Today, 1 November 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=£jja£opp we set you thinking MICA(P) 132/10/2007 Thursday November 1, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks rally after Fed cuts rate to 4.5%
      354 1 —AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares closed with a rally yesterday (early today, Singapore time) after the Federal Reserve, in a widely expected decision, cut short-term interest rates amid a persistent housing slump. The Fed cuts its short-term federal funds interest
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      Lock icon S'pore jobless rate at 9½-year low
      800 1  - S'pore jobless rate at 9 ½-year low CHEOWXINYI Q3 figure drops to 1.7 per cent amid strong job creation EVEN the recent credit market upheaval could not dampen the bullish mood in Singapore's job market, with the unemployment rate falling to its lowest level in almost a decade in the
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      Lock icon She breaks down, over and over
      745 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Drama as woman at the centre of lawsuit takes the stand weekeat@media corp.com.sg SHE did not offer much in her testimony, or shed light on the alleged "exorcism". Yet, Madam Amutha Valli's 15 minutes on the witness stand yesterday stole the
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      Lock icon Oil smashes US$94 barrier on Fed rate cut and tight US supply
      291 3 —AFP NEW YORK Oil prices hit fresh record highs yesterday (early today, Singapore time), with New York crude topping US$94, after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates and news of a surprise decline in US crude stocks. New
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      Lock icon Jane Goodall: She inspires kids to take action
      492 3 ■SHERALYN TAY AS A young girl, Jane Goodall set off for Africa on a ship, without realising that her journey to Tanzania would forever change the way humankind viewed its primate cousins. She was first to discover that chimpanzees, just like people,
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      New labour groups target elderly, women
      397 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg AFTER a three-day conference, the labour movement is putting its words into action by setting up new groups to speed up the process of making the workplace more family- and elderly-friendly. It also called on its tripartite partners namely,
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      Lock icon 20 years for Workers' Party to match PAP?
      482 4 Sec-Gen Low wants WP to be respected and reliable first AS THE Workers' Party celebrates this weekend its 50th anniversary, and SecretaryGeneral Low Thia Hang (picture) takes a measure of satisfaction with his party's performance so far, he already has hopes for
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      Lock icon S'pore aims for WHO's 'safe' recognition
      241 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE wants to be known as a "safe community" by 2010. And the National Safety Council will spearhead the Republic's bid to achieve this recognition, which is conferred by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said that a
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      Lock icon A jailhouse with hope
      622 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Statistics prove that people can change: Outgoing prisons chief cheekong@media corp.com.sg HERE is the man credited with sin-gle-handedly turning the island's prisons from grim places of condemnation to symbols of hope where those who faltered try to rebuild their lives even before they step out
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      Sex education, the PG way
      480 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg ELATED at turning 17, Samantha throws a party for her friends. There, she is introduced to Shawn. They hit it off and go on their first date. Before long, Shawn pressures her into doing more. He reaches under her miniskirt and
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      Seoul honours CNA host
      174 6 For her contribution as a broadcast journalist, Channel News Asia's Primetime Morning presenter Suzanne Jung has been honoured by the South Korean government. She is the first recipient of the Prime Minister's Citation, one of the country's top civilian honours given to outstanding South Korean citizens,
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      Lock icon Safe conduct when lightning strikes
      394 8  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg IT LOOKS like any other four-man tent, but this one will keep you safe when lightning strikes. And the secret? A special material called EquiVolt, which conducts electrical currents during a lightning strike, keeping those beneath it safe. The lightweight material the
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      The hallmarks of a truly secure hotel
      257 8  -  -UNYANQIN AT THE hotel's front desk, the staff is alert, taking care to hand keys only to individuals verified as guests. Security guards stand strategically around the main entry and exit points of the lobby, noting the movement of people walking around the
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        LTA CRACKDOWN NETS 41 CABBIES
        132 8 Following a spate of media reports and letters to the press about taxi touts and poor taxi service, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has stepped up its crackdown on errant cabbies. From Oct 24 to 27, its officers conducted "special" night operations at Clarke Quay,
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        500 NEW BUSES TO TRAVEL ON
        157 8 SBS Transit is rolling out 500 new singledeck buses from today and they promise to be extra friendly to the environment and the disabled. Built at a cost of $180 million, they are the first buses in Singapore to have the Euro IV engines,
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        NEWBORN FOUND DEAD
        102 8  -  -ZULOTHMAN A newborn baby was found dead inside a refuse truck at Havelock Road yesterday morning. Police said in a statement that a worker found the baby wrapped in a blue towel, lying motionless in the truck during the morning rubbish collection at the refuse centre at
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      A dance party... and public's role in fighting crime
      235 10  -  —ZULOTHMAN AN EAGLE-EYED stall owner at Redhill Lane market swooped in on a snatch thief on Tuesday morning. Mr Siow Toh Hong dashed after the 39-year-old man after the latter grabbed the cash takings of a neighbouring stall. After a brief
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      Charity workers have needs, too
      486 10  -  TAN HUI LENG [Charity is our career; our i lives are not a charity... When I hire people for our organisation... they should be paid competil tively (and) get respect from other people. Youth Challenge chief Won Young (picture) Pay them well, like everyone else,
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      MEDIACORP AWARDED FOR ITS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
      109 10 For its efforts in promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) here, MediaCorp was given the Inaugural CSR Recognition Award last night. It was among 26 companies to receive the award, which was a highlight of the two-day National Volunteer and Philantrophy Centre and CSR Conference.
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      Lock icon Today set to make waves... on the air
      674 12  -  ESTHER FUNG MediaCorp's Go for Gold strategy for print, television radio and its websites esther@mediacorp.com.sg GET ready for Today to hit the airwaves. Next year, Singapore's No 2 English newspaper will not only be "read" but also "heard and seen" beyond its
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      354 4 pi AVIVA What's the BIG difference? CPF-OA BIG c j^^ It w $1950 HI H Figures shown assume a BIG c interest rate of 3.5%p.a.3 for a 12-month period. From 1 January 2008, CPF will be giving you 3.5%p.a. 1 on the first $20,000 in your CPF Ordinary Account (CPF-OA).
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      446 9 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 a
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      298 12 Thanks To Adam Khoo, a I Became An Author At Age 11! I read 320 books when I was 9 years tW old and authored a book which is now being sold at major bookstores! All thanks to Adam Khoo's incredible learning experience! VV Dayna Tan, 11 years old Published
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  • world news
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      Lock icon MONKS DEFIANT
      298 14 -AFP 100 march in protest as UN envoy prepares visit to Myanmar YANGON About 100 Buddhist monks marched yesterday in central Myanmar for the first time since the junta's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests in September, witnesses said. The peaceful demonstration came as officials said United Nations envoy
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      Lock icon GLOBALROUNDUP
      58 14 -AFP BOY SOLDIERS: Children as young as 10 are being forcibly recruited into the Myanmar army, bought and sold by military recruiters desperate to swell their ranks. Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday. Recruiters, desperate to meet quotas set by their superiors, target children at train and
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      Lock icon TWIN BLASTS 'HEINOUS': PAKISTAN CJ
      103 14 -AFP Pakistan s Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry announced yesterday that the Supreme Court would lead its own inquiry into a suicide attack on former Premier Benazir Bhutto's homecoming. Ms Bhutto survived the twin blasts that struck her motorcade in Karachi on Oct 18, just
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      Lock icon CLAMPDOWN ON FOREIGN TEACHERS
      160 14 —AFP Thai authorities are conducting background checks on more than 1,000 foreigners working in Thailand after a spate of arrests for alleged child sex abuse. Colonel Apichat Suriboonya, of Thailand's Interpol office, said yesterday that police had contacted the home countries of many of the targeted
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      Lock icon Do sexy outfits inflict 'emotional abuse' on men?
      262 15 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public, a prominent cleric said. Mr Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of the
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      Lock icon 'Ugly Teeth' pulled
      277 15 —AFP Latest tainted China-made toys scare pushes US lawmakers to unveil plans for tougher laws WASHINGTON United States legislators have unveiled plans for stiffer laws to regulate China-made toys after Halloween "treat" buckets and costume teeth became the latest tainted products from China to be taken off
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      Lock icon M'sian govt urged to regulate toy safety
      214 15 -AP KUALA LUMPUR China-made children's toys sold in Malaysia have been found to have a high level of lead, said a consumer group yesterday. It also urged the government to regulate their safety standards. The Malaysian Association of Standards Users said it recently
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      It's about the economy...
      537 17  -  TIFFANY TAN Indon leadership has made gains, but not done enough tiffany@media corp.com.sg WHILE recent media reports say Indonesia's President and Vice-President have already begun preparing for the 2009 presidential election, analysts have been busy weighing the country's progress under their three-year leadership. The administration of
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      Lock icon Temasek submits final defence in anti-monopoly case
      224 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA JAKARTA Temasek Holdings has submitted its final defence in the anti-monopoly case lodged against it by Indonesian watchdog KPPU. Singapore's investment company was charged with violating Indonesia's anti-monopoly laws through its stake in two large mobile telecommunication operators. The KPPU has
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      Lock icon Demand for Games' tickets crashes system
      125 18 —AP BEIJING Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics have been suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organisers for next year's Games said yesterday. After the tickets went on sale in China on a first-come, first-served basis on Tuesday, the overload
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      Lock icon US Navy helps N Korean sailors fight off pirates
      446 18 -AFP SEOUL The United States Navy's help to North Korean crewmen in fighting off Somali pirates is unprecedented in the half-century of hostility between Pyongyang and Washington, officials and analysts said yesterday. The USS James E Williams helped the North Korean
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      WHY M'SIAN POLLS ARE NOT IMMINENT
      1140 20  -  LIEWCHINTONG IT IS unlikely that Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will call snap elections this year despite many news reports speculating otherwise. Instead, chances are that the general elections will fall between the months of April and August next year. Recent speculation that
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      Lock icon It's a boy's world
      374 23 —AP Threat of social unrest forVietnamasmore women abort girls: UN HANOI Vietnam's preference for baby boys over girls is further tipping Mother Nature's scale in Asia, already skewed by a strong bias for boys among Chinese and Indians. The trend could lead to increased trafficking of
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      Lock icon Alleged mastermind goes scot-free as 21 are convicted over 2004 Madrid blasts
      296 23 —AGENCIES MADRID A Spanish court yesterday convicted 21 people of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, but acquitted a man accused of masterminding the attacks that killed nearly 200 people, with more than 1,800 injured. The early
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      How effective will these marshals be?
      151 24  -  LAI YEW CHAN Letter from I REFER to the report "Enter the Traffic Marshals" (Oct 26), which reported that a team of 61 uniformed men (picture) will be patrolling the expressways on motorbikes and patrol cars to ensure that traffic flows smoothly. Their role
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      Stop all-day ERP if there's one lane less
      203 24  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from WHEN all-day Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) was charged on traffic entering Orchard Road, we were told it was due to the heavy traffic. Now, the authorities say the $40-million upgrade of the Orchard Road area will result in
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      248 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY........... TWO KINDS OF KIDS Have you noticed there are two kinds of kids in the world? Yes, there are boys and girls, but what I am talking about are compliant children and strong-willed children. Compliant children are the ones who sleep through
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      Lock icon GET TOUGH ON TAXI FIRMS
      684 26  -  LIANG DINGZI serveus right TAXI drivers in many countries are not reputed for their service. I was fleeced in Taipei; the driver in New York took off with a piece of my luggage; and in Bangkok, I worried about my safety as the driver weaved
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      81 28 SERIOUS HORSEPLAY Today photographer Don Wong captured this picture over the weekend at the Singapore Polo Club, where female polo players battled it out at the Shanghai Tang Women's International Polo 2007 competition. The tournament featured four teams made up of top international players. CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us
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      Lock icon Use Web to protect youth
      282 28  -  KAVEETRIVIVIT Social networks can help to spread vital messages quickly Letter from AT A university event on Oct 4, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said that Singapore does not block websites nor track what people are searching for on the Internet He also dispelled the
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      isay PET PROJECT: LET'S WORK TOGETHER
      541 30  -  GOHBOONCHOO LIKE some other countries, Singapore too has its set of pet problems, manifested in our homeless animal population and irresponsible pet ownership. Government agencies address these problems independently: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) regulates pet sales, the Housing and Development Board (HDB)
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      271 32 —AP MALAYSIA Airlines aims to post record earnings this year after a business revamp, and expects to cut fares by up to 7 per cent in the next few years. The airline embarked on a restructuring plan following losses in 2005
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      382 32  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@media corp. com. sg A BUOYANT global economy which spurred air travel helped Singapore Airlines (SIA) to report a stronger-than-expected 73.2 per centyear-on-year increase in its secondquarter net profit of $508 million. For the first half, net profit was up 7.3 per cent on year to
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        110 34 BLOOMBERG THE Singapore dollar climbed to a decade high against the United States dollar on speculation overseas funds will buy local assets. "There's quite a bit of buying from foreign banks which are acting on behalf of funds that are shifting money into
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        223 34  -  ESTHER FUNG 3i sets its investment plan for the region esther@media corp.com.sg BULLISH on the region, London-based 3i Group, Europe's biggest publicly-traded investment fund, is aiming to invest an annual US$7OO million ($1 billion) to US$BOO million in Asia in coming years. In particular, said
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          84 34 CDL Hospitality Trusts a stapled group of hotels and business trusts that listed in July last year said income available for distribution for the third quarter ended Sept 30 was 2.36 cents per unit, exceeding the listing projections by 68.6 per cent. Gross
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          65 34 Cosco Corp Singapore's third-quarter profit rose 37 per cent to a record as the company won more orders to build and convert ships. Net income climbed to $97.7 million in the three months ended Sept 30, from $71.48 million a year earlier, the unit of China's
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          53 34 Neptune Orient Lines' third-quarter profit jumped 50 per cent after China's booming exports allowed it to raise rates. Net income rose to U*****.4 million ($277 million) in the three months ended Sept 21, from U*****.3 million a year earlier. Sales climbed 15 per cent
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          91 34 —AGENCIES Indonesian car distributor and diversified holding company Astra International said nine-month net profit rose 53 per cent year-on-year due to increased sales. Net profit for the period rose to 4.58 trillion rupiah ($729 million). In the first nine months of this year, it sold
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          81 36 A Keppel Corp-led consortium has won a US$l.2-billion ($1.7-billion) contract with Petroleo Brasileiro SAto build a semi-sub-mersible floating production unit in Brazil. Expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2010, the unit will be 110 m long and wide, and 125
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          74 36 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) forecast slower economic growth and abandoned a prediction that consumer prices will increase this year. But its policy board said keeping rates "very low" for too long could encourage excessive investment and hamper growth over the long term. The bank will
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          89 36 The International Air Transport Association (lata) has urged South-east Asian governments to fully liberalise the aviation sector, saying a current plan to free access between the region's capitals is inadequate. All regional airlines can operate unlimited services on routes between their capital cities by
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          42 36 Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard-disk drives, will close a plant in Northern Ireland, affecting 927 workers, because lower costs overseas have made it "uncompetitive". The company will move production to a facility in Malaysia.
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          39 36 -AGENCIES Semiconductor Manufacturing, China's biggest chip-maker, will cut capital spending next year to scale back its computer memory chip business which chief executive officer Richard Chang said was "a disaster" in the third quarter.
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        338 36  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SHARES were flat in lacklustre trade yesterday as investors withdrew to the sidelines to await the United States Federal Reserve's policy late last night The Straits Times Index ended 0.2 per cent up to 3,805.7 after an intra-day dip to
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        284 38 -DOW JONES Marketing, higher cable television costs likely to curtail Star Hub's net profits HIGHER cable television and marketing costs will likely keep Star Hub's third-quar-ter net profit flat, analysts said. The average forecast from a Dow Jones poll of four analysts showed that Star Hub
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        212 38 —AFP DIGITAL entertainment products maker Creative Technology said that it had returned to profitability in the fiscal first quarter ended September. The company, which is struggling against rivals such as Apple, said that net profit came in at US$l.3l million ($1.9 million), reversing a loss
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        184 38 -BLOOMBERG DEUTSCHE Bank, Germany's largest bank, said the fourth quarter began "very positively" and reiterated its profit targets after tax credits and asset sales increased earnings by 31 per cent Deutsche Bank rose the most in more than two years in Frankfurt trading after
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        602 40  -  WILLIAM PESEK IT'S rare that a business deal intrigues investors and political scientists alike. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's (ICBC) move to buy 20 per cent of Africa's largest bank is such a transaction. It is the biggest overseas investment by a Chinese company,
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      468 44  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Cliched, but there's enough drama, cattiness, and hot Dolls to keep you interested christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg LAST night's premiere of Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For The Next Doll has brought a new dimension to the reality/competitive TV genre on our boob tubes. And while we
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      424 46  -  MAYO MARTIN Architecture appreciation tours to focus on nightspots like Zouk, Chijmes mayo@media corp.com.sg WHAT else can you do at Chijmes, Zouk and St James Power Station besides having a few drinks, enjoying the music and checking out the lovely faces in the crowd? Checking out
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      584 46 With six of the best in the finals, it's anyone's guess AFTER the gruelling semi-finals, six budding actors and actresses have emerged as finalists in the upcoming Star Search 2007 grand finals. But what is their secret to winning the competition? Is it the
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      89 48 TAKE NOTE OF THIS EVENT Take a leaf out of this. sft Creatives presents Asylum for Magical Spaces, an exhibition of more than 20 Moleskine notebooks full of personal anecdotes, photographic mementos and sketches tackling the question: What is your magical space? The notebooks were passed to members of
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      339 49  -  ANNETTE TAN With its excellent marbling and superior quality, Kurobuta pork is fast gaining popularity f ood@newstoday.com.sg MEAT lovers will be familiar with Kobe and Wagyu beef, considered to be among the best beef in the world. But these days, pork has its own star Kurobuta which
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      78 51 Carry US dollars, which you can change for Mauritian rupees at the hotel's reception counter. Take along a light sweater. Temperatures drops at night. Buy sweets! Mauritius' main export is sugar. Buy a dodo souvenir. The extinct bird used to live here. Say "Quiposition (kee po-zee-see-yon)?" to
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        717 52  -  ALEX MORALES BLOOMBERG The city may be less obscure now but it's no less fascinating traveller@newstoday.com.sg IN THE Oxford English Dictionary, Timbuktu is listed under its old spelling of Timbuctoo, a symbol for "the most distant place imaginable", and to many people, a metaphor for faraway lands. It's
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      318 60 —AGENCIES PARIS Arsene Wenger came under fire from fellow Frenchman Michel Platini yesterday, when the Uefa president criticised the Arsenal manager's policy of recruiting teenagers, rather than producing homegrown talent. Arsenal travelled to Bramall Lane last night (this morning, Singapre time) for their
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      250 60 —AP SEOUL South Korean football officials are investigating revelations that four senior players, including captain Lee Woon Jae (picture) and Middlesbrough striker Lee Dong Guk, were involved in drinking and visiting prostitutes ahead of an important Asian Cup match in
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