Today, 17 October 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY Frew mica(P) 112/07/2005 incorporating iMTCiITS Monday October 17, 2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Quake toll soars past 53,000
      469 1 -AFP Final figure could reach 80,000: Pakistani Kashmir PM MUZAFFARABAD (Pakistan) The death toll from South Asia's recent earthquake soared past 53,000 in Pakistan yesterday and could rise still far higher as relief workers struggle to reach survivors, the Pakistani Kashmir leader said. "With all
      -AFP; AFF  -  469 words
    • Article
      Year-end General Election on the cards?
      684 1  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg FOR the last time this year: Are we there yet? With several tell-tale signs in the air, political watchers have finally agreed that a General Election (GE) is just around the corner. Setting the scene are healthy estimates for third-quarter
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      183 1 8 "*****6"*****9 OUR WIN IN SHANGHAI «<sfc MAKES 2005 RENAULT'S SEASON. i' II BaKrlii^B^BC^i^-dEr^B^B^T The Renault Fl Team brought the season to a close with their eighth electrifying win of the season. In Shanghai, Official car BBS China, the Team cast their names in stone, in a thrilling showdown that
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      29 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 12 voices 20 business 29 success 34 plus 36 1v radio listings 42 classad 43 sports 45 we set you thinking
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Marina Bay's latest jewel set to shine
      598 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Multi-purpose facility will host National Day Parade, other events weekeat@newstoday.com.sg FOR years, Singaporeans have been used to seeing the National Day Parade (NDP) held in either the National Stadium or at the Padang. But come 2007, a new venue is
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      Lock icon Bird flu on EU agenda after first cases identified on continent
      417 2 —AGENCIES THE growing threat of bird flu spreading across Europe will top the agendas of European Union leaders this week, with the deadly Asian strain of the virus having landed on the continent Scientists and the EU's political chiefs
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    • Article
      After 22 years, a bid to reclaim land plot sold to Government
      504 3  -  -VALERIE LAW AFTER acquiring a plot of land in Geylang under the Land Acquisition Act about 22 years ago from a private owner, the Singapore Land Authority has not made any changes to the acquired land, which was
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      THE UNFAIR SENTENCE
      717 4  -  THOMAS KOSHY Ex-offenders will remain susceptible to hiring bias if the law leaves policy decisions up to bosses TODAY marks a new beginning for some 120,000 Singaporeans. Or does it? With the recently announced changes to the law, an ex-offender who has been convicted and sentenced for
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      Lock icon PM visits Punggol North
      296 6  -  JASMINE YIN He joins Muslims in breaking fast and record-breaking bids jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IT IS something they have been doing daily during the on-going Ramadan month, so about 400 Muslim residents of Punggol North had a pleasant surprise when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong turned up when
      DON WONG  -  296 words
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      Lock icon Leak of CIA agent's name: Bush aides may face charges
      282 6 -AFP WASHINGTON Two top White House officials could face charges in the coming weeks over the leak of an undercover CIA agent's identity to journalists, Washington political analysts said yesterday. Mr Karl Rove, the top advisor to President George W
      -AFP  -  282 words
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon What sets Asia's leaders apart?
      472 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO $2m study to compare regional and global leadership practices derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE questions abound: What makes a good leader in Singapore? Admitting that one does not have all the answers? How about what shapes leadership development here the most? Failure? One educational institution
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      Lock icon SCDF team treats 204 quake victims
      205 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MUZAFFARABAD Singapore's Civil Defence Rescue Contingent deployed to Muzaffarabad, Pakistan has treated 82 more victims of South Asia's worst quake. This brought the total number of victims it has treated to 204, since the contingent's arrival on Friday. The team includes the
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      Lock icon Wet, wet, wet – and get used to it
      562 10  - Wet, wet, wet and get used to it DERRICK A PAULO Torrential rain, which left streets flooded and hamstrung a movie shoot, expected for rest of month derrick@newstoday.com.sg THERE was no singing in the rain yesterday for a Bollywood film being shot in Singapore. Not on a day when dustbins
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      What a difference half a year makes ...
      279 10 What a difference half a year makes BUSY working professionals keen to add to their credentials, skills and knowledge now have the option of taking a shorter Master in Public Administration (MPA) programme at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Soon after assuming his post in August last
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        14TH DENGUE-RELATED DEATH
        73 10 There has been another denguerelated death. The Health Ministry says the 14th case here this year is a 67-year-old man who was admitted to the National University Hospital on Wednesday. He died a day later from bleeding gastric ulcers, having also suffered from hypertension and chronic obstructive
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        Lock icon MURDER IN LIM CHU KANG
        98 10 938 Live A man was found dead at a workers quarters along Ama Keng Road in the Lim Chu Kang area yesterday morning. Police officers who arrived at the scene found the body lying face-up on the ground, with a pool of blood near the
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        Lock icon IT TAKES BALLS TO FIGHT FIRES
        130 10 Channel News Asia A fire extinguisher in the shape of a ball is the latest weapon in fire-pre-vention efforts -targeting those, such as the young or the elderly, who are unable to lug the typically bulky, heavy fire extinguishers. The size of a handball,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon 5 killed in attack on Tak Bai Buddhist temple
      200 12 AGENCIES NARATHIWAT Suspected separatists early yesterday attacked a Buddhist temple in Thailand's majority Muslim southern province and killed five people including two teenagers and a monk. In the latest attacks, two Buddhist men were shot dead in Tak Bai district of
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      Lock icon Boys save their two sisters
      177 12 -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani rescuers yesterday saved a little girl disabled by polio who survived stranded for eight days in the remote mountains following the massive Oct 8 earthquake, in which her parents died. Her brothers aged nine and seven carried their seven-month-old sister down to
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        Lock icon DROP IN DENGUE DEATHS IN THAILAND
        40 12 dpa Thailand has reported 34,291 cases of dengue fever during the first nine months of the year with 58 deaths, health officials said yesterday. Last year, it was 49,246 dengue cases with 61 deaths.
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        Lock icon INDONESIAN KILLED IN AIRPORT ACCIDENT
        32 12 AFP An Indonesian woman passenger was killed and six others injured Sunday after a truck slammed into an airplane exit ramp at the Colombo International Airport yesterday.
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        Lock icon 37 DIE IN GANGES RIVER BOAT CAPSIZE
        50 12 -AFP At least 37 people died and 40 were missing after an overcrowded boat carrying farm labourers capsized on the Ganges River in northern India on Saturday.The boat, which had a capacity of 50 passengers, was carrying twice that number when it overturned.
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      Lock icon M'sian groups pray for PM's ailing wife
      194 13 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian religious leaders held a special prayer session for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's wife, who is battling breast cancer, reports said yesterday. Mrs Endon Mahmood, 64, was described by doctors as being in a stable but weak condition last
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      Lock icon A kiss that renewed sharia calls
      765 14  -  MARIANNE KEARNEY Public display of emotional parting has outraged Aceh groups wanting lovers to be flogged •hot spot news@newstoday.com.sg JAKARTA A passionate kiss between a departing soldier and his Acehnese girlfriend, has caused outrage in Aceh, with student groups calling for the two lovers
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        Lock icon ABDULLAH'S MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER UMNO FINDS HIM CORRUPT
        73 14 -AFP Malaysian cabinet minister Isa Samad has resigned after being found guilty of corruption by the ruling party. He signed a resignation letter saying he quit his post as Federal Territories Minister effective Oct 15. He was found guilty of vote-buy-ing and
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA TO BOOST SECURITY OVER HOMEGROWN TERROR ATTACK FEARS
        64 14 -AFP Australia's main spy agency will double its staff numbers by 2010 in response to the threat of a homegrown terrorist attack. Staff levels in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) would rise from 980 to 1,860 over the next five
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        Lock icon EXTRA PROTECTION FOR DUTCH POLITICIANS OVER TERROR THREATS
        65 14 dpa Dutch politicians have been given extra security protection, following raids that netted seven terror suspects linked to the Islamist "Hofstadgroep", police said. Among those under closer guard were the 12 leaders of the major parliamentary groupings. Some politicians, who have expressed
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        Lock icon SMOKE-RELATED TREATMENT COSTS M'SIAN HEALTH MINISTRY DEARLY
        83 14 AFP Malaysia is being hit hard by the financial burden of smoking-related diseases, with healthcare costs linked to the habit absorbing nearly half the health ministry's budget. A study on the healthcare implications of smoking showed that related heart and lung cost RM
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        Lock icon TOKYO HIT BY QUAKE
        44 14 AFP An earthquake was felt in Tokyo yesterday, with the Japan Broadcasting Corporation reporting it measured 5.1 on the Richter scale. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Japan endures 20 per cent of the world's major earthquakes.
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      Lock icon HK horse racing trots to a slowdown
      409 15 —AP Soccer betting, casinos reasons for decline HONG KONG Watching horses thunder around a green grassy track ringed by skyscrapers makes going to the races in Hong Kong an exhilarating, unforgettable experience. But lately, people have been betting less on the horses and
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      Lock icon Chinese astronauts return safely
      124 15 —AFP I BEIJING China's second manned space mission returned safely to Earth early today after a successful five-day flight, in the latest chapter in the country's ambitious drive to become a global space power. Astronauts Fei Junlong and Nic Haisheng were given a clean bill of
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      Lock icon India warns of potential Google terror threat
      184 15 —AP HYDERABAD Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam expressed concern about a free mapping programme from Google Inc, warning it could help terrorists by providing satellite photos of potential targets. Google Earth, an Internet site launched in June this year, allows users
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      Lock icon Voters turn out in force at Iraqi polls
      354 16 -AFP Iraq counts votes after landmark referendum: Talabani confident BAGHDAD Iraqi election officials started counting on Sunday mounds of ballots from an historic referendum on their new constitution, following a strong turnout hailed by world leaders as a milestone for the country.
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      Lock icon Russians helping Iran create Europe missile threat: Newspaper
      254 16 -AFP LONDON Former members of the Russian military have been secretly helping Iran obtain the technology needed to make missiles capable of hitting European capitals, a British newspaper claimed on Sunday. Citing anonymous Western intelligence officials", The Sunday Telegraph said the Russians
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      Lock icon Bollyburger, anyone?
      556 18 -AP Inspired by McDonald's, Mumbai couple turn popular street snack into big, fast food business MUMBAI A young couple here have taken the city's most popular snack the lowly potato patty and transformed it into a fastgrowing business. Their model is none other than the world's fast-food king
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      Seeking divorce? Then read on
      244 18 BERLIN It does not quite depict the aspirational lifestyle promoted in most glossy magazines, but a new upmarket title for people seeking divorce has appeared in Germany and is expected to be a publishing hit. Rosenkrieg, or War of the Roses, has tapped into a
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    • this quirky world
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        KIDS AREN'T WELCOME, DOGS ARE
        81 18 Atop hotel in an upmarket Austrian resort has slapped a ban on young children but is still letting in dogs. Hotel Cortisen owner Roland Ballner, 38, said children were always badly behaved and invariably more trouble than they were worth. Bookings had flooded in since
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        ENDOWED WITH EXTRA'WEALTH'
        89 18 A sculptor is coining it in by making statues of wealthy Russian businessmen showing them with huge penises and six testicles. German artist Jonathan Meese sells his 500 kg bronze statues of Russian oligarchs for about £350,000 ($1 million). The artist said he decided to equip his
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        Lock icon BOMB THREAT CALL TO GET DAY OFF
        74 18 -AP A SriLankan Airlines stewardess called in a bomb threat because she wanted a day off, a newspaper reported yesterday. Investigators traced the call and found that it was made from a mobile phone belonging to the stewardess' boyfriend. "The inquiry reveals that
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      250 14 H^k Singapore Learning Festivalos GEAR UP for service opportunities tk Suntec Singapore, Exhibition Hall 403 404, Level 4, 27 30 Oct 2005 (Thurs Sun) I 27 Oct: 12pm 9pm •28- 30 Oct: 11 am 9pm 2fc I Simon Yeo started his career in the retail more than 15 years ago
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  • Voices
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      Seeing red over parking lots
      391 20  -  MOH BOON HOWE Standardise Sunday parking for all HDB car parks and paint signs in bright orange instead Letter from I REFER to Cindy Lit's letter, "Inconsistency in red season parking lots causes confusion" (Oct 14). I can empathise with Ms Lit's lament about how
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      Where are the baby chairs?
      136 20  -  ETHELCHONG Letter from I HAVE a 12-month-old baby. My husband and I eat out during the weekends and we would bring our baby along. I am appalled to discover that quite a number of restaurants in Singapore do not have a baby chair or even
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      Allow only cars to pass through Empress Place
      302 20  -  HUBERT STADLER Letter from AS A regular concert and theatregoer, I am very familiar with the traffic and parking situation around Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall. The incident where an illegally parked car blocking a coach is not the first of
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      Lock icon Fans have had enough, Sinchi
      353 22  -  WINSTON YAP WEE SOON S-League is no place for childish teams; slap redcarded players with life ban Letter from' IT IS disappointing to see Sinchi FC hogging the limelight (again) for the wrong reasons ("Shameful Sinchi turn S-League match into a farce", Oct 14, and
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      Lights on, but first aid room door locked
      208 22  -  MANDYLIM Letter from ON FRIDAY, my friends and I spent the day at Siloso Beach in Sentosa. While playing in the sea, one of my friends suffered a cut on her knee. She was bleeding profusely. So, we brought her to the
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      Lock icon This dad's a one-man mozzie buster
      926 24  -  LOHCHEEKONG Blogger, 51, sends photos of breeding sites to NEA, updates public about latest danger spots via his site in the crowd JEFFREY HO r 1 o ij: i i I 51, Self-employed THE spotlight recently has been focused on irresponsible bloggers and one
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      isay A 'FINE' CITY, SO WHY DO PROBLEMS PERSIST?
      701 25  -  MARKSNG OVER the years, we have heard about community leaders rushing for free school textbooks, diners heaping their plates at buffets and leaving food unconsumed, poor service and bad customers, and most recently, the furore over the obstructing car at Empress
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      273 26  -  JAMES DOBSON BYDR BREAKING FROM THE CIRCLE If you've everfelt like you're just running in circles, it may be because you are. An experiment was once carried out by the great French naturalist, John Henry Fabray. He took a number of processionary caterpillars, so called because
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      isay SINGLE LIFE IS NO VACATION
      518 26  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN HOW many of us have already applied for leave from Oct 31 to Nov 4? Those who have foresight would have done it at the beginning of the year, while others may have just realised the significance of this week.
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      Safer high-rises with escape chutes
      367 26  -  JOHN NG Letter from I REFER to the report, "Safety standards for tall buildings to be raised?" (Oct 6). Despite advances in fire suppression technology, fires in skyscrapers and high-rise buildings continue to occur around the world for a multitude of reasons. And various events,
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        CLEANING UP THE POO PROBLEM IN HDB AREAS
        128 28  -  LIM BOON HEE: The grass surrounding HDB blocks is peppered with small mounds of dog poo everyday. The odds of stepping on them are high and the poo creates a stink in the void decks. Many HDB owners who rear dogs just
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        LIVING OUT THE PRINCIPLES OF CUSTOMER SERVICE
        99 28  -  NELSON QUAH: I read the thought provoking report, "Let's be passionate about service, people" (Oct 10) and support the idea suggested by Mr Ron Kaufman that a service curriculum be integrated into our education system from as early as Secondary 3 or 4,
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      The roundabout at Newton: Is it Circle or Circus?
      120 28  -  KHOO LIH-HAN LETTER FROM TO MOST people, a circus is a travelling show with acts like clowns and acrobats. It is only in Britain that the word also means an open circular place where several streets intersect (such as Piccadilly Circus).
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      DPS premium higher than necessary?
      395 28  -  CHEECHIMENG Justify the huge surplus CPF scheme is accumulating, given the lower pay-out rate Letter from CPF's Dependents Protection Scheme (DPS) came into focus recently due to its privatisation. I, like most CPF members, am insured under DPS. So, I decided to look into the
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      694 29 -AFP The Sail@Marina Bay attracts buyers from across the region SINGAPORE'S tallest condominium project will only be ready in 2009 at the earliest but that has not stopped Asian buyers from joining the rush for one of the most prestigious addresses in town. At
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          84 31 MINE the abundant opportunities of the global jewellery market with the first Singapore International Jewellery Show 2005 from Thursday to Sunday. Suntec Singapore will be transformed into a dazzling display arena for well-crafted and fine jewellery from renowned jewellers and gems suppliers.
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        204 31 -AGENCIES REFCO, the New York-based futures broker that is under probe for fraud, may be split in two as Goldman Sachs Group, its financial adviser, seeks takeover offers, sources familiar with the plan said. Refco's regulated units, which offer futures contracts traded
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        209 32 -AFP XIANGHE (China) The need for stable oil prices and a stable supply of energy was highlighted by the Group of 20 countries yesterday at the close of their two-day meeting. "We are concerned that longlasting high and volatile oil prices could
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        473 32 -AFP Fair trade will reduce poverty and ensure economic growth: G2O XIANGHE (China) The Group of 20 most industrialised and largest developing countries yesterday called for greater efforts by the international community to free up trade in order to reduce poverty and ensure global
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        406 35  -  JOHN BITTLESTON Surviving through compensation and insurance Retrenchment: Part 5 In my earlier articles I suggested that we should prepare for retrenchment; that we should equip ourselves to deal with the New Work Revolution taking place; that employers have as big a responsibility as employees
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      1748 36  -  Neil Humphreys Edric Sng To be a hit, Daniel Craig must follow Brosnan's lead and steal spy's best bits Deputy Plus Editor neil@newstoday.com.sg YOU know the name. You know the number. The cocktails are shaken, never stirred. The tuxedos are pressed, never crumpled and there is
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      369 38  -  EUSACHIA Bren might be small but he makes an impact elisa@newstoday.com.sg HIS cocksure attitude may have irked a couple of contestants on The Apprentice 3, but Bren Olswanger is not apologising for that "I was just confident about who I was and what I was saying," said
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      278 38  -  Lorraine Lim THEATREREVIEW by Twisted Esplanade Theatre Studio THE puppets may be the stars of the show, but The Finger Players' Twisted is more than just a puppet show for adults. The puppets, shadow images and live action are all combined to tell two intertwined
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      301 39  -  David Chew THEATREREVIEW by asf aewra I Animal Mineral Vegetable TOUTED as an "offbeat, comic-sur-real play", Animal Mineral Vegetable is exactly that Comprising various vignettes, varying from an overbearing mother and her three sons to strange Chinese courtesans and a
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      424 45 -AFP Super Garcia makes it three-in-a-rowfor Chicago MLB PLAYOFFS Los Angeles 2 Chicago 8 (Chicago lead series 3-1) ANAHEIM, California Freddy Garcia pitched Chicago's third straight complete game, and Paul Konerko hit another firstinning homer Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) as the White Sox beat the
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      1076 48  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg THE NAME Chai Worachart may not ring a bell with most football fans but to the Young Lions' players and coaches, the diminutive Thai is an integral part of the team. Chai is the unofficial kitman of the
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      162 49 Choa Chu Kang Stadium Thursday, Bpm YET AGAIN, this is a must-win game for SAFFC as they continue to chase defending champions Tampines Rovers for the title. Struggling Geylang were on an eightmatch losing streak before posting a 2-1 win over Sinchi FC last week. Defensive lynchpin
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