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Title Section42 2008-01-09 1 TODAY /A=dia,Corp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday January 9, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA (P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking o o 6 "E s. (0 o 00 o O CM CO C CD (0 "O (A 0) c 0)42 words
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TODAY REWARDS BFAQERS: DID YOU GET LUCKY?
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Article, Illustration836 2008-01-09 1 NAZRYBAHRAWI; NAZRY BAHRAWI - NAZRYBAHRAWI NAZRY BAHRAWI Keadilan has struck deal to split electoral seats, says Anwar, who is prepared to contest in by-elections nazry@mediacorp.com.sg AMID rising election fever in Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (picture) yesterday offered friends and foes a sneak preview of his party'sBLOOMBERG - 836 words
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Article681 2008-01-09 1 CHRISTIE LOH - CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg BEGINNER'S luck was just not with Singapore Airlines (SIA) chief Chew Choon Seng. His first shot at an overseas buy since taking the helm four-and-a-half years ago fell flat. Not because his ambitious target-Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines (CEA), the third largest carrier in681 words
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Article140 2008-01-09 1 About 78 per cent of China Eastern Airlines shareholders rejected the HK$3.BO (70 cents) per share offer by SIA and Temasek Holdings. A "no" vote of more than 33 per cent would have scuttled the deal. Investors said "no" after the parent of rival Air China pledged140 words
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Miscellaneous47 2008-01-09 1 U.S. STOCKS TUMBLE FALLS AMIDST MORE GLUM HOUSING NEWS BUSINESS PAGE 36 ROBERT CHANDRAN'S RAGS-TO-RICHES TALE HOWCHEMOILCEO MADE HIS MILLIONS HOT NEWS PAGE 2 PCKS MARCUS NG TO SERVE DETENTION ACTOR GUILTY OF INSUBORDINATION LOCAL PAGE 6 SUHARTO'S HEALTH DETERIORATES INTERNAL BLEEDP^G, HEART PROBLEMS WORLD PAGE 18 ..•■<"'■47 words
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Miscellaneous39 2008-01-09 1 I x mm I i^ ;,v RHIUCM ■r j if i ill fill iinuilil jf v^H JJB ill Rn I K^mTT'fliM'rTiP i^B HlI'H*£ll*HM ifl^fl I- 1 _1 ZJL PENANG THE HOTSEAT ANALYSIS 4 M'SIA BANS INDIAN WORKERS WORLD 2039 words
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Article, Illustration727 2008-01-09 2 LOHCHEEKONG; CHEOWXINYI - LOHCHEEKONG CHEOWXINYI REPORTING BY ESTHER FUNG Built from scratch, now Chemoil faces uncertainty with CEO's death: Analysts cheekong@media corp. com. sg A SELF-DESCRIBED accidental entrepreneur, he had no inkling, as he traversed two continents seeking his fortune, that he would end upREPORTING BY; ESTHER FUNG - 727 words
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138 2008-01-09 3 - NEOCHAICHIN - -NEOCHAICHIN WHITE powder found on the eastbound platform of City Hall MRT station forced a part of the busy train interchange to be cordoned off for about two hours yesterday. The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel were called in to138 words
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Article, Illustration683 2008-01-09 4 JESSINTATAN - JESSINTATAN jessinta@media corp.com.sg THE battle for Penang has begun, and it promises to have the hottest seats contested in the coming Malaysian general election. This is where two high-profile homegrown politicians opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will meet head-to-head. ThisPHOTOS BLOOMBERG - 683 words
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Singapore news
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Article411 2008-01-09 6 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg TELEVISION viewers know him as Phua Chu Kang's nephew, Aloy. But actor Marcus Ng Vi Loong was at the heart of a real-life courtroom drama yesterday. A full-time National Serviceman, Ng was appealing against a subordinate military court ruling, after he had411 words
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Article, Illustration102 2008-01-09 6 I Marcus Ng (picture, right, with his lawyer Wendell Wong) OCT refused to return to his bunk when ordered thrice to do so. 2006 He also refused to perform the 20 push-ups ordered by a superior. He was fined $500 for each of the twotw^w: - 102 words
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453 2008-01-09 6 ALICIA WONG - ALICIA WONG alicia@media corp.com.sg A CENTRAL subsidy database shared by all hospitals. Getting means-tested even before one is hospitalised. Higher subsidies for those facing a longer hospital stay. As Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan opened the doors for dialogue on implementing means453 words
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Article278 2008-01-09 8 — ANSLEYNG - —ANSLEYNG THE judge who kept a young kleptomaniac out of prison two months ago has ordered an appeal hearing of a housewife jailed for stealing to be put on hold, after learning that she had stolen again while out on bail. Zhang Jing, 41, was at278 words
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Article, Illustration534 2008-01-09 8 LEONGWEEKEAT - LEONGWEEKEAT Virtual Map'copied' its deliberate errors weekeat@media corp.com.sg ITS argument was that it had spent "millions of dollars" and put much effort into developing a new product But what street directory producer Virtual Map unwittingly did was leave behind "fingerprints of copying" when it reproduced deliberate534 words
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312 2008-01-09 8 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IN HIS first Magistrate's Appeal hearing, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong has thrown out the appeal of a youth convicted of rioting. Muhammad Fazli Abdul Razak, 18, had asked for his sentence of reformative training to be reduced to probation, after312 words
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344 2008-01-09 10 NGJINGYNG - NGJINGYNG jingyng@media corp. com. sg THAT running nose and constant sneezing have become such common ailments that many of us tend to dismiss them as nothing more than minor irritants caused by weather changes and the like. But these ailments could be344 words
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Article489 2008-01-09 10 SHERALYN TAY - SHERALYN TAY Committee seeks input on hybrids used in research sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg MICE injected with human tissues and human sperm injected into animal eggs these types of human-animal combinations may sound like creepy science experiments. But far from being Frankenstein creations, these methods are widely489 words
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Article, Illustration450 2008-01-09 12 UNYANQIN - UNYANQIN Workers doing some last-minute sprucing up of Changi Airport Terminal 3 (T3) in preparation for its grand opening today. The terminal will also commence operations today. 100 schools to get $15,000 each to continue MOE's innovative teaching scheme yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg FROM using cartoons to teach thePHOTOS WEETECKHIAN - 450 words
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world news
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Article, Illustration520 2008-01-09 14 ■AFP Bruising defeat looms, but she's keeping her chin up PORTSMOUTH White House hopeful Hillary Clinton choked back tears as she struggled to avert a bruising defeat at the hands of rival Barack Obama in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Polls released hours before■AFP; BLOOMBERG I - 520 words
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Article, Illustration745 2008-01-09 14 VENESSALEE - VENESSALEE venessa@media corp.com.sg THE ginger-haired man standing just behind Republican candidate Mike Huckabee (picture), as he gave his televised victory speech at lowa, looked strangely familiar. He hasn't stopped grinning, I thought before I realised that the guy on screen was 1980s icon Chuck Norris.AFP - 745 words
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Article, Illustration313 2008-01-09 15 -AFP MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) Democrat Barack Obama appeared poised to deal a second crushing blow to Hillary Clinton's White House hopes and boost his quest to become the first black US President, as New Hampshire voted in key presidential primaries yesterday (early today, Singapore time).-AFP; AFP - 313 words
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Article, Illustration346 2008-01-09 16 AGENCIES Top Sri Lankan official's assassination blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels COLOMBO A Sri Lankan government minister was killed yesterday in a roadside bombing blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels the first assassination of a top Sri Lankan official in 19 months. The bomb tore through aAGENCIES; AFP - 346 words
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Article228 2008-01-09 16 -AFP WASHINGTON China has contingency plans to dispatch troops into North Korea and secure nuclear weapons in the event of instability in the hardline communist state, according to United States experts who have talked to Chinese military researchers. Any intervention by Beijing would be-AFP - 228 words
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Article188 2008-01-09 18 -AP JAKARTA Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's health deteriorated yesterday, with signs of internal bleeding, fluid building up in his lungs and heart complications, doctors said. Mr Suharto, 86, whose regime was widely regarded as one of most corrupt and brutal of the 20th century, was suffering from-AP - 188 words
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Article, Illustration392 2008-01-09 18 UN-sponsored probe into my mother's death is needed, says Bilawal LONDON The son of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday warned that Pakistan could face disintegration unless free and fair elections were held. "I fear for my country. I fear that if free-AFP; AF - 392 words
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Article, Illustration290 2008-01-09 20 There will be oil to fry, but no money to make roti canai KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government started flooding the retail market with cooking oil yesterday to overcome panic buying sparked by fears of a shortage ahead of Chinese New Year. Meanwhile, restaurant owners are feeling the pinch of290 words
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Article, Illustration423 2008-01-09 20 -AP Decision was not conveyed to Indian FM, who was in XL on a 3-day visit KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has frozen the recruitment of Indian workers, including temple priests, sculptors and musicians, an official said yesterday, in a move apparently linked to recent unrest by-AP; AP - 423 words
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GLOBALROUNDUP
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141 2008-01-09 24 -AFP A sharp rise in Malaysia s crime rate will scare off investors and must be urgently addressed. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday, announcing that 60,000 more police would be hired. "We need to take drastic action to stop the rise in-AFP - 141 words
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120 2008-01-09 24 —AFP A Mississippi businessman must pay more than U*****,000 ($1.07 million) in damages to the man whose wife he wooed away, after the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case on Monday. In 1997, Ms Sandra—AFP - 120 words
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Article393 2008-01-09 24 —AGENCIES Difficult time for next US President because of him, says ex-Sec of State WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush will prod Israelis and Palestinians towards peace talks when he arrives in the Middle East today. He will try to wring some sort of—AGENCIES - 393 words
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198 2008-01-09 26 NUR SUHARDI MOHAMED - NUR SUHARDI MOHAMED Letter from I REFER to the report "The atypical expat" (Jan 7), and agree with Ms Kerry Wilcock's remark that "social work is generally not seen as a glamorous job. Social workers need to be paid more. Definitely, salaries need198 words
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The great S'pore squeeze
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204 2008-01-09 26 JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG - JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I READ with interest Mr John Lucas' letter, "Do we want to be No 1 for population density?" (Weekend Today, Jan 5-6). The quality of life need not be adversely affected in a densely-populated country204 words
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145 2008-01-09 26 DENNIS BUTLER - DENNIS BUTLER Letter from I REFER to Mr John Lucas' letter and find it hard to reconcile the need to maintain social cohesion with the Government's plans to expand the population to 6 million or more in land-sparse Singapore. And thanks to the tacit145 words
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203 2008-01-09 26 PETER PEH - PETER PEH Letter from WE KEEP reading news that teachers' salaries will be increased, that it's difficult to retain them and that they are leaving the service in droves. So we plod on, increasing their pay and benefits. But things don't seem to203 words
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Article, Illustration551 2008-01-09 27 CATHLEEN TUNG - CATHLEEN TUNG ACPAI Iralia) qualification allowei IYfinancial controller Goh Siaj Ding's career in account Ito ao full steam ahead AT 18, Goh Siew Ping experienced culture shock when she left her hometown in Malaysia to study in Australia. Prior to that, she had attended aI JASON HO - 551 words
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Article280 2008-01-09 28 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON BY JEEP FENDERS You know, children can be so hateful and mean to each other, especially when we adults haven't taught them basics of being kind and sensitive. I learnt this when I was eight, j attended a Sunday School class atthe time,280 words
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Article, Illustration84 2008-01-09 28 AND THETRE NECK AND NECK It's not every day that one gets to see a giraffe enjoying a makeover. While on a family outing at the Singapore Zoo, reader Chan Vue Meng, 59, a management consultant, spotted two workers trimming the foliage on a giraffe statue. CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS:84 words
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Article, Illustration669 2008-01-09 28 LIANG DINGZI - LIANG DINGZI BASED on readers' letters, I am looking forward this year to companies paying more attention to delivering what has been promised service recovery and industry regulators being more active in fleshing out this basic principle: Think customer. Fresh in the mind is the taxiTODAY FILE PHOTC - 669 words
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Letter326 2008-01-09 30 CHAN TEE SENG - CHAN TEE SENG Letter from General Manager, Group and Health Division NTUC Income I REFER to your news comment, "The cooperative spirit is still alive" (Jan 2) by Kog Yue Choong. He cited examples of how NTUC Fair Price and Income had helped keep the cooperative326 words
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Letter, Illustration185 2008-01-09 30 UMBOONHEE - UMBOONHEE Letter from I HOPE that the organisers of the River Hong Bao Carnival 2008 provide the public with adequate toilets. My family had attended the carnival in previous years. Unfortunately, what we remember most is not the good food, acrobatics or festive decorations at theTODAY FILE PHOTO - 185 words
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Business
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203 2008-01-09 32 -AGENCIES SHARES of Ascott Group surged 41.3 per cent yesterday after its parent Capita Land offered to buy out minority owners and take the luxury residences operator private. The shares rose 50 cents to $1.71, just 2 cents below the $1.73 that Capita-AGENCIES - 203 words
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Article535 2008-01-09 32 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg A MORE compact Straits Times Index (STI) the benchmark used by investors here and abroad to gauge the performance of the Singapore stock market could not have come at a more opportune time. With stock prices expected to be volatile in the535 words
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THE FOUR NEWSIES
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Article, Illustration105 2008-01-09 32 SIA Engineering is a major provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services in the Asia-Pacific region. CIMB research analyst Tan Wei Ling has an "Outperform" call on this counter, given "its defensive line maintenance operations, healthy order book and the strong performance by itsBLOOMBERG - 105 words
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Article134 2008-01-09 32 The Singapore-based company is the world's biggest palm oil trader. It also processes about a quarter of the world's palm oil. According to CIMB forecasts, Wilmar will have a P/E of 24.4 times and a dividend yield of 0.8 per cent this year. Crude palm oil hit134 words
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Article94 2008-01-09 32 China-based Yanlord Land Group listed on the SGX in June 2006. While its focus is on developing high-end residential property projects in key cities in China such as Shanghai and Nanjing, it is also diversifying into office buildings and retail space. Phillip Securities analyst Ng Chen94 words
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Article103 2008-01-09 32 -ESTHER FUNG - -ESTHER FUNG Listed in April 2007, this Chinese shipbuilder has become an investors favourite. With increasing demand for commodities supporting high shipping rates, Cimb expects Chinese yards to continue to dominate the shipbuilding sector on the back of massive capacity. Just last month, Yangzijiang secured contracts to103 words
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128 2008-01-09 34 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG THERE may be some dark clouds over Fraser and Neave's (F&N) performance this year, as escalating oil prices and other raw materials could hurt its profits, especially in Malaysia. F&N's soft drinks business in Malaysia may be adversely affected if the government128 words
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Article, Illustration331 2008-01-09 34 AFP WASHINGTON United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that the housing market's woes are far from over and that the government was studying fresh measures to minimise economic harm. He said a housing correction had been "inevitable" after years of rocketing property prices, butAFP; Bloomberg! - 331 words
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119 2008-01-09 34 -ESTHER FUNG - -ESTHER FUNG WITH rising inflation and escalating asset prices, prospective homebuyers should take advantage of relatively low interest rates to finance their purchases, according to UOB's head of loans Kevin Lam. Mr Lam said the economy had developed into a "negative interest-rate situation",119 words
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187 2008-01-09 36 HEALTHWAY Medical Services is poised to list on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist via a reverse takeover (RTO) of lossmaking electronics distributor SNF Corp in a deal worth up to $525 million. The RTO will be done through an issue of new SNF shares to Healthway187 words
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44 2008-01-09 36 Singapore-listed STX Pan Ocean, South Korea's biggest carrier of commodities, said it would spend US$BlO million ($1.2 billion) to purchase ships this year. It plans to buy 13 vessels, including 11 bulk carriers and two container ships.44 words
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Article57 2008-01-09 36 UOL Group and Kheng Leong Co have won the tender for a residential site in Simei St 4 after they submitted a top bid of $236 million, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said yesterday. The 99-year leasehold plot comprises an area of about 32,210 sqm57 words
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Article, Illustration178 2008-01-09 36 -AFP Falls amidst more glum housing news NEW YORK US stock markets fell sharply yesterday (early today, Singapore time) amidst more glum housing news and as the troubled mortgage giant, Countrywide Financial, strongly denied rumours that it was on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. The Dow-AFP; MCT - 178 words
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Article187 2008-01-09 36 BLOOMBERG PACNET, the undersea-cable operator formed by the merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet, said it plans to raise between USSSOO million ($716 million) and USSBOO million from an initial share sale. Pacnet would seek a listing in the United States in theBLOOMBERG - 187 words
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267 2008-01-09 38 AFP THIS year's Golden Globes ceremony has been cancelled, organisers said on Monday, making the star-studded awards show the highest-profile casualty of the Hollywood writer's strike. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and broadcasters NBC announced the decision to replace theAFP - 267 words
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Article253 2008-01-09 39 Mayo Martin - Mayo Martin FILMREVIEW by I American Gangster ANOTHER Godfather? Nope, more like Smack Daddy. Ridley Scott's new film is based on a true story of a black heroin kingpin who's such a big-shot, he's above both the law and the mob. Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) made a253 words
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Article, Illustration225 2008-01-09 40 Christopher Toh - Christopher Toh FILMREVIEW by Trade IT WAS a rather intriguing premise. Based on the article by Peter Landesman in the New York Times, Trade tells the story of 13-year-old Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) and young Polish mother Veronica (Alicja Bachleda), who are kidnapped and225 words
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162 2008-01-09 40 Michelle Bong - Michelle Bong FILMREVIEW by I Linger LINGER is not quite a conventional love story. Then again, the romance genre has never been director Johnnie To's strongest forte. No, stylish cops-and-crime flicks suit him best You get the feeling he's not quite comfortable with helming162 words
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Article, Illustration375 2008-01-09 42 -THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A great player he may have been, but Roy Keane's (picture) managerial acumen has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks as Sunderland slipped into the relegation zone of the Premiership. Now, one of Keane's players has broken-THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 375 words
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Article, Illustration578 2008-01-09 42 -AFP Holders well-placed to reach final again CARLING CUP SEMI-FINAL, IST LEG Chelsea 2 Everton 1 LONDON- Joleon Lescott's stoppage time own goal gave 10-man Chelsea a dramatic 2-1 win against Everton in the League Cup semifinal first leg at Stamford Bridge here yesterday-AFP; GETTY IMAGES - 578 words
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Article, Illustration323 2008-01-09 42 -AGENCIES LONDON —Jermain Defoe revealed that manager Juande Ramos told him on Sunday that he can leave Tottenham during this month's transfer window. And the England striker was so shocked that he did not think the Spaniard was serious. "He called me into-AGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 323 words
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Article, Illustration551 2008-01-09 43 -AFP Cricket council dump controversial umpire, banned Indian bowler allowed to play SYDNEY The International Cricket Council (ICC) scrambled to save India's crisis-hit tour of Australia yesterday, replacing a top umpire and announcing plans to fly in a top official to ease seething tensions between-AFP; AFP - 551 words
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Article, Illustration677 2008-01-09 44 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN Sought-after guru appointed head coach to steer Spores medal hunt at Beijing Games yohinn@media corp.com.sg CURRENT Laser world champion Tom Slingsby, triple 470 world champion Nathan Wilmot and triple world youth champion Nathan Outteridge are just some of Craig Ferris' numerous proteges. Now, thePHOTO COURTESY OF SINGAPORESAILING - 677 words
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564 2008-01-09 45 LOWUNFHOONG - LOWUNFHOONG Past and present athletes say establishment of ADR Sports is timely linfhoong@media corp.com.sg FOR years, athletes involved in disputes with national sports associations (NSAs) have had to trudge to the public courts to air their grievances. It's often an exercise that ends up564 words
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Article, Illustration214 2008-01-09 45 In the past, other people who had disputes didn't know where to go to. Some were also afraid of speaking up because they feared they would be blacklisted. Now, ifs out in the open, so ifs a good move. Former national swimmer David Lim, a two-time Olympian214 words
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Article, Illustration200 2008-01-09 45 —AFP TODAY REWARDS READERS! BOLTON Bolton Wanderers said on Monday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) that they have rejected a £11 million ($3l million) bid from Chelsea for their unsettled striker Nicolas Anelka (picture). But both clubs privately expect a compromise to be reached in—AFP; GETTY IMAGES - 200 words
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