The New Paper, 16 December 2007

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    23 1 the new paper 81 HiiW mWKKr CEMBER 2007 IIIRIIffll ■R***** *****9 > Singapore Press Wttm Holdinas MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS [the new paper
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      Lock icon FORCED TO SHOW HAND WHEN CLIENT SHOWS UP
      1073 2  -  Casino VP (right) siphons more than $200,000 from client to pay own debts Hedy Khoo hcdykhoo@sph.com.sg HE was supposed to collect debts from his casino's clients. But he became a debtor himself when he got into the habit of gambling. Worse, the
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      Lock icon HIGH-ROLLERS DON'T USE CASH
      564 4  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo @sph. com.sg CASH is out. It's not fashionable to lug around wads of cash in brief cases. Indeed, if you are a high roller, you need not carry a cent on you. All dealings will be done via bank transfers and these VIP
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      90 2 LAST DAY! 16TH DEC 2007 (SUN) 11 AM 7PM SAFRA TAMPINES 1A TAMPINES STREET 92 MULTI-PURPOSE HALL Sale Items include Footwear And Apparel for Men, Women and Kids O fl MN ISIAHO ■hhMHI A daily half-hourly shuttle bus service will be available to and from the event from 10.30am to
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      64 3 Heading to Chengdu? Then you mustn't miss these treats Fast news 19 Our Sun 20 II 1800- 733 4455 Website tnp.sg E-mail tnp@sph.com.sg Fax 6319 8266 Operations Desk 6319 5544 Circulation Hotline 6388 3838 u r* P *cae e you. n &rng s P3c yo u nt ess a 9e/t
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      76 4 t Yco Lay Leng, i-Weekly www.xin.sg Aug Ming Hwa, Film Reviewer SPH Lianhe Zaobao Mervin Tay, SPH My Paper Jcanine Tan, TODAY V. -*A 9 A ILa V i If 3 «"V.> sfi -v 8% x- \i JET LI TAKESHI KANESHIRO A PETER HOSUN CHAN film i' V ANDY LAU
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  • SUN NEWS
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      996 6  -  Landlords split apartments into studio units to lower rents and maximise returns Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg HOW can you earn more rent in this bullish property market? Simple by putting in a few partitions. Instead of renting out a three-bedroom apartment for say, a forbidding price of $5,000, some owners
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      Lock icon HE DIVIDES 4-STOREY HOUSE INTO 10 ROOMS
      440 6 HAVE your house and rent it out too. That is the retirement plan that Mr Fung Chi Shing, 43, has in mind. In 2005, he bought a single-storey terrace house, a seven-minute walk from Tanah Merah MRT station, for $730,000. He then tore
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      Lock icon SMOOTH SALE-ING
      900 7  -  Residents nervous about Farrer Court en-bloc sale, but it goes off almost without a hitch Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg MANY residents in Farrer Court had braced themselves for a nasty confrontation. After all, anonymous letters spreading malicious rumours about the estate and allegations of vandalism had started flying even
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      Lock icon ARE ALL BEAUTY PAGEANTS EQUAL?
      475 8  -  INTER-VARSITY BEAUTY PAGEANT Varsity contestants think peers in less brainy' pageants are... Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg THE "verdict" is in: Beauty pageants are not vacuous and shallow. At least that's the opinion of the 11 finalists for Seventeen magazine's Queen of Queens inter-varsity pageant. Into its
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      Lock icon FOREIGN TALENT SINGAPORE'S FIREPOWER?
      583 9  -  Santokh Singh santokh@sph.com.sg YES, it was a good Southeast Asia Games for the little red dot the highest number of gold medals won away from home soil. The last record was 42 gold medals at the previous Games in Manila two years ago. This time round
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      Lock icon POLO SHOWS US THE WAY
      508 10  -  REPORTING FROM KORAT, THAILAND Teh Jen Lee jenlce@sph.com.sg POLO and water polo worlds apart but both are medal winners for Singapore at this year's SEA Games. There's a lesson to be learnt here. The Republic has reigned as champions in water polo since 1965. This
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      Lock icon TICKET PRICES SOAR ON RACE NIGHTS
      998 11  -  Cara van Miriah caravm ®sph.com.sg WITH just nine months to go for the Formula One Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, the race is on to find vantage spots around the track. If you are thinking of getting a fred look, forget it. But what
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      168 9 CELEBRATION DINNER X'mas Eve I JZjjZT I Join Belinda Sunshine, former radio-DJ, JM as she takes to the stage all night. Highlights include a comedy act 'Silver Christmas Show 'Cliff Richard' impersonator Winston Koh, pretty songbird j^BT Irene Yap and resident singer Freddie Kang. j II All guests will enjoy
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      Lock icon WE'VE FOUND VICTIM, BUT WHY IS SHE DRIVING?
      427 14 M'SIA ABDUCTION SCAM Cops trailing kidnap gang get shock: PAY up or your sister will die. This was what the older brother of an alleged kidnap victim was told. But in an odd twist, it turned out that the 22-year-old Malaysian "abductee"
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      Lock icon TWO INDIAN PHD STUDENTS SHOT DEAD IN THE US
      336 14 BREAK-INS and robberies are common in the area, but this was the first time in over a decade that someone had been murdered on the US campus. Phd students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma, 31, and Kiran Kumar Allam, 33, were found shot
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      Lock icon NO MORE MR BLAND
      882 15 Aussie PM Kevin Rudd nerdy and humourless? Not since news emerged of his... Poor farming childhood Strip-dub moment ■Varsity courtship with wife BEFORE he became Australia's Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd bad a reputation of being a somewhat humdrum politician. He was seen as a nerdy,
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      Lock icon REST IN PEACE BUT DON'T EXPECT BREAKFAST
      658 17  -  China death-themed hotel in the works Maureen Koh maurccnk @sph. com.sg IT is a no-frills hotel. There are no facilities. Not even basic amenities. But the room rate is cheap only 50 yuan ($9.70) a night. The plus point: You have the hotel
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        204 18 INDIAN TODDLER UNDERGOES SURGERY TO REMOVE EXTRA LIMBS AN Indian girl, born with four arms and four legs, left hospital yesterday, a month after a marathon operation to remove her extra limbs, doctors said. Two-year-old whose plight had gripped a nation, was bom fused
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        Lock icon QUAKE HITS INDONESIA
        66 18 A 6.3-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Moluccas yesterday without causing damage. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck 149 kilometres north otSaumlaki in Maluku province at a depth of 20 kilometres, at 4:40 pm. Indonesia's Meteorological and Geophysics Agency measured the quake at 7.1
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        Lock icon CIVIL SERVICE PAY HIKE NEEDED: SM
        84 18 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong said the latest civil service pay hike is aimed at retaining and attracting younger officers. Yesterday, he said the Prime Minister and other Ministers were concerned about the timing of this salary hike, given the state of rising inflation
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        Lock icon SECURITY GUARD MURDER IN GHIM MOH: BANGLADESHI WORKERS CHARGED
        134 18 TWO Bangladeshi workers were charged in court yesterday with the murder of security guard Mohamed Azanil Aman, 37. The Straits Times reported that Shamim Ahmed, 29, and Md Mosharaf, 19, had allegedly committed the crime between 10pm and 11pm last Sunday.
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        Lock icon FAR EAST PLAZA NIGHTSPOTS FINED FOR BREACHING FIRE SAFETY RULES
        135 18 THREE nightspots in Far East Plaza have been fined fonbreaching fire safety rules over the weekend. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) conducted checks on Friday night on outlets in eight premises, such as Far East Plaza, Orchard Plaza and
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        75 18 A FORMER TV news reader, who used to earn the equivalent of $300,000 a year, is sleeping rough on a seafront bench in Hove, UK. Ed Mitchell, 54, is living on handouts after selling his house to help pay credit card debts. The divorced father of two, who has
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      90 23 A TRIBUTE TO OUR PIONEERS Q Do you know the S'porean founding father who nearly lost his life while frying sago pearls in a pan which caught fire and exploded? Lim Kim San They are our founding fathers. Know all of them? Learn more about the 10 political pioneers who
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  • OUT SUNDAY
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      Lock icon Fight off wrinkles with gold
      546 24  -  Doc says sewing threads of precious metal into face will make skin firmer Desmond Ng desmondn @sph. com.sg WITH gold prices hitting spectacular highs, here's how you can hoard your glitter sew it into your face. It's called gold thread implantation and involves sewing threads
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      Lock icon Follow your body's natural bio-rhythms
      930 25  -  Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to energy levels in the body, it is not simply food in, I energy out. I Understanding your body's I natural biorhytluns can make you fitter, happier, more productive. At any time, our brain takes up a
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      Lock icon Chengdu's MAKAN icons
      759 26  -  Look up these restaurants if you're ever in Sichuan, China KF Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg THEY say that "if you didn't dine at the Gingko restaurant when in Chengdu, you probably don't have good local friends". It would sound like some major self-trumpeting by an overzealous PR department.
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      Lock icon Strengthen your pelvic girdle
      523 27  -  Yoga For A Good life: Part 2 Bharat Thakur tnp@sph.com.sg IF you want to improve the quality of your sex life, then let's be realistic about what you need to do. First, you need energy and last week, I gave you a yoga exercise sequence to
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      322 28 CHANNEL 5 11.00am Sports Disasters (Variety) 12.00nn 2007 Swatch-Fivb Beach Volley World Tour 1.00pm Sunday Afternoon Movie: Venomous 3.00 The Academy Everwood IV (Drama) 5.00 Veronica Mars II (Drama) Gilmore Girls VI (Drama) 7.00 The Simpsons (Sitcom) 7JO Sunday Prime Movie: Snow Dogs 9.30 News 5 Tonight 10J0 Asian Idol
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      45 28 TView cable Th« Company Cinemax (StarHub Ch 59), 9pm This mini-series based on Robert Littell's novel traces CIA activities over a 40-year period, from the beginning of the Cold War through the demise of the Soviet Union. Starring Chris O'Donnell, Alfred Molina. N r t
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      94 28 The Hajj Discovery Channel (StarHub Ch 12), 9pm This new documentary special about the Mecca pilgrimage all able-bodied Muslims are encouraged to make at least once in their life goes behind the scenes to find out how the city prepares to receive an influx of two million pilgrims. The Ant
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    288 29 SUiiuflY our sunDfw Cuttingi man-ied? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Jo n gsen your big day today, we wish you eternal bliss and bundles of
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon THE SHINING ONE OUT TO MAKE AMENDS
      124 31 BEST BET: ROYAL STAR (Race 3 No. 2) THE Bruce Marsh-trained Royal Star (right, with jockey Noel Callow astride) is resuming from his creditable second behind Recast in the Committee's Prize a fortnight ago and looks the one to beat here. Ridden by
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      65 31 RACE 5: Big Occasion, Parua Bay, Silent Account, Royal Warrant, Royal Warrior, Kipadi, Titan Fun, Kanegura, The Firebird, Patchouli. RACE 7: Onceuponatime, First Avenue. RACE 8: World Delight, Superb Challenge, Sky Bet, Zoid RACE 9: Lim's Zerperb, Coup Leader, Schmeichel, Robbins, Royal City, Strawberry Power, Lion City Hero, Pacific
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TOPTIPS
      275 31 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan <R2 i nj^i 44^ rkJ 4BS J/0% 1 Better Timet 4 Muscles J Trusted Friend 3 Jewel Princess 3 Victory Star 5 Raphael 2 ROYAL ir STAR Bp* M l rU i r— 1 Big Valour 8 Winner Grde 7 Carry
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE C & FIBRESAND TRACK) RACE CARD
      1731 32 TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE C FIBRESAND TRACK) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: YIELDING (TURF), GOOD (FIBRESAND) No. Last 6 inns HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 2 Bettor Times 59 (54) E Asian c3 I (4ag B Dean-Better Times) 2 0 Power N Win 58.5 (53) M Ewe c3
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      Lock icon START DAY WITH BETTER TIMES
      1938 33 LARRY FOLEY'S FORM COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,100 m) 1 Better Times Would have appreciated the experience at debut and win this. 2 Power N Win Should improve on debut mn from better barrier today but still hard to have. 3 Victory
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      Lock icon SUNDAY! TOPTIPS
      136 34 Danny Khoo a Sinn Loon j Marc Tan A 4H^KFR3^% nO j 4/W^ 1 Atmosphere r sum's JS.hy World rcjnnci ROYAL GENERAL 7 Yakln 4 Klko's Return 2 Mighty Greg 1 Sky Missile llUrrrt 4 Dream Leader «UCar CfOn 4 Success Vital 7 Real Warrior 4 Joker Champion
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      Lock icon ROYAL GENERAL
      73 34 (Race 4 No. 6) BEST BET THIS useful five-year-old gelding by Hayil can be confidently followed again now that he has come right. Won with plenty of authority over the 1,600 m at his third start on Malaysian soil last November and no reason why he cannot follow
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
      1172 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jocksy Barrier (Age/orlgin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 05-2 Atmosphere 55 (50) M Wepner 11 (3ag P Tennent-P Tennent) 2 0-688 Selm 55 (41) KWLooag 10 (3ac KM Ng-Melang) 3 -3-0- Ahearn Boaz 55 R Burnett
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      Lock icon MUDLARKS
      73 34 RACE 2: Lim's World, Conspire, Jeram Fire, Circle Of Life, Wunderbar. RACE 3: Baby Runner, Success Winner, Lead To Glory, Grisham. RACE 4: Iron Eyes Cody, High Prodigious, Easy Go Lucky, Out Of Quandary, Royal General, Thundershock. RACE 5: Rainbow Sapphire, U Can I Can. RACE 6: Supreme Happiness,
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      908 35 RACE 1 DRAGON SWORD was slow after jumping away awkwardly and making contact with the hind-quarters of QUEEN'S AVENUE. Shortly after the start, PROTEGE and SIR TIKI were crowded between MR LEGEND and RISKY BUSINESS, who hung out. Near the I,ooom, HAILEONG commenced to
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RESULTS
      638 35 GOING: GOOD 11 AMSTOCIIACY 120 (73-19) Z PnrtM (11) 1 4 COULDN'T CAME LESS 126 (21-9) S Dye (1) 2 5 AS YOU WISH 125 (77-21) A Delpech (7) 3 Trainer CS Shum. Margins: Ns, nk. That: Imin 41.2 sec. Forecast: $48. Mac* Forecast:
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      Lock icon Champ Woodworth a winner... FROM MAURITIUS TO MALAYSIA
      337 36  -  Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.conl.sg YOU can't keep a champion down for long. That saying certainly rang true at the Sungei Besi racetrack in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Back recendy from Mauritius where he won the jockeys' crown, popular Malaysian hoop Benny Woodworth (right) did
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS GOING: YIELDING
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon DEMISE OF THE SHORT-HITTER
      883 37 Mad about golf COULD a short-hitter ever again be the No.l golfer in the world? In fact, never mind a short-hitter, could even a modest-hitter ever rise to the top of the tree? It's an intriguing question. I mean, naturally, it's never been a disadvantage hitting
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      Lock icon Allenby on course for a hat-trick
      504 38 LEADERBOARD: 206: Robert Allenby 67-70-69, James Nitties 71-66-69 207: Stuart Appleby 71-68-68 208: Craig Parry 74-64-70, Nick o'Hern 70-66-72 209: Brandt Snedeker 69-70-70 210: Aaron Baddeley 70-71-69 211: Cameron Percy 74-70-67, Stephen Leaney 69-75-67, Terry Price 73-71-67, Jason Gore 73-70-68, Kane Webber 70-72-69, Paul
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      Lock icon 'HELL OF A HOST'
      508 39 Tiger ablaze with sizzling 62 for 4-shot lead AP. TIGER Woods' contract to play host to the Target World Challenge clearly contains no clause obligating him to be nice to his 15 invited guests at least not during play. Because on a perfect day for scoring
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      Lock icon Vijay's cool under pressure, thanks to the power of Zen
      562 39 Reuters. THE power of Zen and the ability to stay cool under pressure have always been vital ingredients for Vijay Singh on the golf course. Although best known for his workaholic approach, Vijay (below) believes his knowledge of Eastern philosophy
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon SPEAK UP THROUGH
      618 41 For the past year, The New Paper's Singapore at Large series nas profiled the loca[ sports scene with a national or arassroots perspective. Today, ERNEST LUIS does the second review of the series 7 key issues with two of Singapore's most influential sports supremos A SPORTING Singapore
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      Lock icon THE PARL SEC WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU
      115 42 MINISTRY of Community Development, Youth and Sports Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck will soon pen our first Singapore at Large column to answer your questions later this month. He wants to hear from you on any grassroots sports issues or questions you
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      Lock icon DO WE HAVE PRO-ACTIVE ATHLETES AND MINDSETS?
      624 42 ENCOURAGING PRO-ACTIVE ATHLETES MICHELLE Sng is like many struggling and up-and-coming athletes here in Singapore. She's not a household sporting personality like say, winning swimmer Tao Li, who will easily have sponsors knocking on her door. That being the casfe, it could be
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      Lock icon AGAINST An insult to the English game
      738 43 As expected, Fabio Capello has been named the new England manager* Here's what pundits say about his appointment No-one doubts footballing credentials of Fabio Capello. No-one disagrees that as a club coach who has won league tides in Italy and Spain, he is
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      Lock icon Capello tells players: I'm not your friend
      196 43 AFP NEW England manager Fabio Capello has an iron philosophy for success never be a player's friend. The uncompromising Italian, who was handed a four-and-half-year contract on Friday, with the task of making England a serious international force rather than a laughing stock,
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      Lock icon FOR Welcome the Italian dictator
      523 43  -  Chris Hammer PA Sport WE WANTED the entertainment and excitement of the "Special One", but instead we'll have to make do with the miserable-looking figure of Fabio Capello as our new England coach. For such a job we all seem to care so much about,
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      Lock icon CLUB WORLD CUP 2007 For Milan, it's all about pride
      316 43 Wire Services AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti has promised to restore Europe's honour by beating Boca Juniors in the Club World Cup final today. Ancelotti admitted that the tournament had been seen as a distraction to European clubs in the
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        Lock icon MATCH 0309: LIVERPOOL v MAN UTD
        416 44  -  TEAM FACTS: LIM HAN MING BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: lAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: LIVERPOOL: Finnan, Pennant, Agger (injured); Alonso (doubtful) MANCHESTER UNITED: Neville, Scholes, Park, Silvestre, Foster (injured); O'Shea (doubtful) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Pool 57; Man U 66; draws 50
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        Lock icon WATCH 0310: ARSENAL v CHELSEA
        349 44 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: ARSENAL: Fabregas, Hleb, Flamini (doubtful) CHELSEA: Drogba, Ballack, Carvalho (injured); Malouda (doubtful); Essien (suspended) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Arsenal 67; Chelsea 48; draws 51 LAST MEETING: 6 May, 2007 Arsenal 1 Chelsea 1 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: ARSENAL: L-D-W-W-W CHELSEA: W-W-W-D-W GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED): ARSENAL
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        Lock icon Forget a draw, take Pool to pinch it
        692 45  -  BETTING Dave Tindall PA Sport LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER UTD (Liverpool 1 Man Utd 0) IT'S unusual to see low-priced draw ($2.84 in Singapore) in a Premier League game at this time of the season. But that's the case at Anfield today with
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        Lock icon Gunners' defenders hold the key
        729 46 ARSENAL v CHELSEA, 11.55PM, TONIGHT Arsenal take on Chelsea in a massive game at the Emirates tonight. R RAJ KUMAR previews the game Arsenal will be happy to be back at the Emirates after playing their last two Premiership games away from home. Having collected
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        Lock icon English afraid to play abroad, says Fabregas
        239 48 PA Sport. CESC Fabregas has waded into the debate about English football's foreign invasion by claiming that homegrown players are afraid to risk moving overseas. The Arsenal midfielder (below) left his native Spain for England aged 16 and is recognised today as one
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        Lock icon Healthy, exciting Grand Slam
        417 48 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger feels the race for the Premier League title this season is the "most exciting" he has ever known. All four top clubs meet each other in what has been dubbed "Grand Slam Sunday", when champions Manchester United also travel to Liverpool. The
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        Lock icon 'Drogba a fighter till the bitter end'
        209 48 PA Sport. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger knows the value of Didier Drogba to Chelsea. But he believes having the likes of Andriy Shevchenko in reserve is "no misery" for manager Avram Grant. The Ivory Coast striker is currently recovering from knee surgery, and
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        Lock icon Wenger: Let's whip 'em cleanly
        1018 49 ARSENAL v CHELSEA, 11.55PM, TONIGHT BY ANDREW WARSHAW AT THE ARSENAL PRESS CONFERENCE PA Sport. Throughout the season, his hungry young team has defied the critics who said it would be plunged into transition and may not even be equipped to secure a top-four spot.
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        Lock icon Rush era the best
        871 50 ARSENAL v CHELSEA, 11.55PM, TONIGHT Out of more than 100 votes we received/ almost 40 per cent of our readers chose the lan Rush era as the best in Liverpool's history, followed by Kenny Dalglish's era gaining 27 per cent of the votes, Steven Gerrard's, Kevin
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        Lock icon Cantona was king
        356 51 Out of more than 100 votes so for, half our readers chose the Cantona era as the best in Manchester United's history, followed by Beckham's era at 27 per cent, then Ronaldo's, Best's and lastly, Robson's. Our oldest writer here chooses Ronaldo's era, while our much younger
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        454 52 ARSENAL v CHELSEA, 11.55PM, TONIGHT OTHER LETTER HIGHLIGHTS CANTONA LED THE DOMINANT DECADE THE team that brought the League title back to Old Trafford in the 1992-1993 season after more than two decades should be the greatest. After that great season, the team continued to flourish with
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        1128 53  -  ARSENAL v CHELSEA, 11.55PM, TONIGHT Liverpool and Manchester United lock horns at Anfield tonight in the biggest match of the season so far. Looking back at both teams' last Premiership game, The New Paper's football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN tells LIM HAN MING what viewers can expect from
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        Lock icon Jokes aside, I'd love to beat van der Sar
        842 55 STAR CYP. .IC.»C tjjLjjU. DIRK KUYT Liverpool Icons. I'VE got a few things to put straight when we play Manchester United. The first time I played against them, we lost 2-0 at Old Trafford. I was disappointed to lose against our
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        Lock icon Fergie tells Liverpool: I'd love to see you fall
        505 56  -  LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER UNITED, EXCLUSIVE Steve Bates Special Correspondent SIR Alex Ferguson insisted last night that he'd rather see Liverpool relegated than crowned Premiership champions. The United boss may have said it with a smile but after smashing their domination of
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        Lock icon Rafa says: This match won't decide title
        399 56 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez insists it is too early in the season to talk up the clash against Manchester United today. Benitez claims the significant fixtures take place towards the end of the season, not as Christmas approaches. The Anfield showdown
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        Lock icon Yakubu hands out another Hammer blow
        662 57  -  West Ewrtw 2 Everton: Yakubu 45, Johnson 90 Kick-off 3fM |UK iw| West Ham: Green. Neill, Collins. Upson. McCartney. Solano (Noble 59). Parker, Mullins (Reid 79), Ljungberg, Ashton. Cole (Camara 46). Subs (not used): Wnght. Sped or Booked: Ljungberg Evarton: Howard. Neville. Yobo. Jagielka.
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        Lock icon Sub Shaun spoils party for Keane
        268 57  -  Sunderland 1 Aston Villa ..................1 Sunderland: Higginbotham 10 Aston VHIa: Maloney 73 Mdi-«ff3|N(U(in| Sunderland: Ward, Whitehead. McShane. Higginbotham. Collins. Wallace (Cole 83). Etuhu (Leadbitter 61), Yofke, Murphy. Jones. Stokes (Chopra 70). Subs (not used): Gordon. O'Donovan Booked: Whitehead. Yorke. Acton VMIa: Carson. Mellberg. Laursen.
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        Lock icon Bent caps stunning win for the Latics
        534 58  -  Round-up Special Correspondent WIGAN and Blackburn produced an eight-goal thriller at the JJB Stadium as the Latics ended their 14-match unbeaten run. Marcus Bent and Roque Santa Cruz both scored hat-tricks in a goal-fest that saw second-bottom Wigan throw away a three-goal lead
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        Lock icon VASSELL ENDS BOLTON FIGHT
        673 58  -  Man City 4 Bolton 2 Man C: Bianchi 7. Michilak 48 (og), Vassell 77, Etuhu 90 Bolton: Dkxjf 31, Nolan 40 NkMI3pn(UK»M| Man City: Isaksson. Corluka. Richards. Dunn*. Ball. Gelson (Etuhu 46), Hamann. Johnson, Petrov (Gamdo S3). Bianchi (Mpenza 87). Vassell Subs (not used): Hart, Gaovann
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        Lock icon Spurs burst Pompey bubble
        614 59  -  PORTSMOUTH 0 TOTTENHAM 1 TV VIEW Lim Han Ming npsports @sph.com.sg WITH the Big Four all playing today, this was probably the most interesting Premiership match last night. All eyes were on the two managers, who were out to prove a point. Harry Redknapp ruffled some
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        Lock icon WHAT IF...?
        167 59 NWANKWO Kanu had not been injured? The absence of the former Arsenal striker was a huge blow to Portsmouth. Despite playing at home, Harry Redknapp fielded a five-man midfield to support lone striker Benjani Mwaruwari. Pompey had their chances during the match, most notably John Utaka's miscued shot
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        Lock icon No Drogba, no drive
        583 60  -  Iain Macintosh Your English Kaki A VRAM Grant should be celebrating the completion of his own four-year contract negotiations with Chelsea, but privately he must be very concerned about today's clash with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Apart from his debut defeat to Manchester United, Grant
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        Lock icon Liverpool hoping current hot form will spark United defeat
        345 60 JAVIER Mascherano is hoping the momentum from Liverpool's Champions League demolition of Marseille will enable them to topple Manchester United at Anfield tonight. Liverpool are in buoyant mood after the 4-0 win in midweek and are now eyeing United's scalp. "We
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        Lock icon EPL RESULTS
        80 60 BIRMINGHAM 1 Forssell 4 READING 1 Hunt pen 51 DERBY 0 MIDDLESBROUGH 1 Tuncay 38 MAN CITY 4 Bianchi 7, Michalik og 48, Vassell 77, Etuhu 90 BOLTON 2 Diouf 31, Nolan 40 PORTSMOUTH 0 TOTTENHAM 1 Berbatov 81 SUNDERLAND 1 Higginbotham 10 ASTON VILLA 1 Maloney 73
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      Lock icon FERGUE DOES NOT FEAR ANFIELD
      281 61 ft LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER UNITED, 9.25PM, TONIGHT AP "I ft OST visiting teams find playing at Anfield an XV X intimidating experience. Not Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who ranks the trip to Liverpool as a highlight of his season. "It encapsulates everything I think
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      56 43 NMM WITH THE SC€r° S t k legal bookmaker tub World Champ Etoile Sahel Urawa Reds Sun, 16/12/07 3.00pm Club World Champ Milan Boca|uniors Sun, 16/12/07 6.30pm Italian League Sampdoria Fiorentina Sun, 16/12/07 10.00pm German League Hansa Rostock Boch Mon, 17/12/07 12.00 am MonJ7/12/07^330aml [^^•BJrtSngatSorwfccSiTtwr^ Tc<«« do««« 5 mlrm»« b«tor»
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      109 60 SPORTS TV LIVERPOOL v MAN UTD Ch 27, 9.25pm, tonight ARSENAL v CHELSEA Ch 27, 11.55pm, tonight m RECREATIVO v ATLETICO MADRID Ch 22, 1.55 am, tomorrow I REAL MADRID v OSASUNA m Ch 22, 3.55 am, tomorrow 3RD/4TH PLAYOFF ETOILE v URAWA REDS m Ch 24, 2.55pm, today FINAL
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      51 61 tt-S <x Arsenal ARSENAL v CHELSEA, 11.55PM, TONIGHT V is THE SPOT J W lain Macintosh Let's whip 'em cleanly, says Wenger to his players (5?) f Gunners' defenders hold the key Q§) Iain Macintosh, Your English Kaki, will be at the Emirates tonight for the Arsenal v Chelsea EPL
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      16 61 I'd love to see you fall,/j-v Fergie tells Liverpool VS/ Potential flashpoints in the big match
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