Today, 2 February 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Monday February 2, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COMMENT
    37 1 That word If the United States reneges on free trade, the world's trading system could be done for what would be the chances then of China, Russia or anyone else playing by the rules? Page 2
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    SINGAPORE
    44 1 Contact sport A round of golf for four men at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) yesterday morning ended with one of them in hospital after they were allegedly attacked by eight men who had trespassed onto the club's golf course. Page 6
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    WORLD
    43 1 Aid for Asia Japan has pledged ¥1.5 trillion ($25.2 billion) in development aid to other Asian countries on Saturday as leaders wrapped up the Davos forum. The initiative is aimed at funding infrastructure projects to boost economic growth in Asia. Page 3
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    PLUS
    38 1 Oldies but goodies Old TV shows don't die, they're rerun on cable. If you're pining away for your favourite TV shows, look no further than our guide to what's old, but still great, on cable. Page 18
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    SPORTS
    34 1 Nadal rules Rafael Nadal reduced Roger Federer to tears yesterday as the Spanish superman won the Australian Open final to deprive Federer of matching Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles. Page 23
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    BUSINESS
    39 1 Slow bonus The Bank of America will defer its payment of 2008 bonuses of US$5O,OOO or more over three years, after outrage over excessive Wall Street bonuses that President Barack Obama has called "shameful" and "irresponsible". Page Bl
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    Lock icon NEWS OF THE WORLD
    49 1 CAUGHT RED-HANDED NEWS OFTHE WORLD, FEB l Swimming phenom Phelps makes a splash after he appears on the cover of a British newspaper which shows him allegedly inhaling from a glass pipe known as a bong which is generally used to smoke cannabis. Page 23.
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    Lock icon Don't break the piggy bank
    716 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN NATIONAL RESERVES Reserves shouldn't be used for social assistance, Workfare orComcare, says SM Goh chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg SO, THE Republic is finally "breaking the piggy bank", said a former ambassador to Singapore recently about the Government's draw of $4.9 billion from its carefully-guarded reserves a
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    Lock icon Support the Tigers? Out you go
    119 1 AGENCIES COLOMBO Sri Lanka's top defence official has threatened to expel aid agencies, diplomats and foreign journalists seen as being supportive of Tamil Tiger rebels. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa singled out the ambassadors of Switzerland and Germany, and television networks CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeera,
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    Lock icon United, we stand out
    429 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg HERE'S how Singapore should stand out from other countries in this global economic crisis: By responding more cohesively than others, helping its people more effectively, and preparing for the future more resolutely. This was the call made by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last
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      RECESSIONS WE HAVE WEATHERED
      184 2 1964: Severe recession and high unemployment soon after Singapore joined Malaysia. After independence in 1965, the Government decided the region could not be Singapore's hinterland, and implemented an export-led industrialisation strategy to make the world our market. 1985: Singapore's high-wage policy instituted in 1979 not only
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      Lock icon PROTECTIONISM COULD DESTROY US ALL
      741 2  -  GEORGE WALDEN THEDAILYTELEGRAPH NEWS COMMENT IF THE United States reneges on free trade and goes ahead with the "Buy American" clause in its stimulus package despite the lessons of the Great Depression, when protectionism instigated by America helped destroy the world trading system we could
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      Lock icon JAPAN PLEDGES $25 BILLION AID TO ASIA
      165 3 AGENCIES Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged ¥1.5 trillion ($25.2 billion) in development aid to other Asian countries on Saturday as leaders wrapped up the Davos forum. The initiative is aimed at funding infrastructure projects to boost economic growth in Asia. "It will
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      Lock icon Still no solution to world crisis
      484 3 LOST IN DAVOS Leaders at the World Economic Forum are stumped for remedies DAVOS Mired in indecision and uncertainty, the world's foremost gathering of the best and brightest in government and business failed to come up with any new plan to stem, much less
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      Lock icon Jaywalking an old problem
      624 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT CHANGE IN FATAL AND INJURY CASUALTY RATES ROAD ACCIDENTS One in two pedestrian fatalities was a senior citizen weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg OLDER pedestrians continue to be caught in a bind here: About one in two pedestrians killed on the roads last year was aged 60 and above.
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      Lock icon Motorcyclists to learn art of defensive riding
      205 4 LEONGWEE KEAT THE training curriculum for learner motorcyclists will be revised this year, the first time in almost seven years. The revised curriculum will include three theoretical lessons on defensive riding, where instructors will impart practical tips with the aid of scenariobased videos.
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      Lock icon FISH FOR THE NEW YEAR
      65 6 DONWONG Mr Clarence Chan (right) and his seven-year-old son David release a golden Gourami fish into the Bedok Reservoir at the Fish For Luck 2009 Chinese New Year celebration held yesterday morning by Aljunied GRC. Following a yearly tradition, 1388 golden Gouramis were released into
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      Lock icon Members' spat with golf course trespassers
      171 6 LEONGWEEKEAT A ROUND of golf for a group of four men at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) yesterday morning ended with one of them in hospital. Today understands they were allegedly attacked by a group of eight men in their late 20s who
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      Lock icon Opera Gallery fights eviction order
      459 6  -  PEARL FORSS CHANNEL NEWSASIA TENANT DISPUTE Landlord takes back space on account of lease expiry pearlmaria@mediacorp.com.sg A RENTAL dispute turned ugly at Ngee Ann City early yesterday morning, when security was called in to the Opera Gallery to seal off the premises, which houses over
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon RARE TURTLES, TORTOISES MISSING FROM MUSEUM
        150 6 938 LIVE Ten rare turtles and tortoises worth about $75,000 have been stolen from a private museum in the Chinese Garden -the second such theft in six years at the Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum. Owner Danny Tan, 70, said the animals were in
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        SEARCH FOR SINGAPORE'S TOP TEACHERS
        127 6 Know a dedicated teacher who deserves recognition? The call is out for nominations for the country's highest accolade for the profession, the President's Award for Teachers 2009. Since 1998,37 teachers have been honoured. Nominees must be dedicated to the welfare and development of their students,
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      384 7 Dell" recommends Windows Vista® Business M \w/ a U Ii I Centrinogj WE SUPPORT YOU- m 1 AND YOUR HARDWAR I At Dell", we understand the pressures you face when it comes to managing technology and your organisation. After all, we started out as a small business too. Which is
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Indian Tamils demand end to war
      405 8 AGENCIES SRI LANKA CONFLICT Safety of some 250,000 Tamil civilians trapped in the war zone is at stake CHENNAI India's large Tamil population is demanding that New Delhi ensure the safety of 250,000 of their brethren boxed into the battle zone in Sri Lanka's
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      Lock icon Disappointing turnout in Iraq polls
      275 8 AGENCIES BAGHDAD Just over half of Iraq's voters turned out for the country's provincial elections, officials said yesterday, after what was being hailed as a milestone for the future of the war-torn nation. The 51 per cent turnout figure was lower than expected, a result
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon CHINESE FARMER SICK WITH BIRD FLU
        130 10 AP A 21-year-old woman in China has been infected by the HSNI strain of bird flu in the country's eighth reported case of the disease this year, the Health Ministry said, as Hong Kong reported three birds had died of bird flu. The woman,
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        Lock icon MISSING PAKATAN LAWMAKER DENIES RESIGNING
        124 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Perak was thrown into a state of confusion yesterday after one of two missing opposition state legislators denied resigning, hours after the state legislative speaker declared their seats vacant. Mr Jamaluddin Mat Radzi said his "resignation letter" was an undated document he
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        Lock icon 500,000 MALAYSIANS ON TRAVEL BLACKLIST
        103 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER About 500,000 Malaysians holding valid international passports have been banned from travelling overseas by the Immigration Department. Department Director-General Mahmood Adam said these people either have not paid their income tax or are involved in criminal cases, bankruptcies, commercial conflicts, divorces or
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      Lock icon Cabinet clash over use of Allah'
      288 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER RELIGIOUS DISPUTE The word is the preserve of Muslims: Home Ministry KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian Cabinet members are clashing over the use of the word "Allah" by the Catholic Herald, a weekly publication with a circulation of 14,000. Their disagreement is
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      More protest against policy to teach in English
      166 10 KUALA LUMPUR There is growing protest against the use of English to teach Science and Mathematics in Malaysian schools, with supporters from political parties, non-govern-mental organisations and school associations joining in the fray. The Movement for the Abolition of Teaching and Learning
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon $44K SPENT ON CARDBOARD POLICEMEN
        104 12 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Police forces in the United Kingdom have spent more than £20,000 ($44,116) on cardboard cut-outs of uniformed officers (picture), which are designed to confuse criminals. Billed as the latest police tactic to combat crime, the idea has taken off nationwide. They have been
        THE DAILYTELEGRAPH  -  104 words
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        Lock icon EXTINCT ANIMAL CLONEDTO LIFE
        90 12 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000, when the last animal died in northern Spain. Shortly before its death, scientists preserved its DNA and were able to clone a female Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo. It is
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        Lock icon CALIFORNIA ALL DRIED OUT
        91 12 DPA California is facing its "worst drought ever" after an extremely dry January left the Sierra Nevada snowpack well below normal levels for the third straight year. "We may be at the start of the worst California drought in modern history," the Department of Water Resources
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      Lock icon Google's gaffe
      241 12 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BLACKLIST ERROR LOS ANGELES Google placed the Internet on a blacklist on Saturday, after a mistake caused every website in the search engine's result pages to be marked as potentially dangerous. The problem affected Internet pages across the whole planet, and lasted for around 40 minutes
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      Lock icon Obama's brother arrested
      195 12 AP,THE GUARDIAN NAIROBI The half-brother of President Barack Obama was arrested for alleged possession of marijuana on Saturday near his home in a Nairobi slum. Mr George Obama (picture), 26, had one joint of marijuana on him, said Mr Joshua Omokulongolo, the police chief in the area.
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      Give sterilisation a chance
      414 14  -  Joanna Hughes STRAY CATS/DOGS It's better for cats' health, reduces aggressiveness and eradicates need to cull Letter from I REFER to "No easy solution for strays" Qan3o). I was at first enheartened that the AVA had finally come to recognise the importance of sterilisation. But the
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      POINTS OF VIEW
      194 15  -  Ms Winnie Tan DChan I am a cat caregiver in Ang Mo Kio North. I have spent thousands of dollars spaying street cats and sending them to vets for medical treatment. Some are badly abused and injured by vehicles. If there are complaints, I will remove the
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      Cat management courses for Town Council officers
      331 15  -  DrTanChekWee Letter from I REFER to "No easy solution for strays" (Jan 30). The AVA's stand is "It is a fact that stray cats, including sterilised ones, create numerous disamenities to the public, ranging from nuisance to hygiene concerns, even physical threat". The
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      208 15  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY PARE PARENTAL BURNOUT I talk to a number of mothers, especially those with younger kids, who feel like they're suffering from burnout If they have to do one more load of laundry, or tie one more shoelace, they'll just explode! This problem of
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      53 16 A child who shies away from I speaking up in class needs you to encourage him so that he I overcomes his fears bit by bit and 1 feels like he can truly participate. 1 «ii^^ v\^ r■ i I You'd be amazed at the difference you can make apply
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      38 17 i? A child who is eager to answer questions needs you to motivate her such that her infectious enthusiasm rubs off on her fellow classmates for fa-sEsss^^-.^ a lively learning environment. H H'/oH HOI Ministry of Education SINGAPORE
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      Rip-roaring rewinds
      915 18  -  MAY SEAH OLD TV Like wine and cheese, these oldies on cable TV get better with age may@mediacorp.com.sg HAVE you caught yourself wistfully spouting lines like: "They don't make things like they used to", and asking yourself why there are no more interesting shows on television, unlike your
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      Sanctuary for all
      543 20  -  MAYSEAH SCI-FITV Actress Amanda Tapping and producer Martin Wood talk about their green-screened haven may@mediacorp.com.sg YOU know all those monsters hiding in your closet and under your bed when you were a kid? Guess what, they're not figments of your imagination after all they're real. At least,
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        EYETOUCH
        72 21 After Berlin, Bangkok and London, Singapore artist Manjeet Shergill returns to the Asian art scene with her first solo show, which she describes as "light and colour, shape and shade". Eyetouch is "decoration and disguise, faith and fantasy. It is darkness too, and tears everything except blindness". It runs
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        ELECTROLAB: JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
        50 21 Four Singaporean bands celebrate the music of UKsynthpop band Depeche Mode like you've never heard it before. Featuring reggae band Bushmen, hip-hop artiste Freaky Z, veteran hardcore band 4sides and The Karl Maka. Feb ig, Bpm at the Esplanade Recital Studio. Tickets: $28 from Sistic.
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        PINOY ROCK
        107 21 Those hankering after Pinoy music should head on down to Fort Canning Park on Mar 1, where the first International Pinoy Music Festival will be held. As part of the one-year anniversary celebration of Pinoy Sunday (a weekly music event), this Woodstock-like event will see a total of
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      Lock icon BBC to put public paintings online
      219 21 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH THE BBC will put all 200,000 pub-licly-owned paintings online so they can be enjoyed by everyone, under plans announced by direc-tor-general Mark Thompson. A partnership with the Public Catalogue Foundation charity will see the paintings 80 per cent of which are not currently
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      166 18 Healthy Male Female Participants Needed! Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study involving a marketed antibiotic used to treat infections. Purpose: To establish the relationship between the concentrations of the antibiotic and heart activity. Trie safety and tolerabilityof the antibiotic is also being assessed at
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      154 22 ON MEDIACORP MEGA MONDAY MOVIE The Medallion Channel 5, 7.30pm Hong Kong cop Eddie turns into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers after an accident involving a powerful medallion. With the help of Interpol agent Nicole, they face down the evil Snakehead who wants to use its magical powers for
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      93 22 ON MEDIACORP TIESTHATBIND Channel News Asia, 7.30pm, j A peek into the Peranakan wedding culture reveals the eclectic mix of their Chinese beginnings and the world they came into. Our journey begins with a trip to model/DJ Vivien Tan's hometown, Malacca, where we trace her grandmother's wedding garment and explore
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      357 23 AFP LONDON A British newspaper published a photograph yesterday allegedly showing multiple Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps inhaling from a glass pipe which is generally used to smoke cannabis. The News of the World tabloid said the picture was
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      495 23 AGENCIES World No i in stunning form as he dumps Federer yet again in a thrilling final I Tennis Australian Open MELBOURNE Rafael Nadal reduced Roger Federer to tears yesterday as the Spanish superman denied the dream of the Swiss maestro with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3),
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      637 24 ENGLISH FOOTBALL Liverpool's fortunes change after Lampard sent off English Premiership Liverpool 2 Chelsea o LIVERPOOL Fernando Torres (picture) scored twice in the closing minutes as Liverpool beat 10-man Chelsea 2-0 yesterday [this morning, Singapore time). The victory lifts Liverpool into second place in the Premiership
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      143 24 BLOOMBERG LIVERPOOL Members of the Kuwaiti AlKharafi family were guests of Liverpool's American co-owners at the Premier League game with Chelsea, following speculation they may try to buy the soccer club. Some British media reports have linked the Kuwaitis with a possible bid to buy
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      487 24 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH English Premiership Man United l Everton o MANCHESTER The records are tumbling, the lead is growing and Cristiano Ronaldo is undergoing a renaissance, returning to the kind of form that made him the best player in the world last year. With Ronaldo in
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      585 25 Former Singapore sprint star U X Shyam won a silver in the men's loom at the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. Now retired, the 32-year-old feels the punishment meted out by the Triathlon Association of Singapore (TAS) on triathletes MokYing Ren, 20,
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      592 25  -  SHAMIR OSMAN LOCAL SPORTS Small turnout of Chinese and Indian boys at FAS trials a worry shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) conducted their first junior centre of excellence trials over the weekend. The pilot project, a brainchild of FAS technical director Slobodan
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      518 28 AGENCIES MONETARY POLICY Asean Sec-Gen calls on China to be 'considerate' DAVOS (Switzerland) Concerns among some countries that the Chinese yuan is "a bit undervalued" are justified, said Mr Surin Pitsuwan, the Secretary-General of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). "In the last round of crisis,
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      211 28 DOWJONES CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday the "sound operations" of China's domestic banking industry have allowed Beijing to focus its stimulus plan on boosting the real economy, the China News Service reported. That is in contrast to some Western countries, where governments have
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      332 29 AFP M'SIA AVIATION KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has rejected an ambitious proposal by budget carrier Air Asia to build a US$46O--million ($BOO-million) airport outside the capital, according to an official familiar with the matter. Air Asia founder Tony Fernandes said last month that
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      130 30 AFP Asia's auto industry will face a dramatic slowdown this year as global recession takes its toll. 'The industry is in crisis mode across the world,' said Ashvin Chotai, managing director of Intelligence Automotive Asia. I'm expecting about an 11.8-per-cent decline in 2009 in Asia
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      487 30 AGENCIES WALL STREET Payments to be made over three years for some employees FOLLOWING widespread outrage over excessive Wall Street bonuses that United States President Barack Obama has called "shameful" and "irresponsible", it has emerged that Bank of America (BoA) will defer its payment of last
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      302 30 AFP HONG KONG A shareholder activist said yesterday he had informed regulators of an alleged plan to offer shares in Hong Kong telecommunications giant PCCW to hundreds of insurance agents in return for their support of the firm's buyout proposal. Mr David Webb,
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      403 30 AGENCIES BEIJING China swung into a fiscal deficit of 111 billion yuan ($24.5 billion) last year, as government spending surged in December, when Beijing ramped up stimulus measures to boost the flagging domestic economy. The full year fiscal deficit reversed the 1.22-trillion yuan in surplus
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