Today, 3 August 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf share your free newspaper Thursday August 3, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006 TODAY /As£jjj\CaßP Frehfsf share your free newspaper Thursday August 3, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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  • Article
    SingTel's Q1 sales cut by weaker Aussie $
    272 1  - SingTel's Q1 sales cut by weaker Aussie CHRISTIE LOH Asian units, excluding Australia, boost net earnings to $840 million christi e@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE Telecommunications, the largest mobile operator in South-east Asia, has posted quarterly net earnings that grew largely in line with analysts' expectations. But revenue took a slight hit
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    Answered: The call for truly-free telco switches
    568 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH christi e@newstoday.com. sg THE floodgates will open in the fourth quarter of next year. Gone will be the nuisance of carrying two phone numbers when you switch mobile operators, thanks to the Government's green light for a centralised database that will
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon US stocks, oil close higher
      135 2 —AFP NEW YORK US shares closed up yesterday as robust earnings from Procter and Gamble and Time Warner helped offset higher oil prices and interest rate jitters. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 74.20 points at 11,199.93, the Nasdaq Composite Index was 16.82 points
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      Lock icon Israel wants 15,000 international troops in Lebanon
      207 2 -AFP LONDON Israel wants some 15,000 foreign troops to be deployed in southern Lebanon to help end its fight with Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in interviews published today. The conflict, which has entered its 23rd day, could be over as
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      Lock icon Fat rats no more
      363 2 -AGENCIES Obesity vaccine in the works; humans next? RESEARCHERS in the United States have developed a vaccine that prevents weight gain in rats and which could offer clues to treating obesity among humans. The BBC reported that the vaccine prompts the body to produce antibodies which
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      GIVE THE MAID A BREAK
      925 3  -  JOHN GEE The issue of a regular rest day needs to be legislated, not left to private contract A NEW standard contract for domestic workers and employers, produced by Case Trust and the Association of Employment Agencies (Singapore) (AEAS), will come into force from Sept
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      Asian militants called to arms
      745 4  -  FABIOSCARPELLO S'porean suspected to be part of anti-Israeli force joining Middle East war news@newstoday.com.sg A 217-strong, largely South-east Asian contingent is bound for the Middle East to join the anti-Israel guerrilla war of the Pales-tine-based Hamas and Lebanon-based Hezbollah Islamic militant groups. A Singaporean is
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon N KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS MUST BE RESOLVED PEACEFULLY: PRESIDENT
        109 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA President S R Nathan says the North Korean nuclear crisis should be resolved through peaceful means and dialogue. He made this point at an Istana meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Pack Nam-Sun yesterday. Mr Nathan also urged North
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        Lock icon NUS LAW FACULTY DEAN APPOINTED SPECIALIST JUDGE
        90 4 938 LIVE The National University of Singapore's dean of the Law Faculty has been named as a Specialist Judge in the Subordinate Courts a scheme that brings in talent from the Bar and academia. The first case for Senior Counsel Tan Cheng Han,
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        Lock icon ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP
        71 4 938 LIVE Some 43 participants from 22 countries including Brunei, Malaysia, China and Australia are in Singapore for the AntiCorruption Expertise (Ace) workshop. The first such workshop aims to get the various anti-corruption agencies to share their expertise in public and private sector corruption, legislation and investigation methods.
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  • singapore news
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      The surgery of last resort
      484 6  -  SHERALYN TAY Ignoring obesity is not an option, say doctors shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg THE death of Mr Ross Tay after gastric band surgery may have turned the spotlight on weight-loss surgery, but doctors say the benefits of such procedures are well worth the risks. "The risk
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      Lock icon Fun fringe adds fireworks to NDP show
      370 6  -  —TANHWEEHWEE JUGGLERS tossing balls in the air, fireeaters swallowing flames of danger, a rope skipping team jumping to the latest hip hop song these entertainers are set to create a carnival-like atmosphere around the National Stadium a few hours before the National Day
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      Lock icon 'A good place to work'
      520 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO Latest survey shows that rest days apart, maids in Spore are happy derrick@newstoday.com.sg TWO reports eight months apart on foreign domestic workers (FDWs) could not have provided more divergent pictures of maid welfare in Singapore. After the grim scenario sketched out by
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      Three new categories for tourism awards
      376 8  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg AS PART of its continuous effort to encourage the tourism industry to innovate to enhance Singapore's competitive edge, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is introducing three new categories for its Tourism Awards 2006. They are the Top 10 Best Family Experiences,
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      More train fare cheats caught
      325 8  -  —TORCHING LI THE number of train fare cheats for the first six months of this year has almost doubled from the number caught in the same period last year. According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), a total of 496 people were caught between January
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      Yep, this is the way to go
      177 8  -  —JASMINEYIN A ONE-STOP online portal has been launched for those who want to learn more about the Youth Expedition Project's (YEP) overseas community projects. Positioned to be a repository of information, www.nyc.gov.sg/yep dishes advice on the do's and don'ts of embarking on an
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      The buzz builds
      415 9  -  LOHCHEEKONG UNLV's first international campus here sees enthusiastic response cheekong@newstoday.com. sg ALREADY into the second year in a local polytechnic, Ms Lois Peh had no qualms about dropping out of a business management course, to realise her childhood dream of working in the hotel line sooner. When
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      GROWTH IN NEW JOBS LIKELY TO CONTINUE: MOM MINISTER
      283 9  -  LOHCHEEKONG Despite his optimism about the "quite robust and buoyant" job market ahead. Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen doesn't expect the jobless rate to go down. On Monday, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released its latest labour statistics that showed a
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      Firm charged for Fusionpolis accident
      266 9  -  ANSLEYNG a nsley@newstoday.com.sg A FIRM was convicted under the Factories Act yesterday for its role in the Fusionpolis industrial accident that killed two workers two years ago. Greatearth-United Engineers Joint Venture was charged with "failing to ensure that the place of work was of sound
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        Lock icon HUNT ON FOR FORMER CAMBODIAN POLICE CHIEF HENG POV
        109 9 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore police have confirmed that they have received a request for help from the Cambodian National Police about former police chief and fugitive Heng Pov. Reports said that Heng Pov, who is wanted for the assassination of a judge
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        Lock icon FRESHER VEGETABLES THAT LAST
        91 9 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singaporeans can expect to buy fresher vegetables with longer shelf life after September next year, when new standards for handling and transporting vegetables are expected to come on stream. As much as 40 per cent of vegetables fail to make it from their farms
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      Champagne before we set sail, Sir?
      464 10  -  JOYCE CHEN Tanah Merah terminal plans special services after $3m refit THOSE who set sail from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal can soon be treated like first-class passengers. The 11-year-old terminal, which unveiled a $3-million facelift yesterday, will build a lounge for its well-heeled customers
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      Lock icon AFRICAN INTERLUDE
      112 10  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Africa is here right in the revamped Jurong Bird Park. Birds from the World Heritage Site of St Lucia in South Africa preened in the sun when President S R Nathan opened the new African Wetlands section at the park yesterday. "Good show," said Mr Nathan,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Night the Thai south shook
      417 12 —AGENCIES Nearly 100 bomb attacks across Muslim majority region, target officials NARATHIWAT (Thailand) Four people were killed in bomb blasts yesterday just one day after a wave of nearly 100 coordinated bomb and arson attacks rocked Thailand's Muslim-majority south, officials said. Three policemen were killed
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        Lock icon HEATWAVE HITS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
        84 12 —AFP A heatwave that claimed more than 130 lives in California reached the US east coast yesterday, settling over Washington and forcing New York City to declare a state of emergency for the first time. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg signed an order for city
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU HITS BALI
        84 12 —AFP Animal health officials yesterday said they had burned almost 1,300 chickens after most tested positive for the bird flu virus on Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali. Officials in the Jembrana district killed some 845 chickens that tested positive. Meanwhile, three children in North Sumatra
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      Lock icon Thaksin's Myanmar surprise
      122 12 —AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra flew yesterday to neighbouring mili-tary-ruled Myanmar where officials said he held a rare meeting with the junta's reclusive leader, Senior General Than Shwe. "It's for bilateral talks between two leaders on a variety of issues," Mr Thaksin told reporters before
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      Lock icon Police hunt for mystery men
      159 12 —AP BEGAGANLIMO (East Java) Indonesian anti-terror police searched villages in East Java yesterday after they received information that suspicious men had been spotted in the area, police and witnesses said. The operations took place in mountain villages in Mojokerto regency, East Java, close to where
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      Lock icon We will fight until next week'
      368 14 —AGENCIES Minister sets deadline for Israeli offensive in Lebanon BOURJ AL MULOUK (Lebanon) Even as a minister announced that the Israeli offensive in Lebanon would last until the end of next week, both Israeli and Hezbollah forces made their greatest gains in each other's
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      Lock icon M'sia to get tough on blogs and SMS
      303 16 —AGENCIES Move to target rumour mongers who pose threat to country KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister said the authorities will begin cracking down on bloggers who spread rumours that could destabilise the economy and cause disharmony, local media reported yesterday. Prime Minister
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      Lock icon 'Short-term marriages' land six in jail
      224 16 DPA JAKARTA Police in Indonesia's West Java province have arrested six tourists from Saudi Arabia for allegedly engaging in "short-term marriages" with local women, the state-run Antara news agency reported yesterday. The six, along with their so-called wives, were arrested in raids on Monday
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        Lock icon SCANDAL-HIT MINISTER OFFERS TO RESIGN
        67 16 —AP South Korea's Education Minister Kirn Byong-joon offered to resign yesterday less than two weeks after taking office, amid a series of allegations about his scholarly ethics, including plagiarism. The media has questioned Mr Kirn's schol- arly ethics with a series of allegations, including a
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        Lock icon AUSSIE CHOPS OFF PENIS OF WIFE'S LOVER
        60 16 —AFP Australian Garbor Ziha, 56, appeared in court yester- day accused of stabbing his ex-wife's lover to death, severing his penis and leaving it in her bedside drawer. Ziha, allegedly attacked Mr Barry Corbett, 58, after letting himself into the man's apartment and
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      Ex-husband's burnt remains left for tigers
      254 20 PETCHABURI (Thailand) A wealthy British farmer was murdered by relatives of his former Thai wife, and his ex-wife helped burn his body on a barbecue pit, a Thai court heard on Tuesday. Mr Toby Charnaud's body parts were then scattered by his killers in
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      Lock icon Stop trading in US dollars, pounds: Dr M
      169 20 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on the world to ban transactions in American dollars and British pounds as a way to stop Israel's military campaign in the Middle East "The destruction and killings by Israeli terrorists would not be
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      Lock icon HOW OPENNESS CAN BRING M'SIANS CLOSER
      766 20  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI By curbing religious debate, Abdullah may be benefitting at the expense of society OF LATE, Malaysia's otherwise progressive top brass has been giving mixed signals when it comes to religious freedom. Last week, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, known for his moderate views on
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        Penalise operators that don't meet service standards
        342 22  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from I REFER to the report, "Bus, train rides may cost 2 cents more" (Aug 2). Imposing fines on transport operators may result in the additional costs of meeting the new service standards and fines being passed on to
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        Public transport operators have things their way
        168 22  -  LAI YEW CHAN Letter from THE proposed hikes have set me wondering whether the present business model of public transport is the best for us. For one thing, the vagaries of the market are virtually non-existent for the public transport operators in the
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      Fuzzy timing no match for human nature
      351 22  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Lim Soon Heng's letter, "Fuzzy timing a solution to ERP congestion?" (July 27). Mr Lim suggested we fuzz the Electronic Road Pricing end time randomly so that motorists would
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      Many pluses of foreign firms
      140 22  -  JEFFREY YAM Letter from I REFER to the News Comment, "Let's be local company-friend-ly, too" (Aug 1). I am proud to be Singaporean. But I do not agree that choosing to work for a local company will help the Economic Development Board's efforts to grow
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      For a cleaner, spacious ride
      621 23  -  Commuters make known their choices YVONNE LIM Voices Commentary editor AS THE Public Transport Council (PTC) turned up the heat on SMRT and SBS Transit to meet defined service standards ("Getting buses shipshape", July 27), ahead of the impending fare hikes, commuters got down to
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      Customers who blow a chicken rice seller away
      232 23  -  JOAN TENG Letter from I AGREE with Ms Yvonne Goh in her letter, "The tango of service" (Aug 2). To receive good service is to be a nice customer first: How simple is that? I have been working every Saturday and Sunday
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      236 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON ////BY IS MOTHERHOOD BORING? When I hear someone comment that being a mother and homemaker is boring, I have a simple response: You're right! The truth is, almost any occupation you can name -from a telephone operatorto a medical pathologist, an attorney or
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      Malay Heritage Centre
      46 24 WHERE'S THE TAMIL? One of Singapore's official languages is apparently omitted in place of Japanese on this sign along Beach Road. Readers Wang Zineng and Mark Wong, who took this picture, ask: Is this a case of interest in tourism dollars taking precedence?
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      THE URBAN GARDENER
      981 24 HE GREW up helping his father tend the family garden and ended up, years on, creating lush landscapes for residential projects such as The Peak, the Singapore Management University, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the Singapore Zoo and Changi Airport Terminal 2. This December, MrßPJickky will pit his
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      Our pasar malams a tourist draw? Why not
      330 25  -  NELSON QUAH Night markets here can appeal to more than just locals Letter from THE pasar malam (night market), a common feature in Singapore, makes its round from one HDB estate to another. When the pasar malam was held in an open
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      Doing time doesn't have to be a waste of time
      440 25  -  LEE CHEE KWONG Letter from Head, Public Affairs Branch Singapore Prison Service WE THANK Mr Charles Tan ("Paying for crime is expensive", July 28) and Ms Jolene Tan ("Locked into a vicious cycle", July 31) for sharing their views on
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      396 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE CITIBANK is likely to raise its home loan rates by the end of the year, although the bank did not indicate how much they would be increased. "Given the way interbank rates are moving, it is quite possible to
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      753 26  -  CHRISTIE LOH 'Sleeping partners' will not be fully liable if firm collapses or is mismanaged christie@newstoday.com.sg ings since a limited partnership will not be required to audit or file its accounts with the regulators. However, the firm will have to keep accounting records that would give
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      222 27 BLOOMBERG Excelpoint Technology reported that net profit for the second quarter ended June 30 was $1.8 million, or 0.37 cent per share, compared with a restated loss of $416,000, or loss per share of 0.09 cents, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue rose 16.8 per cent to
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        148 27 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended higher, led by offshore rig builders Keppel Corp and SembCorp Marine. The ST Index, which was down 0.4 per cent in early morning trading following a weak session on Wall Street, then erased losses through the day to gain 8.95 points, or 0.4 per
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        36 27 US$ 0.6333 UK£ 0.3375 Yen 72.5595 HK$ 4.9223 RM 2.3251 Euro 0.4937 Rupiah 5759.8 Baht 24.002 Peso 32.615 A$ 0.8268 Indian Rs 29.506 Won 605.39 C$ 0.7160 Yuan 5.0503 NZ$ 1.0205 NT$ 20.783
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      513 28 DOW JONES Profit rises 86 per cent in Q3 COMPUTER systems builder Datacraft Asia said yesterday that its third-quarter net earnings jumped 86 per cent due to higher profit margins and a lower tax rate, keeping the company on track to pay its first dividend since
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      245 28  -  JOYCE CHEN SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector expanded for a fourth consecutive month in July, although growth slowed from June. The Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) which is an indicator of the strength of the overall manufacturing sector in Singapore decreased from 52.7 points in June to 51.0
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      200 28  -  JOYCE CHEN HOTELIERS are the most optimistic about business conditions for the six months from July to December, according to a quarterly survey of firms in the service industry by the Department of Statistics (DOS). The rosy outlook is based on expectations of higher occupancy
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      471 29  -  LEECHINGWERN BFC developer to launch upmarket 55-storey condo chingwern@newstoday.com.sg AT THE end of this year, an ultra-luxurious residential waterfront development will be launched smack in the middle of all the action at Marina Bay. As part of the Business and Financial Centre (BFC), the condominium tower
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      152 29 —AGENCIES GIC Real Estate (GIC RE), the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), has bought two office properties in Munich, Germany, from Texas-based property firm Hines for over 300 million euros ($607 million). The two newly completed prime
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      584 30  -  \mW^.Ammm\m\ -AGENCIES ['^ammmt m\\\\\\\^^^^immmmm\\\ m \\mn^ X Lmmmmm\\\\\\\\\\\\ TO KILL THE BOY WIZARD^ OR NOT; THAT S THE dUESTIOh NEW YORK Two of America's top authors, John Irving and Stephen King, made a plea to author J X Rowling yesterday not to kill the fictional boy wizard Harry
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      360 31 What's Today's take on Harry Potter's fate? If you'd prefer to remain on pins and needles for the long months ahead, stop reading now: Spoilers ahead. Still with us? Read on for ASH RAF SAFDAR's prediction of how the saga is likely to end. It's an enchanted world, a
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      430 31  -  DAVID CHEW david@newstoday.com.sg WANTING to correct misconceptions and myths about Muslim women, Randa Abdel-Fattah (picture) did the unthinkable she wrote a work of chick lit for teenagers. Now a best-selling author, the Australian is in the process of writing her third book in less
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      548 32 LAST night, the nine remaining Singapore Idol finalists took their chances in a British Invasion-themed edition of The Spectaculars but ZUL OTHMAN wasn't cowed. In fact, he remains convinced most of them are too caught up with the spotlight and not giving their best. That said,
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      362 32 IN THE world of hip-hop, no one is as celebrated as Californian producer DJ Shadow (picture). Revered by a legion of beat freaks around the world, the 33-year-old also known as Josh Davis has been called many things: Hip-hop visionary, music obsessive, vinyl
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      404 34  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR For artist Parvathi Nayar, life and the galaxy are made up of a series of tiny points ashraf@newstoday.com.sg PARVATHI Nayar's drawings throb with intimacy. Like the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who used her canvas to examine herself and her surroundings, Nayar too assimilates the
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      198 34  -  ZULOTHMAN SINGAPOREAN singer Mavis Hee (picture), who was arrested in June for criminal trespass, has been released from hospital and is said to be recovering at home. The 32-year-old, once dubbed Singapore's Faye Wong, made headlines when she charged into a guest room at a
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        173 35  -  Karl Bushby LORRAINE LIM In October 1998, Karl Bushbytook a one-way flight to Punta Arenas in Chile. He had decided to walk from South America through North America and hoped to reach Alaska during the winter. On reaching Alaska, he would attempt to cross the frozen Bering Strait
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        183 35  -  Ruth Reichl LORRAINE LIM Former New York Times food critic Ruth Reichl's book Garlic and Sapphires documents her tenure as the restaurant reviewer for one of the world's leading newspapers. Interspersed with her recollections are the actual reviews of
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      137 35 NEIL HUMPHREYS, Today columnist and author, has a new book out. Final Notes From A Great Island: A Farewell Tour of Singapore. It is available in all major bookstores now. I'm reading Brian Epstein: The Man Who Made the Beatles by Ray Coleman. Born into a privileged Jewish family
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      362 36  -  PEARLYN THAM Take care of skin inside and out with these products pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg DO YOU get eight hours of sleep every night? If you are lucky enough to do so, you will most likely wake up with radiant skin. But if you keep late nights and
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      229 36  -  BERNADETTE CHONG TILL death do you part with your wedding ring, so choose one that looks good and feels better. TianPo Jewellery has just unveiled its new Annika Larsson collection of wedding rings, which are specially designed on the premise that the wedding rings
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      247 36  - You can be a beauty queen even if you're 85 BERNADETTE CHONG THIS September, celebrate women and their achievements with the Mrs and Senior Sweetheart of Singapore Pageants. These aim to allow outstanding women to share the wisdom, talent and beauty of age. The Mrs Sweetheart category consists of three
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      704 37  -  AMY VAN The Swiss roll is a tricky pastry to bake, but the reward is sweet and satisfying once you master it f ood@newstoday.com.sg I'VE always found Swiss rolls to be one of the trickiest pastries to bake. Although the method sounds simple enough (in theory), there are
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      599 38  -  BENNY LEE With its spectacular fjords and famous mountain train, Norway makes for a dream getaway news@newstoday.com.sg NORWAY the land of the midnight sun enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living. This, in turn, has made it one of the world's
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      252 40 TURKISH DELIGHT TO ISTANBUL Turkish Airlines has launched direct flights to Istanbul, one of Turkey's most popular tourist destinations. The new service, which began yesterday, operates four times a week -on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. To celebrate the launch, the airline is offering a promotional fare, starting from
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      181 40 Royal Brunei Airlines has a special treat for teachers during the short break next month. It is offering all teachers special fares on selected Royal Brunei routes, with savings of up to 10 per cent off the regular promotional fares. Flights to Kota Kinabalu
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      118 40 To celebrate Singapore's 41st National Day, Air New Zealand is offering a special discounted airfare of $688 per person for the first 41 couples who sign up (minimum two to go). The offer means savings of up to $260 per couple, who will be
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      82 40 Singapore's Raffles Hotel has once again been named a top hotel in Travel Leisure magazine's August edition in its Annual World's Best Awards readers' poll. Readers from around the world voted Raffles Hotel as one of the Top 100 World's Best Hotels and also
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      701 41  -  LIM KUAN CHIANG Welcome to Banyan Tree Bintan where the living is lush and the food impossibly good kuanchia ng@newstoday.com. sg BINTAN as a dining destination? Not if you've chowed down on the mostly uninspiring fare served up at the standard Bintan beach hotel overrun by
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      533 42 DPA Enjoy another side of Turkey in a hot-air balloon GLIDING over Turkey's "fairy chimneys" in a hot-air balloon leaves visitors overwhelmed by an extraordinary array of volcanic creations shaped over millions of years. "I never tire of this," says Cihangiroglu Havacilik as he deftly manoeuvres the
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      350 44 Find out why this Middle Eastern country is called the Pearl of the Gulf OFFERING a fascinating blend of Eastern and Western cultures, Bahrain mixes ancient traditions and historical sites with modern developments and cosmopolitan living. Which is why Bahrain is sometimes called the "Pearl of the Gulf'
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      520 47 Renault will use mass dampers this weekend to try to hold off Schumi LONDON Renault's faltering title hopes have been given a huge boost after they were cleared to use a pioneering design that was banned for the last race. BBC Sport reported yesterday that governing body
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      227 47 LONDON Justin Gatlin's masseur has denied allegations that he was responsible for doping the world and Olympic 100 m champion with a doctored cream. Gatlin faces a life ban from athletics after testing positive for testosterone at a meeting in Kansas last April. His coach, Trevor
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      1010 48  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg DUMPED out of the RHB Singapore Cup and no longer in the race for the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League title, Albirex Niigata look as if they have little to play for this season. But coach Ichiro Otsuka is revving up the
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