The New Paper, 18 May 2004

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    29 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004 Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 33 44 55 mita (P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS 8 *****1 *****1 the J paper
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  • Article
    Lock icon Liverpool accepts Thaksin's bid
    129 1 9AM LATEST THAILAND'S bid for a 30 per cent stake of Liverpool has been approved by the club's board, Thai officials said today. "I am flying to Liverpool, England tonight," said Mr Santiparb Tejavanija, whose Sports Authority of Thailand was appointed by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
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      35 1 TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004 new h L > Bomb scare before beauty Rep xJ ana parade pictures© Harley owner steals from fellow riders but bikes are easily recognised Police nab him and crack smuggling ring 2
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Manager stole bikes from 'brothers'
      898 2  -  SILLY HARLEY THIEF By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof za ihan@sph. com.sg IT was, as a police officer said, a "silly" decision to steal Harley-Davidson motorcyles. Ho Chai Sng, 49, should have known better than to steal several of them. Especially because he was a member of
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      Lock icon Name card led to one stolen bike
      155 2 WHEN Ho Chai Sng (left) was arrested a second time, investigators found a name card which eventually led them to recover one of the stolen motorcycles. Station Inspector Azmi Othman said he noticed that the name on the card was also on a
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      Lock icon First Harley smuggling case?
      110 2 HO Chai Sng's crimes were believed to be linked to the first known Harley-Davidson motorcycle smuggling case in Singapore, the police said. He was charged with the theft of four motorcycles and was convicted on Thursday. Ho was jailed for nine years in all. His accomplice,
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      Lock icon Who's the bigger diva?
      62 2 I INSIDE 1 Two comeback queens staged their concerts here over the weekend, just two days apart. But while Queen of Hats Fong Fei Fei's performance (below) was classy and understated, Jenny Tseng (above) scored with a sexy, showy, multi-costume change act that defied her 51
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      Lock icon Wages may be going up
      578 3  -  But so could interest rate of your home loan By, Azhar Ghani and Tan Mae Lynn tnp@sph.com.sg, maelynn@sph.com.sg IT was a day of good news for workers. Yesterday, the Trade and Industry Ministry (MTI) confirmed that the economy grew 7.5 per cent in the first
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      Lock icon RECOMMENDATIONS
      121 3 For companies that are recovering and profitable grant a moderate wage increase to the monthly variable component (MVC). Companies that have not recovered from the downturn consider giving a one-off payment as reward to employees to motivate them. Companies that have done well on top of moderate wage increase,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon They want to inspire others to beat the odds
      631 5  -  E AFTER CANCER 1 REPORTS AND PICTURES By Ng Wan Ching Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com. sg WHEN Eugene Lim found out he had leukaemia in 1996, he was only 12 years old. Ms Lilian Lim (above, with Eugene) found out she
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      Lock icon PROGRAMMES WHICH CAN HELP YOU COPE WITH CANCER
      237 5 ONE of the programmes beginning this month is Living Your Best, a series of talks and gatherings which will discuss various topics. My journey through cancer begins (Jun 19, Aug 27, Dec 18) This is for those newly diagnosed with cancer, to
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      Lock icon She inspires school to help patients
      516 6  -  LIFE AFTER CANCER 2 BY Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph.com.sg WHEN 10-year-old Nurshaqinah Kamsani was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2001, it was not just her family members who were concerned, but her entire school. Principal, teachers and classmates rallied around the little girl to keep
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      Lock icon ADOPT A TEDDY BANK
      97 6 ASSISI Home Hospice's Teddy Bank drive is based on a mascot drawn by Johnathan Tan, 9, who is also a leukaemia patient. It seeks to get people to adopt a Teddy Bank and drop money into it every day. There are still 3,000 Teddy Banks waiting
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      173 6 Paims Best Value Buffet Dinners in Town S1ZZLERS AT PALM'S As the temperature cools for the evening, dine indoors or alfresco on the terrace at Palm's Asian Brasserie with our sizzling selection of barbecue meat and seafood items. Its on-the-spot cooking in addition to the already lavish buffet spread which
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon MORE FOREIGN WORKERS = MORE JOBS FOR YOU
      306 7 MORE FOREIGN WORKERS MORE JOBS FOR YOU THAT'S THE FINDINGS OF LABOUR SURVEY HERE WORRIED that your job may be taken over by a foreign worker? Think again. The pool of work permit and employment pass holders here has actually created many local jobs that would otherwise have not been
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      Lock icon HDB survey: Linkways, lifts instead of fancy block facades
      278 7 RESIDENTS want the Housing Board (HDB) to stick to the basics during upgrading. A poll of60,000odd households shows that they prefer amenities and improvements on things that are used regularly, compared to barbeque pits and amphitheatres which are rarely used. The
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      52 7 S'PORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 8.70/-0.78 Creative Technology 9.40/-0.21 Rextronics 15.31/-0.47 Chartered Semiconductor 7.65/-0.15 Stats 8.01/-0.06 Yesterday's Percentage Close action change Dow Down 1.06% (105.96 pts) 9,906.91 Ndfcdaq Down 1.49% (27.61 pts) 1,876.64 S+P 500 Down 1.06% (11.62 pts) 1,084.08 Si) Down 3.1% (54.63
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      Lock icon Fire in MRT tunnel
      73 7 A SMALL fire broke out in the MRT tunnel near Newton station, yesterday evening. The driver of the train travelling from Orchard to Newton noticed the fire and alerted the station's staff. Trains were stopped for about 10 minutes and for 15 minutes again later when
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      Lock icon Docs can advertise
      71 7 PRIVATE doctors are now allowed to advertise their fees in new advertising regulations which came into effect yesterday. The use of'before' and 'after' photographs is also allowed. Doctors say this puts them on a more level playing field with regional competitors and allows them to be more
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      Lock icon Higher SIA fares
      81 7 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will impose a fuel surcharge by raising passenger fares on some flights out of Australia, Britain and New Zealand. The charge, which will be imposed in the next few days, will not affect flights into Singapore. There are no details yet on how much
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      Lock icon Feedback wanted
      63 7 THE Government is seeking public feedback on changes to the Hire-Purchase Act. The changes, recommended by a taskforce, will allow customers to have more transparency with their hire-purchase agreements. The consultation paper and the draft Bill are available online at www.mti.gov.sg and public feedback should reach the ministry
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      Lock icon More exports to China
      67 7 CHINA is now Singapore's fourth largest export market, overtaking Japan and Hong Kong. The European Union (EU), the United States and Malaysia round off the top three. Most of Singapore's top markets, except the US and Australia, bought more Singapore-made goods last month. China was the
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      Lock icon Luxury labels in GSS
      70 7 FOR the first time, the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) is targetting high-end tourist spenders. More than 30 luxury labels, like Versace, Link Boutique, Larry Jewellery, Atsuro Tayama, CFC Daum, Longchamp and Stuart Weitzman have been roped in as part of the event, says the Singapore Tourism
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  • SINGAPORE
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      185 9  -  By Loh Wanyun wanyun@sph.com.sg IT'S that time of the year again, and here they come the goodies at The New Paper Big Walk. This year, for the first time, the goodies will be packed in a happy orange drawstring bag, courtesy of Vichy Laboratoires,
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      133 9 TOMORROW is the last day to register for The New Paper Big Walk. A Nissan Sunny, sponsored by Tan Chong Motor Sales, is waiting for a lucky winner. You'll also get a T-shirt and a coupon booklet of money-saving deals when you register. So, sign up now!
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      42 9 What does a king, a beggar and a chessboard have to f do with Additional Maths? You can find out in The New Paper's Additional oS"7rk7c Maths for Poly series. <^-TW\^y Today's subject: The Mj Power of Exponents. hk JT f 44
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  • ASK DR MONEY
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      Lock icon Want to save money buying
      543 12  -  DR MONEY LARRY HAVERKAMP Moi@AifcDrMoney.com Last weekend, Mrs Money and I traded in our perfectly good five-year-old Hyundai for a new car. We were sad to see it go and our youngest daughter cried when we said goodbye. We learnt a few things from the
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      Lock icon The tricky world of car financing
      208 12 CAR financing has two tricky features. The only way to avoid them is not to take a car loan. First is the "flat" rate. It is simply the interest times the full amount of the loan. It takes no account of the fact that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Chaos as Indian stocks plunge then...
      435 13 LEFT is right. So thought the Indian stock market. The reason was simple. When there is a new government in the making and the PM-in-waiting is silent, it is the loudest voice that shakes the stock market. And that voice happened to be that
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      Lock icon Regional markets take a beating
      177 13 INDIA was not the only country to have a bad day. Regional stocks got whacked as well yesterday. (See graphics, right.) Singapore's Straits Times Index fell 3.1 per cent. The worst performer, Jakarta Composite Index, plunged 7.5 per cent. Why the fall? Three reasons say
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      Lock icon India's Mr Calm acts
      214 14 The Oxford-and-Cambridge educated Dr Singh, who has served at the International Monetary Fund, is no stranger to crisis. He is the one who initiated market reforms as finance minister in 1991. At that time, India was in the grips of deep economic turmoil, with a balance
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      Lock icon INDIAN STOCKS
      78 14 India has been a favourite destination for international investors in recent years. Its stock market was among the world's best-performing last year, rising more than 70 per cent Foreign institutions bought a record US$7.5 billion of stocks and bonds. Yesterday's marliet crash was the worst in 129 years.
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    Lock icon Two men splash acid on pregnant woman
    351 15 MALAYSIA THEY were waiting for their factory's bus to pick them up for the morning shift when two men drove up to them and asked for directions. Then, one of the men suddenly got out of the car and splashed acid on them.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Wigs now a hairy issue for New York Jews
      335 16 ITS a case of hair today, gone tomorrow. We're talking about wigs in New York. Synthetic wigs are hot, and natural hair wigs are not. On the streets, an increasing number of Orthodox Jewish women can also be seen wearing cloth
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      Lock icon $1,730 omelette
      129 16 AP. ITS just a dish of eggs, lobster, caviar and a few trimmings. But this omelette on the menu of a swanky Manhattan hotel will set you back US$l,OOO ($1,730) plus tip. Ms Virginia Marnell, a customer at Norma's restaurant in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel said: "I
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      Lock icon Police defuse bomb
      304 17 MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT SCARE IT was a bombshell in the midst of all that beauty. Hours before the Miss Universe 2004 beauty pageant was scheduled to be held in Cuenca, Ecuador, on Sunday, a bomb was discovered, reported Xinhua. The Ecuadorian police in the Andean city deactivated
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      Lock icon UK 'sex' film stuns Cannes
      434 18 SHOCKED critics called it porn. Stunned cinema-goers asked why it was made in the first place. In short, it wasn't a titillating start for the most sexually explicit film in the history of mainstream British cinema. It consists almost entirely of real sex scenes, including
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  • Tech
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      Lock icon Videocam leaves competition biting dust
      586 19  -  The Panasonic NV-GS2OO renders colours sharply and vibrantly T€CH MAD LAN TAN tanvhHSfstfh.comse I OFTEN get a lot of people asking me why their digital photos look so bland. Honestly, technology is now at a point whereby if you are constantly getting lousy colours, you
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      Lock icon Microsoft's X box gains ground in tough market
      570 21 WHEN Microsoft Corporation announced four years ago that it was getting into the video game business, sceptics questioned whether the world's largest software company could be anything but a distant second best. While Microsoft remains an underdog in the battle against Sony,
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      Lock icon Simpler games for older players
      179 22 Wire services MICROSOFT will launch a new online game service aimed at older players who have their Xbox consoles. Xbox Live Arcade will feature relatively simple fare, such as traditional card games, puzzles and trivia quizzes. Scheduled to launch in about three months, the service
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Mr Robot, is my water safe for drinking?
      634 25 Technology will also serve as an early warning system against terrorist attacks on the US' waterways Wire services. THE US could soon be counting on a network of underwater robots to safeguard its drinking water. The robots beam up a near real-time
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      Lock icon Don't get free money if you want to enjoy it
      311 27 IF you've always dreamt of receiving a lawyer's phonecall giving you a milliondollar inheritance from a long-lost uncle one day, wake up. You're unlikely to enjoy it much. A university study, using basic technology in computer games, has found that
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  • Hey!
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      Lock icon Who's the real diva?
      1108 31  -  ...And now We compare personalities, styles and concerts to decide who deserves that title CONCLUSION: Jenny proved she was the bigger diva in terms of showmanship, even though it was Fei Fei who got bigger diva treatment. By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com.sg THESE two comeback
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      155 53 ENGLISH DIV ONE PLAY-OFF 2nd LEG: SUNDERLAND 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 ties Sunderland were just seconds away from the final battle for a place in the Premiership when 10-man Crystal Palace shocked them with an equaliser, then delivered the knockout blow during the dramatic penalty shootout. Here's how
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      528 54 ENGLISH DIVONE PLAYOFF 2nd LEG: SUNDERLAND 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 After Extra Time. Full time 2-1 Agg: 44. Palace win 5-4 on penalties PA Sport. Crystal Palace midfielder Michael Hughes shattered Sunderland's hopes of an immediate return to the Premiership in an epic play-off semi-final shoot-out. Hughes fired
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      159 54 PA Sport. Crystal Palace boss lain Dowie praised his players they secured a place if*dr«2etic r Sunderfaitf toagM? K Dowie's Eagles progressed to a Millennium Stadium showdown with West Ham or Ipswich after prevailing 5-4 on penalties. Dowie told Sky Sports: "I was disappointed to be going in
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      155 55 Collect 2 tokens to exchange tor a FREE David Beckham. Thierry Henry. Robert Pires. Zinedine Zidane. Ruud Van Nistlerooy. And so many other amazing Euro 2004 idols! You never know which exciting interactive CD-Cardz you'll get at our redemption booth. Shoot for Itl Collect 2
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      406 55 ENGLAND: DIVISION ONE PLAYOFFS WEST HAM v IPSWICH PA Sport. WEST HAM at home and the possible loss of John McGreal would leave a big gap in the Ipswich defence. The Hammers will be the first to admit that they didn't play well against Ipswich in the
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      149 55  -  THE 1 1 7, COLUMN By DON HUTCHISON WEST HAM I know what these play-offs are all about and I think I can help us win the game against Ipswich today. Having a bit of experience alongside the talented kids we have, is a great mix. Ipswich
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      Lock icon MATCH 1802: WEST HAM v IPSWICH 1x2
      47 55 ENGLISH DIVONE S*™ t West Ham (-1 1/2) 3.20 Ipswich 1/2) 1.27 n TOTAL GOALS J .j 0 7.80 5 8.30 1 460 6 14.00 2 3.80 7 28.00 3 380 8 75.00 4 5 30 115.00 OOOS AT BAM
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      132 55 IPSWICH'S experienced defender John McGreal is their only one doubt for today's match. McGreal suffered a calf strain in Saturday's 1-0 first-leg win over the Hammers at Portman Road. Royle has drafted striker Alun Armstrong into his squad because of the likelihood of Richard Naylor stepping into a
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      800 56 CLUB FOCUS: ASTON VILLA NO MONEY? Villa boss David O'Leary estimates it will take a club $304 million just to make it into the top five next season PA Sport. CASH has killed the romance in football. Just look at the top five teams in the final Premiership
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      689 57 THIERRY HENRY WINS GOLDEN BOOT AWARD AFTER another outstanding season, the world is fast running out of superlatives to lavish on Thierry Henry. The Arsenal striker completed a clean sweep of trophies for the season after being awarded the Barclaycard Golden Boot and player of
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      491 57 IN-demand Leeds striker Alan Smith insists he will take his time before deciding which club to sign with when he leaves Elland Road this summer. Manchester United, Middlesbrough and Liverpool, Valencia and Juventus are keen on the 23-year-old. Leeds
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      560 58  -  BECKHAM'S RED FURY By Frank Malley PA Sports Chief Sports Writer PA Sport. THE ad-men's image of David Beckham will inevitably dominate our television screens in the run-up to the European Championships. Dressed in warrior armour, the latest commercial portrays England's captain as cool, commanding and
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      116 58 PA Sport. ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson insisted yesterday he had no qualms about the temperament of captain David Beckham after the midfielder was sent off in Real Madrid's defeat against Murcia at the weekend. Eriksson, speaking after announcing his 23-man provisional squad for the Euro 2004 finals
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      243 58 Wire Services. DAVID Beckham's relationship with Real Madrid showed further signs of strain last night as the England captain was barred from taking any meaningful part in Martin Keown's testimonial. With speculation linking him with a possible summer move back to England, the midfielder was said
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      800 59  -  ENGLAND'S EURO 2004 SQUAD By Frank Malley PA Sports Chief Sports Writer PA Sport. WHEN Sven-Goran Eriksson decided against taking the Chelsea route to riches beyond the ken of the average football fan, he did so for two main reasons. First, he understood
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      238 59 PA Sport. SVEN-Goran Eriksson has announced the squad he hopes will take England to Euro 2004 glory and admitted his most difficult decisions were over who to pick in defence* With Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand suspended, Jonathan Woodgate out injured and Gareth Southgate not totally fit
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      202 59 We saw in Gothenburg Jermain Defoe is not frightened, not scared, and has got everything you need for an international striker. However, Eriksson has gone with that four and knows what they can do. Defoe is a better footballer than Vassell but we have seen what Vassell
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      679 59  -  COMMENT ERNEST LUIS IOSDD ATTACKING teams have, more often than not, always won the major footballing tournaments like the World Cup and fhe Championships. But they also need that magic that can sometimes come from pure class, brilliance or just some good, old,
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      541 60 ENGLAND'S EURO 2004 SQUAD PA Sport. SAFE, containing a powerful engine and utterly reliable, Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad for Euro 2004 bears more than a slight resemblance to a Swedish-built car. There are no surprises in his 23-man selection but no glaring omissions either.
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      Lock icon ENGLAND'S EURO 2004 SQUAD
      113 60 Goalkeepers: David James (Manchester Cityf, Paul Robinson (Tottenham), lan Walker (Leicester) Defenders: Gary Neville and Phil Neville (Manchester United), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), John Terry (Chelsea), LedleyKing (Tottenham), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool) Midfielders: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt
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      646 61 SAWADii-KOP: LIVERPOOL .-THAILAND Wire Services. IF Liverpool do not agree to a deal with Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, three other clubs could come into the picture. Thaksin strongly hinted yesterday that his attentions to Premiership football were not exclusively aimed at Liverpool. 'There is another team
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      Lock icon MATCH 0902: GEYLANG v ISLAND FC 1x2
      56 61 AFC Score (1) Gaylang 1.08 (X) Draw 9.20 (2) Island FC 10.50 1 1/2 GOAL. Oaylang (-3 1/2) 1.95 Island FC (+3 1/2) 1.70 1 TOTAL GOALS 0 29.00 5 4.90 1 14.00 6 5.70 2 6.10 7 8.60 3 5.10 8 14.00
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      708 62  -  THAKSIN'S BID FOR ENGLISH CLUB: No confirmation from Liverpool till midnight By Wang Meng Meng npsports@sph. com.sg IT'S midnight, Bangkok time. There goes another day in the Thailand-Liverpool saga as the tense drama that has been unfolding in both Bangkok and Merseyside is threatening to take another turn.
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      143 61 ENGLISH DIV ONE PLAYOFF SEMI-FINALS (Second Leg) WEST HAM v IPSWICH Ch 22,2.40 am, tomorrow Strange to see two of England's more storied football clubs slugging it out for a place in next season's Premiership, but that's what the Hammers 'game with the Tractor Boys are all about. Ipswich lead
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      103 62 THE BIG NEWS PIVSION ONE SEMI-FINAL A ENGLAND'S PLAYOFF 2nd LEG EURO 2004 SUNDERLAND 2 SM*y SQUAD: CRYSTAL PALACE 1 WHY NO PLACE (Palace advance 5-4 on penalties after 4-4 draw on aggregate) rAn 10-man Palace equalise in last minute to win in sudden death penalty FOR STRIKER Shootout. ro
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