Today, 12 June 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY yV\=£JJJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday June 12, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon PORTUGAL TAKE OFF... (only just)
      664 1 -AFP Paul eta's solitary strike proves just enough to edge gritty Angola WORLD CUP, GROUP D AA Portugal 1 Angola 0 V^ COLOGNE Portugal held off spirited debutants Angola to open their World Cup campaign with a 1-0 win this morning (Singapore time) to place
      -AFP; EPA  -  664 words
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      31 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 10 voices 16 business 22 succeed 26 plus 40 eatout 34 1v radio listings 36 classad 37 sports 39 we set you thinking
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  • hot news
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      THE VICTIMS THE LAW FORGOT?
      763 2  -  CHAN WING CHEONG Those traumatised, harmed by crime should get support services such as counselling WHEN a crime is committed, justice may be meted out with the offender being fined, jailed or both. But victims of crime are often left confused and traumatised by the
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      Lock icon Smile for the world, S'pore
      583 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH Add your photo to a digital mural that will welcome 16,000 delegates christie@newstoday.com.sg SAY "cheese", Singapore. Add your photo to a digital mural that will welcome some 16,000 visitors come September, when the island hosts for the first time the prestigious International Monetary
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      Lock icon Global economy will weather stocks drop: G8
      354 3 -BLOOMBERG ST PETERSBURG (Russia) Finance ministers from the Group of Eight nations said the world economy is robust enough to weather rising interest rates and falling stocks. "Global economic growth remains impressively strong overall" and a recent pick-up in prices is not "alarming",
      -BLOOMBERG  -  354 words
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      Help – when hope is lost
      746 4  - Help when hope is lost ANSLEYNG Attempted suicides up, but more humane response on the way a nsley@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS always been the ultimate legal irony: Someone is desperate enough to take his own life, yet he faces a criminal charge if he fails. As a specialist court steps in
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      Lock icon Flood waters and death toll rising
      203 4 BEIJING Torrential rain triggered massive landslides and flooding in parts of China and Taiwan over the weekend. In southern China's Guangdong province, more than 7,000 residents were evacuated after landslides damaged homes amid stormy weather that has wreaked havoc for days, state media reported.
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      Lock icon Heavy rain leaves foodcourt, supermarket in Punggol flooded
      132 4 938 LIVE HEAVY rain in Punggol yesterday led to the flooding of an entire supermarket and foodcourt A caller to the MediaCorp hotline said the flooding began at around 2pm and had led most customers at the Prime Supermarket to flee. Prime
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Block upgrade debate
      648 6  -  TEOXUANWEI Opposition says it's taxpayers'money, PAP MPs say it's about the timing xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has reaffirmed that the policy of upgrading the People's Action Party's (PAP) wards first will stay for now, discussion of the issue looks set to
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      The streets are alive with the sound of charity
      261 8  -  MAGDALENE LIE DON'T be surprised if you come across rock bands, a cappella choirs and even hiphop dancers performing along Orchard Road. They are all part of a charity busking festival in aid of the Bone Marrow Donor Programme. The somethingood
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      Lock icon More non-Chinese turn to TCM
      257 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WITH the World Health Organization's recent recognition of acupuncture as a viable form of treatment, more people including the non-Chinese could turn to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to treat their ailments. Currently, 40 per cent of patients seen by the Raffles Chinese Medicine
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      Lock icon Caring for caregivers
      504 8  -  SHERALYNTAY Help for hospital staff traumatised by scenes of death, angry patients news@newstoday.com.sg AN ATTACK by a patient was the last thing staff nurse Fazlina Abdul Hathi expected as a caregiver. But about 18 months ago, while on the night shift at Changi General Hospital (CGH), Ms
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      399 9 \v. can'tgeiridofyouroverweight problems? If you've been tipping the scales, the following would've probably crossed your mind: Vr j I J "ill How can I change my eating habit? I don't seem to be losing those extra pounds! II I can't seem to get rid of the cellulite and it's making
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Hamas, Abbas agree to continue talks
      331 10 -DPA GAZA Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya agreed late yesterday to continue talks over a planned referendum for Palestinian voters on a two-state peace settlement with Israel. Following the meeting between Mr Haniya and Mr Abbas, Interior Minister Said
      -DPA; AP  -  331 words
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      Lock icon Talk it out, urge Malaysian leaders
      495 10 —AGENCIES A meeting should 'clear the air'between Mahathir and PM Abdullah, and improve country's reputation KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian leaders yesterday called for a meeting between Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The call comes after the former premier accused Mr Abdullah
      —AGENCIES; TODAY FILE PHOTC  -  495 words
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      Lock icon Gingrich for US presidency?
      169 10 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Former United States House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia said he might seek the Republican presidential nomination in the absence of a dominant candidate. "If there's a wide open field in the fall of next year, I probably will be a candidate. The country
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      Lock icon China's arms exports are aggravating conflicts in Sudan and Myanmar: Amnesty
      292 11 AGENCIES BEIJING China's sales of military vehicles and weapons to Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar have aggravated conflicts and abetted repressive rule in those countries, Amnesty International said in a report released yesterday. The London-based rights group's report sheds light
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      Lock icon China's Hu wants to pay a visit to Japan
      396 11 AFP Certain conditions have to be met, though BEIJING China's President Hu Jintao wants to pay his first official visit to Japan in the hope of repairing ties languishing near their lowest point in decades, diplomatic officials said yesterday. Mr Hu
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP.
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        Lock icon HK SCHOOL SORRY FOR MUSLIM SLUR
        100 12 -AP The Hong Kong International School has apologised to the Muslim community for publishing, in its yearbook, a cartoon that shows the Prophet Muhammad wearing a head dress shaped like a bomb an image that sparked violent protests across the Islamic world earlier this
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        Lock icon NEPAL KING TO HAVE ONLY CEREMONIAL POWERS
        89 12 AFP Nepals parliament, in a unanimous vote, has stripped King Gyanendra of his right to veto laws in a move that formally makes him a ceremonial monarch. The law- passed by an interim government that came to power in April when King Gyanendra
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        Lock icon ROCKET BLASTS IN PHILIPPINES HURT 9
        95 12 -AFP ■AFP Nine people were injured yesterday as three near-simultaneous explosions rocked Manila and the city of Lipa, south of Manila, on the eve of the Philippines' independence day. The injured were hit by shrapnel as a bomb tore through an outdoor chicken market.
        -AFP; ■AFP  -  95 words
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      Bush to weigh Iraq strategy
      544 12 Top US general forecasts troop cut CAMP DAVID (Maryland) United States President George W Bush opens a crucial two-day meeting today to reassess US efforts in Iraq as a top US general said international troops in the country could be drawn down in coming months.
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      Lock icon Oops, sorry, they're Aussies
      364 13 —AGENCIES Australia investigating how 26 citizens were detained as illegals SYDNEY Australia has revealed that about two dozen of its citizens have been wrongfully detained as illegal immigrants under a long-standing government clampdown on asylum seekers. Figures released in Parliament by the conservative government over the
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      Lock icon Aung San Suu Kyi feeling better
      115 13 —AFP YANGON Myanmar'si democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was feeling better yesterday after suffering from stomach troubles and remained at home under the care of her personal physician, said her party. Reports of her illness had on Friday prompted the US State Department
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      Lock icon Iran's World Cup team meets with protest
      296 13 THE OBSERVER COLOGNE Iran's football team has been greeted by a series of protests across Germany during their World Cup campaign as anger mounted against the country's viciously anti-semitic President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Thousands of senior politicians, Jewish groups and a prominent German TV
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      Lock icon Japan hopes to work with M'sia to safeguard Malacca Strait
      234 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Japan hopes to work together with Malaysia in the fight against terrorism and to safeguard the strategic Malacca Strait, a senior Japanese official said. "Malaysia is our important partner because you are in command of the Malacca
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      Lock icon Cars races to top of US box office
      358 14 BLOOMBERG Disney's animated film is No 1 with $100m take HOLLYWOOD Cars, the animated road-trip movie from Walt Disney's Pixar, opened at No 1 in North America, missing analysts' projections with an estimated US$62.B million ($lOO million) in ticket sales. The film
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      Lock icon THE BJP SINGS THE BLUES
      590 15  -  PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR The drugs-and-drink scandal is only the latest to rock India's main opposition party news@newstoday.com.sg NEW DELHI A tragic chain of events has cast doubt on the future of India's main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Prominent BJP leader Pramod
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    • this quirky world
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        THE WORLD'S OLDEST CONDOM
        71 15 The oldest surviving condom in the world has gone on display in an Austrian museum. The reusable condom dates backto 1640 and is completely intact, as is its original users' manual, written in Latin, Ananova.com reported. The manual suggests that users immerse the condom in warm
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        HALF-TIME PRAYER SERVICES TO BOOST WORLD CUP CHANCES
        65 15 If theirteam is losing. World Cup fans can pray for divine intervention in special half-time religious services, Ananova.com reported. Two Berlin churches, the Berlin Cathedral and the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church, will be holding 15-minute half-time services throughout the tournament. The services will
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        MAN BITES POLICE CAR
        79 15 A 42-year-old German man resisting an order to leave his home became so angry that he bit the police car he was being pinned against, Reuters reported. After he started acting aggressively, police officers pinned him face down on the hood of their patrol car, which
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      207 14 I/Y\ w 'i cegjwrr MHxU •nnn>nr I'VE GOT ROOM TO SPARE EVEN THOUGH I LIVE OUT OF MY SUITCASE Because when I hit the road, I take all my photos, videos and music with me. Some might say I have my whole world in the palm of my hand. i/mm,T
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon isay DON'T MISO OUT ON WHAT'S GOOD
      876 16  -  RICHARD SEAH HOW many people, I wonder, were surprised by the finding of National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers that dark soya sauce is actually good for health? Those already familiar with the many health benefits of miso wouldn't be, because they are
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      The trap of guilt
      254 17  -  UMBOONHEE It must be shown that convicted doc was not entrapped Letter from I REFER to the case of trainee doctor Adrian Yeo who was convicted of drug possession. A person is "entrapped" when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents
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      Ban smoking, ease bike congestion at Woodlands
      305 17  -  WUYONGMING Letter from' AS A motorcyclist who makes frequent visits to Malaysia via the Woodlands checkpoint, I would like to highlight some observations and suggestions. In the morning, there is the usual traffic congestion in the bikers' lane awaiting passport clearance, which may
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      What stereotyping others says of a society
      149 17  -  SHIVANI RATRA Letter from New Delhi I REFER to the ISay commentary, "Confront your assumptions", by Mr Dharmendra Yadav (June 6). While I agree with Mr Yadav that unless people confront the stereotypes they have, social tension will remain. And in most cases,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      259 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON SAYING NO' TO MATERIALISM I remember seeing an advertisement from a large bankthat encouraged people to borrow money, asking the question: "What do you need to make you happy?" Howfoolish, I thought, to believe that a new car, or a boat, or even
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      Lock icon Driven by desire to prove dad wrong
      665 18  -  TEOXUANWEI She faced the world alone at 16, survived, and now has three diplomas and counting facem in the crowd DHUSHAANTHINI 34, aspiring lawyer xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg AT THE tender age of 16, she made the painful decision to leave her home for good,
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      When parents steal or litter
      295 19  -  BEATRICE LAW YUEN TING FUAZAIBIN Letter from THERE are many signs against littering in Singapore, but are the police enforcing the law? I have seen acts of littering even when the rubbish bins are just a short distance away. Once, at the Yishun bus interchange,
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        PUT COIN BOXES AT MALLS, MRTs
        125 19  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG: The report "Five cents for a heavenly cause" (June 9) reminds us of the many times we do not bother to pick up 5-cent coins. They are of little value and are seldom used these days. But such coins add
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        3-YEAR PARKING CALENDAR?
        106 19  -  MOHDNOOR ABDULLAH: It is a strain to read the six-year calendar on the back of the HDB/URA parking coupon pack. I understand the need to print coupons with a long validity, but the small font is really hard on the eyes. While I had to strain my
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      Where's Bus Captain's reward for loyalty?
      423 20  -  LEMKOKCHAN No one visited or sent him flowers when hospitalised after 30 years of service Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Bus Captains must live up to their titles, not shirk responsibility" (June 8) over the incident of a foreign worker who was
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      Cabbies shouldn't pick up queue jumpers
      213 20  -  PAMELA SNG Letter from I WAS at a taxi stand when a couple stood about 10m in front of the stand and started hailing cabs! I glared at the man who caught my eye and looked away. An SMRT Mercedes taxi pulled up and
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      Public buses too must have seat belts
      147 20  -  RAYMUNDKOHJOOGUAN Letter from I REFER to the proposal to make it mandatory for school buses to have seat belts after the accident involving a school bus and an SMRT bus in Ang Mo Kio. I am concerned that the authorities have neglected the
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      Why charge extra to phone for a cab ?
      275 21  - Why charge extra to phone for a cab NGSWEECHING Instead it's roadside flagging which should incur surcharge to defray fuel cost of cruising Letter from I WONDER why a passenger has to pay extra for calling for a taxi. Shouldn't it should be the other way round? With the increasing
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      The predicament of a taxi driver
      433 21  -  SEET KING HWEE Letter from I AM a part-time cabbie wishing to comment on the on-call situation. Let us say, cabbies charge $5 more for every trip starting from the Central Business District during peak hours. This way, there can be no accusations of
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      Lock icon GIC close to buying AB Ports?
      215 22 -BLOOMBERG Investment group comprising the Singapore entity prepares $7 billion bid: Report AN INVESTMENT group that includes Singapore's GIC Special Investments is in the final stages of preparing a £2.5-billion ($7.3-billion) bid for Associated British Ports Holdings the biggest UK ports company, the Sunday
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      117 22 BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings plans to buy airports that BAA's new owner may sell, the Sunday Times of London reported, without saying where it got the information. Temasek is working with JPMorgan Chase Co on potential asset sales prompted by BAA's
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      148 22 DBS Bank has successfully priced an international offering of US$9OO million ($1.4 billion) floating-rate subordinated notes due in 2021 the first floatingrate subordinated note with a maturity of at least 10 years to be issued by an Asian (ex-Japan) bank, the company said. The US-dollar-denominated
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      133 22 BLOOMBERG TASTYFOOD Holdings, a Sin-gapore-based maker and distributor of cereal and instant coffee mix, said that it agreed to buy Full Fortune Holdings for $104 million. Tastyfood, which makes Vitamax beverages and Mr Cafe instant coffee, is buying the animal feed and condiment maker to
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        163 22 -AFP SHARE prices here are expected to rise this week but gains will be capped by concerns of possibly higher United States interest rates, dealers said. They said that trading interest was also expected to be lower with the month-long World Cup football tournament likely to sap investor interest.
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        25 22 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 612.80 SilvarUSs/oz 11.21 Platinum US$/oz 1,190.20 Rubber cents/kg 440.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,458.00 Brant crude US$/barrel 70.48 Information provided by
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        379 24 -AFP Ministers say global economy looks good, hail Japan, European recovery SAINT PETERSBURG The world's top finance chiefs pronounced the global economy in fine shape this weekend as they downplayed threats from rising energy costs and struck a generally positive tone for a Group of Eight
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        210 24 HONG KONG GE Money won in two categories at this year's annual "Asian Banker Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards": Best consumer credit product (Singapore for ezyCash) and best retail non-bank financial services institution (Thailand). Over the last year, GE Moneys focus in Singapore has
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        155 24 BLOOMBERG DP WORLD, the world's third-biggest container port operator, may win a management contract for Pakistan's Gwadar port as a favour to the Dubai government, Khaleej Times reported. Dubai state-owned DP World is bidding for control of Gwadar against Singaporeowned PSA International, Globe
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        525 25 -AFP It would be a major boost for local market KUALA LUMPUR Budget carrier Air Asia may finance the purchase of 27 Airbus aircraft in the local market, in a billiondollar deal that would be a major boost for the Malaysian finance
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        168 25 BLOOMBERG OFFICIALS at Bank of Communications, China's fifth-biggest lender, discovered that customers at one of its branches were "defrauded" of 200 million yuan ($4O million) in savings, a statement on the bank's website said. The bank has notified local police, who are conducting an investigation
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        867 26  -  TAN HUI LENG Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School aims to boost Singapore's research status huileng@newstoday.com.sg PROFESSOR Sanders Williams never thought he would be a medical doctor. After all, as an International Affairs undergraduate at Princeton University, his dream was to be a diplomat working in
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        659 27  -  JOHN BITTUESTON Know why you wa nt th c wealth and what you want to do with it before going for it THE WAY TO SUCCESS PART 3: WEALTH SUCCEED with bittleston@btinternet.com THE most widely-accept-ed measure of success is wealth. Asked what they wanted more
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      838 28  -  Elisa Chia Don't bother calling th c police, but there's a rash of crime dramas on TV elisa@newstoday.com.sg been wL a spike in crime rate in X i^Li Singapore -on television, that is. These days, one ft can't surf to a channel n without stumbling on imported
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      369 29  -  AMELYNN LIONG a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg LEADING men Tay Ping Hui and Qi Yuwu will have their female co-stars to contend with when it comes to catching viewers' attention on the new drama, C.I.D. Premiering tonight on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, the high-ac-tion cop series
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      535 30  -  ZULOTHMANINBATAM It's tough to be a pro, as Anugerah Skrin fmaWsts find out zul@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a trip that got the six finalists of Anugerah Skrin all excited. A break from their normal routine, the contestants of MediaCorp TVI2 Suria's acting talent quest recently traded the bright
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      280 31  -  —AMELYNN LIONG IN A roaring party last Friday evening, the "Super Family" reunited in celebration of MediaCorp Publishing's entertainmentlifestyle magazine i-Weekly's 25th anniversary at the Sentosa Siloso Beach. Hosted by Y.E.S 93.3FM DJ Lin Pei Fen and Super Host finalist Luo Vi, the concert treated about
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      403 31  -  AMELYNN LIONG a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg LIKE many contestants on So You Think You Can Dance, Ashle Dawson came to the reality show with solid professional credentials. But this 21-year-old could do more than dance she started a dance company, Ashle Company, at the mere age
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        228 32  -  David Chew Male dancer, blonde wigs, rap music and all THEATREREVIEW by.... Geisha ONE of the highly-anticipated performances in this year's Singapore Arts Festival line-up is Ong Keng Sen's Geisha. The play is a collage of stories involving geishas, their mamasans, their clients and the clients'
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        204 32  -  David Chew THEATREREVIEW by.... I Stranger At Home THE latest play by Drama Box's acclaimed director Kok Heng Leun's, Stranger at Home, comes across as one very long poem about the idea of home, memories and wanderlust. Based on acclaimed playwright Quah Sy Ren's works,
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        193 32  -  David Chew MUSICALREVIEW by.... 77»e New Wave AFTER an onslaught of foreign blockbuster musicals, The Musical Theatre Society's first outing, The New Wave, is a refreshing change. A sampler of musicals written by Singaporeans, the event saw six mini-mu-sicals presented over three nights.
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        129 34  -  BERNADETTECHONG CONRAD'S FOOD-BALL FEVER Catch the Fifa World Cup's most exciting matches "live" on the LCD screens at Oscar's Sidewalk Terrace, Conrad Centennial Singapore until July 10. While cheering your favourite team, kick back and indulge in some tasty Fifa snacks such as the Hat Trick Combo ($49), which
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        751 34  -  TOR CHING LI New cafe outlet at Wheelock Place dishes out hot meals for lunch and dinner chingli@newstoday.com. sg FANS of Cedele Depot's organic breads and pastries can now tuck into wholesome hot meals prepared with the same philosophy of freshness at its latest Wheelock Place
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        214 35  -  EVELINE GAN HUNGRY primary school kids can now quell their hunger pangs with a piping hot cup of Maggi mashed potato during recess. According to Nestle Singapore corporate affairs manager James Wong, the new Maggi mashed potato has been awarded the Healthier
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        385 39 -AP GOLF Barclays Classic HARRISON (New York) Vijay Singh ended a 21-event winless streak with his record third Barclays Classic title, closing with a 3-under 68 for two-stroke victory this morning (Singapore time) in the final tournament before the US Open. Vijay,
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        213 39 -AFP I GATESHEAD Jamaican Asafa Powell (picture) equalled the world 100 m record yesterday, notching a time of 9.775 ec to claim victory at the Gateshead Grand Prix. It is the third time the mark has been achieved following Powell's first clocking in June
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        499 39 -AFP PARIS Rafael Nadal of Spain successfully defended his men's title at the French Open yesterday, beating world No 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) after three hours on the Philippe Chatrier court The 20-year-old Spaniard extended his record winning
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      520 40  -  CUBBY LEONG Dane wins first Singapore Open title, eyes No 1 ranking BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2006 cubby@newstoday.com.sg PETER Gade Christensen was never coy about his Aviva Open Singapore 2006 title aspirations. From the outset he publicly set himself the target of winning the tournament for
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      496 40 GOLF Bangkok Airways Open SAMUI Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol delivered a popular home victory at the US$3OO,OOO ($478,000) Bangkok Airways Open after edging Canadian Rick Gibson in a sudden-death play-off yesterday. Both players finished atop the leaderboard on 3-under-par 281 but Chawalit, who carded the day's best
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      247 40 -AFP GOLF McDonald's LPGA Championsips HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland -Japan's Ai Miyazato seized a share of the lead at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) alongside US veteran Pat Hurst. But teenager Michelle Wie (picture), who missed a qualifying bid for the
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      134 40 THE 21st Lion City Cup ended on a high note for hosts Singapore on Saturday, when both the under-16 and under-18 categories were won by the home side. In the under-16 final, Singapore Team A defeated opponents Malaysia 2-0 to emerge victorious. A goal
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      1127 42  -  LI ZAI SHI The S-League is now into its second round, but three of the perennial title challengers are clearly struggling. Home United, Woodlands Wellington and Tampines Rovers are all trailing the Young Lions and look a pale shadow of their former, mighty selves.
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      345 42 HER hero didn't score and her team lost, but Albirex Niigata fan Yun Tanaka is still hoping her side's S-League match against Geylang United last Friday will prove to be one to remember. "I came to this match hoping to see Eiichiro
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      382 43 THE Capita Land Retail Junior Cup and Ladies' Cup was officially launched on Saturday at the Bukit Panjang Plaza. The chief operating officer of Capita Land Retail, Simon Ho (picture, right), was on hand to present a cheque for $300,000 to Football Association of Singapore
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      Lock icon Hat-trick of wins for Alonso
      684 44 -DPA World champion extends his lead over closest rivals FORMULA 1 British Grand Prix SILVERSTONE World champion Fernando Alonso smashed the opposition in an awesome display of Renault strength to win the British Formula 1 Grand Prix for the first time in his career yesterday.
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      Lock icon Nedved's unfinished business
      522 45 -AGENCIES Midfielder and Czech's golden generation know thatthis is their last chance GROUP E PREVIEW USA v Czech Republic BERLIN For many of the Czech Republic's golden generation, this World Cup represents their last hurrah. Falling in the Euro 96 Final to a golden goal by Germany
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      Stingrays champs, national squad announced
      535 45  -  TANYO-HINN NTUC FAIRPRICE NETBALL SUPER LEAGUE Stingrays 53 Vipers 44 yohmn@newstoday.com.sg ON SATURDAY, the Stingrays were crowned NTUC Fair Price Netball Super League (NSL) 2006 overall champions after a 53-44 win over the Vipers in the Grand Final at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. But
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      Lock icon Angry Hiddink slams Japanese officials
      372 46 -AFP OHRINGEN Guvs Hiddink (picture) is furious with Japan. The respected Australia coach said he is angered by "irresponsible" Japanese taunts that his team are a dirty side and claims the comments are aimed at influencing the referee of their World Cup opener tonight The
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      Lock icon OUTFOXING THE SOCCEROOS
      547 46 -AGENCIES Japan like it hot and look to profit from Australian grit GROUPF Australia v Japan BONN Outfox, outwit and then outlast That will be Japan's guide to surviving their opening Group F clash against Australia tonight. The Asian champions are out to outfox the bigger and
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      Lock icon From Cameroon to Togo, Schafer poised to take over
      687 46 —AFP WANGEN IM ALLGAU Former Cameroon coach Winfried Schafer confirmed yesterday that he was in negotiations to take over the reins of Togo ahead of their World Cup debut two days later. German coach Otto Pfister walked out on the West
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      Lock icon Del Piero quietly confident he'll start for the Azzurri
      1165 47  -  I I I *W 111 *n II W V «*V I KENNETH GOH —AGENCIES -KG -KG HANOVER Alessandro Del Piero believes his superior fitness levels should earn him a place ahead of Francesco Totti in Italy's starting line-up for their opening
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      Lock icon No attack, no back-up, no idea
      651 49 -AGENCIES England won, but they were awful and the knives are already out for Sven-Goran Eriksson and his underperforming stars. Saturday's performance suggested the Three Lions would struggle against Togo let alone Brazil. But are critics getting carried away? Today offers two contrasting views
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      Just the first game, no?
      525 49  -  S MURALI comment by mura li@newstoday.com.sg DISAPPOINTING? Yes. Worrying? Not on your life. The World Cup is not about one game, people. Look at the performances of teams that have won the big prize over the past 17 Cups. The only telling statistic is that
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      Lock icon Riquelme's march begins
      852 50  -  LEONARD THOMAS Wearing Maradona's 10, he pulls Argentina's strings much to the delight of the king in germany with Sports Editor leonard@newstoday.com.sg THIRTY-SIX years and two World Cup wins later, Brazil's 10 no longer evokes the Pele mystique that began life once the first "perfect" footballer called
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      Lock icon Poacher leads the Elephants
      795 51  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH The day Drogba stood up for the Ivory Coast extra-time with sports@newstoday.com.sg ALWAYS man has a choice. Didier Drogba, known to collapse in penalty areas at the sound of a hiccup in club football, once reportedly said: "Sometimes I dive, sometimes I stand". On
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      Lock icon Wily Pekerman plays winning hand
      326 51 -AFP GROUPC Argentina 2 Ivory Coast HAMBURG Argentina's coach Jose Pekerman (picture) is famous for being a poker-faced cool customer and he played his hand beautifully. Taking on World Cup newcomers Ivory Coast, Pekerman rightly judged the attacking play of the "Elephants" to be a
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      Lock icon Rooney to return on Thursday?
      458 52 -AP Eriksson is considering unleashing youngster against Trinidad and Tobago i BADEN-BADEN (Germany) Wayne Rooney could be ready to play for England against Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said he was optimistic that the striker could play in the team's second
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      Lock icon Enjoy your point Trinidad, you won't get another one
      491 52  -  RADOJKO AVRAMOVIC full-time with sports@newstoday.com.sg THEY were making their debut at the World Cup finals and amazingly, Trinidad and Tobago are the smallest country to qualify for the world's greatest sports event With a population of only 1.1 million, many felt
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      Lock icon Hail Zinha
      573 53 -AGENCIES Second half substitute credited for Mexican win WORLD CUP, GROUP D r /fc\ Mexico 3 Iran 1 i^J^^ NUREMBURG Man-of-the-match Omar Bravo may have earned all the plaudits from his two-goal display in Mexico's 3-1 defeat of Iran yesterday, but coach Ricardo Lavolpe named second-half substitute Zinha
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      Lock icon Divine help for Mexico keeper?
      169 53 -AGENCIES NUREMBERG Mexico's coach said goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez (picture) would have an angel watching over him throughout the World Cup after his father's sudden death last week. Sanchez returned to Mexico after his 55-year-old father died of a heart attack only to return on the
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      DEFOE ANGRY AT WORLD CUP SNUB
      195 53 LONDON Jermain Defoe admitted he cannot understand why Sven-Goran Eriksson decided to release him from England's World Cup squad. Tottenham striker Defoe, 23, had travelled to Germany as cover for Wayne Rooney, but Eriksson told him he had to go home when the Manchester
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      66 53 GERMANY 2006 JUNE9JULY9 IN THE KNOCKOUT STAGES. HHRT HRPPENS IF THE TUD TERMS RRE TIED AFTER FULL TINE? THE FIRST TERM TD KISS THE LINESI1RN WINS THE MATCH GOES INTO EXTRA TIME D THE MATCH IS DECIDED THRDUGH A KARAOKE CDNTEST P_i_9 _Kkv__i JUST ADD HDT UflTER BfesS W^m ND
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        Lock icon Dissent in Dutch camp
        387 54 -AFP Robben's not a team-player, grumbles an unhappy van Persie LEIPZIG Dutch winger Arjen Robben has been warned by team-mate Robin van Persie that he cannot win the World Cup on his own despite his match-winning performance against Serbia and Montenegro yesterday. Robben stretched the Serb
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        Lock icon Lock up, Robben's about
        821 55  -  LEONARD THOMAS Van Basten's Oranje men flex their muscles and crack a tough nut WORLD CUP, GROUP C Holland 1 Serbia Montenegro 0 tralstadion as football passion seized the terraces, one half lit up in orange the Serbia Montenegro blue quarter smaller in size but no
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      129 54 WHAT'S INSIDE Hail Zinha Second-half substitute credited for Mexico's win over Iran —ftl Enjoy your point,Trinidad- m^ dW it's your last, says Raddy^^^ Avramovic. I Rooney to return on Thursday? Eriksson is considering letting injured striker play against Trinidad and Tobago mVfM Hail poacher m ~I Drogba and his Elephants,
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