Today, 22 July 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    45 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday July 22, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday July 22, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JULY 22,2010 A PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon Facebook now has more than 500,000,000 members
    232 4 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Facebook, the social network created in the dormitories of Harvard six years ago, said yesterday that it now had 500 million members. The company has grown at a meteoric pace, doubling in size from a year ago
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    Lock icon WILL SILENCE PROVE THE BEST DEFENCE?
    138 4 Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich addressing the media after he told a judge he would not testify in his own defence as his lawyers rested their case in the seven-week-old corruption trial. ‘The government, in their case, proved my innocence. They proved that I
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    Lock icon ‘Never again’
    356 4 Big Oil unveils $1.4b spill response company but BP’s not involved AP NEW YORK Big Oil is trying to assure Washington it’s prepared for the next big oil spill. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Conoco Phillips and Shell Oil announced yesterday they have agreed to pool US$1 billion ($1.4 billion) to
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon What price flooding?
      652 5  -  Homeowners worried property values in flood prone areas could fall ESTHER NG AND LEONG WEE KEAT estherng@mediacorp.com.sg ESTHER NG SINGAPORE The floodwaters have receded, and the worry now on the minds of some homeowners in low-lying areas is that property and rental prices will follow. Real estate
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      NEA warns of more wet weather
      244 5 SINGAPORE Expect more wet weather in Singapore for the rest of the week, says the weatherman. Tropical storm “Chanthu” is expected to hit southern China today and this could bring wet conditions to the region, including Singapore, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). Short
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      Lock icon NParks steps up tree inspection, pruning after motorist killed
      399 5 IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE The National Parks Board or NParks says it has stepped up inspection and pruning of trees across Singapore following the recent spate of intense weather conditions. A 32-year-old man was killed on Tuesday when a tree fell onto
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      Lock icon Ceausescus dug up from the grave
      411 7 AP AFTERNOON LATEST BUCHAREST The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried moved closer to resolution yesterday after forensic scientists dug up their official graves in a hunt for DNA. Ceausescu ruled Romania for 25 years with
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      Lock icon Was Iranian a spy or a double-agent?
      345 7 NYT TEHRAN Iran fired a new salvo on yesterday in what is becoming a bizarre propaganda war over the supposed defection and later return of an Iranian nuclear scientist, with Iran’s semiofficial media suggesting that he was a covert operative who had provided
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      Going back to the basics
      529 8  -  Spending time with children is key to countering religious extremism: Analysts ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The medium of choice for the religious radicals’ propaganda is the Internet. So, can the guardians of a generation weaned on the web guide their children adequately if cyberspace is
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      Students must also counter extremist views: Education Minister
      528 8  -  ALICIA WONG AND EVELYN CHOO alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The responsibility lies not only with teachers and parents; students must also counter extremist views, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. As it is “neither desirable nor possible” to block access to the many
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      Lock icon Muslims told not to wear 'devilish' Manchester United jersey
      321 10 The Mufti of Perak, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria, said that Muslims wearing such football shirts ‘leads to a path of sin’ because displaying the symbol of another faith means the wearer is prioritising that faith over Islam. AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Muslims
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      Fined $5,000 for dodging NS for 24 years
      508 10  -  Appealed against jail term as ‘he is in essence not Singaporean’ LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For almost 24 years, Seow Wei Sin dodged the draft, making it one of the longest a Singaporean has defaulted on his National Service (NS) duty.
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      Lock icon Widow of man killed in freak accident to seek compensation
      362 12  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The widow of a man killed in a freak accident last Friday plans to seek compensation for the death of her husband. Ahmad Lispa was killed when the crane boom of a lorry smashed into the
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      Lock icon Even for iPad, it starts with a plan...
      259 12 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN SINGAPORE Local telcos SingTel, M1 and StarHub may not be selling Apple’s iPad this Friday but they will be dishing out data plans for consumers who buy the 3G version of the tablet computer. M1 yesterday announced that its iPad
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      SINGAPOREANS OPTIMISTIC OVER JOB PROSPECTS OVERTHE NEXT 12 MONTHS
      152 12 Singaporeans are no longer worried about getting a job. In fact, they are the second-most optimistic lot in the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to job prospects over the next 12 months, according to market research firm Nielsen. Eighty-three per cent
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      EDB, GSK LAUNCH $17M PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE ASIA'S HEALTH SYSTEMS
      145 12 The National University of Singapore has set up a programme to address the challenges of health care provision in Asia. The 17 million NUS Initiative to Improve Health in Asia (Niha) was announced by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan at
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      More children being abandoned
      429 14  -  Number of cases expected to touch 55 in coming weeks NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The economy may be improving but it does not seem to be preventing more children from being abandoned. This is according to statistics given by Sanctuary House, a voluntary welfare organisation
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      Lock icon BLOGGERS IN BIG SHOESTO PLAY BALL FOR CHARITY
      112 14 NG JING YNG In order to raise funds for Sanctuary House, a team of bloggers are planning to wear big clown shoes when they play against the S-League’s Singapore Armed Forces Football Club on Sunday. The charity match, which is called “Bloggers
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      Lock icon DRIVER WHO KNOCKED DOWN CISCO OFFICER'SUFFERS PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS'
      155 16 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A woman driver who knocked down a Certis Cisco officer on car park enforcement duty has a history of psychiatric illnesses, a community court heard yesterday. Singapore permanent resident Eva N, 36, was driving her car at a car park
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      ACCREDITATION SCHEME TO IMPROVE CLEANING SECTOR
      184 16 A voluntary accreditation scheme was launched yesterday to improve the cleaning industry in Singapore. It aims to recognise firms that deliver high standards of cleaning through proper training of workers, the use of proper equipment and good human resource practices. Cleaning service providers will
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      Lock icon Give way please, YOG vehicle coming through
      221 16 SINGAPORE In what is billed as the largest transport operation in Singapore, some 700 vehicles will be used to shuttle athletes and officials around the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) venues, and motorists will have to give way to these special coaches and limousine
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      Lock icon Finding the perfect balance for women
      544 18  -  SCWO calls for closer study of the Swiss model for more flexi-hour jobs ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Have more jobs here offer flexi-hours. This is what the new president of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) hopes to see, to encourage more women
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      291 16 KHOO jL LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES 0 u I Self-Made Millionaires WEALTH© JACADEMY™ The Number Of MILLIONAIRES In Singapore has Increased by /v/ HOW DID THEY DO IT? The Asia Pacific Region has created new MILLIONAIRES faster than the rest of the developed world. Singapore's 80,947 millionaires last year was up one-third
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      13 16 >> WHY THE MIDDLE LANE? 18 >> IN CASE OF FLOODS, THERE’S A PLAN B
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      234 18 ONE DECISION CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER How I transformed myself from an underachiever to a highly successful leader and communicator During My Darkest Hours: I was expelled from school at the age of 9 My parents split up when I was 13 My first book, "I am Gifted, So Are
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  • VOICES
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      152 20  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON A BATTLESHIP VS A LIGHTHOUSE A lookout on a battleship reported light in the distance, so the captain had the signalman send a message, “We’re on a collision course. Advise you change your course 20 degrees.” Minutes later a signal came back,
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      Lock icon The invisible workforce
      402 20  -  I SAY A word of thanks for those who slog to keep S’pore running smoothly, rain or shine Letter from GraceTan Iwas on my way back from work one rainy day last week when I noticed a familiar face. It was the postwoman, sitting on the footpath
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      SIA: Procedures being reviewed after issue of'phantom air ticket'
      193 22  -  Letter from Betty Wong Vice-President Customer Affairs, Singapore Airlines WE REFER to the letter “The case of the phantom air ticket” (July 20). We have been in touch with Mr Wong since his feedback to us, and responded with our apologies.
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      A licence to ride?
      131 22  -  Letter from Lawrence Lee I WOULD like to highlight the “lawlessness” of cyclists on our roads. So many cyclists here ride on footpaths, or against traffic, or even on the wrong side of the road. Many bicycles are not equipped with front and rear lights, or
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      ¢ WHY THE MIDDLE LANE?
      85 22  - WHY THE MIDDLE LANE? LETTER FROM EUGENETAN Why is the middle lane designated as the “Give Way” lane for the duration of the Youth Olympic Games? Most commuters use that lane to get from a slip road to the overtaking lane, and vice-versa. Surely the outer-most lane is the logical
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      Lock icon Can you afford to keep a dog?
      282 22  -  Letter from DrTan Chek Wee I AM a volunteer at an animal shelter and recently had to rescue a St Bernard that was about to be euthanised because the owner was unable to afford its upkeep. The St Bernard is known worldwide as
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      339 20 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices 5 Ways to Get Healthy Now! Enjoy a Good Breakfast Studies show that breakfast eaters generally stay slimmer. Breakfast is the time to refuel the body after the long 'fast' through the night. Special tip: Add some protein
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      59 22 SingTel "As an actress, I need to be kept abreast of current news therefore I watch Channel NewsAsia to stay updated. With SingTel MobileTV p I can even watch it LIVE, on the go. While filming No Limits I will also watch dramas to keep myself entertained between breaks." Vir«cy
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      36 22 VOICES ON RADIO How can Singaporeans and schools show their support for the coming Youth Olympic Games? Tune in to TalkBack on 938Live from 8.15am to 8.45am tomorrow. Call us at 6691 1938 and share your
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon If we're to do something, do it well
      783 24  -  Singapore’s pavilion at the Shanghai Expo could have done with better ideas, cohesive theme CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is editor-at-large at Today It’s good to sometimes offer words of encouragement to someone who has tried his best but failed to achieve
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      Lock icon America’s AAA rating is cut in the land of bubbles
      875 26  -  But the same lending practices that almost killed Wall Street could spell a wave of bad debts in China WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Moody’s Investors Service, Standard and
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      Lock icon In finance we distrust
      1097 28  -  Arguments over regulation are adding to public confusion. Why not have shared values instead? The finance industry, regulators, and political leaders need to create a shared sense of collective responsibility for the system as a whole and its impact on the rest of the economy. This
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon New sanctions against N Korea
      356 30 AGENCIES SEOUL The United States yesterday moved to push new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates showed solidarity with South Korea during a visit to the heavily-fortified border. Mrs Clinton announced
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      Lock icon S Korea, US to revise accord
      185 30 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK South Korea aims to reach an accord with the United States by 2012 that could allow the Asian nation to recycle spent nuclear fuel for “peaceful” use to produce electricity, according to Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung Hwan. The two
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      Lock icon China oil spill forces beaches, resorts to close
      386 32 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s largest reported oil spill more than doubled in size to 430 sq km yesterday, forcing nearby beaches to close and prompting one official to warn of a “severe threat” to sea life and water quality. The oil slick started
      AGENCIES; AFP  -  386 words
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      Lock icon Your pad thai just got more expensive
      418 34 High sugar and egg costs hit Thai AP BANGKOK Street food vendors in the Thai capital who feed millions each day are being hit by surging costs of sugar, after a government failure to ensure adequate supplies forced Thailand to import it for
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      Lock icon Obama claims US finance bill 'strongest' in history
      212 34 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama yesterday signed into law the biggest overhaul of the US financial-regulatory system since the Great Depression, calling it “the strongest consumer financial protections in history”. The law aims to usher in a new era of
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      Lock icon EAST TIMOR SEEKS REGIONAL SOLUTION ON ASYLUM-SEEKERS: MINISTER
      89 34 AFP East Timor has not ruled out involvement in a centre for processing asylum-seekers but the idea, mooted by Australia, must be dealt with regionally, Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa has said. Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard earlier said she was
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      Lock icon MALAYSIA TO PUNISH WILDLIFE POACHERS MORE SEVERELY
      80 34 AP Poachers and smugglers of endangered animals in Malaysia could be fined and jailed following the passage of the Wildlife Conservation Act last week. People who illegally hunt or possess certain protected wildlife can be fined up to RM500,000 ($213,829) an increase of
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      Lock icon SYARIAH LAWYERS WANT HEAVIER PENALTIES FOR ISLAMIC OFFENCES
      104 34 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The Malaysian Syariah Lawyers Association urged the government yesterday to impose heavier penalties for Islamic offences and to standardise religious criminal laws in all states. Its deputy president, Mr Musa Awang, also claimed that the existing laws which provide
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      Lock icon And you thought it was expensive...
      236 36 Singapore ranked 50th in survey of car park rates SINGAPORE Parking in Singapore is not cheap but it is much worse in Abu Dhabi, where parking can make a driver poorer by about US$55 ($75.54) each day. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United
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      Lock icon A PLACE THEY CALLED HOME!
      77 36 Residents trying to salvage belongings from their burnt houses at a slum area in Manila, after a fire razed the area on Tuesday. About 100 houses were gutted leaving 300 families homeless. Manila is one of the world’s biggest cities with a population of 12
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      Lock icon Aquino has a plan to feed the starving multitudes
      280 36 AFP MANILA The Philippine government said yesterday it would launch a programme to give money directly to poor families, in an effort to fight a sharp rise in the number of Filipinos enduring severe hunger. President Benigno Aquino’s administration said it
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      Lock icon Engorged, China’s dams will be put to test
      219 38 BEIJING The flooding in China that has killed more than 700 people and affected 110 million, looks set to get worse with the typhoon season starting next month, the government warned yesterday. However, a disaster on the scale of the historic 1998
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      Lock icon It’s not water under the bridge in South Asia
      555 38 India’s hydroelectric dam raises water supply fears in Pakistan THE NEW YORK TIMES BANDIPORE (India) In this high Himalayan valley on the Indiancontrolled side of Kashmir, the latest battle line between India and Pakistan has been drawn. This time it is
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      Lock icon Police ‘threaten Kashmiri Facebook users’
      574 39 AFP AFP SRINAGAR (India) A leading rights group in Indian Kashmir said on Tuesday that Facebook users were being intimidated by police for uploading images of the deadly protests in the Himalayan region. Over the past six weeks, the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley has been in
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      Lock icon Display toned down, their knees are hurting
      214 39 AFP NEW DELHI A daily, goose-step-ping display of choreographed aggression by soldiers on the IndiaPakistan border has been toned down because of knee injuries to the participants, a report said yesterday. For years, the military flaglowering ceremony that takes place every evening at
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      Lock icon Russian power plant 'terror attack' kills two
      271 40 AFP MOSCOW Militants burst into a hydroelectric plant in Russia’s volatile Caucasus region yesterday in a brazen dawn attack, killing two people and setting the facility ablaze with a string of blasts. The unknown attackers also bound two plant employees with duct tape
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      161 41 AP WASHINGTON With the delaying manoeuvres of the Republicans safely broken, the United States Senate is poised to pass legislation restoring jobless benefits for millions of people unable to find work in the frail economic recovery. The Senate voted 60-40 on Tuesday to move
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      281 42 For the first time, far more e-books sold than hardbacks THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON In what could be a watershed for the publishing industry, Amazon said on Tuesday that sales of digital books have outstripped United States sales of hardcover books on its website for the
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      201 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PARIS An Air France stewardess stole tens of thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery from business class passengers on 142 separate long-haul flights. The 47-year-old hostess, referred to only as Lucie R, plundered unsuspecting passengers while they were sleeping on international
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      154 42 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Pregnant women who are overweight face a serious risk of having a premature baby, according to research published in the British Medical Journal yesterday. The study showed that women carrying excess weight have up to a 30 per cent greater chance
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      586 44  -  With new NSA in pipeline, local athletes may take part in 2014 Winter Olympics RAJ KUMAR rajkumar@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tropical Singapore is on track to join the ranks of Winter Olympic nations as efforts to form a sporting authority here charge full steam ahead. Slated to
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      339 44 TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Organisers of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games next month are determined not to let the rain dampen their parade, putting in place contingency plans to ensure the Games run smoothly. With flash floods here causing
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      206 46 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Youth badminton player Huang Chao, who had to take an extended time out to nurse an injured wrist, showed he has fully recovered, defeating Canada’s David Yuen 21-9, 21-12 in the men’s singles at the US$5,000 ($6,870) Li Ning
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      Lock icon ATP tennis to make Singapore comeback
      345 46 EWAN MAH SINGAPORE Barely a decade ago, the Heineken Open used to draw the likes of big-name tennis stars Marcelo Rios and Lleyton Hewitt to the Republic. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament, which offered total prize money worth US$765,000 ($1.05 million), ran
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      Lock icon In the doghouse, not the poorhouse
      397 49 Tiger pays for indiscretions with 10% earnings cut but he’s still the No 1 earner THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Woods claimed the top spot on an American list of 50 athletes for the seventh consecutive year, though his total earnings fell
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      70 49 French star Samir Nasri scored twice as Arsenal defeated Sturm Graz 3-0 in a pre-season friendly yesterday. Substitute Henri Lansbury added a third to wrap up the win over the Austrian Cup holders. Over in Switzerland, Roy Hodgson’s reign as Liverpool coach got off
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      119 49 Extra officials will stand on goal-line AFP CARDIFF Champions League matches next season will feature two extra assistant referees after the experiment was approved during yesterday’s meeting of the International Football Association Board. The additional assistant referees system was used in the Europa League last
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      Lock icon Mancini eyes Donovan
      136 49 AP NEW YORK Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini may be interested in acquiring Landon Donovan from the Los Angeles Galaxy. The 28-year-old midfielder had a successful loan spell at Everton last season and scored three goals at the World Cup. “Donovan is a good player. Could be
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      83 49 AP Liverpool’s Spanish winger Albert Riera has agreed a four-year deal with Olympiakos, the Greek side’s coach Ewald Lienen said, in a deal which would be Greece’s most expensive transfer. Greek media reported that the deal will see the 28-year-old be paid €2.5
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      Lock icon EDUARDO MOVES TO SHAKHTAR
      74 49 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Eduardo has completed his £6-million move from Arsenal to Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian club has confirmed. The move brings to an end Shakthar’s long-running pursuit of the Brazilian-born Croatian international, who joined Arsenal from Dinamo Zagreb in 2007. Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu said:
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      85 49 THE GUARDIAN Henrique Hilario is in line to start the new season in goal for Chelsea, after the club confirmed that Petr Cech had torn the calf muscle in his right leg and would be sidelined for the next four weeks. Manager Carlo Ancelotti
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      87 49 THE GUARDIAN Martin Jol has agreed personal terms on a move to Fulham and the London club were cautiously optimistic about the prospect of the deal being struck as Ajax indicated yesterday that they are ready to open talks over the manager’s release.
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      262 52 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK EBay beat Wall Street’s quarterly profit estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal online payments unit and strong marketplace sales in Europe. At the same time, eBay warned that the negative effect of a stronger
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      66 52 AFP Chinese Internet search giant Baidu yesterday reported its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, topping 837 million yuan ($170.4 million). Baidu’s online marketing revenues rose almost 75 per cent to 1.9 billion yuan. Net income soared nearly 120 per cent versus the same period
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      55 52 WEDNESDAY CLOSE 10,120.53 (-1.07%) Tuesday 10,229.96 p 0.74% Monday 10,154.43 p 0.56% Friday 10,097.90 q 2.52% Thursday 10,359.31 q 0.07% NYSETOP5BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 420.2m $3.94 q 1.25% Bank of America 200.9m $13.36 q 2.98% Wells Fargo 70.1m $26.06 p 0.58% Ford 67.3m $11.55 q 1.70% General
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      21 52 US$1 $1.380 US$1 £0.659 US$1 €0.783 US$1 ¥86.970 US$1 A$1.141 US$1 HK$7.776 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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        88 52 Moping over Bernanke Wall Street stocks closed sharply lower after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke highlighted an “unusually uncertain” outlook for US economic recovery from recession. The Dow shed 109.43 points to finish at 10,120.53, wiping out Tuesday’s modest gains. European stock markets gains, supported by positive US
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        75 52 Slip by US$1.02 Oil prices slipped amid an unexpected surge in crude reserves in the United States, indicating weaker demand in the key energyconsuming nation. The market was shocked by the latest data from the US Department of Energy showing American crude oil reserves rising 400,000 barrels in the
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      420 52 Jobless figures, Euro debt crisis could hamstring US economy: Fed chairman THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The unemployment rate in the United States is likely to remain well above 7 per cent through the end of 2012 and the duration of President Barack Obama’s current
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      372 54  -  Levels indicate markets are stabilising JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Business confidence among Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continued to climb in the first half of this year. That’s according to HSBC’s latest Small Business Confidence Monitor survey, which gauges the six-month outlook of
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      168 54 BLOOMBERG SEATTLE Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, said third-quarter profit rose 37 per cent on sales of instant coffee and Frappuccino frozen drinks. Net income increased to US$207.9 million ($286.8 million), or 27 US cents a share, Starbucks said yesterday. Sales in
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley well in the black
      171 54 AP NEW YORK Morgan Stanley said yesterday its second-quarter net income rose to US$1.58 billion ($2.18 billion), easily topping forecasts as its Smith Barney brokerage helped the bank recover from a loss a year ago. Morgan Stanley joined other banks in reporting that its
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      KEPPEL T&T Q2 NET EARNINGS UP 15.3 PERCENTTO $13.8 MILLION
      170 55 Mainboard-listed Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation has posted a 15.3-per-cent increase in second quarter net earnings to $13.8 million. This despite revenue for the three months ended June declining 7 per cent to $27.2 million. Keppel T&T said the fall in
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      CCT boosts distributable income to $56m
      330 55  -  WONG SIEW YING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Office landlord CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) will distribute 1.97 cents per unit for its second quarter. That’s up 15 per cent onyear after accounting for a rights issue. This brings CCT’s first half distribution per unit (DPU) to 3.9 cents,
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      208 56 SINGAPORE Commodities firm Wilmar International has acquired a controlling stake in Malaysian-listed firm Natural Oleochemichals (Natoleo) for RM450 million ($192 million). With this deal, Wilmar will own 91.38 per cent of Natoleo while the remaining 8.62 per cent will be owned by
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      224 56  -  Hungate to take the reins on Sept 1 JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE British lender HSBC has appointed Mr Alex Hungate as its chief executive officer for Singapore with effect from Sept 1. He succeeds Mr Guy Har-vey-Samuel, who will become HSBC’s head of international Asia-Pacific,
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      THE GLASS IS HALF-FULL FOR SINGAPOREANS
      89 56 A survey has found that consumer confidence in Singapore rose to a near all-time high in the second quarter. According to the latest Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index, Singaporeans are among the top 10 most confident consumers globally. Singapore posted a solid five-point gain
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      KEPPEL NETS TWO CONTRACTS WORTH $170 MILLION
      97 56 Keppel Offshore and Marine has secured two contracts totalling $170 million from repeat customers, through its units Keppel Shipyard and Keppel Fels Brasil. The first contract is from long-time customerSingle Buoy Moorings and involves the conversion of a very large crude carrier into
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      650 57 Advisers who can win over Asia’s growing number of millionaires in high demand as pay reaches 2007 levels BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Swiss banks face the highest wage demands in three years from bankers skilled at winning wealthy clients in Asia, where the number of millionaires
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      983 63  -  Kylie Minogue on having fun and loving it and letting her inner Dolly Parton out CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SOMETIMES, it really is a case of “damned if you do, damned if you don’t”. When Kylie Minogue released her latest album Aphrodite this month, critics on the one
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      255 65 Mozart’s Die Zauberflote Mozart’s Singspiel gets an Asian treatment by the Singapore Lyric Opera. July 23 to 27, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre. Tickets, $15 to $130, from Sistic counters. Truth Be Known EP Launch Dubbed as “death/grind beer-fuelled metal”, Truth Be Known will be joined by Solemn from Taiwan, Singapore’s
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      226 67 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH JENNIFER Aniston has won a restraining order against a man who was found prowling around, carrying a sharp object and duct tape. Jason Peyton, 24, was ordered to stay 100 yards (91 m) away from the home, work and vehicles
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          259 68  - LOVING YOU CHEN MEIXIN BY CHRISTOPHER TOH IT HAS taken some time about three years but homegrown Mandarin singer Chen Meixin has finally released her first album. According to the singer, it took so long because she could only record in between filming commitments she starred in TV offerings such
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        89 68 THIS is the first studio album recorded by The Steve Miller Band since 1993’s Wide River, and sees Miller returning to his blues roots. But instead of originals, he’s filled it with blues and country-blues covers of BB King (Rock Me Baby), Otis Rush (All
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      583 72 AFP Abu Dhabi banks on Ferrari’s spectacular new indoor theme park to draw more tourists A YEAR after its first Formula 1 race, Abu Dhabi hopes to lure even more tourists with “Ferrari World” a grandiose theme park that is the first of its kind for the
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      372 73 ASIDE from her friends and family, few people outside of Korea know who Lee Woon-kyung is. That’s okay. The 28-year-old admits to preferring a low-key profile when I met her for a late-night coffee at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in May. For the record, Lee, who was
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    725 74 Go! A series where we bring you around the fascinating island of Taiwan. Brought to you by This week, we take you through Taipei’s East District. Alive 24–seven, this is where you feel the city’s heartbeat. The word on the street, from those who’ve been to
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    189 74 TAIPEI EAST DISTRICT SLEEP: Taiwan Angel rents out service apartments in prime residential estates; units in East District start from NT1,199 ($51.20) for a double room. You have to check in and out at the main office near Taipei Main Station, which can be inconvenient, but transport
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    141 74 A 10-minute cab ride away from Taipei 101 is the food heaven, Yongkang Street. Atthe entrance of the street is Din Tai Fung but if you prefertoskipthe long queues, try the nearby Tu Hsiao Yueh for Tainan cuisine like danzai noodles, Kao-Chi for Shanghainese snacks and desserts or
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