea? Joel Goh At Disney Sea, head to the Lost River Delta and go crazy on
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        633 48  -  Tan Vi Hui and Cheryl Tan KIDS' WORLD IN JAKARTA Garuda is offering a four-day, three-night Jakarta package from $498, with KidZania as the main attraction. Targeted at young ones between two and 16 years old, KidZania is a child-sized replica of a real city with streets, buildings,
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        1070 49  -  Tessa wong Travelling on the Road of Wine in the Piedmont region of Italy is a gastronomic delight The enchantment starts ordinarily enough, with a ride from the Turin airport into the countryside. The van trundles down expressways and plain windswept roads, before it starts winding upwards.
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        156 49 IDo rent a car to drive around the countryside (right), especially in summer or autumn, when the rural scenery looks its best. 2 Do check out an area called the Quadrilatero Romano and clubs along the Po River in Turin, if you're in the mood for
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        59 49 1 Don't buy items at the first store you step into. Some enotecas offer their own "housebrand" items, so browse through the shops first if you want to score bargains. 2 Don't drive at night in the countryside, unless you're very confident of your driving skills. The twisty
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        118 51 'One is one and two is 10. That's all I know' Singer Gavin Rossdale (left) on what it means to have a second child 'People started calling me a hipster and it's like, I'm so not. I'm not. I'm really a sincere person. Well, I'm not
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        507 51  -  tara tan Comedian Irene Ang says what she thinks in the fast-selling The Return Of The V Comedian Irene Ang, 39, is back with a vengeance. She is set to draw killer laughs with her latest stand-up show, The Return Of The V, happening from Wednesday to Sunday
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        377 51 Associated Press New York Barack Obama, John McCain... or Linus? In a batch of 20 new webisodes, Charlie Brown and the gang have been brought back to animated life, much in the style of their classic holiday TV specials. But Lucy, Snoopy and others have
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      600 52  -  Adeline chia To paraphrase one of its songs, there's a fine, fine line between funny satire and clever schmaltz AVENUE Q Singapore Repertory Theatre Esplanade Theatre Last Sunday This cheekier-than-thou musical features puppets saying and doing things that real-life actors can never get away
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      419 52  -  chang tou liang BWffBconcert DUO RECITAL Jin Li, Violin Ong Lip Tat, Piano Victoria Concert Hall Last Sunday It was fascinating to wonder how two of Singapore's most talented and enigmatic musicians violinist Jin Li (above right) and pianist Ong Lip Tat (right) would fare together
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      731 53  -  Adeline chia Three-person cast, three scenarios make Gemuk Girls one powerful play review theatre GEMUK GIRLS The Necessary Stage The Necessary Stage Black Box Last Sunday In this complex play about political detention and its effects, the ground shifted continually and one was never sure of the true
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      255 53 Associated Press Chicago On Sunday, mourners in Jennifer Hudson's childhood church listened as the second-grade teacher of the entertainer's slain nephew (above) read aloud from journals written by his classmates including one who lamented that Julian King didn't live long enough to become president of
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        233 55 Beijing Actor Nicholas Tse (right) says he has no hard feelings towards former classmate Edison Chen, who was embroiled in a sex photo scandal with his wife, actress Cecilia Cheung. Speaking about Van-couver-born actor Chen for the first time since the incident, he
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        103 55 Associated Press The writing on Joaquin Phoenix's fists (above) said it all. The words "Good Bye" were penned on the actor's knuckles at a film premiere last Saturday night, where he confirmed a surprise announcement he made last week that he is giving up movies and going
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        275 55 Reuters Mumbai Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan sheds his Casanova image for a new film, basing his character on a mid-dle-aged man he met while hosting a game show on TV. Khan, who turned 43 on Sunday, has mostly played the young romantic lead
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        133 55 Los Angeles American Idol judge Simon Cowell and his girlfriend of six years, Terri Seymour, have split, his representative told People magazine. "Terri phoned Simon and finished it in September," Max Clifford said. "Simon thinks the world of Terri and that isn't going to change. He
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        178 55 JAY CHOU IN ACTION DRAMA Action maestro Yuen Wo Ping (above left) will direct pop star Jay Chou (right) in a new gongfu film about Cantonese hero Beggar Su, they announced in Beijing on Sunday. The movie will feature action star Zhao Wenzhuo in the lead role of Su,
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      442 77 RECRUIT H I O Diploma, Degree in Accountancy or equivalent 4 professional qualification AT^| J 3to 5 yrs experience in handling full set of Accounts I I Singaporean/PR is preferred Strong interpersonal and communication skills with j leadership abilities Able to start within short notice or immediately is an I
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    707 77 YESTERDAY, we learnt that frames are part of the system of filters that people use to view things. They function like mental templates through which messages are processed. To reframe is to change the terms of reference in a behaviour, information or event. You interpret information
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        738 79 STOP, j WRITE NOW! f Every time you see the Little Red Dot pencil, get creative. Write your own headlines, learn new words, try the activities... whatever you do, have fun! SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh JOURNALISTS Yen Feng, Malini Nathan, Lim Pow Hong, Scow Kai
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        527 81 The five Ws and an H of floating dormitories for foreign workers, by Andrew duffy WHATWOULD THESE DORMITORIES BE? The technical name is "very large floating structures" and they are man-made islands that float on massive, hollow steel tanks. They take only four or five months to build
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        229 82 Want to spend some time having fun with your grandparents? Head to Esplanade Park on Sunday, Nov 23, for the Grandparents Day Walk. Organised by the Council For Third Age, the 1.5-km walk ends at the Singapore Flyer, with all participants receiving a goodie bag. For
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        428 83 Vitamins are substances that our bodies need to grow, stay healthy and work properly. Their main job is to speed up important processes in the body. We do not need them in big amounts measured in hundredths or thousandths of a gram, usually. If we do
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        167 84 740 million What it is The number of farmers in China. The Chinese government announced changes to the law on land ownership for farmers on Oct 19. Under the new law, farmers are allowed to rent out their land to others. If they can pool their land
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        138 84 India goes to the moon What happened On Oct 22, India launched its first unmanned mission to the moon. Shaped like a rectangular prism, the 1,400 kg Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft (scale model, above), whose name means "moon vehicle", is on a two-year mission. The spacecraft will prepare a
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        98 85 A woman who smells like rotting fish has been found to have a rare condition caused by her genes. The 41-year-old has suffered from bullying and low confidence because of her odour for years. The condition is known as trimethylaminuria, which causes the body to produce too much
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        118 85 Presidential candidates have turned to You Tube a popular online video hosting site to get their message directly to the people. Both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have their own channels on You Tube, with many videos being sent around the Internet as links. The cost
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        95 85 The ruling party the African National Congress and its partners met at a summit on Oct 19 to decide on the direction the country should take. They focused on reducing the number of poor people and people without jobs. They also changed land rules that favoured the Whites.
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        117 85 Police arrested 15 members of a smuggling ring while they were moving more than 200 people illegally from India to Britain. Some of the people had paid as much as 20,000 euros (5539,740) to be taken to Britain. Most were Indian men aged 15 to 35, but there were
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        137 85 Club Watt is a dance club with a special feature. Its dance floor changes the energy from people's movements on it to electricity, which powers the lights in and around the dance floor. The company behind Club Watt is Sustainable Dance Club, a firm made up of inventors
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        195 85 The government will crack down on foreign agents who sell "education packages" to overseas students but do not deliver what they promise. There has been an increase in the number of students who are cheated by agents offering more than they can, such as a pass to stay for
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        74 85 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's black labrador retriever (right) owns a special collar which lets its movements be tracked. The collar, which weighs only l7og, is actually meant to track the movements of cattle and wild animals by using Global Positioning System satellites. But Koni, Mr Putin's dog, seems
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        792 86 Over the past few weeks, we asked you to send in creative works in the form of poetry, compositions, drawings or even photographs honouring your grandparents. Here are a few that you sent us. POEM A tribute to my grandmother BY CHIA ZHI TING PRIMARY 6, CANBERRA PRIMARY
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        358 87 Little Red Dot's Big Day is just a week away. Here's your fourth clue to the Challenge. Come join us for a day of fun at the Singapore Zoo. Your school can send four teams of five pupils each, to take part in a treasure hunt.
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        424 88 FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER? DO NT WORRY! I HAVE THE CURE! Oranges and lemons protect sailors against scurvy, doctor discovers Nov 4, I 747 A doctor has shown that eating oranges and lemons can protect sailors against the terrible disease scurvy. Earlier this year, Dr James
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        176 88 Tick the correct meanings of the words below: Boarded: a. Joined the navy b. Grew up c. Got on the ship Entire: a. Sick b. Unlucky c. Whole Publish: a. Correct b. Check c. Put in a book, newspaper or magazine Benefit: a. Fall sick from b. Be helped
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        154 89 Learn how to write indirect speech. BY MALINI NATHAN Everything we say is called speech. Indirect or reported speech is a speaker's actual words reported by someone else. In reported speech, all the verbs are usually written in the past tense. Here is a quote taken
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        53 89 Look through your copy of The Straits Times Life! section and find at least four quotes from any of the articles. Write them in the space provided and try your hand at changing them to indirect speech. Quote: Indirect speech: Quote: Indirect speech: Quote: Indirect speech:
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        253 90 Improve your spelling and learn new words, malini nathan tells you how. DOT TIME Pair work, one period DOT MISSION Improve your spelling and learn new words DOT TOOLS The Straits Times With all the revision and practice you've been getting, you wouldn't want to lose
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        136 91 Minfong Ho's award-winning story, Sing To The Dawn, is about a Thai girl, Dawan, who beats her brother Kwai to a scholarship to study in the city school. It traces the obstacles Dawan faces at every turn, before she eventually proves to herself and to others that
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        121 91 Calling all football fans and collectors! Here's a chance to win a special Match Attax starter pack (worth $14.95) containing an exclusive collector binder, two card packs, a play pitch, a copy of the game rules and a free Fernando Torres card. The starter pack and
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        249 91 Find out more about the Sports On! Kids Club and the activities it has in store. Meet Max and Gigi, a pair of extremely outgoing twins who enjoy the outdoors. They also like different types of sports. And to share the message of healthy
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      260 84 BibJ HERE NOW; THE WORIP EDITION Monopoly Here Now World Edition (Electronic version) The world's most famous board game now includes the 22 most L\^ popular cities from around the globe as voted for by you! The world's most famous board game has gone global! Designed by votes from MONOPOLY
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      105 91 1* 1 UNIVERSAL KAKURO PUZZLE Created by Timothy E. Parker 7/11 The numbers in the black Cells Previous puzzle solution are clues. Numbers above the ■■■HMMBBiaai slash are across clues, num- mgn 7 3 9 |fs 7 2 bers below the slash are down H™^l5 H L^^™ 9 6 clues.
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