The New Paper, 2 January 2008

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  • 19 1 the new paper 2 January 2008 Wednesday Singapore Press GV Holdings 70 CENTS MICA(P)II4/12/2007 8 in the new paper
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    • 56 1 M'SIAN HEALTH MINISTER IN SEX VIDEO SCANDAL 'V' I II ,V V' #?v\v it:' •j c If M if*. y' Wednesday 2008 TW. IV f 2 January 2008 One HOB flat, two groups of angry tenants Landlord says... Chelsea win again, but was it a lucky penalty? Singapore Press Holdings
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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 1147 2  -  Owner says it's a misunderstanding, and will refund both parties their money By Desmond Ng desmondn @sph.com.sg THEY could not have imagined a worse start to the new year. They rented a flat and ended up homeless. They could also lose thousands
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      • 672 4  -  Sales slow down, but not as badly as staff feared PRIMADELI OPENS DOORS AGAIN AFTER SALMONELLA SCARE By Shree Ann Mathavan shreeanrt @sph.com.sg FOOD poisoning? What food poisoning? That seemed to be the reaction from customers visiting PrimaDeli outiets yesterday. The recent food
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    • 63 3 1 i Actor Eric Mun (above) and other Korean »1rTKm J disappear from screens soon. Why? JL Fast news 07 Operations Desk 6319 5544 Circulation Hotline 6388 3838 Jl 'Our "am "°Ur 9e/, 'Ps n"" l 36 > 8? PAKISTAN'S POSTPONED POLLS The least surprising event after days of shock
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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 554 6  -  Electrical appliance supplier's cordless phone batteries burst twice. He says: By Desmond Ng desmondn @sph. com.sg REPLACING the rechargeable batteries on a cordless telephone can be an explosive experience, as one man discovered recently. Electrical appliances supplier Huang Pei Fu, 63, replaced the batteries
        Picture: LIANNE WANBAO  -  554 words
      • 291 6 IT'S not just cordless telephones batteries that may have safety issues. Those for handphones may as well, especially if you use non-original, cheaper batteries. With these, your phone could explode and catch fire as three of them did in the Netherlands and
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    • News watcher S'pore
      • 220 7 NTUC chief Lim Swee Say said Singaporeans have to cope with rising food prices. He said prices are going up worldwide. "But what we can do in Singapore is to make sure our workers are able cope with this better than any
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      • 56 7 Singaporean artist Seelan Palay is fasting for five days from 31 Dec, drinking water, but taking no food. The 23-year-old (centre, wearing the sign) his stationed himself outside the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore, in protest against the detention of five Malaysian Hindu rights
        Picture: KELVIN CHNG  -  56 words
      • 68 7 MORE than 30 motorists were nabbed for drink driving in an islandwide bust yesterday. Thirty-three motorists 31 of whom were men were arrested for failing the tests. The Traffic Police operation lasted six hours early yesterday morning. The drivers were aged between 24 and 40
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      • 81 7 FROM today, the CPF housing withdrawal limit for buying houses will be reduced to 120 per cent of the valuation limit, down from 126 per cent. This is to ensure that Singaporeans have enough savings when they retire and also for health care. The CPF housing
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      • 90 7 MORE women are joining the security industry, lured by good pay and booming demand. There are now about 2,700 women officers employed by security agencies here, up from 1,800 at the end of 2005, said the Security Industry Regulatory Department (SIRD) of the Singapore Police Force.
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      • 85 7 LAWYER Zulkifli Amin fled to the Philippines on an air ticket which was billed to his law firm, Sadique Marie an and ZM Amin. The lawyer, 33, had vanished last November, with some $6 million. The Straits Times reported that details have emerged to show
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      • 97 7 SINGAPORE Airlines says that a few customers may be affected by the impending strike in Virgin Atlantic airlines. SLA said that some of its customers are booked on codeshare flights of Virgin, but since the affected flights are mosdy not these flights, the actual
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  • NEWS
    • News watcher World
      • 225 9 AFP. THIS is the big year for China. The country wants to show the world that it has come of age on the world stage. And it has an opportunity in the staging of the Olympics. It vowed yesterday to spare
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      • 56 9 A large group of people assembled at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to usher in 2008. But their way of celebrating the New Year was bizarre. They simply dumped some newspapers into a rubbish bin and left the place. members had e-mailed each other
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      • 103 9 AFP. INDIA and China may be worried about controlling its growing population. But Asia's other big economy's headache is from a shrinking population. Japan's population fell by 16,000 in 2007, a government survey said yesterday. It renewed fears of a crisis with a smaller working
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      • 84 9 AFP. THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning on its website about several China-made "dietary supplements". The supplements contain the active ingredient found in Viagra and could be harmful to consumers. "The FDA is advising consumers not to buy or use Super
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      • 88 9 AP. AT a New Year religious service near Colombo yesterday, an opposition lawmaker and one other person were shot dead. The lawmaker's party blamed the government, saying that security was reduced recendy, but the country's president denied this. Mr Thyagaraja Maheswaran of the opposition United
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      • 96 9 AFP. TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday he wanted an unconditional peace accord with China. This is to end decades of hostility. He defended his plans for a referendum on the island's UN membership bid. In a New Year broadcast, his last while in office,
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      • 105 9 AFP. FRENCH cafes, restaurants and bars went smoke-free at the start of the New Year on Tuesday, with the health minister pledging clean air for all to enjoy along with fine food and wine. France joined Britain, Ireland and other European countries that have outiawed
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    • 405 10  -  Firm throws party for Filipinos SINGAPORE By Genevieve Jiang gcnevicv@sph.com.sg LAST Christmas, Mrs Ailene Tisbe, 35, spent the day in tears and alone. Recalled the Filipino domestic worker: "My expatriate employers in Singapore had their own party with friends and I
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous

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    • 138 10 CONGRATULATIONS TO SINGTEL'S PREPAID MOBILE LUCKY DRAW WINNERS Draw Date: 10 December 2007 Ist Prize Sony BRAVIA V Series 32" LCD TV worth $1,799 (5 sets) Bson Lee Swee Meng Raudah Binti Ahmad Sane Hormati Santos Jean Marie Caleon U Myint Shein SXXXX76SE SXXXX992E FXXXX969Q UXXXXX4IB SXXXXI39J 2nd Prize Canon
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  • 862 12  -  Rogue lawyers hurting small firms' B NEWS SINGAPORE By Andre Yeo andrey@sph.com.sg SMALL law firms are hurting from big crimes committed by rogue lawyers. Some say potential clients are now giving them a miss and banks are reluctant to deal with them. Generally, a small firm is
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  • 559 13 Little tots raise $10,000 preparing buffet lunch THESE little tots cooked their hearts out for charity and raised $10,000 for the President's Challenge last Friday. The President's Challenge is an annual fund-raising event that helps more than 45 charities. The kids from Cherie Hearts
    Pictures: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  559 words
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  • NEWS
    • 609 14 FROM fireworks in Loyang to a minister beating the drums in Boon Lay, Singapore heartlanders ushered in the new year with a bang. WELCOMING 2008 IN THE HEARTLANDS SINGAPORE IN LOYANG, far away from the madding Marina crowd, more than 12,000 devotees gathered at the Loyang
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    • 1049 15 Married 61-year-old admits he's in sex tape with another woman but says... MALAYSIA YES, I'm the man. This is what Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said yesterday in confessing that he was caught with his pants down in two sex DVDs. The widely-circulated
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    • WORLD
      • 358 16 ♦Boy now fighting for life. ♦Minister calls for safety checks. ONE moment he was playing with his family members. The next, he was at the bottom of a 4m-deep hole. That's what happened to Mohd Izzat Amir Abdul Jalil, 2, on Sunday at
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      • 327 17 Luckily no one hurt. He also hits road signs in Ikm police chase DESPERATE to escape from the police, a drunk Hong Kong taxi driver knocked down road signs and footpath stanchions in a Ikm chase on early Monday. He also crashed through stacks of
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      • 319 17 AN Australian man who pulled a drunk driver from a burning car now wondered if he made a mistake being a hero. Mr Derek Mac Lucas was one of two men who pulled the driver from his car only seconds before
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      • 897 18 Last moments of Benazir Bhutto WHO killed her? It could have been the very people she once protected Osama bin Laden and his men. The truth may never be known. The theories are many. Contradictory versions of how Ms Benazir Bhutto died have
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      • 447 19 Leading economist warns of Japan-style slump in US HERE'S the bad news: US real estate values have lost US$l trillion ($1.44 trillion). Now, prepare for the worst: That amount could triple over the next few years. It could represent the biggest
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      • 346 20 Gem could be worth thousands HE was having lunch last Friday when he thought his tooth fell out. Mr George Brock of Florida, US, had bitten into something hard and it fell with a plunk into the clam soup dish he had
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    • 714 21  -  HK singer latest among artistes who add steamy routines to their shows SHOW By Avis Wong aviswong@sph.com.sg DRESSED in a slinky bra top, hot pants and leather boots, she gyrated with celebrity guest Vanness Wu. Dancing sensually to the beat of the music, her hands
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  • SHOW
    • 917 23  - FA R EWELL TO (BEAR) ARMS Korea film industry fears dearth of talent as top actors go for national service By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg BYE bye Gong Yoo. So runs a sad farewell on a discussion thread on the popular K-pop forum Popseoul.com. Netizens are groaning and moaning over
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    • 211 24 WHEN are they coming back? That is the question that many fans of popular Korean actors Song Seung Hun, Won Bin and So Ji Sub have been asking. The trio were discharged from army in 2006, but none have officially returned to the screen so
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  • YOU
    • 316 25  -  j From Chua Kheng Yeow MANY times, letters of complaints are written to the press to express customers' unhappiness over services rendered to them. While it's true that Singapore's service standards still have room for improvement, the consumers are no angels themselves. I'm in
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    • 239 25  -  From Hong Yu Qing Amella I WAS on public transport passing by a well-known boys' school when I noticed a Love-Box Copenhagen advertisement near the bus stop. The ad looked like it was for a new brand of sweets, or some new line
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    • 85 25  -  speak From reader Wenda Ng, Wenda Ng, 39, executive vice-president of an education provider "I think people need to be educated from young about the problems associated with littering. "Unless they are fully aware of the environmental and health problems
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    • Article, Illustration
      84 25  -  From reader Sherilyn Lim, 14, student SEEN anything newsy or interesting? Snap a photo of it and e-mail it to tnpclick@sph. com. sg with "Click" as your subject title. Tell us a little about your snapshot. Who knows? Your picture might win a prize. One plastic sheet is usually
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    • 67 25 EVERY week, we will be picking a Letter of the Week (for contributions to the Your Views page or the TNP Postwoman website) and a Click! Picture of the Week. The winners will get either a Philishave 600-series quadra action shaver or a $50 Borders voucher.
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    • 65 25 E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to: The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 For verification, we need the writer's full name and contact number (preferably of a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you
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    • 68 26 our Postwoman Wendy Teo unveiled the winners of The New Paper's annual Flame Awards, where we featured those who did well and those who didn't. The awards are also a review of memorable events in our local showbiz scene which caught our attention over the year.
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    • 103 26 From Stianon Tarn THE greatest thing that actually made an impact on local entertainment was the nomination of the local movie 881 by Royston Tan at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards. I feel that it is quite a boost for a local production to be appreciated throughout
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    • 232 26 From TW Chun I AGREE that 881 is probably the best thing that hit town this year. On the shocker front, I thought that the fact that actor Zhang Yaodong was nominated for Best Actor for The Greatest Love Of All in the Star Awards was a
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    • 113 26 i, our Postwoman Avis Wong writes about Asian singers and their sizzling onstage antics. The latest example is Gigi Leung (left) who sexed it up at a Hong Kong concert earlier this month with guest singer Vanness Wu. Other Asian A-listers, like JJ Lin and Jolin
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      • 742 27  -  This week, our foodie gets some ideas from the Table For 4 guys By Yeoh Wee Teck weeteck@sph.com.sg I'VE always believed that the best food recommendations come from the ground from people who love a good deal and good food, and will eat
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      • 446 28 Having Chinese New Year reunion dinner out? YEOH WEE TECK helps you check out some dining, hotspots over the next few weeks DON'T roll your eyes when I tell you this if you're planning to eat your Chinese New Year reunion dinner out, you better
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    • 91 29 The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For The Next Doll Channel 5,10pm The three finalists Asia, Melissa R and Chelsea showcase their skills in a group performance of Lady Marmalade and a solo performance of a Pussycat Dolls song. The judges will then pick the newest member of the pop
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    • 567 39  -  Local duo off to great start on first day of new racing season... By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg IT WAS not until March last year that jockey Din Azis was able to record his first win of the season on Jaywin. However, it was a vastly
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    • 42 39 Flanked by Singapore Turf Club committee members Wong Nang Jang (left) and Andre Ruyters (right) are last season's champions (from left) apprentice Adam Fiezan, jockey Noel Callow, owner Lim Siah Mong ofLim's Stable and trainer Laurie Laxon.
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    • 2011 40 GOING: GOOD Race 1 C5 (LC) 1400m I 2 CMRY m WCTMT 58.5 (17-9) KCMn (12) 1 1 1 (461) 1 MMW BVT 58.5 C 55.5 (61-15) EMa (3) 6 3 2 (486) Nk 4 KB AUSPICE 58.5 (21-7) WNtfMrtk (6) 9 8 3
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    • 325 40 WILLIAM LOW'S guide to yesterday's workouts by horses engaged on Friday: KRANJI STAKES C 1,600 m: Aries canter/37.6. River Marju* (D Beasley) canter/40.2. Kanegura (S Sakai) 37.2. Titan Fun (S Sam) canter/37.3. Monday: Forest Spirit canter/35.9, Super Sunday (M Ewe)*** galloped. KRANH STAKES C 1,200 m: Screaming Eagle
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    • 1216 41 RACE 1 EAST COAST EXPRESS fly-jumped. HILBA was slow. Shortly after the start, ARKADIAN BOY steadied when crowded between CHARMING ANGEL and WELCOME BACK. STEEL CUT was obliged to race wide throughout. Near the 200 m, ARKADIAN BOY shifted out to obtain a rim and
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    • 677 41 GOING: GOOD TO FIRM Race 1 Class 5 1200m 3 FASTER FASTER 199 (54-18 C SMMMIM (6) 1 4 MMUOM KY126 (&8) w 2 7j\ 0 MI jlL" i: lifffflStl 1 MWUMI (5) 3 TrahMß DE Panaris. Maraln: 0.75, nk. Tlar Imin Io.6sec. fwrt
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  • SPORTS
    • Mad about golf
      • 678 42 AP. TIGER Woods and Phil Mickelson are among four winners on last year's US PGA Tour who are staying away from the Mercedes-Benz Championship, which kick-starts the new season. 800 Weekley thought he might be staying home, too, although not by choice. He left his
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      • 149 42 AFP. CHINA'S domestic tour is to offer total prize money of more than US$1 million ($1.4m) for the first time this new season, organisers said. The China Tour will grow to 10 events in its fourth year, with purses totalling
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  • SPORTS
    • 378 43  -  This year's sporting highlights: By Jeffrey Oon npsports@sph.com.sg AS far as wishes for the New Year are concerned, mine's simple: for Liverpool to end their 18-year quest to be called England's best team once again. That should shut the Mancunians up for a bit, at least
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    • 520 43 REUTERS January Motorsports eeSbc 1 Tennis 14 Australian Open Sailing lm 21 470 World Championship* February Rugby infl d-a Motorsports 8 Rally of Sweden 24 English Lesgus Cup Final March Ice skating 6 World Speed Skating Championships 17 World Figure Skating Champlonshipe lAthletics^^^^^^^^J Motorsports 9 MotoGP Qatar
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    • 330 44  -  sfse By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg IT'S a brand new year, and the TNPPostman wants to kick it off with a laugh. For the last two weeks, you've submitted to us your best-ever line-ups for the Premiership's traditional "Big
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    • 92 44 1 02-06 Cricket Australia v India, 2nd Test. Sydney, Australia 02-06 Clickat S. Africa v West Indies. 2nd Test, Cape Town. S. Afnca 02-09 Sailing 49er World Championships. Melbourne, Australia m x 03-06 Golf Mercedes-Benz Championship, Kapalua, Hawaii J cl nuar Jf 0&-06 U.S. Football NFL
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    • epl 2007/08
      • BETTING
        • 336 45 TEAM FACTS: LIM HAM MING; BEST PICK: GARY LIM; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: lAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) HOT Newcastle certainly have the work rate that Sam Allardyce (right) would need if he is to survive until the end of the season. MOT Man
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        • 290 45 HOT If you want a goalkeeper to stay alert in a game of few chances, Pepe Reina (right) is your man. MOT Titus Bramble played well against Newcastle but it won't last. •MAN AMUR GAftY LMf ■•I owe omc MM MAOHTOSH JAMES EASTHAM LIVERPOOL £1*20)
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        • 308 46 HOT David Bentley (right) is revelling in his new role as a striker. He has a bright future. NOT This will be a tough trip for Sunderland and they are not that confident on the road. MIAN MILLER GAMY UM EMC DING ARTE CT LAWN
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        • 308 46 HOT Bolton have performed really well at home since Gary Megson (right) arrived. It's not pretty but it will keep them out. HOT Derby's defence is just too clunky, too porous to hold out against anyone. BOLTON DRAW DERBY HOMEM 1/2) AWAY 1 1/2) OGOAL
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    • 625 47 Wire Services Wire Services. CHELSEA are ready to outbid Manchester United in the race to sign Dimitar Berbatov. The Bulgarian's agent declared on Monday that the striker is ready to quit Tottenham Hotspur should a big club come in with an offer. And
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    • 463 48 AFP. Newcastle united have moved to end mounting speculation over the future of Sam Allardyce by issuing their latest vote of confidence in the beleaguered manager. Allardyce sends his side out to face Premier League rivals Manchester City at St James' Park tonight, with owner Mike
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    • 196 48 PA Sport. MANAGER Mark Hughes has hailed Blackburn's "never-say-die" attitude after staging another fightback against Derby. Despite a positive start at Pride Park, Rovers fell behind to Matt Oakley's 27th-minute opener and conceded a penalty shortly after. But Brad Friedel blocked Steve
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    • 505 49 PA Sport LIVERPOOL v WIGAN STEVE Bruce is ready to unleash Emile Heskey on former club Liverpool, claiming the Wigan ace is the best old-fashioned English centre-forward in the game. After earning an unexpected England recall in September, Heskey
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    • 283 49 PA Sport. JAVIER Mascherano has told Liverpool's owners to decide whether they want to keep him. The Argentine midfielder (above) has been on loan at Anfield since moving from West Ham last January, but his 18-month term on Merseyside is due to end in
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    • 645 50 AP. IT ALL boiled down to a "communication misunderstanding." Now that the row between Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and the club's American owners is over, co-owner Tom Hicks has shed light on how it came about. Following a string of lacklustre
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    • 468 51 PA Sport. WAYNE Rooney insists Manchester United have what it takes to win both the Premier League and the Champions League this season. The England striker believes United's squad is strong enough to maintain a challenge on both fronts. "In an ideal world,
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    • 520 51 he just wants his team to stay in the Premiership PA Sport. NEW Fulham manager Roy Hodgson has thanked Inter president Massimo Moratti for allowing him to take the job. But he does not think the Italian will be so generous to lend the Londoners some players for their battle
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    • 528 52  -  West Ham 0 Arsenal: Eduardo (2), Adebayor (18) IHdMfJpilWftml Arsenal: Almond, Hoyte, Toura, Gates. Ctchy, Eboue (Hleb 77). Fabregas. Fiammi. Roelcky (Diaby 86). Eduardo (Walcon 63). Adebayor Suba not uaad: Lehmarw, Song Belong West Ham: Green, Nad. Ferdinand, Upaon, McCartney. Pants* MUNns (Camara 77). Spector. Notte,
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    • 358 52 Round-up PORTSMOUTH rediscovered their impressive away form to record a 2-0 win at Reading, who were forced to play 87 minutes a man down following the dismissal of Ibrahima Sonko. A rare goal from Sol Campbell set up their seventh victory away from
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    • 1096 53  -  Chelsea clawed back from the jaws of defeat with a laboured second-half perfoimance to beat Fulham 2-1 last night. GARY LIM discusses the talking points with The New Paper's football analyst, TOHARI PAIJAN Gary Lim Tohari Paijan npsports@sph.com.sg CHELSEA fans were fearing the worst. When
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    • 211 53 ROMAN ABRAMOVICH suddenly realises that his beloved Chelsea are not playing the exciting brand of football he so badly craves? Then again, given his friendship with manager Avram Grant, he probably wouldn't do anything at all. Grant, who took over Chelsea in September, has so far failed to
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    • 399 54 FULHAM 1 CHELSEA 2 Wire Services. CHELSEA overcame the absence of a host of big names to come from behind and beat local rivals Fulham 2-1 away at Craven Cottage last night. Fulham, under new manager Roy Hodgson for the first time, led with a
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    • 733 55  -  MAN UNITED 1 BIRMINGHAM 0 TV VIEW By Lim Han Ming npsports @sph.com.sg IT was a goal of the highest quality. The backheel by Cristiano Ronaldo was exquisite and the finish by Carlos Tevez was coolness personified. But whatever happened to sportsmanship? Manchester
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    • 268 56 Alter terrtfying gang raid at his home, Steven Cerrard seds... Wire Services HE and his family can sleep easy now. The Daily Mirror has reported that Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has hired a crack team of former Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers
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  • Page 55 Miscellaneous
    • 87 55 SPORTS TV Football: EPL NEWCASTLE v MAN CITY Ch 22, 3.40 am, tomorrow BLACKBURN v SUNDERLAND Ch 21, 3.55 am, tomorrow LIVERPOOL v WIGAN Ch 27, 3.55 am, tomorrow Golf: Mercedes-Benz Championship DAY 1 Ch 26, 7am, Friday Basketball: NBA SAN ANTONIO v DENVER Ch 24, 10am, Friday *Live, unless
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