Today, 10 October 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Tuesday October 10, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon N Korean test: Security Council to meet again
      348 1 AFP Members agree to pass a resolution as soon as possible UNITED NATIONS The 15-member UN Security Council yesterday agreed to meet again today to take stock after weighing US proposals for wide-ranging sanctions against North Korea over its firs test of
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    • Article
      S'pores third quarter GDP expands 7.1%
      221 1 ADVANCE estimates showed that Singapore's real gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 7.1 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced this morning. On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualised basis, real GDP
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      WHERE IT HAPPENED
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      Lock icon DEFIANT PYONGYANG CLAIMS SUCCESS
      109 1 North Korea claims successful test in a 360-metre-high horizontal tunnel inside a mountain at Hwadaeri in the north-east. Test detected at 10.36 am (9.36 am Singapore time) and measured between 3.6 and 4.2 on the Richter scale. North Korea said to have enough plutonium to make
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      SINGAPORE URGES RETURN TO TALKS
      117 1 SINGAPORE yesterday urged Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks without preconditions to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula. In a statement the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that North Korea's claim of conducting a nuclear test, if confirmed, would constitute "a rash
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Stocks higher despite N-test
      102 2 AFP NEW YORK- US stocks closed with small gains yesterday as the market showed little reaction to North Korea's announcement that it had conducted a nuclear test, which was condemned around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.12 points to 11,857.33, the Nasdaq Composite
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      Lock icon N Korean test now a weapon in US election campaign
      338 2 AFP WASHINGTON The stunning announcement that North Korea may have detonated a nuclear weapon immediately became US political campaign fodder yesterday, a month ahead of legislative elections. All year long, Democrats and Republicans have tried to use the issue of
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    • Article
      Lock icon In a flu pandemic, GPs to lead charge
      324 2 938 LIVE Sparrowhawkflu drills cause 3 key changes to national battle plan IF A flu pandemic breaks out in Singapore, your general practitioner rather than the polyclinic will be your first point of contact The Health Ministry is hoping to organise more
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon CHEE IN COURT AGAIN
        145 2 938 LIVE Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan was back in court yesterday. He was charged for attempting to travel overseas without the official assignee's consent. No further details of the charge were immediately available. Dr Chee, who was declared a bankrupt earlier this year
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        Lock icon LOST S'POREAN'S BODY FOUND?
        112 2 938 LIVE Western Australian police suspect that the body of Mr Gordon Loh, the missing Singaporean involved in the Perth boating accident, may have been found. Police media liaison officer lan Hasleby said DNA tests were still being conducted on the decomposed body, but they said
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        AIR QUALITY MODERATE
        25 2 Singapore's air quality remained in the moderate range yesterday, creeping up slightly from Sunday to hover in the 50s and 60s range.
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    • Article
      BUILD NICHES, NOT PIGEONHOLES
      786 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG Schools must not marginalise students with other interests cheekong® mediacorp.com.sg AND so the last and perhaps the fattest of the sacred cows has been slain. To rejoicing from educators, parents and students, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that it would abolish streaming in two
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  • Singapore news
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      Key piece in restructuring jigsaw
      547 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO NTU names Nobel trustee as its first ever provost derrick@media corp.com.sg THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has got a new No 2 man. He is a trustee of the Nobel Foundation and, for nine years, had helped select the Nobel Prize winners
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      Lock icon Nursing homes, care centres join clean-up to curb gastric flu
      434 4  -  SHERALYNTAY THE big clean-up is not just taking place in schools nursing homes and childcare centres are also stepping up on their existing infection control procedures in response to the virulent strain of gastric flu that has affected over 500
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      Seeking the simple life
      474 4  -  TORCHING LI chingli@mediacorp.com.sg LAWYERS, engineers and former bankers are among some of the city slickers who are now thinking of leaving the concrete jungle for the rustic charm of Lim Chu Kang, where they hope to build nature retreats, meditation centres, restaurants, spas, chalets, fish, prawn
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      Smaller pay packets that go further
      445 6  -  LEE U WEN SINGAPOREANS earn less than their peers in many other countries, but their smaller pay packets actually go much further, thanks to the lower tax burden and cost of living here. According to a new survey, the average gross salary of senior
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      Lock icon Sentosa IR bidders all geared up to go
      665 6  -  VALCHUA TORCHINGU PBL, Melco could feature in Eighth Wonder's line-up: Report AND James Packer son of the late media baron Kerry and Mr Lawrence Ho, son of casino mogul Stanley Ho. However, its comeback may pose some problems for Eighth Wonder. "If
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      253 7 XO/ I Show how much you care and f^ >-^ make a difference to the lives of f less privileged children and I I I young people. V y I It takes so little to bring so much hope J J X n and joy to their lives. Whether they
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    Lock icon Asia set for nuclear arms race?
    486 8 -AP Analysts warn countries in the region may use North Korean nuke test as excuse to build atomic arsenals SEOUL The spectre of an Asian atomic arms race loomed over the region yesterday after communist North Korea shocked its neighbours by announcing it conducted
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    Lock icon 2nd North Korean nuke test feared after 'unusual activity'
    180 8 -AFP SEOUL Unusual activities were detected in a rugged area in North Korea yesterday, causing the South Korean authorities to suspect that the communist state might be preparing a second nuclear test, the Yonhap news agency said. Mr Kirn Seung-Gyu, head
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    SHOCK AND SURPRISE
    239 8  -  -NG HUN WEI Members of the Korean and Japanese community interviewed by Today expressed shock and surprise that North Korea had conducted a nuclear test yesterday, but did not expect it to use the atomic weapons anytime soon. Mr Hong Kyung 80, a South Korean general manager
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  • GLOBALROUNDUP
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      Lock icon FIDEL NOT DYING, SAYS BROTHER
      68 8 -AFP Cuban strongman Fidel Castro is not dying, interim leader Raul Castro said on Sunday after reports that his brother suffered from terminal cancer. Mr Raul Castro added that the Cuban president is getting better and is working more each day. On Saturday, Time magazine
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      Lock icon NEWSPAPER OFFERS $1.5M REWARD
      60 8 -AFP Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper has offered a reward of nearly US$l million ($1.5 million) for information on the murder of its award-winning investigative reporter Anna Politkovskay. Ms Politkovskaya, 48, was shot in her chest and head as she stepped out of a lift. Western governments
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      Lock icon Terror suspect 'wore burqa to escape'
      140 8 -AFP LONDON A British terror suspect evaded capture from the country's police and intelligence services by disguising himself as a Muslim woman by donning a burqa, The Times of London reported yesterday. The newspaper, which did not cite its sources, said the suspect is
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      Lock icon M'sia warns Indonesia of 'resentment'
      162 8 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's health minister yesterday warned of resentment against Indonesia and economic fallout as thick haze caused by Indonesian forest fires caused a sharp deterioration in air quality. Malaysia also issued a hazard warning for ships plying the Malacca Strait after haze caused
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      Lock icon Few military men in post-coup Cabinet
      382 10 -AFP Thai PM picks central bank governor as Finance Minister BANGKOK Thailand's army-installed premier yesterday unveiled his post-coup Cabinet, with few roles given to the military and key posts handed to prominent bureaucrats, academics and bankers. Of the 26 new Cabinet members, only two
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific's global warming disaster
      237 10 AFP SYDNEY Millions of people in the AsiaPacific region could be forced from their homes and suffer increasingly from disease, cyclones and floods caused by global warming, scientists warned yesterday. Climate change will seriously threaten regional human security and national economies this century, according to a
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      Lock icon Afghans turning to the Taliban?
      373 13 -AP Nato chief warns of shifting allegiances if no improvement in six months KABUL Natos top commander in Afghanistan on Sunday warned that a majority of Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if their lives show no visible improvements in the
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      Lock icon Security Council picks Ban
      157 13 -AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS The Security Council yesterday nominated South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon as its choice to succeed Mr Kofi Annan as United Nations sec-retary-general. Japan's UN ambassador Kenzo Oshima, the president of the 15-member council for October, said the members formally recommended Mr Ban.
      -AGENCIES  -  157 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan set for massive rally
      133 13 -AFP TAIPEI Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to mass in the Taiwan capital today for a rally against embattled President Chen Shui-bian that will clash with National Day celebrations. Organisers said they expected as many as two million people to protest in the
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  • Voices
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      Bashed up by adult
      551 16  -  ZARINAJAFFAR Son had swollen nose, cuts but police can't take action unless there is serious injury Letter from ON SEPT 24 at about 5.30pm, my 12-year-old son, who had just returned from the library, called to inform me that he would be at the playground behind
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      When race isn't religion
      217 16  -  ELIZA NG LAI KUAN Letter from I RECEIVED a forwarded email regarding some event that was to take place over the weekend. One sentence read: "To our Indian friends, a bright and happy Deepavali, and to our Malay friends, a colourful and happy Hari Raya." I
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      Many like kids but not enough to want them
      447 16  -  JONI ONG Letter from President, I Love Children I REFER to Janice Wong's letter "It's not like we hate babies (Oct 6) in which she felt that the "I Love Children" campaign is off the mark; that "very few people hate
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      Degrees of distinction
      575 17  -  HEYIHUA Lack of local PhD students is related to universities' scholarship policies Letter from I REFER to the front-page article, "The life sciences conundrum" (Oct 9). I am a fourthyear undergraduate majoring in Chemistry and my final-year project is a life science-based one. I, too, wish to
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        QUARANTINE TIME?
        85 17  -  HARRY CHIA: Now that 550 pupils and staffers have been affected by the stomach flu outbreak and the cause is yet to be identified, shouldn't the Health Ministry impose some kind of quarantine measure? This is the period of important year-end examinations PSLE, 0 and A levels and
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        WORKING ON LIFTS
        156 17  -  UMLEALEA: Head, Clementi Branch Office Housing Development Board We refer to Mr Wong's letter "Waiting for lifts" (Oct 3). Once a precinct is selected for upgrading, a Working Committee comprising grassroots and representatives from the block, as well as HDB and the design consultant, is formed to
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    • Letter
      Justifying respect, both ways now
      571 19  -  MATTHEW LOH Want to be treated like a mature young adult? Prove you are worthy Letter from I RESPECT the views put forward by Master Ravi Amran Cuttilan ("Respect has to be earned, even if you're dealing with a teenager", Oct 6) and am impressed
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      No cause to gripe if pedestrians cross road slowly
      206 19  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA Letter from WHILE appreciating the idealism of 16-year-old student writer, Jeremy Lim, in his I Say article, "A few magical wishes" (Oct 9), I find the piece sadly lacking in syllogistic reasoning. Jeremy reveals, at his young age, a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      242 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BYI STRONG-WILLED CHILDREN How do you discipline and train a strongwilled child without damaging the selfconcept and destroying the spontaneity inside? It's a question that I've been asked often. To answer it, you really have to come to an understanding of the difference
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      isay A CLEAR SOLUTION TO A HAZY PROBLEM
      646 20  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK UN "Tigers and elephants are fleeing the burning jungles. Birds are falling from the murky skies. School children are fainting at their desks. Ships are colliding at sea. "As a filthy haze from vast Indonesian forest fires continues to
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      On haze, hot air, hauling in errant ones
      395 20  -  ERROLGOODENOUGH HO SIE CHIANG Letter from EACH year, as the haze descends upon us, we are subjected to the same litany of official statements. First, a series of appeals by the Singapore and Malaysian governments for remedial action by Indonesia. The latter
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      313 19 THIRD EDITION We take learning beyond books. At PSB Academy's School of Business, you are encouraged to apply fresh and original thinking in solving problems. Our partnerships with renowned universities provide you with more than just qualifications, they also equip you with relevant skills to succeed at the workplace. And
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Nuke test hits markets
      390 22 -AFP Singapore's benchmark ST Index falls 1.1 per cent HONG KONG Asian stocks tumbled yesterday after North Korea announced that it had conducted a nuclear test, realising the region's worst fears, dealers said. They said that the test sparked concerns over regional security and a likely
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        111 22 DOW JONES SINGAPORE share prices fell, along with other regional markets, on reports that North Korea tested a nuclear weapon, which traders felt might have been a catalyst for a correction that was already due after weeks of strong gains. The ST Index (STI) shed 27.8 points, or 1.1
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        Lock icon World markets
        54 22 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 Hang Seng ASX *****.24 5199.10 -220.15 -21.60 -1.27 -0.41 Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 1319.40 -32.60 -2.41 KLCI 969.30 -1.60 -0.16 SET Index 692.26 -2.34 -0.34 Jakarta Comp 1543.42 -6.20 -0.40 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2551.92 327.97 -0.30 +4.61 -0.32 +1.43 Mumbai
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 22 US$ 0.6294 UK£ 0.3366 Yen 74.904 HK$ 4.9010 RM 2.3211 Euro ***** Rupiah 5794.4 Baht 23.704 Peso 31.488 A$ 0.8475 Indian Rs 28.689 Won 597.44 C$ 0.7084 Yuan 4.9752 NZS 0.9558 NT$ 20.828
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        Commodities
        20 22 Gold US$/oz 576.80 Silver US$/oz 11.18 Platinum US$/oz 1,080.80 Rubber cents/kg 299.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,505.50 Brent US$/barrel 60.89
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    • Article
      Lock icon UOL Group sells Central Plaza for $175m
      135 22 -DOW JONES UOL Group has agreed to sell Central Plaza at Tiong Bahru Road for $175 million to a unit of Asian Retail Mall. The Singapore property company will recognise a gain of $79 million, or 9.96 cents per share, when the deal
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    • marketbuzz
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        KETCHUP PROMO MEETS WITH SUCCESS
        65 22 MAGGI ran a sampling exercise at Raffles Place Park on Thursday, Oct 5. A free bottle of Maggi Healthier Choice Less Salt Tomato Ketchup was given to each Today reader when he or she presented a redemption coupon found in that Thursday's issue of the
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        A NEW ADDITION TO THE SINGAPORE SKYLINE
        90 22 THE Mid-Autumn Festival is over but from now till Oct 15, you can still enjoy the feel of the romantic Autumn in one of the lighted up cable cars that are lit like a string of dazzling floating lanterns in the sky. Enjoy
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    • Article
      Lock icon Ezra wins $632m deal, may list unit
      309 23 DOW JONES Oilfield services firm to provide charter for vessel to process natural gas and crude EZRA Holdings said yesterday an oil major planned to charter a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility from it in a deal worth up to U*****.3
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      Lock icon Total Access to list shares in Thailand
      205 23 -AGENCIES THAI mobile-phone operator Total Access Communication plans a listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand to get a tax break. Total Access, whose shares have traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) since 1995, will be the first Thai company to have listings
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      Lock icon Jurong studying $3.2b Qatar deal
      97 23 -AFP L DOHA Singapore's industrial development consultancy firm Jurong International is studying the feasibility of a US$2-billion ($3.2 billion) deal for a "smart industrial city" in the gas-rich Gulf emirate of Qatar. The deal for the 5-sq-km development, focused on the electronics, technology and manufacturing
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    • business news
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          358 26  -  JANE CHIAPOCO jane@media corp.com.sg dence," he told Today in a recent interview. In fact, his wife and his two daughters have embarked on the journey with him, giving a new meaning to motivational marketing. "My wife need not cook anymore because we eat
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          940 27 AjointToDAY/Samsung project Samsung lets users try new phone free for 1 month and gets resounding result FOR any organisation to succeed, it is important that the synergies from its sales and marketing teams are capitalised on. For Samsung Electronics, this is a truism that has led
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          926 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN IDA holds five-day hands-on event to mark 25 years of development hedirman@media corp.com.sg IF YOU think infocomm's reI served for tech geeks, you'll be in for a surprise when Innovationation opens tomorrow at the Singapore Expo. The five-day event is organised by
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          324 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN THE home user sector suffers the highest proportion of online threats, a recent research study showed. According to Symantec's bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report, home users prove to be more vulnerable to attacks than corporate users or companies, culling 86 per
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            91 29 The Singapore Computer Society (SCS) has launched the region's first certification programme for information technology outsourcing management. Called the Certification in Outsourcing Management for IT (Comit), the certification will be managed by SCS and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. The certification is targeted
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            81 29 Software company McAfee has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Citadel Security Software for approximately US$56 million ($B9 million) in cash, plus an estimated US$4 million in working capital reimbursement. Citadel provides solutions in security policy compliance and vulnerability remediation.
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          780 29  -  JAVA DHARAN infotech@newstoday.com.sg NEVER mind the wheel. Sure, it was a I great invention and it certainly made life easier for Mesopotamians hauling bricks. But when it comes to inventions that have had the greatest impact on society in the shortest period of
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      532 44  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE bowling is right up there with other bowling powerhouses in the region and perhaps even Asia. But in terms of preparations, especially in the field of sports science, Singapore is behind other countries like Malaysia. That is the frank assessment of
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      204 44  -  CUBBYLEONG PHILIPS NBL CHAMPIONSHIP Slingers 126 Razorbacks 89 THE Singapore Slingers posted their biggest win of the season last night, after humiliating a lacklustre West Sydney Razorbacks 126-89 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. While Marquin Chandler was the top scorer for the Slingers with
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      610 45  -  TANYO-HINN Association criticised for raising Asian Games qualification mark yohinn@media corp.com.sg WITH the 15th Asian Games in Doha (Dec 1-15) less than two months away, a furore has erupted within the national shooting squad. Several shooters are upset at the Singapore Shooting Association's (SSA) decision
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      227 46 -AGENCIES STOCKHOLM Brazil coach Dunga yesterday praised Ecuador and said today's friendly against them in the Swedish capital would be a "very tough" match for his team. "There's no doubt it'll be a very tough match for Brazil," Dunga said at a press
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      211 46 —AFP LAHORE, Pakistan Banned Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul Hag (picture) said the side were capable of winning the Champions Trophy in India without him, under stand-in skipper Younis Khan. "This team are capable of playing the final and if they can reach
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