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Title Section20 2011-12-28 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday December 28, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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Article, Illustration542 2011-12-28 1 VENUS HEW - VENUS HEW venushewyl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More land will be released for the development of executive condominiums (ECs) to meet the housing aspirations of higher-income Singaporeans. The Government is prepared to supply land sites for 5,000 EC units next year, Minister of State forARTISTS’S IMPRESSION - 542 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration667 2011-12-28 2 Pyongyang calls for inter-Korean deals to be implemented as it gears up for today’s AGENCIES SEOUL In its first interaction with visitors from South Korea since the death of its leader Kim Jong Il, North Korea yesterday called for the implementation of the interKoreanAGENCIES; AP - 667 words
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Article, Illustration462 2011-12-28 3 SINGAPORE Even as the authorities have had some success in their campaign against drink driving, they are not letting up during this festive period. In the first nine months of this year, there were 15 fatalities due to drink driving three fewer than inPHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 462 words
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334 2011-12-28 4 JOANNE CHAN - JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Orchard Road’s Lucky Plaza, which was hit by flooding for the third time in less than two years last Friday, is in the process of installing flood barriers. Its management told MediaCorp it is in discussions with national water334 words
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Article, Illustration345 2011-12-28 4 28,000 here last year, as R&D expenditure rises to SINGAPORE Singapore’s research talent pool continues to expand steadily, as both public and private spending on research and development continues to rise. According to the latest National Survey of R&D 2010, the number of research scientists andTODAY FILE PHOTO - 345 words
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Article, Illustration454 2011-12-28 4 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Concrete road kerbs and drains could be made with algae instead of sand, if a group of Singapore Polytechnic students’ final year project becomes commercially viable. The School of Architecture and the Built Environment students found thatPHOTO BY ESTHER NG - 454 words
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Article514 2011-12-28 6 Capital controls and evacuation of Britons from stricken countries, in worst-case scenario THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The United Kingdom which is not part of the euro zone is working on contingency plans for the disintegration of the currency bloc, that include capital controls. TheTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 514 words
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Article, Illustration379 2011-12-28 6 AGENCIES MANILA With many victims of tropical storm Washi taking temporary shelter in school buildings, Philippine education authorities are looking for other venues to hold classes in the affected provinces when public schools reopen next week. “We are trying our best to look forAGENCIES; AP - 379 words
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208 2011-12-28 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Malay-Muslim community, with the help of the Rahmatan Lil Alamin Mosque Committee, is organising a special fundraiser for victims of the recent floods in southern Philippines. More than 1,000 people were reported dead or missing in Iligan and Cagayan deCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 208 words
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259 2011-12-28 6 AP SALT LAKE CITY An Utah woman used Facebook to get help after she and her 17-month-old son were held hostage at a residence for nearly five days, police said. Police Sergeant Jon Arnold said the woman hid in a closet withAP - 259 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration938 2011-12-28 8 YURIKO KOIKE - Kim Jong Un may have been named the successor, but Kim Jong Il’s sister could be the one pulling the reins YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike is Japan’s former Minister of Defence and National Security Adviser. PROJECT SYNDICATE On Dec 17, North Korea announced that its supremePROJECT SYNDICATE; AP - 938 words
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Article, Illustration864 2011-12-28 10 BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL After the payroll tax cut, the hottest issue animating Washington these days is online piracy. Legislation to curb overseas Internet sites that purvey pirated copies of movies, television shows and other creative content is steadily advancing. Arms are being twisted, campaign checksBLOOMBERG; ART BY YEN YOK - 864 words
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Article, Illustration1039 2011-12-28 12 WILLIAM D COHAN - WILLIAM D COHAN William D Cohan, a former investment banker and the author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World, is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG We are witnessing the decline and fallBLOOMBERG - 1,039 words
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VOICES
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Article, Illustration427 2011-12-28 14 Muhammad Nabil Noor Mohamed - Letter from Muhammad Nabil Noor Mohamed I AM saddened that the view expressed in “Disparity in tertiary education facilities” (Dec 26) has come from a junior college student. It is disturbing if a future leader of the country were to favour the best and427 words
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262 2011-12-28 15 Adam Liew - Letter from Adam Liew MR KWEK Jian Qiang wrote “Disparity in tertiary education facilities” (Dec 26) to voice his discontentment with the standard of facilities in junior colleges (JC) compared to those found in the Institutes of Technical Education (ITE). But being a262 words
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Article, Illustration312 2011-12-28 15 Chong Jin Long - Letter from Chong Jin Long I REFER to Dr Ben Leong’s I Say piece “True commitment a must, to bring them home” (Dec 23), in which he said that a good relocation package would give returning doctors a “head312 words
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Article63 2011-12-28 15 CASSIE FONG - LETTER FROM CASSIE FONG SENIOR MANAGER, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, STARHUB We refer to Mr Chan Kim Heng’s letter “Easy to abuse home addresses” (Dec 17), about our bills being sent to his address, and thank him for his feedback. We have since contacted Mr Chan and resolved63 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article, Illustration352 2011-12-28 16 QIUYI TAN - Additional platform at Jurong East open from 5pm to 8pm on weekdays QIUYI TAN tanqiuyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Commuters can now expect shorter waiting times and more leg room at Jurong East Station during the evening peak hours, with an additional platform now open from 5pmTODAY FILE PHOTO - 352 words
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Article, Illustration246 2011-12-28 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE School bus insurance premiums may have doubled in the past two years, but bus operators told Channel NewsAsia they will absorb the extra costs and maintain fares at the current level due to the gloomy economic outlook nextCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 246 words
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Article309 2011-12-28 17 SINGAPORE A total of 50 names have been proposed to the committee considering appointments of Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs), of which 34 came from the public. Another 16 came from seven groups representing organisations from business and industry, the professions, the labour movement, social309 words
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269 2011-12-28 17 SINGAPORE Sentosa Island has raised its admission charges for vehicles entering the island between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Cars and taxis entering between 5pm on Dec 31 and 7am on Jan 1 will pay S$7, instead269 words
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169 2011-12-28 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA With effect from Sunday, the three-quarter tank rule will also apply to compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel supply tanks of CNG vehicles and petrol-CNG vehicles. The rule currently applies to petrol fuel supply tanks of Singapore-registered motor vehicles leavingCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 169 words
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205 2011-12-28 18 ALVINA SOH - ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE An unemployed man was jailed two months for torturing a cat which he hung outside his house, and also for theft. Thirty-two-year-old Lin Chuan had tied a rope around the neck of a cat, dragging it along the second floor205 words
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359 2011-12-28 18 TANYA FONG - TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A Singaporean contractor who pleaded guilty to causing the death of a Myanmar national was fined S$6,000 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for three years by a district court a judgment the prosecution is appealing against. In359 words
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227 2011-12-28 18 ALVINA SOH - ALVINA SOH It started off as a skirmish between two friends but ended with one of them sentenced to jail for causing hurt to three police officers. Factory production operator Idris Husin was sentenced to nine months in jail for hurting227 words
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WORLD
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360 2011-12-28 20 AP TOKYO Japan yesterday announced a decision to ease its decades-long weapons export ban in a bid to lower purchase and production costs and take part in armsdevelopment projects with other countries. For a nation with a war-renouncing constitution written after World WarAP - 360 words
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213 2011-12-28 20 AP YANGON Myanmar and its one-time biggest benefactor, Japan, agreed to talks on a bilateral investment treaty and took other steps toward better relations as the Japanese Foreign Minister visited on Monday. Mr Kocihiro Gemba said Japan wants to help Myanmar fightAP - 213 words
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Article, Illustration124 2011-12-28 20 Workers destroying cars damaged by the recent floods at the Honda Automobile Plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya, about 80km north of Bangkok, yesterday. Honda vows to get rid of all vehicles and parts that were submerged when flood waters hit the plant on Oct 8.REUTERS - 124 words
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265 2011-12-28 20 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The husband of a former senior official in Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) was charged with corruption yesterday in Johor Baru for allegedly soliciting RM1.6 million (S$654,000) as inducement to obtain a project, The Malaysian Insider news website reported. Mr Mohd AminAGENCIES - 265 words
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212 2011-12-28 21 AP Mildewed feed given to cows was the cause of high levels of a cancer-causing toxin found in milk from China’s biggest dairy company, Mengniu Dairy Group, and a smaller one, Fujian Changfu Dairy Industry Group, according to a government safetyAP - 212 words
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336 2011-12-28 21 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has urged officials to share profits from the development of rural land with the millions of farmers who have to give it up. Mr Wen’s speech to officials at a work conference yesterday comes a weekAGENCIES - 336 words
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125 2011-12-28 21 AP A Chinese rival to the US global positioning system (GPS) network has started providing services in China and the surrounding area. The director of China’s satellite navigation system office, Mr Ran Chengqi, told reporters Tuesday that the Beidou navigation system is offering servicesAP - 125 words
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241 2011-12-28 22 AP ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s President yesterday warned the Supreme Court not to take action in violation of the constitution, referring to a judicial hearing into a secret memo seeking to rein in the powerful military, a scandal that threatens the PakistaniAP - 241 words
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231 2011-12-28 22 AGENCIES BEIRUT Crowds of protesters gathered in Syria’s flashpoint city Homs shouted to Arab League monitors “we want international protection”, a video showed in one of several clips that have been uploaded to YouTube by activists in the city, Reuters news agency reported. Syria hasAGENCIES - 231 words
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182 2011-12-28 22 THE NEW YORK TIMES The Obama administration has decided in principle to allow the embattled President of Yemen, Mr Ali Abdullah Saleh, to enter the United States for medical treatment, subject to certain assurances, two administration officials said on Monday.THE NEW YORK TIMES - 182 words
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Article, Illustration380 2011-12-28 24 AP MUMBAI Mr Ajay Piramal (picture) is sitting on a mountain of cash. Yet the Indian billionaire, working in one of the world’s fastest growing economies, is struggling to figure out what to do with the money. The problemAP - 380 words
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127 2011-12-28 24 AP An Indian activist began a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai yesterday, calling for Parliament to pass a tougher version of an anti-corruption Bill than the one federal lawmakers had started debating. Mr Anna Hazare has called the government’s anti-graft legislation an attemptAP - 127 words
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Article189 2011-12-28 24 AP BAGHDAD An Al Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks that ripped through markets, cafes and government buildings in Baghdad on a single day last week. The attacks killed at least 69 people in the first major bloodshedAP - 189 words
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243 2011-12-28 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The NHS (National Health Service) is facing a chronic shortage of family doctors after official figures showed some General Practitioners (GP) were responsible for 9,000 patients. More than a million people were registered with a GP whoTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 243 words
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214 2011-12-28 25 REUTERS WASHINGTON The Obama administration cleared the way for US states to legalise Internet poker and certain other online betting in a switch that may help them reap billions in tax revenue and spur Web-based gambling. AJustice Department opinion dated September, which wasREUTERS - 214 words
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264 2011-12-28 25 AGENCIES LONDON Around 1,000 Dutch women have breast implants of the suspect kind made by a French company but sold under a different name, a Netherlands health official has said, broadening a scandal that could affect 300,000 or more women worldwide, The Guardian reported.AGENCIES - 264 words
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373 2011-12-28 26 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Advertisements that make airfares seem enticingly low will soon lose that asterisk pointing to a dense paragraph of additional taxes and fees that make a cheap ticket much more costly. Beginning on Jan 24, the Transportation Department willTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 373 words
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Article, Illustration173 2011-12-28 26 BLOOMBERG Leading Russian opposition figure and blogger Alexei Navalny (picture)said he is ready to run for President if democratic elections are held. “I am prepared to fight for fair elections and when it becomes possible to participate in such elections, I am readyBLOOMBERG; AP - 173 words
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191 2011-12-28 26 AGENCIES A teenager was fatally stabbed and a second man wounded in attacks on London’s most famous retail street as thousands of shoppers thronged the Boxing Day sales. Eleven people have been arrested and a number of weapons have been recovered after theAGENCIES - 191 words
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203 2011-12-28 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Trillions of bacteria with a taste for turkey fat and cooking oil are being unleashed in United Kingdom sewers to eat the annual onslaught of Christmas dinner grease that risks blocking pipes. Yorkshire Water said it wasTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 203 words
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Miscellaneous61 2011-12-28 27 v f& y $00 V M tv^r •^"Sr s&s m S' r Si aa •V' -ff t'<. 1 ■J, 4 ~V- <j 'V mm si *p;^!gvv:Dtd irw. V i li i i/r h <• BLOOD AND SAND 02.01.2012 ,*rvi. PG Violence 13 K fxT'*' xinmsn.com/spartacus Spartacus: Blood and Sand 201061 words
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BUSINESS
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Article52 2011-12-28 28 TUESDAY CLOSE 2,673.62 (-0.11%) Monday CLOSED Friday 2,676.47 p 0.44% Thursday 2,664.80 q 0.32% Wednesday 2,673.32 p 2.25% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Eucon 37,471 $0.023 p 35.3% GMG 33,987 $0.112 q 0.89% IEV 23,912 $0.490 p 6.52% Oceanus 14,649 $0.067 p 9.84% Sky One 13,024 $0.11852 words
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Article28 2011-12-28 28 HANG SENG (CLOSED) È È È È Ç NIKKEI 8,440.56 H MUMBAI È SHANGHAI 2,166.21 1,500.91 AUSTRALIA (CLOSED) MUMBAI 15,873.95 (-0.61%) MALAYSIA 1,500.91 (+0.32%) SEOUL 1,842.02 (-0.79%)28 words
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Article69 2011-12-28 28 STOCK CALL Buy S$2.19 Phillip Securities keeps its call with an unchanged target price of S$2.96. The house is positive on SATS’ winning the bid to operate the new Singapore International Cruise Terminal at Marina South via a consortium with Creuers del Port de Barcelona. It expects the deal69 words
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264 2011-12-28 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Shares of Chinese vegetable producer China Minzhong soared in Singapore yesterday, after the company announced it had opened a new industrial park in Putian City in Fujian province. China Minzhong said the new facilities would provide a wide rangeCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 264 words
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Article, Illustration287 2011-12-28 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The equity capital markets in Singapore have raised US$6.3 billion (S$8.17 billion) from 68 issues in the year to date, down 3 per cent from last year, according to data from Thomson Reuters. Mapletree Trust’s US$764 million initial publicCHANNEL NEWSASIA; BLOOMBERG - 287 words
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Article82 2011-12-28 28 Latitude Tree International Group’s chief executive officer LinTzu-Keng died on Monday at the age of 57, the Catalist-listed household furniture company said yesterday. MrYeoh Joe Son, who is the finance director of the group, has been appointed acting chief executive officer, Latitude Tree said in its82 words
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102 2011-12-28 28 REUTERS The Singapore Government will release advance gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2011 at 8am on Jan 3, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said yesterday. Singapore has already said it expectsREUTERS - 102 words
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184 2011-12-28 29 REUTERS A panel reviewing the auditing of Olympus Corp after its US$1.7 billion (S$2.2 billion) accounting scandal said it had not found any wrongdoing by the Japanese arm of Ernst Young and questioned the accuracy of a separate investigation critical of auditors. ButREUTERS - 184 words
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304 2011-12-28 29 REUTERS SHANGHAI The yuan closed slightly lower yesterday despite a record high daily fixing by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), as companies showed strong demand for US dollars. The PBOC set the US dollar/ yuan mid-point at 6.3152, compared with Monday’s 6.3167,REUTERS - 304 words
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Article248 2011-12-28 29 REUTERS BEIJING China will quicken the pace of assessing merger and acquisition proposals next year to handle a fast growing number of domestic and crossborder deals, a government official said yesterday. Mr Shang Ming, who heads the anti-trust division of the Ministry of Commerce, saidREUTERS - 248 words
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DIGITAL
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Article, Illustration875 2011-12-28 30 Fed up with not having solutions to parenting problems, online ‘mompreneurs’ whip them up themselves THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Eight years ago, Ms Tamara Monosoff came up with an invention that she was sure mothers like herself would appreciate: A device that preventsTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 875 words
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IMPACT
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643 2011-12-28 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Many of the best advertisements of this year had something in common: Celebrities, whether in front of the camera or behind it. Unfortunately for Madison Avenue, not to mention put-upon consumers, that was also true forTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 643 words
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Article, Illustration846 2011-12-28 32 United-City rivalry promises to take title fight down to the wire THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER With both Manchester United and City level on points midway through this season, there is no telling which of the two will emerge as eventual Premier League champions. United’s prerogative would beTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 846 words
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Article, Illustration300 2011-12-28 33 AP NBA Nuggets 115 Mavericks 93 DALLAS The reigning champions Dallas Mavericks have quickly become a team everyone wants to play. There is no telling which is worse right now, their offence or defence, their conditioning or chemistry, as they wereAP - 300 words
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Article, Illustration471 2011-12-28 33 Liverpool boss distraught after another tame draw but glad to have Gerrard back AGENCIES LIVERPOOL Kenny Dalglish was visibly disappointed after his side’s lacklustre 1-1 draw against bottom-table Blackburn Rovers on Monday, and the Scot again rued their profligacy in front of goal. Liverpool were notAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 471 words
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Article, Illustration373 2011-12-28 33 REUTERS MELBOURNE Australia paceman Peter Siddle deflated a nation of a billion people when he bowled Sachin Tendulkar for 73, three balls before stumps on the second day of the first test against India yesterday. Tendulkar rarely looked troubled by the Australian bowling attack asREUTERS - 373 words
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Article, Illustration482 2011-12-28 34 TAN YO-HINN - But coach admits there are certain aspects of his team that need to be TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even before a ball has been kicked in anger ahead of the 2012 Malaysia Super League (MSL) season, the LionsXII have already come under fire. Saturday’s 3-2TODAY FILE PHOTO - 482 words
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Article, Illustration939 2011-12-28 35 PHILIP GOH - Headline-maker in 2011, game-changer for 2012 No 3 PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the S$1.33 billion Sports Hub slated to be ready by April 2014, the task of charting Singapore’s sporting future will take on greater urgency. Apart from ensuring Singapore athletes reach theTODAY FILE PHOTOS - 939 words
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Article, Illustration1422 2011-12-28 2 GENEVIEVE LOH - The year movies fell in love with smarts GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg WORLD economies might have sagged, Charlie Sheen may have melted down, Demi and Ashton split up and our angular bangs lasted longer than Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ 72-day marriage. But that didn’t stop a special crop1,422 words
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Article735 2011-12-28 4 The year politicians overtook actors and musicians as the main source of sex scandals Twitter is for twits Former New York Representative Anthony Weiner provided the, well, biggest gift to the political sex scandal pool by providing a visual aid to everyone.Weiner publicly tweeted a picture of735 words
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Article, Illustration497 2011-12-28 6 MAY SEAH - The year a PG13 rating made it to free-to-airTV but did it make TV sexier? MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is a whole new level of sexy on television these days, and it comes in the form of shows like the Sex And The City movie being497 words
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Article, Illustration222 2011-12-28 8 FITNESS junkies might want to check out the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active smartphone.The smartphone has been preloaded with a range of sports apps. Some of the apps can track your fitness levels while others can even assist you in setting your ideal running route using the222 words
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Article656 2011-12-28 10 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition Step through the Wardrobe into the fantasy land of Narnia atthe transformed skating rink atThe Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. Based on CS Lewis’ popular books and the blockbuster film series, visitors will get to tourthrough 3D scenes of this alternate656 words
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