Today, 24 April 2007

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    14 1 TODAY /A=ryJj-\CORP MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday April 24, 2007 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon The plane truth?
    712 1  -  TORCHING LI Pilots of the mega A3BO want salaries to match but SIA says bigger planes aren't harder to fly chingli@media corp.com.sg NOT only is Singapore Airlines (SIA) proposing a common base salary for its pilots, the national carrier revealed yesterday during the process of a court
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    Lock icon Boris bows out
    407 1 -AGENCIES MOSCOW Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed his country to embrace democracy and a market economy, has died, a Kremlin official announced yesterday. The Interfax news agency said Mr Yeltsin, 76, had died of heart failure.
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      Lock icon He had offered to quit...
      535 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH But SGX board did not feel it was an immediate need christie@media corp.com.sg THE wagging tongues could have been silenced earlier except for the fact that Mr Hsieh Fu Hua's fellow directors at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) were confident of his stewardship and
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      Body found in Sungei Pandan
      552 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT LEE U-WEN m AND weekeat@media corp.com.sg A MASSIVE overnight search for a missing teenager ended yesterday as police found the body of a girl believed to be that of 14-year-old Debra Koh in the waters off Jalan Buroh under the Pandan Bridge.
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      Concrete plans to sustain construction
      552 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT New scheme to step up use of alternative building materials over next 5 years weekeat@media corp.com.sg YOUR future home is likely to be constructed with less concrete as the Government seeks to step up the use of alternative and sustainable materials such
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      Lock icon Gans may be hauled to court for staying put
      363 4  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine@media corp.com.sg A FAMILY that has refused to move out of a 39-unit condominium, sold en bloc in 2005 to property developer Sim Lian Group, may soon face legal action. Mr Francis Goh, who is the director of Central
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      Embracing Passion, Seizing Challenges
      1051 5 AW YAOMIEN makes it sound so simple. When asked why she decided to set up Chippy British Take Away in 2003, the 26-year-old said with a smile: "There wasn't something like that in the market then. My business partner, Joanne, and I like British food and
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        JBJ HAS TO PAY $233,000 IN 3 WEEKS TO GET OUT OF BANKRUPTCY
        184 6  -  —ANSLEYNG Veteran Opposition figure J B Jeyaretnam could be discharged as a bankrupt in three weeks if he can pay $233,000 to the Official Assignee, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. In a court application last year,
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        Lock icon CHANGI COAST ROAD ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED
        96 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A traffic accident along Changi Coast Road has left one man dead and another injured. Callers to the MediaCorp News hotline said the accident, which involved a car and a delivery truck, occurred at about 9.40 am yesterday. Both
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        Lock icon CNB OFFICERS SEIZE DRUGS STASHED IN STUFFED TOYS
        107 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Central Narcotics Bureau officers have nabbed a Chinese national and his wife on suspicion of trafficking a controlled drug. The arrests were made after the officers raided a budget-hotel room in Geylang last Friday, following a tip-off. The officers also
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        Lock icon SINGTEL, POLICE FORCE LAUNCH NEW SMS CRIME ALERT SERVICE
        98 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) have joined hands to launch an SMS Crime Alert service. This optional service will help push out crime-related messages to Sing Tel subscribers and is currently being provided free-of-charge
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      Reckless driver finally charged...
      403 6  -  ANSLEYNG Two years after test drive that left salesgirl passenger dead ansley@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a protracted investigation that took almost two years, the youth blamed for causing the death of a car salesgirl was finally charged in court yesterday with reckless driving. Regan Lee Da Wen, 26,
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      Lock icon Faulty insulator caused July train delay
      240 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will not be taking action against SBS Transit for a massive delay in train services on the North East Line last July. The seven-hour disruption, which affected hundreds of commuters, was one of the longest in the
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      329 4 UNEMPLOYMENT IS NOT THE END TRUE wealth starts with you firing your- of expertise and experience contribute to self from your current employment. The the training and development programmes wealthiest individuals to the likes of Bill provided to all participants. Not just anGates, Li Ka Shing and Sim Wong Hoo
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      Lock icon TWO GOOD LEADERS WHO MISSED BEING GREAT
      681 8  -  P N BAUI EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@media corp.com.sg IN A country which has made succession an obsession, two top achievers, both with a banyan-tree approach to management have left their high-profile jobs and must be asking themselves: What went wrong? The story of Mr
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      Lock icon Landmark deals finalised
      410 10  -  NOORMOHDAZIZ Singapore, Indonesia wrap up extradition and defence talks aziz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE and Indonesia yesterday agreed on the details of an extradition treaty and defence cooperation agreement, capping two years of protracted talks over the outstanding bilateral issues. The defence agreement will allow the Singapore military to train
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      Lock icon Anwar wants to undo mistakes of his former boss
      435 10 KUALA LUMPUR As he campaigned for Parti Keadilan Rakyat in the run-up to this weekend's by-election, a report quoted Malaysia's former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim as saying that he had no plans to become Prime Minister. "I'm not in a fight
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      Lock icon Thaksin eyes Man City FC
      200 12 -AP BANGKOK- Toppled Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who earlier made an unsuccessful bid for Liverpool, is planning to buy another English soccer club, according to a website close to Mr Thaksin. The site— www.hi-thaksin.net said yesterday that the former Prime Minister was ready to pay
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      SAVE THE WORLD: WIPE YOUR BUM LESS
      94 12 I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my
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      Lock icon Thais to get new Aids drug
      198 12 —AGENCIES NEW YORK Thailand is to get a newer version of the Aids drug Kaletra at a discounted rate. The offer comes from Abbott Laboratories, which had refused to offer Aluvia the newer form of Kaletra in Thailand and said it would stop launching
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      Lock icon US gun lobby stronger than ever after massacre
      378 13 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON Even as the pathologist's report stated that 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui fired more than 100 times at his 32 defenceless victims, the call for arms is gaining currency in the United States. The powerful gun lobby, far from being weakened by
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      Lock icon Wolfowitz must go: 42 ex-bank officials
      360 13 LONDON More than 40 senior former World Bank officials called yesterday for the immediate resignation of its embattled president Paul Wolfowitz (picture). In a letter to the Financial Times, they called for change following revelations that Mr Wolfowitz used his influence to ensure a
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      Lock icon Myanmar's new capital rises from the scrub
      380 14 AFP Entrepreneurs from across the country cash in on mini boom NAYPYIDAW Myanmar's dusty new capital Naypyidaw is filled with glum civil servants shuttling between new apartment blocks and faceless ministries. But some business people are smiling. Entrepreneurs from around the country have
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      Lock icon Do the maths, Sarkozy will win
      547 15 -AFP France's tilt to the right bodes ill for Socialist candidate PARIS Right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy is a clear favourite to become France's next President after Sunday's first-round vote showed a critical fall in left-wing support, analysts said. The head of the ruling Union for
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      Lock icon 'ERP gantries' set to go up in Manhattan
      233 15 -AFP NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out an ambitious environmental plan for the city on Sunday, including a congestion charge for driving in Manhattan. In a speech to mark Earth Day, Mr Bloomberg unveiled 127 broad policy initiatives to cut greenhouse
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      isay KEEP THE DOOR WIDE OPEN
      674 16  -  FRANCES ONG WHEN gunman Cho Seung-Hui massacred 32 people at the Virginia Tech campus, many things went through my mind. The one thought that has nagged me this week is how we welcome new immigrants into our society. With Singapore's ageing population and the
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      Appreciate strict gun control in S'pore
      348 16  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I REFER to the report, "33 reasons for gun control" (April 19). The 23-year-old Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui shot dead 32 people using two firearms before he killed himself. The massacre served as another wake-up call to American
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      Does DRS encourage being irresponsible?
      375 17  -  ALVIN HOON A reprieve for reckless spenders, but what about those with business debts? Letter from I REFER to the report, "Out of the debt trap, step by step" (April 23) on the debt repayment scheme (DRS). The scheme appears to be a reprieve from
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      Buyers, beware of offers to help with timeshare membership
      395 17  -  SEAH SENG CHOON Letter from Executive Director, Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) MS LEE Yin May wrote about her experience of being approached by companies offering to help terminate or resell her timeshare membership ("A helping hand that may not be",
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      237 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON .V...... GROWING RESPONSIBLE KIDS Marguerite and Willard Beecher, writing many years ago, offered two insightful recommendations to parents. First: A parent needs to gain his or her freedom from the child, so that the child can obtain his or her freedom from the
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      Lock icon 'Sardine' swimmers
      380 18  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Little room for others when SSC swimming tests held Letter from WHILE it is heartening to know that the Ministry for Community Development, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education are collaborating to introduce swimming and water safety lessons for schools ("Schools to
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      NEA, fleet owners educating drivers
      196 18  -  TAN QUEE HONG Letter from Acting Director, Pollution Control Department National Environment Agency (NEA) WE REFER to the letters "To find idle engines, go to any park or construction site" (April 10) and "Anti-pollution signage needed" (April 11). We thank Mr Ng Mau Wan for
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      Lock icon No (en) bloc party for some
      381 19  -  RICHARD WEE Non-resident owners pay same fees, should get same rights as owner-occupiers Letter from I REFER to the letter, "A vote for staying power" (April 20). I am amused by the writer's suggestion that owner-occupiers should have 10 times as many voting rights
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      Dire results if property market is left unchecked
      227 19  -  CHIN YEW LIM Letter from THE soaring prices of private property, particularly condominiums, have benefited investors and speculators but sidelined the average Singaporean. Will the Government step in to correct the overheating market or will it allow speculation to spiral? If the
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      Lock icon Only way to go
      460 20  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN SingTel's new chief sets high target for net profit hedirman@media corp.com.sg IT WAS her first media outing as the chief executive officer of South-east Asia's biggest telco, but Ms Chua Sock Koong didn't mince her words when articulating her vision for Sing Tel. The
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      Lock icon Japan sees Temasek as model for fund
      269 20 BLOOMBERG JAPAN may establish a state investment fund similar to Singapore's Temasek Holdings to raise returns on foreign exchange reserves, and ease the impact of the country's ageing population, the Financial Times reported yesterday. An economic advisory council, headed by Prime Minister Shinzo
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      316 20  -  CHRISTIE LOH DOW JONES Singapore's consumer price inflation rose less than expected in March as lower transportation costs offset slightly higher housing expenses, according to government figures issued yesterday. The consumer price index rose 0.7 per cent from a year earlier after rising 0.6 per cent in February, the
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      Lock icon CARRERFOUR: CONVENIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
      715 21  -  LYNETTEKOH A FEATURE ON THE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC INITIATIVE CARREFOUR likes to make things as convenient as possible for its customers even when it comes to participation in its lucky draws. Instead of having to fill in a thick sheaf of entry coupons, the hypermarket's customers simply
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        Lock icon Property indices being considered: Minister Lim
        312 22 —AGENCIES INDUSTRY players are currently studying the construction of property indices based on the Singapore property market, revealed Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. The introduction of these property indices would enhance information on Singapore's property market, he said during a conference.
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        Lock icon Where a career in finance really pays off
        287 22  -  GRACIA CHIANG Finance directors here third highest paid in Asia gracia@media corp. com. sg FINANCE directors based in Singapore are the third highest paid among their peers in Asia, earning an average of U*****,600 ($208,200) annually. According to a Mercer Human Resource
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          FROM EU VAN SANG FOR MOTHERS DAY
          81 22 SPEND $300 in a single receipt and get Eu Van Sang Concentrated Bird's Nest with Bee Pollen and Eu Van Sang Wisconsin American Ginseng worth $89 free. These products are packed in a special heartI shaped gift box. What's more, enjoy 20-per-cent discount
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          THE COFFEE WAY TO SLIMMING
          132 22 INDULGE in a cup of strong aromatic coffee while it helps you to slim down. Now you can enjoy your favourite beverage while you lose weight. Xando Coffee Slender is made of arabica and robusta coffee beans masterfully blended with green coffee bean extract to
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          SPECIALLY FOR PRICE-SENSITIVE TRAVELLERS, FROM CHAN BROTHERS
          155 22 ON FRIDAY, Chan Brothers Travel will launch its subsidiary office, Asia Global Vacation, at unit 02-75 A People's Park Centre, a mall seen as Singapore's travel retail centre. Asia Global Vacation hopes to reach out to the price-sensitive and deal-driven consumers. "To keep
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        Lock icon Mega-takeover
        504 23 BLOOMBERG Barclays offers $137 billion for ABN Amro, but there may be other offers BARCLAYS, Britain's thirdlargest bank, agreed to buy ABN Amro Holding for 67 billion euros ($137.4 billion) in the world's biggest-ever financial-services takeover. But a rival consortium may still come up with a better offer- which
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          SGX top rises
          22 23 HSCE*****SGA8CW***** 0.110 +120.0 DBS DB 8CW*****0 0.130 HSI*****BNP8CW*****7 0.065 Jade 0.080 +62.5 +62.5 +60.0 SIA SGA 8CW*****3 0.360 +50.0
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          SGX top falls
          23 23 HSCE9800SGA8PW***** 0.020 HSI21 D00SGAePW*****7 0.330 CapitalandCSePW***** 0.010 SIA BNP 8PW*****3 0.020 00B DBS 8PW*****9 0.030 -60.0 -46.3 -33.3 -33.3 -33.3
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          Lock icon World markets
          54 23 I SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 17.455.37 +2.75 +0.02 HK Hang Seng 20.556.57 -10.02 -0.05 Australia ASX200 6.209.10 +1.60 +0.03 Korea Camp 1.544.35 +11.27 +0.74 Thailand SET 686.18 -1.35 -0.20 Jakarta Camp 1.986.72 +17.99 +0.91 Shenzhen B 574.88 +16.18 +2.90 Mumbai Sensex 13,928.33 +30.92 +0.22 Malaysia
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          SGX most active
          23 23 Digiland 0.015 307,314 FreightLinks 0.130 173,745 GMG 0.170 +0.005 +3.0 144,615 Rowsley 0.265 +0.020 +0.2 113,016 TelGdata 0.095 +0.025+35.7 100,700
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          Lock icon SINGAPORE
          66 23 —AFP Share prices closed 0.83 per cent higher Monday due to investor optimism that key corporations will report strong earnings growth in the quarter to March, dealers said. They added that the strength in US stocks boosted sentiment. The ST Index rose 27.81 points to 3,388.48 on volume of
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          Your S$1 buys
          28 23 USS 0.6611 UK pound 0.3307 Yen 78.2944 HKS 5.1663 RM 2.2626 Euro 0.4874 Rupiah 6007.0076 Baht 21.4094 Peso 31.5142 AS 0.7938 Rupee 27.590 Yuan 5.1066
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        Lock icon Chinese media giant takes shape in M'sia
        300 24 -AFP Ming Pao, Sin Chew and Nanyang merge to form biggest Chinese media firm outside China KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysian tycoon Tiong Hiew King has signed deals to merge three publishing firms in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Sin Chew Media Corporation and Nanyang Press Holdings,
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        Lock icon UAE investors eye Langkawi
        191 24 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia's tourist island of Langkawi is providing a large plot of land to wealthy investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to build luxury homes and boost business ties, a report said yesterday. Mr Mahdzir Khalid, the Chief Minister of Kedah state, which
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        A pick-me-up for others
        384 25  -  JOSEPH YADAO Starbucks raises a mug to community bonding with campaigns, charity projects joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg YOU notice the subtle signs your boss is grumpy in the morning; your colleague disappears at a particular time each day. Have you ever wondered why these people flock to the
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        Changi Terminal 3 kicks off tenancies with Fifa store
        234 25  -  —JOSEPH YADAO THE official opening of Changi Airport's Terminal 3 may be almost a year away, but the building already has its first tenant the Global Brands Group (GBG). The Singapore-based brand management and licensing company has secured the rights to
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        Lock icon A suite gesture
        443 26 —AGENCIES Microsoft to help the poor 'achieve their full potential' with US$3 software program A LONE demonstrator calling for free computer software and open-source programming gatecrashed a speech by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at Peking University last week. The man held up a banner that read "Free
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        No more flipping out over user manuals
        471 26  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@media corp. com. sg HAVE you ever flipped through a user manual and, instead of quickly getting instructions on how to use your new purchase, found yourself neck-deep in information about the brand's entire line of devices? Having to sift through such
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        Top of the line
        537 27  -  LEE U-WEN IN BEIJING HP unveils two printers with Edgeline technology u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg NOT content with its top-dog posi--1 tion in the enterprise printing market for the Asia-Pacific, technology giant Hewlett-Packard is stopping at nothing to make sure it stays there. Last week, the American vendor unveiled
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        212 27 PANASONIC TOUGHBOOK NOTEBOOK SERIES True blue road warriors will feel at home with Panasonic's new notebooks. The Toughbook CF-W5 and CF-Y5 notebooks are rugged and have passed pressurised vibration tests and a free fall test (up to 30cm). In durability and endurance tests, hinges for LCD screens have been
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        49 30 The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped is organising the Chorus of Dreams A Music Extravaganza charity concert on April 27 at Republic Polytechnic. The concert will feature Chen Weilian, Mi Lv Bing, Leandra Rasiah and Mathilda D'Silva among others. Tickets at $28 from Ticketcharge.
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      521 30  - The man who made it ZUL OTHMAN A mishap nearly paralysed Travis drummer Primrose, but it didn't stop the Britpop pioneers zul@media corp.com.sg THEIR soft-rock tones are credited for paving the way for British bands like Keane, Coldplay and The Feeling, but things haven't been going well lately for Scottish
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      341 36  -  DARREN LAI AFC CUP GROUPF Tampines Rovers v Pahang Tampines Stadium, 7.30pm MALAYSIAN giants Pahang will be up against it tonight when they face reigning RHB Singapore Cup champions Tampines Rovers in an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup Group F clash at Tampines Stadium.
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      342 37  -  —CUBBYLEONG NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Albirex Niigata 1 Geylang United 1 GEYLANG United missed their chance to climb to fourth place in the NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League 2007 after surrendering a first-half lead in their 1-1 draw at Albirex Niigata last night Following
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      299 37  -  DARREN LAI FANS curious to see what highly touted Bangkok University are about won't have to wait long to catch the reigning Thai Premier League champions in action. The RHB Singapore Cup debutants will visit Japanese side Albirex Niigata in the opening match of this
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      317 38 KINGSTON Muttiah Muralitharan's extraordinary abilities have transfixed cricket for more than a decade, but there will be another off-spin-ner looking to have a major say when Sri Lanka and New Zealand clash for a World Cup Final place. Jeetan Patel wasn't even sure of his spot
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      450 38 —AFP Fleming starts off the mind games, Jayawardene talks up batting line-up CRICKET WORLD CUP I SEMI-FINAL Sri Lanka v New Zealand KINGSTON New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming believes Sri Lanka's top order batting is a weakness the Black Caps can expose when the teams
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