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    7 1 Weekend TODAY MICA (P) 207/09/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 March 19 20, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking March 19 20, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    ‘There’s no cause for alarm here’
    464 1  -  No signs of radioactive contamination in water, air DYLAN LOH, QIUYI TAN dylanloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Repeating the Government’s reassurances which came in the form of a comprehensive public statement on Tuesday the National Environment Agency (NEA) and water agency PUB held a media briefing on
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    Lock icon WHO: RADIATION RISK FROM JAPAN REMAINS LOCALISED
    140 1 AP The World Health Organization offered reassurances on Friday that the radiation risk from Japan’s nuclear crisis remains highly localised, with no sign of it becoming a threat to other countries in Asia. “To date, we don’t have any information of a significant
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      43 1 ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK TWITTER JAPAN UPDATES ALL WEEKEND ON THE MOVE TODAYMOBILE ON THE WEB TODAYONLINE.COM WORLD 18 NO-FLY ZONE LIBYA CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE COMMENT&ANALYSIS IN THE THICK OF LIBYA’S BRUTAL FIGHTING VIEW FROM THE BATTLEGROUND BY TYLER HICKS, ONE OF FOUR NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALISTS WHO WENT
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  • JAPAN CRISIS
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      Lock icon THE HAZARD THAT IS PLUTONIUM
      276 2 AP Most of the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex use uranium as fuel. But plutonium better known as fuel for nuclear weapons can be created during the fission process, which means all of the six reactors and their spent fuel pools contain the element.
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      Lock icon Nuclear plant may have to be ‘buried’
      565 2 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that they may have to bury the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in sand and concrete as a last resort, as officials raised the severity rating of the nuclear crisis. The rating went up from
      AGENCIES; AP  -  565 words
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      Tokyo ‘calm’ but some leaving
      373 3  -  WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singaporeans in Tokyo have told MediaCorp that the situation in the city was calm and that they felt no immediate danger. Still, some are leaving the Japanese capital to allay the fears and concerns of family and friends back home. One
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      Lock icon S’pore to send first batch of relief supplies
      445 3 SINGAPORE The Republic’s first batch of relief supplies totalling 60 tonnes will be sent to Japan on Saturday morning, with more heading there over the next few days. The supplies were contributed by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Red
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      Singaporean teacher chose to stay in Sendai
      237 3  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE Despite arrangements to help Singaporeans living in Sendai located only 90km from Fukushima leave for safer locations, 20 Singaporeans have decided to remain in the area, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. And one of them is Mary,
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      SIA’s Tokyo flights turn round quickly
      300 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE With effect from Thursday, Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights have been turning round from Tokyo’s airports within a couple of hours and crew members no longer stay overnight there. Flights SQ11 and SQ12, which fly between Singapore and Los Angeles via
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      Lock icon The face of disaster briefings could one day become PM
      798 4 AGENCIES TOKYO Wearing a blue emergency jumpsuit, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (picture) provides details on radiation levels, evacuation orders and recovery efforts following the quake and tsunami that hit north-easternjapan last week. He has held an average of
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      Lock icon A world comes together in prayer and hope
      18 5 PERU PHILIPPINES JAKARTA PARIS NEPAL LOS ANGELES PHOTOS: AP, REUTERS
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      Lock icon Japan to test food for radioactive contamination
      515 8 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan will test agricultural products and exports, including wagyu beef and rice, for radioactive contamination as the nation struggles to deal with the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has asked each prefectural Governor to start
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      Lock icon HOW RADIATION CAN AFFECT FOOD
      230 8 BLOOMBERG What kinds of contamination can occur? Nuclear fuel rods exposed to the atmosphere may emit radioactive cesium and iodine, both of which are cancer causing agents. The iodine may be carried in the air and get deposited on grass and plants. When cows eat
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      Lock icon No room in HK hotels for Japan evacuees
      695 8 People may need to turn to S’pore, Bangkok due to the shortage of rooms REUTERS BLOOMBERG HONG KONG People using Hong Kong as a hub for evacuation from Japan may need to turn to other regional centres such as Singapore and Bangkok
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      Lock icon Yen plunges as G-7 takes rare joint intervention
      711 10 AGENCIES TOKYO The Group of Seven economic powers on Friday jointly intervened in foreign exchange markets for the first time in a decade, as Japan dumped massive quantities of yen, aiming to keep the currency’s record surge from further damaging an economy
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      Lock icon Lack of food, water and medicine as infectious diseases start to spread
      507 10 AGENCIES TOKYO The lack of sufficient food, water, medicine and heating supplies is taking its toll on survivors of last week’s quake and tsunami, who face the spread of influenza and other infectious diseases in their temporary shelters.
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      179 2 EXASPERATED BY YOUR TEENS' BEHAVIOUR? in SEW W:\ iv mi i fin l Are you experiencing the following with your teens? Is your teen... Rebellious and showing aggressive behaviour with frequent outbursts? Uninterested in studies but spent hours playing online games? Showing disturbing behaviours such as lying, stealing, engaging in
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  • NEWS
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      HEALTH MINISTER WINS ALUMNI AWARD
      74 12  -  SARA GROSSE On Friday, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan received the Eminent Alumni Award from Australian High Commissioner Doug Chester, with Australian SeniorTrade and Investment Commissioner to Singapore Kirsten Sayers looking on. The award is the highest honour given out at the inaugural Australian Alumni
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      NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL TO INVEST IN MENTORING
      139 12  -  MONICA KOTWANI The National Youth Council (NYC) will invest S$500,000 to support a mentoring programme for youth the most it has invested in a mentoring project so far. The announcement was made on Friday at the National Youth Mentoring Conference 2011. The school-based
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      GIVE YOUR VIEWS ON THIS YEAR’S WAGE GUIDELINES
      125 12 The National Wages Council (NWC) is inviting the public and organisations to offer their views on this year’s wage guidelines as it prepares to start deliberations on them next month. They can send their views by April 5 to: The Secretary, National
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      Teen pleads guilty to breaking in, stealing wine
      179 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE An 18-year-old pleaded guilty on Friday to breaking into a company dealing in alcoholic beverages to steal eight bottles of vintage wines, worth more than S$164,000 in all. Leonard Lim Wei Jye broke into Cornerstone Wines at Lorong 17
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      Lock icon Specialist cadet receives Golden Bayonet
      351 12  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE Joining the army was a lifelong childhood dream but it took Miss Shaline Tan, 31, almost 13 years spent working in pest control, food and beverage outlets and a creative agency before she got her parents’ blessings to realise her calling. On
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      Prosecution wants jail for man who fell asleep while driving
      252 12  -  Motorist had been fined, banned from driving over fatal accident ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE A selfish decision that was convenient for him but detrimental to other road users that was how the prosecution described Ng Jui Chuan’s act of driving
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      Upskirt videos: Man pleads guilty
      202 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A production engineer who recorded 85 upskirt videos pleaded guilty on Friday to five charges of insulting the modesty of women. Another 80 charges will be taken into consideration during sentencing. Tham Nam Sang, 47, allegedly took the videos which were mainly
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  • VOICES
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      Factors do help help cushion tariffs against oil price hikes
      463 13  -  Letter from Cindy Keng Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Trade and Industry Juliana Chow Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Energy Market Authority WE refer to Mr David Boey’s letter “Do the signs truly point to contained power tariffs?” (March 10) in
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      The power of disclosure
      841 13  -  I SAY WILLIE CHENG The current court case of Dr Susan Lim versus the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has set tongues wagging. Dr Lim is challenging the SMC’s decision to appoint a second inquiry committee to investigate an accusation by the Ministry of Health that she
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Tokyo stoic amid Japan-is-doomed reports
      931 14  -  Amid the uncertainty, one thing is clear: Rumours of the city’s death are wildly premature WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Of all the things I expected to experience in Tokyo, hugging three Japanese female
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      Lock icon Aftershocks from Japan
      1073 15  -  With policy-makers having exhausted their ammo, what’s left to deal with latest jolt to world economy? STEPHEN S ROACH Stephen S Roach, a member of the faculty at Yale University, is also non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and author of The Next Asia (Wiley 2009). PROJECT
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      Indonesia discovers ‘soft’ way to fight terror
      1145 16  -  Ex-militants are now helping to re-educate their former terrorist brethren PAUL GILFEATHER gilfeather@mediacorp.com.sg Paul Gilfeather is the principal correspondent at Today. An unlikely force for good, one-time Jihadist Ali Fauzi is at the forefront of a drive to extinguish the hatred in the
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      Lock icon THE MAKING OF UNBROKEN FAITH
      275 16  -  SABRINA CHUA For an intense six months, the Channel NewsAsia team walked, talked and prayed with militants of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network in Indonesia to get an inside look into what makes them tick. With a bond formed, the terrorists allowed them insights
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      Lock icon In the thick of Libya’s brutal fighting
      1193 17  -  The view from the battleground by Tyler Hicks, one of four NYT journalists who went missing in Libya on Tuesday KERRI MACDONALD, DAVID FURST THE NEW YORK TIMES WHEN Tyler Hicks says that he has just witnessed what may have been the “thickest
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      Lock icon LIBYA ‘WILL RELEASE NYT JOURNALISTS’
      234 17 THE NEW YORK TIMES Four NewYorkTimes journalists missing in Libya since Tuesday were captured by forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and were to be released Friday, his son, Seif Islam Gaddafi, told Christiane Amanpour in an ABC News interview. As of press time, there
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Libya pulls a surprise U-turn
      402 18 THE NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS TRIPOLI Hours after the United Nations (UN) Security Council voted to authorise military action and a no-flight zone, Libya executed a remarkable about-face on Friday, saying it would call an “immediate cease-fire and the stoppage of all military operations” against
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      Lock icon BAHRAIN TEARS DOWN PEARL STATUE, SYMBOL OF PROTESTS
      108 18 AGENCIES Bahrain tore down on Friday the statue at the centre of Pearl roundabout, focal point and symbol of weeks of pro-democracy protests in the kingdom. Drills and diggers cut away at the six bases of the statue for hours, until it
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      Lock icon YEMENI POLICE OPEN FIRE ON PROTESTERS, KILL 31
      113 18 AGENCIES Yemeni security forces firing from rooftops and houses shot at tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators, killing at least 31 as the protesters entered a downtown square in the capital to demand the ouster of their autocratic President. Security forces at
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      Lock icon Saudi King orders more handouts amid protests
      141 18 AGENCIES RIYADH Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah offered on Friday billions of dollars in handouts and boosted his security and religious police forces, opting for a mixture of carrot and stick rather than political reform to shield the world’s top oil exporter from unrest
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      Lock icon China suspends officials over tainted-pork scandal
      308 19 AP BEIJING Three senior officials in central China have been suspended and more than two dozen others punished after pigs in farms there tested positive for a banned chemical that is dangerous in large quantities to humans, state media said Friday. Tainted pork has
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      Lock icon TAKING A BREAK
      50 19 An Iraqi woman rests at the feet of riot police during a demonstration in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday. About 1,000 people rallied in a Baghdad Shia neighbourhood against what some say are ‘sectarian attacks’ by security forces in Sunni-ruled Bahrain on Shia-led protesters there. AP AP
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      Lock icon BOX MARKED ‘INI BOM’ EXPLODES OUTSIDE JAKARTA
      180 19 AP Police say a small bomb has exploded east of the Indonesian capital but no one has been hurt. Lieutenant Colonel Dadang Raharja says police found the makeshift bomb in a cardboard box. On the box was written “Ini bom” (“This is a
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREA TO CONVENE PARLIAMENT EARLY NEXT MONTH
      132 19 AP North Korea will convene its parliament early next month in a session closely watched for further signs that leader Kim Jong Il is handing over power to his youngest son. The 12th Supreme People’s Assembly will meet in Pyongyang on April
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      Lock icon US military developing software to ‘influence Internet conversations’
      433 20 THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON The United States military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence Internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. A Californian corporation has been
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      Lock icon PROTESTERS IN PHILIPPINES GET WET
      93 20 Students throwing ‘paint bombs’ at the walls of Shell offices, in Makati City, east of Manila, on Friday. Private guards employed by the oil giant responded with high-pressure water hoses. The students were protesting against another oil price increase, the ninth such hike since the
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      Lock icon Rioters try to escape from Aussie detention centre
      208 20 AP CANBERRA More than 200 rioters torched buildings and tried to escape from a crowded Australian offshore detention centre in an escalation of protests there to gain asylum in the country, officials said on Friday. More than 100 police firing non-lethal so-called
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      Lock icon Honda recalls 51,000 Civics, Odysseys in US
      224 20 AP WASHINGTON Honda Motor said on Thursday it is recalling new models of the Civic compact car and Odyssey minivan in the United States over leaking fuel tanks and faulty windscreen wiper rods, respectively. The recall will not affect Singapore, a Kah Motors
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      Lock icon India’s PM denies alleged vote-buying
      209 20 AP NEW DELHI India’s Prime Minister, his government embroiled in months of corruption scandals, on Friday denied personal involvement of alleged vote-buying in Parliament by his ruling Congress Party. “I have no knowledge of any such purchases. And I am absolutely categorical,” Prime Minister Manmohan
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      Lock icon London’s ‘fun’ Olympics could ban mobile phones, picnics and music
      386 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Bottles of water, mobile phones and sandwiches could be banned as part of severe security arrangements being considered by London 2012 organisers. Families hoping to enjoy a day out at next year’s Olympic Games may be
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      Lock icon KATE MIDDLETON’S SEE-THROUGH DRESS FETCHES S$160K
      197 21 AP A revealing piece of royal history has been sold for £78,000 (S$160,440) when an unidentified buyer bought the infamous see-through dress Kate Middleton wore back in 2002 when she and Prince William were university friends. Some reports maintain that the sight of Ms
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      Lock icon EARTH NOW HAS FIRST SPACECRAFT CIRCLING MERCURY
      110 21 AP For the first time, Earth has a regular orbiting eye-in-the-sky spying on the Solar System’s smallest and strangest planet, Mercury. NASA’s Messenger spacecraft successfully veered into a pinpoint orbit on Thursday night after a six-and-a-half year trip and 7.9 billion km and
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  • SCIENCE
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      Lock icon Science, shaken, must take stock
      993 22  -  A critical response not an emotional one is needed when evaluating the future of nuclear power COMMENTARY ALISTER SCOTT, JIM WATSON Alister Scott and Jim Watson are visiting fellow and director, respectively, of the Sussex Energy Group at the University of Sussex. THE GUARDIAN Japan’s
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  • BUSINESS
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      Bullish on Asian stocks despite Japan woes
      524 24  -  CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS ChristopherH@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Asian markets are still on track for 10 to 15 per cent gains this year despite the recent sell-off across the region in the wake of the catastrophe in Japan, analysts said. Japan does not import huge quantities of
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      Hutchison Ports IPO under water
      407 24  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE Units in Hutchison Port Holdings Trust fell on their debut on Friday by as much as 6.9 per cent from their inital public offering (IPO) price as sentiment across the region continued to be weighed down by the disaster in Japan. Priced
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      MOVEMENTS IN MEDIACORP’S SALES BUSINESS
      150 24 MediaCorp announced on Friday organisational alignment and movements in its sales business, which will take effect on April 1. Ms Irene Lim, senior vice-president Strategic Sales Group, will expand her portfolio to include TV Airtime Sales, reporting to Chief Commercial Officer Clifton Yong. In a
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      Lock icon Investors appeal against ruling on Lehman-linked losses
      324 25 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE A group of 213 investors, in a bid to recoup S$18 million in losses tied to failed American investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings, has urged the Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling that dismissed their claim. DBS Bank, which sold
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      Lock icon Bubble trouble spoils China’s art shares
      197 25 REUTERS BEIJING China’s maiden “art stock exchange” has halted trade in its top two paintings after their share prices soared 1,700 per cent and ignited concerns that a new bubble was bursting. Only two months after the Tianjin Cultural Artwork Exchange listed shares in
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      Lock icon Beijing raises bank reserve ratios
      183 25 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China on Friday raised banks’ reserve requirements for the third time this year after inflation and industrial output exceeded economists’ forecasts last month. The move came even as Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis cloud the outlook for the global economy, underlining Beijing’s
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Fergie’s absence will not hurt United
      587 32 Despite their problems, Bolton boss Coyle believes Red Devils will go become champions AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vs Bolton MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson absent from the dugout. Their entire defence on the treatment table. A stuttering league form which has seen them lose
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      Lock icon Gunners begin assault on last trophy available
      362 32 AP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Brom vs Arsenal LONDON Arsenal will look to take advantage of Premier League leaders Manchester United’s defensive problems and the sudden relaxing of the team’s schedule when they travel to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. A disastrous fortnight has
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      125 32 On Saturday, 938LIVE’s SportsZone discusses the vibrant schools sports scene in Singapore. Competition at schools level in the various sports disciplines is as keen as ever and the popularity of the Singapore Sports School is growing, suggesting more and more parents believe their
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      571 33 Blues get chance to avenge 2008 final defeat REUTERS LONDON Chelsea have the chance to avenge their shattering penalty shootout defeat to Manchester United in the 2008 final, after being drawn to play them in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Friday. Favourites Barcelona
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      365 33 AGENCIES LONDON Liverpool and Manchester City were eliminated from the Europa League at the last-16 stage on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), which means there will be no English teams in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2008, when the competition
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      690 28  -  A top local pitchman will be the biggest sign that Singapore sports is thriving COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Leonard Thomas is the executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. Mix their studies and training schedule together from Monday to Thursday and paddlers Isabelle Li
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      415 28  -  RAJ KUMAR SINGAPORE Brian Richmond will get off the airwaves long enough to bark out instructions to his son Mark and the rest of the players in the MediaCorp celebrities team when they take on a side made up of
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      797 29  -  All Blacks versus the Wallabies could feature here in 2014 as Delavaud looks to pack in the crowds IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For three years, Philippe Collin Delavaud kept tabs on the progress of the Sports Hub project. From the moment the bidding
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      362 29  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE They were unsure over the conditions they would be playing in, when FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation jointly decided that both legs of the preOlympic qualifier between Singapore and Yemen would be held in the United Arab Emirates
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      606 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His hometown of Fukushima was devastated by the huge earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan’s northeast coast last Friday, and Hiro Nishiuchi is still waiting for news about his cousin and
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      372 30 AFC chief to fight Blatter with technology and transparency REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR AFC chief Mohamed bin Hammam pledged to embrace technology and create a more transparent FIFA as he launched his bid to unseat Sepp Blatter as head of global football on Friday. The 61-year-old Qatari ended weeks of speculation
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      67 1 COLUMN CAN ART AND AIRPORTS REALLY MIX? T3 FOOD GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR EMOTIONS: BUY A DRINK FROM ALEX OTT. T4 CARS MERCEDES C-CLASS: REALLY IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN. T14 TRAVEL TWO GIRLS TAKE ON THE WORLD. T24 MARCH 19 20, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF FASHION FOR
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      Lock icon Time to stop picking on yourself
      497 2  -  Woman, you’ve got a healthy body. Quit the loathing and increase the loving.You could just be next the next Kate Winslet Bryony Gordon feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH HERE’S what makes me want to gouge my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon:A celebrity in
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      897 3  -  Having an exhibition at an unused historical landmark why didn’t people think of it? Oh, wait, they did Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the deputy features editor at Today. THERE’S been a bit of talk about this year’s Biennale “do” at the Old Kallang Airport.
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      1115 4  -  Spotted: The Gossip Girl cast chilling out on the couch of Alex Ott, the man who can make you fall in love by drinking his cocktail ‘potions’ really Jeff Gordinier feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES IT IS not unusual for a bartender to offer you something
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      58 4 SINGAPORE'S LARGEST SELECTION OF WINES BY THE GLASS INTRY Experience Wine WINE BAR RESTAURANT RETAIL SHOP 1- i 1 JrZ 7 A ■H STATE-OF-THE-ART ENOMATIC WINE PRESERVATION SYSTEMS VINTRY SINGAPORE BLOCK 3A, RIVER VALLEY ROAD, #01-01, CLARKE QUAY, SINGAPORE *****0 T: (65) 6338 2808 E: SALES@VINTRY.COM.SG WWW.VINTRY.COM.SG COMPLIMENTAR Y WINE
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      151 5 JOIN US, together with Mediacorp YES 93.3FM, CAPITAL 95.8FM and LOVE 97.2FM on 27 March 2011 for 1 -Litre pack of F&N FRUIT TREE FRESH CollagenPlus! /AediaCorp ass mm 933 *While stocks last. Limited to first 100 persons per location. e You Can See. Pei Fen, MediaCorp Y.E.S. 93.3FM DJ
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      434 6 New restaurants and new menus to send your tastebuds into overdrive GLUTTONS and gourmands take note, there are now more places to bring an empty tummy to. Here are where to check out if you’re looking for something new. SERENE LIM 1 Bilbao Restaurant
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      173 6 BLOOMBERG THE United States passed France as the world’s largest wine-consuming nation for the first time, lifted by its larger population and an interest in wine-and-cheese culture among young Americans. Wine shipments to America climbed 2 per cent to 329.7 million cases last year, according
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      Restaurants in aid of Japan
      469 7  -  SERENE LIM ON TOP of the flurry of Facebook updates and text messages calling for donations in aid of the rescue efforts in Japan, you can now count eating out as one way to do your bit. Really. Even before Wednesday’s all-clear signal by the
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      110 6 PICKETS’RAIL SINGAPORE'S WIDEST RANGE OF MODERN CLASSICS MADE BETTER. UP $699 PROMO $299 RADA Armchair (Fibreglass seat American Walnut Legs) Available in other colours UP $6598 PROMO $2899 UP $3898 PROMO $1599 ELCID Lounge Chair Ottoman (Black Leather w/ American Walnut Frame) MAJA ROCKER Chair Available in other colours UP
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      245 7 Beverage n mi 17th-20th March 2011 Suntec Singapore Level 4-Halls 403 404 11am 10pm Daily FREE ADMISSION Singapore’s MEGA FOOD BEVERAGE FAIR SUNTEC SINGAPORE And WIN The 1st Prize Of 40* < cash SS20.000 and other CASH PRIZES <no purchases required to enter the draw) Simply out this coupon, fill
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  • STYLE
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      SHE’S A LADY
      126 8 If your mum has always told you to dress like a lady, then you have her to thank at least for this season and the next.As recent seasons have shown, hemlines have fallen with the rise (again) of midi and maxi dresses. And this year, less skin
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      GOING
      292 8  -  Our picks of the top trends from the recent autumn/winter 2011 shows LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE spring has barely begun in the northern hemisphere, the fashion industry has already had its glimpse of the styles we will be sporting come the end of the year. Last Wednesday marked the
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        FRILLS AND FEATHERS
        80 9 An end-of-the-year season is incomplete without luxuriant textures. Shearling was last year’s big hit, but this fall, it looks like we’ll be preening our fashion feathers instead. Spring’s bright hues continue into the later months: BottegaVeneta’s bright orange mohair coat and D&G’s boldly coloured feathered skirts seem
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        BLACK IS BACK
        79 9 Whether you wear it on its own or sharply contrast it with flashes of white, black is back in a major way in the Fall 2011 collections. Why is black such a classic hue? Simply put, there is nothing quite as versatile and as elegant.As Chanel’s knits,
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        BOY MEETS GIRL
        84 9 While a sharp, snugly tailored suit will never be out of style, designers have loosened up their menswear-inspired looks for now.This year’s borrowed-from-the-boys look is not about wearing red lipstick with a slick tuxedo suit. Instead, it’s playfully androgynous, with a slouchy and slightly rumpled feel. At
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        GILD TRIP
        87 9 Prepare to show your fashion mettle with, well, metal.While there was plenty of silver on the runways, gold is the way to go.There is something for everyone (everyone who dares to risk looking like an Oscar statuette, anyway): For classic sophisticates, there is Lanvin’s softly draped dress. For
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      Is 2 better than 1?
      353 10  -  Single-breasted or double-breasted jacket? Take your pick Arthur Chua features@mediacorp.com.sg THE single-breasted jacket is a nobrainer: Most men own one and can carry it off well. Yet, it’s the double-breasted (DB) version that has seen a revival, dusting off its reputation as fuddy-duddy and the
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      Royal gala
      83 11  -  LYNETTE KOH IT WAS a roaring good time for the 1,600 guests at the exclusive after-party following the gala performance of The Lion King at the Sands Theatre last Thursday. Familiar faces such as Adrian Pang, Lim Yu Beng, Phyllis Quek, Dr Georgia Lee, and Dr Frank Cintamani,
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      140 8 maiiand Your best choice! 23 27 March 2011 Royal Thai Embassy, Orchard Road, Singapore 24 25 Mar 2011 THAILAND ♦trade exhibitions 2 0 11 SINGAPORE 10am 2pm: Business Networking 2pm 9pm: Open to public 23,26 27 Mar 2011 10am 9pm: Open to public Open for trade and public Come visit
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      409 9 SCHOOL holiday SPECIALS! no contract! Hurry! While Stocks Last! $399 U.P. $468 Samsung C3530 $159U.P. $199 Android Froyo 2.2 $838 U.P. $998 Available at the following outlets: Samsung Experience Corner ION Orchard #B3-34 Marina Bay Sands #B2-60 Samsung Mobile Plaza Plaza Singapura #B2-23 Mobile Phone MegaStore: Jurong Point #B1-87/88 3
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      288 10 Male Pattern Hair Loss (MPHL) Is A Medically Treatable Condition. Tv For every 10 Singaporean men, 6 have MPHL. It is a condition that can be inherited from your father, or even your mother, and can be apparent even among teens at age as young as 17 years. 1+ MPHL
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      60 11 20 French Design Icons Innovation Notoriety History Symbolism Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Lim Hak Tai Gallery 80 Bencoolen Street, Singapore *****5 2 March-20 April 2011 11am 7pm (closed on Mondays and Public Holidays) Free Admission Organised by In Association with AllianceFrancaise Supported by REPUBLIQUE FRANCHISE SOCIETE CENERALE Private Banking
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      566 12  -  A company specialising in designer handbag warehouse sales takes its business online Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg IFYOU find yourself obsessing over designer e-sales when you should be responding to work email, beware. A newly launched website is about to make it even tougher for Internet-savvy fashion
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      5 questions with Vincent Ng
      273 12 IF HIS six-pack abs and overall buffness prominently displayed in the campaign images for Giordano’s new G Cool collection are any indication, it’s clear that Vincent Ng, 36, has not been lazing around since he stopped acting in 2007. Besides maintaining his enviable physique, the
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      Guaranteed pleasure
      484 14  -  Incremental improvements move the Mercedes-Benz C-Class C 350 saloon back to the forefront CAR REVIEW Derryn Wong cars@mediacorp.com.sg in Tenerife AC/DC would say it’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. But though the rockers don’t give any advice on how to
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      Mix ‘n’ matched
      515 16  -  Lexus has made ‘sports’ and ‘hybrid’ work with an added luxury spin CAR REVIEW ANDY HUM HAVING a car that’s both fun to drive and cheap to run is about as rare as a peaceful solution in the Middle East (and with fuel prices up, that’s something
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      An X-tremely nice drive
      437 16  -  The BMW X3 xDrive35i comes into its own as a supremely all-rounded SUV CAR REVIEW DERRYN WONG BMW’S name in road-going vehicles is built upon its marketing the premise of the Bavarian bad boys delivering highoctane thrills on the road.Which is why when it ventured into
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      120 15 Introducing the limited edition Honda Civic Modulo. Receive a FREE limited edition Modulo bodykit† and discount (worth a total of $6,700*) when you book a Honda Civic 1.8L or 2.0L. The Civic Modulo bodykit† comes with: Front grille Front under spoiler Side under spoiler Rear under spoiler Trunk spoiler wing
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      56 17 ioies What Is Singaporeans’ favourite pastime? P I Is* > nr Eating! Shopping! > 9 Sleeping! COMPLAINING Noooooo it’s m 9' 7 4~W Double 1 Confirm! y*m Watch Win $SO0 mw fit** Co» A- i 4 'Httftf BBSS HBW Brand New Game Show Premieres 6 Apr, Wed, 8pm Hossan Leong
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      406 18 STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: MONSTERS, INC Channel 5, 7.30pm Monsters, Inc is the largest scare factory in the monster world and the top child-scarer is furry blue James P Sullivan, or “Sulley”. Scaring children isn’t such an easy job when monsters believe kids are toxic and that direct contact with
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      751 18 YOUR CLASS OR MINE Channel U, 7.30pm Jason wants to start afresh with Jiali but she turns him down. Jason feels that Jinqiu has something to do with her rejection. Jason vengefully sets up a soccer team to beat Jinqiu’s team. CHANNEL 6.00AM Loving Spoonfuls 6.30 Essence Of Emeril 7.00
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      417 19 SUNDAY PRIME MOVIE: THE PINK PANTHER Channel~5, ~7.30pm A~world-famous~soccer~coach~has~been~murdered~and~ his~priceless~ring~with~the~stunning~diamond~known~as~ the~“Pink~Panther”~has~been~stolen. ~Inspector~Jacques~ Clouseau~steps~in~to~help~the~French~government~solve~ the~crime~and~recover~the~gem. ~Clouseau~and~his~partner, Ponton, ~must~unmask~the~murderer~and~keep~their~ boss, ~Dreyfus, ~from~taking~credit, ~all~without~bringing~ the~French~legal~system~to~a~screeching~halt. ~Starring~ Beyonce~Knowles, ~Steve~Martin~and~Kristin~Chenoweth. CHANNEL ~The~Clone~Wars ~6.30~ Essence~Of~Emeril ~7.00~ The~Oprah~Winfrey~Show~XXIII ~8.00~ What’s~Eating~VIctoria~Beckham?~ ~9.00~ The~Doctors ~10.00~ Fleet~Racing~Tour~2011: ~49er~North~~ American~Championship~–~Part~2~ ~10.30~ GP~Racing~On~Track~(2011) ~11.00~ Survivor~XXII: ~Redemption~Island ~NOON~ Making~It~Big ~1.00PM~ Sunday~Afternoon~Movie: ~La~Bamba~ ~3.15~
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      128 19 FILMART: BRAVE STORY okto, ~10pm Wataru~is~an~ordinary~11-year-old~whose~world~ has~collapsed. ~His~father~has~walked~out~on~ the~family~and~his~mother~is~in~the~hospital~for~ attempted~suicide. ~All~he~wants~now~is~his~old~ life~back. ~When~he~discovers~a~magic~gateway~to~ another~world~called~“Vision”, Wataru~leaps~at~ the~opportunity. ~Before~he~can~save~his~family, he’ll~need~to~do~battle~with~a~world~of~demons, his~own~friends~and, ~ultimately, ~himself! ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV BPL: CHELSEA VS MANCHESTER CITY (HD) (Live and exclusive) mio~Stadium~(mio~TV~Ch~102), ~midnight~(March~21) Fans~can~look~forward~to~this~showdown~of~the~ richest. ~Previously, Tevez’s~solo~goal~closed~out~ Man~City’s~victory. With~the~arrival~of~Torres, can~Chelsea~make~a~comeback~to~defend~their~ title~successfully?~Will~new~signing~Dzeko~score~ big~for~Man~City?~Witness~who~will~prevail~and~ shine~on~the~battlefield~of~the~superpowers! A QUEST FOR STARS (HD) (Exclusive TV
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      905 20 CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ~6.00AM~ Ninja~Warrior ~6.30~ Prime~Time~Morning ~8.00~ The~Amazing~Race~XVIII~ (Direct~Off~Satellite) ~8.45~ Planet’s~Funniest~~ Animals~VIII ~9.30~ Wheel~Of~Fortune ~10.00~ Style~By~Jury ~10.30~ Generation~Ex ~11.00~ Urban~Escape ~11.30~ Dinner~Takes~All ~NOON~ House~And~Home~VII ~12.30PM~ Essence~Of~Emeril ~1.00~ Under~One~Roof ~1.30~ Heartlanders~III ~2.00~ Films~&~Stars~Asia ~2.30~ Wheel~Of~Fortune ~3.00~ Britannia~High ~4.15~ One~Moment~Of~Glory~ (Encore) ~5.15~ Ninja~Warrior ~5.45~ Planet’s~Funniest~~ Animals~VIII
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      1589 21 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 WITZ! (PRESCHOOL) 9.30 Sesame Street (PRESCHOOL) 10.30 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies (PRESCHOOL) 11.00 WITZ! (PRESCHOOL) 11.30 Milly, Molly (PRESCHOOL) NOON Angelina Ballerina (PRESCHOOL) 12.30PM Dinosaur Train
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      253 22 1 National Animal Kaiser Fiesta 2011 The IAH Animal Kaiser Fiesta returns with more games and fun for the whole family. Besides learning more about animals, watch the finalists of the Animal Kaiser tournament battle it out for the grand champion trophy. Date: Saturday Time: 1pm onwards
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      397 22 plus 5 others 6 Fly To Brazil Carnival To mark the launch of Singapore Airline flights to Sao Paolo, Brazil, Changi Airport has lined up a Fly To Brazil Carnival that showcases attractions, activities and games so that visitors and passengers can get a taste of the vibrant culture of
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      760 22 FROM THE DIRECTOR of “PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN” WHY BLEND IN WHEN YOU CAN STAND OUT i YgnLay LengmyA^kly awha nqtfteelLi riqiWi DAYS m mP t 2 'JohnlLui HJason Johnson! NewjPdperlFiRSTi SRHETheiStraits Times, Life! i n i= o mi DEPp J t m r “Deliciously funny Ranges 4 Elizabeth Snead,
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      43 23 Our tough weekend treat for Sudoku die-hards SUPER SUDOKU plus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOW TO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
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      1528 23 BhawV organisation 87 Years Of Entertaining The World nex nex SERANGOON CENTRAL, LEVEL 4 WORLD INVASION: BATTLE LOS ANGELES DIGITAL (CS) 11:40am, 2:00pm, 6:40, 9:00, 1:20 WORLD INVASION: BATTLE LOS ANGELES (CS)* 2:50pm, 5:10,7:30, 9:50, 12:10am DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES 1:00pm, 3:00, 5:10,7:15, 9:20, 1:30 BIG MOMMAS:
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      1753 24  -  You can daydream about travelling the world or you can do something about it, like these two Singaporean women who are already on a nine-month quest to conquer the globe SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are a well-travelled bunch.We’re constantly searching for a hot new
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      528 27 Jetsetting with Michael Buble NOT many performers can say they have clocked 180 gigs since the start of the year, or that Singapore is their 42nd performing destination for 2011 given that it’s just March but Michael Buble, 35, is one such jetsetting consummate showman. He was recently in Singapore
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      123 27 The stuff travelling’s made of LIP SERVICE WE MAY throw in a bottle of sunscreen into the luggage to shield our faces and bodies, but what about protecting those precious puckers? Make sure you have a lip balm with sunscreen properties especially when you’re off for a beach
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      115 24 m i Simply Irresistible! Le Grandeur Palm Resort Johor INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL! SGD 98++ per room per night (Deluxe Room) Valid from 15 March 31 May 2011 Le Grandeur PALM RESORT JOHOR For Reservation, simply call: Tel 607 599 6000 Fax 607 599 6301 Email: resvjohor@legrandeurhotels.com u Inclusive of Breakfast for
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      220 26 MACAU GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE www.macautourism.gov.mo EXPERIENCE: from$328 _£v J ■J. 3W? A Macau, a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the Peoples Republic of China since 20 December 1999, is growing in stature and recognition as the number and diversity of its attractions transform the city state into a key entertainment
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      80 27 biiTS to o/sj FINAL 2 EPISODES With 2 big name directors and 2 exclusive premieres! Eric Khoo reveals his first ever animation film. And find out why it will be his last! Ekachai Uekrongtham, the director of The Wedding Game (starring Fann Wong), reveals the Bangkok Boys! The Eric Khoo
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      47 28 r STOWES to? OR BEARER I? s$ m nTi THE NUMBER THAT TURNS EVENTS INTO HEADLINES When you ever have a news worthy story to share, you only need to remember one number. 68 2222 68 The MediaCorp News Hotline JSA-DiJkCORP f MEWS HOTLINE \M22 22 68
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    560 1  -  LENS KEVIN DELANEY el)c Jfeur Jlork eime^ Remembering where to find food while navigating the forest and avoiding the local saber tooth tiger was once a matter of survival. So the human brain evolved to store information accordingly. But in more recent centuries, technology from Gutenberg’s
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    Lock icon Rethinking a Nuclear Future
    1365 1  -  Calamity in Japan May Complicate Energy Aims By HEATHER TIMMONS, VIKAS BAJAJ Vikas Bajaj reportedfrom Mumbai, India. Reporting was contributed by Keith Bradsherfrom Hong Kong, Liz Alderman from Paris and Judy Dempsey from F rankfurt. ©be iNetar flork ©ime$ New Delhi Leaders in the west, like
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      36 1 Money Business A family fights for the soul of Hermès. 15 Personalities Surviving the trial of Mexican justice. 4 World trends For U.S. and Pakistan, a fraught relationship. 11 intelligence: egyptians defend revolution’s values, Page 2.
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon A Fast-Food Democracy
      757 2  -  intelligence/LINA LINA ATTALAH EIkJCcUt Jiork Slmes Cairo I was pleasantly surprised recently when I overheard a group of men at a cigarette kiosk arguing about the referendum on constitutional amendments that was to be held on March 19. Before the protests began on January 25, politics were
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      Lock icon In Tsunami, Little Defense From Seawalls
      839 2  -  By NORIMITSU ONISHI EIkJCcUt Jiork Slmes JAKARTA, Indonesia At least 40 percent of Japan’s 35,000-kilo-meter coastline is lined with concrete seawalls, breakwaters or other structures meant to protect the country against high waves, typhoons or even tsunamis. They are as much a part of
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      Lock icon A Shooting in Pakistan Exposes a Fraying Alliance
      890 4  -  neWs~analysis By MARK MAZZETTI El)c JCctu Jlork Ehncs WASHINGTON Late in January, Raymond A. Davis a covert security officer for the Central Intelligence Agency and onetime Green Beret unloaded a Glock pistol into two armed Pakistanis on a crowded street in Lahore,
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      Lock icon Political Power Ebbing For the Women of Iraq
      605 6  -  By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, YASIR GHAZI Eljc JfcUt JJork elmcii BAGHDAD Iraqi women hoped that last year’s election would cement a larger role for them in the government. But they have less political influence today than at any time since the American
      Eljc JfcUt JJork elmcii; ANDREA BRUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  605 words
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      Lock icon Bloggers, on the Scene, Are Called On in a Crisis
      680 6  -  By JENNIFER PRESTON EI)C iXcUf JJork ehucs Soon after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the volunteer bloggers for Global Voices in East Asia put together special coverage, sharing citizen videos and translating posts on Twitter, including calls for help
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      Lock icon Europe Fears an Immigration Deluge After Revolts
      755 8  -  By RACHEL DONADIO, SUZANNE DALEY Eljc JCcUt JJork eime‘1 LAMPEDUSA, Italy Until a few weeks ago, the immigrant transfer center on this tiny Mediterranean island was empty. An extensive European campaign against migration from Africa was considered so effective that the authorities basically
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      Lock icon A Monk in Confinement Waits to Reclaim a Title
      490 8  -  Jerusalem~Journal By ISABEL KERSHNER EIkJsVut Jlork eimc‘1 JERUSALEM Like a figure in a medieval drama, the monk Irenaeus I has been cloistered for the last three years in a third-floor apartment in the compound of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate high above
      EIkJsVut Jlork eimc‘1; RINA CASTELNUOVO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  490 words
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      Lock icon For Mexican Schools, Healthy Snacks
      648 10  -  By ELISABETH MALKIN EIk JsVut Jlork ehncs MEXICO CITY By all measures, Mexico is one of the fattest countries in the world, and the obesity starts early. One in three children is overweight or obese, according to the government. So the nation’s health and education
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      Lock icon Dictators Learn Where To Stash Ill-Gotten Riches
      489 10  -  By GRAHAM BOWLEY EljciXcUt Jlork Ehnes As his country burns around him, the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, has stashed away tens of billions of dollars in cash in United States dollars, Libyan dinars and possibly other currencies in banks and in Bab
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      Lock icon Digital Music Moves From Cloud to Car to Television
      576 11  -  By BEN SISARIO el)c;NVut JJork eimcs The next frontier for digital music is not a tablet or a smartphone, but two items that have been part of everyday life for decades: the car and the television. For years, digital music has
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      Lock icon Off the Catwalk, A Battle for Hermès
      674 11  -  By LIZ ALDERMAN eljcJsVut jJork Sim css PARIS Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man and the force behind the vast LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton empire, is eager to put the John Galliano affair behind him. Mr. Arnault recently fired his star designer after
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Celebrity Guitars Attuned to Magical Thinking
      597 12  -  By JOHN TIERNEY ®1)C iNVut Jttork Etmcs Why would someone pay $959,500 for a used guitar Eric Clapton’s Blackie, a Fender Stratocaster? And why would a mere replica of that guitar fetch $30,500 at a recent auction? Scientists have researched these questions and one
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        262 12  -  SINDYA N. BHANOO me Jfctu Jlork Eimes An adult zebra fish can regenerate a damaged heart with no scar formation. This remarkable phenomenon has been seen in other fish and amphibians, but never before in a mammal. Now researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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        Lock icon Inheriting a Bad Back
        207 12  -  ANAHAD O’CONNOR me iXctu Jttork eimc‘1 Heavy lifting, overuse and middle age are some of the most familiar risk factors for lower back pain. But for many people, predicting a lifetime of lumbar trouble could be as simple as consulting the family tree. A growing number
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        Lock icon Energy Drink Warning
        159 12  -  RONI CARYN RABIN ®1)C iNVtu Jlork eimc‘1 A wide-ranging review of the effects of high-caffeine energy drinks on children and young adults finds that they have been linked to an array of serious events including heart palpitations, high blood pressure and even cardiac arrest and death and
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      Lock icon Spinning Complex Alchemy From the Humble Arachnid
      1037 13  -  By HENRY FOUNTAIN Sljc JfcUt Jljork Elmcs From sticky mush to strong and stretchy draglines, spider silks could be useful to people. “There’s not just one kind of material we’re talking about,” said Cheryl Hayashi, who studies the evolutionary genetics of spider silk
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  • PERSONALITIES
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      Lock icon Handsome Sidekick Transcends Looks as He Takes the Lead
      724 14  -  BRADLEY COOPER By JONAH WEINER El)c JJcUf Jlork Slmcs LOS ANGELES With Hollywood’s current crop of male superstars Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon now in their 40s, studios are looking for younger talent to step up. Enter Bradley
      El)c JJcUf Jlork Slmcs; AMANDA FRIEDMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  724 words
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      Lock icon China’s Self-Made Woman of Steely Will
      661 14  -  DONG MINGZHU By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW Eljc JJcUf JElork Slmcs ZHUHAI, CHINA Dong Mingzhu is known as one of the toughest businesswomen in China. Stories swirl around Ms. Dong, 56, the president of Gree, one of the leading makers of air-conditioners in the world:
      Eljc JJcUf JElork Slmcs; THOMAS LEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE  -  661 words
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      Lock icon Shaken by the Vagaries Of Mexican Justice
      671 15  -  josé antonio zúñiga By ELISABETH MALKIN JfcUt llork Ehncs MEXICO CITY Ever since he was exonerated on a murder charge, José Antonio Zúñiga, 31, stands in front of security cameras and saves receipts, anything to prove where he was at any moment in
      JfcUt llork Ehncs; DAVID ROCHKIND FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  671 words
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      Lock icon Business Sleuth Takes On Ratings
      813 15  -  JULES KROLL By JANET MORRISSEY SlK JsVtu JJork Ehncs Few people ever penetrate the dark side of money, but Jules Kroll is one of them. Fortunes plundered, ransoms paid, deals cut the uncovering of such secrets, and the million smaller confidences that are his history,
      SlK JsVtu JJork Ehncs; MICHAEL FALCO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  813 words
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  • ARTS & STYLES
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      Lock icon Humanity at Heart of ‘Jane’
      640 16  -  By CHARLES McGRATH SlK JfrUt Jlork Ehncs Of all the classic 19th-century novels, Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” has been by far the most filmed. There have been at least 18 film versions, and 9 made-for-television “Janes.” So moviegoers may be forgiven if all the “Jane
      SlK JfrUt Jlork Ehncs; LAURIE SPARHAM/FOCUS FEATURES  -  640 words
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      Lock icon Newfound Harmony for the Strokes
      747 16  -  By MELENA RYZIK Eljc JfrUt JJork ehnc‘1 JERSEY CITY, New Jersey The Strokes, the band that a decade ago revived louche New York City rock ’n’ roll, are releasing their first album in five years. Formed in 1998, the group had a unity of purpose:
      Eljc JfrUt JJork ehnc‘1; CHAD BATKA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  747 words