Today, 28 November 2008

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      66 1 Sp ecial Treats World of Si ISE S Sports SMART DEALS at >> PAd TAkeS OveR DON MUANG8 >> THe PROTeST wAS ‘IRReSPONSIBle’ 10 Check out our Amazing offers inside! S’POReAN TAkeN HOSTAGe 3 wHO ARe THe deCCAN MUjAHedeeN? 4 A GOLDHEART Ascente E Unprecedented brilliance In an emerald-shaped diamond
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    THAILAND IN TURMOIL
    63 1 Anti-government protesters storm Bangkok’s domestic airport Don Muang. State of emergency declared at Bangkok’s two airports to end unrest. Government offers to airlift stranded tourists to Singapore and Malaysia within 48 hours. Coup rumours spread across city as tanks move towards Parliament. Government denies rumours it wants
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    Lock icon India’s 911
    712 1 TERROR IN MUMBAI AGENCIES MUMBAI India yesterday woke up to its own 911 terrorist nightmare, with the Prime Minister blaming the highly coordinated attacks in the heart of Mumbai, the commercial capital, late on Wednesday on groups based “outside the country”. The assaults, which left more than 100
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      67 1 Sp ecial Treats World of Si ISE S Sports SMART DEALS at >> PAd TAkeS OveR DON MUANG8 >> THe PROTeST wAS ‘IRReSPONSIBle’ 10 Check out our Amazing offers inside! S’POReAN TAkeN HOSTAGe 3 wHO ARe THe deCCAN MUjAHedeeN? 4 goldheart.com.sg A GOLDHEART Ascente rr?i >*■£ Unprecedented brilliance In an
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    Lock icon THAILAND IN TURMOIL
    64 1 Anti-government protesters storm Bangkok’s domestic airport Don Muang. State of emergency declared at Bangkok’s two airports to end unrest. Government offers to airlift stranded tourists to Singapore and Malaysia within 48 hours. Coup rumours spread across city as tanks move towards Parliament. Government denies rumours it wants
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    Lock icon India’s 911
    727 1 TERROR IN MUMBAI —1.30AM LATEST AGENCIES MUMBAI India yesterday woke up to its own 911 terrorist nightmare, with the Prime Minister blaming the highly coordinated attacks in the heart of Mumbai, the commercial capital, late on Wednesday on groups based “outside the country”. The assaults, which left 119
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      127 2(2nd edition) L O R E A L P A R i S DREAL Singapore’s No. hair treatment brand gives you silky, smooth, healthy hair. Because you’re worth it. Q o o o ELSE /E anti-frizz serum SMOOTH-INTENSE NEW NON RINSE sasfis j J rn i 1 L'O EA -C •'<: ELSeve
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon S’porean taken hostage
      648 3  -  TERROR IN MUMBAI TEO XUANWEI AND LEONG WEE KEAT xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg A SINGAPOREAN has been taken hostage at Mumbai’s luxury Oberoi Hotel. Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has said that this person “has not been harmed”. The hostage was among various nationalities taken by the terrorists. Today
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      Lock icon Who are the Deccan Mujahedeen?
      407 4  -  TERROR IN MUMBAI JESSINTATAN jessinta@mediacorp.com. sg based companies. WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY AFP NOT much may be known about the Deccan Mujahedeen, but these Islamic militants have been operating as an “established terrorist group in India”, according to a well-known terrorism expert. “This group is
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      Singapore firms step up security in India
      253 4  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg ALTHOUGH Singapore firms in India appear not to have been directly hit by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, security is being stepped up, with staff safety the top priority, say many of the companies contacted by Today. A spokesperson for
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      Lock icon A spoonful of sugar for a serious crisis
      403 4(2nd edition)  -  AFTERNOON LATEST IMELDA SAAD IN SANTIAGO, CHILE imelda@mediacorp. com.sg THE current downturn Singapore is facing will be nothing quite like what the country has experienced before, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. But while there is much uncertainty globally, the good
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      PM on Mumbai attacks, Thai turmoil
      263 4(2nd edition)  -  IMELDA SAAD SPEAKING to the Singapore media on the sidelines of his bilateral visit to Chile, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it would take some time for confidence to return to Mumbai, the financial centre of India. “It’s a bolder, wider, more coordinated
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      Mumbai residents here tell of fear and anguish
      244 6  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp. com.sg THE news came via SMS. Ms Shradha Gang had slept through the night not knowing that Mumbai was under attack. Based in Singapore for more than a year, the corporate trainer woke up to a text message from
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      Her second 911
      544 6  -  S’porean recalls terror in Mumbai; she was in New York in 2001 TERROR IN MUMBAI ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg TWO hours before the Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, Singaporean Priya Balchandani was at a lawyer’s office at Colaba Causeway, a 10-minute drive from the Oberoi Hotel. As she
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      Lock icon Don Muang seized, too
      447 8 Protesters storm airport, stranded tourists to be air-lifted to S’pore, m’sia THAILAND IN TURMOIL BANGKOK Even as right-wing protesters stormed Bangkok’s second airport early yesterday amid an escalating political crisis, Thai authorities said they will begin airlifting thousands of stranded tourists from air bases into Singapore
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      Lock icon PAD turns trolleys into noodle stalls, desks into beds
      355 8 AFP BANGKOK With baggage trolleys converted into noodle stalls and check- in desks used as beds, all the signs at the international airport are that protesters are in for the long haul. Enterprising vendors have even moved in to sell the
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      Protest was ‘very irresponsible’, say Thais in Singapore
      390 10  -  LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AT THE words “protest at Bangkok airport”, Mr Kittipong Sihan, 45, who runs a beauty salon at Singapore’s Golden Mile Complex, sighed. “I think no one is in control anymore,” he said. Not only does he lament the thought
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      Singaporeans stuck, but safe
      463 10  -  Tour agencies to help stranded customers get home TURMOIL IN THAILAND ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg UP TILL now, he has been spending his nights shopping and eating, returning safely to his hotel around 11pm. But from today, business development manager Joe Lo, 38, who arrived in
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      Protest was ‘very irresponsible’, say Thais in Singapore
      390 10(2nd edition)  -  LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AT THE words “protest at Bangkok airport”, Mr Kittipong Sihan, 45, who runs a beauty salon at Singapore’s Golden Mile Complex, sighed. “I think no one is in control anymore,” he said. Not only does he lament the thought
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      Singaporeans stuck, but safe
      463 10(2nd edition)  -  Tour agencies to help stranded customers get home TURMOIL IN THAILAND ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg UP TILL now, he has been spending his nights shopping and eating, returning safely to his hotel around 11pm. But from today, business development manager Joe Lo, 38, who arrived in
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      Kangaroo T-shirt trio sent to jail
      528 12  -  15 days’ jail for John Tan, one week each for other 2 CONTEMPT OF COURT LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THREE days after he refused to apologise for contempt of court, he was offered another three chances to do so yesterday by a High Court
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      Lock icon S’pore, Chile expand bilateral relations
      249 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE and Chile have expanded their bilateral relations to include deeper peo-ple-to-people ties. Leaders from the two countries have signed an agreement, paving the way for the exchange of educators and students. Chile, for example, hopes to send its post-graduate students to Singapore
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      Lock icon Magician to stage ‘fiery’ act at Chingay 2009
      128 14 MAYO MARTIN NEXT year’s Chingay Parade will be one fiery and magical affair. It will be the first time in the parade’s 36-year-his-tory that magic will be incorporated into the show, to be held on Jan 30 and 31. Home-grown entertainer Lawrence
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      327 products released for sale
      354 14  -  As scare subsides and sales ban lifted, AVA tackles future imports MELAMINE CONTAMINATION NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg THE final batch of China-made milk products was released for sale by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) yesterday after they were tested to be safe for
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      CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME
      794 16  -  Think about the little boy who can’t afford to go to school, or that hapless elderly person all alone NEWS COMMENT DRCHITRA RAJARAM Director, Newsplex chitrarajaram@mediacorp.com. sg The writer is also Chief Editor, Radio. IT HAS happened once again. Another organisation declared last week that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Mum gets 18 years’ jail for maid abuse
      397 18 Former flight attendant used iron and hot water on Indonesian helper MAID ABUSE AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian woman was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in jail for using an iron and hot water to inflict wounds on her Indonesian maid. Former
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        Lock icon BRUCE WILLIS GETS HIS MONEY BACK
        127 18 AP A Malaysian technology conglomerate has repaid US$900,000 ($1.4 million) to Bruce Willis after the Hollywood star filed a lawsuit demanding a refund of his investment. Mr Willis’ lawyer, Mr Martin Singer, says the federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles has been “amicably resolved”.
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        169 18 AP Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview published on Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on “neutral ground” and he suggested the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The Cuban leader’s offer came in a rare
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      Lock icon Top Indon council mulls ban on yoga
      272 21 YOGA CONTROVERSY AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia’s top Islamic body says it will consider banning Muslims from practising yoga. Cleric Ma’ruf Amin said yesterday that the Ulema Council was trying to determine if the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt the faith of believers. If the
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        Lock icon CHEN ENDS HUNGER STRIKE
        83 21 AP Taiwan’s jailed former President ended a 16day hunger strike yesterday, a prison official said, a day afterTaiwanese newspapers published a poem in which he hinted he was willing to die for his pro-independence views. Mr LeeTa-chu, deputy head ofTucheng Jail in suburban Taipei, said MrChen
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        Lock icon LANDMARK US MILITARY PACT FOR IRAQI PARLIAMENT
        71 21 AFP Iraq’s parliament yesterday said they approved a landmark military pact that will see all United States troops withdraw by the end of 2011, ending the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and plunged the country into chaos. After 11 months of hard-nosed
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      Lock icon Millions of Indians go to polls overshadowed by Mumbai attacks
      355 21 AFP NEW DELHI Millions of Indians began voting yesterday in a series of four state polls to be held over the coming week that were seen as a test for the ruling Congress party ahead of a general election due
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      Lock icon Aso shoots off his mouth again
      428 22 Japan leader in trouble again, for gaffe on elderly medical care POLITICAL FAUX PAS AGENCIES Tokyo Japan’s Prime Minister is in trouble again this time for criticising the elderly as a tax burden for racking up medical expenses. “There are 67-, 68-year-olds who dodder
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      Lock icon Saying ‘sorry’ will let teen muggers off the hook
      226 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Violent teenage muggers and burglars in Britain can be let off their crimes and escape a criminal record just by saying sorry to their victims. Young criminals are not being prosecuted or taken to court for their
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      Lock icon Mum convicted of cyber hoax
      383 25 She had set out to tease and humiliate teenage girl, who committed suicide INTERNET DECEPTION AGENCIES LOS ANGELES A Missouri mother on trial in a landmark Internet case was convicted on Wednesday of only three minor offences for her role in a meanspirited hoax that
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      Lock icon BLAST NEAR US EMBASSY IN KABUL
      113 25 A car bomb blew up near the United States Embassy in Kabul yesterday and killed four Afghan civilians. The blast, by Taliban insurgents, damaged several vehicles in morning rush-hour traffic. Blood smeared the road, and tree branches were set alight. ‘The information we have
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      Lock icon In Iran’s courts, an eye for an eye
      512 25(2nd edition) Acid to be dripped into man’s eyes for attack on woman AFTERNOON LATEST THE GUARDIAN TEHRAN A man who blinded a woman in an acid attack after she had repeatedly spurned his marriage proposals has been sentenced to the same punishment in
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      Lock icon Court takes ‘Internet baby’
      172 25(2nd edition) AFP ZWOLLE (The Netherlands) A Dutch judge yesterday granted the local child-care authorities temporary guardianship of a four-month-old Belgian boy allegedly sold by his parents to a Dutch couple over the Internet. “The court accepts the request by the Child Care and Protection Board for temporary
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      Lock icon Airbus with 7 on board crashes off French coast
      265 25(2nd edition) AP PARIS An Airbus A320 passenger plane crashed off France’s southern coast during a maintenance flight yesterday, killing at least two of the seven people on board, the authorities said. The aircraft had undergone checks at the EAS Industries aircraft maintenance
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      41 26  -  Arthur Lim The Government is being prudent by not cutting the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The only area where it can be considered, is the reduction or abolishment of GST for healthcare expenditure, for perhaps two years.
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      222 28  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON A FORGOTTEN MONUMENT Last summer, I was in a picturesque little village called Garmish in southern Germany, and I happened to notice a small monument erected in memory of the young men who died in World War I. There on a bronze
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      64 28 Singaporeans often speak of their policies’ ‘pragmatism’. but their version of pragmatism is very different from ours (Americans). In the United States, pragmatism primarily means going along with public opinion and openness to political compromise. In Singapore, in contrast, pragmatism primarily means judging policies based on their
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      213 28 Letter from Joseph Nathan I REFER to “No Artificial Boosters: Mah” (Nov 27). I applaud the Minister for National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan, for saying say no to requests by the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas) to moderate new
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        1049 36  -  it’s the era of empowered and powerful women on TV, and boy, are we glad WOMEN ON TV MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE old days of TV, women used to sit around at home knitting booties for Little Ricky, wait for Ethel to come
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      587 40  -  Eric Ng is quite possibly the most diligent man in the local music scene THE AMPS IN CONCERT CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp. com. sg ERIC NG, the man behind the best-selling 881and12 Lotus soundtracks, is tired. “I’m very tired,” he said tiredly. “But,” he qualified,
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      268 40 GENEVIEVE LOH WHAT do a lawyer-turned-chef, a rock star, a hotelier, a film-maker, an actor and a photographer have in common? Not much, besides the fact that they’re all somebody. This group including award-winning photographer Willy Foo, director Michael Wang and Wild
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      414 42  -  Crowds brush away financial blues and party at two gigs CONCERT ROUND-UP CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg NEWTON’S third law of motion (simplified version) states that “to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Similarly, even as people are backpedalling in the face of financial gloom,
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      101 38 Free Korean drama DVDs “Scratch and Win” attractive prizes! s \a8[s?se Enjoy more sightseeing and shopping in Korea with favourable Korean Won exchange rates against the Singapore dollar! Book a tour to Korea with any travel agency listed below, redeem a Korean drama DVD and "Scratch and Win" yourself a
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      29 39 Deal! Fantastic $2.402 for Alive Mixed Nut Bar Assorted 33g 2 for $1.90 Nimm 2 Werther’s Sticks 50g Promotion valid from 26 Nov 09 Dec 2008 Also available in
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      116 40 NEVER MINDTHE ECONOMY. Crowds brush away financial blues at two gigs. 42 DAILY BUFFET A LA CARTE ONLY BUDGET $15.90++ Lunch From $17.90++ Dinner STANDARD $18.90++ Lunch From $20.90++ Dinner Featuring more than 20 Thai signature dishes Authentic Thai cuisine by highly experienced Thai Chefs Value for money Cosy with
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      469 40 This holiday's greatest adventure for family of all ages! FROM THE DIRECTOR OF i “MONSTER HOUSE” AND THE PRODUCTION STUDIO OF “THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA” “JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH” venture tale "...it's one edge-of-your-seat moT -niomentafterjngher^WALDEN MEDIA Presents:-- CITY OF "...A iii luiimli SLir, -s: i aw
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      184 44 wor Last day for order, 20 December 2008, Saturday. Pick up a copy of the Cold Storage Christmas Catalogue in-store for more selections. ■M yagsyS L. I IP 20cm .00 EARLY bird GlfllJ FREE Mango Cake 6 inch or Chocolate Log Cake 400g with every bone-in ham or turkey order.
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      1072 46 'COOL GIRLS. A HOT GUYIT'S THE TEEN FILM OF THE CENTURY!' SUGAR MAGAZINE l r EMMA ROBERTS f. wt vi m New Girl New School New Rules m nv A NEW TERM FOR TROUBLE V O !JHBL?S UNI S SAL PG Some sexual references] IN CINEMAS NOW P n 3
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      291 47 bony Ericsson N m V55 ini What If TkE Stories You Told Came To Life? w, kw W* JNp I -r ADAM SANDLER (q)alt$)Tshem PICTURES PRESENTS* Bedtime Stories In Cinemas Christmas Day RATING TO BE ADVISED disney.com/BedtimeStories Join in the fun and share your great music moments with a Sony
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      361 48 SECONDS FROM DISASTER Explosion in the North Sea okto, 10pm 6 July 1998.110 miles off the coast of Scotland, towering nearly 300ft out of the North Sea, stands the colossal Piper Alpha oil rig. It’s at the hub of the North Sea’s most lucrative oil field, churning out
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      207 48 PRIVATE PRACTICE SEASON Tempting Faith Season Pass (mioTV Ch 537), anytime On Demand Addison receives a surprise visit from her brother and fellow surgeon, Archer, and his presence not only causes trouble for her, but for Naomi and Sam as well. Meanwhile Meg returns to try
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      228 48 NANNY DARIES Star Movies (Ch 58), 9pm Based on the tell-all book by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, The Nanny Diaries chronicles the journey of Annie Braddock (Johansson, Match Point), a college graduate from a working-class background. Unsure about her future, by chance she encounters a
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      716 48 CHANNEL 6.00AM Entertainment Tonight 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI 10.30 The Martha Stewart Show II 11.30 Everyday Food II NOON Lexus Cup 2008 1st Round (Foursomes, Live) 4.00PM Survivor XVII: Gabon I was Put on the Planet for This Show (Delayed Telecast) 5.00 The Ellen
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      743 50  -  annika Sorenstam’s cool and confident, while Pak Se ri’s still finding her groove Golf Lexus Cup 2008 ASIA VSTHE WORLD LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp. com.sg BOASTING US$31 million ($46.8 million) in earnings between them, 10-time Major winner Annika Sorenstam and her counterpart Pak Se Ri
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      367 50  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp. com.sg COME next September, two of Singapore’s top young footballing talents will be part of a global training camp at the headquarters of German sportswear and equipment giants adidas. And they’ll be watched by European club scouts there. The camp is part of a
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      508 52  -  Jiayi shines on the night as Raddy races to firm up Lions line-up SINGAPORE FOOTBALL SHAMIROSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg WOUNDED Lions Hariss Harun, Fazrul Nawaz and Mustaqim Mazur were among the 2,700 crowd at the Jurong East Stadium on Wednesday to watch Vietnam hold their national team-mates to a
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      258 54 AFP LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard celebrated his return from injury by firing Liverpool into the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 1 -0 win over Marseille here on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Liverpool captain’s firsthalf header from Xabi Alonso’s cross proved
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      729 54 Chelsea coach promises qualification or he’ll head back to Brazil EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL THE GUARDIAN Champions League, group A Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1 BORDEAUX (France) Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) that he ought to quit Chelsea and go back
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      249 54(2nd edition) AFP Uefa Cup, Group A Schalke 04 0 Manchester City 2 GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) Big-spending English Premier League side Manchester City took charge of Uefa Cup Group A with an assured 2-0 victory over Germany’s Schalke 04 here yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The win followed
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      640 54(2nd edition) inzaghi’s last-gasp goal earns Milan draw at Portsmouth AFTERNOON LATEST AFP Uefa Cup, Group E Portsmouth 2 AC Milan 2 PORTSMOUTH AC Milan’s veteran striker Filippo “Pippo” Inzaghi netted a last-minute equaliser to deny Tony Adams a first home win as Portsmouth manager in a
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      137 52 Harmony Campaign is a campaign spearheaded by Thailand’s revered King and Queen. This campaign symbolizes both unity and harmony resulting in mutual love and respect for one another. For many centuries, Thai cooking has emphasized the importance of harmony in it’s taste, flavour and color. Thai Trade Center presents the
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      32 52 SPORTS BETTING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER E Premier, E League Champ, German, Italian, Spanish, J League and K League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website.
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      350 53 EXPLORE SINGAPORE! OVER AT 27 MUSEUMS ISLAND NOW TILL 7 DEC 2008 9?^ 1 N v Subaru Forester More details at www.exploresingapore.com.sg r° 'J mm Shopping 8t Entertainment Enjoy more for your dollar when you Explore Singapore! Discover our island's colourful past, rich heritage, and vibrant cultures. Make a date
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      183 54 MATTRESS SALES Extra FREE Gifts for Senior Citizen Best Prices for all Mattress! No Reasonable Offer willl be Refused! Mattress Only Single 99 I S/Single $149 I Queen $169 King $299 Queen size Mattress and Divan Super Single Size 3 in 1 Pull-out Bed THE MATTRESS CENTRE HSBC DBS POSB
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      90 54 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 8am~ Basketball~ Maryland~ v~ Michigan~ State,~ Ch~ 23 11.30am~ NBA~ Hornets~ v~ Nuggets,~ Ch~ 24 11.30am~ Golf~ Mission~ Hills~ World~ Cup,~ Ch~ 26 Noon~ Golf~ Lexus~ Cup,~ Ch~ 5~ 23 6pm~ A-League~ Wellington~ v~ Melbourne,~ Ch~ 96 TomorroW 3.25am~~ Bundesliga~ Hertha~ v~ Koln,~ Ch~ 27 3.30am~
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      67 54(2nd edition) SPORTS ON TV TODAY Noon~ Golf~ Lexus~ Cup,~ Ch~ 5~ 23 6pm~ A-League~ Wellington~ v~ Melbourne,~ Ch~ 96 TomorroW 3.25am~~ Bundesliga~ Hertha~ v~ Koln,~ Ch~ 27 3.30am~ FA~ Cup~ Barrow~ v~ Brentford,~ Ch~ 24 4am~~ Rugby~ Newcastle~ v~ Wasps,~ Ch~ 113 6.30am Golf~ Old~ Spice~ Classic,~ Ch~ 23 9am NBA~
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        70 1 All eyes on Opec Oil prices fell slightly as the market looked ahead to a weekend Opec meeting in Cairo at which the crude producers may decide against slashing output. “All eyes will now be on Opec’s informal meeting in Cairo this weekend,” said an oil market analyst.
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        51 1 Cautious optimism? European stocks rose overnight as investors speculated on whether government efforts to shore up banks and the economy will support profits. The FTSE rose 73.41 points to 4226.10, the French CAC was up 80.54 points to 3250.39 and the German DAX was up 104.77 points to
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        81 1 Near 5-week high Gold traded close to a five-week high in London as speculation that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates weakened the US dollar, boosting bullion’s appeal as an alternative investment to the US currency. Gold for immediate delivery added US$1.85 to US$814.75 an ounce in
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      566 1 Analysts’ resounding consensus: Yes, the economy will rebound AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG MUMBAI India’s economy will probably withstand the effect of yesterday’s terror attacks on India’s business capital as rising incomes and record harvests boost consumer spending. “This sort of incident is not new in India,”
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      506 1  -  CONRAD RAJ editor at large conrad@mediacorp. com.sg TO THE dismay of rig-build-ers, customers are beginning to have second thoughts about new projects as oil prices have plunged from nearly US$150 a barrel to just about US$50 currently. Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M), the
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        60 1(2nd edition) 20.5 cents Neutral DMG starts with 25-cents target price. Expects developer to be hurt by real estate uncertainty in China; “credit crisis and macroeconomic slowdown have now spread worldwide, and given intrinsic linkage of property sector to these two key elements, it is not ideal for property
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        57 1(2nd edition) 20 cents Buy BNP Paribas cuts target price to 40 cents from $1.10 to factorin lower crude palm oil price assumptions. Says firm heavily exposed to palm oil prices; likely reason for stock’s sharp fall. But reckons shares oversold, trading on low single-digit PE ratio, new target price
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        SEMBCORP MARINE
        68 1(2nd edition) $1.77 buy Merrill Lynch cuts target price to $2.10 from $3.00 after lowering offshore and marine orderbook forecast, reducing FY08-10 earnings forecasts by average of 6 per cent, downgrading associate Cosco to Underperform from Neutral with target of 55 cents, from $1.20. Keeps Buy call as “SMM has
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        64 1(2nd edition) 5-day Sti CloSing thu q0.04% 1,710.52 wednesday 1,711.13 p~3.50% tuesday 1,653.25 p~2.03% monday 1,620.29 q2.54% friday 1,662.10 p~2.98% marketS CloSe hang Seng 13,552.06 p1.37% nikkei 8,373.39 p1.95% Shanghai 1,917.86 p1.05% Seoul 1,063.48 p3.27% mumbai closed unch kl Comp 869.90 p1.59% foreign eXChange uS$1 $1.510 £1 $2.328 1 euro
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      132 6 AFTERNOON LATEST AP Former executives who oversaw massive losses at Swiss banking giant UBS will repay a further 22 million Swiss francs ($27.8 million), chairman Peter Kurer said yesterday a special shareholders meeting. The repayments by the unidentified individuals bring to nearly
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