The New Paper, 22 December 2004

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    43 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2004 //^Singapore tVA/kl j a B I Website: com.sg I II III I I Holdings Em,il:tnp@, 1 ,h.co n lil.l Jll.l JihM» Jtltg g ■.V HICA (P) 01*01/1004 70 CENTS 8 88 7181 *****1 the new paper
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  • SINGAPORE
    • TERROR ON THE ROAD...
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        Lock icon Let's get him
        896 2  -  Vigilant cabby and teen passenger tail drunk driver of a lorry on expressway at 3am REPORTS ZAIHAN HOHD YUSOF ddfd I HEY were partners in a I car chase. I It wasn't quite like a Hollywood movie. There were no thrills and spills, and no I smash-ups.
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        Lock icon Drink driving season: Police troubled by...
        171 2 A TOTAL of 2,447 motorists were arrested for drink driving from January to October this year. This is a 23 percent increase over the number arrested last year. However, the number of drink drivers arrested after accidents fell by 33 per cent. At the
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        Lock icon One accident and it's 'game over'
        548 4  -  One victim recounts the horror of being ran down By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg HE loves to drink beer occasionally. It helps him relax. But Mr Pan Hong Chong will also tell you that if you have been drinking, you shouldn't be driving. That's
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      47 3 Sorry Worid Footballer of The Year— Who Will It be? (The Now Paper On Sunday, Dm 19): We said Thierry Henry won the Fifa World Player of the Year in 2003. Zinedine Zidane was the winner. News IQ: Page 8 Hey!: Pages 20-25 TV: Pages 26 27
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Pregnant woman almost hit by cyclists
      695 6  -  TERROR ON THE PA VEMENT jl By Chew Feng Yi fengyi&sph. com.sg IMAGINE walking along the middle of a busy road, dodging vehicles that are whizzing past. It's a little like that to walk on the footpath in certain parts of Singapore. Cyclists jostle
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      Lock icon Good cycling habits must be taught
      102 6 HOW can footpaths and roads be made safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists? Singapore Amateur Cycling Association (Saca) Safety and Training vice-president Wee Ai Ling and Leisure Cycling vice-president Alan Francis gave some pointers: Re-educate the public on basic traffic laws and common road
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      Lock icon TNP braves the pavement and...
      301 6  -  By Chew Feng Yi fengyi@sph. com.sg OUTSIDE Yishun MRT station, I was struck by the number of bicycles leaning against pillars or chained at bicycle lots. Directly across the road is bustling Northpoint mall. The walkway is packed with pedestrians. As I stepped onto the
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      22 6 1 life, live it. /singSO (brainiest) f 1u c How to get a $5,000 gift this Christmas? A: Use your brain! m
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  • NEWS IQ
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      307 7 NTUC Income to give bonus payout of $313mtolife insurance policyholders IT'S Christmas cheer for 800,000 NTUC Income life insurance policyholders this year. In April, policyholders will get a 15 to 25 per cent increase in their annual bonus payouts totalling about $223 million. They will
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      Lock icon Thank you, teachers. Heré are your cars
      39 7 TEACHER'S DAY SURPRISE: The city council of this town In FuJlan province In China gave out cars to 33 selected teachers to thank them for their diligence and outstanding work. Picture/ Xinhua
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      52 7 STORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 7.03/+0.04 Creative Technology 14.72/+0.76 Flextronics 14.28/-0.03 Chartered Semiconductor 5.81/-0.03 Stats 6.04/+0.07 Yesterday's Percentage ri action change Dow Up 0.92% (97.83 pts) 10,759.43 Nasdaq Up 1.08% (23.06 pts) 2,150.91 S+P 500 Up 0.9% (10.78 pts) 1,205.43 STI Down 0.36% (7.35
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      Lock icon Port fees slashed
      95 7 SINGAPORE'S port fees have been slashed by 20 to 50 per cent. From January, ships which are in port for less than 24 hours will get a 20 per cent cut in port dues to $1.80 per 100 gross tonnes. There is also a 50 per cent
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      Lock icon Baby dearth unavoidable
      83 7 THE baby shortfall problem here would not have been prevented even if women had been held back from being educated and joining the workforce, says Minister Mentor Kuan Yew. He said had he not imposed the 1959 t Women's Charter or not imposed monogamy, the problem would
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      Lock icon Cocaine suspect missing
      73 7 A SECOND member of the suspected high-profile cocaine ring busted here two months ago has gone missing. A warrant of arrest was issued yesterday for 35-year-old technician Hamdan Mohamed. He had iefffe handwritten farewell note inihis room before he went missing on Dec 16. He wrote that
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      Lock icon Docs for the elderly
      80 7 A NEW registry of Family Physicians is being planned by 2007 consisting of doctors who are skilled in treating chronic illnesses among the growing number of old people. These doctors can also help patients avoid ailments by motivating them to change their lifestyle. They can provide
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      Lock icon Toyota best-selling cars
      87 7 TOYOTA models look set to be Singapore's best-selling cars for the third year running, having posted sales that were 20 per cent higher than last year. Unaudited figures from the Motor Traders Association show that one in every three cars sold this year was a Toyota. Authorised
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      Lock icon S'pore shoppers satisfied
      82 7 SHOPPER satisfaction here has gone up, says a study by Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Business and Accountancy. It showed that the overall Retail Customer Satisfaction Index (RCSI) of 3,500 shoppers rose to 51.92 points, from a base of 50, over six months from when it first
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  • SINGAPORE
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      595 9  -  NUS SURVEY: MEGA MALLS OR BOUTIQUE SHOPS? By Desmond Ng desmondn@sph.com.sg IS bigger always better? I %r;~' Yes, it seems, if L you are talking about shopping malls. I j Singaporeans like M their malls big, according to a new study by a National University of
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      Lock icon Mall, resort, market... all-in-one
      206 9 VIVOCITY is set to be Singapore's largest shopping and leisure and destination with up to 450 retail, food and entertainment outlets. This is spread over one million sq ft of leaseable floor space about 1 Vfe times the size of Kallang Stadium. It is slated to
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      Lock icon Don't miss the magic
      69 9 Catch The European Flying Circus i at Downtown East till Dac 26. Show times: 6.15pm and 8.15pm on all days, mere is an additional show at 3.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $12 ($8 for union members) on weekdays and $14 ($lO for union members) on
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Did they have inside help?
      791 10 MILLIONS STOLEN IN BELFAST BANK HEIST Wire services. THE cash was gone in just over two hours. All £20 million of it. Or $63m in Singapore dollars. Whichever, it's heck of a lot of money. And the heist at a Belfast bank on Monday was
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      Lock icon Other big bank robberies
      107 10 In January 1976, guerillas blasted open the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Beirut, Lebanon, and cleared out safe-deposit boxes full of cash, gold, stock certificates and jewellery. The haul was valued at up to £22 million at 1976 prices. In July
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      Lock icon She uses 300 fake credit cards in shopping spree
      358 11 Woman and 4 men ran up bills of $640,000, say Sri Lankan police WINING and dining at the most expensive places, money was no object for this woman and her three companions. And when the bills came flooding in, she allegedly
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      57 11 Another blockbuster comedy from the director of "Shaolin Soccer" fc Js] JUL fy&l STCHHER CWSItT From no one... ...to The One. r iv* i. S M fssss T iV rcsar rrr ft hrr?* I SPECIAL SNEAKS TODAY IN CINEMAS TOMORROW www kungfupromo com Win Gala Premiere tickets exclusive mo e
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  • WORLD
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      286 13 UK mum sells house to pay for record-size breast implants SHE boasts Britain's biggest set of breasts. Ms Lea Walker has spent more than £40,000 ($126,600) enlarging her bust by 12 cup sizes to a record 30M. Ms Walker, 34, was so bent on having mammoth
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      Lock icon New subject: How to fit a bra
      170 14 BRITISH school-leavers are being offered the chance to study how to fit a bra. The new subject follows requests from high street retailers concerned that women do not know how to buy the right bra and staff do not know how to help
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      Lock icon Size of handphone when born
      490 15 WORLD'S TINIEST BABY AFP. THE world's tiniest surviving baby, now 3 months old, made her public debut at a US hospital on Tuesday. Rumaisa Rahman weighed just 243.8g when she was delivered on Sep 19. (A slab of most supermarket brands of butter weighs 250g.)
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      Lock icon Girl runs 6km home each day to feed paralysed mum
      343 16 Thai King gets help for 12-year-old after she writes to him SHE is only 12. But little Malairat Mansamrit of Thailand's Phichit Muang district has borne a heavy burden-for years, looking after her paralysed mother. Theirs was a harsh life.
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  • Hey!
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      Lock icon No idle exchange... It's X'mas after all
      1027 17 Showtime& Singapore Idol didn't just produce singing stars —it also turned strangers into friends. But how well do the contestants know each other? And what happens when you pair 10 of them up for a Christmas gift exchange? JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) goes shopping
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      Lock icon 'I am still steady pom pee pee'
      515 18 Call it the charm of the underdog—you always want to root for them. SHEELA NARAYANAN (sheela@sph.com.sg) presents the nominees in ourfifth category for i the Flame J Awards, I Underdog A OfThe Year I A OUNDA CHO, Singapore Idol finalist, 24 SO what
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      Lock icon Shah Rukh Khan shaken by fans' death in Colombo blast
      377 20 IT might be a long while before Shah Rukh Khan hits the road again. UK's ethnic newspaper, The Eastern Eye, quoted a source close to the 45-year-old Bollywood superstar as saying that the bombing at his Temptations concert in Colombo
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      Lock icon Bombay Dreams ends run
      178 20 BOMBAY Dreams (above) will close its Broadway run in January. After 300 shows, which drew mixed reviews, the producers are taking a break, reported the Indo-Asian News Service. Mr Sudhir Vaishnav, the show's co-producer, said the decision was made after reviewing the advance ticket sales. Bombay
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      97 17 Catch all 11 Singapore Idol contestants on The Nation's Countdown 2005, which will be hosted byGurmit Singh and Michelle Chong. It will be shown live over Channel 5, Dec 31 at 11pm. SHOW INFO WHAT: The Nation's Countdown 2005 WHERE: Siloso Beach, Sentosa WHEN: Dec 31, 7pm-7am TICKETS: At $19
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      485 21 Page 26 PRIME" TIME TV E NEW PAPER/Wednesday December 22 2004 fA reunion Sp "i! l, i hts I m uu mm JJL w h° will In a small Texas town, high I ■AfIBII T reduce you y, JWW J? M school football is a religion and I VII V
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      700 22 THE NEW PAPER/Wednesday, December 22,2004 PffflVlE TIMIE TV Page 27 6.00: Grounded 5.00: American 6.30: News 6.30: Singapore 6.oo:Pokemon 6.00: Masak 6.02: The Good 6.00: 6.00: The 6 For Life Idol lII—I2 Today (News) (Preschool) Apa?— Life Gensomaden Simpsons (Comedy/Season 2) Finalists (Variety) 6.30: India, Of Qualifying 6.32: Amazing Saiyuki
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  • Tech
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      Lock icon Is it right to tape your maid?
      716 23 It invades privacy, say some It's child security, say others FOR some parents, it's a no-brainer videotape the nannies who come in to care for your children and keep mum about it. Of nearly 4,000 mums responding to a 2003 survey conducted by
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      Lock icon Cameras in all shapes and sizes
      180 24 NANNY cams come in all sizes, shapes and prices. The devices incorporate a tiny camera inside innocuous-looking household items, such as teddy bears, smoke detectors, pens (left), pictures and so on. These units typically have a wireless transmitter that sends Sictures to a remote
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      Lock icon The return of THAT game
      735 25  -  Want more of Frodo and gang? The Battle For Middle-Earth is a blast from the near-past, sure to please diehard LOTR fans By Ian Tan tanyh i@sph. com.sg ARE you sick of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy yet? I know I am after four
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Ronaldinho scores in cyberspace
      228 29 Soccer star wins right to domain name AP. ITS a 1-0 to Ronaldinho who scored against a cyber-squatter. The Brazilian midfielder had sued a US website operator earlier after it registered a website in the footballer's name. But Ronaldo de Assis Moreira proved that he has
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      Lock icon Watch out for power vampires
      380 30 AP. EVEN as you sleep, some of your home entertainment devices may be wasting your money. Researchers in California found that even when idle, most models of such home entertainment devices TV, DVD players and even phone chargers currently use two to 10 watts. They
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      Lock icon It gives early warning of heart problems
      359 31 AP. YOU could call it a portable early warning alarm system because it is implanted in the body. It automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure and is currently being tested in the US for the first time. The device is designed
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      164 42 WHIP HAND HELLO And Goodbye's victory in Race 5 last Friday night certainly brought joy and relief to his long-suffering owner, Lui Yong Hock. After all, the four-year-old gelding had eight exasperating on-board showings three seconds, three thirds and two fourths from as many starts
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      401 42 NST PENTAGON geared up for the RMIOO,OOO ($45,000) Pesta Pulau Pinang Cup for Class 1 sprinters over 1,200 m on Saturday with a sizzling workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Lim Hock Kheng, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Geiger Counter sprinted smartly over the
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      436 43 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN REAL MADRID v SEVILLA PA Sport. DAVID Beckham will be hoping all of his Christmas wishes come true when Real Madrid host Sevilla later today. Beckham (right) recently gave an interview on Real Madrid TV in which he
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      135 43 DEPORTIVO v ZARAGOZA PA Sport. REAL ZARAGOZA have been on a roller-coaster the past couple of seasons and, right now, they are on the way down. The 2004 Copa del Rey winners ride a three-game losing streak into today's clash at Deportivo. Defender Alvaro Maior admits his
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      147 43 Reuters. BELIEVE it or not, Real Betis midfielder Joaquin will now not be sold to Chelsea because of a shirt dispute. Betis president Manuel Ruiz de Lopera said there was a dispute with city rivals Sevilla over their right to wear their traditional green-and-white shirts.
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      201 44 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN Reuters. ROBERTO Carlos (above) has brushed aside newspaper reports which claimed he wanted to leave Real Madrid. The attacking fullback was left out of the side which won at Racing Santander on Saturday. It instantly led to speculation that he was set to
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      168 45 PA Sport. REAL BEIISI ATLETICO MADRID 0 AN early strike from Joaquin was enough to ensure 10-man Real Betis leapfrogged Atletico Madrid in the Primera Liga standings. Joaquin, who was undoubtedly the star of the show, pounced with just seven minutes on the clock to secure
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      528 46  -  GERMANY'S WORLD CUP PREPARATION By Wang Meng Meng npsports@sph.com.sg IN an insight into the nuts and bolts behind the organisation of the 2006 World Cup Finals, The New Paper spoke to two men who are intimately involved with
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      766 47  -  GERMANY'S WORLD CUP PREPARATION WANG MENG MENG IN BANGKOK ACHTUNG! Team rebuilding in progress. Germany and Thailand, two football nations who have had traumatic recent results, are in the process of starting all over again. But as seen in the nationalmannschaft's 5-1 trouncing
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      872 48 THAILAND 1 GERMANY 5 IT'S official: Oliver Kahn and Jens Lehmann do not get along. However, before this open secret goes any deeper, here is a man who will resolve the differences between Germany's warring goalkeepers: Oliver Bierhoff. Speaking to The New Paper,
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      87 49  -  ENGLAND: COCA-COLA CHAMPIONSHIP By BARRY HAYLES Millwall MILLWALL have turned the corner now and we're really in shape to launch a serious promotion bid. The had an season. But the signs are definitely there that we are going places. Two wins and a draw from
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      640 49 IPSWICH 2 WIGAN 1 PA Sport. IPSWICH stormed to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a thrilling late winner from Darren Bent (right) gave them a 2-1 win over previous leaders Wigan. The 20-year-old struck with a minute remaining, latching on to a long ball
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        339 50 Pool boss Benitez puts rivals on Red alert LIVERPOOL PA Sport. The former Valencia coach left defensive midfielder Dietmar Hamann on the bench and played with what he described as "six front players with the same mentality". Liverpool had Luis Garcia back from six games out, and Benitez was
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        200 50 PA Sport. LIVERPOOL legend and Academy Director Steve Heighway says he has not been surprised at the impact made by striker Neil Melior in the first team. Heighway believes Melior can score goals at any level. Melior has been given a chance by manager Rafael
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        142 50 PA Sport. LIVERPOOL'S third largest shareholder Steve Morgan has withdrawn his offer of a £70 million cash injection into Liverpool. Morgan's lawyer said the lifelong Reds fan had "lost patience" with the club's current board over their failure to strike a deal. The multi-millionaire property developer made
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      487 51 Wire Services. FORGET it, Real. There is no way you are getting Steven Gerrard. So affirmed Liverpool last night when it became known the Spanish club were keen on a straight swap. Fernando Morientes for Steven Gerrard. The Anfield outfit had earlier
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      277 51 Wire Services. REAL Madrid coach Mariano Garcia Remon (left) would like Fernando Morientes to stay at the Bernabeu but admits he may not be able to satisfy the striker's desire for first-team football. Morientes is being sought by Liverpool to strengthen
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        457 52 THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE PA Sport. SIR Alex Ferguson has no doubt his long-standing belief that the title winners will come out of the leading pack on New Year's Day will prove to be correct once again. The Manchester United boss has set his
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        461 52 PA Sport. FREDDIE Ljungberg (picture below right with Thierry Henry) is looking to ease Arsene Wenger's midfleld injury worries by targeting a return to action in Arsenal's Boxing Day clash against Fulham. Ljungberg has missed the past three matches after suffering two acute migraines, prompting the club to
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        240 52 EVERTON accept that the approaching holiday period could be the key to whether they clinch a Champions League spot. Manager David Moyes has always feared that when injuries and suspensions take a toll on his squad, Everton will suffer more than the richer clubs they
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      509 53 Wire Services. W HELSEA are flying fast B towards the EPL title and all the rest of the field can do is hope they trip and fall on their own. So said Arsenal star striker Thierry Henry when asked
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