The New Paper, 22 August 2004

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  • 43 1 the new paper on Sunday AUGUST 22, 2004 80 cents Jf*Singapore Press Holdings HOTLINE 1800 733 44 55 ii llll lilillllilll Website:newpap«r.asia1 .com.sg Email:tnp@sph.com.sg MITA(P) 024/03/2004 —r~ III 111 8"*****1******9 > I -f-l I I oil I Sunday I I Kicking off your weekend
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    • 688 2  -  FACE OF STORE SPORTS TehJen Lee jenlee@sph .com. sg IT was a good fight. And though Singapore's Li Jiawei went down, there was no shame in defeat. Jiawei was beaten 4-3 by North Korean opponent Kim Hyang Mi after leading 3-1 in yesterday's Olympics table tennis semi-finals.
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    • 370 3 YOU didn't have to watch the match to know when Li Jiawei gained or lost a point. It was enough to listen to the claps and sighs of over 500 supporters at the STTA complex, which could be heard from outside. The turnout was more
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    • 964 4 FACE OF STORE FAME Should s'pore idol judges ape rude WESTERN TV HOSTS? THEN FAME SEEKERS SHOULDNT ACT LIKE MONKEYS. AGREE? Ego busters: (From left) Judges Dick Lee, Florence Lian, Douglas Oliveiro, and Ken Lim will spare no-one. Viewers and contestants may not agree
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    • 639 5  -  FACE OF STORE INDIVIDUAL Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important
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    • 411 5 FOR being herself, she was promptly shown the door. But fallen Singapore idol Evarina Jani (left) has no regrets. When asked by the judges if she was willing to go for a full makeover, she said she was happy with the way she looked. The 21-year-old student
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    • 780 6  -  JoyceLim joycel@sph.com.sg mm HE fresh, apple-green paint adds a cheery splash of colour to the spacious room. Out of the window is a happy view of families basking in the afternoon sun at the swimming pool
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      575 7  -  Continued from page 8 JoyceLim joycel@sph.com.sg FEAR dictates his conduct. "He has been living in fear since he lost his sight," said Madam Loo. "Sometimes I don't know how to calm him down." Madam Loo and her husband feel that their son would be happier living in
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    • 275 7 THERE'S NO POINT OPERATING ON AH LEONG'S EYES BECAUSE HIS CONSTANT PUNCHING WILL INJURE THEM AGAIN, SAYS HIS DOCTOR A FEW years ago, Ah Leong had a cataract operation on his right eye. It was meant to improve his vision, but because he had
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    • 420 8 YES, HE NEEDS HELP, BUT NO, WE CANT DO IT, SAY GROUPS THE New Paper on Sunday called seven voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to try to find help for Ah Leong. All agreed that his situation is unusual one that requires proper care. But
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    • 839 9  -  WE first exposed him as a matchmaker with a SLEAZY TWIST. BUT THIS S'PORE ENGLISH TEACHER'S PAST IS EVEN DARKER THAN IMAGINED Fawziah Selamat fawziahs @sph.com.sg HE first made the news here for his "matchmaking" website featuring Asian women, some of
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      709 10  -  IT HELPED ME RAISE 4 KIDS-AUDITOR, ADMIN OFFICER, NURSE AND CHEMIST NOW TessaWong tnp@sph.com.sg WITH his wispy beard, heavy beaded necklaces and huge rings studded with semi-precious stones, Mr Tim Lai Teep (left) looks like a monk from a wuxla series. But when he hips out a landphone to
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    • 271 10 CLUB Street market isn't even on Club Street. The stretch of 20-odd junk sellers is actually along a small alley called Mohamed Ali Lane, and spills out across a footpath hugging an open-air carpark on Cross Street, opposite Far East Square. Nobody knows why it's named
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    • 285 10 NOT everyone is as lucky as Mr Tim Lai Teep. As Club Street's popularity waned, many traders' businesses went down with it. For a few sellers, the meagre income they make from hawking junk is more like spare change than a living wage.
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    • 271 11 CLUB Street market isn't even on Club Street. The stretch of 20-odd junk sellers is actually along a small alley called Mohamed Ali Lane, and spills out across a footpath hugging an open-air carpark on Cross Street, opposite Far East Square. Nobody knows why it's named
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    • 460 11 year, and I didn't want my family to squeeze out that kind of money for me." She took out the largest loan she could about $14,500 to cover 80 per cent of her school fees. Hui Na obviously inherited her father's thriftiness. She gave tuition in her teens, and managed
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    • 285 11 NOT everyone is as lucky as Mr Tim Lai Teep. As Club Street's popularity waned, many traders' businesses went down with it. For a few sellers, the meagre income they make from hawking junk is more like spare change than a living wage.
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    • 471 12  -  OUT OF A HELICOPTER 3,000M ABOVE SEA LEVEL AT THE SKYDIVING FESTIVAL IN MARINA SOUTH SLICES OF SWORE LIFE DominicYing domying@sph.com.sg MY hands were clammy and my heart was pounding fast. I was excited. It was the first time I was skydiving in tandem. It was
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      165 13 THE action in the air may have been thrilling. But skydivers weren't the only ones who wowed the crowds. When skydivers weren't on the landing zone, five roaring Subaru Imprezas driven by the highly-trained staff members took the cars on a rampage, giving passengers a feel of what
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    • 1040 14  -  SINGAPORE FACTORY WORKER REALISES A DREAM YimKeinKwok tnp@sph.com.sg IN CHENGDU IN a quiet corner of Chengdu there is a cosy oasis for travellers. A grey brick building with the gracefully curving roof of a traditional Chinese house, it's the only foreign-owned tourist guesthouse in Chengdu. And it
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    • 42 14 THERE are around 100 Singaporeans in Chengdu. Their favourite meeting places include Singapore Restaurant, the Amara Hotel and the new Manchester United Restaurant, all of which are Singapore owned. Another Singaporean, former pilot Mr Seah, owns an Italian restaurant.
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    • 359 15 BEYONCE'S BIG HAIR DEAL: THE staggering pay cheque is enough to make your hair curl. For singer Beyonce Knowles (above), it's enough to make her hair curly, straight, blonde or black whatever her paymaster agrees to. Beauty company L'Oreal, which has a catchphrase,
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    • 526 16 GAS SEEMS HEADED THE WAY OF OIL: MORE DEMAND, LESS SUPPLY, AND DEEPER LINKS WITH UNSTABLE COUNTRIES IT'S a burning question for the US: Whether, in a worst-case scenario, the nation will end up beholden to a small number of countries to
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    • 486 17 SOME parents in Australia's Queensland are leaving their children at Internet games centres overnight to play violent computer games for up to 24 hours. An investigation by The Sunday Mail has found that children as young as 12 are being dropped off by parents for
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      • 75 19  -  BY COINCIDENCE, MY DAUGHTER WHO LIVES IN ENGLAND IS BACK HERE WITH HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTERS, SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY TWO GRAND-DAUGHTERS FROM THE UK. FIVE DAYS BEFORE I STEPPED DOWN AS PRIME MINISTER, I WELCOMED INTO MY FAMILY, A NEW GRAND-DAUGHTER, THE
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      • 67 19 YESTERDAY, a hawker's son received his certificate from Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean as one of this year's Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship holders destined to be groomed for the SAF's top leadership positions. Officer cadet Bernard Tay's parents Mr Tay Cheng Liang and Madam Yeo
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      • 64 19 PHEW! If the flying biker takes your breath away, think of the guys holding their breath for him to pass... To everyone's relief, biker Melwin Tay made a clean jump. The 19-year-old daredevil was one of a group of four bikers from the Bike Trial Singapore team at
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      • 67 19 A SERIES of explosions has rocked an opposition party rally in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, killing at least eight people. There were seven or eight blasts at the Awami League headquarters, as leader Sheikh Hasina addressed a crowd. Ms Hasina, a former prime minister, was not hurt. This
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      • 145 19 FOUR IN HOSPITAL MALAYSIA pledged yesterday to be open about the country's first outbreak of a deadly bird flu. "Of course well be completely transparent," said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Bernama reported on Wednesday the government had directed the media not to report
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      • 104 19 THE education system shouldn't measure success by grades alone. And there should be greater tolerance for Singlish. That's what young Singaporeans want. And they want more space to contribute to society in their own way. Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports,
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      • 205 19 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong is optimistic about Singapore's future. "The region is growing very robustly, there's a vibrancy in the whole Asian region and therefore there's no reason for us to feel downcast," he said yesterday. He was speaking to reporters after playing golf
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      • 54 19 A 4-YEAR-OLD boy knew just what to do when his diabetic mother started losing consciousness. She had taught him to boost her sugar levels. And so Bradley Davis fed her a biscuit and milk after calling for an ambulance in Liverpool. A health service spokesman said: "His quick thinking
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    • 35 19 L__ Central Partly cloudy Woodlands Storm Business district Storm Changi Storm Jurong Partly cloudy max I 32° C min I 25° C first tide 2.7 m I 2.41 am second tide 2.6 m I 2.56pm
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      61 20  -  EstherAUVongl estheray@sph.com.sg BIG IS beautiful! Big is gorgeous! In skinny Singapore, that's what one local talent agency, CatWorkz, wants to tell people. Their game plan? Organise a beauty pageant for plus-sized girls those whose dress sizes are UK 14 and up. But it seems society in general isn't
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      980 21 Is S'pore ready for the new plus-sized beauty? continued from previous page So far they have the plus-size models, but the sponsors aren't exactly queuing up. But the organisers are determinedly upbeat. Mr Chris Lee, creative director of CatWorkz said: "We feel that big women are beautiful,
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    • 240 22 BOTH these plus-sized women are coming out of their shell. They hope to dispel the idea that big girls are lazy or just plain greedy. They answered an advertisement for big models, and subsequently joined CatWorkz's BIG pageant, slated for this December. "I just want
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    • 176 22 ITS not easy getting sponsors for a beauty pageant. Especially one that's aimed at celebrating the beauty of the plus-sized woman. Said Mr Chris Lee, CatWorkz's creative director: "Our main problem now is getting cash and venue sponsors. "Out of the
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    • 661 23  -  MOST MALE FINALISTS IN THE NEXT BIG THING CONTEST REFUSE TO TAKE SHIRTS OFF GUYS SCARED THEY'LL BE CALLED: YeohWeeTeck weeteck@sph .com. sg THEY want to be The Next Big Thing. But the guys wouldn't take their shirts off, worried that they are The Next Skinny
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    • 710 24  -  FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL, RICKY TEO TRIES TO STEER CLEAR OF LOUD AUNTIES AND WOMEN IN RED AT NIGHT JoyceLim joycel@sph.com.sg CABBIES are afraid of women in red. They don't like to take prostitutes to Geylang. And they love to talk big, confessed taxi driver Ricky
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    • 568 25  -  Sexless in the city KathieChen tnp@sph.com.sg THE moment Nancy Reagan broke down by her husband's casket, 1 was emotionally ruined. It was reported that moments before Reagan died, he opened his eyes for the first time in a long time since his illness,
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    • 333 25  -  HedyKhoo tnp@sph.com.sg 10.30 am: Goes to Suntec City to his favourite cafe, Secret Recipe, to eat cheesecake. He is enthusiastic about the choice of cheesecake on the menu, and he points out i the ones he has tried, which is pretty t much 90 per cent of the
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    • 331 25  -  About last night JadeMok tnp@sph.com.sg GREAT buffets can make the normally meek and mild Singaporean behave in unappetising ways. Whether the food is served in a swish hotel or not, you can bet your last oyster that you'll run into the types who'll plunder with wild
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    • 503 25  -  DawnTan dawntan@sph.com.sg TIRED of being his unpaid chauffeur, a friend of mine recently broke up with her boyfriend. Not exactly a fan of mad city driving at the best of times, her growing impatience with playing the taxi driver with a perpetual front-seat passenger was
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    • 567 26  - How are Sam Geraldine doing? Doctor Love Dr WeiSiangYu tnp@sph.com.sg Text by Keith G Emuang Previously... CHILDLESS couple Samuel and Geraldine were featured a fortnight ago, looking for ways to spice up their love life. The problems they faced were: Their four-room flat offered little opportunity for adventurism outside the
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    • 94 27 I'M a 16-year-old girl and I'm having a problem. I really hope you can help me. I have a crush on my form teacher. He's 31 years old. I know this sounds silly but I really like him. I've tried to treat this as puppy
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    • 563 27 ADVICE Dear Sad Girl IT'S tough, isn't it, having to try not to like someone so much? Take heart, you aren't the first schoolgirl to fall for her teacher and you won't be the last. It's part of growing up, and it's normal
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    • 518 28 TODAY'S column is about death. Death and the finality of death. Not final in the sense of the be-all and end-all. But final in the sense of an end, a proper end, and not about dying and then coming back
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    • 585 29 THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY August I}OU41 0U4 Page 35 What do you think of Singapore Idol so far? m hhh This competition is not just about The participants don't know their glamour and talent. It also showed the limits... and the judges are just too spirit and confidence in
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    • 512 30 I |>4 yl THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY August 22,2004 Page 3 Director Eric Khoo's take on The Village since Fni\B |V 3)feel like Little Yellow Red beinepaid more Hood. BUT! I must attempt to look X I u J |L serious, brave, stoic and so pained. yl Feel like
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    • 502 31  -  SivaChoy tnp@sph.com.sg SOUTH-EAST Asia isn't looking very impressive in the Olympic Games, is it? I'm not surprised, because all the games we're good at aren't recognised by the organisers. Like sepak takraw. Why isn't it an Olympic sport? If the organisers can
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    • 423 31  -  LOOKNG UP down under JaniceSeah tnp@sph.com.sg EVERY now and then, a bombshell will drop on you and you'll say: "That was nice. "I wish all my other bombshells also contained only fairy dust instead of the usual toxic stuff which makes the wrinkles that people tell
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    • 590 32 L| I Television THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY August 22,2004 Page SWITCH ON TNItWUtt" fRIAUIY CHICK JeanmarieTan jeanm@sph.com.sg PardulSe Hotsl n Star Movies (StarHubCh 58) Tonight, 11pm Tonight, 9pm The series finale couldn't Wm Cjt Here, Jennifer Aniston is come at a better time after 29 verygood^ndve^' 0 013 Although
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    • 831 33 1 Hey! L Television THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY August 22, 2004 Page 3' Switch on ran* Channel i Channel 5 Channel U Channel 8 Suria Central 9:301 Magical Doremi 9:301 Athens Olympics 9:3oam I Guess 3 9:ooam I New 9:ooam I Healthy 10:00 am I Astro 2004 —Badminton: (Variety/Rpt)
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    717 34 5 f r on Sunday WORLD'S FIRST APOLOGY WEBSITE: I'm sorry I hurt you, sorry I made you cry, sorry you went bonkers, sorry I scolded you about the coffee... sorry, sorry, sorry SAYING sorry always seems to be the hardest thing to do. Admit it. Are
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    • 199 38 THERE are many ways for evil to arrive but perhaps only one way to get rid of it: exorcism. That about sums up the collective psyche of one stone-filled Sicilian village perched above the sea. A series of puzzling electrical shorts, unexplained fires and smoky outbursts struck
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    • 317 39 Wire services. crossed, they returned. The intervening months can be summed up like this: Enel, the country's electrical company, cut power to the village. Some scientists came. They studied things. They made declarations about the release of electromagnetic waves. The
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    • 305 40 NEW IN JAPAN Wire services. THE Japanese authorities aim to simplify websites, software and related technologies to make computers more user-friendly for the elderly and people with disabilities, The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has for the past three years been working with
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    56 42 tech WELL, he's not exactly trying to phone home. But Taiwanese star Jay Chou is singing at a promotional event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The pop singer was there earlier this week to promote his new album and attend the official launch of the new Panasonic camera handphone.
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    • 1394 52  -  BRAZIL'S STARS EXCLUSIVE by TIM VICKERY From Page 61 His school is an exception. No-one pays. Food is supplied free of charge and places in the school are won on merit. Most of the boys are from desperately poor backgrounds, and JJ is determined that forming
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    • 2097 54  -  The boys from BRAZIL EXCLUSIVE by TIM VICKERY WATCHING the Olympic football tournament will be something of a strain for Brazil. Amazingly, they failed to qualify for Athens. Not only is Olympic gold the only title they have never won, it is also the only crown they
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    • 59 55 WE ALL LOVE BRAZIL'S BEAUTIFUL, ATTACKING GAME. BUT UNDERNEATH THE SAMBA FOOTBALL WHICH BRINGS HAPPINESS TO SO MANY IS A STORY OF HOW THE PLAYERS ARE EXPLOITED BY UNSCRUPULOUS CLUB OWNERS AND AGENTS. TIM VICKERY LOOKS AT HOW THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY IS STILL PRODUCING STARS
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      355 56 TRANSFER TRAIL; JONATHAN WOODGATE PA Sport Y Jonathan Woodgate admitted he had fulfilled a boyhood ambition by signing for Real Madrid. The England defender completed his £13.4 million ($41.7 m) move to the Bernabeu from Newcastle yesterday and was introduced to the media at lunchtime. "Mr President and all those
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      • 471 57  -  #TEXT: By BRIAN MILLER TEAM UPDATE: West Brom will not have Jason Koumas who is suspended and both Rob Hulse and Larus Sigurdsson who are injured. Villa's hope will be boosted by the return of Juan Pablo Angel. Nolbeto Solano is also back from suspension. FORM GUIDE: Villa are
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      • 382 57  -  Tay TzeSong npsports@sph.com.sg BEFORE the start of the season, many experts predicted that West Brom, Norwich City and Crystal Palace will be relegated and go straight down to Division One again. Why the pessimism? The answer is simple: Without the big-name stars and resources, these
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        • 455 58 WEST BROM v ASTON VILLA PA Sport. WEST Brom manager Gary Megson has warned his team to be on their guard against Darius Vassell (right) and Carlton Cole in tonight's Premiership clash with Aston Villa at The Hawthorns. Albion are looking for their
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        • 144 58 PA Sport. West Brom will again be without Wales midfielder Jason Koumas, who is serving the second game of a four-match suspension. Striker Rob Hulse (stomach strain) and central defender Larus Sigurdsson are also out. Nolberto Solano returns from suspension and Villa could also have Juan Pablo Angel
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        • 367 58  -  STAR tvp. nc.ur By JLLOYD SAMUEL ASTON VILLA THE second game of the season and already the first local derby! It's a massive game for us against West Brom tonight, but then again, every match in the Premiership is a big one these days. There's no doubt,
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        • 494 59 ARSENAL v MIDDLESBROUGH PA Sport. ARSENAL are on the verge of making history as they attempt to match Nottingham Forest's record run of 42 consecutive league games unbeaten. Not content with having gone through an entire top-flight season without defeat, Arsene Wenger's
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        • 380 59 RAY Parlour (right), the former Arsenal man, reckons he knows the secret to the Gunners' success teams are terrified into defeat in the Highbury tunnel when they see Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp lining up. Parlour told The Mirror 1 think a lot of
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        • 97 59 ARSENAL: Midfielder Gilberto is set to be cleared to start despite a back problem and his involvement in Brazil's midweek friendly in Haiti. However, the Gunners are still set to be without Patrick Vieira (thigh) and Sol Campbell (Achilles) for at least another two weeks. MIDDLESBROUGH: Gareth Southgate
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        • 292 59 PA Sport. CELTIC manager Martin O'Neill, who played in 38 of the 42 games in Nottingham Forest's unbeaten run, has admitted he will be disappointed if Arsenal succeed in ending the 25-year-old record tonight. But he said there will be some consolation
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        • 432 60  -  ARSENALv MIDDLESBROUGH By JOSEPH-DESIRE JOB MIDDLESBROUGH NEXT up is Arsenal, whom we're really looking forward to playing. We met five times last season, so we know all about them and we know there is nothing to fear. Before the game kicks off, anything is possible. It
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        • 134 60 PA Sport. IF Arsenal avoid defeat against Middlesbrough, they will equal Nottingham Forest's all-time league record of 42 unbeaten matches. Arsenal's current run began with a 6-1 win over Southampton in May last year, and includes 29 wins and 12 draws. The Gunners' 1-4 win over Everton last
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        • 763 61  -  NEWCASTLE 0 TOTTENHAM 1 Atouba 51st min WangMang Meng npsports@sph.com.sg IT never rains but it pours on Tyneside as Newcastle are plunged into crisis with the season barely two weeks old. Last night's 1-0 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur is just the latest in a series
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        • 161 61 PA Sport TOTTENHAM have won the race to sign highly-rated West Ham midfielder Michael Carrick for an as yet undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old had been linked with Arsenal, Portsmouth, Evertcm, West Brom and Crystal Palace in_ recent weeks. But the twice-capped England interns taopsl
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        • 257 62 2 (Milan Baros 46th mtn, Steveiyfterrard 75) MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Nicolas Anelka 45) PA Sport soon after the break and Liverpool were ahead through Gerrard before City had Richard Dunne sent off for a second yellow card. Anelka punished sloppy Liverpool (Mending by giving City
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        • 473 62 SOUTHAMPTON 3 (Kevin Phillips 32nd min, Anders Svensson 74, James Beattie 90 penalty) BLACKBURN 2 (Barry Ferguson 50, Paul Dickov 68) PA Sport. JAMES Beattie fired in a stoppage-time penalty to hand Southampton their first win of the new Premiership season. The England striker led
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      • 1155 63  -  MARK SPITZ MICHAEL PHELPS BrianMiller n ps ports@sph. com. sg years ago, Mark Spitz was much Michael Phelps j us t turned 18, he was brash, loud and while not yet having sprouted
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      • 134 63 FOR MY EYES ONLY MARK Spitz's seven gold medals are not hanging above his fireplace. Nor are they encased in some teak and gold trophy cabinet. Since that day in 1972 when he returned to the United States from Munich with his golden harvest, the medals have been
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      • 853 64 After the horrors of 9-11, Jason Read is... AFP. AMERICA'S Jason Read, a fire and rescue chief in the horror of the Sept 11 attacks, goes for Olympic gold today as part of the American eights rowing crew. The 26-year-old, a New Jersey fireman, battled through
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      • 471 65 AFP. AMERICAN sprinter Shaun Crawford outshone the big guns yesterday as he timed a comfortable 10.02 sec in the first round of the men's Olympic 100 metres. The other two Americans, Olympic champion Maurice Greene and Justin Gatlin, were easy winners while the
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      • 471 65 Wire Services. GYMNASTICS: American Paul Hamm, who became the first American to win the Olympics men's all-round gymnastics title, should not have been awarded the gold, the sport's governing body ruled yesterday. But Hamm will keep his medal despite a scoring error which robbed South Korean bronze medallist
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      • 892 66 AFP. CHINA marched away from the men's doubles table tennis tournament with gold for the fifth straight Olympics yesterday after top-seeds Ma Lin and Chen Qi beat Hong Kong's Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching. Ma and Chen, ranked No 2 and No 7 in the world
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        802 67  -  SHE BECAME TOO CONSERVATIVE, SAYS FORMER MENTOR ErnestLuis npsports@sph.com.sg IN one hour yesterday, Li Jiawei's eight-year-old Olympic dream was extinguished by just two points. Two points away from a place in the Olympics table-tennis women's singles final and a guaranteed silver medal. Last night, she would have
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      • 603 68  -  Luis Singaporeans are qukk to hope but equally fast to dismiss failures. Those who didn't watch Li Jiawei come to within touching distance of a silver medal in table tennis yesterday, might have uttered this phrase: "The same old story." Of how
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