The New Paper, 9 August 2004

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  • 25 1 the new paper MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2004 jj*Singapore Press Holdings Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 mita <p> 025/03/2004 70 cents 8 *****1 *****1 tit
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    • 60 1 c MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2004 M new What's gone to their heads M'sian healer draws autistic kids from abroad... even though there's no real cure for autism, ffll PM GOH'S SON: A 55! -V ft I T' B Liil: j-u Singapore family's 8 kids, $3,000 monthly, no frills. Yet they
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1006 2  -  PASIR RIS COUPLE WITH 8 KIDS By Faith Teo wenli@sph.com.sg THEY wanted six children. They have eight. So far. They would welcome more because, according to the father, Mr Joe Kwok, "the factory's still not closed". And while some families would worry about affording three children
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    • 411 2 It's irritating, they 're everywhere HOW do you get any privacy with seven siblings? It's impossible, the kids said. Thomasina, 14, salds "It's so irritating! Sometimes we gat Into fights and you want your own space aqd they are Just everywhere." Beth added: "You want to close the door and
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    • IN A SON'S WORDS IN A FATHER'S WORDS
      • 882 3 WHEN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong hands over the reins on Aug 12, he may still find his hands full. His daughter-in-law is due to give birth to his fifth granddaughter around that day. While Mr Goh is known to be a
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      • 250 3 WHEN Mr Goh Chok Tong became Prime Minister 14 years ago, his family was happy because they "knew he could do it". "We supported him, because we knew he really wanted to serve the country," said his son, Dr Goh Jin Hian.
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    • 918 5  -  By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph. com.sg HE'S 15, but he couldn't spell simple words like "ten" or "busy". Sums like 12x3 were beyond him. Five months ago, Jaychandran had no education, no future and no
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    • 144 5 SINDA has devised a customised, long-term plan to help the boy. "We recognise that he's a unique individual because academically he's at pre-school level, but emotionally and mentally he's already 15," said Mr S. Vivakanandan, CEO of Sinda. "So, we have to plan carefully to
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    • 322 6 LABOUR CHIEF LIM BOON HENG WITH the economy growing strongly, workers can expect to have more bonuses, labour chief Lim Boon Heng (left) said yesterday. Increments will however vary from sector to sector, he said. "There are some sectors which are doing well so I suppose they
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    • 49 6 MANY Singaporeans took advantage of the long weekend to travel to Malaysia. But a long jam of over lkm, began forming at the Tuas link from 6am yesterday. At 3pm there was still no sign of any improvement. Picture/ Sin Chew Daily
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    • 150 6 LAST WEEK: The Straits Times Index (STI) reached a 3-year high while US markets hit new lows for the year. Temasek Holdings made a surprise $2.8 billion offer to purchase the 70 per cent of shipping giant NOL it does not already own. This gave rise to speculation
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    • 75 6 "HE is the archetype of the legend a penniless China boy who came to Nanyang and made good, from rags to riches," wrote Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in a condolence letter to the family of the late entrepreneur Mr Lien Ying Chow. "Like many of
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    • 66 6 TWENTY-EIGHT rescue workers in the Nicoll Highway disaster, and the construction foreman who died while directing his workers to safety, have been honoured on the National Day awards list. The Medal of Valour, usually given to uniformed services personnel who demonstrate extreme courage in performing their duties, will
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    • 67 6 MORE than 70,000 small and medium enterprises might find it cheaper, easier and faster to prepare annual accounts in a year or two if a proposal to introduce simplified accounting standards succeeds. The Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance, which sets accounting standards here, wants feedback for the
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    • 66 6 IRAQ interim prime minister Iyad Allawi ordered Shi'ite fighters to leave the holy city of Najaf yesterday, but fighting raged on with US helicopter gunships pounding guerilla positions. Clashes erupted again in a Baghdad slum district, pushing up the death toll from four days of countrywide fighting.
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    • 57 6 AN Education Fund for Asean students to pursue studies in Asean countries was proposed at the three-day National Colloquium on Asean, which ended in Shah Alam yesterday. Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak said however that the proposal required further discussions with various
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    • 82 6 A NEW $2 million adventure camp, built on sha of jungle in Bukit Batok, is the latest addition to the Singapore Civil Defence Association for National Servicemen club. It has a golf driving and archery ranges, a bowling alley, four frilly-furnished chalets, four bare cabins and a
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 711 7  -  By Joycelyn Wong tnp@sph.com.sg THE bookies may be uneducated but they're wily. And it's the police who have to study, to keep one step ahead by learning the tricks of the illegal trade. Four police officers head for casinos around the region every
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    • 150 7 WHEN bookies don't pay their winnings, disgruntled punters write to the Gambling Suppression Branch (GSB) and spill the beans on these bookies and their runners. DSP Chia said that they receive an average of 100 letters every month, describing the illegal operations in detail. "Some punters
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 868 8  -  IN KUALA LUMPUR REPORTS AZHAR GHANI tnp(dXsph.com sg THEY have nothing to lose. So they'll try anything. Their children suffer from autism a condition doctors believe is incurable. Some parents are pinning their hopes on a Malaysian Chinese physician and acupuncturist who claims
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    • 420 8 THERE is no real cure for autism. Dr Daniel Lim of Singapore's Silver Cross Family Clinic told The New Paper that a cure in the conventional sense of the word is unknown. But the symptoms off autism can be alleviated through early intervention in
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  • WORLD
    • 541 9  -  By Seto Nu-Wen seto@sph.com.sg HE is India's version of Virgin boss Richard Branson. Anything Bangalore beer baron Vijay Mallya does catches the public eye. The flamboyant billionaire has his hands in diverse businesses like liquor, media, Bollywood films and computers. He even owns two of
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    • 291 9 MORE than a quarter of the world's richest people are Asians. And the number is growing. Wealthy people in Asia now control an estimated US$6.5 trillion ($ll trillion) invested in equities, bonds, property, venture capital and hedge funds and art. The number of Asian high
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    • 420 10 Drinks by sponsor's rivals not allowed at Olympic events unless labels removed T-shirts with banned logos must be worn inside out YOU can't take a Pepsi to Olympic events. And not just a Pepsi, food from Burger King or other companies
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    • 403 11 ATHLETE and royalty. Man and woman. Beyond these obvious differences, British researchers say David Beckham has plenty in common with the late Princess Diana. In fact, after comparing the footballer's and Princess Diana's place in the public heart, the researchers are convinced that the footballer
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    450 13 Tech The popular '80s arcade game Pacman has leapt from the computer screen to the streets, thanks to a group of researchers from Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore. Infographics journalist SIMON ANG checks out the game of the future Making its debut at the ComputerHuman Interaction
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    • 117 15 Type vent your anger POPULAR operating systems such as Microsoft's Windows, Apple's MacOS and Linux continue to use accusatory and incomprehensible error messages, Mr Jakob Nielsen of a human-computer interaction consultancy noted. But Mr Jonathan Klein, who builds robotic toys, warned that any apology will eventually cease to sound sincere
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    • 209 18 IT could be a scene from science fiction: Machines able to detect suspicious sounds or changes in visual patterns and alert the authorities. But it's real, and in place for the Athens Olympics. Recent leaps in technology have led to highly-sophisticated software that can turn street
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    • 244 19 AP. "They can distinguish the sound of a flat tyre from an explosion or a gunshot and inform the user at the command centre of the incident," he said. Technology also allows the users of the system at the main command centre to digitally save and analyse collected information,
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    • 647 25  -  JShowtime&Lifestyle 1 J J Lin will be singing Home at the NDP but St Andrew's heard a impromptu rendition of it on Friday By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com.sg National Day came early for Singapore's Golden Boy, JJ Lin. Today, the hotshot singer-songwriter is expected
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    • 175 25 TEMASEK Secondary School may be hailed as the celebrity actresses' school, boasting alumnus like Fann Wong, Li Lin, Ivy Lee and Joanne Peh. But St Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) is undoubtedly the celebrity singers school. In the past decade, it has produced not one, but four Mandopop
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    • 214 25 TEACHERS remember JJ Lin as a quiet and low-key student, but the singer himself begs to differ. "I used to be very crazy in school!" he insisted. "I was very active and I'd be jumping around. Or I'd be singing aloud in the
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  • 1299 26 I celebrity profile FAMILY MATTERS Musician, performer, actor and host, 28-year-old Sheikh Haikel is a well-known personality on the local entertainment scene. He is one of the emcees for the National Day Parade 2004. Haikel and his wife Annabelle Francis, are proud parents of a
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    • 600 26 "A Progressive Society" is the theme for this year's National Day celebrations. It depicts the current progress of our nation amidst the challenges we face both locally and globally. With a strong fighting spirit and the ability to adapt to changes, we can be confident that we will be able
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  • HEY!
    • 602 27  -  TAIWANESE STARS' CONCERT 'BATTLE' By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg THEY couldn't be more different. If Wilber Pan is the Prince of hip-hop, then his singing buddy, Chang Shan-wei, must be the Royal Jester. One was as suave and groovy as the other
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    • 239 28 SIX lucky fans got to wish Wilber Pan and Chang Shan-wei "Happy Birthday" personally. They are the winners of the Design-A-Birthday Card contest co-organised by The New Paper and Play Pte Ltd. We received over 30 entries, and picked the best three for each of
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    • 417 29 Movie on struggles of teenage love and friendship Hana Alice opens in cinemas on Thursday. SICK of Japanese horror and samurai flicks? Here's a teenage romance that will bring back the flutterings of school-time puppy love instead. Hana Alice, helmed by the critically-acclaimed Shunji Iwai (Love Letter),
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      51 30 FIRST came Park YongHa, and now, his showbiz buddy Ryu Si Won (right) is coming to town to perform at the annual Zpop concert to be held at the Padang on Aug 28. The actor- singer will be singing his hit song, Promise, from the ratings champion, Beautiful
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      154 30 Hi Miharu, I'm writing in to ask for more information about my favourite Korean artist, Kim Jae Won. There's been very little news on him and I'd like to know more about his current works and future projects. Is he currently dating anyone? Thanks! Vanessa Hi Vanessa, Jae Won
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      90 30 Delicious! Hitomi Shimatani HITOMI is easily one of the most versatile J-popsters around, with both good looks and solid vocals to boot. Be it dance, Latin, folk or trance, nothing fazes her. She can sound really sweet and angelic at one moment, then burst into a stomping dance chorus,
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 63 31 PRIME-TIME TV Highlights National Day Parade 2004 Channel i, 6.25pm Tune in to the nation's birthday bash, featuring an array of fireworks, displays from fighter jets, the Red Lions and SAF commandos, and song-and-dance performances. Singapore Idol Channel 5,8.15pm This audition special features the hopefuls (and the The Concrete Jungle/
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    • 66 31 hopeless) who are vying to become Singapore's very first singing Idol. The Pawnshop No. 8 W Drama (Ch 55), 7pm In this second season, the new owner of the pawnshop is Gao Han, who also runs the Kingdom Ad Agency. Stars Alex To, Tien-Hsin. Samurai Resurrection E City (Ch 56),
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    • 84 31 Amakusa who is killed in the Shimabara War, mysteriously re-appears in the peaceful Edo period, using a forbidden spell to build his own army of samurais. Stars Yosuke Kubozuka. Treasures Of Centuries Past: Secrets Of The International Spy Museum Discovery Travel Adventure (Ch 16), II pm This programme introduces you
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 1067 32 "HE NEW PAPER/Monday, August 9,2004 Page 39 12.15: Taurus 12.00: National 12.15: First Kiss 12.30: 12.00: The 10.00 am: 1.05: Footprints 12.00: Cold 12.00: X Files— I World Stunts Day Message (Movie) Masquerade Powerpuff Girts Krayon Of A Nation Squad —Clean The Amazing I Awards 2004 2004 2.30pm: Sun Ho
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    • 333 40 Racing Editor Marc Tan Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Michael Lee y 9 Abie Eagle 2Allez Sheik 4 Llm's Thriller 5 Mac llraith jJjOf T A lim's Thriller 3 Triple Wonder 9 Able Eagle 3 Triple Wonder f 1 Corporate Trio 5 Mac llraith 11 World
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    • 71 40 BEST BET Backed up from his slashing debut win over 1,200 m on Singapore Airlines International Cup Day last May with a solid second to Bushwhacked over 1,400 m on July 4. The Kaapstad grey takes a while to unwind but, once he lets
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    • 857 40 COMMENTS FOR ALL RACES BY DANNY KHOO 1 Maiden 130 -1400m Stakes; S43,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/originJsex. trainer-owner) 1 2 CORPORATE TRIO 59 (54) JPatton 1 (4ag Meagber-Corporate Trio) Served notice of early win
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    • 173 41 DON'S GLORY: Don Baertschiger, who is second in the trainers' log, being congratulated by The New Paper's Editor Ivan Fernandez after sending out Tom Higgs to win the Singapore Press Holdingssponsored TNP Trophy race on July 30. Looking on are Singapore Turf Club chairman Koh Yong Guan, TNP
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    • 573 41 Graduatiofi Handicap 3.00 ymjm -1600m Stakes: $48,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex. trainer-owner) 1 0 PILOT BAY 59 (64) *KSarac3 5 (4ag Laxon-Silver Fern Racing) Does not look ready. 2 12 STRONGMAN 56.5 (59) EWilkinson
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    • 112 42 IN GOOD FORM: Champion jockey Saimee Jumaat, fresh from garnering two winners at Kuala Lumpur over the weekend, is currently third in the Kranji premiership. 1st 2nd 3rd B Vorster 34 26 _37 KBSoo 30 24 21 J Saimee 25 27 21 JJaylor 24 32 _J9 C Carmody
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    • 1126 42 MSPfH Open Benchmark 40 Double Bet 4.00 -1200m Stakes: $38,000 Wo. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex. trainer-owner) 1 3-6554 ROCK A FIRE 61 (44) 'HKLimcl.S 3 (4ag Clements-Poke) Has speed but lacks the all-important finishing power.
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    • 1036 43 8 RAIN OR SHINE 52 (438-83) BShahrul (10) 6 6 1 (449) 3 TRUST N SINCERE 56.5 (15-8) VSivan (3) 4 2 2 (418) 6 SUPER ABOVE 53 (38-12) WKYan (8) 5 5 3 (520) Others in finishing order: CROCODILE WARRIOR (44-12) B
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    • 231 43  -  By Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg VETERAN jockey Marzuki Saini, who has been having a quiet season so far, made the foost of a chance ride to land the main feature at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The 44-year-old hoop replaced Martin Wepner on Leading Ace, trainer
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    • 399 44 TRANSFER TRAIL PA Sport. PA Sport. LIVERPOOL: The Reds have accepted a bid from Tottenham for England international midfielder Danny Murphy (left). Spurs have made an offer in the region of £3 million ($9.6 m) for the 27-year-old former Crewe player. Tottenham's offer matches
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    • 149 44 PA Sport. BOLTON WANDERERS 1 REAL ZARA80ZA1; Greece winger Stelios Giannakopoulos grabbed a late equaliser in his first appearance for Bolton. Zaragoza had the better of the first half and went ahead when Goran Drulic lobbed Jussi Jaaskelainen. Giannakopoulos came on late in the second half and hit
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    • The Olympic Story: SINGAPORE
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        747 45 PAST HEROES: ANG PENG SIONG MENTION the name Ang Peng Siong to the man in the street and chances are that he will be hailed as the swimmer who dominated regional meets and challenged the world's top swimmers in international ones. Mutter his name among the local
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      • 366 45 OF the swimmers in the Singapore Olympic contingent, only Christel Bouvron is under Ang's tutelage. So has he given her a pep talk on swimming in the Olympics based on his past experience? Ang replied: "Nowadays, people don't like to hear their seniors talk too
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      • 395 45 ANG Peng Siong now runs his own swimming school (APS Swim School) and club (APS Swim Club). He says he has a close affinity with water, which helped him decide to open the swim school in 1995. He said: "Back in the Farrer Park days, I was
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      109 46 Sven has my 100 per cent support and my total respect. I feel sorry for Uhim and, of course, you're afraid he might leave the job and walk out on us If they don't stop hammering him. It would be desperately disappointing if the manager ever left,
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    • 620 46 WATCH out, Sven-Goran Eriksson. Your position as England manager remains under threat. The warning that the "knives are out" comes from the former Soho Square secretary at the centre of The Football Association (FA) crisis. Faria Alam said: "My advice to Sven as
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      868 47 LET HIM GO I SHARE Ernest Luis' appraisal of Eriksson. His attachment to "old" players was misconceived. Heskey had been in poor form at Liverpool, yet Eriksson (and Houllier) continually played him. In the match against France at Euro 2004, he came late into the game as a
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    • 326 47 I STRONGLY disagree with Ernest Lui that "Eriksson must go". He started his justification by describing Eriksson as a "quarter-finals" manager obviously referring to England's quarters-final exit in the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. So what? It's still better than Eriksson's five
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      513 50 Fergie hits out at Gunners FA COMMUNITY SHIELD: ARSENAL 3 MAN U 1 ARSENAL 3 MAN U 1 SIR Alex Ferguson (below) ignited the annual war of words with rival Arsene Wenger by insisting: Arsenal are boring! Wenger's all-conquering Gunners created history last season by powering their way to
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    • 564 51 How were Arsenal's and Manchester United's replacements last night? Former Singapore Cup-winning coach TOHARIPAIIAN rates the newbies from both sides ARSENAL'S YOUNGSTERS: Francesc Fabregas, 17, central midfielder He was a real surprise for me. If you look at his timing of the tackle, he's not really a ball-winner.
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    • 86 51 ARSENAL'S newbies impressed me more. They seemed to worked better within a planned structure as have been the long-standing discipline at Highbury. Manchester United's undergoing shifts again because (new trainer) Carlos Queiroz is back again to help Sir Alex Ferguson. They all have their individual qualities like Man
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    • 232 52 FA COMMUNITY SHIELD: ARSENAL 3 (Gilberto 49th min, Jose Antonio Reyes 59, Mikael Silvestre 79 own goal MANUI (Alan Smith 55) Arsenal won 3-1, and the game was given the best kick-start it could get with two stupendous goals within minutes of each other that brought the annual
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    • 746 53  -  ARSENAL 3 MAN U 1 TV VIEW ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg IT'S fair to say that if Patrick Vieira does go to Real Madrid, he will not be missed much by his team and manager. The fans wondered how weak Arsenal would be without their influential skipper
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    • 81 53 AFP. TWO supporters were arrested after a bottle and cigarette lighter were thrown at Arsenal striker Thierry Henry. The France star was preparing to take a corner midway through the first half at the Millennium Stadium when the objects were hurled from a section of the stands occupied
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    • 725 54 THE NEWEST REPS STRIKER PREMIERSHIP SEASON STARTS SATURDAY DJIBRIL CISSE (LIVERPOOL) EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by STEVE BATES FRENCH powerhouse striker Djibril Cisse has a passion for tattoos and he's already planned his next design to celebrate the moment Liverpool become Premiership or
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    • 630 55  -  By Steve Bates HE wants to boost his image as the perfect team player. Top on Djibril Cisse's mind is to convince new Anfield manager Rafael Benitez that he really is worth the two-year chase first initiated by sacked former boss Gerard Houllier. "Gerard Houllier was
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