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Title Section20 2012-01-02 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday January 2, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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375 2012-01-02 1 SUMITA SREEDHARAN - SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Commuters heading to work or school in the new year can expect an increase in train frequency during peak hours, especially along the EastWest Line, as another train found damaged during last month’s disruptions returned to service.375 words
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Article, Illustration546 2012-01-02 1 It has successfully produced, tested fuel rods for nuclear use REUTERS TEHRAN Iran has successfully produced and tested fuel rods for use in its nuclear power plants, state television reported yesterday, in a snub to international demands that it halt sensitive nuclear work. The development was announcedREUTERS; AP - 546 words
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HOT NEWS
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544 2012-01-02 2 REUTERS SEOUL North Korea called on its people yesterday to rally behind new leader Kim Jong Un and protect him as “human shields”, while working to solve the “burning issue” of food shortages by upholding the policies of his late father,REUTERS - 544 words
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324 2012-01-02 2 REUTERS NEW DELHI India will allow individual foreign investors direct access to its stock market from Jan 15, the government said yesterday, the latest step to liberalise Asia’s third-larg-est economy after a year of big losses on the benchmark Sensex index. Previously,REUTERS - 324 words
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Article, Illustration707 2012-01-02 3 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the Government ready to supply more land sites for executive condominiums (EC) this year, property analysts feel the ramp-up could stabilise prices in the mass private property market and possibly spell the end of the Design, Build andTODAY FILE PHOTO - 707 words
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Article, Illustration329 2012-01-02 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The wife of a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) serviceman stationed in the United States was killed in a road accident in the state of Idaho last Friday. According to American news website KTVB.COM, five others in theCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 329 words
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352 2012-01-02 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines says it is making preparations to procure pollution permits to fly to Europe. In a statement to MediaCorp, SIA says it is not ruling out any option to recover the additional burden from havingCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 352 words
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Article, Illustration438 2012-01-02 4 Member of group behind deadly 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack spent 17 years on the run AP TOKYO A member of the doomsday cult behind a deadly Tokyo subway gas attack and other crimes turned himself in to the police after 17 years on theAP - 438 words
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Article, Illustration402 2012-01-02 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Government will need to discuss measures concerning population from a comprehensive point of view, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. In his New Year message on Saturday, Mr Lee had described population as a “particularly complex and critical challenge”.CHANNEL NEWSASIA; PHOTOS BY DON WONG - 402 words
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426 2012-01-02 4 HOE YEEN NIE - HOE YEEN NIE SINGAPORE A masterplan is in the works to map out possible uses of underground space, named as a strategic resource by the high-level Economic Strategies Committee in land-strapped Singapore. The Ministry of National Development said details will be released426 words
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Advertisement8 2012-01-02 2 >> THE SHATTERED ILLUSION OF INDIA’S ECONOMY COMMENT 108 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration2089 2012-01-02 6 From Fukushima to the Arab Spring, 2011 was a year of the unexpected. Will 2012 bring even greater surprises?The FinancialTimes writers attempt to read the runes THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Will the euro zone survive intact? Martin Wolf: Yes. The commitment of member governments and,THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED; AP, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG - 2,089 words
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Article, Illustration745 2012-01-02 8 JOSHUA MULDAVIN - JOSHUA MULDAVIN Joshua Muldavin is professor of human geography at Sarah Lawrence College. THE NEW YORK TIMES Two weeks ago, peasants in Wukan, a fishing village in the prosperous southern Chinese province of Guangdong, took over their village, throwing out local leaders. Because of long unansweredTHE NEW YORK TIMES; AP - 745 words
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Article, Illustration1170 2012-01-02 10 PANKAJ MISHRA - The ideological fantasy of an inexorably rising India has beguiled many for so long but reality is setting in PANKAJ MISHRA Pankaj Mishra, the author of Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond, is a Bloomberg ViewBLOOMBERG; AP - 1,170 words
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VOICES
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498 2012-01-02 12 Tan Nguan Sen - Letter from Tan Nguan Sen Director, Catchment Waterways, PUB NATIONAL water agency PUB thanks Mr Peter Loon for his letter “Call it what it is: Flooding” and Mr Huen Yeong Kong for his Point Of View on Dec 27. We wish to clarify that498 words
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439 2012-01-02 12 Gidania Wong - Should he (Zainudin Nordin) determine that our national league has failed and he is not confident of restoring it to the heyday of its early years, he should bite the bullet and end the S-League. Letter from Gidania Wong I ECHO Mr Chan Teck Guan’s439 words
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334 2012-01-02 12 Goh Chee Kong - We are now working closely with international and local experts to check the system in order to ascertain the root cause(s) contributing to the multiple dropping of claws. Letter from Goh Chee Kong Senior Vice President, Communications Services, SMRT Corporation334 words
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Article, Illustration447 2012-01-02 13 Noel Chia Kok Hwee - Letter from Noel Chia Kok Hwee I THANK the reporter for her comprehensive article “Barrier-free access?” (Dec 26) and hope it has made us realise how much we take for granted the things, services, buildings and our surroundings that are accessible to us everyTODAY FILE PHOTO - 447 words
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473 2012-01-02 13 George Martin Jacobs - I SAY George Martin Jacobs The writer is the president of the Vegetarian Society (Singapore). Singapore has more than 500 vegetarian outlets, and many non-veggie eateries offer a growing variety of veggie options. Unfortunately, stereotypes discourage people from enjoying veggie food. Two of473 words
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251 2012-01-02 13 Rupal Arora - Letter from Rupal Arora I READ with interest the article “Kids will not eat veggies? Try rewards, a study says”, (Dec 15). As an early childhood educator and mother of a once fussy eater, I feel strongly about inculcating healthy eating habits251 words
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SINGAPORE
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290 2012-01-02 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The new year was welcomed in a variety of ways here yesterday, with some a celebration of new life and old ties. Some proud parents, for example, welcomed the year with a new addition to their families. TheCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 290 words
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Article, Illustration210 2012-01-02 14 SHARON SEE - SHARON SEE SINGAPORE The New Year began on an extra high note for six daredevils yesterday morning as they attempted the largest BASE jumping stunt here. The six BASE jumpers launched off the Observation Deck of the SkyPark at Marina BayPHOTO BY DON WONG - 210 words
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476 2012-01-02 14 S RAMESH - S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Employers expect the new Retirement and Re-employment Act which came into effect yesterday to be implemented smoothly, after four years of work by tripartite partners to get workers and employers ready. The Act will require employers to offer eligible476 words
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Advertisement6 2012-01-02 14 >> NEW YEAR CHEERAROUND THE WORLD 206 words
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Advertisement40 2012-01-02 14 BASEJUMPING DAREDEVILS Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://blogs. todayonline.com/videosoftheday/ for a video of BASE jumpers parachuting off MBS.40 words
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WORLD
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Article161 2012-01-02 15 AP TOKYO A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck under the sea south of Japan yesterday, shaking buildings in the capital but causing no apparent damage or tsunami. The quake struck near the uninhabited island of Torishima in the Pacific Ocean, about 600 km south of Tokyo, and itsAP - 161 words
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235 2012-01-02 15 AGENCIES TANJUNG MALIM Seventeen students were arrested during a demonstration for greater academic freedom at a university in Perak state early yesterday, reports said. Students and opposition politicians claimed several undergraduates involved in the peaceful demonstration were allegedly beaten and arrested after refusingAGENCIES - 235 words
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Article, Illustration162 2012-01-02 15 AP CHENNAI Heavy rains and winds unleashed by a cyclone over India’s southeastern coast killed at least 42 people and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said on Saturday. Cyclone Thane struck Tamil Nadu state and the territory of Puducherry on Friday before weakeningAP - 162 words
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Article, Illustration614 2012-01-02 15 AP TAIPEI Washington has been lavishing attention on Taiwan, stepping up official visits and saying it will likely allow visafree travel to the United States. The moves are raising suspicions that America is trying to influence a tight presidential election here in January. PresidentAP; REUTERS - 614 words
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120 2012-01-02 16 AGENCIES Do you have change for a milliondollar note? The police say a North Carolina man insisted his fake million-dollar note was real when he was buying US$476 (S$617) worth of items at a Walmart. Investigators told the WinstonSalem Journal that 53-year-oldAGENCIES - 120 words
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137 2012-01-02 16 AP Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says he has “complete confidence” in his colleagues’ ability to step away from cases when their personal interests are at stake and noted that judges should not be swayed by “partisan demands”. The comment, included in Mr Roberts’AP - 137 words
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Article, Illustration246 2012-01-02 16 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles police are seeking a serial arsonist or arsonists suspected of starting dozens of fires in Hollywood, damaging buildings and cars throughout the area. Those responsible are thought to have started the fires by setting vehiclesAGENCIES; AP. REUTERS - 246 words
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333 2012-01-02 17 AP HONOLULU United States President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defence Bill into law on Saturday despite having “serious reservations” about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. The Bill also applies penalties against Iran’s central bank in an effortAP - 333 words
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426 2012-01-02 17 THE NEW YORK TIMES HONOLULU President Barack Obama is heading into his re-election campaign with plans to step up his offensive against an unpopular Congress, concluding that he cannot pass any major legislation this year because of Republican hostility toward his agenda. MrTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 426 words
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Article, Illustration409 2012-01-02 17 AGENCIES DES MOINES (Iowa) Do not expect the first round of voting in the Republican presidential contest to say much about the heart and soul of the Republican Party. Months of televised debates and campaigning have left the party as splintered and ill-defined asAGENCIES; AP, REUTERS - 409 words
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167 2012-01-02 18 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Hong Kong suspended poultry imports from the area in southern China where a man died from the H5N1 bird flu virus, according to a statement posted yesterday on the region’s Centre For Food Safety website. The import of live, chilledBLOOMBERG - 167 words
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127 2012-01-02 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Cambridge University students have underperformed in exams because they ditched their studies to protest the rise in tuition fees and varsity funding cuts, according to the provost of King’s College. As a result, the institution has seenTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 127 words
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240 2012-01-02 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AP LONDON Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered an urgent review of faulty silicone breast implants given to more than 40,000 women after an investigation showed the rupture rate could be seven times higher than previously believed. TheTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AP - 240 words
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237 2012-01-02 18 AP McDONALD (Ohio) Officials believe the latest earthquake activity in north-east Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity. The brine wastewater comes from drilling operations that use the so-called frackingAP - 237 words
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Article, Illustration345 2012-01-02 18 Children dressed as Holocaust victims cause outrage REUTERS JERUSALEM Ultra-Orthodoxjewish demonstrators caused outrage yesterday by dressing children as Holocaust victims to protest against what they see as persecution of devout Jews seeking gender separation in Israel. A boy wearing a cloth cap and the sidecurls ofREUTERS - 345 words
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161 2012-01-02 18 AP The Chinese authorities have jailed prominent lawyer and outspoken government critic Gao Zhisheng in a remote prison in the far western Xinjiang region, his brother said yesterday. The whereabouts of Gao, who earlier said he had been kidnapped andAP - 161 words
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169 2012-01-02 19 AP MIDLAND (Texas) A man was detained after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in militarygrade wrapping, federal and local officials said. The man was stopped on Saturday at a security checkpoint at the Midland InternationalAP - 169 words
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Article, Illustration546 2012-01-02 19 AP OKARA (Pakistan) Mr Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of Islamist militants fighting in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, even donating money to them, until he attended an innovative 40-day lecture series by a moderate cleric aimed at countering violent extremism.AP - 546 words
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119 2012-01-02 19 AP Yemen’s outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reversed his decision to leave Yemen, according to his ruling party. Last weekend, he told reporters he would travel to the United States for a period to help bring calm to his nation. But on Saturday,AP - 119 words
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96 2012-01-02 19 AP Hundreds of Ethiopian troops poured into a western Somalia border town on Saturday, opening a new front against the militant group Al Shabab, which now faces hostile militaries on three sides. Resident Mohammed Abdi said hundreds of residents fled Beledweyne on SaturdayAP - 96 words
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Article, Illustration178 2012-01-02 19 AP Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared an indefinite state of emergency in parts of Africa’s most populous nation on Saturday, after a recent slew of deadly attacks blamed on a northern-based radical Muslim sect killed dozens of people. The state of emergencyAP - 178 words
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281 2012-01-02 19 AGENCIES CAIRO An Arab League advisory body called yesterday for the immediate withdrawal of the organisation’s monitoring mission in Syria, saying it was allowing Damascus to cover up continued violence and abuses. “For this to happen in the presence of Arab monitorsAGENCIES - 281 words
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Article, Illustration353 2012-01-02 20 AP NEW YORK From New Zealand to New York, the world welcomed a new year with confetti-filled celebrations, glittering fireworks displays and star-studded festivities. For one night, at least, revellers gathered and hoped for a better future, saying goodbye to a year of hurricanes, tsunamis and economicAP; PHOTOSAP, REUTERS - 353 words
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226 2012-01-02 20 AP MANILA Despite an official scare campaign including showing gory pictures of injuries firecrackers and gunfire injured nearly 500 people in the Philippines as revellers welcomed the new year in one of the world’s most raucous and dangerous celebrations. About a dozen flights were divertedAP - 226 words
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266 2012-01-02 20 AP Thousands of dead birds rained down on a town in Arkansas last New Year’s Eve, after revellers set off fireworks that spooked them from their roost, and officials were reporting a similar occurrence on Saturday as 2012 arrived. PoliceAP - 266 words
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BUSINESS
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471 2012-01-02 21 MILLET ENRIQUEZ - MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Investors are likely to tread 2012 with caution as growth prospects in the United States, the euro zone and China remain uncertain. Volatility will likely rule the day in the first six months before markets find some clarity about471 words
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WEEKLY ROUNDUP (DEC 26TO 30)
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Article, Illustration65 2012-01-02 21 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,646.35 (-0.99%) Thursday 2,672.78 p 0.24% Wednesday 2,666.25 q 0.28% Tuesday 2,673.62 q 0.11% Monday CLOSED THE WEEKAHEAD The Singapore stock market will continue to be dogged by fears over a potential double-dip recession in the US, slowing growth in China and the euro zone debt crisis.65 words
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Article30 2012-01-02 21 È Ç HANG SENG 18,434.39 8,455.35 NIKKEI 8,455.35 (+0.71%) SHANGHAI È È È Ç 2,199.42 (-1.80%) AUSTRALIA 4,056.60 (+2.31%) MUMBAI 15,454.92 (-2.22) MALAYSIA 1,530.73 (+2.31%) SEOUL 1,825.74 (-2.22) È30 words
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Article106 2012-01-02 21 STOCK CALL Buy S$9.30 DMG maintains its rating with a S$11.40 target price. The house says: “In our view, elevated crude oil prices would support higher capex spending for the offshore oil and gas industry, and we expect 2012 order flow to remain robust.” Last week, Keppel announced its106 words
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688 2012-01-02 21 RYAN HUANG - RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE The Republic is likely to see slower wage growth and fewer jobs created amid slowing economic growth. According to some economists, the country is on track to create slightly more than 100,000 jobs in 2011, down slightly688 words
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Article, Illustration523 2012-01-02 22 AVELYN NG - Frontier economies ‘like India and China 20 years ago’ AVELYN NG avelynngsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Myanmar and Cambodia have emerged as high-growth investment destinations, with Myanmar recently engaging high-level Western diplomats, while Cambodia is continuing with economic reforms. Franklin Templeton Investments said the frontier economies are now in523 words
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409 2012-01-02 22 REUTERS BEIJING China’s big manufacturers narrowly avoided a contraction last month, a survey showed yesterday, but downward risks persist and suggest the world’s secondlargest economy will need fresh policy support to counter a slowdown in growth. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI), complied byREUTERS - 409 words
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DIGITAL
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Article, Illustration797 2012-01-02 23 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Traditional print dictionaries have long enlisted lexicographers to scrutinise new words as they pop up, weighing their merits and eventually accepting some of them. Not Wordnik, the vast online dictionary (picture). No modern-day Samuel JohnsonTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 797 words
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Article, Illustration391 2012-01-02 23 AP LOS ANGELES Fans of the clean, inviting look of the iPhone, iPad and other blockbuster Apple products are legion, and that includes Queen Elizabeth II. The British monarch has awarded a knighthood to Jonathan Paul Ive (picture), a British citizen and head of Apple’s designAP; PHOTO COURTESY APPLE - 391 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration836 2012-01-02 24 Scot reveals that he will not be quitting football until at least 2014 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Man United 2 Blackburn 3 MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson demanded an instant response from his Manchester United players at Newcastle on Wednesday after his side slipped toAGENCIES - 836 words
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Article, Illustration361 2012-01-02 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER Manchester United stuck to their story that Wayne Rooney (picture) missed Saturday’s Premier League defeat by Blackburn through injury rather than for disciplinary reasons. Rooney was not even selected as a substitute for United’s shock 3-2 defeat, despite Sir Alex Ferguson beingTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 361 words
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Article, Illustration424 2012-01-02 25 Anichebe ends goal drought with last-gasp goal in a bore match THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE West Brom 0 Everton 1 WEST BROMWICH The match between West Bromwich Albion and Everton yesterday was so muted that visiting goalkeeper Tim Howard did not have aTHE GUARDIAN; REUTERS - 424 words
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Article, Illustration577 2012-01-02 26 FA release report, say defence offered by Liverpool striker was ‘full of inconsistencies’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Football Association on Saturday delivered a damning written verdict on the race-abuse case against Liverpool striker Luis Suarez. A 115-page document released to Liverpool and Manchester UnitedTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AP - 577 words
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Article, Illustration534 2012-01-02 26 HENRY WINTER - The Daily Telegraph’s Henry Winter analyses why Liverpool’s striker has no chance of winning an appeal COMMENTARY HENRY WINTER Printed on the FA website on New Year’s Eve, the written reasons behind Luis Suarez’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra suggests Liverpool534 words
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Article, Illustration536 2012-01-02 27 Chelsea manager concedes defeat in title race, does not fear losing his job THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 3 LONDON After Chelsea’s shocking 3-1 capitulation to Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, Andre Villas-Boas admits he hasTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 536 words
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Article, Illustration374 2012-01-02 27 THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 1 QPR 0 LONDON Robin van Persie’s solitary goal against Queens Park Rangers took Arsenal into fourth place after Chelsea slipped up at home to Aston Villa. Nobody could have foreseen such a position in the dark daysTHE GUARDIAN; AP - 374 words
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363 2012-01-02 27 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Swansea 1 Tottenham 1 LONDON Despite the obvious disappointment of relinquishing an interval lead, there were no complaints from Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, who poured lavish praise on Swansea City and their unique approach which forced aAGENCIES - 363 words
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Article, Illustration736 2012-01-02 28 PHILIP GOH - Fans fear blanket coverage of LionsXII in the M-League will be detrimental to local football scene PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They drew curious stares from the sparse Orchard Road crowd. Dressed in their football jerseys, carrying scarves and flags, members of local fanPHOTO BY DON WONG - 736 words
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Article, Illustration315 2012-01-02 28 REUTERS NBA Nuggets 89 Lakers 92 LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol each added 17 points for the Lakers in their 92-89 win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, but it was Andrew Bynum who stole the spotlight with 29 points. It was Bynum’sREUTERS; AP - 315 words
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Advertisement67 2012-01-02 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS JANUARY 2, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF CELEBS TO TWEET LESS IN 2012? T4 THE PRICE OF A NEW YEAR’S COUNTDOWN T7 DESIGN DESIGNER SHOPPING WITH A TWIST T8 EMBRACING 2012 ALL THE ARTS PROGRAMMES TO CATCH IN THE67 words
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Article, Illustration1082 2012-01-02 2 MAYO MARTIN - n inte national art fair,two festiva s and a host of other shows hello, 2012 MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SUFFICIENTLY recovered from your yearend hangover? If not, better stock up on vitamins because the 2012 arts marathon begins right now. If you’re raring to jump immediately into the thick1,082 words
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128 2012-01-02 3 Mayo Martin - STATE OF THE ARTS: The past two weeks were relatively quiet as the arts scene slowed down before picking up again this year. Not so long ago came news that Page One was closing its bookstore inVivoCity next month, much to the dismay of design and arts lovers. ArtScience Museum128 words
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Article, Illustration137 2012-01-02 3 THEATRE An Emperor’s Tragedy A three-hour Cantonese opera about the power struggle between the second last Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the Empress Dowager, mixed in with the former’s tragic romance with his favourite concubine. Jan 7, 7.30pm, Drama Centre Theatre. Tickets at S$10 to S$50 from137 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration882 2012-01-02 4 Alex Dobuzinskis - Celebrities should make it their New Year’s resolution to watch what they tweet after the mistakes of last year Alex Dobuzinskis feature s@mediacorp.com.sg REUTERS CELEBRITIES may want to resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the New Year after so many of themREUTERS; Photos: Reuters - 882 words
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Article, Illustration399 2012-01-02 6 REUTERS BRITISH comedian and actor Russell Brand called it quits on his 14-month marriage to Teenage Dream singer Katy Perry on Friday, filing for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Brand, 36, star of the movie Get Him To TheREUTERS; Photo: Reuters - 399 words
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Article, Illustration627 2012-01-02 7 Mickey Glazer - For some stars, New Year’s Eve is a chance to milk the moolah Mickey Glazer feature s@mediacorp.com.sg REUTERS DETRACTORS may slug New Year’s Eve as “amateur night’’, but for celebs and the pop culture industry it’s a professional night on the clock. While Jay-Z, Kanye WestREUTERS; Photo: Reuters - 627 words
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DESIGN
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Article, Illustration882 2012-01-02 8 SERENE LIM - A good-looking New Year is rising in the east as 112 Katong ups the aesthetic factor of its tenants SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg HAVE you ever walked into a neighbourhood shopping centre and thought to yourself how it looks exactly like every other mall around? As882 words
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THINGS TO DO
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92 2012-01-02 10 Umberto Eco’s birthday is on Jan 5, Haruki Murakami’s is on Jan 12, and Virginia Woolf’s is on Jan 15. To celebrate these author’s hatch days, BooksActually is offering a 20 per cent discount on their titles for the whole of this month. That means a92 words
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101 2012-01-02 10 Returning for the fourth year, this sporting event for youths aged 9 to 19 will be held at East Coast Park this time. This non-competitive event has specially designed routes that cover shorter distances than the standard triathlon, and are suitable forfirst-time participants. Alternatively,101 words
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113 2012-01-02 10 Usher in the Year of the Dragon with this fair. See Singapore’s heaviest and largest coin ever produced, the Singapore Lunar Dragon 1kg 999 Fine Silver Proof-Like Coin, and the largest fine silver medallion, the 2012 China Dragon 12kg 999 Fine Silver113 words
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107 2012-01-02 10 In conjunction with Occupational Therapists’ Day, the Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists is organising workshops and activities for caregivers. Workshop topics include “Why do children get angry and how can we help them?”, “Keep your loved ones safe at home”, and “Understanding your loved ones107 words
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UPCOMING
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Article90 2012-01-02 10 After his sold-out debut concert in 2010, Jam Hsiao is setto rockthe Singapore Indoor Stadium again with this brand new electrifying act. Forthis concert, Hsiao takes on the role of music director and had a hand in everything from music arrangement, sequence of the show90 words
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129 2012-01-02 10 After a sold-out run at last year’s Singapore Arts Festival, The Necessary Stage’s Singapore is back. Written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Alvin Tan, this show examines present-day Singapore by bringing historical characters to life. Factual and fictional characters merge with real and129 words
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