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Article, Illustration246 2009-05-12 1 3 China confirmed its first case of HINI on the mainland in a student who returned from the United States via a series of flights from St Louis to Chengdu. 4 The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the Barisan Nasional takeover of Perak state was illegal,246 words
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Article, Illustration808 2009-05-12 1 LEONGWEEKEAT - LEONG WEEKEAT MASSELAMAT Villagers in sleepy Kampung Tawakal stunned to discover reclusive stranger was a fugitive weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN the next-door neighbours had diverging ideas about who he was, eight months after he moved into their rustic Johor kampung. Mr Jamian Simm, who often saw the man gardeningTHE STAR; ERNESTCHUA; . PHOTOS: ERNEST CHUA - 808 words
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544 2009-05-12 1 GENEVIEVE LOH DERRICK A PAULO ANDONG DAI LIN derrick@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was unsuccessful two years ago, but Ms Jolyn Chua is reapplying to be a Nominated Member of Parliament. The honorary secretary of crime awareness group Crime Library walked in to Parliament HouseGENEVIEVE LOH - 544 words
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Article348 2009-05-12 3 AGENCIES HINIFLU Authorities scramble to quarantine those who shared flights with victim BEIJING China yesterday confirmed its first case of the HINI flu on the mainland. A 30-year-old student who returned from the United States is the victim and the authorities are scrambling to quarantine hundredsAGENCIES - 348 words
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Article, Illustration396 2009-05-12 3 NEOCHAICHIN - NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg WHAT a difference a few days make: Demand for N95 masks has plunged by up to 80 per cent since last Thursday when the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it would lower Singapore's alert status to Yellow from Orange. LastAP - 396 words
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Article, Illustration527 2009-05-12 4 AGENCIES PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY High Court judge orders Barisan Nasional officials to vacate offices KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling coalition was dealt a major blow yesterday when a court ruled that its takeover of Perak state was illegal and that the opposition was still in charge. The KualaAGENCIES; AFP - 527 words
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Article241 2009-05-12 4 AGENCIES TEHRAN United States-born reporter Roxana Saberi walked free from a Tehran jail yesterday, after an Iranian court reduced her eight-year prison term for spying to a two-year suspended sentence. "I'm okay. I don't want to make any comments but I am okay," Ms Saberi, 32,AGENCIES - 241 words
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Article, Illustration344 2009-05-12 6 HE CREATED and revolutionised India's IT industry with Infosys. But Mr Narayana Murthy, 62, leads a simple life he does not watch television or party, lives in a three-bedroom house and drives a 1.5 litre Opel Astra, according to Mr Lee Kuan Yew.344 words
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Article383 2009-05-12 6 With 1,200 jobs on offer 938 LIVE TACKLINGTHE DOWNTURN NTUC chief says now's best time for businesses to expand AS MORE than 1,200 jobs were made available to Singaporeans by the labour movement's social enterprises yesterday, its chief said it did not believe the recession would end soon despite some938 LIVE - 383 words
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Article, Illustration76 2009-05-12 8 President S R Nathan (picture, left) met Japanese Emperor Akihito at a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace yesterday. Mr and Mrs Nathan met members of the royal family, including Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako. The President will receive an honorary degree76 words
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Article91 2009-05-12 8 NTUC Income-which last week offered all children in Singapore a one-year free upgrade from MediShield to its Standard Incomeshield Plan B yesterday also announced a free upgrade to its Enhanced Incomeshield Basic plan for children of all NTUC members. This translates to a subsidy of91 words
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Article, Illustration390 2009-05-12 8 ONGDAILIN - ONGDAILIN INTHECOURTS Singaporean forced himself on Chinese national here on social visit pass dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE MADE sexual advances on his flatmate and when he was ignored, he pulled her into his room and raped her. For rape and another charge of voluntarily causing hurt to390 words
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748 2009-05-12 10 NEOCHAICHIN - NEOCHAICHIN LABOUR DISPUTE But S #pore labour contractor dismisses their claims chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg A SINGAPORE labour contractor has been named as the middleman in a saga of 36 Nepali workers who allege they were tortured on board a fishing vessel. Nepali news site748 words
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Article433 2009-05-12 12 NEOCHAICHIN - NEOCHAICHIN NRFGRANT Targeted at polys grant aims to speed up process from research to marketplace chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg DEHYDRATED carrots lack the taste, texture and nutritional content of fresh ones. But with the help of the food technology departments at Singapore's polytechnics, one day, infants or post-chemotherapy cancer433 words
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338 2009-05-12 13 AP JERUSALEM Pope Benedict XVI called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland immediately after he arrived in Israel yesterday, a stance that could put him at odds with his hosts on a trip aimed at improving ties between the Vatican and Jews.AP - 338 words
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Article, Illustration430 2009-05-12 13 AFP MALAYSIA POLITICS Protest leader to end self-imposed exile from Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR The leader of a banned ethnic Indian rights group said yesterday he will risk arrest and return to Malaysia from self-imposed exile, after five other members were released from detention. The five HinduAFP - 430 words
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Article, Illustration472 2009-05-12 15 AGENCIES JAPAN POLITICS TOKYO Japan's top opposition leader resigned yesterday to keep a political funding scandal from pulling down his party in upcoming parliamentary elections. Mr Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, said he had decided to resign because he does not want theAGENCIES; AFP - 472 words
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192 2009-05-12 15 AFP COLOGNE German police commandos rushed to a secondary school near Bonn yesterday after a masked person armed with several knives injured at least one girl. A police spokesman said the perpetrator, said to be a 16-year-old female, was still on the loose.AFP - 192 words
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192 2009-05-12 16 AP WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Robert Gates announced a surprise shake-up of the United States military command in Afghanistan yesterday, saying he had asked the top commander to step down to make way for "new thinking" at a crucial time. Mr Gates replaced General DavidAP - 192 words
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Article, Illustration512 2009-05-12 16 AFP NINA WANG'S FORTUNE Feng shui master and charitable foundation vie for late tycoon's estate HONG KONG A court battle over the fortune of the late eccentric Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang began yesterday, pitting a charitable foundation against a feng shui master for herAFP - 512 words
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Article, Illustration471 2009-05-12 17 THENEWYORKTIMES TURMOIL IN PAKISTAN Militant group "sowing chaos in troubled Pakistan WASHINGTON As Taliban militants push deeper into Pakistan's settled areas, foreign operatives of Al Qaeda who had focused on plotting attacks against the West are seizing on the turmoil to sow chaos in Pakistan andTHENEWYORKTIMES; AFP - 471 words
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171 2009-05-12 17 AP COLOMBO The United Nations yesterday condemned a civilian "bloodbath" in Sri Lanka at the weekend, saying more than 100 children had been killed in shelling that the government and rebels blamed on each other. Artillery strikes in the small stretch of coastline stillAP - 171 words
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180 2009-05-12 18 AFP SEVEN HILLS (Ohio) Former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk was taken from his Ohio home yesterday for deportation to Germany, where he faces charges of helping murder 29,000 Jews in World War 11. Mr Demjanjuk, 89, was carried from his homeAFP - 180 words
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Article, Illustration245 2009-05-12 18 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST Astronauts in bid to make giant instrument work for another 5 years CAPE CANAVERAL The space shuttle Atlantis (picture) has lifted off on Nasas last mission to upgrade and extend the working life of the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis, with aAGENCIES; AP - 245 words
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Article, Illustration143 2009-05-12 18 AFP LONDON British glamour model and best-selling author Jordan and her Australian pop star husband Peter Andre (picture) are to separate after four years of marriage, their management company said yesterday. Jordan, 30, who publishes novels under her real name of Katie Price, met Andre onAFP; AP - 143 words
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Article767 2009-05-12 20 THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT To prepare for a pandemic is to prepare for surprises AS THE Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak backstory seeps out, there are some vitally important lessons that can be learned. Huge investment in pandemic preparedness and contingency plans, improvements in surveillanceTHE GUARDIAN - 767 words
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Article, Illustration906 2009-05-12 22 AGATHA KOH BRAZIL - AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg SOON after he arrived in Singapore in 2007, Benoit Valin got a bicycle to ride to his office at Buona Vista. Just as quickly too, on a rainy October day, he was rendered a bloody mess along Portsdown001 BOON KEONG - 906 words
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Article231 2009-05-12 24 DRJAMES DOBSON - DRJAMES DOBSON BY THE ADVERSITY PRINCIPLE There is, in the world of nature, a phenomenon known as the "Adversity Principle" which means that difficulties and hard times can actually be more beneficial to plants and animals than continual easy living. As strange as it seems, habitual231 words
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Letter220 2009-05-12 24 Roland Ang KokSiang - Roland Ang KokSiang HEALTH AND SAFETY Letter from SINGAPORE banned smoking in all public transport vehicles a long time ago. But, I am perturbed that taxi drivers are still allowed to smoke in their vehicles when not carrying a fare. These pose health, safety and220 words
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149 2009-05-12 24 SohAhYuen - SohAhYuen Letter from IN THEIR fight against dengue and chikungunya, National Environment Agency (NEA) officers carry out regular inspections for the Aedes mosquito. Apart from homes, they also check refuse dumps, industrial areas, scrapyards, and so on. Although the officers remove their shoes before149 words
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Letter, Illustration196 2009-05-12 24 Mohd Aminudin - Mohd Aminudin Letter from I REFER to the article, "Docs with their ears to the ground" (May 11). At a time when the world is searching for answers to the various ills affecting us, the call by Dr Tan Cheng Bock for the country196 words
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Article, Illustration1182 2009-05-12 26 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE ARTS FEST Check out these exciting local works this year mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE scores of cultured aunties every year, we would expectantly await for news as to what big international orchestra, ballet or dance group the Singapore Arts Fest is bringing in this time around. But1,182 words
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Article, Illustration507 2009-05-12 28 MAYSEAH - MAYSEAH NEW ON TV Former underwear model on teaming up with Patrick Swayze in The Beast may@mediacorp.com.sg THERE'S just something about the term "male model" that evokes the narrow stereotype of a muscle-bound Abercrombie-esque farm boy who's quite happy having more abdominals than brain cells. Travis Fimmel is507 words
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Article, Illustration188 2009-05-12 29 AFP Disgraced Japanese music producer Tetsuya Komuro has received a suspended three-year jail term for cheating an investor out of 500 million yen ($7.4 million) in a copyright scam. Komuro, 50, was once among Asia's richest men, having produced songs that sold millionsAFP - 188 words
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Article, Illustration313 2009-05-12 29 AP REALITY TV But heartbreak for first deaf contestant SOME quick thinking at the end won US$l million ($1.4 million) for a broth-er-sister team of Har-vard-educated lawyers on the reality TV show The Amazing Race. But it was a heartbreaking finish for the competition's firstAP - 313 words
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Article, Illustration912 2009-05-12 30 EVELINE GAN - EVELINE GAN CHICKEN POX Disease is more severe if older adults get it; vaccination is advised eveline@mediacorp.com.sg OLDER adults are often advised to go for regular flu and pneumococcal shots. Now, doctors are urging them to add another shot against chicken pox to their vaccination schedule, if912 words
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Article, Illustration507 2009-05-12 32 JUNJIE - JUNJIE HOW DO I KEEP MYTHYROID PROBLEM IN CHECK? QUESTION BY lam 23. 1 have been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism since 2001. I was on carbimazole treatment for 18 months, but when the treatment was stopped in 2003,1 had a relapse. I also suffered from hand tremors, rapid507 words
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Article, Illustration668 2009-05-12 33 EVELINE GAN - EVELINE GAN For diabetes sufferers, counting and choosing the right carbohydrates can help FOR those who have been newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, sticking to a diabetesfriendly diet during the initial weeks, or months, can be a daunting and frustrating experience. This isJASON HO - 668 words
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Miscellaneous1000 2009-05-12 34 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP DAD HOME 6ooAM Entertainment Ton i ght 2 00 Achar 9 30 News s Tonight MUDH AL PAYAN AM Channel B,Bpm 5.30 Prime Time Morning 2.30 StyleßyJury 10.00 CSI Vasantham, 9.30pm u n c+pH X Mark- 93° The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI 3.001,000 words
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Article, Illustration623 2009-05-12 35 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Shearer gets his first win as manager, team out of bottom three ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle 3 Middlesbrough 1 NEWCASTLE Alan Shearer experienced his first victory as Newcastle United manager when precious goals from Steven Taylor, Obafemi Martins and Peter Lovenkrands ensured aAFP; ApJ - 623 words
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289 2009-05-12 35 AFP LONDON Greg Halford sent Sheffield United into the Championship playoff final with the only goal to dash Preston's dreams at Bramall Lane, wrapping up a 2-1 aggregate victory in their semi-final second leg yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Having underachieved at Reading, SunderlandAFP - 289 words
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Article, Illustration161 2009-05-12 36 AFP Tens of thousands of supporters lined the streets yesterday for the welcome home parade of Manny Pacquiao, the most popular sportsman in the Philippines, after he won his sixth world boxing title in the United States. Pacquiao defied a government requestAFP - 161 words
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285 2009-05-12 36 LONDON Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid are reportedly interested, and yesterday The Sun claimed Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will also get involved in what promises to be a huge transfer tug-of-war, if Carlos Tevez actually leaves Manchester United at the end of the285 words
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Article, Illustration558 2009-05-12 36 AGENCIES SPANISH FOOTBALL Playmaker out for four games, and could miss showpiece finale with Red Devils BARCELONA They may be the favourites to lift club football's greatest prize, but Barcelona right now are facing an injury crisis ahead of their Champions League Final date on MayAGENCIES; AP - 558 words
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Article, Illustration586 2009-05-12 37 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN BADMINTON AVIVA OPEN 2009 Lack of strong local presence in main draw a concern for Singapore badminton shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE will host the Aviva Open 2009, the fifth leg in the 12-stop Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super Series from June 9-14. The event will seeTODAY FILE PHOTOS - 586 words
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Article, Illustration614 2009-05-12 37 ASDWIGHT - ASDWIGHT GREAT EASTERN YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions v Super Reds Jalan Besar Stadium, tonight, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg EUGENE Luo is living his dream at the moment. The 18-year-old Temasek Polytechnic student is doing what he loves playing football in the S-League, theERNESTCHUA - 614 words
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Miscellaneous88 2009-05-12 35 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 6.30pm IPL Bangalore v Kolkata, Ch 111 7pm Tennis WTATour: Madrid, Ch 113 gpm Cycling Giro d'ltalia, Ch 113 9.25pm Cricket Glamorgan v Essex, Ch 110 10.30pm IPL Punjab v Mumbai, Ch 111 TOMORROW 1.55am Bundesliga Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen, Ch 27 2.45am SPL Celtic88 words
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Advertisement91 2009-05-12 36 S.League Young Lions Super Reds Tue, 12/05/09 7.45pm S.League Home United Tampines Wed, 13/05/09 7.45pm Italian Cup Lazio Sampdoria Thu, 14/05/09 2.45 am Spanish Cup Bilbao Barcelona Thu, 14/05/09 4.00 am E Premier, E League Champ and German League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore91 words
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Article738 2009-05-12 40 LIANG DINGZI - LIANG DINGZI BUSINESS COMMENT SWISSPORT is leaving Singapore poorer than it expected. The High Court had ruled in favour of low-cost carrier Tiger Airways in a suit against its former ground handler for the premature termination of a five-year contract. The compensation will take into consideration738 words
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242 2009-05-12 41 AP HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank, yesterday said it made a "resilient" start to the year and that revenues had recovered strongly from the last quarter of last year. In its first-quarter trading update, HSBC said its underlying pre-taxAP - 242 words
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Article408 2009-05-12 41 THENEWYORKTIMES MONOPOLY LAW Justice Department to announce shift in antitrust policy UNITED States President Barack Obama's top antitrust official this week plans to restore an aggressive enforcement policy against firms that use their market dominance to elbow out competitors or to keep them from gainingTHENEWYORKTIMES - 408 words
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149 2009-05-12 42 938 LIVE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) is hoping its upcoming centre forthe handling of perishable goods will be a new source of revenue, as the ground handler yesterday posted a 12-per-cent fall in net profit to $42.2 million for the fourth quarter938 LIVE - 149 words
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132 2009-05-12 42 Retailer F J Benjamin swung into a net loss of about $1.9 million, compared to a net profit of $4.4 million a year ago. The firm not only saw revenue slip 21 per cent from a year ago to $69 million, but also132 words
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Article112 2009-05-12 42 Synear Food Holdings, a Singapore-listed quick freeze food producer based in China, yesterday said its firstquarter net profit fell about 55 per cent to around 48.3 million yuan ($10.3 million), down from 107 million yuan a year ago. Revenue dropped 24 per cent to112 words
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Article417 2009-05-12 42 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG RETRENCHMENT esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN A U-turn from a stated philosophy of not resorting to layoffs in tough times, Microsoft has given out pink slips to some of its staff in Singapore. The retrenchments took place last week and affected an undisclosed number here. They were417 words
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290 2009-05-12 43 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-listed Asia Dekor Holdings will commence voluntary winding-up proceedings after failing to find a new business, the company said yesterday. The Hong Kong-headquartered firm, which formerly produced and sold laminated flooring and related products, said it planned to distribute 42.3 million yuan290 words
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Article, Illustration298 2009-05-12 43 AGENCIES CITY DEVELOPMENTS LTD But group remains optimistic property sector is recovering CITY Developments Limited (CDL), the second-largest developer by assets in Singapore, yesterday posted a 50-per-cent drop in first-quarter net profit amid lower contributions from its hotel operations and a slowdown in sales. The company,AGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 298 words
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Article92 2009-05-12 44 Gains locked in US stocks tumbled as investors locked in gains from a hefty multiweek rally and braced for new economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 155.88 points to 8,418.77, the Nasdaq composite slipped 7.76 points to 1,731.24 and the Standard Poor's 500 shed 19.99 points92 words
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Article56 2009-05-12 44 Crude at U5558.50 Crude fell on speculation that last week's 10 per cent advance will be undone as US inventories climb and fuel consumption declines. Oil followed equity markets lower yesterday. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery next month, fell 13 US cents a56 words
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Article68 2009-05-12 44 Lower close European stock markets closed lower as investors took profits on recent strong gains made on hopes the worst of the global economic slump may be over. Britain's FTSE 100 dropped 26.59 points to 4,435.50, France's CAC 40 lost 63.92 points to 3,248.67 and Germany's DAK index68 words
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Article, Illustration89 2009-05-12 44 DONWONG HDB engineers successfully lifted the heaviest skybridge in the world at The Pinnacle@Duxton yesterday, completing a significant milestone in the project and connecting Block lE to lF at the 50th floor. The steel bridge structure weighs more than 350 tonnes, which is close to theDONWONG - 89 words
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Article545 2009-05-12 44 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Obama panel defends economic stimulus package WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan is still projected to create or save 3.5 millionjobs over the next two years even with unemployment continuing to rise, according to an administration report. The WhiteBLOOMBERG - 545 words
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274 2009-05-12 44 TAN HUI LENG - No stress S'pore banks are OK: Fitch TAN HUI LENG FITCH Ratings yesterday said that the probability of capital impairment for Singapore's three homegrown banks appeared "fairly low", even under a simulated stress tests performed by the ratings agency. This is "notwithstanding extremely challenging macroeconomic conditions and rea-sonably-stressed assumptions simulated274 words
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