The New Paper, 28 January 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 the new paper 28 Jan 2010 SPORTS NOON EDITION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010
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      57 1 POLICE ON BT PANJANG ACCIDENT Yes, this DIPLOMAT DRIVER was the thenewpaper Romanian diplomat’s boss says... PAGE 2 PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS PICTURE: AFP CARLING CUP (SEMI-FINAL, 2ND LEG): Rooney sends United through HoldersManUnitedwillmeetAston VillainthefinalafterbeatingCity4-3 onaggregate,thankstoWayne Rooney’slast-gaspwinner PAGE70 EPL: Chelsea down Birmingham 3-0 to regain top spot as Arsenal
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  • News Embassy Car Accident
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      Lock icon ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR (right): ‘We understand your anger’
      710 2/3  -  REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg IT WAS something that should not have happened. This was what the Romanian Ambassador to Singapore, Mr Aurelian Neagu, 50, told The New Paper over the phone from Tokyo yesterday. Mr Neagu was referring to the Bukit Panjang accidents
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      Lock icon POLICE SAY: HE’S THE DRIVER
      825 2/3  -  Ex top Romanian diplomat identified in court as driver of car in accident REPORT:CHONG CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg ONE and a half months after the Romanian embassy’s car was involved in an accident, its former top diplomat here has been officially alleged to be the
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      Lock icon ‘I want to go back to work’
      580 4  -  Man who survives Romanian embassy car accident: REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HE WALKS with a limp and is trying to regain the use of his left hand. Although he has yet to recover fully from his injuries, Mr Bong Hwee Haw, 24,
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  • Local News watch
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      Lock icon Record number turned to ComCare
      235 6 $51 million of fund used SOME 33,000 Singapore households turned to ComCare for help last year a jump of 47 per cent from 2008 due to the economic downturn. This number is the highest ever since ComCare was launched in 2005. It is a government-based
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      Lock icon HDB may set quota on PRs buying resale flats
      108 6 THE Housing and Development Board is considering setting a limit on the number of permanent residents buying resale flats. This could be done in the same way that racial quotas are imposed to pre- vent ethnic enclaves. The issue came up
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      Lock icon Customised diploma for Sports School students
      98 6 STUDENTS at the Singapore Sports School (SSP) will soon be able to take up a customised Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management. The diploma is being offered by Republic Polytechnic, in collabora- Republic Polytechnic, tion with SSP. The target is to have a minimum
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      Lock icon Thomson Medical tops in patient satisfaction
      116 6 THOMSON Medical Centre has beaten other hospitals in the Customer Satisfaction Index for Singapore to gain the top position in the health-care sector. From third place last year, the health-care provider improved its score by 4.4 points to 73.3, significantly higher than the heath-care
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      Lock icon I plan to watch WORLD CUP with friend on S’PORE CABLE
      673 8  -  In an exclusive interview, High Commissioner to Singapore of World Cup host South Africa sayshe’s confidentthe event will beshownhere REPORTS:ANDREYEO ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg SO YOU’VE heard it from insiders and football fans. They’re confident the World Cup will be
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      Lock icon It will help create jobs
      288 8 THE South African High Commissioner to Singapore, Dr Simeon Selby Ripinga, said that long after the teams have left South Africa, the benefits from hosting the tournament will still be felt. Q: What does hosting the World Cup mean for your country? Dr Ripinga (DR):
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      Lock icon Ifitisn’tshownhere? Sponsors have other plans
      324 8 WITH an expected 26.3 billion viewers catching the World Cup on television worldwide, sponsors know the tournament is a major catchment for eyeballs. That’swhy they’recounting onthe World Cup being shown here. Fifa’smain sponsorsfor thecomingWorld Cup are Coca-Cola, Adidas, Sony, Hyundai-Kia Motors, Visa and Emirates. Mr
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      Lock icon No class, but they must still go to school
      925 10 / 11  -  New private education rule says students must spend three hours in school every weekday REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg SOMETIMES in trying to solve one problem, you create another. After some private schools ran into trouble with sham courses, the Government passed
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      Lock icon How some schools deal with time requirement
      261 10 / 11 WHILE MDIS has had to tweak its programme, other private schools have introduced measures to verify that their students are indeed in school to meet CPE’srequirements. AtSIM, students’attendance are tracked electronically. Studentscarryan “attendancecard” which they use to check in and out of every
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      Lock icon S’pore siblings stranded in Peru after mudslides, floods
      1159 12 / 13  -  Mum breaks down after hearing daughter’svoiceonphone REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg THE deadly landslide took place at an ancient site in faraway Peru in South America but it caused tension and fear in a five-room apartment here atTanjongPagar. Housewife Seow Tock Joo’s two
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      Lock icon Police chief on casino curve: We learn from others’ bitter experiences
      426 14  -  REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg SETathieftocatchathief.Or, in the case of casino crime-busting, teach a police officer to catch a casino cheat. Speaking at the launch of the Casino Crime Investigation Branch (CCIB) yesterday,SuperintendentMichaelAng,whoheads the branch, said police officers will be
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      Lock icon Satellite offices at casinos
      118 14 THE Casino Crime Investigation Branch (CCIB) will cover both the Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands casinos, with officers stationed in satellite offices at the two casinos. Headed by Superintendent Michael Ang, former director of security at The Venetian Macao-Resort Hotel in Macau, CCIB consists
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      239 10 / 11 Valet parking services on the rise THE IN STRAITS TIMES You Can a 'is From 28 Jan to 13 Feb 2010. Only at Buzz Pods. Get a chance to win attractive festive gifts and a packet of Hong Bao with a $8 purchase of any SPH newspapers and other items
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      66 10 / 11 TILL m >4 OT Y a J Former Sexiest Man Alive Mel Gibson returns to acting after seven years. Does he still live up to that title? 1 PLUS I AM 3 As 20th Century Boys reaches its third instalment, FiRST finds out if three is the agic number TURN
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      30 14 enjoy Find out how to get from dud to dad. IT’S A LEARNING THING FATHERHOOD: HED CHEF Let S’pore’s ‘Nigella Lawson’ Hedy Khoo turn up the heat in your kitchen
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  • Global News watch
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      Lock icon M’SIAN HOME MINISTER: 9 foreigners, 1 M’sian arrested for terrorism
      218 15 MALAYSIA said it had arrested 10 people, including nine foreigners, for “acts of terrorism”, saying they were members of an international terror outfit and threatened national security. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (right) said the 10 were being held under the
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      Lock icon Pig heads found at two M’sian mosques
      106 15 MALAYSIAN police said three severed pigs’ heads were found at two mosques yesterday. National police chief Musa Hassan said one head was found at the Taman Dato Harun mosque in a Kuala Lumpur suburb and two others were left at the nearby Al
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan president wins disputed election
      98 15 SRI LANKAN President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bruising re-elec-tion battle yesterday. The elections commissioner said Mr Rajapakse had secured 57.9 per cent of the vote. The main chal- lenger, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, received 40.1 per cent, but he vowed to challenge the
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      Lock icon China plans ban on eating cats and dogs
      113 15 DOG and cat meat age-old delicacies in China could be off the menu in its first law against animal abuse, state press said. People who eat either animal, both of which are viewed as pro- moting body warmth, would face fines of
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      Lock icon US Treasury Sec under fire
      101 15 US TREASURY Secretary Timothy Geithner is denying that he was involved in withholding information about deals that sent billions from the bailout of American International Group (AIG) to big banks. In testimony prepared for a congressional hearing yesterday, he says he “had no role in
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      Lock icon Man found dead with head nearly cut off
      399 16 WHEN he saw a massive trail of blood in a forested area next to his workers’ quarters, Mr Tamaji Ali knew it could not be that of a dead animal as he did not see any lying around. But it did not
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      Lock icon Allah issue shows their differences
      571 18  -  Articles written by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on the Allah issue were published on Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal. It shows their contrasting approaches and political styles, saysthe Star’sJOCELINE TAN JOCELINE TAN ...(Prime Minister Najib Razak’s) piece was
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      Lock icon Opposition coalition will not last very long: Dr M
      194 18 FORMER Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (right) took a swipe at the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition yesterday. He said the coalition was a fragile“marriageof convenience”. “Thereisnothing in common between PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia), DAP (Democratic Action Party) and PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat).
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      Lock icon Learning goes beyond the classroom experience
      708 19 At SIM Global Education, education is not just about hitting the books, its students discover As the lights come on, Miss Madeline Teo breaks into song and dance, singing the first few lines of a song from the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. The 24-year-old
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      Lock icon Coup jitters plague Thais
      471 20 SUPPORTERS of the anti-government red shirts in Thailand said they will hold two rallies to ask for clarification on coup rumours. The rallies are expected to be held at the army and air force headquarters tomorrow and next Tuesday, reported Bernama. The rumours started spreading after
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      Lock icon Haitians burn bodies to try to STOP THE ROT
      240 20 DESPERATE to get rid of decomposing bodies from the devastating earthquake, some in Haiti are resorting to burning them. In the days after the 12 Jan quake, Haitians and rescue and relief crews have struggled to find proper disposal methods for
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      Lock icon Doc, make me look like Jessica Alba
      447 21 China woman wants plastic surgery to win back ex-boyfriend A CHINESE woman is so keen to win back her ex-boyfriend that she plans to undergo plastic surgery to transform herself into his favourite actress: Hollywood star Jessica Alba. The 21-year-old, who identified herself
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      Lock icon Chinese city renames landmark ‘Avatar Hallelujah Mountain’
      305 21 THE Hallelujah mountains in the movie Avatar have gone from reel to real, at least in China. A city in central China has renamed a mountain after the US blockbuster became wildly popular there. The majestic peak in Hunan province, previously known as
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      17 15 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL: Thunderstorms High33˚,Low23˚ Jakarta: Thunderstorms High31˚,Low24˚ Bangkok: Cloudy High33˚,Low24˚ Manila: Thunderstorms High31˚,Low24˚
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  • You
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      Lock icon INTERNET HOT BITES
      54 22 Experts say birth rate may dip further: “Lowbirth rateispartiallydue tocompanies not being supportive enough, work life being too hectic, high expenses and the shortage of helpathome.” leeuteck “Havingbabiesislike BTO(HDB’s build-to-order flats), people have to wait three years to get a flat and roof over their heads... sohaving
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      43 22 FROM READER MALINI DEVI. K RAM JAM: A reader snapped this accident scene involving a car and a garbage transporter at Yishun Street 21 near Block 221 on Sunday at 7pm. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon Who says ITE means It’s The End?
      396 22 READER TEO TONG YEW, ALOYSIUS ENROLLING IN ITE IREFER to the report “ITE or Sec 5? Parents say...”(TheNewPaper,16Jan). I felt compelled to convey my indignation aboutthosewhothinkITEisanacronymfor“It’s TheEnd”foranystudentwhoentersit. My experience shows that it is not. When I got my O-level results in 2003, I
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      Lock icon S’pore should benchmark itself against competitor cities
      111 22 READER YAP NGIM CHOON HAVE you taken a good look at Singapore’sskyline inthe evening? Contrast this with the skylines of Hong Kong and Shanghai. It does not display the same vibrancy and excitement. Singapore should benchmark itself against competitor cities to improve our
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      26 22 Would you travel overseas to watchtheWorldCupifwedon’t get broadcast rights here? “Ofcoursenot, thisistoo unreasonable. Besides, it would cost far too much to travel overseas.” ChristopherYeo,21, SAFRegular
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      59 22 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to
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      104 23 WIN MOVIE PREMIUMS FROM EDGE OF DARKNESS, 20TH CENTURY BOYS III, BROTHERS, AND MORE WE KNOW MOVIES 2010 JAN 28 TRY ‘TRI’ AGAIN As 20th Century Boys reaches its third instalment, we find out if three is the magic number BACKMAD MEL IS ...with a vengeance in EDGE OF DARKNESS.
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  • WE KNOW MOVIES FIRST
    • FIRST ASIAN
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        1012 24/25  -  The final instalment of the 20thCenturyBoystrilogyis finallyintheatres.Buthowdoes itstackupagainstthelikesof StarWarsandTheMatrix? JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg It’salmost impossible tomake a great movie. Out of the hundreds of movies that are made each year, only a handful are five-star calibre. It’s incrediblydifficulttomake evena verygood movie, with maybe 10 or 15 per cent of
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        Lock icon MAN OF THE BOYS
        422 24/25 The 20th Century Boys trilogy has been one of the most challenging projects in Japanese film history. Taskedwiththe jobofadapting NaokiUrasawa’s unwieldy manga for the big screen, director Yukihiko Tsutsumi, 54, rose to the challenge. Having directed stage performances, music videos, TV shows and commercials in addition
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        Lock icon HOUSEWIFE TO HORROR QUEEN
        343 26  -  Juliana June Rasul At29, she’s juststartingout in showbiz.But Putri Mardiana Zainal Abidin is all set to make a splashasMalay cinema’s nexthorror queen. She plays a possessed woman in Santau (Whispers Of The Devil), the new film from the producersofJanganPandangBelakang (Don’t Look Back) and Congkak, alongside Esma
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        Lock icon DID IT START WITH A KISS?
        107 26 Taiwanese sweetie-pie actress Ariel Lin (Kung Fu Girls) has been linked to compatriot Joe Cheng since they starred in the 2005 hit Taiwanese drama, It Started With A Kiss. But the couple always denied the relationship until Ariel was recently spotted in Hong Kong
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        Lock icon RAIN’S PLANE HAS HIS BODY ON ITS BODY
        105 26 Ninja Assassin star Rain has his own private jet and pictures of the attention-catching aircraft have been making its rounds on the Internet. The Korean actor-singer has a full-body picture of himself printed on the airplane and it never fails to make
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        Lock icon ACCUSED OF FAKE TEARS
        130 26 When newbie Taiwanese actor Mark Chao (Mongo) won best actor at the Golden Bell Awards last year, he cried while thanking his co-star, Taiwanese superstar of F4 fame Vic Chou, during his acceptance speech. Markwas then accusedof “fake crying” and all the negative publicity that followed
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    • FIRST READERS
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        Lock icon This week’s winners
        41 28 Reader Amy Tan gives New York, I Love You a five-finger rating. AnotherAvatar fan. Christopher Alexander Khong gives James Cameron’s blockbuster a high-five. Crystal Chan is a fan of Avatar and rewards it with a full five-finger rating.
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    • FIRST BITES
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        Lock icon DON’T CALL IT AVATAR
        51 29 New posters are out for The Last Airbender. Rather impressive they are too, with their elemental themes. There will still be temptation to call the film Avatar, thecartoon’soriginal title, butwhen JamesCameron beats you to the release and then sees his film become thehighest-grossingfilm ever, there’s no
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        Lock icon RUNAWAYS BREAK OUT
        96 29 The legendary Sundance Film Festival is on and the first big hit has surprised many. The film that has got people talking is The Runaways,the biopicofthe ’70s girl rock band starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. Reception has been very positive
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        Lock icon SCORSESE FOR KIDS?
        93 29 The gangster life and swear count in most Scorsesefilms don’t makehim the instant first choice for the next Harry Potter-like hit butapparently that’swhathe’s going for. Scorsese has actually been looking to make The Invention Of Hugo Cabret since 2007. Work scheduling meant he almost lost the gig
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        Lock icon CAST-IRON SPOILER
        79 29 It’s aproblem withmodernmarketing that some merchandise can give away more plot than the film-makers were planning on. It happened with The Phantom Menace’sspoiler-filledsoundtrack listing. Now, Diamond Select Toys, the makers of Marvel Minimates, have revealed a lot more about Iron Man 2 than was probably intended. As well
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    • FIRST FEATURE
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        Lock icon Have the MEN still GOT IT?
        1093 30/31  -  They were each hailed as the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Some of these silver foxes won the coveted award more than a decade ago. Can they still live up to that title? JOANNE SOH weighs in JOANNE SOH Remember Mel Gibson, the
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        Lock icon Martin Campbell: The GREAT journeyman
        426 30/31  -  Jason Johnson There are two types of directors whoget alotof attention– the geniuses and the doofuses. There’sa lotof talkaboutguys like Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg on the one hand, and guys like Brett Ratner, Uwe Boll and Michael Bay on the other. We
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        Lock icon Bombshell or BOMB?
        480 32 Afteryou’veconquered the fashion runway and had your pretty face splashed across magazines, perhaps the natural thing to do is to branch out into acting. That seems to be the case for many supermodels, who at some point in their burgeoning career, decided to give it a go
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        Lock icon THE JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME STORY
        231 33  -  Beware,Jean-ClaudeVanDammehasescapedtheDVDdungeonandisbackonthebigscreen.Here’s a reminder of just who the legendary splits-performing, face-kicking, body-punching all-action star is and how he gotto where he is today. KELVIN CHAN and JONATHAN ROBERTS bring you that story KELVIN CHAN,JONATHAN ROBERTS Jean-ClaudeCamille François VanVarenburg is born to Eliana and Eugene, who own
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    • MOVIE DATE
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        Lock icon ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
        422 34  -  A Mars vs Venus look JASON JOHNSON JEANMARIE TAN jjohnson@sph.com.sg jeanm@sph.com.sg TerryGilliam movies can’tbe judged the same way that normal movies are judged. They’renot normalmovies. The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus is a shambolic, sloppily-executed story. The special effects are cheapo. The characters are ill-defined. The
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    • REVIEWS
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        Lock icon EDGE OF DARKNESS
        131 34  -  JJ Hard tobelieve it’s beenalmost eightyears sinceMelGibson laststarred in amovie. Betweengettingdivorced, getting arrested,directinghisown films and growing acrazybeard, he’shad a lot onhis plate. Anyway,it’s nice tosee him back.Strip awayallthe extra-curricularnonsense, and Gibsonissimply asuperb actor withan incrediblescreen presence. Hestarshere asaBoston policedetective, Craven,whosedaughter isgunned down on hisdoorstep. Hedoesn’t sheda tear,but
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        Lock icon UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: A NEW BEGINNING
        160 34  -  JJ Countyour lucky stars,Singaporeans. WhileUniversal Soldierfans elsewherewill haveto watch thisbelatedsequelon DVD, you gettowatch it inall its gloryon thebig screen. Hooray! Asfor those ofus who wereneverfansof thislame,goofy nonsensein the firstplace, well, Avatar’sstill showing,isn’tit? Jean-ClaudeVan Damme returns asLuc Devereux,the role thatalmost made him a legitHollywoodstar, before he
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        Lock icon THE BOX
        145 35  -  Jason Johnson Director Richard Kelly was supposed to play it safe with this one, after his last project, Southland Tales, went completely sideways. Indeed, a high-concept thriller starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden would seem a safe bet for all involved. The trailers make it look as common
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        Lock icon 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3
        142 35  -  JJ The first two films in the 20th Century Boys trilogy built expectations up to an impossibly high level. Who is Friend? Where is Kenji? What will be the fate of humanity? The answers to these questions would have to be mind-blowingly mind-blowing to be at
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        Lock icon EVERYBODY’S FINE
        93 35  -  JJ Inwhat universedo Sam Rockwell,Drew Barrymoreand Kate Beckinsale looklike siblings?I mean,theymightas well have gotWill Smith,EmmaWatson and Shu Qi. Anyway,suspension ofdisbeliefissues aside,Everybody’s Fineisa niceenough littlefamily drama. RobertDe Niro starsasFrank Goode,a widowerwho isheartbrokenwhen hiskids failtoshowup for afamily get-together. Hedecidestopaya surprise visit toeach ofhisscatteredoffspring, but thetrip of course doesnot go asplanned.
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      31 56/57 Wednesday,27 Jan 2010 First Second Third 5853 8126 7353 Starters 5839 1344 7991 3607 7716 8498 9942 9616 4039 6083 Consolations 7127 4113 3852 4133 2016 9336 0353 9186 3594 5087
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        Lock icon 1 year ban for Alan Ng
        285 56/57 Failing to obtain the best possible placing on Magical Wonderland JOCKEY Alan Ng (left) has been handed a one-year disqualification following an inquiry into the running and riding of Magical Wonderland in Race 2 at Kranji last Friday. The Singapore Turf Club stipendiary stewards
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        641 56/57 RACE1-1000m(Polytrack) MS 6.30 1 ApiApi OPlacais (5) 58 2 NobleKey OChavez (6) 58 3 Blitz MGallagher (1) 57.5 4 PacificGift KKNg (7) 57.5 5 DarkKnight DBeasley (4) 55.5 6 CeroOscuras JMoreira (10) 53.5 7 Majulah SSam (8) 53.5 8 SkyStorm ISaifudin (2) 53.5 9 WiseChoice
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        Lock icon Dittatore shows improvement
        253 56/57 WILLIAMLOW’SKRANJITRACKWORK DITTATORE, who ran fourth last time out, has improved. The Patrick Shaw-trained four-year-old showed that in a nice hit-out at Kranji yesterday morning. Taken out by jockey Barend Vorster, Dittatore strode out fluently on the right-handed Track 6 over 600m in 38.2sec. The going was good.
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S HK(HAPPY VALLEY)RESULTS
        324 56/57 GOING: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5 1650m 8 EPEEDEHUA121(44-8) JVictoire (4) 1 11 SAMMY'SFORTUNE117(88-25) ODoleuze (2) 2 5 JOYFULYEARS127(32-14) HWLai (8) 3 1 SUGARONTOP133(13-5) DWhyte (5) 4 ?Trainer: YS Tsui. Margins: Ns, 0.5. Time: 1min 41.29sec. Forecast: $129. Place Forecast:$12(Nos.5-8),$36(Nos. 5-11),$51(Nos.8-11). Tierce:$1451.Trio: $196. Quartet:$4677. RACE2 CLASS4 1200m 1 COUNTRYMAGIC132(24-8)
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        Lock icon Big Red Point in top form
        381 56/57 PENANG TRACKWORK NST BIG RED POINT is all set for the Da Ma Cai Stakes for Class 3 horses over 1,700m on Sunday. The four-year-old New Zea-land-bred gelding by Viking Ruler looked in good shape as he did a lap of cantering in Penang
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      Lock icon Li hangs Venus on the Great Wall
      668 58  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg EVERY night in Melbourne, on the riverbank just outside the Crown Hotel and Casino, Melbournites and visitors are treated to a fireworks display which lights up the night sky. It always draws the oohs and aahs and plenty of applause.
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      499 58 AFP RECORD-BREAKER Roger Federer made it to his 23rd consecutive Grand Slam semi-final after ending Russian Nikolay Davydenko’s hot streak at the Australian Open yesterday. The Swiss world misfired The Swiss world No. 1 (right) misfired for the first set-and-a-half, then went on a
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      785 59  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT WHEN Kimiko Date stormed into the women’s singles semi-finals of Wimbledon in 1996, her country Japan celebrated, Asia cheered. And in the euphoria of that historic feat, “Asia rising” was the tennis theme, yet again, in the continent. That achievement
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      34 59 “IfI wouldhave gotten involved in what people said, I would have never left the ghetto.” VenusWilliams, onhow she deals with sceptics who say she might not ever win another Grand Slam.
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      78 59 QUARTER-FINALS MEN’SSINGLES Roger Federer bt Nikolay Davydenko 2-6,6-3,6-0,7-5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Novak Djokovic 7-6 (10/8), 6-7 (5/7), 1-6,6-3,6-1 MEN’SDOUBLES Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic bt Arnaud Clement/Jonathan Elrich 6-4,1-6, 7-6(8/6) Ivo Karlovic /Dusan Vemic bt Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes 6-3, 6-4 WOMEN’S SINGLES Li Na bt Venus Williams 2-6,7-6 (7/4), 7-5
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      26 59 SEMI-FINALS MEN’SSINGLES Marin Cilic v Andy Murray Roger Federer v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga WOMEN’S SINGLES Serena Williams v Li Na Justine Henin v Zheng Jie
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          204 60 TALK about pedigree. The Warriors have won the S-League eight times in the competition’s 14-year history, and have lifted the title for the past four years. They are easily the most dominant team in Singapore, but there have been major changes from the lastyear’ssquad. Defensive rock
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          217 60 AFTER a poor 2009 season where the Protectors finished fourth despite boasting the most Singapore internationals in their squad, the club has decided to trim the squad. Out went Itimi Dickson, Syed Fadhil, top-scorer Kenge Ludovick and head coach P N Sivaji. This season, Home have decided to
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          209 60  -  The2010GreatEastern-Yeo’sS-Leagueseasonwillkickoffnextweek. Today, SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ sizes up three formidable teams SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ The writer is a freelancer. THE 2004 and 2005 S-League champions have been dealt several body blows in recent months. Having seen stars Noh Alam Shah, Mustafic Fahrudin and Ridhuan Muhammad leave for Indonesia
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        Lock icon Wow No. 1: Luka Modric
        272 61  -  TOTTENHAM 2 (Crouch 27, Bentley 60) FULHAM0 ARUN RAJ npsports@sph.com.sg HE SHOULD be “The Inspirational One”. This season, Luka Modric has been the catalyst for Spurs when he has managed to stay injury-free he managed to turn on the style in each of the 10
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        Lock icon Wow No. 2: David Bentley
        220 61  -  ARUN RAJ HE IS the forgotten man at Spurs. David Bentley did no harm to his reputation by putting in a good performance in what was only his fourth game this season in a Spurs jersey. Playing on the right side of Spurs’ midfield, it
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        225 61  -  ARUN RAJ HARRY Redknapp had the task of lifting team morale. And that wasn’t easy following a draw against Leeds United in the FA Cup fourth round, and a loss to rivals Liverpool in their last Premiership game. Ninth-placed Fulham were in the crosshairs
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        Lock icon Spurs were lucky but they took their chances
        326 61  -  TheNewPaper’sfootballanalyst TOHARIPAIJAN tells ARUN RAJ why Tottenham should not be overlooked for fourth spot TOHARI PAIJAN, ARUN RAJ THERE is no doubt that Tottenham Hotspur were lucky in their 2-0 win against Fulham yesterday morning. But the fact remains, they took their
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        310 64  -  WOLVES0 LIVERPOOL0 LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg FOR ALMOST two minutes, it seemed as if Rafa tez’sgambleonStevenGerrard had paid off. Barely showing any effects of his hamstring injury, incurred against Reading in the FA Cup loss, the Liverpool captain was in the thick of things from the get-go.
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        160 64  -  LIMSAY HENG LION HEART WOLVES’record signing Kevin Doylehad agood outingupfront, considering thathe was thelone man ina defensive4-5-1formation. The Irishmancould have bagged agoaloff Matt Jarvis’cross ifnot for EmilianoInsua’s superb tackle inthe 33rd minute. CLUELESS ONETEAM hasnot scored in fivegames, whilethe otherfinds itdifficulttoscore when FernandoTorres isinjuredand Steven Gerrard isnoton song.
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        264 64  -  LIM SAY HENG FACT: Wolves have scored only 17 goals the entire season, the lowest among the Premiership clubs. Fact: Mick McCarthy’s boys have not scored since their 1-0 win over Spurs last month, a sequence of five matches where they were barren upfront. Fact: An attack-minded
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        Lock icon Why so evasive?
        96 64  -  LIM SAY HENG RAFA Benitez refused to be drawn into discussing rumours of taking over the hotseat at Juventus after the bore draw. “Iprefer to talkabout thegame,” he said. “I’m really focused on trying to win the game forLiverpool andprefer to concentrateon that.” That vague sentence will
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        Lock icon Arsenal slip to third
        707 67 ASTONVILLA0 ARSENAL0 MORNING LATEST PA Sport TITLE-CHASING Arsenal maintained their long unbeaten streak at Villa Park. But the woodwork twice denied them victoryoverMartinO’Neill’sAstonVillato leave the Gunners sitting in third place in the Premier League table. Cesc Fabregas struck the post in first-half stoppage time and then
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        300 67 PA Sport MARTIN O’Neill has described Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger’s comment that Aston Villa play “a very long ball game” as an “appallinginsult”. Wenger made his claims after seeing his side held to a goalless draw at Villa Park in the Premier League this morning. It was
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        Lock icon Clinical Chelsea back on top
        744 68/69 CHELSEA3 (Malouda 5, Lampard 32,90) BIRMINGHAM0 MORNING LATEST PA Sport CHELSEA returned to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Birmingham City at Stamford Bridge this morning. Carlo Ancelotti’s side brought an end to Birmingham’s15-gameunbeatenrunthanks to an opening goal by
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      653 66 EVERTON 2 (Cahill 7, Donovan 18) SUNDERLAND0 MORNING LATEST PA Sport GOALS from Tim Cahill and on-loan American Landon Donovan his first for Everton secured a comfortable 2-0 win at Goodison Park this morning andextended Sunderland’s miserablerun. Cahill’s seventh-minute header was added to by the Los
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      Lock icon Kalinic strike sinks Wigan
      281 66 BLACKBURN 2 (Pedersen 20, Kalinic 76) WIGAN 1 (Gary Caldwell 57) AFP BLACKBURN pulled clear of the relegation zone as Nikola Kalinic’s late goal clinched a 2-1 win over Wigan this morning. Sam Allardyce’s side had slipped dangerously close to the relegation zone in recent weeks
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      232 68/69 PA Sport ALEX McLeish saw Birmingham’s 15-game unbeaten run come to an abrupt end and admitted they had paid the penalty for a poor start. But the Birmingham manager (right) believes his side has the character to bounce back from the setback. “We shot ourselves in
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      Lock icon He’s the best
      292 68/69 MORNING LATEST PA Sport CARLOAncelottihailedFrankLampardafterthemidfieldergrabbedabraceinChelsea’s 3-0 win over Birmingham at StamfordBridgethismorning. Florent Malouda opened the scoring in the fifth minute but Lampard sealed a fine win with two goals to put Chelsea one point aheadofManchester Unitedat thetopof the PremierLeaguewithagameinhand. Chelsea manager Ancelotti said: “We use all the
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      Lock icon Play with your favourite S.League stars
      1215 62 Here's your chance to play 3-a-side football with your favourite S.League stars like Lionel Lewis, Hariss Harun and Hassan Sunny! Asraf wants to inspire Asraf Rashid knows what it is like to be star-struck. Thirteen years ago, the Woodlands Wellington wide-man found himself face-to-face
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        415 65 SEMI-FINAL EGYPT v ALGERIA MORNING LATEST AP AFTER ending Egypt’s hopes of reaching the World Cup for the first time since 1990, Algeria can now stop the Pharaohs in their bid to win a third straight African Nations Cup. Algeria take on Egypt today in
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      Lock icon It's United v Villa
      582 70 CARLING CUPSEMI-FINAL2ND LEG MAN UNITED 3 (Scholes 52, Carrick 71, Rooney 90+2) MAN CITY 1 (Carlos Tevez 76) Man United win 4-3 on aggregate MORNING LATEST Reuters WAYNE Rooney’s stoppage-time header sent Manchester United into the Carling Cup final with a pulsating 3-1 victory over neighbours
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        87 71 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Saturday: LIVERPOOL v BOLTON StarHub TV Ch 27,10.55pm BIRMINGHAM v TOTTENHAM StarHub TV Ch 22,11pm FULHAMv ASTON VILLA StarHub TV Ch 21,11pm HULL v WOLVES StarHub TV Ch 118, FC 1,11pm WEST HAM v BLACKBURN StarHub TV Ch 119, FC2,11pm WIGANvEVERTON StarHub TV Ch 120, FC3,11pm
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        25 71 COMMERCIAL BANK QATAR MASTERS Today: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 26,6.15pm CENTURY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO INVITATIONAL Tomorrow: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 26,4.15am
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        13 71 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: WOMEN’S&MEN’S SINGLES SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 24,10.30am 4.30pm respectively
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        638 71 LOCAL EVENTS GOLF What: 1st National Ranking Game When: Ends tomorrow Where: Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Seletar Country Club JONATHANWoo leadsRound1 he shot one -under-71 to lead the field by one stroke. Tied in 2nd position at 72 are Chia Chong Zheng and Jerome Ng. HOCKEY
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      33 70 HE’STHEBEST: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti hails midfielder Frank Lampard after his double fires the Blues back to the top of the EPL PAGE68 PICTURE:AFP ARSENEWENGER:Gunners boss slamsVilla’s ‘verylong ball game’ aftergoallessdraw PAGE 67
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      69 71 TNP POSTMAN Chelsea3 Birmingham0 Thedeadlinefor the post-match reactions is 4pmtoday.Selected postswill bepublished in TheNewPaper. Gotowww.tnppostman.comto postyour viewsor email tnppostman@gmail.com, leavingyour full name,age,occupationand theclubyou support. READERS’REACTIONS ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP READERS,wewantyour post-match reactionsfor the following EPL matches: THISMORNING: Villa0 Arsenal 0 SATURDAY SPECIAL SOL’SSHOCKRETURN: Why Arsene Wenger decided to re-sign him. This,andmuchmoreinyour8-pageFree-Kick. It’sfree.GetyourcopytogetherwithThe New
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