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Title Section20 2011-07-18 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday July 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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Article, Illustration501 2011-07-18 1 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Preserving the memories of the communities where Singaporeans live is key to making the country a “strong home”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday as he called on every constituency to create its own heritagePHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 501 words
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507 2011-07-18 1 AGENCIES TOKYO Concerns about radi-ation-tainted beef in Japan intensified yesterday as officials struggled to determine the scope of the problem and prevent further contamination of the meat supply. The government prepared to suspend cattle shipments from Fukushima amid a growing tally of cows that fedAGENCIES - 507 words
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Advertisement49 2011-07-18 1 HOT NEWS 8 ARRESTED FORMER NEWS INTERNATIONAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE REBEKAH BROOKS IN POLICE CUSTODY THE WEST SHOULDN’T IGNORE THE NEW IMF ADVISER FROM COMMENT 10 COMMENT&ANALYSIS REUBEN WONG, FELICITY CRAWFORD EDUCATING ALL CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION 12 PETER SINGER MORAL PROGRESS MEASURED BY ANIMAL WELFARE 14 T SECTION PAGE 3749 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article306 2011-07-18 2 SINGAPORE Sharing the results of the Build-To-Order (BTO) exercises from January to March, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan pointed out on his blog yesterday that the data buttressed the need for the Government to roll out larger BTO launches. Mr Khaw noted that in cases306 words
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Article, Illustration540 2011-07-18 2 TAN WEIZHEN - TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hordes of people including three presidential hopefuls and National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan turned up yesterday to bid a nostalgic goodbye to the KTM railway tracks, which will be closed from today for works. A three-kilometrePHOTO BY TAN WEIZHEN - 540 words
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Article, Illustration180 2011-07-18 3 Liverpool greats Ian Rush and Phil Thompson thrilled the children yesterday when they conducted the Standard Chartered Youth Football Clinic for 50 kids between the ages of eight and 16 at the Singapore Sports School. Welshman Rush, 49, one of the180 words
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258 2011-07-18 4 AP BEIJING China yesterday slammed the United States President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has “grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs” and damaged Chinese-American relations. The strident statement from China’s Foreign Ministry came hours after MrAP - 258 words
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319 2011-07-18 4 AGENCIES WASHINGTON White House budget director Jack Lew yesterday reported “activity and progress” in efforts to reach a deal to raise the United States debt ceiling and said he was confident that congressional leaders know default is not an option. WithAGENCIES - 319 words
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319 2011-07-18 4 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE The High Court has ruled that Singapore would be the most appropriate place to hear a dispute between investment bank UBS and an Australian and entities related to him. This, after lawyers for UBS Singapore applied319 words
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525 2011-07-18 6 AGENCIES NEW DELHI Investigators in India have prepared a sketch of a suspect they want to question over the three deadly bomb blasts that shook India’s financial hub Mumbai, police said yesterday. The drawing composed from eyewitness accounts wouldAGENCIES - 525 words
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Article, Illustration401 2011-07-18 8 AGENCIES LONDON The British police yesterday arrested Rebekah Brooks (picture), the former head of Mr Rupert Murdoch’s media operations in Britain, according to a former associate at News International, the newspaper group at the heart of a phone hacking scandal. Brooks, who quit as chiefAGENCIES; AP - 401 words
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319 2011-07-18 8 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK The battle over Mr Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is splitting American politics along party lines, with senior Democrats calling for investigations into the company while some senior Republicans play down the crisis. Allegations that News International reporters mayTHE GUARDIAN - 319 words
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Article, Illustration359 2011-07-18 8 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch and his family are facing a series of damaging new allegations over their handling of the phone hacking scandal. A senior Scotland Yard officer has told The Sunday Telegraph that News International executives including Mr Murdoch’sTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AP - 359 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1364 2011-07-18 10 LIAM HALLIGAN - And the West should not now ignore Zhu Min, the new IMF adviser from China LIAM HALLIGAN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The “twin pillars” of the world economy continue to totter. Global investors, politicians and the financially-literate general public are wringing their handsTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; BLOOMBERG - 1,364 words
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1007 2011-07-18 12 REUBEN WONG, FELICITY CRAWFORD - Educating all children without exception For the S’pore system to truly be for all, those with disabilities must not be allowed to fall through the cracks REUBEN WONG, FELICITY CRAWFORD Dr Reuben Wong is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore. Felicity1,007 words
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Article, Illustration929 2011-07-18 14 PETER SINGER - PETER SINGER Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, The Ethics of What We Eat and The Life You Can Save. PROJECT SYNDICATE Mahatma Gandhi acutely observedPROJECT SYNDICATE - 929 words
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VOICES
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462 2011-07-18 16 CHRISTINA LEE - I CHRISTINA LEE My son, Aaron was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. I had no doubt about his diagnosis and accepted reality readily. In fact, I found it a big relief and was offered help almost immediately. I needed the diagnosis462 words
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259 2011-07-18 17 William Tay - Letter from William Tay THANKS for the commentary “Time for action on home loan rates?” (July 15) by Mr Colin Tan. There are valid points raised about some naive buyers and novice investors who may have over committed themselves as the current259 words
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322 2011-07-18 17 Ng Hui Hong Nicholas - Letter from Ng Hui Hong Nicholas I REFER to Lin Jiayi’s letter “Profit-driven isn’t better run” (July 16). One of the key benefits of privatisation is that private organisations are very much concerned about quality of service because it affects their322 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article, Illustration85 2011-07-18 18 President S R Nathan, accompanied by Chief of Defence Force LieutenantGeneral Neo Kian Hong, talking to some of the award recipients of NSman of the Year and NSF of the Year, and regular servicemen at a garden reception held at the Istana yesterday. The reception forPHOTO COURTESY MINDEF - 85 words
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Article, Illustration495 2011-07-18 18 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As Nan Chiau High gears up to become the 11th school under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) next year, its principal Tan Yee Kan is keen to ensure that under the revamped curriculum, its students willOOI BOON KEONG - 495 words
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528 2011-07-18 20 S RAMESH - S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Singapore Indian Development Association’s (SINDA) Board of Trustees, has spoken of three important challenges facing the Indian community in Singapore. Speaking at a national convention528 words
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Article, Illustration94 2011-07-18 20 Pre-school students who participated in the Little Green Ambassadors programme, which aims to encourage children to cut down on the use of plastic bags, received their certificates at an awards ceremony on Saturday. The ceremony honoured the top five pre-schools that implemented the first phase ofPHOTO COURTESY DAIRY FARM SINGAPORE - 94 words
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187 2011-07-18 20 TAN WEIZHEN - TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE The volume of passengers that passed through Changi Airport in the first half of this year jumped by about a tenth as compared to the same period last year, with budget airlines leading the charge. The airport registered 22.4 million passengers187 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration375 2011-07-18 22 AP TOMOHON (Indonesia) A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yesterday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of metres into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. Mount Lokon, located on northern SulawesiAP; REUTERS - 375 words
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469 2011-07-18 22 REUTERS ATHENS The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday voiced strong US support for Greece’s battle to overcome its debt crisis, saying it was taking the difficult steps required for future growth. Mrs Clinton’s visit to Athens was intended to signalREUTERS - 469 words
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242 2011-07-18 23 AP MANILA Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants holding an American woman and her son hostage in the southern Philippines allowed them to talk briefly to their family in the United States as proof they were alive and to press a ransom demand, twoAP - 242 words
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Article, Illustration123 2011-07-18 23 AP A small group of Vietnamese marched yesterday to denounce China’s actions in the South China Sea after about two dozen other protesters were rounded up by police, shoved into buses and driven away. Those permitted to rally were herded by police in riot gear awayAP - 123 words
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77 2011-07-18 23 AP Heavy monsoon rains have caused the Brahmaputra River to overflow its banks and submerge scores of villages in India’s remote north-eastern state of Assam. District magistrate Anwaruddin Chowdhury said yesterday that at least one person died, and more than 150,000 people wereAP - 77 words
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115 2011-07-18 23 AP The Philippine navy chief ordered a marine colonel restricted to quarters after he called in a video for President Benigno Aquino III’s government to be ousted. Colonel Generoso Mariano, deputy commander of the Naval Reserve Command, will be confined to his quarters atAP - 115 words
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200 2011-07-18 24 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ISTANBUL Syria’s opposition presented a united challenge to President Bashar Al Assad’s rule by setting up a National Salvation Council. The opposition meeting in Istanbul took place after the biggest demonstrations so far in Syria’s four-month uprising, during whichTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 200 words
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Article, Illustration45 2011-07-18 24 Local residents examining a burnt oil tanker after it was allegedly attacked by militants in Peshawar, Pakistan yesterday. The oil tanker, carrying oil bound for North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Afghanistan, was destroyed in a bomb blast on Saturday night. AP APAP - 45 words
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290 2011-07-18 24 REUTERS KABUL Afghanistan began the long-pub-licised transition to control its own security amid secrecy, not fanfare, yesterday, a reminder of how volatile the country is even as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troop drawdowns get under way. Ministers flew to central Bamiyan province, oneREUTERS - 290 words
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Article, Illustration284 2011-07-18 25 AP CARACAS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba to begin chemotherapy nearly a month after surgery to remove a tumour and he is optimistic the treatment will help him survive his cancer. Mr Chavez was expected to start treatment in HavanaAP; REUTERS - 284 words
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258 2011-07-18 25 REUTERS BERLIN A prominent German prize for freedom and democratic change will not be awarded this year after the independent award committee’s decision to give it to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was criticised. “There will be no prize this year,” said a spokesmanREUTERS - 258 words
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160 2011-07-18 25 BLOOMBERG Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said her government will start a A$12 million (S$15.6 million) television advertising campaign to help explain its carbon tax policy. “This advertising campaign is about getting people information,” Ms Gillard told Channel Nine’s Weekend TodayBLOOMBERG - 160 words
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336 2011-07-18 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The British army is to be reduced by 17,000 soldiers as part of a radical overhaul of the armed forces to be announced today. The reorganisation will see the Army shrink to its smallest size sinceTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 336 words
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Article, Illustration56 2011-07-18 26 A worker cutting weeds growing along Interstate 405 during the freeway closure in Los Angeles on Saturday. Traffic in the Los Angeles area was moving smoothly, several hours after the authorities shut down a 16km stretch of one of the busiest United States freeways for aAP - 56 words
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234 2011-07-18 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK Apple hopes this week to silence Wall Street’s concerns about its development plans by revealing a significant profit increase, which analysts estimate could be as much as US$5.7 billion (S$6.9 billion). The announcement comes afterTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 234 words
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250 2011-07-18 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Alpha males may look like they are in control but underneath they are stressed out, a study has found. Researchers found that while they get the pick of the girls, the money and the power, theyTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 250 words
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Article, Illustration72 2011-07-18 27 Visitors taking a mud shower in a ‘mud prison’ during the 14th Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190km south-west of Seoul yesterday. Around 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the festival each year to enjoy mudREUTERS - 72 words
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335 2011-07-18 27 THE GUARDIAN MOSCOW Russian officials announced plans to more than double Moscow’s territory in a bid to alleviate the city’s crippling traffic and overcrowding problems but critics worry the move could become an environmental fiasco and leave thousands displaced. The plan toTHE GUARDIAN - 335 words
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BUSINESS
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Article, Illustration983 2011-07-18 28 CONRAD RAJ - Transasia Airways, Taiwan’s third largest airline, aims to conquer the world CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He may look like a man in a hurry but Mr Vincent Lin (picture) is methodical and clearly focused on the timing of his moves. Mr Lin, the executive chairman andSION TOUHIG - 983 words
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Article55 2011-07-18 29 FRIDAY CLOSE 3,084.24 (-0.14%) Thursday 3,088.70 p 0.01% Wednesday 3,088.42 p 0.36% Tuesday 3,077.36 q 1.28% Monday 3,117.37 q 1.08% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE BundCenter 151,440 $0.205 p 3.02% 800 Super 102,792 $0.315 UNCH Noble Group 64,691 $1.785 q 4.80% Ezra 47,889 $1.315 q 11.45%55 words
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Article21 2011-07-18 29 HANG SENG 21,875.38 (-0.30%) È NIKKEI Ç 9,974.47 (+0.39%) Ç SHANGHAI 2,820.17 (+0.35%) AUSTRALIA È 4,473.50 (-0.38%) MUMBAI 18,561.92 (-0.30%)21 words
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Article11 2011-07-18 29 US$1 s$1.219 €1 s$1.726 ¥100 s$1.539 A$100 s$1.298 RMB100 s$18.8611 words
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Article71 2011-07-18 29 STOCK CALLS Neutral S$2.57 CIMB maintains at Neutral; target price remains at S$2.63. The house notes M1’s 2Q revenue dropped 5 per cent quarter-on-quarter but rose 10 per cent year-on-year. Service revenue increased 2 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 3 per cent year-on-year led by post-paid and growing contributions from71 words
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DIGITAL
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Article, Illustration761 2011-07-18 30 RON ASHKENAS - COMM ENTARY RON ASHKENAS Ron Ashkenas is a managing partner at Schaffer Consulting and a co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organization. His latest book is Simply Effective. 2011 HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING (DISTRIBUTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE) The global2011 HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING (DISTRIBUTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE); BLOOMBERG - 761 words
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127 2011-07-18 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Justin Timberlake is believed to have invested in another technology company, just after buying a stake in MySpace. According to Business Insider, a technology news website, the The Social Network actor, has acquired a stake in Dekko, an aug-THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 127 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration628 2011-07-18 32 TAN YO-HINN - Sundram the ‘spy’ has few surprises Former Lions’ star submitted his report after watching Malaysia’s matches with Arsenal and Liverpool TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A number of older Malaysian fans among the 80,000 or so that were at Bukit Jalil Stadium on Saturday night may have recognised him. After all,PHOTO BY TAN YO-HINN - 628 words
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Article, Illustration345 2011-07-18 32 PHILIP GOH - PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The decision to take a chance at the breeding barn paid off in a big way for local horse owner C K Phua yesterday, after his horse Clint upset favourite Better Than Ever to win the S$1.15 million Emirates SingaporePHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE TURF CLUB - 345 words
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Article, Illustration139 2011-07-18 32 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE National bowler Shayna Ng (picture) has added yet another title to her trophy cabinet. Yesterday, the 21-year-old bagged the women’s singles title at the 37th Hong Kong International Open, after beating home favourite Zoe Tam with a score of 227-158 pinfalls inPHOTO COURTESY ABF - 139 words
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Article, Illustration642 2011-07-18 33 IAN DE COTTA - Legends Rush and Thompson feel Dalglish’s target will be to improve on last season’s sixth place IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has been 21 years since Liverpool were champions of English football and with less than four weeks before the Premiership kicksPHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL - 642 words
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Article, Illustration466 2011-07-18 33 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE They are two of the biggest clubs in English football, one held sway for much of the ’70s and 80s while the other has enjoyed near domination of the English Premier League since itPHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 466 words
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Article, Illustration571 2011-07-18 34 IAN DE COTTA - Liverpool’s new recruit will be under pressure to deliver, but he will get all the help to succeed IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Charlie Adam has played 91 matches for Blackpool. He spent the last season in the Barclays Premier League trying his best toPHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL - 571 words
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Article, Illustration160 2011-07-18 34 Around 3,350 fans got a glimpse of how one of the world’s most famous football teams tune-up, when five-time European Cup winners Liverpool stretched their limbs at a training session at the Bishan Stadium yesterday evening. The session, only for invitedPHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 160 words
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Article360 2011-07-18 34 AP LOS ANGELES Cristiano Ronaldo scored a signature goal and Real Madrid displayed their scoring ability when they beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 4-1 in a friendly on Saturday. In a game that pitted Galaxy midfielder David Beckham against his old side, Jose Callejon, JoseluAP - 360 words
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Article, Illustration457 2011-07-18 35 Messi Co cut down in front of own fans by resolute Uruguayans 2011 COPA AMERICA QUARTER-FINALS Argentina 1 Uruguay 1 (Uruguay advance after 5-4 win in penalties) AGENCIES SANTA FE Lionel Messi’s Copa America dream lay in tatters yesterday morning after Argentina were stunnedAGENCIES; AP - 457 words
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Article, Illustration389 2011-07-18 35 RUGBY TEST Australia 23 Samoa 32 AP SYDNEY Samoa posted one of their most memorable victories in international rugby when they stunned Australia 32-23 yesterday, inflicting a huge blow on the Wallabies blow just two months before the Rugby World Cup finals. The SamoansAP; GETTY IMAGES - 389 words
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Article195 2011-07-18 35 2011 COPA AMERICA QUARTER-FINALS Colombia 0 Peru 2 REUTERS CORDOBA Unfancied Peru shocked Colombia 2-0 yesterday morning to reach the Copa America semi-finals after midfielders Carlos Lobaton and Juan Vargas scored in extra-time. The Colombians only had themselves to blame, after star striker Radamel FalcaoREUTERS - 195 words
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Article, Illustration356 2011-07-18 36 NEVADA Tiger Woods’ exswing coach Hank Haney believes the former world No 1 can win the five majors he needs to pass Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18, if he gets healthy. Woods (picture) did not play at the British Open,BLOOMBERG - 356 words
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Article, Illustration478 2011-07-18 36 Magical Mickelson lights up the final round, but it is the Ulsterman’s to lose GOLF British Open REUTERS SANDWICH (England) World No 6 Phil Mickelson launched a typically pugnacious charge early in the final round of the 140th British Open yesterday, but Northern IrelandREUTERS - 478 words
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Article, Illustration181 2011-07-18 36 REUTERS SHANGHAI China’s Huo Liang clinched his third successive world title in the men’s 10 metres synchronised diving yesterday, combining with new partner Qiu Bo to give the hosts their second gold medal of the world swimming championships. Huo and Qiu ran awayREUTERS; GETTY IMAGES - 181 words
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Article, Illustration1749 2011-07-18 2 Alexis Petridis - How did performance art once so reviled come to be a pop staple? Lady Gaga,Yoko Ono and others discuss its mainstream acceptance Alexis Petridis features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN THE first time Marina Abramovic heard Antony Hegarty sing, she said, she burst into tears. “It was atTHE GUARDIAN; Photos: AP, Bloomberg - 1,749 words
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Article, Illustration462 2011-07-18 5 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH THE News OfThe World allegedly hacked into the mobile phones of Jude Law and his personal assistant while they were in New York, opening the way for News International to be prosecuted in America. In the first specific exampleTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; Photo: AP - 462 words
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Article, Illustration135 2011-07-18 5 FORMER Singapore and Asian Idol Hady Mirza bagged three awards at the regional Malay music awards show,Anugerah Planet Muzik 2011 (APM 2011). Hady won for his song Angkasa (Space), a track from his album Sang Penyanyi. As it turned out, he was the biggest135 words
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Article, Illustration252 2011-07-18 5 REUTERS JUSTIN Timberlake says he may join Friends With Benefits co-star Mila Kunis in attending the Marine Corps Ball in November. After one Marine invited Kunis to attend on YouTube, Corporal Kelsey De Santis issued her own YouTube invitation to Timberlake. SantisREUTERS; Photo: NYT - 252 words
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Article, Illustration866 2011-07-18 6 GENEVIEVE LOH - He plays the bad boy Harry Potter fans love to hate, but Tom Felton proves to be a charmer in real life (Rupert Grint loves him, too) TODAY EXCLUSIVE GENEVIEVE LOH in London in London genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THE arrogant Hogwarts school bully with the peroxide ’do Draco MalfoyPhotos: AP, Warner Bros Pictures - 866 words
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