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    26 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday May 24, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP share your free newspaper Wednesday May 24, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon Thai shadow play
    591 1  -  TORCHING LI Thaksin back in power: Tactical genius or gamble? chingli@newstoday.com.sg NOW that the dust from Bangkok's anti-Thaksin street protests has settled, the man himself is back in Thailand and back in power. After a 49-day "holiday from politics" during which he described himself as "unemployed", Mr
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    The prices are scary, but oil seems less of a bogeyman
    647 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg WHAT is wrong with this picture? Oil prices are touching US$7O a barrel and even conservative governments, including Singapore's, are looking relaxed. Cast your mind just two years back to 2004, when crude shot up from
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      Lock icon Ailing Suharto's family in car smashing rage
      386 2 Son hogs headlines as dad's health worsens JAKARTA As the health of former Indonesian leader Suharto deteriorated yesterday, some of his family members created a racket in public and ran afoul of the law. The wife and two children of Mr Bambang Trihatmojo,
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    • Article
      PAP must address 'negative Internet'
      492 3  -  DERRICKA PAULO SHE was a new face representing the People's Action Party, but when Ms Denise Phua surfed the Internet during the recent General Election, the tone of the postings stunned her. They were overwhelmingly slanted against the ruling party. "I know that something has
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      THE LINE BETWEEN DEFAMATION AND DEBATE
      882 3  -  THOMAS KOSHY Defence of reputation, free speech calls for a delicate balance of interests "PRACTICAL politics consists in ignoring facts," American historian Henry Adams said over a century ago. But time and again, ignoring the facts has been shown to be a perilous path
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      Laymen to drive family ties
      189 4  -  -TORCHING LI ORDINARY people, not politicians or civil servants, will now take the lead in promoting strong family ties in Singapore. The National Family Council, made up of 17 individuals including young parents, a father of eight, parents of children with learning disabilities, educationists and
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      Lock icon On a cruise-and-fly high
      394 4  -  JASMINE YIN Govt sets up $10m fund to promote such travel jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE local cruise industry looks set to hit a new crest after the Government launched a $10-million fund to promote "fly-cruise" a combination of air and cruise travel in Singapore and the region. The
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      Chee Siok Chin wants courts to annul GE results
      277 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG THE Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Chee Siok Chin filed an application to the High Court yesterday to annul the results of the concluded General Election (GE). According to court documents, Ms Chee, the sister of SDP chief Chee Soon Juan,
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      Lock icon Matilda Chua files her defence in NKF civil suit
      297 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) former director Matilda Chua has filed her defence for the civil suit brought against her by the new NKF. Ms Chua, who is also embroiled in a criminal lawsuit, has denied most of the
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      Lock icon At the wheel of opportunity
      761 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO Unexpected call to office gives poor boy made good the chance to help disadvantaged kids derrick@newstoday.com.sg AS A young boy from a poor family, Mr Masagos Zulkifli would watch the cars whiz by. Always, he wondered: "When will I drive one?" Eventually,
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        BODY FOUND IN CANAL
        39 8 A male body was found floating in a canal off Killiney Road opposite the Orchard Le Meridien Hotel yesterday. The man's identity is unknown. Those with information can call the police hotline on 1800-255 0000.
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        DELIVERYMAN ESCAPES THE NOOSE
        68 8  -  The shop deliveryman involved in a four-hour standoff with the police after allegedly killing his Indonesian wife at their Jalan Bukit Merah home lastyear has escaped the gallows, with his charge reduced to culpable homicide yesterday. Lim Ah Seng, 57, was originally charged with the murder
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        Lock icon EMPLOYMENT SCAM
        44 8 938 LIVE Thirty-four foreign workers holding work permits for the marine sector were caught working illegally as conservancy cleaners and general workers. Preliminary investigations revealed two Singaporeans had supplied the workers and eight companies are believed to be involved in this scam.
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        Lock icon CHANGI AIRPORT BEST IN THE WORLD
        43 8 -938UVE Changi Airport has been named the best airport in the world by SkyTrax, a research company in the United Kingdom. The award has been won by the Hong Kong International Airport for the past five years.
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      Lock icon A tough cruise for a top maritime student
      357 8  -  CHEOWXIN Yl and KESANG DEMA Murugaiyan, who suffered many setbacks, is a joy to teach, says lecturer xinyic@newstoday.com.sg YOU would expect even toppers to have suffered a setback or two, but Murugaiyan Palaney has endured more than his fair share. Three crippling
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      Lock icon Get ready, big boys
      383 10  -  TEOXUANWEI The organisers of Big Boyz Toyz are back with sex gadgets, dressed-up cars xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg IF FLASHY cars, extreme sports and babes in bikinis are your thing, hold your breath Big Boyz Toyz, the men's lifestyle exhibition that debuted here last year, is making a
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      Paying 50% less for a wireless network
      234 10  -  UNYANQIN IT COSTS about half as much to install and will halve maintenance cost in the years down the road. This is how Republic Polytechnic's (RP) new campus-wide wireless network will set a new standard for wireless networks across Singapore. The Unified Wireless
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      Lock icon Storms this year may dwarf Katrina: Experts
      291 12 -AFP As many as 10 hurricanes reported to be forming on the horizon MIAMI As many as 10 Atlantic hurricanes could form in coming months, and up to four of them could hit the United States, experts said, urging residents living in coastal
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      Lock icon MUMBAI RACING TO AVOID REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S DISASTER
      168 12 —AFP AS THE monsoon season in South Asia fast approaches, Mumbai is in a race against time to prepare and avoid a repeat of last year's disaster when rains flooded the city, killing 400 people. Over 1,000 died from disease blamed
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      Lock icon Junta not budging on Suu Kyi
      293 12 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Myanmar's police chief says that releasing opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's from detention would have little impact in the country. Major-General Khin Vi says that is because support for her opposition party has fallen. Ms Suu Kyi's opposition National League
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        Lock icon AUSSIES, KIWIS ON STANDBY
        66 12 ■AP Australia and New Zealand said yesterday that they were ready to send troops to East Timor if they were needed to help quell growing violence. Both countries said they had soldiers on standby to respond to any call for assistance after yesterday's Shootout between government
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        SABAH GETS BUDGET TERMINAL
        51 12 Malaysia's second low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) in Sabah will be ready by year's end. The LCCT will be built at one end of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport main terminal. The new terminal will be able to cater up to three million passengers annually, reported The
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        Lock icon AFTER 15 LONG YEARS ...
        52 12 AFTER 15 LONG YEARS AFP South-east Asian police forces will share information on a database aimed at fighting transnational crime, in an initiative first proposed 15 years ago and finally launched yesterday. The web-based system was launched at a meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations national police chiefs in
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      Lock icon Shrine row won't disrupt strong China-Japan economic ties: MM Lee
      220 14 AFP TOKYO An emotionally-charged row over a Tokyo war shrine is unlikely to damage strong economic bonds between Japan and China, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was quoted as saying yesterday. Mr Lee met in Tokyo with Prime Minister Junichiro
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      Lock icon Minister warned against grovelling
      183 14 AP TOKYO Japan's Trade Minister Toshihiro Nikai has been given a razor blade, which was accompanied by a threatening letter warning him not to grovel before China, media reports said yesterday. The letter apparently refers to Tokyo's ongoing dispute with Beijing over a gas field. The
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      Lock icon High-level summit, low expectations
      456 14 AGENCIES White House describes Bush-Olmert meeting as a 'getting to know you' session WASHINGTON Even before Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met United States President George W Bush at the White House yesterday, officials on both sides took steps to downplay any expectations of the high-level
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      Lock icon WHAT MR NICE GUY AND DR M HAVE IN COMMON
      721 17  -  OONYEOH IN KUALA LUMPUR KNOWN as Mr Nice Guy, Malaysian Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has shown that he can be tough when he wants to. The problem is he is tough on the wrong issues and with the wrong people.
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      Lock icon Doctors counter-attack
      457 18 -AGENCIES They want UK govt to stop state funding for alternative therapies LONDON In a direct challenge to Prince Charles' vocal campaign for wider access to alternative medicine, a group of Britain's leading doctors has urged trusts under the National Health Service (NHS) to stop paying for alternative
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    • this quirky world
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        FANCY FRIES WITH YOUR GRENADE?
        72 18 Workers at a factory at Scarborough in southern Britain making French fries found a shell tip in potatoes imported from France and Belgium, the sites of World War I and II battles. The next day they found an entire hand grenade in the potatoes, Reuters
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        SEE-THROUGH TOPS IRK COPS
        53 18 Dutch police women have complained after getting see-through blouses as part of new uniforms. They have complained to the Dutch police trade union, reported ananova.com. Union general secretary Hans Van Duyn said: "Even when wearing a white bra, you can see the bra and the skin
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        ROBBER'S MONEY RUSE
        69 18 A US bank robber escaped after throwing some of his haul over his shoulder as he fled from a security guard, ananova.com reported. The guard stopped to pick up the US$2O bills and the robber escaped after his raid on a bank in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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      Lock icon US, UK to 'accelerate' troop pullout from Iraq?
      244 20 -AFP LONDON United States President George W Bush and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair will discuss plans for an accelerated exit of troops from Iraq, starting in July, at a meeting in Washington, The Guardian reported yesterday. The two allies, due to
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      Lock icon Personal data on millions of veterans stolen
      352 20 -AFP Ex-US troops risk identity theft, say officials WASHINGTON Personal electronic data on 26.5 million United States military veterans and some spouses was stolen from the home of a government employee, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday. Veterans affairs officials said
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      Lock icon Why keep $142k in a freezer?
      182 20 ■AFP WASHINGTON United States authorities found US$9O,OOO ($142,000) stuffed in afreezer at the home of Democratic Party lawmaker William Jefferson under an investigation for corruption and shady deals in West Africa, court documents showed. The latest in a series of US lawmakers being investigated
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      334 13 fc?SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY More than ever Our University of Choice Tan Kay Wee DangChenlu GeraldineOng Chong Pooi Khay Aaron Tan RJC, Captain, Dragonboat Team International Student, China TJC, Children's Rights Activist RJC, Winner, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, FT Youth of the Year Bachelor of Science (Economics) and Winner, National Math
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      isay THE BRAVE FALLEN IDOLS
      680 22  -  Jeremy Lim news@newstoday.com.sg THE premiere broadcast of Singapore Idol was hilarious. In terms of humour, it rivalled Mr Bean. Yet while I guffawed at the antics of some contestants, I wondered if it was fair to them to be exposed at their most awkward. Unlike
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      Voyeur TV 'live' on a computer near you
      853 23  -  Mr Miyagi CHIP OFF THE BLOG news@newstoday.com.sg DIV reality videos made with free online tools the rage among netizens HOSTING video files on the Internet is not a new concept, and you can find a variety of services both free and paid
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      Arrested for crime he reported
      270 24  -  NARIMAMDAU Did clerical slip-up lead to complainant being mistakenly gazetted as a wanted person? Letter from I CAN relate to how Ms Rafidah Karim felt about what happened to her husband ("Fines paid, yet he is presented with a warrant of arrest", May 19). I,
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      Get employers' input for maids' refresher course
      175 24  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from I REFER to the article, "A 'refresher' boost" (May 22). I support the idea for maids to attend a training course after six months of employment. This could also serve as a review of what they could improve on
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      237 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE CLASS OF'65 In the mid-60s. Time magazine selected the senior class of Palisades High School in southern California as a focus for its cover story entitled' Today's Teenager". These young men and women lived in one of the wealthiest school districts
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      Support, and not money, no enough
      215 26  -  THOMAS SEOW Letter from Deputy Director (Upgrading) Housing Development Board I REFER to the letter "Upgrading to lifts not for all flats" (May 18) where Mr Patrick Tan suggested to demolish the blocks where lift upgrading was considered too expensive. The Housing Development Board
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      Fine-tuning the scales of justice
      373 26  -  PREM SINGH More equitable penalties, Appeal Court discretion among goals to aim for Letter from I REFER to the new workplan for the subordinate courts. On the setting up of the Community Court, I wish to suggest that for cases involving insanity or diminished responsibility
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      Flat valuation falls, who pays price?
      225 26  -  KUAN YEN PING Letter from I AM writing this letter to speak for those who purchased 5-room and executive HDB resale flats on which the valuation prices have dropped. Many people bought such flats at high prices. Those who purchased the flats before the
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      Lock icon Movie posters a step on the wrong side of faith
      130 26  -  RICHARD KOH Letter from I FIND offensive the way in which the publicity for the movie, The Da Vinci Code, is being done. A copy of the Last Supper painting with the image of The Christ and the apostles is
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      My neighbour's name is ...
      319 28  - My neighbour's name is MANSOR HAJI SUKAIMI Letter from Former MP of Kampong Kembangan, 1976-1984 THE People's Action Party's (PAP) victory in General Election 2006 is most reassuring. It tells us that Singaporeans prefer stability and prosperity. This endorsement of the PAP Government also gives us a wonderful opportunity to
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      Let's return the focus to the child
      295 28  -  GENEVIEVEUM Big visions fail when teachers not in tune Letter from ON READING See Lay Keng's letter, "Exams for primary school students too demanding" (May 20-21) which was in agreement with Mr Ho Kong Loon's commentary about the standard of primary school exams,
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      Let primary school kids use algebra
      158 28  -  SIM SOCK HOON Letter from COULD the Ministry of Education consider allowing students to use more advanced methods to solve problems? Reader See Lay Keng mentioned that, frequently, there are problems that can be solved easily using algebra, but it is time-consuming and tedious
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        CELEBRATE WITH I-WEEKLY AS IT TURNS 25
        224 30 I-WEEKLY returns to its mini-sized roots to celebrate its 25th birthday this week. Looking backto its beginnings as a handy-sized TV magazine, I-Weekly hits the streets this week with a special one-off A5-sized edition. And in keeping with the miniature theme, it has
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        CHILD AMBASSADORS SOUGHT TO PROMOTE PRIORITY TO FAMILY LIFE
        168 30 THE I Love Children organisation is looking for five children from kindergarten to Primary-6 level to represent it. I Love Children came out of the realisation that action needs to be taken to influence more Singaporeans to give higher priority to
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        GREAT NOTEBOOK DEALS AND MORE
        164 30 THE sth annual Toshiba Mobile Net Lifestyle Show Ngee Ann Civic Plaza will be held over the weekend from 10am to 7pm in conjunction with the 2006 Fifa World Cup As part of the event, there will be a one-day notebook/Pocket PC clearance sale from
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        CHEERS TO A NEW BEGINNING AT THE PLAZA PARKROYAL
        164 30 TOAST to a blissful marriage in Plaza Parkroyal's newlyrefurbished ballrooms and discover how you can make your special day come to life at the hotel's Wedding Show at 3pm on Saturday. The line up includes a Milanstyle bridal fashion show, a
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    • Businesstoday
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        Bargain-hunting bull tiptoes into SGX
        558 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH But some analysts caution the ST Index may fall still further christi e@newstoday.com.sg A MINI hunt for bargain stocks started yesterday, as investors tiptoed back into a bourse bruised by global economic concerns over the last two weeks. But some analysts warn that
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        Lock icon April consumer prices up 1.1 per cent
        189 30 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S consumer prices rose slightly below market expectations last month, with a fall in transportation and communication costs offsetting a rise in food prices. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.1 per cent last month from a year earlier, compared with
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          371 32 DOW JONES Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp has received approvals from regulatory authorities in Singapore and China to buy a 12.2-per-cent stake in Ningbo Commercial Bank. The company said in a statement that the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the China Banking Regulatory Commission have approved the transaction, which will be
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          389 32  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Clemenceau Aye/Unity St site on 99-year lease ja nec@newstoday.com.sg WITH a possible shortage of hotel rooms looming, a new hotel could be coming up near Orchard Road. The Government yesterday released a reserve site at Clemenceau Avenue/Unity Street that is slated
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          214 33  -  CHOW PENN NEE TWO out of every five packaged software installed on personal computers in Singapore last year were illegal, even as software piracy declined to its lowest level here in three years. The software piracy rate of 40 per cent last
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          186 33  -  CHRISTIE LOH COME Junel2, traders in Singapore will be able to electronically trade commodity futures and options on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), the world's largest energy futures bourse, between 10pm and 2.30 am Singapore time hours that were once off-limits. The
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          272 34 BLOOMBERG German bourse operator fails to gain favour despite raising offer to $17.5 billion EURONEXT shareholders yesterday voted down a proposal stating that a merger with Deutsche Boerse would be in their best interests, bolstering the chances of NYSE Group's rival bid for the Paris-based exchange.
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          168 34 BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED British Ports Holdings may consider a sweetened £2.4-billion ($7.1 billion) offer from a consortium led by Goldman Sachs Group that includes the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and Canada's Borealis Infrastructure Management. London-based Associated British Ports will open its books to
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            56 34 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Australia ASX 15,599.20 -258.67 -1.63 15,864.56 +59.04 +0.37 5,013.80 -17.00 -0.34 Taiwan Wtd 6,843.98 -94.28 -1.36 Korea Comp KLCI 1,329.86 -8.73 -0.65 926.56 +1.05 +0.11 SET Index 727.21 +2.77 +0.38 Jakarta Comp 1,326.26 +17.21 +1.32 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2,264.36 -93.62 -3.97 298.98 -15.97
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            140 34 -Agencies SHARES closed in positive territory after choppy trade yesterday, as investors sought bargains on stocks made cheap after a three-day global sell-off. The ST Index gained 12.86 points, or 0.5 per cent, to close at 2,429.55, halting a three-day, 5.2-per-cent drop. In the broad market, gainers led losers
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            29 34 Bloomberg I SGX, and Bl Dow Jones GiH uss/oz 656.70 Sihw uss/oz 12.58 FMnui uss/oz 1,295.00 Mhr cents/kg 404.25 PMndRM/tonne 1/413.00 Bntcradß iiss.h; 69.98 Information provided by and
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        652 36  -  LEECHINGWERN Fish &Co owner expands with a range of restaurant concepts chingwern@newstoday.com.sg TO SURVIVE in Singapore's small ocean, it is no longer enough just to fish. It was two years ago when Fish Co's co-founder Ricky Chew first arrived at this conclusion.
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      2043 38  -  Jeanine Tan The pairing of Joe and FD created a golden era of local radio, but the two insist all that should be left in the past jeanine@newstoday.com.sg plus WHEN Joe Augustin and the Flying Dutchman (Mark van Cuylenberg) ended their partnership on radio six years
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      425 40  -  JUSTIN CHEONG Multi-coloured gem is the inspiration for jazz singer Monteiro's latest work justin@newstoday.com.sg BEING a musician in Singapore is no easy task, let alone carving out a niche for oneself in the jazz arena. Claressa Monteiro should know. The 36-year-old chanteuse, who celebrates her
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      173 42 HAVING won the first Project Runway, Jay McCarroll (pictured, right) was on hand to offer expert advice to the contestants on the fashion reality show's second season. "There was just as much drama and just as much stress," McCarroll said in an earlier interview
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      349 42 —AGENCIES Material girl's latest tour has religious leaders up in arms LOS ANGELES Madonna, no virgin to controversy, launched her Confessions tour wearing a crown of thorns and hitched to a wooden cross, offending Christians as far away as England. Her antics over the past 20
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        218 44 -AGENCIES DESPITE lukewarm reviews and controversial content, the Tom Hanks religious thriller The Da Vinci Code reaped treasure at the box office this weekend, recording a US$224 million ($356.8 million) worldwide opening the second-biggest debut ever at the global box office. The controversial
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      85 48 SINGAPORE national under-18 point guard Wong Wei Long presented Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard (left) and Milwaukee Bucks'T J Ford with batik shirts at the official opening of the 2006 adidas Superstar Camp at the Beijing Sports University yesterday. Wong and Low Khai Kit
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      430 49 -AP All-Star Nowitzki's heroics send Dallas into a West finals clash against Phoenix SAN ANTONIO Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks squandered every opportunity they had to finally overtake the San Antonio Spurs except the last one. They lost the season-long battle for home-court advantage. They
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      187 49 -AFP CASABLANCA, Morocco Moroccan athletics legend Hicham El Guerrouj (picture) announced his retirement from the sport here on Monday, admitting he would sleep easy over his decision. The 31-year-old won double Olympic gold at the Athens Olympics in 2004 taking the 1,500 m and the
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      665 50  -  CUBBYLEONG New sponsors, Els and Scott will make this year's tourney even bigger GOLF Barclays Singapore Open cubby@newstoday.com.sg ITS aim is to be Asia's "Major". And after the latest developments, the Singapore Open is well on its way to becoming the leading golf tournament on the continent.
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      246 50  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S golfers did well at the 27th Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship 2006 yesterday at the Singapore Island Country Club. Jonathan Woo Ke-Jun, 15 (picture), was the best-placed local, as he finished in fifth spot overall after the first round, carding a
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      260 50  -  -DARREN LAI SINGAPORE'S national bowlers are all looking in fine form, as they continued to dominate the fourth day of qualifying in the local masters competition at the 39th Singapore Open Bowling Championships yesterday, held at Victor's Superbowl. But while Jason Yeong Nathan (952 pins), Remy
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      409 51  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg IN MARCH, it was announced that Singapore would host the Australian National Basketball League's (NBL) first Asianbased team ever. Yesterday, the new outfit was unveiled at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, where the country's first professional basketball side the Singapore Slingers
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      168 51 AFP LONDON Arsenal yesterday confirmed the signing of Tomas Rosicky (picture) from Borussia Dortmund for a reported £7 million ($2l million). The Czech Republic international midfielder has joined on an undisclosed longterm contract and the 25-year-old said: "I'm really happy to be here at Arsenal, it is
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      465 51  -  JOSE RAYMOND Derby loss means the Protectors have now lost five on the trot NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 SAFFC 2 Home United 0 jose@newstoday.com.sg THE rot is well and truly setting in at Home United. Last night, the Protectors slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat in
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      326 48 Id EMI BBSfIffIBBMfESIBB MEDIACORP features prominently in the development of Singapore's broadcasting history. We commenced Radio broadcast on 1 June 1936 and Television on 15 February 1963. Today, MediaCorp is Singapore's largest broadcaster with a complete range of media businesses. As part of its content-driven strategy, it produces highly-rated multi-lingual
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      223 51 I TAKE ON A j m VALUE-ADDED DIPLOMA M W DIPLOMA IN COMMERCE I A selection of 3 Majors Accounting, Business Administration, Marketing •At least 1 year credit transfer into the relevant programs I in universities in UK, USA and Australia* •A total of 12-16 subjects* I Next Full-time Intake
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      339 52 LONDON Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has insisted that the Blues are still chasing Andriy Shevchenko, but are also on the look-out for some exciting young talent to go with their more experienced summer signings, reported Sky Sports yesterday. Germany international Michael Ballack has already switched
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      471 52 As World Cup looms, Dutch goal king admits his time could be up at Old Trafford LAUSANNE, Switzerland For the first time, Ruud van Nistelrooy has stated publicly that he could well be parting ways with Manchester United. Van Nistelrooy, 29, was ordered out of
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      155 52 -AFP GLENEAGLES, Scotland European football's governing body Uefa want to meet with Guido Rossi (picture), the newly-installed emergency administrator of the Italian Football Federation. Said Uefa spokesman LarsChrister Olsson: "We have to get in touch with Rossi because there are several important decisions
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        123 53 OFFICIALS in Portugal are investigating Benfica duo Armando Petit (picture, top) and Nuno Gomes (below) after they were seen in a television report taking what appeared to be pirated films to a World Cup training camp. Striker Gomes told television station SIC in a report
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        86 53 CAMBODIA'S former football chief Khek Fiavy has been appointed to Fifa's Appeal Committee for the upcoming World Cup. He is the first Cambodian to hold such a position. Khek Ravy headed the Cambodian Football Federation for three years before he lost his seat in April to military
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        92 53 IRANIAN police are gearing up for what may be one of their biggest ever public security operations. Residents of the football-mad Islamic republic are likely to be glued to their screens for the duration of the tournament, which opens for Iran with a crucial match against Mexico on
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        43 53 VETERAN fullback Phil Neville was called up yesterday to replace West Ham captain Nigel Reo-Cokerfor England's World Cup stand-by list. The 29-year-old Everton defender joins Scott Carson, Michael Dawson, Jermain Defoe and Andrew Johnson on England's five-man standby list.
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      501 53 -AFP Kranjcar stands by his son, but hopeful Croats will not condone failure in Germany ZAGREB Croatia coach Zlatko Kranjcar has brushed aside accusations of nepotism by describing the son he picked for his World Cup squad as a "magician". Kranjcar's 22-year-old son Niko is the rising
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      309 53 LONDON While Brazil remain hot favourites to add to their five world titles in Germany next month, more and more critics are beginning to question if names like Ronaldinho and Kaka simply paper over gaping gaps in the team. Critics have called into
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