Today, 17 September 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday September 17, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • NEWS LATEST
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        Barclays steps in
        78 1 Barclays Pic, the UK's thirdbiggest bank, will acquire the North American investmentbanking business of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc for US$1.75 billion, two days after abandoning plans to buy the entire firm. Barclays is paying US$250 million in cash for the Lehman businesses and US$1.5 billion for
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        Interest rate stays
        35 1 The Federal Reserve left its main interest rate at 2 per cent, rebuffing calls by some investors for an immediate cut after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's bankruptcy shook markets worldwide. Page B2
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        Lehman Brothers
        36 1 Lehman Brothers was given US$l3B billion ($l9B billion) this week in Federal Reservebacked JPMorgan Chase Co advances to settle Lehman trades and keep financial markets stable amid the biggest bankruptcy in history. Page B2
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      Lock icon FEDTO AIG'S RESCUE
      404 1 AFP NEW YORK The US Federal Reserve announced this morning (Singapore time) it would make an unprecedented US$B5 billion ($122 billion) rescue loan to save insurance giant American International Group from bankruptcy, amid fears of a catastrophic meltdown on financial markets. A central bank statement said the
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      Lock icon Don't panic, says MAS
      823 1  -  ONGDAILIN KELVIN CHOW ADDITIONAL REPORTING FROM AGENCIES FINANCIALCRISIS Hundreds queue to cash in AIA life insurance policies AND dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HUNDREDS OF anxious policyholders thronged insurer AIA Singapore's Customer Service Centre in Finlayson Green many of them arriving well before it opened at 8.45am yesterday. Many wanted
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    • SPORTS LATEST
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        Chelsea 4 Bordeaux 0
        23 1 Chelsea begin their quest for Champions League glory with a resounding 4-0 win over French side Bordeaux. Page 45
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        Marseille 1 Liverpool 2
        21 1 Steven Gerrard steals theshow as Liverpool bounce back from a goal down to beat Marseille. Page 44
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        Man United & AIG
        23 1 Man United AIG As AIG wobbles, Manchester United are sweating on whether their shirt sponsors will honour their £56 million contract. Page Bl
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      Maids horror months
      656 2  -  ANSLEYNG TORTUREDTO CONFESS Two siblings jailed six weeks and 26 months respectively ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THEY wanted to force a confession, and so they tortured their 29-year-old maid. She was pinned down, her mouth forced open and one of her tormentors, a 17-year-old, used a pair of pliers to
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      A THIRD OF 2,100 COMPLAINTS CAUSED BY MISUNDERSTANDINGS
      175 2  -  ALICIAWONG Last year, about 35 per cent of nearly 2,100 complaints concerning an employer and foreign domestic worker (FDW) arose from misunderstandings, and were resolved through the Ministry of Manpower's mediation. For cases that were investigated, 81 per cent were completed within
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      Lock icon Anwar says he's got the numbers ...
      337 3 Anwar says he's got the numbers AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR It wasn't quite the change of government that he had earlier promised to deliver on Sept 16. But, Mr Anwar Ibrahim's claim yesterday that more than 31 unnamed government MPs were willing to switch sides could mean one of two things:
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    • IN PARLIAMENT
      • PARLIAMENT ROUNDUP
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          Lock icon RECYCLING MANDATORY FOR CONDOS, PRIVATE PROPERTIES
          93 4 TEOXUANWEI Residents of condominiums and private apartments will pay $1.20 to $5 more each month, after Parliament approved making it mandatory for these to have recycling receptacles. Minister for Environment and Water ResourcesYaacob Ibrahim said the receptacles can be in the form of bins
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          Lock icon AS COSTS RISE, SOME WATER PROJECTS BEING REVIEWED
          179 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Government will review the scope and implementation of yet-to-be launched projects under the Active, Beautiful and Clean Waters programme, in view of escalating construction costs. The scheme aims to transform drains, canals and reservoirs into recreational water bodies, and
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          Lock icon WHY NO PRIMARY 1 PRIORITY FOR LARGER FAMILIES
          101 4 ALICIAWONG The Ministry of Education is not keen to link population policies with Primary 1 school admission, said Minister of Education Ng Eng Hen, after MP Lee BeeWah (Ang Mo Kio) asked if priority would be granted to families with three children
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        A family carnival
        520 4  -  ALICIA WONG OUTDOOR EVENTS WhyPCFgota permit when WP was denied one alicia@mediacorp.com.sg LAST year, the Workers' Party was denied a permit to organise a cycling event at East Coast Park for its 50th anniversary. Which is why two parliamentarians sought answers yesterday as to why the Prime
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        More oversight for credit co-ops
        502 6  -  TEOXUANWEI CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg COLLECTIVELY, they manage some $1 billion in funds for their members most of them working-class who cannot afford to lose their average savings of $5,000. Which is why Singapore's 41 credit co-operatives will come under tighter regulation, following legislative changes
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        Lock icon Easier to top up loved one's CPF
        256 6 TEOXUANWEI FROM Nov 1, you can contribute cash top-ups of any amount to your spouse or family members' Central Provident Fund (CPF) Minimum Sum, if they are below age 55. The annual cap on contributions will no longer apply. Also, regardless of your
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      Lock icon MARINA BAY'S $35-MILLION WATERFRONT LOOP
      153 8 A stroll in the mist, a splash in a fountain, a panoramic view. By the end of next year, Singaporeans will get to enjoy these along the 3.5 km waterfront promenade linking the Marina Bay attractions. Along the Bayfront, the highlight is a 3oom-long tubular
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      High Spirits
      619 10 SINGAPORE FLYER If you haven't been on the iconic Singapore Flyer, which started spinning its wheels at Marina Bay earlier this year, now is a good timeforyou to hop on. The Flyer is equipped with 28 air-condi-tioned and UV light-protected capsules that can each accommodate up to 28
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      Lets tr(a)y it again ...
      425 12  - Lets tr(a)y it again ALICIA WONG AND JESSICATEO SOCIAL GRACES Tray return system to be revived at some hawker centres alicia@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN it was first tried out at a hawker centre in 2003, it was dropped after six months because Singaporeans preferred having someone else clean up after them.
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      Lock icon Louis Vuitton sues City Chain
      389 12  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SYNCHRONISED raids in three countries, targeting a well-known regional watch retailer, netted 50 watches that fashion giant Louis Vuitton said infringed the copyright of its famed flowery Monogram design. A High Court here heard that Louis Vuitton raided several of City Chain's shops
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      Lock icon Building a naval career
      236 14 938 LIVE NEW POLYTECHNIC COURSES Programme mostly taught by dons from Newcastle University IT'S full steam ahead for Singapore's first full-time degree in naval architecture. The programme, offered by Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) and Britain's Newcastle University, starts next Monday with 62 students. Total applications were
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon OLIVER STONE ISTISCH ASIA'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
        114 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore students in film and media may soon be able to attend a class taught by three-time Academy Award filmmaker Oliver Stone. The New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts Asia, which opened here last year has named its alumnus
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        EXECCONDOSITE IN PUNGGOL
        68 16 An Executive Condominium housing site at Punggol Field/Punggol Road has been put up for sale, under the Confirmed List of the Government Land Sales Programme. The land area of 22,497.3 square metres comes with a 99-year lease, and is near the future Punggol Town Centre, as well
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        Lock icon TRAFFIC-EASING SCHEME LEADS TO ANOTHER JAM
        99 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A three-month trial of a traffic diversion scheme to ease congestion at the Woodlands Checkpoint has resulted in another jam -along the BukitTimah Expressway (BKE), say drivers. Since Monday, cars from Woodlands Centre Road have not been allowed to turn right into
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        MAN GETS 3 YEARS FOR CIGARETTE SMUGGLING
        98 16 A Singaporean has been jailed three years for his involvement in an attempt to smuggle into Singapore 87,940 packets of cigarettes worth over $1.03 million. Singapore Customs officers had raided a store at Jalan Pemimpin and found Chia Choon Hock, 47, unloading and
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      Lock icon TOP HONOUR FOR EDB CHAIRMAN
      53 16 001 BOON KEONG Institution of Engineers, Singapore (lES) President Ms Lee Bee Wah (left) conferring the lES Honorary Fellowship to Mr Lim Siong Guan, chairman of Economic Development Board and Group Managing Director of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, at the lES Charles Rudd Distinguished
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      Lock icon Dog owner fined $6,000
      252 16  -  ANSLEYNG ROTTWEILER ATTACK ansley@mediacorp.com. sg A WOMAN was fined $6,000 by a district court yesterday, after her five Rottweilers dashed out of her Kembangan home and attacked a smaller dog last November. Ms Satpal Kaur Narula (picture), an information technology business owner, was convicted of six
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  • WORLD
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      The prince and the politicians
      453 18  -  JESSINTATAN MALAYSIA POLITICS jessinta@mediacorp.com.sg PERAK Veteran Umno leader Razaleigh Hamzah (picture) yesterday took both his party's top leaders and opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim to task for playing politics even as the country is grappling with economic problems. "We seem to be only concerned about our
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      Court hands Perlis seat to opposition
      258 18 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Federal Court yesterday declared the candidate for opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (Pas) the rightful winner of the Sanglang state seat in Perlis, overturning a victory obtained by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in the general election, local media reported. The
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      Lock icon Zaid considers opposition after encountering 'brick wall'
      442 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's de facto Law Minister said yesterday he would consider joining the opposition, after quitting the embattled government which he portrayed as paralysed by internal strife and racial divisions. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Zaid Ibrahim (picture), tasked with
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      EVEN JUSTICE BAO HAD TO SLEEP
      761 19  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg NPC delegate snowed under thousands of calls from migrant workers MS HU Xiaoyan (picture) receives thousands of phone calls and text messages on her mobile every day and is almost on the brink of
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      Thaksin's brother-in-law moves closer to PM job
      267 20 BANGKOK The brother-in-law to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra moved a step closer to Thailand's premiership yesterday after dissenting members of the ruling party rallied behind him. Mr Somchai Wongsawat had faced a revolt in the party over his ties to Mr Thaksin,
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      Lock icon 69 brands of formula tainted
      353 20 AFP AFP MILK CONTAMINATION Govt stops sale of affected brands BEIJING A chemical blamed for killing two infants in China has been found in 69 brands of baby milk powder nationwide, state television said yesterday, in a dramatic escalation of the scandal. The government has
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      Lock icon Mums secret love affair
      679 22 THEOBSERVER THE TABOO OF FAVOURITISM They say they love one child more than the others but won't admit it LONDON One in six mothers has a favourite child, but would never admit to it, according to a survey by Netmums, one of the most popular parenting
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        Lock icon FIGHTER PILOTGETSTO BE CHINA'S FIRST SPACE WALKER
        122 23 AFP A 42-year-old fighter pilot has been chosen to become the first Chinese person to walk in space, with the historic mission set for Sept 25, the government said yesterday. MrZhai Zhigang, a colonel in the People's Liberation Army, and two other astronauts
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        Lock icon N KOREATESTS MISSILE CAPABLE OF STRIKING US
        144 23 AP North Korea has carried out an engine ignition test for a long-range missile capable of striking the western United States, a South Korean newspaper reported yesterday. A US reconnaissance satellite detected North Korea's testing of the missile engine-which appears to belong to
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        BOY FALLS INTO POT OF PIPING HOTCURRY
        139 23 A two-year-old toddler sustained burns on 50 per cent of his body after he fell into a large pot of hot beef curry that was prepared by his grandmother for a Ramadan bazaar in Alor Star, Kedah, on Monday. Mohd Adib Alif Mohd
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      Lock icon 'These gains are fragile and reversible'
      242 24 AFP US DEFENCE Incoming US general warns of tough task ahead in Iraq CAMP VICTORY (Iraq) General Raymond Odierno (picture) yesterday took charge of United States-led forces in Iraq from General David Petraeus, warning that security gains in the country were "fragile and reversible".
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      Police: Protectors or murderers?
      269 24 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian police carried out a "significant proportion" of the 48,000 murders that swept Brazil last year, a United Nations report said on Monday. The report by Mr Philip Alston, the UN special envoy on extra-judicial killings, said police murder three people a day
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      Lock icon MITEY MAN
      65 25 Standing at 74.61 cm, Mr He Pingping from Mongolia is the world's smallest man. Flashing a smile, he waves as he poses for a picture between the longest pair of legs in the world. Stretching 1.32 m, the endless legs belong to Ms Svetlana Pankratova from Russia. The
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      Lock icon 'Web is fostering disinformation'
      187 25 AGENCIES FUTUREOFTHE INTERNET Creator wants system that can identify between bad and good sites LONDON The Internet risks becoming a platform for cults, rumours and disinformation, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who's credited with creating the Web. A new system is needed to be put in place,
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        Lock icon USE OF CATTLE PROD ON LAYABOUTS URGED
        105 25 AFP An Australian politician has used his first speech to Parliament to call for unemployed idlers to work. Mr John Williams, a formertruck driver, shearer, farmer and small business owner who only took his place in the Senate on July 1, said he
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION CONSERVATIVES ELECT REPUBLICAN AS LEADER
        127 25 AP Australia's conservative opposition party elected a staunch republican as its leader for the first time yesterday, granting a strong push to those who want to dump Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as the country's head of state. Mr Malcolm Turnbull, a multimillionaire former
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      Lock icon Mickey Mouse must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric
      190 26 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH RIYADH Under Islamic law, household mice and their cartoon counterparts including Mickey Mouse must be killed, according to a Saudi Arabian cleric. Muslim cleric Sheikh Muhammad Munajid has claimed that the mouse is "one of Satan's soldiers" and makes everything
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      Lock icon Was the driver sending an SMS?
      357 26 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES TRAIN CRASH Safety regulator seeks to ban train operators from using mobile phones LOS ANGELES A train driver blamed for missing a red light shortly before two trains collided in Los Angeles last week, may have been distracted by text messages
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      413 30  -  Tony Tan SAF MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED ACT Mindef can draw from experience and continue to improve on safety Letter from IN READING your article, "Quick thinking the sterling difference" (Sept 15), I am comforted to learn that Second Lieutenant (2LT) Kok Kiew Fai received the
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      213 32  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY SAFE HARBOUR FOR CHILDREN Does your home provide an emotional safe harbour for your children? Is it a place where they feel protected and nurtured? The measure of emotional safety at home can have lasting effects on the psychological well-being of your
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      274 32  -  Murali Sharma HOLLAND VILLAGE VALETS Different systems suit different car parks, so we should maintain status quo Letter from I THE controversy over parking in the Holland Village area has been raging for some time. It looks as if the authorities will impose their will
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      121 32  -  OngYong Keat Letter from WITH the Formula 1 track close to completion and international stars set to race on our shores next week, local motorsports enthusiasts are resigned to just watching the action from the sidelines in envy. Apart from the privileged few
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      170 32  -  Lee Chee Kwong Letter from Head of Public Affairs Singapore Prison Service WE REFER to "Allow prisoners to write more letters" (Sept 12). We thank Mr Lionnel Lim for his interest in and support of the rehabilitation of offenders.
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      176 33  -  Jocelyn Cai A Singaporean, a newbie in town: Attracting nothing but stares and frowns. "Which part of China are you from? Your accent and customs seem so wrong. "You Singaporeans must be isolated, If not we might get hurt. For all Asians must know some gongfu? Or
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      266 33  -  Jeffrey Law Letter from THE statistics and report "Unjustified fears?" (Sept 15) confirm my belief that foreigners are less likely to commit criminal acts as compared to Singapore residents. There should be no stigma attached to foreign workers who are the reason for the
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      411 34 TODAY EXCLUSIVE Meryl Streep #s latest is breaking records and re-instilling faith in the movie musical genevieveloh@ mediacorp. com.sg WE'VE been swathed by Dreamgirls, coated in Hairspray and left at the mercy of Sweeney Todd. Yes, the resurgence of the movie musical is
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      432 34 Meryl Streep on wearing spandex and possibly having to move to Alaska How did this start for you? My agent called and said: "This is nothing that would probably interest you but it's great that they asked." And I said, 'What is it?' He replied: 'Mamma Mia!'
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      353 35 Pierce Brosnan on how he didn't have to stuff his spandex Did it take a lot of persuasion to get you to agree to star in the film? The call came in on a February evening, and my father had passed away just a few days before.
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      286 35 Colin Firth on being terrified by Abba-speak Did you have any qualms about taking on the role of Harry Bright? I don't have any history of singing. Anyone that's been within 10 metres of my shower will know about my shortcomings as a singer. I certainly don't have
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      352 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWYOUTH WITHOUTYOUTH Coppola's latest is beautiful, but indulgent and incomprehensible genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg SOMETIMES, creative freedom is overrated. And sometimes, so is waiting 10 years for another Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece. The maestro, who gifted cinema with The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, now gives us a highly-anticipated
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      186 36 GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW MIRRORS MIRRORS is the latest Hollywood remake of Asian horror (will it ever end?) —in this case, the 2003 Korean scare-fest, Into the Mirror. In full Jack Bauer mode, 24's Kiefer Sutherland plays a former police detective and recovering alcoholic who,
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      180 36 MAYSEAH MOVIE REVIEW THE BLACK SWINDLER TO THE Black Swindler's credit, the story of Kurosagi, the Black Crane (Tomohisa Yamashita (picture) who vows revenge on swindlers everywhere after his family was destroyed by a fraudster has been serialised for more than 20 years in Japan in the
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      349 38  -  PHINWONG MOVIE REVIEW MAMMA MIA! plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg IF THIS movie were a song, it would be performed by Michael Bolton. Unnecessary, not nearly as fun as it thinks it is, and free of irony, Mamma Mia! is the Eurovision of musical theatre brought to cinematic life by
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      291 39 GUARDIAN,THE DAILYTELEGRAPH IN MEMORIAM RICHARD Wright, a founding member of seminal British rock band Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. "The family of Richard Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness that Richard
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      160 39 CHRISTOPHERTOH IF ALL goes well, popular local Chinese singer Tanya Chua could make a killing at the Singapore Hit Awards 2008. The 32-year-old singer leads the pack with eight nominations this year, including Album of the Year, Best Local Artiste, Best Performing
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      1027 40 ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL i? ON mediacorp 2008 BEIJING PARALYMPICS LIFESTYLE ClosiilQ C6remonv 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 New Adventures of 3.00 The Tyra Banks Show 111 ATuftle G_id6 tO the PSCifiC 1 6.30 Prime Time Morning Robin Hood 4.00 The Rachael Ray Show II Channel 5,10pm g o T h
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      677 41  -  lANDECOTTA .1 -i _.J GETSETFORTHE ROAR She's pretty, and also an integral member of the reigning world champions formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com. sg SHE is present at most races, almost always stationed somewhere in the Ferrari garage at the paddock. Like so many of
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      602 42 FORMULAi Hamilton relishes a street fight at Marina Bay, as he prepares for Singapore LONDON The 2008 Formula 1 drivers' championship is virtually neck and neck heading into Singapore and McLaren-Mer-cedes' Lewis Hamilton is excited at the prospect of hurtling down
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      655 42  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Super Reds vGeylang United Yishun Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com.sg GEYLANG United face a huge task tonight when they visit Yishun Stadium to take on the Super Reds in an NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 clash. In 11 games played
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      585 43  -  LOWLINFHOONG OLYMPIC REPORT CARD Chef-de-mission Tan feels NSA should own up after poor performance in Qingdao linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S sailors were the toast of the country after they bagged five gold, three silver and two bronze medals to emerge as the top nation at the 2006 Asian Games.
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      204 43 LOWLINFHOONG SOME 28 top riders from 17 countries will get a taste of the Singapore buzz when the Wakeboard World Cup Singapore 2008 returns here from Oct 11-12. The US$6O,OOO ($86,000) event, which is into its fifth edition, will move from Bedok Reservoir to
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      376 43  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S six Paralympians will return from Beijing tomorrow with a best-ever haul of one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Swimmer Yip Pin Xiv was the star of the team, winning the country's first gold and silver in the history
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      600 44 AFP AFTERNOON UPDATE Gerrard returns to fire Liverpool to victory Champions League, Group D Marseille 1 Liverpool 2 MARSEILLE Steven Gerrard stole the show on his full return to the Liverpool side last night (this morning, Singapore time) with both goals to secure a 2-1 win
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      366 45 But despite four-goal demolition of Bordeaux, Scolari #s far from happy Champions League Group A Chelsea 4 Bordeaux o LONDON Chelsea showed no signs of a Champions League hangover as Luiz Felipe Scolari's side thrashed Bordeaux 4-0 in their Group A opener last night (this morning, Singapore time).
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      84 45 AFP ROME Champions League debutants CFR 1907 Cluj stunned AS Roma 2-1 in a Group A clash at the Stadio Olimpico. The Romanians thoroughly deserved their victory, with Argentine Juan Culio scoring twice in response to Cristian Panucci's opener for the Italians. Cluj, mostly a hotch-potch of
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      62 41 Coverage of the Fi Singapore Grand Prix brought to you by jja^H J> a -fl c /re a A food people y iu J/^ rivCC TUdS SoVSJ BIP f 'Sy j' kii ifW Eni°ys2 off anyshe"fuel when y°u sPend $3°at Cold Stora 9e-™-L-l_a! Jl g Promotion period: 15 August-31 October
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      27 42 Co-Title Sponsors Partners in Sports Sponsors Official A\/A\/A tote r=J m ~«*«*V M& \Comergence WbOHB W 1 «Hfl*Bank M^J fIHF »|f S^rZ'ZL Giving Hope. Improving Lives. COMMUNICATIONS
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      100 43 r V SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Asian Champ Kashima Antlers Adelaide Wed, 17/09/08 6.00pm S.League Super Reds Ceylang Wed, 17/09/08 7.45pm Italian Cup Siena Empoli Thu, 18/09/08 12.30 am Italian Cup Reggina Cagliari Thu, 18/09/08 3.00 am Asian Champ AlQadsia Urawaßeds Thu, 18/09/08 3.00 am Asian Champ
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      183 44 r»un fw> oi'ivrT» OTiinn nn/K'r-Jinf. I A 9BW 1 1 I opport unity A I n ottobemi ssed IP J^H^iS. !fLJ^""~ Grand Master Sim Poh Huat, holder of the highest level in Qigong, locally and overseas as well as a world renowned Topics: Ultimate demonstration of the prowess of self
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      44 44 Other Champions League results Group A: AS Roma 1 Cluj 2 Group B: Panathinaikos o Inter Milan 2, Werder Bremen o Anorthosis o Group C: FC Basel 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Barcelona 3 Sporting Lisbon 1 Group D: PSV Eindhoven o Atletico Madrid 3
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      49 45 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 5.55pm Football Kashima Antlers v Adelaide Utd, Ch 24 TOMORROW iam Football Champions League: Man Utd vVillarreal, Ch23 2.30am Football Champions League: Dynamo Kyiv v Arsenal, Ch 24 8.50am Football Palmeiras vVasco, Ch27 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-ii.35pm SportsZone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g38Live
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    610 47  -  LYNETTE KOH IE Singapore plays pivotal role in helping Mind Champs break into Chinese market lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg RIGHT from the beginning, going global was the goal for Mind Champs founder and group CEO David Chiem. The educational training institute recently began its first phase of
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      14 47 www.iadvisory.com.sg Brought to you by i«_ I mm m international I ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE Singapore
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          74 48 Wall Street rebounds World stock markets saw heavy turbulence for a second straight day yesterday, with investors rattled by fears of a widening financial crisis, but Wall Street rallied in a volatile session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shook off early losses and rallied 1.30 per cent to
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          70 48 Oil slips Oil prices fell yesterday, flirting with the US$90 ($129) mark to reach new seven-month lows, amid turmoil on the financial markets which could spur lower energy demand, traders said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October, plummeted US$4.56 to close at US$91.15 a barrel.
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        37 48 MORE PAIN Thousands of Singaporeans who have bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Lehman Brothers structured products in recent years, such as its well-received mini-bond series, are bracing for heavy losses.
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        23 48 The Monetary Authority of Singapore joined its global counterparts in acting to reassure jittery markets following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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        32 48 Singapore shares continued to sink yesterday, but proved more resilient than East Asian counterparts that were not traded on Monday due to holidays. However, experts warned of further downside.
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        204 48 I FOR millions of people, the initials AIG denote only one I thing: Manchester United. From Ronaldo and Rooney to I the kids at the Stretford End, every wearer of a Man U I shirt sports the logo of American International Group. When, in April 2006,
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        562 48 AFP AFTERNOON UPDATE NEW YORK Insurance giant American International Group neared collapse yesterday, prompting further panic on global markets and a flurry of reports about a last-minute rescue to avert a financial calamity. Shares in AIG a company with US$l trillion ($1.44 trillion) in assets and
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        351 49 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON UPDATE WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve left its main interest rate at 2 per cent, rebuffing calls by some investors for an immediate cut after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's bankruptcy shook markets worldwide. The Fed did signal it will consider a reduction in the
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        259 49 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc was given US$l3B billion ($l9B billion) this week in Federal Reserve-backed JPMorgan Chase Co advances to settle Lehman trades and keep financial markets stable amid the biggest bankruptcy in history, according to a court filing. One advance of US$B7
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        382 50 AP OVERTHREEYEARS FIVE months ago, when Hewlett-Packard announced it was acquiring technologyservices firm Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS), Wall Street expected big layoffs from the combined company. But the size of the job cuts announced on Monday was 24,600 jobs over the next three years
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        197 50 Bank of America (BoA) chief Kenneth Lewis (picture) is likely to emerge from the credit crunch smelling of roses. His bank's US$50 billion ($71.6 billion) all-share bid to save Merrill Lynch from possible death may be the masterstroke that defines his career. However,
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        480 50  - Merrill holds off job cuts for now BARRY PORTER business editor barryporter@mediacorp.com.sg FINGERS crossed, Merrill Lynch's 1,600 Singapore staff need not worry too much about their jobs at least for now. To date, no retrenchments have been announced in any part of the world following news of the US investment
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          107 51 CHEOWXINYI Seven of the 53 statutory boards in Singapore listed under the Accounting Standards Act do not have provisions empowering the Auditor-General (AG) to carry out audits, Senior Minister of State for Finance Mrs Lim Hwee Hua told Parliament yesterday. She did not name the statutory boards.
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