The Straits Times, 28 November 2008

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  • 974 1  -  Ravi Velloor Terror attack on luxury hotels; dozens taken hostage; commandos prepare final assault By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF TERRORISTS barely out of their teens struck at 10 spots in Mumbai, some laughing as they peppered the lobbies of two luxury hotels with ma-chine-gun fire
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  • AT A GLANCE
    • 67 1 One Singaporean has been caught in the hostage standoff in a Mumbai luxury hotel, but the person is unharmed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Although the ministry gave no further details, she is believed to be a married lawyer in her 20s who works for
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    • 22 1 Attacking swiftly, the gunmen took everyone by surprise and left dead bodies, empty bullet shells and fires in their wake.
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    • 18 1 Deccan Mujahedeen was a little-known Islamic group until yesterday, when they claimed responsibility for the massacres.
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    • 21 1 Nations all over the world condemned the attack, with Britain and Australia also offering their counter-terrorism experts to Mumbai.
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    • 807 2 Guests say militants kept asking what passports they held MUMBAI: Young gunmen roaming the corridors of two luxury hotels in Mumbai were shooting wildly, but they knew exactly whom among the guests they intended to take hostage. "They told everybody to stop and put their hands up
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    • 92 4 PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS An injured man (far left), one of many wounded in a series of attacks by terrorists in Mumbai, leaning against a railing, looking dazed, as police battled the gunmen. At left, a grieving relative of a terrorist attack victim was consoled by others
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    • 642 4  -  Teh Joo Lin The married female lawyer is being held in the Oberoi hotel By A SINGAPOREAN held hostage in a luxury hotel in Mumbai overrun by terrorists remains unharmed in an ongoing stand-off with Indian authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said last
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    • 1342 6  -  Rupali Karekar NILANJANA SENGUPTA Men with blazing guns and grenades barge into the Oberoi hotel By MUMBAI: Ms Mahek Mathur was enjoying a night out at a pub in the Oberoi-Trident hotels complex in Mumbai, when two men with backpacks barged into the hotel
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    • 367 6  -  Carolyn Quek Teh Joo Lin By MR NG LENG was having dinner with friends in the heart of Mumbai's tourist quarter on Wednesday night when suddenly, India's second-biggest city exploded in violence. Terrorists, armed with AK-47 rifles and grenade launchers, stormed the ritzy
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    • 850 9  -  Radha Basu Anti-terror chief killed while trying to storm besieged Taj Mahal Hotel By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT MAHARASHTRA'S anti-terror police chief Hemant Karkare visited India's best known police officer Julio Ribeiro on Tuesday for advice on how to deal with the political pressures
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    • 698 10 PHOTOS: Gunman holding hostages rails against the treatment of Muslims in Kashmir MUMBAI: Gunmen who were involved in the string of coordinated attacks in Mumbai yesterday also stormed a Jewish centre, taking a rabbi and several of its occupants hostage. After a day of hostage
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    • 816 12 BLOOMBERG, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Signs point to an operation inspired by Al-Qaeda MUMBAI: They came wearing black hoods, firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades. They took hostages, attacked two hotels, a movie theatre, a cafe, a train station and other popular "soft targets".
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    • 374 12  -  Khushwant Singh By MEMBERS of the sizeable Indian national community here expressed shock and outrage at the attacks in Mumbai yesterday and fear more is to come. Many scrambled for news from home, fearing for the safety of friends and loved ones. Computer engineer
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    • 218 12 MUMBAI has been repeatedly hit by deadly militant attacks over the past 15 years, the worst of which targeted its suburban rail network and killed more than 180 people in July 2006. Here is a chronology of some of the major attacks it has suffered
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    • 211 12 Aug 15, 2004: A bomb explodes in the north-eastern state of Assam, killing 16 people. Oct 29, 2005: Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi. March 7, 2006: At least 15 people are killed and 60 wounded
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    • 143 12 Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Formed in the Uttar Pradesh state in 1977 to "liberate" India from Western materialistic influence and to convert it into an Islamic society. It was accused of planning the 2006 Mumbai train bombings. Lashkar-e-Taiba The "Army of the Pure"
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    • 688 13 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS World leaders, including Obama, condemn attacks by terrorists WASHINGTON: The White House said it stood ready to help India while Britain and Australia offered to send counter-ter-rorism police and forensic experts, as world leaders condemned the attacks on
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    • 989 14  -  Ravi Velloor The Mumbai attacks could well be a turning point in how India tackles fanatics By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF IN INDIA'S wealthiest city and business capital, no address is more central than the Chambers at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in
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    • 193 17 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's letter to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh yesterday: Dear Prime Minister: I was shocked to learn of the series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. On behalf of the Government of Singapore, I convey our deepest condolences to you,
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    • 611 17  -  Bertha Henson PM Lee writes to Indian leader to offer condolences to the family of victims By ASSOCIATE EDITOR SANTIAGO: Singapore has offered India whatever help it needs to secure the safe release of hostages in the Mumbai attacks, who include one Singaporean. Prime
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    • 600 18  -  Alvin Foo Some are running just essential services; fears of longer-term effects By Elizabeth Wilmot SINGAPOREAN Ojas Doshi was forced yesterday to close the Mumbai office of his company Raffles Port Works and tell the eight staff members to stay home. The office
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    • 61 10 I*} A The num'}er of people killed in terrorist attacks I kTw across India before the Mumbai attacks yesterday g*r. i|[ fill V v *s^^^^- v^^ I RIIYI /J H B^^l iH^^tt mP^ |Zj|i| K^H Km B^BT ffi^W C% or 1 O% BiiS =s° nthiy KO d I IN S
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    • 28 12 "They were very young, like boys really, wearing jeans and T-shirts." I British tourist Rakesh Patel, describing the gunmen who stormed the Taj hotel I 4D I I
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    • 276 13 I "(Terrorism is) a menace...and humanity should join hands in fighting this scourge." I Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, whose country has been accused by India of complicity in terrorism on its soil J^s 1 I ■888 XXUbfl Am I $13 90 $1190»- <Pu DDies ill OJH H£r s's
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    • 821 14 "No negotiations or talks have started with the terrorists." T/^H Maharashtra state deputy chief minister R.R. Patil jtst I TUCHEALTHCARE „*> L^BM H™J E* 11 B**1" SS^Sfi P^^ From 25 th Nov to 24 th Dec 2008. BT^*^r »^1 f* B| Mfe. Terms Conditions apply. S^p^p^p^hlPH "J9 K?9 vb] By
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    • 655 17 "They just fired randomly... In seconds, people fell to the ground." T* l I Mumbai resident Nasim Inam, who was at the Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station when young gunmen opened fire on commuters I I f 8? Asia On The Edge ®8® CULTURES. VOICES.VISIONS 9 4tM w J Ilk
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    • 363 18 "Mumbai has seen its share of terrorism but never...to such a large and bold extent." I Mumbai resident Sanvar Oberoi, who was near the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station one of the targets when the attacks began I iW- JpaJH *§3 'V^ R 1D kT v Citycoast|uard r fc* raj »■s?
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    • 815 19  -  Leslie Lopez Additional information from Reuters, The Nation/Asia News Network PM's move to clear protesters may cause bloody confrontation By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat last night declared a state of emergency at two of the country's airports seized
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    • 134 19 SINGAPORE is watching the events unfolding in Thailand with concern, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Thailand has a difficult domestic problem to solve, given the huge gulf separating the supporters of the government which had been elected with a popular majority,
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    • 242 20 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HOST country Thailand is considering postponing a regional summit next month because of a deepening political crisis in Bangkok, Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat said yesterday. "The proposal is under consideration and I will discuss it with the Prime Minister," he said, a day
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    • 200 20  -  LEONARD LIM BANGKOK is still ready to host the region's showpiece football tournament even as air links to the Thai capital have been paralysed. Mr Worawi Makudi, president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), insisted yesterday that the preliminary rounds of the biennial Asean
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    • 479 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: Thailand's army spokesman yesterday denied the military was planning to stage a coup, as rumours circulated that it would step in to end political turmoil in the kingdom. "The military has moved tanks for strategic purposes, but I can
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    • 554 21 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Young families, those with medical problems to be given priority BANGKOK: Thailand's Tourism Minister said the authorities will begin flying thousands of stranded tourists out of one or two military bases in the next 48 hours. Mr Weerasak
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    • 444 21  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Carolyn Quek IN SINGAPORE By &< TRAVELLERS are pulling out of planned trips to Bangkok, as the city's two airports remain closed. All 20 scheduled flights by 10 airlines yesterday from Changi Airport were cancelled and travel agencies believe it will stay that
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
    • 437 23 THAILAND is sadly turning into a caricature of a nation before the world's very eyes. If the treasonous subversion by a few well-connected agitators is not rolled back and the instigators made to answer to the law of the land, it could be total anarchy soon.
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    • 906 23  -  Michael J. Montesano THAI POLITICS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THAILAND'S long-reigning King Bhumibol Adulyadej presided over the cremation of his sister, Princess Galyani Vadhana, about two week ago. The ritual drew thousands of spectators from across the country. It epitomised the post-1957 return of monarchy,
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    • 814 23  -  Rahul Singh MUMBAI ATTACKS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES I HAVE been an eyewitness to what is turning out to be the worst terrorist attack ever in India. At the time of writing, just over 100 people are reported to have died in the
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    • review
      • 1052 24  -  William Choong FOREIGN MATTERS By SENIOR WRITER TWO weeks before the United States presidential elections, Democratic vice-presi-dential candidate Joseph Biden said something that caused much consternation within the Obama camp. "Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama
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      • Article, Illustration
        1075 25  -  Timothy Garton Ash SINO-U.S. TIES By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES I'M TOLD the Chinese for Obamamania might be aobama kuangre but I've met precious little of it here. Arriving from a West exhilarated by the prospect of the Obama presidency, you get a cold shower in the capital
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      • 834 26  -  Vinod Thomas Arup Banerji FINANCIAL CRISIS ROLE OF GOVTS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE global financial meltdown delivered a blow to worldwide confidence in free markets. Governments are stepping in to shore up the financial industry in ways that would have been unthinkable just
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      • review insight
        • 1102 27  -  Lee Siew Hua Sharmila Gunasingham is the daughter of C. Gunasingham, who was Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Singapore between 1979 and 1983. She became a Singapore citizen in 1985, a decision which owed much to her father's strong admiration for Singapore. By SENIOR POLITICAL
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        • 2428 27 "WHEN he served in London in the High Commission (1975-1978), there was some jealousy that as a Tamil from a minority community, he continued to hold high positions in choice postings.
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        • 221 27 MS SHARMILA Gunasingham personalises her father's analysis with her own terrifying experience with a Colombo bomb blast in October 1997. She was then visiting Sri Lanka on business, when she heard sounds of a gunfight near the Hilton Hotel where she and Singapore colleagues were
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    • forum
      • 603 28  -  Dr Teo Ho Pin TOWN COUNCIL SINKING FUND I WOULD like to clarify the recent commentaries and queries from readers. Q: Why is there a need for town councils to accumulate sinking funds? Town councils are required to maintain sinking funds to finance long-term and
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      • 369 28  -  Paul Chan MONDAY'S letter by Dr Edmund Lam, "Pegging compensation for human organ donation", seems a good basis for fair compensation to organ donors. Is $120,000 enough for the loss of one kidney or too much to be considered inducement? One situation has not
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      • 185 28  -  Jasmin Lim (Ms) ON TUESDAY, I read two articles about forgery cases "Borders staff jailed 4 years" and "Woman jailed for forgery, CBT". In both cases, the culprits forged signatures on cheques to direct banks to transfer money to their own accounts for
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      • 306 29  -  Francis Dorai KALLANG-PAYA LEBAR EXPRESSWAY I AM sure the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will agree the whole point of traffic management is to ease traffic flow, not add to it. It is therefore difficult to comprehend why chose to build the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)
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      • 319 29  -  Han Mingguang I REFER to Mr Tan Yip Meng's letter on Tuesday, "Back to the future, a sleepy fishing village". His claim that Singapore was a sleepy fishing village, which is taken from our history textbooks, is incorrect. Before the arrival of Stamford Raffles,
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      • 361 29  -  Priscilla Poh (Ms) BETTER TAXI RIDES I REFER to reports that commuters will soon be able to use their ez-link cards to pay taxi fares. I suggest taxi companies consider waiving peak-hour and CBD surcharges for the sick and disabled who rely heavily
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      • 313 29  -  Toh Gim Sin A COLLEAGUE recently made a comment on the taxi booking system in Singapore. The current system charges passengers a fee when they book taxis, either promptly or in advance. While I see nothing wrong with paying to book taxis
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      • 382 29  -  Christopher Hawkins I READ with interest Monday's article by Mr Jeremy Au Yong, "The world of Apec security". Mr Au Yong noted the tight security and the shove and push that went on in the Apec International Media Centre as dozens of journalists sought
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  • WORLD
    • 726 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Aso apologises for new gaffe: saying the elderly don't try to stay healthy TOKYO: Japan's gaffe-prone Prime Minister was forced to apologise yet again yesterday after criticising ailing elderly people for "making no effort" to stay healthy, a comment that
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      • 338 32 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A Hong Kong toy manufacturer has agreed to improve compensation terms for a batch of laid-off factory workers who clashed violently with police in south China over severance payouts, state media reported yesterday. Rising labour costs, falling export orders and a
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      • 228 34 KUALA LUMPUR: Mr Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a former aide of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, has refuted claims on certain blogs that he has contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD), is critically ill and had even died. "I wish to clarify that I am physically fit
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      • 84 34 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Chef Goh Kheng Tiong preparing the world's largest bowl of bak kut teh during the inaugural Klang Bak Kut Teh Carnival last weekend. The two-day event, organised by the Klang Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCCI), saw five renowned
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      • 147 34 KELANTAN Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat described the Pakatan Rakyat as immature and still in its infancy in handling conflicts and differences of opinions between its coalition partners. Datuk Nik Aziz, who is also the spiritual leader of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), said this was because
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      • 571 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XL woman burned Indonesian with hot water and iron in one of country's worst cases KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court sentenced a former flight attendant to 18 years in jail yesterday for scalding her Indonesian maid with hot water
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      • 302 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Bruce Willis (below right) has resolved his dispute with a Malaysian prince and his company over a US$2 million (Ss3 million) investment in "green rubber", the actor's attorney said. Kuala Lumpur-based Petra Group has repaid US$9OO,OOO
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      • 380 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Top United States and North Korean nuclear negotiators are likely to meet in Singapore next week to prepare for a new round of disarmament talks set for early next month, Yonhap news agency said yesterday.
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      • 643 38 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing says summit with EU off due to his planned meeting with Dalai Lama; Airbus talks postponed too BEIJING: China yesterday blamed French President Nicolas Sarkozy's planned meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama for pulling out of a China-European Union (EU)
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      • 325 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: This year's record-breaking hurricane season, which officially ends on Sunday, has been one of the most active since comprehensive reports began 64 years ago, according to a United States government agency. For the first time on record, six
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      • 114 49 REUTERS BEIJING: Chinese police confirmed yesterday that relevant departments were investigating Gome chairman Huang Guangyu for "economic crimes" after local media reported he had been detained as part of a probe into share price manipulation. The influential Caijing magazine said Mr Huang, 39, who heads China's
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      • 132 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE HAGUE: The Netherlands plans to extend a ban on face coverings worn by some Muslim women to include universities. It would apply to students, teachers, cleaners and parents all women who come through the gates of such institutions, said Education Ministry spokesman Freek
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      • 98 49 REUTERS BEIJING: A Shanghai court has ordered a local firm to pay Diageo Pic 1.25 million yuan (*****,900) for copying the world's biggest alcoholic drinks group's whisky packaging, state media reported yesterday. The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court ruled that Blueblood (Shanghai) Wine Co had
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      • 71 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD: Iraq's Parliament has approved a landmark military pact that will see all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, ending the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The pact was approved by 144 of the 198 members at yesterday's session of the
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      • 88 49 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MUAR: Controversial Malaysian rapper Wee Meng Chee has removed all three parts of his latest video clips, entitled Teacher Hews Time, from You Tube. He said he removed the first two parts 10 days ago and the third part on Tuesday after his
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      • 62 49 THE Singapore Embassy in Jakarta will operate from new premises with effect from next Monday, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said yesterday. The new address and contact numbers are: Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said Block X/ 4, KAV No 2 Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan ***** Tel: +62-21-*****89 (Main
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    • 224 52 AMID an economic downturn which has cast a pall over charities' fund-raising efforts this year, there is a bright spot. More than 50 fund-raisers organised under the umbrella of the President's Challenge 2008 are well on their way to amassing at least $12 million $4 million
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    • 713 52  -  Ang Yiying Jamiyah chief, 82, wins President's Social Service Award; three groups also recognised By MR ABU Bakar Maidin wakes up at dawn regularly to walk 3km to 4km in East Coast Park. By Bam, he is at work at the Muslim Missionary Society Jamiyah
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    • 139 54 THE Straits Times' online citi-zen-journalism portal Stomp scored in popularity in two recent reports by international online research specialists Hitwise and Nielsen Online. Between July and September, Stomp was in top placing in the "Lifestyle Blogs and Personal Websites" category in Hitwise's Top 10 Awards.
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    • 85 56 Air force personnel dismantle and remove a road sign from its usual place along Lim Chu Kang Road in preparation for a military exercise on Sunday Yesterday, 400 men and women from the Republic of Singapore Air Force began stripping the six-lane-wide public road of
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    • 347 56  -  AARON LOW THE trial of five individuals charged with attempting to hold a public procession without a permit has been adjourned till Monday. Singapore Democratic Party secre-tary-general Chee Soon Juan, 46; his sister, executive committee member Chee Siok Chin, 42; chairman
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    • 479 58  -  Sujin Thomas $700,000 HOUSING SCAM He is fourth person convicted; the fifth man, lawyer David Rasif, is still at large By A LAWYER who was part of a group which swindled banks and the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board by declaring inflated purchase prices of
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    • 336 58  -  Selina Lum By AN APPEALS judge freed yesterday a youth convicted of possessing a Subutex pill fragment, saying the authorities should start measuring the potency of such drugs. Justice V.K. Rajah said this at an appeals hearing for Anwar Abdullah, 19, who was sent
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    • 503 60  -  Amelia Tan Good showing a boost for kids yet to take exam; some parents plan mock exams in rented venues By THE strong showing of home-schooled children during this year's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has encouraged parents of home-taught pupils who will
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    • 231 62  -  DESPITE shrinking bonuses and drastic pay cuts, the spirit of giving is still alive and well as Christmas came early this week for four local charities. The Asian Women's Welfare Association Special School, Lion Befrienders, Samaritans of Singapore and Touch
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  • SPORT
    • 915 67  -  Jeanette Wang Bukit's cow grass, rain will challenge even the best at the Lexus Cup By GOLFERS at this week's Lexus Cup at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) expecting the green, green grass of home have been faced with a load of bull. In
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    • 435 67  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH It is fitting that a modern event which began in 2005 should be held on a quaint course that opened in 1924. After all, for all the polished design of the game's new equipment, it is golf's history that makes the game so compelling. There
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    • 599 68  -  Jonathan Wong "I'm really happy to be back. I have lots of friends here." TSENG YA-NI (front row, centre) with (front row, from left) Christabel Goh, Amelia Yong and (back row, from left) Koh Sock Hwee, Ji Jia Li, Heng Su-Ann. Friends and victories make
      JOYCE FANG; COURTESY OF HENG SU-ANN  -  599 words
    • 1216 69  -  Rohit Brijnath Etiquette is part of golf's appeal and its players demand silent respect COMMENTARY By TIGER Woods has an army of sponsors, but not one is a camera company. This might be because his least favourite sound is "click". In March, when a
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    • 759 70 THE TIMES, LONDON, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Lampard sent off in draw, Cole injured and Chelsea still to qualify Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1 LONDON: Chelsea may remain the Premier League leaders but question marks over Luiz Felipe Scolari's reign are growing bigger as each week passes. On Thursday, he
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    • 579 70 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Liverpool 1 Marseille 0 LONDON: It was a night of records for Liverpool's manager. A 66th European match in charge to surpass Bill Shankly's landmark for the English football club and, more importantly, a 39th victory to equal the standard set by Bob
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    • 385 70 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Didier Drogba has added to the feeling that his departure from Chelsea is inevitable by describing the past six months as the worst of his career. The Ivory Coast striker has been troubled by injury and
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    • 189 70 LONDON: West Ham owner Bjorgofur Gudmundsson may be forced to sell the English Premier League football club, before he is bankrupted by a £30 million (Ss69 million) claim for damages by Sheffield United. The Icelandic businessman's latest setback comes after Sheffield won a High Court
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    • 336 70 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIAN cricketing great Shane Warne is reconsidering his travel plans to Mumbai, after more than 100 people were killed in coordinated attacks across India's commercial capital yesterday. The champion leg-spinner saw television coverage of the unfolding events while on transit at
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    • 441 71  -  Leonard Lim By HAVE your ever wanted to be schooled in the same football philosophy that nurtured David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Bryan Robs on? Fret not. Singapore youngsters aged between eight and 16 will soon get that chance. Reigning European
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    • 496 71 THE TIMES, LONDON United's Rooney vows to show City who the real masters are in derby LONDON: In the corridors of power at Old Trafford, they have come to regard Manchester City's new-found wealth with the kind of disdain that is usually reserved for uncouth lottery jackpot
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    • 286 71 AS HE left Villarreal on Tuesday night, Wayne Rooney was at a loss to explain why his scoring bursts are frequently followed by barren spells. After nine goals in seven matches for club and country in September and October, he has gone seven matches without scoring.
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    • 388 71 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: AC Milan playmaker Kaka wants to play in the English Premier League, and has been speaking to fellow Brazilians Robinho and Elano about Manchester City. "I like very much the Premier League," the World Player of the Year said
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    • 453 71 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's newly appointed captain, has insisted the Gunners still have not given up hope of winning the English Premier League football title. On Sunday, they face a daunting task as they travel across the capital to face Chelsea. Arsenal have failed
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    • 695 72  -  Wang Meng Meng Goalkeeper Hassan is breathing down Lewis' neck for the No. 1 jersey By THERE is a happy problem in the Singapore football squad as they have two agile cats Lionel Lewis and Hassan Sunny challenging for the job of keeping goal. Lions
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 55 72 ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA BARBARA (California): Tennis great Jimmy Connors has been charged for an altercation last week before a basketball game between the University of California Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina. Connors, an eight-time Grand Slam champion, was charged with disrupting campus activities and refusing
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      • 53 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran of the Liquigas team has been banned from racing in France for two years, after testing positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) at this year's Tour de France. France's national anti-doping agency made the
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      • 55 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MISSION HILLS (China): Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka combined to give Germany a one-stroke lead after the first round of golf's World Cup yesterday. The pair fired eight birdies and an eagle for a 10-under 62. Australians Richard Green and Brendan
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      • 51 72 AUSTRALIA'S Gavin Flint won the $33,000 Singapore Professional Golfers' Association Vice-President's Cup on Wednesday. He beat SPGA president M. Murugiah by one stroke at Batam's Tering Bay Golf Country Club, after shooting a six-under 66 and 70 in two rounds. Lam Chih Bing was
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    • 500 72 ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND: National Basketball Association superstar Leßron James has become to latest to be hit by the global financial crisis. Software giant Microsoft has decided not to renew its two-year partnership with the Cleveland player. James' website at lebron.msn.com has been shut down and
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    • 223 72 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Launch over Web: Toyota have scaled back the launch of their 2009 Formula One car as part of cost-cutting measures. Instead of a formal launch at the team's Cologne factory, with reporters and company officials flown in from around the world, studio images of
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    • 56 72 HOUSTON: Yao Ming missed a potential game-winning shot as Houston lost 90-91 to Indiana in a National Basketball Association game on Wednesday. Yao needed four stitches to close a cut above his right eye after being hit by Troy Murphy but still led Houston with 19
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    • 224 72 Basketball NBA Atlanta 102 Milwaukee 96, Cleveland 117 Oklahoma 82, Toronto 93 Charlotte 86, Boston 119 Golden State 111, Orlando 96 Philadelphia 94, Detroit 110 New York 96, Phoenix 110 Minnesota 102, Indiana 91 Houston 90, San Antonio 98 Chicago 88, Utah 117 Memphis 100, Portland 106 Miami 68,
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    • 459 73  -  LIN XINYI This time, Jazreel and Ong clinch C'wealth mixed doubles title By WHEN kegler Jazreel Tan achieved yet another second in the women's singles at the Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships earlier this week, captain Remy Ong offered her words of support. The veteran told her
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    • 417 73 LIN XINYI WHEN the Singapore Table Tennis Association's Youth Olympic Games (YOG) squad was revealed yesterday, it was double joy for the Chau family. Oscar Chau and his older sister Hai Qing were among the four boys and four girls selected from 33 hopefuls.
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    • 612 73  -  Michael Lee By HORSE racing is a game of luck. Just ask Laurie Laxon. The four-time champion trainer is dominant and expected to win with every horse he puts a bridle on. Even if he is again perched on top of the log,
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    • 131 68 Lexus Cup When: Today to Sunday Venue: Singapore Island Country Club, Bukit Course Tee times format Today: Foursomes, 10.55 am Tomorrow: Fourballs, 9.45 am Sunday: Singles, 9.55 am Tickets (through Sistic) Adults: $20 (today), $20 (tomorrow), $30 (Sunday), $50 (season pass). Students (16-21 years): $10 (today), $10 (tomorrow), $15 (Sunday),
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    • 127 71 Misf 27N0V2008 BERITA HARIAN Group 1 Prize: $657,061 each Group 4 Prize: $542 each I hUh 1 Winning Share(s) 478 Winning Share(s) Group 2 Prize: $129,421 each Group 5 Prize: $30 each V Group 3 Prize: $1,471 each Group 6 Prize: $20 each BltA •176 Winning Share(s) 11,819 Winning Share(s)
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    • 417 72 Today Badminton Cheers Age Group C'ships (Singles): S-finals (Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall, 7pm). Basketball NBA: New Orleans Hornets v Denver Nuggets (Live, Ch24, 11.30 am). Football English FA Cup, 2nd rd: Barrow v Brentford (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30 am). German Bundesliga: Berlin v Koln (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.25 am).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      126 73 "The Lord Is my Shepherd, 1 shall lack nothing. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me". Psalm 23:1,4 ALAN HUI HONG NING HUE HONG NING Age: 76
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      103 73 Jesus said "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies John 11:25 YONG THIAM LOONG Age: 42 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 November 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: YongYoonYuen HoMuiEng Brother: Sister-in-law: Henry
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      53 73 AL-FATIHAH Allahyarham MOHAMED ABBAS BIN ABDUL (Ex-Police SSGT: 7343) Age: 62 passed away peacefully on 26 Nov 2008. Sadly missed by: Wife: Judy Tan Siti Azlina (Ex-Police SSGT 3247) Children: Zahrah and Family Bahrurrazi and Family Iskandar and Family Our Sincere Thanks to all who attended our recent bereavement. Tel:
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      46 73 Wishing your absence was only a Dream (PETER) RAMALINGAM 10th Anniversary Dearly missed remembered forever by wife: Govindamal Son Daughter, Daughter-in-law and Grandsons Prayers will be held on 28 November 2008 at Sri Slvan Temple (Geylang East) at 7.30pm Please treat this as a Personal Invitation
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      355 74 W^ "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want...and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." f Psalm 23 TAY BEE NEO ROSLIN Age: 77 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 November 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      62 74 The family of the late CHANG TONG HORN, bum Departed on 21 November 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, neighbours, colleagues prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr Goh Yeow Tee
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      37 74 The Family of the Late THONG KAH WOH Departed on 22 November 2008 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement.
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      40 74 The Family Of The Late EDDIE LIMJUATCHAI Departed on 23 Nov 08 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.
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      96 74 Athma Shanthi Pooja The family of the late M. JAGANATHAN Departed 18/11/2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues for their assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will be held 0n29/11/08, Saturday night at Blkl #05-02 Lorong Lew Lian.
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      157 74 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 1 MARIA LIM ENG LIAN Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 November 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      87 74 Ist Anniversary Prayers In Loving Memory of NANOO ACHUDAN Departed 11.12.2007 You lit the path when we lost our way Guiding us with your charm and wit Though you're gone, in our hearts you stay Though you're gone, your flame stays lit. Sadly missed and always fondly remembered by Family,
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      49 74 The family of the late JOHN WANG AH JONG Departed 23 November 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, pastors and members of Wesley Methodist Church for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and prayers during their recent bereavement.
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      42 74 AL-FATIHAH The family of the late HJ. SUDERMAN BIN HJ. SARMADI Departed 23 November 2008 wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      79 74 SALASSA NANCY NEERENJAAN Ag«:69 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 November 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband Paulus Salassa Children Spouses: Paula Carolyn Bryan Dragon Hans&Samantha Grandchildren: Russell, Stacee-Ann S Kellie-Ann Dragon Wake is held at void deck of BlkBllTampinesAve4. Tel: 9472 4722 9826 2657. Cortege
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      24 74 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of P. SURESH Departed 28.11.2002 Always in our hearts Lovingly remembered by Dad, Mum, Brother and all loved ones
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      239 74 Extractedftom Anguttara-Nikaya Even if one should cany about one's mother on one shoulder and one's father on the other, and so doing should live a hundred years... Moreover, if one should set them up as supreme rulers, having absolute rule over the wide earth abounding in the seven treasures not
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      32 74 1 IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHAYWENYING Departed: 28th November 1990 Gone firm our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. d I Always remembered by family loved ones j
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      46 74 In Loving Memory of RYYAN SPENSER Departed: 28 November 2007 We love miss you so much Amma: RS.Rani, Brothers: Shawn Rowan Ruben Sherwin, Grandmother, Relatives Friends In Memorium Service is held on 29 November (Sat) 7pm at Blk 512 Woodlands Dr. 14 (Void Deck) Tel: *****367
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    • 58 73 Memory wanders as shadows rail Sack to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Or her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. OBITUARIES For booking enquiries, call Bookings made after office hours for next day's
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  • money.markets
    • 489 75  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Regional bourses get the chills after soaring earlier on China's rate cut By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT BAD news from India and Thailand yesterday put paid to the "feel good" sentiment among Asian investors which had been engendered by a
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      • 20 75 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.15 billion shares worth $952.3 million UP DOWN Gainers: 252 Losers: 152 Unchanged: 924
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      • 80 75 Mid Cap 331.57 3.04 Basic materials 204.07 6.44 Utilities 263.09 4.95 Small Cap 276.58 2.57 Industrials 347.91 2.44 Financials 410.40 1.73 All Share 406.28 0.72 Consumer goods 331.29 11.35 Technology 344.76 8.42 Fledgling 376.55 2.75 Health care 380.04 3.05 Real estate 340.95 y -2.02 China 166.93 4.48
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    • REGIONAL
      • 30 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,373.39 (+160.1) »Japan's Nikkei closed up 1.95 per cent, lifted by Wall Street's rally and continued efforts globally to prevent a deep slump
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      • 25 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 869.98 (+13.61) Malaysian shares closed 1.6 per cent higher as buying interest from government-led funds lifted blue chips.
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      • 31 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 13,552.06 (+182.61) Hong Kong shares closed up 1.4 per cent as earlier gains on China's interest rate cut were trimmed by profit taking.
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      • 28 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,063.48 (+33.7) South Korean shares closed up 3.3 per cent, following news of Seoul's largest-ever current account surplus and China's rate cut.
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      • 29 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,917.86 (+19.98) Chinese shares closed up 1.05 per cent after the central bank announced its biggest interest rate cut in a decade.
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      • 25 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Wednesday's close: 9,026.72 (+331.19) The Indian financial markets were closed following terrorist attacks on major landmarks in India's financial capital Mumbai.
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      • 23 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,588 (+48.0) Australian shares closed 1.4 per cent higher after an overnight surge on Wall Street.
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      • 27 75 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 389.81 (-5.41) Thai shares closed 1.37 per cent lower amid worries about the political situation as Bangkok's airports remained closed.
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        • 104 75 (0) Nov 27 CENTS JMH GLD 1OUS$ WBL Corp Select Grp GuocoLand Ltd Auric Pac Lyxor India Nifty 10 DBS Grp SingTel IS MSCI India 100 Lyxor MS India 10USS •AVJennings NatCool Ascendasreit Creative Tech SingTel 10 CapitaLand F8N SI A SIA200 1762 -57.4 -2.1 8030 -33.3 -0.3
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      • 109 76 CAPITALAND said 101 Corp did not complete the purchase of a building in Malaysia as it had failed to pay the balance on the completion date of the transaction. 101, a Malaysian palm oil producer, will forfeit its deposit of RM73.4 million (5530.7
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      • 49 76 ST ENGINEERING said its aerospace arm, ST Aerospace, has been awarded a USsslm (5577.2 million) contract to perform maintenance and modification on four C-1308 aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force. The programme starts immediately and is expected to be completed over 30 months.
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    • 587 78  -  Michelle Tay Surviving and thriving during tough times possible, says Tharman By EMPLOYEES at large may be feeling nervous as Singapore faces its first technical recession in six years but the winner of the Ernst Young Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) has no
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    • 338 78  -  Francis Chan By THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is offering a hotel site, Bukit Chermin, to developers, despite the weak property market. The 3ha site, on URA's reserve list meaning it will go to tender if enough interest is shown has a
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    • 729 80 UK retail giant falls 30,000 jobs at risk Many of the century-old icon's 815 outlets likely to close after Christmas LONDON: Iconic British retail giant Woolworths collapsed yesterday with debts of £385 million (SsB96 million), putting tens of thousands of jobs in Britain at risk despite last-ditch government efforts to
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      • 104 80 SYDNEY: The parents of up to 30,000 children could be without childcare from the start of next year after receivers for ABC Learning Centres published a list of 386 centres whose future is in doubt, The Australian newspaper reported yesterday. Receiver Chris Honey said 656
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      • 104 80 REUTERS NEW YORK: The Citigroup bailout has made people in New York angrier than they were about any of the other government rescues of financial institutions this year. In a random sample of people inside the Port Authority, the world's busiest bus terminal, only one man
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      • 140 80 BLOOMBERG NEWS NEW YORK: American International Group (AIG), the insurer that said on Wednesday that it had scrapped bonuses for top executives after a United States bailout, will still pay 130 managers "cash awards" to stay on, including US$3 million (554.6 million) to retirement services chief Jay
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      • 83 80 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese carmakers announced more layoffs yesterday to cope with an industry slump, with Mitsubishi Motors cutting 1,100 jobs, and Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries axing 800 posts. Mitsubishi Motors, Japan's fourth biggest carmaker, said it would not renew contracts with a third of its temporary workers
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      • 58 80 REUTERS SYDNEY: Macquarie Group, Australia's top investment bank, is cutting 10 to 15 per cent of jobs in Asia, the latest in a wave of worldwide job cuts at banks hit by the financial crisis, two sources said yesterday. Macquarie spokesman Paula Hannaford in Sydney said
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    • 527 81  -  Robin Chan But analysts warn sector has peaked and is set to plunge By AMID all the gloom lately, Singapore's important service sector posted an unexpectedly healthy 11.6 per cent rise in business receipts in the third quarter. But economists are not getting
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    • 373 81  -  Gabriel Chen By UNITED States banking giant Morgan Stanley has appointed Ms Kate Richdale as its chief executive and head of investment banking for South-east Asia in her second stint in the Republic. The current chief executive, Mr Ronald Ong, will
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