The New Paper, 6 June 2004

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1 68 The New Paper
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    25 1 the new paper MITA (P) 024/03/2004 on sunday JUNE 6, 2004 80 CENTS WSingapore Prvss Holdings Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg iiii 8"8871 81"*****9 > the newspaper
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      39 1 EURQ fever A mm 4 What European tipsters are saying /page 71 STORE-STYLE PARTING Couples delay divorce H;o skirt HDB rules /page 6 V Pg[fr i|SK&y -^wß^fitf Sttes^r;.'?,•■*, f *<& A i 3if .v3£al fli 'tJHw n "1 H*. M
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Kampung girl or havoc hostess?
      923 2  -  Rough sex gone wrong? Or was it murder? The murder-rape trial that has gripped Malaysia DOUBLE LIFE REPORTS JOSEPHINE CHEW jodie*@sph.comsg HER life was cut short on Dec 5 last year, but her lifestyle has become the talk of the town. Ms Noritta Samsudin (above),
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      Lock icon Was it jealousy?
      472 3 SHAH Alam City Council engineer Hanif Basree Abdul Rahman (right), 36, has been accused of killing Ms Noritta between 1.30 am and 4am on Dec 5 last year. Hanif is believed to be Ms Noritta's ex-lover and allegedly killed her out of jealousy. This case and the
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      Lock icon Has the victim become the villain?
      437 4  -  Pouble Jeopardy By Josephine Chew jochew@sph.com.sg IT'S been a month of statements and cross-examinations in court. From the long lines outside the packed Kuala Lumpur high court every day, it would seem people are still titillated by the unfolding tale of Ms Noritta's life
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      Lock icon Karaoke toilet quickies at $450
      420 4 Poiible trouble SHE turned her back on a modelling career to put her looks to good use as a guest relations officer (GRO) at a karaoke lounge. And that meant good money. The KTV Crystal Club in Damansara Intan isn't any dingy, sleazy place. Beneath
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      Lock icon Sour and stuck under one roof
      875 5  -  Till the flat can be sold do we part Marriage divorce, HPB-style THE LURE Couple tic the knot based on when they get their flat. THE CONDITION Minimum Occupation Rule means they have to stay married for at least five years before they can
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    • Article
      Lock icon Romancing S'pore the HDB way
      637 5 GET a fiat, then get married. This seems to be the mantra for many Singaporean couples when they plan their nuptials. They join the queue for a new flat, then tie the knot when their turn comes. They get the flat earlier than expected but
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      Lock icon No heart in the heartland
      645 6  -  Marriage of accommodation COMMENT EDWIN YEO tnp@sph.com.st THE HDB flat. For all intents and purposes, it's meant to be a benefit of marriage. The scenario imagined by the authorities probably went something like this. 1) Couple want to get married and start planning for their
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      Lock icon First to the HDB, then to ROM
      613 6  -  By Low Ching Ling lowcl@sph.com.sg HE had a fear of commitment. Yet, a year ago, he married his girlfriend of five years. But his leap of faith didn't come from love. It was an HDB flat that made Mr Joel Ong, 27, and
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      Lock icon Really wet and wild
      377 7 The thrilling, wet and wild park is now open Artist LEE HSUEHUNG gives you an insight into the park SINGAPOREANS will be able to fight waves, battle fierce waters, perform daredevil moves and experience gravity-defying stunts at a new water theme park, Wild Wild Wet. The
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      Lock icon S'pore is Soulless, moneyfaced
      497 8  -  South African writer's criticism which sparked debate By Melissa Tan meltan@sph.com.sg THE South African journalist who called Singaporeans soulless and materialistic insists her view of our country is valid. Ms Nashira Davids from the Sunday Times in South Africa arrived in Singapore in March for the
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon No, S'pore is...
      707 10  -  Soulless? Money-faced? By Melissa Tan meltan@sph. com.sg AT least six foreign journalists who were hosted by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) saw Singapore through eyes quite distinct from the South African writer who felt the country lacked a soul. And their conclusion is that Singapore may truly
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    • Article
      Lock icon People make S'pore unique, say tourists and foreign residents
      669 10  -  By Melissa Tan, with additional reporting by Jamaliah Othman and Colino Linn SO, is Singapore soulless? If people are the heart of the country, do Singaporeans have "soul"? Indeed, what makes Singapore unique is not its landmarks or tourist attractions. It's
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      Lock icon $8,500 boob job for a good Job
      673 11  -  Koreans want surgery to boost career prospects By Lee Tee Jong REPORTING FROM SEOUL tnp@sph.com.sg MISS Stella Kim grinned, proud of her newly acquired ample bosom. The 24-year-old graduate from Seoul's prestigious Ewha Women's University is full of confidence after her $8,500 breast-enlargement
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      Lock icon MARKING, CUTTING AND STAPLING
      159 11 WHILE the end-result may be pleasing, the process is far from pleasant. The New Paper On Sunday witnessed a recent breast reduction operation. With the patient under anaesthesia, the surgeon marks out the breast area like an artist would on his canvas. The surgeon then injects
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon It did not help
      619 13 PLASTIC SURGERY TO BOOST CAREER? A bigger, better bust means bigger, better jobs. True? ESTHER AU YONG (estheray@sph.com.sg) reports THEY are the public faces of enhanced breasts. One is an administrative assistant, and the other is a manager. And no, their enhanced looks did not help
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      Lock icon Stoned by an American
      91 15 AMERICAN artist Jimmie Durham examining his work of art, Still Life With Stone And Car, in front of the Sydney Opera House. Yesterday, he dropped a two-tonne stone on a perfectly good 1999 Ford Festiva hatchback as part of the Biennale of Sydney, a showcase of
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      Lock icon US to Asia: You decide
      311 15 W\ Malacca Straits security IT is up to Asian countries, and not the US, to decide how to police the Malacca Straits. That is what visiting US officials are saying. A top naval commander said US forces would not enter the straits to pre-empt terrorist
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    • at a glance
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        Lock icon Iraq plans revised
        123 15 Snapshots of the main news to save you time THE US and Britain yesterday revised their plan for Iraq's interim government that will take over at the end of this month, offering in a draft UN resolution to give it authority to order the multinational force to
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        Lock icon Womb kidnap
        110 15 AN unborn baby was snatched from its mother's womb in Colombia last week. Both baby and mother survived the ordeal. A female kidnapper drugged the eight-months pregnant woman as she left a health clinic in the town of Girardot. She was led to a house nearby, where a
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        Lock icon Changi aims for 64m travellers a year
        109 15 CHANGI airport will continue to keep costs down and efficiency high to attract airlines and grow. By 2008, it will be able to handle 64 million passengers a year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. The airport is upgrading its two terminals,
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        Lock icon Reagan has only weeks to live?
        99 15 FORMER US President Ronald Reagan's health is deteriorating and he could have only weeks to live, a US source close to the situation said yesterday. Mr Reagan, 93, has long suffered from Alzheimer's disease. "I was told it could be soon it could be
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      Lock icon Fallen journalist's dream comes true for Iraqi boy
      475 17 A DEAD war correspondent's dream to bring a little light to the dark world he photographed came closer to realisation yesterday. Before he was shot and killed in Iraq last month, Japanese freelance journalist Shinsuke Hashida had a plan. He desperately wanted
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      Lock icon Outpouring of help in Japan
      134 17 WHEN Mr Hashida's 50-year-old wife, Sachiko (left), wanted to help Mohamad according to her husband's wishes, others in Japan pitched in to help. Word of Mr Hashida's determination to help the boy had spread rapidly among residents of Numazu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Students at several
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      Lock icon She used this knife
      464 18 Mexican mum describes how she performed caesarian op on herself AP. ALONE in her one-room cabin high in the mountains of southern Mexico, Mrs Ines Ramirez Perez felt the pounding pains of a child insistent on entering the world. Three years earlier she had given birth
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      Lock icon ANOTHER CASE
      105 18 IN China, 30-year-old Madam Yang Luesi also performed a Caesarean operation on herself with a kitchen knife to save her baby. She delivered a 2.5 kg baby boy before she was rushed to a hospital in Fuzhou. Both mother and child are doing well, the Haixia Dushibao newspaper
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      Lock icon His retail stores cover 2,000 soccer pitches
      975 19 Philip Green is Britain's 4th richest man known for his generous pockets. But some accuse him of avoiding taxes He owns Miss Selfridge and Top Shop. Now he is eyeing Marks Spencer HIS M&S BID MR Philip Green launched a takeover battle for
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      Lock icon Little-known bug kills dozens in Canada hospitals
      380 21 AN infection resistant to virtually all antibiotics has lingered for more than a year in Montreal and Calgary hospitals and killed dozens of patients. While there is no agreement on the number of deaths, a survey of several Montreal hospitals quoted in an
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      Lock icon She survives tornado clinging to toilet
      438 21 WITH a monster tornado bearing down on her last weekend, Mrs Diane Neises sought refuge in the bathroom of her home and locked her arms around the toilet. As the water lines snapped, the 46-year-old woman felt herself being lifted up even as she
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      Lock icon Vietnam has the answer
      652 22 Just extend living space with steel cage House too small? THEY'RE cramped, crowded and just way too small. The residents of Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, have been battling shrinking living spaces in the fast-expanding communist city. And they've come up with an ingenious way to expand their
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      Lock icon Remember Pac Man? You can emulate him
      560 23  -  TECH BUDDy EUGENG UEE eugenew@sph com sg THIS weekend, hundreds of devotees in the US will be attending the Hungry Ghost Festival. But unlike the one we're used to, this version will involve ghosts more interested in a yellow pellet-munching orb than joss
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Caught in love affairs with pretty models
      674 29 AFP. BUILDER Chiu Chi-wai's multiple love affairs began when he was a teenager. He pursues the good-looking, as well as the slim and petite. But the objects of his affection are handphones. The 29-year-old has spent HK$l3,OOO ($2,850) on the latest models. "During
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      Lock icon Stylish, but wise on cost
      184 30 HONG Kong people are uniquely price conscious. With more people travelling to China for work or to visit relatives, they get around paying expensive international roaming fees by switching between local and Chinese SIM cards, said Mr Chan Chi-wing of research company TNS telecoms and
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    Lock icon Pirates on rampage behind Iron Curtain
    671 33 TECH IT appears that there's no place on this planet that is out-of-bounds for pirates. In fact, their latest foray beyond the Iron Curtain is giving the Russian authorities a headache. As Russia moves towards a trade deal with the European Union that would
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    Lock icon Can you spot a menace there?
    430 36 Face-recognition technology is supposed to but is struggling to keep up TECH CROWDS, like those at Heathrow Airport pictured above, are both a boon and bane to face-recognition technology. The technology works, advocates say, because it is one of the least intrusive biometrics. It
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    Lock icon Boring train ride? Watch these moving ads
    441 39 TECH Wire services. THE Japanese subway has found a novel method to turn endless subway tunnels into a money-making machine, by turning them into "colourful motion picture commercials". The motion picture technology actually a long series of still images in slatted boxes works
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  • Hey! SUNDAY YOUR MAGAZINE FOR THE WEEKEND
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      Lock icon Call it FEAR FACTOR
      989 41  -  Contestants can sing but they can't talk as organisers impose rules, rules and more rules sINGAPORE dol YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg SINGING one moment, gagged the other. It was one of the most memorable moments in their young lives how often do you get to participate
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      Lock icon Go ahead, insult them
      475 43  -  £MBiWr Singapore Idol hopefuls: Can they take the heat? Singapore Idol hopefuls: Can they take the heat? YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph. com.sg THESE Singapore Idol hopefuls are prepared for the worst so if the judges lob them with insults, they'll roll with the punches. Their common
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      Lock icon How celebs handle it
      354 44 Celebrities —oh, how we love to ***** about them. How do they handle insults flung their way? NURALIZA OSMAN Actress and Miss Universe/Singapore 2002 "People will talk no matter what, so it helps if you have a sense of humour. "When I was Miss Singapore, people
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      615 45  -  PSSST EDWIN YEO tnp@sph.com.sg FOR some reason, Channel 5 news decided that revealing the judges' identities of the upcoming Talentime, I mean Singapore Idol, was worthy of prime airtime on Monday night. Never mind that The New Paper had already reported it a week ago. Sure, we didn't
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      615 46  -  As some nightspots are given option to go 24ghpurs, one chain o|^^orakjs: By Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg PETER Wong's face lit up when he saw a newspaper headline on Friday. More pubs and discos would be allowed to operate for 24 hours, it read. But his smile sagged
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      795 48  -  AGGIE YOUR ADVICE tnp@sph.com.sg BOY BOY struck up a friendship with a girl, R, this year. Although they have only known each other for five months, he likes her. R isn't pretty but she has an attractive smile that makes Boy Boy feel
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      628 49 S HnaH PI 2.00nn: Euro 2004 Lead Up Netherlands vi 12.30pm: Auto Racing —In The Driver's Seat Super Chevy 12.30pm: European C'ship Programming Hyundai Focus Scotland/Auto Racing—Motorworld Show/Motorsport Asia 1.00: Asian Football qualifiers Malaysia vs China 2.30pm: Ice Hockey —2004 Stanley Cup Finals Game 6— 1.30: World Snooker Trick Shot
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    506 51  -  HEY! COLUMN JANICE SEAH tnp@sph.com.sg TAX time in Australia is just around the corner. I know this not because I wait eagerly for June to come around every year to make my just contribution to the dole system and Medicare. I know this because, in
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      647 57 TENNIS: FRENCH OPEN 2004 Wire Services. A FRENCH Open men's final between two Argentinian clay-courters would normally stir up little emotion outside of Buenos Aires and Cordoba, but there is an edge to today's final between Guillermo Coria (right) and Gaston Gaudio. The two had
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      338 57 Reuters. NAMED after a Russian royal, Anastasia Myskina took her place on the throne of claycourt tennis yesterday, thrashing childhood friend Elena Dementieva in an all-Russian French Open final. The dark-haired Muscovite, often tempestuous, at times brilliant, controlled this one-sided title match from the moment
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      507 58 f WORLD CUP SOUTH AMERICAN QUALIFIERS ARGENTINA v PARAGUAY Reuters. Argentina captain Roberto Ayala returns to the team in tonight's World Cup Qualifier against Paraguay as Argentina attempt to make up for their 3-1 defeat by Brazil in their last match. The Valencia defender, who was suspended
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      451 59  -  By WANG MENG MENG npsports@sph.com.sg ARE you a frustrated footballer waiting for the chance to showcase your skills? Even better, how would you like to make a fortune from the Beautiful Game? Here's how: Tiger Beer, the popular homegrown brew, has introduced the "Tiger Beer $500,000 Kick"
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      78 59 THE "Tiger Beer $500,000 Kick" is the "second-half' of the Tiger Football Millionaire Challenge. The "first-half contest ran from May 3 to May 31, offering $500,000 to the person who is able to predict all eight quarter-finalists, four semi-finalists, two finalists and the winner of the 2004
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      211 59 THE contest will be held on June 19, June 26 and July 3 at the Jalan Besar Stadium from 10am to 6pm. Proof of purchase from May 3 onwards qualifies you for an attempt from 30m. Three Tiger Beer 660 ml bottle crown liners or six 330
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      83 58 Lm jj-igfc LIVERPOOL WAY SINGAPORE 2004 tifSV former Liverpool players and a LFC Academy coach will be here in Coaching Clinic Singapore to conduct training, tor kids youth age between 6-17 years Old Coaches: David Johnson Phil Neal $750 (5 days package) Ronnie Whelan Chris Lawl.r jS* including course certificate
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    455 61 EURO FEVER June 12-July 4 6 DAYS TO GO SPORTS AP. CALL it a strange coincidence or a perfect alignment of stars above the cloudy Dutch skies. Strikers Ruud van Nistelrooy and Patrick Kluivert were born on the same day, July 1,1976. While both
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        472 63 PA Sport. ZINEDINE Zidane believes France's opening game of Euro 2004 against England will be key to how Les Bleus perform in the tournament. France are the defending champions but flopped horribly in the last World Cup, where they were eliminated at the group stage
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        352 63 Reuters. FRANCE will try to maintain their impressive defensive record when they host Ukraine today (Monday, Singapore) in their final warm-up before the Euro 2004 Finals. The European champions have not conceded a goal since their 3-2 semi-final victory over Turkey in
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          122 63 Reuters. FRANCE striker David Trezeguet will miss the European champions' Euro Warm-Up against Ukraine tomorrow (Monday, Singapore). He sprained his ankle during training on Friday and will be sidelined for three to four days. "We will know more after further tests," coach Jacques Santini said. He added
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          73 63 UKRAINE'S star striker Andrei Shevchenko has pulled out of the match. He wants to be with his sister, who has heart problems. The 27-year-old AC Milan hotshot returned to Pavia in Italy to be with her and has been replaced by Dynamo Kiev's Ruslane Bidnenko. —AFP. France
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      130 64  -  By MARTYN ZIEGLER ENGLAND fans arriving in Portugal will discover the local police better prepared for hooligan violence than ever before. The last European Championships in Holland and Belgium saw England given a last chance by UEFA any more hooligan violence and you are out.
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      125 64  -  By 1 TOM ROSS A REFEREE is normally noticed only when he gets it wrong but Euro 2004 marks the last appearance on the big stage of the world's first superstar whistleblower. Pierluigi Collina, above, has been voted best referee on the planet six times.
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      746 64  -  By FRANK MALLEY SHORTLY after Kevin Keegan's international reign and long before Ulrika's day in the tabloid sun, Sven-Goran Eriksson was asked what he liked most about English football. He paused for a moment before speaking softly and thoughtfully to an audience of
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        672 65  -  By Pete Jenson Football fans ail across Europe yesterday were clutching at straws. That was when news broke that the manager of France Jacques Santini was taking over as Tottenham boss at the start of next season. Many are hoping the French coach's decision to abandon his
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        586 65  -  By Pete Jenson PORTUGAL What their fans are saying: It's now or never for the golden generation What opposing fans say: Renowned underachievers What the bookmakers are saying: Quarter-finals Latest odds: 13/2 SPAIN What their fans are saying: Fernando Torres will take the tournament by storm What opposing
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        809 66 France-England will be the biggest Euro game for local fans .followed by Spain-Portugal. What are fans saying about Euro 2004 as it nears? ERWIN WONG finds out FANS here just can't wait for June 14 to arrive. That's when France plays England in Group B
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        280 66 SPAIN-PORTUGAL GAME A RIVALRY that mirrors that of Singapore and Malaysia? Not so. The animosity between the Portuguese and the Spanish is so great that though both countries share a border,they have great cultural and language differences, and are not assimilated into each other's way of
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        618 66  -  By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg ITS time to recreate, not procreate. In that one line, Dennis Foo one of the most recognisable personalities in Singapore's nightscene has summed up the expected impact Euro 2004 will have on Singapore. With more pubs allowed to open round
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        727 67 ENGLAND 6 (Frank Lampard 25th min, Wayne Rooney 27,38, Darius Vassell 57,77, Wayne Bridge 68) ICELAND 1 (Heidar Helguson 42) GROUP B: Switzerland, Croatia, France, England mm In every European Championships, a star is born. Could this I tournament be the stage for Wayne Rooney to
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        824 67  -  TV VIEW WANG MENG MENG A NEVER mind that the opponents were Iceland. But England can feel justifiably confident as they walk into Euro 2004 with warmth and joy in their hearts. In their final Warm-up match before their big mission, Sven-Goran Eriksson's men enjoyed the net-busting sensation
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