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    14 1 weekend TODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A=diaX2orp we set you thinking July 7-8, 2007 todayonline.com
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    YOUR WEEKEND XTRA
    46 1 We have tweaked our weekend paper. Sports gets a spin with 14 pages, Plus gets a new look, while the news section adds stories look out for those highlighted with an X that will try to get in sync with your weekend reading.
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    Lock icon Property? I have a bigger worry
    537 1  -  SMGoh CHRISTIE LOH SM Goh is losing no sleep over surge in price christie@media corp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are uneasy and foreigners are fretting. But their concerns about the frothy property market may be unfounded for now, according to the Republic's Senior Minister. Mr Goh Chok
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    MediaCorp, in shades of green
    366 1 AMONG ALL the environmental buzzwords bandied about these days, one word that is rarely heard is 'Gaia'. Greek in origin, it means Mother Earth. And the fact that it's rarely used in today's lexicon is why Channel News Asia decided to call their six-part environmental
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      TREATY IN A TANGLE
      627 2  -  ROSNAH AHMAD NAZRYBAHRAWI Singapore replies again as charges fly AND rosnah@media corp.com.sg IT WAS touted as a "win-win" package that would enable Singapore and Indonesia to take their relations to a new phase. But 21/2 months on, that package, which includes the defence and extradition treaties,
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      Lock icon THAILAND EXTENDS MILITARY TRAINING PERIOD WITH SINGAPORE
      107 2 BLOOMBERG Thailand will extend military exercises with Singapore by three years until 2010 as a diplomatic row eases between the two countries. "We have been working together for a long time and that creates regional stability," Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont told reporters
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      DR GOH'S PLACE IN THE SIN
      1340 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG XTRA POLITICAL HISTORY cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IF JUST one man is allowed to claim the honour of building Singapore into what it is today, who will it be? Will it be former People's Action Party (PAP) chairman Toh Chin Chye, without whom the
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      Positive proof of global warming.
      193 3  -  LEE U-WEN WARMING UP TO ENVIRONMENTAL THEME Who said environmental activists don't know how to laugh at themselves? As evidenced by this rib-tickling picture used in a presentation by Canadian environmental magazine Alternatives editor Nicola Ross-these greenies are sending the message that "if you can't
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      UNSW's Prof Hilmer responds: I didn't blame EDB
      272 3  -  UNYANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg THE University of New South Wales (UNSW) has "at no stage" attempted to blame Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) for the closure of its Asia campus, said its vice-chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer on Friday. Responding to a letter from
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      DO WE NEED AN AL GORE HERE?
      593 4  -  SHERALYN TAY Eco ambassador has to raise awareness as well as initiate action sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg THE search for Singapore's very own "green face" was going nowhere. A number of names were thrown up, but they all turned out to be the usual suspects. They
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      Lock icon TOP OF THE GREEN POLL
      286 4  -  MR HOWARD SHAW PROF TOMMY KOH MR WILSON ANG Mr Al Gore, Mr David Suzuki and Mr Richard Branson all share not only global recognition as eco-champi-ons. They also have in common, passion, credibility and wealth. Who in Singapore fits the bill? These three names
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        Lock icon RICHARD YONG'S WIFE CHARGED
        108 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The wife of former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman Richard Yong was charged with money laundering in a Hong Kong court on Friday. On Shu Kio, 64, was granted bail of HK$5OO,OOO ($97,165). She faces up to 14 years in jail and could be
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        PETROL PRICES UP
        109 6  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT Petrol prices here rose 2 cents a litre on Friday, sending prices to their highest levels since September 2005 when Hurricane Katrina disrupted crude oil production in America. The most expensive petrol available here as of Friday night was Shell's V-Power, at $2,027 a litre. Prices
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        Lock icon CHINA'S VICE-PREMIER TO VISIT
        64 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA China's Vice-Premier Wu Vi will be in Singapore for a four-day visit from Monday. The Vice-Premier will co-chair the 9th Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council and the 4th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meetings with Mr Wong. She will also call on Prime
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      Lock icon I can see clearly now ...
      532 6  - I can see clearly now UNYANQIN Haze from fires in Sumatra hits northern Malaysia but Singapore spared for now yanqin@media corp.com.sg WHILE fires in Sumatra have caused the haze to plague parts of northern Malaysia over the past few days, Singapore has managed to remain haze-free for now and it
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      Want to boost output?
      289 6  -  DAPHNE CHUAH NOW there are figures to prove it Bosses who offer better worklife harmony make for workers who are more satisfied with their life, family and job and who are less likely to quit It can even boost the national fertility rate. Workers with a
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      HAPPY WORKERS
      63 6 Some key findings from the I Nat tional Work-life Harmony Stud' RESPONDENTS WITH WORK DUTCOMES LOW HIGH WORK-LIFE WORK-LIFE HARMONY HARMONY zxtremely/Very Loyal :o job ■^H Jkely/Very Likely to ook for a new job 38 11 average ob performance 42 63 =xtremely/Very Satisfied with relationship with child 67
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      Man falls one storey at MRT station
      176 6  -  -LOHCHEEKONG THERE was drama at the Jurong East MRT station on Friday when a man in his early 50s fell a storey from the train platform to the concourse level. According to the police, who were alerted at about 10am, the man fell
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      MY FRIEND, THE GARBAGE BAG
      660 8  -  LIM MEI TORNG CULTURE shock in Japan can come in many forms. In my case, it took an icecream wrapper to enlighten me on just how seriously the Japanese take the collection of garbage. I once bought an ice-cream cone from a vending machine in
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      Lock icon Record in the making
      336 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg THEY had clocked more time on campus than their lecturers in the past month heading home as late as near midnight at times to work on their project. All that hard work will bear fruit next Saturday, when six Ngee Ann Polytechnic students
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      What's my new road tax?
      257 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI COME Monday, vehicle owners will know exactly how much their road tax will be reduced this year. To be implemented by Sept 1, the new rates are about 8 per cent less for those who own cars, motorcycles and goods-cum-passenger vehicles. This is in
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      A $6.8-MILLION DECISION, MADE IN 24 HOURS
      1101 10  -  CHRISTIE LOH XTRA WEEKEND INTERVIEW Few can admit to owning property in the ultra-posh Sentosa Cove. So, how did this shipping magnate get his foot into the gilded door? christie@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S incredible he allowed me to sit in his office all by myself
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      SECOND CHANCES
      391 11 NO JAIL FOR 'INDIAN VIAGRA' BUYER In 2003, then-millionaire Mr Lee Voot Seong's construction business was crumbling and he began to suffer from erectile dysfunction. Desperate to "save money", he turned to street peddlers in Johor. But the four red "Indian Viagra" pills which, unknown to him, apparently
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      Lock icon The big reef move
      405 11  -  DAPHNECHUAH Corals off Sentosa to be relocated to make way for casino resort, but two-thirds will be sacrificed daphne@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE Sentosa Cove welcomes its new residents, some long-time inhabitants of the island will be saying goodbye to their underwater home. Armed with hammers, chisels and crowbars,
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      HDS – on your TV screens
      364 12  - HDS on your TV screens HEDIRMAN SUPIAN MediaCorp is the first in SEA to launch high-definition channel hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SHARPER, clearer television programmes in a wide-screen cinematic format, with surround sound. That's the promise of HDS, a new high-definition (HD) channel set to go live in the last quarter of this
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      HOW TO GET HD5
      86 12 To watch HD programmes, you need a HD-readyTV and a HD set-top box. TV set It should be marked "HD-ready". HD set-top boxes These cost about $500. Some HD-ready TV sets, such as the Samsung IDTV, come with a built-in set-top box. An outdoor or indoor
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      Lock icon Bridal studios cash in on 7/7/07
      306 12  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg LUCKY number seven appears to also be lucky in love, as thousands of couples around the world tie the knot on Saturday, July 7, 2007. Interestingly, 777 couples here are due to register their marriages on this day. The figure, which
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      IT'S NOT SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE
      532 12  -  DR MANOJ THULASIDAS XTRA AT THE WATER COOLER Staff resignations are a fact of life, so bosses, learn to deal with it news@newstod ay.com.sg HOLD on to your pants! Your key staff has just tendered his resignation your worst nightmare as a manager.
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      Lock icon NO FIRE OVER SMOKING BAN
      291 14 Almost a week of the smoking ban at nightspots has drifted past quietly, with no fines dished out to errant club operators or patrons despite daily checks, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Friday. As of Thursday night, the NEA told Today it
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      KK to help kids at risk
      342 14  -  TAN HUI LENG New programme targets youth, will provide multi-disciplinary care huileng@media corp.com.sg THE young ones can expect more help under a new initiative by the XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH). The hospital's Adolescent Health Initiative is targeted at youths, especially those with
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      Suspended lawyer charged with forging stamp duty certs
      286 14  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg A SUSPENDED lawyer was charged on Friday with forging three certificates of stamp duty in different property transactions. Tan Sok Ling, 40, is accused of attempting to cheat three buyers of $33,780 when he altered the stamp duty
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      Lock icon A SLEEPY STATE WAKES UP TO A REVOLUTION
      776 16  -  RAHUL GOSWAMI XTRA GOA INTACT The land they call home was being taken over by developers and outsiders so locals in Goa take a stand news@newstoday.com .sg HERE in Goa, a small state on the west coast of India, life and events
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      Lock icon M'sian woman still insists she wants to be Hindu after 6 months in Islamic rehab
      453 16 -AP SHAH ALAM A Muslim-born Malaysian woman who was held at an Islamic rehabilitation center for six months because she tried to live as a Hindu after marrying man of that faith insisted on Friday
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      Lock icon Selangor presses the dengue button
      279 17 -DPA KUALA LUMPUR Selangor has been put on alert after 385 people were diagnosed with dengue fever and two died from the disease in the first six months of the year, news reports said on Friday. Mr G Palanivel, parliamentary representative for the Hulu Selangor
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      Lock icon To tame a PM ...
      471 17 To tame a PM -AFP Thailand unveils charter to curb Premier's powers BANGKOK A military-appointed council on Friday approved its final draft of a new Constitution that is meant to guide Thailand back to democracy after last year's coup, but faces stiff opposition. The document will go to a referendum
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      Lock icon Main points
      125 17 Prime minister Term limited to 8 years House of Seats cut from 500 to 480 Representatives Senate Seats cut from 200 to 150, nearly half to be appointed by selection committee Impeachment PM, other officials could be impeached for ethics violations Conflict of PM, families barred from major
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      Lock icon SHATTERED AND BATTERED
      581 18 AGENCIES Threats, distrust remain 2 years after London attacks LONDON This Saturday marks the second anniversary of the London suicide attacks under a new terrorist shadow which has increased pressure on the government to tackle the root of the problem. Analysts say British authorities have succeeded in
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      Lock icon MATERIAL SEIZED FROM TWO PERTH HOSPITALS
      115 18  -  ffff Police seized computers and other material from two Perth hospitals on Friday as part of the I investigation into the attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow. Detectives also revealed 1 inquiries had widened to New South Wales. Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick
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      Lock icon Pakistan President Musharraf escapes as his plane is fired upon
      216 18 -AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Friday narrowly escaped another assassination attempt as anti-aircraft rounds fired by suspected Islamic militants missed his plane, officials said. Gunmen fired on Mr Musharraf's plane using improvised Taliban-style antiaircraft guns after it took
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      Lock icon Scramble for $23 bag causes chaos in HK
      286 19 —AFP HONG KONG An upmarket Hong Kong shopping centre was forced to call in the police on Friday when huge crowds of people, hundreds of whom had queued overnight, demanded to be let in for the launch of a designer bag. As
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      Lock icon Japan is taking no chances
      482 19 —AFP Rush to erect missile shield to counter N Korean missiles TOKYO -Japan said it aims to erect a missile defence shield as quickly as possible to counter North Korea's increasingly sophisticated weaponry, including long-range rockets. Japan's annual defence report warned that North Korea is
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      Lock icon Macau tycoon with N Korea links wants his bank back
      530 19 -MCT HONG KONG It has been nearly two years since Mr Stanley Au (picture), a gold trader with a long history of links to North Korea, lost control of his Macau bank. Banco Delta Asia (BDA) had been charged by
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        Lock icon FOUR-LEGGED CHILD TO UNDERGO OPERATION
        95 19 -AFP A baby girl who was born with four legs in South Africa is to undergo an operation to amputate two of her limbs, health officials said on Friday. Doctors believe the surgery will enable the unnamed youngster, who was born near the northeastern town
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        Lock icon AUSSIE IN DEATH FALL: TWO BRITS ARRESTED
        86 19 -AFP Hong Kong police arrested two British men on Friday, after an Australian tourist plunged to his death from a hotel in the city. The 22-year-old Australian man died when he fell from the Mirador Mansion hotel in Hong Kong's Tsimshatsui district, which
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      Lock icon Suspended death term for drug official
      182 20 —AFP BEIJING China's former head of drug registrations was given a suspended death sentence on Friday for taking bribes to approve medications, some of which did not meet standards, state media reported. A Beijing court said Cao Wenzhuang was guilty of accepting 2.4 million
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      Lock icon HK billionaire puzzled by
      567 20 -AGENCIES Triads believed to be challenging the authority of police HONG KONG Properties of billionaire Cheng Yu-tung's New World Development Company and its affiliates have been targeted by a series of attacks this week. The police suspect this to be the work of local triads. A
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        Lock icon SAILOR PROBED ON WOMEN'S DEATHS
        91 20 AFP Japanese police have grilled a 19-year-old sailor from the United States, under arrest on suspicion of the attempted murder of a 26-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, a police spokesman said. The sailor was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stabbing the two Japanese, who
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        POOL PUMP SUCKS GIRL'S INTESTINES
        79 20 A six-year-old girl in Minneapolis was seriously injured in a swimming pool mishap as a drain pump sucked out her intestines. Abigail Taylor had sat on an open drain in a wading pool and a powerful suction pump tore out part of her intestinal tract.
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        Lock icon CHINA'S PLAN TO FIGHT DISEASE
        91 20 AP Beijing criticised for its secretive response in fighting Sars plans to combat the spread of infectious diseases with better prevention efforts and research, according to a Ministry of Health plan. The ministry's plan, which did not provide specifics, called for better training, communication and
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        Lock icon HALF OF CHINA'S MOBILE PHONE BATTERIES FAIL TESTS
        99 20 -AP Inspectors in southern China found nearly half of the batteries in mobile phones (picture) tested to be below standard, state media said on Friday, providing more ammunition for critics of the country's quality standards. Tests conducted by Guangdong province's bureau of
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN IN LONGEST-MONORAIL MYSTERY
      981 20  -  CLEMENT MESENAS XTRA MAN NOT IN THE NEWS He's heading a $2.7-billion project to build the world's longest monorail. So, why is no one talking about Jeyakumar Varathan? Editor-At-Large clement@mediacorp.com.sg HE IS touted as an Malaysian entrepreneur who is about to build the world's longest monorail
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      Lock icon TNT was stored in karaoke bar
      262 21 -AFP BEIJING The owner of a Chinese karaoke bar where 25 people were killed in a huge blast was also a coal mine boss who stored explosives in the club's basement, locals said in a press report on Friday. Students, birthday revellers and the
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      Lock icon LAKE IN CHILE VANISHES, AND GUESS WHAT CAUSED IT...
      341 22 —AP BEFORE SANTIAGO Scientists with Chile's Center of Scientific Studies (CECS) are blaming global warming for the disappearance of a glacial lake in southern Chile. The disappearance of Lake Tempanos in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park was discovered by rangers on May
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      Lock icon Rudy versus Mike
      411 22 NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE With Bloomberg on stage, harsher light on Giuliani NEW YORK Madison Square Garden was taken over by New York police and their families, all there for the graduation ceremony of 1,097 new officers. A rousing video flashed images of police responding to
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      Lock icon Man with knife arrested outside Obama's hotel
      148 22 —AP WASHINGTON A man has been arrested for illegal possession of a knife outside Mr Barack Obama's hotel amid growing fears about threats to kill the man hoping to become America's first black president Davit Zakaryan, 24, was questioned and searched, early yesterday,
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      Lock icon Girl, 3, kidnapped in Nigeria
      170 22 —AP LONDON Gunmen have kidnapped a three-year-old British girl in Nigeria and have threatened to kill her unless her father takes her place, said her mother. Ms Oluchi Hill said the kidnappers had told her to meet them in a town in Bayelsa State in
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      Lock icon THE WARRIOR PRIEST
      712 23 -AFP Death threats, but Filipino fights the gambling barons SAN FERNANDO (Philippines) The crowd of supporters parted like the Red Sea as Roman Catholic priest Ed Panlilio stepped out of his campaign headquarters. The building had just received a bomb threat. Marked for assassination by gambling barons
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      Lock icon Sony prints apology for video game
      200 23 -AP LONDON Sony issued a public apology on Friday for a violent video game that features a bloody shootout inside an Anglican cathedral but it did not address the Church of England's demands that the company withdraw the game. The church demanded that Sony
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      Lock icon Indonesia is the bad news, and the good news is ...
      255 23 Indonesia is the bad news, and the good news is —AP WASHINGTON In the latest airline safety survey, Indonesia found itself at the bottom of the world safety league table, having suffered two fatal accidents involving mainline carriers Adam Air and Garuda. Although Congo also saw two fatal accidents, these
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      Lock icon SUNSET on this BOULEVARD
      959 24  -  JOHN BOUDREAU -MCT BEIJING On most days, Beijing, a city of 15 million people, is wrapped in a churning brown gauze of foul fumes and gritty dirt. Said Jeremy Goldkorn, a 12-year Beijing resident and Internet entrepreneur: "You blow your nose and what comes out is
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      Lock icon CHINA: A CLEAN-TECH GOLD RUSH?
      501 24 ZHANGJIAGANG (China) Mr Sam Huang has found a new land of opportunity for Silicon Valley in the shadow of a giant smoke stack in the Yangtze River Delta. Dressed in a black designer suit, with a Treo smartphone attached to his ear, the executive with
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      Lock icon Heatwave broils western US
      469 25 —AP BOISE (Idaho) Sweltering residents across western United States headed for lakes and rivers, seeking relief from temperatures that are expected to set record highs. Some office workers were given the option to float- on inner tubes down the Boise River instead of sitting in stuffy
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      95 26 If s not a life-and-death thing. The main reason why people go to clubs is to dance not smoke and drink. Lifebrandz executive vice-president Bernard Lim on the smoking ban Forget the sweltering heat. I'm fast feeling the heat from people trying to exploit the GST increase. No amount
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      Lock icon STILL IN S'TORE
      821 26  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS IN SINGAPORE Oh, the fascination of watching a gold-painted human stand on a beer crate for hours on end news@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has them too! I thought they had only descended on the tourism havens of Paris, London and New York. But they are clearly on
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        A SIMPLE TOUCH SPARES THE SHOCKS
        103 27  -  DANIEL LOW: I read with interest the letter, "Big shock at hospital over missing sister" (July 4), as I have been in a similar situation when I visited a friend or relative at the hospital only to see the bed empty and the person
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        HOW OLD IS OLD?
        69 27  -  DAVID SOH POH HUAT: The Government is actively looking into the needs of an increasingly ageing population and encouraging more older Singaporeans to continue working. But from what age does one become a senior citizen? Is it 60, 62, 65 years old or something else? There
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      Live Earth: We all need a little push now and then
      199 27  -  MARYANNE MAES Telecast may add to global warming, but what better way to raise awareness? Letter from I agree with Mr Tan Chee Scan in his letter, "Watch the concert, contribute to global warming? (July 6). Having 2 billion
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      Lock icon IT'S OH SO QUIET, I MUST BE IN SINGAPORE
      887 27  -  ZAFAR ANJUM XTRA EXPAT TALK The sound of silence rules our country, but at what cost? This expat can't stay mum any longer news@newstoday.com.sg IN HIS blog, film-maker Shekhar Kapur asks: All of us have heard scientists say we use only
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      Asia's new challenge
      446 28  -  JOHNSONCHOO Surge of capital should not become source of risk: MAS johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg THE surge of capital into Asia has to be "efficiently intermediated" so that it doesn't become a source of risk to financial and macroeconomic stability, even as the region's resilience to shocks has been strengthened
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      DONT IT'SB TOR
      914 28 XTRA PROPERTY DEBATE IT'S a topic that became a popular conversation piece a few years ago when homeowners found themselves caught in the nadir of the property slump and "negative equity" entered the layman's dictionary. "Buy or Rent?" went the question. For almost everyone, this was ridiculously
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      DON'T IT'SB TOB
      824 28 BUYING a home is probably one of the most important financial decisions an individual will make in his lifetime, especially since the outlay is significant and the decision involves a long-term commitment. But if you plan to stay in your country of residence for the long haul
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      Singapore's own Humvee?
      450 29  -  JOHNSON CHOO STEngg planning to modify armoured carrier Bronco for non-military use johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) is planning to produce non-military versions of its Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier a rugged land transporter designed to carry 16 crew members and five tonnes of load,
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      Top cruise firms ride the waves of Asia
      402 30  -  CHEOWXINYI World No 2 cruise firm RCC makes Spore its head office in Asia, with other major companies hot on its heels cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg LONG focused on Western markets, the globe's top cruise companies are increasingly setting their sights on Asia Pacific. Sailing
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      It's Murdoch's deal, says report
      193 30  -  THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON Media baron Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his US$5-billion ($7.6-billion) bid for Dow Jones, owner of The Wall Street Journal, the Business magazine reported on its website today. News Corporation ended negotiations with the Dow Jones board, which is confident the controlling
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      Lock icon FINANCIAL WORLD'S NEW BIG THING
      823 31  -  JAMES KANTER NEW YORK TIMES Trading of carbon dioxide is now worth $46 billion news@newstoday.com.sg SEEKING to match a desire to make money with his environmental instincts, Mr Louis Redshaw, a former electricity trader, met with five investment banks in 2004 to propose the trading
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      Lock icon Wait-and-see time
      385 32 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S banks and some offshore and marine companies helped lift the island's stock index slightly on Friday, but analysts said consolidation is likely to persist until later in the month, when the earnings season kicks off. "The market is taking a breather, but profittaking is still
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      416 32 -DOW JONES Singapore's foreign reserves rose to $144.1 billion at the end of June from $140.9 billion a month earlier and $128.3 billion a year earlier, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Friday. The reserves were *****.5 billion in June compared with *****.8 billion in May and *****.4
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      HONG KONG beyond shopping
      729 33 DINING Broughttoyou by: HONG KONG TOURISM BOARD REVISIT: In an increasingly modernised Hong Kong, it is heartening to know that traditional eateries like daipaidongs (similar to our zi char stalls) still exist. Gi Kee Seafoodßestaurant'm Happy Valley is popular for its yummy and reasonablypriced dishes. Must
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      Lock icon THE LUXE RUSH
      1351 34  -  ■HBHIMHaH| Macaroons anyone? Gourmets can now have their fill of posh bites as the number of boutique pastry shops here grows SINGAPOREANS ARE BECOMING MORE DISCERNING IN THEIR TASTES. Mac Woo, joint founder of Obolo HOTEL pastry shops aren't the only places to head to for a
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        GONE TO THE DOGS
        561 36  -  ANNETTE TAN BARK AND BITES Pets are greeted with a bowl of water and have their own menu at Pawtobello. Oh yes, humans are welcomed too food@newstoday.com.sg DOG owners know only too well the limitations of dining out with their pets in Singapore. While there are
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        GOLD MEMBER: $888 MOONCAKE
        206 36 WOULD you pay $888+ for a box of mooncakes? At least two people have, since The Oriental started taking orders for its luxurious Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne mooncakes early this week. One of them is a wellheeled businessman who has ordered, not one, but five boxes,
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        18 37 CHOW DOWN: Dogs have their own menu at Pawtobello, which includes the Fish Chowder with Brown Rice (picture).
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          95 37 Enhance your child's diet with the New Advanced Mamil Gold with IMMUNOFORTIS b> Dumex. IMMUNOFORTIS is said to lower incidences of common infection and diarrhoea in babies.The new Advanced Mamil Gold with IMMUNOFORTIS has three variants: The Step 2 Follow-up Formula is for babies aged from
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          84 37 Need a quick and light meal? Now you can tuck into Quaker's new Quick 'N Hearty Instant Oatmeal Porridge. Simply add water to enjoy the savoury low-fat instant oatmeal porridge which is cholesterol free. Available in two tasty flavours chicken mushroom,and anchovies and onion. The new Quaker Quick
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          CLOSER TO NATURE
          69 37 Enjoy smoother beautiful skin with the improved Shokubutsu Body and Facial Foam ranges. Made from all-natural ingredients, the new formula foam leaves a natural and refreshing fragrance.The improved body and foam ranges are now available in an updated contemporary packaging to suit the modern lifestyle. The new
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          CUT THE GLARE
          99 37 Prevent eye strain caused by reflective and direct glare with the new Future Seed Lamp from 3M. It uses the 3M Polarizing Light Filter Technology to reduce reflective glare and the 3M-STB ultra high frequency electronic ballast which lights the tube without flickering.The lamp is also designed
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        BIG ON SMALL THINGS
        871 38  -  ■JJHL'J'IJ'PI'M A $20,000 handbag or a $100 handphone strap? With designer accessories, more people can afford to go luxe STYLING SIM RONG ZHUANG PHOTOGRAPHY JASON HO GOOD for you if you can afford a $5,000 designer handbag. But, if you can't or would rather not spend
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        LUXE REDUX
        772 40 SMALL PLEASURES Couture designers and labels offer you a range of mini goodies to up your glamour factor pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg SOME days, I think I may be a little too wellinformed for my own good. A friend once gave me a designer handbag, thinking that I would be grateful
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        LUXURY
        281 41 YOUR PASSPORT TO LUXURY If you are a frequent flyer, you may have realised that your designer accessories-adoring colleagues have been acting uncharacteristically warm towards you. They probably hope that they will be able to pass on their shop- ping lists to you, now that the Valiram Group has
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        TRIPLE TREATS
        516 41  -  PEARLYN THAM ALTERNATIVE CHOICES There are three other ways of bagging that Prada or Gucci in legitimate ways, of course pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg RENT IT, DON'T SPEND IT Property and cars aren't the only big-ticket items that you can rent these days. Try a designer handbag or two at Be
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        MAXIMISING THE MINI
        560 42  -  COLIN YONG An auto gearbox brings the explosive performance of the Cooper S to a wider audience colin@mediacorp.com.sg THE latest Mini Cooper S has all the makings of a proper sports car, like a low seating position, firm suspension, powerful turbocharged engine and an automatic gearbox? No
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        Lock icon NISSAN'S ENTRY-LEVEL LATIO SPORT HOLDS SOME COOL SURPRISES
        368 42 COLIN YONG NUMBERS don't always tell the whole story, as is the case with the latest version of the Nissan Latio Sport hatchback. It's a new base model meant to lower the cost of entry to the Latio Sport range. At $61,000
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          HATCHBACKS
          261 43 FIAT BRAVO I WHAT IT IS Proof that Fiat has got its act back together and is churning out hugely desirable cars. WHY IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR This chic five-door hatchback is more than an upsized version of the popular Grande Punto. Buyers have a choice of two new
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          SALOONS
          255 43 MITSUBISHI LANCER WHAT IT IS A car that may just tempt buyers away from the Honda Civic. WHY IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR This is a make-or-break model for Mitsubishi and the company has made sure it's got everything right. Singapore is one of the first markets outside Japan to
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          168 43 HONDA STREAM I WHAT IT IS The officially imported version of an MPV that's already a common sight on our roads. WHY IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR While parallel importers have been selling the latest Stream since last year, you can only get the official export version from Kah
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          175 43 BMW X 5 WHAT IT IS A larger, more sophisticated version of the original X 5, now with seven seats. WHY IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR The hunky new X 5 doesn't mind being driven like a sports car through corners and even the entry-level 3.0-litre model is no slouch
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          SPORTS CARS
          165 43 MASERATI GRANTURISMO WHAT IT IS Replacement for the old Coupe, now with a luxury slant. WHY IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR Maserati promises that this stunning looking car will be a true grand tourer. Its 4.2-litre engine has been tuned to deliver effortless performance throughout the rev range and
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      160 44 -AFP DIE Hard 4.0 star Maggie Q was named Asia's sexiest vegetarian in a poll run by the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). The Hong Kong-based actress and model, who is half Vietnamese, narrowly beat Indian film star, Mahima Chaudhry, to win
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      504 44 'Wedding of the Year': Eva Longoria marries NBA superstar Tony Parker in Paris with the lucky number 7 on her side ■AFP PARIS Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria will marry NBA's Tony Parker in Paris on Saturday, leading to a worldwide rush to catch the mystique of the "777"
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      201 44 AVRIL Lavigne faces a lawsuit by the members of a 1970s rock band who claim her hit song, Girlfriend, rips off one of their tunes. Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer alleged in a lawsuit filed in US District Court that Lavigne and her co-writers lifted
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      IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUTH
      449 46  -  GARETH GOH NTUC's new membership club, nEbO, is launched with young people's interests in mind gareth@mediacorp.com.sg WITH a mascot created by hip toy company Stikfast, the message is clear: nEbO is all ready to connect with the youth. nEbO, NTUC's new membership club which targets youth
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      INADDITION...
      213 47 SEX AND THE CXTf, THE MOVIE? Are Carrie and Mr Big still together? Did Charlotte adopt a baby from China? How is Miranda liking motherhood? Is Samantha still, uh, keeping things interesting? These questions occupying the thoughts of many Sex and the City fans since the long-running HBO series
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        248 48 BECOME AWARE Kick off your green weekend at Earth Fest *****7: Action for Climate Change, a free live simulcast of the many concerts around the world, at the Fullerton Waterfront. Saturday morning will feature the likes of Jack Johnson in Australia and Eason Chan (picture) in Shanghai. Environmental exhibits,
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        SUNDAY
        179 48 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Return to an era when things were slower and greener. Experience it in the paintings of Martin Loh (picture), who captures the Peranakan nonya in the pursuits of a gentler time, surrounded by flowers, birds and children. Loh's naive form of art shows his
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        536 49 YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO THE ARTS (JULY 7-13) WILD CHILD John Sharpley's Wild Child returns. This musical performance features the Young Voices of Melbourne and the CHIJ (Toa Payoh) Secondary School Choir. Comprising soprano solo and treble chorus, Wild Child is an artistic outcry over the atrocities against
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        Late Shi heroics bag full points for leaders Home
        240 50  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Albirex Niigata 1 Home United 2 A SWEETLY struck free-kick by Shi Jiayi two minutes from time gave Home United all three points in a 2-1 victory over Albirex Niigata in a 2007 NTUC In-come-Yeo's
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        93 50 Home Tampines SAFFC Gombak Young Lions Albirex Woodlands Geylang Balestier Sengkang Liaoning Super Reds 15 12 13 11 14 10 14 7 15 5 15 5 13 4 15 4 15 4 14 3 14 3 15 1 2 0 1 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 1
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        Sailors in the hunt
        197 50  -  TANYO-HINN TWO Singapore sailors kept their Olympic qualification hopes alive after the latest round of races at the World Sailing Championship in Cascais, Portugal. In the Laser category, 18-year-old Maximilian Soh finished races three and four in 24th and 27th spots, respectively, on Friday morning (Singapore
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        498 50  -  DARREN LAI After being sidetracked by injuries and suspensions, Woodlands are raring to go NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Gombak Utd v Woodlands Wellington Jurong West Stadium, Saturday 7.45pm darren@mediacorp.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington have long been touted as one of the S-League's "Big Four" clubs. After the Rams
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        392 51 -AFP MANCHESTER Sven-Goran Eriksson's appointment as the new manager of Manchester City was confirmed on Friday when the former England boss signed a three-year contract with the Premiership club. Eriksson, who settled into the hot seat when Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra
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        Lock icon RADDY ON ...
        226 51 RADDY ON Singapore's top young talent: People talk about Hariss (Harun), but there are many good players in the national under-23 side and Hariss is just one of them. Erwan Gunawan is another talented youngster. Together with goalkeeper Jasper (Chan), all of them have a very bright future, but a
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        LIONS DESERVE THE BIG STAGE
        477 51  -  DARREN LAI Coach Avramovic says recent friendlies prove Singapore's prowess darren@mediacorp.com.sg Over the next three weeks, 16 nations will do battle in Asia's biggest football tournament, and the Asean champions will be watching at home. Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic is adamant Singapore have what it
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        FOND FAREWELL LAYING THE LADY TO REST
        219 52  -  fgfg A PHOTO ESSAY BY THE birthplace of the Kallang Roar, the National Stadium, our Grand Old Lady, will soon be no more. Football's finest have warmed to her, some of Asia's giants in track and field have embraced her. She was the
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        670 54 —AGENCIES World No 1 eyes a date with destiny, and Bjorn Borg, this Sunday at Centre Court WIMBLEDON The one man Roger Federer will be looking out for on centre court this Sunday, if he does reach the men's singles final at Wimbledon final, will
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        225 54 —AFP WIMBLEDON Men's quarter-finals LONDON Rafael Nadal destroyed Tomas Berdych to advance into the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday and move a step closer to becoming just the third man to win the French Open and All England Club titles in the same year. The Spanish second
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        LOOK BEHIND YOU, LEWIS ...
        646 55  - LOOK BEHIND YOU, LEWIS LAN DE COTTA His countrymen are in a frenzy as Hamilton looks to conquer his home GP. But if it rains in Silverstone, it could all unravel for the young rookie AT HOME, the superlatives are flowing for Lewis Hamilton. Some scribes have described him as
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        78 55 HISTORY This former WW2 airfield was converted to a race track in 1948 and hosted its first Fl race in 1950. Ferrari clinched its first World Championship here in 1951. It has come under criticism for its deteriorating facilities and its Fl hosting rights beyond 2009 are in doubt.
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        PREDICTIONS
        117 55 COLIN YONG, TODAY MOTORING CORRESPONDENT 1 HAMILTON 2 ALONSO 3 MASSA Ferrari's one-two at last weekend's French Grand Prix probably wasn't as dominant as it looked, since Hamilton's mistake in qualifying and Alonso's gearbox failure put McLaren on the back foot right from the start. Expect a return to
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        666 56 -AGENCIES LONDON He was fortunate to play first under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest and then Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Roy Keane learned much about the art of management from these two legends of the game. Clough, lauded as the saviour at the old City Ground for
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        159 56 TRANSFER TRAIL LONDON Carlos Tevez has agreed to join Manchester United on loan. Sky Sports News reported on Friday the Argentine international would join United for an initial two-year term, with an option for a further three-year stay at Old Trafford. A United
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        FOR LOVE OF MONEY, THEN OF THE GAME
        998 57  -  RAJIV NAIR Billionaire businessmen want to buy Premiership clubs to boost wealth and prestige sports@newstoday.com.sg ON FRIDAY, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra completed the takeover of Manchester City for £81.6 million ($250 million), having previously been thwarted in his efforts to
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        Lock icon OF PRIDE AND PRAYER
        544 58 H3317H15™ ■■•HiffHElSffSlfilSlßflffßlSlßn ASIAN CUP, GROUP A Thailand v Iraq BANGKOK The training on pitch all done, Asian Cup co-hosts Thailand are getting themselves in the right state of mind ahead of Saturday's opening match against Iraq. One of the team's last stops on the way to
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        Lock icon Hothouse atmosphere won't rile Iraqis
        280 58 -AP BANGKOK Thailand's hopes of riding on raucous hometown support to unnerve their rivals and spring an upset in the Asian Cup opener on Saturday is unlikely to affect Younis Mahmoud and his team-mates. Iraq's Younis and goalkeeper Noor Sabir national team-mates since the country's
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          Lock icon THAILAND
          22 59 ASIAN CUP FACTFILE QUALIFICATION 7 times: In 1972,1976,1992, 1996,2000,2004,2007 (hosts) BEST SHOWING 3rd (1972) Thai goal ace Sutee Suksomkit TREVOR TAN
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          22 59 ASIAN CUP FACTFILE QUALIFICATION 6 times: In 1972,1976,1996, 2000,2004 and 2007 BEST SHOWING /Ilk Mo7£l Iraqi midfielder Nashat Akram. GETTY IMAGES
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          THAILAND COULD BE DARKHORSES...
          127 59 Thailand coach Chanvit says his side fear no one, not even favourites Australia. His bullishness is encouraging but the Thais' record in the Cup is dismal: They have only gone past the first round once, in 1972. Their home support will give them heart though, and
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          Saturday, 8.35pm, Live on Ch 23
          49 59 THAILAND'S RECENT RESULTS 02/07/07 Thailand 2 6/06/07 Thailand 1 16/05/07 Thailand 1 Qatar Holland China 0 3 0 IRAQ'S RECENT RESULTS 02/07/07 Iraq 0 29/06/07 South Korea 3 12/06/06 Jordan 0 Uzbekistan Iraq Iraq 2 0 0 HEAD-TO-HEAD 16/02/06 Thailand 4 Iraq 3
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          JUST GO FOR GOALS
          117 59 Of the first eight games in the opening group round, only three bets stand out in the early market for Asian handicap bets. Fans may be apathetic about the Asian Cup, but odds-layers have not been sleeping. There's value in the Thailand v Iraq opener. Both
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          AUSTRALIA
          21 59 ASIAN CUP FACTFILE QUALIFICATION Just once, in 2007. Were only inducted into AFC in Jan 2006 Aussie star Harry Kewell.
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          18 59 ASIAN CUP FACTFILE QUALIFICATION Twice: In 2004 and 2007 BEST SHOWING Ist round (2004) liliiTr GETTY IMAGES
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          SOCCEROOS AT A CANTER ...
          121 59 SOCCEROOS AT A CANTER Despite the stifling heat and humidity, the Socceroos should pack too much know-how and firepower for Oman. Viduka and Kewell are good for at least a goal, so there can only be one outcome. Their only worry is that their defence aren't very sound. Neill and
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          Sunday, kickoff 6.20pm
          53 59 AUSTRALIA'S RECENT RESULTS 02/07/07 Singapore 0 02/06/07 Australia 1 24/03/07 China 0 06/02/07 Australia 1 Australia Uruguay Australia Denmark 3 2 2 3 OMAN'S RECENT RESULTS 01/07/07 Saudi Arabia 1 28/06/07 Oman 2 24/06/07 Indonesia 0 20/02/07 Qatar 3 Oman North Korea Oman Oman 1 2 1
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          YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SWEAT THIS ONE
          122 59 These two sides have never met before. So, your guess is as good as mine, or that of the bookmakers, who've made the Australians huge favourites for Sunday's match with a -1 Vi handicap. That headstart is a tad generous for the Omani,
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        No Cup, no United, just red, red whine
        384 60  -  ■T.Vii.i.Wmal OFFSIDE IRAN, Uzbekistan and China, ranked No 2, 5 and 8 on the continent, respectively, are hardly nobodies in Asian football. But fans in Kuala Lumpur are not impressed. The three teams have been drawn in Group C of the Asian
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        Lock icon THE BIG RED
        568 60 -AFP GLORY? HAI! Not much heat on Japan, just rain and the defending champions love it HANOI They won three of the last four Asian Cups, including the last two editions, but there's not so much pressure on Japan this time around. That's because Australia jumped ship
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        THE BATTLE TO GET EYES ON ASIA
        748 61  -  LEONARD THOMAS Let's hope superstars emerge and superstar teams sparkle, or this Asian Cup is going to be flat MANCHESTER United were chased out of Malaysia by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Just three days ago, the world's No 1 squash woman Nicol
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        Lock icon In Lee, Koreans have to trust
        276 61 AFP JAKARTA Middlesbrough's Lee Dong Guk will line up at the Asian Cup with a little more motivation than most. The striker goes into the tournament with memories fresh of his two major World Cup disappointments. Lee should be a much bigger star than
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        Lock icon NEW KIDS ON ASIA'S BLOCK AUSTRALIA'S NE
        835 62  -  KENNETH GOH Rhe pressure is on, but if iduka and Kewell fire, the occeroos will be champs FOOTBALL is Asia's game, but these rookies come with the name Socceroos, many of the continent's big boys are bristling at the idea of Australia's upstarts
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