The New Paper, 23 July 2006

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  • 19 1 the new paper Our Sunday 23 JULY 2006 MICA (P) 189/02/2006 60 CENTS 8 *****1 *****9 the new paper
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  • sun news
    • 1080 2  -  Body cut for four hours without anaesthetic Beads inserted under the skin Tongue clamped and split The pictures on these pages may look like scenes of torture. They're not. The young people having these procedures done are doing so because they think it's attractive. But others
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    • 653 3  -  DOCTORS WARN: Rachel Lin lyuexin@sph.com.sg BODY modifications may look hip to some, but they are definitely not for the faint-hearted. And even those who practise it caution against jumping into this "art" on impulse. After all, it's painful to have it done and possibly
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    • 296 4 BODY modifications aren't a new thing. Tribal cultures have been tattooing and piercing themselves since time immemorial. Australian aboriginals, the Sepik River tribes of New Guinea, the Lulua tribe in the Congo and the Maoris of New Zealand have all long practised scarification. In many European
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    • 353 5  -  STORE'S EST They're good. You know it, they know it. They're also rude, or at least arrogant, because they're good. Who are the cockiest hawkers? Read on... TayShi'an shian@ i sph.com.sg I Maureen Koh maureenk @sph.com.sg THEY wok up a mean dish. Hundreds flock to their
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    • 1357 6 Have a horror hawker story to share? E-mail us at tnp@sph.com.sg What those CHILLIS MEAN: Where got cocky? 11 Sometimes black face m What's your problem? 4 4 4 4 1 also don't llli like your face i i i i Don't like? Don't come! S PORE'S
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    • 754 7 Besides the five most complained about stalls, others also made our hitlist Snide remarks, rude manners, bizarre policies—the list goes on. But do they truly deserve to be criticised? Our team went undercover to investigate—and we found that most turned out to be misunderstood. Service was
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    • 772 8  -  Have a horror hawker story to share? E-mail us at tnp@sph.com.sg STORE'S HAWKERS Every country has their cocky hawkers, says the well-travelled Sylvia Toh Sylvia TohPaikChoo paikchoo@sph.com.sg^J EVERY Singaporean worth her extra chilli sauce has a rude hawker stall story to tell. From tales of the
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    • 880 9  -  Where does all this attitude come from? Makansutra's KF Seetoh has a theory KPSeetoh > Columnist tn p@sph.com.sg I FLIPPED when I read in this paper about a bak kut teh hawker snubbing the head honcho of Hong Kong. Then the editors at this Paper call
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    • 673 10  -  Laughs aplenty at dinner TO HONOUR RETIRED MPS Sylvia TohPaikChoo paikchoo@sph .com. sg A QUICK look at the menu served at the appreciation dinner for retired members of Parliament would make your lips purse. Braised mee sua in broth. That's a dish fit for someone who's
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    • 954 11  -  I am Grateful to a good man Report picture TehJenLee jenlee@sph. com.sg ONE man is the Prime Minister of Singapore, the other is a retiree living in a two-rodm flat. They may not know each other but both have something
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    • 132 12 BLOCKS 45,48 and 49 marked the beginning of a total makeover in Singapore's housing landscape. They were seven-storey buildings with 15 homes on each floor, so they could each house over 100 families in a fraction of the space needed for landed property. This was crucial because
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    • 99 2 msSsL > t. J OUR'FAMILY' These identical twins from Thailand grew up sharing almost everything. Now, they're sharing a husband. 5^ V OUR WOMEN How are Singapore's women DJs managing in a male-dominated industry? OUR LOVE NEST Ifs nice to be home doing nothing with the hubby, says Ivy Ong-Wood.
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 694 14  -  They're worth millions, but are ffl% left unused and untended. Why? Desmond Ng desmondnOsph .com. sg WHAT would you do with $10 million? Some landowners here are leaving property worth as much untouched. These bungalows and houses in prime locations around Singapore have been seemingly "abandoned"
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    • 134 14 Ill the case of vacant homes, NEA officers will contact relevant government departments to find out who it belongs to. Said an NEA spokesman: "If the owner's contact details cannot be obtained, we will leave a letter at the vacant home for the owner. If
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    • 751 15  -  Say goodbye to illegal RACING BECAUSE YOU CAN- Report and pictures ZaikanMohamedYusof zaihan@sph.com.sg JUST 500 m from where speed demons used to race illegally at Gelang Patah in Johor, every motorsport fan's dream is taking shape. They will soon be able to go full-throttle and not risk
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    • 344 16 DRAG racing isn't new in Johor. It's a craze among the youth on Malaysian roads. But 11 years ago, Pasir Gudang Race Circuit introduced Saturday night sprints on its premises in an attempt to get illegal riders off the streets. Mr Syed Abdul Hamid,
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    • 287 17  - NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MAN, As children, they shared everything. Now, this pair of Thai twin sisters have taken the final step to share the ultimate a husband. And the hubby couldn't be happier Garyvan Zuylen tnp@sph.com.sg IN SAMUT SAKH0N, THAILAND LIKE many identical twins, sisters Tipawan and Sri-intha Putta-Nokhunchai grew
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    • 714 18 From previous page It was the first boyfriend for each sister, and Mr Hengjaruensuk claims they were his first girlfriends. "Our homes are quite close to each other," Mr Hengjaruensuk, who now owns a second-hand machinery business, told the Phuket Gazette. "And every day
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  • SUN NEWS
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      494 20 FUN IN THESUNNfc IT seems to be the season of sand sculpting. Competitions and exhibitions are being held in the US, Germany, China, Belgium, England and India. But India's Sudarshan Patnaik does not need a competition to sculpt an eye-catching sculpture. He creates them on the beaches
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    • 946 21 Maid writes book in spare time. It becomes a hit IHT. ABANDONED by her mother at 4, married off at 12 to an abusive husband, a mother herself at 13 there is little in Ms Baby Haider's traumatic childhood to suggest she would become an
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      416 22 Gang that had 'pregnant mums' FILL TUMMIES' WITH MILK TINS EXPOSED IN JOHOR THIS expectant mother wasn't stocking up on milk powder for her impending new arrival. She was stocking up on tins in her extended belly where the baby should have been. The woman was part of
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    • 286 22 Before he marries pop queen... A NEW source of gossip is emerging in the run-up to Malaysian pop queen Siti Nurhaliza's wedding next month to businessman Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa. His former wife has filed a claim in Malaysia's Syariah Court seeking more than RM4
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    • SNAPSHOT
      • 34 23 That man is afraid of me. What is he afraid of? Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who returned from a holiday in Europe yesterday, on hb successor, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi
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        60 23 BY waslittle hope of an immediate On Its part, Hizbollah militants continued to fire rockets at northern Israel, with about Bgehmd will launch an appeal on Monday ror millions of dollars in humanitarian aid for Lebanon, in particular for the 500,000 Foreign governments continued to evacuate their
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      • 79 23 HOW does Islam view wealth? What are the positive values of being a rich Muslim? Such questions will be discussed at the Berita Harian Financial Planning Conference 2006. The Malay Community can get practical advice on Islamic financial planning at the conference, at the Raffles City
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      • 176 23 H9SSE59 EAT more fruit And wear a face mask whenever you have the flu. That is the advice of Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. After witnessing the two-day exercise SparrowHawk II, Mr Khaw said: "I hope certain habits will remain after this
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      • 123 23 A BLACKOUT in the New York City suburb of Queens entered its sixth day yesterday and looked set to continue. The electricity company has not been able to explain why the power distribution system began failing at the height of a heat wave. It has also appeared
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      • 194 23 THE confirmed death toll from the Indonesian tsunami rose to 668 as reports of fatalities came in from remote villages along Java's battered southern coast. Another 287 people are missing and 74,100 have been displaced. In the last three days, 100 bodies have been found
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      • 54 23 A Chinese woman had a mole removed from her leg and grafted on to her fac4 to avoid being mistaken for her twin sister. Both sisters are married but still live with their parents in Xiamen city, Fujian province. They came up with the idea as everyone, including their
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    • OUR SUNDAY
      • 1118 24  -  llpfese babes turn heads and win fans as they stomp into the guys' turf to spin behind dj console Avis Wong aviswong® sph.com.sg V T ?_> y tl LIGHTS off, clubbers stream onto the dancefloor and, lost in a trance, gyrate |o the thumping music Behind
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      • 241 25 AS the men would attest, the sassy, bubbly girls faQve their fair share of fans. Such as two Hong Kong girls who "wrot$ us a really sweet note professing their undying love for us", said PopMyCherry member Natalie Tan. Their parties are always packed but Ms
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    • 354 26  -  Syahirah Anwar sanwar@sph.com. sg IT'S the Samsung Inline Skating Festival in a fortnight and skaters of all calibres are busy preparing for the event. Come 6 Aug, skaters will come together on the Padang, with the first flag-off at 7am. It is Singapore's most
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 31 23 Weather Central Thunderstorms North Thunderstorms South Thunderstorms 4k. East Thunderstorms West Thunderstorms Temperature max I 32®C min I 25°C High Tide first tide 2.3m I 11.20am second tide 2.5m I 9.45pm
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    • 99 26 IgPPP' j. ■Hy|U||£ JHi I IH< 9 Samsung Inline Skating Festival 2006 Sunday, 6 August The Padang The Samsung Inline Skating Festival is back! And it promises to be more exciting than before. iftbe part of a record-breaking attempt! Join 200 or more skaters to form a moving chain and
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 558 28  -  IvyOng-Wood Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg OUTSIDE, the rain poured in sheets. Inside, Tubby Hubby (TH) was reviewing the latest photos from his digital camera on the PG while I read something from my vast "chick lit" collection. Apart from the tapping of the computer keys and pitter-patter
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    • 661 29  -  SivaChoy Columnist tnp@s ph.com. sg SOMEONE I met at a tea party mentioned that his heartbeat had recently started racing sporadically. It was making him nevous. (It's remarkable how some strangers can confide their innermost troubles receding hairlines, rising blood sugar levels, drooping
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 619 31  -  Davio Toumar Columnist tnp@s ph.com. sg I JUST leamt that Singapore is one of the world's most dangerous lightning spots. Could it be the sheer number of umbrellas, otherwise known as portable lightning rods, that are attracting all the lightning? You won't catch me with
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    • 200 32 bitdiaboutcorner HANDS up if you've tried to flag down a cab just before midnight. It's plain frustrating. You see cabs either with the "on call" sign switched on or zip by oblivious to your frantic waves. It's a complaint that's been aired over and
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    • 132 33 The participants will play weekly across seven different centres to give them an opportunity to bowl at different bowling centres and lane conditions. The League schedule is as follows: Ist Round Premier Division/1 st Division 22 Jul Superbowl Safra Mount Faber/Superbowi Safra Mount Faber 29 Jul Cathay Bowl
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    • 98 33 THIS is the third straight year that Deifi Chocolates have sponsored the Secondary Schools' Bowling league, and they have some very good reasons to do so, said Delfi's brand manager Paul Lim. "Bowling is an emergent sport, the Singaporean youths have what it takes to excel in
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    • 619 33 THE two-tier Delfi Secondary Schools 2006 Bowling league rolled off yesterday at SAFRA Mount Faber's Superbowl lanes with the mixed and all-girls' teams lording it over the all-boys' squads. After three games, four teams from the Singapore Sports School two each in the Premier and First divisions,
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    • 436 34  -  Belle Charlene Kwan belkwan@sph.com.sg I'VE never liked the idea of going for spa treatments at malls or fancy hotels. Facing the crowds after a relaxing massage just doesn't sit well with me. And while a spa on a tropical island, surrounded by palm trees
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      410 35 FATIGUE is a temporary loss of strength and energy, characterised by a disproportionate increase in effort for the same task. Causes include overwork, lack of sleep, a bad diet and inflamed passages in the nervous system. Its symptoms: forgetfulness, body ache, confusion, anxiety and decreased productivity. The following
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      627 36  -  It's an easy way to lower your blood pressure Joe Math tn p@sph.com.sg RELAX, chill out, hang loose. Do these modem-day catchphrases seem much easier to utter than put to practice? They may not be if you know how to get yourself to relax. When I spoke to participants
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    • 639 37  -  His biggest fear is that he might get a woman pregnant after a one-night stand Joyce Lim joycel@sph .com. sg SOME people live to eat, others live to shop. But Jason lives for sex. He derives pleasure from his flings with women he picks up at
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      142 38 Announcements Here's a whole new way of getting heard. Getting married? Or just getting older? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it Send your pictures and messages to~ tnpforum@sph.com.sg Happy Full Month To Baby Joey! From Daddy* Muniniy I My
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    • 310 39 aboutlastnight I HAD no dates this week. But I did read about a study that showed that weight loss in women signals the onset of Alzheimer's disease. (Which finally explains why none of the models I've met remembered to call me after they said
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    • 422 40 our sunofiv IF rou MUST STAY IN ALL DAY... Channel 8 ChannelU US PGA Tour Highlights 2006 Inside The PGA Tour'06 World's Craziest Videos Earthly Possessions (Movie) The Law Firm JAG IX Miss Singapore Universe 2006 (Encore) The Simpsons Bring It On (Movie) News 5 Tonight A Lite Enriched Las
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  • SUN SPORTS
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    • 971 41 I GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING 1.00 RACE 1 MR D3 —1000m (str) 1 Duty Free Spirit MLeong 8) 55 2 Glory Kingdom *JChuah (14) 55 3 Golden Ball YFLeong .4) 55 4 Historian VSivan (13) 55 5 Imperial Fire ♦Lou Ho 5) 55 6 JeramJatfe
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    • 113 42 TODAY'S BEST BET (Race 2 No. 1) This Evert van Breukelentrained galloper, with two seconds from five starts, deserves to break through for an early victory. He gets his chance today, jumping out from favourable gate No. 14 over the straight course. The nice-looking grey has been looking
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    • 726 42 GOING: GOOD ♦YESTERDAY'S IPQH RESULTS 14 OUnmEM 55.5 (15-8) J Keating (8) 1 1 1 5 FIYM8WM57 (26-11) P Brawn (11) 8 6 2 15 B BEAUTY 50 c 49.5 (103-26) MChuah (7) 5 3 3 WMaf owmt EW Yeoh. Traimr John Nikollc. Mf It
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    • 99 42 1st 2nd 3rd YB Lee 29 24 25 BJSfflEB 23 29 22 L Khoo 21 15 12 na'Bi 15 13 13 29 8 4 31 6 5 R Lines 12 17 12 E Breukelen 12 17 8 B Brogan 12 12 19 P Roslan 12 3 11 P
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    • 99 42 1st 2nd 3rd M Wepner 35 29 20 0 Chavez 26 15 17 YF Leona 20 23 25 RUm 17 9 11 L Sofhan 16 16 13 15 15 16 P Braem 13 13 8 WK Van 11 7 5 M Diulkifli 10 16 4 KT Cheng 10
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    • 511 42 GOING AT BELMONT: GOOD Race 1 Durham Lodge Stud -1400m 5 MflMElSfVE JOMBON 55.5 (22-7) PHarvty 9 K11APM54.5(3&-10) J Villi i (6) (12) 1 3 DOYOUNUtt 55 5 (233-40) RStnrirl < (13) 3 Trainer DT McAuliffe. Margins: 3 A, nk, V4. Tlma: 1 min 24.78sec. Farecast:
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      141 43 NBA Xinhua. CHINESE NBA star Yao Ming has been named Goodwill Ambassador to the Shanghai Special Olympic Games in 2007. Houston Rockets center Yao appeared at a press conference on Friday afternoon, launching a series of public service announcements promoting the Special Olympics. "The mentally-handicapped people need more
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    • 527 43 RUGBY TRI-NATIONS: Reuters. FLYHALF Daniel Carter gave a perfect goal kicking display with 25 points and also set up both tries in New Zealand's 35-17 victory over South Africa in their Tri-Nations match in Wellington yesterday. Carter, playing his 27th international, slotted seven penalties
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    • 750 44  - Take us on if you dare HSBC GOLF CHALLENGE Al RD n psports@sph.com.sg WOULD you dare to take them on?. Among those who are lining up for the chance to win $1 million at the HSBC Golf Challenge on 4 Aug are four starry-eyed teenagers who may just be able
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    • 376 44 AFP. SCOTT Gump, Gabriel Hjerstedt and Daisuke M&ruyama are neck-and-neck at the top of the leaderboard. Each of the trio carded a second straight five-under-par 67 to take over the lead at 10-under 134. They were one shot in front of unheralded
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    • 721 45  -  Bringing in oldies to national squad may be a step back Godfrey Robert npsports@ sph.com.sg WHEN Jeanette Sim was elected president of the Singapore Ladies Golf Association (SLGA) early this year, she stirred some controversy when she declared that she would pay greater attention to senior
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    • 172 45 EIGHTEEN players have been invited to take part in a nine-day trial to select six golfers for nomination to the Asian Games in Doha in December. They are Ghoo Tze Huang, Hamdeen Daud, Jerome Ng, Vincent Khua, Jonathan Leong, Johanis Abu Shahamad, Koh Dengshan,
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    • 918 46 Foe turned friend Nick Faldo: SECOND ROUND LEADERS: 132: Tiger Woods 67-65 133: Ernie Els 68-65 135: Chris DiMarco 70-65 136: Retief Goosen 70-66 137: Miguel Angel Jimenez 67-70, Adam Scott 68-69, Mikko llonen 68-69 138: Robert Rock 69-69 139: Thaworn Wiratchant 71-68, Rory Sabbatini 69-70,
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    • 866 47 Mad about golf AP. CHRIS DiMarco's mother, Norma, died of a heart attack on 4 July. After the funeral services, he approached his grieving father, Rich. "You're coming to the British," DiMarco said. "I don't know if I can," his father replied. "I already bought a ticket,"
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    • 550 47 AFP. COLIN Montgomerie's collapse over the back nine in the British Open second round on Friday completed a miserable day for Scotland's golfers—with all four representatives missing the cut. Hopes had been high for the 43-year-old former European No. 1 coming into Hoylake following his second
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    • 441 48 EARLY SCORES: 204: Sergio Garcia 68-71 -65 205: Jim Furyk 68-71-66, Angel Cabrera 71-68-66 206: Hfdeto Tanihara 72-68-66 207: Mark Calcavecchia 71 -68-68 208: Andres Romero 70-70-68, Greg Owen 67-73-68, Peter Lonard 71 -69-68, Robert Allenby 69-70-69, Jerry Kelly 72-67-69 210: Scott Verplank 70-73-67, Simon Khan 70-72-68,
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    • 225 48 Reuters. AUSTRALIA'S John Senden, winner of last week's John Deere Classic, recorded the second hole-in-one of this week's British Open in yesterday's third round. The 35-year-old from Brisbane aced the 198-yard, par-three 13th with a six-iron on his way to a one-over-par 73 at
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    • 353 49 Liverpool target Jermaine Pennant expects to start the season as a Birmingham player despite interest from the Anfield club. Rafael Benitez has already had a £3.5 million ($10.2 m) bid rejected for the former Arsenal trainee earlier this summer but the Reds are reportedly ready
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