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    10 1 TODAY Monday July 20, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    290 1 Perhaps the best way to £1 combat terrorism, say some experts, could be to enlist the help of former radicals. £TThe Central CDC is stepping \J up efforts to tackle long-term unemployment in the face of significant numbers of needy residents living in HDB rental flats. 8
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    Lock icon Australians warned against going to Bali
    291 1 AGENCIES MELBOURNE The Australian government yesterday urged its citizens, in an updated travel advisory, to reconsider travelling to Indonesia, including Bali as there is "a possibility of further terrorist attacks". Noting that Canberra continues to "receive credible information that terrorists could be planning attacks
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    Lock icon Meet N, the Marriott bomber
    873 1  -  ANSLEYNG AGENCIES JAKARTA BOMBINGS He had no credit card, so he checked into hotel with a US$l,OOO cash deposit IN JAKARTA ansley@mediacorp.com.sg NURDIN Aziz may have looked like any other businessman when he checked into Jakarta's JW Marriott last Wednesday, but several things were amiss.
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      Lock icon INVOLVE FORMER TERRORISTS?
      896 2  -  NOORHUDA ISMAIL CARLUNGERER NEWS ANALYSIS and THIS analysis was published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute one day before Friday's twin bombings in Jakarta. It is based on recent interviews with former JI members. Pressured by anti-terror operations since the first Bali bombing, the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
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      Lock icon Economic fallout limited: Economists
      603 3  -  LINYANQIN AGENCIES, JAKARTA BOMBINGS JAKARTA Scenes of blood-smeared businessmen being stretchered out of luxury Jakarta hotels have had a chilling effect on expatriates and investors lulled by years of relative peace in Indonesia. But economists expect the impact of the twin blasts on Friday to be
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      Age isn't just a number
      621 4  -  ESTHER NG EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Despite retraining, mature job seekers still face discrimination estherng@mediacorp.com.sg GOING for retraining is no guarantee of securing a job even in the fast-growing services industry, if the experiences of some unsuccessful job seekers are anything to go by. According to them,
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      Lock icon SISEU LENDS A TIMELY HELPING HAND
      251 4  -  ESTHER NG With his wife recently retrenched, one son heading overseas on an exchange programme and another entering university next month, finances have been rathertight for MrTham Meng Cheong. Which was why the Tham family welcomed a $1,000 bursary from the Singapore Industrial and
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      Lock icon When a person with H1N1 dies ...
      191 6 When a person with H1N1 dies MEDIACORP CHINESE NEWS IN THE wake of Singapore's first HINI -related death on Saturday, the Health Ministry has called on undertakers to carefully handle bodies infected with the virus. Funeral wakes can only be held up to seven days after death for embalmed bodies;
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      Lock icon CDC sets up new taskforce
      481 6  -  LINYANQIN TACKLING UNEMPLOYMENT yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg WITH high levels of chronic unemployment and a good number of needy residents living in HDB rental flats, the Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) is stepping up efforts to tackle long-term unemployment. A new employability taskforce headed by Member of
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      Calculated encouragement
      549 8  -  LINYANQIN WEAKER MATH STUDENTS yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IN A country known for high scores in mathematics, what can be done to ensure that pupils who are weaker in the subject do not eventually lose interest and give up? Introduce an intervention programme. Two National Institute of Education researchers are hoping
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      Lock icon THE SEEDS OF HARMONY
      83 8 WEETECKHIAN (From left) Raja Ram Bawajee, DPM Teo Chee Hean, Chan Soo Sen and Sister Maria Lau help to plant a tree at the In Celebration of Religious Harmony event at SengKang Riverside Park. Ten trees were planted as a tribute to the legacy of Singapore's
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      Bright news for diploma students
      275 8  -  KIERSTENOW kierstenow@mediacorp.com.sg THE gloomy economic conditions are not stopping Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) from dishing out some $150,000 more in scholarships to deserving students. The polytechnic will be awarding $555,200 worth of scholarships to 259 applicants this year a near 30-per-cent increase in the number
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      Lock icon HELPINGTHE NEEDY, STEP BY STEP
      113 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Some 1,500 people did their bit for charity over the weekend by stomping about for several minutes. The idea was to chalk up 1 million steps for a community project by the South West Community Development Council. Their efforts helped to achieve the
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      Lock icon We didn't know about insurance
      475 10  -  HASNITAAMAJID CHANNEL NEWSASIA BROOKES'STUDENTS hasnita@mediacorp.com.sg LOCAL students who enrolled in Brookes Business School said they did not know they could buy insurance to protect themselves and some foreign students may not have been covered even though they thought they were. Nearly a week after 400
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      Lock icon Some detained after ceremony
      497 12 AGENCIES MYANMAR OPPOSITION YANGON (Myanmar) The authorities in military-run Myanmar detained around 20 members of the National League for Democracy party yesterday, as they returned from ceremonies marking the death of General Aung San, father of jailed pro-de-mocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The authorities allowed
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon CLONED CANINES AT CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS
        102 12 AP South Korea has put cloned dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs at customs. Six genetic duplicates of a skilled, drug-sniffing Labrador retriever have been working at the country's main international airport and three other checkpoints to deter drug smuggling. They are part of
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        Lock icon FAMILY OF FIVE BEATEN TO DEATH IN MASS KILLING
        96 12 AGENCIES Five people, including two children, were found bludgeoned to death in a Sydney home in a "horrific" mass murder with no apparent motive, said Australian police yesterday. Min Lin, his wife, two sons aged 9 and 12, and a female
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        Lock icon TROOPS DISCOVER LTTE CHIEF'S SECRET DOCUMENTS
        55 12 DPA Sri Lanka's security forces have unearthed secret documents belonging to Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the rebel Tamil Tigers, local media said yesterday. The documents contained details of proposed rebel attacks, including suicide missions, details of arms purchases, bank transactions and plans
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      Lock icon Najib sends emissary
      377 13 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER ACTIVIST'S DEATH Man's family wants inquiry into death ALOR GAJAH Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sent a personal emissary yesterday to the wake of Mr Teoh Beng Hock, 30, the Malaysian opposition activist who was questioned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into the
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      Lock icon PAPERS SLAM CRITICS FOR DEMONISING GRAFT-BUSTERS
      137 13 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Two Malaysian newspapers, Berita Harian and Mingguan Malaysia, yesterday slammed critics for demonising the country's graft-busters over the death of opposition activist Teoh Beng Hock, with one suggesting that there was an agenda to weaken Malay-controlled institutions. The newspapers accused the
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      Lock icon 12 people were shot dead during Urumqi riots
      153 13 AFP BEIJING Police shot and killed 12 "mobsters" during disturbances in the Xinjiang regional capital, Urumqi, on July 5. The head of the regional government, Mr Nur Bekri, said yesterday that "the police showed as much restraint as possible during the unrest".
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      Flu masks a must at Asean forum in Phuket
      181 14 PHUKET At Asia's biggest security meeting, anti-HlNl flu masks were top priority for thousands of visiting delegates yesterday. The Thai organisers of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum doled out protective facewearto foreign ministers, officials and journalists as
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      Lock icon akarta bombings loom over meet
      461 14 AFP ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM PHUKET (Thailand) Asian foreign ministers gathered yesterday ahead of the continent's biggest security dialogue, under the shadow of the Jakarta bombings and North Korea's missile tests and nuclear ambitions. Political repression in Myanmar will also be on the agenda for days
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      Lock icon Taliban release video of captured US soldier
      346 16 AFP KANDAHAR The Taliban have released a video showing a visibly-shaken captive American soldier reportedly snatched by the militants in Afghanistan last month, said officials yesterday. In the 28-minute clip posted on the Internet at the weekend, the soldier, who went missing in
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      Lock icon Islamabad's dilemma
      446 16 AFP PAKISTAN POLITICS Govt has to rein in terrorists who were once its allies ISLAMABAD Pakistan has undergone a dramatic policy shift to recognise Taliban rebels as a major threat but is more ambivalent on liquidating Islamists trained to fight the ultimate nemesis: India. Almost from inception, Pakistani
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      Lock icon US eyes new terror unit
      543 17 AP LAW ENFORCEMENT Task force could focus on intelligence gathering and interrogation WASHINGTON The Obama administration is considering creating a special unit of professional interrogators to handle key terror suspects, focusing on intelligence-gathering rather than building criminal cases for prosecution, revealed a government official. The
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      Lock icon Terrorists freed to live in bail hostels
      178 17 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Up to 20 convicted terrorists have been freed from prison to live in bail hostels normally used to house burglars, robbers and sex offenders. The men are living freely in towns and cities across Britain with only limited supervision by
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      Lock icon Ahmadinejad's choice of first VP resigns
      162 18 AFP TEHRAN Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial choice for first Vice-President, Mr Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, has walked away from the job, staterun channel Press TV reported. Press TV sourced its report to the Pana news agency and gave no other details of Mr Mashaie's
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      Lock icon Rafsanjani, the scene-stealer
      373 18 THENEWYORKTIMES IRANIAN POLITICS Iranian cleric seeks Khomeini's mantle WASHINGTON During his decades in Iranian politics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (picture) has been praised as a pragmatist, criticised as spineless, accused of corruption and dismissed as a has-been. Now, in assailing the government's handling of last month's disputed
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      Lock icon The forgotten astronaut
      561 19 "THE GUARDIAN APOLLO 11 MISSION Michael Collins recounts the terror that gripped him 40 years ago WASHINGTON As Mr Neil Armstrong and Mr Buzz Aldrin took their famous walk on the moon, a third member of the team sat alone in the mothership plagued by terrors of
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        Lock icon MILAN BANS BOOZE FORYOUTHS
        92 19 AP For the first time in Italy's wine-steeped history, Milan has banned alcohol forthose under 16 in an effort to curb drinking problems among the youth. A measure calls for fines of up to €500 ($1,024) f°r youngerteens caught drinking and forthose who give or sell
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        Lock icon SACRED SUNDAY UNDER THREAT
        95 19 AP An unholy row has broken out over a ferry company's decision to sail on Sunday between a remote Scottish island and the mainland. The 18,000 residents on the Isle of Lewis, who keep a strict Sabbath no television, no housework, no shopping are angry, saying
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      Every transaction should be taxed
      294 20  -  Gilbert Tan Hee Khian PROPERTY SALES Capital gains tax is a small sum compared to profit from sale of booked unit Letter from THE tweak to property tax announced last week —from Jan 1 next year, individuals who have sold a property in the prior
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      Renewed interest in story of war hero Lim Bo Seng
      133 20  -  Chin Kee Thou Letter from I REFER to my letter "Some dignity for Lim Bo Seng?" (June 26). The letter has rekindled the interest of many and drawn many visitors to Lim Bo Seng's grave in Macßitchie Reservoir Park. I
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      Minimum wage system works in Australia
      167 21  -  Gilbert Goh Letter from HERE in Australia, where I have relocated, the implementation of a minimum wage system has prevented the exploitation of hiring practices. Low-end workers such as cleaners, labourers or clerical assistants are protected with this wage system. The myth that such
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      Have basic plan as early as possible
      289 21  -  Chang Long Kiat MEDISHIELD FOR DEPENDANTS Letter from Director (Housing and Healthcare) CPF Board WE refer to the letter by Mr Lim Kim Hock on MediShield coverage for dependants (July 16). MediShield was made available automatically to school-going children who are citizens and
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      177 21  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE MARRIAGE TRAIN Do you ever feel like you just don't love your spouse anymore? The fact is, love is not dependent on our feelings and emotions. The fact is feelings come and go. None of us always feels intensely romantic and
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      Lock icon Something old, something new
      953 22  -  MAY SEAH SINGAPORE IDOL 2009 Old pros Flo, Dick and Ken are looking for a new Idol, perhaps a woman may@mediacorp.com.sg AS I entered the court of the Singapore Idol judges, I wondered if I might become target practice for them to hone the skill of
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      Speidi sense
      493 24  -  MAY SEAH REALITY TV How to get rich and famous by doing absolutely nothing may@mediacorp.com.sg THE WORLD is not enough for Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. After shooting to fame on MTV's reality series The Hills, which chronicles the lives of (annoying) wealthy young people in Los Angeles,
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      597 26  -  TANYO-HINN FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS No substitute for big-meet experience, say coaches, as national team head for Rome yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg THANKS in large part to improvements in sports science and sports medicine here, Singapore swimming has made a big splash in the past decade
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      378 26 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON British Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has refused to wear a new performance-enhancing swimsuit, claiming it is "technological doping" and against her principles. Adlington won two gold medals at last August's Beijing Olympic Games and is one of Britain's great hopes
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      560 27  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Hammond, once Rooney #s England u-15 team-mate followed his heart to S #pore GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Super Reds v Woodlands Wellington Yishun Stadium, j.^spm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington, who travel to the Super Reds' Yishun Stadium for tonight's Great Eastern-Yeo S-League 2009
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      303 27  -  SHAMIR OSMAN NINETY-FIVE youngsters showed up at the Basketball Association of Singapore headquarters in Aljunied yesterday, to vie for eight slots to a coaching clinic to be conducted by NBA superstar Kobe Bryant on Wednesday. Bryant, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to a
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      337 28  -  SHAMIR OSMAN WEE TECK HAIN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Futsal tournament enters book of records with all proceeds going to charity shamir@mediacorp.com. sg THE inaugural H-TWO-0 Ultimate Challenge that saw two events a biathlon (400m swim and 4km run) and a 5v5 futsal tournament made more
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      561 29 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL New City boy aims to help club become world beaters MANCHESTER Emmanuel Adebayor has boldly stated he wants to "make history" at Manchester City after completing his £25 million ($59.7 million) move from Arsenal. Several hundred City fans welcomed the striker at
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      262 29 "AFP LONDON Under orders from England boss Fabio Capello to stay in tip-top shape if he wants to feature at the World Cup, David Beckham (picture) may yet return to the English Premiership with Chelsea or Spurs, a British newspaper has reported. After
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      363 29 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Michael Owen's predatory instincts are still intact. That's the message the striker sent after scoring the winning goal on his Manchester United debut. The 29-year-old came on as a second-half substitute in United's opening game of their Asia tour and
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      842 30  -  DRTCHANDROO MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES It's important to vwalk the talk 7 in order to convince and motivate those you work witt succeed@mediacorp.com.sg THE degree to which CEOs influence the performance of their organisations is fundamental in understanding how organisations work. Yet, this important link is poorly understood. While
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      216 31  -  ANILKGUPTA HAIYANWANG ONG DAI LIN GETTING CHINA AND INDIA RIGHT ,AND Together, fast-rising economic giants China and India account for the biggest growth markets for almost every product or service. Yet at the same time, they are two of the world's poorest economies in terms of per capita
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      569 32  -  CONRAD RAJ MONDAY BLUES editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Ms Tan Shock Ling received $17,000 in bills from various banks after she had her credit cards stolen, she wasn't the first such victim of credit card fraud. Neither will she be the last. There were four complaints of
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      335 32 BLOOMBERG LAS Vegas Sands Corp. is reportedly planning to file with Hong Kong regulators as soon as next month for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in its Macau casinos, said a person with knowledge of the plans. The casino operator, controlled
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      433 33  -  JACKIE CALMES LOUISE STORY THENEWYORKTIMES US FINANCE JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is Obama #s favourite and MR JAMIE Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, will hold a meeting of his board in Washington for the first time today. A special guest is expected:
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        54 34 $1.64 I Neutral BofA-Merrill Lynch keeps rating, lifts target price to $1.55 from $1.50 on rollover of valuation to 2010 and around 3.5-per-cent increase in FY '09-'ll earnings estimates, led by minor margin uplift. Says Q2 results beat house's and consensus forecasts. Adds on-quarter revenue growth suggests healthy consumer
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      62 34 In the largest food drive Standard Chartered Bank has organised so far here, 300 staff volunteers spent last Friday and Saturday packing and delivering some 30,000 items, such as rice, cooking oil and sugar, as food rations for 1,400 needy families in Singapore. The bank worked
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      524 34  -  CHRISTIE LOH THE COMPANIES ACT Small investors, CPF investors and fund managers could all get more rights under new laws deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com. sg IF THE non-existence of certain investor rights is the reason behind Singapore's relatively lukewarm level of shareholder activism, then
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      567 34 AFP BANQUETS, karaoke and drinks have long played a part in Chinese deals. But the highprofile arrests of Rio Tinto executives may force companies to rethink how they do business, experts said. A chill has run through the business community since authorities
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