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Title Section13 2007-10-24 1 /A=PJj-\Cop.P TODAY we set you thinking MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Wednesday October 24, 2007 todayonline.com13 words
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Article, Illustration671 2007-10-24 1 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg WHEN an SIA flight bound for the Swiss city of Zurich took off from Changi Airport this morning, it would have in its business class cabin a box carrying some top-secret documents from the Singapore Government And if the documents succeedLEE U-WEN - 671 words
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Article1096 2007-10-24 1 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG PM Lee on keeping Section 377 A, even as homosexuals must have a place in society cheekong@media corp.com.sg IT MAY be untidy and ambiguous. But for once, such lack of cut-and-dried neatness in its laws is what Singapore needs, according to1,096 words
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Miscellaneous38 2007-10-24 1 SEMBCORP SCANDAL ANALYSTS ASK: HOW COULD IT HAPPEN? BUSINESS PAGE 30 PORN VERSUS ART HOW WILL S'POREANS REACT TO PLEASURE FACTORY? PLUS•PAGE 36 LEONARD THOMAS, SPORTS EDITOR, SAYS NO SEA GAMES NOD FOR GINO, SURELY SPORTS PAGE 4638 words
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Article, Illustration867 2007-10-24 3 ANSLEY NG - ANSLEY NG Another asks for laws to be more gender-neutral ansley@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE supportive of a new law to make procurement of services from child prostitutes illegal, one MP wanted to go a step further by setting up a hotline. Such a hotline couldFAIZAL - 867 words
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Singapore news
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Article500 2007-10-24 4 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG Increase due to change in formula used to calculate annual value huileng@mediacorp.com.sg AS HOTEL room rates in Singapore continue to set new highs, the taxman's upcoming formula tweaks which will see hotels' property tax bills jump by at least 33 per cent500 words
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Article, Illustration447 2007-10-24 4 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN AND CHEOWXIN Yl - HEDIRMAN SUPIAN AND CHEOWXIN Yl hedirman@media corp.com.sg STAYING true to his humble beginnings, Mr Lim Goh Tong (picture) wore a Casio watch and ate simple meals. But when the Genting group founder died yesterday, he left behind a business empire worth US$22 billion ($32.2 billion).BLOOMBERG - 447 words
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Advertisement446 2007-10-24 5 More than just getting cash, it's about speed and convenience for you. Apply now and get the personal loan 1 from the bank you can count on. To qualify, you must be a Singaporean or Permanent Resident between 21 and 60 years of age, residing in Singapore and earn a446 words
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parliament news
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Article, Illustration330 2007-10-24 6 LINYANQIN - LINYANQIN But Minister says the Republic's ranking in such areas aren't low yanqin@media corp.com.sg RANKING seventh, ninth and 13th out of about 178 economies in various areas on the ease of doing business would be considered respectable by many, butMCT - 330 words
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PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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155 2007-10-24 6 938 LIVE An average of $2.8 billion a year in Net Investment Income Contribution (Nil C) was taken into the Budget over the past five years to fund the Government's primary deficits, which average $1.5 billion a year. Giving his written answer to a question938 LIVE - 155 words
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151 2007-10-24 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Up to September this year, 68 beggars were picked up by the authorities here. Last year, the figure was 72. "Of the 68 cases, 59 per cent are foreigners; 41 per cent are Singaporeans of which 16 per cent– CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 151 words
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113 2007-10-24 6 - SHERALYNTAY - -SHERALYNTAY To help parents save for their children's education, the Government will in January implement the Post-Secondary Education Account for every child, aged 7 to 20, who has a Children's Development Account. To reflect the changes, the Education Endowment and Savings Scheme Act113 words
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221 2007-10-24 6 — SHERALYNTAY - SHERALYNTAY OBVIOUS targets of terrorists include infrastructure and public places. But what of non-traditional targets such as food and water supply, or vegetation and other products intended for consumption? Giving her view on the Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act before it was passed by221 words
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211 2007-10-24 6 UNYANQIN - UNYANQIN ONLY 6,000 members out of over 163,000 eligible donors have taken advantage of new rules which make it easier for them to top up the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Retirement Accounts of their family members. The figures were given by211 words
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Singapore news
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SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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153 2007-10-24 8 Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) Zainul Abidin Rasheed has reaffirmed the "longstanding and multifaceted" relationship between Israel and Singapore when he met Israeli Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem on Monday, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.153 words
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158 2007-10-24 8 The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will launch for public tender in two weeks a 0.14 ha commercial site at Jalan Sultan consisting of 17 two-storey conservation shophouses after a developer committed a bid of not less than $7.8 million for the158 words
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94 2007-10-24 8 -938UVE The Singapore Tourism Board has expanded the upcoming Singapore Education Awards, now into its second year, with three new award categories: Best Media Coverage for Singapore Education; Best International Marketing Effort; and Best Host for International Students Studying in Singapore.-938UVE - 94 words
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377 2007-10-24 8 - LEONGWEEKEAT - -LEONGWEEKEAT MORE than 17,000 Hyundai owners who bought their cars between 1996 and 2001 could see a rise in their vehicles' scrap value. The possibility stems from a Court of Appeal ruling yesterday which gave the Land Transport Authority (LTA) the goahead to377 words
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Article, Illustration446 2007-10-24 8 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WOULD a business need to pay property taxes if it ran underground pipes or wires through various plots of land to serve clients? This is the dilemma now presented by the Property Tax Act With its "historical origins in the 19th Century", aTREVOR TAN - 446 words
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205 2007-10-24 10 —SHERALYN TAY - —SHERALYN TAY OF THE 3,697 cases of voluntarily causing hurt (VCH) reported in the first six months of this year, the police acted on 319 cases, or 8.6 per cent of them. In a written response to a query tabled in205 words
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Article, Illustration483 2007-10-24 10 'Health check'will identify areas for improvement: Commissioner of Charities THE Commissioner of Charities (COC) is taking the first step in his long journey to beef up the management of charities under his direct purview. Mr Low Puk Yeong has selected seven large charities for aTODAY FILE PHOTO - 483 words
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1042 2007-10-24 11 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg I HADN'T even been born then. But I reckon Singapore's ill-fated merger with Malaysia was hardly a blissful union, not least due to the fact that my parents' only lasting memories of it were curfews, food rationing and sleepless nights. My1,042 words
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world news
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Article, Illustration380 2007-10-24 12 —AGENCIES Junta generals okay visit by Pinheiro next month UNITED NATIONS The ruling generals in Myanmar have agreed to the first visit by the UN's top human rights official in four years, the world body said on Monday. In a letter to UN—AGENCIES; AFP - 380 words
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225 2007-10-24 12 ■AP PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's anti-corruption agency has arrested eight government officials in a crackdown on massive wasteful expenditure and corrupt practices, an official said yesterday. Two employees of private companies said to have abetted the officials were also arrested, Mr Ahmad Said Hamdan, the di-rector-general■AP - 225 words
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Article, Illustration265 2007-10-24 14 AGENCIES SAN DIEGO The wind-fuelled fires that have burned more than 700 homes may be only the start of the destruction in Southern California, where hotter temperatures and more explosive gusts are forecast Half a million Californians have been ordered to evacuate theirAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 265 words
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368 2007-10-24 14 -AFP WASHINGTON Former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto said yesterday that she was considering "virtual" mass rallies and campaigning via phone to avoid mass violence after last week's deadly suicide attack on her convoy. Ms Bhutto wrote her suggestions in a Wall Street Journal opinion-AFP - 368 words
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353 2007-10-24 15 ■AFP Iraqi fighters should not followtheir leaders 'blindly' DOHA Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on leaders of the insurgency in Iraq to bury their rivalries and unite in a common fight against the United States-led coalition, in an audiotape broadcast■AFP - 353 words
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Article, Illustration361 2007-10-24 15 AFP SYDNEY The Australian government yesterday denied that it had forged a secret deal with United States Vice-President Dick Cheney to secure the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks (picture). The "Australian Taliban" was freed from US military custody in May afterAFP - 361 words
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Article, Illustration671 2007-10-24 16 RICHARD SPENCER - RICHARD SPENCER THE DAILY TELEGRAPH IN BEIJING CHINA heralded a new era of dynastic politics when it unveiled the son of a former communist leader as heir presumptive to President Hu Jintao. Mr Xi Jinping, the current Communist Party chief of Shanghai, was little known outsideTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AFP - 671 words
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Article, Illustration532 2007-10-24 17 JASON LEE - China's next 'Iron Lady' JASON LEE The only female Politburo member, LiuYandong looks poised to shine jasonlee@media corp.com.sg SHE is all set to become China's most powerful woman but will Ms Liv Yandong (picture) also be the next "Iron Lady" in the mould of Vice-Premier Wu Vi? While their areas532 words
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236 2007-10-24 17 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lankan defence officials said yesterday thata major Tamil Tiger suicide attack against a key military base may have been helped by security lapses during the screening of a talent show on television. On Monday, a "Black Tiger" suicide-AFP - 236 words
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Article, Illustration303 2007-10-24 18 -AFP Paedophile suspect held by Thai police faces more charges BANGKOK A second Thai boy has accused a Canadian schoolteacher of sexual abuse, the police said yesterday, adding that more charges will be filed against the paedophile suspect captured last week. Christopher Paul Neil, 32, already-AFP; AFP - 303 words
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GLOBALROUNDUP
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79 2007-10-24 18 -AP South Korea possesses at least one surface-to-surface cruise missile capable of reaching all of North Korea and even as far as the Chinese capital, a media report said yesterday. Quoting an unnamed military source, Yonhap news agency said the South Korean army's-AP - 79 words
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97 2007-10-24 18 -AFP A powerful blast at a Philippine mall on Friday that killed 11 people may have been caused by an accidental gas leak, although a bomb is not being totally ruled out, the police said yesterday. Officials said investigators have not found bomb-AFP - 97 words
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80 2007-10-24 18 -AFP Indonesian authorities seized US$440 million ($644 million) worth of amphetamines or at least 568kg of the drug- in a raid on an illegal factory in Batam and arrested six people, including two Taiwanese, the national police said yesterday. The drugs were destined-AFP - 80 words
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Article62 2007-10-24 18 -AP China's rural population continued to shrink as farmers stream to booming cities, though a majority of people still lived in the countryside, state media reported. About 737 million people, or 56 per cent of the population of 1.3 billion, lived in rural areas at the-AP - 62 words
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Article483 2007-10-24 20 -AFP -AP US can't tell what money was spent on in Iraq police programme WASHINGTON- The United States State Department so badly managed a US$l.2-billion ($1.76-billion) contract for Iraqi police training that it cannot tell what it got for the money spent, said a new-AFP; -AP - 483 words
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319 2007-10-24 20 -AP KABUL (Afghanistan) Afghans feel that the security situation in their country has deteriorated compared with last year, but say life is better now than under Taliban rule, according to the largest comprehensive opinion poll ever conducted in Afghanistan. About 46 per cent-AP - 319 words
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Article, Illustration685 2007-10-24 21 -AP Predicament is starting to affect mid-income families as well NEW YORK The calculus of living pay-cheque-to-paycheque in the United States is getting harder. Across the nation, Americans are increasingly unable to stretch their dollars to the next payday as they-AP; BLOOMBERG - 685 words
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Miscellaneous6 2007-10-24 20 PLEASUREFACTORY REVIEW: MORE BOREDOM THAN PI£ASUR|6 words
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Letter, Illustration595 2007-10-24 22 TONY HOWARD - TONY HOWARD Airline will face stiff competition on transatlantic routes Letter from I REFER to Liang Dingzi's article "It's clear blue skies ahead for SIA" (Oct 11). He describes how Singapore Airlines (SIA) stands to gain from operating more transatlantic routes through Heathrow– BLOOMBERG - 595 words
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Article250 2007-10-24 26 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON I BY SAYING 'NO'TO SPENDING ON KIDS It's not easy saying "No" to our children in a society that seems to say "Yes" to everything. Perhaps one of the most difficult problems facing parents today is learning not to give children too much.250 words
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438 2007-10-24 26 WAYNE SOON - WAYNE SOON It could restrict the Institute of Policy Studies in its goal to increase political awareness Letter from I REFER to various news reports on the announcement of a merger between the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and the Lee Kuan Yew School438 words
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Letter, Illustration222 2007-10-24 26 YTUM - YTUM Letter from I READ with interest the letters by Raymond Lo, "Punish errant drivers, says cabby" (Oct 22) and "Errant drivers shame the country" (Oct 23) by Lim Boon Hee. I agree with both writers. The Land Transport Authority (LTA)TODAY FILE PHOTO - 222 words
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233 2007-10-24 28 LOON SENG CHEE - LOON SENG CHEE Letter by RECENTLY, there have been several media reports on the birth of new power companies in Singapore. One of the advantages that has been touted is the increased competition, which would help lower prices. The authorities have233 words
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Letter242 2007-10-24 28 AUDREY ANG; GOHSHIHYONG - AUDREY ANG GOHSHIHYONG But all should be leashed in public places Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force and Assistant Director, Corporate Communications for Chief Executive Officer Agri-Food Veterinary Authority WE REFER to the letter, "Walk that turned nasty" by Mr Richard242 words
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Business
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329 2007-10-24 30 SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) will meet with Indonesia's competition watchdog KPPU next week to respond to the body's allegations that parent Temasek Holdings violated cross-ownership regulations in the country's telecommunications industry. "(The meeting) has been scheduled for Nov 1," ST Telemedia329 words
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Article, Illustration629 2007-10-24 30 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG Analysts question apparent lack of internal controls at SembCorp Marine esther@mediacorp.com.sg AS EXPECTED, SembCorp Marine stocks took a severe beating yesterday, falling the most in five years, after firing its finance director for unauthorised foreign exchange transactions that may lead to "unrealised loss"mma - 629 words
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Article339 2007-10-24 32 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG But prices are still expected to rise in the coming months esther@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S inflation rate slowed unexpectedly last month, easing concerns that the economy was showing signs of overheating. According to the Department of Statistics, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 2.7 per cent339 words
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280 2007-10-24 32 DESPITE the role played by collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) in the credit crisis now roiling in the United States and other markets, it is unlikely that financial regulators will view such sophisticated products with suspicion or distrust, said Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) deputy managing280 words
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Article, Illustration318 2007-10-24 33 DAIMLER, the world's largest commercial vehicle-maker, started building a plant in China costing more than 200 million euros ($417 million) as the country's growth boosts van sales. The plant, situated in the southern city of Fuzhou, will manufacture as many as 40,000BLOOMBERG - 318 words
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355 2007-10-24 33 -AGENCIES Dealers hope strong quarterly results will restore confidence SINGAPORE stocks staged a mini-re-covery yesterday, ending the benchmark Straits Times Index's (STI) worst threeday slump in two months on selected bargain hunting, however gains were limited by blue chip SembCorp Marine, which is embroiled in-AGENCIES - 355 words
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179 2007-10-24 34 -BLOOMBERG CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust, one of Singapore's biggest office landlords, will pay investors $29.6 million in dividends for the third quarter, up from $19.4 million a year earlier. The trust will distribute 2.14 cents a share for the three months ended-BLOOMBERG - 179 words
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Article, Illustration250 2007-10-24 34 JOSEPH YADAO - JOSEPH YADAO Sale of stake not put on hold, says airline, which denies holding out for better price joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines' (SIA) vice-president of public affairs, Mr Stephen Forshaw, dismissed a report by a UK newspaper that the airline is putting the sale of itsBLOOMBERG - 250 words
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224 2007-10-24 34 - DOWJONES - -DOWJONES KEPPEL Land said its third-quarter net profit more than doubled on year, thanks to strong residential sales. Net profit for the three-month period ended Sept 30 rose to $81.8 million from $38.5 million a year earlier, the unit of Keppel Corporation said in a224 words
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Article124 2007-10-24 34 Ascendas India Trust said yesterday it will pay a first-half distribution of 2.95 cents a unit, more than 50 per cent of the full-year figure of 5.6 cents forecast in its prospectus. Total property income for the six months to Sept 30 rose to $48.5 million from $31.5124 words
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Article69 2007-10-24 34 -AGENCIES Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation said third-quarter net income fell 4.2 per cent on year, as the company no longer had the $4 million in deferred tax assets available in 2006. Net profit was $12.6 million forthe three months ended Sept 30, compared with $13.1-AGENCIES - 69 words
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Article, Illustration955 2007-10-24 36 wuiVinar. V - wuiVinar.V Will Singaporeans watch Pleasure Factory just for the novelty of seeing sex in a local film? FILM-MAKER Ekachai Uekrong- tham observes I wryly that Singaporeans the media included are mainly focused on the sexual elements of his new film, Pleasure Factory. But then with the955 words
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Article, Illustration397 2007-10-24 37 Christopher Toh - Christopher Toh CONCERTREVIEW by Black Eyed Peas: Black Blue and You Tour WHY would anyone want to pay top dollar in this case, $185 for a Black Eyed Peas (BEP) concert that, on paper, would likely be the same as their previous concert here? Well, because001 BOON KEONG - 397 words
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Article170 2007-10-24 38 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by The Ferryman MAYBE their isolation from the rest of the world has something to do with why New Zealanders love subverting film genres. Such is the case with The Ferryman, based on the Greek legend about the transporter of the170 words
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Article, Illustration330 2007-10-24 38 Jeanine Tan - Jeanine Tan Film set in Singapore's red light district soon turns into a snorer despite the sex FILMREVIEW by Pleasure Factory PLEASURE Factory wants to be a frank exposition on the denizens of Singapore's red light district, Geylang, but instead is a confusing experiment that one330 words
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Article, Illustration215 2007-10-24 39 Jeanine Tan - Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by Lars and the Real Girl FOR a film featuring a blow-up doll called Bianca as its female lead, Lars and the Real Girl is not what you might expect Instead, it's a quirky and uplifting film about how a loner called215 words
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Article134 2007-10-24 39 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by Unrest LIKE the Thai scary movie, Cadaver, earlier this year, Unrest rests its case on things that go "boo!" in the morgue. Alison (Corri English) is a mcd student feeling more than the usual dose of jeepers creepers when she and three134 words
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Article, Illustration335 2007-10-24 42 -AFP JOHANNESBURG South Africa's World Cup winning rugby squad arrived home yesterday to a tumultuous heroes' welcome as thousands of fans turned Johannesburg airport into a sea of green and gold. Fans who had camped out overnight roared with delight as skipper John Smit held-AFP; AP - 335 words
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Article177 2007-10-24 42 -AFP BEIJING Competition in China's booming Internet sector has turned nasty ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Sohu.com paid a reported US$3O million ($44 million) in 2005 for the rights to set up the Games website for the Beijing Olympics Organising committee and to use the-AFP - 177 words
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Article, Illustration521 2007-10-24 43 -AFP With Benitez and Gerrardonthesame page, Liverpool look to get back on track CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUPA Besiktas v Liverpool ISTANBUL The city will be familiar to Liverpool, just maybe the happy memory of their fifth and last European title triumph two years ago will be the spur-AFP; smg - 521 words
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Article, Illustration133 2007-10-24 43 LONDON Referee Mark Clattenburg (picture) will miss this weekend's Premier League action because of a planned holiday and not as a result of criticism over his officiating, reported BBC Sport yesterday. Everton complained over his handling of Saturday's Merseyside derby, when he sent off TonyGETTY IMAGES - 133 words
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Article, Illustration380 2007-10-24 43 -AFP MADRID World Open champion Nicol David (picture) has improved herself so much that she has helped stop some other players from "getting away with murder" and done much to make the women's game more professional. David's coach Liz Irving-AFP; AFF - 380 words
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Article, Illustration485 2007-10-24 44 -AGENCIES Expensively-assembled Shakhtar side could claim Milan's scalp at the San Siro CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP D AC Milan vShakhtar Donetsk MILAN Champions AC Milan have hit a worryingly poor spell of home form in Serie A, losing once and drawing three times in their four-AGENCIES; AFP - 485 words
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Article, Illustration483 2007-10-24 44 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP B Chelsea vSchalke 04 LONDON Every time Chelsea manager Avram Grant appears before a television camera, he talks about the need to win with style. So far, though he has talked a good game, the-AFP; AFF - 483 words
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Article, Illustration514 2007-10-24 45 -THE DAILY TELEGRAPH As McLaren appeal FIA ruling, Briton believes the process is not good for Formula 1 SAO PAULO Lewis Hamilton does not want to become world champion by default after his team appealed against the decision by stewards not to penalise BMWSauber-THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 514 words
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Article, Illustration558 2007-10-24 45 PAUL GREEN - PAUL GREEN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Super Reds v Liaoning Guangyuan sports@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been a baptism of fire for the Super Reds in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League this year. After tonight's league clash with fel-low-strugglers Liaoning Guangyuan at Yishun Stadium, they will haveWEETECKHIAN - 558 words
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Article, Illustration538 2007-10-24 46 Leonard Thomas - Leonard Thomas 35-year-old not one for the future, so no reason to make an exception here WHEN Gino Ng finished fourth in the 2005 SEA Games, he clocked a time of 2 hrs, 5 mm. One minute behind the bronze-medal mark of 2KB - 538 words
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Article, Illustration460 2007-10-24 46 LOWUNFHOONG - LOWUNFHOONG linfhoong@media corp. com. sg THEY are already the biggest sponsors of triathlon events in the country, with the Osim Singapore International Triathlon one of the marquee sporting events of the year and the Osim Corporate Triathlon getting bigger annually. Now, OsimTREVOR TAN - 460 words
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Article, Illustration498 2007-10-24 47 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS not been a fun couple of days for Tayliah Zimmer. The Australian backstroke sprint specialist was sluggish in the opening leg of the Fina/Arena Swimming World Cup 2007 (short course) in Durban, South Africa last weekend, clocking timesGETTY IMAGES - 498 words
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Article, Illustration656 2007-10-24 47 Lan De Cotta - Lan De Cotta Track design expert Barnard says 20-hectare Spore site not enough EXCLUSIVE FORMULA 1 is on the way, and so is a permanent race track. The local motorsports industry has never known excitement quite like this, with sources suggesting anPHOTO BY lAN DE COTTA - 656 words
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