Today, 7 October 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    • 181 1 Police to step up bag searches, watch out for prams NEW YORK The police have stepped up counter-terrorism patrols on the city's subways (picture) after receiving a "specific threat", Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today. "This is the first time we have had a threat
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    • 132 1 DPA NEW YORK US stocks continued slipping yesterday amid continued concerns about inflation, fuelled by recent remarks by a Federal Reserve official. Mr Richard Fisher, president of the Fed's Dallas branch, had said that inflation was approaching the "upper end of the Fed's tolerance
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    • 120 1 -AFP WASHINGTON The US government has offered a US$lO-million ($16.8-million) reward for information leading to the arrest of a top terrorist suspect in the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia. The State Department identified the suspect as Dulmatin and believes he is a senior figure
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    • 98 1 -AFP OSLO Anti-nuclear campaigners such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing are favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian media said on the eve of today's announcement. The lAEA and its Director-General, Dr Mohamed El Baradei, are one of
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    • 756 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg HE MAY be coy about the timing of the elections, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suspects that the backdrop in which they are held and the results could be different from what the
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    • 528 2 -AFP WASHINGTON President George W Bush yesterday said the US and its partners had foiled at least 10 "serious" Al Qaeda terror plots since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks, plus five more attempts to case targets or infiltrate operatives onto US soil. The
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    • 509 2  -  VALCHUA Senior grassroots leader given stern warning for planting of placards va l@newstoday.com.sg AFTER about a month, the police have closed their investigation into the "white-ele-phants" incident with a "stern warning" to a veteran grassroots leader. In a statement to the media,
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    • 711 3  -  OWCHEE CHUNG MICHAEL CHUA 16 years on, time for a new advisory council to reassess needs of the disabled and IS IT time for a new advisory council for Singaporeans with disabilities? In 1988, then First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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    • 594 4  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong was concerned enough about Singapore's service standards to raise the issue during his National Day Rally, where he tasked Mr Raymond Lim to elevate standards here. Yesterday, Mr Lim, the Minister in Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance
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    • 159 4  -  TANHUILENG. ALL over the Asia-Pacific, consumers are spending more, according to the Synovate Pan Asia Pacific Cross Media Survey (PAX). Across the region, monthly billing on charge and credit cards is up 15 per cent with Singapore card owners swiping US$729 ($1,226) a month, a
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    • 732 6  -  FELIX CHEONG Broadcaster remains objective, trusted, says BBC World chief YOU can't teach a seasoned journalist like Sian Kevill new tricks. Not when she's the editorial director of BBC World (StarHub Channel 13) and an old hand at the interview game. She may listen attentively
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    • 250 8  -  JASMINE YIN EVEN before the ink had dried on the answer scripts, tears started flowing and complaints were made to the media yesterday about the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) paper on mathematics this year. Consultant trainer S B Chan told Today that the paper
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    • 469 8  -  DAWN QUEK Officers stationed at troubled junction to direct pedestrians da wn@newstoday.com.sg JAYWALKERS who try to cross Cecil Street at peak hours will find themselves stopped by enforcement officers if the yellow and black spring-loaded poles erected in the middle of the road don't already deter
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 73 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Minister of State for Manpower and Education Gan Kirn Yong will head the Tripartite Committee on Employability of Older Workers, taking over from top civil servant Leo Yip. The Manpower Ministry said this move emphasised the importance of older workers and
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      • 77 8 938 LIVE Eighty-seven new cases of dengue were reported in Singapore in the 24 hours up to 3pm yesterday, an increase from the 75 cases reported on Wednesday. ORCHARD ERP ON SATURDAY Motorists travelling to the Orchard Road area from this Saturday, and every Saturday thereafter,
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    • 425 10  -  LEE U-WEN Unique RGS module gives girls lessons on disaster and dealing with it u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans or when bombs went off in Bali, it was not just a cause for student chatter at Raffles Girls' School (Secondary). It was study material
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    • 214 10  -  LEE U WEN Genomic biology, diplomacy, political leadership, Arab-Israeli conflict sounds like a list of subjects from a university prospectus. But these are actually some of the optional modules offered to the Secondary 4 students of RGS since the start of the year.
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    • 352 12  -  LOHCHEEKONG JUST more than a month into his new role as Coordinating Minister for National Security, Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar (picture) wants to hit the ground running so as to get a "first-hand feel" of his latest portfolio. Starting with Jurong Island
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    • 186 12  -  TAN HUILENG THEY are smoking less, exercising more and generally speaking are not as prone to high cholesterol as they used to be. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that working adults are getting fitter, said the Health Promotion Board (HPB). Presenting statistics
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    • 492 12  -  ANSLEYNG ...so he hacked his wife a day earlier; now he tells court she deserved to die a nsley@newstoday.com.sg HE HACKED his wife to death one day before he turned 43 because he wanted to avoid killing anyone on his birthday. G
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    • 360 14  -  TOR CHING LI Over 100 events scheduled for next month's Singapore Design Festival chmgh@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is poised to come alive as a designer city next month during the inaugural Singapore Design Festival. From downtown shopping malls to heartland locations, over 100 events have been lined up
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    • 218 14 938 LIVE THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has set up its first collaborative laboratory in food science and technology. It is tying up with multinational food company Kikkoman Corporation to develop new products, and conduct research on new food products and Asian foods. The
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    • 328 16 —AGENCIES Indonesian police face uphill task in search for Bali attackers as hunt focuses on Banten JAKARTA Indonesian police spent yesterday chasing a questionable lead and denying rumours, as investigations into the Bali bomb blasts went into its sixth day. On Wednesday night, a man called
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    • 300 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz (picture) said she does not give a "damn" what her critics say and will continue to stay on in her position in spite of calls for her resignation recently.
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    • 194 16 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR The European Commission (EC) became the 12th foreign mission in Kuala Lumpur to receive a suspicious package and warned threats to Malaysia's diplomatic community were now a serious security issue. Police have said the packages, which contained compact discs,
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 71 16 -AFP Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Britain suspects that new explosives found in Iraq used to attack United States-led forces may have come from Iran or the Tehran-linked Hezbollah militant group. His comments came as Iran's foreign ministry rejected accusations
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      • 70 16 -DPA Indonesia will position two sensor buoys off the coast of Sumatra island this month and launch a mobile phone text service as part of a tsunami early warning system to be completed in 2008. The two sensor buoys are among 15 to
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    • 795 18  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL Former HK governor reminds Blair of his promise not to serve a full term shibu@newstoday.com.sg THE next British general elections are four years away. But that is not preventing former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten from declaring his choice for the Prime Minister's post It
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    • 269 20 DPA BANGKOK Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (picture) spent last night in the district where five soldiers were gunned down a day before by suspected Muslim militants in Thailand's violence-ridden deep South. "Tonight I will sleep where they are saying it is dangerous,"
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    • 196 20 -AFP LONDON American scientists have recreated the 1918 Spanish flu virus, one of the deadliest ever to emerge, to the alarm of many researchers who fear it presents a serious security risk. But those involved say that the experiment would help them understand how
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 61 20 -AFP Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that Thailand's candidate to become the next United Nations secretary general has support from 109 General Assembly members, but still lacks backing on the Security Council. Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai had been publicly
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      • 52 20 ■AFP Gisela Zetsche, 55, the wife of the newly named head of automaker DaimlerChrysler AG, was fined U552,500 ($4,200) and chastised by an American judge for allowing a party with underage drinking at her luxury home. The party was attended by over 100
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    • 220 20 In da Bginnin God cre8d da —AGENCIES LONDON It is the Bible, but not like anything the devout have ever read before. The world's most famous book, is now available in the world's most modern form of communication, SMS or text. So instead of reading in Genesis how: "In the
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    • 319 22 AGENCIES Rising water temperature can result in exclusively female populations as males disappear LONDON Global warming could have devastating effects on migratory species, including the possible disappearance of male sea turtles, a study warned yesterday. A research team led by the British
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    • 212 22 -DPA SYDNEY With every second Australian marriage ending in divorce, millions of hours are spent wrangling over who gets what when the family breaks up. Sometimes dividing up assets is done, expensively, in the courts. Other times former partners spend a lifetime brooding
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • 71 22 A naked man accused of trying to burgle a home in Arizona stopped in mid-escape to ask the victim for a pair of shorts, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. The victim threw the shorts to the accused burglar, who then fled. But he was later arrested
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      • 78 22 HAWKER, DOCTOR, LOVER, LIAR To win the heart of a nurse, a hawker posed as a doctor in the Malaysian armed forces with the rank of major, reported The Star. The 42-year-old, who got himself a fake armed forces pass, managed to net the 22-year-old girl working at the Kuala
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      • 96 22 -AP Honda Motor Co has designed a car that is dog friendly part of the Japanese carmaker's ongoing effort to create vehicles that are easy to use and comfortable to ride in. A special crate for dogs in the glove compartment allows owners to
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    • 244 23 -AFP Stole documents from Cheney's office, passed them to Estrada WASHINGTON A former United States Marine and naturalised US citizen from the Philippines breached security at the White House and allegedly used his top secret clearances to steal over 100 classified documents from Vice-President
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    • 102 23 A Pentagon employee yesterday admitted in court that he had provided classified defence information to an Israeli diplomat and two employees of a pro-Israel lobby group, reported AFP. Lawrence Franklin, 58, a specialist on Iran, Iraq and terrorism issues, worked at the time of
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    • 280 23 -AP WASHINGTON Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said that he plans to return to politics but that it is too early to say if that will be for the 2008 presidential campaign. "I think I'll return to politics," Mr Giuliani said in a
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    • 601 24  -  FABIOSCARPELLO Susilo may face backlash if Indonesia bans JI and introduces tough law news@newstoday.com.sg THE horror of Saturday's carnage has blinded most analysts to the merits of Indonesia's fight against terror. It has led them to suggest drastic measures, such as banning the Jemaah
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    • 95 26 m_ MediaCorp Press Ltd I nr\AV 24 Raffles Place #28-01/06 M\JUr\.l Clifford Centre *****21 Editor-in-chief CEO Mano Sabnani Executive director Philip Koh EDITORIAL Associate editor Margaret Thomas Day/news editor S Murali Associate/night editor Rahul Pathak Chief sub-editor Richard J Valladares Section editors Local Teo Hwaa Nak Foreign Clement Mesenas Voices
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    • 52 26 Unless the underpass with its stairs is being made more user-friendly, it is too tedious a route for pedestrians, particularly the elderly. And posting officers to catch jaywalkers is a waste of resources. Chua Kirn Choo, on why the new barriers at the Cecil St-Robinson Road junction won't solve
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    • 401 26  -  S RENGANATHAN Not unless there are greater incentives to buy hybrid cars Letter from I READ with interest the report, "It's now twice as nice to go green" (Oct 4). While it may attract passing attention from motorists, I think most Singaporeans will not take the bait,
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    • 289 26  -  TERENCE LEONG Letter from' ONE thing that stood out in Mr Khoo LihHan's letter, "Why spend all that money on a minority?" (Oct 1-2) is that cost-effective-ness seems to have permeated the average Singaporean's entire being perhaps symptomatic of
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    • 893 28  -  mr brown Plunging COE prices are sending S'poreans delirious, but wait... THE COE has recently dropped sharply to between $11,000 and $12,000, much to the delight of many motorists. If a foreigner were to see our faces now, he would ask,
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    • 303 30  -  LTC N SUBHAS Announcements prior to 'surprise' emergency exercises Letter from Director, Public Affairs Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force IN HIS letter "Injuries during simulated attacks, who's responsible?" (Oct 3), Mr Henry Lim Li Shun gave feedback on the simulated bomb-blast exercise that the Government will
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    • 252 30  -  HAN LIANG YUAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Khoo Lih-Han's letter about the bus lane along Upper Thomson Road near the Thomson Community Club (Oct 3). Bus lanes, which provide dedicated right of way to public
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    • 105 30  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from I AM heartened to see our Prime Minister's concern for the victims of the Bali bombings during his recent visit to Indonesia. I am proud of the Singapore Government's swift action in sending a medical team to Bali
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    • 496 32  -  JOAN CHANG There are avenues for appeal; only recalcitrant offenders will be charged Letter From Assistant Director (Corporate Communications) for Permanent Secretary (Transport) I REFER to the commentary, "The New Singapore Criminal" (Sept 23), and the letters (Sept 26 and Sept 28) on the proposed
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    • 182 35  -  DIANA TEO Letter from I read with disbelief Clara Ng's letter, "Little girl's host had good intentions" (Oct 6), defending her neighbour who was host to the latest little girl who went missing. She said her neighbour tried calling the number given by the
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      • 234 35  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I REFER to your article, "SAVH a second home that wonders how it all went wrong" (Oct 6). In every welfare organisation, the beneficiaries bear the brunt of differences and in-fight-ing among board members, including mismanagement practices. The Singapore Association
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      • 211 35  -  ALVIN NG Letter from SAVH has been in existence for 54 years. Programmes have been developed, redesigned and refined to cater for the needs of the visually impaired community. I do not understand why the NCSS is rushing into engaging another VWO to
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    • 255 36  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I NO TWO ALIKE If every grain of sand at the seashore is unique, and every snowflake that falls is different, how simplistic to thinkthat human beings are identical atthe moment of birth thatthey come into the world as blank slates on
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    • 400 36  -  DRFIDAHALSAGOFF So that cord blood bank staff can give info and get consent Letter from Executive Director, Singapore Cord Blood Bank I REFER to the letter, "How to donate cord blood?" (Oct 1-2). On behalf of the Singapore Cord Blood Bank (SCBB), I thank Ms Tan for
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    • 165 36 Letter from TRISTAN SIM Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force WE REFER to Mr Wendall Chua's letter "Employers fit to judge" (Sept 29). The post 9-11 security climate has driven home the need to further ensure the credibility of personnel in
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    • 298 36  -  TAN KIN LI AN Letter from Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Income I REFER to the letter "Shorter payout period, but cash preferred" (Sept 30). Mr Lim Boon Hee said that if he keeps the minimum sum of $90,000 with the CPF Board, he
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      • 59 40 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Dow Jones and Nikkei 225 13,359.51 -330.38 -2.41 Hang Seng Australia ASX 14,839.30 4,447.30 -321.73 -2.12 -96.20 -2.12 Taiwan Wtd 6,095.81 -39.20 -0.64 Korea Comp 1,202.49 -24.91 -2.03 KLCI 926.25 -1.26 -0.14 SET Index 710.79 -6.38 -0.89 Jakarta Comp 1,096.37 -7.67 -0.70 Phils
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      • 342 42 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Opposite Centrepoint,the site was put on sale after a developer bid $200 m for it IN THE second auction of prime land in Orchard Road in two months, a Somerset site has been put up for sale after an unnamed developer bid $200
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      • 231 42 DOW JONES KEENLY-AWAITED units in Sail@Marina Bay's second tower will be sold this weekend at a higher average price of $1,080 per square foot (psf), its developers said yesterday, reflecting the strong demand for high-end residential property in Singapore. The Sail, a joint
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      • 227 45 DOW JONES TIGER Airways, the budget carrier affiliate of Singapore Airlines, said yesterday it had secured full funding for four new passenger planes it had ordered. The aviation capital arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland will finance Tiger Airways' purchase of
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      • 403 45  -  CHRISTIE LOH Infocredit D&B in talks with BCA to get contractors to join the ratings service christie@newstoday.com.sg THE Government's ongoing efforts to boost the professional standards of the building industry may call for contractors to submit their financial data into a credit bureau that can be
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      • 208 46 -BLOOMBERG MCL Land, Jardine C&C chairman Nightingale to replace retiring Weatherall JARDINE Matheson Holdings managing director Percy Weatherall will retire next year and be replaced by Mr Anthony Nightingale, a 36-year employee of the Hong Kong-based real estate, retailing and distribution company. "Percy
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      • 206 46 MEDIACORP has placed out 128 million ordinary shares of Star Hub at $1.92 per share to international investors. As a result of the share placement yesterday, MediaCorp's shareholding in Star Hub has been reduced from approximately 13.6 per cent to approximately 7.6 per
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        • 72 46 BE MESMERISED at 7.30 tonight at Eastpoint Mall by Canadian flutist Ron Korb, whose music is steeped in diverse cultural traditions and experiences. With eight CDs released globally, Korb has written songs for major Asian artistes and motion picture soundtracks, including a song that won
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        • 96 46 M 1 subscribers can get into the pink of dental health with help from their mobile phones, as the telco and the Health Promotion Board extend their collaboration to help Singaporeans have quick and easy access to health information. The first
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        • 71 46 HONG Kong artiste and Lifestream spokesperson Zhu Mimi called out to car owners to participate in raising funds at Capital 95.8FM's 36-hour annual charity car wash on Sept 24. The event, spanning 19 Singapore Petroleum stations, raised $36,000 for the Asian
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      • 156 48 -BLOOMBERG MALAYSIA'S state-owned investment arm Khazanah Nasional has won approval to buy a controlling stake in Bank Lippo, paving the way for an offer to buy the rest of the Indonesian lender. On July 17, Khazanah offered to buy 52 per cent of
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      • 290 48 -BLOOMBERG Demand for stocks pushing it higher THE Indonesian rupiah rose to its highest in almost seven weeks on optimism that demand for stocks will climb after the central bank raised interest rates and the government curbed fuel subsidies. Fund managers outside the nation were
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      • 380 50 -AFP But more domestic demand will reduce rifts: Central bank head BEIJING China's central bank chief has warned of more friction with trading partners in the near future due to China's ever-growing trade surplus, state media reported yesterday. This year the contribution
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      • 496 52 -AFP Comments from US central bank officials suggest more interest rate increases ahead WASHINGTON Rumblings from the United States Federal Reserve suggest that inflation is now seen as the biggest threat to the US economy after Hurricane Katrina, despite concerns voiced by some about a potential
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      • 769 54 -AFP Delayed flights, surly crew and inconsiderate passengers add to the mess BEIJING Minutes before a flight packed with 50 passengers was scheduled to take off from southern China's Guangzhou city to Beijing, blackouts twice plunged the cabin into darkness. There was
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      • 212 54 -AFP TRAVEL bookings in Asia rose 19 per cent in August from the same month a year ago, suggesting another banner year for the industry despite high oil prices, a leading air ticketing and reservations agency said yesterday. Intra-Asian travel continued to
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      • 66 56 High-kicking her way into the production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning rock musical Rent'is Hong Kong singer-actress Karen Mok (left). The show will be staged at the Kallang Theatre from Nov 22 to Dec 4. Tickets are available through Sistic from today. Mok plays Mimi, alongside the
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      • 101 56 Let the couch-jumping on Oprah begin: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are expecting a baby. Holmes' pregnancy was reported yesterday by People magazine. The couple have been dating since April and got engaged in June. "Tom and Katie are very excited and the entire family
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      • 106 56 Beatle John Lennon produced lots of popular albums in his career. The one that is probably least known went on display yesterday. It's his stamp album. The album is on show at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum in Washington. Lennon would have been 65 on Sunday.
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      • 88 56 Another day, another divorce story about Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. Magazine reports prompted representatives for the pop star couple to issue statements yesterday denying they have split. "Nick and Jessica have not separated," said a statement. "Rumours to the contrary are simply not true." Us Weekly
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      • 108 56 Authorities investigating a car crash involving actress Lindsay Lohan said yesterday that paparazzi had nothing to do with the collision. Lohan, 19, and a female passenger sustained minor injuries on Tuesday after the actress' black Mercedes-Benz convertible collided with a van on a busy West
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    • 510 58  -  EUSACHIA Actress'shift to serious roles should be applauded, says director Stanley Kwan elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE critics in China have come down hard on Hong Kong actress Sammi Cheng. Famed for her romantic comedies, her dramatic performance wasn't compelling enough to anchor a serious film such as Everlasting
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    • 233 60  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL THE young and the young at heart can celebrate an evening of love with Anup Jalota. The 52-year-old Indian star is called the samrat (king) of bhajans (songs of love for the divine) and he will be in town next week
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    • 415 60  -  JOYCE LIN Lin juggles acting and studies with gusto joyce@newstoday.com.sg BY DAY, Michael Lin is your typical 13-year-old boy, albeit with a spiky hairdo. He enjoys sports, has aspirations to be a musician and struggles to finish his homework. However, in the evenings a transformation
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    • 536 61  -  Neil Humphreys Sidestep the gimmicky cameos and you'll find a fine football movie FILMREVIEW by I I Goall MUCH has been made of David Beckham's movie debut in Goal!, so let's get that out of the way quickly. The Real Madrid and England superstar comes and goes quicker than
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      • 283 62  -  Jeanine Tan Visually the film's great, pity about the characters though FILMREVIEW by I Everlasting Regret THE problem with such visually sumptuous period fare as director Stanley Kwan's Everlasting Regret is that if the story isn't strong enough, the film falls into the unfortunate niche of
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      • 267 63  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by, CHASTITY is a pure and beautiful thing. Really. So preaches a film where all the foundation of all the jokes is based on its central character still being a virgin at 40. Andy (Steve Carell) is fashioned after one of those
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    • 511 74 -AGENCIES Eriksson set to pick out-of-form Ferdinand ahead of Campbell WORLD CUP QUALIFIER, GP 6 England v Austria LONDON Sven-Goran Eriksson will almost certainly omit Sol Campbell and keep faith with Rio Ferdinand when England play Austria tomorrow. The Swede is set to pick the Manchester United
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    • 419 74 -AFP MANCHESTER It has nothing to do with the Chelsea-Liverpool rivalry but Steven Gerrard admits his international partnership with Frank Lampard has yet to click. On paper, it looks like a midfield marriage made in heaven. Yet the failure of the Liverpool captain to
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    • 1232 75 -AGENCIES Serbia Montenegro poised to beat Spain and Belgium to World Cup finals berth WORLD CUP QUALIFIER, GP 7 Lithuania v Serbia and Montenegro BELGRADE Football fever is running high in Serbia and Montenegro, ahead of the country's away match in Lithuania tomorrow and the homecoming
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    • 280 75 -DPA JOHANNESBURG When the African World Cup qualifiers started in November 2003, Togo and Angola were ranked a lowly 81st and 97th in the world rankings. On Saturday, both could book their places at next year's World Cup finals. Angola head Group 4 ahead of
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      • 191 71 AFP Argentine doubles player Hood latest to fail drug test PARIS Argentinian tennis was rocked by another doping scandal yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) when doubles specialist Mariano Hood was accused of failing a drugs test at the French Open. The revelation, made on the
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      • 300 71 AFP TOKYO World No. 10 Mariano Puerta (picture) expressed surprise yesterday at fresh doping allegations which threaten to end his career. The Argentinian, banned for nine months for steroid use in 2003, faces a life ban if a press report is confirmed that
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      • 184 71 AFP LONDON England coach Andy Robinson believes that the stormy relationship between the game's ruling body and the country's leading clubs will not disrupt his preparations for the forthcoming autumn internationals. The world champions face Australia at Twickenham in five weeks' time but the early part
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      • 385 72 -AP HONOLULU Michelle Wie, the Hawaii teen who's been competing against professional golfers for three years, turned professional herself yesterday. "I'm finally happy to say I'm a pro starting today," Michelle said, wearing a pink Nike shirt and high heels. "The first time I
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      • 611 72  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Mardan and Lam swing into the lead at World Cup Qualifier GOLF World Cup Qualifier weekeat@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a three-year hiatus, Singapore's Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing resumed their partnership for the first time on the fairways yesterday. And what a return it
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      • 199 72 FANS of American football and the National Football League (NFL) will be rubbing their hands with glee this month. For the first time ever in Singapore, the NFL Sunday Ticket will be aired "live" on Star Hub Digital Cable's Pay-Per-View channels, Channel 110 and
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      • 214 73 -AFP MADRID Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez yesterday denied offering Djibril Cisse (picture) to Real Betis in part-exchange for winger Joaquin, while Cisse said he wants to leave Anfield to play more often. Benitez said a report in Spanish sports daily As, that the Reds had offered
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      • 340 73  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FOR the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Singapore was 57th out of 71 stops for the Queen's Baton Relay as the countdown to next year's Games continued. But Singapore could be the relay's final stop for the 2018 Games. Speaking at the closing
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      • 186 73  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg IT IS confirmed. Sinchi will continue in the S-League after all. Two weeks ago, the Chinese outfit announced that they had wanted to pull out of the S-League, only to retract their decision days later, after being persuaded by their main
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