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    TODAY-NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY
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    THE BIG STORY
    8 3 ALCOHOL, THE GATEWAY DRUG? 2
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    He taught at school here despite child porn charge
    383 3  -  NG JING YNG NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former Ministry of Education (MOE) scholar Jonathan Wong had already been arrested for possession of child pornography when he returned to teach in a secondary school here, MediaCorp has learnt. Wong, 23, a
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    Lock icon China blocks broadcast of'farcical' Nobel prize
    721 3 Nobel committee chairman calls for laureate Liu Xiaobo's release AGENCIES BEIJING Calling the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to imprisoned democracy activist and literary critic Liu Xiaobo a “political farce”, China blocked live broadcasts of the ceremony in Oslo on Friday and tightened a clampdown
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  • ■ THE BIG STORY
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      Lock icon Alcohol, the gateway drug?
      1330 4  -  Experts here are not at all surprised by results of British study, which show that this socially-acceptable drug can be the most destructive VENESSA LEE correspondent venessa@mediacorp.com.sg IF ALCOHOL is more lethal than heroin, as a recent study contends, should we be paying closer attention to
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      Lock icon Drinking in the 21st century
      350 5 VENESSA LEE IF IT were coined today, the famous advertising slogan “Guinness is good for you” wouldn’t have seen the light of day. The old slogan would run counter to the marketing code of Diageo, the global alcohol company that manufactures the stout, which makes
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  • ■ NEWS
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      Lock icon With a little help from their friend ...
      455 6 With a little help from their friend Myanmar is building nuclear sites with help from N Korea: WikiLeaks AGENCIES WASHINGTON Witnesses in Myanmar claim to have seen evidence of secret nuclear and missile sites being built in a remote jungle, according to secret United States diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks,
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      Lock icon 'Hacktivists' threaten websites if Assange is extradited
      338 6 REUTERS AGENCIES LONDON An army of computer hackers is planning to bring down British government websites if Mr Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is extradited to Sweden. The 1,500-strong network of online activists also hacked the websites for Dutch police and prosecutors
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      Lock icon Indonesian police nab terrorist ‘instructor’
      380 6 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian police arrested one of the country’s most-wanted militants on Friday, accusing him of plotting high-profile assassinations and attacks on foreigners at luxury hotels in the capital. Firearms expert Abu Tholut also known as Mustofa, Pranata Yuda and Imron Baehaqi was captured without
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      Calls for more checks on foreign-trained dentists
      581 8  -  CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Many private dental clinics here have said they rely on the Singapore Dental Council (SDC) to do the necessary checks on foreign-trained dentists who apply to work here. They also admitted that they seldom checked with the relevant foreign
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      Lock icon WORLD'S BIGGEST PHOTO ALBUM
      112 8 An enormous photo album has been unveiled at The Forum, Resorts World Sentosa, that has broken the previous Guinness World Record for the world’s largest photo album. The record-breaking album, which measures 6.7m by 9.7m, contains 20 pages and 36 photos and weighs 800kg, has been
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      Lock icon Eddie Kuo, NTU's 2nd Emeritus Professor
      228 8 NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Known by some as the founding father of communication studies here, Professor Eddie C Y Kuo (picture) will next month be conferred the title of “Emeritus Professor” by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The title, conferred only on retired professors
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      Lock icon NTUC gave out $8.3m in aid to members
      261 8 S RAMESH SINGAPORE The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), has brought its social assistance efforts for the year to a close by giving out $3.75 million worth of U Care Back-to-School vouchers on Friday. This is to help 30,000 children of low-income
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      Hoping for a better value on your upgraded property?
      381 10  -  Experts caution that EUP will be a minor factor in determining housing prices ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Residents in the six private housing estates selected last week for the Estate Upgrading Programme (EUP) may have cause for cheer when the
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      Lock icon Heroes of Singapore, step up please ...
      187 10 Heroes of Singapore, step up please ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE The people behind Ironman and Spiderman are here on a talent-spotting mission. The world-famous Marvel Comics team will be attending the Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention which is held from Friday to Sunday at Suntec City and they will be
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      Holland V to get park
      155 10 SINGAPORE A community park will be built in Holland Village by the fourth quarter of next year. A joint statement from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the National Parks Board (NPB) said it will be located next to the Holland Village Circle Line (CCL)
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      Lock icon ■ MAN ALLEGEDTO HAVE BRIBED APPRENTICE JOCKEY
      113 10 MAN ALLEGEDTO HAVE BRIBED APPRENTICE JOCKEY SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A businessman has been hauled to court for allegedly giving bribes to an apprentice jockey in exchange for information about race horses which is not publicly available. Cogan Swee Yong Huat, 56, now faces 11 corruption charges involving about $3,000. His alleged
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      Lock icon Downtown East murder: 2 more charged
      208 10 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Two more young men have been charged with the murder of a student at Downtown East in Pasir Ris on Oct 30. They are Puay De Feng, 20, and Stilwell Ong Keat Pin, 19. Ong was arrested with the help of
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      Lock icon ■ STUDENT ALSO ACCUSED OF MOLESTING 3 OTHERS
      154 10 STUDENT ALSO ACCUSED OF MOLESTING 3 OTHERS SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A Nanyang Polytechnic student who was charged last week with outraging a girl’s modesty in his campus library is now accused of molesting three others at the same location. Jee Guang You, 23, allegedly targeted the four girls between Nov 12
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  • VOICES
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      Why the flat 'no'?
      408 12 Why the flat 'no' Can some flats be set aside for those in urgent need? Letter from PhangTiong Seng I AM the sole caregiver for my aged, widowed wheelchair-bound mother who has had a stroke and is suffering from dementia. I have heeded the Government’s call to shoulder the burden
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      Such chaos at Chanqi's Terminal 1
      171 12 Letter from Ethel Chong ON MY return by an evening flight on Thursday, I was shocked to see a chaotic scene at the taxi stand at Changi Airport’s Terminal 1. The area was under renovation and a 1 0 1 2 1 0 x
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      Various options available: HDB
      265 12 Letter from Tay Koon Quie Deputy Director (Sales), HDB WE REFER to the letter from Mr Phang Tiong Seng. Mr Phang had requested for priority allocation for a new flat. He would like to move to a block near an elderly daycare centre so as to
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A risen China reaches for power
      1067 14  -  PHILIP STEPHENS THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED China is in unapologetic mood. Not so long ago Beijing routinely protested its anxiety not to disturb the established international order. But a rising China has now become a risen China. Past inhibitions are being shed. Beijing looks
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      Lock icon The establishment vs the Web
      1243 16  -  Western elites obfuscate, lie and bluster and when the veil of secrecy is lifted, they try to kill the messenger JOHN NAUGHTON THE GUARDIAN The catchphrase of the Barack Obama team in the run-up to the 2008 United States Presidential Election used to be “never
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      Lock icon Obama's hostage deal
      850 17  -  PAUL KRUGMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES Ihave spent the past couple of days trying to make my peace with the Obama-McCo-nnell tax-cut deal. President Barack Obama did, after all, extract more concessions from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell than most of us expected. Yet I remain deeply uneasy not
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Thai troops ‘had larger role in protest deaths’
      365 18 REUTERS BANGKOK The Thai military played a larger role in the killing of civilians during political unrest in Bangkok this year than officials have acknowledged, leaked state documents show. A preliminary state probe into political violence in April and May concluded that
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      Lock icon 45 Aussie communities declared disaster areas
      251 18 AP SYDNEY Australia’s AttorneyGeneral, Mr Robert McClelland, declared 45 communities in Queensland and New South Wales disaster areas on Friday, following weeks of drenching rains that have submerged homes, destroyed crops and killed four people. After years of drought, heavy rains this month have
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      Lock icon Intense climate talks stretch into final hours
      310 18 AP CANCUN Climate talks went into their final day on Friday with a raft of issues undergoing intense bargaining through the night but with high hopes an agreement was within reach on measures to fight global warming. In a late-night session, negotiating groups
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      Lock icon UK to probe attack on Charles and Camilla
      366 20 AGENCIES LONDON Furious student protesters attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, vandalised buildings and battled riot police on Thursday as a controversial hike in university fees triggered Britain’s worst political violence in years. In a major security breach,
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      Lock icon Clinton meets Palestinian, Israeli negotiators
      204 20 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun a series of talks with Palestinian and Israeli negotiators as she tries to shape a fresh approach to meet to a one-year deadline for a Middle East peace agreement. In advance of a policy speech
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      Lock icon ■ NY SUBWAY HATE ATTACK ON IMAM
      90 20 NY SUBWAY HATE ATTACK ON IMAM AP Two men attacked a Muslim religious leader in a hate-fuelled assault in a New York City subway station, prosecutors said onThursday. Eddie Crespo and Albert Melendez were charged with robbery and assault, both as hate crimes. Prosecutors said Melendez used an anti-Muslim insult
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      ■ 110 HOOKERS HOOKED IN MACAU
      94 22 110 HOOKERS HOOKED IN MACAU Police have arrested 110 women on prostitution charges in an overnight raid at the Venetian Macau, the Hong Kong Standard reported on Friday, in the first crackdown at the lavish hotel casino since it opened in 2007. Macau police began surveillance of the casino floor
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      ■ ORANGES WITH TOXIC DYES IN SHANGHAI
      87 22 ORANGES WITH TOXIC DYES IN SHANGHAI The Shanghai authorities are investigating batches of oranges coloured with toxic dyes and have ordered fruit stall vendors to pull them off the shelves, the Oriental Morning Post reported on Friday. The case came to light after consumers in Pudong complained that the colouring
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      Lock icon GOIN' GAGA AROUND THE WORLD
      45 22 A new Lady Gaga figure was unveiled on Thursday at Madam Tussauds Hollywood in Los Angeles. Models of the 24-year-old American music icon were also uncovered in New York, Las Vegas, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Shanghai and Hong Kong. AGENCIES AGENCIES
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      Lock icon iPad to have cameras next year, says supplier
      225 22 REUTERS HONG KONG Suppliers for Apple’s iPad are gearing up for a new round of production in the first quarter, sources said on Friday, with one saying the revamped iPad will include frontand back-mounted cameras. This would be in line with the
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      Lock icon Bad news for cyclists...
      222 22 REUTERS NEW YORK Most exercise appears to have little relationship to the quality or quantity of sperm but men who bike at least five hours a week have fewer and less active sperm than men who did not exercise, according to a study in the United
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      437 19 V IT ftft r Be a w »,< y Sondy is a mother of four children who was unable to regain her figure after giving birth to her fourth child. Due to her weight issue, Sandy gave up her love for shopping, as well as the hope of being able
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  • SCIENCE
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      Lock icon The science behind Christmas
      497 24 With the holiday fast approaching, we wonder: Does the Christmas Story have a basis in scientific fact? THE DAILYTELEGRAPH THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM Upon Jesus Christ’s birth, Christians believe, a star appeared in the sky over Bethlehem, leading the three magi to the manger where he
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      Lock icon Santa and his rocket-powered, time-travelling reindeer
      709 24 Sure, he delivers presents to all the well-behaved children in the world. But how? And why? THE DAILY TELEGRAPH HOW FAST DOES SANTATRAVEL? If we assume that Santa Claus has to travel the planet’s surface area of roughly 510,000,000km on Christmas Eve, and that
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon HDB flats more affordable, but...
      336 26  -  still too expensive, according to propertyguru.com.sg poll JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Buyers feel that properties are now more affordable, thanks to the cooling measures introduced by the Government in August, according to the latest survey by real estate listing portal propertyguru.com.sg. But most respondents to
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      Bullish on Asian equities for next year: Nomura
      251 26 SINGAPORE Asian equity investors can expect healthy returns next year as global money pulls away from bonds and chases stocks, according to Japan’s largest brokerage, Nomura Holdings. Analysts at Nomura are particularly bullish on Indonesia and Malaysia. They say Indonesia’s fundamentals are
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      Lock icon DBS launches $30m ad campaign
      282 26 CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS SINGAPORE DBS Bank has launched a $30 million regional branding campaign to boost its presence in its key Asian markets. Beginning this month with television and newspaper advertisements, the campaign will also utilise airport ads and social media. It builds on the $10
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      Lock icon Over 270 units snapped up at Prive
      107 26 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE More than 270 units at Prive the third executive condominium launched this year have been taken up as of 5pm on Friday. Even before the start of balloting, analysts had already expected a good turnout for the EC near Punggol
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      Lock icon Plus for world economy
      730 27 Strong Chinese data show global recovery intact, central bank hikes reserve ratio AGENCIES BEIJING China’s trade surged last month while bank lending topped forecasts and property investment powered ahead in a series of robust numbers on Friday that offered a reminder that Chinese demand was still
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      Local scholars for Stanford
      303 27  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Four scholars from Singapore will soon be on their way to Stanford University. Doctors Henry Ho and Anthony Tang and engineers Fiona Loke and Iris Tan have been chosen as the first batch of fellows for the one-year Singapore-Stan-ford Biodesign (SSB) Programme
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      ■ KEPPEL, SEMBCORP BIDS STAND A CHANCE
      124 27 KEPPEL, SEMBCORP BIDS STAND A CHANCE Singapore shipbuilders Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine have a good chance to win parts of a massive tender for up to 28 deepwater oil-drilling rigs from Brazilian national oil company Petrobras, according to Kim Eng Securities. Kim Eng analyst Rohan Suppiah said Keppel and
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      ■ SINGTEL SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO APPLE OFFERINGS
      178 27 SINGTEL SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO APPLE OFFERINGS SingTel is seeking alternatives to iPhone and iPad offerings amid growing concerns about Apple’s rising influence on how subscribers of telecommunications companies choose to spend their money, according to JP Morgan. In its meeting with analysts in Bangalore earlier this month, the management of
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      140 26 IS KAN DAR MALAYSIA PROGRESS UPDATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DATE TIME 11 DEC 2010 (SAT) 12pm to 6pm (talk at 2 pm 4 pm) 12 DEC 2010 (SUN) 12pm to 6pm (talk at 2 pm 4 pm) VENUE: SUNTEC Convention Centre Level 2 Seminar Room 207 EAST LE DANG EEEL $20
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      45 29 iTODAY on BlackBerry For the latest news updates on the go. It’s FREE! BOLD 9700 CURVE 8520 iTODAY is also available on BlackBerry Javeline 8900 and Bold 9000 Download the latest version of the application from your device's App store. Exclusively for StarHub BlackBerry subscribers
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon For football's sake, revive the S-League
      754 31  -  COMMENTARY Perhaps it is right for FAS to stand by Avramovic but the country still needs answers for the Lions'Suzuki Cup failure LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg After the Lions’ dismal showing in the Suzuki Cup when they failed to even make it out of the
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      Lock icon Good news for bowling, blow for cue sports
      280 31 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Tenpin bowling was celebrating on Friday when the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced their list of sports for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Initial fears were that tenpin bowling would be shifted to the
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      Lock icon Badminton's generous new patron
      530 32 SBA will invest $1 million in three areas, including in the national team SINGAPORE Out to unearth the Republic’s next star shuttler, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) received a timely boost on Friday night in the form of a generous donation of $1 million. Newly-appointed SBA
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      Lock icon NTUC FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup A tale of two halves as Welsh pip Singapore
      330 32 Nations Cup 2010 foundation IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE In a match crucial to both teams as they battled to stay in the hunt for a place in the final, Wales punished Singapore for losing focus early
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      Lock icon Evra lays into the Gunners
      639 33 United defender labels Arsenal a 'football training centre' which does not win trophies AGENCIES MANCHESTER Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has launched an astonishing attack on Arsenal, branding the Gunners a “crisis club”, dismissing them as a “football training centre” and ridiculing their five-year trophy
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      Lock icon Pardew's task: To beat Liverpool and win over Newcastle fans
      425 33 AGENCIES LONDON Alan Pardew could not have hoped for a more daunting task on his return to the English Premiership. His five-and-a-half-year tenure as Newcastle manager begins with Saturday’s visit of a resurgent Liverpool side with Fernando Torres back in
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      Lock icon A question of desire
      622 34 Terry accuses Chelsea players of lacking the hunger to succeed AGENCIES LONDON John Terry (picture) has called on his Chelsea teammates to “stand up” and be counted or see their hopes of retaining the Premier League title disappear. The captain also admitted that the team were
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      SPORTSZONE ZEROES IN ON MONSTER PREMIERSHIP CLASHES
      129 34 It’s a huge weekend in the Barclays Premier League as Tottenham Hotspur, revitalised under wily Harry Redknapp, take on champions Chelsea in a tasty London derby on Sunday. Twenty-four hours later, Manchester United and Arsenal meet at Old Trafford in another duel of
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      ■ CHELSEA'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT
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      125 34 WHAT'S COMING UP FORTHE BLUES THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Dec 12: Tottenham Hotspur (a) Chelsea haven’t won at White Hart Lane since March 2007 and will come up against a Spurs side buoyed by their recent form. Dec 19: Manchester United (h) Far from being in tip-top form themselves this season,
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    40 39 FOOD SHOULD EGGNOG REALLY BE SERVED AT CHRISTMAS? T4 BEAUTY GREAT COFFRETS YOU CAN GET. T10 THE AUSSIE ACTRESS PUTS HER BEST FACE FORWARD IN OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. T8 TRAVEL JOANNE PEH TALKS ABOUT HER FIRST TIME.
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      730 40  -  How to make smart KPIs I mean New Year resolutions Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S just a couple of weeks more to Christmas and you know what that means yes, it’s time to start making those New Year resolutions again. Why so early, you ask? Well,
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      562 41  -  What aroma would your favourite movie have? Leonie Cooper Cooper features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN IT’S A rainy Tuesday night, and I’m in a basement club in London wafting a perfume-impregnated cardboard stick under my nose. It smells good. I can detect a delicate floral note. But then
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    815 42  -  DRINK The familiar Christmas beverage comes under fire Frank Bruni features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEWYORKTIMES CREAMY, sweet and as Christmasy as Rudolph:Who could resist eggnog? I’m raising my hand. And I’m telling you why. It’s a dessert in drink disguise, a calorie extravaganza, capable of overwhelming you right
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      636 44 Imagining that you are eating can help you lose weight, say experts THE GUARDIAN AS THE festive season draws near, some of us health nuts are already planning how to get rid of the extra calories we’ll gain feasting on Christmas goodies. The obvious remedy is
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      1148 46  -  TODAY EXCLUSIVE Elf queen Cate Blanchett reveals her skincare secrets and talks about keeping life simple Lynette Koh Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg IT SEEMS Cate Blanchett has it all. A plum role (word has it she’ll return to the big screen as the elf queen, Galadriel, in
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      769 48  -  Stuff those stockings with these prettily packaged beauty coffrets Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is just one fortnight left to Christmas. And if you’re still stumped for gift ideas, the beauty aisles may be a good place to start your festive shopping. See, many beauty retailers have
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      70 51 LYNETTE KOH MULTI-label boutique Front Row has been one of Singapore’s most original stores since it first opened five years ago. And one of the most beloved, too: Many fashion insiders and scenesters, including Peter Kruder of Austrian electronica duo Kruder Dorfmeister, and Tracy Phillips, dressed
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      225 51 Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? Booming Business "Started in United States Expanded to Australia, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, India.. Dr Sobey launched Camp Invention, which now has more than 40,000 kids in 850 centres"
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      430 52  -  Japanese accessory label brings its brand of kawaii to Singapore Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg WHO IS Samantha Thavasa? It’s a secret, according to KazumasaTerada, the founder and CEO of the Japanese handbag and accessory label which bears the name. The 45-year-old Tokyobased entrepreneur was in town this week for
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    541 54  - CARS Safety first We take an exclusive look at Toyota's safety testing features Derryn Wong in Shizuoka Nagoya, Japan Nagoya, Japan cars@mediacorp.com.sg VISITING the technology centre of a major car manufacturer is a lot like being on parole they take away privileges (no cellphones or cameras), you’re not allowed to
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    501 56  -  CAR REVIEW The new Jaguar XJ propels the brand into luxury limo eminence Derryn Wong news@newstoday.com.sg LAST week we reviewed the Ford Kuga, but this time round we come to grips with a distantly-related and very different automotive feline:The Jaguar XJ is Coventry’s flagship, a luxury limousine.
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      1530 58 WEEKDAYTV CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6.00AM Whacked Out Sports 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 The Price Is Right USA 10.30 Body Beautiful 11.00 Food Chain 11.30 Rachael’s Vacations NOON The Doctors 12.45PM Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 1.00 Singapore Racing Legend 1.30 Heartlanders II 2.00 Films Stars
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      1626 59 HEADLINES 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 12.30am, 1am, 1.30am HEADLINES/SINGAPORE UPDATES 9.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm HEADLINES/SINGAPORE MARKET REPORT 10.30am, 3.30pm 9.00AM oktoriginal: Club M.A.G.I.C (PRESCHOOL) 9.30 Play With Me Sesame (PRESCHOOL) 10.00 Maryoku Yummy (PRESCHOOL) 10.30 Strawberry Shortcake (PRESCHOOL) (Last Episode) 11.00 oktoriginal: Club M.A.G.I.C (PRESCHOOL) 11.30
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      1149 60 SATURDAYTV STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: STARDUST Channel 5, 7pm In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a charmingly naïve boy from the English village of Wall travels to a magical, mythical world in search of the falling star that will help him win the heart of his true
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      1174 62 SUNDAYTV KELVIN MCCLOUD: SLUMMING IT Channel NewsAsia, 7.32pm Kevin continues his journey into the heart of Dharavi, India’s largest slum, to find out what, if anything, this place can teach us about how we should all be living our lives in our cities. CHANNEL 6.00AM Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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      829 64 T ODAY'S top 5 and 5 others 1 SingTel Presents ZoukOut 2010 It’s the 10th anniversary of Asia’s largest outdoor dance festival.To celebrate, it’s got a line-up of top acts, including David Guetta andTiesto, Laidback Luke, Dubfire, and Afrojack. Minimum age for entry is 18. Date: Saturday Time: 8pm to
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      505 64 (5 CAT HAY A t > \m- facebook.com/cathaycineplexes f 1 1 cathay.com.sg m THE CATHAY 2 Handy Road, Levels 5 6 THE CHRONICLES OF 33 NARNIA:THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER* (IN 3D FORMAT) 11,45am, 2.1 5pm, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45pm, 12.20am THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER*
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      980 66  -  With some ingenuity, the much dreaded transit period is needn't be such a chore Serene Lim Serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg DUBAI airport, 11.52pm: I had just got off the plane from Europe. Despite my mild state of grogginess, I realised there were still seven hours to go before boarding time
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      35 70 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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