The New Paper, 4 March 2007

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    22 1 the new paper Sunday 4 MARCH 2007 Singapore Press t* Holdings MICA (P) 196/12/2006 80 CENTS 8 *****1 *****9 the new paper
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon PONG!
      575 2  -  Expression to signify matching tiles S'pore kids are picking up mahjong from their parents. And some are betting on the side MAHJONG FEVER Joyce Lim Tin Wan Qi tnp@sph.eom.sg THE YOUNG are taking to mahjong with a fever akin to the online gaming craze. Grandparents might nod to see
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      Lock icon GAME!
      728 2  -  CC organises mahjong challenge to help raise funds. Encouraging gambling? Joyce Lim joycrl@sph.com.sg AMAHJONG tournament in the name of charity. This is what a Community Club is holding. To ride on the mahjong fever during the Chinese New Year period, Nee Soon East Community Youth Group is organising its
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      Lock icon MAHJONG WAS MY '2ND CCA'
      709 3  -  MAHJONG FEVER Lynette Lim lyncttel@sph.com sg CHILDREN have better luck. So claimed his relatives, and thus came his first experience with mahjong at the tender age of 10. Richard Toh, now 18, had been like any other kid his age then using the mahjong tiles
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      Lock icon IT'S OKAY IF STAKES ARE SMALL
      377 3  -  Mahjong mum on letting son play Lynette Lim lynettel<3>sph.com.sg CHINESE New Year is a season of happiness and joy, plus mahjong playing for the kids. And some parents do not see anything wrong with that. Madam Lim, who did not want to give her
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      Lock icon HONEY, LET'S GET MOONY ABROAD
      429 4  -  After exchanging marriage vows, S'porean couples are indulging in exotic photoshoots Woon Wui Tek wuitek@sph.com.sg A WEDDING shoot at the Botanic Gardens doesn't cut it anymore. Singaporean bridal couples are going farther afield for exotic photos as far as Sydney and Italy. And this has
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      Lock icon BIGGER 'DRIVE-THRU' HORROR KITCHENS BUSTED
      832 5  -  The authorities raided an unlicensed caterer in Geylang after our expose on 22 Dec last year. Now they've found even 'bigger fish'just 600 m away Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg lUST as the stoves of one unlicensed caterer were put out, other illegal kitchens sprouted. But
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      Lock icon SOME OF THE WORKERS TRIED TO ESCAPE
      236 5 AS a result of The New Paper's tip-off, 11 foreigners were arrested by the Ministry of Manpower for working illegally at the unlicensed kitchen on Lorong 8 Geyiang. One Bangladeshi was booked by the National Environment Agency for operating a catering service without
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      Lock icon HOME IN A PARK, CITY IN A GARDEN
      605 6 The S'pore Dream DESMOND NG and Infographics journalist LEE HUP KHENG gaze into the future after the Government outlines plans in Parliament to build HDB flats in condo-like garden settings YOUR home is in a park, your city is in a garden.
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      Lock icon TWIN GRANNIES GROOVE AT '8080' BASH
      823 7  -  HAPPINESS Their families throw retro birthday party for them in Punggol void deck Mindy Tan mindytan@sph.com.sg SISTERHOOD could not have been any better at age 80. Especially when they are granny twins. Last Saturday, sisters Philomena and Theresa Soh kissed each other in front
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      Lock icon TWIN TOTS DON'T GIVE A TOSS
      535 9  -  Tears and chaos ensue when 13 pairs of twins meet for first time to lo hei [DOUBLE L Mindy Tan mindytan@sph.com.sg GOOD things come in pairs twin-seat strollers, matching bottles and two plates of yusheng. These were just some of the items that doubled
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      Lock icon She's top student AGAIN AGAIN' AND... AGAIN
      611 10  -  A-level results PSLE exams: She scores 289 aggregate O levels: She scores 10 Als A levels: She scores four As and three distinctions Cara Van Miriah caravm@sph.com sg DETERMINED. That is how this top student describes herself. When faced with a difficult maths
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      Lock icon BACKPACKER BONANZA
      783 11  -  Land prices in Dunlop St go up, as catering to'cheap' travellers proves lucrative REPORT AND PICTURES Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THE blonde or brunette hair tourists trott in and out of the shophouses or just lounge around. Beer or travel book in hand, they sport the almost uniform look
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      323 11  -  Cara Van Miriah carovm Qsph.comjg HE was trapped between a lorry and a car. And it took officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) eight minutes to extricate him with a hydraulic streader-ctitter. The man, a Bangladeshi worker, was rushed to
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      Lock icon FORBIDDEN LOVE
      976 12 German man falls in love with sister they have 4 kids. They now ask German court to legalise incest AS a 3-year-old, Patrick Stuebing was given up for adoption. When the German, living in the city of Leipzig, reached the age of 18, he started to search for
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      Lock icon EUROPEANS LIGHTEN UP ON INCEST, SHOULD OTHERS?
      410 12  -  Ng Tze Yong tzcyong@sph.com.sg f THE German "incest couple" wants to fight to legalise their relationship. Romantics fighting against conservative oppression or just a twisted human tale? France's incest laws were abolished in 1810 by Napoleon. Incest is also not illegal in the
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      Lock icon SPEARED TO DEATH BY STEEL RODS
      388 13 2 Umno leaders killed in crash on way to training course HE was bored sitting at the back of the bus. So village headman and Umno branch chairman Mohd Kamal Idris moved to the front of the bus to chat with the driver. It
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      Lock icon IS COIN METAL GOING ELSEWHERE?
      262 13 Probe in Malaysia IS there a shortage of coins in Malaysia? Some say yes. And the country's central bank is taking this talk seriously. The New Straits Times reported that Bank Negara Malaysia is investigating the activities of the company supplying metal to make the
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      Lock icon SLEAZE & TELL
      1159 15 SLEAZE TELL Hollywood madam tells all in book WHEN Jody "Babydol" Gibson (below) moved to Hollywood in 1984, she hoped to embark on a singing career that would make her famous. She eventually succeeded in getting her name in the papers, but not in the way she had hoped. Ms
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    • SNAPSHOT
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        38 16 George Bush is a man of conviction and dearly a hard man to change. When reality confronts his plans he does not alter them but instead alters his understanding of reality. -Gary Younge in The Guardian
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        Lock icon COMA BOY DIES
        86 16 THE 10-year-old boy who was in a coma at KK Women's and Children's Hospital after an accident on 23 Feb, died yesterday morning. See Jiao Jie was cycling home from a tuition class when he was hit by a taxi, just 500 m from his block on
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        Lock icon EASIER TO RENT HDB FLATS
        120 16 THOSE who have lived in their HDB flats for five years are to be allowed to rent them out. Those who have bought the flats without Government money can do so after three years. This means that about 650,000 out of the total of more
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        Lock icon GENTING OUT OF MACAU, STAR OUT OF SENTOSA?
        75 16 GENTING International told the Singapore Exchange yesterday that it was pulling out of a proposed partnership with Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho. It would sell its 25 per cent share of the Macau joint venture to Star Cruises for HK$5B.5 million ($11.44
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        Lock icon SHAVE YOU, SHAVE ME
        48 16 NEARLY 2,000 people gathered at the Suntec City fountain yesterday evening and had a shave. It was the launch of Gillette's new Fusion shaving system. The company pledged $25,000 to Tnc Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund at the event 1 i m picture/
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        Lock icon MP WANTS PUSH FOR'COOL SINGAPORE'
        170 16 IT MAY MEAN A BfT OF CHAOS, BUT IF someone offered you a leather wallet here for $2, you might try to haggle, Mr Chan Soo Sen said in Parliament yesterday. But in Milan, Italy, you might "happily pay 200 euros and say how wonderful
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        Lock icon JAKARTA WANTS BORDER SETTLEMENT, MORE $ FOR SAND
        203 16 JAKARTA WANTS BORDER SETTLEMENT, MORE FOR SAND INDONESIA will not resume sand exports until Singapore settles border disputes, The Jakarta Post quoted a minister as saying. Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Minister Freddy Numberi also said Jakarta would want to renegotiate the price of sand and determine which areas could safely
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        59 16 A man who stormed into a bank in Vienna waving a gun and held four people hostage for five hours took calls from customers and offered them loans. But the bank was next to a police station and he eventually gave himself up. He came out to find angry
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      7 2 MAHJONG WAS MY '2ND CCA7 Next page
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      88 2 tnpjg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800-*****55 OUR IN-LAWS Ifs great to have a mum-in-lawto indulge you, as long as she's not living with you 29 OUR DOUBLE STANDARDS AS PARENTS I'll make my kids draw the line at danger at work, even if I don't always do so 30 OUR GRANDMA'S
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      Lock icon YOUNG GELEBS ALSO GO TILE-CRAZY
      1040 18  -  Mahjong fuddy-duddy? MAHJONG MADNESS Hon Jing Yi honjy<Q>sph. corrt.sg MAHJONG is not just gaining popularity among teenagers. Many young celebrities are hooked on the game too. From Campus Superstar finalist 9 Geraldine See to actresses like Ong Ai Leng and Michelle Chia, the mahjong tiles
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      Lock icon Tiles to perk up your game
      233 19 Mahjong MADNESS j f7\ EBONY AND jVl/ IVORY M M For mahjong tiles I with a twist, check HF out this black-coloured mahjong set. For a more opulent feel, these pure ivory tiles are possibly the most expensive tiles available here. Where to buy:
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      138 19 That upon winning a 13 "wonders" hand, the player has to walk around the table and give a hongbao to the owner of the house? That it is considered taboo to leave the mahjong table during the West Wind, as this supposedly causes one's luck to change?
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      169 19 I DO our reports put you in the mood for mahjong? I You can pick up some mahjong tips and tricks by I tuning in to Kung Fu Mahjong 2, a comedy on Star Chinese Movies (Star Hub Ch 62) on Tuesday at
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      Lock icon Everything but the egg
      628 20  -  My kitchen's smarter than I am, yet it does... Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg I USED to think that my study was the hi-tech showpiece of the house. But the kitchen is taking over. I didn't realise it till I bought a new fridge last week. It's
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      719 21  -  Jriienj learnt to J Veena Bharwani veenab@sph.com.sg HAPPY was the word that characterised my two-day affair with Bali. It first surfaced when I overheard this conversation between an Indonesian and an American tourist: "You happy, sir?" the Balinese customs official asked Mr American. "Happy? Of course I'm
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      Lock icon I'm an orphan-in-law
      611 22  -  Ivy Ong-Wood Columnist tnpfQsph.comsg AT a recent gathering with a group of women—wives of my husband's friends the conversation started to lag after the initial pleasantries. Until one woman mentioned that she lived with her in-laws. Suddenly, everyone had a scary in-law story to share. The one
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      Lock icon It's a fine line between thrill and danger
      611 23  -  Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg I WAS having lunch with a young colleague when she told me about her "fun" assignments. Once she had to hire a male escort to find out what these men did for $200 an hour. "They sleep with women,
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      787 25  -  Malay for grandmother KF Seetoh Columnist tnpQsph.com.sg WELL before our beloved curry puff epoch, there was epok epok, a humble, nondescript-looking Malay curry puff stuffed with spicy potatoes. The first record of the curry puff here was when Mr Chan Hinky obtained his
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      369 26  -  YOGA FOR EYECAREI Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg DO you ever exercise your eyes? I can bet that, unless you have bad eyesight or some eye problem, you never do. Whatever the problem, yoga exercises can help keep your eyes healthy and relaxed. Let's start by washing
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      841 27  -  Natural-health advocate (right) wants prata sellers to stop using trans fat Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg THIS is one of the many aims of Mr Richard Seah's Stop Trans Fats campaign to get all roti prata sellers here to switch from margarine to trans-fat-free
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      175 28 our sunonv IF YOU MUST STAY IN ALL DAY... H 7th Heaven X I Cheerleader Nation/Cops Planet's Funniest Animals I Running Mates (Movie) I Extreme Makeover (Variety) I Jack And Bobby (Drama) I Making Of Men In Black II I Evening At The Academy (Awards: The Winners (Variety) Inside Design
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    278 29 OUR SUNDAY Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpf0nim@sph.c0m.sg Boo! Huang Hou! I just love you so much! Words can t further describe what you are to me. 0 X Bennett
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S IPOH RESULTS
      785 31 GOING: YIELDING 5 BOLDER MMHT 55 (14-5) BShahrul (5) 1 1 1 (483) 2 SUPER LAD 55 (40-8) SHLee (7) 2 2 2 (458) 0.75L 1 BLORY KIN8D0M 55 (9-5) YFLeonfl (4) 4 4 3 (447) 3 Winning stabte Golden Knight. TrahMr. Kevin Coetzee. Tlm: 1 min
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      Lock icon SHAHRUL TAKES OVER THE LEAD
      163 31 ANEW leader has emerged in the jockeys' table in Malaysia. A double at Ipoh yesterday has catapulted jockey II Shahrul Buang Nizam L (left) to be a winner ahead R of former champion Azhar Ismail at 12 winners so far I this season. Both Shahrul's
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S WATC (ASCOT) RESULTS
      515 31 GOING: GOOD 7 UMVEMAL RULER 55 (34-6) RSupitn (7) 1 6 OTY OF SOU. 55 (12-6) JValas (3) 2 2 IHMFTED56(17-6) SMcGruddy (5) 3 Tralnar. DT McAuliffe. Margins: B>/ 2 ,1 Nk. Time: 1 min 03.895ec. Forecast $14. Placa forecast $4 (Nos. 2-6), $15 (Nos. 2-7),
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      1061 32 Preview and tips by Phillip Woo, courtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. RACE 1 (1,600 m): It's as shallow a race as you'll ever get. Rising Win (No. 9) failed to figure at his last two starts, but is one of the main chances
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      903 32 GOING FORECAST: FIRM no. NORKHMK T1U IB ■I JOCKEY T~ c l3I _J ■1 FCoaOM 133 1 n I't" I'T 1 M OMoms 132 3 Tmsaun JM KLChuK-7) 132 5 4 THJECOH TYCOON B'l AD*m* 131 7 5 ftURPLAY ATM ASM* 1» 13
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      103 33 (Race 4 No. 6) BEST BET The combination of trainer Kevin Coetzee and jockey BN Shahrul, who has been enjoying a tremendous run of success, looks to have another excellent chance in die shape of Success Happy. The Greenlander four-year-old is ready to greet the judge after four
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      706 33 RACE 1: Prior to loading, YAMASAW was examined by the vet and passed fit to race. DREAM DANCER was slow to begin and showed no early pace. BOOMER CAPITAL laid out over the final 200m. Jockey YF Leong reported that YIN KHING was
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      1296 34 GOOD TO YIELDING Race 1 Ke. Last 6 rwi HM 1 Mftq i jmm > 155 1 -034 GOLDEN RRC HEART 56 (47) *lLTaic3 s (3ac A Rahim-GoWen Rainbow) 2 SINMA HMJA 55 (40) *S Thai Yang c3 a (3ao Coetzw-Sinma) 3 -***** VICTORY
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      78 34 RACE 3: Titanium, Port Of Hainan, Olympic Sun, Polar Star, Jeram Fire, China Town King. RACE 4: Strong And Gentle, Out Of Quandary, Success Happy, Belmoral Park, Rap Without. RACE 5: Big Crown, Choy Wong, Speedy Wong Choy, Dynawing, High Prodigious. RACE 6: Wunderbar. RACE 7: Business Boss, Caldecott
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      Lock icon MATCHPLAY SNOOZE-FEST
      762 35 Stave N«w«ll, who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, has written several golf books. Newell now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els PLEASE forgive me. I am about to jump back onto one of my favourite hobby horses namely, the futility of
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      694 36 JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC: AFP. RICHARD Steme started the Johnnie Walker Gassic with a three-over-par 75 and looked a safe bet to miss the cut. Now, he's got the trophy dead in his sights. The South African fired a second consecutive 64 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead into
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      Lock icon Honda Classic Co-leader Allenby hoping to end winless streak
      315 36 AP. ROBERT Allenby finished his round around lunchtime, and left PGA National thinking he'd be within two of three shots of the lead by day's end. He, ultimately, was wrong, and probably thrilled. Allenby shot a two-under 68 on Friday, getting
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      Lock icon HOCKEY HAZARD WHAT THE AUTHORITIES SAY THIS CAUSED THIS SPORTS FRIENDLY OR UNFRIENDLY?
      1242 37 Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, ERNEST LUIS looks at the issue of safety at hockey pitches here in Singapore
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      Lock icon GRATITUDE OF A SIMPLE LION
      1371 39  -  Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg FAME. It's often the highway to swollen heads. If you score the goal that clinches your country the region's most prestigious football competition, you're bound to grab the headlines. When Khairul Amri smashed in a thunderbolt to help Singapore to a 3-2
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      Lock icon Q&A WITH KHAIRUL AMRI
      176 39 Paul Gascoigne or Paul Ince? Ince. That's because I support Manchester United. But, actually, I prefer watching the players who are more creative, like Shahril Ishak. However, you still need the likes of combative players like Mustafic Fahrudin to have a balance in the team. Brazil
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      Lock icon My boys are ready for battle
      483 40  -  ASEAN YOUTH FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Lim Say Heng npsports@sph. com.sg SINGAPORE Under-21 team coach Terry Pathmanathan is quietly confident of his team's chances of doing well in the 2007 Asean Youth Football Championship. "We are shaping up well, the boys are training every day since
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      Lock icon IT'S WAR
      581 41 epl 2003/07 Wire Services. ARSENE Wenger has declared war on the English FA. And it could get bloody. "Shoot me, if you must," he challenged the FA, as war clouds gathered. "Put me up against a wall and shoot me," he challenged the enemy. Then, like a general
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      Lock icon GOAL CRAZY
      586 42 AFP. CHEEKY, cheeky Craig Bellamy. When Liverpool striker Bellamy took an imaginary golf swing after scoring a goal against Barcelona two weeks ago, he evoked memories of other bizarre and noteworthy football celebrations. Footballers have never been lauded for their intelligence, but they can distinguish themselves with their
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      Lock icon FIVE OF THE WEIRDEST CELEBRATIONS
      761 42 AFP. KLINSMANN'S DIVING LESSONS IN 1994, new Tottenham signing Juergen Klinsmann jetted into north London from Monaco with a reputation as a "diver" a man who would go down whenever a penalty was in the offing. The German striker knew that the best way to
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    • epl 2006/07
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        Lock icon MATCH 0309: BOLTON v BLACKBURN
        446 43  -  BETfflfi TEAM FACTS by LIM HAN MING MARKET TALK by BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: BOLTON: O'Brien (injured); Davies (doubtful) BLACKBURN: Savage. Ooijer, Reid (injured) LASTMEETING: 22 Oct, 2006 Blackburn 0 Bolton 1 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Bolton 61; Blackburn 53; draws 35 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESUL TS:
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        Lock icon MATCH 0310: WEST HAM v TOTTENHAM
        441 43 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: WEST HAM: Gabbidon, Ashton, Collins (injured); Neill, Upson (doubtful) TOTTENHAM: Assou-Ekotto, King, Dervite (injured); Huddlestone, Barnard, Gardner (doubtful); Keane (suspended) LAST MEETING: 22 Oct, 2006 Spurs 1 West Ham 0 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: West Ham 43; Spurs 51; draws 33 LAST FIVE LEAGUE
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        Lock icon Great value for Spurs win
        598 44  -  G Chris Hammer Jonathan Turner PA Sport WEST HAM v TOTTENHAM (West Ham 0 Tottenham 2) IT'S very, very rarely you see a set of prices which simply look wrong but that's the case here. Because Tottenham look huge value at 13/10 ($2.30) the best
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        Lock icon Curbishley reads riot act on players' out-of-control gambling
        655 45 Wire Services. IS it any wonder the Hammers are in total free-fall? West Ham were played off the park last week by relegation rivals Charlton, losing 4-0 at the Valley. Then on Friday, the east London side was charged by the Premier
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        Lock icon HAMMER BLOWS
        430 45 West Ham face EPL expulsion for Mascherano-Tevez deal Wire Services. STRUGGLING West Ham are facing the threat of expulsion from the Premiership. The Hammers have been charged for breaching Premiership rules by signing Argentina stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano last year. The league's rules forbid the ownership
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        Lock icon It's dirty work and I'm going to do it
        460 45 Wire Services. BENNI McCarthy has vowed to do the "dirty work" necessary to regain his place in Blackburn's first team. The South African was given an enforced rest by Blackburn boss Mark Hughes for the last two games after the manager's
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        Lock icon THE PEN IS MIGHTIER FOR GUNNER SILVA
        557 46  -  By Darren Speed SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Arsenal halted a run of three straight defeats with a 2-1 Barclays Premiership victory over Reading at the Emirates Stadium. A penalty from Gilberto and a fine individual effort from fellow Brazilian Julio Baptista settled matters in the
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        Lock icon Folan proves good value for money
        163 46 PA Sport BARGAIN-BUY Caleb Folan condemned struggling Manchester City to a fourth consecutive Premiership defeat and put Wigan tantalisingly close to survival. The £500,000 transfer-window arrival from Chesterfield nodded home Latics' first-half winner to continue a revival which seems certain to preserve their top-flight
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        Lock icon Ambrose rescues Addicks
        480 47 Round-Up WATFORD moved off the foot of the Premier League table for the first time since early December, but were denied all three points by a spirited Charlton fight back. First-half goals from Hameur Bouazza and Damien Francis gave Watford a deserved lead, but Luke Young and
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        Lock icon MAGPIES FAIL TO CAPITALISE
        570 47  -  By Damien Spellman SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport NEWCASTLE'S hopes of qualifying for Europe took a major dent as they failed to make the most of their dominance of derby rivals Middlesbrough. In a game of few genuine chances, the Magpies made and squandered the best of
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    • epl 2006/07 SHOWDOWN
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        Lock icon Man U destined to be champs
        742 48 LIVERPOOL 0 MAN UNITED 1 GARY LIM: What about the match caught your eye? TOHARI: Steven Gerrard was once again played on the right flank. As a result, he was almost ineffective in the first half. What can he do on the right? Everything
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        Lock icon Red Devils may land winger Nani
        209 48 PA Sport PORTUGUESE winger Nani is one of Manchester United's main close season targets, according to reports. The Red Devils are currently flying high at the top of the Premiership table, but the signs are they're hoping to get even stronger once the season
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        Lock icon BENITEZ STUNNED BY DEFEAT
        351 49 PA Sport. Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez looked stunned by the defeat. He said: "I would have trouble explaining how we lost that in Spanish in English I find it almost impossible." Liverpool took command of the first half of the match and in the second, dominated
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        Lock icon ANY FEARS FOR MAN U?
        283 49 Dear readers, It's time for the first Question of die Week, for March. We bid goodbye to our kind sponsor for February—Nike and will announce our March prize sponsor for The Postman series, on Tuesday. Man U, with nine games to go, are well clear
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        Lock icon RED-HOT FINISH
        32 50 LIVERPOOL 0 MAN UNITED 1 TIME: 88th mill SAVE CROUCH HUUm gTfff11ftTt^Tf??TTfM ,_w. j» -t United have a free kick outside the liverpool box. TIME: 90+1 min SCORE: 0-1 O'SHEA
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        Lock icon YES, WE WERE LUCKY
        466 51 I Ferguson: AFP. SIR Alex Ferguson admitted Manchester United have got lucky in the Premiership tide race after his 10-men snatched a dramatic 1-0 win against Liverpool last night. United were under pressure for long spells of the second half at Anfield and were clinging on
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        Lock icon WHAT INJUSTICE
        768 52  -  LIVERPOOL 0 MAN UNITED f LIVERPOOL 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 John O'Shea (90+1) f TV VIEW Gary Lim npsports@sph.comsg WHAT dominance. What injustice. And what drama in the dying moments of the match. In the end, all Liverpool could do was cry their hearts out for losing a
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        Lock icon WHAT FORTUNE
        786 53  -  TV VIEW Lim Han Ming npsports<B)sph.eom.sg HE could hardly believe his team's luck. Neither could the shell-shocked Liverpool supporters at Anfield. like a manager who just notched the first win of his managerial career, a jubilant Sir Alex Ferguson pranced up and down the touchline with unbridled joy.
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      Lock icon YOU LUCKY DEVILS
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