Today, 17 November 2015

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      22 2 Discover different kinds of festive wonders. V Nespresso Boutiques: ION Orchard #01-14 Takashimaya Department Slore B1 Discover more gift ideas at www.nespresso.com/festive
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    Lock icon Paris suspect eludes dragnet as more plotters are identified
    1399 1 Authorities detain 23 after sweeping raids, warn threat of terrorist attacks ‘remains high FRANCE INTENSIFIES AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA AGENCIES AGENCIES BRUSSELS Heavily armed police officers wearing balaclavas descended on a Brussels neighbourhood yesterday in a massive manhunt for Salah Abdeslam
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    Property tycoon Kwek Leng Joo dies of heart attack
    646 1  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the death of Mr Kwek Leng Joo, the deputy chairman of property giant City Developments (CDL), the Singapore business community has lost not just a prominent leader but also a champion for corporate social responsibility
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      233 1 LONG SEEN AS A BASKET CASE, THE PHILIPPINES IS FINALLY STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF ITS NEIGHBOURS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 15 Apple plugs into S’pore solar firm to power its expansion HOT NEWS• 6 MORE PARIS ATTACK STORIES: PAGES 10-14 Today, enjoy more of what life has to offer a Get
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  • hot news
    • Article
      October new home sales soar 60% to 3-month high
      575 2  -  546 PRIVATE RESIDENCES SOLD LAST MONTH LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE New private home sales in the Republic rebounded from their lowest this year to a three-month high in October, driven mainly by two new launches during the month, but analysts
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      Sports School to cast its net wider
      796 4  -  ACADEMIC, SPORTS PROGRAMMES ENHANCED TO GIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES MORE SUPPORT LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE The Singapore Sports School (SSP) is opening its doors and broadening its horizons to help boost the standards of all youth athletes here, and provide more comprehensive,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Prosecution calls for stiff jail sentence for Jover Chew
      484 4 KELLY NG SINGAPORE Pressing for a stiff jail term of 36 months for Mobile Air director Jover Chew Chiew Loon, the prosecution yesterday highlighted his defiance of authority and his role as mastermind of a criminal enterprise that operated under the
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      Apple plugs into S’pore solar firm to power its expansion
      642 6  -  DEAL WITH SUNSEAP TO COVER TECH FIRM’S ELECTRICITY NEEDS HERE RUMI HARDASMALANI SINGAPORE Apple is boosting its presence in Singapore and plans to have more than 3,000 employees spread over three locations here, including new premises in one-north and Orchard
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      Lock icon Sunseap to double capacity after boost from Apple deal
      344 6  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI SINGAPORE Upbeat after having struck a deal with the world’s most valuable company, Apple, Singapore solar-energy solutions company Sunseap is hopeful of clinching more of such mega deals and is seeking new funds to finance its expansion. “We are
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      Lock icon Taxi availability standards’ tightening to pause amid dialogue over apps
      530 8 SINGAPORE In light of the ongoing public consultations over private-hire car services like UberX and GrabCar, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will not tighten taxi availability (TA) standards for now, and will continue to use 2014 standards when assessing financial
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      Lock icon Taxi availability standards’ tightening to pause amid dialogue over apps
      530 8 (2nd Edition) SINGAPORE In light of the ongoing public consultations over private-hire car services like UberX and GrabCar, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will not tighten taxi availability (TA) standards for now, and will continue to use 2014 standards when assessing financial
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    • Article
      Taxi body calls for stricter rules for drivers of car-booking apps
      930 8  -  Drivers should meet stringent criteria similar to those required of cabbies, saysNTA ASSOCIATION ALSO SEEKS REVIEW OF COST STRUCTURES FOR CABS VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the popularity of thirdparty ride-booking applications and their private-hire car drivers soars, the
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      Taxi body calls for stricter rules for drivers of car-booking apps
      930 8 (2nd Edition)  -  Drivers should meet stringent criteria similar to those required of cabbies, saysNTA ASSOCIATION ALSO SEEKS REVIEW OF COST STRUCTURES FOR CABS VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the popularity of thirdparty ride-booking applications and their private-hire car drivers soars, the
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      Lock icon Obama, Cameron use G20 summit to urge Putin to back them against IS
      629 10 WASHINGTON, LONDON ARE HOPING RUSSIA WILL BE OPEN TO MORE COORDINATED APPROACH AGENCIES ANTALYA (TURKEY) American President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have made a coordinated diplomatic bid to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin
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      Lock icon Obama, Cameron use G20 summit to urge Putin to back them against IS
      629 10 (2nd Edition) WASHINGTON, LONDON ARE HOPING RUSSIA WILL BE OPEN TO MORE COORDINATED APPROACH AGENCIES ANTALYA (TURKEY) American President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have made a coordinated diplomatic bid to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin
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      Lock icon Nations cannot keep silent on threat of terrorism, says PM Lee
      526 12 ‘EACH COUNTRY MUST DO ITS PART DOMESTICALLY, WORK TOGETHER INTERNATIONALLY’ CHANNEL NEWSASIA ANTALYA (TURKEY) Terrorism is a transnational problem, and countries cannot keep silent and hope attacks will pass them by, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Lee,
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      Lock icon Crowds gather to pay respects at French embassy in Singapore
      498 12  -  FRANCIS LAW francislaw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Over a thousand French nationals, joined by a handful of Singaporeans and tourists, participated in a minute of silence at the French Embassy in Singapore yesterday for the victims of the Paris terror attacks. With the
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    • Article
      FACEBOOK POST URGING MUSLIMS TO CONFRONT ISIS ISSUE GOES VIRAL ONLINE
      425 12  -  STACEY LIM A Singaporean’s Facebook post calling on fellow Muslims to own the “Islamic problem” that is the Islamic State (ISIS) has gone viral, with the post being shared more than 22,000 times as of 10.30pm yesterday since it
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      Lock icon M’sia police arrest 5 for suspected terrorist activities
      462 12 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysian authorities have arrested five men for suspected terrorist activities, just days before the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur. The five men, aged between 22 and 40, were arrested in
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      Lock icon Nations cannot keep silent on threat of terrorism: PM Lee
      529 12 (2nd Edition) ‘EACH COUNTRY MUST DO ITS PART DOMESTICALLY, WORK TOGETHER INTERNATIONALLY’ CHANNEL NEWSASIA ANTALYA TURKEY —Terrorism is a transnational problem, and countries cannot keep silent and hope attacks will pass them by, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Lee, speaking
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      Lock icon Crowds gather to pay respects at French Embassy in Singapore
      493 12 (2nd Edition)  -  FRANCIS LAW SING A PORE —More than a thousand French nationals, joined by a handful of Singaporeans and tourists, participated in a minute of silence at the French Embassy in Singapore yesterday for the victims of the Paris terror attacks.
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      Lock icon Why is this Belgian suburb ‘like an airbase for jihadists’?
      1341 13 REUTERS BRUSSELS “A breeding ground for violence”, the mayor of Molenbeek called her borough over the weekend, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam. But as the Brussels district on
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      Lock icon Paris attacks show ISIS has reached new levels of organisation
      1261 14 COORDINATION OF GUNMEN AND BOMBERS WAS METICULOUS, SAY ANALYSTS AGENCIES is. AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TANG CHEE SENG PARIS/SINGAPORE The terror attacks in Paris last Friday and the assaults in the city in January both involved Islamic radicals murdering
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Former jihadis hold key to defeating Islamic State
      845 15  -  RETURNEES WHO HAVE SEEN GROUP’S BRUTALITY CAN DISSUADE OTHERS RICHARD BARRETT Richard Barrett was the director of global counterterrorism operations for MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service. He is now a senior vice-president at the Soufan Group consultancy in New York. THE
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  845 words
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      Winds of change in the Philippines
      897 15  -  AQUINO CENTRAL TO COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION KARIM RASLAN Karim Raslan is a columnist who writes on South-east Asia and is the author of five books. The international spotlight is on the Philippines this week as host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit,
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      Lock icon China’s market-intervention lessons
      1074 16  -  WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT FURTHER VOLATILITY YU YONGDING Yu Yongding, a former president of the China Society ofWorld Economics and director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, served on the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s
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      38 15 Without more fundamental reforms, even an impeccable macroeconomic policy mix would not work. Reforms take time, which means that China may need to brace itself for more troubles and a protracted period of slow growth. YU YONGDING 16
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      165 16 “Stansfield has prepared me well to read LAW in LONDON through the Diploma in Law*” You too can read for a Law degree or enter any recognised universities without having to take your “A levels through the CertHe in Common Law. The certificate is equivalent to the first year of
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      80 17 MANY PROFESSIONS ONE GOAL Mr MINISTRY OF HEALTH SINGAPORE You too can make a difference to the lives of others, by choosing from 14 exciting allied health professions. Audiologist Clinical Psychologist Diagnostic Radiographer Dietitian Medical Social Worker Medical Technologist Occupational Therapist Orthoptist Physiotherapist Podiatrist Prosthetist Orthotist Radiation Therapist Respiratory Therapist
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  • voices
    • Article
      Govts must step up fight against terror
      148 18  -  FROM FRANCIS CHENG CHOON FEI The Paris attacks demonstrate how sophisticated terrorism has become and that it is impossible to check on everybody. For example, the authorities can build a security apparatus around an airport, where the aeroplanes leave from a specific place.
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    • Article
      Consider delay in enforcing minimum trading price
      344 18  -  FROM VINCENT KHOO TENG LAU I refer to the letter “Trading price floor has done little for local bourse” (Nov 10). Having a minimum trading price for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Mainboard is logical: It improves the local market’s image from one with
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    • QUICK HITS
      • Article
        EVERYONE MUST PROMOTE, HEED CALL TO SAVE WATER
        109 18  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG The call to conserve water is crucial and timely (“S’pore could be hit as Linggiu Reservoir levels reach new low”; Nov 14). Having undergone the hardship of water rationing in the 1960s, I have since treated water as
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      • Article
        TECH FOR SENSITIVE DOOR EDGES NEEDED IN HDB LIFTS
        96 18  -  CHUA LYE-KIAT I agree that lifts need better safety measures. I also agree with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) that there is no guarantee multi-beam sensors would prevent lift accidents (“Lifts need better safety measures, foolproof or not”; Nov 14).
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    • Article
      Work with the aim of helping others
      312 19  -  FROM TAN KOK TIM I refer to the commentary “Boss, there is no need to delight our clients” (Nov 12), knowing that the debate about who is more important to a business, the employees or the clients, will continue. Humans must awaken to
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    • Article
      Listening to customers key to good service
      228 19  -  FROM SANTI YEO HER CHUEN I refer to the commentary “Boss, there is no need to delight our clients” (Nov 12). Just as walking begins with learning to crawl, there is no shortcut to customer service. Many business ventures are successful because they
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    • Article
      Goody bags were reusable
      152 19  -  FROM SUEANNE MOCKTAR Senior Deputy Director, 3P Network Division, National Environment Agency We thank Mr Ramesh Kumar for his feedback in “Distribution of goody bags is a wasteful trend” (Nov 13) and agree with him about the importance of reducing and reusing to minimise waste. We
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    • POSB
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        Lock icon Meeting healthcare needs early pays off in the long run
        713 21 Getting an early start to his healthcare needs has helped this civil servant save up for his longer-term financial goals Civil servant Kwek Bing Wen is concerned about taking care of his healthcare needs while meeting his other financial goals
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        Know your needs and choose the right plan
        404 21  -  FROM BRANDON LAM Head of Bancassurance It may be tempting to overlook your healthcare protection needs when you are young, but this is actually the best time to consider a protection plan, since premiums become more expensive as you get older. Before
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      249 19 LETTER TO HELP THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, COMPLIMENT MORE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit bit.ly/ltrservice for the letter from Teo Kok Seah. ENHANCE YOUR CAREER IN A DIGITAL fc WORLD SINGAPORE’S OLDEST NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE f 1C m Shawn Yeo MDIS
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  • Singapore
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      384 22 •R DEFIN TOMORRI SENIOR PATIENT SERVICE ASSOCIATES (Business Office) You will provide accurate and timely billing, deposit, payment or refund processing, as well as financial counselling to all patients. Requirements Diploma in any discipline Prior work experience in customer service will be an advantage A team player with good interpersonal
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      106 24 (2nd Edition) KOREA TOURISM ORGANIZATION www.visitkorea.or.kr |\Omile tres Wi your lives ucf of WiV'-te\r ■V Ain*, J PACKAGES ARE AVAILABLE AT PARTICIPATING TRAVEL AGENTS: PARTNER AIRLINE: Terms and Conditions: Package prices are valid for bookings made from 1 Nov to 31 Dec 2015 with a travelling period from 27 Dec 2015 to
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  • china&india
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  • world
    • Article
      Lock icon Obama expected to focus on IS in talks with Asian leaders
      993 28 TPP trade deal may no longer be the US President’s main agenda TRIP TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH REGIONAL SUMMITS AGENCIES M A N I L A United States President Barack Obama arrives in the Philippines today with his much-vaunted
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    • Article
      Lock icon Myanmar’s defeated lawmakers urged to play fair
      691 29 AGENCIES N AYPYIDAW (MYA NM A R) Myanmar’s parliamentary Speaker yesterday urged lawmakers from the incumbent ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to play fair in the outgoing legislature’s remaining debates, which could determine the Budget Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s government
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      Lock icon Flash floods hit Johor Baru
      107 30 Parts of Johor Baru were hit by flash flooding yesterday afternoon, with water levels in some areas reaching 1.5m. A local resident told TODAY that the water receded at about 2pm. Johor was one of the states hit by floods late last year, leading to
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      Lock icon G20 countries clash over national cuts in carbon emissions
      620 30 BLOOMBERG ANTALYA TURKEY After uniting to fight terrorism and narrowing their differences over the future of Syria, one issue remains divisive among world leaders: What should be done to stop the planet from getting hotter. France is pressing for tougher pledges
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  • business
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      Lock icon Japan relapses into recession in Q3 as business confidence drops
      777 31 Business leaders demand more govt stimulus, others urge reforms and business spending RESULTS COME AFTER TWO STRAIGHT QUARTERS OF DECLINE AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s economy contracted in the third quarter as business investment fell, confirming what many economists had predicted: The
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    • Article
      Israel’s Trendlines launches S’pore IPO, aims for late Nov Catalist listing
      429 31  -  ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE Trendlines Group, an Israeli company focused on developing technology-based companies in the medical and agricultural fields, launched an initial public offering yesterday to raise S$25 million. Trendlines, which is targeting a Nov
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      Lock icon Asian shares slide after Paris attacks, weak data
      577 32 SEARCH IS ON FOR SAFE-HAVEN ASSETS AGENCIES HONG KONG Asian stocks fell the most in six weeks yesterday as investors sought safe-haven assets such as the United States dollar and gold in the wake of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris and downbeat
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    • Article
      Lock icon S’pore chip firm faces funding test after split from Temasek
      446 32 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Stats ChipPac, Southeast Asia’s biggest semi-conductor assembler, is seeking to refinance US$400 million (S$570 million) of debt in the first test of its credit strength without the implicit AAA backing of the Singapore Government. It plans to sell
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      687 33 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG UBS, the Swiss banking giant whose biggest shareholder is Singapore sovereign fund GIC, is adding to its ranks of senior investment bankers in Asia for the first time since the global financial crisis, seeking to wring
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      494 35  -  New sports institute will help more young athletes develop their talents PROVIDING A NEWPATHWAY F R YOUNG AHLETES LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ask youth softballer Aloysius Ong about the biomechanics of a swing and you will get a puzzled smile. The
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      476 35  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has struck a three-year sponsorship deal with global health club group Fitness First that will see S$1.3 million worth of international memberships being given to selected Singapore national athletes who are based either
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      739 36  -  Victory will boost Singapore’s chances of Asian Cup qualification GERMAN COACH PROUD OF WHAT TEAM HAVE ACHIEVED NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Bernd Stange, in his storied football coaching career, has not often been gripped with fear. Last Friday saw one of those
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      360 36 AP ZURICH —In yet another case of FIFA election bribery, the president of Nepal’s football federation was banned for 10 years yesterday. Ganesh Thapa, who will lose his place on FIFA’s Under-20 World Cup organising committee, was implicated in bribery at
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      1172 37  -  Athlete overcomes depression to realise dream of donning the national colours The 8th ASEAN Para Games will be held herefrom Dec 3-9, with some 1,500 athletes from 11 countries competing for honours. As Team Singapore readies for the battle on home ground, TODAY
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      451 38 FOOTBALL MATCH TO GO AHEAD, TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AFP LONDON England and France’s 92-year-old football rivalry will witness its most solemn chapter at Wembley today (3.55am tomorrow, Singapore time) when the teams unite in solidarity four days after the Paris terror attacks. Last
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      381 38 REUTERS ELDORET (KENYA) Doping could cast a shadow over Kenya at the 2016 Rio Olympics unless the East African nation implements credible systems to root out drugs cheats, said veteran Kenya-based coach Colm O’Connell. O’Connell, who trains 800m world-record holder David
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        753 41  -  Why indie band Ride has a legacy longer than a vapour trail OLD ROCKERS NEVER DIE KEVIN MATHEWS SINGAPORE When bands that are fan favourites reunite, there is always a special buzz that is part-nostalgia and part-genuine musical interest. Perhaps the one band reunion that has
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        185 41 SINGAPORE Two new acts will be added to the Cirque du Soleil show TOTEM, which is currently running at the Big Top next to The Shoppes Marina Bay Sands. The first act is Escalade, which tells the story of one of the TOTEM characters,
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        502 42 Organisers say the S’pore Writers Festival saw a jump in ticketed sales ON THE WRITE TRACK SINGAPORE This year’s edition of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) drew slightly more people to its events, said organisers in a press statement yesterday, adding that it “engaged
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        355 42 REUTERS LOS ANGELES The guns are loaded, the arrows sharpened war is coming to the Capitol in the final instalment of The Hunger Games, and Katniss Everdeen is going out with a bang. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay— Part 2 concludes the story that began
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        354 43 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DAILY TELEGRAPH, ADDITIONAL TEXT BY CHRISTOPHERTOH LONDON —Is there such as a thing as “the best” Beatles No 1 hit? You’d think that such an argument would be moot (aren’t all Beatles No 1s the best songs they’ve done?) Hot on
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