Today, 15 December 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday December 15, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday December 15, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • Expats like life here; mixing with locals, less so
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      Lock icon Pay it back, banks
      496 1 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST We helped you in time of crisis now free up credit for small businesses: Obama WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama said the United States' banks have an obligation to help accelerate the country's economic recovery after the government bailed them out of a crisis
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      Lock icon Expats like life here, but...
      524 1 SINGAPORE When it comes to giving expatriates a feel-good experience, Singapore has all the crisp processes and hardware from the ease of setting up a utilities account and commuting to work, to organising their healthcare, finances and kids' school enrolment. But getting these foreigners to
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      Lock icon Lifeline in the nick of time
      561 2  -  CONRAD RAJ DUBAI BAILOUT But it's a tactical move, not a blank cheque of state support editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Markets from Tokyo to London breathed a collective sigh of relief as the Abu Dhabi government yesterday gave a US$lO billion ($13.9 billion) lifeline to
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      Lock icon BA crew vote for 12 days of Christmas strikes
      394 3 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON British Airways cabin crew voted Monday to push ahead with a walkout next week, threatening major disruptions to holiday travel at a time when the carrier is scrambling to stem record losses. The strike is expected to
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      Hassle-free services
      451 4  -  CHERYL LIM FUTURE HEALTHCARE cheryll@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Wherever you live, you can look forward to having the bulk of your healthcare needs taken care of, without having to travel far from home. For example, Sembawang residents can expect to have immunisation, healthcare talks, coughs and colds, surgeries, deliveries, home
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      Lock icon Berlusconi recovering after Milan statue attack
      222 6 THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (picture) was recovering in hospital yesterday after being hit in the face by a statuette of Milan cathedral thrown at him during a political rally. The attack on Sunday, which the leader's bodyguards failed
      THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILYTELEGRAPH; AFP  -  222 words
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      Lock icon Jail for Lazaroo
      401 6  -  ANSLEYNG CORRUPTION Navy officer gets 21 months in prison for helping to smuggle contraband cigarettes ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was a specialist in the Navy's coastal surveillance unit whose task was to monitor Singapore's waters. But instead of looking out for suspicious vessels, Gavin Bertram Lazaroo did the
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      Paying more for less
      334 8 GROCERY PRICE SURVEY SINGAPORE The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has discovered that two brands have raised the prices of their products by reducing the quantity of their contents while keeping the same or having just slightly different packaging. This means that unwitting consumers were paying
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      Lock icon Traffic Police reminds cyclists, bikers to be safe
      159 8 SINGAPORE The deaths of several cyclists and bikers in the past two weeks has spurred a reminder from Traffic Police for road users to be vigilant. On Saturday, two best friends died when their motorcycle was hit by a car along Bukit
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      Generate carbon credits if you Care
      238 8 SINGAPORE Building owners in Singapore can soon gain carbon credits while cooling their buildings more efficiently now that a carbon programme the first of its kind is being developed. Climate Action Resource Enterprise' for Energy Efficiency (Care) looks to generate carbon credits by promoting
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        WENDY'S FAST FOOD RETURNSTO SINGAPORE
        99 10 After a hiatus of years, Wendy's burgers are now back in Singapore, thanks to the Kopitiam Group. It opened the first outlet at Lau Pa Sat Festival Market yesterday (picture) and plans to build another 35 outlets over the next decade. The next outlet will
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        FAIRPRICE FINESTOPENS IN CENTURY SQUARE
        112 10 From Thursday, residents in eastern Singapore will be able to get fresh airflown oysters, premium wines, organic produce and designer homeware at the FairPrice Finest supermarket opening at Century Square. It will be the third outlet here, after stores at BukitTimah Plaza and Thomson Plaza.
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        THEYTRIEDTO LEAVE ILLEGALLY IN BREAD VAN
        130 10 It wasn't loaves a red-and-white bread delivery van was carrying. Near midnight on Thursday, it pulled into the Woodlands Checkpoint. All seemed normal as the driver and co-driver's documents were cleared. But, during the routine check on the vehicle, customs officers glimpsed a silhouette
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        MISS STORE UNIVERSE NOW RECRUITING
        57 10 Miss Singapore Universe 2010 is now recruiting contestants. To qualify, applicants must be Singapore citizens, taller than 1.65m and aged between 18 and 27. The deadline is Jan 15; more details can be found at www.derrolstepenny.com. Former Miss Singapore Universe pageant winners include former Nominated
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      Lock icon A boon, or a bane?
      372 10  -  CHERYL LIM SOCIAL NETWORKING MEDIA The pros and cons of finding a job through Web-based platforms cheryll@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It's not just a way to keep in touch with friends or reach out to clients social networking platforms are also being used by Singapore companies as
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      Lock icon Sales of e-Cards up 50 per cent
      216 10 LYNDA HONG AND KRISTINE CHIN SINGAPORE They are environmentally friendly and, for many firms recovering from the economic recession, a way to cut costs. Small wonder that sales of e-cards have risen by as much as 50 per cent Designing such an e-card
      LYNDA HONG AND KRISTINE CHIN  -  216 words
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      Charged with corruption
      151 12  -  BYRON HO ALLEGED FALSE ACCIDENT CLAIM SINGAPORE He had acted as a coordinator, referring motor vehicle accident cases to law firms in order to file a claim with insurance companies. Now, 43-year-old Hamzah Karim, who is self-em-ployed, has been charged with corruption. In August 2006, he had
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon AWARDS FOR4CLINICIAN SCIENTISTS
        98 12 Four clinician scientists from various backgrounds, including cancer, obstetrics and gynaecology, and ophthalmology, have received the Clinician Scientist Awards (CSAs) from the Ministry of Health and A*Star. They are Dr Lee Soo Chin and Dr Jerry Chan from the National University Health System, DrToh Han Chong from
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        SPD SHOW BRINGS N $3.3 MILLION
        67 12 The SPD charity show (picture) has raised a total of $3.3 million after phone lines for donations closed at midnight on Sunday. It had a target of $2.8 million. The show to raise funds for the Society for the Physically Disabled was televised live
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Plane crew detained for 12 more days
      233 14 AFP BANGKOK —A Thai court yesterday extended the detention of a five-man crew of a plane carrying weapons out of North Korea, the first known airborne arms cargo seized under the latest United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang. The 30-tonne cache, including missiles and
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      Lock icon PAS endorses PR's common platform
      444 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) edged closer to a formal coalition after Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), whose Islamic credentials have often been at odds with its partners, gave the green light to the alliance's common platform which
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon BABY-SELLING SYNDICATE BUSTED
        127 14 AFP Malaysian police said yesterday they have rescued five infants and arrested 13 people, including a doctor, after exposing a baby-selling racket. Federal criminal investigation chief Bakri Zinin said the syndicate bought babies from women, mainly foreign maids working in Malaysia, who were talked out of having
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        Lock icon ONE DEAD, 19 HURT IN MALAYSIAN MALL BLAST
        118 14 AFP One man was killed and 19 workers injured yesterday in an explosion at a newly-built Malaysian shopping centre in Malacca, which police said was likely caused by a gas leak. The blast occurred at the food court of the Aeon Jusco
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      Lock icon Opium cultivation doubled in Myanmar since 2006
      190 16 AFP VIENNA Opium cultivation in Myanmar has almost doubled since 2006, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced yesterday. "The trend is going in the wrong direction," UNODC chief Antonio Maria Costa said in a statement ahead of the release
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      Thailand 'blocks' Facebook
      123 16 BANGKOK Thai internet forums were abuzz yesterday over reported government blocks of popular websites such as Facebook, the Jakarta Globe said on its website. Users who accessed the sites including Twitter, CNN, YouTube and Flickr said they were redirected to the website of the Thai Ministry of
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      Lock icon Thai spy released
      341 16 AFP THAILAND-CAMBODIA RELATIONS PHNOM PENH Cambodia yesterday released from jail a Thai man convicted and then pardoned for spying on Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The release of Siwarak Chothipong came as Mr Thaksin paid a visit to Cambodia that could reignite diplomatic tensions between Bangkok
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      Lock icon British Muslims most patriotic in Europe
      190 18 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Muslims in Britain are the most patriotic in Europe, according to a new study. A report has found that on average, 78 per cent of Muslims in Europe identify themselves as British, compared with 49 per cent who consider themselves French
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      Lock icon 1 dead, another recaptured
      437 18 AFP MILITANT JAILBREAK ZAMBOANGA Troops hunting for dozens of militants who made a stunning jailbreak on a southern Philippine island killed one of the escapees and recaptured another yesterday, police said. The weekend escape, and a separate beheading of a hostage, was the latest in an
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      Lock icon Exporting extremism
      612 19 AP ISLAMIC EDUCATION Hardline Pakistani schools a draw for foreigners KARACHI Anas bin Saleem, a 12-year-old American, spends seven hours a day sitting crosslegged on the floor memorising the Quran. He is one of thousands of foreigners who have flocked to conservative Islamic schools in Pakistan, despite a
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      Lock icon Yemen, the reserve base
      459 21 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH WAR ON TERROR US special forces train Yemen army to combat rising terrorist threat MANAMA (Bahrain) United States special forces have been sent to Yemen to train its army amid fears the unstable Arab state is becoming a strategically important base for Al Qaeda. American
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      Lock icon Taliban stalls key hydroelectric turbine project in Afghanistan
      311 21 THE GUARDIAN KABUL —An enormous hydroelectric turbine dragged at huge cost by British troops through Taliban heartlands last year may never be installed because the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has been unable to secure a 50km stretch of road leading to an
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      Lock icon Chinese VP in Japan amid protocol row
      345 23 .AFP CHINA-JAPAN TIES TOKYO China's Vice-President Xi Jinping yesterday kicked off an Asia tour in Japan, where a row has broken out over a breach of protocol for his hastily arranged meeting with Emperor Akihito. MrXi, who is widely expected to succeed MrHuJintao
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon MURDER SUSPECT MAY HAVE HAD DAD'S HELP
        96 23 AFP China A Chinese man suspected of killing 12 relatives may have been helped by his father, state media said yesterday. Relatives said suspect Liu Aibing, 34, and his father had shot and hacked to death their family members in the village ofYinshanpai
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        Lock icon 'MONSTER'ICEBERG SHEDDING OFFSHOOTS
        109 23 AFP Australia An island-sized iceberg is breaking up as it drifts closer to Australia, producing hundreds of smaller slabs spread over a massive area of ocean, experts said yesterday. The 140-sq-km block of ice, known as 8178, was seen some 1,700km south-southwest of Australia's western coast on
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        Lock icon DOCTORS FACE DRUGS TESTS
        90 23 AFP Bangladesh The authorities at Bangladesh's only medical university yesterday said they had introduced drugs tests for doctors after allegations of rampant narcotics abuse. Mr Pran Gopal Dutta, vicechancellor of Bangabandhu Medical University in Dhaka, told AFP the decision was taken after the death of a
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      Lock icon Cyclone Mick batters Fiji
      159 24 AFP SUVA (Fiji) Widespread blackouts and some damage was reported as a cyclone passed over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu yesterday, bringing torrential rain and gale-force winds. There were no early reports of casualties as the category 2 Cyclone Mick swept over the country. Close
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      Lock icon Firing up the gasworks
      378 24 AP CHINA-TURKMENISTAN PIPELINE SAMANDEPE GAS FIELD (Turkmenistan) A landmark pipeline from Central Asia to China began pumping natural gas yesterday, marking Beijing's latest coup in its search for new sources of energy to fuel its burgeoning economy. The new pipeline is Central Asia's first major gas
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      Lock icon Koalas, penguins at risk of extinction: Study
      196 27 AFP COPENHAGEN Climate change threatens the survival of dozens of animals from the emperor penguin to Australian koala bears, according to a report released yesterday at the United Nations climate conference. Rising sea levels, ocean acidification and shrinking polar ice are taking a
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      Lock icon Coal is still king in China
      470 27 AFP CLIMATE CONFERENCE Climate change vow did little to change way of life for many LINFEN The choking soot that coats Linfen is testament to an inconvenient truth behind Beijing's promises to curb its greenhouse gas emissions: Cheap and carbon-belching coal remains king in
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      Lock icon Many left red in the Face(book)
      318 28 THENEWYORKTIMES MALICIOUS PROGRAMS SAN FRANCISCO It used to be that computer viruses attacked only your hard drive. Now they attack your dignity. Malicious programs are rampaging through websites like Facebook and Twitter, spreading themselves by taking over people's accounts and sending out messages to
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      Lock icon Another sponsorship blow for Woods
      143 28 AFP ORLANDO (Florida) A major sponsor of golfer Tiger Woods has announced that it is ending its ties with the star as he "is no longer the right representative" because of his involvement in a sex scandal. Accenture, the Dublin-based technology, management and outsourcing consultancy,
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        1339 34  -  MAYO MARTIN TODAY EXCLUSIVE The Asia-Pacific Triennial and the Singapore Biennale may have a lot more in common than you think mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE heart of the Australian city of Brisbane, there's a massive explosion of art. It's exemplified, quite literally, by Indian artist Subodh Gupta's imposing sm-high
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        161 40 AP NASSAU (Bahamas) Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp suspects he'll never get used to receiving awards for his acting work. Depp, best known for his Oscar-nomi-nated role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean blockbusters, made the comments on Sunday before
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        367 40 AP LA FILM CRITICS AWARDS LOS ANGELES The Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker was chosen as the year's best picture on Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The film also won the group's best-director honour for Kathryn Bigelow. The group named
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        430 41  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE The Composer sees Virgins' making sweet music onstage mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DIRECTING and acting with a group of mostly first-time actors for the R(A) play The Composer has inevitably caused Tan Kheng Hua to reminisce about the time she lost her virginity. Her onstage "virginity", that is.
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        246 41 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEXT year, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London will have an art exhibition worth a total of £4 million ($9 million). But it will all be fake. The exhibit of forged art and antiquities will also have the
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      742 42  -  EVELINE GAN FASHION HAZARDS Jumbo bags, skinny jeans and wedge shoes could lead to a host of problems eveline@mediacorp.com. sg LIKE many fashionable new mums, 29-year-old Erin Lee swore she would never carry sensible diaper bags think lightweight, ergonomically-designed backpacks and sling bags. Not even when
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      349 42  -  EVELINEGAN DON'T expect a depressed man to weep or cry while expressing sadness. According to depression experts Today spoke to, men who have the blues tend to display very different symptoms from women. Rather than admit that they are depressed, men are more likely to
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      593 44 mMy dentist told me that my gums bleed easily and she suggested that I floss my teeth everyday to reduce bleeding. Is it true that flossing daily will reduce bleeding; are there side effects if I floss everyday; and should I floss my teeth
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      685 46  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Young Singapore side outclassed by quick-witted Vietnamese outfit FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL Vietnam 4 Singapore 1 shamir@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE Two hours before kick-off, Terry Pathmanathan stood outside the Singapore dressing room, leaning against the gate, arms hanging loosely by his side with a smile on his face,
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      569 47  -  TANYO-HINN Singapore swimming eyes a bright future after a stunning SEA Games harvest yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE As rookies, they had to eat fried grasshoppers and jump off a 10-metre diving platform in an initiation ceremony. But there was no denying that the 11 newbies in Singapore's 23-strong swim
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      355 47  -  PHILIPGOH VIENTIANE Confusion over rules held the Thai men's golf team and their Singapore counterparts in suspense yesterday. The Singapore team of Jonathan Leong, Johnson Poh, Jonathan Woo and Lam Zhiqun thought they had won gold at the SEA Games
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      250 47 ARCHERY Men's compound individual semi-final and final: Adriel Chua ATHLETICS Men's long jump finals: Matthew Goh (above) BADMINTON (quarter-finals) Men's singles: Ashton Chen v Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina), Simon Santoso (Ina) v Derek Wong; Doubles: Hendra Wijaya/Jeffrey Wong v Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (Mas), Mohd
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      601 48  -  TANYO-HINN Gai, Poh and Lim bag air pistol event to make it six wins for Singapore yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE With a dearth of talent in the men's 50m air pistol event regarded as the most difficult of the air pistol disciplines Singapore fielded just four
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      260 48  -  LOW LIN FHOONG VIENTIANE After the surprise loss of the Singapore men's doubles pair of Gao Ning and Yang Zi and Cai Xiaoli and Pang Xuejie to Vietnamese opponents in Sunday's semi-finals, the Republic's women restored some pride in the table tennis competition at the
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      683 50  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Now married, Zhang is confident of a fourth successive shot put triumph Hnfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE Married life has been good to Singapore shot putter Zhang Guirong. In 2006, the 31 -year-old was an emotional wreck after a public spat with the
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      381 51 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK —His marriage may be in deep trouble but Tiger Woods' main sponsor is standing by its man. Phil Knight, the chairman and co-founder of Nike, has given his unequivocal backing to Woods at a time when other sponsors, including Gillette
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      316 51 AGENCIES BERLIN Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has agreed a oneyear deal to drive for Mercedes Fl (formerly Brawn GP) forthe 2010 season, according to reports coming out of Germany over the weekend. And he has his former team Ferrari's blessings to do so.
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      174 51 AFP Jamie Carragher has revealed that he has been praying nightly for divine intervention to ensure Liverpool end the season with some silverware and a place in the Premier League's top four. Rafael Benitez's side have been eliminated from this season's Champions League, and a 2-1
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      550 51  - 'Uncle Tony' is at it again in the pit lane LAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In their first outing in Formula 1 between 1958 and 1994, they won seven drivers and six constructors' world titles. Their roll call of champions includes legends Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Emerson Fittipaldi. Of course,
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      245 52 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST Fabregas' selection for international' friendly earns Wenger's ire BARCELONA Catalonia coach Johan Cruyff has included the Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas in his squad for the friendly against Argentina later this month against the wishes of the player's club manager, Arsene Wenger. There seems
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      167 52 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH NAPLES Former Juventus director Antonio Giraudo has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in Italy's 2006 football match-fixing scandal. Giraudo, already banned from football by a 2006 sports tribunal, has been found guilty of sporting fraud and conspiracy in
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      162 52 AFP Juventus' Brazilian international defensive midfielder Felipe Melo was yesterday named Flop of the Year 2009 in a vote parodying the annual Ballon dOr award given to Europe's top player. The award was decided via a vote by listeners of Rai 2 radio. Melo, who
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      151 46 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 9.30 am NFL Cardinals v Ch 117 7pm SEA Games Table tennis singles/ doubles, athletics Ch 5 10pm SEAGames Today atthe Games, Ch 5 11.55pm Football Club World Cup, Ch27 TOMORROW iam Basketball XX Hemofarm v Le Mans, Ch 113 3.15 am Basketball Friends Provident Trophy,
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      235 53 MOVERS AND SHAKERS GROUPM Asia-Pacific announced last week the appointment of Mr James Chadwick as GroupM Singapore's chief executive officer. He will report to the GroupM Asia-Pacific CEO, Mr Mark Patterson, effective from Jan 1,2010. GroupM is a leading global media investment management operation.
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      682 55  -  WILLIAM PESEK POINTOFVIEW Rich nations must get serious about climate change, only then will Asia follow suit IT'S a rare embarrassment of riches that reaches as far as the ozone layer. China has just that in the form of its massive arsenal of foreign currency.
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      198 56 AP NEW YORK Citigroup Inc said yesterday it is repaying US$2O billion ($27 billion) in bailout money it received from the Treasury Department in an effort to reduce government influence over the banking giant. The New York-based bank had received one of the
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      210 56 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY AMP, Australia's second-largest asset manager, and French insurer Axa have raised their bid for Axa Asia Pacific Holdings to A512.9 billion ($l6 billion). They raised their bid to A56.22 a share, higher than the original proposal of A55.34 a month ago. Axa Asia
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      402 56 BLOOMBERG JAPAN FINANCE Currency poised to replace dollar as top funding currency TOKYO The yen is poised to replace the dollar as the top funding currency for investments in cities after borrowing from Japan became almost as cheap as United States loans for the first
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        71 58 Mainboard-listed construction firm KSH has secured a contract worth $40.3 million from the National University of Singapore (NUS). It isthe second project this year that the firm has won from NUS. Under the contract, KSH will build a four-storey Education Resource Centre at the NUS
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        85 58 Mainboard-listed offshore oil and gas group Swiber announced that it has secured two contracts worth up to US$Bl.9 million ($111.6 million). It said the contracts are from oil firms in Southeast Asia to provide offshore support vessels. One contract will last for five months and the other
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      348 58 SINO-ENVIRONMENT SAGA SINGAPORE The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) said that it has met with officials from the Chinese Embassy yesterday to convey the concerns of shareholders in beleaguered firm Sino Environment Technology Group. Sias president and chief executive officer David Gerald said he
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      262 59 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON The British capital faces falling into third place behind New York and Shanghai in the rankings of global financial centres as rising regulation strangles growth, according to a new study. London's demotion from its current second place is part of
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          68 60 Modest gains European stocks made modest gains on following news that oil-rich Abu Dhabi would help bail out neighbouring Dubai and a move by US banking giant Citigroup to exit a US government bailout. London's FTSE 100 index closed up 1.02 per cent at 5,315.34 points, the Frankfurt
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