The New Paper, 11 December 2005

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    17 1 the new Paper on Sunday 11 DEC 2005 I 8 887 181 *****9 MJCA(P) 095/03/2005 80 CENTS
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      Lock icon DON'T CARE!
      1221 2  -  What guilty conscience? Some youths have no qualms about killing or maiming in gang fights dead? disabled? Faith Teo wenli@sph.com.sg JOHN, a slightly awkward 16-year-old, is lanky and has a ready smile. But under that pleasant exterior once lurked ar unfeeling, aggressive gangster who, when he got into
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      Lock icon Don't lecture your kids
      129 3 MR Anthony Boey, 50, was once a member of a hardcore Chinatown gang. He stole, he robbed and he cheated. Now, the founder of Hope Counselling Centre is into his 10th year of helping others who have fallen by the wayside. According to Mr Boey, not
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      Lock icon TOUGH TASK TO RE-ATTACH THIS
      705 4  -  TEEN GANG FIGHT Joycelyn Wong tnp@sph.com.sg THEY had a challenging task: Make the joints fit perfectly, much like a really complex jigsaw puzzle. And they did it, using a humble plastic ruler and protractor for measurements. "We wanted him to regain maximum function of his
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      179 4 CHRISTMAS EVE NEW YEAR'S EVE bim&r (24&31 Decvsi Ring in the festivals with your family and enjoy a sumptuous buffet spread of international flavours, local favourites and festive delicacies. Our special guest artistes, 'Ranni G' will mesmerize you with her Whitney Houston numbers. Or catch 'The Glittering Stars' as they
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      981 6  -  Oxley Garden drug bust Insider to exclusive world of high-flying druggies reveals: Seto Nu-Wen Low Ching Ling Ng Tze Yong tnp@sph. com.sg THEY dress in sexy short skirts and spaghetti-strap tops. They would leave late at night and return only in the wee
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      Lock icon THE 14 PEOPLE ARRESTED
      206 7 A TOTAL of 14 people were arrested in the Oxley Garden drug bust, mainly foreigners. They include: Briton Lionel Rudolph Zupancich, 45, who runs his own management consulting firm. He was found with 6.98g of cocaine and 3.71 g of ketamine and charged with trafficking and
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      Lock icon S'poreans go wild overseas with 'morning class'
      195 7 WHILE the "scene" here is quite discreet, overseas, it's a different story. Singaporean yuppies are more tempted to let their hair down when they go overseas to party in Thailand or Malaysia. The drug scene in Kuala Lumpur, for example, is centred on
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      Lock icon OTHER DRUG BUSTS
      180 7 IN a high-profile drug bust, some prominent figures were netted on 7 Oct last year. They included Dinesh Singh Bhatia, a former pop musician and ex-technopreneur, who was sentenced to a years' jail for consuming cocaine. Also jailed were Nigel Simmonds, former editor of Singapore Tatler; ex-banker
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      Lock icon Want TO BUY MY VAN GOGH?
      958 8  -  Indon believes old painting belonging to dad is the real deal. Now he's hoping to sell it for $64m r $wZ& M Ti- ?ti it :r-..;I Zubaidah Nazeer zubaidah@ sph.com.sg YOU may have missed his advertisement in The Straits Times on 2 Dec. But
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      17 9 Valuable art: Famous van Gogh pieces include Sunflowers (left) and Bedroom In Aries.
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      Lock icon Dad paid $400 for painting with 'nice frame'
      209 9 TO him, it was just a painting of flowers and apples. It was the antique-looking dark wood frame that made him cough up about 2.5 million rupiahs ($430) for die painting, 15 years ago. Since then, it's been hanging on the wall
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      Lock icon BOLD & BRAZEN in Bukit Batok
      708 10  - BOLD BRAZEN in Bukit Batok Open-air gambling den operates Report and picture Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg FROM a distance, it looks like a harmless gathering. Huddled in groups of five to a table, these men put up their legs and chit-chat after a hard day at work. Near them, children
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      Lock icon CASH OUT, SWEAT OUT, ZOUKOUT
      621 11  -  CLUBBERS AT SENTOSA LAST NIGHT By Gregory Leow grtgl@sph.com.sg IT was supposed to be ZoukOut. But it was more like "Cashout" at Singapore'e biggest clubbing festival at Sentosa last night. Indeed, clubbers were not the only ones having a good time, retailers were smiling as
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      Lock icon 8 DAYS OF HELL
      440 13 M'SIAN STUDENT CLAIMS SHE WAS ABDUCTED, DRUGGED AND RAPED DAILY AT 8 HOTELS THEY were raiding the hotel to round up foreign prostitutes. Instead, the police stumbled upon a far more shocking crime. The 18-year-old Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara student was being held in a hotel
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        104 15 YOUNG Adriel Leo adds the finishing touch to his snowman—his own glasses. He was taking part in the Build A Snowman contest at Century Mall in Tampines yesterday. An ice-shaving machine provided the "snow" for various models, including that of a snowwoman. More pictures In The
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        70 15 MISS Iceland, Unnur Bima Vilhjalmsdottir, 21, a part-time police officer who wants to be a lawyer, was crowned Miss World 2005 yesterday. Miss Mexico, Dafne Molina Lona, was the first runner-up, and Miss Puerto Rico, Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos, was second runner-up in the contest in Sanya,
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        Lock icon MM LEE SENDS CONDOLENCES
        83 15 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, in a condolence letter on the death of Mr C V Devan Nair, paid tribute to the former close associate. He recalled how, in 1981, he had recommended to Parliament that Mr Nair be elected president. "Unwittingly I may have done
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        Lock icon TUTOR STABS GIRL IN CLASS
        131 15 A 12-year-old was stabbed to death by a tutor in a classroom in western Japan yesterday, the third killing of a schoolgirl in less than a month. Media reports said the man had moved 12 other students to another room and locked the girl inside
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        Lock icon BONUS MAY BE A BIT LOWER THAN LAST YEAR BUT THOSE OIL, TRANSPORT, FINANCIAL SERVICES WILL GET GOOD PAYOUT
        187 15 IT may not be as good as last year. That's die bonus forecast for many workers from labour chief Lim Boon Heng. The amount of bonus that unionised firms plan to
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        Lock icon PACT IN MONTREAL, STORMS AROUND THE WORLD
        209 15 AS delegates from 157 countries agreed on a plan after a tense all-night session at a climate conference in Canada, the weather appeared to be going wild across the globe. The Montreal Action Plan calls for binding commitments to cut emissions of harmful
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        64 15 A BRAZILIAN town is trying to make it illegal for its 28,000 residents to die. Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva of Biritiba-Mirim says the town's cemetery is full and there's no room to expand it. So he wants to make it an offence not to look after one's health,
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      Lock icon Merry soueezemas at orchard road
      106 16 From slimming products to salvation, youll find it all on Orchard Road on a Saturday afternoon. Especially on an afternoon nearing Christmas. Banks, churches and merchants-they all come out in full force trying to hawk credit cards, push you pamphlets, make you do surveys, donate
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      Lock icon The longest ever light-up
      1152 17 And probably the most trying! ZUBAIDAH NAZEER (zubaidah@sph.com.sg) tries to soak up the festive cheer with dollops of patience YOU can't walk down Orchard Road this month without getting stopped every 20 steps of the way. Invariably, somebody will shove you a flyer, whether or not
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      349 17 IT was 3pm, the heat was sweltering and the crowd was swelling. Photojoumalist loan Leong and I started our Orchard Road Walk from Far-East Shopping Centre to Centrepoint. We would later turn back to check out the other side of the street. Within 20 steps
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      463 18  -  When two celebrities fall in love with each other, something magical happens: They lose their surnames. Like Fann and Chris, Li-Lin and Allan, Michelle and Shaun, Denise and Wolfgang, all of whom are our nominees for Couple Of The Year Ho Lian-Yi, Jeanmarie Tan and Wendy Teo tn
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      Lock icon The big reveal
      292 20 Find out who wins The New Paper Flame Awards Booby title on Boxing Day. Here's a hint: They're so good they don't even need to be voted in! l-H hidden the photos of our four Maxim .L centrefold-worthy nominees, well, they have been hijacked by our male
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    566 22  -  Show Edwin Yeo tn p@sph.com.sg THIS is supposed to be a funny column, so this week, I'm going to write about something that's been funny since God made Eve from Adam's rib. Speaking of that, God, if you're reading this (and, of course, You
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    590 25  -  Show Annette Tan tn p@sph.com.sg THE first year we dated, M asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I replied: "Anything, lah. Maybe that silver bracelet we saw at the shop?" Conversely, when I asked him what he would like, he said: "A new wallet."
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      363 28  -  Crystal Chan crystalc#sph .com. sg MUSEUMS boring? No way. That is what three 2005 The New Paper New Face finalists discovered when they visited the Singapore Art Museum and Asian Civilisations Museum recently. It was part of efforts by the Singapore Press Holdings and
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      168 28 I Asian Civilisations Museum, 39 Armenian Street Experience the unique culture of the Peranakans at this museum, which boasts one of world's best collections of Peranakan artefacts. Highlights include exotic collections of Peranakan jewellery dating from the 18th and 19th centuries and the re-creation of an
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      480 29  -  Want to avoid conventional medication? Take a look at alternative treatments and philsophies Questions? Write to tnp@sph.com.sg By Chua Wei Yng IUST looking at a plane was enough to make her tremble. Hearing the jet engines flare, she would break out in a cold sweat. Ms
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      292 34  -  PERTH ROUND-UP Andrew Cater npracingi&sph .com. sg JASON WHITING turned in the ride of his life to guide Railways Stakes runner-up Early Express to a stirring victory in the Group 1 A$400,000 ($508,000) Fruit 4 N' Veg Stakes at Ascot racecourse yesterday.
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      191 34  -  Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg SOFHAN LATIF kept alive his hopes of landing the Malaysian jockeys' premiership when he kicked home a running double at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. With leader Saimee Jumaat sidelined three race days for careless riding, Sofhan took his tally to 38 and cut Saimee's
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      738 34 GOING: YIELDING Race 1 Class 5 Div 1 1200m (SC) i 2 mm M1 MM*57c54.5(36-11) 'JNIzam (2) 1 1 1 6 DOT 54 (21-8) KKLoh 1) 2 2 2 0 MM 53 (28-8) ISalhriln (6) 3 3 3 Winning stable: Hydrocarbon. Traiaer Francis Nathan. Marghm:
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      694 35 GOING: GOOD Race 1 The Go For 2 5 8 YARRAP 3 POLISH 6 SEEM Ml IAN 53 (134-23) TTum«r RE1SN 57.5 (134-19) J Hill 8LY RICH 54 (113-17) 0 Millar (2) 1 (1) 2 (8) 3 Trainer: B Curtis. Margias: 1 v*,
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      251 35  -  CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG CUP (INTERNATIONAL GPI) Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg ALL of racing-mad Hong Kong will be rooting for their equine pride Vengeance Of Rain when the Zabeel five-year-old lines up in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup in Race 8 of the Sha
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      76 36 BEST BET Lost for early pace in his last start on 26 Nov over the Ipoh 1,200 m on a soft track, this Marin us van Breukelen-trained galloper came rushing home when the race was already over. That fourth behind Law And Order was die Bigstone
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      104 36 RACE 1: Babylon Creation, Koromiko, Mi Bestz, Kapjaro, Gold King. RACE 2: Sonic Speed. RACE 3: Speed Chaser, Midnight Reef, Melang Wong, Royal Power, Imperial Sapphire, Future Shock. RACE 4: Chasm, Stop Listening, lonstone, Celebrity Warrior, Dragon Victory. RACE 5: Successful Boss, Herecomewongchoy, Vialli Express. RACE 6: Success Ace,
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        423 37  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg IMPERIOUS. That is one word to describe Marisa Baena when it comes to matchplay events. The 28-year-old Colombian has proved that her victory in the HSBC Women's World Matchplay Championship in July was no fluke by winning both her matches so far in
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        238 37 AFP TITLE-HOLDER Jyoti Randhawa and Marcus Both batded into a share of the lead with overnight pacesetter Shiv Kapur in a super-charged third round of the Volvo Masters of Asia in Bangkok yesterday. India's Randhawa blitzed his back nine with five birdies for a
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        139 37 AFP KIWI Michael Campbell showed some chinks in his armour, but still led die Target World Challenge after Friday's second round at Thousand Oaks, California. After building a five-stroke lead, Campbell struggled to complete the second round at even-par 72 for a nine-under 133 in the US$5.5
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        120 37 Reuters ERNIE Els (right) finally found his touch to shoot a five-under 67 and move to within three shots of the lead after the second round of die Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Gub in South Africa on Friday. South African compatriot and first-round leader
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        179 37 AFP ROBERT Allenby, seeking a unique treble of Australian tournament victories in the same year, closed the gap on leader Nick O'Hem to just three strokes after the third round of die Australian Masters in Melbourne yesterday. Allenby carded four straight birdies on the first nine for
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        649 38  -  Blasberg lands brilliant eagle from 89 yards on 18th hole GodfreyRobert npsportse sph.com.sg THIS is the golf ball that created the biggest drama yesterday at the Lexus Cup at Tanah Merah's Tampin es course. It belonged to Erica Blasberg, the 21 -year-old American
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        750 39  -  Blasberg's brilliant eagle and Lee's birdie miss prove costly for Asia Lim Han Ming npsports® sph com sg GRACE Park covered her face in disbelief. Her playing partner Rigo Higashio looked shell-shocked. The rest of the Asian team gathered on the 18th green could hardly
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        544 40  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg YOU couldn't ask for a more mouth-watering clash. Annika Sorenstam and Grace Park, the two captains of the inaugural Lexus Cup, will face off in the first of 12 singles match at Tanah Merah's Tampines course today. Their
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      989 41  -  r The Sporty f BOSSES C#ftl1NG all sporty bosses, do you have an active sporting lifestyle away from your busy schedule in the office? Do you play one or more of non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss? Please e-mail details to npsports@>sph.com.sg Ernest Luis
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        870 42  -  MATCH REPORT By Ken Gaunt SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport JUAN Pablo Angel stepped off the bench and rescued a point for Aston Villa with his first goal of the season. The Argentinian scored at the near post in the 87th minute just
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        320 43 MAN UTD v EVERTON PA Sport. CARLOS Queiroz is convinced Manchester United are destined for great things this season despite their shambolic European exit. United's plush Carrington training ground has been a sombre place as the Red Devils come to terms with the shock
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        304 43  -  TEXT BY GARY LIM TEAM UPDATE: A bleak campaign awaits the Red Devils unless they get things right on the domestic front. Gabriel Heinze's long-term injury is a big blow to Alex Ferguson. Judging by the way they defended against Benfica in their midweek 2-1 loss
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        481 44  -  MATCH REPORT By Joshua Martin SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SHEFKI KUQI came off the bench to have the final word in a game full of attacking intent and questionable defending. Rovers made a storming start as they looked to end their goal drought, but the woodwork denied them a
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        321 44  -  Round-up by Ben Owen SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport NICKY BUTT gave Birmingham a Premiership lifeline by heading a late winner to secure a first home success for Steve Bruce's side. The on-loan midfielder stooped to deflect the ball past Mark Crossley from close
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        577 45  -  MATCH REPORT CHELSEA 1 (Terry 67th min) WIGAN 0 fgh Gary Lim npsports® sph.com.sg TWO years ago, John Terry was never considered quite good enough to make it into England's starting line-up. Where centre-backs are concerned, Terry is third-choice, with Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand the specials of
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        1130 46 Reds equal record of 10 clean sheets to crown Japan send-off MATCH REPORT LIVERPOOL 2 (Morientes 72nd min, 77) BOROO PA Sport. PA Sport. LIVERPOOL made it 10 games without defeat and equalled their club record of 10 successive clean sheets as they eventually overpowered a determined Middlesbrough
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        213 46 Club record for clean sheets set in 1987-1988 under Kenny Delgllsh (Division One unless stated): 1987 19 Dec: Pool 1 Sheff Wed 0 26 Dec: Oxford 0 Pool 3 28 Dec: Pool 4 Newcastle 0 ties 1 Jan: Pool 4 Coventry 0 9 Jan: FA Cup third round,
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      887 47 Adopted sons play key role in Cup battle fgh DPA. NEVER will there have been such a truly international World Cup as in Germany in 2006. It's a sign of the times that at least half the teams playing next year will be sporting "globalised" squads. And if
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      107 48 GERMANY 2006 June 9 July 9 THE WORLD CUP DRAW In Germany 2006, another competition is taking place, besides the battle on the pitch. The World Cup is watched by billions of fans around the world, and every tournament major sports brands go head-to-head with each
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        883 50  -  Brian Miller npsports@sph .com. sg I WRITE this with an eye fixed firmly on taking home some money from Singapore Pools. Is that so bad? No. They got me the last time when an early wager on Germany came to nought at the last hurdle.
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        614 51  -  Mrfempest Special Correspondent CAN England win the World Cup? The simple answer is no. I hope I'm wrong, and that the many England backers (current price $7) buoyed with England's dramatic recent last-minute victory over Argentina are right. But there are just too many weaknesses in Sven-Goran
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        674 52  -  I don't see how they can fail Wang Meng Meng npsportst sph.comsg IT IS said that Brazilians are obsessed about two things sex and football. That's according to Alex Bellos, a correspondent with the Guardian who spent four years in the country compiling stories for his bestselling book Futebol.
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      658 53  -  Tim Vickery Special Correspondent FOR a South American team, winning the World Cup in Europe has always been the supreme challenge. Brazil managed it once way back in 1958. Since then their trips across the Atlantic have only brought fhistration. Some have been glorious failures such as in
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      940 53 BRAZIL'S status as favourites has never been more justified. And it is exactiy there that the problem may lie. Manager Carlos Alberto Parreira knows it. "The times when we have been world champions we've usually turned up without too many people believing in us," he said. "Sometimes we've
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      272 54 THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY, 11 Dec 2005 GERMANY 2006 June 9 July 9 FOOTBALL CRAZY 'TAX GIU' is a short film created by JACEN TAN, which follows the adventures of three football-crazy boys looking for a place to play football in Singapore. Released on the Internet earlier this year,
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      291 55 THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY, 11 Dec 2005 Unless of course, they end up playing like PUTCH LADIES lah! Wah! Then will definitely want to roast them! J I mean the other Ronaldo, CRISTIANO J from PORTUGAL! J Watch how (nutmes) he LOBANG players, v not the ladies! y Tell
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        836 56  -  Emest Luis npsports© sph.com.sg OH how the English media and Singapore fans will love this thought. Germany versus England... in the Final of next year's World Cup. You might laugh, but you'll surely contemplate the fantasy, won't you? We're talking tradition, a battle
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        625 57 ERNEST LUIS ASKS BRAZIL FAN JEFFREY LOW IT'S a scenario Singapore fans of Brazil do not want to contemplate. But to go along with The New Paper's projection of how England can win next year's World Cup, how early can hot favourites Brazil
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        478 58 The 12 cities and stadiums for the 2006 World Cup FIFA WORLD CUP eeRmpny 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP STADIUM, HAMBURG City population: 1.7 mHHon Seating capacity: 45,442 FIFA WORLD CUP STADIUM, HANOVER jt City population: 525,000 Seating capacity: 39,297 FIFA WORLD CUP STADIUM, GELSENKIRCHEN City population: 278,000 Seating
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        750 60  -  F vfLUSlVE by PEL£ PELE THE 2006 World Cup can be won or lost in the four weeks before the kickoff in Munich on 9 June. That applies as much to Brazil as it does to their challengers. In Asian terms, of
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        887 61 THE FRANK MALLEY COLUMN THEY say Sven-Goran Eriksson is a lucky manager. He can not complain about his fortune on Friday night. A typically complex and long-winded World Cup draw handed England a straight-forward assignment in the group phase in Germany 2006. True, it means Eriksson (right)
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        500 61 ENGLAND were drawn with Paraguay, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago in Group B for the World Cup Finals in Germany next year. Sven-Goran Eriksson would have breathed a sigh of relief at avoiding more fancied countries but must not underestimate the supposedly inferior sides in the
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        477 62 ♦THE REACTIONS PA Sport. THERE'RE no easy rides for anyone, not even defending champions Brazil. Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira summed up the mood of the favourites when he warned that there was little to choose in terms of the "competitive strength" of the 32 qualifiers.
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        737 63 ♦THE REACTIONS PA Sport. UNDERDOGS Trinidad and Tobago summed up best the biting mood of the less fancied teams. Their British-based players are relishing the prospect of facing England in Nuremburg in June. Port Vale midfielder Chris Birchall claimed it was like "living a dream". He told
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