Today, 22 January 2007

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    32 1 /A=diaCorp TODAY CO CD o —h CD CD z; CD CO CD MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Monday January 22, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Monday January 22, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Dawn of The Hot Age?
    877 1  -  SHERALYN TAY 2007 could be hottest year ever, but not for long as temperatures are expected to soar even higher sheralyn@media corp.com.sg JUST when you think the freakish weather has rained itself out, after a hot and sunny weekend, it's time to bring out the
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    URA carves up the private home market
    621 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG URA's new quarterly indices for private property Other than an overall Private Property Price Index, a separate index will be worked out for the private homes in these three areas: Downtown, Sentosa, prime districts 9,10 and 11 other parts of
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  • hot news
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      87 2 AFP WEAR ITS AT: A group of anti-coup activists, wearing black T-shirts printed with the words "Get Out*, handing out leaflets in Bangkokyesterday. The activists launched a campaign against Thailand's junta-backed government attacking its economic policies. Despite a military-imposed ban on public protests, about 600 people attended the campaign to
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      Lock icon State of Bush's
      674 2 Address tomorrow final chance to defend new Iraq strategy, tackle healthcare WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush will spell out his determination to stamp out global terrorism which he will seek to link to, and defend, his new Iraq strategy in his State of the Union
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      WAS THAKSIN A GOOD FRIEND AFTER ALL?
      672 2  -  P N BALJI EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@media corp.com.sg BREAK it down to its bare bones, and the Sin-gapore-Thailand spat comes down to two issues: The sale of Shin Corp to Temasek Holdings, and the irritation with Mr Thaksin Shinawatra. Add to these Singapore's uncompromising
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Complaints to Case pass record 20,000 mark last year
      333 4  -  NG LIAN CHEONG JULIA NG CHANNEL NEWSASIA AND liancheong@mediacorp.com.sg THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) received a record total of 20,175 complaints last year, up by over 8 per cent from 18,650 complaints in 2005. Timeshare complaints top the list with
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      A finer knife for a fairer slice of the pie
      737 4  -  JASMINE YIN Manpower Minister in favour of more gauges to determine benefits for the needy jasmine@media corp.com.sg PERSONAL income and flat-size have most often been the basis for allocating Government relief. But what of other indicators of need, such as
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      Lock icon A wait off your mind
      498 6  -  GRACIA CHIANG Poly students invent system that lets commuters know where a bus is along its route gracia@media corp.com.sg TIRED of waiting for buses? So are three final-year students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic. That's why they developed a smart system that allows commuters to track
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      150 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A CONCRETE SOLUTION: MediaCorp has taken its corporate social responsiDiiriy commitment beyond Singapore by partnering non-profit organisation Habitat for Humanity to build houses for poor families in Batam. It takes about four weeks and $3,500 in material and labour costs to build a 6m x 10m house. Each
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      273 6 i "Our intention is to grow i exportable, Made-by-Singapore animation and gaming content jj i for international markets" Seto Lolt Yin, Director. Industry Development Division Media Development Authority, Singapore. -Source from Ammatwn'Xpress ■■^■■■H LIT 6 S lIK6 3 §3m6... take Control! f O REGISTER NOW FOR m a je* FREE
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Quake rocks Indonesia but no tsunami risk
      253 8 -AFP JAKARTA A major 6.5 magnitude undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's northern Sulawesi province yesterday, the country's meteorology agency said, but it added there was no risk of a tsunami despite earlier fears. "After one hour, we called the port authority in Manado and
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      Lock icon BILL: A HELP OR A HINDRANCE?
      204 8 Former United States President Bill Clinton could make or break his wife's bid for the White House. Mr Clinton's hunger for the spotlight and his charisma could pose as an issue, and the problem is the media can't get enough of him. The Seattle
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      The new face of the White House?
      665 8 The 3 leading contenders for the Democratic ticket are not your average candidates WASHINGTON One's African-American, one is a woman and the other is a Hispanic. They come from different backgrounds and have varied political experience, but these three Democrats have one thing
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TAIWAN ALERT TO CHINA'S DEPLOYMENT OF FIGHTER JETS
        83 10 -AFP China has deployed new warplanes that could target Taiwan as part of a continuing arms build-up, according to the Taipeibased China Times yesterday. A batch of the domestically-developed Jian-10 jets were deployed at a Chinese base beyond the range of Taiwanese
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        Lock icon DEFIANT IRAN TESTS MISSILES
        91 10 —AGENCIES Iran yesterday started three days of military manoeuvres, including short-range missile tests its first since the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on it late year, state-run TV said. "The elite Revolutionary Guards plans to begin a three-day missile manoeuvre near Garmsar city," said the
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        Lock icon NO ONE CHARGED WITH THAI BOMBINGS
        106 10 -AFP Thailand's junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin said yesterday that the people being questioned over the deadly New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok had not been charged. General Sonthi said the more than 10 government officials and army officers in police custody were not yet
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        Lock icon BLAST KILLS TWO IN ASSAM
        98 10 -AP Separatist rebels triggered three explosions, including one in a crowded market, killing two people and wounding at least 18 others in India's restive north-eastern state of Assam, the police said yesterday. The two men who died, and a majority of the wounded, were identified
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      Lock icon A step forward on N Korean nuke issue
      403 10 -AGENCIES In sharp shift, the North will discuss disarmament at next round of six-party talks SEOUL North Korea has agreed to discuss the disarmament of its nuclear weapons when international negotiations resume, news reports said yesterday. The communist state agreed to directly
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      Lock icon China will accept olive branch if ...
      416 11 China will accept olive branch if —AFP Beijing says the Vatican must sever ties with Taiwan if it wants diplomatic relations BEIJING China yesterday reacted cautiously to the Vatican's call for dialogue, insisting that the Holy See must sever ties with Taiwan in order to forge diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        'BIG BROTHER' FACES AXE
        98 11 The board of British broadcaster Channel 4 is to meet today to discuss whether the Big BrotherJM show should be axed after the current series ends this week, British newspaper The Sunday Times reported. Several members of the board now believe that last week's alleged racist
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        Lock icon TURKISH TEEN DETAINED FOR JOURNO'S MURDER
        82 11 -AFP Turkish police have detained a 17-year-old male suspected of murdering journalist Hrant Dink, one of Turkey's most prominent ethnic Armenians. Ogun Samast was arrested en route to his hometown of Trabzon nationalist stronghold, officials said. Six others suspected of being involved in the
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        Lock icon FULL ASSAULT ON ABU SAYYAF
        121 11 -AP Philippine troops plan to intensify United States-backed assaults to finish off the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group and prevent it from retaliating with bomb attacks after the death of its top leader, Khadaffy Janjalani, was confirmed after conclusive DNAtests. "The tempo of our
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      349 8 MILLIONAIRES HELPING OTHERS BE UNEMPLOYED TRUE wealth starts with you firing yourself from your current employment. The wealthiest individuals to the likes of Bill Gates, Li Ka Shing and Sim Wong Hoo have all created fortunes. They are able to retire young and rich by choosing the path less travelled
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  • Voices
    • Can you take the JB heat?
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        Chased for 20km at night, I knewwhatto do — would most Singaporeans?
        317 12  - Chased for 20km at night, I knewwhatto do would most Singaporeans? AUGUSTINE TEO Letter from AROUND midnight on Jan 12,1 was driving to Genting Highlands with a friend. It was drizzling. About 10km before Kulai, I noticed we were being tailed by a Proton Saga with two men in it
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        Cross for cheap thrills, at your own peril
        116 12  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from OF LATE, Singaporeans seem to encounter unpleasant incidents across the Causeway, such as being robbed and attacked, not to mention the few cases of unstamped passports. Yet, thousands of Singaporeans still flock to JB, especially over
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        Ambushed by handphone thieves at petrol kiosk
        266 12  -  BENNY NG Letter from I AGREE with letter-writers Roger Poh and Ricky Tan ("Are JB crooks not afraid of the police?", Jan 20-21). I don't think a petrol station, at 3pm, can be labelled a "sleazy place" to be. Nor was I decked
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        Police showed poor attitude
        134 12  -  MOHAMAD SHIRAN MOHAMAD SHARIFF Letter from I WAS the victim of a robbery in broad daylight, while I was in my car, in the middle of the road at the traffic light near Plaza Pelangi in JB. I sought help from fellow motorists but they were
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      244 14  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY CHILDCARE DILEMMA Imagine the shock one single mum felt when she walked into her daughter's day care facility and found her wearing her soiled underwear on her head, a punishment the provider imposed when the child had had an accident. We've all
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      A defective policy
      391 14  -  ABDUL SHARIFFABOO KASSIM Star Hub's insistence that customers accept phones, bugs and all, is unethical Letter from I WAS at a Star Hub shop recently to sign a two-year contract for a mobile phone package. The phone that I was about to purchase was made by Nokia.
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      Game promotes idea of Western colonisation
      161 14  -  WONG HOONG HOOI Letter from YOUR report "Learning by joystick" (Jan 19) gives cause for despair. Any educational material set in a context mirroring European colonisation in which student players can assume the role of the colonialists will guarantee the following consequences: Legitimisation of
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      Airlines, justify fuel surcharges
      209 15  -  LAM WEI GUANG Letter from I APPLAUD Today for highlighting the fuel price issue in which petrol companies and airlines held on to their high prices despite a remarkable fall in crude oil prices ("Now that the cost of oil is down, why are other prices
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        HDB PREMIER BUS?
        87 15  -  CHUAKIMCHOO I refer to the report "Luxury on wheels" (Jan 19). As heartlanders form the majority who rely on public transport, I hope we will have mini luxury buses (such as the Hong Kong mini buses) serving us from the housing estates to the business district. I
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        DID JC SELL DATA?
        76 15  -  TAN HAO YANG I am studying in a junior college. I got a call from Emit Asia encouraging me to subscribe to Time magazine at a booth set up on the campus. What puzzled me was that I did not give my personal details to Emit
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      Lock icon Mums get VIP treatment
      496 15  -  Neo Chai Chin WHEN Mrs Mary Yeo, 44, drives to Century Square, the carpark attendant takes one look at her passenger, 15-month-old daughter BernadineYeo, and lowers the barrier to a Priority Parking lot. The lot, just a few metres from the mall's entrance on basement two,
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      178 15 X TOURISM MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE If 9^^^ £^y fn» official training arm of National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, NATAS) New Tourist Guide Course Outline: 3 WSQ Tourism units i^^^BS^^^B Interact with Guests IKhRSIwmSH Conduct Tour K^fffflffffffß Apply Tourism Knowledge BfIWSnWfTSBJfIW Certification BBJMJBITyTTW'r^yi Upon completion of the course, participants
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      7 15 EjSjM^^ SPRING Singapore Brought to you by
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  • Businesstoday
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      'S'pore can afford bigger corporate tax cut'
      491 16  -  LEECHINGWERN Government can slash current 20 per cent rate by 2 percentage points, say analysts AS BUSINESSES and economists applaud the Government's move to cut the corporate tax rate by at least 1 percentage point, some point out that Singapore can afford to
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      Lock icon Motorola to cut 3,500 jobs
      225 16 -AFP MOTOROLA Inc, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, announced 3,500 job cuts after reporting a sharp fall in earnings due to an industry price war. It is unclear, at this point, whether the 2,500 workers employed by Motorola's Asia-Pa-cific headquarters in Singapore will be
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      Lock icon Island of sun, sand and rays of hope
      632 17  -  SHARON VASOO Cebu wants to draw foreign investors to boost growth, wealth DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sharon@media corp.com.sg WHEN most people think of the Philippine island of Cebu, they think of sun, sand and a place to get away from it all. But
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    • marketwatch
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 17 JOvJJ JK£ 'en m }M iuro topiah U.UiA/£ 0.3295 78.831 5.0770 2.2756 0.5018 5904.2 Peso AS Indian Rs Won CS Yuan NZS NTS 31.741 0.8232 28.790 608.85 0.7623 5.0549 0.9349 21.334
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        Lock icon Commodities
        25 17 Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 636.40 Silver US$/oz 12.92 Platinum US$/oz 1,168.50 Rubber cents/kg 324.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,905.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 53.29 Information nrovidod by
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    • SUCCEED the business of learning
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          THE WAY OF THE MENTOR
          111 18 BEING a mentor and a good one, at that can be daunting the first time. Essentially, a mentor is an experienced and trusted adviser, and mentoring is the most effective way to help your workers develop their jobs and careers. The challenge is to learn
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          HONEST TO GOODNESS TIPS FOR STAFF PERFORMANCE
          115 18 MANAGING staff performance is important for every manager, and one of the toughest aspects of the job is to give employees honest feedback on how they are faring. Many managers often shy away from this and feel uncomfortable when handling problem employees. This
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          A WARNING SIGNAL FOR JOB BURNOUT
          92 18 COPING with the job is often taken for granted at the workplace, and in today's fast and ever changing work environment, we often overlook the symptoms of job burnout and depression. This one-day workshop will arm managers and executives with the preventive measures and
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        Law in a globalised world
        574 18  -  DERRICK A PAULO Law schools must rise to the challenge of a fast globalising legal system, says NUS law dean derrick@media corp.com.sg A CENTURIES-OLD profession, and the education of its practitioners, is on the cusp of immense change. Listening to Professor Tan Cheng Han, dean
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        QUIZTIME
        298 18 HOW DO VARSITIES ENSURE THEIR GRADUATES HAVE ETHICS? Q: With the Enron and World Com scandals, you mentioned it is even more critical that accountants be trained in professional ethics. I agree. Yet ethics can be a rather tricky issue to handle. How do you think university education in
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        CEO101
        123 19 Work-life balance is a myth you do have to choose between career and family. Agree? MRTANUJ PHILIP, MANAGING DIRECTOR, Y&R SINGAPORE: "I disagree. However, in order to turn work-life balance into reality, the employer and employee must undertake proactive efforts to ensure that one's career, or family, is not
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        Secrets of building teams
        668 19  -  ETHANTAN Successful teams need commitment and resources from their managers MORE than 90 per cent of managers confess that while they are satisfied as in, "okay so far, can't complain" with their teams, they feel their teams have not reached maximum performance levels. The reason is
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        BRAINFOOD
        255 19  -  LEE U WEN I Self-Growth.com http://www.selfgrowth.com FROM finding out how to start a business to dealing with stress management, and to even learning how to choose the right insurance policy, it seems no topic has been left uncovered in Self Growth.com. Both Yahoo! and Google have ranked it the
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      210 17 Pneumococcal Disease What's worse, pneumococcal disease can also cause your child to end up with hearing is often not easily diagnosed as its symptoms may loss, brain damage, severe disability, paralysis or be similar to the common cold, mental retardation. Those at risk include: children attending childcare centres or kindergartens
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      89 18 Sport Q39 Bachelor of Science (Exercise Sports Science) This degree programme includes theoretical and practical components designed to provide a broad perspective of sports science. Employment opportunities are enhanced through professional contact made with sport and fitness industries in the conduct of practical learning experiences. Accreditation Affiliations u| National Strength
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      267 19 1. Complete Book-Keeping (Ist 2nd Level) LCCI 72 $236,00* Nett 2. English for Business-LCCI 25 $221,00* Nett 3. Basics of Electrical/Electronic Engineering 30 $429.00* Nett 4. Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers 21 $535.50* Nett 5. Import, Export Procedures Documentation Course 15 $288.00* Nett 6. New IT Office Package (Basic) 20
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      LOST
      1057 20  -  Juliana June Rasul That's how the audience feels in the maze of intrigue that characterises the series. Thank goodness the end's in sight... with the end of the show NEWS that a TV series is working its way towards a definite end in the near future is almost always
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      THRILLMASTERS
      208 21 Lost has spawned a new breed of similarly constructed, mystery-shrouded serials-the alien abduction thriller The 4400 and the convoluted drama Kidnappedto name a few that frustrate viewers in the name of creating suspense. Maybe the shows can pick up some tips from these perfectly constructed gems, says JULIANA JUNE
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      EXTRA MADE GOOD
      533 22  -  ZUL OTHMAN The show is not The Office, but it's enough to give one bit player a ticket to Hollywood zul@mediacorp.com.sg PLAYING a gormless extra on the hit British sitcom Extras is probably the best thing that happened to Scottish actress Ashley Jensen. "I've been playing serious
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      A villain's last laugh: Survivor cast-off living it up at home
      332 22  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Julia na.rasul@media corp.com.sg HE WAS demonised on Survivor Cook Islands but Jonathan Penner says he is happy to be voted off the long running reality show. "I'm not upset," he said with a laugh. "Now I'm
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      Lock icon Grounds to make up
      448 23  -  AMELYNN LIONG Rocker Mani is so keen on a Stone Roses reunion that he's offering his turf for former band members to reconcile plus@newstoday.com.sg A BRITPOP legend descended on Singapore last week and had music fans buzzing. Gary Mounfield better known as Mani from influential British
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    • eatout
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        Finding Mimmo
        680 24  -  AMY VAN Borgo's chef promises satisfying traditional Italian fare food@newstoday.com.sg BORGO, which means small town or village in Italian, opened without much fanfare last June amid a stretch of bustling shophouses along Bukit Timah Road (near Sixth Avenue). The contemporary, trattoria-style restaurant serves honest, home-style Italian dishes which
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        FOODNOTE
        195 26  -  EVELINE GAN TASTING DOUBLE Why settle for one when you can have two exciting flavours of Pizza Hut's new Double Sensations baked meals? The Spice 'n' Cream baked rice lets you enjoy spicy and creamy baked rice in one dish. Indulge in chunks of spicy chicken and curry sauce
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      322 21 Yomeishu is as good for you today, as it has always been. It is still made by the same process that was developed in Japan nearly 400 years ago. Yomeishu is made Yomeishu quality from natural herbs is always assured Sokan Shiozawa originated Yomeishu is manufactured in Yomeishu in 1602.
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      559 29 —AFP Mauresmo and Kuznetsova crash out, clearing the way for rampaging Serena TENNIS Australian Open MELBOURNE Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo and third-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova were bundled out of the Australian Open yesterday by unheralded opponents, but Serena Williams marched into the quarter-finals. American sixth seed Andy Roddick
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      284 29 —AFP LONDON Chinese teenager Ding Junhui continued his impressive run at the British Masters at Wembley on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when he crushed former world champion Stephen Hendry 6-2 in their semi-final. Ding, 19, who won a wildcard tie to qualify for the
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      310 30  -  LAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg AIGP New Zealand Grand Prix PROBLEMS plagued Singapore during the New Zealand leg of the Al Grand Prix series, but the team overcame the difficulties to finish 15th among 22 cars in the main 50--lap Features race yesterday. Germany's Nico Hulkenberg won
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      268 31  -  —JOSE RAYMOND HE WAS a member of the Malaysian side which handed Singapore the infamous 4-0 drubbing at the National Stadium on Dec 18, 2002 in the opening game of the Tiger Cup that year. Now Pahang striker Hairuddin Omar (picture) wants
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      158 31 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Peter Gade bagged the men's Malaysian Open singles badminton title with a hard-fought win over China's Bao Chunlai yesterday. The Dane, who overcame a bout of illness to compete in the first leg of the inaugural Super Series event, saw off
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      609 32 -AFP Arsenal captain's dramatic late winner stuns Red Devils ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 2 Man United 1 LONDON Thierry Henry ensured the Premiership title race remains wide open after producing a last-minute header to fire Arsenal to a 2-1 win over Manchester United late last night
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      535 32 LONDON Chelsea's Peter Kenyon (picture) has dismissed suggestions of a rift between club owner Roman Abramovich and manager Jose Mourinho. The Blues chief executive insists there is only "healthy tension" at Stamford Bridge. The champions' title hopes suffered a setback with a 2-0
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      590 33 —AFP Gerrard believes Liverpool can repeat 2005 Euro glory LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard has hit out at the critics who have claimed Liverpool are condemned to a trophy-less season following their exit from both the League Cup and FA Cup. Saturday's 2-0 win over Chelsea, the club's first
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      126 33 —AFP PRIMERAUGA Villarreal 0 Sevilla 0 MADRID Sevilla kept on course for their first Spanish league title in 61 years after a battling goalless draw at Villarreal on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to stretch their advantage to three points. Villarreal gave Sevilla a tough
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      300 33 —AFP SYDNEY Australian defender Lucas Neill yesterday denied he chose Premiership stragglers West Ham over European contenders Liverpool because there was more cash on offer at Upton Park. The former Blackburn captain will reportedly receive £60,000 ($120,000) a week at the Hammers, approximately
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