The New Paper, 2 January 2006

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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
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        Lock icon But cash went to others
        797 2  -  Our kids moved donors By Genevieve Jiang geneviev@sph.com.sg HE had ambitious plans for the street kids of Laos. Mr Sombath Somphone, 53, aimed to build several learning centres for children throughout his country, equipped with books, videos, and computers. And his hopes were raised when
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        Lock icon How donors feel when funds are 'diverted'
        613 2 IT is all about being transparent from the start when diverting money from one cause to another. That's what some donors and charity officials told The New Paper. Said Ms Josephine Lee, 56, a civil servant: "The article stated specifically that the money
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        Lock icon We spread money to others because...
        505 3  -  Singapore International Foundation replies: By Genevieve Jiang geneviev@sph. eom.sg SO why did Padetc not receive any funding? Where did the money go? SIF explained that money raised from the fund does not go direcdy to the charities. Instead, it is used to fund Singapore
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        Lock icon Where your donations went
        282 3 SEVEN projects in three countries have since benefited from the Metro for Children Fund. Out of $606,000 raised between 2001 and 2004, some $333,100 has been disbursed so far. The rest will be used for other projects in the pipeline over a three to five-year period.
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        Lock icon Will metal band play here?
        582 4  -  REPORTS AND PICTURE By Kor Kian Beng Kor Kian Beng kian beng (Qsph. com.sg SATANISM, sex and violence. These are the pet topics of controversial Norwegian band Mayhem. Hailed as the pioneer of death metal music, or black metal, since its inception in 1983, it
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        Lock icon Fan Let all music genres be heard
        225 4 <Zj LET there be Mayhem say Sr some fans of heavy metal music. Mr Dave Tan (below), 30, the lead vocalist in local pop rock band Electrico, said he hopes to see the Norwegian band perform here. "It'll be very sad if it's
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        Lock icon Maids 'lure' other maids for training course
        1089 5  -  They sign up for 'success training' dream job, but wind up doing this... Maids: We got cash 'incentives' for roping in others Maids: Only way to get back fees Manager: Just misunderstanding By Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph.eomsg FOR many maids here, a job
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        Lock icon Illegal pyramid selling?
        106 5 Participants in pyramid selling schemes often need to pay a fee for software, training programmes or collectors' items. There is no legitimate product or service being sold, only the opportunity itself. In legitimate multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes, commissions may be paid for the sale of the product
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        Lock icon Just a misunderstanding
        781 6  -  Manager replies: Company says it's not pyramid selling as there's a product the training course Company claims it's not targeting maids. Maybe half' of students are S'poreans Students introduce people as a 'favour' to company. 'Instead of gifts, we give them money' By Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph.eomjg
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        Lock icon Sharp woman cop books 50 drivers in 40 minutes
        552 7  -  By Ng Tze Yong tzcyong@sph.comjg Double-crossing motorists, watch out for Sergeant Kaleswari Palani. She dishes out traffic summons faster than a fast food oudet serving hamburgers. On the afternoon of 17 Feb last year, she issued a total of 50 traffic
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        Lock icon I followed her bedroom rules, yet...
        429 8  -  By Ng Tze Yong tzcyong@sph.comsg Enough's enough. A written application to get intimate with his China wife (above): Okay. Sexually-transmitted disease from hen Forgiven. But now, this Singapore hubby wants the world to know about his rule-setting bride. The last straw: When she snipped
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        Lock icon Her golden rules
        886 9 Write to me, if you want sex No kissing, hugging in public Don't tell anyone except close family that I'm your wife So he took her home to meet his parents. They were said to be delighted with her. A month later, the couple booked a wedding
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon Wife still doesn't know he's dead
        455 10 Two days after falling slab crushes KL businessman SHE miraculously survived the freak accident that killed her husband. Housewife Joanne Loi Ai Lan's first words upon coming out of a coma on Saturday were: "How is my husband?" No one has the heart to
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        Lock icon Tents of little help as snow hits Pakistan
        340 11 Wire services. EVER since the devastating earthquake left 87,000 dead and 3.5 million homeless across the Himalayas, aid workers warning that a second crisis is in store when the region's notorious winter freeze sets in. Yesterday, it did. The snowstorm in Pakistan's
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        Lock icon Last year: Let's pray This year: Let's party
        494 12 REVELLERS around the world rang in the New Year with fireworks and fanfare early yesterday. Celebrations around the world were generally jubilant, a contrast to last year when the devastation of the tsunami five days earlier led many countries to cancel or
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        Lock icon Aussie dad gets best gift
        496 14 MANNY MUSU: Miracle survivor of 2004 embassy bombing ONE year ago, Australian Dave Norman (light) was close to exchanging blows with his daughter's Italian stepdad in a Singapore hospital. Today, the target of his anger has flown thousands of kilometres just to spend Christmas with
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    • News watcher
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        Lock icon Youth arrests on the rise, highest in five years
        182 15 IT'S ALARMING. About 19 per cent of the total arrests for the first half of last year were youths. There were 2,428 offenders. This is the highest arrests in about five years, the police said. The percentage of youth arrests is
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        Lock icon Rushing to meet deadline
        201 15 LAST WEEK: Oil prices rose 4.5 per cent. For the year, they have risen a whopping 40 per cent. At year end, the value of shares traded on the Singapore Exchange had reached $440 billion, double the level of 10 years ago. In 2005, the US
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        Lock icon Jalan Besar to get $517m facelift
        98 15 THE Jalan Besar GRC has announced a five-year $517 million estate renewal programme. It plans to to transform riverbanks with parks and promenades. The highlight be the was the sprucing up of Kallang River and Sungei Whampoa, which cuts through the GRC, into the
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        Lock icon Rare genetic disorder kills toddler
        106 15 HE was just two-and-a-half years old and was bom with a rare genetic disorder. But Satishwaran Ahfumugam died in Novemebr last year before researchers could help him. He suffered from Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation (CDG), a metabolic disease that affects the organ systems, including the
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        Lock icon 6,000kg of trash in Orchard Road
        113 15 THEY were there in huge numbers for the New Year party. But after the revellers left Orchard Road, party central for Singaporeans and visitors alike, the cleaners had to clear out 6,000 kg of rubbish. About 30 cleaners were deployed to pick up after
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        Lock icon Bird flu in Turkish kids?
        116 15 FOUR children of the same family were rushed to a hospital in eastern Turkey overnight showing symptoms of bird flu, Anatolia news agency said yesterday. If confirmed they would be the first human carriers of the bird flu virus in the country. The children, aged
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        27 15 •dto PiraatdMay forywr NnMldtoMK fMWMfc OftM DOW -1 •1.5 10,717 NASDAQ +1 -2 2,205 ST1 +14 +0.8 2347 S5/USS -1.4 1.6651 OIL +40 +4.5 $61.04
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  • SPEAKUP
    • Talk of the town
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        Lock icon Nothing to see here? Think again
        507 16  -  By Colin Chee tnp@sph.com.sg A shrill thin voice bragged: "There isn't much to see in Singapore. I did it in one day!" That shout was loud enough to rise above the dinner din in Ye Shanghai, the Hong Kong restaurant in Shanghai's beautifully conserved
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        158 16 Net BUZZ THIS is a good quiz to start the year: 1. Name the five richest people in the world. 2. Name 10 Pulitzer Prize winners. 3. Name five Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. How did you do? It's tough to
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        Lock icon Don't make Orchard Road a donation hub
        231 17 I HAVE noticed an increasing number of flag-day charity appeals along Orchard Road, Singapore's premium tourist district. Students in school uniforms hold out donation tins along the walkways and approach all passersby for donations. This activity is most prevalent from Far East Plaza
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      • Article
        Lock icon Please clean up your act
        193 17 Despite the cost, my husband and I prefer taking taxis for comfort and convenience. Sadly though, eight out of 10 times, our comfort is marred by the stink in the cabs. We often get assailed by musty smells as if the car hadn't been cleaned.
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        Lock icon Cabbies smoked at petrol station
        194 17 ON 28 Dec at 1.02 am, I was at an SPC petrol station in Telok Blangah with a friend who was having her her car washed. I saw a Comfort taxi driver smoking at the station and asked him politely to put out the cigarette.
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        Lock icon ComfortDelgro: Why fewer available taxis at peak hours
        344 17 I REFER to the letter, "Where are all the taxis?" by Ms Zainoridah Ishak (The New Paper, 27 Dec) and apologise for her unpleasant encounters. ComfortDelGro drivers must accept all fares as long as their taxis are available for hire. We have
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      47 17 Were you captured by our photographers at the stroke of midnioht? For 3-year-old vL Larissa Goh, it was a night not to be missed. On board her uncle Arthur Goh's A shoulder, she ushered 2006 in with 100,000 other people the Marina Bay Countdown. ELECTRIC KW PATER
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  • SHOW
    • Moshi moshi
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        Lock icon Korean stars Still making waves
        228 18  -  By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg THREE years after the Korean fever started spreading, it is still showing no sign of abating. Just when we were about to chuck out our Winter Sonata VCDs and take a breather from the drama craze that swept Asia as
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        Lock icon KOREA'S BABE POWER
        129 18 We reckon the first quarter 0f2006 will be dominated by Korean notably Jeon Ji Hyun (left), Song Hye Kyo, and Choi Each has a strong new project to plug outside of Korea, —1 w.. I—*—l are underway for Ji Hyun (My Cyo (Full House) to come to
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        Lock icon NEXT BIG K-HUNK
        210 19 The Asian stage is not the women's alone to hog. Set to give them a run for the limelight are four hunks Daniel Henney (below), Hyun Bin, Kwon Sang Woo and Jung Woo Sung. Daniel, 26, and Hyun Bin, 23, star in the drama My Lovely Samsoon,
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        Lock icon NEXT TV HIT
        298 19 #History has shown that one Korean drama > will take Asia by storm every year—Winter Sonata in 2003 and 2004, then Jewel In The Palace last year. So, what about 2006? TV stations seem to be pinning their hopes on My Lovely Sarnsoon, hailed as Korea's version
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        Lock icon K-MUSIC RISE?
        208 19 The Korean music front has always been the poor neglected cousin of dramas, but things may just change in 2006. Rain (below) already stirred up a massive storm with the Asian release of his album, It's Raining, and we doubt it will subside any time soon. Reports have
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      Lock icon The next J-pop queen?
      844 20 Japanese stars Moshi moshi Who will rule the J-pop world in 2006? Which celebrity couple will do the shotgun next? And what lies ahead for the reigning J-pop royalty? CHANG MAY CHOONgazes into her crystal ball CALL it the battle of the 1982 girls. By sheer
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  • SHOW
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      Lock icon Maddy infects Britney with dance fever
      532 24  -  By Gregory Leow gregl@sph.comjg BRITNEY Spears is following in the footsteps of her idol, Madonna, and moving into dance music. Perhaps impressed by Madonna's 10th studio album, Confessions On A Dance Floor, she has engaged the services of those behind Confessions songwriters Christian "Bloodshy"
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      Lock icon She's still Rachel after all these years
      718 25  -  Jennifer Aniston tries to get serious, but her first really grim film, Derailed, is panned by reviewers By Avis Wong aviswong (Slsph.com.sg RUMOR Has It that a Derailed Jennifer Aniston will be going through another Break Up. All right, that was a lame
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      Lock icon No Bond for Watts
      198 26 DAILY DISH NAOMI Watts is the latest actress to be linked to the new James Bond film. Producers were reportedly bowled*, over by her performance in King Kong and are desperate for her to star in Casino Royale. Watts, 37, already received a phone call from
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      Lock icon Marrying his ex?
      136 27 RAPPER Eminem is making good on his promise to reunite with ex-wife Kim Mathers they are planning to exchange vows again on 14 Jan. Star magazine had obtained the official wedding invitatiorf which Eminem sent out to family and friends over Christmas. In it, the 33-year-old rapper
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      Lock icon Another baby?
      94 27 BRITNEY Spears wants another baby—with the same daddy. Despite the widely-reported marriage woes between the 24-year-old pop princess and Kevin Federline, she is eager to give their son, Seaij Preston, a sibling—"the sooner the better", according to In Touch Weekly. A source said: "Britney was advised to wait
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  • GUIDE
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      Lock icon Don't believe the hype
      579 28  -  By Ian Tan tanytiiQsph.comsg THE truth hurts. Technology stories are often filled with new and shiny things, and we want to believp the hype even when the reality is not so exciting or revolutionary. Since the season of Christmas goodwill is over, I will be brutally
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      Lock icon Bluetooth headset gives crisp, clear sound
      479 29  -  People their gadgets Plug in with Samsung By Oo Gin Lee tnp@sph.com.sg WOULDN'T it be great if you could use one pair of headphones for your handphone, laptop, MP3 player and Sony Playstation Portable? Wouldn't it be even better if it was wireless, had
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    • Dr Money
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        Lock icon STI among top 10 gainers
        557 30  -  Dr Money Larry Haverkamp Mail@AskDrMoney.com BYE-BYE 2005. You were a good year. Oil prices shot up 35 per cent, but stocks shrugged it off. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 13 per cent in 2005. This is on top of the STl's 18 per cent
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        Lock icon What's the January effect?
        387 30 ACADEMICS have spent hours searching for a way to outdo the simple buy-and-hold approach to stock investing. Most have failed, but there are a few "market anomalies" money-making short-cuts which should not exist, but do, like the "January effect", It says that if you buy stocks
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    Lock icon This love is one long drag
    368 32  -  TView GUIDE Crying Out Love In The Centre Of The World STARRING: Takayuki Yamada, Haruka Ayasc, Naato Ogata SHOWING ON: E City (Startfcib Cti 56), Mondays aad Tuesdays, 10pm RATING: By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com sg There is only so much "pure love" I
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          292 40  -  GOING AT PENANG: YIELDING (RACEI), GOOD (RACES 2-7), SOFT (RACE 8) By Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg Electrifying. That just summed up the performance of the Len Treloar-trained Light Of Success in the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Gold Cup, or Governor's Gold Cup, at Penang yesterday.
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          161 40 TOP 15 TRAINERS 1st 2nd 3rd YB Lee 49 36 43 M Breukelen 48 39 19 F Maynard 42 37 21 J McGillivray 38 35 27 C Robert 33 25 21 P Tennent 31 19 26 M Sukri 30 22 18 B Brogan 26 20 22 R
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      727 41 Mad About Golf AFP. X A T ORLD No. 1 Tiger \J\J Woods would like to V see golf officials make the game tougher. The 30-year-old is convinced that the dramatic changes to the golf ball and clubs over the past few years have dramatically altered the
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        749 42  -  But SLGA says things done behind its back By Lim Han Ming np~,porf><{f>ph.com s<? THERE is only one governing body for amateur golf in Singapore. And it is the Singapore Golf Association (SGA). That is the Singapore Sports Council's unwavering stand on the official status
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        350 42 AFP. TIGER Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday on Friday, has agreed to buy a four-hectare oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for US$4O million ($66.5 m), the Palm Beach Post reported. Woods, a 10-time Major golf champion, led all
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        576 43  -  By Godfrey Robert npsports@sph.com.sg IF IT is accepted that there is only one governing body for golf in Singapore, then the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) was not wrong in telling clubs to channel their annual subscriptions due to the Singapore Ladies Golf Association (SLGA)
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        356 43 A STRONG field of 48 local and regional professionals will vie for the top prize of $10,000 at the 10th Accenture Champion of Champions tournament this week. And the event, from tomorrow (pro-am) to Friday, will be staged at the
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      484 44  -  Liverp001.......................... 1 West Bromwich A1bi0n...... 0 Liverpool: Crouch (52) Kk*4l3ya|UKttM| Liverpool: Reina, Finnan, Hyypia. Carragher. Riise, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Alonso, Kewell (Sinama Pongolle 67), Cisse (Traore 89). Crouch (Sissoko 81). Subs (not used): Carson, Hamann. West Brom: Kuszczak, Watson, Davies, Clement, Robinson, Chaplow (Greening 65), Wallwork
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      347 44  -  Round-up by Ben Owen PA Sport SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SUNDERLAND boss Mick McCarthy was left to rue a cruel late twists as his rele-gation-haunted side were robbed by Everton. The Black Cats dominated the second-half when midfielder Tim Cahill headed a last-gasp winner two minutes
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      609 45  -  By Simon Stone SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SIR ALEX FERGUSON jokingly threatened Wayne Rooney with a heavy fine, despite the youngster's phenomenal display in the 4-1 defeat of Bolton at Old Trafford. Ferguson's riposte came after the brilliant United striker failed to keep a promise to him that
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      307 45  -  By Mark Bradley SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport GRAEME SOUNESS lamented a "dark day" for Newcastle as record £17million signing Michael Owen was ruled out for "several months" after sustaining a broken bone in his right foot at Tottenham. Owen was injured in a collision with Spurs
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          669 46  -  Blues getting too big for their boots CHELSEA 2 Heman Crespo (25th mln), Arjen Robben(43) BIRMINGHAM 0 TV VIEW By Gary Lim npsports @sph. com.sg ARE Chelsea becoming too arrogant for their own good? Judging from Saturday's 2-0 win over the walking wounded of Birmingham, the signs are
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          799 47 Dunces' caps for The Professor's students VILLA 0 ARSENAL 0 TV VIEW THE Coliseum. The Pantheon. The Acropolis. Now, add Arsenal to this list of famous ruins. This after the Gunners ended the year on a miserable note with a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa that
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        1008 48  -  B E T T I N G #TUT ST Brian Miller npsports@sph.com.sg TEAM UPDATE: West Brom met Liverpool without the services of their prolific striker Kanu and it is still to be seen if he will line up against Aston Villa. The Nigerian international is
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        240 48 TEAM UPDATE: West Ham's recently-recovered Yossi Benayoun saw 30 minutes of action on Saturday. It would have topped him up. But old man Teddy Sheringham is still a major doubt. His calf injury has yet to clear up. Danny Gabbidon is another player on the sick
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        209 48 TEAM UPDATE: Birmingham's Matthew Upson twisted his ankle early in the match against Chelsea. He wilt definitely sit out this one. Jamie Clapham's knee injury is on the mend and he could find a place in the team. But there are still serious doubts about David Dunn,
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        229 48 TEAM UPDATE: Fulham have a long sick list. But there is hope that Papa Bouba Diop could be available. However, there will be no such luck with Sylvain Legwinski and Dean Leacock. Both have groin injuries. Moritz Volz and Claus Jensen are fighting to get fit. The
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        233 50 Vieira in shock move back to Arsenal? ARSENAL are being linked with a shock bid to bring former captain Patrick Vieira (above) back to Highbury, according to The Sunday People. The French midfield star left London last summer, joining Italian giants Juventus in a £13million (s37m)
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        169 50 PA Sport. KEVIN Keegan is being linked with a sensational return to management at the Premiership's bottom club, Sunderland. The former England boss has been out of the game since leaving Manchester City last season. But according to The Sunday Express, the Black Cats, who
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          827 52 They'll never be as big as ManU EXCLUSIVE SIR Alex Ferguson has reignited his war of words with Arsenal by insisting they'll never be as big as Manchester United. And he doubts they'll be able to fill their new stadium at Ashburton Grove. The Old Trafford
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          458 52 Wire Services. SIR Alex Ferguson is convinced Manchester United's Champions League heartbreak will be the catalyst for another great era at Old Trafford. It is only four weeks since the Red Devils were on their knees in the wake of the calamitous
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          198 52 Steve Bates SIR Alex Ferguson has claimed Arsenal have an unhealthy fixation about Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. The £19 million Manchester United star was the target of a no-holds barred attack in a recent autobiography by former Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira,
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          702 52 Reuters. Having collected 101 Premier League points throughout 2005, champions Chelsea now travel across London in search of three more at West Ham United. Victory in the day's early kickoff (tonight, Singapore time) would give Jose Mourinho's unstoppable side a 14-point lead at the
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