Today, 21 June 2005, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Oil prices hit record high
      423 1 -AFP Worries about shortages, interruption of supplies NEW YORK-World oil prices breached US$59 for the first time yesterday as speculators took advantage of concerns about possible energy shortages later this year to pile into the market, traders said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude
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      Lock icon Stocks close lower
      77 1 AFP NEW YORK US stocks closed with slight losses yesterday in a choppy session, with traders watching a new record high for crude oil and a weak report on US leading economic indicators. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 14.96 points to 10,608.11, ending a string of
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      Lock icon Church leader Jaime Sin dies at 76
      182 1 -AP MANILA Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Philippines' moral compass and a key figure in the "people power" revolts that ousted two presidents, died today. He was 76. No cause of death was immediately given but the cardinal had been ill for
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      Lock icon Political minefield in a VCD: Will Arroyo have to step down?
      1060 1  -  Clement Mesenas News Analysis Foreign Editor in Manila clement@newstoday.com.sg AMID mounting calls from the opposition for her to resign following allegations that she rigged the last elections and that her family pocketed huge illegal gambling payoffs, President Gloria Arroyo
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      32 1 NEWS^VIEWS ■Joy of giving When a doll is a priceless gift/3 Uniquely blessed Face in the crowd Lena: No arms, big heart/16 Page 21-22 Impact Page 25 mrnf ■Jriii Health Pages 34-37
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      Lock icon Ali in New York team to S'pore
      73 2 -AFP New York has sprung a last-minute ace to get its Olympic bid back on track. Boxing legend and former Olympic gold medallist Muhammad Ali will be in the city's team travelling to Singapore for the International Olympic Committee Meeting from July 6
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      Lock icon Thousands here at risk of credit card fraud
      339 2 Channel News Asia Cardholders' data may have been compromised IT was reported last week that a security breach at a third party payments card data processor in the US state of Arizona had put about 40 million credit cards worldwide at risk
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        When a doll is a priceless gift
        697 3  -  Denyse Tessensohn SINGAPOREANS are known for their generosity in donating to charity. Some people volunteer while others quietly move tonnes of food, medicine and used clothing through South-east Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Africa. Others go to remote places to attend to
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      5 3 NUMBERS TO REMEMBER R WvufflttM
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Elderly more anxious about future
      666 4  -  Loh Chee Kong Latest HDB survey also shows half of those polled had no retirement plans cheekong@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S growing elderly population is feeling less well-off and less optimistic about their future, according to the latest survey by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). Carried out
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      Lock icon Khoo sisters let off with fines
      411 6  -  Chow Perm Nee They knew about father's undisclosed stake in companies, but chose to stay silent pennnee@newstoday.com.sg IN WHAT prosecutors call a landmark case concerning corporate governance, the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat's two daughters were let off with a fine yesterday, after failing
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      He stumbled, now he shows the way
      274 6  -  Jasmine Yin AT ONLY 23 years old, Mr Glenn Lim found himself staring at the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars. A drug addict, he had been caught importing 350g of marijuana at the Causeway checkpoint, a crime punishable
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon New flats on resale market sold
        67 6 938 Live Most of the unsold HDB flats offered for sale on the resale market have been taken up. An HDB spokesperson said its marketing agent has collected option fees for 91 of the 1 00 flats available. These flats were put on the
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        Lock icon S'pore sends aircraft to help Iraq
        42 6 Channel News Asia Singapore is deploying a Republic of Singapore Air Force KC-1 35 tanker aircraft to support efforts for the reconstruction of Iraq. It will conduct air-to-air refuelling missions in support of the multinational forces.
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        Lock icon Learn a language while you fly
        47 6 938 Live Singapore Airlines' Inflight Entertainment System now comes with an interactive language learning programme a first in the world, according to SIA. Customers can choose from a total of 1 1 languages. Each course covers numbers, dates, words and dialogue.
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      188 7 "The top of the world is a very JMk dangerous and unforgiving place. «j That's why, to avoid life threatening JL weather, you must start your descent on time. Which is why a dependable g^^k timepiece like a Ball Watch is so important in an environment that Es:>r^S|w features truly
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  • world news
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      Lock icon It rained on his parade
      134 8 Hollywood actor Tom Cruise wipes his face with a towel after a man pretending to be a journalist stuck a microphone in front of him that squirted the actor with water. Cruise, 42, was on a red-carpet walkabout prior to the screening of his latest
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      Lock icon What about maid abuse in Indonesia?
      418 8 Agencies Country should fix problem there, US group urges JAKARTA Young girls working as maids in Indonesia are often subjected to physical and sexual abuse, a New York-based human rights group said yesterday, as it urged Jakarta to do more to protect the girls.
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      Lock icon Protests greet Koizumi in Seoul
      76 9 South Korean riot police officers block protester Hwang Kum-ju, 85, who endured being a sex slave for the Japanese army during World War II (right). Protesters yesterday burned Japanese flags outside Japan's embassy in Seoul and said Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should be banned from
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      Lock icon Huge Thai drug haul
      199 9 Agencies 235 kg of heroin and 'ice' seized; 3 men charged BANGKOK The Thai police has seized more than 235 kg of drugs including heroin and a record amount of "ice" methamphetamine destined for foreign countries, it was announced yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, the police
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Thai 'peace zones'
        48 9 AFP As violence in the majority-Muslim south flared again in recent weeks, the Thai government said it will set up "peace zones" in the southern provinces by August. "We (want) an area that should not have much violence," Defence Minister Thammarak Issarangkura Na Ayutthaya said.
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        Lock icon Thai-Pakistan FTA
        26 9 AP Thailand and Pakistan have moved closer to establishing a free trade agreement after leaders met over the weekend, the Thai News Agency reported.
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        Lock icon Traffic police attacked
        25 9 AFP More than 200 people attacked police in China's Guangdong province after officers tried to detain a bus driver, Xinhua reported yesterday.
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        Lock icon Pensioner smashes record
        67 9 AFP A 95-year-old Japanese man has set an athletics world record, breaking the 1 00m time for men aged 95 to 99. Mr Kozo Haraguchi [picture) clocked 22.04 seconds as the sole runner in a race held to smash the previous world mark of 24.01 seconds set
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      Saad Hariri's coup
      346 10 Son of slain Lebanese leader sweeps to power BEIRUT Heartened by a strong showing by anti-Syrian forces in Sunday's parliamentary polls in Lebanon, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Damascus yesterday to take note of changes in the Middle East and increased the US pitch
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      Rice slams Israeli plan for new settler homes
      185 10 JERUSALEM Even before US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (picture) left Israel after proudly showcasing an Israel-Palestinian deal to raze settler homes after the Gaza Strip pullout the Israeli housing ministry was inviting tenders to build 700 new homes in the West
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      Lock icon Gender-bending chemicals need to be regulated soon
      208 12 The Guardian LONDON Scientists are planning to call on European leaders to take urgent action to speed up regulation of the thousands of genderbending chemicals in use across the continent The Prague Declaration, named after a meeting of more than 100 toxicologists and
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      Lock icon Artificial sperm, eggs in 10 years?
      382 12 Agencies LONDON Artificial sperm and eggs could be available within 10 years for fertility treatments, according to research into human embryonic stem cells carried out by British scientists. The researchers, professors Behrouz Aflatoonian and Harry Moore of the University of Sheffield in central England,
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      523 10 In 2010, Singapore-China trade volume is projected to break the USSO billion dollar mark! The Institute of Technology, Singapore is the first tertiary institution to be established outside China! K^lllll^H^E^MdilHH MMEK*TUKw^^y Lecturers: ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■V Mr. Lin Huaizu h National University of Singapore, W HWfMWfffV Masters of ArtsfChinese Studies); Kl'llllllMllHlll'l'Finy^Hirl'lll^y-l'l'KM Jinan University,
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      220 10 Find out how the new MediShield is a stronger safety net. More information available on MediShield Reform on 22 June 2005. Ministry Of Health Singapore Samsung X64OC camera phone at $28* only! Present this page at any Ml shop and get to purchase a Samsung X64OC camera phone at a
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      242 11 Have you gone down to HSBC's Great 25% Bankwide Sale? Hurry! Fantastic deals are available only till 30 June 2005. If you'd like to know more about the most amazing sale of the year, rush down to your nearest branch today or log on to www.hsbc.com.sg now. SGD Time Deposit
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      Focus On The Family
      252 14  -  Dr James Dobson m TbDSy's byi TEACHING FAILURE TO CHILDREN One of the best ways to show your children how to succeed may just be to teach them how to fail. It's not news to anyone that youngsters mimic the behaviour of their parents. And since
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      'Terminal crashes' that could be fatal
      295 14  -  FAISAL SAEED Touch-screens in taxis a dangerous distraction I Letter from YESTERDAY was the second time in the past six months that the taxi I was taking to work was involved in an accident In both cases, the cause was that the taxi driver
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      sayagain?
      50 14  -  Heng Cho Choon Our kids today are well versed in science and mathematics and they have become more robotic and mechanical in their outlook on life. Communication is done through email and SMS. Face-to-face communication is reduced drastically and our language becomes truncated at best, etiolated (feeble) at worst
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      How about 'keep-it-up' capital for young start-ups?
      479 14  -  YAP CHE MAN Letter from' I READ with great interest your report, "Few want to sow seed money" (June 15) and the letter, "The case for 'serial' entrepreneurs" (June 17). I'm pleased to see the Government has created multiple incentive schemes and bodies
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      Lock icon 'I'm not different, I'm unique'
      656 16  -  LENA MARIE KLINGVALL Jasmine Zhao No arms, just one good leg, but the size of Lena's heart makes up for it all Ie in the crowi 36, singer and painter LENA Marie Klingvall could so easily have allowed 36 years of baggage rob her of
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      Lock icon SIA-Qantas merger?
      458 18  -  Val Chua BLOOMBERG Australia puts forward the idea, both carriers play it down val@newstoday.com.sg ONE week after it denied Singapore Airlines (SIA) its long-stand-ing wish to fly the lucrative Sydney-Los Angeles route, the Australian government has thrown up an unexpected suggestion. Australian trade minister Mark Vaile said a
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      SGX to offer clearing services for energy and freight derivatives
      149 18 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will offer clearing services next year that would reduce the risk of default in the unregulated market here for oil and freight derivatives known as swaps. An over-the-counter (OTC) clearing facility for energy derivatives and forward
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    • savvy investor
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        Should you invest in unit trusts?
        582 19 WOULD you invest in unit trusts if you thought you would lose money? Probably not! You may have heard of friends who lost money in unit trusts. And you swear you will not invest in them. So have you ever wondered why some people
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        Lock icon Lure of emerging markets
        649 19  -  Alex Lee EMERGING markets can offer attractive returns, but they also come with greater risk. Mr Devan Kaloo of Aberdeen Asset Management explains how to invest in these markets prudently. news@newstoday.com.sg THE rewards for investing in emerging markets can be considerable, but they can also be
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      Lock icon Aman Capital returns hedge fund money
      275 24 Dow Jones AMAN Capital Management, one of Singapore's largest hedge funds, yesterday confirmed that its sole hedge fund has been returning money to shareholders, indicating that the fund manager may be closing soon. "We have not shut down yet" Aman Capital director Mayur Ghelani
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 24 US$ 0.5982 UK£ 0.3275 Yen 65.08 HK$ 4.6509 RM 2.2733 Euro 0.4897 Rupiah 5768.6 Baht 24.599 Peso 33.355 A$ 0.7685 Indian Rs 26.069 Won 603.42 C$ 0.7358 Yuan 4.9514 NZ$ 0.8323 NTS 18.734
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        Commodities
        21 24 Gold uss/oz 442.10 Silver uss/oz 7.39 Platinum uss/„i 902.00 Rubber cntsAg 242.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1401.50 Brent crude uss/barrei 57.87
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        ST Index – 2,197.38 -11.77
        4 24 ST Index 2,197.38 -11.77
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        SGX most active
        60 24 )y volume Ihina Petro >ing Tel JniFiber vccs Jio-Treat iiosensors *B Tech JTAC Ihina Sun iinqPost Close 0.415 2.660 0.345 0.155 0.655 0.710 0.710 0.645 0.440 1.000 Change -0.015 +0.040 -0.010 -0.010 -0.035 +0.025 -0.020 -0.020 +0.030 -3.5 +1.5 -2.8 -1.5 -4.7 +3.6 -3.0 -4.3 +3.1 '000
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        Lock icon SGX top rises
        78 24 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By$ DCBC 4.5XNCPS 100 102.500 +0.500 >hangAsia2kHKS 12.500 +0.500 IMH400USS 18.100 +0.300 lardine C&C 13.600 +0.200 DUE 8.700 +0.200 Hyflux DB eCW*****7 1.180 +0.150 ISH500USS 10.500 +0.100 Hyflux 4.060 +0.060 Hyflux CA eCW*****5 1.180 +0.060 By percentage PDC Corp 0.035 +40.0 :realiveMBLeCW*****3
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        SGX top falls
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        Lock icon Singapore
        124 24 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed lower on higher oil prices and generally weak sentiment in the Asian markets. The ST Index shed 1 1 77 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 2,197.38, but finished off its intraday low of 2,192.88. Losers led gainers 332 to 112 while 550.5 million
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        World markets
        60 24 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.35 Change Pis -30.68 -0.27 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.77 4305.60 6296.89 +33.74 -6.60 +3.33 +0.24 -0.15 +0.05 Korea Comp 994.65 -9.03 -0.90 KLCI 896.75 -0.31 -0.03 SET Index 679.68 -6.84 -1.00 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1147.71 2004.71 222.57 +5.89
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    • Wealth your personal finance special
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        Lady, are you covered?
        918 21  -  Lyn Chan Gender-specific insurance protection for single women, wives and mothers news@newstoday.com.sg FACT: Women live longer than men by about five years, till 80. They also tend to have shorter careers, marked by increasingly volatile economic cycles. FACT: Whether single or married, women have a higher
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        This options workshop goes a 'step further'
        303 21 OPTIONS seminars are a dime a dozen these days, and at least one investor education house claims that it has got an edge over the others. Market Wise Investors said that while other seminars focus on options basics and strategies, it goes "a
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          Lock icon Your loss is kids' gain
          631 25  -  Farookh Shaikh Weight-loss supplement allows you to eat carbs and lose them and sales proceeds go towards educating children news@newstoday.com.sg THE latest entrant in the weightloss industry in Singapore has something more than just that to offer. Even its name Award Slim seeks to offer
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            New travel consultancy launched
            200 25  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Traveller DMC, a new travel consultancy with a strong back- round in general leisure and usiness travel, was launched recently. It is targeting its services at general leisure travellers such as families, young upwardly mobile professionals ana business travellers, as well as the
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          Lock icon Best in S'pore... and elsewhere
          396 25  -  Rahul Venkit THIS is one "customer refund" exercise that Singaporeans are bound to appreciate. To mark its 20th anniversary here, Best Denki is sponsoring the Phua Chu Rang (PCX) musical that premiered at the Esplanade on June 10. The sponsorship move is symbolic in more
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Jailed 15 years for fraud
        188 20 AFP NEW YORK Ailing Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday, almost a year after being convicted of conspiring to loot the firm of millions of dollars for his personal use. His son and former Adelphia chief financial officer,
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        Lock icon Tweety bird and company set to hit China
        160 20 AFP LOS ANGELES Bugs Bunny and friends are going Chinese under a deal unveiled yesterday by US movie giant Warner Brothers with Internet portal Tom.com. Warner Bros Studios said it was launching its first Chinese website featuring classic characters such as ScoobyDoo,
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        Lock icon Pakistan accepts Emirates telcom bid
        141 20 Bloomberg EMIRATES Telecommunications Corp's bid for a 26 per cent stake in Pakistan Telecommunication Co was approved today, the office of Pakistan's prime minister said in a statement yesterday. Etisalat, as the United Arab Emirates' state-owned phone service provider is known, had its bid for
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      897 27  -  Ariel Tarn Virtual network operator model gives customers flexibility of choice, redundancy options ari el@newsto day, com. sg I IN THE traditional telecommunications market carriers invest billions in building networks and infrastructure to meet the demanding connectivity requirements of corporate customers. Even then, no
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      802 28  -  Seah Siew Hua Focus: Broadband Global Area Network R-BGAN and BGAN networks are set to change the way we communicate siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I BROADBAND has come I a long way from the days of 64Kbps connections on a global area network (GAN). Satellite communication providers have not only
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      341 28  -  Seah Siew Hua NEW Zealand might be better I known for its gorgeous landscape, fine wines, rugby prowess and having more sheep per capita than any other country in the world. But in the last two and a half years, a
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        67 28 The SMa (Singapore Manufacturers' Federation) School of Management is partnering Edith Cowan University of Western Australia to launch a Master of Information Security and Intelligence course to meet the market demand for network information security professionals. The postgraduate course encompasses technical knowledge
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        91 28 Cavu Corp, IBM Singapore and Sing Tel Expan are collaborating to offer disaster recovery services on a pay-per-use model for enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region. IBM and Cavu have jointly invested in three IBM eServer iSeries and four IBM eServer Blade Centers to be installed in SingTel's
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        78 28 Software AG has started the Certified Web Services Professional (CWSP) workshop to help companies understand and exploit Web Services. With courseware licensed by Exploit Technologies, the five-day CWSP workshop endorsed by the Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme will be conducted by Software AG at its XML Academy
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        47 28 InnoMedia's new entry-level MTA 541 OS video phone offers features such as 3G interoperability and voice-over-IP international call capability. It uses an iconbased graphical user interface and allows calls to be made between fixedline video and 3G phones. Networkbased firewall solutions are supported.
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      948 29 The Road To SECURITY COMPLIANCE I THE CALL FOR I COMPLIANCE THANKS to the slew of high-profile accounting scandals that have rocked the corporate world, the demand for greater transparency and the call for regulatory compliance have never been stronger. In the past, IT managers had the autonomy to craft
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      719 30  -  Joyce Lin Rising star Felicia Chin: Not a girl, not quite a woman j oyce@newstoday.com. sg II pROVOCATIVELY?" asked .TMediaCorp starlet Felicia Chin (picture) hesitantly, as our photographer prepared to shoot For a fleeting moment, she looked unsure of what was expected of her. But the
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      515 32  -  Joyce Lin Human Fly back on the ground to promote documentary joyce@newstoday.com.sg A LAIN Robert aka the French l\ Spider-Man, the Human Fly delights in scaling skyscrapers around the world without safety ropes or harnesses. Often, it means running afoul of the law. But Robert does it
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      183 32  -  DAVID CHEW I THEATRE REVJEWby^^^J PERHAPS it was the success of the 2003 movie Beautiful Boxer. Or the opportunity to see former male kickboxing champion Parinya Charoenphol (picture) known by her fans as Nong Toom in the flesh. Whatever the reason, tickets for both
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      571 34  -  Lynette Leong Proper pre-natal care is vital for mums-to-be who are over 35 years old health@newstoday.com.sg HAVING a baby after the age of 35 can be challenging and fulfilling. These days with more women delaying pregnancy because of work commitments and later marriages, it is no
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      67 43 JP Entertainment Group Proudly presents f 'JA I L t3l Magnetic Tour 2005 Robin Gibb Plus Band 30 Piece Orchestra Performing his own and Bee Gees Greatest Hits Live on the 23rd August 2005, Bpm At The Singapore Indoor Stadium Tickets $68, $98, $128, $158, $188 Arc available at all
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      328 44 -AFP PINEHURST Tiger Woods still has never won a Major golf title with a finalround comeback, but the world No 1 has proven beyond a doubt his game has returned to top form. The 29-year-old American fired a one-under-par 69 and rallied
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      440 45 INDIANAPOLIS Bernie Ecclestone had approached Jean Todt to talk about proposals to solve the tyre problem faced by Michelin teams, but the Ferrari team boss told the Fl supremo that only the FIA could make a decision, no one else. Ferrari,
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        569 41 -AFP After Mexico defeat, world champions in danger of early exit CONFEDERATIONS CUP Brazil 0 Mexico 1 HANNOVER, Germany Going into the Confederations Cup, Brazil were hot favourites to roll all over their opponents and win the tournament Instead, they will have to get a
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        340 41 -AFP NUREMBERG Germany and Argentina, having qualified for the semifinals of the Confederations Cup, vie for the right to top Group A when they face off here today. Both nations have picked up a maximum six points after wins over Australia and Tunisia and this
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        408 41 AFP FRANKFURT, Germany One of the best players produced by Brazil will now attempt to knock the country of his birth out of the Confederations Cup. The Japan coach believes his team can pull off a surprise result against Brazil
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        178 42 AFP TENNIS Wimbledon LONDON Roger Federer (below) extended his grasscourt winning streak to 30 matches yesterday, when he got the defence of his Wimbledon title off to a flying start with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over France's Paul-Henri Mathieu. The world No 1,
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        412 42  -  CUBBYLEONG BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2005 cubby@newstoday.com.sg FORMER world No 8 Ronald Susilo could be heading for a rematch with China's Lin Dan, in the third round of the Aviva Open Singapore 2005 badminton championships, which will be held at the
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        179 43 AFP SYDNEY A former Test great yesterday told Ricky Ponting's Australian team not to panic over the woeful start to their England Ashes cricket tour. England's three-wicket win over the Aussies in a one-dayer at Bristol on Sunday was Australia's fourth defeat in a week on
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