Today, 17 October 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    19 1 TODAY Friday October 17, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday October 17,2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • BIZ LATEST
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        UK follows Fed lead
        27 1 Bank of England's US Fed-style move to free up emergency funding for ailing banks "could have saved Northern Rock", say analysts. Page Bl
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        2% US growth in '09?
        26 1 The US economy will grow a "sluggish" 2 per cent next year, say Fortune 500 CEOs in a survey. Page Bl
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        Google, IBM are :)
        21 1 Google, IBM are Two industry giants shook off the economy's woes to deliver third-quarter profits that beat analyst expectations. Page B2
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        No $15m handshake
        25 1 AIG will not honour its USslom severance package with outgoing chief financial officer Steven Bensinger, says US Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo. Page B3
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      Lock icon Opec calls emergency meet as oil dips below US$70
      384 1 INTERNATIONAL HERALDTRIBUNE NEW YORK Oil prices plummeted yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), falling below US$7O a barrel for the first time in 16 months, prompting the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil cartel to call for an emergency meeting
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      Every cent guaranteed: MAS
      731 1  -  MARISSACHEW ESTHER FUNG BANK DEPOSITS Govt backing for all deposits a "precautionary action' AND marissa@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore government yesterday said it was taking "precautionary action" to guarantee in full all deposits in banks, finance companies and merchant banks licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The
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      23 1 SPORTS LATEST Mfe--*.-.---.^-. Everybody loves Emile England's least likely terrace hero, Emile Heskey, has forged a formidable pairing with Wayne Rooney. Page 52
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Don't get cocky: Obama
      282 2 AP AFTERNOON LATEST NEW HAMPSHIRE United States presidential candidate Barack Obama warned supporters against "cocky" complacency yesterday (this morning. Singapore time), 19 days shy of the Nov 4 election. Following late Wednesday's third and final debate before the Nov 4 election, the Democrat said here that
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      Lock icon Dorm access road to stay...
      727 3  -  LINYANQIN WORKERS'LODGING But other measures to be adopted to placate residents yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SCHEDULING the transport of foreign workers to and from their dormitory to create the least noise possible and making sure these workers have limited access to private housing estates. These are some of
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      Gen Y lacks HIV awareness
      771 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN AIDS EDUCATION Early detection also needed for groups at risk chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS as simple as ABC literally. But young Singaporeans' knowledge of the three-step method to prevent the contaction of HIV is still lacking. A quarter of those aged 18 to 29 are
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      Lock icon The bet is off
      423 4  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THE lofty plan trumpeted two months ago was to stage a big comeback a poker tournament with a larger turnout and a more lucrative pot than the previous one held here two years ago but the Asian Poker Tour (APT) will not be returning
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      Today is second most read daily
      437 6 MANY newspapers are losing their readers but Today has once again bucked the trend and increased its readership. The daily which turns eight next month, is now Singapore's second most read newspaper, overtaking Lianhe Zaobao, which celebrated its 85th anniversary last month. Despite stiff
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      Still the first choice...
      335 6 TRADITIONAL MEDIA THE Internet has become a part of every day life but the majority of Singaporeans cannot do without reading a hard copy of the newspaper or watching terrestrial television. This continued dominance of traditional media despite the appeal of cyberspace and cable television has
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      'Terrestrial TV, the media that reaches the masses'
      167 6 TERRESTRIAL television has faced fierce competition from cable and Internet TV, yet free-to-air channels have defended their dominance. Based on past week viewership, terrestrial TV remains the most pervasive medium, attracting 3.443 million viewers, or 93.3 per cent of TV viewers, in
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      Lock icon Internet now permanent part of media diet
      274 6 MORE people here are turning cyberspace into their playground, using the Internet to watch movies or video clips, make friends, listen to music or to play games. According to the latest Nielsen Media Index 2008 out yesterday, usage of the Internet grew year
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      Lock icon ALL SET TO BE A BUBBLY AFFAIR
      138 8 WINE FOR ASIA 2008 Wine for Asia 2008 opened yesterday with a giant champagne toast using champagne flutes which were about a metre tall each. This is the sixth edition of Wine for Asia and the most comprehensive in the region. On at
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      Lock icon Shell takes lead in latest price cuts
      225 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PUMP prices are down again the second time in just over a week. The last time fuel prices were cut was on Oct 7. On Thursday, Shell took the lead by reducing prices at 10.30 am, followed by Singapore Petroleum Company
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      Newborn does not have disorder
      595 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN FIRSTTHALASSAEMIA BIRTH Pregnancy was not planned but 21 year old decided to have the baby chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg HERS is the first pregnancy in Singapore for a woman with the inherited blood disorder, thalassaemia major. Last week, Anne delivered a healthy baby girl who will have
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      Lock icon US food, drug regulator to open offices in China
      231 10 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will open its first overseas offices in China this year as part of efforts to regulate imported food to the United States, an American official said yesterday. Offices will
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      Presidential rivals put aside trade issue'
      565 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE Harvard professor says Congress holds the real key to trade policies cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg TRADE such an important issue for Singapore was never going to be on the priority list for the next President of the United States, even without the ongoing financial
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      S'pore exports to Vietnam reportedly contain melamine
      311 12  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THREE milk products exported to Vietnam from Singapore are reported to have been contaminated with melamine. Checks by Ho Chi Minh City's health department showed the presence of the industrial chemical in the three beverages milk melon, cappuccino coffee and
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      Lock icon CHANGi AIRPORTSINGAPORE
      894 12  -  LIANG DINGZI NEWS COMMENT UNBEATABLE? he competition to be the best and busiest airport is heating up THE announcement that the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will be split into two entities from July next year does not come as a surprise. In fact, it is long overdue.
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      Singapore-made, for the world
      451 14 FROM comic book characters, to tribal travel to extreme cooking get set for a slew of Singapore-made multimedia TV projects. The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), which earlier this year signed a production deal with Freemantle media Enterprises (FME), yesterday jointly named three partners that
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      Lock icon Funds, yes. Strings attached? No thanks
      666 14  -  NEOCHAICHIN TRANSIENT WORKERS' RIGHTS Integrity matters just as much as dollars and cents, say advocacy groups chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg FOR the freedom to speak out without bias, Mr John Gee opted for more uncertain sources of funds from private donors, instead of money from the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MORE DRINK DRIVERS NABBED
        125 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Police have caught 2,920 drink drivers so far this year. This comes after the arrest of more than 20 offenders in a five-hour operation on Wednesday night. A total of 20 men and two women were caught for driving underthe influence of alcohol. Officers
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        Lock icon DORM FOR MAIDS TO OPEN ON NOV 1
        118 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The first dormitory for maids is set to open its doors from Nov 1, but so far, no maid agencies have signed up to house their maids there. The operator said the dormitory is a new concept, and maid agencies
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      Can step-down care step-up?
      381 16  -  ONG DAI LIN When the National Healthcare Group (NHG) holds its annual scientific congress next month, the issues of "right-siting" patients directly from hospitals to step-down care institutions, as well as how compulsive gamblers function, will be among the talking points. Two ofNHG's institutions will present
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      GAMBLERS AND MENTAL TASKS
      214 16 Research has shown that people with addiction problems are generally more impulsive. And a recent study by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) confirms that pathological gamblers are no different. Dr Thomas Lee, Associate Consultant Psychiatrist from the Addiction Medicine Department in IMH, started the research
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon An armistice of sorts
      512 18 AGENCIES BORDERTROUBLE Thai and Cambodian militaries agree on joint patrols in border area PREAH VIHEAR (Cambodia) The Cambodian and Thai militaries agreed yesterday to hold joint patrols to reduce tension at a disputed border area where a gun battle between the two sides a day earlier
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      Lock icon A HISTORYOF DISPUTES
      336 18 FHE DAILYTELEGRAPH Like many geographical neighbours, Cambodia and Thailand have much in common: Be it language, customs and beliefs. And like many neighbours, they share a deep hostility and distrust. Throughout history, temples have been at the centre of the story. Carvings on the walls of Cambodia's
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      Lock icon Graft body says Thai PM neglected duty
      211 18 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's anti-corruption body yesterday found Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat guilty of neglecting his duties while working in the justice department eight years ago. Members of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) said Mr Somchai was wrong to suspend a corruption investigation
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      Lock icon Melamine found in Thai condensed milk
      252 18 AP,AFP BANGKOK High levels of the industrial chemical melamine have been found in condensed milk produced in Thailand, the public health ministry said on Wednesday. The condensed milk brand "Mali" has already been ordered off the shelves, it said, in the wake of a
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      Lock icon We will battle on: Hindu group
      346 20 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Hindraf s chairman and opposition politicians have slammed the Malaysian government for banning the Hindu rights group. The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which represents Malaysia's ethnic Indian minority, was on Wednesday declared illegal by the government, which said the group
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      Lock icon WHAT NOW, HINDRAF?
      794 20  -  BARADAN KUPPUSAMY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER NEWS ANALYSIS Now that the group has been outlawed, many wonder what its future plans are WILL Hindraf supporters give up their struggle for the Tamil underclass and call it a day as the authorities hope they will? Or would a hardcore
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      Lock icon M'sian cop kills motorcyclist with plank
      139 22 AP KUALA LUMPUR A court official says a policeman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for causing the death of a motorcyclist who evaded a roadblock in Malaysia. The official said that Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee sentenced
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      Lock icon M'sia could slip into recession next year
      477 22 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A leading Malaysian think-tank slashed yesterday its 2009 economic growth forecast for the country to 3.4 per cent and said there was a risk of recession if the US economy tumbles. The influential Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) said
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      Lock icon Dr M refutes talk of influencing Najib
      419 22 MALAYSIAN POLITICS TRONOH (Perak) Malaysia's former Premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday dismissed speculation that he would exert undue influence on the designated successor to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak. According to Bernama news agency, such talk had been mooted
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      M'sian secondary school sex tape scandal
      234 22 KUALA TERENGGANU The circulation of three video clips of secondary school students engaging in sex acts will be investigated thoroughly, Malaysia's Deputy Education Minister said. The Star newspaper reported yesterday that video clips showing students in uniform performing sex acts were being widely distributed
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    • AMERICA VOTES
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        Lock icon Meet Joe the plumber, the real star of the debate
        360 24 I AFP NEW YORK The media star of Wednesday's final presidential debate was not Barack Obama or John McCain. It was Joe the plumber, also known as Joe Wurzelbacher. Mr Wurzelbacher was an anonymous plumber until he met Mr Obama
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        Lock icon MAYBE IT'S JUST MCCAIN
        723 24  -  MICHAEL TOMASKY THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT Despite impressive performance, man] still not convinced I ALMOST feel bad for John McCain. I mean, I thought he was pretty good on Wednesday night. He was effective at the beginning. He scored what I thought were some fair, clean
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        Lock icon Questions of terrorism and legacy
        186 24 HERE are some of the key quotes from Wednesday's third and final United States presidential debate between Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican John McCain: On leadership and the Bush legacy JOHN MCCAIN: "Senator Obama, I'm not President Bush. If you want to run against
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      Lock icon Britons jailed in Dubai for having sex on the beach
      265 26 AGENCIES DUBAI A Dubai court sentenced two Britons to three months in prison yesterday and ordered them to be deported after they were convicted of having sex on a beach in the Muslim emirate. Ms Michelle Palmer, a 37-year-old publishing
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      Lock icon Is your phone too advanced?
      458 26 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH CYBERCRIME Hackers are now setting their sights on powerful phones LONDON Internet hackers are moving their attention to mobile phones and could harness thousands of devices to dial up premium rate numbers, security researchers have warned. As mobile phones get more computing power and
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      Lock icon Pro-independence rally in Indon Papua
      178 28 AFP JAYAPURA Thousands of Papuans demanded a referendum on independence from Indonesia during a peaceful rally in Jayapura yesterday, watched by hundreds of riot police. At least 5,000 people gathered in the Papuan provincial capital Jayapura to denounce the 1969 referendum that handed sovereignty of
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      Lock icon China blames criminals for toxic beans
      290 28 AFP BEIJING China said yesterday that criminal elements were likely responsible for high levels of pesticide being found in Chinese frozen beans sold in Japan, clearing the local company of any wrongdoing. "This is probably a criminal case, a criminal incident and the Japanese
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      Lock icon Recalled milk sold to students in China
      331 28 AFP CHINESE MILK MUDDLE Cheap prices a lure for budget-conscious youth SHANGHAI Dairy products that were recalled in southern China to be tested for the deadly chemical melamine were instead dumped at universities and sold to students at a discount, state media reported
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      Lock icon N Korea threatens to cut all ties with South
      397 30 AFP KOREAN RELATIONS Newspaper editorial warns of "total freeze' of relations if Seoul's "reckless confrontation' continues SEOUL North Korea threatened yesterday to cut all ties with South Korea if its new government continues a policy of "reckless confrontation" with Pyongyang. The
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      Lock icon Statues removed from airport after Muslims protest
      259 30 AFP DHAKA The authorities in Bangladesh were forced yesterday to remove new statues at the international airport in the capital Dhaka after Muslim protesters threatened to destroy them, police said. Officials had commissioned the country's best-known sculptor, Mr Mrinal Hag, to produce statues
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      Lock icon Widow of gold company founder arrested for theft of $34m
      227 30 AFP HONG KONG Police have arrested the chairwoman of a listed company for the theft of US$23 million ($34 milion) of gold bullion from the gold holding company, a spokesman and reports said Five employees of 3D-Gold Jewellery Holdings were
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      Lock icon Perth-Dubai flight aborted after 'burning smell'
      151 30 AFP SYDNEY An Emirates flight from Perth to Dubai was aborted and the aircraft returned to the Australian city after a burning smell was detected, the airline said yesterday. All passengers on flight EK425 disembarked normally, after the plane landed safely, and would be
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon KOREAN TOURIST'S BODY FOUND IN NZ FIVE YEARS AFTER MURDER
        156 32 AFP New Zealand police investigating the choking and beheading of a South Korean tourist five years ago have found a body, officers said yesterday. Mr Jae Hyeon Kirn was 25 when he disappeared while hitchhiking on the isolated west coast
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        Lock icon CIA FIRED NUCLEAR MISSILE AT BALI: CLERIC
        241 32 AFP An Indonesian Islamic cleric linked to the three extremists awaiting execution for the Bali bombings said yesterday the 2002 attack which killed more than 200 people was the work of the CIA. Mr Abu Bakar Bashir told AFP the US intelligence agency
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      Lock icon A helping hand in hard times
      336 32 AFP CHINA, PAKISTAN TIES BEIJING China yesterday vowed to do what it could to help cash-strapped Pakistan avert financial disaster as Islamabad's leader continued an official visit aimed at rustling up crucial Chinese investments. The promise came ahead of a meeting in Beijing between
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      Lock icon A TARGET FOR THE SECOND TIME
      141 37 AGENCIES A police station in Mingora, the main town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, was attacked by militants for the second time in three months. A suicide bomber rammed a explosives-laden 14-seater bus into the police station, killing four people and destroying the building. At
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda No 2 killed
      382 37 AFP TERRORISM Abu Qaswarah had been in contact with terrorists in Pakistan BAGHDAD The United States military said on Wednesday that a foreign insurgent killed in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul this month has been identified as Abu Qaswarah (picture), Al Qaeda's No
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      Lock icon Hurt while assembling bomb
      150 37 AFP LONDON A Muslim convert has pleaded guilty to planning to blow himself up in a family restaurant in Exeter, in southwest England, earlier this year. The attempted suicide bombing by Nicky Reilly, 22, failed because the home-made device went off in his hands as he
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      Lock icon Hamas launches its version of YouTube
      249 38 DPA GAZA CITY —The Islamic Hamas movement has launched its version of the popular You Tube Internet site. The contents range from a relatively conservative Syrian social drama TV show to videos glorifying the Al Qaeda. The Hamas version, AqsaTube, shows real-time videos about
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      Lock icon Facebook, the next terrorist hideout?
      428 38 FHE GUARDIAN CYBER SECURITY UK govt wants access to personal data on such sites LONDON The British government wants to give the police, security and intelligence agencies new powers to access personal data held by Internet services, including social network sites like Facebook, Bebo and
      FHE GUARDIAN  -  428 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Georgians, Russians won't enter same room for talks
      269 40 AFP GENEVA Peace talks between Georgia and Russia broke down on the first day on Wednesday with the rivals, who fought a war in August, blaming each other for the failure to even enter the same room. "There were two separate meetings,
      AFP  -  269 words
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      Lock icon India, land of the hungry
      266 40 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX NEW DELHI India has more hungry people than any other country in the world, despite its emergence as a major economic power. The Global Hunger Index for 2008 found that 200 million Indians go hungry every day. Food shortages in
      THE DAILYTELEGRAPH; BLOOMBERG  -  266 words
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      Lock icon 'Supergran' strikes back
      181 42 AFP LONDON Three British youth who tried to snatch a grandmother's purse got the fright of their lives when she turned out to be a former cross-country champion and chased them. Ms Janet Lane, 68, was waiting fora friend in Torquay, in the southwestern English county of
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      Lock icon Man 'walks' his dog while sitting in his car
      258 42 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON A 35-year-old man has been named one of the laziest men in Britain for walking his pet dog while sitting in his car. Mr Kevin Pyle gets his son to drive him slowly around the block and, with
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      Lock icon Hermes heir's mid-air fracas
      328 42 AGENCIES SOCIALITES BEING SILLY He allegedly grabbed flight captain's crotch NEW YORK Mr Mathias Guerrand-Hermes, 36, an heir to the French luxury fashion house Hermes, usually makes the gossip pages in places like St Bart's and Southampton. But on Wednesday, the Frenchman appeared in federal court
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      435 43 Hair Beauty Slimming it v |v jJ A WBBBBBMmB Wk. Ami! a Ir /> great success! sP£ ,VK H Sherry Chen J f| r 28yrsold m newimagei Biillliillliii^i^l^B transformation I ""S^^^^^B^KB IQ V If f^ j B IS m wT~\Ls A 'w .a^ I **n «r» Hill inconceivablei JK Hi
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      My sympathetic banker
      340 44  -  Leo Bak Kwee STRUCTURED PRODUCTS Letter from I REFER to "Ignorance and greed" (Oct 14). I was saved from losing $75,000 through a kind and compassionate act by a customer relations manager (RM). In July this year, I went to my bank to withdraw the interest I
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      No one said ambition is bad
      170 44  -  Muhammad Hidayat Sman Letter from I REFER to "You say greedy, I say ambitious" (Oct 15). The writer read too much into Budget Tai-Tai Tabitha Wang's attempt at sharing with readers the silver lining in the current gloom and doom. No doubt, a dose
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      233 46  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY PEOPLE ARE JUST NO GOOD? Are you convinced that you just can't trust anyone anymore? Steven Brille was certain that people, for the most part, are just no good, and he wanted to prove it. So one day, he masqueraded as a
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      POINT OF VIEW
      36 46  -  PeterChua The Intelligent Parking Guidance system uses red and green lights to indicate the availability of parking lots. The red light is redundant as you need only look out for the green light.
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      More than fair service from FairPrice
      205 46  -  Grace Rianto Letter from I AM impressed by the excellent service I received at NTUC Fair Price Hougang Mall. I was once allowed to exchange a box of sugar pears for a new one of equal value, even though I no longer had the
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      I SAY THE ECONOMICS OF GREED
      632 46  -  Chia Hern Keng I REFER to Dr Kanwaljit Soin's thoughtprovoking I Say piece, "Have we been too greedy?" (Oct 15). We need to remember that Communism was a response to what Karl Marx saw as the evils of capitalism. In theory, it was all
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      Drawing tourists to the Villa
      196 48  -  Muhamad Rostam bin Umar Director, Communications Singapore Tourism Board (STB) I REFER to "Haw Par Villa A forgotten treasure?" (Oct 10). I thank Tan Qian Hui for the comments. Given its history and unique characteristics, Haw Par Villa is an authentic and attractive tourism product
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      Still waiting to be served
      176 48  -  JohnsonWah PUBLICTRANSPORT Instead of addressing my complaint, all I got were automated email replies Letter from I SENT a complaint on June 5 to SBS Transit, regarding the breakdown of their Intelligent Route Information System (Iris) service. I received an automated reply on June 6
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      How about a fine that would really inspire improvement?
      152 48  -  Desmond Lim Letter from I REFER to "SBS Transit, SMRT Buses fined $10,000" (Oct 16). Let me throw up some random numbers to put my point across. Let's say SMRT and SBS Transit each make a profit of $1 million a
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      32 45 i '^BBw '^^^BTl^' w^^l I lß^Qft -£f üß^B^Bb^r- -/a^^^Bbk.^^^^^Bb bY B^sJJ^HJßbw^dHbW^^Vu! '^^hriß B Bt ifl^L -^Pjy^'as^ JB^B ■■Fi^B^BaßT /HE <^BY Also available in [H Promotion valid from 15 Oct -11 Nov 2008
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      373 46 a s-*t Specialist Diploma in y<-i\ejtified Teaching Supporting (^nsellors children with Special Needs ■W!BHiai!WlMl3CT!t"i...ll.L J [Free Talk: 22 Oct oB, Wed 7pm www.certifiedcounsellors.oig Hotline :6339 5411 All courses are conducted by ACC School of Counselling and Psychology (MOE Rag. N0.2233), the training division of Acadßmy of Certified Counsellors. Barclays Capital
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      83 46 I Colin Philip Fordham divorcee of Scotts 28 #11-01, 28 Scotts Road, Singapore *****3 intend to marry Rahmadini Fuad divorcee of Cavanagh Road, Cavanagh Garden, Block 73, Unit 02-734, Singapore *****4 at Sunda Kelapa Mosque, Taman Sunda Kelapa Street, ***** Central Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia on 17th November 2008. Any
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      122 47 4*^775^ A fHSIMi) AAunchyMini kQK rrrzTfwm RTEri Cheese chocolate/ >^yMM fc 1™ a^^ |j[£a£i!J Peanut ~^j KiMpR M^ I f^nadol ff^i^ 45g m-MM "^S pflPsiffl tVI.T.V 2°= 1^*«« >i«^^, i n^^ Fisherman's iOß^ffi^P' BS y<r K,mm ■"-■s re rC BeeT |SSB B^r<>l^9 StoS SS Ifi SjRO tIRO 500 ml ill
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      85 48 K^ i r«-#a 1 •t• i 'i -Ix^Wu.T.T i^ m I .REEL REBE IMM StykForMen SINGAPORE J NOVEMBER2OOBS7.9O J| fe ARENA I j l.ffil»il;iS °FTHE w^ Jjj I AWARDS /^M HjjtJujJJg^L^^L^H I liH 2^^^^^^^ MJWnH I «%»**P B j 28 GREAT I i DRESS SHOES I I CALL HER I;
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      Lock icon Staying on tracks
      669 50  -  TANYO-HINN I if i confident locaLsporjs will weather the global eccJhbrTiic crisis* yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE is currently in its first technical recession in six years as the ongoing global financial crisis deepens. Last week, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) revised its annual growth forecast to
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      POSB LENDS A HAND
      216 50  -  TANYO-HINN THE economic downturn has not stopped one bank from investing in local sports. Yesterday, POSB was unveiled as title sponsor of the POSB Everyday Champions Award 2009. The local bank has committed itself to a three-year deal, and is investing $1.4 million for the first
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      FAS refs meet after email allegations
      350 50  -  MILTON TAN YESTERDAY evening, a meeting was called at the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) conference room after an email was circulated amongst the local press and the local refereeing fraternity. The email, entitled "State of refereeing in Singapore", alleged an impartiality on the
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      Lock icon Hamilton VOWS tO gO on the attack
      700 51 AFP FORMULAi Championship leader won't play it safe and collect points I in title fight SHANGHAI All eyes will focus on three men when the Formula 1 circus congregates in the paddock here ahead of Sunday's potentially decisive Chinese Grand Prix. Championship leader
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      Lock icon MALLYA MAKES A POINT
      274 51 AFP Force India's billionaire owner Vijay Mallya (picture) has told his team that pride is on the line in China as the rookie outfit once again go in search their elusive first points. In their maiden season, the team are the only ones yet to score
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      Lock icon Global financial crisis claims French Grand Prix as promoters pull out
      309 51 AGENCIES PARIS The 2009 French Grand Prix was cancelled on Wednesday when the French Motorsport Federation (FFSA) decided to withdraw its backing because the Formula 1 race was too expensive. The board of directors of the cashstrapped FFSA said
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      Lock icon England's unlikeliest hero
      843 52 AFP "aB urn wt 3SB For so long a target of the Wembley (boo-boys, Emile Heskey now finds himself striking up a lethal partnership with Wayne Rooney LONDON Emile Heskey, revelling in a new-found and unfamiliar role as England's latest terrace hero, has set his sights not
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        Lock icon WORLD CUP CHANCE FOR AFRICAN NATION
        164 52 THE GUARDIAN The 2010 World Cup in South Africa offers the best chance for an African team to win soccer's biggest prize, Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba said yesterday. "I think this World Cup in Africa is very important for us, for the continent,
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        Lock icon TORRES OUT FOR UP TO 15 DAYS
        98 52 AFP Liverpool yesterday confirmed that Spanish international striker Fernando Torres will be out for "between 10 and 15 days" after injuring his right hamstring. Torres was already expected to miss the Premier League match against Wigan tomorrow, next week's trip to face Atletico
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        Lock icon OWEN INJURED AGAIN
        118 52 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Coach Fabio Capello's decision to omit Michael Owen from the England squad was further vindicated when the striker was at the centre of another injury scare. While the England head coach was reflecting on a fourth consecutive victory in the World Cup qualifiers, Newcastle's skipper
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      Lock icon Giants run out of steam
      600 53 DPA INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Argentina and Brazil both fail to get wins while Paraguay stay top of the table SANTIAGO (Chile) South American giants Brazil and Argentina both stumbled in their World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Argentina lost 1-0 to Chile in
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      Lock icon Italy barely edge minnows Montenegro
      692 53 LECCE (Italy) Alberto Aquilani (picture) netted a brace as unconvincing Italy edged out Montenegro 2-1 in World Cup qualifying group 8 here on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). AS Roma striker Mirko Vucinic made a goalscoring return to Lecce, where he played for five years,
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      Lock icon Another operation for golf legend Ballesteros
      367 54 AFP MADRID Seve Ballesteros' state of health worsened yesterday, the Spanish golf legend undergoing fresh surgery to ease a build-up of fluid in the brain, according to the hospital treating him. The 51 -year-old, who collected 87 titles before knee and back problems forced
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      Lock icon Was this match fixed?
      777 54 THETIMES AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON The FA has confirmed that it is investigating allegations of attempted match-fixing in the Coca-Cola Championship match between Norwich City and Derby County on Oct 4. A significant amount of money is believed to have been wagered with bookmakers in the Far
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      Lock icon Sivaji gets no Home comforts
      659 55  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Close title fight forces coach to field his six Lions whoVe just returned from Hanoi NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Young Lions v Home United Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm sports@newstoday.com.sg THE Lions returned from Hanoi on Wednesday evening, following their 0-0 draw
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      Lock icon Beware the nip of the Young Lions, warns Sundram
      308 55  -  MILTON TAN ABOUT one year ago, Home United were chasing the league title with five matches to go when the Young Lions came visiting their Bishan Stadium home ground. The unfancied young side left with all three points, thanks to a
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      101 54 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bpm Tennis Madrid Masters, Ch 24 Bpm Tennis WTATour: Zurich, Ch 113 10.30pm Tennis Madrid Masters, Ch 24 10.30pm Golf Portugal Masters, Ch 26 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on gjBLive I SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League
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      Lock icon Fantastic co-operative play
      735 57  -  TREVORTAN GAME REVIEWTOO HUMAN But outside of Xbox Live, you die a lot and watch excruciating death scenes as punishment trevor@mediacorp.com.sg THIS Xbox 360-exclusive action role-playing game (RPG) took nearly 10 years to develop. Then it switched multiple console platforms, and was embroiled in a graphics engine
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      Lock icon VIDEO: THE END OF PHOTOJOURNALISM?
      736 58  -  TREVORTAN TECH COMMENT Will a DSLR's video mode render photogs redundant? trevor@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS seven years ago when the chief photographer at the local daily where I worked said: "It's just a matter of time before you can shoot photos and videos with the same
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        BE RID OF BUSINESS CARDS FOREVER
        121 58  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN You might finally be able to do away with business cards thanks to a new Internet domain dubbed .tel. Slated for launch on Dec 3, .tel aims to simplify the process of accessing contact information by creating a specialised global online directory
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        FUN WITH FRIENDSTER ON YOUR PHONE
        111 58  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN Facebook might be the social networking website of the day, but Friendster still retains a stronghold here with 2 million users. It recently ramped-up its mobile offerings by allowing its users to subscribe to SMS alerts, helping them keep up-to-date with activities on
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        Lock icon NOW, NEW MUSIC FROM NOKIA
        130 58 AGENCIES Nokia has finally entered the online digital music fray with the launch of its new "Comes With Music" service in London yesterday. Seen as a challenger to Apple's dominant iTunes service, the Nokia service bundles an offering of unlimited music from the four major
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      198 59 Carrefour <|TEH FARFALLA WISHES CARREFOUR fifa* H nfirri 4ulJl Dill InUfli! v^. Items available fronfi 7 Oct to 30 Oct 08 at Carrefour Suntec City Carrefour Plaza Singapura /[ANDYCBLBSSY^\/\^ 4/ VKGIRONTLOADWASHEfffiI/ jgfHUt JgLL^FTD6O9BEj^ fjg^| ■^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^fl Prices shown are after discount ppHHpHHH HHHHH «r ■frPiFiPrr ■<!liW" H H H «___^lJ I
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      Lock icon SWITCHING TO CASH IS RISKY
      854 60  -  RON LIEBER THE NEWYORKTIMES Low interest rates mean losing money in cash, as inflation will eat up the returns you earn IT'S A question we've all asked in our darker moments of late: Why not just put all of our investments in cash, 100 per
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      Lock icon Hedge fund managers down shutters in Asia
      431 60 3LOOMBERG CONCORDIA Advisors and GSA Capital Partners are among hedge fund managers shutting Asian offices as the industry posts negative returns and faces redemptions in the worst financial crisis since the '30s. Mr Duncan Smith, a Hong Kong-based partner at law firm Ogier,
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      489 63 AP FINANCIALTURMOIL US economy will not recover overnight, even if markets stabilise WASHINGTON The United States' economic health will not snap back quickly, even if badly needed confidence in the country's financial system returns and roiled markets are finally calm, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has cautioned.
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      312 63 BLOOMBERG MELBOURNE Lend Lease Corp, the Australian developer building London's Olympic Village, is facing delays in talks to fund the £1 billion ($2.6 billion) project after credit markets froze worldwide. "We are looking to do a debt-equity deal but it has been delayed by
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      838 65  -  QUAKHIANGWHAI BUSINESS COMMENT Government intervention in the markets doesn't spel the end of capitalism it's just crisis management IN A class I attended recently, a lively debate erupted over the use of public funds to bail out troubled financial institutions. The arguments are not new.
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      328 66 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST LHAKLOTIE (North Carolina) American International Group lAIG), following criticism by New York Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo, will not ouraUSslo-million(sl4.B-mil-lion) severance agreement with outgoing chief financial officer Steven Bensinger (picture), Mr Cuomo said. The insurance firm has been rocked by scathing criticism
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      250 66 BLOOMBERG Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reported almost US$B billion ($ll.B billion) in losses in the third quarter as their top executives said the economic contraction will shred profit into 2009. Citigroup, the second-biggest American bank by assets, lost US$2.B billion on at least US$l3.2
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      178 66 BLOOMBERG INVESTORS withdrew a record US$43 billion ($64 billion) from hedge funds last month as they fled distressed-securities and stock funds because of poor performance, Trim Tabs Investment Research said yesterday. The estimated outflows were the most since Trim Tabs started tracking the industry in
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      599 67 AP FINANCIAL CRISIS ÜBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, has been bailed out by the government after piling up the biggest losses of any European lender from the global credit crisis. The move has been welcomed by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), which has a
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      224 67 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST SAN FRANCISCO Two IT industry giants, Google and IBM, shook off the economic doldrums to deliver third-quarter profits that topped analysts' expectations. Google said yesterday that it made US$l.35 billion ($2 billion), or U554.24 per share. The profit rose 26
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        129 68 BLOOMBERG OVERNIGHT United States stocks rose for the first time in three days as oil's retreat below US$7O a barrel sparked a rally in consumer companies and prospects of a government bailout of bond insurers reversed a slide in financial shares. The Dowjones Industrial Average rebounded from a decline
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        76 68 Slump below US$7O Oil prices skidded again overnight, with New York crude closing below US$7O a barrel for the first time since August last year on government news of a surge in US oil stockpiles. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, dropped U554.69
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        56 68 Jittery, pessimistic A turbulent start for trading on Wall Street sent European shares into a new slump yesterday over recession fears. Europe's blue-chip Stoxx 50 closed down 5 per cent at 2,138 points. London's FTSE--100 dropped 5.35 per cent to 3,861.39, while Frankfurt's DAK shed 5.6 per cent
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        448 68 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST Bank of England's Fed-style move to free up emergency funding to financial institutions'could have saved Northern Rock' LONDON The Bank of England (BoE) will on Monday overhaul its liquidity facilities to help ease any future financial crisis by providing distressed lenders ready
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        155 68 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The United States economy will grow 2 per cent at most next year, a second year of "sluggish" expansion, a majority of chief executive officers forecast in a survey completed before the government approved a US$7OO-billion (sl-trillion) bailout
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      1270 72  -  DARREN HO NIGHTLIFE NIGHTLIFE DEVELOPMENT Has the sun set on Sentosa's laid-back beach bar culture in the name of progress? darrenh@mediacorp.com.sg BRACE yourselves, all you beach-vol-leyball-loving, skimpily-clad men and women who trek to Sentosa each weekend to pose, tan and oil you may have heard the
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      307 74 Where to see and be seen in Sentosa CAFE DEL MAR (ABOVE) The definitive beach bar hangout imported from Ibiza to our very own shores, Cafe del Mar is where the young, good-looking and stylish are seen. Spend the day tanning on the beds, and the
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      548 76  -  DARREN HO NIGHTLIFE REVIEW Who would have thought "duelling pianos'could make a good night out? darrenh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S entertainment scene has never lacked variety, but quality is what we often find missing. And when a good bar or club is found, we're often tempted to
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      342 76 THEGUARDIAN ACTOR Josh Brolin has said he felt insulted when he was first tapped to play George W Bush by Oliver Stone in the maverick film-maker's forthcoming biopic of the 43rd American President, W. In an interview with USA Today, Brolin said he
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        93 78 Put on your dancing shoes and shake a tailfeather as you take a trip back to when swing was king with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. True, the bloke's dead, but his music lives on through his orchestra, which reformed in 1956. Organised bySpringroll, this show
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        73 78 Speaking of orchestras, versatile singer, songwriter, composer and actor George Lam will celebrate his 30th anniversary in showbiz with a concert early next year featuring a symphonic orchestra. With hits such as Choice, Every Night and Genghis Khan, this is Lam's first concert here
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        64 78 Watch three of Disney's most colourful characters -Snow White, Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) and Cinderella as they search for true love and the happy ever after. Presented by Feld Entertainment, the show will run in Singapore from Nov 18 to 21
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      199 78 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH SEX IN HOLLYWOOD Superstar Casanovas get the blues, too LEGENDARY Hollywood lothario Jack Nicholson has revealed he is too embarrassed about his age to chat up women in public. The womaniser said it "doesn't look right" when he tries to hit
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      791 80  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH GIG GUIDE We need something to take our minds off the economic crunch, they say christopher@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the financial market in rollercoaster mode at the moment, and analysts all predicting more stormy weather in the months ahead, there's obviously one question on everybody's minds: Will
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      210 82 THE GUARDIAN YOU just can't keep a good Muppet down. Next year will see a new Muppets movie, a Fraggle Rock film, and just announced today, a puppet noir from the Jim Henson company. Happytime Murders is being aimed at adult audiences, and will centre on
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      789 86  -  MAY SEAH TODAY EXCLUSIVE Reaper has the perfect game-show host devil in Ray Wise may@mediacorp.com.sg WHAT do Hell and Orchard Road on weekends have in common? They both require population control measures, such as ERP gantries. At least, that's the premise of the concept of
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      135 88 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH A FORMER child star of clean-cut 1970s television series The Brady Bunch has confessed to becoming a cocaine addict and trading sex for drugs. In her tell-all memoir, Maureen McCormick, who played the eldest daughter Marcia Brady on the long-running sitcom about the
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      333 88  -  MAY SEAH DA.NS FESTIVAL 2008 Two classical dancers find their voices in Seen:SHent may@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE a well-behaved child, it's a classical dancer's fate to be seen and not heard. But Cambodian dancer Hun Pen and Indian dancer January Low from Malaysia are going to change that
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      578 90 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH,AP CELEBRITYSPLITS Getting divorced when you're famous is hard on the bank account IT'S official. Madonna and Guy Ritchie are getting divorced after seven-and-a-half years together. In a statement emailed to the press on Wednesday, Madonna's spokesperson said that the couple had agreed
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      79 84 /a=diacorp READY' 5.15pm \aj 11/ [P2 (with Eng subtitles) Documentary charting the history and progress of local Indian broadcasting v-4 6.15pm Jj^^^g^.,^^^^^^^^., P^ijCß^J (LIVE from MediaCorp TV Theatre) Jl^m '*Hmf^* A musical extravaganza featuring more than 100 local jM m artistes and Kollywood stars Krish and Neha Bhasin. r'-* 9.00pm
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      55 89 Financial TVa Tsunami !Y Mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mac crippled by billion-dollar losses... Lehman Brothers declared bankrupt... AIG in crisis... Merrill Lynch taken over... Will this spell the end of the global financial tsunami? yB m 4 Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates. /A=£JJJ-\CORP A
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