Today, 18 January 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Friday January 18, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • The search for the 'holy grail'
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      The search for the 'holy grail'
      720 1  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN ■Wanted: The ultimate search engine Reward: US$lOO,OOO A*Star seeks to emulate Google, Yahoo hedirman@media corp.com.sg AFTER its success in attracting some of the world's best talents from the biomedical field, A*Star is now seeking to tap the top brains from the technology
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      Lock icon US stocks tumble on recession worries
      247 1 -BLOOMBERG NEW YORK US shares plummeted to fresh lows yesterday (early today, Singapore time) as bleak data on housing and manufacturing and a massive loss from Merrill Lynch fanned recession fears and prompted investors to run for cover. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank
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      57 1 today£*0 REPORT Your FREE copy inside M CHECK INSIDE FOR DETAILS! V I I Because the good life shouldn't cost a lot TENDERGRILL Chicken juicy thigh fillet, f^M i^ jjbpl^:'^^ flame grilled to perfection, lopped with crisp i:-J0^ K/ ■VmJV>J-a$B lettuce and tomato in a corn-dusted bun. lEP^\ TENDERGRILL *®jHI
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  • hot news
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      'DON'T BE SHY TO SHOW YOUR BILLS'
      642 2  -  SHERALYNTAY Health Minister Khaw says law may be passed to get private hospitals to publish their rates sheralyn@media corp. com. sg AFTER more than a week of painting the broad framework of the changes in means testing, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan switched
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      Lock icon Why cut off at age 85? queries Halimah
      385 3  -  SHERALYN TAY MP wants rethink on MediShield and other policies sheralyn@media corp. com. sg THE point has been made one in two Singaporeans will live beyond 85 years old and amid the coaxing and plans to prepare Singaporeans for unexpected longevity, one
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      Chikungunya strikes Singapore
      268 3  -  TAN HUI LENG A DAY after Today reported about studies being done here on a hitherto little-known viral disease, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that there are six confirmed cases of chikungunya fever, including the first likely case of local transmission. A 27-year-old Bangladeshi man, who
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      Report: Western backers disillusioned with ADB
      380 4 MANILA All is not well at the 40-year-old Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is headquartered here. At least a tenth of its 2,400 professional staff has departed, fed up with the impact of a rising peso on their US dollar-denominated salaries. But the truth
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      Lock icon Where are the generics? $215b drug industry probe
      609 4 EU raids drug giants in investigation over missing new medicines BRUSSELS Antitrust regulators raided some of the continent's biggest drug makers yesterday as part of a farreaching inquiry into whether settlements of patent disputes and lawsuits are being used to improperly keep
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      189 5 RAT-a-tat-tat. Who's there? conquer s 9; ho °f Chinese *odtac. rats are )ead h as been abused. Some*. l&Veat ,ea d6r hn \T the Ye- of the r™ Pi° ne6rS relation to the, friends VML, aaersh'P skills and are the m™. k- are endovved with qeH and realize it leav
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  • Singapore news
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      Fun test to help diagnose autism in kids
      277 6  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@media corp. com. sg CHILDREN may find it fun but a new test also has a serious purpose to more accurately diagnose and assess students with autism in mainstream schools. Dr Mariam Aljunied, a Ministry of Education (MOE) senior educational psychologist,
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      Lock icon AND THEY'RE LOVING IT
      277 6 While educational psychologist Dr Mariam Aljunied (picture) could not provide figures, the Autism Resource Centre (Singapore) estimates that the prevalence rate for autism is about 24,000 out of a population of four million. According to the centre, about 216 new cases of children with autism are
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        CNY ROAD CLOSURES
        87 8 From today to Feb 6, Pagoda, Temple, Trengganu, Sago and Smith Streets will be closed to vehicles from 6pm to 11pm on weekdays and 6pm to midnight on weekends and the eve of Chinese New Year, for countdown celebrations and bazaar activities during the festive period For
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        Lock icon SURPLUS FLAT SALE LAUNCHED
        107 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The HDB has received applications for more than half of the 1,098 surplus flats launched for sale yesterday. By spm, 676 applications had been submitted for the units in Bedok, Clementi, Jurong West and Queenstown. The deadline for the balloting exercise is Feb 6.
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      Lock icon 53 hurt in chain collisions
      482 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT TEO XUAN WEI Six lorries and bus involved in 2 separate accidents AND weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SHIPYARD worker V S Sakthivel was catching up on his sleep before the start of another workday when he was jolted awake in a chain collision involving four
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      Lock icon National Library to host EU information Centre
      208 10 938 LIVE THE National Library will act as a European Union depository library and carry electronic as well as hard copies of official EU publications. This will now be possible, thanks to an agreement between the National Library Board and the European Commission
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      That extra 5 % may not go far
      491 10  - That extra 5 may not go far NEO CHAI CHIN Inflation could outstrip wage rises this year chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WAGES are set to increase in the year ahead, but inflation may curb the purchasing power of your fatter paycheque, according to a survey on salary trends. ECA International's Salary Trends Survey
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      Lock icon CHARGED
      57 12 LEF: Li Chunmei, 39, was charged at the Sub Courts with nine counts of corruption and one of managing a brothel. RIGHT: Yang Zhirong, 38, faces two counts of corruption and eight vice chargesthree for managing brothels, one for procuring prostitutes from China, one for harbouring them, and three
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      Massage parlour women in court
      466 12  -  ZULOTHMAN They allegedly operated vice dens in shopping centre zul@media corp. com. sg THEY are two women who share the same circumstances both are China nationals in Singapore and, as it turned out, have been accused of the same criminal intentions. They both allegedly ran
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      Lock icon New notes for the New Year
      190 12  -  WONGMUNWAI CHANNEL NEWSASIA munwai@media corp. com. sg BANKS have begun issuing new dollar notes to customers ahead of the Lunar New Year. OCBC Bank has been issuing new $2, $5 and $10 notes, and POSB has been issuing new $50 and $100 notes. But
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      435 8 i For Great Lunar New Year Reunion Meals IffflmMrW™ DIAL: ICI I J- COUNTRY AREA TELEPHONE W^J T^K 131 T CODE T CODE T NUMBER ZONEISII i SHl^Your Child For Success In School Ufe! p^ripV^ A On* success sro/tz^s... I BECAME AN ASEAN SCHOLAR! ACHIEVED 5 AS FOR CAMBRIDGE 'A'
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      419 9 SKIN WHITENING SPECIAL REPORT j^^ TRIED TESTED BY SINGAPOREANS \^T^ Four ladies in their 20s to 30s took up the 28-day Gamier challenge for fairer, clearer and more radiant a skin. Each week, one of them will relate her experience jL^ with Gamier Light, with renowned aesthetic surgeon II•*'^» mMmmW/Al^l*^r^*VLA^r
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      90 12 a 0 **f went nsrts O@IISLE MW TDFQTQ W hiiiruT FOREPERSONS V PELKiHT up $28.40 Save up to $3.90 V 1 Personal Pan Pizza (Family Favourites only) 1 Pasta Perfetto/Baked Rice/ "4^3 H Baked Pasta* Lmff^f^ B 2 Soup of the Day M 2 Glasses of Pepsi t^B I *Selected
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  • world news
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      Lock icon LIFE OR DEATH DILEMMA IN INDONESIA
      316 14 -AP JAKARTA Former Indonesian President Suharto's care during his two-week hospitalisation has sparked quiet debate in this predominantly Muslim nation on end-of-life issues such as when to use ventilators and other machines to keep a patient alive. Doctors said the 86-year-old suffered multiple organ
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      Lock icon Crowds flock to Solo, Suharto's hometown
      660 14  -  JESSINTATAN IN SOLO, INDONESIA jessinta@media corp.com.sg AN ATMOSPHERE of restlessness prevails in the hometown of former Indonesian President Suharto as his anticipated return draws locals and visitors alike to his family home in this ancient capital of Java. But residents of Solo know that
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      'LINGAM WAS SPEAKING TO ME' T-SHIRTS FLY OFF SHELVES
      238 16 KUALA LUMPUR —The white T-shirt emblazoned with "Lingam was speaking to me!" has become one of the hottest selling merchandise in town. The Star reported yesterday. The ongoing inquiry into the "Lingam video" has brought customers in droves into T-Junction stall
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      Lock icon What Lingam memo?: Dr M
      320 16 AFP I make my own decisions, he tells judge-fixing inquiry KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's former Premier Mahathir Mohamad (picture) told an inquiry into allegations of corruption in judicial appointments on Thursday that he alone selected judges when he was in power. Dr Mahathir's one-time protege, former
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      Lock icon M'sia launches insurance scheme for foreign maids
      171 18 PUTRAJAYA Employers will have to make sure their foreign maids are insured under a new scheme to be launched by the government at the end of the month, local press reported yesterday. The policy, which costs RM7S ($33) a year, will cover a
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      WHAT'S UP, NEIGHBOUR?
      363 18  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI S'poreans still going to M'sia despite street protests nazry@media corp. com. sg THE country may have been dogged by a spate of protests in the last two months, but Malaysia has seen only a "negligible dip" in the number of Singapore tourist arrivals during this period.
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      Lock icon M'sian reform group fights on
      269 18 NAZRYBAHRAWI AFTER lying low since its members dramatically handed over a memorandum to Parliament last month, polls reform group Bersih is now kickstarting its campaign for fair elections in Malaysia. On Sunday, Bersih members will be holding a forum at Kuala Terengganu to discuss the
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      Lock icon France gets tough on maritime polluters
      271 20 -AP PARIS A court has convicted the French oil giant Total SA of maritime pollution for hauling fuel in a dubious and rusty tanker which split in two in a 1999 storm, causing France's worst oil spill. The ruling on Wednesday marked the first
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      'Super Tuesday' ...in Singapore
      328 20  -  TIFFANY TAN Over 100 Democrats hereto cast votes via Internet and fax tiffany@media corp. com. sg ON "Super Tuesday" next month, when Democrats from 22 US states conduct their presidential primaries, ballots are scheduled to be cast as far away as Singapore. In what the party
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      Lock icon Foetus found in Manila palace
      131 20 -AP MANILA A janitor found a dead foetus in a restroom at the Philippine presidential palace on Thursday and police were looking for the mother, officials said. Brigadier General Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said authorities were trying to track down a
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      Lock icon Thai PPP eyes 6-party coalition
      239 22 -AP BANGKOK Thailand inched closer to the restoration of an elected government as a party affiliated with ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said it would announce plans for a six-party coalition on Saturday. Mr Surapong Suebwonglee, sec-retary-general of the Thaksin-linked People's Power Party (PPP), said
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      Lock icon Ship sent to pick up two activists
      316 22 -AFP Rudd acts to end tense standoff in the Antarctic SYDNEY Australia sent a customs ship to pick up two anti-whaling activists held on board a Japanese whaler as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moved yesterday to end a tense standoff in the Antarctic.
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      ClA's Thai 'torture' prisons
      205 22 The sticky issue of Thailand permitting the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to set up a secret prison where alleged torture of suspected Al Qaeda members were conducted surfaced again yesterday when the agency's top lawyer gave his testimony to US lawmakers. According to Thailand's The
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      Lock icon Myanmar teases the Japanese
      402 24 -AFP -AFP Minister: Why not invest in us just like China and India? TOKYO Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win yesterday called on Japan to invest in the country, boasting that China and India were both doing business there despite Western sanctions. Myanmar faced heavy international criticism
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      79 24 CLOSE CALL: A British Airways jet on a flight from China made an emergency landing at London s Heathrow Airport yesterday. Four passengers sustained minor injuries during the incident which police said was not linked to terrorism. The aircraft's undercarriage and one of its wings was severely damaged during the
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      117 27 TOO MANY VISITORS FOR DAVID: Michelangelo's David is set to be moved from Florence's city centre because it attracts too many tourists. Florence's head of culture Paolo Cocchi claims the 1.3 million visitors to David each year are "unsustainable". He has asked Italian culture minister Francesco Rutelli for permission to
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      Lock icon US allies upset
      354 27 -AFP Defence chief criticises Nato forces over Afghan insurgency WASHINGTON United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates unleashed a storm on Wednesday by criticising North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) forces in southern Afghanistan, saying they were ill-prepared to fight an insurgency. "I'm worried we have some military forces
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      Lock icon Jihadists? They are criminals, say UK ministers
      239 27 —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Ministers in Britain have dropped the term "war on terror" and will refer to jihadists as "criminals" in an attempt to stop glorifying acts of terrorism. The move is part of the British government's drive to prevent young Muslims
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      192 15 Atw wAx^kwW* MM.J s m ifiuH V xjp-. viKr. dAWS AmW dwmt -mmwlm AmAWSfiimTAMwA Ww dm BRf^. aa d\ mL km dmf"'*' Hlk Am\^m\^r^ AtK^mwmwjt^^ \m^ wm\m\ wmMVm^wr jmWmUUmr^ MW^ r^^^h "^^A From now till 21 Feb 2008, OCBC Credit Cardmembers get to enjoy an exclusive New Moon Abalone 'Rong'
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      317 17 dXi tST vHk j mm Usher in a stylish Lunar New Year I v J I at Marina Square m W Glamour, good fortune and gold. Red hot and chic. Spring is in tne Square, wnere modern mindsets and the charms pp of yesteryear come together. Usher in the Lunar
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      212 18 iilove without falling down O Learn tips to survive and thrive while dating in SUfYI Up TlOW! the new millenium! This workshop will help singles identify and deal with potential dating date- disasters, and learn how to head them off. 26 Jan 08 (Saturday) lime. 9.30 am to 5.00pm Theories
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      375 21 Visit our Chinese New Year f "^> Kitchenware Atrium promotion! <^" Offers valid from 18-31 January 2008. J L W 21-31 Jan 2008, at IMM. See you there! While stocks last! No traders allowed. T m 28rm Hard Anodked ifc \-^^Kj\-3-SJ^ Inicia 20cm Saucepanj m Stir-Frypan PIVHPJPH Bienvenue 20crrflB SflPl
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      133 22 i Complete this redemption Form, attach one participating I luggies® Ultra barcode label and mail ii" to: H Kimberly-Clark Singapore Pte Ltd, 3 Anson Road, #16-01 Springleaf Tower, Singapore *****9. c§ Name: NRIC: Baby's Date of Birth: (As appears in NRIC) Contact No: Email: Address: Attach barcode here Postal Code:
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      287 23 FABULOUS fiicMt |M I V|l Offers valid from 18-31 January 2008. I m I pP^ k%LA\\ All items available only at Giant IMM, Parkway Parade, Hfa^ Vivo City Tampines. Display items not included. mm*^ W While stocks last! No traders allowed. Wm\T~ Trfijii I ttm A%l Mmm %M %M Mm
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      324 27 .jßp^ FAIMTASIES r^jl Inspired by the fashion and lifestyle evocative of a 1930s Shanghai, Barang Barang recreates a snapshot in time i_^^ Q^l of a culture straddling a delicate balance between eastern traditions and western ideals. These portraits in time |^cf r*&m are a fitting tribute to our Asian roots
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  • Voices
    • No lack of guts and glory
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        Awards for disabled athletes a timely step towards a more inclusive society
        321 30  -  LEO CHEN lAN Letter from President, Disabled People's Association I REFER to the report, "Cash boostfor disabled athletes" (Jan 15). The Athletes Achievement Awards (AAA) is timely as the 4th Asean Para Games open in Korat, Thailand on
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        Cash incentives: Let's move to narrow gap
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      489 36  -  HO KONG LOON IN 1983, my school head nominated me for the post of vice-principal. But he was shocked when I turned it down, persuading me to reconsider my decision because that rejection could adversely affect my career advancement He relented when he
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        247 44 REUTERS MALAYSIA could permit offshore trade in its ringgit currency this year, as cash flowing into the country swells foreign reserves, a leading think tank said. The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, whose forecasts are closely watched by financial markets, also predicted the ringgit would
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        290 44  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@media corp. com. sg EACH time a cash register rings in Asia, it will be good news for unit holders of a new investment fund focused on Asian consumption. Capitalising on the increasing purchasing power of Asia's young population,
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        177 46 BLOOMBERG Rating up on possibility that parent Temasek may buy firm CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, Singapore's largest chipmaker, had its stock rating raised to a "buy" at Deutsche Bank, which cited the possibility parent Temasek Holdings may buy the company. Chartered rose 1.2 per cent to
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          67 46 SIA Engineering Company has won a $116-million contract with Philippines budget carrier Cebu Pacific to maintain 18 Airbus A320/A319 aircraft. SIA Engineering said in a statement the contract is an extension of an existing maintenance contract for 14 A320/A319 aircraft in Cebu's
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          106 46 -AGENCIES Australia's Qantas says another delay in delivery of Boeing's new 787 will slow the expansion plans of its budget subsidiary while All Nippon Airways (ANA) in line to get the first plane called the delay "extremely regrettable". United States' Boeing
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        423 48 -AGENCIES FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke (picture) said a "temporary" fiscal stimulus would help the central bank to buttress economic growth in the United States, while warning against worsening the longer-term outlook for budget deficits. "Fiscal action could be helpful in principle, as
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        193 48 -BLOOMBERG MERRILL Lynch yesterday reported a fourth-quarter net loss of US$9.B billion ($l4 billion) after writing down US$l5 billion in failed investments. Its record loss for the quarter ended Dec 31 was a sharp contrast from the earnings of US$2.3 billion in
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      382 50 -HEDIRMANSUPIAN MIO TV subscribers may soon be able to communicate with one another using video conferencing and instant messaging on their television. And they could soon be accessing media files like images and music on the TV by wirelessly connecting their set-top
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      451 50  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@media corp. com. sg THE online social networking space is big enough for more than one or two players, according to Friendster and plenty of growth opportunities remain. According to Mr Jeff Roberto, Friendster's marketing and public relations director, only 17 per
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        281 52 -HEDIRMANSUPIAN CONSUMERS now have a new homegrown notebook brand to choose from. Axioo International has unveiled two notebook ranges the Zetta Ten and the Zetta Tec. The Ten series, with prices starting at $1,299, is billed as an affordable range of notebooks and sports IGB
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        501 52  -  ARIEL TAM Sony Ericsson's latest offering is sluggish and doesn't look that hot ariel@mediacorp.com.sg SOME things appear more attractive on a glossy photo than they do in real life. My psychotic cat is one, and so is Sony Ericsson's latest Walkman phone the W96oi. Measuring a
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        250 52 REUTERS BEIJING China said it would issue new rules, cracking down on "undesirable" elements of online games, amid fears of growing Internet addiction as the number of players soars, state media reported yesterday. The number of online game players in China rose
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      369 72 -AFP CHICAGO Marion Jones said yesterday seeing the pain her family and friends endured after she admitted using perform-ance-enhancing drugs outweighed the impact of returning her Olympic medals. The former Olympic track gold medallist appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, her first television
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      381 76 -AFP MELBOURNE Chinese No 1 Li Na and India's top player Sania Mirza sauntered into the Australian Open third round yesterday, keeping afloat Asian hopes of success at the season's opening Grand Slam. But there was disappointment for Japan's
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      370 78 -AFP FA CUP, 3RD RD REPLAY Havant and Waterlooville 4 Swansea 2 LONDON Those who argue that the romance of the FA Cup is dead were having a hard time convincing Shaun Gale yesterday. The manager of non-league minnows Havant and Waterlooville,
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