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Title Section20 2011-03-08 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Tuesday March 8, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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Article493 2011-03-08 1 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG news editor cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some two months after his statements which were contained in the new book Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going evoked strong reactions from the Muslim community here, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew acknowledged yesterday in a press statement493 words
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326 2011-03-08 1 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama yesterday reversed his two-year-old order halting new military charges against detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, permitting a resumption of military trials under rules he said provide adequate rights for defendants but implicitly admitting the failure for now ofAGENCIES - 326 words
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170 2011-03-08 1 REUTERS TRIPOLI Al Jazeera television said Libyan rebels yesterday rejected an offer by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to hold a meeting of Parliament to work out a deal under which he would step down. AlJazeera said sources from the rebel interim council toldREUTERS - 170 words
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Advertisement89 2011-03-08 1 BLACKPOOL 1 CHELSEA 3: LAMPARD ATTHE DOUBLE SPORTS PAGE 22 CELEBRATING WOMEN VOICES WHAT CHOICES DO YOUNG WOMEN IN S’PORE HAVE? 10 COMMENT&ANALYSIS GEN Y AND THE PART-TIME REVOLUTION 12 COMMENT&ANALYSIS INTERVIEW WITH UN WOMEN S’PORE PRESIDENT 14 WORLD PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PICK S’PORE AHEAD OF HONG KONG 18 T SECTION89 words
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PARLIAMENT
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175 2011-03-08 2 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports will offer up to 1,400 scholarships, bursaries and awards over the next three years to attract new entrants to the pre-school sector175 words
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269 2011-03-08 2 HOE YEE NIE - HOE YEE NIE yeenie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With teachers seen as the key to helping students move up the social ladder, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is pushing out a new framework, TEACH, to lay the foundation for their professional development, said Education Minister Ng Eng269 words
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169 2011-03-08 2 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN Polytechnic education will now be subsidised more than once for working professionals who pursue an advanced or specialist diploma five years or more after acquiring their previous diploma. Senior Minister of State (Education) S Iswaran said yesterday that Continuing Education169 words
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163 2011-03-08 2 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN One group of pupils in Special Education (Sped) schools is set to get extra help. Those who have “high needs” defined as challenging behaviours that require greater attention will have additional teacher aides. The Ministry of Education (MOE) and163 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration349 2011-03-08 3 It’s a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge, he says REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST LOS ANGELES Actor Charlie Sheen was fired from his top-rated sitcom Two And A Half Men yesterday after more than a week of manic interviews pepperedREUTERS; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 349 words
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310 2011-03-08 3 THE GUARDIAN CAIRO Activists in Egypt are calling for a million women march today to coincide with International Women’s Day. The march will begin in Tahrir Square in the country’s capital, scene of the mass sit-in during Egypt’s revolution that was criticalTHE GUARDIAN - 310 words
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310 2011-03-08 4 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN AP TOKYO Japan has temporarily stopped using two vaccines from United States drugmaker Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis of France while it investigates the deaths of four children who were inoculated, its health ministry said yesterday. The two paediatric vaccines PrevenarAP - 310 words
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Article481 2011-03-08 4 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When cabby Yuen Swee Hong, 58, failed to return home from his shift on April 11,2009, Madam Chan Oi Lin called her husband’s mobile phone at around 9am and was greeted with a threat from a man with a mainland481 words
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272 2011-03-08 6 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE An unemployed man who turned to crime last year cheating a casino and dealing with stolen cars was sentenced yesterday to four-and-a-half years’ jail. For cheating the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino of more than S$31,000 with the help of272 words
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Article373 2011-03-08 6 TEO XUANWEI - TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More funds for grassroots networks and more recognition and rewards for grassroots leaders. That was what some Members of Parliament focused on when they rose and spoke on the importance of building up social capital here, during the Committee of Supply373 words
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Article233 2011-03-08 6 SINGAPORE The steady growth in the Republic’s labour market appears set to continue in the second quarter of this year, with a third of companies surveyed by human resource firm Manpower indicating that they expect to add to their headcount. The survey polled some233 words
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Advertisement303 2011-03-08 4 New Business Opportunities Have you ever thought of running a part-time business while keeping your full-time job? Mr Jason Ng (left), receiving MindChamps' Champion of the Year Award from Mr David Chiem (right), Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of MindChamps "I chose MindChamps because it is an organisation which provides303 words
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VOICES
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238 2011-03-08 8 Tay Koon Quie - For the repeatedly unsuccessful Flats offered case-by-case if need is urgent Letter from Tay Koon Quie Deputy Director (Sales) Housing Development Board WE REFER to the letter, “We’ve tried and tried by Ms Adeline Lim (Feb 23). Ms Lim and her fiance have submitted applications in five Build-To-Order (BTO) projects238 words
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272 2011-03-08 8 RICK LIM SAY KIONG - LETTER FROM RICK LIM SAY KIONG Mr Yeo Shuan Chee’s questioning of parttimers’ responsibility and commitment is effectively an affront to all part-timers (“An employer’s view: Can part-timers give me the commitment I need?”, March 7). His reasoning that part-timers place more importance on272 words
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758 2011-03-08 10 SITI NADZIRAH SAMSUDIN - I SAY SITI NADZIRAH SAMSUDIN Siti Nadzirah Samsudin, 23, graduated from the University of Melbourne last year and recently joined AWARE as a research and advocacy executive. As a young woman in Singapore, I enjoy many luxuries. I can walk the streets758 words
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Article43 2011-03-08 10 In the report, “Potential candidates for the coming elections” (March 5-6), we cited Mr Desmond Lee as a deputy director at the Ministry of Law. The ministry has clarified that Mr Lee has already resigned and is no longer in public service.43 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration636 2011-03-08 12 VENESSA LEE - Employers will need to embrace flexi-work schemes, but both sides must manage expectations VENESSA LEE venessa@mediacorp.com.sg Venessa Lee is a correspondent at Today. The Singapore workplace may have to change as more of Generation Y start having babies. Ms Sher-li Torrey (picture), the founderPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 636 words
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Article, Illustration610 2011-03-08 14 VENESSA LEE - VENESSA LEE venessa@mediacorp.com.sg Venessa Lee is a correspondent at Today. In pursuing a better life, the hopes of migrant women and their employers could well coincide. This is because “issues for women in Singapore include those facing Foreign Domestic Workers”, said Ms TrinaPHOTO COURTESY UN WOMEN SINGAPORE - 610 words
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Article, Illustration1399 2011-03-08 16 NOEL PEARSON - Its Confucian path out of poverty has avoided the multiple failings of US and British models NOEL PEARSON Noel Pearson is director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership. This is an edited extract from his 2011 Sir Robert Menzies LectureTHE AUSTRALIAN - 1,399 words
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Advertisement110 2011-03-08 12 LASIK Public Forum S MYTHS 'x FACTS Programme Date: 17 March 2011, Thursday Time: 6.30pm 8.15pm Venue: Singapore National Eye Centre SNEC Auditorium, Level 4 11 Third Hospital Avenue Singapore *****1 Speaker: Dr Mohamad Rosman Consultant Refractive Surgery Service 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.15pm Registration Understanding refractive errors How LASIK is110 words
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Advertisement195 2011-03-08 14 Find out what others are not telling you! A I I sirs UK was Conrad Alvin Lim Trader, Author, Trainer www.conradalvinlim.com Conrad forecasted the 2010 market accurately VOLATILE and CHOPPY. Since then, he also accurately anticipated the January February 2011 inflation, property market trends and the market direction in Singapore.195 words
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Advertisement186 2011-03-08 14 EMPLOYER FAIR: PRODUCTIVITY SEMINAR BASICS 0F-BRQDU6TIV.ITY There will be a sharing on Inclusive Growth Programme (IGP) Participants will learn more about productivity concepts, productivity measurement, factors affecting enterprise productivity, techniques for productivity improvement, and etc. We welcome Managers, Senior Executives, Supervisors, Senior Workers with team leadership responsibilities from the Manufacturing186 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration390 2011-03-08 18 REUTERS AP TOKYO Japan’s unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan has refused to step down after his Foreign Minister, Mr Seiji Maehara, quit on Sunday over a political funding scandal. The resignation is likely to further erode public confidence in Mr Kan, whose publicREUTERS; AP - 390 words
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169 2011-03-08 18 SINGAPORE Singapore has been named in the top five global destinations to relocate to, an international survey of professionals released yesterday revealed, with 100 per cent of female respondents saying they would recommend working here to others. The Global Professionals169 words
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Article, Illustration406 2011-03-08 19 AGENCIES RAS LANUF Libyan military aircraft launched fresh airstrikes on rebel positions around a key oil port yesterday amid increasing efforts by aid officials to alleviate the humanitarian crisis. Up to one million foreign workers and others trapped in Libya are expectedAGENCIES; AP - 406 words
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194 2011-03-08 19 AP REUTERS ROME More than 1,000 immigrants, mostly from Tunisia, arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa yesterday. It was one of the biggest arrivals since a steady influx of Tunisians started in mid-Jan-uary, when an uprising ousted the country’s longtime President andAP; REUTERS - 194 words
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169 2011-03-08 20 THE GUARDIAN Half of the doctors in the country prescribe placebos, according to a new study for the German Medical Association (BAK). The report says placebos, from vitamin pills to homeopathic remedies or even sham surgery, can proveTHE GUARDIAN - 169 words
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258 2011-03-08 20 AP WELLINGTON Some 10,000 houses and several hundred commercial buildings in Christchurch will have to be demolished because of earthquake damage, while some parts of the city will have to be abandoned altogether, New Zealand’s leader said yesterday. The magnitude 6.3 temblorAP - 258 words
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111 2011-03-08 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mr Ahsan Ali Syed, the Indian businessman who made a £300 million (S$617 million) bid for Blackburn Rovers last year and recently bought Spanish football team Racing Santander, has been accused of a £19 million scam in Australia by www.westerngulfadvisory.net.THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 111 words
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114 2011-03-08 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Germany remains the most popular nation in the world in a BBC World Service Country Rating Poll. It had a 62 per cent approval rating, four points ahead of second-placed Britain. Between December and last month this year, more thanTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 114 words
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123 2011-03-08 20 AP Buoyed by President Hu Jintao’s successful visit to Washington, China’s relations with the United States are warming again after a year of disputes over issues from Taiwan to Internet freedom, China’s Foreign Minister said yesterday. Mr Yang Jiechi’s comments markedAP - 123 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration583 2011-03-08 23 RAZALI ABDULLAH - After the way he toyed with Man United, Suarez shows he’s worthy of being Liverpool’s No 7 COMMENTARY RAZALI ABDULLAH razalia@mediacorp. com.sg Razali Abdullah is Sports Editor at Today. Luis Suarez makes enemies everywhere he goes. In South Africa, where his handball denied583 words
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Article, Illustration132 2011-03-08 22 John Terry (second from right) set Chelsea on its way to a 3-1 win at Blackpool last night, poweing home a header from a Frank Lampard’s corner kick in the 20th minute. Lampard then added two goals of his own before Jason Puncheon got a consolation goal for theGETTY IMAGES - 132 words
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515 2011-03-08 22 Arsenal captain insists match against his former club is just another game AP AFTERNOON LATEST BARCELONA Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas downplayed the importance of his first match at the Camp Nou since leaving Barcelona, saying tonight’s Champions League encounter needs no added significanceAP - 515 words
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Article117 2011-03-08 22 AGENCIES LONDON The English Football Association will support any challenger to Sepp Blatter in the forthcoming FIFA presidential election, it was claimed yesterday. Two unnamed senior FA officials were quoted as saying FIFA’s treatment of England’s failed 2018 World Cup bid meant they could noAGENCIES - 117 words
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Article429 2011-03-08 24 IAN DE COTTA - IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In contrast to the silence hovering over the 41-hec-tare plot of land near the airport, where they have suspended work temporarily on a spanking new motorsports hub, SG Changi are generating some noise in Japan’s Super GT championship429 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-03-08 24 PHILIP GOH - They thrilled the country in 2010, fans will see if they’ve become better this FOOTBALL 23rd Canon Lion City Cup PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Seven months after igniting the nation with their exhilarating run to the bronze medal in the inaugural YouthTODAY FILE PHOTO - 573 words
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Miscellaneous87 2011-03-08 24 SPORTS FIXTURES S.League Home Team SAF FC Away Team Woodlands Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Tue, 08/03/11 7.30pm For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ and UE Champions, please visit Singapore Pools website. Ip A, Y(i) A|w ays play with care. |responsiblyj Do not bet illegally. No person under87 words
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Article, Illustration507 2011-03-08 5 PETER YEO - MediaCorp’s Young Creatives Competition to select talent for the Cannes Young Lions Competition PETER YEO IN AN effort to groom young creative talent in Singapore, Media– Corp is holding its annual Young Creatives Competition to select teams for the Cannes Young Lions Competition 2011, to be507 words
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BUSINESS
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Article258 2011-03-08 4 REUTERS DOHA The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is assessing the oil market to determine whether it should hold an extraordinary meeting, Qatar’s Energy Minister said yesterday, but he added there was no shortage of supply. “OPEC is evaluating whether they need to meet orREUTERS - 258 words
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293 2011-03-08 4 REUTERS LONDON The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is eyeing a takeover of its US rival Nasdaq only weeks after announcing a merger with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE), the Sunday Times reported. Although the companies have not held talks about a three-way tie-up,REUTERS - 293 words
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Article209 2011-03-08 4 REUTERS ATHENS Moody’s yesterday slashed Greece’s credit rating on fears the country’s efforts to cut its debt will not be enough, heaping further pressure on European Union leaders to ease repayment terms on its bailout loans or risk a default. Moody’s cut the country’s rating by threeREUTERS - 209 words
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Article371 2011-03-08 3 DOW JONES NEW YORK —Americans are being too hard on themselves and have failed to recognise the resilience of the United States economy, according to Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) deputy chairman and executive director Tony Tan. In an interview with The Wall StreetJournalDOW JONES - 371 words
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Article291 2011-03-08 3 CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS - CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS chrish@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The trading suspensions of China Hongxing Sports and Hongwei Technologies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) over accounting irregularities have led to calls for a change in the way S-chip suspensions are handled. Experts say investors will benefit if the time-frame for291 words
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156 2011-03-08 3 REUTERS HONG KONG European plane maker Airbus said yesterday it expected airlines in Asia to take delivery of 8,560 aircraft in the next two decades, representing a third of the global total as the region’s fast-growing economic growth fuels demand for air travel. WithREUTERS - 156 words
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258 2011-03-08 2 STELLA LEE - STELLA LEE SINGAPORE Hyflux has been selected as the preferred bidder by national water agency PUB to build Singapore’s second and largest desalination plant in Tuas, as demand for water is expected to double from 1.7 million cubic metres per day currently to258 words
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389 2011-03-08 2 RYAN HUANG - RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An export-import (EXIM) bank is unlikely to take off in Singapore for now, Second Minister for Finance Lim Hwee Hua said yesterday in response to queries in Parliament. She also explained why the idea for such an institution for cross-border389 words
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119 2011-03-08 2 Conglomerate Keppel Corp yesterday said its US subsidiary, Keppel AmFELS, had won a contract from Mexico’s drilling services firm Perforadora Central to build a jack-up rig valued at about US$195 million (S$246 million). The rig, with the capability to drill wells up to 30,000119 words
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183 2011-03-08 1 REUTERS PARIS French luxury group LVMH is buying Italian peer Bulgari for €3.7 billion (S$4.7 billion), adding lustre to its jewellery business and broadening its exposure to emerging markets. The offer, at a 60-per-cent premium to Bulgari’s average share price over the pastREUTERS - 183 words
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Article86 2011-03-08 1 AGENCIES Google’s Android operating system surged to the top of the United States smartphone market in January, with 31.2 per cent of the market, according to a new comScore report. The report said Android’s market share was up 7.7 percentage points from October through January,AGENCIES - 86 words
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Article59 2011-03-08 1 MONDAY CLOSE 12,090.00 (-0.66%) Friday 12,169.90 q 0.72% Thursday 12,258.20 p 1.59% Wednesday 12,066.80 p 0.07% Tuesday 12,058.00 q 1.38% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 361.2m $4.52 q 0.44% Bank of America 137.6m $14.03 q 0.64% Ford 105.0m $14.01 q 2.84% General Electric 66.4m59 words
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Article14 2011-03-08 1 È FTSE100 5,973.78 H DAX È È DAX 7,161.93 (-0.74%) CAC40 3,990.41 (-0.74%)14 words
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OVERNIGHT
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Article91 2011-03-08 1 Hit an oil slick Stocks fell as higher oil prices weighed on the market. The market has been shaken in recent weeks by the uprising in Libya and its effect on oil prices, which could hurt the economic recovery by raising manufacturing and transportation costs. “The market is91 words
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Article83 2011-03-08 1 Brent crude hits US$118 Brent crude rose to US$118 a barrel and US oil hit the highest since September 2008 as fighting in Libya disrupted its supplies and renewed concern of wider disruptions in the Middle East. Brent crude gained US$2.20 to US$118.17. US crude was rose as high83 words
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Article431 2011-03-08 1 REUTERS WASHINGTON Emerging market economies that powered the global recovery may be growing too fast for their own good as inflation pressures build, a top International Monetary Fund official said yesterday. China, Brazil and other fastgrowing nations have struggled to contain inflation and control heavyREUTERS - 431 words
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Article123 2011-03-08 5 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN STATE OF THE ARTS: The arts scene is now going into overdrive and the Singapore Biennale hasn’t even kicked off yet! Leading up to the mega arts showcase this weekend, shows opened left and right last week. The Lion King began roaring,The Necessary Stage’s new123 words
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Article, Illustration464 2011-03-08 6 SERENE LIM - The foreign cast of The Lion King go from prowling the jungle to tackling MRT trains SERENE LIM THEY wander across the magical Serengeti every night, transporting the audience to a dream-like exotic land filled with song and wonder. But there’s something about our comparativelyPhotos: Singapore Company photographed by James Morgan - 464 words
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Article, Illustration818 2011-03-08 7 Mayo Martin - West End and Disney legend Sir Tim Rice on The Lion King, the future of musical theatre, and the ‘ghastly stuff’ he’s TODAY EXCLUSIVE Mayo Martin Mayo Martin in New York mayo@mediacorp.com.sg POP quiz:What do an Argentine dictator’s wife, a kooky genie who sounds like Robin Williams,Photo courtesy Disney; Singapore Company photographed by James Morgan - 818 words
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