Today, 31 December 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 TODAY Kiber 31, 2009 www.todayonline.ct TODAY Thursday December 31, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      • 61 1 Eight American civilians died in a suicide-bomb attack on an American military base in Afghanistan, a United States official said. A single attacker was responsible for the blast at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province near the Pakistan border yesterday, which
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      • 89 1 A British man captured along with four others in a brazen kidnapping from an Iraqi government office more than two years ago was freed yesterday morning. Mr Peter Moore is believed to be the only survivor among the five captives. Mr Moore was taken to the British
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    • 724 1 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Republicans seize opportunity to attack President's stance on terror HONOLULU Republican heavyweights steered a political storm toward Mr Barack Obama's Hawaiian beachside retreat yesterday, branding the US president soft on terror after the near-miss of a botched Christmas Day airliner attack. Foes of
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    • 640 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There could come a day when pupils who excel in all subjects but Chinese language would stand a greater chance getting into a top school than they would currently. But for now, primary school pupils who take the subject only
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  • NEWS
    • 72 2 IMELDASAAD; PHOTO COURTESY CHANGI AIRPORT GROUP There's now a much more fun way to zip around Changi Airport, from now until February. Segway personal transporters have made their way among the check-in rows of Terminal 3. The only indoor Segway circuit on the island was
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    • 212 2 AFP LONDON Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday that Britain is over the worst of the economic slowdown, in an upbeat New Year's message months ahead of general elections. But Mr Brown warned that opposition Conservative leader David Cameron could wreck the recovery
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    • 227 2 AFP The United States and Yemen are reviewing targets in Yemen for a potential reprisal strike after the failed Christmas Day attack on a US jet claimed byAI Qaeda in Yemen, CNN reported yesterday. CNN television cited two senior US officials
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    • 374 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT COUNTERFEIT ATM CARDS Sixwerepaidto withdraw cash with cloned cards here weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The "job" offer seemed too good to refuse: Fly to Singapore and test some cards on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) here. The reward was the promise of between €500 ($1,000) and
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    • 282 3  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE The mobile phone has, over the years, integrated many functions now it can contain one more feature that could help save your life. The ePhone Life Mobile (EPI Life) acts as a personal electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor. According to
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    • 868 4  -  LEEHSIEN LOONG BLOOMBERG POINTOFVIEW THE year 2009 has turned out better than feared. Decisive responses by governments, and the coordinated efforts of the Group of 20, succeeded in averting financial disaster and restoring confidence. While the worst is behind us, global prospects will
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    • 272 4 SINGAPORE Two years ago, it was destroyed by a major fire. This Friday, Ang Mo Kio residents will welcome back in their midst the new and improved Ang Mo Kio 628 Market. The 30-year-old centre, which houses 218 food and market stalls, is finally
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  • WORLD
    • 189 6 AFP JAKARTA Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (picture) died in hospital yesterday aged 69, after a long battle with illness, a party official said. Mr Wahid was Indonesia's fourth President, coming to power in 1999 after the country's first general elections following the
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    • 337 6 AFP AUSTRALIAN BLAZE SYDNEY Residents in Western Australia fled a raging wildfire yesterday that incinerated nearly 40 homes in the country's worst blaze since "Black Saturday" fires killed 173 in February. Hundreds of firefighters battled the inferno outside the wheatfarming town of Toodyay, 80 kilometres from the
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    • 194 6 AFP LONDON A British computer expert kidnapped in Iraq with four bodyguards in 2007 has been released, Britain said yesterday, adding that he was in "remarkable" spirits. Mr Peter Moore, 36, had experienced an "unspeakable two and a half years of misery,
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    • 363 8 AGENCIES INTELLIGENCE REPORT VIENNA Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tonnes of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report. Such a deal would be significant because, according to an independent research group, Tehran appears
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    • 196 8 AFP TEHRAN Hundreds of thousands supporters of Iran's regime took to the streets of major cities yesterday in a show of force against the opposition which it accuses of being "pawns of the enemies". State television showed footage of people swarming downtown areas, including Tehran's Enghelab
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    • 212 8 AFP RAMADI Blasts in Central and Western Iraq killed 30 people and wounded the Anbar provincial governor yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks against government targets. The worst violence struck the western city of Ramadi, where 23 people were
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 74 8 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (picture) is to launch a campaign for his People of Freedom Party using posters showing his battered face. Mr Berlusconi, 73, suffered injuries including a fractured nose when he was hit in the face following
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      • 99 8 AFP The number of Indian students in Australia is set to plunge by a fifth in 2010 after a spate of violent attacks and visa scams, an official report said yesterday. Australia's Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) said that judging from visa applications
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      • 95 8 AGENCIES Laos insisted yesterday that the international community need not fear for thousands of ethnic Hmong expelled from Thailand, after the United Nations and United States lawmakers sought access to the deportees. Bangkok sparked outrage on Monday when it defied global
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      • 106 8 AFP Taiwan is to protect the right of nursing mothers to breastfeed in public with hefty fines for those who try to stop them, as part of a campaign to promote the practice, officials said yesterday. The government's Bureau of Health Promotion
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    • 565 12  -  SHAUNTANDON AFP ANALYSIS Recent airline terror bid has re-opened the debate on racial profiling in the US BY A FOILED bid by a Nigerian to blow up an American airliner is reframing the delicate debate about racial profiling in the United States, where men
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    • 201 12 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday that "no information may remain classified indefinitely" as part of a sweeping overhaul of the executive branch's system for protecting classified national security information. The move was expected to declassify more than 400 million
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    • 81 12 AP A small wooden guitar painted by Pablo Picasso for his daughter Paloma has been found in a shoe box in the apartment of an Italian businessman in Pomezia, near Rome. Police say Picasso had given the toy to his friend, Italian artist Giuseppe Vittorio
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    • 427 12 AGENCIES LONDON High standards, a short temper and a taste for whisky Mrs Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain yesterday which cover the first few months of her premiership. They reveal that Mrs Thatcher refused
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  • voices
    • 285 14  -  Leong Sze Hian HDB RENTAL FLATS Letter from I REFER to "Asset that keeps growing" (Dec 30) and reports that two Housing and Development Board (HDB) blocks in Toa Payoh will be rented out to foreign workers from the Integrated Resorts (IR). The report states that, "Looking
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    • 182 14  -  Danesh Daryanani Letter from I REFER to "They've only just begun to charge" (Dec 28). Created music is intellectual property. It is the prerogative of composers or owners of the intellectual property to charge or not charge as they deem fit. Charging for
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    • 159 16  -  DR BILL MAIER BY DISRESPECTFUL TEENS There's a fine line between letting teens express themselves and allowing them to be disrespectful. Teens need to be able to talk to their parents and to explain their feelings especially as they get older. Some parents have a tendency
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    • 169 16  -  M Lukshumayeh KILLER LITTER Letter from I REFER to "Time for a tougher approach" (Dec 30). There is clearly a need to address the issue of killer litter to ensure that no further incidents occur, especially one that results in a fatality. To this end,
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      • 41 16  -  Lai I WAS shocked to receive the "warning" letter too. It was printed on high quality, glossy paper. On the day I received the letter, there were already many on the floor near the lift lobbies.
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      • 54 16  -  Jan THE Housing Board or the town councils have to catch only a few offenders and the courts should cane and jail them. That will be the end of killer litter. We'll save thousands of man-hours on so-called public education. Forget about education and focus
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      • 122 16  -  Wilson Lim THE majority of civil servants in Singapore are seldom pro-active. They are always waiting for something serious to happen and only then they will conduct an investigation in order to come up with better preventive measures. This is so even when the tell-tale signs are already
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      • 40 16  -  Milady 76 WE SHOULD also capitalise on the Asian mentality of saving face. Offenders (or repeat offenders) should have their photographs pasted on the block's bulletin board. This way, the neighbours will know who the culprits are.
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    • 163 16  -  Fiona Soh Letter from Deputy Director Corporate Communications and Public Affairs The Esplanade Co Ltd WE REFER to the article "Not all the blame on Sistic" (Dec 24). The comment made by arts impresario Robert Liew that the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Es-
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    • 62 14 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices Know More tf "SSfflzKnowing Islam Session (with open Q A) Do invite your Muslim non-Muslim friends for the session. Every Sunday (except public holidays) 10am 12.30pm Room A All levels of Islamic Classes in English are also available. No payment or registration
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    • 1264 20  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH A PEEK AT 2010 PHOTOS rT Tune in as Today dishes out its music wish list christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN before we can say goodbye to 2009, it looks like things have already started heating up in the world of music. With over 80 concerts confirmed
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    • CD REVIEWS
      • 827 24  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH COUCH DICTATORS |THE OCEAN BAND The first thing you'll do when you see the cover is go: "Hey, that guy in the picture looks familiar. Isn't he that uncle who hangs out at the S-ll coffee shop?" And then you flip it over and see they
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      • Article, Illustration
        116 26 Popular Chinese singerYoga Lin (picture) will be in town in February to promote his latest album, Senses Around. The hour-long showcase will be held at Dragonfly on Feb 4 at 9.30pm. Tickets at $38 (inclusive of two drinks) go on sale Jan 2, from Ipm to 7pm at
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    • 350 27  -  ANNETTE TAN There's no sense waiting for Chinese New Year to arrive before indulging in healthy Pacific clams food@media corp.com.sg I realise Christmas has yet to pass, but in the spirit of preparedness, I say it's not too early to start thinking about Chinese NewYear. Besides, as
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  • traveller
    • 605 28  -  JENNIFER CHEN 2010 Mark your weekends, 2010 is the year for short breaks jennifer@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU haven't stocked up on travel gear and accessories during the post-Christmas sales, put it on your to-do list this weekend. That new bikini, SLR camera or snazzy carry-on bag
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    • 1020 29 TV LISTINGS ON MEpJACORP ....™.™.__™....g.... HOLIDAY MOVIE: GODZILLA DINING WITH DEATH: PLANTS 6.00AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 American Idol VIII: Finalists onHD$) Channels, 7.30pm 10.00pm 6.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 Just For Laughs: BBC UK 11.00 Countdown To 2010 (Live) okto, 10pm Hb 9-3° The Ellen DeGeneres Show GagsV 12.20AM Holiday
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  • sports
    • 793 30  -  lAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE SPORTS But athletics chief Loh claims latest KPIs set by sports council are confusing ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) yesterday revealed that despite repeated meetings with the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) since 2005, the track and field body
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    • 309 30  -  lANDECOTTA INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Singapore v Oman Bishan Stadium, 6.30pm SINGAPORE The Lions face Iran in a crucial Asian Cup qualifier next Wednesday at the National Stadium, and anything less than a win will all but end their bid to reach the
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    • 190 31 AFP PORTSMOUTH Crisis-ridden club Portsmouth expressed their shock at bring issued with a winding-up petition by the government, as reported by the BBC yesterday. The petition is believed to have been presented to Portsmouth on Dec 23 but a full court hearing will
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    • 146 31 AFP Bayern Munich's French international Franck Ribery is set for a €55-million move to Real Madrid next summer, a report yesterday claimed. According to the German website ran.de, the move was hammered out in August between Bayern and the Spanish club at the time
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    • 510 31 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST FA Cup winners in 2008, they've hit rock bottom on and off the pitch ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Portsmouth 1 Arsenal 4 PORTSMOUTH Arsenal ended the decade in style as the Gunners eased to a 4-1 victory at bottom club Portsmouth yesterday to keep the
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    • 161 31 AFP MADRID Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Kaka, sidelined since the end of last month with a hernia, is "indispensable" for the success of the Spanish giants, his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo said yesterday. Real have won all four of their matches in Kaka's absence,
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    • Article, Illustration
      584 32 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST So Capello thinks Manchester United have slowed down? This five-star showing suggests not ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester United 5 Wigan o MANCHESTER Manchester United's dishevelled, defeated opponents used two keepers last night, Mike Pollitt replacing Chris Kirkland at the break. Wigan Athletic could have fielded both
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    • 197 32 AFP Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is certain to return to the Premier League. Mourinho, currently at Inter Milan, this week fuelled speculation that he will be back in England soon by admitting that he misses
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    • 229 32 AFP MILAN England veteran David Beckham said yesterday he was delighted to be back in Milan and looking forward to pitting his wits against former club Manchester United in the Champions League. "I am happy to be here It is great to be back," Beckham said
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    • 52 30 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam NHL Flyers v Rangers, Chii7 liam NHL Capitals v Sharks, Chii7 spm Rugby Toulouse v Perpignan, Ch 113 7pm Tennis Capitala World Tennis C'ship, Ch 22 7pm Ice Hockey Spengler Cup Davos Final, Ch 113 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm SportsZone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live
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  • invest
    • 453 33 THE LASTIOYEARS It has been a decade that many investors would rather forget. On Dec 31,1999 the FTSEIOO closed at 6,930 and 10 years on it still has some distance to go before it regains this peak, sitting at around just 5,300 last week. The
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    • 361 34 BLOOMBERG WORLD INVESTMENT MOSCOW Russia is the top investment pick for the biggest emerging-market stock funds in 2010, even after the RTS Index's worldbeating 129 per cent rally prompted Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to say shares are too expensive. Russia is the leading
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    • 157 34 AP NEW YORK Nokia is broadening a legal dispute it already has with Apple over the iPhone, saying almost all of the company's other products also violate the Finnish phone maker's patents. Nokia said on Tuesday that it has filed a complaint
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    • 426 35  -  CHEOWXINYI EN BLOC cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Greenlodge Condominium in Toh Tuck Road has been put up for collective sale. The owners are asking for $135 million for the site, which translates to $683 per square foot per plot ratio (psfppr) and is inclusive of the development charge.
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    • 297 35  -  DESMONDWONG desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The dry bulk sector could see calmer seas next year, thanks to strong demand for commodities in China. With China's appetite for resources like iron ore expected to remain healthy in 2010, observers say another round of stock piling could boost
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    • 177 35  -  JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE A Mainboard-listed property investment firm, Japan Land, says it has appointed Mr Leow Tet Sin as the managing director and member of the nominating committee of the company with effect from Dec 23 this year. The appointment
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        • 64 36 Inch closer to US$BO Oil prices climbed on news of a drop in US petroleum reserves, suggesting stronger demand in the world's biggest energy-consuming nation. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, rose 41 US cents to close at U5579.28 a barrel. London's
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        • 70 36 Down on profit-taking Europe's main stock market fell in a bout of pro fit-taking by investors after hitting recent 2009 peaks on the back of growing economic optimism. London's FTSE 100 index fell 0.73 per cent to 5,397.86 points, the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.62 per cent
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      • 133 36 THE NEWYORKTIMES; AFP PHOTO General Motors is allowing more time to find a buyer for Saab, the 62-year-old Swedish carmaker, but is proceeding with plans to start shutting it. GM has set a new deadline of spm on Jan 7 for bidders, including Spyker Cars,
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      • 365 36  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government has announced that its industrial land sales programme for the first half of 2010 will have 10 sites, including two on the confirmed list. Sites on the confirmed list will be put up for tender regardless of developers'
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