The New Paper, 8 June 2008

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1 58 The New Paper
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      62 1 EURO Highlights r 2-4 Don t rrt'zi me latest FURO Highlights in the noon edition 71(1 lII* ift* i it, A X? RECEIVED 2 0 JUN 2003 NABOKAL LIBRARY BOARD 1 i m P > iL 6 i ir#. ll>-: it W> *"Vh .i* ~<-y--r ijjt, y-». V Jlfr* ."to*:
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      Lock icon HIDDINK'S SECRET: TRAIN LESS
      415 2 Wire Services. HIS team is playing its EurooB opener against Spain on Tuesday, but for the past few days, Russia coach Guus Hiddink has been cancelling training. The uninitiated have been left scratching their heads. But no one is questioning the wisdom of Hiddink, who had
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      Lock icon SWEDE SOUR
      153 2 AP. PLAYERS normally don't advise the coach on which players to select for the team's lineup, at least not in front of a room full of reporters and TV cameras. Count on Zlatan Ibrahimovic to break the mould. The Sweden striker said he'd like to see two newcomers
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      Lock icon BLOW FOR MUTU
      67 2 AP. ROMANIA striker Adrian Mutu's week just got even tougher. Already faced with paying 12 million euros (US$lB.6 million) to -•former club Chelsea for testing positive for cocaine in 2004, Mutu was dealt another blow on Friday when his 80-year-old grandmother died. Mutu spent much of his
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      Lock icon KUSZCAK OUT
      84 2 AP. POLISH third-choice goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak has been ruled out of EurooB after suffering a back S injury in training, Polish national football team announced on Friday. I The 26-year-old Manchester United custodian underwent an MRI scan in Graz, Austria on Friday after hurting his spine and doctors
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    • UEFA EURO 2008
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        Lock icon FRINGS' AIM
        281 3 AP. SOMEWHERE, possibly in his basement, Torsten Flings has his souvenir from the 2006 World Cup provided the family dog has left some of it Frings took home the ball used for the opening game of the World Cup, when Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2. He was asked
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        Lock icon SWISS DELIGHT
        38 3 ONE of the dancers perform during the opening ceremony ahead of the kick off of the EurooB Championships Group A match between hosts Switzerland and the Czech Republic at St Jakob-Park stadium in Basel last night.
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        Lock icon Geneva's jinxed $437k symbol back in play
        381 4  -  UEFA EURO 2008 Host.city's Great Ball of Ire updates brought to you by:' Carlsberg AP. NOW that Geneva has got its giant inflatable football back, organisers are hoping the weather will play along. The helium-filled ball, which is 15m in diameter, was slowly
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        101 4 AP. SWITZERLAND'S Kosovo-born midfielder Valon Behrami wants to help his original homeland get its own national football team. That does not mean he wants to switch jerseys. "My heart is always in Kosovo. My family comes from there," said the 23-year-old Behrami, who moved as a
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon KOPITIAM LAPTOP AUNTY SEALS DEALS IN MINUTES
      859 6  -  She handles thousands of dollars an afternoon, has bodyguards Main customers are cabbies, elderly folks clueless about illegal Internet betting Special Correspondent tnp@sph.com.sg SHE seems every bit the middle-aged woman taking a leisurely afternoon tea break at a coffee shop. That is until
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      Lock icon RUMBLING ON TRACKS... GAMBLING DOWN BELOW
      628 7  -  Rowdy groupriles Bt Batok residents who fear sessions will turn violent Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg THE regular clatter of the MRT trains passing between two Housing Board blocks in Bukit Batok is not the only noise familiar to residents. For the last two months,
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      Lock icon ARE SHOPKEEPERS AFTER ILL-GOTTEN GRAINS ?
      923 8  - ARE SHOPKEEPERS AFTER ILL-GOTTEN GRAINS Foc Maureen Koh maurrcnk@sph.com.sg AN Indian government ban on the export of white ponni rice a staple for Indian nationals here has forced some merchants into desperate measures. The ban, imposed since April, has forced some shopkeepers to buy from supermarkets. Consumers claim that some
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      Lock icon BLOG.CON: FAKE AD DEALS A STEAL
      969 9  -  Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg SOME readers of celebrity blogger Dawn Yang have found themselves hundreds of dollars poorer because of an ad posted on her website. The ad for designerluxurybrands.com appeared in Dawn's blog in mid-May r and it turned out to be a scam. The
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      38 6 Ad on Dawn Yang's site riles readers hJJL "Ja; J9b G PMM When? Whose fault? What to do? CANNE IT! After 18 years, Paik Choo has had enough of Cannes Film Fest. Why? ED >vi -V <* Al<- M <
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon MY BODY FAT, MY BOAT'S FUEL
      703 11  -  Spreading the green message of biodiesel Earthrace's crew also use soya beans to power boat in round-the-world race Shree Ann Mathavan shrreannQsph.com.sg MENTION soya beans and you think of the sweet, milky drink. But for Mr Pete Bethune, 43, these tiny sources of protein
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      859 12  - Shree Ann Mathavan shrceann <Qsph.com.sg FOR years, they tried to persuade her to give up her job at the garment factory which she co-owned in Batam, Indonesia. Now, her family wished she had listened to them. Early on Thursday morning, Madam Ana Tay Ah Lek, 62, was found brutally murdered
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      Lock icon PICASSO
      680 15 THREE weeks after losing her right arm in the earthquake, 9-year-old Xia Feng Ting (left) draws her first picture, a picture of a tree. The tree looks shaky: the lines are wormy, and the characters she wrote ("The earthquake is heartless but humanity is merciful") is almost illegible. But
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      336 13 FATHER'S DAY Celebrate the occasion wtth our ever-popular 'Unlimited A-La-Carte' promotion which Includes a buffet spread of lovely desserts. Select from a menu of over 40 dishes while we whet your appetite wtth a one-time serving of Chef's Specialties I $30.80 (adult) $18.80 (child) MiTilEirea? mil-I-IKIM tii> n» >3 o
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  • SUN NEWS
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      722 17 As oil threatens to hit US$l5O, Asian dynamos urged to stop subsidies Wire services. ON Friday, oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever, raising the once-unthinkable prospect of US$l5O oil by early July. The meteoric rise of nearly US$ll for the day piled atop an increase of
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      Lock icon CNG vs Petrol HE SAVED $7,000
      1598 18  -  S'porean possibly the first here to convert van to run on CNG, in '06, to cut down fuel cost. In last two years... BOILING POINT! WHAT CAN YOU DO? BOIUNG POINTS: OUTSIDE S'PORE Etysa Chen dysac@sph.com.sg AP. WHEN it comes to petrol savings, few
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      Lock icon BLAME WALL STREET
      597 19 Experts also blame China India's appetites for oil BOILING POINT: WHOSE FAULT? SO who's to blame for the record high fuel prices? It's simple economics, say some US regulators too many people chasing after a limited supply of oil. Growing appetites of growing economies like China and
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      Lock icon FUTURE SHOCK LIVING WITH SKY-HIGH PRICES
      364 19 BOIUNG POINT: WHEN? THE year is 2010. Oil has hit US$2OO a barrel. Petrol costs $5 a litre in Singapore. How would the country fare in such an environment? Here are some doomsday scenarios: TOURISM SECTOR You could walk into any hotel in Orchard
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      Lock icon SILVER LINING IS A GREENER WORLD
      362 19 EXPERTS are already talking about how the price of oil may hit US$200 ($273) a barrel in the next few months. This has prompted economists to chart doomsday scenarios over how the global economy may melt down because of the spike. But, while it
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      Lock icon HE CLIMBS ON ROOF & ESCAPES
      442 20 HE CLIMBS ON ROOF ESCAPES BOUND, GAGGED, BUT M'SIAN MAN (BELOW) STILL MANAGES TO ELUDE KIDNAPPERS HIS hands were tied behind his back and his mouth was taped over. But a Malaysian telephone electrician, in his 30s, still managed to escape from the clutches of his kidnappers when they let
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      Lock icon JB moneychanger's son disappears with $42 million
      153 20 a service of a different soft reported TheSafjered 18 11. U I H JZ He is noang mat the powt wH w able to traSTtfown the mortejhNei's W4h» to investigate the company's accounts as aH the money is gone,* he said. Mr Yu
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      Lock icon WE DIDN'T DARE TELL ANYONE FOR THREE DAYS
      520 21 Missing M'sian boy jumps into drain (right) and is swept away. Friends say... THEIR friend got swept away in a drain before their very eyes. Yet for three days, 13-year-old student Zhou Yehao's buddies said not one word to anyone because they
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      Lock icon US tech tycoon on drug, fraud charges
      242 21 Wire services. THE video images posted on You Tube for all to see were fuzzy and jerk. But US prosecutors confirmed this week that the tall, bearded man who appeared to be snorting drugs in the video was Henry Nicholas in, the billionaire
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      Lock icon 19 HOURS OF TORTURE
      832 22 Man allegedly rapes and scalds woman in ner home. Victim suffers WHAT happened to her was terrifying. Torturous, prosecutors had said. On Friday, the victim recounted in court for the first time the events of 13 April 2007, when a man raped and sodomised her repeatedly
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        51 23 The (Israefi-Palestinian) trust deficit is exacerbated by the fact that after Israel quit the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinians, instead of building Singapore there, built Somalia and focused not on how to make microchips, but on how to make rockets to hit Israel. Thomas L Friedman, International Herald
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        86 23 TWO more cases of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya have emerged in Singapore in a new location: The Teachers Housing Estate in Upper Thomson. The Health Ministry (MOH) said it was notified of the first case on 3 Jun involving an 86-year-old retiree. The other victim is the retiree's
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        120 23 MR Khairul Anwar Ibni became the first person in South-east Asia to receive a kidney from someone with a different blood type. Last month, the kidneys of the 46-year-old former senior airline officer were failing and there were no suitable donors. His doctor gave him only a
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        59 23 3 jl:> ?'t 1 y.' 'r*» 7 u f »v 11 yu i-i ahf airport water** Y More than 345 flints were delayed and six were cancelled, authorities said. The city's schools and courts were closed, while childcare centres and elderly services centres were closed to the public,
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        Lock icon BYE, PAPER TICKETS
        119 23 THE era of e-ticketing for air travel is upon us, as the aviation industry bid farewell to paper tickets this month. Travel facilitator Abacus International said the switch to e-tickets went smoothly for its 15,000 travel agency locations in 24 markets worldwide, The Straits Times reported. Its
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        179 23 SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Telemedia, a fully-owned unit of Temasek Holdings, is selling its interest in the Indonesian telecoms firm Indosat. In a statement, ST Telemedia said Asia Mobile Holdings its joint venture with Qatar Telecom will sell its 41 per cent shareholding in Indosat to
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        65 23 Lord Hanuman, the popular Hindu monkey god, has been named official chairman of the recendy opened Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India. The holy chairman even has an incense-filled office, a desk and a laptop computer. The school's vice cJwoian Vjvek Kangdi said it
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  • OUR Sunday
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      512 24 Team French Susbielle and Sylvia Toh After 18 years, Sylvia Toh Paik Choo is finally ending ner trips to the filmiest THE best parties on the Cannes film festival circuit have always been tied to animals. Hedgerow creatures, sharks, bees, stallions, a green ogre, man and his best friend
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      Lock icon Real reason why heads to Cannes: To snap photos of herself with stars
      685 24 SHE peeks out from behind British singer Cliff Richard, waving a can of Red Bull with a wide Hi-I'm-here! grin. In another frame, she stands behind an unsuspecting Jerry Seinfeld signing autographs, like a schoolteacher inspecting a
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      445 25 New Face 07 beauties search for potentials at Suntec City EIGHT of last year's New Paper New Face finalists fanned out across Suntec City yesterday in search of not bargains, but beauties. They were on a look-out for potential New Faces for this year's contest. And so, it
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      Lock icon So much to offer
      288 26 THE girls we found yesterday may have potential, but they weren't the only beautiful things in Suntec City Galleria. We also found great fashion stuff there. Levi Strauss Signature (#Ol-55) carries fashionable and hip limited edition Jeans and other casual-wear, all comfortably set at mid-range prices.
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      Lock icon SCHOOL HOLS ARE HERE, SO DADS SAY: GAME ON
      699 27  -  IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR AT THE NEW PAPER CYBERCHALLENGE Shree Ann Mathavan shrteann <Qsph.com.sg IT was a chance for some parent-child bonding at The New Paper CyberChallenge yesterday. Given that the event at Funan DigitaLife Mall fell just a week before
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      Lock icon Want a photo with EPL trophy?
      427 28 Donate $40 you'll also stand a chance to win match tickets FYl—— aHto ARDENT football fans can now get within kissing distance of the fabled Barclays Premier League trophy starting tomorrow. And you won't even need an air ticket or a passport The trophy,
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      59 28 I t Promotion! Lt longer you chatL More chances you'll have] T&C apply for the contest Winners wHI be notified via phone. VRTs decision is final. Service Powered by 'CreditPlN Pte Ltd, I 3 v vr,. 0 |#*****5 i» m SfE 580 i fjive away to 'Most <PopuCar j)m this
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      304 29 :v 1,11 "if ii i f «l i ii Hi I i V A 3®SBftSSks' 4 Shop and be a winner in this year's SPH Shop Win from 23 May to 20 July 2008 with prizes totalling over S200.000 1 Simply spend S30 in a single receipt at any of
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      69 30 Good paying jobs available Career Choice A job feature of CATSFASTADS in The New Paper every Thursday [e-AT3 BUY IT SELL fT FIMO IT Mm winners wi* be notified decision ower the contert. ftnw 4 conditions applied to the cootelt Callers most be 18yrs old ft above. Precaution must be
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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      355 30 1 v r -\-.>>-V- X-ii O-# > f- mgr. 1VIWWW \?"v. V' Pushing D>isk$ Channel 5,1030pm In this new dramedy series, a man who has the power to bring dead people back to life joins forces with his childhood sweetheart and a private investigator to help solve various murders. Starring
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      135 30 /"\{$)"}'=}%[@<?("^==\";;!.]'<{ Mr Bean's Holiday Hti&H§ftavtfub Ch 60), 1 Mr Bean wins a trip to Cannes, where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two come back together. He also discovers France, the joy of cycling and true love on the way. Starring Rowan Atkinson,
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      Lock icon Mouth-watering Italian delights
      535 31  -  WHERE: Prego Fairmont Singapore Reservations: 6431-6156 WHO WENT: The New Paper New Face 2007 finalists Vivienne Lui, 24 Kwan Lijia, 19 Anna Lim, 19 Yeoh Wee Teck weetcck@sph.com.sg THE New Paper New Face is back, and that's why we have a special New Face edition of Table
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      Lock icon Let kids fight their own battles
      628 32  -  ITS A JUNGLE OUT THERE 1 S Murali mumlisQsph.com jg WITH the wife away in Vietnam on a school trip, I had to entertain the kids. I decided to make it an educational experience for me. First like naturalist Sir David Attenborough, I wanted
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      Lock icon Free animal show at this rush hour
      459 32  -  ITS A JUNGLE OUT THERE #2 S M Ong smong@sph.com.sg WHEN you read about the wild booze party on the London Tube the night before the alcohol ban came into effect on 1 Jun, was your first reaction "You mean alcohol wasn't banned
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      Lock icon SUNDAY SOCIAL
      201 33 Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crusn? Maybe you want to thank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg Dearest bebe, having you in my life makes me realize how tough it must be without you. Thanks
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      1185 35 RACE 1 SILENCE TOUCH, SAMURAI SOUL and HANAUMA BAY bumped heavily on jumping and lost ground. After the start, ON THE LINE threw his head up, striking his rider on the face and placing his rider at a disadvantage for the remainder
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      55 36 SUNDAY IF ■A. P^i Topnpsrff? J r JfrJ r stir* r tj r«7»j 1M0* TMeAce H 3 p* f ESS imr :r SSB S?9 Il GSR'" 7 j3B gg§§ C—• r 'rr. v > V:~ T ~~Z 1 '-t. gPi-■:- PVff4jfeB| PB PM msM A- r, nmli
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      646 36 GOING: YIELDING 4 Race 10 was cancelled due to technical fault Race 1 RM (SC) 1200m 2 5 7 8 1 -j 1 MmIm* (3) 2 2 1 TF UM (2) 11-2 500) 519) 1.25 JIWTaf 1 (4) 9 4 3 MM»M (9) 3 3 4
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      Lock icon HAPPY VICTORY
      95 36 BEST BET (RACE 8 No. 2) WITH eight horses who have either won or placed at their last start in the line-up, there is no doubt that the Dewar's 12 Sprint race has attracted a quality field. But we are confident that Happy Victory can rise to the
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S PERTH (BELMONT) RESULTS
      425 36 GOING: GOOD Race 1 WESTSPEED 2Y0 PLATE 1400M 2 MM 55.0(1 1 /■HM—S3-5(SHZ) rwmm m 2 3 MMMS 0 Morton. MvffeH: Hd, 125. M. ThMc 1min 24.1sec. rnmfSimlmt $5 (i£ 1-2). $9 (Nos. 1-7). $10 (Nos. 2-7). jjSm $182. Mb $17. (nm MUM* Daws Rose (withdrawn)
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
      240 37 ar 1 *****- Jm 57 (70) UVTtf I (7ag A Rahim-GoW Ptus) LL± if- 5 wJBSSKft) I SttL ft MPS WESSl^ SttJE* M- 5 "LStl 4 TSKHTOKSSSaT' 6 *****3 ftrtjpMip 53 62 JCkMv I 7aiwjlP Tennent-ALA lW) 7 9637-4 UMbM 525 60 IMMbTcl II 5aoT*TUm-£zan»
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      Lock icon MUDLARKS
      111 37 RACE It Coffeentea, Success Winner, Urn's World SICB U Enchanted River, Sfiver Dawn, Behnoral Pink. ■ACS St Jeram, Big Beau, Business King, Fort Apache, Leading Witness, Colouiiand Classic. BACK 6c Golden Ace, Smart lion, Superb General, Mahau, Rejuvenation, Storm Express, Shaggadelic. Speed Chaser, Duty Free Spirit, Baluna Park, Indian
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      Lock icon King Hesperus set to rule
      979 38 lace 1 (1,200 m) California Heart (No. 3) has placed in three of 11 starts this term, each time over today's surface and distance, and must be one of the main chances with a drop in grade and from a good draw of four. Majin
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      1069 38 GOING FORECAST; YIELDING r* rr= TBABM JOCKEY /'in 1 2 TATTBMALL DELIGHT TWL H W Lai(-2) 3 CAUFOBBM HEART ASC K L Chui(-5) 4 MH.TMM HW KWL S K Sit(-2) 5 aW MA TAM CF D Beadman 6MMJMKT OJH M Nunes 7 MABRAM MASTER
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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      34 36 RAWi ULT Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 First Second Third 0071 4203 2820 Starters 3058 1330 8999 2757 1082 1961 4068 5092 8817 3667 Consolation 5280 3236 4713 5941 5830 2653 3643 5507 8447 3725
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  • Sunday SPORTS
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      Lock icon Time to rein in TECHNOLOGY
      964 39 Mad about golf 1MUST confess I was quite struck by the extraordinary low scoring in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor last week, especially in Sunday's last round. I mean, this is a relatively new-build golf course, the venue for the 2010 Ryder Gup and
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      394 40 T aiwanese golfer uen Lu-sen enjoyed a three-stroke lead at die Bangkok Airways Open after firing a five-under-par 66 in the third round yesterday. The 33-year-old seized control of the tournament, thanks to six birdies against a lone bogey in the US$300,000 ($410,000)
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      188 40 Reuters. AMERICAN Michael Bradley, playing on the 2008 PGA Tour with a medical exemption, eked out a two-under-par 68 on Friday to move into a six-way tie for the lead at the St. Jude Championship. The 41-year-old Florida native, limited to only eight Tour
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      136 40 AFP WORLD No. 1 Lorena Ochoa is on course to capture a third straight Major title as she seized the halfway lead at the US$2 million ($2.7 m) LPGA Championship on Friday. Ochoa fired a seven-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead on 10-under 134 at Bulle
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        356 41 Our Formula One Fan-atic LUKE NETTO is a self-confessed petrolhead and Formula One nut Hk who often heads to the Sepang M circuit in Malaysia over the weekends to race tars. This season, he aims to give a fan's easy-to-understand perspective of the highly
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        160 41 BMWs Robert Kubica is returning tonight to the circuit he suffered his biggest ever crash. A crash that could have been fatal a decade before. Kubica has told reporters that although he suffered that horrible crash last year, Montreal is actually one of his favourite tracks
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        164 41 ■A' S.RENAULT'S two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has backed his struggling team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr as a driver who has what it takes to become a star in Formula 1. Nelson has foiled to finish four races already this season and only one of them
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        152 41 THE Canadian Grand Prix is one of the fastest circuits on the Formula 1 calendar. The very long back straight allows drivers to reach speeds In excess of 320kmh. Other than the long back straight, this circuit consist mainly of slower tighter corners and a
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      389 42 AFP. FELIPE Massa believes he is on course to qualify strongly for the Canadian Grand Prix despite suffering a mystery technical problem in Friday's practice. Massa topped the times in a wet morning session but lost out on almost 20 minutes of the afternoon practice
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      444 43 Serb beats Safina for first Grand Slam title TENNIS: FRENCH OPEN AFP SERBIA'S Ana Ivanovic won the French Open yesterday, her first Grand Slam title, by ending Dinara Safina's heroic run to the final and crowning her elevation to the world No. 1 spot in style.
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      283 44  -  WORLD CUP QUALIFIER UZBEKISTAN 1 SINGAPORE 0 Berton Lim npsports @sph.evm.sg UZBEKISTAN have reached the Asian World Cup final qualifying round after they edged out valiant Singapore 1-0 last night. Substitute Alexander Geynrikh scored in the 80th minute to put the central Asians on
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      46 44 AFP. wdfcda rotcfe leaden It wasjChina's first defeat after three draws and the third place meant nothing as only the top two of ttfegroup could qualify. r -China drew 1-1 with Iraq, 0-0 with "Qatar and 0-0 with Australia before this match. AfP.
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      1302 45 Zteg: OVlr <r ~!&7 This week/ TEO SER LUCK Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Ministry of Transport tells if sporting facilities can be better used Dear Mr Teo, I WOULD like to point out an old and un-maintained rock climbing wall
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      646 47  -  Ernest Luis I npsports@sph.com.sg THE Postman's Male Writer of the Year is calling it his own special "Manchester United quadruple". After all, we know that the Red Devils famously won the English Premier League and the Champions League recently. Now, Eric Kng, a 25-year-old business administration
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        1283 50 DAVID LEE chats with four football babes who are glad that EurooB is here to cure their football hangover IT Is flaally ban... Itow wmch art yea i- -iii- m ri i m~I looKing Torwara 10 curouor SHHMA: Very. It's a chance to see the
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        2079 51 PA Sport. TWO years ago, journalist MIKE HOLDEN analysed the prospects of the competing nations at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He used his own interpretations of sports psychology and business management He concluded the series by
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          446 52  -  TEAM FACTS: LIM HAMMING BEST PICK:* BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: BRIAN MILLER m Darijo Srna, the midMdfr from Shakhtar Donetsk, is 26. But Iw is already a veteran of one World Cup. Manner Steven BHic will be looking to this player to
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          472 53 mr The first name that comes to mind is Ballack. Michael Ballack. The Cheslea man came to life at the taHend of the Premiership and will carry that form into this first match of Euro08. Liln Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, he can turn defeat into
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          309 54  -  THE FINK TANK Daniel Finkelstein Special Correspondent AUSTRIA V CROATIA (Austria win 26 per cent, Draw 24 per cent, Croatia win 50 per cent) AUSTRIA, you would think, would be a contender. After all, they have Germanic efficiency and they are, crucially, playing at
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          614 55 Polish tabloid's picture could rile Germany WITH a reasonably straightforward group ahead of them and the unwelcome burden of "favourites" tag, it is vital that the German players don't lose their heads this week, but one Polish tabloid wouldn't agree. Popular paper "Super Express"
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          309 56  -  FROM THE GROUND Best bet Eric Ding npsports@sph.com.sg BACK Germany to go all the way. This was the prediction given by Master Heng, who had used feng shui principles to-determine this outcome. Usually, my neighbourhood feng shui master takes the day, time' and venue of
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          375 56 Bast bet® Brian Miller Germany on the 1/2 £o«L That's going to be my call It to said that the 6ariy rounds of any international tournament are always devoid of goals. Or rather, goals are in short supply. Not in this match-up. The Germans, led by
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          627 57 WHEN football and politics collide, something's got to And that puts Michel Platini, the Uefa president, in a conundrum. The footballer in him wants the sport to remain in its purest form. But his role at Uefa means that at times, it boils down to
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