Today, 6 April 2006

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    22 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper fds MICA(P) 112/07/2005 TODAY share your free newspaper Thursday April 6, 2006 todayonline.com J\A=diaCorp MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon Time to show hand, Opposition parties
    686 1  -  TORCHING LI ANSLEYNG It is the quality of MPs that counts, not the number of Opposition members: Wong chingli@newstoday.com. sg AS THE People's Action Party (PAP) trotted out its fifth batch of candidates yesterday, its call to the Opposition to do the same became
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    Lock icon No kissing in public please, we are Malaysian
    297 1 -AP KUALA LUMPUR An ethnic Chinese couple face up to a year in jail for allegedly hugging and kissing in public, a breach of morality laws in Malaysia's largest city, their lawyer said yesterday. City officials claim they spotted Ooi Kean Thong
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    CAD takes over swimming association investigation
    274 1  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg FORMER Singapore water polo team captain Matthew Tan is expected to assist police investigations into alleged irregularities in one of the Singapore Swimming Association's (SSA) branch accounts. Mr Tan, 43, who served the national water polo team for more than 20 years
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      30 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 8 voices 16 business 24 plus 30 city style 36 1v 44 classad 45 sports 46 we set you thinking traveller -...•MriHl
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      62 1 I winner Margaret I I I \1 j^\ --^rt(li*l candid with Today I Ndft^J I about age, the I IB^ %4&o* I Longpenand I <^KFA I I book tours I Rh a V^FACE IN THE CROWD 1Q I I JELICICINHOTSOUP "71 I Clifford Pier boatman Ah Geok 1B I I
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      WHY WORK LIKE CHAINED ELEPHANTS?
      751 2  -  JOSEPH TAY In this age of outsourcing and technology, there's no reason to be office-bound THE technology is in place. Like it or hate it, we are now connected 24/7 and at speeds that can only continue to accelerate with the Singapore Government's commitment behind
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      Of cash and kind
      233 3 1.4 m sign up for Progress Package; more than 1,800 donate money to charity WHEN it comes to money, Singaporeans certainly don't waste any time. Over 60 per cent of the 2.3 million Singaporeans eligible for the Progress Package have staked their claims for their financial
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    • All set to step up to the plate
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        BACKGROUND NO BARRIER TO CHAMPION THE NEEDY
        203 3  -  ANSLEYNG Alvin Yeo (picture) is one of a few new PAP faces to have come from a privileged background. His father, a doctor, and mother, a teacher, sent him to Anglo-Chinese School and he later read law at King's College at the University
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        TREADING OFF THE BEATEN PATH
        213 3  -  ANSLEYNG Liang Eng Hwa (picture) hopes his story will inspire Singaporeans who feel left out by the rigorous education system. He was a polytechnic graduate who couldn't study in a junior college because he got a D 7 for his 0 levels in English. After
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        Lock icon NO HALF-HEARTED EFFORTS HERE
        203 3  -  ANSLEYNG As a teenager, she visited the home of an old Chinese woman who was going blind but refused to see a doctor. After some coaxing, Dr Fatimah Lateef (picture) took the woman to hospital. After she recovered, the woman a seamstress who struggled to make
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  • Singapore news
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      Another Universal tie-up in Marina Bay?
      405 4  -  JASMINE YIN Genting lets slip deal with US theme park, as it unveils giant clock jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a press conference slated to unveil a giant mechanical clock that is designed to last 10,000 years. But this "crown jewel" for Genting International's Marina Bay
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon NCPG TO SPEND $50,000
        84 4 938 LIVE The National Council of Problem Gambling (NCPG) is spending $50,000 or a third of its budget this year on educational programmes by five voluntary welfare organisations and not-for-profit organisations. These groups came forward after an invitation by NCPG in January. It will fund up
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        Lock icon $200M UPGRADING PLAN
        75 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council has launched its $200 million estate renewal programme for the next five years. Residents can look forward to a $3 million sports park as well as more elderly and disabledfriendly features. So far, at least 10 town councils have launched their
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      SDA releases campaign pamphlets
      235 4  -  JASMINE YIN THE political battle for Jalan Besar GRC looks set to kick into higher gear, as opposition Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) intensifies its efforts to drum up support. Its arsenal: Between 30,000 and 40,000 newly-printed pamphlets that describe the SDA and the profile of its
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      After the crane crash
      495 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG TEOXUANWEI Victim's wife in shock; shipyard will provide financial help AND cheekong@newstoday.com.sg EVEN after 34 years of marriage, Mr Low Chwee Seng who was crushed to death in Tuesday's shipyard accident and his wife held hands wherever they went Describing his father as
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      MOH plans 2-day bird flu drill in July
      268 6  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg BIRD flu has not hit our shores yet, but the government is taking no chances. Come July, the Ministry of Health (MOH) will conduct a two-day drill with healthcare institutions such as Tan Tock Seng Hospital, to
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      Lock icon DONT PUT THE CATS AMONG THE CHICKENS, WARN EXPERTS
      122 6 —AFP A LEADING team of European virologists has appealed for health authorities to step up vigilance about household pets, saying cats and possibly dogs too are at risk from bird flu. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies have underestimated
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      Lock icon COEs for cars down, motorcycles up
      106 6 938 LIVE AFTER months of heading north, COE prices for cars have gone down. For small cars 1,600 cc and below, COEs now cost $11,901, a decrease of $3. For cars above 1,600 cc, a COE is $150 cheaper at $13,402. For cars in
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  • world news
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      VOICESFROMTHAKSINLAND
      319 8  -  THAM CHEN FYE Residents living in Thai premier Thaksin Shinatwatra's hometown had mixed feelings about the news of his departure. Some felt that life "goes on as usual", but others such as taxi driver Boonson Angkian, 57, who has been living in Chiang Mai for 30 years felt that
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      Lock icon A new face and more questions in Thailand
      574 8  -  VINITARAMANI Will Thaksin return to politics? Will election results stand? vinita@newstoday.com.sg BANGKOK Even as Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra handed over the reins to his deputy, Mr Chidchai Vanasatidya, temporarily yesterday, observers said the political crisis in the country is far from
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      Lock icon DIFFERENT YARDSTICKS
      622 10  -  IRFAN HUSAIN Threatened trial of Afghan for conversion raises troubling questions for Muslims IN KARACHI THE RECENT furore over the threatened trial of Mr Abdul Rahman in Afghanistan for the alleged "crime" of converting to Christianity has alarmed many in the West From the American Presi- dent to
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      Lock icon Second son to succeed Kim?
      453 13 —AP N Korean officials spotted wearing lapel pins with picture of Kirn Jong Choi SEOUL North Korean officials have recently been spotted wearing lapel pins with a picture of leader Kirn Jong Il's second son, indicating that he may have become the most likely candidate
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      Lock icon Now, Windows XP on Apple Mac
      240 13 BLOOMBERG CUPERTINO (California) Apple Computer has introduced software that lets its newest personal computers run Microsoft's Windows XP programs. The software, called Boot Camp, will work on PCs with Intel chips, Apple said yesterday. The program can be downloaded from the Internet and will
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      Lock icon Unlocking seduction secrets
      181 14 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON To Casanovas it is the finest of arts, but to a team of scientists, it is a pig of a problem: What is the best technique for seduction? Researchers are staging a mass speed dating experiment to find the most effective strategy for pulling
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      Lock icon 3 million take to the streets in France
      373 14 —AGENCIES President Chirac starts climbdown on job measures PARIS Up to three million protesters took to the streets across France yesterday in what was described as the biggest street demonstration in almost 40 years, as the political crisis intensified over a employment
      —AGENCIES; EPA  -  373 words
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  • Voices
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      The leech and the smart worker
      732 16  -  YVONNE LIM VOICES COMMENTARY EDITOR SICK of staying long past office hours, being on call 24/7 and bosses who hold long meetings after spm, Today readers made Vincent Chia's commentary the hottest talking point (next to the General Election) last week. In "Working late
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      VOICESONTHEAIR
      58 16 We've given you a voice in print to speak out on issues that matter to you. Now, 938 LIVEs TALKBACK gives you another channel for your views every Friday. Tune in from B.loam to 8.45 am tomorrow to have your say on the top issues of the week that
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      243 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON e ra raBY WHAT'S MONEY WORTH Do teenagers these days understand just what a dollar is worth? Well, you watch them at a mall and sometimes you wonder. One way to educate a kid fairly fast is to give him enough cash for
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      Lock icon End of an era for boatman
      761 18  -  CHEN SIVA 32-year veteran Ah Geok reminisces as he leaves Clifford Pier for new grounds face i in the crowd PNG AH GEOK 58, Boatman news@newstoday.com.sg HIS father used to row a sampan ferrying goods and seamen from the large ships to Clifford Pier,
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    • Letter
      Make known F1 feasibility studies
      203 19  -  KEVIN WONG Letter from I REFER to the letter "Set up new body to facilitate Fl in Singapore" from Cheng Khim Seng (April 3). I agree that we have to be synergistic in our efforts to ensure the success of Fl in Singapore. However, preliminary
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      Psst... mr brown, your help's needed. Desperately!
      300 23  -  GOHBOONCHOO Letter from THE Zeus Tech Hominator that comes pre-installed with 90 per cent of Singapore homes has an insidious bug. It's deadlocked into anti-cat mode, and zaps any cat I bring home. Its justification: Avoid fur-shedding, noise and nuisance. Yet it insists
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      No need to introduce shorter parking coupons
      294 23  -  ENG SOH SENG PETER TAN GUAN LEONG Letter from Deputy Director (Car Parks) for Director (Housing Administration), Housing Development Board Deputy Director (Land Administration, Car Parks), Urban Redevelopment Authority WE REFER to the letters by Michael Chua Kheng Hwee and Basil Lee ("HDB
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      790 parking offence notices issued in 3 months
      155 23  -  ENG SOH SENG PETER TAN GUAN LEONG Letter from Deputy Director (Car Parks) for Director (Housing Administration), Housing Development Board Deputy Director (Land Administration, Car Parks), Urban Redevelopment Authority WE REFER to Michael Chua Kheng Hwee's letter "Enact law to prevent improper
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      84 19 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES The secretary stood shyly at the door A fifty-quid raise she was asking for Said the boss, "You're a treasure Fifty quid? Why, with pleasure!" Said she, "With pleasure will be much more." MUSES Singapore a fun city? Yes, of course Provided morals are not damaged Creativity
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon NOL considers listed shipping investment trust
      518 24 DOW JONES Container liner firm looking at proposed tax incentives, move will free up cash flow NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), the world's sixth biggest container shipping line by volume, may sell and lease back its fleet through a listed shipping investment trust to free
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      Lock icon Maxtor to fire 900 in S'pore
      166 24 BLOOMBERG MAXTOR Corp, the disk drive maker being acquired by Seagate Technology, lost twice as much in the first quarter as it had forecast in January and said it would cut 900 jobs in Singapore. The loss was as much as US$lO4 million ($l6B
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        Airocean's Tay on graft charge
        493 26  -  CHRISTIE LOH Former CEO of logistics firm allegedly offered a bribe to win contract from budget carrier Jetstar Asia christie@newstoday.com.sg LOGISTICS veteran Thomas Tay Nguen Cheong, 51, appeared in court yesterday to face one police charge for allegedly offering a bribe to win a contract
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        Lock icon SGX shares surge to record close
        96 26 BLOOMBERG SHARES of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) surged to a record on expectations that an increase in trading and larger share sales this year will boost the bourse's earnings. The shares of the operator of Singapore's securities and derivatives markets surged 30 cents, or
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        Casa Rosita sold
        95 26 CASA Rosita, a prime freehold condominium development off Newton Road, has been sold to Guocoland for $280 million in one of Singapore's largest-ever en bbc deals, after more than 80 per cent of the development's owners accepted the offer. Casa Rosita sits on a 267,426-sq-ft site and
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        Lock icon CapitaLand boss' 8.5% pay rise
        184 28 BLOOMBERG CEO was paid $1.6 million lastyear CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's biggest developer, paid chief executive officer Liew Mun Leong 8.5 per cent more last year as profit rose to a record, boosted by the sale of its hotel unit, according to its annual report. Mr
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        Lock icon MAS asks Indian regulator to review Temasek's ICICI stake
        161 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) confirmed reports that it had asked the Reserve Bank of India to allow Temasek Holdings to raise its stake in ICICI Bank. According to Temasek's website, it currently owns about 9 per cent
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      • marketwatch
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          ST Index — 2,544.89 +12.30
          4 28 ST Index 2,544.89 +12.30
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          World markets
          49 28 Nikkei 225 *****.98 -48.93 -0.28 Hang Seng ASX 5207.00 +44.50 +0.86 Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 1388.77 +3.13 +0.23 KLCI 941.67 +10.50 +1.13 SET Index 768.07 +22.74 +3.05 Jakarta Comp 1344.60 +18.15 +1.37 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2197.90 +3.70 272.53 +2.38 +0.17 +0.88 Mumbai Sensex *****.90 +108.89 +0.94
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      427 32  - Yielding to elimination not! AMELYNN LIONG Danielle and Dani of The Amazing Race can't get over being kicked out a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg THE "Double D's of New York" are clearly still bitter about the yield that led to their elimination on last week's episode of The Amazing Race. Speaking to Today
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      315 32  -  DAVID CHEW WHAT if they held a book fair where nobody bought a book? Unlike the book fairs held in Singapore, it is the rights to books and not books themselves that are purchased at events such as last month's London Book Fair (LBF). Besides attracting about 16,000 people
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      327 33  -  JEANINETAN LEE Jung Jae, whom audiences here may remember from the South Korean timetravel romance II Mare (2000), regrets that his character in the action blockbuster Typhoon is not as strong as counterpart Jang Dong Gun's. In Typhoon, which is out now in Singapore
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      303 33  -  —ASHRAFSAFDAR YOU are just walking along, minding your own business? Be careful or you could end up in Tan Suet Lee's next play. In an interview with Today, playwright Tan ventured that most of her characters are fashioned after people she knows,
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        180 35  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Josiane Behmoiras Doraß In the wake of recent scandals surrounding false memoirs, Dora B stands out as a daughter's painfully honest recollection of her nomadic life with her slightly mad mother, the Dora B of the book's title. Opening with a telephone call that Josiane, who
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        78 35 Reknownedplastic surgeon Woffles Wu is the executive producer of Singapore Dreaming, a black comedy about the pursuit of the Singapore Dream. His debut movie premieres at the Singapore International Film Festival on April 12. "I'm reading Bergdorf Blondes: A Novel by Plum Sykes. Sykes was a writer at American
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          106 38 I he turnout at the Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award (MBAFA) regional finals was so encouraging that there seemed to be more guests than seats. So guests literally rubbed shoulders with one another on the benches That aside, the 10 male finalists from around the region proved their creative
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        107 38 Don't keep mum about it if you think you have what it takes to be the most beautiful mum around. Take part in the Most Beautiful Millenia Mum Contest 2006 organised by Millenia Walk and you could win more than $9,000 worth of prizes. The preliminary round
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        359 38 These wedding gowns and jewellery will bowl you over PEARLYN THAM pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS no marriage on the rocks, but instead a perfect match made at the Singapore Fashion Festival 2006 when homegrown jewellery chain Soo Kee Jewellery collaborated with local bridal designers
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        222 38 Of makeovers, makeup and that personal touch UNTIL this Sunday, you can enjoy special consultations and makeovers by Lancome at Tampines Mall Atrium Level 1. For instance, indulge in a full makeover session conducted by the Lancome Professional Makeup Team at just $50 (fully redeemable with purchase of Lancome products)
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        439 39  -  AMYVAN Spice up your instant noodles with stir-fried black pepper beef and vegetables for a quick-and-easy meal food@newstoday.com.sg Instant noodles were invented by the Japanese after World War II when food was scarce. A few decades later, the noodles have become one of the most popular foods around
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        734 40  -  BENNY LEE Croatian city a mix of rustic charm and modernity traveller@newstoday.com.sg SPLIT is a charming city located in the Dalmatia region and the second biggest city of Croatia, formerly part of Yugoslavia. Once a flourishing trading port, present-day Split is a unique blend of ancient heritage
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        558 41 —AP The country's welcoming disposition has plenty of sights and culture to offer REYKJAVIK Iceland is a country that offers a bewildering range of adventures, from the peace and tranquillity of a swim in the world-famous Blue Lagoon hot spring to the challenge
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        788 42  -  EVELINE GAN Retail outlets in 2 cities offer unique gems and bargains eveline@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU are a typical Singaporean shopaholic like me, you'll know that there's nothing more exhilarating than scouring off-the-beaten-track places for gems and fantastic bargains. So imagine the self-induced heart attack
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        129 42 WITH British Airways' World Traveller service, economy class passengers flying long-haul can expect greater comfort, increased flexibility and more value for money. Atthe heart of the service is a new focus on families with infant seats, baby cots and a "feed
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          87 43 Members of Northwest Airlines' World Perks frequent flyer programme can now benefit from flying on Jetstar Asia Airways and its Valuair subsidiary. World Perks members living in Asia (except Japan) will be able to redeem World Perks miles on Jetstar Asia flights between Singapore and any
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          162 43 Golfers are in for a treat with the upcoming Silk Air Golf Escapade a series of golfing events at some of the region's finest golfing venues. For starters, they can head for Shenzhen from April 20 to 23, where golfers will get to sample the exclusive
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          67 43 Swiss is now a member of Star Alliance, the world's biggest airline network. The addition of Swiss and, later in the month. South African Airways, will increase the alliance's global coverage to 842 destinations in 152 countries, with over 15,500 flights daily. Like all Star
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          128 43 —AFP A Norwegian organisation has invited air travellers to pay a voluntary environmental charge for each plane ticket they buy to help offset the impact of aircraft pollution on global climate. "Every time we take the plane, we contribute to global warming,"
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          52 43 It's raining cherry blossoms (left) atthe Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, these days. About 3,000 cherry trees in the area are teeming with pink and white blossoms as warm spring weather brings the blossoms to their peak. The trees were a gift from Japan in
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        91 43 The gum says: Time waits for no man. Neither do the best deals. Log on to zujl.com.sg today for more travel deals! Terms and Conditions apply No service fee unless stated No credit card fees Free ticket delivery Japan is made up of over 6,000 islands. (No wonder
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