Today, 28 January 2009

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    12 1 TODAY afternoon edition Wednesday January 28, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    BIZ LATEST
    35 1 Jail for ex-AIG man A former vice-president at American International Group has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding shareholders. Mr Christian Milton (picture) escaped a possible life term. Page Bl
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    NEWS LATEST
    35 1 Man kills wife, kids A man apparently upset over the loss of his job shot dead his wife and five young children before killing himself, police said in Los Angeles yesterday. Page 2
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    SPORTS LATEST
    62 1 United tighten grip Cristiano Ronaldo (picture) ended his 10-week Premier League goal drought by scoring twice as Manchester United moved three points clear at the top with an emphatic 5-0 win at West Brom yesterday. Page 27 England submit bid England officially entered the race to host the
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    Not just about exams
    894 1  -  ZULOTHMAN PRIMARY EDUCATION Committee advises focusing on skills needed to excel not just in school, but life as well zul@mediacorp.com. sg IMAGINE a class room for lower primary students in which outdoor education, music and visual arts are given as much importance as traditional subjects like
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    Lock icon OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
    176 1 TODAY FILE PHOTOS All Government schools should go single session by 2016, MOE should work closely with Government-aided schools to do the same. Single-session schools should not be pressured to become full-day schools to serve other social needs. Facilities should be designed so that learning spaces are better
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    Lock icon Tourism to decline up to 2% this year, says UN
    135 1 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK International tourism will decrease by as much as 2 per cent this year as the global financial crisis curbs discretionary travel, with the steepest declines coming in the Americas and Europe, according to the United Nations. Tourism
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    Lock icon Obama tells Muslims: We are not your enemy
    519 1 AGENCIES LONDON Mr Barack Obama has told the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy" and renewed his pledge to travel to make an address in the capital of a major Muslim nation, in his first formal television interview as President
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      Lock icon Man who lost job may have killed wife, five children
      366 2 VFP LOS ANGELES A man apparently upset over the loss of his job shot dead his wife and five young children before killing himself, police said yesterday. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said the family of seven was found
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      AFTER-SCHOOL HELP
      214 2 There should be facilities within schools for Voluntary Welfare Organisations and self-help groups to provide care for students, especially those from disadvantaged families. That the MOE should make provision forthis is one of the recommendations included in the preliminary report released by the Primary Education Review and Implementation
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      NOT THE TIME FOR EARLY ELECTIONS
      697 3  -  P N BALJI NEWS COMMENT NOW that an unprecedented Budget has been presented and analysed, there remains one question to be asked and answered: Is this the right time for the Government to call for a snap election? Conventional wisdom has it that in
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      The 'Full Monty' at Holland Village: Couple arrested
      348 4  -  ALICIA WONG alida@mediacorp.com.sg SEVERAL hundred people having dinner and drinks in Holland Village on Saturday night were caught by surprise when a totally nude couple suddenly appeared in their midst. It was about 11pm, when the pair a Caucasian man and a
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      Lock icon SO, HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE?
      489 4  -  ZULOTHMAN CHANNEL NEWSASIA CHINESE NEWYEAR TAKING IN THE VIEW FROM THE SINGAPORE FLYER... It's spinning again, but will things improve for tenants? zul@mediacorp.com.sg THE world's largest observation wheel is turning again, and with it, a turn for the better. At least that is what some
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      S'pore schools climb elite MBA league
      380 6 SINGAPORE universities have jumped several notches up a prestigious ranking of the world's best business schools. Under an annual list of the top 100 fulltime Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes worldwide, Nanyang Business School came in at No 24 the highest achieved by
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      It depends on the next 6 to 9 months
      492 6 OFF-BUDGET MEASURES How US and European economies fare will determine S #pore #s next moves, says PM Lee WHETHER the Government will whip out fresh measures on top of its record package aimed at savingjobs here, will depend on how the
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      Lock icon One uniform for classroom and PE at Hong Wen
      336 8  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg PHYSICAL education classes just got easier for Primary 3 pupil Tan Hui Vi thanks to a new school uniform. "I don't like to change in and out of my school uniform when there are PE lessons. It's
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      Lock icon A quiet revolution oil the pitch
      815 8  -  ALICIA WONG SOCCER MUIVIS They may not be as wellknown as their counterparts in the US, but soccer mums are growing in numbers here alida@mediacorp.com.sg SHE is well-known in the United States, driving her children to soccer practices, cheering them on and raising funds
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      623 9 N0V04.2008.^.11 HOT NEWS SINGAPORE WORIS VOICES BUSINESS SPORTS Wf— m 1 I T ARCHIVE SEARCH \< HOME > WORLD Tuesday, November 04,2008 we set you thinking I What next for the H°"V™><>d actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and PETERBOROUGH (New Hampshire) Just day, T^ drivers Stage rare VVJU«iI 11CAL IWI Uie now
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  • WORLD
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      Singer charged
      367 10 SANTIKACLUB FIRE BANGKOK Thai police have charged the singer of rock band Burn for setting off fireworks that set a Bangkok club ablaze, killing 66 revellers, as the investigation into the New Year tragedy wrapped up yesterday. Saravuth Ariya, 28, is the sixth person charged with negligence in
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon MORE MYANMAR BOAT PEOPLE DETAINED
        92 10 AFP THAILAND Thai authorities have detained 78 more boat people from Myanmar, police said yesterday, as Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva proposed to hold a regional forum on the issue after reports that the army mistreated migrants. Thailand's military has been accused of towing hundreds of the
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        Lock icon MUSLIMS BANNED FROM PRACTISING YOGA
        92 10 AP INDONESIA Muslims in Indonesia are banned from practising yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, the country's top Islamic body said on Monday. The decision in the world's most populous Muslim state follows similar edicts in Malaysia and Egypt as the ancient Indian exercise
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        Lock icon NO EVIDENCEOF BIRD FLU EPIDEMIC: WHO
        81 10 AFP CHINA The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday there was no evidence ot a bird Flu epidemic in China after a fifth person died of the disease this month. An 18-year-old man succumbed to the deadly HSNI strain on Monday. Peter Cordingley, WHO
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      Lock icon Japan approves cash-handout plan
      235 10 AFP TOKYO Japan's Parliament yesterday gave the go-ahead to an emergency stimulus package, including a controversial plan to hand US$22 billion ($33 billion) back to the public to fight the recession. The cash-handout plan had been held up for a day due to feuding between the
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      IT'S 0-3, BUT NAJIB IS HOPEFUL
      840 11 MALAYSIAN INSIDER EDITORIAL Biggest challenge facing incoming PM is to keep Malaysians in their jobs KUALA LUMPUR The score is 0-3 and the threat of more embarrassment being piled upon himself, the party and the ruling coalition he will soon lead grows by the
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      Lock icon 'Betty Ford' militants arrested in Saudi Arabia
      236 12 AGENCIES,THE NEWYORK TIMES BEIRUT (Lebanon) Nine former Saudi jihadists, including several former Guantanamo inmates, have been rearrested in the Kingdom despite completing a controversial rehabilitation programme. The arrests follow the embarrassing revelation last week that another Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee who was released
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      Lock icon INDONESIA WANTS ACCESS TO HAMBALI
      155 12 AFP Indonesia is prepared to try alleged Al Qaeda bomb plotter Hambali, who is also known as Riduan Isamuddin, if he is returned to his homeland after the planned closure of the United States prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Indonesian police said yesterday. Hambali, the
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      Lock icon Obama's green dreams
      291 12 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Jt Iftf E CHANGE WASHINGTON A week after taking office, the new president drew another sharp contrast with his predecessor. In the course of a 10-minute announcement at the White House, MrßarackObama became the first American president to put cleaner energy at the heart of his
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      Lock icon White House: You've got no mail
      140 12 AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama's aides, who ran the most techsavvy US election campaign in history, were forced into a red-faced admission on Monday the White House email system had crashed. "Our email system is not working so well," press spokesman Robert
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      Lock icon BARACK AND 'THE BEAST'
      426 13 THE DAILY MAIL US President Barack Obama has a new ride a limousine custombuilt to withstand rocket and chemical attacks. Dubbed 'Cadillac One', but affectionately known as the Obamamobile, and also called 'the Beast', the limousine made by General Motors will travel with the President wherever
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      2 PRISONS, SIMILAR ISSUES FOR OBAMA
      829 13  -  ERICSCHMITT NEWS COMMENT What is the US President going to do about the Bagram detention centre? WASHINGTON For months, a national debate has raged over the fate of the 245 detainees at the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But what may
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      CHINA'S MR CHANGE
      769 14  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com. sg Meet one chief who doesn't always toe the party line ON MONDAY, Guangdong Communist Party chief Wang Yang sent a letter to Hongguan village residents in the province's Yangxi County wishing them a happy Chinese New
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      Lock icon BBC slammed for rejecting TV aid appeal
      401 15 THENEWYORKTIMES WAR IN GAZA British broadcaster says it wants to remain neutral LONDON In more than 80 years as a publicly-financed broadcaster with an audience of millions at home and around the world, the BBC has rarely been buffeted as severely as it
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ISRAELI SOLDIER KILLED
        115 15 AP Palestinian militants detonated a bomb next to an Israeli army patrol along the border with Gaza yesterday, killing one soldier and wounding three others in the first serious clash since a ceasefire went into effect more than a week ago. Israeli soldiers briefly crossed the border
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        Lock icon OCTUPLETS BORN IN CALIFORNIA
        106 15 AP A woman gave birth to eight babies in Southern California on Monday, the world's second live-born set of octuplets. The mother, who was not identified, gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 0.68 kg and 1.474 kg, according to doctors at Kaiser
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      101 10 After a minor rally in the first half of the year, global i^ *1 stock markets continued to slide for the rest of 2008. A& f^ prices and address the global credit crunch. Are these measures enough and have we seen the worst of the global credit crunch? 9*^ If
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      Promoting football
      238 16  -  George Pasqual SCHOOL SPORTS ON PRIME-TIME It is a pity that premier schools like Rl and SJI do not offer football as a CCA Letter from I REFER to "School sports get prime-time spot on TV", (Jan 22). The Memorandum of Understanding between MediaCorp, the Singapore Sports Council
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    • Letter
      Why not help protect that roof over their heads?
      147 16  -  Leong Sze Hian Letter from I WOULD like to applaud the Government for what is arguably Singapore's best Budget ever, with very comprehensive measures across the board, to help Singaporeans and businesses in this recession. Perhaps, the greatest concern of Singaporeans
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      Being early means priority over walk-in customers only
      294 16  -  Chia Hui Keng Letter from Head, Public Internal Communications Immigration Checkpoints Authority WE REFER to the letter "Too early for your own good" by Mr Ben Yuen (Jan 6) The e-Appointment system is designed to process appointment-holders in slots of 15 minutes
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    • The hazards of cycling
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      169 17  -  DR BILL MAIER BY TEACHING INDEPENDENCE Sometimes, the best thing we can do for our children is to let them make their decisions on their own. When our children are very young, we parent by controlling what they do. We tell them what to eat, where
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      195 16 t LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR I Send your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg I Letters and extracts may appear I online, on air and in print. t-3 MILLION CsB# Ph kAt 12^1 Kuala Mk^F £k U d V-J vLjesT™ P) -> SEAT SALE! Padan ON^V 3'A Please visit j^^j^iJii^jijJj-jjiijj^iujj for more updates j^^ j
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      137 17 HAVE YOUR SAY. voices@mediacorp.com.sg WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28, 2009 17 TODAY Mmm mA Ump-D Ykw \feii spur 5/ Skills Programme _*J> fk m^Z^ j for Upgrading Resilience t© &n__i£i leu T&wimiwj -■»M^ >--^r-#^^ jr^^^\ m^^^w^fltair^^ _9l ■_fe^^^_J 'ts Show Business The Sentosa Tourism Lab //^sV_f fc__m Whether it be managing successful
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      34 17 Aoa^PJi Specialist Diploma QsgBS? in Counselling .._V< Psychology www.certifledcounseiiors.org Hotline :6339 5411 All courses are conducted by ACC School of Counselling and Psychology (MOE Reg. N0.2233), the training division of Academy of Certified Counsellors.
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      267 19 Get your exclusive free preview tickets now! M 1 customers can redeem a pair of preview tickets to the Ml Box Office Preview of THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN T J^fllß BUTTON with 400 Sun Perks points. Simply log on to www.ml.com.sg from January 28,10 am onwards to redeem. *While
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      Lock icon Nobody does it better
      1174 20  -  MICK BROWN THEDAILYTELEGRAPH HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY Meryl Streep returns to the big screen with Doubt and gives her director a hard time plus@mediacorp.com.sg MERYL Streep has cultivated a characteristically elegant way of dissembling whenever the subject of greatness occurs. Streep has won two Oscars, but she is
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      Lock icon SAG win boosts Slumdog's Oscar hopes
      448 21 AGENCIES SLUMDOG Millionaire's Oscar momentum continued to build as Danny Boyle's Mum-bai-set melodrama took the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Kate Winslet also added another gong to her increasingly crowded mantelpiece. Slumdogwon best ensemble cast prize at the annual ceremony, organised
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      Lock icon THE ULTIMATE ULTIMATUM
      141 22 MAYSEAH A prayer ceremony held before Chinese New Year marked the beginning of production for MediaCorp Channel B's next big blockbuster, The Ultimatum, which is set to air in May. The drama boasts an all-star cast of some of Caldecott's biggest names, including Felicia Chin, Tay Ping
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    • PLUS ROUNDUP
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        THE MYTHS ABOUT OPERA
        73 22 Can't tell an aria from teh halia? Well, fret no more. Here's something forthose of you who've always wanted to know everything about opera but were too afraid to ask. Joseph Lee, former opera singer and pioneer of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Education programme, will demystify
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        MALAYALAM CONTEST
        87 22 Calling all Malayalam language wordsmiths. The K.a.i.r.a.l.i. (Singapore) community is holding a writing competition. Singapore residents are invited to submit original cherukatha (short stories) and kavitha (poems), with no restrictions on the number of entries, subject, content or world limit. Submissions, however, must be previously unpublished or published
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        A COW AND BULL STORY
        52 22 Welcome the Year of the Ox with this quirky exhibition about all things, er, bovine. Admire exquisite ox stamps, including zodiac stamps from all over the world, as well as other interactive displays. Until August 2009, Singapore Philatelic Museum, 23-B Coleman Street. Visit www. spm.org.sg
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        THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
        58 22 The Parables Company is staging Chronicles ofNarnia author CS Lewis' classic satire about the correspondence between a senior demon with trainee demon Wormwood, who's trying to tempt his human "patient" at the cusp of the second World War. Feb 27 and 28, 3pm and Bpm, at Jubilee
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      Lock icon The amazing $ 1.12b suit
      367 22 The amazing 1.12b suit AP MARVEL INTROUBLE Marvel, Stan Lee sued for due profits SHAREHOLDERS of an ill-fated Stan Lee venture are seeking more than US$75O million ($1.12 billion) in profits from films and other works based on Marvel comic characters such as Spider-Man, X-Men and Iron Man. The lawsuit
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      No doubt – this film will make you think
      531 23  - No doubt this film will make you think PHINWONG MOVIE REVIEW DOUBT Terrific performances show off a fantastic script plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg DOUBT 'is one of those films where actors sit around and talk. They also occasionally yell. And whisper. Sometimes they keep quiet, listening to other people talk. Then
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      Lock icon Bridezilla alert
      255 23 GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW BRIDE WARS WEDDING dramedies always work right? Especially if you pair beautiful, highly bankable, proven talent like Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway on screen for the bridezilla chick flick of the year. Unfortunately, this is a party you will not want to RSVP to.
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      521 23 Jan Special:Yu Sheng/Shark's Fin +$12.80 THE WEDDING CHANGELING ikimioi THE WEDDING THE WEDDING THE WEDDING THE WEDDING GAME (M) (cues)* I:lspm, 6:30,9:15 GAME [M)jcmes)« GAMEimhosesi* GAMEumicues)* GAME (miicssesi* 10:30 am, 12:40pm, CHANDN CHOWK 11:30 am, 1:30,3:30, 11:15 am, 1:15,3:15, 11:20 am, I:2opm, 2:4opm, 4:50, 2:50,5:00,7:10 9:30 TO CHINA [Zhesi 5:30,7:30,9:35
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      939 24 TV LISTINGS ON MEDJACORP CHANNEL S ON MEDJACORP AMERICAN IDOL I WANT A HOLIDAY Channel 5 10pm 6.00 Entertainment Tonight 3.00 Trading Spouses 111 9.30 News sTonight Debut 6.30 Prime Time Morning 4.00 Heroes 10.00 American Idol 8 Jl__ M _L^ _-_^_M 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Collision (Available In
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Federer frolics, while Djokovic succumbs to the heat
      381 25 Tennis Australian Open MELBOURNE In a stunning display, Roger Federer moved a step closer to a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title yesterday as Novak Djokovic's defence of his Australian Open crown ended in misery. The Swiss star was in awesome form as
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      Lock icon Football wanderer
      129 25 AFP FORMER S-League player Lutz Pfannenstiel, who was jailed here for match-fixing in 2001, signed for his 24th club last week. The former Geylang United goalkeeper, who has also played in Malaysia, Canada, Australia and Albania, recently headed for Norway and signed a contract as player-coach of Oslo-based
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      Lock icon Tao Li targets new Asian record
      633 25  -  TANYO-HINN TODAY EXCLUSIVE Swimmer's big task to go under her own butterfly mark at world champs yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TAO Li announced her arrival as a world-class swimmer in 2008, making a spectacular splash at the Olympic Games in Beijing. The 18-year-old set a new Asian
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      Lock icon Lions hungry for the winning habit
      706 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ASIAN FOOTBALL After back-to-back losses, Avramovic knows his team can't afford to slip at home 2011 Asian Cup qualifier, Group E Singapore v Jordan National Stadium, 7.30pm linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg LAST month, they lost their hold on the Asean championship, bowing out to
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    • Article
      Tough test for hockey juniors in World Cup
      224 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG CO-HOSTS Singapore will take on the might of India and Holland, after being drawn in Pool D for the 2009 men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament. The other teams in the pool are New Zealand and Poland. The under-21
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      Lock icon United tighten grip at top
      511 27 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Ronaldo ends Premier League goal drought ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Brom o Manchester United 5 BIRMINGHAM Cristiano Ronaldo ended his 10-week Premier League goal drought by scoring twice as Manchester United moved three points clear at the top with an emphatic 5-0 win
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      Lock icon Jones sends Sunderland up
      525 27 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Sunderland i Fulham o SUNDERLAND Kenwyne Jones (picture) celebrated signing a new four-and-a-half year contract by firing Sunderland to a precious 1-0 victory over Fulham at the Stadium of Light yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The Trinidad and Tobago striker struck 10 minutes
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      147 27 AP LONDON England officially entered the race to host the 2018 World Cup yesterday by submitting their bid to Fifa. All nations have until Feb 2 to inform Fifa of their interest in bidding for the 2018 and 2022 editions of
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      75 26 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Tennis Australian Open quarter-finals, Ch24 4.30pm Tennis Australian Open quarter-finals, Ch24 7.30pm Football Asian Cup qualifiers: Spore vs Jordan, Ch27 TOMORROW 3.40 am Football Everton vs Arsenal Ch 27 3:45 am Football Chelsea vs Middlesbrough Ch 22 3:45 am Football Wigan Athletic vs Liverpool Ch
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      99 27 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Asian Cup Singapore Jordan Wed, 28/01/09 7.30pm Asian Cup Thailand Iran Wed, 28/01/09 7.30pm Asian Cup UAE Uzbekistan Wed, 28/01/09 11.00pm Asian Cup Kuwait Oman Wed, 28/01/09 11.00pm Asian Cup Bahrain Japan Wed, 28/01/09 11.15pm German Cup Dortmund W Bremen Thu, 29/01/09 2.00
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      959 28  -  COELICARR THENEWYORKTIMES DEALING WITH THE SLOWDOWN unorthodox strategies to encourage clients to pay up EDWARD Ip gave a party for about two dozen suppliers at his offices in Lower Manhattan last year. The event was catered with a twist. The caterer was a client
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      224 29 AGENCIES THE British government yesterday unveiled a support package potentially worth up to £2.3 billion ($4.87 billion) for the domestic auto industry, the BBC reported. The measures include allowing carmakers to tap £1.3 billion of European Investment Bank funding and another £1
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      393 29 BLOOMBERG JAPAN ECONOMY Firm hit hard by fourth straight quarterly deficit on trading losses AFTER posting a fourth straight quarterly deficit on trading losses and costs to acquire parts of nowbankrupt Lehman Brothers, Japan's Nomura Holdings said it may sell businesses to raise
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      266 29 BLOOMBERG THE wrecked economy last year took a 20-per-cent bite from the US$35.l billion ($52.6 billion) endowment of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Still, the Microsoft founder said he would increase his group's charitable spending this year. The Seattle-based foundation will boost total
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      Lock icon Pfizer hopes $102b merger will provide shot in the arm
      385 29 AP PFIZER Inc. the world's largest drugmaker, is buying rival Wyeth for US$6B billion ($lO2 billion), in a deal that will quickly boost Pfizer's revenue and diversification and if it works as intended help the company become more nimble. The
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        87 30 Some good news US stocks gained for a third day after some companies posted better-than-estimated earnings, overshadowing declines in consumer confidence and home prices. The Standard Poor's 500 Index rose 10.15 points to 846.72, the Dowjones industrial average added 69.38 points to 8,185.41 and the Nasdaq composite was
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        69 30 Lower by US$4.l5 Oil prices slumped as data put consumer confidence at a record low in the US, the world's biggest energy consuming nation. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, plunged US$4.l5 to U5541.58 a barrel. The market was also bracing for
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        68 30 Jitters persist European stock markets slipped yesterday, easing from the previous day's surge as jitters persisted over a global financial crisis which has sparked tens of thousands of job cuts this week. The national benchmark indexes dropped in 10 of the 18 western European markets. Britain'sFTSElOOretreated 14.6 points
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      210 30 AGENCIES I Housing prices are falling, but this one sounds too good to be true: A seaside mansion on Jupiter Island in I Florida, bought for U5513.75 million B ($20.6 million) five years ago, has J been sold for US$lOO. t t The seller was none
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      Asia rally greets S'pore
      482 30 STOCK MARKETS Japan may buy shares in ailing non-financial firms SINGAPORE investors were left out of a rally in some Asian stock markets yesterday, as spirits were lifted by news of the Japanese government spreading its help net to more companies. The benchmark MSCI Asia Pacific
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      Lock icon Former top AIG official gets 4 years for fraud
      440 30 AGENCIES HARTFORD A former vicepresident at American International Group (AIG) has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding shareholders, in the process escaping a possible life term. Mr Christian Milton (picture), 61, was convicted last year with four former
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