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  • 13 1 TODAY yV\=£JJJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday June 21, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 38 1 Joe Cole celebrates his goal, England's first against Sweden this morning. But despite the bright start, England will rue the loss of Michael Owen to injury and not being able to break their Swedish duck. AP
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    • 34 1 lb hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 12 voices 18 business 24 growth 28 plus 30 tv radio listings 34 classad 35 careerstoday 37 sports 38 we set you thinking 8 "*****6"*****9"
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    • 772 2  -  00NYE0H What PM Abdullah can do to silence Dr M and his critics FOLLOWING former Premier Mahathir Mohamad's criticisms against his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the mainstream media did its job and ran news reports of overwhelming support for the Prime Minister. An avalanche of critical
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    • 724 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG HIS visit to Australia and New Zealand has reinforced Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's belief that the one-party system in Singapore must continue and the same goes for the policy of placing Opposition-held wards at the end
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    • 520 3  - S'pore economy 'promising', but LOH CHEE KONG Cyclical economic restructuring will run its course: PM Lee IN AUCKLAND cheekong@newstoday.com. sg WHILE the outlook for the Singapore economy is "promising" despite the rising oil prices, the problem of structural unemployment will not go away in the near future, said Prime Minister
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    • 496 4  -  VINITA RAMANI Student convicted in Sydney for the 2003 murders of his two S'porean flatmates vinita@newstoday.com.sg AFTER an 18-day trial, a 12-member jury in Sydney has found 27-year-old Singaporean Ram Tiwary guilty of murdering his flatmates Tan Poh Chuan and Tay Chow Lyang in their Sydney apartment
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    • 570 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH A DIGITAL secretary to book concert tickets. A virtual professor to teach your child on the go. A sensor to alert the doctor when your cholesterol level hits the danger zone. Life promises to be at your beck and digital call by the
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    • 314 6  -  ANSLEY NG They allegedly spoke to public without a licence while selling party newsletter a nsley@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) leader Dr Chee Soon Juan has been charged for speaking in public without a licence, along with two other party colleagues. At the Subordinate Courts yesterday,
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    • 162 6 A COMMANDO regular officer died yesterday after encountering difficulties while undergoing training at Hendon Camp swimming pool. Lieutenant Lionel Lin Shi Guan, 24, was swimming towards the edge of the pool when he went below the surface of the water. The instructor, who was next to
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    • 229 6 938 LIVE THE man accused of stabbing a masseuse to death in her Ang Mo Kio massage parlour was charged with murder yesterday. Eu Lim Hoklai was charged at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, where he is being treated for stab wounds. The
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    • 225 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FOUR Singaporeans and one Malaysian in their early 20s were charged with credit card fraud yesterday. The men were arrested during a police operation against a forged credit card syndicate. On Sunday evening, officers from the Commercial Affairs Department raided a pub in
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    • 285 8 938 LIVE THERE'S a new hostel facility in Changi and its residents are not students or foreign workers, but dementia patients. The concept rolled out by the Salvation Army under its Peacehaven Nursing Home helps early dementia patients lead normal lives by letting
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    • 583 8  -  SHERALYN TAY Singapore ranked 30th out of 35 nations in Reader's D/gesf survey shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg WE CAN smile. But are we courteous? The results from a recent Reader's Digest courtesy "road test" gave a hint on just how polite Singaporeans are. Even with decades
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    • 170 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 21-YEAR-OLD Malaysian has been arrested for attempting to smuggle frozen ducks from Selangor into Singapore via the Woodlands Checkpoint Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority acting on a tip-off were on the lookout for the illegal consignment yesterday morning when
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    • 424 10  -  TORCHING LI Lawyer allegedly went on $2m diamond buying spree before fleeing chingli@newstoday.com.sg JUST days before he went missing with $16 million of his clients' money, disgraced lawyer David Rasif (picture) had apparently gone shopping for diamonds. The GST from the diamonds alone amounted to
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 105 10 -938 LIVE Two of the four men accused of murder in the $1.5-million mobile phone heist have appointed Subhas Anandan as their lawyer. 23-year-old Christopher Samson Anpalagan and 38-year-old Arsan Krishnasamy Govindarajoo were charged with killing lorry driver Wan Cheon Kern, after the
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      • 48 10 938 LIVE Nearly 2.8 million passengers passed through Changi Airport last month. This is up by almost 7 per cent, compared to the same month last year. This brings the number of passengers between January and May this year to nearly 13.9 million.
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      • 163 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A commercial site at New Bridge Road and North Canal Road could be put up for sale by tender soon by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It is inviting developers to apply for the site. The 99-year leasehold
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      • 79 10 938 LIVE Future SCDF officers will receive training at the new Basic Rescue Training Centre at the Civil Defence Academy Complex, which took two years to complete. The centre incorporates new features such as the Confidence Obstacle Training Station and Indoor Rock Wall. The officers will
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  • world news
    • 445 12 —AFP Security Council extends mission's mandate, PM denies giving out weapons to civilians UNITED NATIONS The Security Council yesterday extended the mandate of the UN mission in Timor Leste until next Aug 20 and expressed full support for Aus-tralian-led peacekeepers trying to end ethnic
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    • 238 12 -AFP WASHINGTON The discovery in Iraq of bodies of two US soldiers who had been tortured shows that US forces are up against a "very brutal enemy", the White House said yesterday. The discovery of what was believed to be the remains of two
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 74 12 -AFP Thailand yesterday denied reports that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had offered to rebuild two ancient giant Buddha statues blown up by Afghanistan's former Taliban regime in 2001. A Thai government spokesman said Mr Thaksin's remarks to Afghan President Hamid Karzai on
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      • 82 12 -AP A Malaysian man charged with rape asked a court to postpone his trial by a month, saying he needed the time to woo his future bride his alleged victim. The New Straits Times reported yesterday. Hariol Azmi Mohmmed Shah, 28, a quality control assistant,
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      • 91 12 -AFP Japan yesterday ordered the immediate withdrawal of its 600 troops in Iraq, ending its first military mission since World War II to a foreign war zone. The pullout brings closure to one of the signature but domestically unpopular policies of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. "I
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    • 386 12 -AFP WASHINGTON The launch of a longrange North Korean missile would provide the first real test of a US missile defence system that has cost billions of US dollars to build and is still in development, analysts said yesterday. The Washington Times, citing
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    • 303 15 —AFP Taiwan President will quit if his wife is found guilty in growing scandal TAIPEI Taiwan's leader struck back yesterday at the opposition's campaign to recall him, saying in a live TV address that the vast majority of the public doesn't understand why his rivals
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    • 180 15 —AGENCIES PHNOM PENH Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered an investigation into why a consignment of 140,000 bullets was mistakenly sent to the United States embassy in Phnom Penh by a Thai airline. The embassy said on Monday that it had received the bullets
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    • 230 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR South-east Asian lawmakers have called for Myanmar to be hauled before the United Nations Security Council, saying they were "lost" as to how to deal with the country's military rulers. The main committee on Myanmar of the Association of Southeast
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    • 301 16 -AFP Growing anger at M'sian authorities' actions KUALA LUMPUR Tensions have been inflamed following the demolition of Hindu temples by the authorities in Malaysia, according to rights groups and politicians. They say anger is growing among the country's minority Hindu community as temples, many of historic
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    • 162 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Human Rights Watch yesterday accused Malaysia of hypocrisy for calling for the closure of the Guantanamo jail while holding scores of detainees without trial. The international rights watchdog called on Malaysia to either charge or release those being held under the country's Internal
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    • 237 20  -  JULIE CHIA Let the disabled ensure correct use of parking labels Letter from I CAN T agree more with Mr Joseph Phua Eng Kirn in his letter, "Disabled parking out of reach" (June 19). I have been ferrying my companion Johnny Ang who is
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    • 312 20  -  FRANCES LUI Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, National Council of Social Service I REFER to Mr Joseph Phua Eng Kirn's letter, "Disabled parking out of reach" (June 19). The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) would like to clarify certain points made by the
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    • 248 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.......... CHALLENGE THE CHIEF Have you noticed that children will occasionally disobey their parents for the express purpose of testing just how much they can get away with? This game called "Challenge the Chief" can be played with surprising skill even by very young
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    • 325 22  -  IMRAN KASSIM Letter from STARHUB'S coverage of the World Cup has been described as being an "immersive experience" in a recent reply to Today by Star Hub manager Caitlin Fua, "Live reviews, interviews and more add depth to coverate" (June 16).
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    • 84 22 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES Ah, the whore-madonna syndrome Infects a man when he is wed His wife must be demure in public But an insatiable tigress in bed! MUSES A strong affinity there exists Between Singaporeans and food Nothing can be more effective To induce a blissful mood. Restaurants offering discounts
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    • 377 24  -  CHRISTIE LOH Trials to begin as early as August, Sing Tel eyes involvement christie@newstoday.com.sg SOME of you will soon be able to watch high-definition (HD) programmes on your personal computer. Between August and September, the Media Development Authority (MDA) plans to start a trial
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    • 284 24 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel), Star Hub and Mobile One the country's three biggest phone operators are among nine companies bidding to build a national wireless Internet network, the Government said yesterday. The winning bids will be selected in September, Mr Lee Boon Yang,
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    • marketwatch
      • 3 24 ST Index 2,327.11-40.79
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      • 107 24 Agencies SHARES slumped yesterday, tracking losses in the region after overnight falls on Wall Street battered market sentiment, dealers said. They said comments from US Federal Reserve officials had again raised the prospect of more interest rate hikes when the central bank's policy-makers meet next week, prompting another sharp
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      • 67 24 i SGX, I Dow Jones Bloomberg Data provided by Nikkei 225 14,648.41 -211.94 -1.43 HK Hang Seng 15.608.97 -159.89 -1.01 Australia ASX200 4.861.40 -39.80 -0.81 Korea Comp 1,225.83 -25.84 -2.06 Thailand SET 646.78 -12.90 -1.96 Jakarta Comp 1.294.97 -0.08 -0.01 Phils Comp 2,068.09 -51.70 -2.44 Shenzhen B 281.71
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    • business news
      • 389 26 -AFP News of possible missile test offsets positive report on housing market NEW YORK US shares closed mixed yesterday as a positive report on the US housing market was offset by jitters about a possible missile test by North Korea. The Dow
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      • marketbuzz
        • 227 26 It will be a treat for more than 1,800 underprivileged kids and their families when they go to Downtown East, Pasir Ris for Sesame Street Live's latest production. Out of This World. The children and their care-givers come from more than 20 different non-profit
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      • 157 26 -BLOOMBERG CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust, which delayed its initial public offering (IPO) last week, is "aligning" the return to prospective shareholders, said Mr Finian Tan, chairman of the trust's manager, to help attract investors. "We are fully committed to an IPO," Mr Tan said yesterday, adding:
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      • 336 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE ONLY about one in 12 financial advisers explain to customers the warnings and disclaimers that come with the purchase of a financial product. More of them though, about three out of five, highlighted the risks and fees involved. These statistics, among others, were
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      • 147 26 Labroy Marine said yesterday it had won contracts totalling U5554.3 million ($86.1 million) to build four vessels to be delivered in 2008. The contracts bring Labroy's rig and shipbuilding order book to more than $752 million for the first six months of the year, 46 per cent more than
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      • 424 27 DOW JONES Hong Kong's PCCW's shares surge on offer for its core assets SHARES in Hong Kong's biggest telephone company PCCW surged yesterday after it said on Monday it had received an offer for all of its telecommunications and media assets. PCCW
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    • growth the business of enerprise
      • 509 28  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Local infocomm firms aspire to go global under new Govt masterplan ja nec@newstoday.com.sg IN A decade, Singapore-based infocomm companies would have broken through international markets as leaders in innovative products with an established brand-image that says: "Made in Singapore". This is one of
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      • 346 28  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com. sg AS PART of the efforts to help Singapore's biomedical industry hit its target of $25 billion by 2015, the Government yesterday launched a new programme to boost the standards of pre-clinical studies conducted by local laboratories. Administered by Spring Singapore, with
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    • 1241 38  -  JOSE RAYMOND H^^TTTqf'lcTij'^l DAVID NGIAU DN ■■v^H Thanks to superstar's gig, Lions must play Asian Cup clash atJalan Besar EXCLUSIVE jose@newstoday.com.sg IN WHAT could be a major blow to Singapore's 2007 Asian Cup dreams, the Lions will not play their final, and possibly crucial, Asian
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    • 104 38 TAMPINES Rovers returned to winning ways when they handed Sengkang Punggol a 5-0 defeat in their NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League encounter at the Hougang Stadium last night. A hat-trick from the always reliable striker Mirko Grabovac and goals by Noh Alam Shah and Rafi Ali gave the Stags the
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      • 136 38 SINGAPORE'S top professional golfer Mardan Mamat has been invited to play in the ÜBS Japan Golf Tour Championship at the Shishido Hills Country Club's West Course in Ibaraki Prefecture from June 29 to July 2. The event, which boasts a total prize purse of 150
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      • 95 38 JOSCELIN Yeo has qualified for her third event of this year's 15th Asian Games in Doha. At the opening day of the 2nd Singapore National Swimming Championship at the Singapore Sports School on Monday, Yeo qualified for the women's 200 m Individual Medley event when
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    • 445 40 —AGENCIES Confident keeper will remove his shorts if it helps Portugal GROUP D PREVIEW Mexico v Portugal MARIENFELD Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo said he would reveal his underwear if it helped win a World Cup penalty shoot-out Ricardo unusually removed his gloves during Portugal's penalties win
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    • 686 41  -  TANYO-HINN IN THE semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico, Brazilian legend Pele, receiving a diagonal pass from Tostao, dummied the Uruguayan goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz before running behind him to collect the ball. He shot. He missed an open goal. Even Pele
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    • 320 42 —AFP HERZOGENAURACH The world is obsessed with Argentina right now. After the South Americans' scintillating performance against Serbia and Montenegro, easily the best of the tournament so far, all bets are off. For many pundits, only one South American country will lift the
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    • 253 42 —AFP OHRINGEN Liverpool striker Harry Kewell was cleared by a Fifa disciplinary committee yesterday to play in Australia's crucial World Cup group match with Croatia after his full-time rant at the match referee, team officials said. A team spokesman said Fifa dismissed the case
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      1524 42  -  LEONARD THOMAS Argentine swagger takes on Dutch exuberance and this could be special WORLD CUP, GROUP C Argentina v Holland THEIR first clash in 1974 was too soon. I only remember Passarella, Ardiles and Krol and Rensenbrink doing the tango, and the wondrously wild-haired star Kempes insisting on
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      • 545 44 Dream over for Trinidad Tobago -AFP GROUPB Paraguay 2 Trinidad Tobago 0 KAISERSLAUTERN Trinidad and Tobago's dreams of survival into the second round of the World Cup came crashing to Earth, after a 2-0 defeat to already eliminated Paraguay this morning (Singapore time). Bayern Munich's Julio Dos Santos unlocked the
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      • 686 44 -AP Germany beat Ecuador to finish group stage with perfect record and send warning to rivals GROUPA EcuadorO Germany 3 BERLIN The strikers are scoring, the defence is holding and Germany are off to their best World Cup start in 36 years. Miroslav Klose scored twice
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      • 438 45 -DPA BERLIN Miroslav Klose bagged another brace to take his overall World Cup tally up to nine goals and go within five of Germany's greatest-ever goalscorer Gerd Muller. The striker's two first-half goals against Ecuador made it four for the tournament so
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    • 812 46 -AFP THE GOOD NEWS... GROUPB Sweden 2 England 2 COLOGNE England were held to a 2-2 draw by Sweden this morning to avoid a dreaded World Cup showdown with Germany in a nerve-jangling match overshadowed by an injury to striker Michael Owen. A scrambled 90th-minute header from
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    • 530 47 -AFP ...AND THE BAD NEWS: COLOGNE Michael Owen's World Cup went from bad to worse this morning when he was stretchered off after just one minute against Sweden, falling awkwardly and injuring his right knee. The Newcastle striker, playing in his 80th game
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      323 47 Group A Ecuador 0 Germany 3 Costa Rica 1 Poland 2 Group B Sweden 2 England 2 Paraguay 2 Trinidad &Tobago 0 FIXTURES TV TIMES Today Group D: Portugal v Mexico, 10pm, Ch27 Iran v Angola, 10pm, Ch22 Tomorrow Group C: Holland v Argentina, 3am, Ch27 Ivory Coast v
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