The New Paper, 27 December 2003

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  • 30 1 the new paper SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2003 Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asial .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 025/03/2003 60 CENTS 8 m the new paper
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    • 93 1 CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY: SIX KILLED, 10 MISSING IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES m A I ■L r t 4 wfiSr v V m 'S I t r > 4 > > J <A 5TG V <# A r I f X > £Pv 9k f «w :r* H! mBnNN Boxinq Day matches: 13
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  • NEWS
    • 627 2 Iran asks for help after 20,000 killed in earthquake WHERE: The ancient city of Bam in south-eastern Iran WHEN: Just before dawn yesterday, when most people would have been asleep DEAD: 20,000 INJURED: 50,000 SURVIVORS of the devastating Iranian earthquake dug with
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    • 121 2 THE United Nations, Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, together with European states, Middle Eastern countries and the US, are responding to the call for urgent aid. Germany is flying in medical supplies, 500 blankets, 1,500 winter coats, clothing and other emergency shelter equipment, officials
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    • 10 2 What's on TV? Pages 44 45 News IQ: Page 23
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 879 3  -  1 HIS STOLEN CREDIT CARD WAS USED TO BUY $4,500 WORTH OF GOODS By Tan May Ping mayping@sph.com.sg HIS car was broken into, and his briefcase stolen. Before he even knew about this, one of the credit cards in the briefcase was
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    • 313 4 LAWYER M P Rai said Mr Shaifiidin could sue the bank, the merchant, or the thief. Mr Rai said there was clear forgery in this case and therefore Mr Shaifudin could not have been responsible for the charges. He said: "Under
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    • 332 4 OCBC Bank was willing to give Mr Shaifudin a partial settlement of the disputed amount. But he declined the offer, said an OCBC spokesman, in an e-mail reply. The spokesman said a cardholder's liability does not stop when he makes a police report because
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    • 610 5  -  5-year-old has cancer but still helps spread some good cheer By Joycelyn Wong tnp@sph.com.sg FOR the last eight months, this little boy has suffered countless painful needle pricks and intravenous drips. Since he was diagnosed with leukaemia in April, 5-year-old Mukund Boni has been in
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  • SINGAPORE
    • SINGAPOREANS WHO'VE RETIRED COMFORTABLY
      • 675 7  -  By Koh Gui Qing kohgq@sph. com.sg ALL his life, he spent frugally. And he refiised to stop working, although he was way past his retirement age. Today, Mr Chew Kin Yong is 78, comfortable and happily retired. He said: "I
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      • 139 7 ONLY 39, but already, Mr Nicholas Lim is retired. Previously the head honcho of three companies in graphic design, information technology, and financial services Mr Lim used to rake in at least $30,000 every month. He retired early this year. He said: "When
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      • 669 8  - He moved to Perth, where he makes his stretch By Genevieve Jiang geneviev@sph.com.sg HE used to take home more than $20,000 a month. When Mr Matthew Lim, 56, withdrew his CPF last year, he had $150,000 in cash. The rest of his savings were tied up in assets two private
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    • 712 9  -  And she's afraid she'll lose control again School will be starting soon, and with it comes the usual pre-school jitters how well am I going to do this year? But there are many who have other concerns. Starting today, The Y Scene
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    • 329 9 ADAM, 15, is also struggling with anger management. And in his case, things can get out of hand because he's a big guy all 1.86 metres of him. He had the habit of glaring at anyone just brushing
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    • 196 9 HERE'S your guide to shining like a S.T.A.R instead of burning with rage. The S.T.A-R. system should help you control your anger. First, learn to recognise the early warning signs when you're angry your body becomes hotter, your hands tremble or your heart rate increases.
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    • 188 10 FANCY having Aragorn, Frodo and the rest of The Lord of the Rings gang on your wall? You can in this unique piece of work (above) by The New Paper infographics team. We are giving away 1,000 copies of our Lord Of The Rings: The
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    • 132 10 HERE'S your chance to stay at the Resort Downtown East for free over the New Year holidays. And be part of the Party On, Singapore@Downtown East celebrations on New Year's Eve. The New Paper is giving away packages worth $388 to five lucky
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  • WORLD
    • 221 13 AP. IF your face is your fortune and something happens to it, what would you do? Sue. That's what the mother of a 2-year-old model and actor who cut his head at a playground has done. Ms Deena Mader is seeking unspecified
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    • 440 14  -  INDONESIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES: ARE THEY EQUIPPED TO By, Arul John tnp@sph.com.sg INDONESIA'S intelligence agencies were so well prepared at one time that they kept watch on places such as North Korea and Iraq. Now, because of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the spotlight is on them
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    • 271 15 TACKLE TERRORIST THREAT? MR Conboy's book, Intel Inside Indonesia's Intelligence Service, recounts the history of the Indonesian intelligence service from the pre-independence days to the present. Mr Conboy, a US citizen, has lived in Indonesia since 1992. He is country manager for Risk
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    • 395 16 HE probably got just a bit too adventurous. But maybe the police were also a bit too harsh. The parents of Ryan Ellis certainly thought so. The 11 year old was locked up for six hours for trying to make a den on top a
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    • 349 17 ONLINE SEX DIARIST TO CHINA FIRM: Guangdong online sex diarist Mu Zimei is not happy about it. But whether she likes it or not, the 25-year-old writer could soon find her name turning up in places other than an Internet search. A
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    • 566 18 LATEST TOLL 6 dead 10 missing CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES Wire services. AFTER the fire, came the rain. And the latter led to mudslides that engulfed two camps in the San Bernardino mountains in California, killing six people. Searchers are still slogging through
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    • 328 20 THE Brooklyn cop bragged over the Internet about writing phony tickets, beating suspects and ignoring calls to his precinct. Now, he is being investigated for his misdeeds. Writing under the pseudonym Brooklynbacon, he posted his messages on a site accessible through Xanga.com.
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    • 88 15 ANNOUNCEMENT Due to unforeseen circumstances, the organizers of Countdown Padang 2004 have taken the business decision to cancel Countdown Padang 2004. All tickets purchased from PH Sales Marketing, Hang Ten and and all Ticket Charge outlets can be refunded from the main Ticket Charge office from 29™ Dec 2003 to
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 241 21 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has yet to reveal details of plans for the makeover, but The Straits Times reported it is likely that more food and beverage outlets and shops will be added. Work will begin by 2005 at the latest.
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    • 269 21 THE boy has been sentenced to probation and counselling after outraging the modesty of two girls, aged 12 and 13. The incidents took place at Woodlands Swimming Complex. According to Berita Harian, the attacks happened about a week apart at the public swimming
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    • 55 21 STORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 7.36/+0.02 Creative Technology 10.23/unch. Flextronics 14.46/-0.22 Chartered Semiconductor 9.36/+0.18 Stats 11.5/-0.08 Yesterday's Percentage 01 |j action change Close P Dow Nasdaq S+P 500 sn Up 0.19% (19.48 pts) Up 0.2% (3.91 pts) Up 0.17% (1.85 pts) Up 1.14% (19.42
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    • 72 21 SINGAPORE'S factory output in November grew at less than half the pace expected, but economists are unperturbed and forecast good growth in the upcoming months. Industrial output grew 7.7 per cent year-on-year last month down from October's revised 19.3 per cent and well below the expectations of
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    • 70 21 A FAKE website has sprung up under the DBS name, purporting to serve customers of its Hong Kong operations. DBS Group Holdings is now working with the authorities, including the police and banking regulators, to shut down the bogus site. But it said that none of
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    • 82 21 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is investigating an incident of a Silk Air pilot flying beyond the maximum number of hours he is allowed to in a month It is believed to be the first such reported breach by airlines given a licence by the
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    • 73 21 REAR-ADMIRAL (retired) Kwek Siew Jin has resigned as president of Singapore Power. He quit a year after taking over from Brigadier-General Boey Tak Hap in what was then a high-profile swop. Singapore Power said in a statement that Rear-Adm Kwek has "expressed his desire to pursue other
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    • 91 21 FOR the first time in more than 30 years, firecrackers will be set off in the streets of Chinatown at the opening of the Lunar New Year Festival 2004. Eight big bangers, each with a string of 400 crackers, will be set off on Jan 3.
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    • 75 21 COMING soon: Budget hotels by Cathay Organisation Holdings. The cinema operator is making its way into the business by setting up a subsidiary, Hangout Hotels. Cathay, which had reportedly bought a budget hotel, the Mount Emily Hotel, for $8.48 million, has started its new venture with a
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous

  • TECH
    • 442 22  -  By Ian Tan tanyhi@sph.com.sg The latest keyboard from Microsoft (left) is so cool it will make you drool. In fact, if you happen to salivate over it, the wireless wonder will take every drop you spill on it. Nowhere on the packaging of the Wireless Optical
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    • 420 23  -  TECH MAO IAN TAN tanyhiOtsbh.comsg WHAT hath the digital revolution wrought? It has brought about greater efficiency at work, dummy-proof devices like digital cameras and, of course, the Internet. Needless to say, it has also brought about undesirable things like pornography, spam
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    • 340 25 Wire services. DARK secrets of former East Germany are locked in bag after bag of shredded documents. Piecing together what happened using the old way could take hundreds of years. Now, a German research institute has come up with a prototype computer system it said
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  • TECH
    • 308 29  -  By Lan Tan tanyhi@sph. com.sg NORMALLY, I will not recommend any camera with a resolution of less than four megapixels. I am a bit of a camera snob and always tell my friends: "You never know when you are going to need to enlarge
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  • 308 33 TECH Wire services. CONSUMER electronics manufacturers are increasingly incorporating high-capacity hard disks into their products to store video and music. That's good news to companies in countries like Singapore which build drives and parts ranging from screws to base plates. Research firm Trend Focus sees
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  • Showtime&Lifestyle
    • 491 35  -  and risking the wrath of the girls QJ t I g CO By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg ALL the guys obviously love her but not all the girls. That was what Charmaine Fang Hao Wen, the new teenybopper from Hong Kong, found out
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    • 219 35 HER father walked out on the family when she was 3. She had to stop her high school studies in Scotland when her stockbroker mother lost a fortune during the 1997 financial crisis. And her first album released last year flopped. Still, Charmaine remains optimistic about
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    • 113 35 THIS Hong Kong girl loves Singlish. Throughout the volleyball game and the interview, her sentences were punctuated with "lor", "leh" and "lah". Ask her about this and she proudly let fly a slew of Singlish phrases that she had picked up from Singaporean friends and it's only her
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    • 371 36  -  By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg IS she pretty? Many don't think so. Even Renee Chen (right) doesn't think so herself. But that has not stopped the media from hailing the Taiwanese newbie as the next big star in the Mandarin music scene, the one
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    • 277 36 IF her looks don't impress, her distinctive image bandana, loose-fitting pants and big bangles will. In fact, it has caught on with the teenage girls in Taiwan. At her first press conference in Taiwan recently, Renee was pleasantly surprised to see many of them
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    • 543 37  -  YESTERDAY, homegrown dreamboat Aaron Aziz popped out of the box you most wanted to unwrap. Today, we untie the ribbons on the other three boxes to show you who's inside... BY Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg ASK Allan Wu (left) to reveal a sexy secret and he will
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    • 543 38  -  Actress Ericia Lee doesn't quite come clean on whether actor Ix Shen is her latest squeeze By, Jeanmarie Tan jeanm@sph.com.sg NOW that Evelyn Tan and Darren Lim have come clean about their romance, it's about time Media Works' other super-secretive couple, Ericia Lee (left) and
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    • 372 48  -  By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph. com.sg THE promising Titan Smile passed his first test in top company with a gutsy display at Kranji last night. But it was no stroll in the park for the Mellifont four-year-old who had won his two recent
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    • 207 48 Reuters EDREDON BLEU proved a brilliant substitute for stablemate and last year's winner Best Mate to triumph at odds of 25-1 in British jump racing's midwinter highlight, the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park yesterday. The 11-year-old, ridden by Jim Culloty, stormed back in
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    • 1696 48 GOING: GOOD 13 VENUS FLY TRAP 53.5 c 52.5 (51-12) *KSara (7) 2 1 1 (499) 3 FLYING GENIE 53.5 (26-8) BTai (1) 6 4 2 (487) 0.5L 4 ILKLEY MOOR 53.5 (73-16) M Blancpain (5) 3 2 3 (478) 0.75 10
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    • 1182 48 RACE 1: MUSIC EXPRESS (inappetant) was scratched. YF Leong replaced R Lim on TIMBERTOP as the latter was unwell. Apprentice K Sara, the rider of VENUS FLY TRAP, was dislodged on the way to the start. VENUSFLY TRAP was caught after a short
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    • 1256 49 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Maiden (Restricted) D»1 2.00 -1300m Staltec RM2S.000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex. trainer-owner) 1 002 BABYISTANA 55 (52) VSivan 3 (3nzg Robert-Han Emperor) 2 BIG TURNOUT 55 (0) MAu 9 (3nzg Robert-Mdm SE Chew) 3 0- BREAK THE
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    • 118 49 RACE 2: Summer Fiesta, Agatha's Special. RACE 3: Funny Girl, Sharp Spur, Grand Emperor, Kim Grace, Chinatown Dragon, Louis The King, Marc Anthony, Watch Me, Dane Mark, Winning Eagle. RACE 4: Mighty Seventeen, Gravity, Jubilant Knight, Rainier, Child In Time, Norford, Cloud Nine, Grand Season, Jakisha, Victory Reign. RACE
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    • 152 50 Racing Editor RACE Marc Tan Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Hfc Li- ■sagaM 1 Baby tana 2 Big "foment 9 Parkway Happiness -Hfr2 1 Flash Option 4 Summer Fiesta 5 Agatha's Special 4 Summer Fiesta 5 Agatha's Special 1 Rash Option 4 Summer Fiesta 1 Rash
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    • 727 50 1.15 RACE 1 MR D2 1200m 1 All At Sea N Selvan 6) 55 2 Baby Sun SHLee 5) 55 3 Breaking News SAnandan 9) 55 4 Chauffeur S Salee 1) 55 5 Colourland Star MWepner 4) 55 6 Kalisari I Saifudin 7) 55 7 Sohanson
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    • 464 51 GOING: GOOD 460 ENTRIES FOR IPOH MEETING: THE Penk Turf Club's January meeting on Jan 3, 4,10 and 11 has attracted a total of46oentries. The horses are from Classes 3,5, Restricted Maiden and the National Stud Farm sale. NST NEWCOMER Foundation Spirit showed up for the
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      • 332 56 BIRMINGHAM 2 MANCHESTER CITYI AFP. KEVIN Keegan's future as Manchester City boss looked even bleaker after his team squandered a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 through a fluke late goal. Manchester defender Richard Dunne cleared a cross from Robbie Savage but the ball rebounded off Mikael
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      • 637 57  -  By Paul Walker SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport Liverpool could lose goalkeeper Chris Kirkland for almost a month after the England prospect fractured a finger during the 3-1 win over Bolton. Kirkland received treatment from physio Dave Galley during the secondhalf and then an X-ray after the
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      • 624 58  -  By Lan Parkes SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren could not disguise his dismay after two points slipped away at Blackburn. Boro had looked set for victory at Ewood Park thanks to two goals from Juninho, but Markus Babbel on loan from
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      • 275 58 Leeds 0 Aston VMaO AFP. FORMER Leeds boss David CLeary saluted the Yorkshire club's fans after his Aston Villa side battled out a 0-0 draw on his return to EUand Road. It had been expected the Irishman would face criticism in the light of his four-year
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      • 664 59 PORTSMOUTH 2 (Patrik Berger 52nd min, 68) TOTTENHAM 0 Crowd; 20,078 PA Sport. FURIOUS Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp had given his team extra Christmas Day-training following their recent slump in form. That policy paid rich dividends last night as Patrik Berger's free-kick double sent
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      • 493 60 ARSENAL 3 WOLVES 0 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger does not have too much spare cash to throw around during the transfer season. So he cannot afford high-profile signings. The limited budget at his disposal means he has to prioritise his investments. In the pre-season when
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      • 273 60 PA Sport. WOLVES defender Jody Craddock dished out his Christmas presents at Highbury. He scored an own goal for the Gunners' opener, gave the ball away for the second and fluffed a golden chance to pull one back and give the rock-bottom visitors hope of taking something from
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        268 61 MANU 3 (Nicky Butt Bth min, Kleberson 43, David Bellion 68) EVERTON 2 (Gary Neville 13 own goal, Duncan Ferguson 90) Crowd: 67,642 Wire Services. THEY said he overdid his trickery bit to his team's detriment The doomsayers were proved wrong by Cristiano Ronaldo last night. He toyed
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      • 173 62 MAN U 3 EVERTON 2 Wire Services. ON nine minutes, Manchester United forged ahead. Kleberson's cross was headed out only as far as Nicky Butt by the Everton defence. Butt unleashed a fearsome volley which flew in under the hands of Nigel Martyn. Everton were level
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      • 290 62 MAN U boss Sir Alex Ferguson was happy that his team won despite the absence of Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ryan Giggs. His team were fired up by the early goal netted by Nicky Butt (inset). "We expressed ourselves very well and
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      • 600 62  -  TV VIEW ERNEST LUIS IF Manchester United are famously known as the Red Devils, then beware of their Young Devils. That's right. Man ITs next generation. Their second-stringers who are coming of age slowly but surely. A 3-2 win over visiting Everton last night saw
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      • 328 63 CHARLTON 4 CHELSEA 2 EXPOSE PA Sport, Wire Services. LAUDIO Ranieri was an angry The Chelsea manager was dismayed after his side's lacklustre display which showed up their defensive Prigjems. created chances but they made it vere difficult for us," said Ranieri. was strange. In the
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      • 80 64 CHARLTON 4 CHELSEA 2 Hreidarsson heads in a corner after Chelsea's defence fails to clear the ball. Terry heads in a free-kick. Gudjohnsen collects a loose ball inside the box and drills his shot in. Charlton Chelsea Possession 43% 52% Goals 4 2 Shots
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      • 579 65 CHARLTON 4 (H Hreidarsson Ist min, Matt Holland 35, J Johansson 48, Jason Euell 53) CHELSEA 2 (John Terry 10, E Gudjohnsen 73) Crowd: 26,768 Local coach Tohari Paijan tells LUKE PACHYMUTHUhow Glen Johnson and Joe Cole helped Charlton shock Chelsea THIS game was the definitive manual
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      • 435 65 CLAUDIO Ranieri's (below) leap of faith in Joe Cole turned out to be an added burden to Chelsea. Tohari Paijan explained that Cole's inability to defend against the play, overwhelmed the London side. Tohari explained: "Cole is more of an attacking midfielder. And he was unable to
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      • 422 66 CHARLTON 4 CHELSEA 2 ALAN Curbishley played down Charlton's chances of plundering a Champions League place this season despite his team giving Chelsea the run-around at The Valley. A headed goal from Hermann Hreidarsson after just 42 seconds set Charlton on the way to a
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        160 67 Defensive frailties exposed Chelsea. They succumbed to the sustained pressure of Charlton to j lose 4-2. That set them back in the current three-horse race for fhe Premiership. There were no such hiccups for champions Man United and also Arsenal. The pace and trickery ofCristiano Ronaldo created the goals for
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