The New Paper, 24 May 2005

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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 213 2 WHAT you see is not necessarily what you get. We're talking about budget airlines which are not soaring as high as they should. Passengers are up in arms over a range of issues. High on the list are misleading ads which proclaim promotional rates. But what passengers
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      • 464 2  -  45 complaints against budget airlines in 10 months, Case reveals By I Kor Kian Beng kianbcng@sph.com.sg CASE said in the last 10 months it has received 45 complaints against budget airlines but none against the hill-service carriers. Tiger Airways topped the list with 32 complaints.
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      • 874 2 SHE wanted to give her parents a surprise holiday. But she ended up getting a rude shock instead when she tried to book tickets with Tiger Airways she did not get any tickets and she was billed twice. She then lodged a complaint
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      • 262 2 TIGER Airways says the double billing problem in Ms Rani's case could have been caused by the customer's rush to confirm the online transaction. A Tiger Airways spokesman said in an e-mail: "The most common reason for double billing is that customers
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      • 525 3  -  By Karen Wong karcn@sph.com.sg IT is a small strip of land but it' had become a "no man's land" of sorts for two bungalow-owners off Upper Thomson Road. The two neighbours ended up in a High Court battle over the land. For years,
        Pictures: KELVIN CHNG  -  525 words
      • 283 3 ♦IN 1997, businessman Balwant Singh won the fight for a plot annexed to his house. Mr Singh, who owns a corner terrace house in Bedok, took over the plot next to his house in 1973, two years after he had moved there. He then merged the 70-sq-m triangular
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      • 703 3 But later that month, Mr Cheong, through his lawyers, wrote that he was entitled to the land by way of adverse possession. Ms Fones' lawyers asked him start proceedings to stake his claim. But he didn't. So, Ms Fones, who wanted to sell her house, had
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      • 453 4  -  ?E Tay Shi'an shjart@sph.com.sg rkJi They also have their Qtoi tfjgJlWhS —one has cancer. put 20 ordinary Singaporeans took it upon themselves to give the a memorable Vesak Day. Arid to do so, they forked out more than $27,000. Half the amount
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      • 79 4 OVER at Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple, cheques for about $1,000 were sent by post to 15 charitable organisations, like Ren Ci Hospital, before Vesak Day. Chairman Lim Ah Swan said donations are given every year. He said the money is accumulated through daily donations from the temple's
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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 757 6  -  By Genevieve Jiang gencvicv@sph.com.sg IT was a disease shrouded in secrecy, fear, and shame. Yet, when 25-year-old Ho Lai Peng (right) was offered a position to work with Aids patients, she said yes without flinching. The year was 1995. Today, 10 years later, Miss Ho
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      • 131 6 MISS Ho and three others are to receive awards from President S R Nathan at the Istana today. Mrs Wong Cher Meng, 43, director of the Students Care Service Centre at Clementi, is the other winner of the Outstanding Social Worker award. Mrs Wong, a social worker
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      • 513 7  -  43 secondary schools and 9 JCs are taking part in blogging championship By Ian Tan tanyhi@sph.com.sg PERSONAL blogs (online diaries) are all the rage, but what happens when an entire school comes together to write one blog? And it is not just one school, but 43
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 562 8  -  Drama on S'pore-bound express Villager hears cracking sound and realises bridge pillar has washed away He raises alarm, enabling the police to stop approaching train By Karen Wong karen@sph.com.sg and Josephine Chew jochew@sph.com.sg ABOUT 200 passengers on a Singapore-bound train must have been surprised
        Picture: MARIAN METRO; Picture: SIN CHEW DAILY  -  562 words
      • 415 9 Suspected of harassing married woman outside pub, man (left) gets... HE had gone to the pub for a good time. But Mr V Murugan made the mistake of harassing a woman who's married to the pub supervisor, reported the Malaysian press. That led to her
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      • 307 9 IT was a trivial argument over the air-conditioner's temperature in a Kuala Lumpur dialysis centre. But one patient, a taxi driver, flew off the handle and hacked another patient to death. The incident happened yesterday at 4pm, at a dialysis centre in Setapak.
        Pictures: CHINA PRESS  -  307 words
    • Article, Illustration
      402 10 The Apprentice star Donald Trump launches online university w 0 R L D REAL estate tycoon Donald Trump (above) has done it all: Built buildings that have become landmarks, written books that have become bestsellers, married models and starred in a reality TV show that drew top
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    • 254 11 as aviation hub SINGAPORE PARIS is the world's most vital hub for international air travel, now being likened to the Internet. And Singapore figures fourth on a list, in a study conducted by a team of researchers from Northwestern University, US, reported AP. We're immediately after London,
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    • 330 12 BANGKOK FASHION SHOW STARRING MISS UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS W 0 R L 0 THE task: Promote Thailand. The props: A bevy of beauties. Throw in some silk outfits and get them to strut it out on the catwalk. And voila! A fashion show is born. It was
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    • News watcher
      • 180 13  -  By Eugene Wee tnp@sph.com.sg COME July, police officers from Geylang and Bukit Merah Neighbourhood Police Centres will be among the first to try out the Taser X26 stun guns. These non-lethal weapons are capable of temporarily disabling a suspect by sending a 50,000-volt charge though
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      • 111 13 THE Ministry of Education is easing limits on a scheme that allows talented 12-year-olds who excel in arts, sports and other fields to pick their secondary schools before they sit for their Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE). It has let an additional 36 schools, including
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      • 125 13 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be cutting short his Japan visit due to the death of his mother-in-law here yesterday. Madam Chan Chiew Ping, who was 76, is believed to have been sick for some time prior to her death. She leaves behind her
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      • 109 13 IN what is being seen as a diplomatic snub, China's Vice-Premier Wu Yi yesterday cancelled a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro KoizMmi at the last minute. The Chinese Foreign Ministry cited "urgent official business" as the reason for her returning home. She is, however, expected to
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      • 13 13 Yntinlif's Mlit> %dMfl i CtiM Dow 0.49 1G.S24 Nasdaq 0.50 IwA-i
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      • 71 13 A student masked as a clown prepares to hurl a petrolbomb at the police in Panama city. Hundreds of students fought with police and hurled rocks outside Panama's National Assembly yesterday as protests against sweeping social security reform plans stepped up a gear. Running
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      • 155 13 A RECENT study has confirmed what some of us suspected anyway—that Singapore men are more brand conscious than women. According to MindShare, the media agency that conducted the study, 35 per cent of the 600 men polled last year thought it was important
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    • 166 10 Singapore Association for Mental Health presents A Public Forum in English "RELATING TO YOURTEENAGER" Date: 4th June 2005 (Saturday) Time: 2.00pm 4.15pm Collection of tickets must be made by 1.4 5pm on the day offorum. Otherwise uncollected tickets will be released to walk-in participants.) Venue: HDB HUB Toa Payoh Central
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  • SPEAKUP
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        • 442 14  -  By Amit Jain amitjain Qsph.com.sg A LITTLE girl, 5, is chained to the sofa by her mother. Another is locked out in the sun to suffer. And the body of an illegal labourer is dumped in a carpark like a bag of trash. What do these seemingly
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        • 177 14 Store BUZZ MANY people have an irrational fear of cockroaches, and suffer the added indignity of being mocked by "braver" friends when one of those brown pests scurry past. I fear cockroaches too, but 1 have an excuse. I accidentally crushed one in my hand when I was
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        • 195 14 MARK OF A TRUE FRIEND? ARE you tired of all those sissy "friendship" poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that really speaks of true friendship: 1. When you are sad—I will hflp get you drunk
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      • 197 15 I CAN'T understand why our universities have not changed their criteria for admission. There may be many private schools and colleges but some of their courses are limited. My son did not do well in his O levels and so he did not get into a polytechnic.
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      • 101 15 MY daughter, 17, is doing a full-time diploma course and was working part-time for a leading toy store in Singapore. After two months, a customer lodged a complaint against her. The grouse was about her gift-wrapping skills and her lack of attention to the customer
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    • 203 15 He fell from the third storey after a drinking binge with friends in 1998 and was paralysed. His friends no longer visit him but he isn't bitter at all. He says: "Their lives and mine are so different. How would they understand my disability?" Do you agree with this? Have
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  • SHOW
    • 533 16  -  By Sheela Narayanan shccta@sph. com.sg SWEAT and Julien Derouault (left) are made for each other. Each bead of perspiration seemed to cling on to his sumptuous form, reluctant to leave as he contorted and twisted his body with envious ease for our cameras. If the 26-year-old
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    • 458 17 THE Ultima Vez boys would prefer if you didn't really call them dancers. The Belgium contemporary dance company is in town for a two-week residency and will create a new work called Puur (Pure) which will premiere on Friday. They think of themselves as collaborators maybe
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    • 190 17 hb y. THIS Korean quartet led by choreographer Park Ho Bin will be in Singapore in two weeks. One of the leading lights in Korean dance, Park (Left), who isin is early 30s, performed in Singapore in 2002 for local company Odyssey Dance Theatre's
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    • 99 18 DAILY DISH CANNES has witnessed its first wardrobe malfunction. Former Bond girl Sophie Marceau (left) was on the red carpet at the prestigious film festival in France when her loose-fitting black and white dress slipped off one of her shoulders, exposing her breast. The giggly 39-year-old
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    • 148 18 IS Avril Lavigne going over the edge? The 20-year-old rock chick's booze-fuelled antics are becoming so common and so public that friends are worried that she is out of controL A source told Star Magazine: "She's always liked to party, but recently all she wants
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    • 123 18 WANT to be in a reality-TV show? Animal Planet is looking for local participants for a new eco-reality series the network is producing together with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The series will feature a diverse group of international participants interested in environmental issues,
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  • 572 20  -  Xia Yi's concert a big hit SHOW By Skye Tan skyetan@sph.com.sg SHE has been scolded, insulted, and called a slew of names. But when Taiwanese singer Xia Yi was in town over the weekend to perform at a charity concert, she didn't seem to mind
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  • SHOW
    • 749 22  -  REPORTING FROM CANNES Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg DAVID Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and Jim Jarmusch are directors whose pictures premiere in film festivals. Often their names are printed larger than the titles of their movie®. Cinephiles chat: "Did you see tlie Cronenberg?" Or, "What
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    • Gerek The buzz on Malay enterleinment
      • 193 23  -  By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg LOCAL evergreen singer Rahimah Rahim (right) put on her best performance at a Mother's Day gig across the Causeway, despite the recent death of her half-brother, famous dance choreographer Bat Latiff. Both of them are children of veteran actress Hajah
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      • 227 23 WONDERING who's that lucky guy (left) next to Malaysian pop star Sid Nurhaliza who rarely poses for a picture with the opposite sex? He is her "protege" from the TV3 reality talent programme Mentor. In the show, Siti advises him
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      • 124 23 VETERAN Malaysian singer Salamiah Hassan (above) is looking oh-so-fabulous for a woman her age. The petite 54-year-old appeared youthful during her album launch at Planet Hollywood in Kuala Lumpur recently. Salamiah had been out of the limelight for 15 years, devoting herself to her family.
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  • GUIDE
    • MOVIES
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        • 528 25  -  By Jeanmarie Tan jcanm@sph.cow.sg The skinny: Four pampered safari animals who were raised in blissfully ignorant captivity in New York's Central Park Zoo make a great escape, only to be captured and shipped back to Africa to be freed. But they wind up on the
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        • 181 25 STARRING Martin Freeman, Sam Reckwefl, Mos Def DIRECTOR Garth Jennings RATING The skinny: After Earth is destroyed to make way for an interspatial highway, hapless tea-drinker Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman from The Office) embarks on an intergalactic journey with alien writer-friend Ford Prefect (Mos
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        • 237 25 The skinny: A perky professional dog-walker (Jennifer Lopez) finally finds the man of her dreams (Michael Vartan), only to discover his mother—the nutty, domineering Viola Fields (Jane Fonda) is a nightmare, who proceeds to ruin the lovers' courtship, engagement party and wedding day.
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      • 356 26 Small screen to big: Will this remake bewitch you? dAkaJ THE STORY: Based loosely on the classic '60s sitcom of the same name, this comedy follows down-on-his-luck actor Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell), who is trying to revive his career by playing the lead role of Damn Stephens in a movie
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  • GUIDE
    • 264 28 DVD REVIEW Red raoml Blade: Trinity STARRING: Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds DIRECTOR: DavldS Goyer RATING: WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Dracula (looking like an Aliens reject) gets resurrected by a whiny, glee club-like group of vampires who try to infect
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    • 191 29 Racing Stripes STARRING: Bruce Greenwood, Ha yd en Paaottlero and voices of Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg DIRECTOR: FrederikDu Chau RATING:/// WHAT IT'S ABOUT: A show for those who love to cheer for the dark horse and the underdogs. An abandoned baby zebra gets picked up
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    • Rant & rave
      • 721 30  -  By Seto Nu-wen scto<Qsph.com.sg GORILLAZ' self-titied debut was such a smash, everyone wondered just how long it would last. At worst, a virtual band like this would end up an out-of-styie gimmick. At best, it was a chance for Blur singer Damon Albarn to let his creative juices
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      • 106 30 Formed in 2001, Gorillaz is the brainchild of Blur singer Damon Albarn and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, who drew British comic strip Tank Girl. Apart from 2D, the other Gorillaz members are Noodle, a 10-year-old guitarist who resembles Miho Hatori from Jap group Cibo Matto, Russell, an oversized African-American
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      • 336 45 PENANG TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS JOCKEY Wan Teck Moon (right) was hauled up twice by the Penang stipendiary stewards for careless riding at Penang last weekend. In Race 8 on Saturday, he pleaded guilty for permitting GREATEST to shift in when insufficiently clear
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      • 246 45 JOCKEY Salee Saad wastold to ride to the AAMACAAIIAII <ki A||A r» il|A saiisiacnon or me siewaras at dm continuation of inquiry into his handling of ROYAL BAY who ran in Race 7 on 8 May at Kuala Lumpur. The inquiry was into the tactics adopted by
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      • 647 45 President Cup 1742-2 57 (87) (Sag SH Tan-Pentagon) -2131 nrlrapwM 56.5 (86) (5ag Tiang-Dragon) -2276 Bitaara 55.5 (84 (8ag KH Lim-Hydrocarbon) 6-6076 fpiwirili 54.5 <82) (8ag Seet-Vitality) *****3 ntii Willi 54 (81 (6nzg S Ho-Babe) *****2 TaMva 54 (81 (4nzm F Nathan-TS Ng) 9-110- ScyShpKar
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        • 309 46  -  Eye-catching fourth from Villa Verde By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg ANOTHER visit to the winners' enclosure is not far off for New Zealand-bred Villa Verde (above, in one of his wins with French jockey Miguel Blancpain astride). The six-year-old son of Woodborough showed that he is regaining his
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        • 471 47 AP. AGE and marriage have given Lindsay Davenport (left) a new perspective on tennis. Said the world's top-ranked player, who overcame a slow start to win her first-round match at the French Open: "I have some different priorities." Tennis is still top of that list, but
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        • 371 47 Thai pair lose AFP. ASIAN No 1 Paradom Srichaphan squandered a first-set lead to lose 3-6,6-3, 6-1,6-1 to Czech 16th seed Radek Stepanek in the opening round of the French Open as his weaknesses on clay were once again exposed. The Thai star, who had won just
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          621 48 final 261: Kenny Perry 268: Billy Mayfair 269: Peter Lonard, David Toms, Joe Durant 270: Scott Hend, Rory Sabbatini, Tim Petrovic, Bemhard Langer, Rod Pampling, Aaron Baddeley, BrandtJobe 271: Justin Rose, Ted Purdy, Steve Strieker 272: Fredrik Jacobson 273: Kevin Na, Ben Crane, Bo Van Pett, Kirk Triplett
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        • 192 48 Monty's in very confident mood Wire Services. COLIN Montgomerie was upbeat about his chances of qualifying automatically for next month's US Open after carding a two-under 70 at the Irish Open in Maynooth. The hosting Carton House course designer had blown his victory hopes with a third-round 75. But he
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      • 450 49 Reuters. VIJAY Singh begins this week his third spell as world No 1 after dislodging Tiger Woods following the Colonial tournament at Fort Worth, Texas. Although neither Vijay nor American Woods played in the PGA Tour event, another reshuffling at the top of the
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      • 288 49 Reuters. AMERICAN schoolgirl Paula Creamer upstaged fellow teenage prodigy Michelle Wie by becoming the LPGA Tour's second youngest winner at the Sybase Classic in New Rochelle, New York. The 18-year-old Creamer birdied the final hole at Wykagyl Country Club for a closing one-under 70
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    • SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS: BODYBUILDER ABDUL HALIM HARON
      • 723 50  -  By Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg THREE years after the $250,000 cash bonanza for winning an Asian Games gold medal, Abdul Halim Haron's (left) life has changed. No longer does the bodybuilder have to juggle two jobs just to support his family and his passion for the sport.
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      • 795 52 PA Sport. Manchester unifa fidyiow have more to fear. The loans US tycoon Macolm Glazer took to takeover the club could end up saddling it with a massive > £570 million ($1.7b) in debts. Earlier, many fans had voiced their fears over the £265-million loan Glazer
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      • 154 52 MEXICO'S largest football team, Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara, have Chiyas USA. So why not a Man tj side in the US? It is an idea Malcolm Glazer might just be tempted to take up as they survey the options available to them to maximise
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      • 305 54  -  Champions tffial STAR EXCLUSIVE riy KAKA AC MILAN Liverpool are a hard-working team that's one of their main strengths. And in Steven Gerrard, they have a very special talent. Liverpool's best moves almost always seem to have Gerrard's touch on them. For those two reasons alone, I
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      • 828 55 When it was certain that Liverpool would face AC Milan in the Champions League final, all ofAnfield celebrated. However, there was one question which divided Liverpool fans. Who would they want to lead their attack in Istanbul? Milan Baros or Djibril Cisse? So, we asked you
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      688 56 Champions League final PA Sport. ir WHEN Jamie Carragher's boot touches grass in Istanbul's Ataturk Stadium tomorrow night (Thursday morning, Singapore time) he would be well advised to look high up into the stands. Because there he will see a banner fluttering in the breeze. It will
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    • 781 58  -  Champions League final by Frank Malley Special Correspondent THERE have been many memorable moments in Liverpool's rich European history. But none, not even the heady denouement of the club's first Kevin Keegan-inspired European Cup triumph of 1977 against Borussia Moenchengladbach, would compare with the sheer wondrous achievement
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    • 295 59 PA Sport. THE England manager has several former players at AC Milan, including Hern an Crespo, Clarence Seedorf and Alessandro Nesta, as well as boss Carlo Ancelotti, whom he always believed would enter coaching. "Roma thought he was finished as a player after several
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