The New Paper, 18 December 2008

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    22 1 the new paper 18 Dec 08 111 111 8 *****1 *****1 thurs gmm Singapore Press Warn Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      220 1 ANG MO KIO MAN TELLS COPS: You can't park here He was wrong page 10 ni" i ii i a' ~i ~i in mi mi i -jn+ibmad***: Mm 4 ***> N v P «y.*1 w ri <*afi v. >' M The Lions protest over a disallowed goal. Vietnam o s'poreo
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      Lock icon How can we move on?
      966 2  -  SYDNEY COURT ORDERS RE-TRIAL OF I S'PORE AN CONVICTED OF MURDERS One victim's family asks: REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN and JOYCELYN WONG -1 ,j®ipospn.oam.sg\ N f~T TVER*onfv was brutally murdered in ''M I years ago. X 2L. Anthfill today, Madam Chiew Lee Hua herself say
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      Lock icon THE THREE FLATMATES MURDER CONVICTION QUASHED
      41 3 RAM PUNEET TIWARY, 29 The second-year mechanical engineering student was in university on an SAF Local Study Award. He was described as a party animal and was working part-time in Sydney as a security guard.
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      Lock icon FLATMATE VICTIM 1
      47 3 TAY CHOW LYANG, 26 The final-year student in electrical engineering was married to a teacher. They had planned to hold their customary wedding after his studies. Mr Tay and Mr Tan were due to graduate in two months. They were awarded their degrees posthumously.
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      43 3 TAN POH CHUAN, 27 The final-year student in telecommunications engineering had registered his marriage to a navy officer earlier that year. The couple got the keys to their new flat two months before his death. TNP, ST, WANBAO FILE PICTURES
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      Lock icon DOUBLE MURDER
      91 2 15 SEP 2003: The bodies of Mr Tan Poh Chuan, 27, and Mr Tay Chow Lyang, 26, rwere found in their rented apartment on Barker Street, Randwick (left). 28 MAY 2004: Their flatmate, Ram Puneet Tiwary, then 25, was arrested. He was charged with their murders the next
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      Lock icon Jailed for murder; now, re-trial ordered
      371 3 SYDNEY police found the bloodied bodies of two Singaporeans after responding to a can fay their flatmate, Ram Puneet Tiwary, on 15 Sep 2003. They found Mr Tay Chow Lyang, 26, dead on the lounge floor of the apartment they shared He had a
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      Lock icon 'Rock music goes on late into the night'
      1140 4  -  Organisers say they're taking measures to cut noise level NOISE FROM CAMPSITE UPSETS SEMBAWANG RESIDENTS REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg SOME tenants in what used to be a quiet neighbourhood in Sembawang are up inarms. For the past seven months, they have been
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      212 4 The IRs will hire. Do you have what it takes? BE AMONGST THE FIRST TO BE EMPLOYED BY SINGAPORE'S NEW EXCITING SECTOR! With the coming of the IRs in Singapore and similar concepts sprouting in Asia, a career in Tourism Hospitality industry looks bright The IRs are expected to generate
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      60 5 HARD KNOCK: This woman was sent to hospital after she was allegedly hit on the head with a bottle by a drunken man. They were both reported to be dining with a group of people at a coffee shop in Guillemard Road near Geylang on Sunday
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      Lock icon November sees biggest drop in exports since '02
      282 5 EXPORTS TO FOREIGN MARKETS DECLINE SINGAPORE'S exports fell last month by the largest amount since February 2002, indicating that the economy is likely to remain in recession in the fourth quarter. With the global economic slowdown cutting away at external demand, November's
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        Lock icon More money in Medifund to help the poor
        102 5 THE Health Ministry is expecting an almost 50 per cent increase in requests for medical financial aid this year, so it has topped up the money to be given out through Medifund by more than $23 mil- lion for this year. The
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        Lock icon COE prices fall for all vehicles
        92 5 CERTIFICATE of Entitlement (COE) prices dropped for all categories of vehicles in the final bidding exercise for this year. The biggest drop is for big cars (above 1,600 cc) COE premium fell 60 per cent to $2,656. Premium for small cars (below 1,600 cc)
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        Lock icon Tangs sets up shop in virtual world
        119 5 TANGS is setting up a 3D replica of its landmark building in virtual world Second Life for real money by selling clothes to denizens there. The 76-year-old retail company announced that it was setting up a virtual mall at a media party yesterday.
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      1039 7  -  He drives her to hospital weekly, spends $4,000on her medical fees "Idon't know what will happen to me if I cannot walk any more. How will I work? What will happen to my parents?" Miss Rowena De La Cruz REPORT: GENEVIEVE JIANG genevievOsph.com.sg
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      Lock icon Doc: She has rare and deadly form of disease
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      Lock icon Man tries to enforce 'law' against cops
      726 9  -  No parking here for even lawmen? REPORT: ELAINE YEO yelaine@spti.com.sg THEY saw a police car blocking a narrow access lane to a rain shelter, and thought it had no business to be parked there. So Mr Ong Eng Chowg and his wife, Marilyn,
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      Lock icon Officers were responding to emergency case nearby
      198 9 POLICE spokesman Stanley Norbert told The New Paper that the police officers were authorised to park at the covered car porch between Btk 232 233 Palm View Estate, as they were responding to an emergency case at the nearby coffee shop. He said:
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      Lock icon He gave up his LIFE for his LOVE
      617 11 recounts how fiance pushed her away as car reversed into them in Yishun IT was his final act of love pushing her out of harm's way. It saved her life, even if he sacrificed his in the process. For Miss Nurliah Sulaiman,
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      640 12  -  Thieves' Market at Sungei Road sees rise in shoppers, sellers REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg IT was a Wednesday, but judging by the crowd at the Sungei Road flea market, you'd have mistaken it for a weekend. Hard times, it seems, have boosted the number
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      Lock icon Cool racial and religious tensions in the country
      315 13 ABDULLAH'S FINAL MISSION: AP. MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that his final mission is to cool racial and religious tensions in the country. He has been rushing through a raft of reforms in his last weeks in office. Datuk
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        109 13 AP. CARMAKER Proton should tie up with a strong foreign partner in a joint venture to remain competitive. The comments by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came amid news that Proton has been sued by its former Chinese partner, Goldstar Heavy Industrial, for 1 billion
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        104 13 AUSTRALIAN universities have relied too heavily on foreign students to compensate for scant public funding, a Federal Governmentcommissioned review of higher education has found. Foreign students, who make up a quarter of all tertiary students in Australia, help bolster budgets
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        Lock icon Thai premier to launch 'grand reconciliation plan'
        108 13 AFP. THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he would launch a "grand plan of reconciliation" to take the country forward economically and politically after months of turmoiL Mr Abhisit, 44, was making his first public comments since Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej signed
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        Lock icon Fed rate hitts 0 to 0.25% to reach historic low
        120 13 Reuters. THE US Federal Reserve entered uncharted policy territory as it slashed its benchmark interest rates to as low as zero. It also pledged to use "all available tools" to turn back a deepening recession. In a historic move, it
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        Lock icon Global FAST CASH
        41 13 FAST CASH: This mobile ATM is parked at a Christmas market near Berlin's TV tower. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the government may invest "another few billion" euros in a new stimulus package early next year. PICTURE: AFP
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      722 15 Once, there was a song 'Aiyoyo Samy'. Now, some are telling MIC head: FOR a long time, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) head and former cabinet minister S Samy Vellu had an iron grip on Malaysia's Indian community. That the grip had slipped was clear when the former Works
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      Lock icon Bush's shoe attack spawns game
      345 16 AFP. O ock and Awe' is an online game that allows people to fling a shoe at US President George Vjwßush. Created by Britain's Alex Tew, the aim is to knock Mr Bush out with a shoe, a feat already attained by 1.4 million players,
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      Lock icon The secret to his quick reflexes? Exercise
      253 16 LAT-WP. ONE thing was clear about the shoe-throwing incident President George W Bush (left) has good reflexes for someone in his 60s. The video footage showed the 62-year-old ably dodging two flying shoes the projectiles coming in quick succession at a Baghdad press
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      995 17 The UN yesterday voted to use air and sea attacks on pirate bases in Somalia. Pirate attacks have worsened as the cutthroats change tactics and evade detection Pirates of the Somalian Coast IHT. THE CAST: Bad Guys: Somali pirates who have in the past two months alone
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      Lock icon The Pirate Game
      63 17 1. They hardly get caught because they I hide behind rocks. 2. Once warships pass, they attack slow-moving tankers. 4. Loopholes in law. Captured pirates are dumped on beaches because of jurisdiction problems. 5. UN says pirates have made $120 million this year. 3. Tactics change. They
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      Lock icon 'Safe' hiding place traps boy for hours
      308 18 AN UNUSED safe seemed like the best hiding place for this eight-year-old. Unfortunately, it also turned out to be this Turkish boy's darkest nightmare after he was trapped in it for several hours. It happened while little Cihan Sevinc was playing with his
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      29 19 FROM READER BRIAN MORIER SAFETY FIRST: These two construction workers at Sentosa Cove were working at a height without helmets or safety harnesses to prevent them from falling.
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      112 19 1 THE National Wages Council will meet again next month to revise the wage guidelines it set earlier this year. The review is prompted by the worsening global economic crisis. The new recommendations are expected to be announced in the middle of next month.
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      392 19 FROM READER WANG LE FENG. ANDREA The elderly behaving badty AFTER reading the report, "Seat-hog-ging uncle kicks up a storm on public bus" (The New Paper on Sunday, 14 Dec) about the elderly being ungracious, I was reminded of prior encounters I
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      Lock icon FROM READER BALASUBRAMANIAM SUBBAIYAN Sister is a 'gem of a person'
      208 19 I READ the report, "Sister stands outside classes daily to take notes for sick girl" (The New Paper, 15 Dec) and have great admiration and respect for Miss Sharon Sia, 26, who sacrificed so much for her sister. Taking
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    54 20 Should parents spank their children when they're naughty? "I really think it depends on the nature of the situation. Most children are mischievous, and while I feel that there are other methods of getting a message across, like talking to a child, sometimes a spank could be more appropriate."
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    133 20 Comments on the rise in litterbugs who are put under CWO (Corrective Work Order): "Still far too few litterbugs are being caught and fined. These people cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars every year. Give the enforcement officers a higher quota to fill. And forget the
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    824 21  -  I almost lost hope JUfable and modest, HKactor Bosco Wong is open to any question except about 'friend'Myolie Wu REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg HONG Kong actor and newly minted singer Bosco Wong does not need to fret even if he does not win any best newcomer trophy at
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      49 21 2'/.-. THE NEW PAPER 25 THAT'S THE SPIRIT: They put the purr in sex kitten, hut Eva Mendes trumps co-star Scarlett Johansson in the fashion department during the n carpet tour of The Spirit. PAGE 30 MOVIE DATE: Our critics couldn't be any more divided over Twilight, page 27
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    70 22 CURRENT POST: Postwoman Jeanmarie Tan writes about the blockbuster vampire romance Twilight, starring Robert Pattmson and Kristen Stewart. Are you a fan of the book series, which the movie is based on? Do you think the film will live up to the hype and expectations? Post your comments on
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    648 23  -  Movie Date HO LIAN-YI W mm -mm m iwnytfJsptixoHUQ JEANMARIE TAN d LIKE: Who would have thought a romantic tale about a 107-year-old man with self-control issues over a girl 90 years his junior would be so popular with the under-21 female crowd? That said, this
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      348 24 Want to know what to watch at a glance? We '11 do the work for you. Our ratings round-up tells you which new movies this week are worth paying for and which are not YES MAN STARS: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel STORY: A divorced loan officer attends
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      393 25 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON STARS: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton DIRECTOR: David Fincher RELEASE DATE: 5 Feb Brad Pitt spends six hours a day in make-up playing a man who ages backwards THE SKINNY: Spanning the'end of World War I to the 21st
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      386 26  - Please bring sexy back, Scarlett Eva REPORT: JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg MAYBE Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes have had enough of being labelled sex kittens. The two, Hollywood's hottest actresses, play femmes fatales in the new movie The Spirit, written and directed by Frank Miller and adapted from Will Eisner's classic
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      550 42 WILLIAM LOW'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK BACK-IN-FORM Count Zerpour did a stylish hit-out at Kranji yesterday morning. Ridden by jockey Danny Beasley, the John Meagher-trained New Zealand-bred stretched out beautifully over 600 m on the Polytrack in 38.5 sec. The going was good. After a dismal outing
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      60 42 TUNE in to TRACKTALK tonight to find out The New Paper's tipster MARC TAN's selections for tomorrow and Sunday's races at Kranji. The one-hour programme for tomorrow's Polytrack meeting will be shown on Starhub's SuperSports Plus Channel 21 at 9pm tonight. The programme for Sunday's mixed surfaces meeting will
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      247 43 RACE 1: Slow work: Grande Swift, Apache Eagle (D Chee), You're My Sunshine, Kaikaixinxin. RACE 2: Bignmighty 37.2. Slow work; Trigger Success, Carry On Glory (M Razali). RACE 3: Slow work: China Great (M Yap), McQueen, Samurai Soul (I Saifudin), Future Delight. RACE 4:
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      378 44 GUIDE TO PENANG TRACKWORK NST CUT THE QUEUE drew attention to his winning chances in the Bukit Jambul Handicap for Maidens over 1,400m on Sunday with a one-round workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by
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      372 44 Racel Class 5 1200m 3 SMMM 1132(68-17) YTCtm (1) 1 1 KM6CHB 3LE133 (13-6) DMMi (9) 2 WMVI' .....WCMawm (7) 3 H*I2 (4) 4 Ola Trtter YSTaulltoiytot. 2.5,2.25. Tlwb Imm 10.788 c. HM: $13. Fowets36.WM>r— HMCSKI IMB *0794 Race 2 Class 4 1650m
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      420 44 7 JUNGLE IMMA 58 (289-102) 3 ALBMH06S58J31-10) 4 BOLD AFFIXATION 56 (77-18) MYM (11) 1 2 3 IMtear 1.5,1.25.Hara:59.93aac.808:519. Foracaafc $747. Place Foracaafc $23 (Nos. 3-4), $181 (Nos. 3-7), $769 (N06.4-7). TtarcK No winner ($***** jackpot carried toward to Race 2). Mac $2226.
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      264 44 NST TRAINER Tiang Kim Choi, who has entered four Restricted Maiden newcomers Big Dawn, Inter Police, Penang Legend and Trump Player, can rely on Penang Legend to make a winning debut at the final meeting of the 2008 racing season starting
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        688 45 AP. HAVING already secured the Asian Tour Order of Merit tide this year, India's Jeev Milkha Singh will.be playing free of pressure in the Tour's season-end-ing event. The U*****,000 (sl.lm) Volvo Masters of Asia, which starts today at die Thai Country Club in Bangkok, is restricted to
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        227 45 AFP. IT WAS heroic, but it may have cost Tiger Wood's his record. This is what coach Butch Harmon believes, that Woods' heroics in winning this year's US Open while seriously injured may have hit his chances of overhauling Jack Nicklaus' record 18 Major
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        367 45 m NATIONAL golfers Johnson Poh and Joshua Shou have a two-shot cushion going into the final day of the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Junior Invitational Golf Championship. Johnson shot a three-over 74 in the second round at the Bukit Course yesterday for a
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        468 46  -  ARUN RAJ npsports@sph.com.sg WHILE many people play sports after work, this week's Weekend Warriors do it before working through the night. They are all pest control technicians who work in the same company, and they get together to play sepak takraw once week before they start their usual
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        336 46 NOT much is required to play the game of sepak takraw. However, Team Kaki Paitao spokesman Muhamad Zaini feels there are still hindrances for many to play the sport in Singapore. "We are restricted by the facilities at times because when it rains we cannot play
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        245 46  -  Readers, we want your say LIM SAY HENG I npsports@sph.com.sg DECEMBER is a time where we take stock of what's happened in the year- the good, the bad and the ugly. In the past year, we have covered numerous grassroots and community sporting issues in our Singapore
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        1242 47 As the half-way point of the Premier League season approaches, fain Macintosh compiles report cards for all the movers and the shakers LIVERPOOL We've always expected big things of this particular student, but he has a tendency to be easily distracted, especially by foreign trips. We have seen an
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        1240 47 1 ill I S Not one of our most popular pupils, this one. Prone to fits of violence and if there's a ruckus in the playground, you'll invariably find him at the centre of it That said, he has settled into his work better this term and is
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      511 48  -  AFF Suzuki Cup REPORTING FROM HANOI GARY LIM npaportoOaph-conug IT WAS a sombre-looking Raddy Avramovic at the post-match media conference. Clearly irked by his boys' dismal performance, the Singapore coach had every reason to be upset after the 0-0 draw with Vietnam in Hanoi. < And
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      168 49 dfd Brought to you by Champion M i mm lasmsm, srcsw IfHE OTHER MISSES ■am miii: Le Tan Tai misses with a looping header from a Ooan Viet Cuong cross as Lionel Lewis is caught flat-tooted. ■SOU mitt: Viet Thang is put through after some neat approach piay
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        56 50 MUSTAFIC Fahrudn elides In to tackle Vietnamese fuN-backDoen Viet Cuong late. Ctearty upset at tfwchaflenge, lie ignores the Singapore captain's apology dd and fomwRfa referee Francfe Lee sakft^ f I Doan Viet Cuong is scythed down by Mustafic Fahrudin. 2 As Mustafic' apologises, Viet Cuong retaliates
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        554 50  -  VIETNAM O SINGAPORE O GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IT WAS a game few expected would turn out the way it did. Singapore were the favourites, and rightly so, after winning maximum points during their group stage. > Hosts Vietnam looked to be in bad shape, and even
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        668 51  -  The draw for the Champions League is to be held tomorrow butnow's the time to back your team BRIAN MILLER ddf IF you are a flag-waving, card-carrying, heart-on-your-sleeve football fan, then reach for your wallet now and have a punt on your team winning the Champions
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        52 51 $5.00: Barcelona (Spain) $5.50; Chelsea (England) $6.00; Manchester United (England) $6.50: Inter-Milan (Italy) $8.50: Liverpool (England) $10.00: Real Madrid (Spain), Arsenal (England) $15.00: Bayern Munich (Germany), Juventus (Italy) $20.00: Roma (Italy) $25.00: Atletico Madrid (Spain) $30.00: Lyon (France), Villarreal (Spain) $40.00: Porto (Portugal) $75.00: Panathinaikos (Greece) $100.00: Sporting
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        458 52  -  FRANK MALLEY PASpOft HARRY Redknapp did sacked Blackburn boss Paul Ince no favqurs. Blackburn's directors will have monitored the way Redknapp took over a Tottenham team which was in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League and virtually overnight relieved
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        215 52 AEP. IT IS up to big Sam Allardyce to lead beleaguered Blackburn Rovers out of the doldrums now. The former Bolton and Newcastle boss was appointed Blackburn Rovers manager on a three-year contract, the English Premier League strugglers announced yesterday, a day after they had sacked
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        518 52  -  MARK STANIFORTH PA Sport PAUL Ince's reign as Blackburn boss may have come to an end, but it would be doing the former Manchester United star a great disservice to cite him as another example of a top player who could not adapt
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      254 53 UEFACUP Tomorrow: SAMPDORIA v SEVILLA Ch 27,3.45am EPL Saturday: FULHAM v BORO Ch 27,10.55am BOLTON v PORTSMOUTH Ch 21,10.55am HULL v SUNDERLAND Ch 22,10.55am Sunday: WEST HAM v VILLA Ch27, T.25am WEST BROMv MAN CITY Ch 27,9.25pm ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL Ch 27,11.55pm NEWCASTLE v TOTTENHAM Ch 22,10.55pm CHEVRON WORLD CHALLENGE
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    387 54  -  AISHAH HAMZA npsports@sph.com.sg YESTERDAY, you saw the Lions come out unscathed after a tense goalless draw against Vietnam in Hanoi. Come this Sunday, the Lions will once again face Vietnam in what promises to be a heated second-leg semi-final decider at the National Stadium.
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      53 54 60 Sports AFF SUZUKI CUP: This was our worst performance so far, says Raddy. PAGE56 ■~y. PICTURE: AFP CONFLICT: Raddy (right) confronts the assistant referee over the decision to flag Noh Alam Shah offside after an own goal put Singapore 1 -0 up. EPL: Your English Kaki gives his mid-term
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