The New Paper, 8 August 2008

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    28 1 the new paper 8 August 2008 fIA Singapore Press SV Holdings 7OCOITS MICA(P)II4/1 2/2007 8 IA 1 8 Aug 2008 1 the new i papei j l u
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      36 1 NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL m E ANVUAR SODOMY CASE Doc who examined alleged victim reveals why he left M'sia ME FEAR FOR MY SAFETY He also claims Anwar's name was added to his police statement r 20
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      Lock icon I rowed freely to Changi
      1178 2  -  No passport needed and we used S'pore currency in Bintan Bintan village headman recall;, 4 past of blurred borders National Day a celebration of The Singapore Story. But when did the story really start? With independence, 1965? With Raffles, 1819? Our nation is also part
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      Lock icon 'I could hear and smell the fireworks'
      494 4  -  For this blind S'porean, taking part in the Young NTUC National Day mass participation event opens up a whole new world Tan May Ping mayping@sph.com.sg IT took her friend a whole month to convince Miss Lim Lee Lee to take part in last
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      50 3 FRIFLMG ENJOY GOOD CHEMISTRY IN BARS ir' This breezy-looking cocktail was probably concocted with the precision ot a lab experiment -thanks to molecular gastronomy. jL Fast news 8 You 26 Travel 32 Bolt 55 HOTUKE 1800-733 4455 Website tnp.sg E-mail tnjriHph.com.sg Fax 6319 8266 OpoationsOesk *****644 Circulation Hotline 6388 3838
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      538 6 Glass table top suddenly shatters. Owner says... HE was sitting just 2.5 metres from the coffee table in his living room when its glass top shattered suddenly. At first, when Mr Manvinder Malik heard the sound of breaking glass, he thought something had happened to his
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      123 6 INCIDENTS of glass shattering are uncommon, but not unheard of. A tempered glass railing panel on the first storey of Plaza Singapura shattered in August 2006, raining glass shards down on people in the basement levels. In March 2003, a 10-year-old boy suffered numerous cuts when the glass
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  • FRI NEWSWATCHER
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      Lock icon 3-year-old dies of suspected HFMD
      209 8 THE toddler developed a fever on Sunday, and had mouth ulcers and a rash. That same day, the 3-year-old was taken to a doctor, who diagnosed him with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Then on Monday, he started vomiting and two days later, was
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      Lock icon Getai's side show
      82 8 Getai compere Liu linking had to change her outfits in front of onlookers at a show in Clementi Town Centre on Wednesday, because there were reportedly no changing rooms far performers. Lianhe Wanbao reported that some in the audience snapped photos of her in her "undergarment" of
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      Lock icon Tharman: Prepare for weak growth
      98 8 FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said Singapore's economic' growth may remain weak for some time. Speaking at a National Day Observance Ceremony yesterday, he said challenging times are ahead with growth slowing around the world, and the downturn yet to hit bottom. He said: "We have
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      Lock icon Officers have to make judgements
      116 8 OFFICERS from the Home Team are reminded that they should strive for balance at work. Speaking at his Ministry's National Day observance ceremony yesterday, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said officers must take ownership and account for their mistakes. He also noted that M
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      Lock icon Climbers abandon plans to scale K2
      100 8 SINGAPORE mountaineers Dr Robert Goh and Mr Edwin Siew have abandoned their bid to scale K2, the world's second highest peak. Their decision came a week after a large chunk of ice fell off the face of the mountain, killing 11 climbers. Dr Goh,
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      Lock icon StarHub broadband down last night
      94 8 SOME users of Star Hub's broadband service could not connect to the Internet from 9.50pm to 10.30pm yesterday. The New Paper Hotline received calls about the problem from subscribers in Pasir Ris and Hougang. A Star Hub spokesman said there was a technical glitch in
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      Lock icon Form a team and race through KPE
      115 8 MOTORISTS can race through the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) tunnel South-east Asia's longest underground road tunnel before it fully opens on 20 Sep. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is giving 400 people, or 100 cars, a chance to tackle challenges along the unopened
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  • FRI NEWSWATCHER
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      Lock icon Asean+3 to set up working group on oil stockpiling
      299 10 Reuters. SOUTH-EAST Asian energy ministers will join Japan, South Korea and China to set up an oil stockpiling working group, according to the draft of a joint-ministerial statement. The Asean energy ministers, who had their annual meeting in Bangkok yesterday, are
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      Lock icon High-wire act
      41 10 Buddhist monks dean the dust from the 15m-high Great Buddha at the Todaiji Temple in Nora, Japan. The Great Buddha, which um completed in AD 752, is being prepared for the Buddhist festive period called Bon. Picture: BETTY IMAGES
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      Lock icon Internet flaw puts e-mail at risk
      93 10 AP. A NEWLY discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure allows hackers to intercept e-mail messages, the researcher who discovered it said. However, there is no evidence yet that this method of targeting e-mail has been used in a successful attack. Mr Dan Kaminsky
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      Lock icon M'sia plans to have own maids
      106 10 AFP. MALAYSIAN women will be encouraged to train as domestic helpers, in a programme aimed at reducing dependency on foreign workers. Women and Community Development Minister Ng Yen Yen said the course, for woman aged 18 and above, would focus on managing the home
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      Lock icon Musharraf faces impeachment
      92 10 BBC. PAKISTAN'S ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf. Party leaders As if Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif made the announcement after three days of talks. They would need a two-thirds majority to impeach the president. Mr Musharraf took power in
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      Lock icon Aussie cops erred in using DNA
      97 10 Reuters AUSTRALIAN police will re-examine 7,000 crimes solved through DNA evidence after a mistake forced detectives to free a suspect wrongly accused of murder. Police in Melbourne withdrew charges against Russell John Gesah, accused in July of the 1984 murders of a 35-year-old mother
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      Lock icon Pininfarina dies in scooter mishap
      105 10 BBC. ANDREA Pininfarina, head of the famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident. He was riding a scooter which was hit by a car on the outskirts of Turin early yesterday. He was 51. He was chief executive officer of
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      81 10 Weather yflJs33jJ KUALA LUMPUR Scattered Thunder .''7.77.7 storms High: 34' Low: 24* JAKARTA Hazy High: 34' Low: 24* BANGKOK Scattered Thunder .V.'.v.vv. storms High: 33' Low: 26' MANILA Showers High: 32' Low: 25' GILBERT SCOTT ADAMS lei m I COOKED THE BOOKS TECHNICALLY YOU IF YOU HEAR A BY ASSUMING
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      Lock icon NO WORK GIVEN, NO SALARIES PAID
      806 12  -  But employer still charges them for food and lodging. MOM steps in Workers pay $9,000 each for job in S'pore, but they say: Tan May Ping mayping@sph.com.sg THEY borrowed from their families, sold their land or turned to money lenders just to work in
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      187 12 Wa have Interviewed the employer Is verily n I ,1, ■Hn uie iniormaiion. mm4ft4ftaft M4ftft*4ft4ft AAft^ft our investigation revested mai tne workers were owed aa average of two to MAalkft dfttf AIIAIV inree hhhiuis 01 uwir sniafies. AMMlauab liiui AIMA* MkikA IA Ino employer nas Since coniirmeo
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      Lock icon Some workers not paid for 6 months, others housed in toilet
      222 13 PAST CASES May 2006i 600 workers from various companies were crammed over two floors in bedbug-infested dorm, in converted factory building in MacPherson. One room, about the size of a two-room public housing fiat, housed 54 workers. March 2006:
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      Lock icon Let's help workers by making examples of offending employers
      443 13  -  COMMENT Once we accept these workers Into Singapore, however, we too have to accept a measure of responsibility for their welfare. Tan May Ping maypingl&sph.camsg THE foreign talent debate in Singapore is a rather emotional one as it often centres on
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      Lock icon District judge failed to appreciate
      560 14  -  CJ explains why he increased jail sentence for man who drove while under ban and killed woman, 79: By Karen Wong karen@sph.comsg HE defied a driving ban and ended up killing a pedestrian, then made matters worse by fleeing the scene. For that, Charles Lee
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  • FRI NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Olympic' gold for 2 S'pore schools
      541 18 Hwa Chong is top mixed choir at World Choir Games THE Beijing Olympics may have just begun, but Singapore has already won a gold, thanks to the Hwa Chong Choir. It was placed first in the Mixed Choirs category of the sth World Choir
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      Lock icon NUS High scores big at Intel fair
      251 18 m TWO students from W NUS High School of Mathematics and Science have come away with accolades in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, also known unofficially as the Olympics of science fairs. This is the first year that NUS High has
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      Lock icon Case was too high-profile
      876 19 ANWAR CHARGED WITH SODOMY Doc who examined alleged victim (right) on why he left M'sia: THREE visits from police officers made me fear for my safety and that of my family. That is reason given by the doctor who examined alleged sodomy victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari
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      Lock icon Abdullah: Case not just about Anwar
      238 20 DONT forget the alleged victim. That's what Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. He told Malaysians that they should not forget there was another party in the case Mr Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, reported the New Straits Times yesterday. "Another person
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      Lock icon I hope he hasn't sold my baby
      470 21 Her husband goes missing with 3-month-old son SHE is in a state of panic. The 31-year-old doesn't know what has happened to her 3-month-old son, Muhammad Bilal, after he was taken by her husband 12 days ago. And the Malaysian woman's worst fear
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      141 21 An Exciting New Look A fizzling New International Buffet We're celebrating the transformation of River Garden with a new buffet spread that features all your favourite creations. Popular dishes include Seafood on Ice, Japanese Sashimi, Buttered Tiger Prawns, Chilli Black Pepper Crab, Beef Short-Ribs in Red Wine, Pan-raasted Salmon* Chicken
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  • FRI NEWS
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      Lock icon Aussie maths class taught at race track
      425 23 Minister backs teacher despite students' exposure to gambling BORED of learning about risk and return in mathematics class? Then step out of it and head straight to the race track for real world exposure. That's what one teacher in Brisbane, Australia, did, much
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      Lock icon Marriage proposal: Version 2.0
      352 23 MAN USES GOOGLE MAPS IN MARRIAGE BID FELT your first proposed to your girlfriend didn't have that panache when you asked her to "buy an HDB flat together"? While you think about proposing again for style and effect, this is what self-confessed geek Michael Weiss-Malik did:
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      Lock icon The poor feel the pain
      676 24 When economy pinches the rich... AP. IT'S hard to feel sorry for well-heeled shoppers whose idea of tough economic times is passing on US$1,000 ($1,400) Burberry raincoats or that US$300 limo ride while the working poor skimp on vegetables and take the bus. But economists
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  • YOU
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      Lock icon Academic success does not guarantee happiness
      266 25  -  Parents, it's time to remove your blinkers From Lim Siew lmm, Carol I AGREE with the commentary by Santokh Singh, "At least here, the stress factors are within your control" (The New Paper, 7 Aug), in which he said there's nothing wrong in not
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      Lock icon Parents should encourage their children with love, not pressure
      208 25  -  From Noorjehan Ibrahim I AGREE with Santokh Singh's commentary on the online survey finding that 30 per cent of some 1,200 respondents think Singapore is not a conducive place to raise children, and his point that it is about finding a
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      Lock icon Should schools open up their sports facilities to the public?
      95 25 sgeak From reader Adi Ng, 23 program engineer "My opinion is no, because schools need to ensure the safety of students and take care of them. "But school facilities should be open for students' family members to use. "This will
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      63 25 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. As Singapore's 4'3rd birthday approaches, a 'little bird' prompted a reader to remember
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      331 26  -  IN her last post, Postwoman Jeanmarie Tan wrote about singer Alicia Keys and White Stripes rocker Jack White recording the theme song for new Bond movie Quantum Of Solace. Titled Another Way To Die, the song is the first duet in Bond soundtrack history. What do you
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      Lock icon Were S'pore critics wrong about movie?
      110 26 In her next post, Postwoman Chang May Choon writes about Fann Wong's Singapore-produced movie Dance Of The Dragon, which also stars Jason Scott Lee and Jang Hyuk. It was panned by local film critics and bombed at the box office, but swept 10 awards
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  • MY Friday FLING
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      Lock icon 2 parts VODKA, 1 parts SCIENCE
      874 27  -  Bars are serving up cocktails with a twist using molecular gastronomy Sheela Narayanan shecla@sph.com.sg HE picks up a spoon that looks like one of those you see in a science laboratory. Then he takes a pinch of bicarbonate of soda and sprinkles it gendy
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      Lock icon Molecular gastronomy: It's about chemistry
      189 27 MOLECULAR gastronomy is the science-meets-cooking trend started by chefs like Spaniard Ferran Adria of El Bulli restaurant and Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck restaurant in England. These chefs are on die cutting edge of haute cuisine innovation. Adria for example has created dishes like
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      959 49  -  Malaysia's leading rookie HS Gill (right) who has a way with horses says... Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg IT was a simple case of love at first sight. Malaysia's leading apprentice Harmeet Singh Gill's love affair with the equine breed started on the the first day he
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      168 49 NST CHEYENNE Dancer did an easy hit-out at Kuala Lumpur yesterday in his wrap-up preparations for a comeback win in the Class 1 event over 1,200 m in Race 4 on Sunday. The five-year-old Australian-bred gelding was kept on the bit to cover the final
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      154 49 THE Singapore Turf Club's Race Meeting Stewards, on consideration last Wednesday, have acceded to a request from trainer Charles Leek to withdraw his appeals against all the charges and penalties imposed on him over the positive swabs on six of his horses last year. His deposit was
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      378 50 Mad about golf Singapore's Lam moves up 76 spots after brilliant 66 AFP. THAI star Thongchai Jaidee charged into the clubhouse lead at the Worldwide Selangor Masters yesterday after breaking the day-old course record with a superb eight-under-par 63 in the second round. The two-time Asian
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      695 50 90th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ADAM'S AGONY Persistent fever Sore throat Broken relationship Broken bone AP. NO ONE knew it to look at him, but the Australian star Adam Scott was in a bad way last week. Battling a persistent fever and a sore throat both have plagued
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      543 51  -  STLEbGUE Berton Lim npsports @s ph. eom.sg VARIOUS signs point to a Gombak victory tonight. The Bulls won all of their past four league encounters against Balestier and are ranked four places above their opponents. Gombak have also coped well with the absence of several key
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        593 52 Our English Kaki assesses the aftermath of Liverpool's 4-1 win over Valerenga, and the decisions Benitez will have to make LIVERPOOL'S preparations for the new season were dealt a nasty setback two nights ago when Steven Gerrard was forced to limp out of a
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        198 52 AFP. REAL Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has expressed sadness that Manchester United's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo is set to remain with the European Champions at least for the coming season. Real have been coveting the 23-year-old all summer but Ronaldo announced that he will stay at Old
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        151 52 PA Sport. TOTTENHAM Hotspur target Andrei Arshavin has reportedly gone on strike at Zenit St Petersburg and his agent claimed the playmaker is being treated like a "slave". Tottenham are now believed to be in the driving-seat to land Arshavin, but the move could be in jeopardy
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        701 53 Manchester United and Portsmouth are out to start their season on a winning note AS THE smell of new paint and freshly mown grass heralds the start of a new football season, Manchester United have a message for the rest of the Premier League. The Red Devils
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        274 53 AS WE count down to the new Premiership season, A we would love to hear Jj from all you diehard fans 1 on how deep is your Mjm support for your favourite club. If you think you fit the following categories, feel
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      69 54 Our readers played pundit as The Postman LIM SAY HENG asked them if Team Singapore could bring back an Olympic medal. Most are banking on a table-tennis bronze at least but our Letter of the Week winner looks further... THE POSTMAN Sun Hei Bei
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      268 54 FORTY eight years after our only medal, Team Singapore can bring back not one, but five medals. This might sound unrealistic but Team Singapore has the potential to do it MEDAL 1 (GOLD): Pressure is on the Chinese. Li Jiawei has never been that determined. Being
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        73 55 LI Jiawei has international pedigree, performing well at many competitions. She has matured into a better player than in the last Olympics. Experience, skill and a burning desire to win make the paddler our best hope for a medal. I dare say a silver or even a
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        60 55 THIS is a year where we've seen many world champions relinquish their grasp on their crown. Roger Federer lost twice to Rafael Nadal, Lewis Hamilton is currently ranked above previous world champions like Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Even the Spanish underachievers won EurooB. The trend is on
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        66 55 OUR Sportsman of the Year Gao Ning has been in great form in table-tennis since last year. He not only won his first singles title last year, but also helped himself to the individual, doubles and team gold at the SEA Games last year. Ranked
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        60 55 RONALD Susilo is going to give his opponents a rough time looking back at his wins over Lin Dan of China and Bjom Joppien of Germany in the 2004 Summer Olympics. While competing with world-class players, he pushes forward and uses techniques that no one expects.
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        73 55 THERE seems to be an endless stream of new sailing talent and there is little need for foreign talents. Now, at Qingdao, China, is their time to reap the rewards. Forget about the women paddlers. China and South Korea will sweep it all. With some luck
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        61 55 THE only hope for a medal this time round would be at "shooting" where our local marksmen have a consistent record at South-east Asia Games level. In a competition that is somewhat "open" in the Olympics, a bronze in this year's edition, would be a proud moment
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        61 55 A BRONZE medal from Tao Li who is untried at the Olympic level. But with the spotlight focused on the world stars, sometimes it just takes a moment of magic for her to wow the crowd this year in the country she was born in. An
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      194 55 CLUB or country? That is a question that has plagued professional players in Europe for some time. And die issue has taken die spotlight again this week, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that professional clubs need not release their players for the Olympics,
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      62 55 EVERY Friday, answer The Postman's Question of the Weekend and stand a chance to win attractive prizes. The Letter of the Weekend wins a $200 Lotto tennis package, which includes a pair of Lotto Syn-Raptor Due Speed tennis shoes worth $189.90. After the month is
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        213 56 Trawling through Olympic history, GEOFFREY LIP presents the second of two parts of the top 10 greatest athletes in the athletics programme. IN the second part of our top 10 greatest Olympic athletes, we shift our eyes to the distance events and the
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        320 56 Jackie Joyner-Kersee American athlete, ranked amongat the all-time greatest in heptathlon aa well as long jump Olympic gold: 1988 (Seoul): Long jump, Heptathlon 1992 (Barcelona): Heptathlon SHE is without doubt the queen of the heptathlon. The heptathlon is a taxing event that tests every aspect of an
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        193 57 Olympic gold: 1992 (Barcelona): 4x400m relay 1996 (Atlanta): 200 m, 400 m 2000 (Sydney): 400 m NO male athlete had ever accomplished the feat before. Michael Johnson though managed to do it in record time. Many will remember the 1996 Atlanta Olympics for
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        231 57 Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete. The marathon world-record holder is considered a legend amongst distance runners Olympic gold: 1996 (Atlanta): 10,000m 2000 (Sydney): 10,000m ALONG with Paavo Nurmi and Emil Zatopek, Haile Gebrselassie is easily one of the legends of distance running, and he is
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        282 57 Emil Zatopek Czech athlete who became the greatest distance runner of the 20th century Olympic gold: 1948 (London): 10,000 m 1952 (Helsinki): 5,000 m, 10,000 m, Marathon IMAGINE running 5km at top speed, follow that up with a 10km run, then throw in your first marathon on
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        257 57 During the 1920s the "Flying Finn" was the best middle and long distance runner in the world, setting records at distances between 1,500m and 20km Olympic gold: 1920 (Antwerp): 10,000m, 800m cross-country, Cross-country team 1924 (Paris): 1,500m, 5,000m, 800m cross-country, Cross-country team, 3,000m team race 1928 (Amsterdam): 10,000m
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        687 58  -  DRAW WMKNI TEAM EVENT: Group A: China, Holland, Croatia, Dominican Republic Group B: Singapore, Holland, US, Nigeria Group C: Hong Kong, Germany, Poland, Romania Group D: South Korea, Japan, Spain, Australia MEN'S TEAM EVENT: Group A: China, Austria, Greece, Australia Group B: Germany, Singapore, Croatia,
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        501 59 The only record you need to break is your own. Third Olympic Games for Nicolette but she's still got the... IMAGINE getting ready for the biggest race of your life, at the age of 14. In front of a raucous Sydney crowd and millions watching on television,
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        153 60  -  GROUP A IVORY COAST 1 ARGENTINA 2 TV VIEW Lim Say Heng npsports@sph.com.sg THE stage was set for a certain Lionel Messi to star. And boy did he put on a masterclass performance last night. The 21-year-old capped a fine performance in the 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast, scoring
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        489 60  -  GROUPC BRAZIL 1 BELGIUM 0 TV VIEW Joyce Lim npsports@sph.com.sg THEY are known as the Fabulous Four. Yet, when push came to shove, the quartet of Ronaldinho, Diego, Alexandre Pato and Anderson failed miserably at Shenyang Olympic Stadium yesterday. And it took a relatively
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        469 61 Which was why his appearance in Shanghai Stadium was met with the loudest cheers last night. pie 43,000 crowd cheered every touch of Messi, as Argentina dominated the early stages of the game. Messi was lively on the ball, often shielding himself well against the bigger and stronger Ivory Coast
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        483 61  -  GROUPB HOLLAND 0 NIGERIA 0 TV VIEW Gary Lim npsportsQsph.comsg IN THE end, the Jong Oranje saw red. Much had been expected of 65-year-old Foppe De Haan's Holland. After all, it was their Under-21 European Championships title last year which clinched them a
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        739 62 UMSAYHENG speaks to Antony Spanbrook, who helmed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Athens Olympics IMAGINE producing a show with 7,300 performers for a television audience of millions at the annual National Day Parade. Daunting, isn't it? Now multiply
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        270 62 HE NEVER expected to get his own adrenaline rush, when most of the action on the field had ended. While most athletes and spectators were settling down for the closing ceremony during die Athens Olympics, Antony Spanbrook was/ forced into action due to a last-minute change.
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        189 62 WHILE he had worked with the Chinese auteur on several occasions, Antony Spanbrook has no idea what Zhang Yimou's opening ceremony for Beijing Olympics would be like. "I found him quite inspiring and we had a lot of conversations, albeit through a translator since
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        423 62  -  REPORTING FROM BEIJING Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg CONFUSION reigned at the entrance of the Main Press Centre (MPC) in Beijing yesterday when hordes of journalists were denied entry by security officers. It is believed that orders were handed down after noon that all journalists must have a
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        712 63  -  THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS REPORTING FROM BEIJING Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg SO WHAT if he will not be the No. 1 tennis player in the world the day after the Olympic men's singles final on 18 Aug? Whether he wins the gold medal in Beijing or not,
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        812 64  -  REPORTING FROM BEIJING Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg COVERING the Olympic Games is the Holy Grail for every journalist. The same goes for me, in Beijing to cover my first Olympic Games. I remember watching my first Games in 1984, when legendary American sprinter Carl
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      60 55 POSTMAN POLL How you voted: Will Singapore win a medal at the Beijing Olympics Total votes 56 Yes, they wil beat afl odds and return with a gold (9) Yes, they wil match Tan Howe Liang's feat and bag a silver (12) A Yes, Singapore is good for a 4
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