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Title Section29 2010-02-08 1 TODAY Monday February 8, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 Monday february 8, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking29 words
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Article129 2010-02-08 3 4toyota Motor Corporation will recall 300,000 Prius hybrid vehicles because of brake flaws, in the latest blow to the Japanese car giant. 10Residents of neptune Court have voted to appoint law firm Tan Au to undertake the privatisation of the sprawling estate. 17 taiwan’s Defence Minister has129 words
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Article, Illustration42 2010-02-08 3 Washington DC has taken on a surreal, almost magical feel after one of the worst blizzards in the city’s history. Residents now face the prospect of digging out of more than 60cm of snow in some areas. Page 1542 words
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Article633 2010-02-08 3 NEO CHAI CHIN - WoRkfARE InCoME SuPPlEMEnt SCHEME Criteria, payout frequency are under review NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The aim is to smoothen the path for workers to train and to upgrade their skills and the way to do it could be through new or enhanced schemes, and633 words
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Article, Illustration762 2010-02-08 3 ZUL OTHMAN - ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE For the second time in two weeks, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and other law enforcement agencies swept through Geylang and along Orchard Road. In the latest operation, which started on Saturday night and ended early yesterdayPHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE - 762 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration162 2010-02-08 6 As casinos here move another step closer to opening their doors for business, with Resorts World at Sentosa having been granted its casino licence on Saturday, will Members of Parliament start seeing more cases of problem gambling at their meet-the-people sessions? HealthKOH MUI FONG - 162 words
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Article, Illustration733 2010-02-08 6 CONRAD RAJ - PoInT oF VIew After all, employers were quick to cut pay at the first sign of trouble workers here in singapore have, on the whole, been a cooperative lot. but employers should not take advantage of their acquiescence to wage and perk cuts when necessary. CONRAD733 words
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Article, Illustration135 2010-02-08 6 If you think organising everyone’s schedules for reunion dinner is tough, the Ho family tops it all. With 71 members in the extended family, they decided to hedge their bets by holding their feast yesterday. And it worked. From the youngest to the eldest, almostPHOTO: OOI BOOK KEONG - 135 words
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301 2010-02-08 8 AP WASHINGTON When Mr Peter Boddeart’s Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Virginia, earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case “before someone ends up seriously injured or killed”. That wasAP - 301 words
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Article, Illustration700 2010-02-08 8 ToyoTa WoeS BLOOMBERG AFP TOKYO Toyota Motor Corporation will recall 300,000 Prius hybrid vehicles because of brake flaws, newspapers reported yesterday, in the latest blow to the Japanese car giant. The move will affect the latest model of the Prius, a car popular with HollywoodBLOOMBERG; AFP; AP - 700 words
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Article, Illustration656 2010-02-08 10 ESTHER NG - Green veHicleS ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE So confident is it that there will soon be island-wide charging points, a homegrown electric vehicle (EV) company has powered onto the scene even as one other before it has closed, and another has only managed sales ofPHOTO COURTESY OF AMPERE - 656 words
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653 2010-02-08 12 analysis AFP Paul Harrington THE swelling public deficits in Portugal, Spain and Greece have plunged the eurozone into the biggest crisis in its 11-year life, presaging years of belt-tightening, analysts warn. It is a vicious financial circle: The more fears over deficits and debtsAFP - 653 words
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424 2010-02-08 14 ESTHER NG - nepTune courT privaTiSaTion now, plan is to negotiate for better privatisation fee ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Residents of Neptune Court voted yesterday to appoint law firm Tan Au to undertake the privatisation of the sprawling estate. Yesterday’s meeting to amend the constitution, appoint a424 words
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GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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Article71 2010-02-08 16 AFP Anti-whaling activists and Japanese harpoonists have blamed each other for a collision between their ships in Antarctic waters, as the environmentalists warned of more clashes to come. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has accused the harpoon ship Yushin Maru No 3 of intentionally slamming intoAFP - 71 words
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Article65 2010-02-08 16 AP Hollywood actress Jessica Alba said on Saturday she has been distressed by Internet reports about a woman in China who is having a plastic surgery makeover to look like Alba in hopes of getting her lover back. “I think you should never have to change yourselfAP - 65 words
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Article71 2010-02-08 17 AP India successfully test-fired a nuclear-capa-ble missile on Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defence ministry press release said. It was the fourth test of the Agni III missile India’s longest-range missile, designed to reach 3,000km. The test appeared unlikelyAP - 71 words
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Article69 2010-02-08 17 AP Three Iranians, a man and two women, were detained at Malaysia’s main airport after US$4 million ($5.6 million) worth of illegal drugs were found in their luggage, in the nation’s biggest drug haul in three years. The 54.5kg of methamphetamine was in plastic bags stuffedAP - 69 words
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Article83 2010-02-08 17 AFP A 47-year-old tribesman gathering food in a north Malaysian forest armed only with a rock, fought off a tiger attack. The attack in the jungles of Perak state on Saturday left MrYok Meneh with a deep gash on his back and injuries to hisAFP - 83 words
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Article72 2010-02-08 17 AFP President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday ordered Iran’s atomic chief to begin higher uranium enrichment. His declaration drew fire from Britain and the US. Mr Ahmadinejad said: “Now Dr (Ali Akbar) Salehi, start to make the 20 per cent with the centrifuges.” He was speaking to the atomicAFP - 72 words
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572 2010-02-08 16 JaPanese ask AP TOKYO Despite the criticism of Toyota over car safety, Japanese citizens still largely view the world’s largest car-maker with pride so much so that some people here wonder whether pressure on Toyota in the United States is a ploy to boost AmericanAP - 572 words
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Article123 2010-02-08 17 AFP SANAA Yemeni security forces have arrested a man in Sanaa who had threatened to blow up foreign embassies and assassinate Yemeni leaders, the defence ministry’s 26sep.net news website said on Saturday. The website did not say whether the man, who was not identified, wasAFP - 123 words
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Article, Illustration161 2010-02-08 17 AFP TOKYO A strong earthquake struck under the seas off Japan’s southern islands and neighbouring Taiwan yesterday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. Japan initially issued a warning of a small tsunami, with a height of 0.5 metres, afterAFP - 161 words
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Article222 2010-02-08 17 AFP LONDON Britain is to cut the number of visas it hands out to foreign students in a bid to stop people breaking the rules by working illegally. A total of 236,470 student visas were issued in 2008-09, the last year for which fullAFP - 222 words
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Article, Illustration383 2010-02-08 19 ‘snoWMageddon’ in us AP WASHINGTON The flakes had stopped falling, but residents in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States were faced yesterday with the prospect of digging out of more than 60cm of snow in some areas. Roads reopened but officials continued to warn residentsAP - 383 words
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Article, Illustration283 2010-02-08 19 AP LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE (California) Thunderous mudslides damaged dozens of homes, swept away cars and pushed furniture into the streets of the foothills north of Los Angeles on Saturday as intense winter rain poured down mountains denuded by a summer wildfire. Mr Steve Brown wokeAP - 283 words
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Article286 2010-02-08 22 uS arMS Sale AFP TAIPEI Taiwan’s Defence Minister has vowed to seek more weaponry from the United States, which he said would give the island greater confidence in pushing for rapprochement talks with China. The remarks come as Beijing and Washington are locked in an escalating rowAFP - 286 words
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150 2010-02-08 22 AFP NEW DELHI The United Nations’ top climate official has penned a racy novel which dishes up sex, reincarnation and a real-life Hollywood actress. The debut fiction work is in contrast to the dry academic tomes that 69-year-old Rajendra Pachauri, head ofAFP - 150 words
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GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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Article60 2010-02-08 22 AP More than 80 flights out of Beijing have been delayed or cancelled after moderate snowfall blanketed northern China. The official Xinhua news agency says 64 flights from the Beijing Capital International Airport had been delayed and another 21 cancelled by Sunday morning. Parts ofAP - 60 words
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81 2010-02-08 22 AFP A senior Chinese Communist Party official held talks with North Korea on Sunday, state media said, as Pyongyang comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks. The trip by Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party’s international department, comesAFP - 81 words
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88 2010-02-08 22 AP An American missionary who strode illegally into North Korea on Christmas Day and was detained by the communist regime for 43 days was welcomed back to the United States in an emotional reunion with his parents and brother at Los AngelesAP - 88 words
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76 2010-02-08 22 AFP China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan ($20,821), Xinhua reported, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content. A court in southern China’s Guangdong province found HuangAFP - 76 words
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278 2010-02-08 24 THE OBSERVER LONDON They are giants of medicine, pioneers of the care that women receive during childbirth and were the founding fathers of obstetrics. The names of William Hunter and William Smellie still inspire respect among today’s doctors,THE OBSERVER - 278 words
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Article, Illustration394 2010-02-08 24 us politics AP NASHVILLE (Tennessee) “America is ready for another revolution,’’ Ms Sarah Palin (picture) declared as she assailed President Barack Obama in a speech before adoring “tea party’’ activists, who would make a seemingly natural constituency if she runs for president. “ThisAP - 394 words
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Article209 2010-02-08 25 FooD ProDuCTs Letter from sarah sum-Campbell THE tainted milk scandal has recently resurfaced in China. I hope the relevant authorities in Singapore can assure us that the milk products we import from China and currently sitting on supermarket shelves here are safe for consumption. Consumers of209 words
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133 2010-02-08 25 Letter from Gaurav Gour I AM a vegetarian from India and always have to read through the label on an item or ask food vendors in detail about the food they serve in order to ensure that what I want to eat is133 words
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184 2010-02-08 25 Letter from Jack sim Founder, World Toilet Organization EVERYONE knows that toilets in many coffee shops and certain hawker centres in Singapore do not have hand-washing soap or any toilet paper. People who eat at the coffee shops184 words
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Article200 2010-02-08 27 CoMPLeX STruCTured ProduCTS Letter from angelina Fernandez Director, Communications Monetary Authority of Singapore I REFER to “Educating the investor: The days of caveat emptor may be over for complex structured products” (Feb 4). The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) agrees that some speed in implementing enhanced200 words
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136 2010-02-08 27 Letter from Jason Chiam Chiah Sern THE road along Bukit Batok East Ave 3, especially after the turning from Toh Tuck Road and the leading road from Toh Tuck Avenue has very high volume of traffic during peak hours. Cars travel fast.136 words
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187 2010-02-08 27 Letter from Tan Choon Hua AgHead (Jurong East Branch Office) Housing and Development Board WE REFER to “Home, but without a place to park” (Jan 27). Ms Clara Chua is referring to Car Park J8 at Jurong East Street 21. To187 words
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Advertisement247 2010-02-08 27 Parent suPPort grouP Wondering which activities are best for your kindergartener? Why not ask your colleagues? Networking with other parents is a great way to learn about the many afterschool programmes available. One mum used her son’s soccer games to get advice on everything from finding a math tutor to247 words
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Advertisement136 2010-02-08 28 DOES THE SHOE FIT? ™?singapore JA/oman 'Award 2010 Organised by flblMY The Singapore Woman Award is back. We are looking for a special woman. A fabulous upstart who represents a generation of women with so much to do, they'd rather not wait patiently for their turn in life. An individual136 words
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Article, Illustration1223 2010-02-08 29 MAY SEAH - LOCAL ChineSe DrAMAS Channel 8 isn’t just for Chinese people, you know MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg BACK in secondary school, I had to do a group project for Chinese class on Dream Of The Red Chamber. Having arranged meet at a classmate’s house, we arrived to beTODAY FILE PHOTOS - 1,223 words
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Article, Illustration316 2010-02-08 32 gv cineMa hongbaos for patrons at renovated cineplex CHRISTOPHER TOH MOVIEGOERS had more than one reason to be happy when they went to the Golden Village Multiplex (GV) in Bishan on Saturday. In line with the upcoming Year of the Tiger, the multiplex had closed its doors forCHRISTOPHER TOH - 316 words
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Article, Illustration57 2010-02-08 32 uK indie darlings Florence and The Machine played to a packed house at the esplanade Theatre last night. check out our online blog, Poparazzi (http://blogs.todayonline. com/poparazzi) for a first look at what happened when the abang of the airwaves stumbled onto the show and read our57 words
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Article, Illustration207 2010-02-08 33 SiR John Dankworth (picture), a totemic figure of the British jazz scene who worked as a musical director for artists including nat King Cole and ella Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 82 after a 60-year career in music. A saxophonist, he enjoyed a parallel207 words
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Article, Illustration537 2010-02-08 33 EMILIE BICKERTON - coMeback queen Soulful singer returns after a 10-year hiatus EMILIE BICKERTON plus@mediacorp.com. sg AFP Longevity is rare in an industry of readymade stars and one-hit-wonders, but Sade of Smooth Operator fame is back after a decade away with a new album called Soldier Of Love that willAFP - 537 words
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Article, Illustration733 2010-02-08 35 english FootbAll reports now claim bridge’s ex-girlfriend was not his only affair AGENCIES LONDON Disgraced England star John Terry could well face a nervous couple of weeks, as the British tabloids try their best to uncover more lurid stories about the Chelsea captain. Yesterday, the NewsAGENCIES; AFP - 733 words
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Article180 2010-02-08 35 AFP WARSAW Fabio Capello’s England will face old rivals Wales in their Euro 2012 qualification campaign, after the draw was made here yesterday for the tournament to be held in the Ukraine and Poland. England have drawn John Toshack’s Wales side in Group G asAFP - 180 words
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Article, Illustration258 2010-02-08 35 AFP LIVERPOOL Rafael Benitez is no longer looking like a manager under severe pressure. Liverpool won their fifth match in seven Premier League encounters after a battling 1-0 triumph over Merseyside rivals Everton at Anfield on Saturday. It moved them into fourth spot in theAFP - 258 words
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Article, Illustration448 2010-02-08 37 english Football AFP united boss thinks defender will be inspired from now on MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United can benefit from Fabio Capello’s decision to make Rio Ferdinand the new England captain. Ferdinand served the second game of his four-match suspension as United thumped PortsmouthAFP - 448 words
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Article, Illustration613 2010-02-08 38 SHAMIR OSMAN - 2009/2010 aSean baSketbaLL League Slingers come up short when it matters; forward Lim still in ICu SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Pathman Matialakan pulled his shirt over his head when the buzzer went to call time on Game 3 of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) semi-final clash.FRANCIS ESPELETA - 613 words
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Article165 2010-02-08 38 AFP BANGKOK Gaganjeet Bhullar of India fired a brilliant course record 8-under 64 to win the season-opening Asian Tour International by one shot yesterday. Starting the final round six strokes back, Bhullar reinforced his growing reputation as one of Asia’s brightest prospects with a superb come-from-behind victory,AFP - 165 words
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Article, Illustration381 2010-02-08 39 euroPean Spaniard beats world no 3 Westwood in a playoff AFP DUBAI Spanish veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Dubai Desert Classic for the first time yesterday defeating European No 1 Lee Westwood on the third hole of a dramapacked playoff. The clincher came on the greenAFP - 381 words
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Article, Illustration170 2010-02-08 39 AFP The 33rd america’s Cup is set to begin here today with a multihull duel pitting uS side oracle against Swiss defenders alinghi. It will feature the largest and fastest boats ever used in the 159-year history of the sailing race.AFP - 170 words
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Article47 2010-02-08 45 $2.13 hold Mirae Asset downgrades to Hold from Buy and trims target price to $2.10 from $2.20 following FY09 results on back of firm’s weak 2010 guidance. Cuts FY10, FY11 earnings forecasts by 16 per cent and 7 per cent respectively, to factor in latest guidance.47 words
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Article61 2010-02-08 45 $2.61 buy DMG upgrades to Buy from Hold and raised target price to $3.07 from $2.63 to factor in improving business prospects. Notes sequential improvement in aviation revenue for 3Q10 ended December, resilience of food business. The region’s economic recovery coupled with the opening of the integrated resorts in61 words
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Article64 2010-02-08 45 $14.04 neutral CIMB upgrades to Neutral from Underperform on valuation grounds and keeps target price at $16.28. “(The) underperformance in the past two months has left the stock with similar upside as our expectations for the STI.” Says 4Q09 results 17% below house’s expectations although in line with consensus64 words
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Article, Illustration88 2010-02-08 45 Japanese Finance Minister naoto Kan gets a taste of inuit culture with a dog sled ride on Frobisher bay in iqaluit, northern Canada. Finance ministers from leading industrial nations wrapped up two-day talks in Canada’s far north over the weekend by vowing to continue massive public spending to88 words
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Article454 2010-02-08 45 MILLET ENRIQUEZ - equiTies but analysts say asia’s growing importance in global economic recovery expected to continue MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Regional stock markets are expected to remain volatile this week amid dented investor sentiment following the massive selldown in Asian markets at the end of last week and continued454 words
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Article305 2010-02-08 45 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A multi-millionaire British citizen is facing charges of corruption and fraud in Indonesia relating to the controversial collapse of one of the country’s leading banks. Rafat Ali Rizvi, 49, who grew up and went to university in the United Kingdom, hasTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 305 words
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Article, Illustration237 2010-02-08 44 EPHRAIM SEOW SINGAPORE The newly-ap-pointed country head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Mr Darryl Wee (picture), said his priority is to focus on establishing strong working relationships with employers and strategic partners. Mr Wee believes that by actively working with employers, ACCAEPHRAIM SEOW - 237 words
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Article, Illustration633 2010-02-08 43 BUdgET TravEl AFP SINGAPORE The boom in low-cost travel and a growing web of open-skies agreements are expected to power long-term growth for Asian airlines after the global recession, industry bosses and analysts said. Participants in the Singapore Airshow which ended yesterday expressed optimism that the region,AFP - 633 words
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243 2010-02-08 43 AP CANBERRA The Australian government announced yesterday it will end its guarantee of bank deposits and wholesale funding for Australian banks measures introduced at the height of the global financial crisis. The withdrawal of the guarantees is the latest move by policymakersAP - 243 words
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