Today, 9 September 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday September 9, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday September 9, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon 'Specific, credible but unconfirmed' 9/11 terror threat received
    266 1 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Counterterrorism officials said yesterday they are investigating a credible but unconfirmed terror threat involving New York or Washington, possibly involving a car or truck bomb. The threat was so specific, and coming at a time of already-heightened security just days
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    Lock icon Obama throws down the gauntlet
    822 1 ‘Stop the political circus and pass this jobs plan right away,’ US President challenges Republicans in Congress THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Faced with a stalling economy, a hostile Congress and a disenchanted public, United States President Barack Obama challenged lawmakers in a blunt address
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  • HOT NEWS
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      National issues topped local ones in Aljunied: Zainul Abidin
      418 2 SINGAPORE If those in the People’s Action Party (PAP) think the party’s loss in Aljunied in May’s General Election (GE) was due to local politics, Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed said they would be “in for a bigger shock in five years”.
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      MICA to spearhead Government's social media training efforts
      605 2  -  IMELDA SAAD imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After the Prime Minister’s call for the Government to do better in cyberspace, government agencies will get more structured training in learning how to use social media. The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), which is
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      Lock icon The haze could be back in the next few days, says NEA
      415 3  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore could experience hazy conditions in the next few days should fires from razing and logging in the region persist and with winds from the south expected to blow over from Sumatra. The National
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      Lock icon Dog custody battle should not have reached the courts at all, says judge
      490 3  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE It was a case that saw the Court of Appeal express “surprise” that a custody fight over cross-terrier Sasha had reached the highest court in the land. In the hearing yesterday, which only
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      Lock icon No special treatment for anyone, says SGX chief Bocker
      699 4  -  LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will not be giving companies who want to list here any preferential treatment but any company can issue non-voting preference shares as part of the initial public offering (IPO) process, the bourse’s chief
      BLOOMBERG  -  699 words
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      Learning to speak Mandarin better in an interactive way
      385 4  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Instead of merely memorising words from a textbook, a student can watch a video clip of an everyday activity, and create a storyline around the scene in Mandarin. A new online portal called the Chinese Language Oracy
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      Lock icon He smuggled illegals for 10 years
      500 6  -  In two years, syndicate member orchestrated the smuggling of 49 China nationals by speedboat from Malaysia into Singapore SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB, SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He smuggled so many illegal immigrants by boat from Malaysia into Singapore for nearly 10 years that he lost count
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      Lock icon S'poreans' greatest travel woe: Start-stop traffic
      405 8  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Commuters here say that slow-moving traffic is their greatest travel woe, according to an annual survey which tracks driver sentiments around the world. In the latest IBM Commuter Pain Index, more than half of the 405 respondents here felt
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      Lock icon Singapore private bankers earn more than Swiss counterparts
      751 10 Higher demand for their services follows increase in number of millionaires in the Asia-Pacific region BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Private bankers in Singapore now earn more than their Swiss counterparts as Asia-Pacific millionaires outnumbered those in Europe for the first time last year.
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      Retired civil servant jailed for violating OSA
      174 12 SINGAPORE A retired civil servant, who was accused last December of violating the Official Secrets Act, was sentenced to three weeks’jail on Tuesday. In a statement released yesterday, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said it charged a retired senior civil servant in
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      Lock icon RUSSIA MOURNS CRASH VICTIMS
      158 12 AGENCIES Russian President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday called for immediate changes in Russia’s troubled aviation industry as the country mourned a crash that killed 43 people and devastated a top ice hockey team. The victims included 36 players, coaches and officials from Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. There were only
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      Lock icon Thorough checks
      165 14 10 YEARS AFTER 9/11 Tonnes upon tonnes of goods are imported into Singapore every day by air, sea and land. ICA officers thoroughly scan and inspect these shipments using high-tech equipment. Our security is a state of mind Comment 16 WOODLANDS CHECKPOINT An ICA officer operating a mobile
      PHOTOS BYWEETECK HIAN, OOI BOON KEONG AND ERNESTCHUA  -  165 words
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Our security is a state of mind
      905 16  -  Singapore is physically more secure now than it was 10 years ago but complacency, ideology are a danger KUMAR RAMAKRISHNA Kumar Ramakrishna is Associate Professor and head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies,
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      Lock icon Blunt email raises issues over firing at Yahoo
      1054 18  -  DAVID STREITFELD THE NEW YORK TIMES “I’ve just been fired.” With those four words, Yahoo chief executive Carol A Bartz (picture), did something on Tuesday afternoon that dismissed managers almost never do: She told the truth. In the upper echelons of corporate
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      Lock icon China's rise isn't the US' demise
      967 20  -  JOSEPH R BIDEN JR Joseph R Biden Jr is the Vice-President of the United States. THE NEW YORK TIMES I first visited China in 1979, a few months after our countries normalised relations. China was just beginning to remake its economy and I was
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      129 18 28 JOIN THE CONVERSATION FACEBOOK.COM/ transparency and authenticity at the top ranks of prominent companies or was her salvo an unprofessional tirade that was a personal and professional mistake? Mr Jeffrey Pfeffer, a Stanford professor who is an expert in organisational behaviour, the story.” But Ms Jennifer Chatman, a professor
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      200 19 COMMENTARIES ONLINE Ahmed Rashid The endgame in Afghanistan: Against the odds, might peace break out where the new ‘war on terror’ began? Nicholas D Kristof Finding hope on the ground in Libya Michael Liedtke Can Yahoo’s lustre be restored? AVAILABLEATTODAYONLINE.COM OR ON OUR MOBILE APPS :a Every Cetaphil Woman's a
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      324 21 Cha^nger Authorised Reseller The new, faster MacBook Air. The ultimate everyday notebook. The new MacBook Air is up to 2.5x faster than before. It features the latest Intel Core processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O, a backlit keyboard, and OS X Lion. All this, and it’s still incredibly thin and light. Which
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  • VOICES
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      Mobile broadband: IDA studying service standards
      301 22  -  SHEO S RAI Assistant director, Corporate and Marketing Communication, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore WE REFER to Mr Darren Lee Siak Fei’s letter “Prompt ISPs to get up to speed” (Sept 8). The Infocomm Development Authority’s Quality of Service (QoS) standards for Internet Service
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      Fair pricing for data usage?
      220 22  -  Letter from Ng Sok Eng AN EXISTING telecommunications industry practice has come to my attention one that I think is unfair. While I agree that pay-as-you-use data services for mobile phones should be more expensive than data plans, the difference is too great. For instance,
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      WHAT IS TO HAPPEN TO LAND AROUND TANJONG PAGAR STATION?
      105 22  -  LETTER FROM S VALBIR Singaporeans would be grateful if the authorities could enlighten us about their future plans for Tanjong Pagar railway station, which was closed after June 30. We understand that it will be preserved as a national monument,
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      Not gambling promos but commitment-free giveaways
      343 24  -  Letter from Fiona Hamann Corporate Affairs Manager, Asia Pacific, Reader’s Digest (Australia) I REFER to the letter “Book seller or gaming company?” (Sept 7). Reader’s Digest certainly is not a gaming company. It is a company that promotes and sells magazines, books, music products,
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      Motions against SICC elite to go on but ...
      328 24  - Motions against SICC elite to go on but Letter from P Suppiah I REFER to the article “SICC president, 3 panel members will not stand for re-election” (Sept 2), which perhaps gives the impression that the no-confidence motions (one each) against the four committee members will be withdrawn. This is
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      DIFFERENT AGENCIES COULD LIAISE WITH ONE CONTRACTOR
      158 24  -  LETTER FROM SOH AH YUEN I had wondered some time ago why the landscaping contractors came to my estate so often. A friend familiar with the subject helped to solve the mystery. One contractor was doing work (grass-cutting, etc) for the Land Transport
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      LTA will take strict action against errant OPC users
      182 26  -  Letter from Helen Lim Acting Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority WE REFER to Mr Francis Valentine Tan’s letter “e-Day Licence will not deter offenders” (Sept 5). With the introduction of the electronic day licence system in 2009, our enforcement efforts
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      Avoid sudden, drastic changes in business rules
      239 26  -  Letter from Tan Saw Bin I HAVE been in business for more than 10 years and have seen drastic changes to business rules of certain industries, which led to significant business losses especially by smalltime businessmen who could not keep up with the
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      183 22 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices VOICES ONLINE ‘I applaud all those responsible for a very good documentary, Foodage, on okto channel... I hope it can be made into a DVD series.’ From Ellen Tan Siew Lin ONLY AVAILABLE AT TODAYONLINE.COM OR ON OUR
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      495 28 /studio Try a new Mac with OS X A powerful new operating system. For an even more powerful Mac. Now every new Mac comes with OS X Lion, the latest release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. OS X Lion features full-screen apps, new Multi-Touch gestures, the Mac
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  • SINGAPORE
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      More willing to think about death
      590 29  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Death may still be a relatively taboo topic in Singapore, but statistics from the Health Ministry (MOH) show that more people are warming up to the idea of signing a “living will”, instructing doctors not to prolong their life
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE AND CAMBODIA IN MULTI-AGENCY TRAINING TIE-UP
      171 29 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore has been conducting a multiagency training programme for Cambodian government officials in land management, urban planning and building control. The programme, which began last month in Phnom Penh, is the first such initiative between the two countries and is supported
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      NEA, RI win awards for being best employers for workers over 50
      434 30  -  MONICA KOTWANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two Singapore organisations the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Raffles Institution (RI) have won the AARP Best Employers for Workers over 50 Award this year. RI is also the first Singapore educational institution to
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      Lock icon S$3 million boost for retail industry in the form of degree programme
      293 30 SINGAPORE A S$3 million initiative by the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) to advance the skill sets and career development of professionals in the retail industry has been announced. It comes in the form of a retail marketing degree
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      Man who impersonated NEA officer to commit theft arrested
      212 30 SINGAPORE Police have arrested a 46-year-old man who impersonated a National Environment Agency (NEA) officer to commit theft at residential premises in Hougang. Four cases of theft and break-ins were reported at residential and private estates in Hougang over the past
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      MUIS COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR SOMALI DROUGHT VICTIMS
      187 30 Special boxes will be set up at all 69 mosques in Singapore to collect donations for Somali drought victims. Donations will open from today until Sept 15. The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) said that although famine in Somalia was officially declared
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      Man jailed for diverting loanshark's calls to police hotline
      232 32  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A food distributor, annoyed that loansharks kept interrupting his sleep, diverted phone calls from one of them to the hotline number of the Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC). As a result, an innocent policeman bore the brunt
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      Former policeman at courts allegedly took bribes
      157 32  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A former police officer attached to the Subordinate Courts has been charged with accepting bribes to smuggle items into the facility’s lock-up. Sulaiman Firdaus, who was a Special Constable performing National Service, allegedly accepted a total of S$200 from two
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      Man alleged to have sold drugs to students charged
      164 32  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A man who allegedly sold drugs to several students from international schools was charged in a district court yesterday. It is believed Selvam V Katorain, 37, had a block of vegetable matter, believed to be cannabis, in a
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      Teen serial sex offender pleads guilty
      165 34  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A teenaged serial sex offender admitted in the Juvenile Court yesterday that he had molested three girls and insulted the modesty of two others between April and June this year. The student targeted girls between 10 and 18 years old inside
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      Man accused of pulling cop's gun out of holster
      94 34  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A 44-year-old man has been charged with pulling a policeman’s revolver out of his holster. Rosli Ibrahim is believed to have committed the offence in a flat at Block 508, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, at around 9pm
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      Director jailed, fined for illegal dumping of waste
      328 34  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The director of a building company was yesterday, jailed for two weeks and fined for allowing his subcontractor to illegally dispose of industrial waste at a construction site. In 2006, ANA Contractor was engaged by the Animal Concerns
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      Lock icon 39 IMMIGRATION OFFENDERS CAUGHT
      104 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Thirty-nine immigration offenders were arrested in a series of islandwide operations over three days. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the offenders, mostly overstayers, were between 17 and 53 years old. They were from Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Indonesia and Myanmar. Most of
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      Lock icon Vietnam, China to speed up talks on dispute over isles
      414 40 REUTERS HANOI China and Vietnam have agreed to speed up negotiations towards ending a long-running spat over the South China Sea islands, state media reported yesterday, as Beijing continued a campaign to defuse tension. In July, both nations and Southeast
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      Lock icon US presidential hopefuls Romney, Perry draw lines in Republican sand
      374 40 THE NEW YORK TIMES SIMI VALLEY (California) The fight for the Republican presidential nomination began narrowing into an intense and ideological battle at a debate here on Wednesday night, with front runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney sharply clashing over
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      Lock icon ROMNEY PUTS CHINA SQUARELY IN US PRESIDENTIAL RACE
      202 40 REUTERS Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s threat to get tough with China about its trade practices increases the odds that Chinabashing will permeate a contest to woo United States voters seeking a culprit for the nation’s economic malaise. Pledging this week that
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      326 40 AGENCIES NEW DELHI Indian authorities detained five people for questioning yesterday as they scrambled for leads into a powerful briefcase bomb that tore through the crowds outside a New Delhi courthouse, killing 12 people. Investigators were looking into an email sent to
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      Lock icon Japan Prime Minister visits disaster-hit areas, thanks military
      366 42 REUTERS TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday travelled to disasterhit Fukushima, thanking military personnel involved in the cleanup of a crippled nuclear plant as one of his first official gestures less than a week after taking office. Mr Noda, who had
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      Lock icon JAPAN’S RECOVERY
      118 42 The combination of three photos taken over a six-month period shows the aftermath of the March 11 tsunami and its cleanup progress in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in north-eastern Japan. The left photo, taken on March 12, shows the Kyotoku Maru No 18 fishing vessel sitting amid debris after
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      Lock icon FOOD POISONING CASES HIT CHINA SCHOOLS
      117 42 AP Nearly 300 Chinese primary and middle school students have fallen ill due to unsafe food or water provided by their schools in five separate incidents over the past week. The rash of food poisoning cases coincides with the start of the new school
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      Lock icon BORNEO TRIBE LOSES LAND IN TOP MALAYSIAN COURT CASE
      134 42 AP Members of an indigenous tribe in Borneo lost a case in Malaysia’s top court yesterday challenging the state’s seizure of land to build a massive dam. The verdict capped a decade-long legal struggle by a group of villagers who claim
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      225 44 AGENCIES KARACHI Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights received bomb threats on Wednesday and both landed safely, one in Turkey and the other in Malaysia. No bombs were found. PIA Flight PK709 landed at Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport after the airline received
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      Patek planned attacks to mark 9/11 anniversary
      221 44 JAKARTA Umar Patek, one of the alleged masterminds behind the 2002 Bali bombings, had travelled to Pakistan to meet Osama bin Laden and plan new attacks in Indonesia to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, according to a report yesterday. Mr
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      164 46 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK Politicians, firefighters and police chiefs gathered at Ground Zero to call for an end to the “inhumane” rules under which rescue workers who worked amid the toxic rubble and who have developed cancer are ineligible for help with their
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      7 TRUTHS ABOUT 9/11
      265 46 The number of children who lost a parent in the events of 9/11 was 3,051. Nine months after 9/11, the number of births in New York City rose by 20 per cent compared to the same month in 2000. According to researchers, alcohol consumption in Manhattan
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      491 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON For United States President Barack Obama, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a rare opportunity to change the subject from the embattled economy to his formidable record in capturing and killing terrorists.
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      184 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Complacency and political correctness could jeopardise efforts to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks, Mr Rudolph Giuliani has warned, as he said there was “nothing special” about Sunday’s 10th anniversary. Mr Rudolph Giuliani, who was Mayor of New
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      Lock icon CASH-STRAPPED GADDAFI SOLD GOLD IN FINAL DAYS, SAYS LIBYAN CENTRAL BANK
      286 48 AGENCIES The new governor of Libya’s central bank said Colonel Muammar Gaddafi sold about 20 per cent of the country’s gold reserves in the final days of his regime. Mr Qassim Azzuz told reporters yesterday that Col Gaddafi sold
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      47 48 Large mortar shells and other heavy weaponry sit unguarded at an arms depot in Tripoli. Former rebels say they have taken some ammunition for the fight against Gaddafi loyalists, but officials express fears that the weapons could fall into the wrong hands. AP AP
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      Lock icon ACTIVISTS STORM LIBYAN EMBASSY IN MANILA
      127 48 AP Two angry young Libyans barged into their embassy in the Philippine capital yesterday to try to evict diplomats they suspect remain loyal to ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Associated Press journalists saw the men scale the embassy’s steel gate and scuffle with guards. They
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      295 50 BLOOMBERG PARIS John Galliano (picture), the designer fired by Christian Dior over a video recording of him saying “I love Hitler”, was found guilty by a French court of hate speech stemming from incidents at a Paris cafe. Galliano, 50, who said he
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      254 50 AGENCIES MANILA Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and her husband, Mr Jose Miguel Arroyo, were charged with plunder yesterday in connection with her government’s botched national broadband network deal with a Chinese telecommunications firm in 2007. The couple and two other officials were accused of
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      183 50 AP A person dressed as Gumby (picture) walked into a southern California convenience store, claiming to have a gun and demanding money, but costume trouble and a sceptical clerk thwarted the would-be robber. Surveillance video showed a person —the
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      Lock icon POLICE SAY AUSTRALIAN LAWMAKER WILL NOT BE CHARGED
      175 50 AP A political scandal that threatened to bring down the Australian government was defused when the police announced yesterday that they will not charge a lawmaker accused of misusing an official credit card to pay prostitutes. A conviction for theft or fraud
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      173 50 AP Mexico City prosecutors have arrested a man who allegedly kept his two teenaged stepdaughters captive forfive years, fathered five children with one of them and then killed the otheryoung woman and one of the babies. Jorge Iniestra, a 32-year-old taxi driver,
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      Lock icon Redouble global efforts to fight climate change, says UN chief
      386 52 REUTERS SYDNEY The world needs to redouble efforts to fight climate change ahead of global talks in Durban, with time running out to save millions of lives in countries to be hit hardest, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said
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      103 52 A 500-tonne crane at the Washington National Cathedral collapsed on Wednesday amid thunderstorms and driving rain, damaging two nearby buildings and several vehicles as crews worked on damage from the recent earthquake. One person, identified by a fire department spokesman as a crane operator, was taken to a
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      163 52 AP A city supervisor in San Francisco concerned about public health has introduced legislation that would require nudists to put a cloth or other barrier under their bottoms if they take a seat in public. Nudity is not illegal in the
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      Lock icon DUTCH WOMAN CALLS EX-BOYFRIEND 65,000 TIMES
      118 52 AP Prosecutors in the Netherlands are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year. The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint last month due to the persistent phone calls. Police arrested
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      127 52 Scientists in California have found the closest, brightest supernova of its kind in 25 years triggering a worldwide stir among astronomers. The tiny self-destructing star is a mere 21 million light years from Earth unlike others which are about a billion light years away and
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      164 48 CHARLES KEITH Pedro WAREHOUSE UP TO 70 OFF FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES m ENTER BY KIM CHUAN ROAD f® V Vi* CHARLES KEITH GROUP HEADQUARTERS ENTER BY TAI SENG AVE Bus Stops A, B, C D: 22,24,28,43,58,62,70,76,80,93,158 5-10 minutes walk from Bus Stops A, B, C D. Nearest MRT Stations: Tai
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      203 50 FRANCHISING LICENSING ASIA 2011 Exhibition Conference The International Event for Entrepreneurship, Business Opportunities Intellectual Property Rights in Asia www.FranchiseLicenseAsia.com 9 8-10 September 2011 10.30am 6.30pm (Thu Fri) 10.30am 5.30pm (Sat) Hall C, Level 1 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Come identify business opportunities and successful franchises from over 180 leading brands
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      Lock icon Growth outlook worsens as inflation risks wane: Trichet
      327 54 AGENCIES FRANKFURT —European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said threats to the euro region’s economy have “intensified” and inflation risks have eased as the region’s debt crisis worsens. The economy faces “particularly high uncertainty and intensified downside risks,” Mr Trichet said in
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      Lock icon Full yuan convertibility by 2015?
      273 54 AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese officials told European Union business executives that the yuan will achieve “full convertibility” by 2015, EU Chamber of Commerce in China president Davide Cucino said. “We were told by those officials by 2015,” Mr Cucino said in Beijing yesterday, without identifying the
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      Lock icon EX-CEO BARTZ CALLS YAHOO DIRECTORS A BUNCH OF ‘DOOFUSES’
      195 56 BLOOMBERG Ms Carol Bartz, who was fired as Yahoo’s chief executive officer this week, said the company’s board “f***ed me over” in an interview with Fortune magazine. Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock read a lawyer’s prepared statement to fire Bartz by phone
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      311 56 AFTERNOON REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Twitter is preparing to broaden the areas of its service where ads appear, but the company is in no hurry to undertake a hotly-anticipat-ed initial public offering. “We want to be able to remain independent,
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      56 56 THURSDAY CLOSE 11,295.80 (-1.04%) Wednesday 11,414.90 p 2.47% Tuesday 11,139.30 q 0.90% Monday CLOSED Friday 11,240.26 q 2.20% NYSETOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 201.0m $7.20 q 3.74% General Electric 55.8m $15.59 q 1.33% Ford 44.8m $10.34 q 2.08% JPMorgan Chase 43.9m $33.51 q
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      116 56 OVERNIGHT Deflated by Bernanke Stocks closed sharply lower after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave no indications of new stimulus measures to boost the flagging economy in a keenly awaited speech. “The Fed hasn’t come out with more options or tools that the market wants or was
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      279 54 The AEO Tour If you want to learn more about educational opportunities in the United States, come to the AMERICAN EDUCATION EXHIBITION SINGAPORE: Pan Pacific Hotel Pacific Ballroom Marina Square, 7 Raffles Boulevard Saturday, 10 September 12:00noon 4:00pm Directors of Admissions from: State Universities, Catholic Universities, Christian Universities, Independent Universities
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      50 YEARS OF POP MUSIC IN SINGAPORE
      77 58 If you missed the recent SingaPop! concert, be sure to watch the telecast on Channel U next Sunday (Sept 18) at 9.15pm. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Economic Development Board presents the SingaPop! concert, which pays tribute to 50 years of pop
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      SLEEP BETTER
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      URBAN SLEEK STYLES
      131 58 For T.M.LEWIN’s latest Fall/Winter 2011, shoppers can expect a luxurious and elegant collection. Designed in dark and mid grey, navy and classic black, the suits are crafted in 100 per cent merino wool fabric with Savile Row cut for the jacket. The entire look is classy and
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      NH COLLA PLUS’ NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR
      111 58 NH Colla Plus unveils its new brand ambassador Joey Yung. The leading female Cantopop singer from Hong Kong enjoys drinking the concentrated marine collagen drink as it contains 5,000mg of collagen. “I am truly impressed with the results as it only took a short
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      WIN GOLDEN VILLAGE MOVIE GIFT CARDS
      87 58 F&N NutriSoy and F&N NutriTea give you more reason to drink healthily with this promotion giveaway. Buy two 500ml packs of F&N NutriSoy or F&N NutriTea and you could win two Golden Village Movie Gift cards worth S$28 each. Just cut and mail the
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      BIO-ESSENCE MEGA CHALLENGE
      64 58 Bio-essence has made it into the Singapore Book of Records for “The Largest public demonstration of Face Lifting Cream in 10 minutes”. Held at Tampines Mall on Aug 20 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Bio-essence, the brand also revealed its new ambassador, Taiwan beauty expert
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      SHOP EASY WITH WATSONS APP
      79 58 Shopping at Watsons Singapore just got more convenient with the launch of its new iPhone application. Shoppers can find a variety of tabs on the application such as Pharmacy, WATS New, WATS Hot and more. They can also get beauty and health tips as well
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      68 58 Leading high performance sports apparel brand 2XU has joined World Triathlon Corporation as the supplier of compression apparel at IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events. The 2XU compression apparel provides an array of physiological benefits to the wearer such as improved circulation and heightened agility with less muscle
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      116 60 BLOOMBERG Google, which moved its Chinese search-engine service offshore to avoid the country’s online censorship rules, said China’s government has renewed its Internet licence. “We can confirm that the government has renewed our ICP licence,” Google said in an email without elaborating. Google has been
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      578 60 AGENCIES LONDON According to new figures released by Symantec, the maker of Norton computer security software, on Wednesday, over half of the population in the United Kingdom has fallen prey to cyber crime in the last year. The Norton Cyber Crime 2011
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      819 62  -  COMMENTARY ONG KAH SENG property@ mediacorp.com.sg Ong Kah Seng is senior manager of research (Asia-Pacific) at Cushman Wakefield. Mixed-use concepts have become increasingly popular in key property projects as the market matures and as developers and landlords innovate product offerings, Planners and developers have seen
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      704 64  - Less affordable housing Fewer babies? COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg The writer is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. An Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) report released this week painted a grim picture of Singapore’s population shrinking in 24 years if the country closes its doors to
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      85 66 The vuvuzelas that provided the droning soundtrack to last year’s football World Cup in South Africa are unlikely to make a big noise at the Rugby World Cup as the plastic trumpets are banned from World Cup venues. Also included on an eclectic list are whistles, umbrellas,
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      BLOCKBUSTER START IN GROUP B
      112 66 Felipe Contepomi is relying on the youngsters in his Argentina team to help him through his fourth Rugby World Cup. As captain and kicking flyhalf, the 34-year-old Contepomi is one of several veterans from the Pumas squad that clinched third place at the last World
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      114 66 Fiji No 8 Sisa Koyamaibole has returned home from the Rugby World Cup to care for his ill son and will miss at least the opening match against Namibia in Pool D action tomorrow. The team’s most experienced forward, he will miss a match at the World
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      Lock icon Larkham brands All Blacks chokers
      644 66  -  Former Wallaby fly-half feels young Aussie team hold psychological edge TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With an average age of 26, head coach Robbie Deans’ 30-man Australian rugby squad, skippered by lock James Horwill, is one of the youngest at the 2011 World Cup. Nevertheless, Stephen
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      299 67 AP AUCKLAND Organisers have planned a fireworks extravaganza across this harbour city and celebrations across the rugby-mad country of 4.5 million tonight in the official opening for the tournament, which features 48 matches across six weeks including eight in
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      513 67 Former All Black star Kronfeld rates Wallaby Pocock as the best in his position REUTERS 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP, POOL A New Zealand v Tonga AUCKLAND All Blacks captain Richie McCaw (picture) was not smiling when he addressed the media yesterday in his final
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      Lock icon A century-old war between the North and South
      311 67 AP WELLINGTON Rugby World Cups often emphasise that the world, like the game, has two halves. Commentators have seen the northsouth differences to have various origins: in climate, in temperament and in demographics. In England, it has its foothold in the upper
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      350 68  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ISPS HANDA SINGAPORE CLASSIC SINGAPORE Playing in only his second Asian Tour event, Japan’s Yosuke Tsukada (picture) found himself at the head of a field featuring many of the region’s top golfers, after posting a 5-under 65 yesterday in the opening
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      773 68  -  Goals are a must against Jordan and ex-Lions call for reinforcements SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They tore the Malaysian defence apart in a slick show of pass-and-move football in July, but just over a month later, the Lions look a pale shadow of themselves. Radojko Avramovic’s
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      Lock icon SG Changi hope for a lifeline
      639 69  -  They meet SSC’s showcause deadline, and submit revise timeline for motorsports hub IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a last-minute scramble, SG Changi, the consortium contracted to build the Changi Motorsports Hub, submitted the names of two new investors and a revised timeline to
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      275 69  -  Young fencing star starts training with SSC in January 2012 PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The Singapore Minime Fencing Competition starts today at the Jurong East Sports Centre and the country’s young fencers have an added incentive to do well. Scouts from the Singapore Sports
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      235 69 REUTERS LONDON Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish came to the defence of his England striker Andy Carroll yesterday after the 22-year-old was criticised by England coach Fabio Capello. Capello left Carroll out of the squad for England’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Bulgaria last Friday
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      584 70 Most big names through as the skies cooperate at Flushing Meadows AGENCIES FLUSHING MEADOWS Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki reached the US Open women’s semi-finals with straightset wins, while Novak Djokovic moved into the men’s final four on a day when both singles
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      190 72 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Blackburn Rovers supporters have sent an open letter to the club owners, Venky’s, pleading with them to consider replacing Steve Kean as manager. The club’s record under Kean has been less than impressive, with six wins and 13 defeats in 26
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      366 72 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Andre Villas-Boas has warned Fernando Torres (picture) that should his lack of goals “compromise” the Chelsea team, he is likely to lose his place in the starting XI. The £50-million (S$97-mil-lion) striker has scored once in 21 club
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      228 72 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER David de Gea has insisted his confidence at Manchester United remains intact, despite the early-season blunders that have placed question marks over the £18.3-mil-lion (S$35.5-million) goalkeeper’s ability to cope with the demands of the Premier League. High-profile blunders, which
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      Lock icon Getting leverage over liver
      923 2 California to ban foie gras in restaurants next year BLOOMBERG CHEF Gary Danko sears an inch-thick slice of duck liver in a small pan in the San Francisco restaurant where he earned a Michelin star until the meat develops a golden-brown shell.The delicacy known by its
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      Finding the right key
      551 4  -  A new, modern European restaurant impresses with fine food and friendly prices FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN WITH the moneyed and expense account-rich taking their business to those celebrity-named restaurants of late, it is a brave soul who puts his money in a restaurant that aims to
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      Lock icon Asian five-spice roasted duck bubble and squeak
      583 6  -  Executive chef Andrea Sacchi gives the traditional English dish an Asian twist RECIPE: CLEVER CASSEROLES DON MENDOZA WHEN it comes to comfort food, nothing quite beats a homecooked meal. Of course, in this day and age, you would be hard-pressed to find time
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      This round’s on... Prive’s Yuan Oeij
      480 8 Boozy conversations about what makes people smile AS THE executive chairman ofThe Prive Group,Yuan Oeij (picture) certainly has a knack when dealing with diners here. His group runs notable dining outlets such as The Prive Restaurant, Prive Bakery Cafe and Roadhouse. Curiously, the 42-year-old
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      313 10 REUTERS ACTRESS Elizabeth Taylor’s world renowned collection of jewellery will be auctioned off in December at a two-day sale that is expected to realise more than US$30 million (S$36.2 million), said auction house Christie’s on Wednesday. The Dec 13 to 14 sale will follow
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      244 12 REUTERS ACTRESS Meryl Streep is one of five artistes recognised by the Kennedy Center for their contribution to American culture. Streep will join cellist Yo-Yo Ma, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, Broadway singer and actress Barbara Cook and saxophonist Sonny Rollins as
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      100 12 REUTERS OSCAR-WINNING actress Reese Witherspoon was home and recovering from being hit by a car while jogging in the beach community of Santa Monica on Wednesday, her representative said. “The actress was not seriously injured and is resting comfortably at home,” her spokeswoman
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      197 12 REUTERS SUMMIT Entertainment is suing the owner/operator of twilight.com, claiming the primitive fan merchandise site violates its copyright. Summit claims that Tom Markson is illegally using Twilight trademarks and copyrights “and leading consumers to believe that they had reached the official Twilight motion picture
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      468 14  -  Italian supercar maker Lamborghini brings its Track Academy to Asia for the first time Andy Hum Andy Hum in Beijing features@mediacorp.com.sg LAMBORGHINI cars used to be undeniably exotic: They looked, sounded and moved like nothing else around. Unfortunately, chances were they usually ended up getting fixed
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        424 16  -  VW’s new people carrier, the Sharan, brings space, comfort and value for money DERRYN WONG VOLKSWAGEN is taking the term “big player” quite literally these days. See, what it used to lack since the late 1990s anyway was a people mover a la Honda’s Odyssey or Toyota’s
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