The New Paper, 24 June 2007

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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1149 2  -  Record $4m en bloc hope for one-time dump Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg I RATS once roamed freely in this condominium. It was also home to gamblers and prostitutes, and even construction workers who had to squeeze like sardines into each unit. Other transient residents included budget
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    • 481 3  -  Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg MOVING to Pacific Mansion used to be his biggest regret because he lost over $800,000 by doing so. Mr Cheng Geok Chor used to live in a two-storey shophouse on Campbell Lane but he sold it for $160,000 to move into a
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    • 198 3 Early 1990s Some apartments are used as workers' quarters and illegal accommodation for budget travellers. Outsiders also make use of the free parking facilities in the estate. 17 Apr 1991 Anti-vice officers and policemen uncover a brothel with 11 prostitutes operating in one unit. Operator Chua
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    • 71 2 mm I tnp@sph.com.sg |1805j[*****5 OUR 'mirror images' What's it like to be a twin, or one in a set of triplets? 28 ,1 V* nt my OUR friends... and foes Actor Julian Hee tells The New Paper On Sunday how criticism and betrayal drove him to depression 34 OUR yummy
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1268 5  -  REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR Tan May Ping mayping@sph.com.sg SHE was intelligent, aggressive and fiercely independent. Her aggression was reflected in testimony during the trial when she was reported to have called her lover a "*****" for ignoring her. Born in a country run by communists, she yearned
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    • 224 6 MONGOLIAN model Altantuya Shaariibuu was shot twice in the head and her body blown up with plastic explosives. She was allegedly killed after she demanded US$5OO,OOO ($770,000) from her former lover, prominent political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda. He has been charged with abetting her murder. Two
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    • 480 6 HIS GARANG WIFE SHE'S intelligent, aggressive and fiercely loyal. She has not only stood by her husband through revelations of his affair and accusations of his crime, she has done so loudly and aggressively. Her husband's affair with the victim has been the stuff of headlines and
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    • 331 8  -  REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR Tan May Ping mayping@sph.com.sg HER job as a translator was her ticket to travel the world. Growing up, she had mainly travelled to Russia, where she studied. She liked to see the world. Before her death, she travelled several times to Singapore,
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    • 968 9  - LANDLORD TOOK OUR MONEY LEFT US HOMELESS They place deposit but owner vanishes before move-in Reports and Picture Hedy Khoo hedy@sph.com.sg THEY were happy to have found a flat for rent in a convenient location and were looking forward to moving in. But the four Indian nationals, friends working for
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    • 720 10 Mr Hedy Khoo: W My own experience WITH property prices rising, it is common to hear housing agents talk of "a landlord's market". I heard these words from at least eight housing agents when I was looking for a place to rent last March. Rentals quoted in
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    • Article, Illustration
      407 11 Two buses one ferrying 26 S'poreans crash within minutes of each other at Genting THE bus crashes happened just 35 minutes and 18km apart. In an unfortunate coincidence, two buses including one carrying 26 Singaporeans were involved in two separate accidents in Genting Highlands on Friday, reported New Straits
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    • 332 11 FOR three days, Madam Jiang Yu Qing, 30, thought her husband was missing. She even approached Malaysian newspaper China Press and appealed to members of the public to provide information on her husband's whereabouts. But yesterday, she received devastating news:
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 421 13 BOY, 4, DIES AFTER CIRCUMCISION. PARENTS ANGRY OVER $9,000 PAYOUT HE was the apple of his mother's eye. So when 4-year-old Nui Jia Yuan died after a circumcision operation turned wrong in 2003, his mother was devastated. Madam Lim Mei Leng, 34, and her
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    • 564 14 SHE had a fierce quarrel with her husband. And in a fit of anger, Madam Lee Kooi Im, 37, did the unthinkable she suffocated her 10-year-old son to death. Less than an hour later, she hurled herself in front of a bus on
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    • 913 15  -  A Billionaire hires events company to Dw I M use popular campsite to house refugees NG TZE YONG MOHD ISHAK IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE THE directions on the map indicate we're at the right spot but we suspect we are lost. We're looking for a refugee camp one
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    • 837 17 LAS VEGAS SELLS ITS AFTERNOONS CLUBBING is usually considered a night-time activity. That is, unless you're partying in Las Vegas. Daytime pool parties are catching on as the hot new trend in the city that never sleeps, reported the Los Angeles Times (LAT). Usually
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    • 859 18 Record number of climbers on Everest this year worries many WITH its peak some 9km above sea level, you would think that Mount Everest would be one of the most desolate places on Earth. It is certainly one of the most dangerous places
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    • 352 18 AT the age of 12, when many of her peers were playing in their backyards, Samantha Larson was climbing mountains. And not just any mountain. The Long Beach, California, resident scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the tallest peak in South Africa. And she didn't
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    • 343 19 NOW, everyone can find out what a Michigan Supreme Court justice or Attorney General earns. Yes, down to the last cent. A US newspaper posted database of more than 53,000 state government employees' salaries on their website on Thursday, and kicked up a
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • SNAPSHOT
      • 64 21 Chinese people look at Africa and see opportunity, Eromise and a jrrile field upon which their energies, mercantile and otherwise, can be given full play. Too often, the West looks at Africa and sees a problematic pupil, a sickly patient, and a zone of pestilence, where failure looms
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      • 46 21 HUNDREDS of people yesterday bid farewell to veteran union leader, Nithiah Nandan, 57, who died of cancer on Thursday. Former labour chief Lim Boon Heng (left) gave a eulogy, recounting how Mr Nithiah had fought for the welfare of workers. picture/ Lianhe Zooboo
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      • 98 21 SELF-HELP group Mendaki's reserves amounted to $39m last year. In 2005, it was $31m. At Mendaki's annual general meeting on Saturday, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said the increased funds mean they can plan more aid schemes for Muslim students. The $8m
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      • 80 21 STUDENTS from a radical mosque yesterday kidnapped and then released nine people, including six Chinese women, from an alleged brothel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The students arrived in three cars, forced their way in, and took the captives to their mosque in central Islamabad. "After the
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      • 149 21 Minister calls for patience, continued help for needy PLEASE don't give up on helping the needy, and do offer to serve on the boards or audit committees of charities, to ensure good governance. That is the message from Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister
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      • 81 21 MALAYSIA has banned fast-food companies from sponsoring or advertising on children's television programmes, in a bid to curb bad eating habits. Health Minister Chua Soi Lek also said all fast-food chains would be required to detail the cholesterol, fat and sugar content of their products. He
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      • 216 21 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has stepped in to lead the fight against dengue fever in Teck Ghee. This is because the number of reported dengue cases this year has already surpassed the 2006 record. And with warmer months ahead, there could be more
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      • 49 21 A New Zealand couple have been blocked by the authorities from naming their baby son 4real. This is because numerals are not allowed on the birth certificate. An official said negotiations are on with the parents, and if there is no compromise, the baby will be named Real
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 120 21 Dengul^ The 10 biggest clesters •bracket denotes number of cases as of 24 Inn Geylang Rd Lor 20, 22 and 23 Guillemard Rd Westertiout Rd Sims Ave (12) Jin Senang Senang Crescent Chai Chee Dr (12) Geylang Lor 14,16, 17.19, 21 (14) Lor Ah Soo Hougang Ave 1 (14) Mo
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  • OUR Sunday
    • 760 23 They fell out over boy Once in a while, something magical happens at conception. Instead of one foetus, you get two, three, even tour, all sharing the same dark space. HO LIAN-YI (lianyi @sph.com.sg) speak to some twins ana a set of triplets
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    • 524 23 The Yew triplets EVEN when her children were still in her womb, Madam Geraldine Chng, 48, could already tell what they were going to be like. Pointing to her sides, the mother of 8-year-old triplets said the two girls there were very active,
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    • 299 24 Ih.-H.ri^-P^Kboo'Kvin, CALL Richard and Clive Park the Harley-Davidson twins. They were so well-known on the roads, even the traffic police knew about them, they said. "We were one of the few riding the big bikes at that time," said Clive. Both brothers rode Honda Goldwings
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    • 405 24 Twins separated at birth WHAT'S it like to find your long-lost twin and discover she was brought up in an entirely different environment? That's what happened to Madam Noorsia Suyut and Madam Chua Poh Choo, 57. Separated at birth, one was raised by a
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    • 197 24 We spoke to Dr Don Wong Chun Ping, 38, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Why are twins similar? The basis of similarity between identical twins is that they share almost identical genes. This alone explains the similarity in physical appearance, personality and
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    • 313 25  -  bitchaboutcorner Tan Ooi Boon ooiboon @sph. com.sg THE value of cars will drop if you use the signal lights once too often. This statement is definitely ridiculous, but I believe many car owners here probably swear by it. Otherwise, how can one explain why many of
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    • 597 26  -  Ivy Ong-Wood Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg TUBBY Hubby (TH) and I are not speaking to each other. And I blame the tiger. A grubby wooden one, covered in dust and flaking yellow paint. TH had bought it on a vacation in Vietnam with an ex-girlfriend.
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    • 707 27  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg HOBBITS, the pygmy-sized heroes from Lord Of The Rings, never wore shoes. They travelled everywhere in their bare feet, which is what the other village hobbits and I did till I attended primary school.
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    • 542 28  -  Criticism and betrayal drive actor to depression Ho Lian-Yi lianyi@sph.com.sg FOR a while, Julian Hee was the hottest new kid in town. Good-looking, youthful and hunky, he looked like he was set to be the next MediaCorp Ah Ge (big brother). But no longer
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    • 237 29 We search the heartlands and tell you about the gorgeous people we meet, like WOULD you buy a handphone that costs a thousand dollars? Engineer Eason Chua, 27, would. The self-confessed tech geek was spotted in a quiet corner near Hougang Central fiddling with his Dopod
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    • 199 29 THIS auditor may look petite, but that doesn't match her big voice during karaoke sessions with her friends. The power singer also enjoys knitting in her leisure time. What's your heartland background? I live in Woodlands Ring Road, in a five-room flat with my parents, and
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    • 553 30  -  Use qigong fro free yourself from stress Joseph Guan Columnist tnp@sph.eom.sg QIGONG is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that combines movement, meditation and the regulation of breathing to enhance the flow of vital energy or qi (pronounced chi) in the body. It also improves blood
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    • 1018 31  -  Two sons of Geylancj's 'Rochor Mee' master rival each other to dish out their interpretations of their father's recipes KF Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg SOME parents inspire and nurture their kids with a good education, advanced discipline theories, quality time, Mensa membership, the lastest PSPs...the list
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    • 435 32  -  Do these eye exercises three times daily for your eyes' health Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg AS we all know, spending hours pouring over paperwork or sitting in front of the computer, glued to that bright screen, has some very bad effects on the eyes. First
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
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    • 67 33 CHANNEL 8 11.00am The Treasure Basin (Drama) IjOOpm HDB Tai Tai (Variety) 1.30 Famous Chinese Cuisine IV 240 Lady Of Leisure 230 Ah Hong Food Tour 330 Golden Pillow 430 The Matchmaker (Drama) 630 Singapore Today (News) 730 A Handful Of Love (Drama) 930 The Sheng Siong Show 1030 News
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    • 21 33 CHANNEL U 10.00am The Shining Teenagers 1230nn The Story In China 130pm King Of The Kitchens 12.00mn Variety Big Brother 4
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    • 55 33 SURIA 1030am Suria Segar Musim Baru! 1130 Anugerah 2007/Selepas 12 1230nn Galeri Kerja/Phyne Ballerz 130 Fesyen Asia 2.00 Deria Kota/647km III 3.00 E.C (Drama) 430 80'an Gerek (Variety) 5.00 Impian/Nuori, Hail Amir 630 Masak Apa?/Kelab K/Setelur 8.00 Berita (News) 830 Kisah Benar (Variety) 9.00 Pulangkan Wang Saya 930 Suria Segar-Musim
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  • Article, Illustration
    247 34 OUR --'im-J Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Wnatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg Where's my crocs shoe daddy? kaysan Dearest da ben zhu, we been married for 1/2 year
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  • SUN RACING
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      20 36 Danny Kboo Tan Thean Loon j Ilnrr marc Tan i fffff Denotes tipster's best bet of the day
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    • 2577 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING nrnitti 2 11.45 —1200m (SC) Stakes: RM30.000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 0990 Easy Melang 57 (48) KW Leoiig 12 (4nzg KH Ng-Melang) 2 3375-3 Golden Rule 57 (48) J Nizam c2* 8
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    • 55 37 (Race 8 No. 4) BEST BET A double is in store for this six-year-old Vettori mare, who scored a slashing win last week. She drops from the 1,600 m to the 1,400 m but that should not pose any problem for the top-form galloper from the yard of
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    • 144 37 RACE 1: Boleh Boleh. RACE 2: Kelven's Express, Astonish, Flip Master, Tiger In The Hunt. RACE 3: Tiger Heart, Sky Supreme, Ninety-Nine Aces, True Fighter, Emerging Force. RACE 4: Olympic Sun, Shuwaib, Brilliant Legend, Try The Best. RACE 5: Courageous General, Bushrange, Circle Of Life. RACE 6: Greg Is
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    • 327 37 BAQE 1: BONBON WIN was slow into stride and showed no early pace. RACE 2: MIGHTY DANE was fractious in the barrier and became cast. He was withdrawn. TITAN TANGO returned lame both fore. RACE 3: LIM'S PRESTIGE was difficult to be
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    • 930 38 Race 1 (1,400 m): Mascot Fortune (No. 4) was a smart winner at his debut 15 days ago and won't have any problems with an extra 200 m. Telecom Owner (9) showed vast improvement with the addition of blinkers to stay on gamely for second
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    • 1289 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 BMFFMS YOUTH SERVICE PLATE 1400M TME: 12:30 Stains: HK$750,000 ■o. horse name trainer jockey wtqb) bar 1 ASC E Saint-Martin 127 9 2 JOLLY WONGCHOY YOW C K Tong(-7) 127 1 3 MASTER MASTER SW F Coetzee 127
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    • 999 39 GOING: YIELDING 11 KIM EMMA 55.5 c 56 (51-20) R Burnett (6) 3 3 1 (431) 2 SPARKLING RAINBOW 57 c 54 (12-5) 'How Yang (11) 1 1 2 (495) 2.5 1 KIM HUNG 57 (15-5) HKLim (7) 5 4 3 (463) 1.75 3 VENOM 57
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    • 521 39 GOING: GOOD 4 NAUNGASON 55.5 (166-36) S Parnham (9) 1 1 K00Y0NG ROAO 58 (23-9) A Kennedy (4) 2 3 SHADY STORM 57 (85-18) C Harvey (2) 3 Trainer: ND Parnham Margins: Hd, 1.5, nk. Tims: Imin 42 39sec. Forecast: $104. Place Forecast: $13 (Nos. 1-3),
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  • Sunday SPORTS Mad about golf
    • 829 40 Mad about golf IF you look at the way the United States Golf Association sets up its golf courses for US Open week and had asked the world's golfing experts and pundits pick a potential winner at Oakmont, it is fair to say none would have chosen
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    • 484 41 AFP. DAVID Toms and Jay Williamson took different paths to the top of the leaderboard at the US$6 million ($9.2 m) Travelers Championship. Toms, who finished tied for fifth at the US Open last week, started off strong on the back nine, registering three straight birdies
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    • 435 41 AFP. KIM MI HYUN and fellow South Korean Kim In Kyung shared the second-round lead in the US$l.B million (s2.Bm) Wegmans LPGA. In Kyung, a teenage rookie on the US women's Tour, carded a five-under-par 67 despite dropping a shot at the 18th
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    • 504 42 Reuters. FORMER European Ryder Cup captain Tony Jacklin believes Argentinian Angel Cabrera's win at the US Open last Sunday was a victory for golf over psychobabble. "I was thrilled he won," Jacklin said while competing at the London Seniors Masters in Kent. "All this
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    • 173 42 AFP. TIGER Woods will not play in next week's US PGA Buick Open so that he can spend more time with his new baby daughter, Sam Alexis Woods, the world's No. 1 golfer told organisers on Friday. Larry Peck, golf marketing manager for Woods and
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    • 241 42 WIMBLEDON men's and women's singles favourites Roger Federer and Justine Hen in are two of six players in Rolex's list of testimonees. The others are men's singles entries Andy Roddick and Marat Safin, and women's doubles leading Chinese players Zheng Jie and Yan Zi.
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    • 303 42 Wire Services. HE had been 135 th after the opening round and was almost prepared to sit out thhe BMW Championship in his home country. But German veteran Bernhard Langer fought his way back with a 66 to make the cut in Munich. Yet
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    • 672 43 WIMBLEDON Wire Services. NO prizes for guessing Roger Federer's favourite Grand Slam. Yes, it is Wimbledon, where, starting tomorrow, he will begin his quest for his fifth straight title at the All-England Club. And the Swiss, who is aiming to equal Bjom Borg's record of five
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    • 306 43 BETTING PA Sport. IT'S a 4/1 ($5) chance with Stan James that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet in a repeat of last year's final following the draw for Wimbledon starting tomorrow. Federer will open his defence against Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili, ranked 85 in the world.
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    • 790 44 THE NBA FINALS' MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Reuters. TONY Parker learned all about NBA championship basketball while most of his countrymen were sleeping. The San Antonio point guard used to wake up at 3am while growing up in France to watch the Chicago Bulls play in the
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    • 517 45 Wire Services. AS San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich chatted with Tony Parker on the stage while the team was being presented with the championship trophy, the American took the Frenchman back in time. "I reminded him that when we gave him his first
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    • 349 45 Wire Services. FRENCH president Nicolas Sarkozy praised Tony Parker for his "magnificent performance" in the San Antonio Spurs' latest NBA championship. Sarkozy said in a letter to Parker that he has been following the basketball player's progress "with passion and
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    • 1128 46 The New Paper's Singapore at Large column profiles the sports scene v/ith a national or grassroots perspective every Sunday. Today, LIMSAYHENG checks out a woman well-versed in the art of drifting a motorsport that's fast gaining awareness here. THE white Nissan Silvia spun round and
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    • 605 47 IF you enjoyed movies such as The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Initial D, where the action centres on the art of drifting, you have Keiichi Tsuchiya to thank. Tsuchiya, now 51, is a lapanese racing legend who honed his drifting
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    • 906 48 England saw a flurry of celebrity weddings last weekend as four Premiership stars, Chelsea's John Terry, Manchester United's Michael Carrick and Gary Neville, and Liverpool's Steven Gerrard tied the knot. The only photos available are those of Neville's wedding as the rest sold the rights
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    • 159 50 I was only 14 or 15 back then. I remember t.-'.«j.v: reading g about him in the newspapers. He had great technique. He was always playing with his gloves on because of the cold weather. Paul Bosman, a journalist I saw him do if before.
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  • SUN SPORTS
    • 1150 52 My football pilgrimage to Spain and Holland has been educational. It has also been quite sentimental. In the northern part of Holland, Singapore will always have a place in the residents hearts. Groningen is a province which houses 181,000 people about 180 kilometres from
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    • 245 53 IN 1979, Jaap Reinders, a Dutchman, discovered Fandi when he watched him play a match in Singapore Through Reinders, Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam found out about Fandi. In 1982, Ajax offered him a contract after a trial, but Fandi turned it down on
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    • 463 54 Henry's leaving Wire Services. ARSENE Wenger could find himself reacquainted with Thierry Henry in Spain. While Barcelona have snared the Gunners captain, bitter rivals Real Madrid could go one better by capturing Wenger. The French coach was the man who transformed Henry from an out-of-sorts winger
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      456 55 Henry's move to Barca may spark AP THE transfer market has been relatively quiet of late. Maybe Thierry Henry's move from Arsenal to Barcelona is just the spark it needed. With Henry joining Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o in one of the greatest strikeforces ever assembled, Barca
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    • 306 55 ARSENAL IN Lukasz Fabianski (undisc.) OUT Jeremie Aliadiere (£2m) Fabrice Muamba (undisc.) Mart Poom (undisc.) ASTON VILLA OUT Juan Pablo Angel (free) Lee Hendrie (released) Gavin McCann (£1m) Jlloyd Samuel (free) BIRMINGHAM CITY IN Fabrice Muamba (undisc.) Stuart Parnaby (free) OUT Bruno N'Gotty (released) BOLTON
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      1016 56 Arsenal striker Thierry Henry drops bombshell: Wire Services. IT'S A done deal. Thierry Henry is leaving Arsenal for Barcelona. The rumours had been there all along and now, the man himself has confirmed it. "I still must pass a medical on Monday but yes, I have chosen Barcelona,"
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    • 377 58 SPECIAL REPORT- BY GARY UM IT isn't surprising that the people of Groningen remember Fandi Ahmad. Indeed, his name will jog a few memories in Amsterdam as well. Sure, it's been 25 years since he first crossed oceans to try out in Holland. And the fact
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    • 124 58 FOR the last couple of years, this story has been emerging every off-season. It always revolves around Thierry Henry. And the club in question: Barcelona. In fact, two weeks ago, France Football was even threatened with a lawsuit because the magazine claimed that the French striker had
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  • Page 57 Miscellaneous
    • 79 57 SPORTSON Football: Copa America URUGUAY v PERU Ch 22, 6am, Wednesday VENEZUELA v BOLIVIA Ch 22, 8.45am, Wednesday ECUADOR v CHILE Ch 22, 6.30am, Thursday BRAZIL v MEXICO Ch 22, 8.45am, Thursday PARAGUAY v COLOMBIA Ch 22, 6.30am, Friday ARGENTINA v UNITED STATES Ch 22, 8.45am, Friday Golf: Wegmans LPGA
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