Today, 25 April 2011, Afternoon Edition

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1 1 Today
  • 21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday April 25, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 672 1  -  It’s about choosing wisely who can better look after your future, he says NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the words fly furiously between the People’s Action Party (PAP) and the Opposition in the run-up to Polling Day, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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  • 584 1  -  SHAMIR OSMAN, HASNITA MAJID shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In his own words, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng has apologised and accounted for the February 2008 escape of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat Kastari, which had occurred under his watch
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  • SINGAPORE VOTES 2011
    • Article, Illustration
      202 2  -  TEO XUANWEI Could the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) be contesting another single seat, and with former Reform Party (RP) vice-chairman AlecTok as its surprise candidate come Nomination Day? The 46-year-old NewYork-based theatre director, who quit the RP about three weeks ago, was in SDP colours at the
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    • 569 2  -  The most important issue is who can look after S’pore’s future ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is “highly misleading” and “mischievous” of Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang to allege that the Government has been guilty of taking
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    • 718 2  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is a six-minute video clip posted on YouTube on April 14 of what appears to be a recording of a forum discussing whether Section 377A of Singapore’s penal code, which criminalises sex between men, violates the
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    • 304 3  -  ONG DAI LIN If the PAP team inTampines GRC is not re-elected, will this spell the end of the proposed TampinesTown Hub a 5.7ha lifestyle hub due for completion in 2015? That was the concern on
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    • 607 4  -  JULIA NG, SATISH CHENEY juliang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More PAP stalwarts have weighed in on new Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Tan Jee Say’s economic proposals, with Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong describing his former aide’s ideas as “easier said than done”. Mr
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    • 335 4  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The People’s Action Party (PAP) six-member team helmed by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean is taking the contest for Pasir RisPunggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the coming General Election (GE) “very seriously”, in
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    • 760 6  -  Watson Chong cries while recounting family’s reaction to his decision to join the Workers’ Party CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was not how a new political candidate is usually introduced to dozens of reporters, but Workers’ Party’s (WP) Watson Chong Cham Weng
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    • 545 8  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ahead of the unveiling of its final batch of candidates today, Workers’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim yesterday moved away from the war of words that has erupted over its manifesto to hammer home to voters its credentials as a “political
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    • 351 10  -  SHARON SEE SINGAPORE Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has played down the prospect of a public debate with the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) on the affordability of healthcare describing the SDP’s move as a shortcut to reach out to
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    • 319 10  -  IMELDA SAAD imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Picking up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Solidarity Party (NSP), Senior Minister Goh ChokTong said yesterday he is accountable for the policies put in place at the time when he was
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    • 250 10 SINGAPORE There will eight days of indoor or outdoor “election meetings”, which can include townhalls or rallies, in the leadup to the General Election. A police statement yesterday said that, from Nomination Day onwards, candidates or their election agents may apply
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    • 571 12  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National Solidarity Party (NSP) has criticised the People’s Action Party (PAP) Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) team’s proposed “buddy system” of two Members of Parliament serving two wards in the constituency, with the Opposition
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    • 510 12  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE What was supposed to be a low-key gathering yesterday of some Clementi residents turned out anything but, as Reform Party (RP) members and journalists turned up at the meeting. Dissatisfied with the estimated compensation terms offered by the
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    • 134 10 o ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER EVERYDAY 1 IN 3 PEOPLE IS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER SINGAPORE STATISTICS Source: Singapore Cancer Registry, World Health Organization. Health Talk by Charles Au bamscchpctt Certified Holistic Practitioner that specialises in Integrative medicine. Supportive Cancer Protocols DATE: 28 th April 2011 TIME 7:00 8:30 PM Singapore
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    • 211 11 Where It All Comes Together Programmes Clementi Public Library The new Clementi Public Library has opened at Level 5 of The Clementi Mall! With a focus on wellness, arts and heritage programmes, Clementi Public Library is where it all comes together for the whole family. Check out golibrary.nlb.gov.sg for more
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 404 14 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The United States economy probably grew at a slower pace in the first quarter as a jump in petrol prices caused consumers to cut back, economists said. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose at a 1.9 per cent
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    • 343 14 AGENCIES BAN NONGKANA (Thailand) Thailand yesterday denied accusations that its soldiers used toxic gas against Cambodian troops in a third straight day of fighting that has killed 10 soldiers and uprooted thousands of villagers from their homes. Officials from both sides said the clashes over
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    • 290 14 BLOOMBERG HANOI Vietnam’s inflation accelerated to the fastest pace since 2008, putting pressure on the government to tighten policy further after almost doubling a key interest rate in less than six months. Consumer prices climbed 17.51 per cent in April from a year earlier, according
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 869 16  -  West and regional states have their reasons for wanting Assad to stay in power but is such passivity wise? SIMON TISDALL Simon Tisdall is an assistant editor of the Guardian and a foreign affairs columnist. THE GUARDIAN The big question for Syrians as nationwide unrest increasingly
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    • 146 16 REUTERS The United Nations Security Council must investigate “mass killings” by security forces in Syria that may warrant prosecution by the International Criminal Court, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said, with more than 330 people killed in five weeks of protests. The Geneva-based group
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    • 882 18  -  TOBY HARNDEN Toby Harnden is the Daily Telegraph’s US Editor, based in Washington DC. THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH He has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats, showered praise on Bill and Hillary Clinton and suggested that Ronald Reagan was a con
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  • VOICES
    • 293 20  -  Letter from Kwan Jin Yao FOLLOWING the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) loan of three of its members to the Reform Party (RP) as potential election candidates, there have been rumbles from the ground, and from the People’s Action Party (PAP), contending that such a move undermines the
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    • 238 20  -  Letter from Laremy Lee I REFER to the letter “Experience that counts, not looks” (April 23). I, too, will not be able to vote in Marine Parade GRC. However, I would be offended if the writer is implying that most Singaporeans are unthinking when it
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    • 78 20 In the report “GST will not be increased for at least 5 years” (April 24), we quoted Finance Minster Tharman Shanmugaratnam as saying that “at least for five years, there’s absolutely no reason to raise the GST because this was the whole idea we strengthen our revenue base in
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    • 128 20  - If ‘not ready’ party wins Letter from Jolly Wee SINGAPOREANS have heard the Opposition parties say that they are not ready to form the next government. So just imagine if the prevailing sentiment among many voters is to have an Opposition in Parliament to check the Government, and the next
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    • 277 22  -  Letter from Musa Fazal Director, Child Care Division, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports I REFER to the letters from Ms Esther Tan (“Earlier closing hours at child care centre leave mum in a bind”) and Ms Shirlene Sim (“Childcare
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    • 217 22  -  Letter from Tan Eng Keong I REFER to recent reports in which Minister Lui Tuck Yew is quoted as saying the Government has put up a lot of information on its websites. However, it is odd that key pieces of information are not
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    • 147 22  -  Letter from Tan Cheon Kheong I APPLAUD the SMRT’s announcement that it will extend the operating hours of its MRT, LRT and feeder bus services on the eves of public holidays. Perhaps major shopping malls along Orchard Road could take turns to
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    • 175 22  -  LETTER FROM RAM BHASKAR LETTER FROM RAM BHASKAR, DIRECTOR, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY We refer to Ms Sandra Jayandran’s letter “(Un)freeze those air-con temperatures” (April 14). The NEA promotes good energy efficiency practices for residential and commercial premises. We agree that
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    • 68 23 m I m i 4 Singapore Decides What’s shaping the general election? What are the key concerns of voters? How will this year’s votes reflect the new face of Singapore? Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates and insights. MediaCorp providing the most complete news coverage in Singapore.
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 526 24  -  Minister says he was quoted out of context on using foreign language instruction methods to teach Malay PATWANT SINGH patwant@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said he is not worried, but disappointed, by the negative reactions to his earlier remarks on
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    • 97 24 Senior Parliamentary Secretary Sam Tan (second from right) donned a cook’s apron yesterday and whipped up a meal of vinegar chicken with potatoes at an event at the Singapore Culinary Institute to promote healthier cooking methods on a budget of less than s$5 per dish. This
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    • 69 24 The police have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of snatch theft and outrage of modesty. The suspect is alleged to have outraged the modesty of a 17-year-old female and stolen her mobile phone valued at about s$310, at about 12.50am yesterday in Yishun Central. The
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    • 157 25  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Some church congregations in Singapore saw record attendances as Christians commemorated the end of Lent with Easter Sunday masses. Considered a key focal point of the Christian faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ was marked with special homilies and
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    • 379 25 SINGAPORE This newlyopened haven for biodiversity in Tampines features not just marshes, secondary rainforest and freshwater ponds for its wildlife denizens but also novel eco-friendly facilities for its human visitors. Take the waterless ecotoilet, the first of its kind in a public park in Singapore. It
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  • WORLD
    • 311 26 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST SANAA Street demonstrators and youth leaders voiced scepticism yesterday over an offer by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave office in 30 days after signing an agreement that would grant him and his sons immunity from
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    • 364 26 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON BEIJING Chinese authorities stepped up a three-week campaign against an underground Christian church yesterday, detaining hundreds of congregants in their homes and taking at least 36 others into custody after they tried to hold Easter services in a public square, church
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    • 165 27 AGENCIES SHAH ALAM Malaysia’s deputy inspec-tor-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has announced an end to the traffic police practice of “ambushing” motorists with hidden roadblocks. Speaking on Saturday at the “A Day with the Police” event at the
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    • 344 27 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak promised Malaysians yesterday that his administration would never censor the Internet. Twice in recent years, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government has explored introducing Internet-filtering software like China’s infamous “Green Dam Youth Escort”
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    • 174 27 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Exiled Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has yet to give a statement to the Malaysian police in Bangkok following a dispute over the purpose of the police investigation, his lawyer said yesterday. Mr Raja Petra, or “RPK”, was asked to give a
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    • 224 28 Philippine officials discovered a dangerous crack yesterday in a mountain hit by a deadly landslide (picture) last week and want troops to force dozens of illegal gold miners to evacuate before another disaster strikes their remote southern village. Environment and Natural Resources
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    • 292 28 AP BEIJING The Chinese police reportedly detained at least 30 Christians belonging to the unregistered Beijing church Shouwang as the congregation gathered yesterday for an Easter service, a church member said. The police stopped the worshippers as they gathered near a public plaza in
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    • 221 28 AP TOKYO Japan plans to send more than 20,000 soldiers, backed by boats and aircraft, into its northern disaster zone today in an intensive mission to recover the bodies of those killed in last month’s earthquake and tsunami, the military said. Agriculture
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    • 138 29 NORIO OHGA (1930 2011) AP Sony’s president and chairman from 1982 to 1995, Mr Norio Ohga (picture) died on Saturday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure, the company said. He was 81. As a young man, aspiring opera singer Mr Ohga, who was born on Jan 29, 1930, wrote to
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    • 156 29 SATHYA SAI BABA (1926 2011) AP Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba, considered a living god by millions of followers worldwide, died yesterday morning in a hospital near his southern Indian ashram, hospital director Dr A N Safaya said. He was 86. Born on Nov 23, 1926, Mr Sai Baba
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    • 343 29 No royal wedding invites for former Labour PMsTony Blair, Gordon Brown THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The royal wedding has suffered its first big controversy after it was confirmed that neither Mr Tony Blair nor Mr Gordon Brown had been invited to this Friday’s ceremony. The two former Prime
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    • 245 29 AGENCIES David Beckham, Elton John and “Mr Bean” will mingle with dozens of royal guests at Prince William and Ms Kate Middleton’s wedding, according to a newly released official guest list that includes one uncomfortable presence Bahraini Crown Prince Salman
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    • 317 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are rumoured to have found the elusive so-called “God Particle”. A leaked internal memo contains unconfirmed reports that one of the detectors at the LHC at CERN (the European
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  • BUSINESS
    • 425 30 AP BENGHAZI Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi will not be able to produce more crude oil for at least another four weeks and are taking steps to conserve precious supplies of fuel and money, said the top oil official in the
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (APRIL 18 TO 22)
      • 46 30 FRIDAY CLOSE CLOSED THEWEEKTHATWAS The forecast for Singapore stocks is generally positive. Steel and technology companies are expected to provide support in the coming week. Thursday 12,505.99 p 0.42% Wednesday 12,453.50 p 1.52% Tuesday 12,266.80 p 0.53% Monday 12,201.60 q 1.14% Friday 12,341.80 p 0.46%
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      • 7 30 Ç NASDAQ 2,820.16 (+0.63%) S&P500 1,337.38
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      • 13 30 FTSE100 6,018.30 (-0.07%) È Ç DAX Ç 7,295.49 (+0.64%) CAC40 4,021.88 (+0.43%)
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      • 12 30 È Ç OIL US$112.190 US$1,511.60 GOLD US$1,511.60 (+0.52%) COPPER US$440.950 (-0.21%)
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      • 19 30 US$1 s$1.233 US$1 £0.605 US$1 €0.686 US$1 ¥81.905 US$1 A$0.929 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 63 30 Outperform s$1.21 CIMB upgrades from Neutral. Says Q1 ‘11 distribution per unit of 2.14 cents was broadly in line with estimates and consensus, forming 26 per cent of CIMB’s full-year forecast. “We raise our FY ‘11- ‘13 DPU estimates by 2 to 3 per cent after fine-tuning
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      • 58 30 Buy s$0.75 OCBC maintains rating; adds firm has potential total returns of 16.5 per cent. Says management outlook of growing demand for quality healthcare services in Indonesia would present good opportunities for FREIT’s growth. Adds: “We fine-tune assumptions marginally after taking into account the latest results. But our
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      • 65 30 Hold s$4.42 Phillip Capital downgrades from Buy with fair value lowered to S$4.92. RNAV decreased from $4.99 to $4.92 due to a lower NAV as a base.” Adds: “That represents a potential upside of 11.3 per cent over the latest closing price, we therefore downgrade our recommendation. Key
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    • 533 30 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK First-quarter earnings have beaten forecasts so far, as companies from Apple to Novartis and LG Chem wring more profit from operations worldwide and an economic pick-up buoys sales. Since April 11, 71 per cent of MCSI World Index members reporting results
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    • 1076 30 MORNING EDITION PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong meeting residents and stall owners during his walkabout at the 30th Anniversary celebration of Chong Boon market and food centre Monday April 25, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Ang Mo Kio GRC yesterday. PHOTO BY ERNEST
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    • 33 30 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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  • DIGITAL
    • 971 31  -  COMMENTARY SHAUN SEOW shauns@mediacorp.com.sg Shaun Seow is MediaCorp’s Deputy CEO who evangelises the tweeting culture in his company. As he thinks his life just is not colourful enough to tweet about, he is not asking for a de riguer follow. If
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  • SPORTS
    • 791 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 1.30 AM LATEST Bolton 2 Arsenal 1 LONDON Arsenal’s Premier League title bid was surely ended at the Reebok Stadium last night as Tamir Cohen scored a late winner for Bolton Wanderers. The Israeli powered a 90th-minute header past Wojciech Szczesny and
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    • 481 32 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 3 West Ham 0 LONDON Fernando Torres believes there will be less pressure on him after he broke his goal duck for Chelsea in their 3-0 win over West Ham on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti
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    • 479 33 Spanish arch-rivals post wins in La Liga but Mourinho’s men seem to have the spring in their step REUTERS MADRID Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain orchestrated Real Madrid’s 6-3 destruction of Valencia in La Liga on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time and demonstrated the impressive strength in
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    • 367 33 AGENCIES LONDON Nothing is certain between English Premiership giants Liverpool and Tottenham in the fight for Europa League qualification. While Liverpool soared to a 5-0 victory on Saturday against Birmingham City, a 2-2 draw for Spurs at home against West Bromwich left three
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    • 301 33 AP AFTERNOON LATEST HILTON HEAD ISLAND (South Carolina) Brandt Snedeker (picture) rallied from six shots behind and beat Luke Donald in a playoff in The Heritage to deny the Englishman the No 1 ranking yesterday. Donald would have risen to the top spot
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    • 506 34  -  STTA and PA join forces in a bid to produce world-class pipeline of talent LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s women’s table tennis team are the current world champions. They won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics and will look for more medals
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    • 271 34  -  LOW LIN FHOONG From Nov 11 to 22, Singapore National Olympic Council vice-president Tan Eng Liang will head the Republic’s contingent that will do battle at the SEA Games, which will be held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. While the biennial Games
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    • 261 35 AP PIETRA LIGURE (Italy) Polish Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica has left the hospital 11 weeks after suffering severe injuries during a rally crash. The Santa Corona hospital here announced the move early yesterday morning (Singapore time), saying, “his condition is good and the (driver)
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    • 506 35  -  Former ace praises Hamilton and Vettel, as he becomes the first man to drive an F1 car along Orchard Rd LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than 50,000 people, including petrolheads and curious onlookers, gathered at Orchard Road yesterday to catch a whiff of
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    • 403 35 AP NBA PLAYOFFS Memphis 91 San Antonio 88 MEMPHIS Zach Randolph is known for being a beast in the paint. This time his feathery touch from outside helped the Memphis Grizzlies make history. Randolph scored 25 points, including an inexplicable gameclinching 3-pointer
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    • 113 35 SPORTS FIXTURES S. League S. League Home Team Tanjong Pagar Home United Away Team Hougang Geylang Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Mon, 25/04/11 7.30pm Tue, 26/04/11 7.30pm For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish League and UE Champions, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIREfMARINA BAY
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    • 121 8 THEVACUUM EFFECT Effective vacuuming is more than the power of the machine you bought or how regularly you take on the chore.There are little things you can do to speed up the process and give yourself a cleaner home. Common sense dictates that with less mess comes
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 383 7  -  THEATRE REVIEW: PRISONER OF MUMBAI MANSION Mayo Martin mayo@m ediacorp.com. sg DON’T be deceived by its actionsuspense title. Prisoner Of Mumbai Mansion doesn’t involve prisoners nor does it take place inside an actual mansion. Instead, it’s a wonderful dark comedy about middleclass woes. HuM Theatre’s sophomore offering is
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    • 142 7 THE Singapore Biennale was dealt another blow after a national daily criticised the art event in a scathing report last week, saying it had failed to meet its attendance target midway through, and admonishing the poor handling of its location woes, particularly at the Old Kallang
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    • 261 7 THEATRE Shakespeare In The Park— Macbeth Singapore Repertory Theatre brings back its much-loved series with this unique interpretation of Macbeth, which will underscore “the most famous supernatural suspense-thriller of all time” during your picnic. April 28 to May 22, 7.30pm, Fort Canning Park.Tickets at S$38 to S$80 from Sistic.
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    • 324 4  -  Luckily for us, not everyone keeps quiet backstage at the Star Awards REPORTING BY MAY SEAH, GENEVIEVE LOH, LYNETTE KOH “Maybe she’s pregnant? Ahh, no, can’t be, because I saw her drinking wine in the backstage make-up room.” A journalist speculating about Fann Wong’s maternity state. “Ha, ha,
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