Today, 13 June 2006, Afternoon Edition

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      54 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 8 voices 14 business 20 wealth 24 impact 26 infotech 28 plus 30 hearthtoday 34 tv radio listings 38 classad 39 sports 41 we set you thinking fIHT^ s"** fl -<•▼ mmmWaaaW I _jfn ij>|,^_ _nnj ___\L_\ n^Hk'^nß nVlnVtS.^v_Tt 11 i? 111
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      45 1 tJiMMynS AWESOME CZECHMATES \W^^ MM^ "n^L J *sr B i WHEN SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN jq For the latest World Cup reports, pick up Today's 4 OTU lilf ARI II f*IIID Abdullah mustrespond to Dr M's barbs afternoon edition orvisit www.todayonline.com O 11 llvllLll OUr /__<■
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      Lock icon Easy for the Azzurri
      1024 1 -AFP Italy put aside domestic troubles to outclass Ghana group c wf j&i Italy 2 Ghana 0 I^^?^ HANOVER Italy began their World Cup campaign with a solid 2-0 victory over Ghana this morning (Singapore time), which won the approval of coach Marcello Lippi. Andrea Pirlo's
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      Lock icon Eriksson's gamble on Rooney – what on earth is he doing?
      1097 1  - Eriksson's gamble on Rooney what on earth is he doing? NEIL HUMPHREYS NEIL HUMPHREYS neil@newstoday.com.sg ON THE eve of the 1966 World Cup finals, England manager Sir Alf Ramsey boldly predicted that his side would lift the trophy. Before the 2006 World Cup finals, current England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson made
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      160 2 the "Study first. Pay later" scheme Defer payment of course fees is available* Students will pay after completion of courses EbiTl^^^^ trainer from Weta Digital Ltd, New Zealand f (Studio work indudes The Lord of The Ring, King Kong and l-Robot) trainer is a media developer and conducts media tech
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      The ground that Mayors tread
      370 2  -  TORCHING LI chmgh@newstoday.com.sg COMMUNITY Development Councils (CDCs) are not grassroots organisations and Mayors are not part of the system of local government, said Deputy Prime Minister and People's Association (PA) deputy chairman Wong Kan Seng at the Mayors' swearing-in ceremony yesterday. While the form of
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      Lock icon David Lim quits NOL
      338 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH He will leave in latter half of year once successor is found chnsti e@newstoday.com.sg NOT long after stepping down as a Member of Parliament, Mr David Lim has also quit as group president and chief executive officer of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), a shipping
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      Lock icon PUB unit awarded Saudi Arabia contract
      192 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A SUBSIDIARY of the PUB, Singapore Utilities International (SUI), has been awarded a consultancy contract by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Water and Electricity. Under it, the company will provide assistance and consultancy for the supervision of a water study as well as
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      Lock icon S&P 500 index falls to 7-month low
      229 2 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK- A decline in United States stocks sent the Standard Poor's 500 Index to the lowest since November after the seventh Federal Reserve official in as many days warned inflation was too high. Fed Bank of Cleveland president Sandra Pianalto, in
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      ANOTHER SHOT AT 'OPEN SKIES' GOAL
      821 3  -  LIANG DINGZI SIA could take soft approach, bearing in mind the politics ONCE again, it's time to stir the pot. The Singapore Government is again asking its Australian counterpart to grant Singapore Airlines (SIA) fifth freedom rights between Sydney and the United States, as
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      Lock icon 'Resolve cross-strait peace issue'
      443 4  -  VENESSALEE Says chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang during a visit to Singapore venessa@newstoday.com.sg SPEAKING at a time of heightened cross-strait tensions, Mr Lien Chan, the honorary chairman of Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang, declared that Taiwan and China should not let their differences get in the way of maintaining
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      Lock icon Taiwan legislature to initiate President recall process
      195 4 —AP TAIPEI Taiwanese lawmakers voted yesterday to hold a special session to consider an opposition-backed plan for an islandwide referendum on whether to oust President Chen Shui-bian, as corruption scandals swirled around his family. The extraordinary session begins today and is the first
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      Lock icon Cabbies can drive till age 73
      253 4 -UNYANQIN IT'S official. Starting next month, taxi-drivers turning 70 will be able to continue working until they are 73 years old. About 400 taxi-drivers approaching the previous age limit of 70 will receive letters from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) this month informing them
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      PM Lee on official 9-day visit to Australia and NZ
      271 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg STARTING today, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will embark on a nine-day official visit to Australia and New Zealand. The visit to the two Oceania countries which is the Prime Minister's first since assuming office aims to
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      NTU's lesson in quirky business
      370 6  -  JEREMY LUA Students invent vibrating beds, smoke-free BBQ pits for competition news@newstoday.com.sg FROM smoke-free satay pits to a bed that vibrates to wake you up, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) engineering students worked their magic to create 64 inventions this year all these, on a tight
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      Lock icon Judgment reserved on GE suit
      238 6 —AGENCIES JUDGMENT has been reserved on an action brought about by the Attorney General's Chambers to dismiss a petition by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to declare the recent poll results null and void. Election Judge Andrew Phang will issue his grounds of decision at
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      94 8 FOR KING AND COUNTRY: Royal Barges sailing on the Chao Phraya river during the 60th anniversary celebrations of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's ascension to the throne. Twenty five kings, queens, sultans and princes from around the world joined tens of thousands of Thais to celebrate the occasion. Over 2,000 oarsmen
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      Lock icon No withdrawal yet: Bush
      426 8 -AFP Says talk of US pullout is premature; suggests Iraq use oil money to help Iraqis CAMP DAVID (Maryland) United States President George W Bush dismissed talk yesterday of a US withdrawal from Iraq as premature but placed new leaders in Baghdad squarely in charge of
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      Lock icon US allows appeal of death by injection
      211 8 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a death row inmate can challenge the legality of lethal injection executions, a move that could slow the pace of capital punishment in the US. And in a separate but related case, the
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      Lock icon Dr M does not want to unseat Abdullah
      138 8 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad reportedly said yesterday that he was not aiming to unseat his hand-picked successor Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi despite a series of blistering attacks. "I have no intentions of toppling Abdullah and I am not
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      WHEN SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN...
      816 10  -  OONYEOH Abdullah must respond to Dr Ms barbs, point by point IN KUALA LUMPUR DURING the run-up to the 2004 general election, the fundamentalist Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) accused Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of not being Islamic enough and hurled all kinds of
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      Lock icon Urgent UN appeal for Timor Leste
      232 10 —AFP news*views*analysis Mr Abdullah (left) should respond with facts and figures to rebut Dr Mahathir's assertions... DILI The United Nations is set to make an urgent appeal for aid to Timor Leste, including at least US$lB million ($29 million) to fund its operations, amid
      —AFP; AFP  -  232 words
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      Lock icon US violent crime rate up; New York safest big city
      235 12 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Violent crime in the United States rose 2.5 per cent last year, the first increase in five years, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) study found. Murders increased 4.8 per cent over 2004 in the survey of preliminary
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      Lock icon Factional rivalry becomes fiery
      463 12 -AFP Palestinian parliament set on fire as violence erupts between Abbas followers and Hamas RAMALLAH (West Bank) Palestinian factional rivalry erupted into unprecedented violence yesterday as followers of President Mahmud Abbas set fire to the parliament and West Bank cabinet offices while supporters of the Hamas
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      613 9 We're bringing a few good friends your way this June holidays! Visit Frasers Centrepoint Malls where Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore will be setting up temporary residence with us. There's a chance for little fans (and big ones too) to meet Pooh and his friends. Plus, lots of exciting activities,
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      234 10 Successful organisations have passionate, dedicated and visionary Contact leaders. With this in mind, CPA Australia has established a scholarship Singapore Accountancy Academy that will provide opportunity for young, high achieving students to Training Arm of ICPAS complete their professional accounting qualification, and add to the Phone: *****700 talent pool of
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      93 12 New Balance j Warehouse Sale Make the best of the school holidays at our fe warehouse sale. All products will be up for ~^J new balance grabs at low, low prices. 14-16 June 2006 P ~W I 60 Alexandra Terrace, The Comtech, f# nw jEt. nl Function Rooms 1 2,
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      isay THEY'RE LEARNING DAYS, NOT BAD DAYS
      777 14  -  Jeremy Lim I ENCOUNTER numerous challenges because of my disability but I am rarely frustrated, upset or angry. Instead, I have learned to take them in my stride. Sometimes, I am fascinated by how things develop. More importantly, I take every opportunity to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      215 16  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY... FACING THE WINTER My mother and father were married for 43 years in one of the most beautiful, loving relationships that the world has everseen. When my mum turned 50, my father was beginning to thinkabout the passage of time. And he
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      386 16  -  TANKOKTIM Give lawyers' clients choice to place funds with reliable authority for a fee Letter from I REFER to "Missing lawyer case shocks CJ" (June 8). Law Society president Philip Jeyaretnam said there are many options available to tighten controls of clients' money held by
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      45 16 AT HALF POINT: Reader Lim Poh Seng wonders about this overhead bridge at Marymount Road. It was recently installed with a shelter along part of its span. Why this -halfway" shelter, he asked. Was the project under-budgeted? Isn't it an eyesore when left like that?
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      Banks have to keep customers' info confidential
      156 16  -  ONG-ANGAIBOON Letter from Director Association of Banks in Singapore WE REFER to the letter from Mr Russell Ang ("To avoid errors, display name", May 26) and wish to advise that banks will not be able to take up the suggestion of displaying the
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      Consider trading curbs
      433 18  -  CHIAHERNKENG Letter from THE continued volatility of the Sensex (Bombay Exchange Sensitive Index) falling by as much as 2 per cent to 6 per cent a day over the last few weeks is, I believe, caused by nothing more than investors' perception of an overly negative trend.
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      isay GOING NATIVE? LOOK TO THE HOME FIRST
      768 18  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN I GREW up in a home environment where English is the main language spoken. I think in English, write in English and, sometimes, even dream in English. I have two diplomas that certify me as competent to teach
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      65 16 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES The English dictionary has 'kampong' And 'padi' and 'amok' and 'sarong' Unlike our neighbour We have little to offer Maybe 'kiasu' will get in before long? MUSES Einstein was once asked 'What's your greatest tool? Theory? Logic? Mathematics? What's your Golden Rule?' The genius, reflecting, said 'Errors,
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      1038 19 *J life u^ J So mudi more I In perfect harmony How often do you hear a co-worker complain that he or she has difficulty juggling work and life? Instead of walking the tightrope to balance both, you can achieve more by integrating work and life. Janice Goh finds out
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      Lock icon Banks can offer murabaha products: MAS
      352 20 DOW JONES Islamic market here boosted by nod for Shariah-compliant short-term financing tool BANKS here have been given the green light to offer murabaha investment products, or investment tools for short-term financing, as part of its efforts to boost the Shari-ah-compliant asset management industry,
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      Lock icon Robinson to open store in KL next year
      125 20 DOW JONES ROBINSON and Co, Singapore's oldest department store operator, said yesterday it would open its first Robinson's store in Malaysia in September next year. The planned 80,000-sq-ft Robinson's store will be located at Kuala Lumpur's Mid Valley City The Gardens. The
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        112 20 Agencies SHARES closed little changed in light dealings as activity was dampened by the ongoing school holidays and the football World Cup tournament. The ST Index ended up 1.10 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 2,338.53. In the broad market, losers led gainers 259 to 223, with traded volume
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        60 20 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and.... Mikkei 225 14,833.01 +82.17 +0.56 -IK Hang Seng 15,621.44 -7.25 -0.05 Australia ASX20D Closed <orea Comp 1,239.84 +4.19 +0.34 fhailand SET Closed Jakarta Comp 1,273.11 -1.643 -0.13 Dhils Comp Closed Shenzhen B 276.50 -2.32 -0.83 Vlumbai Sensex 9,476.15 -334.31 -3.41
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        SGX most active
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6277 UK£ 0.3404 Yen 71.773 HK$ 4.8713 RM 2.3071 Euro 0.4978 Rupiah 5,910.5 Baht 24.102 Peso 33.307 AS 0.8384 Indian Rs 28.791 Won 600.49 C$ 0.6927 Yuan 5.0325 NZ$ 0.9922 NT$ 20.423
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        20 20 Gold US$/oz 612.60 Silver US$/oz 11.28 Platinum US$/oz 1,187.00 Rubber cents/kg 449.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,403.50 Brent US$/barrel 70.90
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        Lock icon Oil threat to Asia's economies
        573 22 BLOOMBERG More convinced region is entering cyclical slowdown in second half this year: Lehman ASIA risks an economic slowdown as governments pass on rising oil prices to consumers and higher interest rates increase the cost of household debt, said economists at Lehman Brothers Holdings. Further
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        Lock icon Inter Gen to build $1b plant in S'pore
        123 22 BLOOMBERG INTERGEN, a power generator owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Bechtel Group, will build a $l-billion gas-fired plant in Singapore, the country's first wholly private power station. The 785-megawatt facility, operated by US-based Inter Gen's subsidiary Island Power Holdings, will start
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        99 22 Portek International has secured a 30-year concession, effective next month, to operate a multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Valletta in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. The Urban Redevelopment Authority will be putting up a 4,000-sq-metre hotel site along Clemenceau Avenue for tender in about two weeks' time after
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        Lock icon Unit trusts in Singapore take a beating
        181 23 DOW JONES UNIT trusts registered for sale in Singapore lost an average of 3.67 per cent of their value last month from April, hurt by sharp falls in emerging markets, fund tracker Lipper said in its monthly report yesterday. Funds invested in equities
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        Lock icon Japan firmly back on the recovery track
        331 23 -AFP New data shows economy growing strongly TOKYO Japan yesterday sharply upgraded its first-quarter growth to 3.1 per cent on an annualised basis, putting the longslumping Asian giant in the ranks of the industrialised world's top performers. Backed by rising domestic investment, gross
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        Lock icon Nod for Ezyhealth's new shares
        119 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WILMAR Holdings is one step closer to listing its billion-dollar palm oil agri-business on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The listing will be done through its planned reverse takeover of Ezyhealth Asia Pacific. Ezyhealth said yesterday it had received in-principle approval from the SGX
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        Lock icon Money to put your child through college
        885 24  -  VALERIE LAW Prepare early as university fees typically rise faster than general inflation va lerie@newstoday.com.sg AS UNIVERSITY fees escalate every year, parents have to make plans if they wish to support their children's tertiary studies. Sending your child to a local university today
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        Lock icon MasterCard leverages on GSS
        460 26  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Payment solutions firm expects Asian traveller shoppers to spend $290b by 2014 janec@newstoday.com.sg FOUR years from now, women traveller shoppers could ring up US$9 billion ($14.3 billion) worth of purchases in Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Seoul, according to research findings by
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        166 26 THE NEW RAFFLES CITY'S BASEMENT BAZAAR TWENTY new stores set up shop after Raffles City Shopping Centre's launched the first phase of its basement one extension programme two weeks ago. A total of 30 to 50 new tenants are expected once the final phase is completed next month. The
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        Luxury brands make a killing in Asia
        428 26  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL shibu@newstoday.com.sg CARTIER. Valentino. LVMH. Prada. Polo Ralph Lauren. Diesel. Armani. The latest market intelligence has it that these luxury brands are making a killing in Singapore and the rest of Asia as affluence grows. The companies that own these brands, in turn,
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        195 26  -  —JANECHIAPOCO THE man largely responsible for garnering a 50-per-cent market share last year of Asian movies' box office receipts for Shaw Organisation in Singapore is now InnoForm Media's general manager. Mr Lim Teck assumed his new post early this month. InnoForm Media has developed a name
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        610 28  -  SOLE SOLOMON Gpon technology will help access speeds breakthe gigabit barrier IN HONG KONG solomon@newstoday.com.sg FOR Singapore's super-fast I Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (Next Gen Nil) digital super-highway, a technology that could provide the right fit is Gpon, or Gigabit Pon (passive optical network), believes a
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        344 28  -  ELAINE NG I OFFICEWORKERS have to collaborate and share I many different file types and communication modes. Unfortunately, these emails, instant messages, phone calls, presentations and documents exist in different folders and might not interoperate. To address this problem, IBM has
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        459 29  - Asia spams its way to the top at 43 ELAINE NG With the region's economic growth comes unwanted marketing material elaine. ng@newstoday.com. sg I ASIA is the world's most prolific spam-producing region. According to anti-virus and antispam specialist Sophos, 43 per cent of the spam it detected from January to
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          171 29 VMware has launched VMware Infrastructure 3, the third generation of its infrastructure virtualisation software suite. VMware Infrastructure 3 enables systems infrastructure capabilities for server and storage farms, independent of the application or operating system workloads and of the underlying hardware.
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          109 29 Datacraft has unveiled a policy-driven solution for archiving electronic messages. The Datacraft email archival solution works with Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino enterprise systems. It also enables companies to create an archive for the retention, management and storage of corporate email. Incoming
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        87 31  -  Tool After losing their way in the late *****, it seems that Los Angeles progressive rock quartet Tool have got a second wind. Sixth album 70,000 Days is arguably their most impressive set of songs yet, expanding on the urban paranoia and operatical-ly-moody melodies hinted on 2001's mil-lion-selling
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        141 31  -  Primal Scream They've been championing electronic music since 1997's Vanishing Point, but Primal Scream's eighth album is a return to the Rolling Stones inspired rock'n' roll they peddled on 1994's Give Out But Don't Give Up. It has been suggested that the sonic switch is a result
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        124 31  -  Def Leppard Bon Jovi's recent bout of chart success seems to have given has-been UK hair metal outfit Def Leppard the illusion that the coast was clear for them to rear their heads again to record another album to yet again flog the dead horse known as their career.
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      MY FAVOURITE ALBUM
      143 31  -  JEFFREY TAN This week, we ask Jeffrey Tan, director of Play On Earth that premieres this Friday at 72-13 at Mohammad Sultan Road for the Singapore Arts Festival, on his favourite disc. ON THE PLANET SLEEPS COMPILATION It is a collection of songs recorded from 16 countries
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      354 32  -  AMELYNN LIONG Born with weak lungs, talent show winner Shayne Ward is nevertheless releasing a self-titled album this week am elynnl@newstoday.com.sg FOR someone who used to have a sick bucket on hand backstage, Shayne Ward should give himself a pat on the shoulder. After all, the
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      409 33  -  —AMELYNN LIONG Emil Chau, now Wakin, shows he still has what it takes WAKIN is the new Emil. So said the popular singer himself as he confidently eases into a new phase in his singing career of 20 years. Wakin is his Cantonese moniker. In town to
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      800 34  -  REETA RAMAN Neck ultrasound can detect stroke, heart attack risk reeta@newstoday.com.sg COULD an artery in the neck help reveal if you have a risk for heart attack and stroke? New research now suggests that a simple ultrasound test of the carotid neck artery a key artery
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      434 34  -  REETA RAMAN IF YOU are like most women, one of your concerns may be how to have truly healthy, fabulous and glowing skin even as you age. Doctors told Today that most of the common skin problems that women face can be classified into
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      574 36  -  JANICE GOH Study shows that dietary fibre prevents heart disease and diabetes ja nice@newstoday.com.sg DIETARY fibre may help prevent heart disease and diabetes, suggests a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers examined the link between dietary fibre intake and C-reactive protein (CRP)
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      346 37 KRT CHICAGO The discovery that the brain undergoes a second growth spurt during adolescence has potential implications on teenage behavioural problems that have their roots in this period of development Just as bad experiences or the absence of proper stimulation can stunt a young
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      326 49 -AGENCIES BADEN-BADEN, Germany Sven-Goran Eriksson (picture) insists the England fans will not influence his decision to bring back Wayne Rooney, but hinted the striker might return to action early. England supporters chanted Rooney's name as the team lost their way in Saturday's 1-0
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        427 50 -AFP KAISERSLAUTERN Guvs Hiddink was acclaimed as a coaching genius by his players for engineering Australia's remarkable fightback from a goal down to overrun Japan 3-1 in their World Cup match yesterday. The Dutch coach, hired at great expense to get the Aussies to
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        551 50 BLOOMBERG Cahill inspires dramatic comeback as Socceroos net three in last 8 minutes Australia 3 Japan 1 |L y^| KAISERSLAUTERN Tim Cahill, who had to wait nine years for the chance to play for Australia, came off the bench to fire the Socceroos to their first World Cup
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        257 50 —AFP BERLIN Brazil said they were impressed with Group F rivals Australia's come-from-behind 3-1 win over Japan and will approach the Socceroos with caution when they meet on Sunday in Munich. Brazil coach Carlos Parreira said the Aussies had already served up a warning of
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        581 51 -AFP Crocked Koller expects to return if team make last 16 GROUP E K# AA V Czech Republic 3 USA 0\ I*l GELSENKIRCHEN Tomas Rosicky scored twice to spark the Czech Republic past the United States 3-0 in their World Cup opener this morning (Singapore time) and then
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        Lock icon Rosicky hailed as Nedved successor
        330 51 -BLOOMBERG GELSENKIRCHEN Tomas Rosicky, a Czech nicknamed Little Mozart for his ability to orchestrate play, scored twice in a 3-0 win against the United States of America and is ready to succeed Pavel Nedved as the team's most influential player, opponents said. Rosicky, 25, struck
        -BLOOMBERG; AP  -  330 words
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      68 52 CZECHS RELIEVED Koller expects to return if his team make last 16 AWESOME O AUSSIES f Cahill inspires Eriksson's gamble seems _/,D says NEIL «£W HUMPHREYS. LEONARD W^^ THOMAS 1 discusses I*'! Croatia-Brazil M clash with mTm legend Boban mam OTHER SPORTS NADAL CLOSES IN ON NO 1 RANKING Unstoppable
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      454 52 -AFP Cahill, Rosicky at the double as Aussies, Czechs triumph BERLIN The English Premiership took centre stage at the World Cup yesterday as two of their stars hit a brace apiece, although neither of them were English. Australia's Everton midfielder Tim Cahill led the way with two
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      324 52 BADEN-BADEN Peter Crouch is thinking of new ways to celebrate his next England goal. The England striker, whose goal celebration a bizarre robotic dance sparked a dance craze in clubs in the United Kingdom, says he will not dance again until England win the World Cup. "It's
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      140 53 -AFP ROME Brazil captain Cafu received a nasty surprise yesterday, on the eve of his side's World Cup opener against Croatia, when a magistrate demanded he be jailed for nine months over acquiring a European Union passport under false pretences. A local judicial department
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