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    23 1 weekendTODAY June 3-4, 2006 mica(p> 114/07/2005 /A-ljiaCorp weekendTODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com share your free newspaper June 3-4, 2006 mica(p) 114/07/2005 /A=£yJj-\CORP
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    Lock icon THEY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART
    1118 1  -  LEONARD THOMAS Sorry Singapore, but England and Brazil will not leave Germany as world champions SPORTS EDITOR leona rd@newstoday.com.sg FIRST it was Germany. He admired their spirit and technical ability. Then Diego Maradona came alive and he was hooked and in 1986 he thought he
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      56 2 "With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible." The Bible-Mark 10:27 Speaker: Rev Dr John Shepherd Lim SundayWorshipService Monda^ightService: I Receive a Daily Power Bible Verse FREE via SMS. Just shfS your name to 9783 8676 I 'Applicable to Singapore-registered handphones only.
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      Lock icon DRIPPING WITH TALENT, ARGENTINA — CHAMPS ELECT
      353 3  - DRIPPING WITH TALENT, ARGENTINA CHAMPS ELECT LEONARD THOMAS SINCE 1986, Argentina or Brazil have figured in every World Cup final. Five tournaments, one win for Argentina and one loss. Two wins for Brazil and one reverse for the record five-time champions. Both are well capable of continuing the streak, but
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      Lock icon UNPREDICTABLE MEANS DANGEROUS
      344 3  -  -LEONARD THOMAS THE status of their attacking stars is unknown. Francesco Totti has only just returned from injury while Alessandro Del Piero, at 31, is not exactly in the best of form as age threatens to derail his shot at international glory. While world-class strikers like Paolo
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      Learn to deal the cards right
      610 4  -  TORCHING LI $4,000-coursesetto get underway in Turf City next month chingli@newstoday.com.sg ASPIRING croupiers can start learning the tricks of the trade at Singapore's first casino training centre which opens for classes next month at Turf City quite aptly the former punting grounds for racehorse
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      Sentosa IR race: Sun calls it quits, Eighth Wonder stays on
      514 4  -  VALCHUA ASST NEWS EDITOR val@newstoday.com.sg NEITHER is a front-runner to bag the licence for the Sentosa integrated resortand one has not even made it to the starting line. Sun International, a South Africa-based casino operator, has bid its Singapore
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      SM Goh welcomes US readiness to sit in on Iran talks
      326 4  -  TAN HUI LENG in WASHINGTON DC huileng@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE has expressed support for the United States' latest offer to hold direct talks with Iran. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong conveyed this to US Vice-President Dick Cheney in a meeting
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      Healthy cells saved, cancer cells killed
      433 6  -  KESANG DEMA NTU joins hand with US clinic to find new remedy kesang@newstoday.com.sg A JOINT project between the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the world-famous Mayo Clinic in the United States may just relegate chemotherapy and radiotherapy to the sidelines of cancer treatment. Currently,
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      Taxi drivers ready with S2006-style service
      221 6  -  UNYANQIN BY THIS September, some 10,000 taxi drivers will have been prepped by the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) on the finer points of good service, as part of the effort to put on a good show for the 16,000 delegates descending here for the
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      Lock icon Asean can contribute to global stability: PM
      251 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE key to combating the terrorism threat in South-east Asia lies in how countries cooperate with each other, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture). Delivering his keynote address at this year's Shangri-la Dialogue on Friday, he said Asean has a
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      Dark soy sauce not so humble after all?
      378 6  -  CHEOWXINYI CONTRARY to popular belief, eating too much dark soy sauce may not be bad for you. A group of biochemist researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has provided compelling evidence to suggest that the dark soy sauce can produce
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      PAP must soften its image: MP
      651 7  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE achieving yet another overwhelming majority in the House, the People's Action Party (PAP) has some soulsearching to do. In particular, it needs to overhaul its "arrogant image", observed Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Indranee Rajah. Speaking at the Institute of Policy Studies
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      SDA'S FOUR PARTIES SHOULD MERGE INTO ONE, SAYS NSP'S DR YEO
      342 7  -  LOH CHEE KONG The National Solidarity Party (NSP) has come up with a radical proposal: Instead of having four separate parties that, together, comprise the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), it wants a single, strong entity. This will serve to
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      Upgrading carrot downgraded
      367 7  -  -DERRICKA PAULO A MONTH after Hougang and Potong Pasir voters sniffed at the $180 million offered for their wards, results from a survey indicate that more Singaporeans are downgrading the upgrading carrot About 1,000 people sent upgrading to the bottom of a list of issues of concern.
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      Lock icon He's going for a $60m paycut
      920 8  -  ERIC DASH -NYT NEWS SERVICE Goldman Sachs chief Paulson will only earn around 275,000 if he gets the nod as the new US Treasury Secretary news@newstoday.com.sg WASHINGTON Mr Henry M Paulson Jr took home more than US$3B million ($59.8 million) last year as the
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Ma calls on Chen to quit
      246 8 -AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan's opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou on Friday asked President Chen Shui-bian to resign to take responsibility for a string of scandals, but stopped short of calling for Mr Chen's impeachment because the "time is not ripe yet". On Wednesday night, Mr
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        Lock icon ETHICS TRAINING FOR US TROOPS
        81 8 —AFP United States military officials have announced an ethics refresher programme for all coalition forces in Iraq, in the wake of the killing of a pregnant woman and furore surrounding an alleged shooting rampage by Marines. The US military said that over the next month
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        Lock icon MAOISTS RALLY IN KATHMANDU
        66 8 -AFP Thousands of Maoists thronged Kathmandu on Friday for a first Maoist mass meeting here to be addressed by senior rebel leaders. Friday's meeting marks a breakthrough in the capital for the rebels, who already control large swathes of Nepal's countryside. Since King Gyanendra was forced
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        Lock icon STORMS KILL 54 IN INDIA
        55 8 -AFP The death toll from lightning strikes and powerful storms rose to 53 on Friday as annual summer monsoon rains tore through India ahead of schedule, the authorities said. Mumbai municipal workers were rushing to clear blocked drains and gutters blamed for the flooding that
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      Lock icon World powers offer Iran carrot and stick
      344 10 -AFP Meanwhile, Tehran could be nuclear by 2010, says US official VIENNA Even as the United States spy chief warned that Iran could have nuclear weapons within a decade, six world powers agreed on a breakthrough package of benefits if Tehran suspends its
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      Lock icon U.S. SPURNS N KOREAN NUKE OFFER
      132 10 -AFP The White House has rejected North Korea's suggestion that the lead United States envoy to talks on its nuclear drive come to Pyongyang, saying six-nation diplomacy was the way out of the crisis "The United States is not going to engage in bilateral
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      Lock icon Defiant PM says rebels should give in
      282 10 -AGENCIES DILI Timor Leste's embattled Prime Minister remained defiant on Friday in the face of growing demands for his resignation, while the country's Foreign Minister said he would take over the defence portfolio. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri who is widely blamed for the
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      Lock icon Hunt down the Mouse
      796 12  -  Neil Humphreys Disney's Mickey sounds more fun than boring Mice MALAYSIA appears to have formed a new government agency. It's called Copying Over the Causeway (COC) and political and business bigwigs meet regularly to talk COC. First, they convened to discuss the building of a new
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      Not everyone has a surname or family name
      164 12  -  LIMJING JING (Ms) Letter from Senior Public and Internal Communications Executive for Commissioner, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority I REFER to the letters, "When first could be last Passports may solve surname snag" by Yeo Tien Ee (May 16) and "Clear ethnic name
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        Singaporeans tend to have a 'what if mindset
        238 14  -  HARRY CHIA Letter from I HAVE not encountered such incidents and honestly don't know how to react I would say that Singaporeans would probably ask the "what if" scenarios before they act in such situations. What if I help and get hurt
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        Apathy is a social problem
        151 14  -  SOH GIM CHUAN Letter from I DON'T think the incident had anything to do with race. But it had to do with Sin- gaporeans' well-known apathy. Singaporeans are not raised to feel empowered to do anything outside the norm. Thus, when an unexpected or dangerous
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        Are we sure the attacker was a Singaporean?
        69 14  -  HILDA SHTAY Letter from I WONDER how the writer knew that the "sturdy young" person was a Singaporean? The writer then went on to say that the "Singaporean, further offended by this gesture, kicked him on the face". Did the writer actually
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        Bus captain and police should have intervened
        97 14  -  NAFEESAH AHMAD Letter from I WOULD like to know why the bus captain did not stop the vehicle and end the bullying. I believe bus companies should train their captains to drive all the way to the nearest police station and let the
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        Citizens should learn to offer help, not just money
        224 14  -  THOR CHUN PING Letter from CALL me a cynic, but I've always believed that Singaporeans are a bunch of cowards who dare not stand up when their interests are not guarded. Yes, Singaporeans are kind-hearted and philanthropic. We donate generously to
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        We should not choose the easy way out
        219 14  -  MRS CARMEN TEOH-TANG Letter from IT IS very sad to read that no one in the bus that day, other than the writer and her friend, were willing to stand up for the foreign worker. All things considered, I would not be
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      86 12 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES George the Fifth had an awesome wife But the king took it all in his stride 'What's her title?' someone asked 'The Remaining Four Fifths,' he sighed. MUSES It started with the ancients With their pyramids and towers That rose to the gods' abodes In a display
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      Lock icon S'pore can withstand rate hikes
      554 16 -AGENCIES Country has relatively strong buffer against rises: MAS RECENT hikes in Singapore interest rates have been measured and are in tandem with the steadily rising levels of economic activity and income, so that companies and households here have not been adversely affected, the Monetary
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      Manufacturers more upbeat: Poll
      212 16 LOCAL manufacturers are expecting the current quarter to be rosier than the previous one, as they signal plans to boost headcount and production. According to a quarterly survey released on Friday by the Singapore Manufacturers' Federation (SMa), a net balance of 40 per cent of respondents
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      299 16 DOW JONES SembCorp Industries will book a one-time loss of about $22 million from the sale of its 100-per-cent-owned SembCorp Engineers Construction to India's Punj Lloyd. The Singapore conglomerate agreed to sell 88 per cent of the engineering and construction business to Punj for $35.2 million, with the remaining
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        ST Index— 2,419.42 +32.72
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        Lock icon Singapore
        61 16 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed higher on Friday as buyers returned on expectations that Wall Street would recover from recent lows, after US shares ended up 0.8 pei cent on Thursday. The ST Index ended up 32.72 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 2,419.42 points. Advancers beat decliners 423
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        World markets
        55 16 Nikkei 225 *****.31 +285.57 +1.84 Hang Seng ASX *****.71 +267.44 5877.28 +16.68 +1.71 +8.33 Taiwan Wtd 6959.64 +86.88 +1.26 Korea Comp 1389.84 +13.95 +1.88 KLCI 938.72 +8.27 +8.83 SET Index 722.61 +12.31 +1.73 Jakarta Comp 1347.68 +26.12 +1.98 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2384.17 -5.98 381.96 -5.85 -8.26 -1.98
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 16 Bloomberg SGX, I Information provided by iold US$/oz iilver US$/oz 'latinum US$/oz lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne Irent crude US$/barrel 633.50 11.91 1,229.80 417.00 1,398.50 69.40
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        SGX most active
        54 16 THBEV GlobalVoice SingTel UTAC Fortune Reit HK$ China Sun Biosensors ISBN GrientCent CapitaLand 8.278 8.148 2.518 6.826 6.666 6.656 6.718 6.478 6.428 4.268 +6.816 +6.816 +6.816 +6.846 +6.865 -6.865 +6.816 +6.836 +6.128 +3.8 +7.7 +8.4 +5.1 +6.8 -6.7 +2.2 +7.7 +2.9 54,598 48,819 39,858 36,197 26,255 18,589
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 USS 0.6323 UK£ 0.3389 Yen 71.267 HK$ 4.9056 RM 2.3004 Euro 0.4939 Rupiah 5905.9 Baht 24.142 Peso 33.406 A$ 0.8471 Indian Rs 29.310 Won 598.98 CS 0.6976 Yuan 5.0715 NZ$ 1.0061 NT$ 20.313
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          SWEET ENDING
          91 18 End your meal on a sweet note with two new flavours from Marigold's range of desserts golden mango jelly and chocolate pudding. Made with fresh mango cubes, this new jelly treat is a good source of Vitamin C. For those who prefer something more chocolatey,the pudding offers a
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          COOL RELIEF
          54 18 Soothe itches, rashes and pains caused by insect bites,sunburn, rashes, chicken pox and other minor skin irritations with Calamol.The lotion contains calamine,which is a mild astringent and has a cooling effect.Calamolalsohasa menthol variant. Calamoland Calamol with Menthol are sold at Watson's, Unity, leading pharmacies and medical halls at
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          TRADITIONAL REMEDY THAT FITS YOUR PALM
          70 18 Enjoy a soothing massage with the help of Owell BodyCare's Heat and Pulse Massager.This small handheld device features acupuncture, massage heat cupping treatment modes to relax tensed muscles and promote blood circulation. It has two channels so that you can enjoy a comfortable massage
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          COMFORT MATTERS
          76 18 The Cresent Moon yoga studio mat is a combination of style and functionality. The quarter-ind padding on the mat ensures extra comfort while the non-slip texture on the top and bottom offers greater grip while you practice. For greater convenience, the mat is made with a special material
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        Lock icon NYSE buys Euronext for $16b
        392 18 -AGENCIES New exchange to handle $3.3 trillion in stock trades monthly NYSE Group has agreed to buy Euronext for 7.78 billion euros ($15.75 billion), forming the first transatlantic stock exchange and edging out a rival bid by Deutsche Boerse. NYSE Group will pay 0.98 of
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        Lock icon Opec won't reduce oil production
        228 18 -DOWJONES I CARACAS The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) pledged on Thursday to continue pumping oil at 25-year highs despite its de facto leader, Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali Naimi, again chanting his mantra that there was more oil in the market than customers
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        Lock icon Hutchison Port to build terminal in Barcelona
        154 18 BLOOMBERG HUTCHISON Port Holdings the world's largest port operator will help build a 660-million-euro ($1.3-billion) container terminal in Spain, boosting its investments to tap Europe's rising trade with Asia. Hutchison Port will own 70 per cent of the Prat Wharf terminal in Barcelona,
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      Sniff me, sniff me not
      675 20  -  Pearlyn Tham One person's fragrance can be another's odour IT'S a question I get asked often but don't fancy answering: What fragrance should one buy as a gift? To me, as unlikely as it may sound, giving a fragrance is as intimate as giving lingerie
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        Lock icon A bridge from past but not forgotten
        765 21  -  LEE HUI SHAN The Change Alley Aerial Plaza may be a 10-year-old heritage icon but it houses the most modern fashions huisha nl@newstoday.com. sg MORE than 10 years ago, Change Alley Aerial Plaza was at its busiest and Clifford Pier was still bustling
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        The Ones to WATCH
        244 22  -  LYNETTEKOH The 180 Series by Guess is for the discerning male who appreciates detail WE USUALLY head to Guess to satiate our desire for comehither party outfits, but the label's new 180 Series watch collection is likely to create a sense of longing in guys whose
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        Spot on
        173 22  -  LYNETTEKOH ONE thing that has always bugged us about many acne treatment creams is their inadvertent tendency to highlight our spots. They either leave our blemishes red and peeling, or possess a heavy white consistency that resists blending. Cosmetic concealers, on the other hand, provide coverage but often
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        Good news to howl about
        219 22 GOOD for you, if you are among the lucky ones who can find time on a weekday to hunt down bargains during the Great Singapore Sale (GSS). If not, late-night shopping may just be the thing. This GSS, Fox is extending its shopping hours until
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        More bling for less
        192 22 THE Big Gem Affair at Poh Heng Jewellery may sound like the title of a jewellery heist thriller but the only thing intriguing here are the fabulous discounts that you can enjoy from now until July 23. Enjoy 20-per-cent store-wide discounts, except on 999 or 916
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        234 24  - todaywith moseslim moseslim@newstoday.com.sg A walk down memory lane As you grow older, you'll find yourself reminiscing about your younger days. Especially those glorious moments. If you think about it, things tend to come full circle. As the Chinese saying goes, "When misfortune reaches its limit, good fortune follows'.' Many middle-aged
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        Lock icon Eat on the wild side
        589 24 IK! I BONGO BURGERS Unleash the savage in you, forget etiquette and simply dig into enormous burgers with your hands. Formerly a fast food outlet, Bongo Burgers at the Night Safari was converted into a casual alfresco bistro that serves gourmet burgers and finger food
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        Lock icon HALIA RESTAURANT
        242 24 Described as a "secret place in the garden" by regular diners, five-year-old Halia (which means ginger in Malay) serves modern continental cuisine and gin-ger-based dishes. The restaurant has been attracting a steady stream of loyal diners despite its obscure location in the Botanic Garden's ginger garden. Here, you
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        328 24  -  With its varying layers of flavours, the crabmeat salad certainly makes an interesting appetiser. The main course, Bangkok Gold ocean crawlers ($4B), is an egg pasta served with Boston lobster sauteed with squid ink. While the lobster was huge, the pasta was forgettable. The only thing I liked
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          133 26 Toshiba has launched a series of five liquid crystal display (LCD) television sets under the Regza global brand, with screen sizes ranging from 26 inches to 47 inches. Toshiba's latest motion enhancement technology Meta Brain Pro has been incorporated and it helps to reduce noise in
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          134 26 Be the envy of the crowd with the super-slim Fujitsu Lifeßook Q2OlO notebook. Weighing about Ikg (with a three-cell battery), the Q2OlO measures a waif-like 19.9mm and is housed in a sleek magnesium body with titanium hinges. It is equipped with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology and
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          108 26 The Panasonic DMR-ESIS DVD recorder offers multi-format recording, including DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-RAM formats. It also lets you play all DVDs, regardless of recording format. Featuring a one-second quick start for recording on DVD-RAM, the recorder is equipped with a task-based navigation menu that makes it
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          90 26 Said to be the first Bluetooth headset to include a selection of 33 interchangeable design covers, the Jabra BTI6O headset allows you to pick the patterns and colours to suit your mood. You can even create your own designs at www.jabra.com. Providing up to eight
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        509 26  -  TERRY LAU thanks to WiFi and GPS capabilities on this versatile PDA phone infotech@newstoday.com.sg THE hw6515 iPAQ Mobile Messenger was HP's first foray into integrating global positioning system (GPS) capabilities into a PDAphone. Recently, HP released the hw6965, another GPS-enabled device. This time, the hw6965
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        278 26 SONY Ericsson has added four new models to its extensive mobile phone portfolio to cater to different user demands. Top of the line is the WBsoi Walkman phone, a 2-megapixel slider that touts the latest Walkman player 2.0 for easy music download
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        623 27  -  ARIELTAM This delectable treatfrom LG is a feast for the senses a riel@newstoday.com.sg THE people who proclaim that looks aren't everything clearly have not seen the latest mobile gem from LG. I'm talking about the KGBOO Chocolate a thin, smooth slab of pure
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        726 28  -  COLIN YONG IN LISBON The new Coupe version of BMW's Z4M makes for a truly exhilarating drive colin@newstoday.com.sg I HAVE never careened down an icy track in a bobsled or been shot out of a cannon. But I'd wager that driving the BMW Z4 M Coupe isn't
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        353 28  -  COLIN YONG YOU might expect something as stunning as the Z4 Coupe to have been drawn by a team of designers on a brace of supercomputers. But actually, it all began in Roland Krueger's (picture) notepad. The 40-year-old managing director
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        776 29  -  COLIN YONG Is the hybrid-powered Toyota Prius really as fuelefficient as it claims to be? colin@newstoday.com.sg WHETHER or not you know how a hybrid car works or even care about what one is, here's something that should get your attention the Toyota Prius will run for more
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        Diesel gives Golf a green twist
        335 29  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE "ARE you sure?" was the prevalent question asked by just about everyone who spotted me filling up a Volkswagen Golf with diesel. Not that I had to visit the pumps very often, mind you. It was done in the interest of finding
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        397 30  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA St Regis launches with a $6-million showflatthat lives up to its reputation shobha@newstoday.com.sg JUST as ordinary readers buy Vogue to ogle at the sartorial confections showcased in it, many Singaporeans will no doubt be eager to glimpse the sumptuous interiors of the
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        341 30  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@neewstoday.com.sg FOUR Singapore developers took home a record eight awards at the 2006 Fiabci Prix d'Excellence awards ceremony in Bangkok on May 29. Mr Wong Ah Long, president of Fiabci's Singapore Chapter, said the wins show local developers' commitment to quality. Fiabci
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        321 30  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg THE Public Utilities Board (PUB) announced on May 29 that it is amending the code of practice for drainage to help developers leverage on Singapore's water bodies and increase new property values. The national water agency's move
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      1569 32  -  Amelynn Liong Despite the boom in digital technology, the number of music enthusiasts who are turning to vinyl for its warmth and hip factor is growing steadily IT may sound strange, but living in a digital age where music is more widely available than ever may actually
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      422 33 CALL him the vinyl guru. Alagiri Samy is a collector-dealer with a staggering 25,000 records in his collection. "When CDs came along in 1983,1 dutifully went out and bought a CD player," he said. "But I gave up on it soon after. I can't stand the digital glare."
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      462 34  -  ZUL OTHMAN Former Yes drummer to make Singapore debut with jazz-fusion band zul@newstoday.com.sg MOST ageing musicians can escape the shadows of their previous band: Phil Collins survived Genesis, for example, Glenn Frey successfully broke free from the shackles that were The Eagles. The same can't be said
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      Men to belly dance at Singapore Street Festival
      332 34  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL MEN belly dancing? You'll only see that at this year's Singapore Street Festival (SSF). Now in its fifth year, the festival includes a wide range of events, including a graffiti competition and "cosplay", where young people dress up as
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      355 34  -  —AMELYNN LIONG DESPITE only making a name for themselves at age 32, new pop-rock duo Soler are not worried about losing out in the increasingly youth-centric music industry. In town recently to promote their debut album in Mandarin, Intuition, twins Julio and Dino Acconci
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          91 36 -AFP The debut album by Oasis has been voted the greatest of all time in a major music poll. Definitely Maybe, released in 1994, pushed The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band into second place in the survey of more than
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          56 36 If you're between the ages of 15 and 35 and have an interest in film and social issues. The Substation Moving Images is the platform for you. Reel Revolution is a six-week film programme that helps participants make video essays on social issues in Singapore and
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        Feeling sorry for King Pele
        419 36  -  TANYO-HINN Pele: World Cup Hero director finds there was a price to be paid for being the best yohinn@newstoday.com.sg riages, bankruptcy, the fathering of two illegitimate children and accusations that he was manipulated by Brazil's former military junta. "Ultimately, I felt rather sorry for him,"
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        287 38  -  Ashraf Safdar PERFORMANCEREVIEW p by THE Singapore Dance Theatre and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra opened the Singapore Arts Festival on Thursday with Quest, a triple bill full of choreographic, visual and atonal brilliance, though hurt by a dearth of honesty. Inventive ideas coursed through the choreographed pieces by China's
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        Mission: Eco
        339 38  -  AMELYNN LIONG Crisis? Planet Action heroes to the rescue a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg Animal Planet executive producer Mark Wild said it reflects the nature of such a series. "We achieved a lot in other missions but it was also important to be realistic and say that we could not achieve
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        170 39  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW c by FILM: Friends alumnus Jennifer Aniston breaks out of her sunshine girl mould in this palatable, if unspectacular thriller about an ad man continuously blackmailed by a criminal after he is caught red-hand-ed having an affair with a mysterious woman. Clive Owen is Charles, a
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        98 39  -  David Chew DVDREVIEW D by FILM:When you have two acting titans in an indie film, things tend to go very well or very badly. However, Bee Season, which stars Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche, falls somewhere in between: It's just mediocre. About a father obsessed with training his
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      656 43  -  JANICE GOH Local staffing agency The GMP Group gearing up to spearhead the RPO trend ja nice@newstoday.com.sg RECRUITMENT process outsourcing (RPO) a specialised human resource (HR) service looks set to transform the HR industry in Asia over time. In Singapore,The Global Manpower Professionals
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      572 45  -  TANYO-HINN Lexus Cup becomes LPGA^ tour event, but the buzz is^ whether teen sensation... p yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE Lexus Cup, which sees 12 of the best female golfers from Asia take on 12 international players in a Ryder Cup-style team event, is now part of the prestigious United
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      90 45 -AFP PARIS Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters ruthlessly exposed the gulf in talent in women's tennis on Friday when both stormed effortlessly into the French Open third round. Hingis, the 12th seed and playing at Roland Garros for the first time in five years, crushed Zuzana Ondraskova
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      128 45 PEN an ode to your dad and stand a chance to win him a Father's Day treat to remember. In 100 words or less, tell us why your dad is the best. What makes him special? How he has influenced your life? Email your prose
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      344 45 —AP NBA PLAYOFFS, Western Conference finals Dallas 117 Phoenix 101 Dallas lead series 3-2 DALLAS Down by seven and feeling as if a tremendous season might be slipping away, Dirk Nowitzki turned to his Dallas Mavericks team-mates during a timeout and simply said: "Let's
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      Lock icon Lions must cope with loss of ace
      630 46  -  Jose Raymond Latiff or Fazrul likely names to fill Indra's role in Singapore attack APART from trying to extend their three-match unbeaten run against Causeway rivals Malaysia, Singapore now have another challenge on their hands. On Saturday, when the Lions take on Malaysia
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      339 46  -  JOSE RAYMOND HOME United and Singapore striker Indra Sahdan Daud will miss the rest of the SLeague season, as well as the Lions' remaining Asian Cup qualifiers, after damaging the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee on Wednesday. The 27-year-old striker underwent a scan
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      345 47 —THE GUARDIAN Marseille won't let go of hot property without a fight MANCHESTER Not willing to be outdone by Chelsea's recent raids in the transfer market, Premiership runners-up Manchester United are focusing their target on France's hottest property Franck Ribery. David Gill, Old Trafford's chief executive,
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      329 47 -THE GUARDIAN Blues set to complete messy signing of Mikel LONDON Chelsea will continue their flurry of pre-World Cup spending by signing the Nigeria international John Obi Mikel in the next 24 hours. The 19-year-old's arrival at Stamford Bridge ends a controversial and protracted transfer dispute involving
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      422 47 -AGENCIES LONDON An investigation into Arsenal's reported secret takeover of Belgian club Beveren has been dropped by Belgian prosecutors who said Friday there is "no case to answer". "We have made inquiries into a suspect transaction by a company," Theo Byl, a spokesman
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      609 48 -AFP Henry-Saha combination proves to be the perfect one LENS Thierry Henry pronounced himself more than happy with the way he linked up with Louis Saha in attack for France in their latest World Cup warm-up. The pair combined to give France the first of their two
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      310 48 -AFP EINDHOVEN Marco Van Basten believes Holland are ready for an assault on the World Cup after watching another encouraging friendly victory Thursday. The legendary former Dutch striker fielded a virtual second string against the Mexicans one of eight seeds at the World
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      443 48  -  Tan Yo-Hinn SEVERAL months ago, I received a letter confirming that my annual National Service in-camp training will start on July 3. My immediate thought was not spending three weeks in a desolate army camp, but missing the last four matches of the 18th
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      611 50 -THE GUARDIAN Will fancied South American teams be jinxed again? LONDON When Brazil flew to the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, they were so badly prepared that they did not even know the rules of the competition. They ended their second match, a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia,
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      Lock icon Ronaldinho fears Hiddink-made Aussies
      251 50 —AFP SYDNEY World player of the year Ronaldinho is wary of the Guus Hiddink factor when defending champions Brazil take on minnows Australia in their World Cup Group F match in Munich on June 18. Australia are making their first appearance at the World Cup finals
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        64 50 FOOTBALL fans in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka will be able to watch the World Cup live on big screens at 30 city locations, officials said Friday. The month-long World Cup beginning on June 9 is expected to draw record television audiences in the sport-obsessed South Asian
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        75 50 JAPANESE fans tempted to follow their tradition of jumping into rivers to celebrate sporting success have been asked by German authorities not to do so during the football World Cup. "Don't jump into the Rhine," Bonn mayor Barbel Dieckmann said Thursday. "The quality of the
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        72 50 THEY are in the minority, but there are Germans who are not pleased with all the hype generated by the World Cup. "We are not planning anything for the World Cup," says the sign in the window of "Zur kleinen Markthalle" restaurant in Berlin's lively Kreuzberg district,
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        90 50 PORTUGAL'S President Anibal Cavaco Silva said on Thursday he was upbeat about the country's chances at the World Cup, praising the quality of the squad traveling to Germany. "I trust in the honour, sense of fair play and qualities of our players. We have players who are
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        81 50 ANUNDERSTRENGTH South Korea were held to a goalless draw by Norway in a World Cup warm-up match on Thursday. The Koreans, semi-finalists at the 2002 World Cup on home soil, rested several key players including their entire midfield and such notables as Manchester United star Park Ji-Sung (picture).
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      643 51 -AGENCIES Rooney back in training, running, kicking MANCHESTER England's hopes of having Wayne Rooney fit for the World Cup received a boost on Friday when the forward underwent his most vigorous training session since he broke a bone in his foot at the end of April. The 20-year-old
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      424 51 —AFP MANCHESTER Britain's Prince William said the England football team promised to bring home the World Cup from Germany when he gave them a good luck message at their training camp on Thursday. With less than a week before the team
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      915 52 -AGENCIES EPA.ARTBYYENYOK Today has selected nine nations that we feel can stand on top of the world on July 9. After Argentina, Italy, Holland and France, we turn the spotlight on Portugal. Despite the presence of big names like Deco, Figo, Ronaldo and Carvalho, their biggest
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      388 52 —AGENCIES HAMBURG Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record transfer fee for a teenager when he joined Manchester United from Sporting Lisbon in August 2003. He has also done an excellent job in replacing David Beckham at United in the No 7 jersey. But it's
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      108 53 Q: Germany 2006 will be the 18th World Cup. Only 15 countries have enjoyed the privilege of hosting the championships (South Korea and Japan shared the honour in 2002), among them being five in Latin America. But it could have been six. Which other country from the
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      47 53 PICTURE OF THE DAY CHINA, the world most populous nation, may not be amongst the 32 teams at this year's World Cup finals in Germany, but that isn't stopping its people from doing crazy things they otherwise normally wouldn't do. PHOTO COURTESY OF ADIDAS
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