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    27 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp we set you thinking MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Tuesday June 12, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=£)JACORP we set you thinking Tuesday June 12, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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    'We have no choice says SCV
    778 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Soon all not just football fans must pay more for cable TV cheekong@media corp. com. sg THE signs were plain that sports fans might soon have to dig deeper into their wallets, when Star Hub Cable Vision (SCV) last year purportedly
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    In court's eyes, Durai's silence damned him
    664 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg IN THE end, his silence was what damned him in the eyes of the court Throughout his 20-day criminal trial, former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T T Durai had resolutely refused to take the stand. Even when the prosecution's
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      Lock icon Second dengue death this year
      408 2  -  LIN YANQIN Hougang man dies as number of infections, active clusters increase yanqin@media corp.com.sg ANOTHER dengue-related death has occurred, making it the second case this year. A 63-year-old man living in Hougang died last Wednesday after being admitted into Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the authorities
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      Lock icon First drought, now flooding hits Aussie areas
      324 3 —AGENCIES MAITLAND (Australia) Floodwaters engulfed homes and farms and swept through areas north of Sydney yesterday, as disaster workers began a massive cleanup following deadly storms that battered Australia's east coast "It's almost as if the entire valley is covered in water," said
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      433 3 Make life breakthroughs with a life sciences career. jflJUfflter /«|0 UNIVERSITY OF BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences jUSM 1^ F""!iW/ BRADFORD Awarded by University of Bradford, UK -jK«V^ li w making knowledge work Commences Oct 2007 (Evening) Specialisations in Cellular and Molecular Pathology or Medical Biochemistry IES BSc (Hons) in
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      Homes on the beach
      404 4  -  TAN HUI LENG Bidding opens for Singapore's first beachfront condo site huileng@media corp. com. sg THE price tag on luxury residences is expected to hit a new high as a site for Singapore's only beachfront condominium is launched at Sentosa Cove today. The site, Beachfront Collection,
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      Lock icon IS EARLY RETIREMENT POSSIBLE WITH RISING COSTS?
      306 4 -ERC A good education, a good paying job and retirement at 65. That's hardly the case nowadays. With the escalating tag on all expenses, it is time to reflect on the harsh reality. However, retiring young and rich is not out of the
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      Froebel, under probe, refutes claims
      273 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg SEVERAL teachers with the embattled Froebel Academy have filed claims for alleged salary arrears with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). Yesterday, a former part-time Mandarin teacher reported not having been paid nearly $24,000 the fifth claim the ministry has received against the private
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      Lock icon 40-year partnership on a new note
      189 4  -  S RAMESH CHANNEL NEWSASIA ramesh@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE and Brunei are launching a new currency note to commemorate 40 years of one-for-one currency interchangeability. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, in Brunei to attend the wedding of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's daughter yesterday and to meet the
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA; CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  189 words
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      Tuition for weak, needy students
      278 6  -  DAPHNE CHUAH Ngee Ann Poly to coach disadvantaged students from three secondary schools daphne® mediacorp.com.sg ACADEMICALLY weak and needy secondary students need not worry that their background will hold them back from making the grade. Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) will roll out a pilot tuition
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      Lock icon Playwright's relief teaching application rejected
      547 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO ANSLEYNG derrick@media corp.com.sg HE WAS a top student a graduate of Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College. His academic credentials include 10 Als at the 0 Levels, as well as 4 As and an Al for General Paper at the A Levels.
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        Lock icon HDB LAUNCHES 922 FLATS
        63 6 -938UVE The HDB is launching 922 flats for sale 503 of them four-room units under its second combined balloting and walk-in system. Two-thirds of the flats are in Sengkang, while the rest are in Hougang and Punggol. Also for sale are 306 executive flats and 113
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        CALL FOR NS REGISTRATION
        50 6 National Service registration for male Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents born on or between Dec 8,1989, and March 11,1990, will be conducted from tomorrow until July 4. Register online at www.ns.sg or at the Central Manpower Base Podium. For clarifications, email contact@ns.sgor call 1800-367 6767 (toll-free).
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        Lock icon FREE COIN DEPOSITS UNTIL SUNDAY
        69 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Until this Sunday, members of the public can turn in coins at The Singapore Mint without paying the usual price of $3.50 for 1,000 pieces. The public are advised to sort coins into different denominations and put them into separate bags for easier
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      THE ROOT OF THE CONTROVERSY
      824 8  -  KIM QUEK Could it lie in wording of 1988 amendment to the Constitution? THE final judgment on the Lina Joy case has brought to a head the increasingly controversial and divisive issue of religious freedom in Malaysia. In an apparent attempt to skirt a potential
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      Lock icon Chinese health body took over $400,000 in bribes
      220 10 -AFP BEIJING The body promoting oral health in China took bribes of 2.1 million yuan ($405,500) to promote new products, state media said yesterday, in a new blow to the industry after a toxic toothpaste scandal. Officials with the National Committee on
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      Lock icon China launches probe into fake blood protein sales
      170 10 -AFP BEIJING Chinese authorities are investigating the widespread sale of fake blood protein to hospitals and pharmacies a practice that threatens the lives of patients state media reported yesterday. A newspaper reported one death from receiving the fake albumin but authorities have
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      Lock icon More suspected M'sian bird flu cases
      180 10 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Four people are in hospital in Terengganu state after possible exposure to bird flu, Malaysia's Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said yesterday, with officials on the alert for new outbreaks. He said the four were hospitalised in Kuala Terengganu after coming
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      Lock icon Olympics in child labour row
      491 10 —AP 12-year-olds allegedly used in factories to produce merchandise for the Games BEIJING Red-faced organisers of the Beijing Olympics yesterday threatened to cancel the contracts of firms allegedly using child labour and violating minimum-wage rules to make Olympic-licensed products. In a report released on Sunday,
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      Lock icon Missing trainees prompt NS tweak
      325 12 —AP Daytime treks give more time for search mission as M'sia eases training regimen KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has made its national service training programme less strenuous after several trainees went missing during a jungle exercise last month, an official said yesterday. The move also follows
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      Lock icon KL gets tough on contractors
      302 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Following a series of mishaps involving government buildings in Malaysia, the Public Works Department (PWD) will be setting up a Building Surveyors Division to inspect the condition of all construction after they are completed. Works Minister S Samy Vellu issued the directive
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      Lock icon Office slackers warned, Big Brother watching
      286 12 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Government employees in a Malaysian state are being monitored by security cameras to stop them from slacking off at work or vanishing for long tea breaks, a report said yesterday. Sixteen closed-circuit television cameras were installed recently to improve security in
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      Lock icon 'Sanctions on Myanmar won't work': Asean sec-gen Ong
      266 14 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Sanctions to force democracy on militaryruled Myanmar are pointless because the country will survive as long as it is supported by giant neighbours China and India, a senior South-east Asian official said on Monday. "We should look at some
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      Lock icon No JI ties: Cambodian PM
      405 14 -AGENCIES Thailand admits no basis for accusation PHNOM PENH Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sharply rejected claims by a Thai general that Cambodian Muslims had links to the regional extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). "This unjust accusation cannot be accepted," Mr Hun Sen said,
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  405 words
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      Lock icon Thai graft-busters order Thaksin's assets frozen
      367 14 —AFP BANGKOK Thailand's anti-graft panel said yesterday that it would freeze assets held by ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his family, totalling at least 52.9 billion baht ($2.3 billion). The Assets Examination Committee (AEC), which the junta set up after taking power last year,
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      Lock icon Hamas PM flees gunfire
      310 15 -AFP Fresh factional clashes erupt in Gaza GAZA CITY Gunmen fired on Palestinian government offices in Gaza yesterday, forcing ministers to interrupt a Cabinet meeting as factional violence flared again after three weeks of calm. The gunfire came from the rooftop of an adjacent building and
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      Lock icon Kasparov tests Putin's pledge
      186 15 -AFP MOSCOW Chess legend Garry Kasparov and 1,000 opposition demonstrators held a rally in Moscow yesterday to test a Kremlin promise to allow free expression in the run-up to elections. Supporters of The Other Russia opposition coalition gathered on the city's central Pushkin Square, which was
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      Lock icon Britain's PM-in-waiting makes surprise visit to Iraq
      234 15 AGENCIES BAGHDAD Britain's future Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Baghdad yesterday on a surprise visit, and went straight into talks with Iraqi Premier Nuri Al Maliki. Treasury chief Gordon Brown who is to succeed Mr Tony Blair on June 27 as both
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      Lock icon Suspected suicide blast in Nairobi
      223 16 —AGENCIES NAIROBI —The Kenyan capital was rocked yesterday by a bomb blast thought to be the work of a suicide bomber who blew himself to bits while clutching a copy of the Quran, killing another person and injuring at least 33. "It was a bomb
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      Lock icon Shut down Guantanamo Bay: Powell
      222 16 -BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The Bush administration should close its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to eliminate a blight on the reputation of the United States, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said. "If it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo, not tomorrow but
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        Lock icon LAUDER SCION HEADS WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS
        67 16 -AP The World Jewish Congress has elected Mr Ronald S Lauder as president, succeeding businessman Mr Edgar M Bronfman Sr, who resigned after 28 years in the post. Mr Lauder, 63, is the son of cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder. In 1987 he established the
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        Lock icon MATCH SOUGHT FOR MILLIONAIRE'S 'OLD AND SHORT DAUGHTER
        73 16 —AFP A South Korean millionaire is seeking someone to marry his "too old and short" daughter and matchmaking agency Sunoo, tasked with the search, says it has received 200 applications in four days. The agency's website describes her as a 38-year-old, US-educated
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        Lock icon S KOREAN EX-PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER TO CONTEST FOR TOP POST
        74 16 -AFP A daughter of South Korea's late authoritarian President Park Chung-Hee yesterday officially announced her bid to become the main opposition party's candidate in the December presidential election. Ms Park Geun-Hye, a former chairperson of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP),
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      274 7 w 111 B Completing your needs is easy with extra cash. Hjppiffimijm Whether it is improving your home, preparing for your bundle of joy, or furthering your education, it is now easier to get the extra cash you need with HSBC's personal loan and personal line of credit. >■ For
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      236 8 TOPMONEY MAKING EXPERTS SHARE rirrjlTlTU Special Article EXPERTISE MAKING MONEY is not that tough for wealth management experts. However, we were not taught wealth management techniques in school or anywhere else. 2-3 days wealth management programs can only do so much for you. We have packed all the essential wealth
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      84 8 SPOTTED IN SUPPORT! K^^i^bum^^ McDonald's™ launched a charity drive that invited "Mv arandSOli'S Singaporeans to wear Shrek Ears in support of I Ronald McDonald Children's Charity™ (RMCC). Priced at $2,100% nett proceeds from the sale nave loving, w^ g 0 towards helping sick children from needy Caring family families. We
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      356 9 Y oU r\N\nnin9 \ncrease r c ve ry Chances rw To date, NTUC has almost 500,000 members. To celebrate, we're giving away more than $150,000 worth of prizes to 500 winners, including the sleek Chevrolet Captiva, in an exciting lucky draw. What's r a more, be the 500,000 th member
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      65 11 New aviation security measures for hand-carry luggage ■M. l^%l New aviation security measures restricting liquids, aerosols and gels onboard flights departing Singapore LJ g\ have been implemented. Most passengers, however, can still continue to purchase duty-free liquor and I l^^l perfumes without restrictions at Changi Airport and bring them onboard.
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      36 12 Ifight dengue now BEFORE IT'SHOO'LAIE: I L^Rfl I **l J I -u^fl I II iBk 'a fe^tflH I STOP DENGUE. ACT NOW! DO THE 10 MINUTE MOZZIE WIPE-OUT EVERY DAY. O H0TUNE E-mai: dengue@neagov.sg Website: www.dengue.gov.sg
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      DIY-Islam can confuse, mislead
      409 18  -  ABDUL SHARIFFABOO KASSIM Without the guidance of qualified teachers, youth are vulnerable to twisted ideologies Letter from NEWS about the detention of a bright young lawyer for his involvement with militant activities has once again brought into focus Islamic teachings. What I find particularly disturbing is
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      ONE ABDUL BASHEER IS ONE TOO MANY
      30 18  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Those unfamiliar with classic Arabic should consult a religious teacher or scholar with the right credentials to interpret the Quranic verses. nazry@mediacorp.com.sg
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      M'sian police chief's JI comments not helpful
      175 18  -  DAVID MILLER Letter from YOUR reporter, Mr Nazry Bahrawi, has put together an excellent News Comment, "One Abdul Basheer is one too many" (June 11), on the position of responsible community leaders in Singapore to this very real problem of the war against
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      Smoke-free is the way to go
      336 20  -  MURALI SHARMA Overseas pubs report more earnings afterthey ban smoking Letter from COME July 1, many of us will breathe easier as the rules kick in to make entertainment outlets smoke-free. At the moment, many pub, lounge and club owners are up in arms
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      isay GOING HOME, JUST TO SLEEP
      370 20  -  GILBERT GOHKEOWWAH DURING a recent outing with some friends, a common topic we discussed was job stress and how to de-stress effectively. Some said that perhaps due to a booming economy, we have become victims of our own success. Much more is now demanded
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      247 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON HELPING YOUTH MANAGE MONEY BY Do teenagers understand these days just what a dollar is worth? Well, you watch them at the mall, and sometimes you wonder. One way to educate a kid fairly fast is to give him enough cash for a
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    • What's wrong with condom ads?
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        Educate young people
        161 22  -  LOH YIXIAN Letter from READING the letter, "Condom ad on SMRT train" (June 8), by Christine Tey, I wonder what the fuss is all about. Is it not better to be open about issues such as this one, and allow the younger generation to be aware of
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        Encourage safe sex
        159 22  -  GAVIN TING Letter from AS A 15-year-old, I find it quite intriguing that the writer has reacted so strongly towards the advertisement Although I have not seen it, I must say that on first thought, condom advertisements seem totally fine. Think about it by allowing the advertising
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      Motorists may make stops to post letters – just do so safely
      177 22  - Motorists may make stops to post letters just do so safely NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to the letter by Mr Basil Lee that raised the issue of whether it is legal for motorists to stop their cars on the road alongside post
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    • Resumes – seeing where the land lies
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        A resume built on lies not worth the paper
        336 24  -  MARYANNE MAES Letter from IT IS a complete shame that Singapore's youth today prefer to choose the path of being liars instead of relying on their writing skills to clinch job vacancies. Writing a resume is about adopting a thorough thinking
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        Lock icon Lies of omissioneveryone tells them
        422 24  -  EDMUND LIM WAI HOONG Letter from YOUR report on embellished resumes covers job candidates who lie about their working experience. On my part, I would like to ask employers and human resource personnel whether they would hire truly honest applicants. Since young, I have been
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      Graffiti is art that is globally recognised
      264 24  -  MKAMALDOLLAH Letter from I AM an arts educator who has been actively involved in teaching youth the finer points of graffiti and the rich culture behind it I would like to point out that graffiti and vandalism are not mutually exclusive. Graffiti is
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      Why can't other businesses absorb GST hike too?
      204 25  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I REFER to the Page 1 report, "A hike less gruelling" (June 11). The pledge by three more key supermarket chains Shop N Save, Cold Storage and Sheng Siong to absorb the 2-percentage-point Goods and Services
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      178 18 we set you thinking todayonline.com Opinions. Thoughts. Concerns. What moves you? What irks you? Tell us. Write, email or fax us a letter with your full name, B^, contact number and Et\ address. we want your voice Samsung 19" HD-Ready LCDTV when you sign up for I Star Hub Digital
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      Lock icon CapitaLand's Abu Dhabi adventure
      689 26  -  JOHNSON CHOO -JOHNSON CHOO -938UVE Property developer joins forces with investment firm to build $7.7b project johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg SOUTH-EAST Asia's biggest property developer, Capita Land, has found its first joint venture partner in Abu Dhabi (picture) after a short four-and-a-half-month courtship. Together with Mubadala Development Company,
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        118 26 -AFP SHARE prices closed 1.54 per cent higher yesterday, as investor confidence surged after Wall Street rebounded strongly at the end of last week, dealers said. TheST Index finished 53.87 points higher at 3,545.46 on a volume of 4.56 billion shares worth $2.42 billion. There were 578 rising issues
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
        18 26 CoscoCorpDB CoscoCorpDB 0.260 +160.0 0.320 +137.0 CoscoCorpRB 0.695 +127.9 CoscoCorpBNP CoscoCorpBNP 0.295 +118.5 0.185 +117.6
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        34 26 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg UOvP UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro V.Utf O 0.3293 78.8481 5.0613 2.2475 0.4854 Rupiah 5875.87 Baht 21.0158 Peso 30.1600 AS 0.7679 Indian Rs 26.4673 Yuan 4.9671
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      242 27 -BLOOMBERG CHANGI Airports International and the Tata Group have jointly bid to develop three airports in India, where the country's government is spending US$lO billion ($15.4 billion) to upgrade airport facilities. The two companies have bid to manage airports
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      448 27 Move due to market 'uncertainties', it says DBS Group Holdings is dropping its bid to buy Lone Star Funds' majority stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) due to market "uncertainties". "We notified Lone Star that we would not be going forward due to the
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        277 30 DOW JONES NEW YORK- General Electric (GE) and Microsoft Corp were in discussions in recent weeks to combine Dow Jones with some portions of GE's NBC Universal, parrying a bid by News Corp, but the two sides could not reach an agreement, according
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        422 30 BLOOMBERG May's figure swells to $34.7 billion, adding further pressure on yuan CHINA'S trade surplus swelled a bigger-than-estimat-ed 73 per cent last month, increasing pressure on the government to allow faster currency gains. The gap widened to U5522.45 billion ($34.7 billion), the customs bureau said on
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        370 30 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Iran plans to tie up with Asian companies to build five refineries in the region, including in Singapore, as part of its efforts to boost energy cooperation, Iran's oil minister said yesterday. With China and India expected to become
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        620 31 -BLOOMBERG but the re's still lots of poverty in China, he says THE next president of th( World Bank, Mr Robert Zoel lick (picture), defended lend ing to China in spite of the coun try's record currency reserves and the fastest economi< growth of any major
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        236 31 —AP NEW DELHI India's top real estate company, DLF, began taking orders from investors yesterday for its initial public offering of shares in what will likely be India's biggest IPO ever. DLF is offering 175 million new shares to the public
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        769 32  -  WILLIAM PESEK HONG Kong has a public relations problem on its hands, and it's not about the usual suspects. It's not about pollution, inequality or executives leaving for Singapore it's about the currency. Currencies aren't normally PR matters. Yet, when your dollar has
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        387 33  -  JOSEPH YADAO Interactive event blurs the divide between virtual racing, reality joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THE racing lines between the real and virtual worlds were blurred with the launch of Xbox 360's driving simulator Forza Motorsport 2. The vehicles in the game were modelled after their real life
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        269 33  -  -JOSEPH YADAO GENERATION V otherwise known as the "Internet Generation" gained a certain cachet when a major fashion label named a product in its lingo. Calvin Klein copyrighted the term "technosexual", referring to Generation Y'ers, whose social lives revolve around mobile phones and computers, and
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        851 34  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN IDAYEXCLUSIVE PC and gadget maker has design in mind, with looking good a key focus for its upcoming line of products hedirman@media corp.com.sg DELL is learning that design matters. Earlier this year, it showcased a concept product called Crystal, a monitor that won
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        313 35 -AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Google's privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. In a recent report, London-based Privacy International assigned Google
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        65 35 liia^MiaßSi Daphne Flynn, Design Director, Philips Design Singapore The feminine aspects of design, such as shape, colour and choice of material, are increasingly becoming the differentiator, as they evoke emotions and desires rather than focus strictly on the functionality of the product itself. Typically considered a 'female' trait such
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      180 30 S&Bfy J\ \j J3 Centre for Clinical Pharmacology Pte Ltd A partnership of Lilly Research Laboratories and the National University of Singapore C Volunteers with Diabetes are invited to be screened for a clinical research programme The screening will be performed at no cost to you, and may include the
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      287 31 A Channel News Asia Seminar SURVIVING CANCER: Discover the latest treatment techniques for Lung, Colon and Breast Cancer Cancer incidence in Singapore has been on the rise over the last decade. Despite this overcast, the country's medical society continues to uncover silver linings with advances in cancer detection, treatment and
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      1451 37  - BETTER? NEIL HUMPHREYS SYDNEY IN plus@newstoday.com.sg FANTASTIC Four was one of the sleeper hits of 2005. With little fanfare for a comic book caper, the Marvel creations appeared to tiptoe onto the screen and the movie threatened to be squashed under the boot of more anticipated blockbusters. That summer marked
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      204 38 -AGENCIES TOKYO Riyo Mori (picture), Japan's first Miss Universe in nearly half a century, met the press on Monday for the first time since her victory last month and said her triumph was never in doubt Decked out in a black halter
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      299 40  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg GLASGOW-based indie pop band Camera Obscura's much-hyped concert at this year's Baybeats will not happen, according to The Esplanade. The sextet has cancelled plans to play at The Esplanade's annual indie rock festival, which is to be held from Aug 3
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      185 42 -AFP NEW YORK Spring Awakening, a rock musical about hormonally-charged adolescents, swept Broadway's annual awards spectacular, the Tony Awards, yesterday. The erotic romp picked up eight awards including best musical and best original score, just heading off The Coast of Utopia. The latter play,
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      1245 48 urn! iimmiim LIFELINE II ASIA REBOUNDS POST 1997 LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD CODE RED (DEBUT) Channel 5, Bpm Channel News Asia, 9.32pm, 12.32 am John Mayer, Richard Ashcroft, Channel 8, Bpm Norah Jones |G^L^| iS Property prices plummeted Symphony and "^&< be activated to 9/B 60 per cent and the
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      714 49 MCT So good are the Spurs even home cooking may not be enough to sustain the Cavaliers 2007 NBA FINALS, GAME 2 San Antonio 103 Cleveland 92 (Spurs lead best-of-seven series 2-0) SAN ANTONIO Leßron James picked up his second foul two minutes and 55 seconds into
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      255 53 —AFP LONDON The European Tour were yesterday accused of pursuing an "unethical" policy of expansion in Asia, after unveiling plans to stage the US$2.5-million ($3.85 million) Indian Masters next year. The tournament has been granted the Feb 7-10 slot in the Tour's 2008
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      127 53 -AFP MONTREAL Poland's Robert Kubica (picture) is expected to be released from hospital here this morning (Singapore time), after sustaining only a sprained ankle and slight concussion in a horrific crash during Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. The 22-year-old crashed heavily on lap 27 when he lost control of
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