The New Paper, 1 October 2006

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    • 43 1 Bra xss Danties' ff Hougang Teen in women's underwear picks on young girls. One victim flashed 3 times Most Viet sex workers disappear after stringent checks in Joo Chiat. One says she fears getting caught because... My S'pore boyfriend doesn't know I'm a
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  • sun news
    • 1104 2  -  Despite deaths of 2 Viet women in 6 months, one Viet prostitute says her biggest fear is not for her safety, but of getting caught and jailed Joyce Lim joycel @sph.com.sg THIS Viet girl is a student by day and a
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    • 781 4  -  Then: JooChiat was dubbed' New Geylang' due to the many prostitutes Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com. sg MENTION Joo Chiat and what comes to mind? Please, it's not sleaze. Instead, think of it as a place that is culturally vibrant, said its MP Chan Soo Sen. Mr Chan
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  • sun news
    • 828 6  -  Hougang teen flasher in women's undies. Young victim says: Report and picture Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg THE teen flasher wore panties and his other "costumes" included: A black bra, with a towel around his waist Topless with a pair of briefs A skirt. He struck
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    • 1006 7  -  Alvin Chiang alchiang@sph.com.sg THE two men had known each other for over 30 years, and were as close as brothers. The sons of one of the men called the other man
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    • 1068 8  -  Sprawling grounds as big as 12 basketball courts Rooms furnished with teakwood pieces and Buddhisminspired artwork Report by B Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@ K sph.com.sg Pictures by K Mohd Ishak ishak@ m sph.com.sg K THE master suite overlooks a lush lawn
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    • 1220 9  -  mmmmmmhhp Son turns salesman for mum's book on study mamas Tay Shran shian@sph.com.sgJ SHE thought the media spotlight on China study mamas had stoked Singaporeans' hunger for more stories about them. So study mama Dai Kai took a huge leap of faith she invested almost all
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    • Article, Illustration
      926 10  -  Boy, 9, sells stickers in school LITTLE SALESMEN Tah Jen Lee jenlee@sph.com.sg i IN the movie, I Not Stupid Too, a primary school boy sold his collection of Pokemon cards in school so he could buy an hour of his father's busy time. In real life, 9-year-old Rick
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    • 260 11 SHOULD students be allowed to sell things in primary school? Dr Lily Neo, who chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education, said: "Personally, of course I encourage children to have an entrepreneurial spirit but it's important to look at the context." Encouraging
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    • 471 12  -  HSBC WAKEBOARD WORLD CUP 10 years ago, paralysed from knee down Liew Hanqing hanqing@sph.com.sg HE thought he would never "fly" again. Professional waterskier Scot Ellis, 35, was known by his nickname "Rocketman" for his gravity-defying waterski jumps. But in 1995, a ski-jump crash left him paralysed from
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    • 289 13  -  Zaihan Mohd Yosof zaihan@sph.com.sg She was a national football team player in Holland. But Ms Denise de Haan(left), 20, decided that international soccer was no match for the thrill of wakeboarding. She tossed the ball away six years ago because "there's more future in
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    • 1078 14  -  Eugene Wee eugenew@sph .com. sg GROWING up in Morgantown, West Virginia, Miss Sarah Culberson couldn't help but wonder about her roots. Miss Culberson, who is of mixed African-Caucasian parentage, was adopted just two days after her first birthday by a
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    • 1068 15 If s a sordid tale of sex, drugs and videotape, with blackmail thrown in for good measure TWO JUDGES, A CLEANER THEIR AP. SHE was an illegal immigrant in Britain, yet she was given a job as a cleaner by a female immigration judge. And when Roselane
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    • 461 15 BEFORE getting in bed with a judge, Roselane Driza was involved with someone on the other end of the law— an alleged mafia serial killer. Driza, whose maiden name is Nonato, met Sokol Drenova shortly after arriving in Britain in 1998, reported The
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    • 464 16 WORLD'S No 1 CHESS PLAYER 'WINS' AS OPPONENT STAGES PROTEST IN TOILET wire services. AFTER he went to the toilet more than 50 times during a World Chess Championship match on Thursday, Russian Vladimir Kramnik's opponent raised a stink. He's cheating, charged World No 1 Veselin Topalov. A
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    • Snap Shot
      • 64 17 In a lot of ways, the book is sort of like cotton candy; it kind of melts on contact We've read this book before. Rather than a state of denial, ifs a state of the obvious. White House spokesman Tony Snow reacting to Bob Woodward's latest book. State
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      • 76 17 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that Community Development Councils (CDCs) not only bring the people closer through their work but they also help needy residents cope with hardship through innovative schemes. He was speaking at the North East CDC's members appointment ceremony yesterday.
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      • 110 17 THE US Congress on Friday approved the defence budget for next year, Which boosts spending to U*****.6b (Ss7o9b), including USs7ob for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The budget biH was passed unanimously by the Senate, just three days after it gained approval in a 394-26
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      • 67 17 INDONESIAN police said yesterday that they were tightening security across Bali on the eve of the first anniversary of the bombings. Last year's 1 Oct attacks by Islamic extremists killed 15 Indonesians, four Australians and one Japanese. Heightened security was "necessary because many visitors, including Australians
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      • 64 17 THEY have been married for six years, but Mr Chan Chang Leek, andhis wtfePei V* Fang got another chance to put on their wedding suit and gown yesterday^ They hosted a special garden wedding party at the bus-stop outside Piaza Singapura, as part of
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      • 165 17 CONSPIRACY TO SELL MISSILES, GUNS TO TAJML TIGERS SINGAPOREAN Haniffa Osman and three others have been charged in the US for conspiring to tifell arms and equipment to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger- rebels, US officials said on Friday. Among those charged are two Indonesians Erick
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      • 189 17 THE Brazilian Air Force yesterday found the Gol Airlines jet which went missing a day earlier with 155 people on board. It was on a flight from an Amazon jungle city to the capital, Brasilia, Globo television reported. It was not immediately known if there
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      • 51 17 AN Indian grandmother has revealed she eats a kilo of sand a day to stay healthy. Ram Rati, 80, considers sand an essential part of her daily diet. Her grand-daughter, Shikha, said: "The doctor said if she has no health problems, let her eat. We think it suits her
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  • 765 18  -  Old haunts draw new crowds mwiti J NEW PAPER Carpich Car complex, Oosh, opening next month, jthis lifestyle hub is becoming v Singapore's hippiest spot This once sleepy enclave isjust one of the few districts undergoing changes. While bohemian hotspots like Tanglin Village,Wessex Estate, Chip
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 673 21  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg THE late Indian leader Gandhi, in the last few years of his life, decided he would set aside a full day each week when he wouldn't open his mouth to say anything. I know a few
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    • 299 22  -  Ivy Chng Wood ■i Coiumnisl tnpOsph.oom.sg wftsk isfc-2B>• 5 **<■ £9 m Efe-t complains that since my wedding, she just doesn't see me any more. "Not true," I countered, but deep down, I knew shewasrfgbt gssx* togooutmry 1 Qa S r <k Tiiliku
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    • 587 22  -  David Turner Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is a tiny country. If the NeWater plant malfunctioned and flooded Singapore, it still wouldn't qualify as a lake. Yet, how often have you heard (or even said to yourself) those three words that businesses beyond the city limits
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    • 382 23  -  Zoe Tay and her Top Gun grace the launch of IWC's timepiece Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikcboo@sph.com.sg WHEN you want to launch a pilot's watch, who do you call? Top Gun, of course. But now that Mr Top-Gun-Cruise has been demoted to a mere pistolet,
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    • 215 24 bitdiaboutcorner YOU know that saying: "Variety is the spice of life"? Great for shoes and bags, but I just wish it didn't apply to mooncakes. Shopping for a box of mooncakes for my grandmother turned out to be a frustrating affair last weekend. All she
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    • 868 25  -  KP Sectoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg WHAT would you say to a 300g grilled New Zealand rib-eye steak with side dishes at $11? How about a 400g chargrilled New Zealand Porterhouse steak at $25.90? And no, this isn't any promo gimmick. Rub your eyes, read it again
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 375 27  -  Yoga for flexibility 3 Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg AS we get older, we get stiffer. We spend long hours at work, sitting at desks. We're not as active as before. We get tense and stressed and this accumulates in the body as stiffness. Energy
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    • 746 28  -  Have problems sleeping? Joseph Guan tn p@sph.com.sg TOSSING restlessly in bed? Trying to fall asleep by counting sheep but it doesn't work? All of us have experienced insomnia at some point in.our lives. Over the years, I have gathered a variety of sleep techniques
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      284 29 Here's a whole new way of getting heard. Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it. Send your pictures and messages t0... tnpforum@sph.com.sg To our 2 precious, both of u bring so much joy happiness to the family. Daddy
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 55 30 IF YOU MUST STAY IN ALL DAY... Channel 5 Xiaolin Showdown 111 Yugiohl Duel Monsters 111 Zatch Bell/Beyblade G Revolution Challenge/Subra And Friends II Cooking For Love/Jithan (Tamil Movie) Ha Ha HaSirippu II Miss Vasantham 2006 Sa Ri Ga Mae II Vasantham Tamil News Lilies Of The Field (Movie) Urbanation
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    • 101 30 Channel 8 My Mighty E-Bot Magical Hands Where The Queue Starts Dining Surprise/Oh Mother! The Weird Weird Shop Ah Hong Food Tour God 01 Food Singapore Today It's Showtime! Japanese Cuisine Special News 8 At Ten/TR Report The Great Adventurer Sunday Midnight Movie: First Love Unlimited Golden Age 7J0 9.90
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    • 113 30 OR CATCH THEM AT LPWIBCITY(R2I) BV-MS 9.40 •V-PS 10.20 am, 12.30pm, 7 QO Q •in SO-LD 1.15pm, 5.45,7.45, 9.45 CA-TC3.lspm, 7.20,9.25 CA-OC 11.10 am, 1.15pm, 3.20,5.25,7.30,9.35 iITTII •NH 5.15pm, 9.10 (MM 2.90pm, 4.50,7.10, &S0 ■Y-P6 10.15 am, 12.25pm, 235,4.55.7.15,9.35 11.15 am, 1.20pm, 3.25, 7.40,9.45 CMC 11.15 am, 1.15pm, 5.15,10 CA-6C
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    • 93 30 5.30,8.30 •Ni 1230pm, 3.16,6.10, 106 v Whtt 1035 am, Ipm, 3.45,4, 6.30,6.45,9.15,9.40 v"% 6i-Ulo3oom, 11.15,1pm, 1.45,3.30,4.15,6; 6.46, 9.15 IMJ 11.15 am, 1.45pm, 4.15, 6.45,9.15 IfrM 10.30 am, 11.15,1pm, 1.45,3.30 m, 4.15,6,6.45, 8.30,9.15 CA-TC 11am, 1.30pm, 330, 4.15,6.15,7,9,9.45 CMC 11.10 am, 12.30pm, 1.50,3.10,4.30,5.50,7.10, 6.30,9.50,11.15.1.50 am HMTHim, 11.30,1.30pm, 2,4,4.30,6.30,7,9,9.30 MIAMI VICE (NCI6)
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  • SUN RACING
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      89 31 Racing Editor More Tan a Tan Thean Loon TESM mSt1 5- i 4 Brief Silence 16 Cheerful Smile fjj JUHS9BH HRn 5 Mega Best 1 1 1 2 We Got It 9 Benbaun T J IJustUke Tiger 3 Govemator 14 Silent Witness 9 Ripening 11 Eagle Phoenix 4
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      177 31 General. Raise Your Voice, Winning Eleven, True Aristocrat, Herecomewongchoy, Hombre. MCE 2: Lucky It' Safe, We Got ft, Brief Silence. Seven Days Aweek, Banker Way, Godlike, Classy Star, Mi Beetz, TKkaca, Kelven's Express. MB 3; Zeus Power, Soonsoon Leeiee, Caidecott Star, Rainbow Sapphire, Joker Shanhou, Wild Queen, Meiang Special,
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    • 45 31 IfMrm rBEfUBGB None of his scvsfl rivsls C3fi hold cindit to Mnr mnner hss Kmh Qoino orMt nuns notch!no flit PorwtfiQ sod two seconds in six outings this and set sail fSrhome without too much bothe? under jockey Richard Urn (left) once more.
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    • 758 31 RACE 1: ROYAL PARADE was examined by the vet surgeon and passed fit to race. CITY VISION was restless and broke through his barrier. He was quickly restrained, examined by the vet surgeon and passed fit to race. CITY VISION jumped
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    • 1692 32 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TO SOFT Race 1 rm 1 -032 2 -8-1 3 0963 4 450C 5 3392 6 0078 7 4I0G 1 086C 9 -602 10 6885 11 064€ 12 094-1 13 0-06 14 -700 16 DOUBLE JOY 57 (48) MAu 14 (7ag SB
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    • 907 33 RACE 1: Miracle Dragon (No. 6) is a much-improved runner following a stable change. He was a clear second behind runaway winner Super Dana over today's trip at his latest run. Februro (No. 2) is always going to be a question mark
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    • 1227 33 Swopping places: In Race 8, Lucky Baby has been withdrawn. In his place is Zavone, ridden by jockey Gerald Mosse in barrier No. 3 and carrying 131lbs. ftMl:Cta»S- 1Mb TtaKl2^5 musa m HO. HORSE NAME TRAJNER JOCKEY WTQ
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    • 452 34  -  Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg THE aptly-named Givmiasmile certainly brought smiles to his connections when he made a winning debut in Race 4 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The three-year-old Shinko Forest gelding, who is prepared by trainer V Nathan, gave visiting Australian jockey Scott Leckey a
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    • 513 34 GOING: GOOD |Race 1 1994 Premiers H'cap 2400m WWT m T IM JACK 57 (7*5) TTunitr (3) 1 H r tswwm 6 MMKOKJ m 54 (122-31) Tftamrtl (2) 3 Trainer LW Healey. Margies: 1,2 V4. Thaa: 2min 31.21 sec. Ferecast: $5. Tierce: $83. Coarse scratcbiag:
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    • 811 34 GOING: YIELDING 1 Race 1 Class 5 Oiv 3 1200m M^w] ■TBTK] ■KV' J it T^slWRMRMMnr Winning liable. Celestial King. Trainer Leslie Khoo. Margins: 1 y«, ns, 1. Time: 1 min 12.3sec. Forecast $182. Place forecaet $56 (Nos. 1 -6), $21 (Nos. 1-11), $25 (Nos: 6-11).
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  • SUN SPORTS
    • Mad about golf
      • 573 35 AFP. WORLD No. 1 Tiger Woods has vowed not to pick up a golf club for a fortnight following the current World Golf Championship event at The Grove in England. That is good news for his rivals as Woods looks set for
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      • 364 35 AFP. INDIA'S Rahil Gangjee held off a sizzling charge by Taiwan's Lin Wen-hong to keep the lead at the third round of the Taiwan Masters yesterday. Gangjee shot an even-par round for a three-day total of208, putting him eight-under-par at the Taiwan Golf and Country
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      • 763 36 WITHOUT wishing to be swept along on a wave of hyperbole, it's hard to imagine there ever being a better spectacle for the game of golf than last week's Ryder Cup. It was a magnificent display of sport and sportsmanship. I guess the
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        235 36 GOLFING enthusiasts need no introduction to TaylorMade drivers, hybrids, irons and putters. But TaylorMade balls? Now, that's something new. TaylorMade Golf Company has introduced two new premium golf balls the Tour Preferred Red, or TP Red in short, and the TP Black golf balls. The new balls, which
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    • The Sporty BOSSES
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        987 37  -  AL R Dizon npsports@sph.com. sg VIVEK Chatrath is a true-blue "roadie" a man with a passion for pounding the pedal. The first clue to his favourite pastime is a a huge Lance Armstrong poster in his office. Then, he reveals the serious mileage he clocks up. On
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      • 249 37 ON many of his cycling trips out of Singapore, Vivek Chatrath has been rewarded with memorable incidents. Last December, he rode from Singapore to the Thai border with a couple of friends. Near Segamat, on die outskirts of Temerloh, cruising at almost 30km/h, his breath was
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      • 385 38 VIVEKCHATRATH talks about getting the right bike "THERE are many models of bikes out there. If you are a serious biker, you can't afford to get your bicycle off the shelf, adjust the seat height, and go. "Getting a suitable bike of the right size
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    • SINGAPORE AT LARGE
      • 649 39 Every Sunday, ERNEST LUIS probes or profiles the Singapore sports scene In a column called Singapore at Large. Today, he features the best of the 124 entries received from thepublk for our call to re-design the Uons'national Jersey, after shortlisting them urith The
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      • 1067 40  -  Ashikin Hashim npsports@sph.com.sg MANY Singaporeans spend their weekends watching the English Premier League (EPL), but not them. They aren't interested in Liverpool's dipping form or Jose Mourinho's uncontrollable urge to mouth off. They're part of a growing group of female fans who prefer to watch
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      • 169 40 THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has been organising activities for women interested in football for the past six years. In 2000, the organisation only had 400 members in their female divisions. The number jumped to 2,500 this year. Julie Teo, the
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      • 174 40 THE New Paper reported on ESPN STAR Sports' findings last year that there had been a significant increase among female fans watching the Champions League. For women aged between 25 and 44, the ratings jumped from an estimated 235,000 viewers in the
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      • 539 41 ALONSO: Reuters. FORMULA One world champion Fernando Alonso cares little about how popular he is with the fans, so long as he remains a winner. The Renault driver shrugged off a survey, published this week by the governing International Automobile Federation (FLA), that saw
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      • 301 41 DEFENDING world champion Fernando Alonso was brimming with confidence after dominating yesterday's qualifying session for today's Chinese Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Alonso claimed the 15th pole position of his career while his nearest rival in this year's tide race, Ferrari's Michael Schumacher,
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      • 372 43 TOTTENHAM v PORTSMOUTH Wire Services. SPURS host high-flying Portmouth at White Hart Lane, hoping to end a goal drought in the Premiership totalling more than seven hours. Despite boasting a strikeforce comprising Robbie Keane, Mido and Jermain Defoe, Spurs have found the target just twice this
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      • 352 43 WEST HAM v READING PA Sport. WEST HAM boss Alan Pardew (left) comes up against former club Reading today knowing that after four defeats on the trot, victory is vital. The Hammers have now gone seven games without a win since the opening day victory over Charlton
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      • 281 43 BLACKBURN v WIGAN PA Sport. WIGAN midfielder Lee McCulloch is ready to pump up the volume after a quiet start to the season for the Latics Manager Paul Jewell's new-look side have struggled to find their feet in the Premiership this season, taking just five points from their
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        455 44 MAN UTDV NEWCASTLE Wire Services. CARLOS Queiroz has warned a capacity Old Trafford crowd to prepare for showtime tonight. Manchester United's meetings with Newcastle have traditionally been among the more eye-catching in the Premiership calendar. Although it is an incredible 34 years since the Magpies last swooped to
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      • 267 44 Wire Services. IT TOOK him three years to prove himself at Manchester United, but Louis Saha believes he has now finally stepped out of Ruud van Nistelrooy's shadows. The French striker, who will line up against former club Newcasde tonight, has filled the void left by
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      • 436 45 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: WEST HAM: Ferdinand, Mears, Ashton, McCartney, Collins (injured) READING: Sodje, Kitson, Brown (injured) RECENT MEETINGS: 12 Mar, 2005 Reading 3 West Ham 1 (Championship) 10 Aug, 2004 West Ham 1 Reading 0 (Championship) HEAD-TO-HEAD: West Ham wins 2; Reading 2; draws 1 LAST
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