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    10 1 TODAY Friday July iB, 2008 we set you thinking www.todayonline.com
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    • IN OUR MORNING PAPER
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        REN CI WOES
        60 1 An allegedly falsified loan, the lack of a counter-signature system and the inadequacy of checks on the charity's top man some of these problems featured in the National Kidney Foundation scandal in 2005, some during the Youth Challenge saga in 2006. A year later, similar flaws were
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        PUMP PRICES DIP
        44 1 It could have been due to the largest two-day drop in crude oil prices in 18 months, or to pre-empt consumer backlash should petrol companies fail to respond rapidly. Yesterday, pump prices dipped islandwide for the second time in nine days.
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        30 CENTS
        38 1 When taxi fares were raised seven months ago, passengers were indignant. But there was comparatively little angst when the 30-cent diesel surcharge for ComfortDelGro cabs kicked in yesterday. todayonline.com Log on to read the full reports
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      Lock icon Eto´o off to Uzbekistan_
      568 1 AGENCIES TRANSFERTALK 1 admits hs'z Sy3r!:o pl-j/ for Kuryicfii TASHKENT If it pans out, it will no doubt be the most sensational transfer of the century. Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o has confirmed that he has received an offer to turn out for Uzbekistan club Kuruvchi, and
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      Lock icon Fergie: One big signing coming up
      161 1 AFP MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he has made a bid for a player who would significantly improve the European champions. Ferguson refused to name his target but the Scot is known to be keen to sign Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov,
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      Lock icon Debut win for Hughes
      84 1 AFP PARIS Goals from Martin Petrov and Dietmar Hamann put Manchester City in charge in their Uefa Cup first qualifying round tie with Faroe Islands minnows EB Streymur yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Petrov and Hamann struck in the opening period to cheer Mark Hughes in
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Gilberto´s Greek adventure begins
      435 2 AGENCIES FOOTBALL TRANSFERS Brazilian signs three-year deal to become highestpaid player in Greek football LONDON Former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva has completed his £1 million ($2.7 million) move to Greek club Panathinaikos. The former Arsenal captain ended his six-year spell with Arsene Wenger's side after passing
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      Lock icon Galaxy future for Ronaldo?
      123 2 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Manchester United ace Cristiano Ronaldo says he will not rule out the possibility of a move to Los Angeles Galaxy at a later stage in his career. Still recovering after ankle surgery, the Portugal star is in the United States and comparisons with
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      613 3 AGENCIES FOOliAlul TRANSFERS Arshavin makes plea to Barca ZENIT Andrei Arshavin desperately wants to leave his current club Zenit St Petersburg. But there is only one club in his heart, and the Russian star yesterday made a desperate plea for Barcelona to sign him. The 27-year-old forward
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      Lock icon Anwar on his night in lock-up
      777 4 AGENCIES MALAYSIA POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR About four hours after he was freed from police custody, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim spoke publicly about a night of hardship and humiliation, including being stripped naked and having his private parts measured. Mr Anwar, who is out on
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      Lock icon Blogger Raja Petra charged again, this time with criminal defamation
      492 4 AP KUALA LUMPUR Two months after he was charged with sedition, prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin was back in court yesterday this time to be charged with criminal defamation. Raja Petra, who was arrested after presenting himself at the police
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      Lock icon REVVING UP WITH SHELL
      62 6 Mr Henry Chu, GM Sales and Operations Shell Singapore (seated), and MediaCorp celebrities pose with Shell's Ferrari Formula One show car at Caldecott Broadcast Centre. This car is part of a roadshow by Shell to promote the world's first Formula One night race in Singapore to
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SPORTTHE FLAG ON YOUR TEE FROM JULY ITO SEPT 30
        133 6 CNA Following a relaxation of rules last year, the Singapore Flag can now be displayed on clothes and costumes during the period of National Day celebrations, from July 1 to Sept 30. The Flag may also be flown on private
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        Lock icon CIGARETTES HIDDEN AMONG CANNED DRINKS
        132 6 CNA Customs and Immigration officers seized a large haul of contraband cigarettes at the Pasir Panjang Scanning Station during a physical search of a 20-foot container truck on Tuesday after a scan showed that the cargo was inconsistent with its declared consignment of canned drinks.
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      Lock icon Numbers on the rise
      600 6  -  TAN HUI LENG TAN HUI LENG ANONYMOUS HIVTESTING huileng@mediacorp.com.sg AIDS activists have long championed it, the results are bearing their point, and the Ministry of Health (MOH) is clearly warming to the idea of anonymous HIV testing. At a time when the numbers of newlydiagnosed HIV
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      WHY CRUISE EMPTY, CABBY?
      797 8  -  THOMAS KOSHY NEWS COMMENT Let taxis ferry commuters from heartland bus stops to nearby MRT stations, for $1 or less WAITING for a feeder bus gives one time to think; sometimes too much time. Time to notice empty taxis passing by; sometimes too many empty taxis.
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      Lock icon 'C' for group's efforts after Cyclone Nargis
      1136 10  -  ANSLEYNG ASEAN REPORT CARD George Yeo says political progress in Myanmar vnot as much as I would like' ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THERE has been debate over the effectiveness of Asean's role in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, and now, Singapore's Foreign Minister has graded the
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      Lock icon Thailand will be 'strong chair': FM
      308 10 ANSLEYNG ITS soldiers are facing off with Cambodian troops over an ancient temple. Its Cabinet is also in trouble, after calls by anti-government activists to indict Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and other leaders for allegedly backing a deal with the Cambodians over the
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      Male executive put up with boss' harassment for year and a half
      399 12  -  ESTHER NG FRESH out of polytechnic in 2003, Russell (not his real name) was happy to find a job that he liked and had studied for in public relations. But all that he had learnt in school did
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      Courses rather than legislation?
      419 12  -  ESTHERNG WOLVES INTHEWORKPLACE But companies still baulk at mandatory courses about sexual harassment esther_ng@mediacorp.com.sg SINCE the result of a study on workplace sexual harassment was released last week, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has received some enquiries from tertiary institutions and companies
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      MediaCorp pulls out the stops to cover Olympics
      268 14 TELEVISION viewers will enjoy a double bonus when they watch the Beijing Olympics next month: Not only will they be watching Southeast Asia's only full High Definition Olympics channel; they will also enjoy double the hours of coverage compared to the last
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      Lock icon 'We are sorry'
      407 14  -  NEOCHAICHIN DRAGON BOATTRAGEDY Dragon boat group apologises for some remarks but does not admit responsibility chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Dragon Boat Association (SDBA) has apologised to families of the five national dragon boaters who drowned in Cambodia during a race last November for "some of its previous statements"
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      Man faces death sentence for murdering retiree
      236 16  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg THE man accused of killing a retiree at a karaoke lounge last week was charged yesterday at the Subordinate Court with murder. Teo Soon Seng, 46, stood silent in the dock as the charges were read to him: He is
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      Lock icon Landmark ruling
      522 16  -  ZULOTHMAN EN BLOC DEALS Judge sets out role of Strata Titles Board and which of its findings can be challenged zul@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a situation that may apply to some en bloc deals: The selling price could have been higher if the sales committee or its agent had
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 19,000 Umno branches to meet to gauge sentiment
      423 18 AP MALAYSIAN POLITICS Ruling party begins grassroots talks in first step to decide prime minister's fate KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling party launched a first round of meetings yesterday to determine whether it will keep Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as party chief
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      $500k worth of rice seized in M'sian warehouse
      140 18 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian authorities seized 437 tonnes of imported rice worth more than RMI.2 million ($500,700) in a warehouse raid in the town of Butterworth, local press reported yesterday. The rice stocks, which come from Thailand, India and Vietnam, were kept in
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      Lock icon CLEAN UP THE POLITICS, MALAYSIA
      715 18  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG Investors don't stand a chance predicting what will happen next A MONGOLIAN model is blown to bits with explosives. Allegations are made of an illicit affair, of bribery in a defence deal, of a dinner in Paris. A private investigator points his finger
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      Lock icon Islamic party gaining ground
      571 21  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI INDONESIAN ELECTIONS 11.8% of respondents in think tank poll say they'll vote for PKS next year nazry@mediacorp.com.sg THE Islamic party that once vouched for Jemaah Islamiyah's (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir could be a force to reckon with in next year's Indonesian elections. A
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      Lock icon Indon court throws out Bali bombers' final appeal
      259 21 AFP DENPASAR (Indonesia) An Indonesian court threw out the three convicted Bali bombers' last appeals yesterday, bringing them one step closer to the firing squad, officials said. Court officials said the bombers had already exhausted the appeals process and their latest and
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      Lock icon Three crazy' activists
      314 22 AFP THAI-CAMBODIA TENSION Thai PM blames trio for massing troops at border BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said yesterday that he blames three Thai protesters who illegally crossed a Cambodian border point for the current military standoff between the two countries. More than 400 Thai troops
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      Lock icon Ceasefire for Thailand's restive South?
      326 22 AFP BANGKOK A group professing to lead the separatist insurgency in Thailand's south announced a ceasefire yesterday in a satellite television broadcast. Three men from a group calling themselves Tai Ruam Pak Tai Khong Prathet Thai (Thailand's United Southern Underground group), said they had negotiated
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      Lock icon US freezes arms sales to Taiwan
      502 25 AFP AFP MILITARY TIES WASHINGTON The top United States military commander in Asia has acknowledged that US arms sales to Taiwan have been frozen amid warming ties between Beijing and Taipei and concerns expressed by China. "There have been no significant arms sales from
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      Lock icon Taiwan raises ceiling on China-bound investment
      261 25 .AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan's Cabinet yesterday announced it has lifted restrictions on local firms investing in China, the latest move by the new Beijing-friendly government aimed at strengthening ties with the mainland. Ministers said in a statement they will revise regulations to implement the new
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        Lock icon TAIWAN BRACES FOR TYPHOON KALMAEGI
        90 26 AFP Powerful winds and torrential rains disrupted air traffic and forced offices and schools to close in Taiwan yesterday as Typhoon Kalmaegi approached the island. Kalmaegi was packing winds of up to ngkmh, Taiwan's weather Bureau said. The Central Weather Bureau had earlier upgraded Kalmaegi
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        Lock icon EX-TAIWAN MINISTER JAILED FOR GRAFT
        153 26 AFP Taiwan's High Court has sentenced a former Vice-Interior Minister to 12 years and eight months in prison for corruption in the latest in a string of high-profile graft scandals, a court official said yesterday. The court upheld a ruling by a district court on
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      Lock icon Don't chow, bella
      456 26 AP PRESERVING MONUMENTS ROME It will be a snack-free Roman holiday. At least, on the steps of monuments. City Hall is banning all those enjoying a Roman holiday this summer from snacking near the sights in Rome's historical centre with fines up to 50 euros ($108). Officials
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      Lock icon Pop star welcome for Pope
      473 28 AFP WORLDYOUTH DAY As many as 150,000 greet the Pontiff SYDNEY Shouts of "Viva, Papa" rang out over Sydney Harbour yesterday as a flotilla of vessels carried Pope Benedict XVI to a mass meeting of adoring pilgrims. Huge cheers erupted as the Pontiff disembarked from
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      Lock icon China quake-zone government to sell luxury headquarters after outcry
      302 28 AFP BEIJING The capital of China's quakehit Sichuan province has bowed to public pressure and will auction off its luxurious new government headquarters to aid the recovery effort, state media said yesterday. Proceeds from the sale of the controversial Chengdu city
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      Lock icon JAPAN WIND BELL FESTIVAL
      45 30 A woman listening to the furin, a Japan's traditional wind bell, during an annual fair at Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji temple in Kawasaki near Tokyo yesterday. The furin fair, which features over 25,000 wind bells, attracts about 200,000 visitors every year. AP
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      Lock icon Indians worship newspaper shrine
      201 30 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEW DELHI Thousands of devotees in India are congregating daily to worship at a temple dedicated specially to newspapers. Worshippers bow reverentially to a large pile of newspapers prominently displayed inside the small Gandhi temple in remote Dhamtari district, 60 miles south of Chattisgarh
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      Lock icon A shift in priorities
      330 30 AFP US MILITARY US Defence chief sending more troops to Afghanistan, downsizing forces in Iraq WASHINGTON United States defence officials on Wednesday said they want to send more troops to Afghanistan and further downsize forces in Iraq, signalling a shift in priorities amid warnings of an
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      Lock icon Nepalese princess heads to Singapore
      175 30 KATHMANDU The wife and children of Nepal's crown prince Paras have left the Himalayan nation, airport officials confirmed yesterday, to start a new life in Singapore. Princess Himani and her three children will join Mr Paras in the city-state, where he has been for the
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        Lock icon CANADA 'NOT AFFECTED' BY TEENAGED PRISONER
        98 30 AP The Canadian government said on Wednesday that it will not seek the repatriation of a young detainee in United States custody atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite a newly-released video footage showing the then-teenage prisoner repeatedly sobbing for his mother and pleading for Canada's help.
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        Lock icon NELSON MANDELA GETS MOREWELL WISHES
        111 30 Nobel Peace prize winner and former President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Nelson Mandela (picture), today celebrates his goth birthday with greetings pouring in worldwide. Among his well-wishers are Singapore's President S R Nathan and Senior Minister Goh ChokTong. In a letter to
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      Lock icon Fewer days for Chinese visitors to Macau, no thanks to casino boom
      279 32 AFP HONG KONG Macau has stepped up entry restrictions on visitors from mainland China, the government said yesterday in the latest sign that it is trying to cool spiralling growth in the gaming haven. From Aug 1, Chinese
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      Lock icon A thaw in relations?
      386 32 THE GUARDIAN US-IRAN DIPLOMACY US plans to station diplomats in Iran for the first time since '79 WASHINGTON The United States plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President
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      Lock icon Aviation industry plots a green flight plan
      346 32 AFP FARNBOROUGH (England) The commercial aviation industry, widely accused of not doing enough to tackle climate change, pledged at the Farnborough International Airshow this week to become more "green". Airlines across the globe agreed upon deals to purchase new, fuel-efficient passenger aircraft built
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      Lock icon Island dispute may hit N Korea nuke talks
      288 32 AFP SEOUL South Korea could stop cooperating with Japan in six-party talks on denuclearising North Korea if their territorial dispute worsens, Seoul's ambassador to Tokyo said yesterday. South Korea has already rejected a Japanese proposal for talks next week on the sidelines
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      Lock icon Women happier as they grow older: Study
      258 34 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Women are more optimistic than men, a study of about 9,800 people has found. Wealth also helps you live longer, with the poorest people more than twice as likely to die at any given age than the richest, researchers at University
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      77 34 Israeli soldiers carrying the coffin of a comrade during his funeral in Haifa yesterday. He was one of two Israeli soldiers killed by Hezbollah in an ambush that started a war two years ago, but the bodies were only returned home yesterday as part of a swap
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      Lock icon Rogue hacker creates havoc
      382 34 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CYBERCRIME Maniacal computer expert locks down entire San Francisco city network LOS ANGELES A rogue computer engineer employed by the City of San Francisco allegedly staged a "cyber coup" of the authority's entire computer network, changing a master password to lock out administrators and
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      276 36  -  Shida Hussin PATERNITY LEAVE It's not just baby who needs him there all the time Letter from I ABSOLUTELY agree with ChristopherToh on "Why daddy needs a month off (July 17). I am the mother of a six-month-old boy, and my husband had to take
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      277 36  -  Matt Pasterfield Letter from AS A Briton who has lived in Singapore for the last three years, I read with interest the comments of Mr Michael Teo, Singapore's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, in "Does it work?" (July 17).
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      273 38  -  Thomas Liew Letter from I REFER to "Can we tweak the formula?" (July 17). The Public Transport Council (PTC) and transport companies have made many promises to improve things. But, it is my feeling that the pace of improvement is really slow. Here are
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      201 38  -  Florence Ho TRANSPORTTALK North-west area is currently under-served by public transport Letter from I REFER to "Heartland to hotspots in under an hour" (July 16). It is indeed welcome news that there will be an MRT station near Hillview Aye. At present,
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      90 38  -  Ace Kindred Cheong Letter from ON TUESDAY, I attended a photography exhibition and awards presentation held at Basement 1 of the Central Library. There were many of us who wanted to discuss what we had seen, but we could not do
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      140 42  -  DR BILL MAIER Tl BY I FUN ON A BUDGET You don't have to break the bank to design a great holiday. Just getting away together as a family is all it takes to create great memories. Start by brainstorming with your kids. Sit down with
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      96 42  -  Paul Antony Fernandez Letter from I REFER to "EZ-Rewards come with loyalty" (July 14) in response to my suggestion to reward those who use public transport on a regular basis. Extra credits could be given when a card is topped up. In the reply,
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      1258 44  -  KARMAN TSE ALIFEINTHE DAY Today meets one of Singapore's best-known come-back kings and the man behind St James Power Station karmanifpmediacorp.com. sg DENNIS Foo's life revolves around his mobile phone. By his own confession, he "cannot function without it". With his precious Nokia N7O in
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      328 46 Dennis Foo started his nightlife empire in 1980 with the Europa chain. He was kicked out of his own business after a high-profile legal tussle over Raffles Town Club membership issues in 2001. "To me, it was a very down time, because I realised I lost 22
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      744 48  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg Celebrities are selling pictures of their newborns for millions of dollars and they've every right to do so I RECENTLY got to thinking about my baby. The adorable little tot I would give birth to via C-section in a fancy hospital in
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      163 50 RONNIE Wood (picture) entered rehabilitation facility on Wednesday for help with alcoholism, said a spokeswoman for the Rolling Stones guitarist. "Following Ronnie's continued Dattie with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab," the spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity, as required by her agency.
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      401 50  -  MALCOLM OEI NIGHTLIFE REVIEW It may look, smell like absinthe, but Agwa certainly is different plus@newstoday.com.sg UNDER the guise of the Spanish word for "water", Agwa, we assure you, is anything but H 2O. This rather potent green liqueur with the innocuous name is distilled in
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      487 52  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH WORLDTOUR HK #s Eason Chan may have last performed here only 18 months ago but he #s back to party harder christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAS more than a decade of performing experience, over 40 albums, EPs and live recordings to his name, and
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      440 52 AP THE authorities have decided on how much Lou Pearlman (picture), a former boy band promoter, swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: A staggering US$3OO million ($405 million). That's how much the creator of the Backstreet Boys and N
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      440 54  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH HOME-GROWN MUSIC Local band that meets for only two months each year releases debut EP christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S almost like that Leap Years story isn't it? People who meet only twice a year for a month or two and get together to make sweet music.
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        116 54 Jessica Alba named her baby daughter Honor because she felt her own was pretty bland. "I was always irritated that my name was Jessica," the 27-year-old actress told OK! Magazine. "Come on, it's a very '80s name, because there were tonnes of Jessicas in every school I
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        128 54 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Golfer Greg Norman has been cautioned for using a mobile phone while driving. Norman was on the phone with his wife Chris Evert when he was stopped by police on Wednesday. He was pulled over while on his way to practise for the Open Championship, which
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      501 55  - Shh Dont wake them up MAYO MARTIN PERFORMANCE ART This performance, where five actors doze off for eight hours, has made some cry mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S generally not a good sign for a show when actors fall asleep midway through a performance. But Australian artist Deborah Pollard doesn't mind if they
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      206 55 AP KATHERINE Heigl (picture) is sticking with Grey's Anatomy despite voicing her displeasure about last season's script quality, ABC's programming chief said. Heigl's previous comments raised speculation that she might want to leave the popular medical drama rumours that the network's entertainment president Stephen McPherson sought
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      225 56 AP AP TIGER Woods won three trophies at the Espy Awards on Wednesday night, including his fifth male athlete of the year award, giving him a career-leading 21 wins in the show's 16-year history. Woods surpassed retired cyclist Lance Armstrong for
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      409 56 AP REEL DEATH Man kills himself as he sees on CSI IT LOOKED like something out of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. And sure enough, it was. State police said on Wednesday that they solved a mysterious eastern New Mexico shooting death that was similar to a
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      568 58 AFP MAJORWOES Weather wreaks havoc as some major stars come unstuck at the treacherous links course Golf 137 th British Open SOUTHPORT (England) According to Peter Dawson, the man in charge of preparing Royal Birkdale for the 137 th British Open, the famous old links
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      369 59 AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger, the most successful manager in Arsenal's history, has almost totally broken up the most successful team in the club's history. Gilberto Silva's impending £1.5 million ($4.05 million) move to Panathinaikos leaves Kolo Toure
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      156 59 AFP MADRID Football's world governing body Fifa are in talks with the authorities in Brazil about staging the 2010 World Cup there, should South Africa be unable to host the event, a Spanish sports newspaper claimed yesterday. "The South American country, which was chosen to organise
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      614 60 AFP ROADTO BEIJING British Olympic chiefs praise Beijing's moves to curb pollution LONDON British Olympic chiefs have praised Chinese authorities for taking steps to ensure air pollution will not cause major problems at next month's Olympics. The potential damage to athletes from smog and
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      292 60 AFP MANILA Harry Tanamor, the Philippines' sole boxing hope in the 2008 Olympics, will get a cash reward and promotion if he brings home the country's first Olympic gold, the military announced yesterday. Chief of staff General Alexander Yano made the commitment
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      424 61  -  LOWLINFHOONG ROAD TO BEIJING Phelps to warm up at SICC before Beijing linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg MICHAEL Phelps is aiming for an unprecedented eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games. As part of his preparations, the 23-year-old is expected to join the rest of
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      333 61 SHAMIR OSMAN TAMPINES Rovers eased back into title contention last night when they cruised to a 3-1 win over Woodlands Wellington in an NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 encounter at Tampines Stadium. An early goal by Qiu Li (Bth mm) and two penalties from Fahrudin
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      109 61 TREVOR TAN The lunchtime crowd at Raffles Place were treated to a display of pinpoint shooting from hoops stars yesterday. The Singapore Slingers, the country's only professional basketball team, and athletes from the Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC) were in the heart of the city as
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      161 61 AFP WIGAN Egypt striker Amr Zaki is set to sign for English Premiership club Wigan after arriving here for a medical. Zaki, who currently plays for El Zamalek, will join Wigan on an initial one-year loan deal, with the Latics expected to pay £1 million ($2.7
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      Lock icon Defensive stalwarts, and friends
      510 62  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL p y Aide and Baihakki bring loads of experience to the heart of Geylang #s defence NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Geylang United v Gombak United Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm sports@newstoday.com.sg WITH a total of 179 international caps between them, Geylang United's Aide
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      188 62  - FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS NO PROBLEM MILTON TAN They play underthe bright lights of Jalan Besar Stadium, on an artificial pitch, knowing the television cameras are broadcasting live action to homes all over the country. Friday Night Football could well be an unnerving experience, especially for rookies, but Geylang United and
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      566 63 AFP BATTLE DOWN UNDER Tri-Nations Rugby Australia vS Africa PERTH Rookie Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is under no illusion as to the enormity of the task his side face in the Tri-Nations Test against South Africa here tomorrow. Although the Wallabies looked sharp in successive Test wins
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      354 63 AFP NEW YORK The National Football League (NFL) have hired experts to probe whether their players are flashing gang signals as part of their post-play celebrations. The Los Angeles Times reported that the league will have the experts study game films to confirm or deny
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      36 63 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am MLB Mets v Reds, Ch 23 4pm Golf The Open C'ship, Ch23 5.55pm Cricket England v South Africa, Chuo SJPOKTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates on g3BLive
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          132 64 Stocks rise US stocks rallied yesterday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its best two-day gain in almost six years, after JPMorgan Chase Co's profit topped estimates and falling oil prices sparked an advance in consumer shares. JPMorgan, the largest US bank by market value, led financial
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          OIL PRICES
          90 64 Oil tumbles Crude oil fell more than US$5 a barrel, dropping below US$l3O for the first time in six weeks, as natural gas futures tumbled and global economic growth slows. Natural gas dropped more than 7 per cent after a government report showed that US supplies rose a
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          70 64 EXPORT SLUMP Singapore's exports fell in June for a second straight month, rounding off the worst half-yearly performance since 2002, as shipments to its biggest markets of Europe, the United States and China slumped. Non-oil domestic exports shrank 10.5 per cent from a year earlier, matching
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        416 64 AFP US MARKETS Investment giant Merrill Lynch in the red plans to shed assets NEW YORK Wall Street investment giant Merrill Lynch announced a quarterly net loss of US$4.B9 billion ($6.5 billion) yesterday, driven by hefty writedowns from its bets on the US real estate market.
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        One case out, YHS (M'sia) faces another
        291 64  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg YEO Hiap Seng (Malaysia), the Kuala Lumpur-listed subsidiary of the Singapore food and beverage giant, is facing a fresh lawsuit from its former distribution agent in Indonesia, after an earlier one was thrown out by the Jakarta High Court
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      554 66  -  CHRISTIE LOH PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Pritzker Prize-winning architect to design new $3-billion development christie@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN 31-year-old Farrer Court is demolished over the coming months, its replacement will be a "curvaceous" condominium that is set to dominate the skyline of District 10 and clock several firsts. Giving the
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      277 66  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@medicorp.com.sg THIS is what the Ministry of Home Affairs' former Phoenix Park headquarters (picture) may look like when it temporarily switches to private-sector office use. The sprawling Tanglin Road complex, which also once housed the Internal Security Department, has been
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        PALM OIL FIRM LAUNCHING IPO
        77 68 Kencana Agri, an Indonesian producer of crude palm oil seeking a listing on Singapore's mainboard, yesterday registered its prospectus to sell 200 million new shares at 30.5 cents each. The net proceeds of $55 million will be used to buy new land, build mills and
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        OCBC UPDATES ON US EXPOSURE
        75 68 OCBC says it understated it exposure to troubled US mortgage firms Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac earlierthis week. Due to a computation error, its insurance subsidiary Great Eastern Holdings' exposure to the US firms should be $69 million instead of $29 million. Even so, it
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        CONTRACTION FORECAST
        73 68 Jones Lang LaSalle has forecast a 4.5-per-cent contraction in prime residential rentals this year on the back of weakening sentiments in Singapore amidst US economic and financial troubles. It says prime rentals have already weakened 2 per cent this year to date. On the residential resale price front,
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      315 68  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorrp.com.sg WITH economic uncertainty plaguing big businesses, now is a good time for smaller enterprises to grow and expand abroad. This was the advice dished out by experienced businessmen at the sth Blue Sky Conference organised by Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
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      503 68  -  CHEOWXINYI TRANSPORT COMPANIES cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg NEVER mind the impending fare hikes. With oil prices hovering stubbornly above US$l3O a barrel, analysts have cut earning estimates for Singapore's public transport operators and are forecasting tougher times ahead. The Public Transport Council (PTC), an independent body which improves public transport
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      910 70  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IS THE worst over? That is the question on many Singaporean's minds as prices have stabilised recently after choking inflation in the first few months of the year. But if one heeds the words of Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the prospect
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      983 72  -  TOM RAUM AP BUSINESS COMMENT Voters lack confidence in Bush or Congress to fix broken US economy THE Federal Reserve has no more practical room to lower interest rates; there is only so much taxpayer money available for shoring up housing. If depositors lose confidence,
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      886 74  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN URBAN LEGENDS hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg HAVE you heard the rumour about using your mobile phone as a digital key to unlock your car? With myths like this one propagating at the speed of spam, it can be hard to tell fact from fiction. We examine
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      331 74  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg BRACE yourselves, gamers, there's a barrage of good news for you this week. At the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles, an annual gaming conference for the industry's big guns, Sony announced a new, US$399 ($530) 80GB Play Station 3 to
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      Omnia mania
      522 76  -  hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SAMSUNG SMARTPHONE HEDIRMANSUPIAN THE latest smartphone from Samsung is a hit in Singapore, with the 3.5G handset selling out within a month of its launch at CommunicAsia 2008. The Samsung Omnia made its global debut at the annual trade event on June 17 and Singaporeans were the
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      An intuitive and responsive shooter
      635 78  -  TREVORTAN DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW OLYMPUS E-520 The new Olympus E-520 is a great DSLR for newbies trevor@mediacorp.com.sg NOT many would have thought that the DSLR (digital single lens reflex) market would become as saturated as the compact digital camera market has become. The latest Olympus
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      Mass Effect's new expansion: A case of deja vui
      449 78  -  TREVORTAN XBOX 360 GAME REVIEW MASS EFFECT EXPANSION: BRING DOWN THE SKY trevor@mediacorp.com.sg MASSEffectwas my favourite role-playing game (RPG) on the Xbox 360 platform last year. So, when the expansion Bring Down the Sky (BDTS) was announced, I was really eager
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      GADGET OF THE WEEK
      243 78  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN SONY SOUNTINA NSA-PFi When Sony showcased its latest Bravia range of LCD television sets to the media earlier this week, it gave a sneak peek of its premium omni-direc-tional speaker, the Sountina NSA-PFi (picture). The cylindrical tube emits sound 360 degrees and has a frequency
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