The New Paper, 23 December 2004

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  • 38 1 the new paper THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2004 JPt,. I Website: newpaper.asiat.com. sg I !l i i i Qggj Singapore Press Holdings I Emai) tnp@sph com sg mica (P) 025/03/2004 I 70 cents 8 *****1 *****1 the new paper
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    • 125 1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2004 new HUNT FOR MISSING POTONG PASIR GIRL, 9 MUM S CHRISTMAS WISH: want S0G h alive Parents hope to surprise her with Barbie watch present Py mm V m i II I m 7*\ mm- i %<■ v.-n-iv- Mm 90?#* 4* m fi?» PR 5 B
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    • 508 2  -  Sales staff are rude, pushy and indifferent, complain shoppers* But what's it really like on the other side of the counter? Our team finds out By Samantha Goh tnp@sph.com.sg SERVICE with a smile? It doesn't come easy when you have customers making impossible demands.
      Pictures/ Chua Puay Hoe, Dominic Ying, Hedy Khoo  -  508 words
    • 268 2  -  By Benson Ang bang@sph.com.sg THIS Christmas, I was one of Santa Claus' little helpers (above, with basket). I helped him give out sweets. Together with staff from Star Missions Services, a show production house, I worked two shifts about three hours in all at Tiong Bahru
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    • 218 2  -  By Jaclyn Lim jaclynl@sph. com.sg FOR more than eight hours, they were, on their feet. They attended to customers, folded clothes that were frequently messed up by shoppers, and made countless trips to and from the storeroom. All with a smile. For the service staff
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    • 219 2  -  By Emilyn Ng tnp@sph.com.sg IT'S the week before Christmas. Welcome to kids' wonderland, the Toys 'R' Us outlet at Forum Galleria. With grey slacks and a polo tee two sizes too big, a cap on my head and a tag around my neck that says
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    • 491 3  -  S'PORE SALES .BLUES By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph. com.sg FOR six years, he has been fighting a dispute over his time-share package. Mr Charles Ngui, 53, feels increases in the annual service and maintenance fees are unfair. Earlier this year, he lodged a complaint over
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    • 204 3 Another consumer, Ms Helen Chua, lodged a complaint with Case earlier this year, against a beauty and slimming centre. The baby-sitter in her 40s had taken up a $8,000 slimming programme with the centre which promised to help her lose at least 7kg.
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    • 385 4 THE 2,472 time-share complaints lead the list at Case this year. The car industry is a distant second with 1,507 complaints, followed by electronics at 1,074 and contractors at 971. Last year's leader insurance has fallen to fifth place with 729 consumer complaints. Consumer complaints can
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    • 636 5  -  By Benson Ang bang@sph.com.sg STUDENT Tan Zhi Zhong, 19, thought he was getting a good deal on the Net. But he says he and his friends ended up getting swindled of $850. The money was sent to someone who advertised handphones for sale. But
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    • 172 6 LAWYER Luke Lee says there is really no way to tell fraud online sellers from genuine ones. "Genuine sellers will still ask you to pay first. It is standard practice. "It is a buyer-beware situation. You must accept the risks involved." Mr Lee's own daughters
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    • 309 5 pTurn me off! THEY compelled us to yell at our Among the luminaries of the jHßnWjty television sets, groan at their much uncoveted award is v gaffes and at some point made us Sue-Sue Law aka Suzanne Walker go yeewwww! (right) for sharing a bit too much of s jm
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 262 7 X'#S CHEER THE cash registers are ringing in Orchard Road. The Singapore Tourism Board says 2.3 million people went to Orchard Road over the six weeks to Dec 19 to see the Christmas light-up. It was 1.8 million over nine weeks last year,
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    • 174 7 xJas JEER SINGAPORE'S five-star hotels should consider raising their rates or risk a slow demise, says Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts president Ichigo Umehara. Five-star hotels like his chain now charge an average of US$lOO ($164) per night here, below the US$l5O rate for similar
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    • 58 7 PUBLIC transport times will be extended on the eve of Christmas and New Year. The last trains will leave Orchard Station at lam and Dhoby Ghaut at 1.15am on both days. Departure times for the lasteastbound and westbound trains, as well as the LRT, will be adjusted accordingly.
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    • 117 7 Report and picture by Kua Chee Siong THIS vivacious seven-year-old girl yodelled her way into the hearts of many at the Singapore Expo. Celine Yip, 7, beat seven other girls to win the Little Miss Christmas Princess contest. It was a far cry from
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    • 52 7 S'PORE COMPANIES Flextronics 0N NASDAQ 14.12/0.16 (Close in US$/Change) Chartered Pacific Internet 7.07/+0.04 Semiconductor Creative Technology 5.76/-0.05 14.61/-0.11 Stats 6.06/+0.02 Yesterday's Percentage Close action change Dow Nasdaq S+P 500 STI Up 0.52% (56.46 pts) Up 0.28% (6.12 pts) Up 0.36% (4.37 pts) Down 0.38% (7.82 pts) 10,815.89 2,157.03
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    • 83 7 ALMOST 40 exotic animals were seized by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) this week after some tip-offs. They found 11 wild animals, including two pythons, two scorpions and a bearded dragon owned by a 30-year-old fruit stall assistant at a Serangoon Ave 1 flat on Monday.
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    • 78 7 A SYNDICATE suspected of cheating a local bank of over $1 million through submitting fake vehicle hire-purchase loan applications has been busted. The syndicate is believed to have recruited operators to apply for vehicle hire-purchase loans from the bank with false information. Believing the information to
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    • 85 7 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) and OCBC Bank are upping charges for I6w-yielding, unprofitable accounts. From Jan 1, the minimum initial deposit for a UOB i-Account is now $3,000 from $1,000. Fees for the Flexi-Deposit go up to $2 if the minimum balance is below $3,000.
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    • 91 7 CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices have dropped to the lowest levels this year. The COE for cars above 1,600 cc was the least expensive, having fallen by nearly $2,600, to $18,708. For smaller cars (up to 1,600 cc) it was $20,117 oVer $2,000 lower than
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    • 78 7 THE organising committee of the Chinatown Chinese New Year celebrations has suggested designated barricaded areas in Chinatown for letting off firecrackers. It also suggests checks at exit points and supervision by explosives experts. Firecrackers have been banned here since 1972 for causing fires and burns. If the
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    • 86 7 FORMER television presenter Vidya Shankar Aiyar, 37, who was jailed for molestation last year, will be freed today. The 37-year-old Indian citizen was jailed for 16 months for molesting a woman whom he met at a house-warming party. He is being released earlier thanks to
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1070 9  -  X'MAS HEARTBREAK: ANOTHER GIRL GOES MISSING REPORTS KAREN WONG kannQiph.com jg HER hands trembled as she held the Barbie watch she was going to give her daughter for Christmas. Her mind relentlessly replays the last time she saw her little girl
      PICTURES KELVIN CHNG  -  1,070 words
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      111 9 JUST two months ago, another primary school girl went missing. And for three weeks, Singaporeans were united in sympathy and worry as Madam Huang Shuying searched Singapore for her missing 8-year-old, Huang Na. Hundreds joined in the search for the schoolgirl from China. But it all ended
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    • 373 10  -  THE MARKETING TEAM In the tight job market, every young S'porean knows it's experience that counts. Some use the holidays to gain it. By Veena Bharwani veenab@sph. com. sg THEY spent seven days on their feet selling detox health kits to strangers, and made more than
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    • 135 11 SINGAPORE Polytechnic student Valerie Low was feeling bored during the holidays. So, she took a job as a journalist intern with Charlton Media Group. The internship with the company that produces trade publications lasted from Nov 16 to Dec 13. The 19-year-old, who is doing a diploma in
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    • 270 11 SECOND year fashion design student Ho Hui Hui got a chance to design uniforms for Nets delivery personnel in a contest organised by the company in September. The contest was open to students from the four design schools in Singapore. They had to design uniforms for delivery,
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    • 500 12  - She's the reason her boyfriend joined circus By Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg THESE lovely ladies rock. Or rather, they swing from wires 10m above the ground, leap about on bungee cords, and perform bike tricks that would put some boys to shame. In short, it's girl power at the European Flying
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    • 895 14  -  ...So married couple is sailing separately S'PORE COUPLE IN ROUNDTHE WORLD YATCH RACE By Awa-John tnp@sph.com.sg THEY plan to sail for Singapore in a round-the-world yacht race next year. But they dont want to sao together. Not that their marriage ia on the rocks. It's
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    • 96 14 THE proposed race itinerary: Leg 1: Sep 18,2005Late October 2005 Liverpool Portugal Brazil (4,500 nm) Leg 2: End October Late November 2005 Brazil Durban (4,650 nm) Leg 3: Late November 2005 January 2006 Durban Western Australia (4,350 nm) Leg 4: January Early March 2006 Western Australia
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    • 550 15 MO. WE DIDN'T SCOLD HER THE family liked and got along well with the Indonesian maid. Ms Sulastri, 21, seemed to adore their 5-month-old grandson. She was protective of baby Yap Soon Heng. Even when his mother wanted to tend to him, Ms Sulastri
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  • WORLD
    • 563 17 Ex-presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr's funeral was to have been used to overthrow Philippine govt WAS there a plot to overthrow Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday? The Philippine government thinks there was one. The country's Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez revealed yesterday that there was a plan to
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    • 446 18 A MAN wearing a police shirt has been pretending to be a cop and stealing wallets, handphones and even cigarettes from unsuspecting victims in Melbourne and its suburbs. All the victims have been Asian. The police are now looking for Mr Steven Walton
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  • 379 20 Decision comes after two teachers were shot dead WORLD THERE'S no class today, and maybe for a while. More than 2,500 schools in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand have decided to close indefinitely from today because of the ongoing violence. Mr Boonsom Thongsriph-rai,
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  • 629 22 Victoria Beckham bans revealing clothes at SO ns' christening WORLD STARS are expected tomorrow morning (Thursday night, UK time) at the christening of Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham, children of football superstar David Beckham. But, it appears, their mother Victoria has no intention of letting anyone else steal
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  • 247 24 Japanese govt plan forces employees to take at least 55% annual vacation WORLD JAPAN'S birth rate, like Singapore's, is plummeting. In Singapore the government unveiled a slew of incentives this year to lure couples into the parent trap. It includes extending maternity leave and the baby
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    • 106 24 1 r dCt J^tfk This December holiday, live life on the edge when Wild Wild Wet churns up the tide at Shiok River! Starting from 27 November 2004, the gentle river encircling Singapore's newest and biggest water theme park will roar into torrential rapids. So if rafting fierce waters gives
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  • Hey!
    • 48 25 This category should be listed as an occupational hazard for local celebrities, because it ain't pretty when their gaffes turn off their fans. SHEELA NARAYANAN (sheela@sph.com.sg) presents the nominees for Turn-Off Of The Year, our sixth category in this year's Flame Awards.
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    • 276 25 WE have to thank Suzanne's alter ego, singer Sue-Sue Law, for sharing with us the sight of her tummy and breasts at the MTV Asia Awards in February. Goodness knows we don't have enough media whores running around on this planet having wardrobe malfunction. Suzanne,
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      221 25 WE'LL not "go around the bush". Gurmit's stint as Singapore Idol host was not "nicely well done", neither did he get those presenting skills "pat down". 2004 was definitely not his year where viewers and fans were concerned. The Phua Chu Kang star turned so many people
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      220 25 WAS it a spontaneous moment of gratitude or a premeditated act of sucking up? When MediaCorp actress Sharon Au thanked Mr Man Shu Sum, Media Works' chief operating officer, at the recent Star Awards for spotting and grooming her 10 years ago, viewers wondered what she had
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    • 141 25 WE are not sure where the Singapore Idol judge stands on Sylvester Sim's singing talent. During the finals, Oliveiro told the runner-up that he gave a "sincere delivery" and had "lungs of steel". Less that a week later, he blasted the performance as "disastrous". Oliveiro, 47, burst
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      112 25 THIS was one Singapore Idol contestant people could not wait to throw out. Bland Jerry massacred his way through the competition, beating more talented performers like Jeassea Thyidor and Beverly Morata. Despite the scathing criticism that rained on the 28-year-old former accountant, he still smiled and said
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    • 578 26 BUY FOR SLY? Yesterday, we took a sneak peak at what Singapore Idol alumni Taufik and Olinda, Jeassea and Beverly, and Christopher and David could have bought each other in our Christmas gift exchange special. JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) continues her shopping spree with
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    • 467 27 Last pair: DAPHNE KHOO AND LEANDRA RASIAH LET'S just say the youngest of the Idols are the best at express retail therapy as long as it's in their favourite colour, they'll take it. Daphne, 17, loves yellow, and Leandra, 18, is a
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    • 665 28  -  By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg NO, the KRU boys are not having a major wardrobe crisis. Brothers Norman, Yusry and Edry Halim have dressed up as wacky characters, who vie for the most macho man title in a talent contest for the music video of their
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    • 763 30 PRIME-TIME TV THE NEW PAPER/Thursday, December 23,2004 ykW VII M I UST when I thought the bloom was off 11 111 AMV I the roses for The fl II |l 11 Wlf 11 I m Bachelor, the fifth season looks for a HWM It kicks off with hunky 25-year-old Jesse
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    • 709 31 THE NEW PAPER/Thursday, December 23,2004 PRIME" TIME TV Page 37 6 6.00: Grounded 6.00: American 6.30: News 6.30: Singapore 6.00: Pre 6.00: Masak 6.02: Life Stories 6.00: 6.00: The For Life Idol 111 Results Today (News) Christmas Apa?— 6.32: Asian Gensomaden Simpsons Dm (Comedy) 12 To II Holiday special Qualifying
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    • 693 32  -  By Lan Tan tanyhi@sph.com.sg IT seemed like only yesterday that I was bowled over by a hard disk just 2.5 cm wide. I was a photojournalist in 2000 when I first handled the Microdrive, which had 340M8 of storage space. It
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    • 284 56  -  By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg TOP South African jockey Robbie Fradd and rising Melbourne rider Matthew Pumpa have been granted freelance permits by the Singapore Turf Club. Both are allowed to ride at Kraqji for six months from Jan 2to Jul next year. Fradd,
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    • 467 56 NST ANY doubts that veteran campaigner Opposing Force (below) would not measure up in Sunday's RM1.35 million ($607,500) Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Gold Cup were erased when he did a breathtaking gallop In Penang yesterday. Under the guidance of jockey Benny Woodworth, the eight-year-old New
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    • 494 56 Race 1 Class 5 6 FREE WAY 130 (37-10) E Saint-Martin CD 1 7 BACK SEAT DRIVER 129 (29-10) R Fradd (2) 2 9 SPOKESMAN 127 (74-17) SDye (6) 3 10 GRAND COMMANDS 115(36-10) ADelpech 6 SUPREME STAR
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      • 689 57  -  SEMIFINALS Dec 28 (in KL): Malaysia v Indonesia lan 1 (in Jakarta): Indonesia v Malaysia Dec 30 (in KL) Myanmar v Singapore Jan 2 (in Singapore) Singapore v Myanmar REPORTS ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg THE entire Singapore Lions team risk being injured on home ground even
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      • 447 57 AFP. CHELSEA'S Scott Parker laid some of the blame for his broken foot on the PremiershiD leaders' newlv-laid Ditch. VHUVI O AAV TT I(UU |/AWU. English midfielder Parker (left) sustained the iryury similar to those Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney during
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      736 58 PA Sports. PROFESSIONAL Footballers Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has admitted traditional Christmas parties are an accident waiting to happen. Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton is facing a massive fine following a fracas at the club's annual players' bash on Sunday which left young team-mate Jamie Tandy requiring
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    • 153 58 Wire Services. THE fracas, which took place at Lucid nightclub on Sunday, began when Joey Barton who turned up as deejay Jimmy Saville for the fancy dress outing burnt the arms of team-mates with his lighted cigar as a joke. But team-mate Jamie Tandy took exception
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    • 314 58 PA Sport. TIS the season to be j011y... or, make that folly, for Premiership footballers. Christmas tree and mistletoe are apparently the green light for revelry to be taken one step too far. And this year, some of the over-paid prima donas have
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    • 339 59 TRANSFER TRAIL AFP. A POTENTIAL £30 million (s9sm) investment in Premiership high-flyers Everton remains on the table. The man fronting the Brunei-based Fortress Sports Fund (FSF) gave the Merseyside club a written assurance the deal was still on. Chris Samuelson, who is heading the FSF
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    • 111 59 Reuters. FORMER France international Youri Djorkaeff is to leave Blackburn Rovers after the English Premier League club said it would not extend his short-term contract. Djorkaeff, who left Bolton Wanderers in the close season joined Rovers in September on a deal that expires at the end
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    • 271 59 PA Sport. Birmingham managing director Karen Brady has revealed the club have turned down a "derisory" opening bid from Blackburn for Robbie Savage (left). Reports suggest Rovers have offered to pay £500,000 up front and upto £2.2 million overall for the Wales midfielder, depending
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    • 326 59 PA Sport. ALAN Curbishley is keen to do a bit of business during the January transfer window but insists Charlton will not be held to ransom by clubs looking to raise the price of his targets. Tlie Addicks manager will have £3 million to
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    • 384 60 PA Sport. Tottenham head coach Martin Jol today insisted that Spurs have not entered into talks with Anderlecht midfielder Christian Wilhelmsson. The Swedish star declared earlier this week that a move to White Hart Lane would "suit me perfectly", while his agent suggested Tottenham top
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    • 113 60 AN unnamed Premiership club has joined the race to sign Juventus' Italian international Mark luliano, according to the player's representative. Although the 31-year-old's British agent Sam Stapleton has dismissed reports that West Brom and Charlton are ready to swoop, and is also unaware of rumoured interest
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    • 284 60 PA Sport. UNDER-pressure Newcastle boss Graeme Soilness has insisted he will have no problems attracting new players to the club despite their dreadful run of form. The Magpies boss is currently weighing up a series of potential signings, with much of the £13.4 million (s42m) fee
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    • 112 60 Wire Services. RANGERS are understood to have rejected a fresh bid from Newcastle, their third, for Jean-Alain Boumsong. Newcastle, who had a £7.5 million ($23.7 m) bid turned down last week, are believed to have come back with an £8m offer. But Rangers value the
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    • EXCLUSIVE THE COLUMN
      • 257 61  - Bolton are bigger than Man United in Tunisia By RADHI JAIDI BOLTON I'M over my injury now and hope to be fit for the Manchester United game on Boxing Day. My treatment with the doctor has finished, and I've been training on my own with the fitness specialist in an
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      • 338 61  -  By GARY O'NEIL PORTSMOUTH EVEN though we lost 1-0 to Arsenal on Sunday, I enjoyed the game and the experience of testing myself against some of the best footballers in Europe. It wasn't easy taking on players like Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires in the
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      • 294 61  -  Byl HENRIK LARSSON BARCELONA I'M heading back to Sweden for Christmas tomorrow and it will be the first time in eight years that I have been in my home country at this time of year. In the past I spent Christmas in Scotland so it
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      300 62 REAL Madrid's museum has a new "treasure". Superstar rocker Rod Stewart has donated his latest platinum disc to his friend David Beckham's club, reported the Real Madrid website. Due to scheduling problems, Real's No 23 and the famous Scot were unable to meet for its delivery. The
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    • 520 63 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN VALENCIA 3 ESPANYOL 0 PA Sport. THE players were on the pitch for 90 minutes, but one minute was all it took for Espanyol to lose the game. Six yellow cards and one red card within a 15-second spell in the 41st minute
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    • 442 63 PA Sport. GETAFE 2 RACING SANTANDER 0: Two first-half goals from Ivan Riki were enough to finish off a weak Racing Santander as Getafe returned to winning ways. Racing, with their coach Lucas Alcaraz banished to the stands, threatened briefly early on, but quickly faded after
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    • 458 64 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN REST OFTHE ACTION PA Sport. DEPORTIVO 2 REAL ZARAGOZA 3: Real Zaragoza ended the year on a high note by edging out Deportivo La Coruna 3-2. Ruben Cani gave Zaragoza a 35th-minute lead but strikes in rapid succession from Pablo Amo and Albert Luque
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    • 361 64 Brazilian superstar Ronaldo has confirmed the details for his forthcoming wedding to supermodel Daniella Cicarelli. It should be quite an occasion, reported the Real Madrid website. Real Madrid's lethal No 9 has gone to town and booked the sumptuous Chateau de Chantilly near Paris, which is widely
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    • 455 65 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN Unproductive passes, one failed free-kick, aimless running, an anonymous figure throughout the match Wire Services. Twelve months ago, David Beckham was playing some of the best football of his career. But the tide has changed. After his first ever Christmas break, the edge
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    • 127 65 Nov 14: Real 6 Albacete 1 Beckham free-kick led to Real's fourth goal. Played full game. Nov 20: Barcelona 3 Real 0 Beckham substituted by Michael Owen in the 54th minute. No impact. Nov 27: Real 5 Levante 0 Beckham played full
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    • 459 66 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN REAL MADRID 0 SEVILLA 1 PA Sport. DAVID Beckham was substituted at half-time. And Michael Owen went off midway into the second half. It wasn't a productive day for the Englishmen as well as Real Madrid, who slumped to a disappointing home defeat
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      29 66 Real Madrid are hoping Italian Arrigo Sacchi (below right, with Real's vice-president Emilio Butragueno), newly installed in their technical department, will help arrest the slide soon.
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    • 237 66 Albacete 2 Villarreal 2 Athletic Bilbao 4 Mallorca 0 Deportivo 2 Zaragoza 3 Getafe 2 Racing 0 Malaga 1 Sociedad 5 Osasuna 2 Numancia 0 Real Madrid 0 Sevilla 1 Valencia 3 Espanyol 0 YESTERDAY Barcelona 2 Levante 1 Real Betis 1 Atletico 0 REPORTS: 72-75 P W
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