The Straits Times, 8 December 2009

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      Lock icon World Cup TV fight
      57 1 RIVAL telcos Sing Tel and Star Hub are in a fierce bidding war to broadcast the June 2010 World Cup football matches. But it is the consumer who will most likely have to bear the cost of the fight if he wants to catch the live
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      Lock icon Clansmen, police clash
      56 1 SUPPORTERS of a clan accused of a mass political massacre clashed with police in the first reported violence since martial law was imposed in a southern Philippine province. About 20 to 30 gunmen who opened fire on police commandos were among some 2,400 militiamen who had massed
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      Lock icon iPhone war gets hotter
      48 1 THE battle for iPhone customers goes head-to-head at midnight on Wednesday morning. Consumers can look forward to better deals, as Ml and Star Hub dangle lower handset prices and more generous data plans to woo those keen on Apple's stylish handset. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Hatoyama's airbase woes
      46 1 JAPANESE Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's indecisiveness over the Okinawa military base issue has cost him some popularity points. A recent poll shows his approval ratings have fallen to below 60 per cent for the first time since he took office. WORLD PAGE All
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      Lock icon India bank to expand here
      69 1 ONE of India's biggest banks ICICI has applied for a coveted licence that will allow it reach out to non-Indian customers and establish itself across Singapore with a wider range of services. The move will put it in direct competition with its great rival, the
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    Lock icon AT STAKE: OUR EARTH
    42 1 THE PLACE: The Jaenschwalde brown coal power station in Cottbus, eastern Germany. The control of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is a major issue on the table at the climate summit in Copenhagen PHOTO: REUTERS
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    Lock icon Fee protection for all private students
    777 1  -  Leow Si Wan Amelia Tan Scheme extended to cover Singapore students as well By SINGAPORE students who enrol in private schools here will get some of their money back should their schools go under the same protection that is now given to foreign students.
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    Lock icon Time to deliver on climate treaty
    798 1  -  Jessica Cheam By COPENHAGEN: The political will to forge a new global treaty on climate change has never been stronger, so delegates must succeed, summit leaders said at the opening of the historic global climate conference here yesterday. "Time is up," United Nations climate
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        Lock icon To climate control, add thought control
        88 2 WE SAY The Copenhagen climate conference is already saddled with political conflict between the old and the new polluters, and about what should be done to manage climate and who shall pay for it. But a powerful force in the shape of climate-change sceptics
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        28 2 COLUMNS Cheong Suk-Wai talks to American foreign policy scholar Parag Khanna on emerging markets and how —-J they affect the US. REVIEW PAGE A2l
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        Lock icon Passion not lacking here
        24 2 OUR READER SAYS Irwan Jamil disagrees with the opinion that Singapore lacks a healthy football culture. FORUM PAGE A 23
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        16 2 vww.straitstimes.corr Lin Zhaowei cheers for joy over Polaroid's comeback which is starting in Japan.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      52 2 IN LAST Friday's report, "Buyers still holding back", we said that the Uniqlo store at 313@Somerset was selling T-shirts for $9.90 and leggings at $19.90. This is incorrect. Turtlenecks were selling for $9.90 and Japan quality jeans were going for $19.90. We are sorry for
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      Lock icon Strong arguments for a stronger yuan
      1001 2  -  Grace Ng Costs of an undervalued yuan may be too high for China in the long run By CHINA CORRESPONDENT IF BEIJING'S current policy-making goals could be summed up in one word, that word would be "stability". And its policy on the yuan, which
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      Lock icon WHO'S YOUR TEAM FOR 2010?
      34 3 After years of rooting for Brazil, columnist Rohit Brijnatl tells why he's switching to one of these teams PHOTOS: SPORT PAGE B9 IVORY COAST ARGENTINA SPAIN AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS
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      Lock icon SingTel, Star Hub battle for World Cup rights
      489 3  -  Wang Meng Meng Football fans likely to be the ones to bear the cost of telcos' bidding war By AT LEAST 202 countries have received the green light from Fifa to beam June 2010's World Cup football matches in their territories, but
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      Lock icon Singapore not likely to host 2013 SEA Games
      375 3  -  Leonard Lim By VIENTIANE: It is almost certain that Singapore will not host the 2013 South-east Asia Games. At a SEA Games Federation council meeting here yesterday, Singapore National Olympic Council secretary-general Chris Chan told representatives that the Republic would withdraw its
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      Lock icon Car plunges into mall, killing two
      276 4 KOTA BARU: Two students were killed and four others injured when a car plunged from the third-floor carpark of a shopping mall in Kelantan and landed on an escalator. Nursing students Siti Noramira Shamsuddin, 19, and Siti Nordiana Azman, 18, were crushed by the
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      Lock icon Clan gunmen clash with police troops
      667 6  -  Firefight in southern Philippines comes as hunt is stepped up for ex-militiamen By Alastair Mclndoe PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: Gunmen loyal to a powerful clan linked to a political massacre in a southern province now under martial law have clashed with police commandos, as security
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      Lock icon More can pitch in to help broken Malay families
      678 6  -  Zakir Hussain By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT WHEN a problem child from a broken family comes before Mr Mohamed Ali Mahmood, the social worker wishes he could turn back the clock to the days when an entire village would be involved in the
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      Lock icon Muchhyped Web tablet hits snag
      639 7  -  Tan Weizhen Spore firm pulls out of tie-up with US partner By PRODUCTION of a much anticipated touchscreen Web tablet computer, the Crunchpad, has hit a snag. An alliance between Singaporean company Fusion Garage, which developed much of the stylish device, and Tech Crunch, a
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      Lock icon Steel cages await rowdy protesters
      696 8 Denmark sparing no effort to ensure peace during global climate change summit COPENHAGEN: At an abandoned beer warehouse in this city's Valby district, law enforcement officials have constructed an elaborate holding facility with three dozen steel cages to accommodate more than 350 potential troublemakers during
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      Lock icon A tidal wave of activities
      278 8 Climate Justice Action: Plans to penetrate the Bella Centre and take over the conference for one day and transform it into a people's assembly, according to a statement on the group's website. Its German branch says it has mustered 1,500 militants who will stage an
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      Lock icon UN climate change panel chief slams naysayers
      735 9 PHOTO: Stealing of top scientists' e-mail messages a bid to discredit panel, he says COPENHAGEN: The head of the United Nations panel of climate scientists yesterday attacked the so-called Climategate affair as a suspected bid to undermine the credibility of his organisation. Dr
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    • SUMMITSNIPPETS
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        Lock icon US' greenhouse-gas ruling
        113 9 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will go to the Copenhagen summit armed with a ruling that will help him gain support from Congress for a new global warming accord. The United States Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule that greenhouse gases endanger human
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        Lock icon 10m sign climate petition
        67 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COPENHAGEN: Ten million people worldwide have signed an online petition demanding that leaders conclude a "fair, ambitious and binding" climate treaty, organisers of the initiative said yesterday. The petition, staged by TckTckTck, an umbrella organisation of 226 green groups, was handed to United Nations
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        Lock icon Indian offer under fire
        87 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh came under fire in Parliament yesterday and faced dissent from negotiators, after he announced last week that India would reduce its carbon intensity by 20 per cent to 25 per cent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels.
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        Lock icon Cuts-for-cash offer
        79 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JOHANNESBURG: South Africa yesterday offered to slash the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions by 42 per cent by 2025. But in exchange, it wants rich nations to expand aid for poor countries to cope with climate change. South Africa, the continent's biggest economy, said that
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        Lock icon Offsets 'not that green'
        147 9 REUTERS LONDON: Less than 30 per cent of what is spent by environmentally conscious consumers on UN-approved carbon offsets goes towards cutting greenhouse gases, a report showed yesterday. Under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, companies invest in clean energy projects in emerging countries like China
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      81 8 Black carbon BLACK carbon, or soot, is possibly the biggest contributor to rising temperatures after carbon dioxide. It is responsible for 18 per cent of the planet's warming, compared with 40 per cent for carbon dioxide. Much soot is created from cooking, diesel engines and coal plants, especially across Asia
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon Japan PM must honour pact with US without upsetting locals
      704 11  -  Kwan Weng Kin By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said yesterday that he hopes to meet United States President Barack Obama on the fringe of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to discuss the relocation
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        Lock icon China court bars website from selling test questions
        303 13 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: A Chinese court barred a Bei-jing-based Internet site from selling materials such as questions from the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), bolstering business schools' efforts to combat cheating by candidates. Beijing Passion Consultancy, a Web-based test-preparation site, was ordered to
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        Lock icon Beijing retains focus on domestic demand
        462 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG Leaders also vow to add flexibility to monetary policies and rein in new investment projects BEIJING: China's top leaders pledged yesterday to continue a push to make domestic demand a new pillar of the economy. The country will also add flexibility
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        Lock icon Taiwan opposition leader's popularity soars
        329 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: The head of Taiwan's opposition has seen her popularity rise to a new high after her party gained ground in local elections at the weekend, a survey said yesterday. Ms Tsai Ing-wen (right), the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and
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        Lock icon Security at rallies: Pow-wow in Jakarta
        646 14  -  Ministers and security chiefs discuss threats after warning by Yudhoyono of political plot By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia's key security chiefs and Cabinet ministers met yesterday to discuss possible threats that could arise from a series of planned rallies scheduled for tomorrow.
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        Lock icon Zardari's amnesty under threat
        383 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistani president may face charges if law is invalid ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday began hearing arguments to invalidate a controversial corruption amnesty, which could open the door for cases to be brought against the President and key aides. The hearings come
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        Lock icon Deadly bombing at Pakistan court
        75 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS A man salvaging a gas cylinder from a burning rickshaw after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday. The bomber struck outside a court building in the north-western city, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens more. There was no immediate claim
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        Lock icon Bomb blast in Thai south ahead of premiers' visit
        398 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NARATHIWAT (Thailand): A bomb ripped through a market in Thailand's south yesterday, killing two people and wounding nine, just days before the Malaysian and Thai premiers were to visit the region, police said. The device was attached to a
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        Lock icon KL 'to cut stakes' in govt-linked firms
        393 16 Move will likely boost private sector and raise revenue KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expected to take another step soon to liberalise its economy. The Najib administration is preparing to reduce its stakes in government-linked companies (GLCs) to raise revenue and encourage the private
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        Lock icon 100-storey rivals for Petronas towers
        283 16 KUALA LUMPUR: Two 100-storey skyscrapers are being planned in Malaysia's capital city as part of plans to spur economic growth, a newspaper reported yesterday. Three sites in Kuala Lumpur have been identified for the development of "iconic" structures, with two of them expected to have
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        Lock icon Brown plays 'class' card with Tory leader
        639 17 BLOOMBERG REUTERS British PM's swipe at opposition leader seen as a pre-election tactic LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made class-related attacks on the privileged background of Etoneducated Conservative leader David Cameron, styling the opposition as focused on helping the rich. The
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        Lock icon Failings found in UK student visa system
        344 17 LONDON: Britain is losing tens of thousands of overseas students every year because of errors and obstructive behaviour by the immigration authorities. The findings, to be released later this week, blamed the point-based immigration system for the £8.5 billion (Ss2o billion) loss a
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        Lock icon Russia mulls over changing times
        708 18 NEW YORK TIMES The govt is considering reducing the country's 11 time zones to give its economy a boost MOSCOW: Mr Vadim Vodyanitsky runs a fish processing plant in Russia's Far East, and one question looms over his day, as crucial as the trawler schedules
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        Lock icon Gripping act
        38 18 REUTERS Acrobats of the Jochen Schweizer Events Company of Germany performing a vertical ballet on Sunday during the re-inauguration of the newly rehabilitated St George's Square outside the Presidential Palace in Valletta, capital of Malta. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon Balloon hunt takes social networking to new level
        451 18 WASHINGTON POST ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The mission seems easy enough: Find 10 giant red balloons floated in different locations across the United States, and walk away with US$4O,OOO (5555,600). But here is the catch: Participants must gather information on the balloons' whereabouts
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        Lock icon Vote to reverse Swiss minaret ban in pipeline
        230 18 REUTERS ZURICH: Swiss liberals are considering a referendum to overturn the ban on building new minarets in the country, reports said. Club Helvetique, a group of more than 20 Swiss intellectuals, will draw up an action plan to overturn the ban, which
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        Lock icon Russia, India ink nuke deal
        495 19 They agree to expand cooperation in civilian use of nuclear energy MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sealed an agreement to boost cooperation in the civilian use of nuclear energy after talks in Moscow yesterday. Russia also confirmed it
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Chinese tycoon charged
          80 19 BEIJING: Huang Guangyu, the former chief executive of retail appliance and electronics dealer Gome Electronics, has been charged with bribery and insider trading, his lawyer said in an interview reported on Sina.com. Huang, 40, has been in detention since November last year, when the China Securities Regulatory
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          Lock icon Cheers to 'space beer'
          96 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: A Japanese brewer has come up with a beer that is truly out of this world one made with barley grown from a line of seeds that once orbited the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Sapporo Breweries said yesterday that orders
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          Lock icon Inferno victims mourned
          119 19 REUTERS PERM (Russia): Flags flew at half-mast and entertainment programmes were cancelled across Russia yesterday as the country mourned the 112 victims of a nightclub inferno, while dozens more fought for their lives in hospitals. Prosecutors said the fire, Russia's most deadly in decades, began last Friday
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          Lock icon Varsity trio in court
          79 19 KUALA LUMPUR: Three undergraduates of Universiti Malaya were charged yesterday with attempted arson, vandalism and criminal trespass. The alleged incident occurred just hours before Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, visited the school on June 24 to launch a donation drive for Gaza.
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        Lock icon 'Armed' protest in Teheran
        91 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Police clashed with demonstrators yesterday in Teheran, firing tear gas at supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi as a rally, marking the killing of three students under the former Shah, turned violent. Iranian security forces also shot into the air to disperse protesters,
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon To climate control add thought control
      441 20 THE climate conference now on in Copenhagen is sober business, not a jamboree. It will attempt to set a course, within a couple of years at most, for governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level that will keep Earth habitable. To maintain
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      1151 20  -  Cheong Suk-Wai TABLE TALK WITH PARAG KHANNA By er). That's nonsense. MHow so? We live in a very complicated world where Asia, Europe, the US and Brazil are powerful all at the same time. The US is not going to disappear from
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      686 26 SERANGOON GARDENS DORMITORY OPENS Foreign workers and residents to patrol area as first batch of 30 occupants moves into dorm TEAMS of residents and foreign workers will be patrolling the neighbourhood in Serangoon Gardens from next week as a new dormitory in the
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      489 26 TEACHER Salinah Latiff wanted her National Police Cadet Corps boys to not only be tough, but compassionate as well. Which is why when it was time to organise a year-end adventure camp, she planned a programme that involved spending half the time at a
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      746 27  -  Police are looking for Bangladeshi worker said to be driver in accident By Mavis Toh Sujin Thomas THE Malaysian police are looking for a Bangladeshi worker believed to have been behind the wheel of a car which rammed into a Singaporean, killing
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      460 27  -  By Elena Chong FOR at least two months, residents in a block of rental flats in Jalan Bukit Merah put up with a terrible stench emanating from Mr Tan Cheng Soon's flat. Although the smell was intolerable, no one bothered to find out what
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      432 27  -  A BUSINESSMAN who put up banners of escaped Jemaah Islamiah detainee Mas Selamat Kastari without permission was fined a total of $3,000 yesterday. But Zeng Guoyan chose to go to jail for three weeks instead of paying the fine of $1,000, the maximum,
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      237 27 A RASH overtaking move not only resulted in a man's car veering diagonally across three lanes but also saw him hitting a motorcycle, causing the death of its rider. For his reckless act on April 19 last year, Wan Ahmed Fahmi Alwi (inset)
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      113 28 ALPHONSUS CHERIN Young authors 11-year-old Anya Lee (third from right) and 16-year-old Steffina Yuli Suratso (right) at their first book-signing session at Times bookstore in Tampines 1 yesterday. They clinched book deals with publisher Marshall Cavendish this year after coming in tops in its
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      478 28  -  That's why cabby who molested passenger gets jail instead of fine By K.C. Viyayan LAW CORRESPONDENT TAXI passengers should expect as much protection from errant cab drivers as public transport workers get from attacks on them by dangerous commuters, a High Court judge has ruled.
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      192 24 Brian Binnie rocketed the first private manned spacecraft to an altitude of 69.6 miles, winning the US$lO million Ansari X Prize and opening a new era in space flight. At 50,000 feet, he fired SpaceShipOne's rockets, reached g 2,500 mph, and broke through the edge of the atmosphere into space.
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      817 29  -  ST PHOTOS: Singapore fight back after early setback to clinch 23rd straight water polo title left with only the opposing goalkeeper Jitvisut Hunchati to beat, squandered the chances to score. But, with just 34 seconds of the quarter remaining, centre-forward Eugene Teo outmuscled a defender to score and
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      688 31  -  ATTHE GAMES By Leonard Lim VIENTIANE: Perhaps it is to relieve the pressure on the athletes as they count down to their big day. Or it could be that Jessie Phua wants to initiate a departure from
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      508 31 VIENTIANE: The magical left leg that contributed to all four of Singapore's goals so far started shaking anxiously. Shaiful Esah, who was smiling and exchanging high-fives as he was substituted just minutes earlier, could not hide his jitters. The 23-year-olds expression clouded further when
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      372 31  -  By Lin Xinyi VIENTIANE: For someone who is set to make her South-east Asia (SEA) Games debut today, Zena Sim would be forgiven for having pre-match jitters. After all, the 18-year-old national paddler is part of a squad bidding to defend all seven
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        172 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERNAMA MALAYSIAN football officials found themselves at loggerheads with their country's National Sports Council (NSC), following their Under-23 football team's scuffle with the referee who had presided over their 1-3 loss to Vietnam on Sunday. Malaysian and Vietnamese newspapers reported that the angry
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        109 31 BERNAMA NATIONAL Sports Council (NSC) director-general Zolkples Embong has described the move taken by several Asean countries to use imported athletes at the SEA Games as a short cut to achieving success. He said the use of imported athletes was getting too obvious in several
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      617 32 PHOTOS: Wife Nordegren urges Woods to find a cure for his sex addiction ORLANDO (Florida): Elm Nordegren, the wife of Tiger Woods, has urged her sex scandal-embroiled husband to seek treatment for sex addiction. As porn actress Holly Sampson and an unidentified former cocktail waitress became
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      417 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THOUSAND OAKS (California): Jim Furyk ended more than two years without a win, when he holed key putts on the final two holes for a five-under 67 and a one-shot victory in the Chevron World Challenge on Sunday. Dressed in the red so
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      844 32  -  SPORTINGLIFE By Rohit Brijnath IF SCIENTISTS ever send capsules into space, in the hope aliens might find them, what might they put in them as representations of this planet? Hello! magazine? An Oprah DVD? A Shakespeare play? Grains of
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      75 32 REUTERS Silverstone to stage Fl LONDON: Silverstone's owners secured the future of the British Formula One Grand Prix yesterday, after agreeing to a 17-year deal with Fl's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. The Times of London reported that the deal was worth £310 million (Ss7os million). Ecclestone initially agreed
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      390 33 English champs left with only one noted defender for Wolfsburg encounter LONDON: Manchester United's defensive woes continued to worsen on the eve of their Champions League football clash with Wolfsburg when Nemanja Vidic was ruled out of the game. The Serbian defender failed to recover from
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      167 33 S-LEAGUE champions Singapore Armed Forces FC have been drawn with Copa Indonesia holders Sriwijaya in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League (ACL) qualifiers. The fixture will take place at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Jan 30. The winner of this game will host the winners of the
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      60 33 CHARLEROI (Belgium): Former world No. 1 Justine Henin, 27, marked her return to tennis after an 18-month absence by winning the Women Tennis Trophy, an exhibition competition, on Sunday. The Belgian beat current world No. 12 Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-4. Henin had retired in May last
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      323 33 "I told him, 'That's me. Then he said, Is that so?' TAKESHI OKADA, Japan's national football coach, who was angry that Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk not only did not recognise him at the World Cup draw in Cape Town, but also asked him who the coach of Japan
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      238 33 AFTER a disappointing opening game at the Nations Cup at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall on Sunday, Singapore redeemed themselves with a hard-fought 39-33 win over Malaysia yesterday. It was a point-for-point fight from the word go, with Singapore up 19-18 at halftime. Cheered on by a
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      194 29 REPORTERS: M^Mf\iP m 2 L Leonard Lim Lin Xinyi Jonathan Wong PHOTOGRAPHERS: Lim Sin Thai Mugilan Rajasegeran H O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Storm engulfs Tiger Woods Ronaldo behaviour causes stir Everton frustrate Spurs MOST COMMENTED Chelsea get mental edge Says Eagle2oo4:
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      192 32 hftlgtj Draw No. 2490/2009 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 Winning No. Add. No. 04 13 22 27 39 45 21 Group 1 Prize *677,554 Winning shares for Draw No. 2490/2009 Group 1 Prize: No Winner Group 2 Prize: $44,486 each 6 Winning Share(s) Group 3 Prize: $1,618 each 165 Winning Share(s)
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      97 33 '...nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 'Rom 8:38-39 KOH HOCK CHUAN Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 December 2009 leaving behind: Wife: Wee Siew Kheng Daughter: Son-in-law: Diana Koh Simon Loh
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      58 33 The family of the late WONG LIAN HIONG MAEIA Departed on 30 November 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks I I and appreciation to all priests, relatives, I I friends, colleagues, church members, I I prayer groups and business associates I I for their kind assistance, attendance, I condolences,
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      97 33 ONG CHUING ONG CHU ENG Age: 76 Passed away peacefully on 6 Dec 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Siew Ing Sons: Daughter-in-law: Ong Eng Kiat Luo Ling Ong Eng Hong Daughter: Ong Kan Wei Brothers: Sisters: (Ong Choo Chong, deceased) (Ong Vi Rong, deceased)
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      99 33 4> A. SAGUNTEIALATHEVY Departed on 25 Nov 2009 She is dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: S. Ramdas Daughters: R. Nanthinie R. Mugambikai We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to immediate families, all relatives and friends for your kind assistance and support during our recent bereavement. Karumathi
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      25 33 1 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of EVELYN SIM Departed: 8 Dec 2006 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by your family and loved ones. A
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      60 34 We wish to express our Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of Our Late Chairman and Director NG HUA KIONG Departed on 5 Dec 2009 From: The Management and Staff of KWAN YONG ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PTE LTD HUASON CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD 7 As a mark of respect, our
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      97 34 SOH CHONG Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 6 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lai Ah Mvi (deceased) I Sons: Daughters-in-law: I SohKongPheng Lim Kirn Siang, Adeline Soh Kong Boon Quah Margaret Daughter: Soh Yoke Kwai Grandson: Soh Wai Meng, Shawn Granddaughters: Grandson-in-law: Soh Lih Hsia, Denise Kale
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      90 34 A loving wife, wonderful mother, caring sister aunt, and a steadfast friend. REGINA JEAN LOUIS will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by Husband: Nicholas Louis Children: Spouse: Evelyn Teresa Louis Mervin Gerard Louis Cafren Chong Brother: Sister-in-law: Vivian Roche Emily Sister: Care-giver: Stella Colond NilarAung Nephews, nieces, relatives and
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      28 34 Hari Om 4th Anniversary Shri S.V. Krishnan (5/3/1920 8/12/2005) Dearest Appa, Your presence is with us every day. With Love Devoted Wife Mangala Family Vijay, Raji, Ravi Vindhya
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      105 34 YEO WOON KENG AGE: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 6 Dec 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: (Leong Mun Chew, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Leong Wai Kit Murphy Chang Ai Ling Daughter: Son-in-law: Leong Wai Wan, Carta Lee Mun Choy, Vincent Grandsons: Granddaughters: Leong Loong Van,
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      26 34 In Everloving Memory Of Freddie Puah Hua Chiang Called Home on Bth December 1998 You will forever be in our hearts and minds. Dearly missed always
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      33 34 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of I LUCY KOH Departed 8 Dec 2001 You may have left us but your sweet memories will always remain. Always remembered by Husband Daniel and Loved Ones.
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      31 34 In Loving Memory Of Our Mother ALLAGAPPA THANAPAKIAM Departed: 8 Dec 2008 Gone from our lives one so dear, Tn our hearts forever near. Dearly missed by family, relatives loved ones.
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      146 33 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back: to the days of happiness, Daus 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. V Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Fridays 8.30
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      239 33 Today Football Uefa Champions League Group A: Juventus v Bayern Munich (Live, mio TV, Ch6L, tomorrow, 3.30 am), Maccabi Haifa v Bordeaux. Gp B: Wolfsburg v Manchester United (Live, mio TV, Ch63, tomorrow, 3.39 am), Besiktas v CSKA Moscow. Gp C: Marseille v Real Madrid (Live, mio TV, Ch62, tomorrow,
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        557 35  -  BULLS AND BEARS Muted session in Spore as buyers are loath to take up fresh positions By Goh Eng Yeow A STRONGER greenback put a dampener on the year-end rally being experienced by the region's bourses yesterday. During the week's first day of trading, Singapore's
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        361 35  -  By Esther Teo FSL Trust Management (FSLTM) trus-tee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust (FSL Trust) has decided to withdraw its plan to issue up to US$2OO million (Ss27B million) senior notes maturing in 2016 because of the Dubai World credit crisis. Singapore Exchange mainboard-listed
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          20 35 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.27 billion shares worth $1 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 205 Losers: 231 Unchanged: 808
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          80 35 lid Cap 667.85 2.50 Basic materials 310.43 -4.19 Utilities 480.99 T -2.25 imall Cap 520.61 1.18 Industrials 607.90 2.91 Financials 727.61 1.21 ill Share 688.45 1.65 Consumer goods 716.91 4.28 Technology 736.75 8.53 ledgling 657.31 T -2.02 Health care 807.41 2.43 Real estate 651.76 4.60 Ihina 289.23
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          178 35 Yesterday's close: 10,167.60 (+145.01) Japanese stocks rose 1.5 per cent as exporters received a boost from the greenback's surge against the yen late last week. Yesterday's close: 1,265.36 (-4.84) Malaysian shares closed down 0.4 per cent, triggered by profit-taking in late trading. Yesterday's close: 22,324.96 (-173.19) Hong Kong shares
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            407 35 Top Rises w Top Falls (0) Top Rises Top Falls Dec 7 CENTS DBXT FTVietnam 100S$ 4661 56.9 Venture Corp 886 27.0 STXP0 100 1370 26.0 Spore Land 669 24.0 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 .***** 20.0 IMH 2992 16.7 ElecS Eltek 181 15.3 GuocoLandLtd 210 15.0 DBXT FTChina25
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            407 35 Dec 7 CENTS ;ityDev.ES.0012 1044 32.0 JBS.ES.0012 1484 16.0 !TI ETF.ES.0012 287 6.0 tsiatravel W*****7 35.5 4.5 )BSHBLeCW*****3 27.5 4.0 )BSHBLeCW*****3 62 3.5 XA50ETFHBLeCW*****8....29.5 3.0 (epCorp HBLeCW*****2 ...40.5 3.0 !IABNPeCW*****2 54.5 2.5 lapitalaBNPeCWI ***** 12.5 2.0 )BS BNP eCW*****0A 46.5 2.0 ;apitalanBAReCW***** 69 1.5 <obleGrpMBLeCW*****3 37 1.5
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            104 35 runLiun LiunnLiiLii iiuil hhilo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 7 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2590 1.2960 Can dollar 1.3080 1.3240 Euro 2.0540 2.0780 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4087 0.4099 NZ dollar 0.9870 1.0090 Sterling pound 2.2760 2.3020 US dollar 1.3810 1.3960 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        513 36  -  By Christopher Tan SENIOR CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE-BASED motor group Tan Chong International has bought Mitsubishi Fuso's truck assembly and distribution operations in Thailand for 1 billion baht (5541.7 million). According to Tan Chong managing director Joseph Ong, the Hong Kong-listed company that is
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      459 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG DUBAI: Nakheel's creditors may win the right to seize a strip of barren waterfront land the size of Manhattan if the company defaults on the US$3.5 billion (554.9 billion) bond backing the development. Investors will be able to seek foreclosure
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      372 38  -  Esther Teo By A NEW agreement that is set to promote the growth of Islamic banking has been inked between Singapore and Bahrain. At the 16th World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) plenary session in Bahrain yesterday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the
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        228 41 PHOTOS: BULGOGI BROTHERS Various outlets including at 2F, Taeheung B/D, 7-1 Myeong-dong lga, Jung-gu. Tel: +82-2-319-3351 Open: 11am to 10pm (weekdays), 11.30 am to 10pm (weekends) Good food in Seoul is found not only in fine dining restaurants. A chain of mid-priced eateries called Bulgogi Brothers
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        386 41  -  Seoul kitchens unveil exciting dishes to excite the palates of gourmands 200,000 won, are offered at dinner. The menus change every month. We went for the 100,000-won set and were delighted with eight courses of delicacies such as pine mushrooms tossed with pine nut powder and pine pollen,
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        241 41 SAMCHEONGGAK 330-115 Seongbuk-2dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, tel: +82-2-765-3700 Open: Noon to 3pm, 6 to 10pm daily This high-end Korean restaurant is housed in a large cultural complex built in the style of a traditional Korean mansion on the slopes of the Bugaksan mountain. Although it is smack in
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        908 47 Associated Press 1 like to make action movies. Just without any action' Independent director Jim Jarmusch (right) In a bid to spread art to the provinces, a branch of the museum will rise on a former coal mining site Lens (France) It is an abandoned
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        207 49 Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles In a rare comeback for a movie that has been out for three weeks, football film The Blind Side took possession of the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with US$2O.4 million (5528.4 million) in ticket sales
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