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  • 737 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH As markets tumble, region's small investors feel the pain christie@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN before the Singapore stock market opened at 9am yesterday, many a trader had his finger on the "sell" button. And for the next hour or so, share prices went into a free fall. The
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  • hot news
    • 665 3 Fake at-home test kits used in many countries but none detected in Spore NEW YORK Even as China is still counting the costs resulting from Mattel's recall of China-made toys, yet another consumer scandal has come to light This time, Johnson Johnson has tracked
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    • 451 4 -AFP Plans to blacklist group aimed at blocking off assets WASHINGTON In a move designed to choke off its financial lifeblood, the United States revealed plans to designate arch enemy Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard a "terrorist" group. The Bush administration is preparing an executive
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    • 226 4 -DPA MANILA A senior Jemaah Islamiyah 01) militant wanted for masterminding the deadly nightclub bombings in Bali in 2002 has reportedly been wounded in fighting in the southern Philippines. General Hermogenes Esperon, the armed forces chief of staff, said Dulmatin (picture) was reportedly hurt in
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    • 578 5  -  LOH CHEE KONG Judgment next week on 1,000 anime downloaders cheekong@media corp. com. sg EVEN as a thousand illegal downloaders cling to the hope of avoiding the same fate, those already slapped by four-figure compensation demands from an anime distributor are facing up to
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      • 162 5 -AGENCIES Singapore Airlines (SIA), the first carrier in the world to receive delivery of the Airbus A3BO jet, said yesterday the biggest passenger plane ever built would make its commercial debut on Oct 25. That day, the SIA jet will fly from
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      • 80 5 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver his National Day Rally speech on Sunday. MediaCorp will carry his speech live on all its platforms and in the four official languages. As with previous years, Mr Lee will deliver his speech first in Malay and then
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    • 229 6  -  DAPHNE CHUAH daphne@mediacorp.com.sg GETTING your foetus tested for Down's Syndrome will no longer be a three-week-long nerve-wracking wait, thanks to a new technique developed by a group of doctors from Singapore and the United Kingdom. Unlike conventional methods, such as Karyotyping, which takes
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    • 375 6  -  LEE U-WEN URA releases the first of four sites on reserve list to meet increased demand u-wen@media corp.com.sg A NEW hotel development is being planned beside Ikea along Alexandra Road, as part of the Government's efforts to meet greater demand for hotel rooms in
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    • 424 8  -  ANSLEYNG Court hears gory details of slasher's angry rampage ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE attack was so vicious and sudden that part of her intestines spilled out But holding on to her organs, Indonesian maid Mistri Lidiana, 36, was able to make three calls to the police for
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    • 222 8 A SECURITY agency and its director, who made their guards work overtime without payment, were fined for repeatedly flouting the Employment Act Petra Security Agency was docked $11,000 on 22 charges, with another 17 taken into consideration during sentencing on Aug 3. Agency
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    • 487 8  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS supposed to be a drug to help heroin junkies kick their habit but new statistics show that Subutex is the top drug of choice here after it was outlawed last August According to figures released by the Central Narcotics Bureau
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    • 317 10 DAPHNE CHUAH STAFF of Today were pleasantly surprised, when a boisterous team from Carlsberg, led by Fly Entertainment's Irene Ang, "invaded" the newsroom yesterday armed with a refrigerator stocked with beer. Carlsberg, of course. Part of a new $3-million
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    • 675 12  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI TODAY FILE PHOTO Natural for citizens to criticise, as well as praise Govt: George Yeo nazry@media corp. com. sg THEY don't always see eye to eye with the Government. But political commentators, including bloggers, do have their place in Singapore, according to Foreign Minister George Yeo.
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    • 226 12  -  DAPHNECHUAH DESPITE fears of dampened demand caused by the Hungry Ghost Festival and the US sub-prime crisis, a condominium near Novena Square managed to sell off 80 per cent of its 417 units in just four days, ahead of its launch today. Soleil
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    • 467 14 JAKARTA In his annual state of the union address ahead of Indonesia's national day, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday that the country was winning the battle against Islamic terrorists. "Acts of terrorism that have haunted our people over the past
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    • 236 14 Indonesia's House Speaker Agung Laksono on Wednesday called on his government to re-evaluate the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) signed with Singapore. Speaking at the opening of a parliamentary session, Mr Agung urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to negotiate the DCA separately from the
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    • 454 14 AGENCIES Powerful quake kills 390, injures 1,000 LIMA (Peru) More than 330 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a powerful earthquake hit the coast of Peru on Wednesday. The 7.7-magnitude quake toppled buildings, cut power and telephone lines, set off landslides and forced
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    • 459 16 —AGENCIES Ousted Thai Premier will be arrested if he tries to enter the country, say police BANGKOK Thai authorities on Thursday placed ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife (picture) on an immigration blacklist, ordering their immediate arrest if they try to enter the country,
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      109 16 —AP WATER BABIES: Children swimming through the flooded streets of Manila, where schools were closed for the second straight day yesterday following a strong typhoon blowing off the mountainous north of the Philippines. Typhoon Sepat-the Malaysian word for a freshwater fish carried winds of 185 km h, weather agencies said.
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    • 307 16 -AFP SEOUL Reports of appalling conditions following the worst floods to hit North Korea in a decade were marred by controversy that the communist state may have exaggerated the damage to secure aid. At the same time, some analysts say that
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    • 280 17 -DPA Aslndon independence day nears, missing State flags spark violence JAKARTA Indonesian police beat and shot unarmed civilians in strife-torn Aceh, as the country prepared to celebrate its 62nd independence day, wounding 12 people, including two critically, a former separatist military commander said
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    • 160 17 —AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong Disneyland (picture) is struggling to attract visitors and has been missing its attendance target, a report said yesterday. The theme park, which opened in September 2005, is still shy of reaching 4 million in its second year,
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    • 228 17 -AFP JAKARTA The youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto appeared at the Attorney-General's office yesterday for questioning in a multi-million-dollar graft case over a state monopoly he led. Mr Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, who headed the country's clove monopoly board in the *****, is
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      • 79 18 -AFP Mountains of mud on the Indian Ocean floor could collapse in the event of an earthquake and trigger a tsunami, which could hit Phuket, said Thailand's disaster centre yesterday. The mountains-some more than 7km high and 10km wide are believed to have formed from sediment carried
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      • 75 18 ■AFP A moderate earthquake jolted Tokyo and nearby areas early yesterday. The earthquake measured 5.3 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre located 30km below sea level and off the coast of Chiba prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The tremor swayed buildings in central Tokyo and
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    • 236 18 AGENCIES JAKARTA A Garuda pilot accused of poisoning Indonesian human right activist Munir Said Thalib said yesterday that he had no knowledge of the coffeeshop, where prosecutors alleged was the scene of the crime. Prosecutors, who submitted fresh evidence to reopen the case
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    • 274 18 -AP Kids bear the brunt of China's harmful products BEIJING China's problems with lead in its products go far beyond tainted toys. From playthings to petrol, Chinese companies use lead in a wide range of products. Experts say China's children are suffering the health consequences. Adding
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    • 145 18 —AGENCIES China hit out at the foreign press and "irresponsible people" for raising fears about Chinese-made toys and repeated a pledge to ensure quality. "Most of China's toy exports are safe," spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce Wang Xinpei said in Beijing yesterday. "It's irresponsible
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      152 20 -AP PHOTO IDS FOR ELEPHANTS: Wildlife groups have created individual photo identification cards for Asian elephants in southern India in a bid to help track the effects of poaching on wild elephant populations, conservationists said yesterday. Indian authorities estimate that there are more than 26,400 wild elephants in the country.
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    • 679 20 -AP Washington sends strong signal but Iran calls it'propaganda' CAIRO (Egypt) The Bush administration's move to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group would ratchet up pressure on businesses from construction to oil that the military corps is thought to control, analysts said. Such a
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    • 460 22 —THE GUARDIAN LONDON British ministers are close to a decision to crack down on the promotional sale of cheap alcohol and happy-hour discounts as part of a drive to tackle Britain's binge-drinking culture. They are also to launch a public education campaign with new guidance to
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    • 208 22 AFP HONG KONG The European Commission expressed concern yesterday about a widening wealth gap in Macau arising from the booming economy in the world's largest gaming market Although the southern Chinese territory has one of the world's fastest growing economies, with 16.6 per
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      • 129 22 -AP Lucky and Flo, the two female sniffer dogs (picture) who cramped the style of Malaysia's DVD pirates by ferreting out millions of illegal discs, will get a hero's farewell when their six-month assignment ends next week. The two black Labradors said to be the
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      • 127 22 DPA Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unveiled plans to amend 33 Articles of the country's Constitution and pave the way for him to remain in power indefinitely. Among the amendments he outlined in a speech to the National Assembly on Wednesday, Mr Chavez is seeking to
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      • 107 22 —AP China's president has called for a swift investigation into a bridge collapse in south China that killed at least 36 people and told officials to severely punish those responsible, state media said yesterday. Rescuers were combing through the rubble of the
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      • 96 22 -AFP A customer was literally horrified by bestselling author Stephen King, when she mistook him for a vandal as he signed books in an Australian Outback bookstore. The customer at the store in Alice Springs raised the alarm after seeing a man walk in off the
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    • 365 23 -AP Arab group slams NYPD report for being discriminatory NEW YORK Average citizens who quietly band together and adopt radical ways pose a mounting threat to United States security. They could even exceed the threat posed by Al Qaeda, a New York Police Department
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      50 23 ■AP BIRD FLU BEGONE: Balinese farmers send their chickens to Ayunan village for vaccination yesterday after Bali confirmed its first human bird flu death this week. Yesterday officials said that a 17-year-old teenager, identified only as Lu, died in Tanaerana. west of Jakarta, a dav after being admitted to hospital.
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      • 51 23 ■AFP Pakistan's security forces thwarted suicide attacks on celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the country's independence on Tuesday, and arrested several "would-be suicide bombers", officials said. The government was closing in on the masterminds. Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema said late on
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      • 59 23 ■AFP The descendants of cannibals who killed and ate four Fijian missionaries in 1878 have apologised for their forefathers' actions, the Australian Associated Press reported yesterday. Fiji's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, accepted the apologies at a reconciliation ceremony attended by thousands
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      • 78 23 -AP Rescuers used bare hands and shovels on Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by suicide bombings that killed at least 250 people in the deadliest attack of the Iraq war. Local officials said the death toll was as high as 500. The victims of
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    • 664 24  -  OONYEOH M'sia seems to be headed for a constitutional crisis as more of its royalty speak up BACK in the early 1980s, Malaysia faced a constitutional crisis when then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sought to curb the powers of the Agong (king), and the royalty baulked at
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    • 229 26 AGENCIES NEW DELHI The future of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal looks uncertain, but New Delhi has already selected sites for new atomic power plants. The Indian atomic energy department identified five coastal locations, the Business Line newspaper reported. The department plans
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    • 462 26 AGENCIES It is one way that Pakistan leader can cling on to power WASHINGTON The United States is quietly pushing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to share power with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, The New York Times reported yesterday, citing US and Pakistani officials.
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    • 462 30  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Are some using Singapore as a stepping stone? Letter from MR EDMUND Lim Wai Hoong highlighted a potential flaw in our Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in his letter "For State's glory, not money" (Aug 15). He pointed out that our
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    • 226 30  -  LEE KIM HUA Letter from Director, Family Services Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports WE REFER to Mr Yeo Wee Ling's letter "Check what you are paying for the kids" (Aug 8). Mr Yeo suggested requiring all institutions authorised to deduct payments from the
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    • 333 40 -DOW JONES Hundreds of millions spent to shore up currencies SOUTHEAST Asian central banks defended their currencies yesterday against waves of selling as investors fled risky assets on deepening credit worries. Authorities in Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia sold hundreds of millions of dollars in market
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    • 182 40  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg FUND managers, brokers and other market professionals in Singapore and Thailand will soon find it easier to offer capital markets services in both countries. This is possible under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 231 40  -  JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg TWO of Singapore's biggest property developers have extended their reach overseas. Capita Land announced yesterday that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Gurney Plaza Penang's leading retail mall for RM77O million ($336.8 million). Located along the famous Gurney
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      • 279 42  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg WITH "climate change" as the new buzzwords, eco-friendly power plants are hotting up the Singapore scene. Yesterday a new player, Biofuel Industries, jumped into the ring with a proposed plant to recycle wood waste and produce energy at the same time. It has
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      • 357 42  -  -JOSEPH YADAO ARAB businessmen dealing with their Singaporean counterparts expect quick decisions. However, the Singaporean's inefficiency in this area irks most Arab businessmen, said Dr Ameen Talib, principal consultant at Ameen Talib Associates. "Singapore companies send representatives to discuss deals, but they have to
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      • 384 44 BLOOMBERG ASIAN officials said the United States hous-ing-loan crisis that has sparked a bloodbath in the region's stock markets would have minimal effect on their economies. Their assurances came as central banks in Japan and the US injected fresh funds into their markets. According
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      • 354 44 BLOOMBERG Credit rating agencies may have been slow to react to sub-prime crisis CREDIT rating agencies including Moody's Investors Service and Standard Poor's (S&P) are facing an investigation by the European Commission into their response to the sub-prime credit crisis. "The review will focus on
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      • 233 44 BLOOMBERG THE US Conference of Mayors asked the US Federal Reserve for new rules to protect borrowers against "abusive" lending practices that can cost them their homes. In a letter sent to the Washington-based central bank yesterday, the mayors said that the US Federal
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      • 297 46 -AFP Inflation at highest level in over a decade CHINA'S economy marched along at a fast pace last month, official data confirmed yesterday, heightening expectations of another interest rate hike within weeks. The National Bureau of Statistics said China's urban fixed asset investment a key measure
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      • 369 46 -AFP AUSTRALIAN flag carrier Qantas said yesterday that its annual net profit increased 50 per cent to a record A 5719.4 million ($BB3 million) as robust passenger demand offset higher fuel costs. The airline also announced a billion-dol-lar buy-back of about 10 per cent
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    • 405 48  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN This latest tech-haven in the CBD is bound to energise more than just your gadgets hedirman@media corp.com.sg NEED to surf the Net as you sip that steaming mug of Java but forgot to bring along your laptop? Fret not, for Geek
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      • 478 50 BOURNE TO BE A VIDEO GAME Fans of the espionage series can finally get to step into the shoes of this elite agent FANS of the Bourne trilogy will have to wait another year before the hit series is transformed into a video game, almost seven years after its cinema
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      • 551 52  -  JOHNSONCHOO Telcos offer various options for high-speed access, depending on your needs johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg STARHUB'S launch of its 3.5G, high-speed packet access (HSPA) service could not have come at a better time for me, at least Like most mobile device users, my biggest
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    • 124 48 /aiEDIACORP lilrk As Singapore's largest broadcaster and one of the region's most renowned fhj] broadcasters, MediaCorp offers a complete range of media businesses: TV, Radio, |^9 Entertainment Productions, Movie Productions, Newspapers, Magazines, Electronic U Media and other broadcasting services. MedlaCorp's vision Is to become one of nJ Asia's top media
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    • 94 53 Visit hipfriends.org.sg for a chance to win a pair of movie preview tickets. aMfIBBBBBBBES Prom Lke creaLors of JjJ|^a> THE INCREDIBLE^ fl- tbT'ibTJ B i^ j^mMtmrnW.' jMmmW g*-AWW BTBTBTBTBTBTBTavfIHaH fti '^I^' -H^Kaa B^/\ WALT DISNEY PICTURES p«. DI A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Bl„, *RATATOUILLE" M^^CHAEL GIACCHINO Cd.tJ n m k
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    • 1354 54 m^a ri TraV°lta hf fir ally eed to do a««her V N THE summer of 1978, it shimmied into theatres to T become the highest-grossing musical movie of all time. A Grease was the word, and the film's young tough Danny A* Zuko was the man.
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    • 616 56 -AP Thousands of fans mark Elvis Presley's death anniversary THOUSANDS of Elvis Presley fans braved 40-degree heat as they wound down Graceland's driveway in a graveside procession on Wednesday in advance of the 30th anniversary of the singer's death. The heat led to the death of a
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    • 104 58 ROBIN WILLIAMS Next release: August Rush Due in cinemas: November 2007 Role: As a stranger who helps a street musician. STEVE MARTIN Next release: Pink Panther 2 Due in cinemas: February 2009 Role: Reprising his role as the clueless Inspector Jacques Clouseau. EDDIE MURPHY Next
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    • 511 58  -  Felix Cheong Old comedians should act their age FRI DAY WITH FELIX plus@newstoday.com.sg OLD comedians don't fade away. They just make sillier movies. Look no further than Robin Williams. In the romantic comedy License to Wed, which began its run in cinemas yesterday,
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    • 411 59  -  ZUL OTHMAN Glenn Fredly is jittery before Singapore gig zul@mediacorp.com.sg BY HIS own admission, very few things make Indonesian pop star Glenn Fredly nervous. With the exception of his debut concert in Singapore on Saturday night He said he's been "on edge for the last few months" and
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    • 112 59 —THE GUARDIAN MATT Damon (picture) upped the ante in the battle between Jason Bourne and James Bond yesterday, when he dismissed 007 as dated, anachronistic and mired in the *****. "The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and the values of
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      • 395 60 -NGIAMYINGLAN Peter Chan still in talks with artist to settle copyright suit PROFESSIONAL illustrator Wang Kewei, born and based in China's coastal province of Shandong, never misses the daily news on TV. But something made the selftaught 27-year-old pay extra attention on Dec 4 last year.
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      • 587 61 Zombies in saris, killers in THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PRETTY girls dressed in billowing saris dancing around sylvan fields; suave young men breaking into lip-synched love songs on top of mountains... The growing visibility of Bollywood films in recent years means that most movie-goers have an idea of what South Asian
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      • 132 61 THE ART OF DATING It's a date at the museum, literally. The Substation is presenting UNconference, a speeddating event with an artistic twist, on Saturday, 4pm, at the Singapore Art Museum. The event, which is part of the Singapore Art Show 2007, aims to bring art lovers no pun
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    • 1465 62 GHOSTWHISPERERII UNTUKTERAKHIR KALI DOCUMENTARY INSIGHT The Curse of the Ninth Suria, 8.30pm Seconds from Disaster—The Hindenburg Made-in-China Channel 5, 10pm Arts Central, 10pm Channel News Asia, 2.33pm P, When Melinda 5^ DatoTaufik's death The largest airship From food to medicine, j&aaammm^^^^-. H^BaMk' s meets a shocks his wife, ever built
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  • sports
    • 528 63  -  JOSE RAYMOND Tampines'Thai midfield star could prove the difference in clash of giants NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Tampines Rovers v Home United Jalan Besar Stadium 7.30pm jose@media corp. com. sg TAMPINES Rovers' midfielder Sutee Suksomkit could play a crucial role against his old club Home United
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    • 289 63 -AFP PARIS France coach Raymond Domenech (picture) insisted yesterday that he was relishing the chance to back up his recent allegations of match-fixing in Italy before European football's governing body, Uefa. Domenech alluded last week to "a referee being bought" during a tie between France
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    • 254 63 DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Woodlands Wellington 0 Geylang Utd 2 GEYLANG United's new Brazilian striker Leopoldino dos Santos (picture) scored on his S-League debut last night, helping his side to a 2-0 away win over Woodlands Wellington. The win saw the second-from-bottom Eagles
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    • 519 64  -  TANYO-HINN Hooker confident team can put one over the Kings for first win of the season VICTORIA BITTER NATIONAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 Bucks v Bedok Kings yohinn@media corp. com. sg THE Bucks must be sick of playing second fiddle to the Bedok Kings in rugby. Not
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    • 256 64 BANGKOK Host nation Thailand's success at the World University Games has landed the government with a huge bill under a generous cash reward scheme it offered to all Thai medal winners. The total sum so far is 38 million baht ($1.84 million)
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    • 473 65  -  TANYO-HINN Singapore No 1 downs world No 4 to reach last eight of World Championships BADMINTON Proton World Badminton Championships 2007 yohinn@media corp.com.sg THE 2008 Olympics are barely a year away and Ronald Susilo is busy getting himself into top shape, both physically and mentally. Yesterday, Singapore's
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    • 88 65 -AFP LONDON West Ham United have signed England midfielder Kieron Dyer from Newcastle United, both Premiership clubs confirmed on Wednesday. The transfer appeared to have stalled after the Magpies upped their price from £6 million ($18.3 million) to £8 million. But in a statement on their
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    • 78 65  -  —TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE'S Justin Liv and Sherman Cheng won the 420 Boys' title at the 420 and 470 Junior European Championships 2007 in Medemblik, the Netherlands yesterday. The pair, who also won the 420 Boys' gold medal at last year's Asian Games, finished first with 28 points
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    • 292 65 ■AFP SYDNEY Australian Olympic champion swimmer lan Thorpe has provided the country's drug testing agency with medical evidence in an attempt to clear himself of doping allegations. Thorpe presented the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Asada) with evidence and records in a bid to explain why he
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    • 235 66 -THE GUARDIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 3rd qualifying round, Ist leg Sparta Prague 0 Arsenal 2 PRAGUE Arsene Wenger had remarked ahead of this Champions League first-leg fixture that he did not expect a red carpet to be rolled out for his side, especially against
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    • 166 68 -AFP LONDON Sheffield United have started legal action in order to gain compensation from West Ham following their relegation from the English Premiership. The Blades went down after an independent panel upheld a league decision not to dock the Hammers points over
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    • 363 68 ■AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 1 Derby 0 LONDON —Manchester City manager SvenGoran Eriksson admitted he can't wait to get stuck into Manchester United after his side maintained their 100 per cent start to the season. City sit proudly in second place in the
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