Today, 10 May 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    42 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF A=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday May 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday May 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      119 1 r Dead Animals 'I jfeed Ipve Too j Diego Much thanks for bugging the bugs, so they don’t bug us at night. Oliver Always remembered for thinking he’s dead-right. And he usually is. In loving memory of a scaredy-cat who's slow as turtle, but always dead-sure. PUDGE ChngKec lofientJied fton
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    Lock icon Top priority is to improve lives of Singaporeans: PM
    721 1 SINGAPORE During the 2009 financial crisis, the Government had to use, in some instances, potentially the entire quantum of Singapore’s financial reserves to back the Singapore dollar. The strategy worked and Singapore was able to weather the financial storm, said Prime
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      102 1 IN YOUR T SECTION HANGIN’ WITH MR SCHUESTER ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: MORE MUSCLE THAN LAST YEAR. T5 FINISHED BUSINESS: THE HOFFMAN SISTERS WIN THE AMAZING RACE. T6 SARA BAREILLES: I DON’T NEED TO WRITE ANOTHER LOVE SONG. T7
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon MALAYSIA DETAINS SINGAPOREAN WHO ALLEGEDLY HELPED PHILIPPINE MILITANTS
      122 2 AP The Malaysian police say they have arrested a Singaporean businessman suspected of channelling funds to southern Philippine militants. National police chief Ismail Omar says Abdul Majid Kunji Mohamad was arrested under a law that allows indefinite detention without trial of people
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      Lock icon Be forward-looking and bold, MM Lee tells GIC
      481 2  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) must eschew the impetus to follow convention as it grows larger and more established, as this could lead to mediocrity, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (picture) said yesterday. Instead, the
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      Lock icon Indonesia drops key charges against Bashir
      332 3 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian state prosecutors are no longer pursuing the death penalty for radical preacher Abu Bakar Bashir, dropping the most serious terror charges due to lack of evidence. Bashir, 72, had been charged with providing firearms and explosives for terrorist acts, which was
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      Lock icon AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI NOW WORLD’S ‘NO 1 TERRORIST’
      219 3 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH United States President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser has declared Ayman Al Zawahiri (picture) to be the world’s “No 1 terrorist” but said Al Qaeda’s long-standing deputy lacked Osama bin Laden’s charismatic appeal. MrTom Donilon said: “Our assessment is
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      Lock icon Allegations of incompetence absurd: Pakistan PM
      402 4 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani yesterday rejected allegations that last week’s killing of Osama bin Laden by American troops showed Pakistani incompetence or complicity in hiding the Al Qaeda leader. He said he has ordered the army to investigate how Osama
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      Lock icon Thailand to hold elections on July 3
      260 4 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Lower House of Parliament is set to be dissolved today, paving the way for a general election on July 3 that could reignite a violent political conflict that has dogged the country for five years. King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved the
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      Lock icon Tin Pei Ling gets down to work at first MPS
      364 4  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Newly-elected Member of Parliament Tin Pei Ling, who was subjected to intense criticism online in the run-up to the polls, held her first Meet-the-Peo-ple Session (MPS) yesterday. Ms Tin, 27, told reporters that the caseload in
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      Lock icon Simon Israel to become SingTel chairman
      359 6 AGENCIES SINGAPORE SingTel yesterday said board member Simon Israel (picture) will succeed Mr Chumpol NaLamlieng as the company’s chairman after its annual general meeting on July 29. Mr Israel, 58, will step down as executive director and president of Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings
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      Lock icon This is the look of tomorrow’s smartphone
      197 6 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH VANCOUVER Researchers have demonstrated a flexible smartphone that can be controlled by being bent, written on or used as a touchscreen. The PaperPhone, built to determine how people use a flexible device, is a collaboration between researchers from Queen’s University
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      Lock icon A General Election like no other
      697 8  -  More demanding voters, greater engagement and ‘gentlemanly’ fights make recent GE a standout for candidates VENESSA LEE correspondent venessa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The recently-concluded General Election (GE) was historic on many fronts including the level of contest and the Opposition’s breakthrough in winning a Group Representation
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Obama’s Abbottabad bounce may be short-lived
      997 10  -  ALBERT R HUNT Albert R Hunt is the executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. The cardinal sin of political prognostication is static analysis. A short weekend ago, the emerging wisdom was that United States President Barack Obama’s
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      Lock icon No more paying wholesale price for Middle East stability
      919 12  -  THOMAS FRIEDMAN Thomas Friedman has won three Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2002 for commentary. THE NEW YORK TIMES If you look into the different “shop” windows across the Middle East, it is increasingly apparent that the Arab uprisings are
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      Taking the private out of private equity
      723 14  -  ALISTAIR MACKINTOSH Alistair Mackintosh is the chief investment officer ofActis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets. The private equity industry faces a new reality: Heightened regulation, which threatens to further curtail an industry that is all too easily seen as self
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      172 13 GENTLE ON YOUR SKIN TOUGH ON BAD BACTERIA Kirei Kirei s O Vivian Lai, MediaCorp artiste her daughter, Vera. o O Kirei Kirei Body Foam 1 LION NS! Natural Kirei Kirei Citrus Anti-bacterial Moisturizing Peach Did you know there are both 'good' and 'bad' bacteria on our skin? The 'good'
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  • VOICES
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      I remember – and I’m grateful
      386 16  - I remember and I’m grateful Letter from Jasmine Chua AS A stay-at-home mother for the past 10 years, I have no interest in politics. But because of all the General Election hype, with new and young candidates out in force, it captured my attention. I told my husband that this
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      They forget, and so they ask for more
      398 16  -  Letter from Lewis Kwong WHY is it that Singapore voters “cannot remember”, as the Minister Mentor says? The bulk of netizens’ comments over the past 10 days have been critical of the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Government which they blame for everything
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      ‘Wild card’ proposal is not democratic
      237 18  -  Letter from Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff I REFER to the letter by Mr Ng Ya Ken, “Why lose the losers?” (May 9). He suggested that we modify the existing election system “to allow a ‘wild card’ window in a General Election so that a
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      Thanks, Today, for balanced coverage
      79 18  -  Letter from Loo Swee Hock NORMALLY, I do not expect to receive the Today newspaper on Sunday. So imagine my pleasant surprise when I received the May 8 edition. I would like to thank the reporting staff at Today who gave us a balanced and
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      Fine those who didn't vote
      259 18  -  Absentees could have affected Letter from Tan Wee Tong THE 2011 General Election saw 93 per cent of voters exercising their rights in our compulsory voting system. In fact, according to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Singapore scores very well in terms
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      Can another MP make way for a by-election?
      154 18  -  Letter from Loke Siew Meng THE loss of Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo is very painful not only to the People’s Action Party (PAP) but to the nation. Mr Yeo is simply a victim of the sea-changes in the Singapore landscape. There
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      MAKE LIFT-UPGRADING MANDATORY
      143 18  -  LETTER FROM DAVID KWOK NG KAN Kudos to the Government for ensuring that all the HDB lifts will have a landing on every floor by 2014. This should benefit the wheelchair bound, the physically disabled and the elderly. To achieve this however, at least 75 per cent
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      280 18 Noting that the PAP “has been a dominant power with almost an absolute majority in Parliament”, Mr Low said the voices of the people were drowned out, with the PAP using the GRC system to “segregate opposition voters”. Mr Low cited the controversy over the plans to build a temporary
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon I will make Potong Pasir a better place to live in: Sitoh
      427 20  -  NG JING YNG, EVELYN CHOO jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has been two days since the election results were announced but the split is still palpable in Potong Pasir. And yesterday, the new Member of Parliament Sitoh Yih Pin (picture)
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      Right policies not enough: Balakrishnan
      304 20  -  SATISH CHENEY SINGAPORE Better communications and dialogue with citizens. That is what the Government will do more of, said Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. Speaking to the media at the sidelines of a graduation ceremony at Republic Polytechnic yesterday, Dr
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      HDB TO WORK WITH WP ALJUNIED GRC MPS ON TENANCY OF TOWN COUNCIL OFFICES
      237 21  -  JOANNE CHAN The offices of Aljunied Town Council, located in Hougang, Bedok and Serangoon North, have three-year tenancy agreements that expire between Novemberthis year and May next year. And the Housing and Development Board (HDB) will
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      'One private offer received for Pine Grove'
      296 21  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nearly three weeks after the close of what was marketed as Singapore’s largest en bloc tender, Pine Grove’s marketing agent Jones Lang LaSalle has kept quiet about the outcome. But MediaCorp understands the development off Ulu Pandan, which has
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      Woman sentenced for sex acts on underaged girl
      202 21  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE A 22-year-old woman has been sentenced to 24 months of probation and 150 hours of community service for performing sexual acts on an underaged girl. The woman, who is a student, cannot be named to protect the girl’s identity.
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      Autistic teen's habit of rolling up his T-shirt could have led to his death
      224 22  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An autistic teenager’s habit of rolling up his T-shirt to his shoulders could have led to his drowning in a Woodlands Town Centre pond on New Year’s Day. Having his T-shirt rolled
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      3 men jailed for stealing Fijian currency from ship
      223 22  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE Three men were yesterday jailed for stealing Fijian notes worth about S$650,000 from a ship anchored at Jurong Port. Container-checker Abdul Quadir Katu Miah, 39, and lashing workers Azhar Abdul Shukor, 37, and Musa Mohmad, 41, were jailed
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      MAN HELD FOR SUSPECTED LOAN-SHARKING ACTIVITIES
      85 22 The police have arrested a 23-year-old man for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. They were tipped off by a resident who spotted the man behaving suspiciously along the corridor of an HDB block inYishun Street 71 on Sunday afternoon. The police found cans of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Another Japan power plant to shut down
      292 24 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s third-biggest power operator, Chubu Electric Power Co, yesterday agreed to shut a nuclear plant a key provider of electricity to central Japan until it improves tsunami defences there. The decision came as another nuclear power operator, Japan Atomic Power, said
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      Lock icon After quake, town floods at high tide
      189 24 AP TOKYO When water begins to trickle down the streets of her coastal neighbourhood in Ishinomaki city (picture), Ms Yoshiko Takahashi knows it is time to hurry home. Twice a day, knee-deep sea waters carry fish by her front door. “I look out
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      Lock icon US-China talks on trade, currency and human rights
      204 26 AGENCIES WASHINGTON America’s massive trade deficit with China, currency rates and human rights concerns will all be on the agenda when top officials from the United States and China sit down for high-level talks which began yesterday and will wrap up today.
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      Lock icon HELLO KITTY THEME PARK PLANNED IN EASTERN CHINA
      152 26 BLOOMBERG Sanrio, the Japanese maker of Hello Kitty character goods, has agreed to work with a Chinese company to build a theme park in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. Sanrio will license the use of its Hello Kitty characters to the Zhejiang Yinrun
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      Lock icon NATO SAYS KANDAHAR ATTACKERS CAPTURED OR KILLED
      99 26 AP The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has said that all the insurgents involved in an attack against key government offices in the city of Kandahar have been captured or killed. NATO spokeswoman Brigadier-General Christine Whitecross said yesterday that the two-day Taliban attack
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      Lock icon EX-SHENZHEN MAYOR GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
      93 26 REUTERS The former Mayor of the affluent southern Chinese boom town of Shenzhen received a suspended death sentence yesterday for taking bribes. Xu Zongheng, 56, was arrested in 2009 for taking more than 33.2 million yuan (S$6.3 million) in bribes from building material companies
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      Lock icon Syria detains hundreds in house-to-house raids
      256 27 AP BEIRUT Syrian security forces arrested hundreds of activists and anti-govern-ment protesters in house-to-house raids across the country yesterday as part of a government crackdown aimed at stamping out a nationwide revolt the country’s embattled leader has vowed to overcome. President Bashar Assad’s regime
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      Lock icon RUSSIA MARKS NAZI SURRENDER
      107 27 Russian military personnel parade on Victory Day in Moscow’s Red Square yesterday. The parade, marking the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II, is the centrepiece of Russia’s most solemn secular holiday, both commemorating the Soviet Union’s enormous sacrifices in the war and asserting the
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      Lock icon 4 dead as Yemeni forces open fire on protesters
      226 27 AGENCIES SANAA Yemeni forces opened fire on protesters blockading a government building yesterday in a city that has seen some of the largest rallies seeking to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh, witnesses said. Witnesses and medics said four people were killed
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      Lock icon NATO airstrikes help Libyan rebels gain significant ground
      398 28 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON QARYAT AZ ZURAYQ (Libya) Rebel fighters made significant gains yesterday against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in both the western and eastern areas of the country, in the first faint signs that NATO airstrikes may be starting
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      Lock icon Emergency alert system coming to mobile phones in the US
      254 28 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The emergency broadcast system is coming to mobile phones. Updating the national emergency alert system, federal officials planned to announce yesterday in Manhattan that some mobile phone users in New York and Washington will soon
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      464 30  -  CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCY REPORTS SINGAPORE A major crisis could erupt if the United States loses its triple-A credit rating, according to Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) deputy chairman and executive director Tony Tan. “We face the possibility of
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      335 30 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Shares in Singapore rose yesterday following the General Election at the weekend, with sentiment also helped by a stronger-than-expected United States employment report on Friday. The 30-share Straits Times Index closed 37.42 points, or 1.2 per cent higher, at 3,136.94. The People’s
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      186 32 SINGAPORE A residential site with an area of about half a football field opposite Parkway Parade is up for sale by tender. The 47,400 sq ft site at 37, East Coast Road, holds a 113-year-old former beachside villa that has been identified
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      272 32  -  LINETTE LIM SINGAPORE With its bid for the Australian Securities Exchange falling through, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be embarking on new strategies to stay competitive, including wooing high frequency traders. High frequency trading (HFT) is a type of algorithmic trading driven by computer programs
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      253 32 SINGAPORE Sembcorp Marine’s first quarter net profit rose 1.2 per cent year-on-year to S$150.6 million, due to improved margins driven by higher operational efficiency. The company, one of the world’s top rig builders, also enjoyed productivity gains through the execution of repeat orders.
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      203 33 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON NEW YORK OCBC has been ranked as the world’s strongest bank, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. OCBC is one of three Singaporean banks that make the top six in the Bloomberg Markets ranking. The other country that’s prominent on the list
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        89 33 Energy, metals stocks rise with commodity prices Commodity prices recovered some of last week’s losses yesterday, helping to lift the stocks of energy and materials companies. The broader market also rose despite new worries about Greece’s debt problems. Energy companies within the S&P 500 rose nearly 2 per
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        77 33 Volatility rises as crude surges on economic outlook Oil options volatility rose as the underlying futures surged 5.5 percent in New York, rebounding from the biggest weekly decline since 2008, on signals the global economic recovery remains intact. Futures climbed the most in more than two months after a
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      59 33 MONDAY CLOSE 12,684.68 (+0.36%) Friday 12,638.74 p 0.43% Thursday 12,584.17 q 1.10% Wednesday 12,723.58 q 0.66% Tuesday 12,807.52 p 0.15% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE SPDR S&P 500 113.9m $134.7 p 0.39% Bank of America 110.7m $12.18 q 1.06% iShares 109.1m $36.98 p 7.25% Sirius
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      21 33 US$1 s$1.232 US$1 £0.609 US$1 €0.696 US$1 ¥80.308 US$1 A$0.927 US$1 HK$7.772 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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      162 33 BLOOMBERG The euro fell against half its major counterparts after Standard and Poor’s cut Greece’s credit rating, renewing concern the region’s debt crisis is worsening. Norway’s krone rallied against all of its most-traded counterparts as commodities rebounded from the worst week
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      766 34 REUTERS NEW YORK The tantalising prospect of finding the next Facebook, Groupon or Twitter is driving the biggest rush of venture capital into the Internet start-up arena since dot-com mania first boomed and then fizzled more than a decade ago. More
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      338 35 REUTERS LONDON Apple has overtaken Google as the world’s most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a study by global brands agency Millward Brown. The iPhone and iPad maker’s brand is now worth US$153 billion
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      Lock icon Els leads class of 6 into golf’s Hall of Fame
      277 36 AP ST AUGUSTINE (Florida) —Ernie Els (picture) followed the trail of South African idol Gary Player by winning golf tournaments all over the world, a journey that took him all the way to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Els,
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      723 36 Reds go two points clear in 5th place AP AFTERNOON LATEST ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Fulham 2 Liverpool 5 LONDON Liverpool kept up its relentless march to a finish in the Premier League’s European places, with Maxi Rodriguez scoring a hattrick yesterday (this morning Singapore time) to help rout
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      339 37 AGENCIES MADRID Novak Djokovic (picture) continued his incredible form this year by humbling the “King of Clay” Rafael Nadal in his own backyard to win the Madrid Masters title. The Serb’s 7-5, 6-4 triumph, his 32nd consecutive win since the start of the
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      428 37 Barca one point from league crown and their thoughts already turn to Wembley AGENCIES LA LIGA Barcelona 2 Espanyol 0 MADRID Even before their London date with Manchester United was confirmed, he praised Sir Alex Ferguson’s team and insisted the English giants were a side well
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      219 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG IN ROTTERDAM ROTTERDAM Youngsters PangXuejie and Clarence Chew’s dreams of qualifying for the main draw in the men’s singles at the World Table Tennis Championships ended yesterday. Competing in his fourth world championship, 18-year-old Pang topped his group
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      627 38  -  China’s world No 3 Ding Ning on course for rematch with Feng as coach Shi reveals other threats LOW LIN FHOONG LOW LIN FHOONG IN ROTTERDAM linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg ROTTERDAM Ding Ning is only 20 but she is already world No 3 in the women’s rankings and
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      160 39 SINGAPORE Badminton powerhouses China will be sending their “A” team to the upcoming US$200,000 (S$246,559) Li Ning Singapore Open at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from June 14-19. Headlining the star-studded line-up will be reigning Olympic men’s singles champion Lin Dan (picture) and
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      372 39 Lakers lose their crown, Mavericks ensure no fairytale end for coach Phil NEW YORK TIMES DALLAS Phil Jackson (picture) took the final stroll alone. His players rushed in front of him and into an off-season of uncertainty. The final total of NBA championships he
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      251 13 ON MEDIACORP CRIME INVESTIGATION ASIA Channel 5, 10pm Hong Kong billionaire Teddy Wang was kidnapped twice in 1983 and again in 1990. The first time, he was released after his wife, Nina, paid a record US$11 million in ransom. The second time, he was not so lucky. Even after Nina
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      233 12 TODAY' S top 5 1 Vestiges Of Time Acclaimed group Anderson Junior College Choir will be performing a selection of pieces, including Joseph Haydn’s The Heavens Are Telling and Richard Dering’s Ave Verum Corpus. Date: Today Time: 7.30pm Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets: S$20 from Sistic 2 Hurts‘Live’ In Singapore
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      358 11  -  Heed these golden rules when taking calcium supplements Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE I pay much attention to my skin, weight and, occasionally, cholesterol levels, rarely do I think about the state of my bones. In fact, I consume calcium-rich foods so infrequently that I can’t
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        78 11 DO YOU know what to do should someone choke, suffer a cardiac arrest or have a fall with head injuries? Learn basic first aid care from an experienced first aid lecturer. Topics include management of choking, bleeding, burns, scalds, falls and head injuries.
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        60 11 LEARN how to double your chances of quitting with medications and smoking cessation services. A cardiologist will also talk about how smoking affects the heart. Date: May 21 Time: 1pm to 5.30pm Venue: Singapore General Hospital, SGH Deck on 9, Block 6, Level 9 Fee/Registration: Free.To
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      345 10 Some tips to help you choose the best calcium supplement for your needs: Look at its source According to Ms Chung, calcium supplements are made mainly from oyster shell extract. If you are vegetarian, go for those made from plant extracts. Check out its elemental
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        182 9  -  KEVIN MATHEWS EUPHORIC HEARTBREAK GLASVEGAS CAN it really be a time so far removed from the original indie music of the 1980s, that the term “classic indie music” has become part and parcel of the rock vernacular? Superficially, Scottish band Glasvegas fits snugly into this
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        171 9  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH IFYOU go by what you read from fans and other critics, Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li don’t ask me how it’s pronounced; I just got my head round Miike Snow would be one of the top albums you will hear this year. And they
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        117 9  -  KEVIN MATHEWS CURRENTLY making the rounds of clubs worldwide is yet another brand of ethnic dance music (remember Macarena?) to crossover into the Western mainstream pop market. In this case, Swedish-Congolese Mohombi specialises in Soca, a hybrid of traditional Trinidadian calypso, American soul, funk, disco, electric blues, hip
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        VESSELS BRYAN ESTEPA
        178 8  -  KEVIN MATHEWS IT IS comforting to know that good old-fashioned pop-rock songwriting is still being treasured in this day and age of pre-fabricated music. And trust the Australia/New Zealand contingent of quality singer-songwriters to remind us of that. Whether it’s the Tim and Neil combo, or Robert
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        THE BEST OF SUEDE SUEDE
        209 8  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH BACK in the early 1990s, there was a band that was peddling their form of music called Suede. People didn’t quite know what to make of them. They had this flash-yet-retro look coupled with a smudge of the androgynous. And they sang songs
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        PAPER AIRPLANE ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION
        161 8  - PAPER AIRPLANE ALISON KRAUSS UNION STATION CHRISTOPHER TOH ALISON Krauss Union Station (AKUS) have never lost sight of what they want in their music. And that’s made them one of the most successful bands in country scene.Though the members have flirted with others before most notably Krauss’ 2007 collaboration with
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        251 8  -  Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH frogstomp Silverchair (1995) AUSTRALIAN rockers Silverchair have won more ARIA Awards (the Australian Grammys) than any other artiste, and they have enjoyed more No 1 albums than any other band in Australian music history.They have sold more than 6 million albums
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      210 8 Hurts. Considered “Manchester’s finest pop merchants”. May 10, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre. Tickets at S$80 and S$98 from Sistic. Air Supply. The Aussie duo is back. Again. May 15, 8pm, Sands Grand Ballroom. Tickets at S$68 to S$158 from MBS box office. The Drums. This NYC indie-pop band is getting
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      774 7  -  Sara Bareilles is full of love for music, live performances and life Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGER-songwriter Sara Bareilles is really thrilled to be performing in Singapore. She said so herself. “I am thrilled. I am so, so thrilled,” she said over the phone.“It’s going to
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      264 6 REUTERS MEL Gibson’s long-delayed first movie since he was embroiled in a messy domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend flopped at the weekend box office in North America. The Beaver, an offbeat comedydrama directed by and co-starring his close friend, Jodie Foster, earned just US$
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      325 6 AP SISTERS LaKisha and Jennifer Hoffman (picture) rode past the duo from the Harlem Globetrotters to win The Amazing Race 18: Unfinished Business. The sisters, both coaches originally from Chicago, crossed the finish line first to win the CBS reality series’ US$1 million (S$1.23 million)
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