Today, 11 April 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Friday April 11, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=£JJJ^CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Friday April 11, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Here's help to stretch that dollar
    799 1  -  LIN YANQIN NTUC'ss4m in assistance for 80,000 low-wage workers yanqin@media corp.com.sg THANKS to inflation, that 10-dollar bill in your wallet could lose 50 cents of its value within just a few months. The good news is, lowwage workers will have help to stretch their
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    LOOKING FOR TROUBLE? JOIN THE CLUB
    784 1  -  CONRAD RAJ ewscomment EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg ONCE a refuge for those who had arrived, social clubs in Singapore these days appear to be more of hotbeds of strife and turmoil. No longer do their members just mingle and mix over good food or a
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      45 1 THE ACCIDENTAL CHARITY MAN INTERVIEW WITH SINGAPOREAN ON FORBES LIST OF TOP PHILANTHROPISTS ANXTRA PERSPECTIVE IN YOUR WEEKEND TODAY STORE DOLLAR AT A RECORD HIGH MAS ACTS TO CURB INFLATION BUSINESS PAGE 34 U.S. MASTERS EAGLE KEEPS WOODS IN THICK OF HUNT SPORTS PAGE 53
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      15 1 ~M\ Mm W 1/'^N 1 M^. 1 1 I GETTY IMAGES TODAYEXCLUSIVE i?*" v-tß^? WEETECI!
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    A fugitive^ playground?
    989 2  -  -NEOCHAICHIN r>*. WW~ ':&*k v&SSsI REPORTER LOH CHEEKON^ /y*' ■•>;•■ T PHOTOGRAPHERWEETEq?MIAN Farms, streams, illegal hideouts-there's plenty in the forest to help a man survive YOU might have sped along the expressway past this snarl of green. You might even be living in the modern housing estate
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      Lock icon 'If S'pore can't go green, who can?'
      422 4  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg ALL it takes for Singapore or any country to go green with measures that make a real difference to climate change is a one-off commitment of 1 to 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product It is an amount every
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      More students sniffing glue
      820 6  -  ANSLEY NG CNB officials warn: Abusers will be dealt with very strictly ansley@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER two decades of decline, inhalant abuse is back on the rise, with the number of arrests rising five-fold in a two-year period. According to figures released for the first time by the
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      Crash-ruse man jailed for 20 months
      299 6 HE FAKED an accident, then tried to make two motorists pay him compensation but, his ruse earned him 20 months in jail yesterday. Lee Boon Teck, 33, pleaded guilty to trying to cheat Mr Neo Say Yong, 39, of about $100 on April 1.
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      Lock icon NZ to hire police here
      236 6 -DPA NEW Zealand plans to recruit police officers from Singapore because the South Pacific country does not have enough to meet the needs of its fast-grow-ing Asian population. A spokesman for New Zealand's police minister told the New Zealand Herald that discussions had been held,
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      Lock icon 5,000 more BTO flats in pipeline
      543 8 Three-year wait likely, so couples in a hurry will have to resort to resale market AS MORE flats come on stream under the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) build-to-order (BTO) scheme, the board says such units will be its main source of supply in
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        Lock icon RECOGNITION OF CLOSER TIES
        156 8 Singapore's Chief of Air Force MajorGeneral Ng Chee Khern was presented the United States' Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander) by the United States Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff General Michael Moseley yesterday (picture). The award, conferred on behalf of the US Government, recognises Maj-Gen
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        Lock icon MAZDA RECALLS 170,300 VEHICLES
        85 8 —AFP Mazda Motor Corp, Japan's fifth-largest automaker, is recalling a total of 170,300 Demio, Verisa and Axela passenger vehicles in Japan produced between March 2005 and October 2007 due to errors in the system controlling the engine. Mazda also expects to recall 17,000 of the vehicles
        —AFP  -  85 words
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        Lock icon VIRTUAL MAP APPEALS DECISION
        96 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Virtual Map, the company behind streetdirectory.com, went before the Court of Appeal yesterday in a final attempt to reverse a decision in a copyright feud with the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) over online maps. The High Court had thrown out Virtual Map's appeal on
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      Lock icon Bush, Goh discuss Tibet, Myanmar
      350 8 —AGENCIES UNITED States President George W Bush called Singapore "a very strong ally" in its war against extremists, after a meeting with Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong in the Oval Office on Wednesday. "I do want to say how much I appreciate your firm stance
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      THE CURSE OF COMPETENCY
      811 10  -  CHITRARAJARAM DEPUTY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR chitrarajaram@media corp.com.sg THE blind Mexican ambassador to Singapore in a recent interview with this paper said: "Singapore still has some way to go before it relates to situations like this (his blindness)." As he very candidly put it: "Yes, yes, I'm blind.
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      Lock icon A life-saving investment
      615 12  -  ALICIA WONG Free cord blood banking service for low-income families alicia@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the launch of South-east Asia's largest cord blood bank facility in Singapore, comes free cord blood banking for up to 133,000 low-income families. Both were launched yesterday by private cord blood bank Cord Life. Called
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      Lock icon Footballer's sentence cut
      540 13 938 LIVE Club manager's influence a key factor, says CJ AN S-LEAGUE player convicted of a match-fixing charge had his seven months' jail term reduced. Former Liaoning Guangyuan Football Club striker Zhao Zhipeng will serve five months jail instead, after a successful appeal in the High Court.
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      Were you fleeced by 'Bettyboob', the cybercon?
      200 13 IF SOMEONE masquerading as "Bettyboob" has fleeced you of your hard-earned cash, the police would like to talk to you. At least four Singaporeans are believed to have parted with $3,000 after buying gift vouchers from "Bettyboob", a fellow netter on a local
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Online journalists still out in the cold
      457 14  -  JESSINTATAN Malaysiakini chief editor says they are still struggling ■■■■■> M SB jessinta@media corp.com.sg DESPITE the Prime Minister's recent admission that his government had made a blunder by underestimating the power of the Internet, the co-founder of Malaysia's pioneer news website said his
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      Lock icon KL airport $1.5-million heist: Hunt on for gunmen
      338 14 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police were yesterday hunting for the culprits behind a dramatic shootout at the capital's main airport, which left five injured, as robbers escaped with more than a US$l million ($1.5 million) in cash. The victims, including two money
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      Lock icon Indon central bank chief held
      194 14 —AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia's anticorruption watchdog has arrested the country's central bank governor Burhanuddin Abdullah (picture) on graft charges the latest in a string of scandals to hit the bank, an anti-graft body said. "He is under arrest in relation to suspicion of misuse of 100
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      Lock icon KL to act on conversion rows
      183 14 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday proposed new rules on converting to Islam, in a bid to prevent wrangles that have split families and incited racial tensions in the multicultural country. "We are working on a law that non-Muslims who are converting to Islam must
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      Lock icon Freedom trip ends in death
      427 16 —AFP 54 men, women suffocate to death in airtight container BANGKOK 54 Myanmar migrants have suffocated to death in a cold storage container while being smuggled to Thailand in a bid to escape desperate conditions at home, Thai police said yesterday. The incident was the
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      Lock icon Indonesian masseuses padlock their pants while at work
      212 16 —AP JAKARTA Massage parlours in an Indonesian town are asking their female masseuses to padlock their skirts and pants to make it clear that sex is not on offer. But, the move has been protested as prejudiced by the women's affairs minister
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      Lock icon More American Airline flights cancelled
      218 18 —AP DALLAS American Airlines cancelled more than 900 flights yesterday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the thirdstraight day of mass groundings as company executives offered profuse apologies and travel vouchers to calm angry customers. American Airlines, the United States' largest carrier,
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      Lock icon ASIA, WARM UP TO A DEMOCRAT LEADER
      831 18  -  ROGER COHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE Clinton or Obama can provide the continuity Asia needs EUROPE votes Democrat, but Asia tends to vote Republican. That's the headline from the fastestgrowing part of the world where the United States election is arousing
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      Lock icon Myanmar warns embassies ahead of May 10 referendum
      236 20 —AFP YANGON Myanmar's military government yesterday warned foreign embassies not to support Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party, as the nation gears up for a referendum on a Constitution opposed by her supporters. The warning, carried in the official New Light
      —AFP  -  236 words
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      75 20 CLEANSING AWAY: Thai elephants splashing water on tourists to celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year, at the ancient city of Ayutthaya in central Thailand, yesterday. The annual 'elephant Songkran', which is held to promote tourism prior to the three-day Songkran, will start on April 12. Songkran, also known as the
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      Lock icon US to confirm Ist Asean envoy
      371 20 —AFP Ambassador says position was created because of bloc's growing clout WASHINGTON The prospective first United States envoy to the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) has said that his key priority was prodding the South-east Asian group to press Myanmar's military regime to
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        I APPLIED FOR ASYLUM: THAKSIN
        133 22 Deposed Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday revealed that he had asked the United Kingdom for political asylum but later withdrew the request, according to a report. "At that time my lawyer advised me to seek political asylum, telling me that I might be arrested
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        SLEEPY HEAD ANGERS SBY
        115 22 The most valuable lesson learned by leaders at a five-week workshop at Indonesia's National Resilience Institute might not have been on leadership at all, but how to fight sleepiness, the Jakarta Post said. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was speaking on Tuesday before the forum of mayors,
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      Lock icon A VAD of life for Indian man
      358 22 —AFP Asia's first artificial heart transplant successful: Hospital BANGALORE An Indian hospital has successfully performed what it says is Asia's first artificial heart transplant on a 54-year-old man. Surgeons at Bangalore's Narayana Hrudayalaya implanted a ventricular assist device (VAD) in the patient in
      —AFP; AFP  -  358 words
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      Lock icon Hope for peace as Nepal votes
      433 24 THE GUARDIAN But will Maoists be motivated to stay within democratic system? KATHMANDU Nepal went to the polls today in an election voters hope will bring peace after a decade-long Maoist insurgency that has cost over 10,000 lives and stunted economic development. Security was
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      Lock icon KEY PLAYERS IN NEPAL'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
      502 24 —AFP As Nepal voted yesterday on its political future, the fate of a peace process as well as of a cast of colourful characters is hanging in the balance. THE FIERCE ONE: MAOIST LEADER PRACHANDA His name means "the fierce one", and the leader
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      Lock icon Olympic torch arrives in Buenos Aires
      369 27 -AFP BUENOS AIRES The Olympic torch arrived here under tight security yesterday as the authorities hoped to ward off the massive anti-China protests that have dogged the flame's run in London, Paris and San Francisco. So far, activists have announced only one, peaceful demonstration
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama tells China: I'm not a demon
      310 27 —AFP NARITA (Japan) The Dalai Lama (picture), starting his first foreign trip since unrest broke out in Tibet, yesterday renewed support for the Beijing Olympics and appealed to China not to brand him as a demon. Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, meeting reporters
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      Lock icon 'Too thin' may soon be a crime
      337 29 —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH French draft law spells jail for those who encourage it PARIS Anyone encouraging dangerous thinness and excessive dieting could be jailed under a draft law aimed at tackling the growing problem of anorexia in France. The proposal would punish "incitement
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      Lock icon Is it love at first sight? Or just a one-night stand ...
      306 29 Is it love at first sight? Or just a one-night stand —AFP LONDON It's called love at first sight and if you don't believe in it, then you're out of step with the latest research on the human face and sexual behaviour published by scientists in Britain on Wednesday. In
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    • The grass isn't always greener
    • Letter
      Help them adjust to the new environment
      442 30  -  CHEN JUNYI Letter from I REFER to the article, "Kinks in Singapore's ambitions to be an academic melting pot" (April 10). I notice that some foreign students here taking the Primary School Leaving Examination this year are as old as 15, while most
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      Food hygiene – it's nothing to be sneezed at
      203 31  - Food hygiene it's nothing to be sneezed at S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) WE REFER to the letter "Bakeries should cover food" (April 2). We agree that food on display for sale must be protected from environmental contamination. All food retail outlets,
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      Profiteers beware
      210 31  -  UMBEEKHIM Rising costs are no excuse to overcharge Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) WE REFER to Leong Sze Hian's letter "Rice price increase not a licence to overcharge" (April 7). We view the issue of profiteering seriously. We will investigate any cases
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      164 31  -  DR BILL MAIER BY.... EXPRESSING LOVE DAILY How can you make your kids feel special? Author Lisa Brock has developed a list of simple things that will help express our love to our kids every day. For example, set aside blocks of time to play with
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      SOME SACRIFICES ARE WORTH MAKING
      746 32  -  Tabitha Wang Just because it's difficult to go green doesn't mean that it's not necessary MY FLAT faces an office building and, from: my living room, I can see directly into one of the rooms. If I had nothing to do, I could be entertained
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      Lock icon S'pore economy bounces back – for now
      299 34  - S'pore economy bounces back for now CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S economy has not only averted a technical recession but bounced back with a vengeance in the first quarter of this year. Flash estimates show GDP grew 7.2 per cent year-on-year, thanks largely to a big swing in pharmaceutical exports. On a
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      416 34  -  CHEOWXINYI Monetary authority acts to curb inflation cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg THE Singapore dollar climbed to a record high yesterday after a surprise tightening in monetary policy aimed at combating inflation. The currency jumped 1.7 per cent in Asian trade to touch a high of $1.3567 in
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      251 35 —BLOOMBERG THE United States trade deficit unexpectedly widened in February, reflecting a jump in imports of automobiles and machinery that swamped record exports. The gap grew by 5.7 per cent to U5562.3 billion ($84.5 billion), the highest since November, from a
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      368 35  -  ESTHER FUNG Companies urged to help investors with shorter, clearer explanations esther@media corp.com.sg QUALITY, not quantity that's the message the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Cima) wants to pass on to writers of corporate annual reports in Singapore. "The annual reports are getting thicker
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        835 36  -  CONRAD RAJ -ESTHER FUNG EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg WHO exactly is Dr Anthony Soh (picture)? According to a profile he placed on the Internet, he was a man with "vision, focus and commitment". But a former director of Jade Technologies, the company he took
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        220 38 —AFP THAILAND'S new government has launched fresh measures to lure more local and foreign investment and boost the Thai economy. Deputy Prime Minister Suwit Khunkitti said the government wanted to restore confidence in Thailand after more than a year of political instability sparked
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        466 38 -AP Most airlines weary of Boeing's latest delay with its 7875, seek compensation BOEING customers have expressed disappointment but no surprise at the latest delay in delivering the American company's flagship 787 Dreamliner and they want compensation. Some carriers said the delays would not affect their operations because
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        242 39 AP CHINA'S currency nudged past 7 yuan ($1.36) to the greenback yesterday, a milestone bound to please Beijing's trading partners and dismay exporters struggling to remain competitive in overseas markets. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the yuan was trading at 6.9920
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        467 39 THE GUARDIAN Code of conduct should be extended to other funds too THE West's plans to force sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to agree on codes of conduct is unfair and would damage global capital flows, according to the head of the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). Mr
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      938 40  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Online maps and othe websites that help you find your way hedirman@media corp.com.sg GETTING from point A to B used to be simple go to Streetdirectory.com, punch in a postal code or street name and voila, destination located. But after its tussle with copyright
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      281 40  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN FREE software will soon be available to an estimated 120,000 tertiary students in Singapore to help them develop computer software, mobile applications, code instructions for robots and create websites or even games for the Xbox 360 console. Microsoft
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        438 42 —AP SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo's last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars. Eager to frustrate Microsoft in any way possible, Internet search leader Google has
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      513 47 BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRE author of the Harry Potter novels, J X Rowling (picture), won an Outstanding Achievement award and praise from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Galaxy British Book Awards, billed as the United Kingdom publishing industry's answer to the Oscars. "She has
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        238 48  -  ASIFANSAR NIGHTLIFEREVIEW asif@mediacorp.com.sg THE people at trendy new gastro bar 1 Twenty Six think big real big. Plans are afoot to introduce a whopping 126 cocktails to their already-impressive menu. The drinks, priced at $26, will be gradually added to the list every month, forming
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      437 51  -  PAUL GREEN TampinesveterenZul wants young players to learn fast to fill gap left by Muratovic NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OOB Tampines Rovers v Geylang United Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm m b paulgreen@mediacorp.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers go into the Eastern derby tonight as hot favourites following their Monday 6-1 win over
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      344 51  -  PAUL GREEN GEYLANG United might be going through a difficult time right now, but they can still count on the loyalty of their staunchest fans. The Eastern derby, which pits powerhouse Tampines Rovers against the once glorious
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      594 52  -  LOWUNFHOONG IDAYEXCLUSIVE Reigning silatworld champion issues letter of demand to Spore Silat Federation linfhoong@media corp.com.sg LAST November, silat exponent Muhammad Imran Abdul Rahman was axed from the SEA Games squad bound for Korat, Thailand, due to his poor attendance at training sessions. The two-time world champion (2004,
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      327 52  -  SHAMIR OSMAN sha mir@media corp.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington midfielder Park Tae Won was knocked unconscious after receiving a blow to the head in the Rams' match with Home United on Wednesday at the Woodlands Stadium. The Korean player's wife ran out on to the pitch and
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      337 52  -  PAUL GREEN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 SAFFC4Young Lions 0 A GOAL midway through the first-half from Mustaqim Manzur and a second-half hattrick from Aleksandar Duric (picture) gave SAFFC their eight win from as many NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 matches. The 4-0 thumping of
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      631 53 —AFP No sign that champion is going to revise any of his targets for this year GOLF US Masters AUGUSTA (Georgia) An even-par 72 kept the bid by Tiger Woods for a fifth Green Jacket and a chance at Grand Slam glory
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      296 53 AFP AUGUSTA, Georgia- China's Liang Wenchong, Jeev Milkha Singh of India and Thai golfer Prayad Marksaeng are hoping that strong performances at the Masters will open direct entries for Asian Tour stars to compete in the US Open and US
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      463 54 -AFP Player scores two late in extra time to send Germans through on away goals UEFA CUP, QUARTER-FINALS, 2ND-LEG Getafe 3 Bayern Munich 3 (4-4 on agg, Bayern win on away goals) MADRID Luca Toni saved Bayern Munich's blushes against courageous 10-man Getafe here
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      236 54 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON David Bentley, the Blackburn and England winger, admitted on Wednesday he had to fight a gambling addiction that involved placing up to 100 bets a day on everything from horse racing, greyhounds and online poker
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      310 54 -THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Football's corruption investigation took another dramatic twist on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when Birmingham City's managing director Karren Brady and co-owner David Sullivan were arrested. They were questioned by officers from the City of London Police on
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      624 55 —AGENCIES Struggling Catalans to meet in-form Man United in semis CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS, 2ND-LEG Barcelona 1 Schalke 0 (Barca win 2-0 on aggregate) BARCELONA Manchester United will face Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League, but they have little reason to fear the Catalans. Barcelona
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      388 55 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Peter Crouch's strong performance for Liverpool against Arsenal on Tuesday, in the Reds' Champions League quarter-final second-leg 4-2 win, was noted by the England head coach, Fabio Capello. The Italian is now considering pairing Crouch with Wayne Rooney in one of
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      624 58 —AGENCIES United peaking at the right moment, as Ferguson looks forward to Nou Camp return CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, QUARTER-FINALS, 2ND-LEG Manchester United 1 AS Roma 0 (United win 3-0 on aggregate) MANCHESTER Timing is everything in football and Alex Ferguson believes his Manchester United side will be meeting
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      238 58 THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER —Old Trafford legend Eric Cantona was in the stands on Wednesday night {yesterday morning, Singapore time) watching two English midfielders display their contrasting talents. The thick-set man with the greying beard and crumpled suit, a rare visitor to United's home ground
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