Today, 14 November 2008

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    Lock icon US BAILOUT, THE SEQUEL
    305 1  -  Don’t cast paulson as the villain just yet NEWS COMMENT ANDREW ROSS SORKIN THE NEWYORKTIMES IT’S easy to call it a flip-flop. Two months ago, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was lobbying hard to pass his US$700-billion ($1 -trillion) bailout plan, called the Troubled Asset Relief
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    Lock icon ‘Goodbye, I won’t be seeing you again’
    526 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD seemed disturbed at lunchtime, people later said: Tearing up food coupons, muttering agitatedly to himself. Then Mr Nordin Montong turned to his co-worker at the Singapore Zoo and said, in Malay: “Goodbye, I won’t be seeing you again.” With
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    24 1 TODAY afternoon edition Friday November 14, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking A PUBLICATION OF Mica (p) 233/10/2008 hotline 6822 2268 ADVeRtiSe 6333 9888
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  • SPORTS LATEST
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      Tevez for Real?
      19 1 Manchester United’s Argentinian striker is Real Madrid’s latest target, with van Nistelrooy out for the season.
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    Lock icon ‘Smarter govt’ needed: Bush
    724 1 US President defends free market system, warns against ‘too much government’ AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK United States President George W Bush yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) urged leaders of the world’s biggest economies not to abandon free-market capitalism as they seek an escape from the financial
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    Lock icon ‘Goodbye, I won’t be seeing you again’
    527 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD seemed disturbed at lunchtime, people later said: Tearing up food coupons, muttering agitatedly to himself. Then Mr Nordin Montong turned to his co-worker at the Singapore Zoo and said, in Malay: “Goodbye, I won’t be seeing you again.” With
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      56 1 iN thE MoRNiNg EditioN Read the full story at www.todayonline.com Page B1 Page B1 Page 53 Check out our Amazing offers inside! ’Tis the season for great excitement. PLENTY TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT THE SINGTEL CHRISTMAS FAIR 2008. > SINGTEL CHRISTMAS FAIR 2008. Suntec Convention Hall 401, 15 &16
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 1 job, 63 questions ...
      634 2  - 1 job, 63 questions Applicants to Obama office must reveal aliases, loan details, ex-room-mates THEOBAMA INQUISITION JACKIE CALMES THE NEWYORKTIMES WASHINGTON Want a top job in the Obama administration? Well, a seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking Cabinet and other high-ranking posts
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      Lock icon California’s great fake shake
      192 2(2nd edition) AFP LOS ANGELES Millions of people across California took part in the biggest earthquake drill in American history yesterday, a large-scale exercise aimed at testing the region’s readiness for a seismic disaster. Thousands of schoolchildren, students and workers were among an estimated 5.2 million Southern Californians
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      Lock icon Rallying to help the needy
      826 4  -  CDCs are diverting resources, getting private firms to help however they can COMMUNITY HELP ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE economic downturn takes its toll, Community Development Councils (CDCs) are gearing up to meet the increasing number of pleas for help. But, with a good portion
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      Birthday celebration, or birthday bullying?
      787 6  -  Mixed reactions to video of JC student online, student says it was ‘all in good fun’ NETIZENS REACT ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was first forced by her friends to put on shorts under her skirt in the school canteen. Then the Anglo-Chinese Junior College
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      Lock icon Christmas switch-on to lighten up the gloom
      433 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN AFTER weeks of economic gloom, yesterday may have seemed a good time to herald the start of the holiday season. And a number of festive activities and announcements did just that. This year’s Orchard Road Christmas light-up, to be officially
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      Lock icon A WIN-WIN SITUATION
      168 8 Retiree Wong Hwee Kiat (second from right), 63, has won the National environment agency’s nationwide 10-per-cent Energy Challenge Draw. He received the key to the top prize, a $90,000 fuel-efficient hybrid car, from Mr Devin Kimble (second from left), managing director of MENU, a key sponsor of
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      Lock icon Coming: A social service hub at Tiong Bahru
      426 8 Hub will house 7 VWO to tap on each other’s expertise SOCIAL SERVICE 938LIVE THE National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is introducing a series of new initiatives to enhance the sector’s service quality. Among the plans, a new social service hub
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon STB CONSIDERING PROPOSAL FOR 'PROGRESSIVE OPENING' OF RESORT
        154 8 The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) “is considering” a proposal, submitted by Marina Bay Sands, for “a progressive opening from end-2009 onwards” of the integrated resort (picture). “As discussions are still underway, we are not able to provide more details,” added the STB
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        AVA CLEARS CHINA CEREALS FOR SALE
        76 8 The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has released for immediate sale all recalled cereal products from China after test results proved satisfactory. In a statement yesterday, the authority said there are now four categories of China milk products that have been released for sale.
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        GIVE THOSE TEXT BOOKS TO THE NEEDY
        121 8 Don’t have a need for those school textbooks any more? Donate them to the FairPrice Used Textbooks Project. From now till Nov 30, the public can make their donations at all NTUC FairPrice supermarkets and hypermarkets across the island. Into its 26th year,
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        NEED TRAVEL APPROVAL TO UNITED STATES? BEWARE OF SCAM WEBSITES
        126 8 The United States’ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has alerted nationals from Singapore and other countries under its Visa-Waiver Programme (VWP) to be aware of unauthorised third-party websites which are charging visitors for obtaining prior travel authorisation to the US.
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        49-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH MURDER
        68 8 A 49-year-old man was charged in court yesterday for the murder of 47-year-old Madam Choo XueYing, whose partially decomposed body was found in the bushes off Lorong Sesuai on Oct 20 at about 8.20 am. The suspect, Mr Rosli Yassin has since been remanded by the
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      Penalties for middlemen 10 times tougher?
      527 10  -  Proposed changes to law distinguish syndicates from organ buyers, sellers HUMAN ORGANTRANSPLANTACT ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp. com.sg AFTER months of debate on some controversial aspects, the time has come for the public to make known their views on organ transplant. The Ministry of Health (MOH)
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      50 private clinics get lipo thumbs-up
      207 10  -  ALICIA WONG IF YOU have been thinking of undergoing liposuction, you now have about 50 private clinics you can approach with some peace of mind. These clinics have been approved by a five-member accreditation committee after meeting standards set out by the Ministry of
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      A family, a culture and even a ‘career’
      806 12  -  4 organisations recognised for setting benchmarks in giving, managing volunteers with a difference NATIONAL VOLUNTEERISM PHILANTHROPY AWARDS LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg THEY listen intently to those who are in the middle of a crisis. But when they themselves face personal problems,
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      CHARITIES TAKING A BOW THIS YEAR
      339 12  -  LEONG WEE KEAT NEW NON-PROFIT INITIATIVE: KAMPUNG SENANG CHARITY aNd eduCaTioN FouNdaTioN’s WheeLs oF hope projeCT It started out from an open truck with repairs made under the hot sun. Now, the Kampung Senang Charity and Education Foundation’s Wheels of Hope project has not
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      Nair says sorry, gets mercy
      366 14 CONTEMPT OF COURT FORMER Singapore lawyer Gopalan Nair escaped a jail sentence after he offered an unreserved apology to the court and a district judge for the offending statements he made during a recent trial and on his blog. Mr Nair, a United States citizen
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      Lock icon Six ‘winners’ in rigged free fuel contest fined
      245 14  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg THEY probably thought it was an offer they could not refuse. After all, it was a chance to win big in a lucky draw, with the odds skewed in their favour by the fact that a man on the inside
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      Lock icon Obama to go bipartisan in Washington
      290 14 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama is planning to appoint Republicans to key positions in his Cabinet as part of a new bipartisan approach in Washington. The head of his transition team said Mr Obama wanted to make genuine efforts to reach out
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      Lock icon At 60, Prince Charles still a king in waiting
      497 14 AP LONDON Talk about an apprentice. By the time Prince Charles turns 60 today, he will have spent 56 years waiting to become king. That’s put him in quite a bind. The longest-waiting heir in British history only ascends to the
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      Nair says sorry, gets mercy
      366 14(2nd edition) CONTEMPT OF COURT FORMER Singapore lawyer Gopalan Nair escaped a jail sentence after he offered an unreserved apology to the court and a district judge for the offending statements he made during a recent trial and on his blog. Mr Nair, a United States citizen
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      Lock icon Six ‘winners’ in rigged free fuel contest fined
      245 14(2nd edition)  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg THEY probably thought it was an offer they could not refuse. After all, it was a chance to win big in a lucky draw, with the odds skewed in their favour by the fact that a man on the
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      Retrenchment worries at pre-Budget dialogue
      418 14(2nd edition)  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com. sg NEXT year’s Budget has been touted as a recession Budget, with the Government saying it needs to spend to stimulate the economy and at yesterday’s pre-Budget dialogue session, there were certainly requests a-plenty to help cope with the recession. Chief among
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      Lock icon Obama to go bipartisan in Washington
      295 14(2nd edition) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama is planning to appoint a few Republicans to key positions in his Cabinet as part of a new bipartisan approach in Washington. The head of his transition team said Mr Obama wanted to make genuine efforts to
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      Lock icon More wings on the runway
      340 16 Weekly flights to exceed 4,700, open skies pact a key factor CHANGI AIRPORT THE global economy may be slowing and visitor arrivals in Singapore are on a downslide, but business at Changi Airport is still gaining altitude. Since Nov 1, more flights have been operating
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      Lock icon New BTO in Punggol priced higher
      295 16 ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched Punggol Arcadia, a 750-unit project under its Build-To-Order (BTO) system, at the junction of Punggol Place and Punggol Field. Prices for the 120 threeroom units range from $181,000 to $211,000 each.
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      Lock icon A clash of cultures?
      495 18  -  Students, alumni of ri and rJC vent concerns online RAFFLES MERGER BYRON HO byronho@mediacorp.com.sg 938LIVE A MONTH after the merger between Raffles Junior College and Singapore’s oldest school, Raffles Institution, was formally announced, some students have registered unease over the plan. The resentment surfaced on three
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      Lock icon Curtin prepares to open its doors
      545 18 CNa/938Live CNa/938Live THE campus located in the heart of a quiet residential area in Balestier still shows signs of a work in progress. But in less than three weeks, the 60,000 sq ft Curtin Singapore campus will be bustling with student activities. The campus
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      Lock icon New optometry degree programme available
      236 18 938LIVE A NEW optometry degree programme, which includes teaching students the use of advance diagnostic techniques, is being offered by the Singapore Polytechnic in collaboration with the University of Manchester and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The two-year full time course, starting next April, will take
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      BE FAIR TO AIR TRAVELLERS
      795 20  -  Ad guidelines are a good first step to protecting travellers NEWS COMMENT LIANG DINGZI The writer has more than 25 years’ experience in the aviation industry. some countries. As far back as 2002, budget carrier Ryanair was cautioned by the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority
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      231 3 DO YOU KNOW? BY REPLACING THE BATTERY IN YOUR EXQUISITE TIMEPIECE REGULARLY, YOU’RE SAVING MORE MONEY. Yes, it is that simple. Replacing the batteries in your quartz timepieces every 18 to 24 months will help to prevent damage from battery leakage. When a leakage happens, the acidic discharge usually seeps
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      212 4 mm sentosa m* INVESTMENT TOOLS FOR REAL PROS. Wishing the best of luck to all the players in the 2008 Barclays Singapore Open. Whether on the golf course or in the world of investments, having the right strategy can make all the difference. Which is where iShares Exchange Traded Funds
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      394 9 I want to feel good this Christmas. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. I want ABN AMRO Credit Cards to gift-wrap the magic of this festive season. To help me share the sparkle of gifts with everyone I love and maybe find something special just for me. I Want To Play Santa
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      136 21 I 1 A N.f 120 GIGABYTE hard disk drive HDR-SR12E W Face Detection a Optical SteadyShot 3.2" LCD Full HD UP TO 48 HOURS recording 1920*1080 nun MEGAPIXEL still images OPTCAL MEMBER HYBRID MEMORYSTICK’ movie recording Family life is about being together and sharing your joys. Why let happy memories
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon All the fuss over S Korea’s crucial exam
      304 22 AFP SEOUL Rush hour was rescheduled, aircraft landings were delayed and even the stock market opened late as more than half a million South Korean children sat a crucial examination yesterday. Parents could be seen praying outside schools where their kids were
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      Lock icon S Korea seeks talks with the North
      376 22 Communications equipment and aid offered to ease tensions BORDER CLOSURETHREAT AFP SEOUL South Korea yesterday called for talks with North Korea to ease worsening tensions after the North escalated threats against Seoul’s government with a vow to close the border. Seoul said it
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      Lock icon Sensors to monitor for N Korea nuke tests
      272 22 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea will install earthquake monitoring sensors capable of detecting an underground nuclear test, near the border with North Korea this month. The Korea Meteorological Administration said it has drilled 100m-deep holes for the equipment in three locations Ganghwa Island,
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      Lock icon Cambodia and Thailand ministers outline border plan
      241 24 AFP SIEM REAP Thailand and Cambodia agreed in principle on Wednesday to reduce troops and use a century-old survey map to help resolve a long-run-ning border dispute. The agreement between Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and his Thai counterpart Sompong Amornvivat was the
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      Lock icon Bomb wounds 15 Bangkok slum traders
      143 24 AFP BANGKOK At least 15 Thai traders were wounded yesterday when a bomb was thrown into a camp in Bangkok where they were staging a protest vigil against attempts to evict them, police said. The explosion took place early morning at Klong Toey market,
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      Lock icon THAILAND’S TUG-OF-WAR
      661 24 NEWS ANALYSIS AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s political upheaval may briefly halt for the funeral of the king’s sister this weekend, but the royal event comes at a time of rare tussles over the palace’s loyalties, analysts say. Princess Galyani died of cancer in January aged 84, and from today
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      Lock icon Scrap housing quota for Malays: Developers
      267 26 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian property developers yesterday called for special housing privileges given to the ethnic Malays to be scrapped. Under a decades-old affirmative action programme to help Malays increase their wealth, developers are required to sell at least 30 per cent of homes
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      Lock icon Bumi policy stays: Najib
      303 26 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak clarified yesterday that the 30-per-cent Bumiputra equity participation remains a national policy despite Wednesday’s announcement on relaxing the requirement for companies seeking to be listed on Bursa Malaysia. “This is just to make it
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      Lock icon Saved from the cooking pot: Lizards, owls and more
      151 28 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian authorities have seized thousands of protected lizards, owls and other creatures, all destined for restaurant kitchens abroad. The authorities saved some 7,000 live clouded monitor lizards and seized the meat of some 1,000 owls, some sun bears,
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      M’sian king wanted pension for sacked judges
      317 28 KUALA LUMPUR The former Malaysian King, Sultan Iskandar Ismail, had requested that the government pay the six judges who were embroiled in the 1988 judiciary crisis their pension despite being sacked. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Nazri Aziz, said the King had
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      Lock icon India chided for ‘attitude’
      430 28 Victims say they face intimidation and pressure HANDLING RAPE CASES AFP PANAJI (India) India needs a complete overhaul in the way it handles rape allegations, human rights campaigners say, after a German woman dropped a sex attack claim citing pressure and intimidation. The woman alleged that
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      Lock icon Ex-President Chen on hunger strike
      303 30 CORRUPTION PROBE AFP TAIPEI Taiwan’s former President Chen Shui-bian has not eaten since being detained over a corruption probe in protest at what he insists is a politically-motivated investigation, his lawyer said yesterday. Mr Chen, whose pro-independence stance in office set him against Beijing, has
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      Lock icon TAIWAN COURT UPHOLDS SEVEN-YEAR TERM FOR EX-LEADER’S KIN
      119 30 AFP Taiwan’s High Court yesterday upheld a seven-year jail term and fine imposed on former president Chen Shui-bian’s son-in-law for insider trading. Mr Chen’s son-in-law Chao Chien-ming was also fined 30 million Taiwan dollars ($138,400) for making illegal profits of more than
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      Lock icon China mulls crackdown on lip-synching
      192 30 AFP said. BEIJING China plans to punish singers who lip-synch for “cheating the public”, the Ministry of Culture said yesterday. A draft set of rules for commercial performances published on its website stipulates that artistes must not “use pre-recorded songs or music to replace live
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      Lock icon China to continue grain self-sufficiency
      219 30 AP BEIJING China has announced plans to ensure it keeps producing virtually all the grain it needs for at least the next decade despite a growing population and declining farmland due to urbanisation, climate change and other factors. The goal is for China to continue
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      Lock icon Tibet movement confronts calls for change
      338 30 AGENCIES DHARAMSHALA (India) More than 500 leading Tibetan exiles will gather in India next week for a rare meeting that could radically alter the course of their decades-old struggle with Chinese rule in Tibet. The conclave the largest of its kind in 60 years
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FIRE AT JAPAN NUKE POWER PLANT INJURES WORKER
        162 32 AFP A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan yesterday, injuring one worker but causing no radiation leak, the operator said. Firefighters put out the fire about an hour after white smoke was spotted coming out of the
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        Lock icon SAILOR CHARGED IN DEADLY NUCLEAR SUB ACCIDENT
        231 32 AFP A sailor has been charged for setting off the fire extinguishing system on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing 20 people to suffocate to death, investigators said yesterday. “The inquiry has established that a member of the crew, a sailor, set off
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      Lock icon Shanghai diners stay off delicacies
      593 32 Hairy crabs and exotic toxins lose appeal as diners tighten belts COST-CUTTING MEASURES BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI China’s slowest growth in five years is finally making carpet salesman Edwin Hong pay attention to his doctor’s advice: Stay off the hairy crabs. An autumn delicacy in Shanghainese cuisine,
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    • GLOBAL ROUND UP
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        Lock icon FIRE AT JAPAN NUKE POWER PLANT INJURES WORKER
        162 32(2nd edition) AFP A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan yesterday, injuring one worker but causing no radiation leak, the operator said. Firefighters put out the fire about an hour after white smoke was spotted coming out of the
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        Lock icon SAILOR CHARGED IN DEADLY NUCLEAR SUB ACCIDENT
        230 32(2nd edition) AFP A sailor has been charged for setting off the fire extinguishing system on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing 20 people to suffocate to death, investigators said yesterday. “The inquiry has established that a member of the crew, a sailor, set off
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        106 38 AP Commuters in several cities in the United States found out on Wednesday that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended, and global warming, health care spending and the economy’s problems were on their way to being solved. A thousand volunteers across the
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        135 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A Bedouin sheikh has claimed that his tribe is linked by blood to US President-elect Barack Obama. Mr Abdul Rahman Sheikh Abdullah said he has evidence, including photos, that as many as 8,000 Bedouin tribesmen from northern Israel are related to
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        105 38 AP Trailblazer and Tempo are making way for Renegade and Renaissance. President-elect Barack Obama’s protectors from the secret service refer to him by his code name Renegade. And in keeping with the tradition of having all family members’ code names start with the same letter, future
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      245 40 He could not fit on the chair in his Montreal prison cell and when he went to bed, his body stuck out six inches on either side. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MONTREAL (Canada) A man who weighs 205kg has been released
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      304 52(2nd edition) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Joe Kinnear has promised to apologise to referee Martin Atkinson after branding him a “Mickey Mouse” official following Newcastle United’s defeat to Fulham at Craven Cottage last weekend. The interim Newcastle manager was contrition personified only days after hitting out
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      218 52(2nd edition) AFP BERLIN World heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev will defend his WBA title against former champion Evander Holyfield in Zurich on Dec 20, his promoter announced yesterday. The 35-year-old, 2.15m Russian is confident of victory over the 46-year-old American Holyfield, who will be bidding to become
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      569 53  -  THIS Saturday, manager Arsene Wenger will make 11 changes for their Premiership home game against Aston Villa. That is no slight on the youngsters who defeated Wigan 3-0 in the League Cup on Tuesday night, but testament to the fact that Wenger has two
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      400 53 Shades of Ronaldo transfer saga as Spanish champions court Argentine AFTERNOON LATEST THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez has become Real Madrid’s No 1 transfer target in the January window. There are currently serious concerns within the walls of the
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      191 53 THE GUARDIAN MADRID Ruud van Nistelrooy is set to miss the rest of the Primera Liga season due to a knee injury, Real Madrid have confirmed. Van Nistelrooy travelled to the United States this week to see specialist Dr Richard Steadman about his
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      372 53 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Cristiano Ronaldo’s representatives have revealed they expect to open talks on a new contract for the Portugal international despite Manchester United’s reluctance to extend the £120,000-a-week ($270,000-a-week) deal he penned last year. The 23-year-old is
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      679 54  -  it’s do or die for home united, but relaxed Protectors say the pressure’s on saFFC NTuC income-yeo’s s-League 2008 SAFFC v Home United Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm SINGAPORE FOOTBALL MILTON TAN sports@newstoday.com. sg THE pressure’s all on Home United tonight, when they take on leaders SAFFC
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      339 54 SINCE joining Tampines Rovers during the mid-season transfer window, striker Khairul Amri (picture) has gone from strength to strength. After racking up 10 goals for the Young Lions, the Singapore international has brought his tally to 18 in the S-League, and is third in
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        56 1 12.5 cents Fully valued DBS Vickers downgrades its call for Kencana Agri from “Buy” and cuts target price to $0.11 from $0.21 based on 5.8 times FY2009 price-to-earnings to reflect impact of lower palm oil prices. It says the Indonesian palm oil producer’s third-quarter results are 20 per
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        57 1 $1.97 Neutral Nomura downgrades from “Buy”, saying the earnings momentum is stalling, and sets new $1.93 target price (previous not given). It says China’s plans to stimulate economy via spending on infrastructure developments may offer opportunities for the water treatment firm but expects pace of order book growth to
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      280 1 AGENCIES ASIAN stocks fell again yesterday, extending a global rout, after the United States Treasury scrapped plans to buy mortgage assets, and China’s industrial output missed estimates. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index ended down 1.6 per cent at 1,755.47, following the overnight plunge
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      146 1 AGENCIES AMID the weakening property market, City Developments said it will delay selling homes at new projects for now. About 130 units remained unsold among the homes it had already released for sale. At the same time, CDL and its partners in the South
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        87 1(2nd edition) 3rd-largest points gain US stocks staged a late-day rally overnight to rise the most in two weeks. The Standard Poor’s 500 added 59.02 points, or 6.9 per cent, to 911.27, reversing a slide of 3.9 per cent. The Dow increased 552.51 points to 8,835.17 and the Nasdaq Composite
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        57 1(2nd edition) Major indices down European stocks fell for a third day overnight, led by banks and commodity producers. National benchmarks fell in eight of the 18 western European markets. The UK’s FTSE 100 closed 12.81 points lower at 4,169.21 points, Germany’s DAX gained 28.72 points to 4,649.52 and France’s
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      Lock icon Soros & Co state their case
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      445 1(2nd edition) BLOOMBERG NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs are among the banks that told the government its programme to back their bonds is flawed because it does not have a strong enough guarantee. The United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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      173 1(2nd edition) AGeN~ie~ GERMANY has become the first of the G7 powers to declare an official recession. Germany’s statistics office said output had fallen by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter, far worse than expected. It is the second quarter in a row of declining output. Mr Bert
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      310 2  -  SHORT-SELLING KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg SHORT-SELLERS who fail to promptly cover their open positions after short-selling will be slapped with heavier fines if the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) proposal goes through. The regulator yesterday asked for public feedback on a permanent penalty framework for failed share deliveries. Short-selling
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      176 2 AGENCIES GENTING International, which is building Singapore’s second integrated resort, on Sentosa, is still losing money but not so much as before. The company, which also owns the biggest casino operator in Britain, yesterday said its third-quarter loss narrowed from a year earlier, helped by
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      81 2 ADVANCE Modules Group, a manufacturer of memory modules, has lodged a report with the Commercial Affairs Department. According to special auditor KPMG’s 58-page executive summary of its findings, several documents and transactions were apparently fictitious. For instance, a ~S$14.4-million ($21.8million) sale appeared created to
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      401 3  -  But Singapore will be among first to rebound, says Morgan Stanley Asia chairman ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp. com.sg CHANNEL NEWSASIA, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY AGENCIES SINGAPORE is likely to be one of the first in Asia to recover from the current global economic
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      182 3 AGENCIES Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs worldwide. But fewer posts will be lost in Asia, said regional chief Stephen Roach yesterday. “The reduction we implement in Asia will be a good deal less than our global workforce reduction given our belief this region
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      357 4 He needs bush’s help to kick-start $76bn rescue bid US CAR MAKERS AGENCIES PRESIDENT-elect Barack Obama wants the United States Congress to approve as much as US$50 billion ($76 billion) to save cash-starved US car manufacturers. To get the measure passed before he takes over
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      255 4 BLOOMBERG HIT by huge fines for price-fixing, three Asian makers of liquid-crys-tal-displays yesterday saw their shares hammered on the stock markets yesterday. LG Display of Korea, Sharp of Japan and Chunghwa Picture Tubes of Taiwan agreed to plead guilty and pay US$585
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      408 4(2nd edition) Democrats unlikely to get majority vote, and President could wield power to veto AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES WASHINGTON The chairman of the Senate banking committee said yesterday that he did not believe there would be enough Republican support for efforts to aid floundering automobile manufacturers, raising
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      252 4(2nd edition) BLOOMBERG FIRST-TIME claims for United States unemployment insurance rose last week to the highest level since September 2001, when the economy was last in a recession, as weakening demand led companies to fire more workers. Initial jobless claims increased by 32,000 to a
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      968 7  -  Were the troubles in public office too heavy for even Wall’s Street’s savviest Ceo to tackle? BUSINESS COMMENT REBECCA CHRISTIE and MATTHEW BENJAMIN BLOOMBERG HENRY Paulson (picture) became Treasury Secretary 28 months ago, when he was at the top of the financial world: Wall Street’s best-paid
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      840 9  -  Avatars, better interaction and video-streaming heat up the game console battle coNSol upgradeS HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN though the game consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have been on retail shelves for an average of two years, the battle has just been turned up a
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        104 9 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN StarHub will launch a high-definition (HD) digital video recorder called HubStation HD on Saturday. At a monthly rental fee of $14.98, this set-top box will allow viewers to watch and record standard-definition (SD) and HD programmes. You can record up to 160 hours
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        181 9 AP Microsoft is planning a Windows Live update in the coming weeks which will add social networking features to the software maker’s instant messaging program, Hotmail service and other sites. In the newer version of Windows Live, disparate contact lists from Live Messenger, Hotmail
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        141 9 NEWYORKTIMES There is a new common symptom of the flu, in addition to aches, coughs, and fevers. It turns out many ailing Americans enter phras- es like “flu symptoms” into Google and other search engines before they call their doctors. That simple act, multiplied across millions
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