The New Paper, 27 December 2005

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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 809 2  -  CLICK CHECK: Ministry to publicise demerit points of maid agencies Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph.com.sg BEFORE you hire a maid, you can find out how good or bad her employment agency is. Just log on to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) website. The
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      • 373 2 SWIFTER and harsher action against errant employment agencies. That's what the new law introduced by MOM promises. Instead of just issuing warning letters and waiting for an errant agency to chalk up a series of minor offences before prosecuting, MOM can
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      • Article, Illustration
        700 3  -  CLICK BUY: Pirates now hawking fake goods on the Net By Ian Tan tanyhi@sph.com.sg WANT to buy a knockoff of your favourite designer watch or handbag? You don't have to jet to Bangkok or Hong Kong. Just log on to the Internet and click on the websites
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      • 290 4 BUYING counterfeit goods online may pose more risks than just getting a low-quality product. According to an expert from security firm, McAfee, such attractive websites may be set up to steal your personal data too. Known as phishing websites, they are among the top
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      • 937 5  -  Upcoming ocean-front condo in Borneo is just a ZVfc-hour plane ride away By Desmond Ng desmondn@sph.com.sg BORNEO may be about rain forests and orang utans for most. But for some 16 Singaporeans, the third largest island in the world is the best
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      • 250 6 DON'T be taken in by all that fancy marketing pitch. Before you buy that overseas property, it's wise to take some precautions, said industry watchers. Assistant Professor Muhammad Faishal of NUS' Department of Real Estate gave the following pointers: Legal Framework
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      • 48 6 DOES a good voice run in j| the family? The K BOX Family w M Talent Challenge at m Marina Square's Linkbridge Atrium on M 17 Dec went all out to prove this Is true. Find out who wafl home with a Suzuki Swift tnp.sg|
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      • 452 7  -  Hundreds miss first race at Turf Club because of machine malfunction By Liew Hanging hanqing @sph. eom.sg IT was a race with $38,000 in prize money up for grabs. But some racing enthusiasts couldn't get into the course in time to see the race because
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    • 567 8 Hot Soup HORROR MALAYSIA AN armed robber literally landed in hot soup after he was scalded by a bak kut teh operator. But the mother of five's defiance cost her her life. She sustained at least seven gunshot wounds on her chest, stomach and
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    • WORLD
      • 413 9 Fireworks trigger blaze at popular bar Christmas HORROR AT least 26 people were killed and 11 injured in a Christmas Day fire that razed an illegal disco in south China. According to Xinhua news agency, the blaze broke out at the
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      • 29 10 According to one account fire started after some clubbers set off fireworks. The sparks hit the ceiling ami the spiral staircase. Graphics APPLE DAILY
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      • 181 10 New Year LUCK DEVELOPERS in the California city of Hayward are citing feng shui as one reason for wanting a new system of home address numbering. Since the 1950s, the county of Alameda, which includes Hayward and cities like Berkeley and
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      • 159 10 THE bar's owner had apparently failed to obtain approval from fire authorities before it opened. Among the problems cited were overcrowding, a lack of clear emergency instructions and a very small entrance for the heavy casualties, reported &nhua. One witness also told SCMP that the
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      • 588 11 MORNING LATEST: Australia's richest man dies at 68 He once lost $39m in Las Vegas He once gave waiter $12,000 He lured world's best players with high salaries to start World Series Cricket AP. AUSTRALIAN media magnate Kerry Packer (above) has died in his
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      • 203 11 AP. IF worshippers head to the house of the Lord, they might just land a new house of their own. In a game show-style giveaway, a Texas church plans to award a US$120,000 ($199,000) three-bedroom house to one of its worshippers on New Year's
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    • News watcher
      • 221 12 TAX collectors here have managed to get more money this year. Tax collections are at record levels this year. Between January and October, $15.8 billion was obtained, 2.4 per cent more than that collected during the same time last year. Income tax worth $9.75b
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      • 93 12 Picture: AP US grandmother Barbara St Hilaire, 69, poses with herXbox console to show that she has become the poster child ofyoune video gamers. Trade group Entertainment Software Association said 19 per cent of computer and video game players are 50 years
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      • 50 12 Researchers at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, who wrote in the British Medical Journal explaining that Harry Potter books seem to protect accident-prone children.
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      • 108 12 WHITE-collar crimes here shot up significantly this year. There was a slew of high-profile cases that saw over 40 people being charged so far, reported The Business Times. Previously, the number of corporate cases averaged less than five a year. The cases this year include
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      • 111 12 The 2005 bonuses enjoyed by workers here are among the highest in the region. This finding was from a poll of 597 companies in Asia by consultancy firm HR Business Solutions (HBS). With expected bonuses of at least 1.5 months' salary for 2005, excluding the
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      • 112 12 THE countries hit by last year's tsunami may have observed its anniversary differently, but their aims were the same to honour the dead. In Indonesia yesterday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sounded a recently-installed German tsunami warning siren to start a minute's silence. On Phi Phi Island
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      • 123 12 LOCAL adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow has set a new world record. He has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest scuba dive done in a controlled environment. He stayed submerged in a special mineral water tank at Tampines Central for 220 hours and 30
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • SPEAKUP
    • TALK
      • 641 13  -  By Tun Kudu Malaysian Blog: PINCH OF SALT IT is success stories like that of Malaysian filmmaker Rosyam Nor and world squash champion Nicol Ann David that have given the much-needed balance to an otherwise horrible year end. To be fair, Malaysians have
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      • 155 13 Net BUZZ HERE are some actual label instructions found on consumer goods: On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (The shoplifter special.) On a bar of Dial soap:
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      • 240 14 IN the on-going revelations about some officials of the old National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the public have reacted in anger. While this is understandable, and indeed justified, let us not forget the immense good the old NKF as an organisation has
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      • 175 14 WHY is it that when it rains, taxis become scarce? This is the time when people need them the most. If cabbies take breaks during inclement weather, preferring not to be caught in jams which often happens when it rains, then they are not performing
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      • 117 14 IT is quite alarming to read news reports about Singaporeans being victims of crime in Johor and other parts of Malaysia. Some of the victims of violent crimes have died. Johor has often said it welcomes Singaporeans, but if its police force does
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • SHOW
    • 708 15  -  Byj Gregory Leow gregl@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE audiences who watched King Kong over the past week probably got a great thrill out of it. But it wasn't just for the special effects and the story. In a US$207 million ($347m) high-profile blockbuster set during the Depression, the last
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    • 220 15 Ah Singapore the 1993 debut album, Let's Knife, Japanese punk trio Shonen Knife. The song goes on about Singapore's skyscrapers, chewing gum ban, and Chinese dumplings. On A little Street In Singapore Possibly the most well-known reference to Singapore. This jazz piece by Manhattan Transfer has
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    • 318 15 Several other movies have also had honourable and not-so-honourable mentions of Singapore. They include: Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003) As said by Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) when he rips off Elizabeth Swann's (Keira Knightley) corset, to the surprise of the British guard: "Clearly, you've never been
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    • Gerek The buzz on Malay entertainment
      • 711 16  -  Haf eez Harun on his Deejay's Diary: Bv Sheela Narayanan sheela@sph.com.sg HAFEEZ Harun (left) can add another hyphen to his already crowded job tide. The radio deejay-journalist-Anugerah judge, who goes by the moniker, Hafeez Glamour, is a debut author. His first book, Diari Deejay (A
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      • 155 17 THE most watched celebrity couple in Malaysia right now has to be Erra Fazira and her husband, Yusry Halim from boyband KRU (right). Eira, 31, and Yusry, 32, announced their separation earlier this month at a press conference held in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian media is
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  • SHOW
    • 717 20  -  By Avis Wong aviswong (Qsph.com.sg STEFANIE Sun will say nothing about her relationships from now on. She regrets having gone public with former boyfriend Dennis Foo. The/ended their three-year relationship about two months ago. She had told the local media last month that they broke up because
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    • 138 21 DAILY DISH CYNDI Wang (above) has been left heartbroken by allegations of boyfriend Wing Fan's other affairs. The 23-year-old singer-actress apparently broke down in the middle of a dance rehearsal, after being interrupted by paparrazzi trying to get a response from her. Wing, 25, is said
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    • 200 21 COURTNEY Love (right) is at it again. The 41-year-old singer is broke and wants to raise cash by selling her rights to the song catalogue of her late husband Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana. Sources say Love who has reportedly slimmed
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    • 111 22 POP-PUNK singer Pink (right) and her biker fiance Carey Hart (inset) are to ring in the New Year as man and wife. The couple, who were engaged at one of Carey's motocross meetings in the summer, will exchange vows on New Year's Eve, according to In Touch.
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    • 118 22 MICHAEL Jackson (right) might have wanted a quieter Christmas, but his family members have other plans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jackson's relatives are bringing out a reality series. A pilot episode featuring them was shown on cable networks in the US in recent weeks.
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  • GUIDE
    • Reel deal
      • 490 23  -  THE FAMILY STONE STARRING: Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson DIRECTOR: Thomas Bezucha RATING:// By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.eom.sg The skinny: it's a slightly different Christmas for the bohemian and very tight Stone family this year. Eldest son Everett (Dermot Mulroney) has brought home his
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      • 200 23 Before Luke Wilson came along, Billy Crudup, Johnny Knoxville and Aaron Eckhart were all lined up at one time or another to play the role of Ben Stone. But they all eventually dropped out.Since the Stones' youngest son, Thad Stone (played by Ty Giordano) is deaf, director Thomas
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      • 318 23 WALLACE GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT VOICED BY: Peter Sallls, Ralph Flenses, Helena Bonham Carter DIRECTORS: Steve Box, Nick Park RATING://// ThesidnnytAbig floppy-eared beast is rampaging through town, attacking every vegetable patch in its hoppy path from the hugest marrow to the thickest zucchini to the
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      • 299 24 The skinny: Shunpei Kim (TakejjMjjßitano) is a cruel, controlling and hard-drinking tyrant who is among the first-generation Korean immigrants living in post-war Japan. He claws his way out of poverty to become a loans hark and community leader through violence and intimidation, terrorising his family, children,
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    • 360 25 Coming soon The story: Two high school students fall in love. She's a cheerful girl (Song Hye Kyo) who loves scuba-diving, while he's a shy and humble chap (Cha Tae Hyun). But tragedy strikes when she is diagnosed with leukaemia. The juice: Adapted
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    • 347 26 Rec room TITANIC STARRING: Leoaartlo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zaae.Kathy Bates DIRECTOR: Jaaias Cameron RATING:///// (for movie) (for dvd) WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The mother of all ship disaster movies, James Cameron's masterpiece about the sinking of the Titanic liner made Leonardo DiCaprio a
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    • Rant & rave
      • 288 27  -  By Seto Nu-Wen seto@sph.com.sg YOUNGER, more nubile competitors may be challenging Mary J Blige for a shot at the top of the pile. But the queen of hip-hop shows she still rules, with her seventh album, The Breakthrough. Dauntless, positive and poised, Blige rides confidently in all
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      • 125 27 PRAY ARTISTE: Alex Lee RATING: THIS may be his debut album, but Alex Lee croons like a seasoned pro. Sounding more manly than Van Fan and not as mushy as No Name, he flexes his caramel-smootfi vocals to stirring effect here. Half the 11 tracks cover Korean
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    312 29  -  -GUIDE TView MY FAMILY STARRING: Robert Lindsay, Zoe Wanamaker, Kris Marshall, Danlela Denby-Ashe, Gabriel Thomson SHOWING ON: BBC Prime (StarHub Ch 76), weekdays, 6.30pm. RATING:// By Sheela Narayanan sheela @sph.eom.sg ONE wonders what the BBC writers were on when they wrote this 2000 sitcom, My Family. What a
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 140 30 Lovers In Paris Channel U, 7pm In this Korean series, a woman studying French in Paris works as a maid for a Korean millionaire to make ends meet, but he ends up hiring her to pretend to be his fiancee. Starring Kim Jung Eun, Lee Dong Gun. CHANNEL 8 HHH
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      • 476 39  -  By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg Exciting find My Royal Captain stayed unbeaten in three starts with another convincing victory in Race 8 at Kranji yesterday. The Laurie Laxon-trained three-year-old by champion sire Zabeel took the lead easily from barrier-rise in the six-horse affair
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      • 975 39 RACE 1: S Sam replaced D Azis on FEAR FACTOR as the latter was unable to make the weight. LEADER OF THE PACK was held up for a clear run between the 400 m and the 250 m. From the 350 m, FLASHMAN
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      • 297 40  -  By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg WHAT luck! Just when everyone thought that Singapore's best jockey Saimee Jumaathadagreat chance to equal or break the record of 111 winners he set in 1997, his season ended abruptly with a fall at Kranji yesterday. At the final
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      • 1849 40 GOING: SOFT (RACES 1-5), YIELDING (RACES 6-10) Race 1 Open Benchmark 40--1400m 3 HMTSSTMS 58 c 55 (27-10) —•A Flean (4) 12 11 1 (478) *< 9 NAWAM01M52 (235-45) (John (9) (6) 10 10 456) 1 9sl 4 LEADER IF HE PACK 58 (18-7)
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      • 755 41 FRIDAY'S MEETING The provisional handicaps for Friday's Kranji meeting (below) show only eight events. However, the Class 5 1,200m event will cater for two divisions when the handicaps have been finalised. APPRENTICE Jackie Chuah has been suspended four days for careless riding. The 32-year-old incurred
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      • 1178 41 Kranji Stakes B 1600m 1 06-040 Muscle Mm -59 190) (6nzg Leck-W Racing Federation) *****7 Forest Gold 59 187) 4ag Pinfield-Perleclum) 212-81 Strong Mm 56 5 <83) (5nzg Baertsch»gef-Auric) *****5 TomMws ...56 5 (83) (6nzg BurrKJge-Golden Tnumph) 40-3 tlfttaagReZSkl -.55 <
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      • 1054 42 Class 2 1400m (Ratings: 80-71) -1161 Fhrtai WMfl C*oy 31-863 tig TmoNt *****- WlMlftfl Flffeto 136-07 F«IFoo«fl 12-211 JKMRM *****- LHn's Rmri 07-574 EnrrMy'tOmn -71-5 Navelutloe ...57 (80) ...56.5 (79) ...56.5 (79) ...55 (76) .55 (76 ...55 (76'| .54.5 (751 54 5 75l (6nzg M
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      • 1024 42 Malaysian Group 1 -2200m Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup 63-221 QoldeaAce 57 (101) (5ao Pereira-Owner) *****6 Light Of Success .55 97) (6ag Treloaf-LucKy) -***** Tlgar In The Woods .54 95) (7ag KL Chong-Lucky Nine) ***** King tad King 53.5 94) (Saq Burrldge-Jumbo) *****0 Mo
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      • 455 43  -  By Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg THIS is his swansong junior event. Naturally, Feldman Tan will be hoping to go out with a bang in the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Junior Club Championship starting today. The 19-year-old national serviceman will not be eligible to take part in the
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      • 94 43 Reuters. FIJI'S world No. 2Vijay Singh will take part in the US$2 million ($3.33m) Qatar Masters Golf Tournament next month, organisers said yesterday. Vijay's entry further boosts the tournament's profile. Last year's winner, Ernie Els of South Africa, has already confirmed his entry
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      • 768 44 DUTCH LEAGUE Reuters. PSV Eindhoven went three points clear at the top of the First Division with a 2-0 win at NEC Nijmegen yesterday after Feyenoord saw off leaders AZ Alkmaar by the same score. Ivorian Arouna Kone opened the scoring for PSV in
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      • 282 44 SCOTTISH LEAGUE AFP. A BRILLIANT last-gasp goal by Shunsuke Nakamura gave Celtic a 2-1 win at home to Livingston in the Scottish Premier League yesterday. Paul Dalgleish's 58th-minute goal looked to have given the visitors a share of the spoils after Shaun Maloney's
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      • 480 45  -  By Alex Lowe SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Birmingham boss steve Bruce described referee Phil Dowd's decision to send off Muzzy Izzet in the Blues' 2-0 Barclays Premiership defeat at White Hart Lane as "pathetic". Izzett was booked in the first half and then given his marching orders
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      • 315 45  -  Round-up by Ben Owen SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport SHEFKI KUQI seized on a rare starting opportunity to strike twice and claim Blackburn's second Riverside victory in six days. Having secured a 1-0 Carling Cup triumph over Middlesbrough last Wednesday, Blackburn were expecting a strong
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      • 862 46  -  By Liam Haresign SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport POMPEY manager Harry Redknapp refused to condemn Laurent Robert after the Frenchman's dismissal in the 1-1 draw with West Ham left him with a selection headache for Wednesday's daunting trip to Arsenal. Robert, on loan for the season from
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      • 589 47 CHARLTON 0 ARSENAL 1 Wire Services. ARSENAL ended a three-game Premiership losing streak last night, defeating Charlton 1-0 away. In an action-packed London derby a second-half goal from Jose Antonio Reyes was enough for the three points. The Gunners may have booked their place in the
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      • 710 48 CHELSEA 3 FULHAM 2 PA Sport. CHELSEA took the honours from a pulsating west London derby but needed a late winner from Hernan Crespo to end Fulham's brave challenge at Stamford Bridge. Argentina striker Crespo, linking superbly with man of the match Joe
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      • 280 48 JOSE Mourinho hailed Joe Cole after the England midfielder set up the winner in Chelsea's action-packed 3-2 victory over Fulham. With Michael Essien indisposed, Cole started the match in midfield but he was switched to the right wing when Shaun Wright-Phillips was taken off at half
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      • 1093 49  -  Fight for spot at World Cup gets serious MANCHESTER UNITED 3 Paul Scholes (35th min), Rio Ferdinand (45), Ruud van Nistelrooy (63) WEST BROM 0 HIGHLIGHTS FERDINAND SETS UP ONE 35th min: Rio Ferdinand starts a run with a pass to Park Ji Sung, who returns
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      • 365 49 PA Sport. WEST BROMWICH boss Bryan Robson claimed a moment of frustration from Wayne Rooney led to Paul Robinson getting concussed at Old Trafford. Robson had deployed Robinson to man-mark Rooney throughout the Premiership clash with Manchester United, a move that worked so well the England striker barely
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      • 124 49 PA Sport. MANCHESTER United striker Wayne Rooney has admitted he is trying to keep a lid on his fiery temper. The England international has had a number of high-profile incidents when he has blown his top on the field. But he is making a big effort to rein
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      • 798 50  -  By Wang Meng Meng npsports @s ph. com.sg Michael who? It would be quite natural to put on the searchlights at Anfield to locate a missing striker, who was rendered anonymous by a display of ruthless efficiency from the club he quit in controversial circumstances last
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      • 139 50 Wire Services. MICHAEL Owen, in his first game back at Anfield since his departure to Real Madrid 18 months ago, and his summer decision not to return to Merseyside, suffered some booing from the Kop and did not get the expected ovation from his former fans.
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      • 735 51 NOW, who is the real Special One? My vote goes to Rafael Benitez and I am not alone in my opinion. Uefa's technical director Andy Roxburgh has praised Liverpool's manager for his excellent work since taking over the underachieving club last season and has rated him even
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      • 1293 52 CHARLTON 0 ARSENAL 1 Jose Antonio Reyes (58th min) CHELSEA 3 William Gallas (3rd min), Frank Lampard (24), Neman Crespo (74) FULHAM2 Brian McBride (29), Heidar Helguson (56pen) PA Sport. PA Sport. CHARLTON manager Alan Curbishley was highly critical of referee Steve Bennett's performance at The Valley last
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        918 53 Aston Villa striker Milan Baros apologised for using m his hand to score the crucial opening goal early this H morning. Referee instructor SURESH NAIR looks afl the controversial incident which triggered Everton'fl 4-0 collapse at Villa Park. VILLA 4 Milan Baros (35th min, 84), Mark Delaney (48),
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      • 345 53 PA Sport. ASTON Villa gave a fitting send-off for long-serving chairman Doug Ellis if, as expected, he relinquishes control of the club in the next few days. This morning's 4-0 victory at Villa Park was their best performance so far this season. Villa started
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      630 54  -  Referees' Boxing Day boo-boos come under scrutiny By Brian Miller npsports@sph.com.sg IT was the night after Christmas and, obviously, four turkeys had escaped the oven. Poll, Riley, Bennett and Dowd. Instead, four others got roasted. Everton, Charlton, Fulham and Birmingham. Poor things. For no fault of theirs, they
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