Today, 3 December 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • in the news
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      Cutting emissions growth, if the world does the same
      761 1  -  LINYANQIN CLIMATE CHANGE Govt will do its best to buffer Singaporeans from the costs yanqtn@medtacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Households will have to change lifestyle habits, while businesses have to become more efficient in how they use energy, if Singapore is to fulfil a
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      When a black screen spells death for PCs
      482 1  -  TREVORTAN trevor@medtacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was supposed to be Microsoft's most stable operating system to date, but a slew of complaints from Windows 7 users plagued by a "black screen of death" could spell a problem for millions worldwide. When users try to
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 'We'll produce purer uranium'
      367 2 THE NEWYORKTIMES AFTERNOON LATEST Iran says it'll make uranium four times more enriched than needed in domestic nuclear reactors TEHRAN The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announced yesterday that his nation would move to produce uranium of much higher enrichment levels, comments almost certain to heighten tensions
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      Lock icon NO SAME-SEX MARRIAGES IN NEWYORK
      87 2 AP New York lawmakers yesterday rejected a Bill that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage. The New York measure needed 32 votes to pass and but fell eight votes short in a 24-38 decision by the state Senate. The Assembly
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      Lock icon Obama wins some, loses some
      497 3 AGENCIES US WAR IN AFGHANISTAN WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama's decision to set July 2011 as the target date for starting American troop withdrawals from Afghanistan has divided lawmakers just as he is seeking to consolidate support for his war plan. However, his plan,
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      S'PORE WELCOMES PLAN
      120 3 Singapore welcomes the United States' continued commitment in Afghanistan that President Obama outlined today. This is a positive and pragmatic way forward. Singapore continues to support the multinational stabilisation and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Weapon Locating Radar and a medical team are
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      Lock icon Singapore and Cuba pledge to improve ties
      445 3  -  IMELDASAAD imdda@mediacorp.com.sg HAVANA Singapore and Cuba have pledged to enhance bilateral cooperation. This follows Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's two-day visit to the country where he met several Cuban leaders including President Raul Castro. Mr Lee was last in Cuba about 30
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      Lock icon Google Street View in Spore
      144 4 HOEYEEN NIE SINGAPORE Google Street View has arrived making this the first country in South-east Asia to have a virtual street guide based on photographs. Cars fitted with cameras went around Singapore earlier this year to take the shots. The technology by Google allows users
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      S'pore moves up to 9th
      468 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT YASMINEYAHYA ASIA'S EXPENSIVE CITIES Expats in region see living costs surge on weak US dollar: Survey SINGAPORE Expatriates in key Asian cities are feeling the squeeze from the weak US dollar, which has pushed up their daily living expenses, according to a survey. And
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      Lock icon Cord blood used to treat cerebral palsy here for the first time
      347 6  -  HOEYEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For the first time here, stem cells from the umbilical cord have been used to treat cerebral palsy, and with positive results. With every one in 500 babies worldwide a victim to the incurable
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      Death row inmate gets stay of execution
      444 6  -  ZULOTHMAN IN COURTS 21-year-old drug runner was scheduled to be hanged tomorrow zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In what is possibly the first case of its kind, the High Court yesterday granted a Malaysian drug runner's application for a stay of execution. Yong Vui Kong, 21,
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      Lock icon We Are One Lego bricks go to charity
      126 6 SINGAPORE Volunteers from non-profit organisation CityCare on Tuesday started dismantling the island of Singapore made of Lego bricks. They worked through the night, and had to take apart more than 100,000 bricks that were assembled as part of the "We Are One"
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      Marsiling's mature trees may be spared
      497 8  -  ESTHERNG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE All may not be lost for the fruit trees at Marsiling Rise. Sembawang Town Council (SBTC) will propose some ideas to residents and the Residents' Committee, to see how it can meet residents' love for nature and yet keep the estate
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      Insurer's etiquette questioned
      481 8  -  ZULOTHMAN CASETRUST DISPUTE zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An expert witness from London took the stand yesterday in the civil suit launched by two private schools against the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and insurer NTUC Income. And Mr Leslie Wilton, a London insurance market claims consultant and a founding
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      Lock icon Dubai debacle a taste of things to come
      311 8 LOHCHEEKONG SINGAPORE The Dubai financial crisis would be the first of many to come as the global economy undergoes a painful transition, warned Financial Times associate editor and chief economics commentator Martin Wolf. Speaking yesterday at a seminar organised by the Singapore
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      Shuttle service to Sentosa in the works
      466 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LOCAL TOURISM weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Visitors to Sentosa island could soon hop onto coaches from Changi Airport, Orchard Road and Marina areas, to various drop-off points on the island. The Sentosa Development Corporation has called for a tender for "experienced and established coach
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      Lock icon Crossing boundaries in annual exercise
      152 10 SINGAPORE Close to 30 agencies and companies from Malaysia and Singapore took part in an annual exercise yesterday morning to test their emergency preparedness in dealing with chemical spills. The exercise, spearheaded by Johor's Department of Environment, took place on the Malaysian side of the
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      Lock icon A plea for concessions
      523 12  -  NEOCHAICHIN ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY HETTY MUSFIRAH DISABLED COMMUTERS Over 370 sign petition to PTC MOT and transport operators chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As a blind masseur, Mr Rahamatulla travels to clients' homes across the island for work. The 23-year-old earns less than $500 a month, with half of
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      Orchard Road's newest mall 313@Somerset opens today
      125 12 SINGAPORE With weeks to go before Christmas, 313@Somerset today becomes the final mall this year to open along Orchard Road. All units on all eight levels of retail space were leased out four months prior to opening, an unprecedented feat in this challenging
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      Jailed for not paying workers
      157 12 SINGAPORE A man was jailed yesterday for nine months for not paying the wages of his workers. Julian Yip Si Wei, 27, who was the sole proprietor of Zippon Marine and Engineering and M Power Engineering, had pleaded guilty to 50 charges of failing to
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      Lock icon 'Singapore Athletic Association could not have promised citizenship' to Luan Wei
      274 14 LOWLINFHOONG SINGAPORE Luan Wei's parents had to cough up 20,000 yuan ($4,043) in penalties when they yanked their son out of the Shanghai Sports Development School, after the shot putt thrower was recruited by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association
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      Don't be taken in by HK scam
      292 14 NOT A LUCKY DRAW Elaborate new ruse looks like Hong Kong tourism flyer SINGAPORE A new and elaborate version of the lucky draw scam has surfaced here. This one uses fancy brochures to trick Singapore victims into believing they have won a prize
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      S'pore, Seoul sign defence MoU
      103 14 SINGAPORE Singapore and South Korea yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation. It was the first bilateral defence agreement to be signed at the ministerial level, between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean and Korean Minister of National
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      S'poreans spent more last year
      509 15  -  TEOXUANWEI HOUSEHOLD SPENDING SURVEY xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Riding on the crest of the then-buoyant economy, Singaporeans pampered themselves last year with luxury items such as cars, air-con-ditioning, pay-TV and tech gizmos such as computers, mobile phones and digital cameras, the latest household expenditure survey showed. Monthly
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        PUBLIC HELPTO DETAIN LOAN SHARK RUNNER
        148 16 They had noticed the man behaving suspiciously, and when the members of the public approached him, the suspected loan shark runner fled. But public-spirited citizens managed to detain him. On Tuesday at about 3.30pm, the police received a call about the 44-year-old suspect, who
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        SPIKE IN ILLICIT PLANT, SOIL IMPORTS
        183 16 There has been a spike in the plants, soil mixtures and fertilisers that Singaporeans have been bringing in from abroad, particularly from Malaysia with many possibly unaware that this is an offence bylaw. In the first 10 months of this year, there was a
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        GUIDELINES TO GUARD AGAINST FALLS
        201 16 The National Work at Height Safety Taskforce has introduced a set of guidelines on workplace safety, requiring companies to set up a fall protection plan when work is conducted in high places. The taskforce said a more concerted effort involving all stakeholders is needed to
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    • Article
      Toilet talk
      403 18  -  SRAMESH WORLD SUM MIT AND EXPO Loos are big business, so why can't Singaporeans keep them clean? rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Providing countries with basic toilet solutions is big business amounting to US$l trillion ($1.38 trillion), said participants at the World Toilet Summit and Expo held here. The catch? Getting
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      Cambodians can now build toilets, Ikea-style
      387 18  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Thanks to Singapore groups, some villages in Cambodia can now buy toilets Ikea-style: The parts for building a latrine with a shelter are delivered to villagers for selfassembly. The materials used are also modified. For instance, the concrete mix
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      Lock icon More global partnerships for S'pore
      554 20  -  CHERYL LIM ASIA MEDIA FESTIVAL 2009 cheryll@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The local media industry is fast becoming a leading hub growth sector. At the Asia Media Festival, more than $10 million worth of deals were signed between local firms and international partners this year. The Media Development
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      Hope for preschool teachers who lack necessary language requirements
      265 20 SINGAPORE A new framework based on the Employability Skills System Workplace Literacy Course is being explored for existing preschool teachers who may not be able to meet the minimum language requirements for the Diploma in Pre-School Training. This will be an
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      93 7 WISHES [fi|B IS Starbucks makes wishes m come true this Christmas season, mW^U for you and for the community! You get any tall-sized beverage Kb^oB during- these two hours, on us. fl^:^" B^V While you're enjoying it, fl B help us make someone else's wish come true by contributing Vjta
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      455 9 Singapore's No.1 Hair Treatment Brand Over the past weeks, world's leading hair care expert L'Oreal Paris has been sharing with you hair care expert tips. And you have proven your expertise by taking part in our Hair Care Expert Quiz. Out of the overwhelming 4,000 SMS entries, over 100 winning
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      267 10 \Z\@W PROFESSIONAL TRADERS TPLMDGI Z^MMD mmr ™gj, ™S I H°w c'° Professional Traders differ from the average amateur who is I trying to make a second income? The problem is that most people do I V not know what a Professional Trader knows. Do Traders have a special I W*
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      285 15 WHAT SINGAPOREANS SPENT ON More money was spent on hospitalisation, specialised treatment, m*m—\W dental services and pharmaceutical products. Households also spent more on school fees, private tuition and my other educational courses. Call and surf for free '^^V SuperPac J Festive Promotion k Sign up for a SuperPac plan ($25/$3B)
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      154 20 ESSES QCiSESEIiUjMpMM ft J How to Exploit Different Profit Opportunities from WU the Forex Market Valuable Insights into What Drives the r,/ Currency Market H A Systematic Approach to Trading Without BJ j\.. Intensive Monitoring of the Market K ~#*< The Psychology of Successful Forex Traders lEbSIm^^MM Yeo Keong Hee,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon GAMBLING ON A FAITH PLEDGE
      786 25 THE NEWYORKTIMES ANALYSIS DEXTER FILKINS UNITED States President Barack Obama's commitment to redouble America's campaign in Afghanistan left unanswered what is perhaps the most decisive question of all: Will the Afghans step up too? In ordering the accelerated deployment of 30,000 fresh American troops to
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      Lock icon Record price for chickpea-sized pink diamond
      107 26 AFP HONG KONG A ring with a chickpea-sized pink diamond has fetched a record price of US$lO.B million ($l5 million) at an auction in Hong Kong, Christie's said yesterday. The auction house said the five-carat jewel, dubbed Vivid Pink, set a per-carat world record
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      Lock icon Fancy a bowl of rice and corn? But its genetically modified
      427 26 BLOOMBERG ENSURING FOOD SUPPLIES BEIJING China, the world's biggest grain producer, has approved strains of genetically modified rice and corn that may help ensure food supplies in a country facing shortages of water and farmland. The move "has huge
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      Lock icon China's HINI death toll triples in two weeks
      192 26 AFP BEIJING China's official Influenza A (H1N1) death toll has tripled in the past two weeks after the government ordered more accurate reporting of fatalities amid suspicions of a cover-up. A statement posted on the Health Ministry's website late on Tuesday said
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      Aids education in a Chinese bar
      202 26 BEIJING A new bar in south-western China aimed at educating gay men about Aids opened its doors, state media said yesterday. The bar, which is government-funded by the health bureau in Yunnan province's Dali town, opened on Tuesday to mark World Aids Day, the
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      Project suspension remains
      355 28 THAI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BANGKOK A Thai court yesterday upheld the suspension of dozens of projects worth billions of dollars at the world's eighth-biggest petrochemicals hub after activists and residents raised environmental health concerns. In a major setback for the government, the Supreme Administrative Court said 65 major
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      Lock icon Malaysian Islamic artefact listed as UN treasure
      224 28 AFP AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday said that a stone artefact, which dates Islam's arrival over a century earlier than previously thought, has been put on a United Nations list of the world's most valuable documents. The "Memory of the World" list includes
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      Lock icon M'sia may end sugar subsidy
      208 28 .AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may scrap a costly sugar subsidy in a move to promote a healthy lifestyle and discourage its citizens from indulging their sweet tooth, a minister said yesterday. "The ministry is going on a campaign to ask Malaysians to take less sugar
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      Lock icon Thailand bans booze in holiday gift baskets
      203 28 AP BANGKOK The holidays could be a bit more sober this year in Thailand. Supermarkets and other retailers that sell and advertise gift baskets a staple of the holiday season were warned yesterday that stocking them with alcohol could result in steep fines
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      Lock icon Imelda steps into star-studded ring
      378 30 .AGENCIES PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS Marcos joins Pacquiao, Arroyo in bid for Congress MANILA Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos (picture) filed her candidacy for next year's congressional elections, joining the country's boxing champion and the outgoing President in the star-studded race for the lower house. Strongman
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      Lock icon Govt militiaman arrested for alleged role in Philippine massacre
      241 30 AP MANILA Philippine police said yesterday they have arrested a government militiaman for allegedly participating in last week's gruesome massacre of 57 people. Tests on an Ml6 rifle seized from Esmail Canapia showed it was used to fire several of the
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        Lock icon KHMER ROUGE COURT HAS NEW INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTOR
        94 30 AFP CAMBODIA Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court has a new international prosecutor, the United Nations-backed tribunal announced yesterday, several months after the previous holder of the post resigned. Briton AndrewT Caley, who has worked at the Special Court for Sierra Leone and
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        Lock icon HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR JUSTICE
        102 30 AFP THAILAND Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva must take action to prosecute security personnel for serious rights violations in the country's insurgencyplagued south, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday. The rights group said MrVejjajiva has made "no serious effort" to hold to account the
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      Lock icon Indonesia's tallest man falls short
      275 32 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian labourer who hoped to be named the world's tallest man is actually 5 centimetres shorter than record-holder Sultan Kosen of Turkey, an official said yesterday. Mr Suparwono was said to be 2.71 metres tall compared to Rosen's record height of 2.47
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      Lock icon Taiwan's KMT welcomes Japan envoy's exit
      228 32 AFP TAIPEI A senior Taiwanese lawmakeryesterday welcomed the resignation of Japan's de facto envoy to Taiwan, months after he caused anger by saying the island's political status remained open to question. Mr Masaki Saito, director of the Interchange Association in Taipei, which acts as
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      Lock icon Ma to the rescue
      305 32 AP TAIWAN ELECTIONS TAIPEI Taiwan's government is scrambling to rally popular support ahead of local elections this week and the crucial visit later in the month of a senior Chinese envoy. President Ma Ying-jeou has travelled around the island to rally for candidates from his Nationalist
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      Lock icon Women's make-up illegal on Iran television
      175 36 AFP TEHRAN Women appearing in Iranian television programmes will not be allowed to wear make-up because it is against Islamic law, or Sharia, media yesterday quoted the head of state television as saying. "Make-up by women during television programmes is illegal and against Islamic
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      Lock icon Crew freed as Iran finds no 'ill intentions'
      437 36 AFP DETAINED BRITISH SAILORS TEHRAN Five British yachtsmen detained in the Gulf last week by Revolutionary Guards were freed yesterday after it was determined that they inadvertently strayed into Iran's territorial waters. "The five Britons who had illegally entered with their vessel
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      Lock icon Denmark pins hopes on electric cars
      257 40 THENEWYORKTIMES COPENHAGEN Is saving US$4O,OOO ($55,000) enough to get drivers behind the wheel of an electric car? With a plan to add easy access to charging stations, Denmark is about to find out. The biggest Danish power company is working with Silicon Valley's Better
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      384 40 AGENCIES GREEN AUSTRALIA It will be re introduced in February next year Deputy Prime Minister says SYDNEY —Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled yesterday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at
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      404 40 AFP PARIS If Earth heats by 4°C, the planet we call home would become a very unwelcoming place. Even as some world leaders tamp down expectations for the Dec 7 to 18 United Nations climate conference, experts say the threat of a 4°C warming
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      278 41 AFP WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and United States President Barack Obama top a list of the foremost 100 global thinkers for 2009 that was published on Tuesday by the magazine Foreign Policy. Mr Bernanke ranks first for "staving off another
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      371 41 THE NEWYORKTIMES NUCLEAR SECURITY VIENNA Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano took the helm on Tuesday of the UN atomic watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA), as it faces one of the most turbulent periods in its 52-year history. Mr Yukiya Amano (picture) is a career
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      250 44 AFP WASHINGTON Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine. Google's announcement came as the News Corp chairman, who has
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      216 44 AFP LIMA The Candoshi people (picture) in Peru's northern Amazon jungle are close to extinction from a hepatitis B infection that has gone unchecked since 2000, tribal leaders and health officials said on Tuesday. "My people are suffering, we're in real danger
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      387 44 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH JUNK MAIL LONDON A group of spammers responsible for one-third of the world's junk mail has been fined £10 million ($23 million) The network of spammers, led by New Zealand brothers Lance and Shane Atkinson, is thought to have been responsible for up to
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      372 49 AP MICHIGAN MURDER HIGHLAND PARK (Michigan) A 15-year-old boy in the United States admitted raping a three-year-old girl. This enraged his father so much that the man couldn't control himself as he forced the teen to strip, marched him to an empty lot
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      122 49 LONDON A breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington DC, to Kuwait, a British tabloid reported on Tuesday. The Sun newspaper said that the 29-year-old Egyptianborn woman fell asleep as she breast-fed on the jet and
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      193 49 AP WASHINGTON Copies of emails between the White House party crashers and a Pentagon official undermine their claims that they were invited to United States President Barack Obama's first state dinner. Mr Tareq and Ms Michaele Salahi pressed the Pentagon aide for four days to
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        74 50 AP The military is planning a mental evaluation to determine if the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood knew his alleged actions were wrong and whether he is competent to stand trial, his civilian attorney said on Tuesday.
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        70 50 Chechen rebels yesterday claimed responsibility for last week's Russian train bombing that killed at least 26 and injured scores of others. The Kavkazcenter.com site posted a statement issued on behalf of Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov claiming that the bombing was carried out on his
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        68 50 AFP Peru dismissed a top police investigator on Tuesday as the authorities probed the veracity of charges that a gang murdered dozens of people and sold their fat to foreign cosmetics traders. National police chief Miguel Hidalgo told reporters that Police General Eusebio Felix
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      209 50 THE NEWYORKTIMES,AFP NEWYORK MAFIA BOSS NEW YORK A jury failed on Tuesday for the fourth time to reach a verdict in the epic prosecution of John "Junior" Gotti (picture), the heir to New York's biggest mafia family enshrining him as a legendary criminal defendant and
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      128 54 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices CORRECTION The headline for a report published on Dec 2 stated: "Singapore to host World Cities Summit in 2011". This is incorrect. The summit will be hosted here in 2010. We apologise for the error. The Chaco Advantage (X^nQCO/ Fit for Adventure
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      477 54  -  CHIA HERN KENG LOOKING at the Dubai financial debacle, one cannot help but be taken aback. How could such a mammoth economic strategy have unravelled just like that? I believe economic pundits will have all the answers. In the meantime, let us remember that life
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      172 56  -  DR BILL MAIER BY.......... WISE FINANCIAL CHOICES Few of us make as much money as we'd like. But even those who do have to live within their means. Sometimes there's not a lot we can do about the size of our salary, but what we do
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      223 56  -  Yak Chin Hua APATHY IN THE LEGAL FIELD Letter from I REFER to the reports "Looking for a few good men (Dec 2) and "8 seats, only 4 candidates" (Oct 21) on the Law Society Elections. Although I am not from the legal field, the
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      257 56  -  Kalyan Vaidyanathan Marcus Lim Letter from LAST Saturday, my wife and nine-year-old daughter were at the Esplanade. Inadvertently, my daughter left behind her wallet with $2 and several access cards. Realising it a day later, I called the Esplanade
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      540 58 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST PARIS Everton, Benfica, Hamburg, Fenerbahce and Red Bull Salzburg confirmed their places in the knockout phase of the Europa League last night, but Lazio and Celtic crashed out of European competition. Hamburg made sure of their spot in the last 32 with
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      208 58 THEGUARDIAN LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard has admitted a top-four finish is now a more realistic aim for Liverpool than winning the Premier League this season as they lie 13 points behind leaders Chelsea after a poor run of form throughout October and November. "We
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      94 58 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Manchester United have dismissed suggestions they might be in financial crisis' after abandoning a £io-million option to sign of Adem Ljajic, with Partizan Belgrade claiming that the collapse of the deal is due to United's difficulties in servicing their £700 million debt.
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      535 58  -  SHAMIR OS MAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a fiery affair the last time Singapore's best youngsters faced their counterparts from Indonesia. The friendly in June saw two Singapore players being given their marching orders to Indonesia's one, but Tambiah Pathmanathan's charges did enough
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      518 59  -  LOW LIN FHOONG 25TH SEA GAMES Singapore's male swimmers don't want to be put in the shade byTao Li and Co again linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ask any Singaporean sports fan to name a local swimmer these days, and you're most likely to hear the names of Olympic
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      401 59 IAN DECOTTA SINGAPORE When the official announcement was made in May 2007 that Singapore would host a round of the Formula 1 world championships the following year, it was a rare chance for one of the country's smallest national sports associations to
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      394 60 'AGENCIES THOUSAND OAKS (California) Golf superstar Tiger Woods admitted yesterday that he committed "transgressions" and has not been "true to my values and the behaviour my family deserves", in a statement posted on his website that appeared to confirm rumours of an extramarital affair.
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      606 60  -  TANYO-HINN 001 BOONKEONG I STANDARD CHARTERED SINGAPORE MARATHON Sunday's race may be this record holder's last yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As an army officer during his National Service (NS), Adam Kamis (picture) lived by the motto "actions speak louder than words". That was tested six years ago,
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      602 61 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST City's men emphatically brush aside Arsenal's boys to set up tantalising semi CARLING CUP QUARTER-FINAL Manchester City 3 Arsenal o MANCHESTER Manchester City victories come along once in a Blue Moon so the club's famous anthem rang out with special resonance
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      397 61 AFP CARLING CUP QUARTER-FINAL Blackburn 3 Chelsea 3 (4-3 on penalties) BLACKBURN A double penalty save by Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson sent his side into the semi-finals of the League Cup 4-3 in a shootout after an enthralling encounter here with Chelsea.
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      135 61 <VFP BARCELONA Barcelona and their new Ballon D'Or victor Lionel Messi moved five points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish league with goals from Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealing a 2-0 win at Xerez last night. Barca built on their 1-0 win
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      72 59 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.45am Football CopaSudamerica: Fluminensev LDU Quito, StarHubCh 27 8am NHL Vancouver v New Jersey, StarHub Ch 305 2pm Hockey FIH Men's Champions: England v Holland, StarHubCh 22 4pm Hockey FIH Men's Champions: Germany vAustralia StarHubCh 22 TOMORROW 4.05am Football Europa League: Fulham vCSKA Sofia, mioTVCh 61
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      87 60 LAOS 2OO9: ALL SINGAPORE MATCHES TELECAST "LIVE" A League Wellington Melbourne Viet Fri, 04/12/09 2.30pm A League Adelaide Newcastle jets Fri, 04/12/09 5.00pm UE Europe and German League matches are also on sale. For mote details, please check Singapore Pools website. Ifp A Y.i, '*-3ji Poy a-ilrs care SWG^ORE Iresponsiblyf
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      26 62 Any person knowing of any lawful impediment to the marriage should without delay notify the Consular Section, British High Commission Singapore, 100 Tanglin Road, Singapore *****9.
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      917 62  -  JEFFSOMMER THENEWYORKTIMES THE EMOTIONAL INVESTOR Buy low and sell high. It sounds simple. But if it's that easy, why don't more investors do it? MANY try and most fail, numerous studies show. In last year's chaotic market, for example, the average mutual fund
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      259 64 HONG KONG AJapanese client sued Bank of America's Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong for alleged reckless misrepresentation in selling him warrants that resulted in losses of ¥1.14 million ($18.02 million). Mr Kozo Sugiura, who sued Merrill and its former private banker
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      756 64  -  CAROLINE BAUM BLOOMBERG POINTOFVIEW As US banks pare their loans, credit creation has crunched to a halt ZERO-PER-CENT interest rates started it. A weak dollar fuelled it. Speculators fanned it. And famed forecasters see it everywhere they look. There's only one problem with the claims that
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      587 66 BLOOMBERG JAPANESE ECONOMY TOKYO The Bank of Japan (BoJ) accommodated demands by the government to combat deflation with a ¥10 trillion ($l5B billion) programme that economists said was insufficient to spark domestic demand. The central bank said on Tuesday it will offer three-month loans to
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      308 66 SINGAPORE Newedge Group plans to open three offices in China next year to capitalise on growth in over-the-counter derivatives and broking in the world's fast-est-growing major economy, the Parisbased brokerage said. Newedge, a joint venture between Societe Generale and Calyon, has earmarked Beijing, Ningbo
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      336 66 BLOOMBERG MELBOURNE A plan by Caltex Australia, the nation's biggest oil refiner, to buy Exxon Mobil's filling stations for As3oo million ($384 million) has been blocked by the regulator because of concern the deal will reduce competition. Customer choice across a range of retail
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      338 68  -  NG BAOYING baoying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo said it wants to triple the number of its stores around the world, by opening as many as 1,500 more in the next five years. A third of these will be in China and
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      544 68  -  MOKFEIFEI SINCEREWATCH Relaunch comes as global economy resurrects itself feifei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Homegrown luxury watch retailer Sincere Watch has roped in two new iconic shareholders to provide a timely boost to the company and support its new plans to focus on the Asian market. It
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      255 69  -  MOKFEIFEI PURCHASING MANAGERS INDEX Seventh straight month of expansion feifei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore's manufacturing economy has expanded for the seventh straight month in November, coupled with signs that the momentum for growth is gaining strength as well. Last month, the Singapore Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) stood at
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        78 69 JONATHAN PEERIS CapitaLand's serviced residence business unit The Ascott Group has opened its fifth serviced residence in Beijing. The 162-unit Ascott Raffles City Beijing marks the first time that Ascott has partnered Raffles City to offer an integrated lifestyle development comprising a retail mall, an office
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        91 69 C O2 OUTPUT BOOST RACHEL KELLY Linde Gas has pumped an additional $25 million into the expansion of its facilities in Singapore, on top of a $30 million investment announced last year. The German gas firm officially opened its first carbon dioxide plant and a supply chain facility on Jurong
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        121 70 AP; BLOOMBERG Bank of America (BofA) said yesterday it plans to repay US$45 billion ($62.1 billion) of the U*****.5 billion in has received government bailout funds within the next few days, a move that will help the troubled bank recruit a new CEO. The bank
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        455 70 THE NEWYORKTIMES AFTERNOON LATEST US economy shows modest improvements, but recovery is uneven and sluggish: Fed WASHINGTON The economy continues to show weak and sluggish signs of renewal, the United States Federal Reserve said last night, as banks wrestle with lacklustre demand for loans and
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        322 70 TAN HUI LENG SINGAPORE The pace of high-level staff movements is picking up in the private banking sector with Deutsche Bank being the latest to join the fray. The bank announced yesterday that it has appointed Mr Kwong Kin Mun as its South-east
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        289 70  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former chief executive of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Mr Hsieh Fu Hua, who stepped down from the position on Monday, has received a special $1.5 million bonus from the bourse. SGX said in a filing that the "special payment" in cash
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          88 70 Wall Street wobbles US shares finished mixed as investors mulled a weaker-than-anticipated survey on job losses and a cautiously optimistic tone from the Federal Reserve Beige Book. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drifted down 18.90 points (0.18 per cent) to close at 10,452.68 in a choppy session a
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          73 70 Fear of US supply glut Oil prices fell sharply after news of a larger-than-expect-ed rise in petrol supplies in the United States the world's biggest energy consuming nation by 4 million barrels, far more than the 700,000-barrel increase forecast by analysts. New York's main contract, light sweet crude
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          64 70 Traders tentative European markets showed scant movement, with investors digesting mixed US employment news, after Asian exchanges advanced in trading still clouded by Dubai's debt difficulties. London's FTSE 100 index gained 0.29 per cent to close at 5,327.39 points while in Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.53 percent
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      256 69 Everybody Needs A Holiday Even You. a well-deserved break from a maddening work schedule. Or a quiet, romantic time for two. Who needs an excuse to enjoy THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE? LUXURIATE AT THE FuLLERTON HOTEL FOR A TRUE FEAST FOR THE SENSES. Gourmet Treasures Time For Two A
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      58 71 B5sS Bkthh BBS BH asfe? ■^ssSSSfisBBH Bf^lß 1 06 BROADWAY BENG AH UAN NATION K ft 06 EARTH, WIND FIRE ETERNAL FLAME I 11 MAY'N FROM ANIME TO ROCK'N'ROLL L 12 STELLAR CAST NINE'S NO CROWO P^^^*^' I 14 MOST-SEARCHED CELEB WHO IS ITP Wr ft 16 CO REVIEWS A
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      263 72 ft&jl TOP 2O z^yvS'l jrFor the week ending If T_ 3 December 2009 Starstrukk 30h!3 feat. Katy 1 2 (Wuner Music) IMSsKWHuTteM Perry Body Language Jesse McCartney 2 4 w«—o feat. T-Pain New Perspective Panic! At The Disco J 1 (VWimer Music) Fifteen Taylor Swift 4 6 (Urwasal) Live Like
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      1137 72  -  BALVINDERSANDHU TAKETHIS! Robbie Williams is finally free of his demons. But thankfully, he #s still got that cheeky chappy persona plus@mediacorp.com. sg ROBBIE Williams (left) was once saved from a bargain bin existence in 1997 when his unimpressive first solo album after leaving Take That, Life Thru
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      505 76  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE Broadway Beng's resident Chio Bus reprazent mayo@mediacorp.com.sg BEHIND every great man is a great woman. Behind every ah beng is an ah lian. But the resident Chio Bus (that's Hokkien for "pretty women", not a form of public transport) of the Broadway Beng stage
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      558 78  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH MUSIC LEGENDS Earth, Wind Fire shows no sign of quitting just yet christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is something to be said about bands that can go the distance and still be together after 30 years. It's no easy feat: The Beatles lasted just barely over a decade.
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      496 81  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH HOTYOUNG SINGER Japanese singing sensation May #n is ready for the world christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg ANIME fans will probably recognise Japanese singer May'n as the singing voice of Sheryl Nome, the rocker chick featured in the anime series Macross Frontier. But May'n born May Nakabayashi
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      567 82 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BEHINDTHESCENES Six Oscar winners, one nominee and a Black Eyed Pea share the screen; no egos were hurt THE corridors of New York's historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel are lined with black-and-white photographs of famous visitors and guests who have stayed there in the past. But
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      346 84 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH YAHOO'S MOST-SEARCHED Michael Jackson tops the list MICHAEL Jackson's (picture) death thrust the singer to the top of Yahoo's search rankings this year, ending the four-year reign of Britney Spears as the most-searched star. United States President Barack Obama, meanwhile, dropped out of the top
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        125 86 Normally, I hate reviewing reissues because I've already said what I wanted to say about the album, and so what if they stick a couple of bonus tracks in it? It's all been said before. However, I will make an exception for this one. Why?
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        FEARLESS PLATINUM EDITION TAYLOR SWIFT
        111 86 Normally, I hate reviewing reissues because I've already said what I Hey, wait a minute. Anyway, this edition of Taylor Swift's debut Fearless trumps Lady Gaga's offering, if not in quality, then by sheer volume. Not only does this have six new tracks including a
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        I DREAMED A DREAM SUSAN BOYLE
        268 86 After making headlines with her extraordinary voice on Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle takes yet another step to achieving her dream of becoming a star with this collection of covers. The album has already topped the charts in the United Kingdom, becoming the fastest-selling
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        126 86 B ry We're not sure if the title if: refers to her name RihanwTR1, j^Bj na. or the slightly risque K^e^ I photos found in the Ik album liner like those B of Rihanna topless with her arms and hands strategically placed over her naughty bits. It's
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        146 86 The first time we heard from Ms Jody Watley, she was looking for a new love. Now, she's had a makeover, and she's looking for a new audience, presumably. Here's the deal: The album is, as the title suggests, about redoing things, so she's taken old
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      193 88 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH PUNCHLINE The best Tiger Woods jokes on the Internet ONCE it became clear that Tiger Woods (picture) suffered only superficial injuries in Friday's car crash, the jokes began to pour in. The mysterious circumstances of the collision combined with the punning potential of golf have
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        670 90  -  CELINETAN BUDAPEST Bask in the old-world charm of Central Europe traveller@mediacorp.com. sg WAITING on a little platform in Budapest, I glimpsed into Snow White's universe had she chanced upon the seven dwarves' metro station instead of their cottage in the woods. It was a mere 10m wide
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        344 92 BOOK REVIEW Bizarre FoodsTV host gives the lowdown on world grub Title: The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked Out the Door Mouth First... and Came Back Shaking My Head (271 pages, Broadway Books, New York, c2009) Author: Andrew Zimmern THETRAVELLER Andrew Zimmern, a true explorer at heart,
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        485 93 WHAT'S HOT How to guarantee yourself a seat no matter where you travel THERE'S luggage, and there's luggage that double as seats to see travellers through the long queues at their points of departure. Then, there's the Egon SitOn trolley, which made its worldwide debut
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