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    11 1 /A=diaCorp TODAY incorporating iMTCiItS Thursday November 3, 2005 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon As fear overrides reason
    663 1  -  TORCHING LI The thinking is that if they cook and sell the sick chickens, at least they'll get back some money. Asean sec-gen Ong (right), on why farmers may fail to report cases of avian flu Transparent sharing of information key in fight against bird flu:
    'WEETECKHIAN, AFP  -  663 words
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    Lock icon Terror suspects trapped in CIA's worldwide net of 'black sites'
    489 1 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Top Al Qaeda suspects are being held by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in secret detention centres around the world, The Washington Post reported yesterday. The prisons, known as "black sites", are located in eight countries including
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      31 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 6 voices 11 business 16 plus 18 chystyle 26 traveller 28 tv radio listings 30 classad 31 sports 33 we set you thinking
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon High scores for 'terrorist sympathy'
      1042 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG Tanjong PagarGßClndranee Rajah YENYOK 24% of S'poreans in global survey say they sympathise with certain terrorist groups cheekong@newstoday.com. sg DO YOU sometimes sympathise with certain terrorist groups, even if you don't agree with their methods? When this question was put before some 500 Singaporeans
      Tanjong PagarGßClndranee Rajah; YENYOK  -  1,042 words
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      WE MUST STUDY HOW WE STUDY
      720 3  -  Wayne Soon An independent body should be set up to examine how to improve our schools EDUCATION is a key pillar behind Singapore's success as a nation. Public debate about the specifics of education policy here such as teaching methods, the broadnew^newStoaay.com.Sg enin S
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      15-yr-old boy asked Y, traces sperm-donor dad
      389 3 PARIS A 15-year-old boy born from anony-mously-donated sperm used an online DNAtesting service and the Internet to track down his genetic father, a feat which suggests that promises of donor secrecy are worthless, according to a report in the British weekly New Scientist.
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      Lock icon Blair's key ally Blunkett quits amid controversy
      348 3 AGENCIES LONDON Mr David Blunkett, a key political ally of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has resigned from the Cabinet amid controversy over his business affairs, the BBC and Sky News television reported yesterday. The Work and Pensions Secretary tendered his resignation after
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  • singapore news
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      Singapore's Top 40 icons
      357 4  -  TORCHING LI Vote for your favourite design from those nominated by the local creative industry chingli@newstoday.com.sg WHAT do the humble parking coupon, multi-million dollar Esplanade theatre and the good ol' Housing Development Board logo have in common? These are among the top 40 designs nominated by
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      Lock icon A *Star in chemistry is where the money is
      301 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A*STAR'S Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences has set up a chemical synthesis laboratory aimed at filling a missing link in Singapore's biomedical value chain. The research-focused lab will train PhD holders to trace the structures of natural substances,
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      Separate murder cases: 3 charged
      224 4 THREE murder suspects, each charged in separate cases, appeared at the Subordinate Courts yesterday. Lim Ah Seng, charged with the Oct 25 murder of his Indonesian Malay wife Riana Agustina, smiled at his mother and seven-year-old daughter as he stood in the dock. The 37-year-old
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      Lock icon Bird virus sees rise in demand for flu jabs
      268 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WITH the rising threat of a bird flu pandemic worldwide, Singaporeans are not leaving their health to chance. More and more are getting their seasonal flu jabs. One local hospital has even run out of flu shots because of
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      Lock icon Temasek's China move in question
      663 5  -  CHRISTIE LOH Two-bank rule may bar local investment firm from buying Bank of China stake christie@newstoday.com.sg RECENT announcements and supposed shareholder unhappiness may just force Temasek Holdings to stop at two, as far as investments in China banks go. In September, Temasek announced its intention
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      Lock icon New guidelines for Subutex use
      361 5 IT IS prescribed to them by their doctors, but recovering heroin addicts turn to abusing the very drug that is supposed to help them cope with withdrawal symptoms. As an increasing number of reports surface about heroin addicts getting their new high from buprenorphine, or
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        Lock icon TAXI DRIVER ARRESTED ON DRINK-DRIVING CHARGE
        125 5 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938LIVE A 50-year-old taxi driver, suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, was arrested yesterday morning after his taxi collided with a motorcycle. The pillion rider was killed. The accident occurred along the Pan Island Expressway towards Tuas, past the Bukit
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        Lock icon DONATION HOTLINES STILL OPEN
        125 5 -938LIVE The Singapore Cancer Society's donation hotlines will remain open for another fortnight to help meet this year's fund-raising goal of $5 million. The society had originally planned to close its phone lines on Oct 31 after raising $3.24 million over a period of three weeks.
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        Lock icon ECP ERP RATE TO RISE BY 50 CENTS
        78 5 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Land Transport Authority has completed its quarterly review on the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system. It said there would be no changes to the rates from Monday, except for an increase at the East Coast Parkway (Fort Road) gantry
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        HO WAI PIEW MEMORIAL RUN
        140 5 The Triathlon Association of Singapore (TAS) is organising a memorial run and donation collection this Saturday for the family of Mr Ho Wai Piew, who died from a heart attack during the swim leg of the New Balance Corporate Triathlon 2005 two weeks ago. Donations
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      Lock icon Australia rushes to counter terror threat
      384 6 AGENCIES New laws to be pushed through as spy agency identifies specific threat CANBERRA Intelligence authorities have received specific information about a terrorist threat in Australia and the government will rush an urgent amendment to antiterrorism laws through parliament to help counter it, Prime
      AGENCIES; AFP  -  384 words
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      Lock icon Bush priority for Doha round
      194 6 -AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush, who heads this week to an Americas trade summit in Argentina, admitted on Tuesday that his first-term push for a free trade zone from Alaska to Antarctica was all but dead. Mr Bush said on Tuesday that
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      Lock icon Myanmar slashes opium production
      122 6 -AFP BANGKOK Myanmar, the world's secondlargest grower of opium after Afghanistan, has slashed its production of opium. The amount of land used for growing poppies to make opium fell by 26 per cent from last year, to 32,800 hectares in 2005, while production of opium this
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      Lock icon Five killed as car bomb 'gift' explodes in Kashmir
      394 6 AGENCIES SRINAGAR Five people, including a suicide bomber, were killed and 15 hurt when a car bomb exploded in Srinagar, the capital of Indian Kashmir. Islamic separatist group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the blast, senior superintendent of police Showkat Ahmad Malik
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      Lock icon Piling on the pressure
      546 7 -THE GUARDIAN Democrats force a secret US Senate session to keep the heat on Bush WASHINGTON Democratic senators took the highly unusual step on Tuesday of forcing the United States Senate into a closed secret session for more than two hours, accusing its Republican majority of
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      Lock icon Climate change spreading killer diseases
      529 8 -AGENCIES I Cases of diseases such as malaria and asthma on the rise because of rising temperatures and dust storms NEW YORK Climate change may promote the spread of deadly diseases like malaria and asthma in both rich and poor countries by increasing the range
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      Lock icon TONY BLAIR SIGNALS SHIFT
      164 8 -THE GUARDIAN British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday appeared to undermine more than 15 years of climate change negotiations when he signalled a shift away from a target-based approach to cutting greenhouse emissions. Speaking at a London summit of environment and energy ministers, Mr Blair
      -THE GUARDIAN  -  164 words
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      Lock icon Youth riots spread to towns around Paris
      227 8 -AFP PARIS Youth gangs from minority communities in towns around Paris clashed with police and torched cars and trash cans overnight, as violence spread for the first time around the French capital, the authorities said yesterday. The trouble first erupted last Thursday following
      -AFP; AFP  -  227 words
    • this QUIRKS world
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        Lock icon PIZZA-MAKING BURGLAR
        83 8 AP Before fleeing the scene of his crime with $3,000 ($5,000), a burglar, who broke into Sonny's Pizza and Pasta at 2am, paused to make a pizza. A security camera caught the man putting on a staff shirt and then making a pizza, spreading sauce, cheese and pepperoni
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        NEVER TOO OLD TO STUDY
        79 8 A South African retiree is taking his university entrance exams 66 years after his first attempt, ananova.com reported. Mr Timamba Chauke, 84, has to sit for papers in English, Tsonga, Maths, business economics, accountancy and history. When asked why he decided to take the exams
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        NEVER TOO YOUNG FOR A MARATHON
        51 8 About 600 babies are expected to compete in a crawling marathon in Colombia, ananova.com reported. They will have to crawl for five metres along a covered track in Cali city centre, reported Terra Noticias Populares newspaper. All babies aged eight to 18 months are
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      Lock icon JAPAN'S REFORMS JUGGERNAUT
      850 10  -  Oon Yeoh It will run unhindered no matter whoever takes over from Koizumi SINCE becoming Prime lißwslwlißwsluuay.ujlll.sy Minister in 2001, Japan's Junichiro Koizumi has talked a great deal about reform but has, until now, little to show by way of results. This was not for lack of
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon JOURNALIST KILLED IN PATTAYA
        92 10 AFP The owner of a newspaper in the Thai beach resort town of Pattaya was tied up, blindfolded and shot dead, possibly because of his work as a journalist, police said yesterday. Mr Santi Lammaninin, 38, was shot once in his temple and once in his
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        Lock icon RABID BATS KILL 23 IN BRAZIL
        104 10 ■AFP Rabid vampire bats have killed 23 people and bitten hundreds of others in the past two months in the Brazilian state of Maranhao. The latest victim was Ms Valice Santos, 20, who died from a rabies infection on Friday in the northern town
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        Lock icon TYPHOON CLAIMS NINE LIVES
        80 10 AFP At least nine people were killed in Vietnam as typhoon Kai Tak approached the country's central coast, officials said yesterday. "Heavy rain hit several provinces. Thousands of houses were flooded," said Mr Nguyen Van Hung, an official from the central city of Danang. Seven people
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        Lock icon IRAN PRESIDENT ORDERS PURGE
        65 10 ■AFP Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered an unprecedented purge of senior ambassadors who are regarded as too liberal for the policies of his administration. The Times of London reported. At least 20 heads of mission and other top diplomats have been sacked or reassigned, including
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      248 7 Is 3 oofg Shokubutsu j& [Plant Story] Rewarding you with all the goodness of nature, Shokubutsu Body and Facial Foam has 100% cleansing ingredients from plants. What's more, from now till November, join the Shokubutsu "Nature's Rewards" promotion and stand to win fabulous prizes. Simply purchase any Shokubutsu products and
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      118 8 LEE KUAN YEW S> sVisitor PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES B DR CHARLES VEST lfl| PRESIDENT EMERITUS, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY W/$ <4 Public Lecture 1 Topic GLOBALIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE EMERGING META UNIVERSITY Date Friday, 4 November 2005 Time 6.00 pm Venue: University Cultural Centre Theatre, National University of
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      462 9 1 S^> VV/^y <B*^He^ cry Set Self-medication on common ailments lJls>«^' tiO^' Do y°u sick more often than others' Do y°u °ften suffer from common \^y^ V^ V^\ -ST ailments such as cold, cough, fever, headaches? With the increasing number of T j L_<\ Jk i^ ■kJ products available for
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  • It's a shame...
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      Spot checks urged to ensure maids are not ill-treated
      224 11  -  EDWIN WONG Letter from THANK you for the report, "These maids sleep on mats outside the house" (Nov 2). I am writing to express my dismay, and how disheartening it is to see a local maid agency letting foreign domestic helpers
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      Enact laws to protect maids
      180 11  -  NGCHONGJIN Letter from EXACTLY who the owners of that agency were trying to fool with their silly excuses? Given the recent flurry of newspaper articles documenting the poor treatment accorded to maids working here, one cannot help but wonder what is holding our Government back
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    Spent $15,000 on skills upgrade, but still jobless
    203 11  -  HUANG YU YIN Letter from THE Government and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has been encouraging the jobless to upgrade themselves. My case, however, is an example of how it doesn't always work. Heeding the advice of the Government and the WDA,
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    Don't be quick to blame gene
    329 11  -  CHIAKOKHWEE Letter from I READ your report, "Faulty gene behind dyslexia?" (Nov 2) with keen interest There is a lot more known about the genetics of dyslexia today than before. Because dyslexia has a genetic component, it is not surprising that we are now
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    Give shares based on income level
    199 11  -  JANE LIM Letter from I READ with interest the report, "Who'll look after my kids if I work?" (Oct 27), in which the union called on the Government to allocate more shares and grants to the needy when sharing the nation's progress. This brings
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      38 11 we set you thinking todayonline.com 1 Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? I What irks you? Tell us. 1 Write, email or fax us a letter with your full name, contact and address. we want your voice
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    FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
    225 12  -  BY I DR JAMES DOBSON KEY TO A HEALTHY MARRIAGE The key to a healthy marriage is to keep your eyes wide open before you wed, and halfclosed thereafter. Lastyear,there were close to 2.5 million divorces in the United States. And part of the problem is
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    A right to question
    400 12  -  SIOW JIA FUJI Australians look to their government to challenge US policies with'care' Letter from I REFER to Mr John Murray's comments in "Australia has a right to criticise death sentence" (Nov 2). In particular, I refer to his comment where he proudly claims that Australia
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    Being bankrupt not a criminal offence
    237 12  -  AUDREY ANG Letter from Assistant Director, Media Relations Singapore Police Force I REFER to Mr Paul Antony Fernandez's letter, "Give Debt Convicts A Second Chance" (Oct 26). The Registration of Criminals Act (RCA) was amended to help deserving ex-offend-ers re-integrate into society. The amended
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    NEA says dishwashers already installed in some hawker centres
    174 12  -  CHAN WAI SAN (MS) Letter from Head, Hawkers Department, National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "Buy dishwashers for busy hawker centres?" (Oct 28). We welcome the writer's suggestion on the use of mechanical dishwashers for the cleaning of soiled
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    SINGAPORESEEN
    93 12 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore and it can appear on this page. Give your full name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300 dpi, <3M jpg file to: seen@newstoday.com.sg. Include a 50-word caption to describe yourself and your
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    Lock icon isay KEEP IT ON OR OFF? IT'S ALL IN THE CULTURE
    747 13  -  PAULTOLTON "WHY do you turn off your handphones on weekends and holidays?" This was question a Singaporean, just returning from Australia, asked me the other day. Some cultural differences are easy to see and explain. In Russia, they wear
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    Release figures on number of checkpoint booths open
    193 13  -  MOHAMAD NOOR ABDULLAH Letter from THE issue of traffic jams at the Woodlands checkpoint has surfaced many times, and the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority's (ICA) response has always been "standard". It always cites its "state of the art" security screening and blocking
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    Don't forget motorcyclists
    173 13  -  UM THIAM POH Letter from I HOPE that in our call for congestion-free checkpoints, let's not forget the motorcyclists. Every day, tens of thousands of them throng the checkpoints to work across the borders and to go home at dusk. Motorcycle jams at the two land checkpoints
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  • Businesstoday
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      Bank execs play musical chairs
      386 16  -  CHOW PENN NEE Leading credit card issuer UOB snares OCBC'sGanAi Im to head its card division pennnee@newstoday.com.sg FRESH from poaching a consumer banking head from rival DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank (UOB) has plucked a department head from another of its local competitor. Ms Gan
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      Manufacturing sector grew at a slower rate in October
      240 16 THE purchasing managers' index (PMI) a key barometer of manufacturing activity expanded for the sixth straight month last month, but fell from that of September. The reading for the overall PMI for October was 51.4, which is a decline of 1.7
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      Lock icon Manufacturers less optimistic: EDB poll
      250 16 —VALERIE LAW THE manufacturing sector is less optimistic about business conditions in the next six months compared to its expectations a quarter ago, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday. In its business expectations survey, only 16 per cent of the 405 manufacturing sector respondents
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        Lock icon Singapore
        137 16 Dow Jones SHARES soared yesterday, led by gains in bank and property stocks on a technical recovery and attractive valuations, traders said. The ST Index closed up 38.77 points, or 1.75 per cent, at 2,255.54, extending its 1.11 -per-cent gain in Monday's session. The market was closed for the
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        ST Index— 2,255.54 +38.77
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        Lock icon World markets
        61 16 SGX, Dow Jones, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 13,894.78 +26.92 +8.19 Hang Seng Australia ASX 14,597.48 +25.22 +8.17 4,456.38 -18.48 -8.41 Taiwan Wtd 5,878.37 +71.96 +1.24 Korea Comp 1,288.38 +19.43 +1.63 KLCI 913.92 +3.16 +8.35 SET Index 699.88 +6.61 +8.95 Jakarta Comp Closed Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        SGX most active
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5893 0.3343 68.933 4.5699 2.2266 0.4916 5,929.1 24.069 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 32.253 0.7956 26.693 613.24 0.6948 4.7666 0.8497 19.795
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        Commodities
        20 16 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 462.70 7.475 927.50 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent USS/barrel 282.75 1,440 58.05
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        SGX top rises
        65 16 ShangAsia 2kHK$ 11.700 +1.300 F8N 17.500 +0.700 UOB 14.200 +0.400 DBS 15.600 +0.300 JSH500US$ 9.950 +0.300 NOL 3.300 +0.260 HSI1400QSGA9CVWQ***** 0.730 +0.205 Bukit Sem 13.200 +0.200 JMH400US$ 16.000 +0.200 KepCorp 11.000 +0.200 JKT8chW*****4 0.065 +160.0 N0LSGA8CW*****7 0.050 +150.0 N0LBNP8CW*****4 0.130 +62.5 ComfaftDBS8CW***** 0.030 +50.0 CoscoCoipSGA8CW***** 0.150 +50.0
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        SGX top falls
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      Lock icon China imposes 3-year lock-up on foreign investors in its banks
      570 17 BLOOMBERG Move aimed at safeguarding financial stability and preventing market dominance by foreigners BANK of America and other foreign institutions that have invested a combined US$l3 billion ($22 billion) in China's banks will be required to hold their shares for
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      Lock icon Fed raises US rates for 12th time running
      220 17 -AFP WASHINGTON United States Federal Reserve policymakers on Tuesday raised key interest rates for the 12th time running, with the world's largest economy proving resilient to hurricanes and high energy costs. The policy-making Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) headed by Federal Reserve
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      146 17 Dow Jones Dow Jones Construction firm Econ International has become an associate of United Overseas Bank following a debt-for-equity swap. UOB, which had a contingent claim of $6.8 million against Econ, now holds 21.59 per cent of Econ's enlarged share capital. Boardroom's first-quarter profit rose to $2 million, or
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      Lock icon Chanel and other luxury brands sue China's Silk Alley over alleged piracy
      258 17 —AFP BEIJING Chanel and four other international luxury brands have sued the manager of Beijing's Silk Alley, visited by masses of tourists everyday, for allegedly selling pirated copies of their products, state media reported yesterday. The five companies
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      Lock icon Landmark changes to US tax code proposed
      181 17 -AFP WASHINGTON A high-level panel appointed by United States President George W Bush has recommended the first wholesale revisions to the US tax code in two decades to encourage savings and economic growth. The panel's report said that without comprehensive reform, the tax
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      Lock icon THE HOUSE that Pao Kun built
      1382 18  -  David Chew DAVID CHEW david.chew@newstoday.com.sg Singapore theatre owes Kuo, whose work will deservedly open the New Drama Centre kTHE late Kuo Pao Kun was Singapore's most respected and celebrated theatre practitioner. And he was the only Cultural MedalIlion winner to receive the prestigious hoInour,
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      820 20 Former MediaCorp Radio Gold 90FMDJ STEVEN SHALOWITZ is on a round-the-world journey after leaving Singapore. Having detailed his preparations last week, the Chicago resident recalls his shocking introduction to Libya. ABLEL, the cook, was the easiest member of our camping crew to spot. Although a Tuareg, a people
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      537 21  -  DAVID CHEW Cult radio show reaches American airwaves david. chew@newstoday.com. sg THEIR offbeat, comical style has been such a hit with listeners that the Americans got to hear about it and the stars of The Don and Drew Show are off to the
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      444 21 -AP LOS ANGELES A shotgun-wielding hunter mercilessly pursues his target. Angry space aliens vaporise a defenceless town. A bloodthirsty shark preys on the weak and tiny. These movie scenes aren't from the latest action thrillers; they're from children's animated films such as Disney's new
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        425 22  -  ZULOTHMAN Brazilian diva promises a fun concert here zul@newstoday.com.sg LISA Ono has sold 70,000 albums in Singapore alone, but the Brazilian diva has been listening to "nothing but children songs and lullabies with my kids". It is not a surprising revelation, since the 43-year-old singer Brazil's
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        705 23 -AP Obsessive author spent 8 years writing the 'definitive' book NEW YORK Ten hours, 28 minutes. That was the sum of the music recorded and released by The Beatles before they broke up, a volume of work that changed lives, careers and the course of music history.
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        135 24 Promising actor Julian Hee will show off his break-dancing skills in the new dance idol drama, The Rainbow Connection, which will air from Nov7, weekdays, 9pm, on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. But he still found a few moments between stunts to turn the pages of a thriller. "I always
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          145 24  -  Dava Sobel Lorraine Lim What sets Dava Sobel's book on the planets of our solar system apart from other books on the subject is her flair for mixing art, music, poetry, biography and history with scientific fact. By assigning chapter names such as "Lunacy" on the chapter on
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          196 24  -  James Patterson Eliza Teoh International bestseller James Patterson does it again in his 11th book featuring Washington DC detective-turned-FBI-agent Alex Cross. In his signature never-longer-than-five-page chapters, Patterson takes readers on a breathtaking chase in the pursuit of another serial killer. This time. Cross takes a break with his
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          72 25 Renowned Indian writer Amrita Pritam has died at her home in the Indian capital of Delhi after a long illness. Known as the doyenne of Punjabi literature, 86-year-old Ms Pritam also wrote extensively in Hindi and Urdu. Her first collection of stories, written in Punjabi, was
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          74 25 Australian movie heartthrob Heath Ledger has reportedly become a father for the first time after his fiancee Michelle Williams gave birth to a baby girl. According to reports, the pair are the parents of a daughter named Matilda, who was born in New York. Ledger, 26,
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          69 25 Theatre students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) will put their versatility to the test in an upcoming full-length dance performance on Saturday and Sunday. Titled Romania Espanola, this oneact original Spanish ballet by established dancer and choreographer. Rose Borromeo, will see Nafa students
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          RACISM EXPLORED ONSTAGE
          57 25 Agni Kootthu (Theatre of Fire) explores the notion of "us and them" and the issue of latent racism in our society. Is there space for everyone to co-exist, especially in today's profit-oriented society? Catch Flush R(A) 18 this Saturday and Sunday at the Substation's Guinness Theatre, Bpm.
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          56 25 Catch the Silver Ring Choir of Bath at the St Andrew's Cathedral this Saturday at 7.30pm. The choir group is famous because of its link to jazz singer Jamie Cullum, whose mother sings in this choir. The choir will also perform in New Zealand during
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          39 25 Pop sensation Stefanie Sun will hold an autograph session on Saturday at IMM Building's open car park from 3pm. Sun has just released her new album A Perfect Day. TODAY FILE PHOTO
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        314 26  -  LAUREENTOH Sharon Stone launches Capture Totale, Dior's new anti-ageing potion la ureent@newstoday.com.sg CHRISTIAN Dior, known for giving women luxurious, effective and pampering skincare, will launch a new anti-ageing line that seeks to capture time in a bottle. The skincare and cosmetics line has been
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        238 26  -  PEARLYNTHAM YOU know something is really coveted when it sells out within the first month of its launch in Japan. And when stocks for it are running low even in Singapore, you know it is a must-have. We're talking about L'Oreal Professionnel's new Lumi-Oil
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        174 26  -  -PEARLYNTHAM YOUR best friend is always there for you. So celebrate your friendship by taking part in the Best of Friends 2005 makeover competition organised by Jurong Entertainment Centre (JEC). Thirty pairs of best friends will be short-listed to receive a free
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        546 27  -  AMYVAN Impress your festive party guests with some cheerful-looking cookies food@newstoday.com.sg THE festive season is around the corner again and many of us will be hosting or attending dinner parties and gatherings. You'll do well to fill up your snack platter with delicious homemade cookies if you're
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        739 28 ■AP Glaciers, icebergs on world's largest island offer dramatic views of nature in motion ILULISSAT It is one of the most barren and inhospitable places on the planet. Yet the arctic landscape of Greenland attracts thousands of visitors yearly who marvel at the astounding beauty of
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          PROFESSIONAL SAIL BOAT RACE AT PULAU DUYUNG
          100 29 Watch the world's fastest sail boats compete for the Monsoon Cup 2005 at Pulau Duyung, Terengganu, from Nov 29 to Dec 4. This inaugural race in Malaysia is part of the Swedish Match Tour, the world's leading professional sailing series. The event marks
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          AIR NEW ZEALAND CREW GET NEW LOOK
          157 29 Air New Zealand's cabin crew, pilots, airport and travel cen- tre staff will be spotting a new look from next March. Based on a natural colour scheme of teal, greenstone and schist, the new uniforms, designed by fashion house Zambesi, are meant to
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          JETSTAR ASIA IN CODESHARE DEAL TO YANG ON
          145 29 Jetstar Asia Airways and Myanmar International Airways (MAI) have entered into a code-share agreement for Singapore-Yangon flights. Starting from Oct 31, the Jetstar Asia-MAI service will operate four times every week using brand new A 320 Airbus. Return fares will start from
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      36 36 11.30 am Cricket Sri Lanka Tour of India, 4th ODI, Ch9s 11pm Tennis BNP Paribas Masters, 3rd Rd, Ch24 13.55 am Football Uefa Cup: Middlesbrough v Dnipor, Ch22 9am NBA Indiana Pacers v Miami Heat, Ch24
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      1001 38  -  Rohit Brijnath I THURSDAY WITH news@newstoday.com.sg Farmers, doctors, stockbrokers, mothers only in India are they all united by the country's No 1 sport, cricket ON A grimy platform at a worn station somewhere in the anonymous north of India, three men read the newspaper together as
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        579 33 ■AP A lot has changed in the last year, but the game of basketball has remained the same. I put myself in a position where I'm very happy, very comfortable. Finley's (right) enjoying his new club Spurs collect championship rings, new boy Finley wants in NBA San
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        283 33 -AFP PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson (picture) conformed to the new National Basketball Association (NBA) dress code, sporting a brown leather jacket and dark pants as he arrived for the Philadelphia's 76ers season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks. Iverson, last season's NBA scoring champion, had worn baseball caps,
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        Lock icon All Blacks pulling no punches against the Welsh
        331 33  -  RUGBY —AFP Wales v New Zealand CARDIFF -New Zealand, widely regarded as favourites to win Saturday's Test against Wales long before they arrived in the British Isles for their Grand Slam tour, would have effected little change in the minds of many
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        232 34 —AP ZAGREB Croatian swimmer Duje Draganja, an Olympic silver medallist, is considering taking Qatar citizenship after his homeland failed to beat the Arab nation's transfer offer. Croatian swimming federation head Mihovil Dorcic told local media yesterday Draganja had asked for permission to swim for
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        Lock icon Pardew extends West Ham stay
        156 34 -DPA LONDON Alan Pardew has put pen to paper on a new fiveyear contract which will see him stay as coach of West Ham United until 2010, the English Premier League club confirmed yesterday. "I am delighted to have signed a new long-term contract with
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        586 34 -AGENCIES Reports claim United skipper asked for players to be sold in January LONDON The flames stoked by Manchester United skipper Roy Keane were fanned harder yesterday, as the fallout continued after the fiery Irishman's controversial blast at his team-mates for the Saturday debacle against Middlesbrough.
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        SEA Games-bound shuttlers struggling
        309 34  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS hardly the best of tune-ups for Singapore's shuttlers, going into the final stretch of preparations for the 23rd SEA Games in the Philippines (Nov27-Decs). At the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wanchai, Hong Kong yesterday, Kendrick Lee, Li Li and King Aiying all
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        573 35 -AGENCIES Mourinho blasts team and stokes feud with rival by revealing his secret dossier CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPG Real Betis 1 Chelsea 0 LONDON -Jose Mourinho escalated his war of words with Arsene Wenger by revealing that he has compiled a 120-page file of comments the Arsenal
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        451 35 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPG Liverpool 3 Anderlecht 0 LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez hopes Fernando Morientes can finally get back on the goal trail, after his superb strike for the European champions in Tuesday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) 3-0 win over Belgian
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        611 36  -  LEONG WEE KEAT in Rayong, Thailand weekeat@newstoday.com.sg Course length sees Asian Order of Merit leader play down his chances HE STANDS on the brink of history, but Thai golfer Thaworn Wiratchant was yesterday hardly looking forward to the start of the US$3OO,OOO ($500,000) Double A International Open.
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        399 36  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SIX weeks ago, it was reported (see graphic) that Singapore's national netball team would not receive any monetary reward for winning the 6th Asian Netball Championship. But now, the Asian champions look set to cash in, after all. Sources
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        579 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND Rival coaches consign infamous spatto the dustbin RHB SINGAPORE CUP FINAL Home United v Woodlands Wellington jose@newstoday.com.sg ONE Team wants to end a 22-month trophy drought, the other is desperate to bag its first-ever piece of silverware. There is much at stake when Home United
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        Best-selling car for lucky fan
        266 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND ONE lucky fan will get a chance to win a Hyundai Matrix at the 2005 RHB Singapore Cup Final between Home United and Woodlands Wellington at the National Stadium on Sunday. The five-door hatchback Matrix, Hyundai's best-seller, is worth about $36,000, minus the
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        126 37 THE Young Lions began their 12-day tour of Greece on the right note yesterday, when they drew 0-0 with the Greek Olympic side in Athens. In a phone interview, national team administrator Eugene Loo said: "The boys worked very hard throughout the match and deserved
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