Today, 12 December 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Friday December 12, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      BIZ LATEST
      66 1 Auto bailout stalls But there's still hope as US Senators scramble to put together a revised proposal. Page Bl Held on $7^b fraud Mr Bernard Madoff, hailed as one of 'modern Wall Street's pioneers', arrested for $50-bil-lion securities fraud. Page B5 30,000 axed at BoA Following its acquisition
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      NEWS LATEST
      21 1 Pakistan scrambles Reputed head of extremist group accused of masterminding the Mumbai attacks placed under house arrest. Page 23
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      SPORTS LATEST
      28 1 Tm going nowhere' Robbie Keane admits life at Liverpool hasn't gone as he would have wished, but insists he won't throw in the towel. Page 65
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      Resetting the scales
      664 1  -  ANSLEY NG AND TEO XUANWEI CRIMINAL PROCEDURES Suggested revamp will allow more flexibility in sentences, gives defence more certainty ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IN RECENT years, judiciary watchers have felt the perceptible shift in balance, as the scales of justice in Singapore were recalibrated to give more thought to human
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      AG Woon: Wealth is not a factor
      600 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg TO THOSE who question if there are separate laws for the rich and the poor, Singapore's top prosecutor is most definite: Wealth is not a factor in the wheels of justice. "The fact that the perpetrator is rich does not cut
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      Bringing parity to sentencing
      500 2  -  ANSLEYNG CRIMINAL PROCEDURES Discretionaryjail terms in lieu of caning for women and the infirm to come soon ansley@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE some offences carry mandatory caning, certain groups women, those over 50 or the medically-unfit, for instance are exempt. Soon, however, the courts could have the discretion to
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      To charge or not to charge
      492 3  -  TEOXUANWEI ANSLEYNG PROSECUTORS' DISCRETION Public interest is key says AG Woon on Tang Wee Sung Tan Siew Hoon cases ANDA xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IN ONE case, the State levelled charges against an offender despite a public outpouring of sympathy for him. In another, the prosecution pressed
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      A good friend of Singapore
      684 4 ALI ALATAS 1932 2008 HE WAS there to smoothen ruffled feathers when former Indonesian President BJ Habibie labelled Singapore a "red dot". He spoke of binding ties between neighbours when the verbal attacks of another former Indonesian president, Abdurrahman Wahid, put a damper on bilateral
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      Lock icon South Asia in the eye of terror storm'
      644 6 MUMBAI ATTACKS India moves to beef up intelligence, security forces NEW DELHI Saying that the whole of South Asia was in the "eye of the storm of terror", Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told India's Parliament yesterday that the country needs more spies
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      Lock icon MediaCorp: Asia's Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year, again
      336 8  -  MAYSEAH ASIAN TELEVISION AWARDS Singapore's leading media company also bags five other awards at gala event may@mediacorp.com. sg MEDIACORP bagged six wins at the 13th Asian Television Awards held at the InterContinental Hotel last night. MediaCorp, Singapore's leading media company, won the
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      Shelf life of Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre in question
      459 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg FOR 25 years, it has been Singapore's main wholesale distribution centre for vegetables, fruits and dried food products. In recent years, it also made the headlines as a chikungunya fever cluster, the crime scene of the murder of Huang
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      Lock icon So, what are Singaporeans really looking for?
      219 12 SINGAPOREANS are preoccupied by the economic downturn, and this is showing up even in searches on Google Singapore. The search engine's annual Zeitgeist, which highlights the year's top search trends, found an almost 120-per-cent jump this year in the number of searches for
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      'Learn to handle angry residents'
      541 12  -  LINYANQIN SERANGOON GARDENS SAGA Greater vpushback is what MPs must be ready to deal with yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IF ANYTHING, the angry residents and hard issues involved in the Serangoon Gardens outcry over the siting of a foreign worker dormitory are a sign of challenges ahead for
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      Lock icon Former medical director of Tan Tock Seng dies
      213 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE man at the forefront of Singapore's battle against tuberculosis in the 1960s has died. Former Deputy Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Mark Jeyasdebasinga Supramaniam, was 87 years old. He passed away yesterday from complications linked to pneumonia. Born
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      Lock icon A champion of the workers
      553 14  -  ALICIA WONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA HOSEE BENG alida@mediacorp.com.sg HE STARTED out as a milk delivery boy for Cold Storage, but was sacked after he led a strike for better work benefits. After trying his hand as a medicine dispenser and laboratory technician, a young Ho See
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      Lock icon A green takeaway at Banquet
      326 16  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com. sg WHILE most businesses are cutting back, one company is giving away its products free this weekend, for a good cause the environment. At Banquet's Compass Point branch, Olive Green Marketing will be sponsoring some 3,000 takeaway boxes. And while they may
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      Smokescreen fails, cigarettes seized
      271 16 For $200, a Malaysian driver agreed to transport contraband items which he thought he could sneak past Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers by concealing the loot in a pile of waste. On Dec 9 at about 10.40pm, he drove a Malay-sia-registered trailer to the Cargo
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      Lock icon The big one within 30 years
      467 16  -  ONGDAILIN EARTHQUAKE IN SUMATRA NTU don helps local NGOs plan escape routes, educate public dailin@mediacorp.com. sg FOR the past four years, he has been working with Indonesian non-governmental organisations on developing evacuation routes for earthquakes and teaching the public how to rebuild their lives
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      496 17 938 LIVE TRAINING BOOST FOR MARITIME MEMBERS More than i,ooo members from the maritime industry are expected to benefit next year from new training initiatives rolled out by the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA). Tapping on the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (Spur), announced by the government last
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      $2.4m to lure back each defecting MP
      362 18 THAI POLITICS PueaThai offering cash ahead of Monday's election of new PM say sources BANGKOK The Puea Thai (For Thais) Party has gone on the offensive to lure back defecting MPs in a desperate battle to form the next government ahead of the
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      Thai protesters face withdrawal symptoms
      301 18 BANGKOK Political protest is addictive, say supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) who have been suffering from going cold turkey over the last week. "I miss my friends from the Bangkok protests so much," said Nam (not her real name), a 56-year-old protest
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      Activists file complaint against PAD
      128 18 BANGKOK A group of pro-Thaksin activists filed a complaint with police on Wednesday, seeking action against the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) for seizing two Bangkok airports. Two members of a pro-charter amendment group, Veng Tojitrakarn and Sant Hathirat, asked acting national police chief General
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      Lock icon Jihadist calls for 'Facebook invasion5
      252 20 Jihadist calls for 'Facebook invasion 5 AFP WASHINGTON A member of an Islamic jihadist forum who urged supporters last week to wage a "You Tube invasion" by uploading propaganda videos, has called for a similar attack on the popular social network, Facebook. The SITE Intelligence Group, a United States-based monitoring
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      Wahid Institute slams SBY govt
      499 20 RELIGIOUSVIOLENCE Think tank accuses Jakarta of being soft on radicals JAKARTA The world's largest Muslim nation is seeing a worrying rise in religious violence, said a report by the Wahid Institute. The institute, a moderate Muslim think-tank, is founded by Indonesia's fourth President, Abdurrahman "Gus
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      Lock icon $2.5m a year on rent, upkeep
      279 22 AFP MALAYSIAN PREMIER'S HOME KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's government drew flak yesterday after admitting it spent 6 million ringgit ($2.5 million) a year on the prime minister's residence (picture) in the administrative capital Putrajaya. Responding to an opposition query, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said
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      Lock icon Belgian police nab 14 terror suspects amid EU summit
      203 22 AFP BRUSSELS Belgian police yesterday arrested 14 suspected Al Qaeda members, including a man believed to have been planning a suicide attack. Officials made the announcement as European Union leaders gathered in Brussels for a two-day summit. "We don't know where
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      Lock icon Pakistan acts against group
      398 23 AFTERNOON LATEST Govt moves after UN puts Jamaat-ud-Dawa on terrorist list ISLAMABAD Pakistan has placed under house arrest the reputed head of the Islamic extremist group accused of carrying out last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, hours after the firebrand leader lashed out at the United
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      Lock icon HK bird flu outbreak from smuggled eggs?
      209 25 AFP HONG KONG Smuggled fertilised eggs from China containing infected chicken embryos could be the origin of the latest bird flu outbreak at a Hong Kong poultry farm, trade representatives said yesterday. "There is a very big connection between the outbreak and smuggled
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      Lock icon China mulls payouts to victims of tainted milk: State media
      141 25 AFP BEIJING China is considering compensation for families whose babies were killed or sickened by melaminetainted milk, state media reported yesterday. At least six children died in China after drinking milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine, normally used to
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      Lock icon Radical plan to boost tourism
      356 25 AP HISTORICAL HANGZHOU Scenic Chinese city to lop upper floors off buildings in bid for heritage status BEIJING The Chinese resort city of Hangzhou plans to lop the upper floors off exclusive lakeside hotels and other tall buildings in its quest for World Heritage status
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CHINA'S PANDAS FACE FOOD SHORTAGE
        116 27 AFP Giant pandas living in China's quake-ravaged Sichuan province face the risk of starvation this winter due to severe food shortage, state media reported yesterday. One panda has already died despite efforts by the Wolong Panda Breeding Centre, the country's best known reserve. "Pandas are
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        Lock icon KOALAS THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION
        119 27 AFP Australia's iconic koala will become extinct in some areas of the country if the federal government does not take urgent action, conservationists said yesterday. A group of Australian scientists will meet government officials in Canberra today in a bid to hammer out a national koala
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        Lock icon ITALY BEATS FRANCE AS BIGGEST WINE PRODUCER
        122 27 THE GUARDIAN Italy will produce more wine this year than rival France for the first time in a decade, making it the world's biggest winemaker after an extremely good summer. The Italian farmers' association, Coldiretti, said Italy will produce 4.7 billion litres of
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      Lock icon Aussie child porn suspects charged
      233 27 AP INTERNET PORN CANBERRA Australian detectives have charged 19 men with being part of a global child pornography-sharing network involving 70 countries, police said yesterday. Another three Australian suspects had been identified in a year-long investigation into the Internet sharing of illicit images, said the
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      Lock icon China quake kills 2 miners
      202 27 AFP BEIJING Two miners died and three other people were hurt in a moderate earthquake that struck near an area of Southwestern China devastated by a massive quake in May, the local government said yesterday. The tremor killed two miners in Guangyuan city early Wednesday,
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      Lock icon Mistake or murder plot?
      314 28 FHE GUARDIAN MOCK DEMISE Austrian theatre actor slits his throat onstage after prop knife switched VIENNA A stage actor slit his throat on stage when the prop knife for his suicide scene turned out to be a real one. Mr Daniel Hoevels, 30, slumped over with
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      Lock icon 'Climate man' knocks out power station
      354 30 THE GUARDIAN ECO-SABOTAGE UK #s carbon output reduced by 2% LONDON A lone saboteur has shut down a 500MW turbine and knocked an entire power station offline for four hours, single-handed-ly reducing the United Kingdom's carbon output by 2 per cent. The saboteur did
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      Lock icon Mass child murder probe
      294 30 THE GUARDIAN MIAMI (Florida) More than 30 unmarked graves are to be excavated at a Florida reform school where former students allege that children were routinely tortured and murdered by staff up to half a century ago. Agroup of men have claimed that beatings and abuse
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      Lock icon US wants UN go ahead to hunt pirates on land
      248 40 AP UNITED NATIONS The United States has sought international authorisation to hunt Somali pirates on land with the cooperation of Somalia's weak United Nationsbacked government in one of the Bush administration's last major foreign policy initiatives. The US circulated a
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      Lock icon Shut us down? Not just yet...
      397 40 AP GUANTANAMO BAY Prison commander expects Vigorous debate' before detainees flown out GUANTANAMO BAY (Cuba) Guantanamo's commander believes that the prison on this base won't close anytime soon after President-elect Barack Obama takes office. Rear-Admiral David Thomas said he expects "rigorous debate" in the
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      Lock icon Obama says it again: Resign
      315 42 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST No deal made with disgraced Governor Blagojevich, he says CHICAGO United States Presidentelect Barack Obama said he is confident his staff had no involvement in making any deals with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for the appointment of Mr Obama's replacement in the
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      Lock icon Three quakes off Indonesian islands
      341 42 AGENCIES JAKARTA—Three major earthquakes rocked the main Indonesians islands of Sumatra and Sulawesi within the space of hours today. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra just after midnight, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). There were no immediate reports of
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      Lock icon Nobel laureate will be Energy Secretary
      305 43 AGENCIES OBAMA'S GREEN TEAM WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and three former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials from the Clinton administration. The United States President-elect has selected Mr Steven Chu
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      Lock icon One in five US teens has had 'tech sex'
      261 43 AFP WASHINGTON One in five US teens has sent nude or partially-clothed images of himself to someone by email or mobile phone, and twice as many have sent sexually suggestive electronic messages, a poll on what has been dubbed as "tech
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      Lock icon Ebola strain found in Philippine pigs
      208 43 AFP MANILA A strain of the Ebola virus has been found in three pig farms north of the Philippine capital Manila, the government said yesterday as it ordered a temporary ban on exports of pork. The Ebola-Reston strain, however, was believed to have affected
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      563 41 They came, they saw, they conquered x 4 s Written by Christopher Ong a r* -^w That sums up Nanyang Technological University's performance at the inaugural 4M%Pfc^i JlO^^i Cheers Post-Secondary Team Challenge 2008, held from 2to 6 December, as Afe <W Ea 'T^ they swept all and sundry before them
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      45 44  -  Sylvester Lim I applaud Subhas Anandan's moral courage in asking hard questions about our judical system. How can a society improve when its citizens keep quiet about issues that affect their lives and their country? Will more of our lawyers speak out?
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      555 44  -  Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop PHYSICAL EDUCATION Exposure to UV rays will harm health in the long run Letter from I AM concerned about the long-term health risks related to the lack of sun-protection offered in Singapore's schools, the manner in which policies related to proper sun
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      249 44  -  YakChinHua Letter from I REFER to "Law to stop retrenchments not the answer" (Dec 11). NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say said he believes that legislation is not the solution (to retrenchment) and "care and trust cannot be achieved through legislation". While
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      210 46  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... ADD CHILDREN: DON'T LOSE HEART Psychologists used to believe that attention deficit disorder, or ADD, went away when children reached puberty. That's what I was taught in graduate school. But we now know that the problem is a lifelong condition. Many adults
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      360 46  -  Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong PUBLIC MINDSET Many of us stay in our comfort zones without realising it Letter from I REFER to "Don't wait, just do it" (Dec 10), which described how a group of Singaporeans took five minutes to offer an umbrella to
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      165 46  -  DrWu Loo Cheng Letter from Head of Department, Dental Services Alexandra Hospital WE REFER to "A Conversation or a consultation?" (Dec 2), and would like to make a clarification. Ms Yenleng Fong's mother was seen at Alexandra Hospital's dental clinic. She was referred
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      11 44 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com.sg FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 2008 44 TODAY
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      847 50  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH TVB MUSIC AWARDS Today's intrepid reporter gets snappy with the stars in hong kong christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg HONG KONG is famous for several things: Its shopping, its food, and its (dubious) service. But it's the stars we've come to see at the TVBB Mandarin Music
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      607 52  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg What do you wear to a beach party when you're not a bronzed beach god? THERE is something about the end of the year that always gets me a little down. Perhaps it's because it's time for a bit of self-reflection. Or
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        43 52 Time for another timeless ballet piece as Singapore Dance Theatre presents The Nutcracker, directed by the company's resident choreographer Jeffrey Tan. It runs on Dec 12,13,17 to 20, Bpm, at the Esplanade Theatre. Tickets at $48 to $138 from Sistic.
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        DJ ROB WILDER
        57 52 If s the weekend. Put your dancing shoes on and boogie on down to The Forbidden City tonight with DJ Wilder at the decks. The Hed Kandi headliner dishes out glam house beats for one night only. The Forbidden City is at 3A Merchant's Court, River Valley
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        45 52 Buy something and save the world at Post Museum. Choose from bags, books, ecofriendly detergents and fair-trade products. Proceeds go to the Riverkids Project, Sea Shepherd, TWC2 and Vision Network. Ends next Sunday. Post-Museum is at 107-109 Rowell Road. For information, call 6396 3598
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      Beyond the fringe
      523 54  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH ZOUKOUT2OOB Paavo of trance act Above and Beyond on how to put "heart and soul into dance christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS been said that popular trance group Above and Beyond (A&B) got their name from wanting to push themselves further and harder than any DJ has ever
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      LIVE LIFE 'LIVE'
      504 55  -  GENEVIEVE LOH LIGHTS, MUSIC AND TALK BY SAMSUNG MOBILE genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg People who aren't in the know may be of the misperception that the Singapore live music scene is restricted to golden oldies cranked out in some dodgy bar sung by an enthusiastic Filipino band. In reality, it's
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      One sweet, spicy Patty
      430 56  -  MAYSEAH VARIETY TV Hou is more than mere eye candy on Azio Superstar may@mediacorp.com.sg MFS the beauty alongside the mouth that is comedy veteran Jacky Wu on Azio I Superstar. Patty Hou is, ii quite unabashedly, the eye candy of the popular Taiwanese variety show. "He
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      229 56 AP SEAN Perm and Milk, Gus Van Sant's biopic about politician Harvey Milk, continued gaining award momentum on Wednesday, winning Best Film from the New York Film Critics Circle. Perm was chosen as Best Actor for his performance in the lauded film about Milk, the
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      A Cats lover
      399 58  -  MAYO MARTIN MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA Grizabella, the glamourpuss, on Cats, dogs and fighting fish mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DELIA Hannah, who will be playing the has-been glam pussycat Grizabella in next year's Cats musical, described herself as a dog-turned-cat person. "We just got a new puppy and he's such a handful.
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      114 58  -  MAYO MARTIN MY MAGIC BAGS BEST ACTOR AWARD First-time actor and long-time magician Bosco Francis bagged the Best Actor award at this year's Asian Festival of ist Films (AFFF) for his performance as a drunken professional magician in Eric Khoo's My Magic. Now on its fourth year,
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      553 62  -  PATWANT SINGH CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE FOOTBALL FAS to offer subsidy for S-League clubs to sign newcomers from countries like Brazil, Canada and Italy patwant@mediacorp.com.sg WITH a view to injecting new blood into the S-League, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is rolling out an incentive for
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      358 62  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg THE sports programme for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, to be held here in August 2010, was firmed up on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). And Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) chairman Ng Ser Miang promises the programme will
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      Lock icon Family fun the focus for Race Village
      281 63  -  TANYO-HINN SPECTATORS can expect a slew of fringe activities at the upcoming Singapore leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. Yesterday, event organisers revealed details of the 11 -day festival starting on Jan 8, which coincides with the Singapore stopover of the race,
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      S'pore paddlers eye perfect end to 2008
      360 63  -  LOW LIN FHOONG AFTER a long season on the road, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour closes with the prestigious U*****,000 ($470,000) Volkswagen ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in Macau this Sunday. The Singapore women's team already have an Olympic silver
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      557 63  -  LAN DECOTTA ASEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Striker not suffering groin injury as reported, but he faces race to get match-fit in time ian@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE'S bid to become Asean champions for an unprecedented fourth time, with a third straight title, will be given a big
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      638 64 AFP EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL Ramos kicks off Bernabeu reign with an emphatic Champions League win Champions League, Group H Real Madrid 3 Zenit St Petersburg o MADRID Juande Ramos may be wielding a new broom at Real Madrid, but it was one of the old
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      350 64 THE GUARDIAN Champions League, Group E Manchester United 2 Aaß Aalborg 2 MANCHESTER There was a point on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when the defending European Cup winners and self-styled biggest club in the world were in serious danger of being embarrassed by
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      416 65 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST Liverpool striker not seeking return to White Hart Lane LONDON Robbie Keane appeared incredulous that the subject was up for debate. "Why am I so committed to Liverpool?" repeated the striker, his eyebrows lifting in tandem with his voice as though,
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      264 65 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney could miss the next round of the Champions League after Uefa said it would investigate a claim that the striker stamped on Aalborg's Kasper Risgard during Wednesday night's match at Old Trafford. "We are aware of the
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      429 65 AFP LONDON British world champion Lewis Hamilton does not think that Formula One will go ahead with a controversial plan to introduce a standard engine for all teams as a central plank of cost-cutting plans. The sport's governing body, the FIA, is clamping
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      74 65 SPORTS BET INU WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Club World Champ AlAhly Pachuca Sat, 13/12/08 12.45pm League (übilolwata Vegalta Sendai Sat, 13/12/08 3.00pm E Premier, E League Champ, German, Italian and Spanish League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. NEW LOOK SIGLAP BRANCH Re-located
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      231 66 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH THE secret world of dreams has been unlocked with the invention of technology capable of illustrating images taken directly from human brains during sleep. A team of Japanese scientists has created a device that allows the processing and imaging of thoughts and dreams
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      522 68 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LOOKING AHEAD Even the brightest can get it wrong sometimes... MICROSOFT boss Bill Gates and millionaire British businessman Sir Alan Sugar have made two of the worst technology predictions of all time. They are both included in a list that highlights how even
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      343 68 LOCALLY-DEVELOPED technologies are basking in the global spotlight this week at Siggraph Asia, the region's biggest computer graphics conference. Government agency A*STAR is showcasing 13 new technologies developed by its research institutes. This includes software that creates a 3D face model from a
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      560 71 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Speculators push British currency to record low against continental bar LONDON The pound slid to a record against the euro for a fourth day after a British index of manufacturers' output expectations matched the lowest level in almost 30 years, strengthening the
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      Lock icon British manufacturing figures 'depressing'
      269 71 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Factory orders in Britain fell sharply this month, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said yesterday, with analysts predicting that worse is yet to come as the credit crunch further takes its toll on the already fragile sector. The CBl's monthly industrial trends
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      Lock icon Wall St 'pioneer' arrested over $74b fraud
      387 72 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Mr Bernard Madoff, president of market-maker Bernard Madoff Investment Securities and a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was charged by United States prosecutors in a $50-bil-lion ($74.2-billion) securities fraud at his investment advisory business. Mr Madoff, 70, was
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      Lock icon After the merger, axe falls on BoA
      409 72 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Bank of America, which bought over Merrill Lynch, to shed one-tenth of staff BANK of America, the third-largest United States bank, said it plans to cut 30,000 to 35,000 positions over the next three years because of its acquisition of
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      Lock icon US household net worth sees record fall
      323 72 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK United States household wealth fell in the third quarter by the most on record as property values and stock prices tumbled, highlighting the tattered state of consumer finances even before the most recent slump in lending. Net worth for households
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      Lock icon Consumers in UK expect fall in inflation
      452 73 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON People's expectations for inflation had their steepest drop last month since 1999, a dramatic change in attitude that is likely to help pave the way for further interest rate cuts next year Consumers expect prices to rise just
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      342 74 AGENCIES PRICE-FIXING CARTELS Legal action launched by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission QANTAS Airways and British Airways (BA) were fined by an Australian court yesterday for their involvement in a price-fixing cartel in the global air freight industry, a national competition watchdog said. The Federal
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        128 74 DOW JONES Cambridge Industrial Trust yesterday said Mr Christopher Calvert will be its new chief executive officer with immediate effect. Cambridge Industrial Trust Management, the trust manager, said the previous CEO, Mr Ang Poh Seong, resigned earlier yesterday to pursue personal interests. Mr Ang
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        AMG INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS SAY MANAGEMENT NOT HELPFUL
        150 74 The independent directors of Advance Module Group yesterday said that the company's management have not been forthcoming with assistance and information to help them assess the state of business and affairs at the group's subsidiaries "Based on the available information, the Independent Directors
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        FREIGHT LINKS PROPERTY BUYER PULLS OUT
        91 74 Freight Links Express Holdings yesterday said that AMP Capital Business Space REIT has cancelled an agreement to buy a property at Tuas Avenue 8 from the Singapore freight forwarding company. AMP Capital Business Space REIT is a Singapore unit of Australian asset manager AMP
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      235 75 BLOOMBERG CRUDE oil jumped 10 per cent, the biggest jump in five weeks, after the Saudi Arabian Oil Minister said he had delivered the output cuts promised to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a sign that world supplies are smaller than traders
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      337 75  -  WONGSIEWYING CHANNEL NEWSASIA EN BLOC VOTE Process marked by acrimony and vandalism may finally have a happy ending for owners siewying@mediacorp.com. sg THE owners of homes at Laguna Park condominium at Marine Parade are inching closer to a collective sale, after securing approval
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      Lock icon Fresh US jobless claims hit 26-year high
      242 75 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits surged more than forecast last week to a 26-year high, a sign companies are stepping up firings as the recession deepens. Initial jobless claims increased 58,000 to 573,000 in the week
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          99 76 Wall St slides US stocks declined the most in a week after lawmakers said a US$l4-billion ($20.8-billion) plan to rescue the nation's auto industry lacks the votes to pass the Senate and initial jobless claims jumped to a 26-year high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 196.33 points
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          64 76 New jitters European stocks dropped for the first time in four days on concern that the economic slowdown is deepening from China to Germany. The national benchmark indexes fell in 14 of the 18 western European markets. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.5 per cent to 4,388.69, France's CAC
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          GOLD
          103 76 Highest in 8 weeks Gold prices rose to the highest in almost eight weeks as a sliding US dollar boosted the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative asset. Gold has jumped 9.9 per cent this week as the US dollar dropped 4 per cent against a weighted
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        586 76 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Senate baulks on deal passed by Congress, but a revised proposal could get green light soon WASHINGTON Democrats and Republican opponents of a proposed US$l4-billion ($20.8-billion) auto-maker bailout plan are discussing a possible compromise to beat a deadline and keep General Motors and Chrysler
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        Lock icon Bonuses on Wall St to fall 'by 50 per cent'
        316 76 BLOOMBERG NEWYorkCity will lose 170,000 jobs between July this year and December 2010, and Wall Street bonuses will decline at least 50 per cent this year to the lowest levels since 2002, the state and city comptrollers said yesterday. The
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      1120 84 IYNFTTF KOH SPEAKS TO A QUARTET WHO CELEBRATE LOVE -WHETHER IT'S WITH OTHERS OR FOR THEMSELVES ANTHONY TAN: DIV LOVE STORY Newlyweds-to-be looking for an alternative to the ever-popular slideshow presentation can now create a short animated cartoon chronicling their love story, even if they
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      THERE IS NO LOVE SINCERER THAN THE LOVE OF FOOD
      1055 86 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW DON MENDOZA PICKS EATING SPOTS TO MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS A MEMORABLE ONE FOR YOU AND THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE COMMUNAL festive feasting aside,theyear-end holiday season is a greatoccasion for romantic dinners. It's not just the mulled wine and
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      401 90 POT THE WARMTH AND ROMANCE OF THE SEASON TO GOOD USE WITH THIS RECIPE BY RESIDENT FOODIE DON MENDOZA WITH so much to do, eat and drink, you'd think that entertaining a love interest this holiday season is surely going to be a breeze. Well,
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      547 92 SHERMAINE WONG HAS A FEW POINTERS ON HOW TO REJOICE IN THIS SEASON OF ROMANCE A WHEEL DEAL The best way to admire the Christmas light-up this season with that special someone is to see it from a vantage point— 165 m up
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      FOR THE LOVE OF BEAUTY
      515 94 PEARLYN THAM SELECTS BEAUTY PRODUCTS THAT YOU'LL FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS CHRISTMAS 1 /BOTTLE BEAUTY This limited edition Sisley Eau Dv Soir collectible ($320) will surely impress even the mostjaded recipient. Besidesthe bewitching notes of grapefruit, jasmine, rose and lily of the valley, this
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      LOVE IS A TRIP THAT HAS NO END
      279 96 AARON CHONG RECOMMENDS FOUR VACATIONS THAT COMBINE ADVENTURE (AND SOME CHOCOLATE) WITH ROMANCE CHOCOLATE HEAVEN If your partner loves chocolates, check into The Hotel Hershey in Pennsylvania for a romantic spa experience. You can choose from delectable treatments such as Chocolate Hydrotherapy
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      A DATE AT THE MALLS
      885 98 AARON CHONG RECOMMENDS A FEW EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH EVENTS VIVOCITY Christmas Late Night Shopping Need more time to do your Christmas shopping? Shoppers can indulge in a spot of late night shopping at VivoCity. The
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      WRAPPED IN ROMANCE
      408 100 YVONNE CHAU PICKS OUT ROMANTIC GIFT IDEAS THAT WILL HAVE YOUR RECIPIENT SWOONING 1/ARM CANDY Tell her that you cherish the times you've spenttogetherwith this pearl Glamice bracelet watch ($99) from Swatch. 2/NEW FLAME Transform your home into a romantic abode with this beautifully sculpted candle ($49.90)
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