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    27 1 iw MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 June 19 20, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JUNE 19 20, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    PUB: We were caught off-guard
    735 1  -  CEO says measures will be taken to prevent recurrence LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after PUB blamed a blocked drain for the Orchard Road flood, its chief executive admitted on Friday that the national water agency was “caught off-guard” by what happened at
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      81 1 MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 COMMENT&ANALYSIS T COLUMN HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL PRIMATE DADS FOOD THE BROOD, COOK AND FATHERHOOD NICHOLAS KRISTOFF NO MORE TIES FOR FATHER’S DAY, PLEASE! 10 MATTHEW LYNN REVELLING IN BP CEO’S HUMILIATION 12 STYLE THE BEST FATHER’S DAY GIFT:
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  • NEWS
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      WANT TO BID ON A JERSEY SIGNED BY MARADONA?
      231 2 Built in 1879, the Freemasons’ Hall at 23a Coleman Street was last renovated in 1975. Now, its Singapore members want to give the heritage building a makeover, including building a second MasonicTemple. They are raising funds by holding a memorabilia auction
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      Lock icon Inside the In ner Sanctum...
      1346 2  -  From pentagrams to secret handshakes and a gory oath, what’s real and what’s not about the Freemasons? VENESSA LEE correspondent venessa@mediacorp.com.sg THERE were three wooden chairs, shaped like thrones, at the end of the room that serves as the Temple. Were a lodge meeting in
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      Hospital staff must walk the talk
      710 4  -  Alexandra Health CEO wants employees to be good role ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Being grossly obese is not only harmful to your health. It can also hurt your career. This is the message that has gone out to staff at Alexandra Hospital and Khoo
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      Lock icon Agent drops en bloc for Clementi Park
      325 4 ESTHER NG SINGAPORE When it tried to go en bloc four years ago, Clementi Park failed to get 50 per cent of its residents’ vote. This time round, its marketing agent Knight Frank withdrew from the collective sale exercise. In the minutes of
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      Lock icon We are doing well: Kong Hee
      207 6 NEO CHAICHIN SINGAPORE He is doing well, and so is his family that is what City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee has said in his first comments at length since police began investigating City Harvest-linked individuals and companies on May 31. “Because we’re in
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      Lock icon OFF TO FIGHT PIRACY
      68 6 The Singapore Armed Forces has sent another task group to support international efforts to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden. It will be there for three months. In the group are 221 personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force. They left on Friday, after
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      Lock icon 10 DRINK-DRIVERS ARRESTED IN RING-FENCING OPERATION
      128 6 ONG DAI LIN Police arrested 10 male drink-drivers aged between 19 and 64 years old in a six-hour ring-fencing operation in the Boat Quay area early on Friday. This brings the total number of drink drivers caught so far this year to 1,371. On
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      Lock icon CASE OBTAINS COURT INJUNCTION AGAINST TIME SHARE FIRM
      118 6 TEO XUANWEI The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has obtained a court injunction against timeshare firm Garraway Enterprises for unfair trading practices. Since 2007, 75 complaints were filed against the firm for hard-selling tactics and false and misleading claims. The total contract
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      Lock icon FOOD SUPPLIER CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
      132 6 ONG DAI LIN The sole proprietor of a company supplying food products to restaurants run by Ikea has been charged with giving bribes amounting to more than $2 million to the furniture chain’s food services manager. AndrewTee Fook Boon of AT35 Services, who faces 80
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      COLLECTION OF NDP TICKETS
      62 6 All successful applicants for the preview and the National Day Parade (NDP) tickets have been notified. They can collect their tickets at Toa Payoh HDB Hub Basement 1, Bedok Room, from Saturday till June 28, between 9am and 9pm daily. They can also log onto the
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      PETROL, DIESEL PRICES UP
      47 6 Pump prices have gone up and petrol and diesel now cost 3 cents more a litre. A litre of 95 grade petrol costs $1.847 a litre after the increase. A litre of 98 grade petrol costs $1.93 and diesel is $1.333 a litre.
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      250 7 SINGAPORE I MALAYSIA I SHANGHAI 1 Great Price for 2 Treatments! Pamper your skin this Great Singapore Sale at just $10. Our customised New York Skin Perfect Treatment is specially formulated with Asian skin in mind, to deliver best results for your unique skin conditions. At New York Skin Solutions,
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    Happy Father's Day
    434 8  -  I SAY VOICES Lee Seow Ser My father was not by my mother’s bedside when I was born. Disappointed as they both might have been, he made up for his absence that day, by showing me the ways of life and imparting important values in the years
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      4 8 >> NO MORE NECKTIES, PLEASE
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon No more neckties, please!
      876 10  -  Celebrate Father’s Day in a more meaningful way nothing says ‘I love you, dad’ like a giant rat NICHOLAS D KRISTOF The writer is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES Sunday is Father’s Day, and we dads will be overwhelmed with neckties and
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      Lock icon Revelling in his humiliation
      711 12  -  MATTHEW LYNN The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG There are plenty of things you can fault BP chief Tony Hayward (picture) for. Inarticulate? Guilty as charged. Indecisive? Certainly. But no one could deny the man has a certain
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      Memories of Nathan the social worker
      761 12  -  KVVELOO The writer is a retired social worker. Iwas a young, first-year student pursuing a course in social work at the then University of Singapore in 1962 when I began my first practical training placement. It was an exercise that I approached with trepidation,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Security stepped up
      308 14 Temples in Penang, Batu Caves on alert following threat AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Temples in Penang and Batu Caves will step up security following the threat by a group of alleged terrorists to blow up two places of worship. The Sri Subramaniar Swamy Devasthanam temple, also known as
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      Lock icon Pakatan braces for by-election
      165 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s opposition alliance, the Pakatan Rakyat, is bracing for a possible by-election in the Batu constituency in Kuala Lumpur after its parliamentarian, Mr Chua Tian Chang, was fined RM2,000 ($830) for biting a policeman. Veteran lawyer Karpal Singh said that court
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      Lock icon 43,000 websites shut down
      129 14 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s opposition filed a legal complaint on Friday, accusing the foreign minister of insulting the royal family a serious crime in a country where the King is widely revered. The Puea Thai Party submitted a lese majeste complaint against Mr Kasit Piromya with the
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      Lock icon Japan growth plan bets on green-tech, health and tourism
      338 16 AFP TOKYO Japan on Friday pledged to create 5 million newjobs through a 10-year economic growth strategy centred on green technology, health care, tourism and closer links with Asia. The centre-left government of new Prime Minister Naoto Kan has pledged to
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      Lock icon SRI LANKA CELEBRATES
      86 16 Sri Lanka staged a victory parade on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the end of its 37-year civil war as pressure mounted for a probe into alleged crimes committed during the fight. President Mahinda Rajapakse took the salute at the ceremony marking the defeat of
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      Lock icon Afghan mineral wealth worth up to $4.17 trillion
      277 16 AGENCIES KABUL Afghanistan is gearing up to award contracts to mine one of the world’s largest iron ore deposits buried in the war-torn nation that has at least US$3 trillion ($4.17 trillion) in untapped minerals. Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines Wahidullah Shahrani is
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      Lock icon Murderer executed by firing squad in Utah
      164 18 AGENCIES SALT LAKE CITY (Utah) A doublemurderer became the first prisoner in 14 years to be executed by firing squad in the United States. Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, had spent 25 years on death row for gunning down a lawyer in a failed
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      Lock icon Dozens feared dead in Colombian coal mine
      275 18 AP, THE NEW YORK TIMES AMAGA More than 50 miners were trapped and feared dead after a fiery blast tore through a tunnel in a Colombian coal mine on Wednesday, killing at least 18. Methane and carbon monoxide in the mine impeded efforts
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      Lock icon FLORIDA HEIRESS LEAVES MANSION, MILLIONSTO DOGS
      164 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH An American heiress has sparked a bitter legal row after leaving her US$8.3 million ($11.5 million) Miami mansion and a US$3 million trust fund to her three dogs. Ms Gail Posner (picture), 67, died in March, but her three dogs continue
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      Lock icon JAPANESE COUPLE MURDERED IN INDONESIA
      103 19 AFP A retired Japanese teacher and his wife were stabbed to death in their home in Indonesia by a disgruntled former domestic worker. Mr Yasuwo Hara, 69, was stabbed in the chest and his wife, Mizue, 67, in the neck and stomach around 9pm on
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      Lock icon MAN HOARDED A MILLION CHILD PORN PICTURES
      102 19 AP A 53-year-old man who hoarded more than a million child pornography pictures and videos has been arrested, Austrian police said on Friday. The man, who has not been named, stored the material on eight hard drives, a personal computer, a laptop and
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      Lock icon GERMANY SHORTENS MILITARY SERVICE TO SIX MONTHS
      108 19 AP Germany has shortened its mandatory military service for young men from nine to six months. The reform, to take effect on July 1, also shortens the duration of the social service men can do as an alternative to military service. All German
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      Lock icon US SINGER HITS A NEW LOW
      102 19 AP It’s official: United States resident Roger Menees is the lowest of the low. The former gospel singer from Illinois received a certificate this week from Guinness World Records saying he had sung the lowest note ever produced by a human voice, the Southern
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      Lock icon DEATH TOLL IN KYRGYZ VIOLENCE'COULD BE UP TO 2,000'
      132 19 AGENCIES Kyrgyzstan’s interim President Roza Otunbayeva said the death toll from the ethnic clashes that have rocked the country’s south could be near 2,000, as she made her first visit to a riot-hit city since the unrest broke out. The Kyrgyz
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  • SCIENCE
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      Lock icon The secret to happiness? Ask dad
      375 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Children who regularly talk to their fathers are happier than those who do not, according to new research. Young people who said they talked seriously to their dads “most days” gave themselves an 87 per cent score on a happiness
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      Lock icon They grow up so quickly
      316 22 They grow up quickly Girls are hitting puberty sooner: Study THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The latest generation of girls are reaching puberty before the age of 10, a new study suggests, raising fears they may also begin sexual activity earlier. Scientists have found that the
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      Lock icon What’s on the tube?
      233 22 Turns out monkeys love TV, too THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO Monkeys like watching television, Japanese scientists have revealed in a new study. A three-year-old male rhesus macaque (picture) thoroughly enjoyed a video of a circus elephant, giraffe and tiger performing, according to scientists from 1 University’s
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      Lock icon In the pipeline: Advance tests for multiple sclerosis
      376 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TEL AVIV A simple blood test that can predict multiple sclerosis (MS) up to nine years before symptoms appear is being developed by scientists. Experts predict that the discovery could lead to early treatment to prevent the disease harming
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      Lock icon How the moon was formed
      341 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON The moon was probably formed after a massive space collision with a planet-sized object billions of years ago, in what Nasa described as the “big whack”. Astronomers believe the object, most likely the size of Mars, collided with the earth about
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      Lock icon RARE KOREAN COW CLONED AND HEALTHY
      98 23 AFP South Korean researchers said they have successfully cloned a rare local species of cow in a government-funded project. The Jeju National University and Mirae Biotech team said that the cloned Huku, or black-fur cow, is healthy following its birth in September last year.
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      Lock icon Mars had oceans, just like Earth
      155 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BOULDER (Colorado) A vast Earthlike ocean covered a third of the surface of Mars 3.5 billion years ago, new research suggests. Scientists believe it stretched around the planet’s northern hemisphere and held 10 times more water than all the Earth’s oceans
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  • BUSINESS
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      New plans for Alkaff
      328 24  -  F&B firm clinches tenancy for conservation building TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A food and beverage firm, LES, has clinched the tenancy for the former Alkaff Mansion (picture) at Mount Faber. Its top bid of $79,251 per month beat eight other contenders in the tender by the
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      Lock icon Teledata sacks CEO
      266 24 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Mainboard-list-ed IT systems and communications firm Teledata has sacked its chief executive officer Christopher Michael Pan with immediate effect. This is on the grounds that “he has committed acts tending to bring the company and/ or himself into disrepute”, Teledata said in a stock
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      Halcyon buys offshore cable distributor
      212 24 SINGAPORE Engineering and construction services provider Halcyon Offshore is buying Cables International and its units for $30 million. The acquisition will be funded by a combination of cash and shares in Halcyon Energy Corporation (HEC), the holding company of Halcyon Offshore. Halcyon is buying the
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      GOLDEN AGRI ACQUIRES CHINA FOOD FIRM
      61 24 Mainboard-listed Golden Agri-Resources is buying a Chinese food firm from another Singapore-listed company for nearly $200 million. Golden Agri said it will acquire Florentina International Holdings (FIH) from Asia Food and Properties (AFP). Golden Agri said the purchase will enable it to leverage on
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      TWO BIDS FOR YISHUN RESIDENTIAL SITE
      84 24 The Housing and Development Board (HDB) received only two bids for a residential site in Yishun Avenue 2/Yishun Avenue 7 when the tender closed on Friday. The higher offer of $229.4 million came from a joint bid by Nam Hee Contractor and FCL Topaz.
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      Lock icon Obama asks G-20 to seal economic recovery
      174 25 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama has asked America’s G-20 trading partners to work closely with him “to safeguard and strengthen the recovery” from the near collapse of the global economic system in the fall of 2008. Looking ahead to the coming
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      Lock icon ‘One day and one euro too late’
      521 25 Experts: ECB must now buy ‘hundreds of billions’ of bonds to tame crisis THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, AGENCIES PARIS The European Central Bank (ECB) has to undertake massive asset purchases to prevent Europe’s sovereign debt crisis from spiralling out of control, Fitch ratings agency
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Shinta, Yao Lei serve up a Singapore sling
      829 26  -  But no such luck for world No 1 Lee as he is sent packing LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some 3,700 fans turned up at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday to catch world No 1 men’s badminton player Lee Chong Wei
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    • Article
      Lock icon Contestants not my proxies, says SAA chief Loh
      388 26 PATWANT SINGH SINGAPORE Loh Lin Kok, who will not be seeking another term as president of the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA), has scoffed at suggestions that he encouraged seven of his current executive committee (exco) members to contest the association’s June 25
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      Lock icon MotoGP boss’ fears for Singapore
      567 27  -  Carmelo has not heard from SG Changi, worries track will not be safe for motorbikes IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SILVERSTONE MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta said the builders of the Changi Motorsports Hub have yet to contact him and doubts if they are interested in hosting
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      Lock icon Steer clear, Youth Olympians on their way
      321 27 ADHE SARARIANY ANDI DJOHAR SINGAPORE Motorists, get ready to give way to some 700 official Youth Olympic Games (YOG) vehicles when you see them coming down specially designated lanes flashing their lights and sporting their exclusive YOG licence plates from Aug 5 to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Top three at sea as Pebble Beach bites
      310 28 AFP PEBBLE BEACH (California) Pebble Beach stymied the world’s top two golfers as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson failed to find a birdie on Thursday (Friday, Singapore time) in the first round of the US Open championship. England’s Paul Casey, Zimbabwe’s Brendon
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      Lock icon Boston can't fight Father Time
      612 28 They muzzle Bryant, but new boy Artest comes through for Lakers AP NBA FINALS, GAME 7 LA Lakers 83 Boston Celtics 79 (Lakers win best-of-seven series 4-3) LOS ANGELES The old guys of the Boston Celtics just didn’t have enough when it came down to
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      Lock icon CELEBRATIONS TURN NASTY AS CROWDS ATTACK COPS
      258 28 AP Crowds of rowdy revellers poured into the streets on Thursday night (Friday morning, Singapore time) around Staples Center after Game 7 of the NBA Finals, rocking cars, setting bonfires and throwing rocks and bottles at police officers. At least 20 people were
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      738 30  -  GROUP D GERMANYV SERBIA Mighty Germany stunned as Antic’s men post a massive upset LEONARDTHOMAS in Cape Town, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP D Germany 0 Serbia 1 CAPE TOWN Maybe we should have known it would turn out this way, a
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      527 31 GROUP C SLOVENIA V US US fight back from two goals down to snatch a point from Slovenia AP 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP C Slovenia 2 US 2 JOHANNESBURG The United States rallied from two goals down at half-time to salvage a 2-2 draw with
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      185 32 JOHANNESBURG Vuvuzelas, the yardlong plastic horns deafening fans in South Africa’s World Cup football stadiums, have become one the country’s fastest-selling sports items, leaving manufacturers struggling to keep up with demand. “Before sales averaged 20,000 a month but two weeks before the World Cup we started
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      92 32 SportsZone reviews the World Cup week that flew by and previews the matches to come with former Lions Aide Iskandar and R Sasi Kumar, as well as Gombak United defender Goran Subara, who will be talking about the contenders and the pretenders in
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      472 32 Spain boss shrugs off attack by predecessor Aragones AFP POTCHEFSTROOM Two defeats in 49 matches is not a crisis for most footballing nations, but Spain coach Vicente del Bosque (picture) is having to fend off the critics after a shock 1-0 loss to Group H rivals
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      328 32 AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG Honduras defender Maynor Figueroa is convinced his side can inflict more World Cup misery on Spain. The Hondurans take on European champions Spain at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park on Monday in a match neither side can afford to lose. The central
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      721 33  -  COMMENTARY It could be the best thing for France if Domenech’s side goes home early LEONARD THOMAS in Cape Town, South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. As I stepped into my hotel foyer close
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      379 33 AFP DUBLIN Irish newspapers gloated on Friday after France were left on the verge of World Cup defeat, seven months after a disputed Thierry Henry handball dashed Ireland’s hopes of going to South Africa. Les Bleus defeated Ireland courtesy of a contentious goal in a
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      118 34 AP Fifa are preparing to monitor the World Cup’s most vulnerable matches for matchfixing threats. Fifa legal director Marco Villiger said the final group-stage games are at the highest risk of being fixed, especially those that involve teams which have already qualified for the second
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      113 34 AP Local police boosted their presence at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Friday amid concerns that stadium security guards might join their colleagues at other World Cup venues who went on strike this week over a payment row with their contractors. Limpopo police spokesman
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      96 34 AP A video shot by an AP Television News crew on Thursday night showed three of four “missing” North Korean players sitting on the team bus. The players Pak Sung Hyok, An Chol Hyok and Kim Kyong Il were all headed to a training
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      557 34  -  Jabulani manufacturers expect more complaints at 2014 World Cup TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The controversial Jabulani 2010 World Cup football has been savaged by players and coaches. Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon called it “unpredictable”, while England manager Fabio Capello described it as the “worst
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      692 35  -  COMMENTARY Maradona’s got Argentina playing like it’s just for the fun of it DAVID NGIAU david@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is deputy sports editor at Today. As Argentina’s fourth goal went in against South Korea on Thursday, I was filled with a mixture of awe and dread. The
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      260 35 AP JOHANNESBURG The possible absence of Walter Samuel in Argentina’s upcoming Group B match against Greece could deny Argentina’s defence one of their most experienced and solid players. Samuel, nicknamed “The Wall”, limped off in the 22nd minute of Thursday’s 4-1 victory against
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        575 37 Ivory Coast and Portugal likelier to attack, which is how the Selecao like it AP JOHANNESBURG After struggling against lowly-ranked North Korea, Brazil are looking forward to facing the Ivory Coast and Portugal at the World Cup. The five-time champions are hoping that more
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        250 37 AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba is poised to face Brazil in their Group G clash on Sunday (Monday morning, Singapore time) despite having broken his arm, coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said on Thursday. “It wouldn’t be surprising if Drogba plays from the start against
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        315 39 AP JOHANNESBURG Denmark are hampered by injuries ahead of their tie against Cameroon, with strikers Nicklas Bendtner and Jon Dahl Tomasson struggling to be ready, while the African side are busy dispelling rumours of infighting. Both teams lost their opening games and will be looking for
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        287 39 AFP Japan coach Takeshi Okada is not afraid of setting ambitious targets for his team and on Thursday he said they would be going all out for victory against World Cup Group E favourites Holland in Durban on Saturday. Okada, who priorto the finals said
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      745 42  -  Happy Father’s Day to all primate dads Natalie Angier features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEWYORK TIMES NOT long ago, Julia Fischer of the German Primate Center in Gottingen was amused to witness two of her distinguished male colleagues preening about a topic very different from the standard academic peacock points
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      606 43  -  POSTSCRIPT When a stranger tells you you’re overworked, your eyebags have probably taken over your face Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is a senior reporter at Today. THEY say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.To hell with plummeting IQs. I’m more worried about the
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    1016 44  -  DRINK Purists may frown upon the idea of a vintage variant. But all it took was a jaunt halfway across the world for this single malt fan to have a quick change of heart and mind Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg A CHARISMATIC Scot recently declared during a
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      478 46 Students at the University of Gastronomic Sciences are on their way to becoming AFP STUDENTS from all over the world are flocking to a one-of-a-kind university devoted to the Slow Food movement, founded nearly a quarter century ago to promote
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      163 46 FOOD NOTES FOLLOWING on the success of its TERENCE LEE “Rise Together” campaign, Guinness is rewarding its fans with a chance to win a customised night out with three buddies in the Guinness “Great Night Out” SMS contest. Every purchase of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout,
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      493 47  -  RAISING Appetites Happy Father’s Day, my foodie friends with Don donm@mediacorp.com.sg Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg donm@mediacorp.com.sg I HAVE children two girls, if you want to get technical. And by definition, I am a father if by that we mean “a sower of the seeds of life”. I
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      95 47 FOOD TERENCE LEE YOU don’t always have to take sides this World Cup season. Pizza Hut’s new Goooal! Splitzza gives you two types of toppings so you don’t have to choose one over the other. Shaped like a football field, the pan crust pizza contains Rosemary chicken
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      616 48  -  Buy yourself the best Father’s Day gift: A youthful, handsome mug Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg FATHERS everywhere know what it’s like to be kept awake through the night, with all the screaming and late-night feeding. It’s been a week since the World Cup kicked off, which means it’s been
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      479 50 Here are six reasons why Shiseido Singapore has stood the test of time THIS year, Shiseido marks its 40th anniversary in Singapore and the world’s oldest cosmetics company, which was founded in Japan in 1872, has given beauty junkies here plenty of reason to celebrate. For one,
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      270 51 More than 100 top-selling brands and products were honoured at the Guardian Health Beauty Awards 2010 HE PEIWEN IF YOU’RE the sort who’s always curious about other people’s beauty secrets, likes to try out crowd favourites and buys only the stuff other people are using, check out the
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      196 52  -  Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg SINCE it was launched in Los Angeles in 2000, premium denim brand 7 For All Mankind has been a hit with celebrities from Jennifer Aniston to Jennifer Garner. Clearly, the brand is no less popular here: On Tuesday, local singers Kit Chan and Olivia Ong
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      297 51 COUNCIL FOR THIRD AGE PRESENTS rtiVe Agcrs awards 2010 ACTIVE AGEING. ACTIVE LIVING. Sam Liu, 73 Volunteer IT trainer to seniors 21st century netizen Active Agers IDA Infocomm Champion Award 2009 Sabapathy Gopalakrishnan, 74 Volunteer fitness instructor to seniors Herb gardening enthusiast Active Ager of the Year 2009 Chhua Bak
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    673 54  -  SHOP Hide Seek is back with a new home and a whole new range of products Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER going into hiding for a month, two-year-old multi-brand boutique Hide Seek resurfaced this April boasting not just a new four-storey home atTelok Ayer Street, but
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    324 55 DECOR Add a splash of bright red to a monochromatic theme for effect SQUAREROOMS THE young couple living in this four-room HDB resale flat atToh Guan like the colour red so much that they incorporated it into the design of their new home.The bold shade binds the apartment’s
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      593 56  -  CAR REVIEW Munich still knows how to make a great standard Derryn Wong cars@mediacorp.com.sg BMW has always been a company that does things its own way, which makes for a history comprising moments of motoring excellence some weird ones notwithstanding. The good include stonking engines from the
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      114 56 NEWS TRACKS SKODA dealer Harvest Automobiles will be launching three new models next week the Yeti, Fabia and Superb Combi.The Yeti is a compact sport utility vehicle that runs on the Volkswagen Golf platform (Skoda is owned by the Volkswagen Group) and has been highly acclaimed in Europe.The
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      70 56 DERRYN WONG HOT on the heels of the recently facelifted Qashqai compact hatch, Nissan dealer Tan Chong Motors announces that the Qashqai+2 will be launching in Singapore sometime towards the end of this month. It features the same 2.0-litre engine and updated styling as the original
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      503 58 Though a niche brand, Saab is here to stay FANS of Swedish carmaker Saab have long been acclaimed as left-of-centre types: Doctors, lawyers, architects, etc. They’ve had a hard time in the last year, having seen ex-owner General Motors (GM) put the brand up for sale after
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      435 58  -  CAR REVIEW Volkswagen’s updated Phaeton luxury limousine offers lots of tech, luxury and a wide range of customisation Andy Hum in Sanya, China cars@mediacorp.com.sg cars@mediacorp.com.sg THE Volkswagen Phaeton is an aptly named car. It first appeared eight years ago and is named after the son of the
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      994 61 SUNDAY PRIME MOVIE: DADDY DAY CAMP Channel 5, 7.30pm Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson are a pair of dads who struggle to keep their summer camp afloat. To improve the financial situation and whip together a group of kids who have problems with following orders, Hinton brings in his military-trained
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      1670 63 HEADLINES 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 12.30am, 1am, 1.30am HEADLINES/S’PORE UPDATES 9.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm HEADLINES/SINGAPORE MARKET REPORT 10.30am, 3.30pm 9.00AM Sesame Street (PRESCHOOL) 10.00 June Holidays Special: The Suite Life Of Zack Cody 10.30 Guess What? (Debut) (PRESCHOOL) 11.00 Yo Gabba Gabba (PRESCHOOL) 11.30 Ava, Riko,
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      259 64 1 Standing In Line In Order of Height Maya Dance Theatre presents this cross-cultural performance exploring individualism and conformity, combining contemporary and classical dance from the East and West. Date: Saturday Time: 3pm and 8pm Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio Tickets: $30 from Sistic Enquiries: www.mayadancetheatre.org 2 Workshop:
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      408 65 plus 5 others 6 Book Swop Book lovers can deposit their used books at the concierge counter on level one to receive book swop coupons. One used book entitles a participant to one coupon.They can then head to the Discovery Walk within the mall to swop for another book. Date:
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    1002 66  -  TRAVEL The world of Disney remains an attraction for people of all ages Choi Pei San peisan@mediacorp.com.sg I’VE found my happy place. After stepping into “The Kingdom of Dreams and Magic” for the first time, I instantly forgot about the worries of my busy life back
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      112 67 OFFICIAL LAUNCH by ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION ISLAMIC BANKING FINANCE SHARIAH LAW eg, MR. ZAINUL ABIDIN RASHEED Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs HADITH FIQH AKHLAK QUR'AN MANDARIN MYANMAR ENCYCLOPEDIA Saturday, 19 June 2010 JOURNALS al-Mawrid RESOURCE LIBRARY Fountain of knowledge (Al-Mawrid is a "Reference Only" library and does not
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