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    31 1 TODY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF /A=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday December 17, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday December 17, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • afternoon edition
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      TEAM S'PORE AT THE SEA GAMES
      90 1 He had been away from the sport for two years, but the lure of competition pulled him back in. And South-east Asia's discus king James Wong proved he still had it in him when he clinched Singapore's first gold medal in athletics at the
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      Lock icon Fed holds course
      382 1 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST No change to "exceptionally low' interest rate to stabilise recovery WASHINGTON The United States Federal Reserve repeated its pledge to keep interest rates "exceptionally low" for "an extended period" and said the economy is strengthening. "Deterioration in the labour market is abating," the Federal
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      Lock icon A green step forward, a step back
      395 1 AGENCIES COPENHAGEN Former Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard's resignation yesterday as president of the United Nations climate talks fed mounting scepticism over whether any consensus could be reached, even though negotiators had earlier all but completed a sweeping deal on preserving forests and
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      46 1 U:X^B333 9888\ \s-^fr'vj/ Medmorp Advertisihg Enquiries I -_4p '■^___^__T —__fl COULD THEY BE SANTA? Come down to Raffles City, Friday, 3pm! Guess which MediaCorp Presenters are our Santas for the day and participate in our 'Guess the Santa'contest in the Dec 19-20 edition of Weekend Today.
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      Lock icon No refund on packages
      487 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN HOTEL SPA SHUTS DOWN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Barely five weeks after hundreds of spa customers were left stranded by Wellness Village's sudden closure, shutters are down for another one located in a hotel with customers told that "outstanding prepaid packages will not be refunded". The decision
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      R&D grants terminated
      672 3  -  ALICIA WONG ROCKEBY BIOMED Flu test research, HIV family fund hit snag with subsidiaries' liquidation alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Could the search for faster, more sensitive tests for influenza A including the avian flu strain take longer than expected? Given the liquidation of Singapore-based Rockeby biomed's two subsidiaries, Spring
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      More investment, if India can fix bottlenecks: MM
      189 3  -  DAMANJEET KOHLI news@mediacorp.com.sg NEW DELHI India and Singapore have a great potential to increase bilateral trade, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who is in India on an official trip. At a symposium in New Delhi, he said India will soon be
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      Lock icon Don't give up just yet: Yaacob
      378 4  -  MAYWONG CLIMATE CONFERENCE Minister: Flexibility will help in reaching an agreement maywong@mediacorp.com. sg COPENHAGEN There should be flexibility on what countries should commit to when tackling climate change, in order to reach a common ground. And although some reports have said the conference may
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      Lock icon TALKS TAKE TOLL
      115 4 AFP The stress of late-night negotiations and rushing between meeting rooms that can be more than half a kilometre apart is taking atoll on participants at the talks. Emergency doctors at the Bella Center say they treated no or so cases a day last week but as
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      With govt funding...
      476 6  -  LINYANQIN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE It can be more easily available to students of all backgrounds: IB director-general yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has started out in Singapore as seemingly accessible only to "elite" students in expensive schools. But the image of the International Baccalaureate (IB) here can change, say those
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    • TECH ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BORDERS ENTERS E-BOOK MARKET
        123 6 AP Borders Group Inc is entering the e-book market it has teamed up with a Canadian digital book company to sell e-books on the Borders.com website. Borders and Kobo Inc will develop a Bordersbranded e-reader application powered by Kobo that will work on most mobile phones
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        Lock icon SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR YOUTUBE?
        127 6 THE GUARDIAN You Tube may begin offering subscription services that allow users to watch major new TV shows and films online, according to a senior Google executive. The site has until now remained resolutely free for users and attempted to make its money through advertising. It
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      Lock icon IE not a must with Windows in Europe
      220 6 AFP BRUSSELS Computer users in Europe who buy new hardware based on Microsoft's Windows operating system will no longer be tied to using the company's Internet Explorer web browser. A new "choice screen" will greet buyers when they configure for use over
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      Lock icon 'VIRTUAL AFGHANISTAN' THE REAL THREAT
      819 8  -  THOMAS FRIEDMAN THENEWYORKTIMES POINTOFVIEW The US needs Muslim allies to go to war on extremist ideas online NEW YORK Let's not fool ourselves. Whatever threat the real Afghanistan poses to United States national security, the "Virtual Afghanistan" now poses just as big a threat. The
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      Lock icon Abu Sayyaf co-founder detained
      297 8 AFP MANILA The Philippines has announced that one of the co-founders of the Al Qaedalinked Abu Sayyaf extremist group has been arrested, after being detained at Jakarta Airport for using a false passport. The Indonesian authorities picked up Abdul Basir Latip on Nov 21 but he
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      Lock icon ROUSING A NEW BOGEYMAN
      378 9  -  RICHARD SPENCER THE DAILYTELEGRAPH POINTOFVIEW Latest missile launch part of Ahmadinejad #s ploy to provoke Israel THE response of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to crisis is noise. Yesterday's launch, in which a Sejjil-2 missile capable of hitting Israel was successfully tested, is another example of this.
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      Lock icon FIRING UPTENSIONS INTHE WEST
      118 9 AGENCIES Iran's test-firing yesterday of an upgraded version of its most advanced missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe has stoked tensions with the West, which is pressing Tehran to rein in its nuclear programme. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "This is a
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi allowed to meet party elders
      302 9 AGENCIES YANGON Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed out of her home yesterday to meet three ailing elders of her political party, with whom she discussed a reorganisation of its leadership. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi, 64, met
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      Problem gambling not criminalised
      545 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN CASINO EXCLUSION SCHEME chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The final piece of the casino exclusion puzzle fell into place yesterday, and with it came the news that it will not be a criminal offence if an individual breaches any order against entering Singapore's upcoming casinos. The onus instead
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      1 in 3 will get more subsidies
      403 11  -  CLAIRE HUANG LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE MOH set to give $6im in grants a year under revised subsidy framework dairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From January next year, patients of long term residential care services will have smaller bills to contend with. The Ministry of Health (MOH)
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      Passers-by put a dead end to snatch thief's neighbourhood spree
      302 12 SINGAPORE A thief who snatched the wallets of two women in the space of two hours was foiled by public-spirited members of the public. On Tuesday at about 10.40 am, a 22-year-old woman's wallet was snatched out of her hand
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      15-year-old is a suspect in 12 cases
      314 12 SERIAL MOLESTER SINGAPORE A spate of molestation cases had been reported in the Sengkang area in recent months, with female victims ranging in age from 14 to 39. In most of the cases, the victims could not give police a clear description of
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      WOMAN TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER
      79 12 A 31-year-old Sri Lankan woman will be charged with murder today in connection with the death of an Indian national at Kaki Bukit Crescent. On Dec 4 at about 9.15 am, in response to a call from the public, police found 32-year-old Murugaiyan Selvam
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      Town council officers can take errant cyclists to task
      179 14  -  LIANCHEONG ASHAPOPATLAL SINGAPORE The Tampines Town Council will empower its officers to take action against errant cyclists from next March when the estate allows cycling on footpaths and covered walkways. But if there are persistent complaints of reckless cycling, the town
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      First patient in global trial
      291 14 HEAD AND NECKCANCER Cancer centre in search of volunteers SINGAPORE A global clinical trial led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has recruited its first patient, who is suffering from squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. About 300 Singaporeans are diagnosed with
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      New commander for Airport Police Division
      154 14 SINGAPORE The Airport Police Division has a new commander. Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) KeokTong San took over from DAC Teo Chun Ching on Tuesday. DAC Keok, 39, recently returned as contingent commander of a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in East Timor. His key appointments
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      Pub, club and lounge owners take anti-drug pledge
      191 16 SINGAPORE Owners of pubs and clubs are playing an active role in keeping their premises crime- and drug-free. About 150 pubs and clubs, as well as karaoke lounge stakeholders, have pledged to promote the anti-drug message in their outlets, joining the Clubs
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    • S'PORE ROUNDUP
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        JAPAN, SINGAPORE SIGN DEFENCE MEMORANDUM
        107 16 Singapore and Japan have signed a Memorandum on Defence Exchanges. It will strengthen defence ties by formalising existing defence interactions between them. These include the exchange of visits by defence officials, policy dialogues, military staff talks and cross-attendance of courses and seminars. The memorandum will
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        SIX NEW NITEC COURSES
        100 16 Students in the January intake will be among the first to experience life at the new ITE College West Regional Campus. The new college at Choa Chu Kang is expected to be completed in the later half of next year. Six new National ITE Certificate (Nitec)
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        NEW HWA CHONG PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCED
        108 16 Dr Hon Chiew Weng will take over as principal of Hwa Chong Institution from Jan 1. He replaces MrAng Wee Hiong, who has retired, the school announced yesterday. The recipient of a Public Admin Medal (Silver) in 2005, Dr Hon started his teaching career as
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      HOLLAND ROAD SPEED CAMERA VANDALISED
      61 16  -  LEEFOONG MING This speed camera along Holland Road was vandalised yesterday morning, covered in silver paint. Several motorists called the MediaCorp News hotline, and a police spokesman said they were informed at about loam.The police are working to trace the culprits. Anyone with information on
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      Lock icon A game of shop and save
      499 16  -  LINYANQIN TEEN SPENDING Course helps teen girls curb spending and save money yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It wasn't unusual for 16-year-old Cheryl to blow her entire daily allowance of $7 on food and hanging out with friends and then ask her parents for more money to
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Indonesia to separate child inmates from teens
      166 18 AP JAKARTA Indonesia will no longer hold children as young as eight years old with teens in prison or with adults in police cells, an official said yesterday. Police signed an agreement on Tuesday with five government departments to keep child defendants between
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      Lock icon Papuan rebel leader killed
      345 18 AFP INDONESIA TIMIKA (Indonesia) Indonesian police yesterday killed a Papuan separatist commander blamed for attacks on United States mine workers, sparking protests in a region scarred by unrest and rights abuses. Police shot Kelly Kwalik after he threatened to open fire on them during an early
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      Lock icon Australia defends disputed web filter plan
      178 18 AFP SYDNEY Australia yesterday dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the Internet and denied the system could be abused to silence free speech. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy hit back at criticism of his plan to block
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      Singaporean to hang for drug-trafficking in M'sia
      267 18 GEORGETOWN Two Singaporeans are in trouble with the law in Malaysia one has been sentenced to hang for drug-trafficking, while another has been detained over an unstamped passport. Former pub owner Oh Tian Sang, 48, was sent to the gallows after being found
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      Lock icon South Korean government sued over child rape case
      253 20 AFP SEOUL A child rape victim and her family have sued South Korea's government, alleging that negligence by state prosecutors aggravated her mental trauma, lawyers said yesterday. The case of the eight-year-old girl, who suffered permanent internal injuries in the attack, has
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      Lock icon Obama writes to Kim
      362 20 AP NORTH KOREA N Korean leader's health worsens, reported to have chronic laryngitis SEOUL Washington's recent bid to persuade North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament negotiations included a personal letter to leader Kirn Jong II written by President Barack Obama, a senior United States official
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREATOTEMPORARILY BAN FOREIGNERS
      247 20 .AFP North Korea plans to temporarily ban foreigners from entering the country, a move that could herald a visit by leader Kirn Jong-ll to neighbouring China, a report said yesterday (Wednesday). South Korea's Chosun llbo newspaper, citing North Korean sources in China, said the ban would
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      Lock icon Philippine volcano rumbles with fresh explosions
      211 22 AP MANILA The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava yesterday as the Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in case of a larger eruption.
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      Lock icon Plans for expansion spark safety concerns
      635 22 THENEWYORKTIMES CHINA'S NUCLEAR POWER SHENZHEN China is preparing to build three times as many nuclear power plants in the coming decade as the rest of the world combined, a breakneck pace which could help slow global warming. China's civilian nuclear power industry with 11
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      Mt Kinabalu sets record with world's highest trail
      183 24 KOTA KINABALU Mount Kinabalu in Sabah has set a Guinness World Record for having the highest mountain top trail, or via ferrata (picture), at an altitude of 3,776 m, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The via ferrata, meaning iron road in Italian,
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      Lock icon From squalid cells to 'the world's first green prison'
      206 24 AFP NEW DELHI South Asia's largest prison, Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi, is hoping to become the first in the world to go green, by using renewable energy, recycled waste and cutting its electricity consumption. Close to 11,500 inmates, most
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      Lock icon Where's the famous Hong Kong skyline?
      463 24 AFP HIDDEN BY HAZE HONG KONG On top of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, groups of tourists find themselves staring down at an apocalyptic vision of a towering city shrouded in menacing grey smog. The haze blurs one of the world's most famous skylines
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      Lock icon India on the 'double agent5 trail
      440 26 India on the 'double agent 5 trail AFP WAR ON TERROR New Delhi suspicious of US reluctance to share details of Mumbai siege suspect NEW DELHI India is investigating whether a Chicago man accused of helping plan the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege was a double agent working for the United
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      Lock icon Australia braces for severe cyclone, extreme heat
      210 26 AFP SYDNEY A severe tropical cyclone was gathering force off Australia's northwest coast yesterday, forcing residents to take shelter as it unleashed highly destructive winds, officials said. The remote Western Australia community of Kuri Bay, north of Broome, was placed on red alert
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      Lock icon British Airways, union agree to emergency talks
      150 26 AGENCIES LONDON British Airways (BA) and union leaders were expected to meet yesterday for emergency talks after the airline's cabin crew members voted for a 12-day strike over Christmas. The Unite union says it's eager to restart talks on resolving a dispute with
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      Lock icon Marcos Jr trumpets presidential ambition
      221 29 AFP MANILA The son of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos announced yesterday he was running for the presidency, saying his family had nothing to be ashamed of. The 52-year-old namesake of his father said he had never viewed his name as a curse but,
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      Lock icon First genocide charges issued
      431 29 AFP UN WAR CRIMES COURT PHNOM PENH Cambodia's United Nations-backed war crimes court has for the first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, a tribunal spokesman said yesterday. Former Khmer Rouge No 2 Nuon Chea and former Foreign Minister
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      Lock icon In 2025, India to pass China in population
      189 30 THE NEWYORKTIMES NEW DELHI India will become the world's most populous country in 2025, surpassing China, where the population will peak one year later because of declining fertility, according to United States Census Bureau projections released on Tuesday. The bureau suggests that
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      Lock icon Rivals square off
      219 30 .AFP SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL POLL President Rajapaksa is up against former army chief Fonseka COLOMBO Twenty-three candidates plan to contest Sri Lanka's presidential poll next month which will see incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa square off against his former army chief, officials said yesterday. Mr Rajapaksa and former army
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      Lock icon Hatoyama under fire
      370 32 AFP US AIR BASE IN JAPAN Opposition, Washington slam Japanese PM for wavering on US air base issue TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama came under fire yesterday for delaying a decision on moving a controversial United States air base in a row the government admitted has
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      Lock icon China's HINI death toll soars
      151 32 AFP BEIJING China's Influenza A (HI Nl) death toll has leapt by more than a third in recent days to 442, the health ministry said yesterday, just days after the government warned of a holiday-season spike in infections. Of the total deaths, 116 were reported
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      Lock icon China VP visits Japan's former ciron city'
      200 32 AFP TOKYO China's Vice-President Xi Jinping wrapped up a three-day visit to Japan yesterday with a trip to a former heavy industrial centre that has cut down on pollution and developed a cleaner robotics sector. Mr Xi, who is expected to succeed Mr
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      Lock icon Geologist on trial for allegedly triggering quakes
      170 40 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BERN —A geologist has gone on trial in Switzerland for allegedly causing earthquakes while drilling for hot rocks to produce clean energy. Mr Markus Haering, who designed the geothermal project, rejected allegations that he deliberately damaged properties and said local people
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      Lock icon French govt seeks ban
      322 40 AFP THE BURQA PARIS President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party will push for a law banning the full-face Islamic veil (picture) in order to defend France from "extremists", the party's parliamentary leader said yesterday. Mr Jean-Francois Cope laid out his plans for new legislation in a newspaper
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      Lock icon Intruder arrested outside Berlusconi's hospital room
      179 40 AFP MILAN Police overpowered and arrested a young man overnight outside Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hospital room, a police spokesman said yesterday. The 26-year-old intruder, "who appeared to have a mental problem", was stopped at around 2am on the floor where Mr Berlusconi
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      Lock icon Afghan probe won't stop Merkel adding troops
      297 42 BLOOMBERG BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel may be preparing to boost Germany's troop numbers in Afghanistan even as she faces a parliamentary inquiry into a German-ordered air strike that killed as many as 142 people, defence analysts say. Lawmakers setting up the investigation yesterday
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      Lock icon UK boosts Afghan mission — with deep defence cuts
      275 42 UK boosts Afghan mission with deep defence cuts AFP LONDON Recession-hit Britain announced on Tuesday £900 million ($2 billion) for new helicopters and equipment for the war in Afghanistan, but said it would have to close a military base and cut staff to pay for it. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth
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      Lock icon 43 militants killed as Pakistan 'pounds hideouts'
      178 42 AFP PESHAWAR Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships have pounded suspected Taliban hideouts in the north-west tribal belt, killing at least 43 militants, officials said yesterday. The armed forces targeted Orakzai and Kurram districts, strongholds of the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked fighters
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      Lock icon Lawmakers blast move plan
      508 42 AFP GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON WASHINGTON Republican lawmakers have reacted furiously to news that United States President Barack Obama plans to transfer a number of Guantanamo Bay detainees to a rural Illinois prison. The administration announced the decision on Tuesday in a letterthat said the federal government
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      Lock icon Michael Jackson estate administrators seek payment
      204 48 AP LOS ANGELES The administrators of Michael Jackson's estate and a cadre of attorneys are seeking millions for managing the King of Pop's affairs after death, court documents filed on Tuesday show. It is unclear how much exactly will be paid out. The administrators
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      Lock icon 50 years in jail for abortion
      421 48 AFP MEXICAN POLITICS Procedure called an 'infanticide' in half of country's states MEXICO CITY As advertisements in Mexico City remind residents that abortions have been legal for the past two years, lawmakers across the country have been voting to sanction them with up to
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      Lock icon Dreamliner makes first flight
      437 52 AP BOEING 787 EVERETT (Washington) Boeing's new 787 jetliner finally got airborne on Tuesday in the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world's first commercial plane mostly constructed from lightweight composite materials. The jet flew over Washington state, beginning an extensive testing programme needed to obtain Federal
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      High-speed train sales race
      358 52 NAGOYA (Japan) On a desolate stretch of track just before midnight, when all passenger lines have been put to bed, a juiced-up Japanese bullet train goes online and accelerates to over 322kmh. The 635-tonne train, about a quarter of a mile long, whooshes by rice paddies
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        131 52 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Charles Dickens' ivory and gold toothpick has sold at a New York City auction for U559,150 ($12,500). It was being offered by heirs to the Barnes Noble family and was up for sale on Tuesday at Bonhams New York. The pre-sale estimate was US$3,OOO
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        107 52 AFP Iran's controversial presidential election was the top Twitter topic this year, the popular microblogging service said on Tuesday. "Among all the keywords, hashtags, and phrases that proliferated throughout the year, one topic surfaced repeatedly," Twitter said in a blog post. "Twitter users found
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        105 52 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH A Chilean Olympic weightlifter unexpectedly gave birth to a baby boy while she was training in a Brazilian gym. Ms Elizabeth Poblete, 22, did not know she was pregnant, and called for a doctor when she felt unwell a week ago while hoisting
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        109 52 AP A New Zealand teen who was flashing her breasts at passing cars has been found guilty of disorderly behaviour, which ended with her in a hospital after a distracted driver ran into her. Cherelle May Dudfield, 18, pleaded guilty to the charge,
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      652 38 AN ADVERTISING FEATURE Smart Shopper Sofas hold a family's history: tk It's where everyone I convenes at the end of I the day to catch up, dish on the latest tabloid newspaper gossip or watch the latest drama serial (complete with running commentary). Thus, it goes without saying that some
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      Why didn't MediaCorp bid?
      215 54  -  Advin KwokChing Hoong WORLD CUP BROADCASTING RIGHTS Letter from I REFER to "No World Cup telecasts on TV next year?" (Dec 16). I wonder why MediaCorp did not try to bid for the rights or at least submit a joint bid with Star Hub and Sing
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      Not cost-effective to air for free
      123 54  -  Joy 01 by-Tan Letter from Vice-President Network Acquisitions, Channel 5 MediaCorp WE REFER to "Why didn't MediaCorp bid?" (Dec 17) by Mr Advin Kwok. We would like to clarify that MediaCorp has been in discussion with the rights owners for some time now, and
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      Certification, police officers to keep errant cyclists in check?
      146 54  -  David Soh Poh Huat Letter from NOW that it is official that cyclists and pedestrians are to co-exist on the paths in Tampines, perhaps the authorities could look into the possibility of granting authority to police and Certis Cisco officers to
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      FOCUS" ON THE FAMILY
      144 56  -  DR BILL MAIER BY SAFE TOYS FOR TODDLERS Toddlers want every toy they see but it is up to us to make sure that what we give them is safe and age appropriate. The best toys are those that help them learn and develop motor skills.
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      Where is the service?
      440 56  -  Stephen Tan Heng Chua CUSTOMER SATISFACTION Letter from WHILE shopping in Orchard Road last Friday, I found service falling short in a high-end boutique and excellent service in a place I least expected it. I had gone to an Italian brand name boutique in lon Orchard
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        CARPARK LIGHTS ARE ON AT 6AM
        83 56  -  Yap Peng Khoon Letter from I have jogged past a yet-to-be-completed carpark near Woodlands Drive 73 and Drive 64 for about a week now. There are barricades preventing entry into the park but why are the lights on at 6am? I am not sure
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        MORE FREE PARKING PLEASE
        56 56  -  David Kwok Ng Kan Letter from I would like to suggest that the Housing Board allow free parking in its estates on Saturdays. Other than on Sundays, many people visit their relatives and friends on Saturday. If free parking cannot be for the whole day, perhaps
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      34 54 VOICES ON RADIO Can anything be done about aggressive cab driv- UJU ers? Call us at *****938 uUU to share your views on Talkßack on 938 Live from 8.15 am to 8.45 am tomorrow.
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      136 56 a y^i Specialist Diploma in .Academy #of i m i fl Teaching Supporting Counsellors Children with Special Needs iJ1.1.J.1J..11.i.11.i)HJ.|.1..1'.1;.J.11.L M [FraaTalk:l7DecO9,Thu7pm] www.certifiedcounsellors.org Hotline ***** 5411 All courees are conducted by ACC School of Counselling and Psychology (MOE Reg. N0.2233), the training division of Academy of Certified Counsellors. jM 3BJ MANTRAS
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      'I' can't let the sport die'
      681 58  -  LOW LIN FHOONG THE 25TH SEA GAMES: THE MOST EXTENSIVE COVERAGE ON MEDIACORP linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg VIENTIANE With a final heave and roar out of the cage, veteran discus thrower James Wong turned to the clutch of Singapore supporters in the stadium and raised his
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      Lock icon VIETNAM'S VU VENTS, AND POUTS
      120 58 AFP Vietnam caused a stir at the SEA Games wrestling competition yesterday afterVuThi Mai's (in red) controversial loss in the women's 45kg freestyle at the National University's Booyong Gymnasium. The umpire had awarded the match to the Philippines' Maribel Jambora. However, the Vietnam coaching staff
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      THE MEDIACORPTEAM IN LAOS
      41 58 Meet the MediaCorp news team that has been bringing you daily reports from Vientiane, Laos, during the 25th SEA Games. From left: Reporters Tan Yo-Hinn, Shamir Osman, Philip Goh and Low Lin Fhoong, and photojournalist Don Wong.
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      Suryo could well claim Dec 17 as his day, as well
      268 59 VIENTIANE Minutes after shattering the SEA Games record of 10.255 ec in the century sprint on Sunday, Indonesian sprint champion Suryo Agung Wibowo declared: "Dec 13 is mine." As he cruised to victory in the 200 m in 20.855
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      After Balakrishnans call, athletics hears it again
      547 59  -  LOWLINFHOONG Wong comes through, but MCVS #Teo says SAA cannot continue to limp linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE There are 45 gold medals on offer in athletics at the SEA Games, the most among the 19 disciplines featured here. Yesterday, 40-year-old James Wong continued a remarkable
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      Lock icon Grappling witn tears
      453 60  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE Singapore's first appearance in a major competitive wrestling match ended in disappointment here yesterday. Melvynna Tambunan's hopes of clinching a medal at the SEA Games ended after a 6-0 loss to Cambodia's Channreaksmey Chey in the play-off for bronze in the women's 51kg freestyle
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      Badminton pair one step from gold
      202 60  -  TANYO-HINN VIENTIANE Singapore remains on course for a first badminton gold medal at the SEA Games in six years. Yesterday, the Republic's women's doubles pair of Sari Shinta Mulia and Yao Lei reached the final after a thrilling 2-1 victory over Thailand's Savitree Amitrapai
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      Lock icon For Dinniyati and Shakir, pain doesn't hurt
      587 61  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Singaporean duo fighting in finals for the first time as silat reaches a climax shamir@mediacorp.com.sg VIENTIANE Nur Dinniyati Julaimi has been walking around with a pronounced limp, while Shakir Juanda's sore rib is really uncomfortable, but both athletes are determined to
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      Lock icon Isa determined to win a medal in his swansong
      404 61  -  SHAMIR OSMAN FOOTBALL,THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF Laos vSingapore, Chao Anouvong Stadium, Live on CIIS, 4pm VIENTIANE In the corner seat at the back of the team bus, Isa Halim looked like the old man of the Singapore under--23 football team. Some of his
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      Lock icon Barca on a roll
      454 62 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Champions of Europe now one match away from being crowned world's best club WORLD CLUB CUP Barcelona (Spain) 3 Atlante (Mexico) 1 ABU DHABI European champions Barcelona produced a masterclass to beat Mexican side Atlante 3-1 here last night and book their place
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    • AFTERNOON ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon WC2018 AT MILTON KEYNES?
        157 62 AFP Plymouth and Milton Keynes a city which had not even been founded when England last won the World Cup could join established football hotbeds of Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle as 2018 World Cup host cities after they were included in a shortlist of cities and
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        68 62 AFP United States President Obama will appear on a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) "Tribute to the Troops" show to be aired on Saturday. No, don't expect to see President Obama in a leather unitard pile-driving Hulk Hogan in a steel cage or anything. He has taped a
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      381 62 AFP LONDON Fulham marched into the Europa League last 32 after Bobby Zamora's double inspired the Premier League side to a 3-2 win at FC Basel last night. Also adding their names to the knockout round mix were Hertha Berlin, Panathinaikos, FC Bruges and
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      476 64 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Reds stop the slide thanks to super-sub Torres, but fail to impress jittery fans ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 2 Wigan 1 LIVERPOOL Fernando Torres climbed off the bench to score as Liverpool returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win over Wigan at Anfield last night.
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      281 64 Chelsea stay clear at the top but are forced to scrap for it .AFP I LONDON Chelsea reclaimed their threepoint lead at the top of the Premier League table after a hard-earned 2-1 win over bottom side Portsmouth last night. Nicolas Anelka's first-half strike and a second-half penalty from Frank
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      454 64 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Tottenham Hotspur 3 Manchester City o LONDON Tottenham maintained the pressure on the top four as two goals from Niko Kranjcar and Jermain Defoe's 13th league goal of the season completed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Manchester City. But City
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      274 59 S'POREANS IN ACTION TODAY ATHLETICS Women's Shot Put: Zhang Guirong; Pole Vault: Isabel Yang, Teo Hui Juen; Men's ifXioom relay: Amirudin Jamal, Poh Seng Song, Izwan Firdaus Hanif, Lee Cheng Wei, Elfi Mustafa, Gary Yeo BADMINTON Women's doubles finals: Shinta M Sari/Yao Lei v Chin Eei Hui/Wong PeiTty (Mas) CUESPORTS
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      685 66 GUIDETO INVESTMENT The investment outlook for 2010 is shaping up fairly well. In this article, director at UOB Asset Management, ANTHONY RAZA, sheds light on why investors should get invested and be balanced. IN 2008, many investors learnt that cash was a great
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      608 68 BLOOMBERG GOLD MARKETS However, buying by central banks may be sending signal to sell NEW YORK Some of the biggest buyers of gold may be sending the strongest signal to sell it, if past performance is indicative of future results. Central banks, holding about 18
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      421 68 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA Indonesia's stock index may climb 32 per cent next year after outperforming measures in Asia's biggest markets in 2009 as companies raise debt to expand amid a pickup in economic growth, according to Credit Suisse Group AG. The Jakarta Composite Index
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      518 70 BLOOMBERG FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CHINA Beijing chalks up fastest rate of growth in 16 months BEIJING Foreign direct investment in China climbed at the fastest pace in 16 months last month, lured by a strengthening recovery in the world's third-largest economy. Investment rose 32 per cent
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      251 70 BLOOMBERG TOKYO -Japan needs a "wellarticulated" target to reduce the world's largest government debt, Moody's Investors Service said after conflicting statements from Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his finance chief over next year's bond sales target. "Deficit reduction and a debt target would
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      224 70 AP SYDNEY Australia's economy, insulated from the worst of the global downturn by lavish government spending, slowed in the third quarter as the boost from the first phase of the stimulus faded. Gross domestic product rose 0.2 per cent in the third
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      165 70 AP SYDNEY Australia will loosen some longstanding foreign investment restrictions on Qantas to help the national airline deal with the global downturn. The government will, however, keep a 49-per-cent cap on foreign ownership to ensure the company stays in Australian hands, according
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      403 72  -  AZHARKHALID SINGAPOREAIRLINES azhark@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The nascent recovery in the airline sector has sent shares of Singapore Airlines (SIA) soaring since the middle of this year, surpassing even the gains in the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI). SIA shares have risen a strong 30.1 per cent since June
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      289 72  -  RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE Industry leaders say the finance sector is expected to increasing hiring next year. Speaking at an industry forum yesterday, they said with the economy recovering, more companies are expected to list or issue bonds. This will lead to more
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      595 73  -  TIMOTHY OUYANG SINGAPORE BANKS FORECAST timothyouyang@mediacorp SINGAPORE Singapore banks have held up quite well, despite going through one of the worst recessions in the country's history. And while loan growth is expected to remain weak next year, some analysts believe Singapore banks could still see
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      177 73  -  MOKFEIFEI SINGAPORE Capita Land's wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Group, has launched its first Citadines serviced residence in Malaysia. Scheduled for completion by the first half of 2012, Citadines Kuching Uplands is located in the Jalan Simpang Tiga area, which is
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          75 74 Warming up to winter World oil prices soared as traders reacted to falling US inventories and colder weather across the northern hemisphere, shifting the outlook for supply and demand. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for January delivery, leapt US$l.69 to close at U5572.66 a barrel,
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          52 74 DAK hits 15-month high Europe's leading stock markets rallied after the release of some encouraging data on the US economy. London's FTSEIOO climbed 0.65 per cent to 5,320.26 points, Paris jumped 1.09 per cent to 3,875.82 and Frankfurt DAK gained 1.58 percent to 5,903.43, its highest close since
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        289 74 NYT WASHINGTON Time's Person of the Year one moment; object of Senate scorn the other. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke faces a vote later today i in the Senate Banking Committee on his nomination for another four-year term as head of the
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        456 74 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Chip-maker accused of using 'threats' to protect its monopoly NEW YORK The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused Intel, the world's largest computer chip-maker, of illegally using its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and bolster its monopoly. The
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        156 74 .BLOOMBERG SYDNEY National Australia Bank agreed to buy Axa AsiaPacific's Australian and New Zealand businesses for A 54.61 billion ($5.8 billion), scuttling AMP's bid for the asset manager. Axa Asia-Pacific shareholders will be offered A 56.43 a share in cash, or a mix of cash and
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      1103 75  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH I TODAY EXCLUSIVE Brig singer Joss Stone returns with her 'best work to date' christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg I .-I 3 IT HAS been a bit of a year for British singer Joss Stone. The 21 -year-old singer, best known for her cool, freewheeling style, apparently lost her cool earlier
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      419 79  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH GOING INDIE Compilation album celebrates S #pore #s indie music heroes christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER previously releasing compilations of local music from the '60s, Universal Music decided to look a little closer to the present and came up with +65 Indie Underground, a compilation of local indie
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      77 79 Fancy having a real 6-foot-tall Christmas tree delivered to your home or office and personally decorated by the Class 95FM DJs? Just log on to www.class9s.sg with five reasons starting with the letters C-L-A-S-S and you could find the Class Crew knocking on your door
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        370 80  -  GENEVIEVELOH RACHEL LIANG Newbie singer is perkily upbeat about her future ||Wipp|||Bippß DESBHh6BH9 Bmpmhmhhjmm Kfljj|||ff|p|jflli^^ BPflßßilliißffilFiw HMNMfJMJIINM ■■■■■■■■Hm interview at The Oriental Hotel to give any diabetic a toothache. Thing is, you can't help but smile at her enthusiasm. And she has a lot
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        444 82  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH RADIO GA-GA Georgina Chang relishes her new role on radio christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg UNTIL recently, she was known as the "tennis girl" who covered all the major tennis events for ESPN Star Sports. But Georgina Chang has gone back to her roots in radio. This time,
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        552 84  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCAL THEATRE Teater Ekamatra #s inter-faith play tips its hat to late Malaysian film-makerYasmin Ahmad mayo@mediacorp.com.sg THE presence and influence of the late Yasmin Ahmad is palpable in Teater Ekamatra's new play, Nadirah. From its themes of inter-faith and interracial relationships down to the
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      152 86 AFTER six months of gruelling competition and singing their way to the top of a heap of 4000 other hopefuls, Ms Soul and Mr Slick are ready to go head-to-head. The game is on as Sylvia and Sezairi (picture) duke it out
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      442 86  -  TOM SERVICE CONDUCTORS ANDTHEIR BATONS impressive objects. I found one recently in an antique shop next to the Coliseum in London, which was unearthed in the vaults of English National Opera; a magnificent ebony wand, about half an inch thick, with a few silver embossed bands along
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      838 89 THEGUARDIAN GOOD LORD! Peter Jackson and Guillermo DelToro have been dropping some heavy hints about their Lord Of The Rings prequel, but the important question about splitting it into two parts still remains WHAT a strange volte face there has been in
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      677 90 THESIMPSONSTURN 20 TV #s longest-running cartoon series shows no signs of stopping Added Fox studios in a statement: "The Simpsons immediately struck a chord with viewers across the country as it poked fun at itself and everything in its wake. "With its subversive humour and delightful
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      119 92  - KISS TELL SELENA GOMEZ WITH a grinding guitar leading off Kiss &Tell, Selena Gomez's album charges along like a kart race. There's enough whoop and wonder to keep things exciting, but it all seems to be done within a seemingly controllable environment, pretty much like her contemporaries Miley Cyrus or
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      77 92  -  ELVA HSIAO TAIWANESE pop diva Elva Hsiao's new Mandarin album is a happy pop affair that borrows heavily from the dance/ urban/R&B genre, with dance-infused songs like Beauty Encounter, Shining Love and the title track. Tempering the beats are songs are ballads like Count Down, Confession and Cry
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        270 92  -  JOHN MAYER BATTLE STUDIES I I USED to think that John Mayer was one of those pompous musicians who, though good, also knew that they were good and proceeded to let everyone know how good they were. But I was pretty interested in this album because it features
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        151 92  -  |WESTLIFE FOUR of the original members of Irish boy-band Westlife (should we call them a "man-band" now?) have come together for their 10th studio album (yes, it's been that long). The result isn't as bad as some detractors might make it out to be. First single, What
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        104 92  -  MAKSIM CLASSICAL dance, that great category of music wrought about by acts like the violin-wielding Vanessa Mac and Bond, and the piano man Maksim may seem to lessen the musical talent of the players because reviewers are too busy dissing the Euro beat that sometimes overshadows the actual performance.
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        122 93  -  I Tl MB ALAND ON THE Intro, DJ Felli Fel kicks off the proceedings by saying that since this album is by Timbaland, you don't really need an intro, but they'll give you one anyway. The reasoning is valid: So many rap albums sound alike, if they
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        104 93  -  RYUICHI SAKAMOTO SPEAKING or Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, this album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, the guy who composed that song, shows how a little restraint goes a long way. This collection of some of Sakamoto-san's most memorable works with just the piano helps us J remember what a vital
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        108 93  -  DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL THE first time I heard Dashboard Confessional, I thought they were an Electrico copycat band. I'm not too sure which party benefits from such a comparison, but this album doesn't alter that assessment. It's right up there with The Fire Fight and Another Sunday Afternoon, except
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      641 94 GOLDEN OLDIES Audio cassettes are making a comeback, thanks to elderly listeners AFTER years of dwindling sales in the face of competition from CDs and digital downloads, the death knell for the format was sounded two years ago when retailers stopped stocking cassettes. However, record companies
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        875 96  -  RAZALI ABDULLAH KIWI CHARISMA CLUB MEDSAHORO Communal spirit is high here, which is why visitors keep coming back chief sub-editor razalia@mediacorp.com.sg HOKKAIDO is widely regarded as Japan's mecca for winter sports. Every year, it gets an abundance of some of the world's finest powder snow,
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        136 98 MONGOLIAOPENSSKI RESORT Skiers seeking the novel have a new destination to explore: Mongolia. A place called Sky Resort, situated just outside the capital of Ulan Bator on Bogd Khan Uul Mountain, opened last month as the nation's first ski resort. Don't look for steep slopes though. The mountain
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        514 100 HAPPY HOLIDAYS The economy is picking up and so is your friends' and famil/s^B yearning to make up for a year of lost travel time. See them off in style with these snazzy gifts, says S ha riff a Nadia^^^^^^^J Moleskin Paris and New York cities
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        148 101 LAST MINUTE TRAVEL GIFTS Twas the night before Christmas and all the malls are closed. What do you do? An easy solution is to get vouchers. Log on to Jetstar.com to choose a denomination you can afford it ranges from $25 to $500 and the gift of a
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        287 101 AP WHILE the most renowned Christmas markets in Germany are in Dresden and Nuremberg, many find the season is best celebrated at the dozens of smaller markets across the nation. In Rothenburg ob der Tauber, locals and visitors alike pack the central Reiterlesmarkt square to
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