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Title Section13 2007-10-31 1 TODAY /A^diaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday October 31, 2007 todayonline.com13 words
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Article, Illustration871 2007-10-31 1 LIN YANQIN - LIN YANQIN SINGAPORE'S famous penchant for efficiency is about to take on a green twist. It could mean that any elec-tricity-guzzling household appliances that do not meet certain standards could one day disappear from shop shelves here. When you next shop for a car, it might871 words
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678 2007-10-31 1 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG esther@media corp.com.sg EARLIER this year, the asset markets, namely those related to property and stocks, were among the star performers of the Singapore economy. But the outlook for these markets is less clear in the coming months as risk aversion678 words
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Miscellaneous47 2007-10-31 1 WILL NMP SUE POET? PROF THIO, ALFIAN IN WAR OF WORDS LOCAL PAGE 4 THE CHERRY-SEXY GIRLS OF YANGON CHILD PROSTITUTION PLAGUES MYANMAR WORLD PAGE 20 Q3 RESULTS IN STORE: $501 M PROFIT FOR UOB BUSINESS PAGE 30 IN EUROPE: $1B LOSS FOR ÜBS BUSINESS PAGE 3347 words
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Article596 2007-10-31 2 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN Nine left in race after Algiers drops bid to host Youth Olympics u-wen@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE has to beat eight other cities to win the bid to host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday said that Algiers the capital596 words
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344 2007-10-31 2 — ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG With the job market expected to remain tight in the near term, wage pressures are likely to persist and add to inflation risks, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday. It forecast nominal wage growth at between 6 and 7344 words
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Article, Illustration108 2007-10-31 3 AFP Pakistani investigators gather evidence at the site of a suicide attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi yesterday that killed seven people. A suicide bomber blew himself up close to where Pakistani President Petvez Musharraf was holding a meeting at armyAFP - 108 words
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367 2007-10-31 3 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS an enticing idea: A United StatesAsia "decoupling". This would suggest that the Asian economy with its more diversified export markets and robust domestic and intra-regional drivers is now less dependent on the world's largest economy. But in a research paper367 words
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Miscellaneous10 2007-10-31 3 PAKISTAN GOVT TOLD TO LET NAWAZ SHARIF RETURN PAGE 1810 words
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Singapore news
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Article, Illustration635 2007-10-31 4 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg HE THOUGHT she had made the police report which led to the cancellation of the "Pink Picnic", a public event that had been planned by gay activists. In his "flash of anger", poet and playwright Alfian Sa'at shot offTODAY FILE PHOTOS - 635 words
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Article, Illustration723 2007-10-31 6 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG Land rights, coordination and inflation are problems welfare organisations cite huileng@media corp. com. sg IT isn't just construction projects in Singapore that have been hit by inflation in material costs tsunami-torn areas such as Indonesia and Sri Lanka, where reconstructionBBS - 723 words
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118 2007-10-31 8 The dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over the sovereignty of Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge will be go before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from Nov 6 to 23 in The Hague. The ICJ hearings come118 words
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Article102 2007-10-31 8 More than 800 jobs in the service industry will be on offer today during the North West Community Development Council's (CDC) job fair at Fuchun Community Club from 9.30 am to 4.30pm. The fair offers employment opportunities in sectors including food and beverage, security, healthcare, hospitality, retail,102 words
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Article115 2007-10-31 8 Are you game? If you are, you'll love this year's Speak Mandarin Campaign, which kicks off on Novs. Sports, culture and the arts, design and lifestyle will be some of the activities used to show Chinese Singaporeans how they can embrace Mandarin in their115 words
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Article69 2007-10-31 8 If you're headed for the curry houses along Race Course Road (between Hampshire Road and Race Course Lane), take note that the road will be closed to all vehicles between 3pm and 10pm on Saturday for the Deepavali celebrations organised by the Hindu Endowment Board. Auxiliary police69 words
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Article, Illustration525 2007-10-31 8 SHERALYNTAY - SHERALYNTAY 'Single-minded' giving does nothing to help the needy sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg IT SEEMS natural: When someone is in need, you give him or her money. But can the act of giving cause even more problems, trapping the poor in their poverty? Tackling this question yesterday at the secondfswj - 525 words
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Article272 2007-10-31 8 TANHUILENG - TANHUILENG TO HELP Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs) overcome problems in recruiting board members, the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) has set up a scheme to match organisations and interested volunteers. Board Match helps non-profit organisations identify appropriate individuals for voluntary leadership positions on their272 words
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Article, Illustration236 2007-10-31 10 ZUL OTHMAN - ZUL OTHMAN Company allowed to present evidence to obtain identities of downloaders zul@mediacorp.com.sg ANIME distributor Odex is not letting up in its quest to bring illegal anime downloaders to book. At a closed-door hearing yesterday in the High Court, Justice Woo Bih Li allowed Odex to236 words
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Article337 2007-10-31 10 A WEALTHY Indonesian woman who sued American Express to recover US$l7.5 million ($25.4 million) that the bank had deducted from her account due to foreign exchange losses has lost her case in the High Court here. Housewife Madam Susilawati, 58 whose late husband owned the337 words
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Article, Illustration91 2007-10-31 11 International garden and floral designers from 13 countries at a nursery tour hosted by Far East Flora yesterday. Come July next year, these designers will return to Singapore to showcase their creations at the Singapore Garden Festival (SGF), a biennial event organised by the NationalERNEST CHUA - 91 words
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201 2007-10-31 11 IN A move to promote public discussion on new developments in contemporary art in Singapore and internationally, the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) will be setting up the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize with a $2.25-million donation from the AsiaPacific Breweries Foundation. "We aim201 words
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420 2007-10-31 11 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT Flat owner who backed en bloc move challenges legality of sale in court weekeat@media corp.com.sg THERE was none of the sparks, spats and conspiracy theories that characterised the High Court hearing last month. Still, the Horizon Towers saga returned yesterday with420 words
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Article327 2007-10-31 12 ■AP EU should not postpone signing FTA with Asean due to Myanmar issue: Rafidah KUALA LUMPUR Myanmar's political crisis should not be used as an excuse to hold up a proposed free trade pact between Europe and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), said Malaysia's■AP - 327 words
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Article, Illustration260 2007-10-31 12 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned the country's lawyers that their demands for judicial reforms could clash with national interests and send foreign investors fleeing. Speaking at a conference organised by the 12,000-member Bar Council on Monday, Mr-AP; AFF - 260 words
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258 2007-10-31 12 -AFP BANGKOK France and Thailand yesterday said that immediate radical change in Myanmar was impossible and the world had to work more closely together to bring democracy to the military-run country. "We don't want to change the regime immediately, overnight. This is impossible, ridiculous and counter-productive,"-AFP - 258 words
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Article, Illustration397 2007-10-31 14 -AFP TOKYO Japan's two largest parties failed to agree yesterday on continuing a naval mission in the Indian Ocean, meaning the close United States ally will at least temporarily end its support for the "war on terror". Because the legislation allowing-AFP; AFP - 397 words
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Article, Illustration307 2007-10-31 14 -AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda reprimanded Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama (picture) yesterday for saying he knew an Al Qaeda member involved in the Bali bombing. "It was a totally inappropriate comment, considering both the place where he said it and the content,"-AFP; AP - 307 words
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238 2007-10-31 16 -AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia has convicted its first adulterer under a controversial monogamy law that was passed to curb the practice of keeping mistresses, court officials said yesterday. Mr Kek Ravy, vice-president of Cambodia's football federation and a nephew of disgraced-AFP - 238 words
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Article, Illustration300 2007-10-31 16 -AP BANGKOK One-time drug warlord Khun Sa (picture), variously described as among the world's most wanted men and a great liberation fighter, has died in Myanmar at the age of 74, an associate said yesterday. Mr Khuensai Jaiyen, a former secretary of Khun-AP; EPA - 300 words
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Article246 2007-10-31 18 -AP US Embassy in Azerbaijan was one target of attack BAKU (Azerbaijan) The National Security Ministry said on Monday it had thwarted a terror attack plan by a radical Islamic group against the United States Embassy and government buildings in oil-rich Azerbaijan. Group members included army lieutenant Kamran-AP - 246 words
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179 2007-10-31 18 ■AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's top judge yesterday ordered the government to allow Mr Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling. Hundreds of Sharif supporters clapped and shouted slogans against military ruler■AFP - 179 words
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272 2007-10-31 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MUMBAI Besides intensifying business links between Singapore and India, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew also focussed on the potential of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) as a regional business hub during his six-day visit to India. He said: "I– CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 272 words
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Article, Illustration730 2007-10-31 20 -THE GUARDIAN Poverty and corruption drive Myanmar's child prostitution industry YANGON This is a side of life the Myanmar junta might prefer you did not see: Girls who appeared to be 13 and 14 years old paraded in front of customers at a nightclub where a beauty-THE GUARDIAN; AFP - 730 words
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Article, Illustration271 2007-10-31 22 -AFP BEIJING Birth defects in heavily polluted China have risen by nearly 40 per cent since 2001, with a deformed baby being born every 30 seconds, state media reported yesterday. The rate of defects appeared to rise in areas near the country's countless coal-AFP; EPA - 271 words
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258 2007-10-31 22 ■AFP HONG KONG A leading Asian security expert warned yesterday of endemic corruption in Macau, saying that triads had become part of mainstream society in the booming gambling centre. Mr Steve Vickers, president of security consultants International Risk, said the scale of■AFP - 258 words
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Miscellaneous7 2007-10-31 14 BIRTH DEFECTS SOAR IN POLLUTED CHINA 227 words
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Letter, Illustration369 2007-10-31 26 HUI CHI SHING - HUI CHI SHING More supervision of agencies needed to curb property speculation Letter from I REFER to the article "Upbeat on Singapore economy" (Oct 30). As a foreigner who has been working in Singapore for nine years, I regret to say that Singapore is graduallyFAIZAL - 369 words
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176 2007-10-31 26 WALTER LEONG - WALTER LEONG Letter from 1 I REFER to recent reports about SembCorp Marine's former director of group finance who allegedly racked up as much as $364 million in losses from unauthorised foreign exchange transactions. Recently, we have seen repeated cases of company directors176 words
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Article261 2007-10-31 28 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON BY WHEN FRIENDS' MARRIAGES BREAK UP Divorce may be more common these days, but there's still something about it that shocks us when we hear that close friends are separating; and we say to ourselves, "I wish there were something I could do."261 words
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Letter, Illustration385 2007-10-31 28 KUEKCHORUNG - KUEKCHORUNG Fare discounts for elderly S'poreans area balancing act Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation I REFER to the letter "What this poster has to do with SMRT Fares" by Chong Chee Han (Oct 20-21). He wrote that senior citizens shouldTODAY FILE PHOTC - 385 words
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258 2007-10-31 29 DENIS DISTANT - DENIS DISTANT Letter from A FEW years ago, when banks realised they could not meet the deadline to dispose of their noncore assets, they appealed to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for an extension of the deadline. Their request was granted. In view of that258 words
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155 2007-10-31 29 EDMUND LIM - EDMUND LIM Cleanest estate contest should include those in opposition wards too Letter from THE Island-wide Cleanest Estate Competition is back after a fiveyear hiatus and it involves 14 People's Action Party (PAP) Town Councils. I find it rather amusing that it is called "Island-wide" when155 words
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Article, Illustration515 2007-10-31 30 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN - HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@media corp. com. sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) reported a net profit of $501 million for the third quarter, an 8.2-per-cent increase from the previous year's $463 million. But compared to the second quarter, its profit after tax was down 14.3 per515 words
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Article100 2007-10-31 30 Singapore Post reported a net profit of $39.7 million for the quarter ended Sept 30, up 9.8 per cent, from that of a year earlier, due to organic growth, productivity improvements and price adjustments. Excluding one-time gains from the disposal of non-core properties, its second-quarter profit100 words
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Article68 2007-10-31 30 Real estate developer Wing Tai Holdings reported a doubling in net profits to $61.8 million for its first quarter ended Sept 30, due to an increase in its share of profits in joint venture projects. Revenue was 39 per cent down from a year earlier, to68 words
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Article65 2007-10-31 30 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI Robinson and Company posted a net profit of $6.5 million for its first quarter ended Sept 30, or an increase of 50.7 per cent from a year earlier, on the back of strong sales by Marks and Spencer in Singapore and Malaysia. It achieved65 words
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Article439 2007-10-31 32 WILLIAM PESEK - WILLIAM PESEK Greenback's reign as the world's reserve currency may be over WHILE buying trinkets in the Maldives recently, I heard the most unexpected words: "You can keep your dollars." This tiny nation of 1,200 islands has long accepted US dollars out of convenience for visitors and439 words
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Article, Illustration313 2007-10-31 33 -AGENCIES ÜBS, Europe's largest bank, yesterday announced a third-quarter net loss of 830 million Swiss francs ($1 billion) the first loss that the 145-year-old Swiss icon has suffered in five years. Not only was this higher than the market had expected, but the-AGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 313 words
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Article307 2007-10-31 33 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI Doubts surface over extent of rate cut cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SHARES pulled back yesterday after three days of gains as investor sentiment turned cautious before the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting, with doubts surfacing that interest rates will be cut as widely expected. The Straits Times307 words
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328 2007-10-31 34 DOWJONES - DOWJONES HIGH passenger capacity utilisation and a "disciplined" fuel hedging policy will likely boost Singapore Airlines' fiscal secondquarter net profit by about 50 per cent, analysts said. The average forecast from a Dow Jones poll of analysts showed that later today, SIA328 words
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Article, Illustration495 2007-10-31 35 JOSEPH YADAO - JOSEPH YADAO Hellgate's developers praise Govt initiatives to push games into the mainstream joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg TWO video-game big wigs have given the thumbs-up to Government initiatives to develop Singapore into a major gaming hub. Speaking to Today prior to the launch of Hellgate: London today, brothersERNESTCHUA - 495 words
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Article, Illustration1246 2007-10-31 36 Christopher Toh - Christopher Toh Cultural Medallion winner Eric Khoo has done wonders for Singapore movies. To him, it's all about destiny he thinks there's something about him and the number 12 but he's 'too scared' to ever do a horror movie about spirits AS A film-maker, Eric Khoo has beenWEETECK HIAN - 1,246 words
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Article, Illustration556 2007-10-31 38 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN Flying Circus Project includes a hip-hop performance and an art tour in Vietnam mayo@media corp.com.sg IMAGES of food surfaced when Theatre Works artistic director Ong Keng Sen discussed this year's instalment of the Flying Circus Project (FCP) a 10-day event that kicks556 words
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Article, Illustration411 2007-10-31 39 Gareth Goh - Gareth Goh Be charmed by Neil Gaiman's quirky, star-studded fantasy world full of surprises FILMREVIEW by Stardust STARDUST can be described in one simple word: Charming. Quite simply, this movie will charm the pants off of you. From the imaginative, utterly original, you-never-know-what's-coming-next mind of English author and411 words
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Article, Illustration173 2007-10-31 39 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by Muay Thai Chiaya A WEEPIE, a tale of friendship and a boxing thriller rolled into one that's what you get in Muay Thai Chiaya. Piak (Akara Amarttayakul), Pao (Thawatchai Penpakdee) and Samor (Sonthaya Chitmanee) are buddies173 words
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Article, Illustration248 2007-10-31 40 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong But it's a kick to watch The Rock make a good-natured fool of himself FILMREVIEW by The Game Plan IT'S hard not to like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The former bedrock of WWE action has more than his fair share of charm and he248 words
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Article, Illustration240 2007-10-31 41 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by Triangle THREE thieves, somebody's wife, a cop (and a Tang Dynasty artefact) makes for Triangle, in which the three amigos of Hong Kong cinema Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To play pass-the-parcel. The first one-third of the film, directed by240 words
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Article, Illustration168 2007-10-31 41 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by Your Name Is Justine HUMAN trafficking is turning out to be the next big thing for film-makers. There's Trade later this month and, for now, there's Your Name is Justine. Mariola (Anne Cieslak) is a small-town Polish girl whose168 words
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Article, Illustration400 2007-10-31 43 -AFP Star jockey's fighting to stay out of prison after being accused of'fixing'races PARIS America hosted its annual multi-million dollar Breeders Cup festival at the weekend attracting as always all the top international riders all that is bar one very notable exception. With his-AFP; APF - 400 words
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Article, Illustration734 2007-10-31 44 Henry Winter - Henry Winter With Blackburn fifth in the Premiership, this former Red Devil is busy putting together a top-class CV MARK Hughes awoke on Monday morning to headlines billing Blackburn Rovers' 2-1 triumph at White Hart Lane as "Spurs show old fragility on dawn of Ramos mm era",aaf - 734 words
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Article, Illustration550 2007-10-31 44 LOWUNFHOONG - LOWUNFHOONG linfhoong@media corp. com. sg WHILE the participation level in netball among schools has been showing a steady increase over the years, the sport is also popular at the corporate level. The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Corporate League began on Oct 8 and endsDON WONG - 550 words
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Article, Illustration364 2007-10-31 45 LIVERPOOL Harry Kewell is set to make his return to Liverpool's first team in tonight's (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) League Cup fourth-round clash with Cardiff. The Australian winger has been sidelined since suffering a groin injury while playing for his country in the Asian Cup3ETTY IMAGES - 364 words
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Article, Illustration554 2007-10-31 45 PAUL GREEN - PAUL GREEN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Young Lions v Balestier Khalsa 7.45pm, Jalan Besar Stadium sports@newstoday.com.sg WITH a limited budget each season, Balestier Khalsa rely much more on their youth development system than the big guns in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League. Tonight,DON WONG - 554 words
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Article, Illustration267 2007-10-31 46 — LOWUNFHOONG - LOWUNFHOONG TAO LI broke a 24-year gold medal drought at the Asian Games when she fended off the much-heralded Chinese challenge to the the 50m butterfly in Doha in December. At the Fina/Arena Swimming World Cup (short course) last weekend, the 17-year-old Singapore Sports School studentTREVOR TAN - 267 words
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273 2007-10-31 46 -TANYO- HINN - -TANYO-HINN THE Palestine Football Federation may want the second leg of their first round World Cup 2010 qualifier with Singapore rescheduled by Fifa, but the Lions are already thinking of the second round. With Singapore leading 4-0 after the first leg, the Palestine273 words
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Article, Illustration671 2007-10-31 46 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN He nearly missed the event, but Mickelson's here and in the mood GOLF Barclays S'pore Open 2007 yohinn@media corp.com.sg HE WAS so looking forward to lighting up the fairways and working his famous short game around the greens at Serapong, but Phil MickelsonGE^Y IMAGES - 671 words
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Article, Illustration726 2007-10-31 47 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN GOLF Barclays Singapore Open 2007 yohinn@media corp.com.sg VIJAY Singh's name sits easily alongside Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els these days, a star with riches beyond his wildest dreams. Like world No 2 Mickelson and fourthranked Els, the Fijian has won three Majors the 2000 MastersWORLD SPORTS GROUP - 726 words
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Article, Illustration290 2007-10-31 47 -TANYO- HINN - -TANYO-HINN THE emotions nearly got the better of Mardan Mamat last year when he won the Osim Singapore Masters event the first Singaporean to win a European Tour-sanc-tioned event on home soil. Dare he even dream of capturing this week's Barclays Singapore Open?TODAY FILE PHOTO - 290 words
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