The New Paper, 8 May 2009

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1 60 The New Paper
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    • 183 1 O R I G I N A L TNP DOLLARS $100 thenewpaper thenewpaper ONLY ORIGINAL TNP DOLLARS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW PAPER ARE VALID EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Former Perak chief minister on parliament fiasco PAGE 18 H1N1 FLU EXPOSED Private clinics flouting Health Ministry requirements on protective gear. Why? PAGE 6
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    • 17 1 ri ACTRESS CHRISTY CHUNG I’m tired of being a sex siren PAGE 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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  • News
    • 881 2/3  -  For2years,parentsdidn’t knowaboutAware’s sexuality programme. Then events unravelled over the last 7 days REPORT: BENSON ANG, HAN YONG MING tnp@sph.com.sg FOR two years, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) conducted sexuality workshops and talks to schools, and he did not complain. Now Mr Twoon
      PICTURE: COURTESY OF MR TWOON KOK YAM; TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG  -  881 words
    • 529 4  -  REPORT:ARUL ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg MYSTERYsurroundshisdeath.Retiree Tan Kim Bock, 78, left his Yishun Street 21 flat at 8pm on Wednesdaytobuysomeitems. He would also go to a foodcourt near Block238,YishunRingRoadtobuythenewspaperandhavehismeals. But when Mr Tan did not return home a couple of hours later, his wife became worried. As
      TNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG  -  529 words
    • News Flu Watch
      • 972 6 / 7  -  Alert status at Orange till next week, but some staff not wearing required gear REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg WE’RE still on orange alert for the Influenza A(H1N1) virus, but are staff at private sector clinics protecting themselves? A random check by The
        TNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO  -  972 words
      • 268 6 / 7  -  REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg THIS is a place where customers eat and drink under a roof of birds in cages. The coffee shop patrons like it that way. But it begs the question: With public and personal hygiene being the buzz words these
        TNP PICTURE: FRANCIS LEE  -  268 words
      • Article, Illustration
        460 8 / 9  -  Authorities act to address concerns Six in 10 GPs say theycan’tget protective gear REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg A SHORTAGE of N95 masks, which doctors and clinic staff are required to use during the orange alert, has led to talk ofhoarding. General practitioners have been unable to get their
        PICTURE: AFP  -  460 words
      • AROUND THE WORLD
        • 87 8 / 9 AS of last night, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that 2,099 cases of Influenza A(H1 N1) infections have been reported by 23 countries, including 42 deaths in Mexico and two in the US. Mexico has reported 1,112 confirmed human cases of infection, while
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        • 111 8 / 9 ABOUT 250 passengers travelling on a flight from New York to Copenhagen, Denmark were kept onboard for two hours after landing because of a flu scare, reported AFP. The pilot from Scandinavian Airlines System told authoritiesat Copenhagen’sKastrupairport 30mins before landing that a 62-year-old
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        • 80 8 / 9 IN Mexico, high schools and universities opened yesterday, a day after offices and restaurants were allowed to reopen after a one-week shutdown to contain the outbreak. Primary schools are scheduled to re-open next week, reported AFP. Allbusinesses including sportsarenas, dance halls, cinemas and restaurants– canoperatefrom todaybut
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        • 111 8 / 9 FILIPINO boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will return to Manila as scheduledon Friday, ignoring advice to stay in the US to help prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus. Pacquiao said that he and his entourage do not have any flu symptoms even though the virus
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  • Local News watch
    • 43 10 BETTERSAFETHANSORRY:BoonLayRajarestaurantinJurong East is one of the first eateries to use the thermoscan to check the temperature of diners wishing to eat there. The restaurant used the same system during the Sars outbreak in 2003. TNP PICTURE: NG XI JIE
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    • 254 10 Salaries rising less than inflation rate REAL wages will shrink for many employees in Singapore this year, according to a survey. It found that salaries will tend to rise, but by less than the inflation rate. According to the survey, by global
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    • 108 10 THE elderly now have a one-stop online portal called I Not Old which is full of information and games just for them. It lists more than 250 upcoming activities ranging from yoga to kara- oke, offers health tips and games. The portal, at inotold.com, also features
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    • 108 10 WITH Vesak Day around the corner, the National Parks Board (NParks) and PUB are urging the public not to release animals into nature reserves and reservoirs. Such acts may be harmful to the ecological balance of these places and the water quality
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    • 121 10 OWNERS of commercial vehicles, buses and taxis will get a 30 per cent rebate when they renew their road tax from this Sunday. The goverment announced in the Budget statement in January that it will extend this rebate rate for one year from
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    • 549 11  -  Accident at Marina Bay construction site REPORT:TAN TAN MAY PING mayping@sph.com.sg EVEN with the music blasting in his van, he heard a loud boom and saw a cloud of smoke at the Marina Bay area. Curious, he muted the sound and rolled down his window.
      TNP PICTURES: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  549 words
    • 623 14  -  UK study results might surprise you REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg WHAT’S a better snack for your kid one designed for children like Baby BalanceBerryBearBiscuitsor“junk food” like a bite of a cheeseburger? The answer may surprise you. A study of 107 foods marketed for babies and young children
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    • 377 15  -  Revamped movie mag now free with The New Paper every Thursday Kerri Teo –KerriTeo,newsroomintern THE revamped FiRST movie magazine made its debut yesterday. Unlikethemagazine’soldmonthlyformat, which cost $4.50 a month, the new FiRST is a 16-page pullout that comes free within The New Paper every
      TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  377 words
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  • Global News watch
    • 326 16 STRESS TEST FOR BANKS Wire services NO US banks screened by regulators face the risk of insolvency, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said. This gave markets another reason to rally after encouraging US jobs and European services data. The results of
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    • 104 16 AFP LAST year’spowerful earthquakein south-western China killed 5,335 students, an official said. It’s the first time the government has given such a tally. The 12 May quake also left an- other 546 students disabled, Mr Tu Wentao, head of the Sichuan province
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    • 112 16 AFP A US national has been arrested after swimming over to the lakeside compound where Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is under house arrest. The New Light of Myanmar dai- ly identified the man as John Willian Yeattaw. He arrived in
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    • 98 16 AFP THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he would invoke the country’s internal security act to place the army in charge of guarding the Asean summit scheduled for next month. Mr Abhisit said the special measures were needed to avoid a repeat of
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    • 108 16 AP THE number of hungry people in the world could soon hit a record 1 billion, despite a recent drop in food prices. Though the financial crisis has helped bring global food prices down, it has also led to falling trade
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    • Article, Illustration
      41 16 CHEEPTRICK:OfficersattheLos Angeles airport searched Sony Dong after they saw feathers peeking out from under his pants. Then, they found more than 12 birds strapped to his legs. On Tuesday, he was charged with smuggling birds from Vietnam. PICTURE: AFP
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    • 507 17 M’SIA’S‘KILLERSONMOTORCYCLES’ THREE days, two crimes, four lives lost. Two pregnant women and their unborn children were killed in two separate snatch theft cases within three days. Both had their handbags snatched by robbers on motorcycles, prompting The Star newspaper to dub the culprits
      PICTURE: CHINA PRESS  -  507 words
    • 936 18/19  -  OFFICIAL REMOVED IN PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY EXCLUSIVE: EX-CHIEF MINISTER TELLS US... REPORT: ZUBAIDAH NAZEER zubaidah@sph.com.sg MUSICAL chairs is a children’s game. And it is not something you would use to describe the situation in a Malaysian state assembly. But when you look at the behaviour
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    • 446 20 Award-winning HK actress felt ill on flight from New York ASshesniffledandcoughedonherflightfrom New York to Hong Kong, Maggie Cheungfearedtheworst. Developing flu during such a period has tremendous implications, especially since she had been in New York, which had seen casesoftheInfluenzaA(H1N1)flu. The 44-year-old multi-award winning actress was
      PICTURE: ORIENTAL DAILY; PICTURE: APPLE DAILY  -  446 words
    • 520 21 UKprimary school tells parents that kids need to develop‘toughattitude’ IF YOUR child has a minor headache or a slight sniffle, he still has to come to school. A UK school headmaster sent letters to parents telling parents not to keep their
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 13 16 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High35,Low27˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High30˚,Low27˚
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      37 22 FROM READER VICKY SALVERRAJU LOOK OUT BELOW: Laundry hanging out to dry on poles precariously suspended on the railings at Block 265, Yishun St 22. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 67 22 On the ongoing Khmer Rouge trials “Itis very importantthat those men areput on trial. How could they say they did not know about thetwomilliondeaths overthefour years?” chamnatchorn “Itshould alsobe notedthat many ordinary Khmers just want to move on. They are not indifferent. They believe history provides adequate
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    • 187 22 READER MOHD ALIAS The New Paper Auction IREFER to the report, “They offer real for TNPS$” (The New Paper, 7 May). I’m currently the top bidder with $550,000 for the camcorder. But after reading the article, I feel the contest is taking a
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    • 144 22 READER CAROL TAN IREFERtoHanYongming’sreport,“Sorry, wrongscoresoyoulost”(TheNewPaper, 28 Apr). What amazes me is how a win can be overturned when: No protest was made by the teacher in charge of the Yio Chu Kang Primary School after receiving the score sheet at the end of the
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 22 Are HDB lifts on every floor a necessity or a luxury? “Ithink it'sa necessitybecause of the elderly and children. It will be inconvenient for them if the lift goes only to every two or three floors. In fact, I think all HDB blocks should get lifts to everyfloor.” MsJoanneCheng,
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  • Show
    • 679 23  -  Actress Christy Chung is tired of being REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg SHE is adored for her full, pouty lips and sexy, voluptuous figure. But Christy Chung has an ardent wish for all casting directors: Please get rid of that “femme fatale” impression you have of
      PICTURE: MARIE FRANCE BODYLINE; PICTURES: MARIE FRANCE BODYLINE, CATHAY, SHAW  -  679 words
    • 482 25  -  ActorYaoWenlongdonswomen’sclothes and make-up for uncomfortable new role REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg A PAIR of voluptuous E-cups bouncing on local telly... Can it really be Channel 8? Yes indeed, it is. Though we must warn you that the boobs in ques- tion are on hairy
      PICTURE: MEDIACORP; TNP PICTURE: NG XI JIE  -  482 words
    • 488 26  -  REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg WOULD a modern audience sit through a play lasting 55 scenes over 22 hours? That is a dilemma faced by anyone wanting to perform The Peony Pavilion, a Chinese traditional opera based on a script by Ming
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    • Show Spotted
      • 66 27 WHO:Jennifer Garner, 37 WHERE: Washington DC WHAT: Some pre-schoolers got a morning treat when the Elektra actress popped by on Tuesday. The mother of two young girls delighted her young chargesby readingchildren’sbook IsYour MamaA Llama?, reported People magazine. Garner, an ambassador for the group Save
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      • 141 27 Who was where, and doing what? Here’sa round-up of the latest celebrity sightings in the region and Hollywood WHO :Anne Hathaway, 26 WHERE: Fifth Avenue, New York WHAT: Diamonds were the highlight at a Cartier party last Thursdaybutit was Hathaway’s outfit which stole the show.
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      • 84 27 WHO: Heidi Klum, 35, and Hayden Panettiere, 19 WHERE:Grauman’sChinese Theatre,Los Angeles WHAT: Beam us up, Scotty! Celebrities who turned up at the LA premiere of Star Trek gamely got into the mood. On the red carpet, stars like Klum, Panettiere, The Office’sRainnWilson and comedianDamon WayansJr flashed Vulcan signs
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    • Show Travel
      • 568 28 WET WILD between factories and overcrowded beaches InFrenchwetlands,it’s a battle against nature human development AFP THECamargue, Europe’s largestwetland,is fighting to preserve its unique environment and identity despite the damage done by tourism and nearby industries. Located in the south of France, the vast plain is almost like a fairy tale.
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      • 366 42 TRIAL 1 (official): 1 Mary’s Success (I Andy) 2 That’stheone (E Aslam) 3 Super Lucky Colour (R Stewart) 4 Lucky Knight (J Saimee) 5 Imperial Knight (M Gallagher) 6 Cayenne (M Ewe). Margins and time: Nk, 41/2, 9, nk, 151/4(1min01.90sec). TRIAL 2 (official): 1 Boss Man (R
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      • 585 45 AP EVEN with the strongest field in golf, The Players Championship is among the few tournaments where the biggest star is the golf course. The Stadium Course on the TPC Sawgrass has a personality all of its own. Sure, it is renowned for
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      • 288 45 AP JEFF Klauk has mowed fairways, groomed greens and played about a thousand rounds at TPC Sawgrass. He’s even worked as a standard bearer for The Players Championship. His role this week is much different. Klauk (below), the son of longtime course superintendent Fred Klauk, made
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      • 276 46/47  -  Readersbelievetoday’sbrandoffootballwarrantsaless fieryapproachwhentheEPL’sBigFourclash,despitehow Roy Keane laments. Our Letter of the Week winner tells us whyfootball’stitanicclashesaredifferentthesedays LETTER OF THE WEEK Eugene Chan creative director, Man United fan (The writer wins a pair of Lotto Stadio Campioni FG O.L football boots worth $199 and will be notified
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        • 81 46/47 JOHN Terry, Nemanja Vidic, Jamie Carragher and Kolo Toure are all players who would die to stop a goal. Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Anderson are all players who play with passion and tenacity. A great game of football does not constitute blood, guts or
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        • 82 46/47 THE REASON why my favourite player Jamie Redknapp retired early is that he was afraid he might not walk again. People like Roy Keane, David Batty, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Wise should be institutionalised. No player should listen to Keane and jump in with flying tackles
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        • 77 46/47 EVERYONE is afraid of getting booked, but why? Receiving a card is no big deal. Incurring a red will only result in a ban of one or two matches. Why are players so afraid nowadays? Let’s hope Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man United will wake up and return
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        • 84 46/47 TODAY the game is about possession and one-touch football. The hardmen of today are more cultured and have made tackling an art form. Javier Mascherano of Liverpool and Claude Makelele of Chelsea come to mind. Even Steven Gerrard, who was an admirer of Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira,
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        • 78 46/47 WHEN it comes down to it, the only people who gave these games a gladiator feel are Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. With these two gone, there is definitely not going to be the same atmosphere. Since when have you seen other Manchester United players like
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        • 98 46/47 FOOTBALL fans love the wondrous build-up to a goal, and the exhilaration when the ball rips into the back of a net. Roy Keane demands that players carry their disdain for the opposing team onto the field and send in tackles, causing tempers to flare. There
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        • 77 46/47 THE FURY has subsided a little, but the race for the title remains as exciting ever. With three of the Big Four still competing in the Champions League, the sheer quality of English sides hasdefinitelyexceededthatofRoyKeane’sday. Yes, the controversies which were more apparent in Keane’s time may be missing
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        • 68 46/47 ROY KEANE, Patrick Vieira and Martin Keown were among the perpetrators of such battles on the field while Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger did it off the field. It could be that the managers have mellowed and given each other greater respect and are more
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      • 592 48  -  THE FINAL VERDICT: GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IN THE end, the drama surrounding the game took precedence over the football played. There were poor refereeing decisions, suchasChelsea’sseveral penalty appeals that were turned down. There were also the ugly out- bursts by Chelsea players Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack,
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      • 468 49  -  STANLEY HO npsports@sph.com.sg PERHAPS Didier Drogba should look in the mirror and ask himself this question. Is there no other way to face disappointment, however bitter and unjust, than a foul-mouthed tirade aimed at a Norwegian referee in full view of a worldwide television audience?
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      • 196 49  -  JOYCE LIM THE FOULS were captured clearly on TV. And referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was just a few metres away. There is no way that he could have missed them. And it wasn’t just once, but three or four times, said Allan Chan, president of Chelsea FC
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      • 198 49  -  JOYCE LIM BARCELONA have been loyal to their style of play, that’s why they won, said Ignasi Buxade, who grew up in the traditional Catalonian neighbourhoodofL’Eixample. The 37-year-old Barcelona supporter (left), who is based here as a financial analyst, said: “It wasn’t a victory for Barcelona but
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      • 1014 50/51  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg LAST week, Chelsea drew all the flak for their negative display in the first leg. Yesterday morning (Singapore time), the Blues got all the sympathy instead. In a match filled with dramatic twists, Chelsea were denied a place in the Champions League
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      • 135 50/51 Wire Services A TOP bookmaker in England has reacted strongly to the astonishing refereeing in the Champions League semi-final. Paddy Power wasted no time in pledging to refund bets placed on Chelsea to win the encounter and to qualify for the Champions League final.
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      • 346 50/51 PA Sport CONTROVERSIAL referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was understood to have been smuggled out of the country by police after receiving a number of death threats. Ovrebo (left) became the target of a hate campaign after failing to award Chelsea several penalties during their Champions League
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      • 671 52  -  CHELSEA 1 (Essien 9) BARCELONA1 (Iniesta 90+3) (Barca win on away goals) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT IT WAS a night that should have been memorable for the beauty of Michael Essien’s opening goal, but it is a raging Didier Drogba who
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      • 258 52 TANTRUM NOPE,not DidierDrogba thistime, but anew contenderfor themostannoying player in world football,DaniAlves.Was thereever a momentwhen hewasn’twhining? Ifhe had anythingtobe upset aboutitwas the waythat every oneofhiscrosses wentflying over thepenalty area and outofplay. His booking,rulinghim out ofthe final,was oneofthe moreenjoyable momentsfor theneutral. INVISIBLE MAN WASLIONELMessi alate substitute,broughton to changethegame? Not
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      • 338 53 PA Sport GUUS Hiddink will support Didier Drogba if Uefa decides to punish the Ivorian striker over his post-match confrontation with referee Tom Henning Ovrebo and a foul-mouthed TV rant following yesterday morning’sChampionsLeague semi-finalex-it. Ovrebo was criticised by both Hiddink and Chelsea captain John
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      • 640 53  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg JUST nine minutes into their Champions League semi-final second-leg match, Chelsea scored their first goal against Barcelona. What looked to be a stroll at Stamford Bridge soon turned ugly, as the Chelsea players protested furiously after yesterday morning’sgame againstBarcelona. First, they
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      • 479 54 / 55  -  REF!TherewerefourChelseapenaltyclaimsthatweredeniedyesterdaymorning.WespeaktorefereeanalystFRANCISLEE,whosaysTomOvrebogotthemallwrong. FRANCIS LEE HIDDINK SAYS: “Inthe firsthalf yousee Maloudawas clearlypulled over in the penalty area and the referee had a perfect viewonthevertical ofthe line.” FRANCIS SAYS: DANIELAlvesand FlorentMalouda werepractically holdingon toeach other.That’s asituation that could go either way. The striker was trying to prevent him from
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      • 587 56 / 57 Semi-final, second leg CHELSEA 1 (Essien 9) BARCELONA1 (Iniesta 90+3) 1-1 on aggregate, Barcelona win on away goals WHAT THEY DID AND SAID: MICHAEL BALLACK THE GERMAN was the first player to confront the referee after claiming a penalty for handball late in the game.
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    • 324 58 PA Sport Hiddinksays:“Thereisanoverallfeelingofbeing robbed, injustice. That’s why they were so hot and angry and I could understand the emotion of the players. “Of course the players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes and referees can make mistakes, that’s why we talk about giving the benefit
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