Today, 27 February 2006, Afternoon Edition

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  • 28 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday February 27, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /sAediaCorp Frew share your free newspaper Monday February 27, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 500 1 —AFP 50,000 to 200,000 at anti-Thaksin rally in public park BANGKOK Tens of thousands of people rallied in Bangkok yesterday to demand Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resign, as opposition parties said they were mulling a boycott of elections called to settle the standoff. Late
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    • 172 1 —AFP LONDON British pop star George Michael has been arrested here on suspicion of possessing drugs after being found slumped at the wheel of a car, police sources said. The 42-year-old former Wham! singer, whose hits include Careless Whisper and Wake Me Up Before You
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    • 275 1 BLOOMBERG DUBAI'S DP World has agreed to demands from US lawmakers and asked the Bush administration to reopen a review of its deal to take over six US port facilities to address questions about security. The company announced yesterday that it
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  • hot news
    • 415 2  -  JASMINE YIN Dialogue session topics similar to those he devoted his life to jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE issues were not new but the timing and location invested them with a certain significance. And as they were raised just a day after Singapore had bid farewell to
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    • 404 2  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE lesson to the Opposition parties was on how to be a credible alternative government for Singapore and the adviser was Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Step one: Gather enough candidates to contest in a Group Representation Constituency (GRC)
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    • 187 2  -  JASMINE YIN IN THE past five years, the Tanjong Pagar Town Council spent $550 million to improve the living environment for residents. Because of the area's large ageing population, the town council wants to install and retrofit the area to make it more
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    • 144 2  -  MERVINTAY plus@newstoday.com.sg CHARLYN Lim, 27, outwitted and out-talked six other contenders to be named Singapore's Super Host in a two-hour grand final last night The regional business developin c nt manager, who was one of the favourites, also walked away with $50,000-the biggest cash prize
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    • 803 3  -  CHARLES TAN The West must recognise how Muslim reaction stems from historical treatment THESE days, any action or criticism against Muslims or Islam is exploited by extremists to gain maximum political mileage through mob oratory. Take, for instance, the tit-for-tat move by Iran's most
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    • 138 2 M \Wmm\Wt: I w *"^B] BV.^^B] Bjf ■J j n—i Left: Mr Richard Eu, Group CEO, Eu Van Sang International with Grand Prize winner, Mdm Chee Jock Lieng Congratulates t Eu Van Sang (Singapore) Pte Ltd jSSr' ♦4* Hl 151 Loron9 Chuan, #05-05/06 New Tech Park, Singapore *****1 Tel (65)
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  • singapore news
    • 248 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg YOUNGSTERS who want to contribute to the community should not wait for the Government to egg them on. So says Nominated MP Eunice Olsen, who feels that while the opportunities and platforms are there for the taking, more youth should step
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    • 180 4 IF A General Election does get called this year, Ms Olsen's current term as an NMP will come to an abrupt end. Having served barely half her two-and-a-half year term, which began last January, she like the other eight NMPs will have to re-apply if they wish to
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    • 319 4  -  LINYANQIN MOEto ensure needy pupils hit the books on a full stomach ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg CHILDREN from needy families are getting a boost from the Ministry of Education (MOE) to start their day right From next month, primary school students under the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) will be
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    • 225 4  -  -UNYANQIN HE CUT his hair short and moved from hotel to hotel after arriving in Kuala Lumpur, never staying in one place long enough to be captured. But Tan Chor Jin, 39, suspected of shooting dead nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon on
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    • 195 6  -  UNYANQIN ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg TOO shy to open your mouth to thank a service staffer for a job well done? Now, grateful patrons can express their appreciation through one of four million thank-you cards that will be distributed in more than 1,700 outlets all
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    • 184 6 Mr S Rajaratnam Singapore's former Second Deputy Prime Minister was in his lifetime unswerving in his pursuit of what was best for the country; to Singapore he gave a Pledge, binding a nation under a promise of unity. He touched all with tales of his
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    • 896 7  -  LAUREEN TOH Singapore Prison Service personal supervisor Kirpal Singh finds pride and joy improving the lives of inmates IT WAS an unlikely beginning. Kirpal Singh, 26, was a debt collector but found no meaning in simply chasing his clients for payment. He wanted to seek purpose
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  • world news
    • 537 8 -AFP Rebel Marine colonel and his men end standoff after several hours of talks MANILA A rebel Marine colonel who defied Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's government agreed to stand down late yesterday after a tense standoff in a military camp, officials said. Colonel Ariel Querubin, who had
      -AFP; AFF  -  537 words
    • 207 8 LONDON Prince Charles has found himself in the thick of another political row by backing a bid by the British Conservative Party leader, Mr David Cameron, to upstage Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Gordon Brown. Mr Cameron's aides say the Prince's Trust
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 57 8 -AFP Five people isolated in Malaysia with suspected bird flu have tested negative, the government said yesterday. They were admitted to hospital for observation late on Friday. Meanwhile, Japan and Hong Kong yesterday banned the import of French poultry and internal organs
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      • 67 8 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would resign if peace talks with Israel remained stalled in the wake of last month's election victory by the Islamist Hamas. In an interview on Britain's ITV network yesterday, he urged the international community to give Hamas
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      • 54 8 -AP Survival was impossible for 65 coal miners trapped underground by an blast that burned away oxygen and left toxic gases a week ago in northern Mexico, mining company officials announced. No bodies have been recovered, but an analysis of underground air showed it was
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      • 34 8 -AFP Iran and Russia have reached a preliminary agreement on a plan aimed at easing fears the Islamic republic could acquire nuclear weapons, a senior Iranian official said yesterday.
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    • 209 10 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has ordered the suspension of a third newspaper after it published a photograph showing Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. The Berita Petang Sarawak, the only Chinese-language evening daily on Borneo island, was banned from
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    • 435 10 —AGENCIES Shia, Sunni leaders ready to work for peace and unity BAGHDAD Iraqi leaders from most political factions have put up a dramatic show of solidarity to discuss the formation of a national unity government. Security forces kept a tight grip on Baghdad yesterday as
      —AGENCIES; AP  -  435 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 63 10 -AFP An Australian known as "Jihad Jack" and said to be an agent for Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network was convicted yesterday of receiving funds from the group. But he was acquitted on more serious terrorism charges. Former taxi driver Joseph Terrence Thomas, 32, faces a
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      • 41 10 Rescuers searched frantically -AFP yesterday for survivors still trapped under the rubble after a five-storey building collapsed in the Bangladesh cap ital while under renovation, killing 18 and injuring 45. The *****-era building collapsed on Saturday morning.-
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      • 40 10 -AFP Fifteen people were killed when a minibus driver who was trying to dodge a landslide plunged into a ravine in quake-hit north-west Pakistan yesterday, police said. The vehicle plunged into a ravine about 300m deep.
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    • 141 10 iB^NANYANG *A<3r> TECHNOLOGICAL "\^y UNIVERSITY School of Computer Engineering Applications are The School of Computer Engineering (SCE) at Nanyang Technological open now and will University offers Master of Science (MSc) programmes in three leading close on 31 March fields: Bioinformatics, Digital Media Technology, and Embedded Systems. 2006. Visit www.ntu. edu.sg/GradStudies/
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  • Voices
    • 143 12  -  JONYOONG Letter from THANK you, Leonard Thomas, for your commentary "Shut up, Hawthorne and Gray" (Feb 24). I am pleased you have brought up this issue about commentators not being impartial to the point of being somewhat offensive. As you have mentioned, it is difficult for them not
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    • 123 12  -  TAN KENG JIN Letter from Head, Public Affairs Institute of South-east Asian Studies (Iseas) I REFER to the commentary by Frances Ong Hock Lin, "Stories that are just waiting to be told" (Feb 24), and the letter from P J John ("Thanks to Rajaratnam, we have
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    • Personal details not so personal after all?
      • 192 12  -  MONG HAN Letter from I REFER to Mr Siew Kum Hong's News Comment, "Private numbers, open secret?" (Feb 24). I agree with his observation that Singapore's data protection laws can be improved. For instance, in the United States, it is the
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      • 181 12  -  GEORGE LEE Letter from COINCIDENTALLY, I was about to write to Voices about the insidious attacks on our bank accounts by identity thieves. I know of someone who has just lost money to a hacker who transferred money out of her
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      • 151 12  -  NOODIEMAK Letter from RECENTLY, I did an Internet search on my friend's name to find her email address. To my amazement, the search returned my friend's NRIC number on a local institution's website. What can I do with someone's NRIC number? Borrow money,
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      • 243 12  -  FELIX YEO Letter from I BOUGHT a goods vehicle in my name in January 2002 for my business. In July 2002, the rules were changed and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) required goods vehicles to be registered under a company's name. Recently, the
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    • 282 14  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY A FASD THE DAY MY DAD APOLOGISED Have you everfoundthe courage to say, "I'm sorry" to a child? It's a tough thing to do and, frankly, my father was never very good at it. I remember working with him one day in
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    • 172 14  -  LEE CHUN GAN Letter frorr Commercial Manager, Visioncare Bausch Lomb (Singapore) Pte Ltd WE REFER to Ms Aknes Chang's letter, "Wear specs (Feb 24). Bausch Lomb regrets the unfortunate exchange that Ms Chang experienced when talking to our consumer hotline officer and apologises for
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    • 222 14  -  ANDREW LOO Volume turned high on latest mobile phones a pain for fellow passengers Letter from I WONDER what the relevant authorities, namely SBS Transit and SMRT, have to say about people who play loud music in a public transport? And I don't mean playing songs
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    • 181 14  -  STEVE KNGO Letter from I REFER to the letter "Standardise training for mediators" by Ms Sabrina Choo (Feb 24). I have been in the business of dispute resolution for many years now. Based on my experience, I would say that accrediting "community" mediators is quite
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    • 157 14  -  LYNN ONG Letter from Deputy Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Francis Lee's letter "This Dog Year, consider this thought..." (Feb 21). Some commuters may be afraid of or be allergic to animals. Others may be concerned that some
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    • 860 15  -  TAN HUI LENG *£3SSL\ *»*ii5»W2S:— Singaporeans now enjoy basic healthcare treatments without straining their finances, thanks to Medisave, MediShield and Medifund schemes. huileng@newstoday.com.sg When Mdm Annie Wong was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer last July, the first concern she had was her family. The
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    • marketwatch
      • 162 16 AFP SINGAPORE shares are expected firm up this week but trading should be cautious due to the absence of buying incentives and continued concerns over volatile oil prices, dealers said. The ST Index (STI) could continue rising after breaching the psychological resistance level of 2,450. "Based on the index's
        — AFP  -  162 words
      • 36 16 USS 0.6159 UK£ 0.3528 Yen 71.993 HK$ 4.7783 RM 2.2877 Euro 0.5186 Rupiah 5723.1 Baht 24.259 Peso 32.131 AS 0.8329 Indian Rs 27.369 Won 595.18 C$ 0.7072 Yuan 4.9531 NZ$ 0.9293 NT$ 20.007
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      • 27 16 SGX, I Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 561.20 Silver US$/oz 9.83 Platinum US$/oz 1,036.00 Rubber cents/kg 331.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,492.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 62.58 Information provided by
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    • 271 16 —AGENCIES PetroChina buys 35% of Singapore's Universal Terminal PETROCHINA Co, China's largest integrated oil firm, bought a 35-per-cent stake in an oil storage facility in Singapore for US$l6O million ($259.8 million), said China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the unlisted parent of PetroChina. This would be PetroChina's
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    • 132 16 Matex International said that for the year ended Dec 31, profit was $1.7 million, or 0.95 cent per share, compared with $2.2 million, or 1.3 cents per share, in the previous year. Revenue rose 6.7 per cent to $53.6 million. The manufacturer of specialty chemicals for fibres used in
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    • 182 16 THE acquisition by Vantage Corporation of Kingsville Capital's entire equity interest in Pacific Internet has been completed. As a result of the transaction, Kingsville's representatives on the Pacific Internet board of directors Mr Tan Bien Kiat, who is also the
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    • business news
      • 354 18 -AFP but AirAsia expects tough times to come KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's pioneer budget airline, AirAsia, anticipates tough times ahead as fuel prices soar and the bird flu threat looms, despite having just posted a healthy 16-per-cent increase in quarterly profits. Chief financial officer (CFO) Raja Mohamad Azmi
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      • 147 18 —AP TOKYO -Japan's ruling party is mulling plans to legalise casinos in a bid to attract more foreign tourists to the country, a news report said yesterday. Quoting unidentified lawmakers, Kyodo News said that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would encourage lifting
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      • 728 20  -  MAGDALENE LIE SAMPOORNADASGUPTA Mock UN sessions give students an alternative platform to air their views AND news@newstoday.com.sg FURIOUS Thai students are rioting against their government What does Russia suggest Thai officials do? Buy 50,000 gallons of vodka to inebriate the students and then dump them in
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      • 631 21  -  JOHN BITTICSTON Be discreet and careful when divulging information to shareholders and the media FLOATING A BUSINESS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE PART 5: PRESENTATION IT IS not my intention in this series to cover the work that your lawyers and accountants will do for
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    • 213 21 CD Doctor of Education Lp|g| University of Leicester Preview date 28 February 2006 (Tuesday) Venue Samuels Room, Level 12 Time 7.15pm Contact Eugene at 6222 3500 (eugene@aec.edu.sg) H Queensland University E I University of Birmingham Of Technology >^S< Master of Business Administration Contact: Asmah Swee Senq Master of Learning Innovation
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      1316 22  -  Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg It's been 70 years and local radio's looking better than ever THERE was a time not so long ago when saying someone had "a face for radio" would be an invitation for trouble. But with DJs who double as actors, models and hosts such as
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    • 84 23 TODAY FILE PHOTOS Having good looks certainly doesn't hurt, but it's the total package that counts. Depending on their popularity, radio personalities charge between $1,500 and $5,000 per three-hour block for offair events. These include product launches and stage shows. Industry sources clue ELISA CHIA in on some of
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    • 702 24  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Anthony Bourdain promises more madcap escapades in new show (but no monkey brain) Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg "I DON'T know what 'strange' means anymore." The statement is hardly surprising coming from bad boy celebrity chef and author who once downed an entire cobra beating
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    • in cinemas
      • 408 26 -AFP Thai film festival also honours Catherine Deneuve for career achievements BANGKOK Park Chan Wook won his second successive best director award at the Bangkok International Film Festival while controversial Indian movie Water took the statuette for Best Film. South Korea's Park,
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    • eatout
      • 469 27  - Home-style food with a dash of finesse AMYVAN Enjoy a set dinner of 12 dishes presented in individual servings f ood@newstoday.com.sg GREENWOOD Avenue (off Bukit Timah Road) has welcomed an addition to its residential enclave. Launched at the end of last year, 8 on Greenwood is the latest offspring of
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      • 307 30 -AFP CARDIFF Wigan boss Paul Jewell paid tribute to his players after their dream of a fairytale League Cup triumph was shattered by a Wayne Rooney-inspired Manchester United, who won 4-0 here yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). "Obviously, the better side won," Jewell said. "At
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      • 542 30 —AFP Man United pulverise Wigan in one-sided Carling Cup final CARDIFF Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United avoided the ignominy of a second consecutive trophy-less season by hammering Wigan 4-0 to win the League Cup yesterday. Louis Saha, with his sixth goal in the competition,
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      • 452 31 Real Madrid crash to Real Mallorca, Valencia draw with Getafe MADRID Spanish league leaders Barcelona saw their lead stretch to eight points after their nearest rivals Valencia and Real Madrid both dropped points yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Valencia could only draw 1-1 with Getafe
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      • 281 31 SERIEA Juventus 3 Lecce 1 ROME —Juventus maintained their 10-point lead at the top of Italy's Serie A after beating relegation-threatened Lecce 3-1 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Gennaro Del Vecchio put Lecce ahead only for the home side to
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      • 204 31 BLOOMBERG DUBLIN Ireland scored three tries and Ronan O'Gara contributed 16 points as his side beat defending champion Wales 31-5 in Dublin in rugby union's Six Nations championship yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Wales, whose only score was a Mark Jones try, were playing
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    • 420 32  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg AFTER the high of the 13-gold medals and six SEA Games records last December in the Philippines, the Singapore swimmers only got back into the pool last month after a three-week break. With that in mind, the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) are
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    • 585 32  -  Jose Raymond in Amman jose@newstoday.com.sg THE flight time was 11 hours and that didn't include a fourhour wait in Bahrain. But that did not stop the Singapore football squad from going through a 90-minute training session soon after they arrived here in Amman, Jordan on Saturday
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    • 125 32  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SINGAPORE Sports School student Matthew Goh (picture) leapt to victory in the Boys' under-17 long jump event at the Birmingham Indoor Games on Saturday and broke a 25-year national under-15 record in the process. The 14-year-old soared to a distance of 6.48 m, bettering
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    • 510 33  -  DARREN LAI SAFFC grab the limelight as Duric and Noor Ali sparkle EAST-WEST CHALLENGE 2006 East 2 West 4 da rren@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS billed as an exciting footballing extravaganza featuring the best players available. The estimated 3,500 fans who turned up at the Jalan Besar Stadium for
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    • 326 33  -  -DARREN LAI FORMER national star Mohd Noor Ali (picture) played the role of supersub last night and almost single-handedly turned the match in favour of the West team. Despite having played the entire 90 minutes a day earlier in SAFFC's loss to Albirex Niigata
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    • 171 33 From what I have seen, I think the standard of the S-League is very good, comparable with some of the lower divisions in Europe. There are also some really skilful players. Home United midfielder Gergely Gheczy There is still a small gap between the S-League
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    • 456 34  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Sporting Afrique fan club hopes to bring more colour and excitement to the S-League weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THEY may be the new additions to the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League, but their fans sure made their presence felt yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Making their
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    • 287 34 I wish the new clubs (Gombak United and Sporting Afrique) will be in for the long run. If we want the league to be a success and see more intense competition, we must look to maintain the number of teams and even hope to
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    • 477 35  -  LEONG WEE KEAT On the back of the Lions' success, FAS chief wants to see passion this season weekeat@newstoday.com.sg LAST Wednesday, Singapore turned the Fifa rankings on its head as the Lions beat much-fancied Iraq 2-0 in their opening Asian Cup Group E qualifier. Now,
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    • 76 35 ALL PHOTOS ON PAGES 33-35 BY LOVE MATCH: Football works all sorts of magic. YOUNG FIRE: There could be a future Lions star in this group. BABE WATCH: These beauties are all set for the big kickoff. DIE-HARDS: They may be on
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    • 258 36 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 2 Portsmouth 0 LONDON Chelsea are edging closer to a second consecutive Premiership title, even though they are failing to convince on their crawl towards the trophy. Jose Mourinho's stuttering side had to wait over an hour to break Portsmouth's resistance
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    • 562 36 MFT?H^OIT^B Wenger concedes he may have to win Champions League tastay in the tournament next season ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Blackburn 1 Arsenal 0 BLACKBURN Blackburn are eyeing a Champions League spot Arsenal simply want to emulate Liverpool. h Morten Gamst Pedersen struck the I winner as Blackburn posted
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    • 446 37 Aussie star strikes as Reds move level with Man Utd ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 Man City 0 LIVERPOOL Harry Kewell's first-half goal was enough to sink Manchester City and put Liverpool level on points with Manchester United, as the battle for second spot in the English Premiership
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    • 377 37 —AFP NEWCASTLE Newcastle United caretaker boss Glenn Roeder scolded England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson for overlooking Magpies midfielder Scott Parker for Wednesday's clash with Uruguay. Roeder insisted the capped midfielder should be involved in the Swede's plans as he finalises his plans for the World Cup in June.
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