The New Paper, 1 January 2008

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    • SINGAPORE
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        Lock icon NEW BIKE, NEW YEAR He won't enjoy both
        902 2  -  By Chong Shin Yen chongsy@sph.com.sg HE broke his leg in a motorcycle accident about a year ago, leaving him with a slight limp. His worried mother pleaded with him to give up riding. But he loved motorbikes. Not only did he not
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        Lock icon But can they really handle it?
        874 3  -  Accidents involving young people go up More young people getting souped up cars Faith Teo wenli @sph. com.sg FASTER but not safer. Many young drivers here are souping up their cars. But in doing so, they ignore crucial safety nets such as good brakes
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE DREAMING
        554 4  -  MY 2008 By Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo @sph. com.sg THERE is an option for every budget and preference. This is not a sentence uttered by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his new year message 2008, but a description of the unprecedented number of countdown parties ringing
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        Lock icon 8 PROSPERITY POINTS
        149 4 THE year 2008 spells prosperity in so many ways. We found eight in PM's New Year message: PM is "cautiously optimistic" about the new year. The US may go into recession but Asia is still going strong. Growth estimate: 4.5 to 6.5 per cent. Many major projects
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    • News watcher S'pore
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        Lock icon NHG to help more patients pay bills
        227 5 THE National Healthcare Group (NHG) is planning to give more assistance to needy patients who visit its polyclinics, and to help more of them in its next financial year. The group, which runs nine clinics islandwide, would have spent $1.2 million by the
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        Lock icon New Year welcome for minister
        93 5 Foreign Minister George Yeo gets a hug fromgetai singer Liu Ungling during a New Year event held near the Hougane Mia station on Sunday. The singer, who also acted in local movie 881, was performing a Hokkien song when she walked down the stage to
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        Lock icon LTA ups taxi stands in CBD to 95
        112 5 THE Land Transport Authority has put up 15 new taxi stands in the Central Business District, bringing the total number in the area to 95. The taxi stands are within 300 m of one another, or a five-minute walk from the buildings
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        Lock icon $118m gain for Sing Tel
        78 5 SINGTEL, South-east Asia's top telco, said yesterday it would record an exceptional currency translation gain of around $118 million in its third quarter which ended yesterday. The company said the translation gain came about after an Australian subsidiary reduced its Australian dollar-denominated share capital by
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        Lock icon Proposed shelter for abused women
        100 5 A NEW shelter, primarily for abused Muslim women, is being planned. Called Casa Raudha Women's Shelter, the 40-bed shelter will complement three existing shelters for abused women, The Straits Times reported. Its patron is Member of Parliament Halimah Yacob. The idea for the new shelter
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        Lock icon More novel ads for MRT passengers
        111 5 PASSENGERS looking out the train between the Newton and Orchard MRT stations can watch advertisements as if they were watching them on TV. That is because the ads are synchronised to the speed of the trains, which travel at 45 kmh. SMRT Corp has
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        Lock icon Firm suing MoS files in High Court
        96 5 A LONDON-BASED company is taking its lawsuit against the firm running the Ministry of Sound (MoS) club to Singapore's High Court, The Straits Times reported Ministry of Sound International had earlier filed a suit against the Singapore licensee in the British courts. The
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      6 2 j i ;14lilU PEOPLE GETTING SOUPED-UP
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      56 2 The stars ought to make some real resolutions this year and we have the perfect ones. IB Fast news 6 1800- 733 4455 Website tnp.sg E-mail tnp9tph.com.sg Fax 6319 8266 Operations Desk 6319 5544 Circulation Hotline 6366 3838 SMS SPORTING 2008: LOOKING AHEAD Rob Hughes and Rohit Brijnath on their
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      62 5 weather HAPPY NEW YEAR, AH SOWS V If iyW TIME TO TAKE ON BOARP ALL THE LESSONS YOU'VE LEARNEP FROM THE PAST YEAR. fig r HfeA %l ..ANP APPLY THEM SO THAT THIS YEAR WILL TRULY BE ONE OF NEW BE6INNIN6S ANP FRESH STARTS/ THAT'S WHAT I SAIP I'P PO
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        Lock icon 5 blasts hit Thai south
        49 7 Yesterday morning, two people were seriously injured and ISomers wounded by the blasts, which took place in the town of Surtgai Kolok, near the border with Malaysia. The bombs exploded in the hotel and nightlife area, including two inside a hotel discotheque. Picture: AFP
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        Lock icon M'sia DPM: Can't afford another race riot
        257 7 MALAYSIA has to tread carefully when it comes to race and religion, said Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak. In a keynote speech at a gathering of civil servants in Kota Kinabalu, Mr Najib said that the use of non-confrontational methods to solve
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        Lock icon Pakistan elections to be delayed
        93 7 Wire services. PAKISTAN'S elections, set for 8 Jan, is likely to be delayed by several weeks, officials said yesterday. The country's Election Commission said it had recommended an unspecified delay in the parliamentary polls, following unrest triggered by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto
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        Lock icon Heat still on for unlicensed vendors
        95 7 AFP. CHINA will extend a nationwide crackdown on shoddy food products, according to a government statement. From today, the crackdown will focus on 28 categories of food, such as rice, cooking oil, meat, dairy products, instant noodles, tea and beer. Those who sell such
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        Lock icon Baidu top exec killed in accident
        98 7 AFP. CHINA'S main Internet search engine Baidu.com said its chief financial officer Shawn Wang, who helped it list on the Nasdaq, has died while on holiday in China. Mr Wang, a key figure in Baidu's successful 2005 listing on the Nasdaq, died on 27
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      Lock icon Postcards from 2008
      499 8  -  f From HortPark to F1 racing, there're lots to look forward to in the new year By Ng Tze Yong tzcyong(Q)sph.com.sg OKAY, so you've brushed off the confetti, sung your auld lang syne, and reality is kicking in. Your resolution (the one you made last night) has
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    • SINGAPORE
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        Lock icon SPINNING, SPEEDING, SQUEALING
        365 9  -  Go-karting in Pttnggol thrills heartlandeft By Faith Teo wenii@sph.com.sg AMID the hissing, screeching and combustion-induced bangs, the high-performance cars spun, drifted and sprinted. And this was all with the approval of the traffic police. Welcome to The Punggol Motorsports Carnival. The event on Sunday was the first
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        Lock icon Tossed around but drifting's exhilarating
        285 9 WARNING: If you want to go drifting in U Mr Jansen Tan's car, make sure you have no back (or heart) problems. Drifting feels like being in a washing machine on spin-dry mode with the machine not quite being able to decide which direction to
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        Lock icon Fireworks: 8 MINS The wait: 13 HOURS
        652 10  -  Kiasu? S'poreans say long wait is worth it New year, old ways By Shree Ann Mathavan shreeann @sph. eom.sg WAITING for about 13 hours under the punishing hot sun for eight minutes of fireworks might put some people off. But several families were
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        Lock icon I CAN AFFORD NEW FLAT, I CAN'T
        862 11  -  Buyers have to pay a premium of at least $7,000 cash for 3-room flat even in outlying areas By Desmond Ng desmondn @sph.com.sg SHE wants to buy a house but is stuck with a real problem. Ms Lynn Manay does not have enough
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      Lock icon He rams police car and is shot dead
      485 12 Drug suspect jumps queue at traffic light Cops chase him to give speeding ticket. MALAYSIA HE had been on the run since 2000. But on Saturday, the suspected drug trafficker's game of hide-and-seek with the law came to an end after he
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon BABE TRICK
        564 13 Putin's plan to grab votes by using pretty candidates pays oft RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PULLS AGE-OLD HE'S TIME magazine's Man of the Year. But some may remember Russian president Vladimir Putin better for sexing up Russia's parliament, the Duma, reported The Times. It's an age-old trick to capture the
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        Lock icon Paedophile teacher arrested again
        371 14 'Intimate conversations' with colleague, 50... S HE escaped imprisonment after having sex with a schoolboy in 2004. But now, Debra Lafave, 27, a former bikini model-turned-teacher, could be jailed 15 years for allegedly breaking the terms of her probation, reported The Observer. Lafave became tabloid fodder
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        Lock icon Bestseller: Calendar with Bush's gaffes
        513 15 FORGET the calendars featuring bikini-clad women or cute puppies. In the US, it is the one marking President George Bush's last days that is the real bestseller, reported The Independent. "The intensity of dislike (for Bush) is driving these sales," explained its distributors, Calendars.com. Called
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      49 7 REGIONAL WEATHER Mostly cloudy High: ll* Low: 23' Partly cloudy Scattered Thunderstorms High: 11' Low: 23' GILBERT SCOTT ADAMS I HAD A GREAT DAY AT WORK. FOR SOIAE REASON, NO ONE INTERRUPTED tAE, 50 I GOT A LOT TODAY IS A HOLIDAY. t-l ALL OF fAY VICTORIES ARE TAINTED.
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      323 11 THANKS FOR CALLING This handphone is yours if your idea leads to a story Spread the cheer with t great offers from StarK t Visit our Roadshow at Tiong Bahru Level 1 from 1 Jan till 4 Jan 2008, 11am 9pm FREE Bluetooth Dongle worth $39.90 with any StarHub Digital
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      207 12 <* Appeared od Channel NewsAsia, 28/08/2007 at 8.45ani <r Appeared on 93.8FM Bod; and Soul Program (LIVE), 04/09/2007 at 3.45pm <# Appeared on Channel U Mediator p. 23/09/2007 at 7pm DR. GERARD CHUAH MBBS(S'pore), FRCSEd(UK) M.Med(S'pore), FAMS(Ophthalmology) Senior Eye Surgeon, Total EyeCare Center, Camden Medical Centre, Singapore Author of 8
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    Lock icon This YEAR I shall...
    1089 16  -  SHOW 2007 was the year celebs made pretty had decisions and careers ran off the rails. JEANMARIE TAN pens New Year's resolutions for the top 10 tackiest and wackiest who seem to be screaming for help By Jeanmarie Tan jcanm@sph.com.sg AMYWINEHOUSE M I resolve to dean
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      Lock icon Why can't we be tolerant?
      326 17  -  RUCKUS OVER BENCH From Mohd Shaheedu Pakri I READ the report, "So much trouble over a table" (The New Paper on Sunday, 23 Dec), about a woman who moved into a private estate and wanted her neighbours' "social-gathering bench" removed. She went all out to
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      Lock icon Mini vans for business areas, scooters for housing estates
      157 17  -  SCOOTER TOO SMALL? From Tay Poh Choo Vice-president, corporate communications/customer service Singapore Post Limited WE refer to Mr Abdul Aziz Ibrahim's letter, "Scooter too small for big mail load?" (The New Paper, 30 Dec). We thank him and his colleague for
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      Lock icon Snatch thefts on the rise: What precautions do you take when you go out?
      75 17 speak From reader Bernise Ang, 27, founder of Syinc, a youth engagement group "I'm mindful of my belongings, I don't flash or wave them around. Although I sometimes carry a laptop, I keep It (and my
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      74 17  -  From reader Siti Nur Khatyjah, 15, student SEEN anything newsy or interesting? Snap a photo of it and e-mail it to tnpclick@sph. com. sg with "Click" as your subject title. Tell us a little about your snapshot. Who knows? Your picture might win a prize. Talk about being grounded!
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      67 17 EVERY week, we will be picking a Letter of the Week (for contributions to the Your Views page or the TNP Postwoman website) and a Click! Picture of the Week. The winners will get either a Philishave 600-series quadra action shaver or a $50 Borders voucher.
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      65 17 E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to: The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 For verification, we need the writer's full name and contact number (preferably of a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you
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      Lock icon IN her last post,
      95 18 our Postwoman Wendy Teo writes about The New Paper's annual Flame Awards, where we carry torches for those who did good and scorch those who didn't. Among those who caught our attention last year were Mindee Ong of 881 fame and Hady Mirza and his Asian
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    Lock icon Male nudity in film: HOT? I think NOT
    544 19  -  GUIDE Big picture By Jeanmarie Tan jcanm @sph. com.sg DAVID Cronenberg's new film Eastern Promises is, like most of the director's work, not scant on his signature "body horror". But there is one particular scene in this London-set Russian mafia thriller that
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      881 26 KS-C 1600m 548-74 Ariaa 58 (78) (6ag D Koh-Starcap) *****7 Rhrar Mar|u 55 (66) (5ireg J Meagher-Rj Arculli/Ed Chan) -***** Victory Cupar* r ....53.5 (64) (6nzg Sam Chua-Flying) *****4 Nam Stop 53.5 (63) (7ag KC Yeoh-Jumbo Tan) *****5 Sapar Sunday 53.5 (63) (5nzg
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      Lock icon LAST WEEKEND'S PENANG STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      916 26 SATURDAY RACE 2 GRAND ARC was slow into stride At about the I,ooom, TOMBOY steadied off the heels of ACE ESPRIT, who rolled in slighdy. When questioned regarding his ride in the back straight, A Kumar (TOMBOY) said that at about the I,ooom, he
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      814 27 C3 1200m Da Ma Cal Stakes *****0 llaM 57 (74) I *****7 Jww 56 (72) (7 ag F Mayt»fd-Gold P**) 0-CM UBMtfOTTte Vli 55 (70) (6ozg KC TlanQ-Mdm YT Tan) ***** 6Hita|lMfT ...™5t5 (68) (5wn B Brogaft-Bdohi Star) 320Q40 Uv'a Qsartf .54.5 (68) (5(120 J
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      1005 27 C3 1600m Da Ma Cal Stakes 7371- Mt|MyCMc ...57 (74) (6am F Coetne-GoWan KniQht) -483-8 Weetyllve Seel 55.5 (71) (5am Y*i Lrtw-NUva Emparor) -0-77- Easy OvLMkf 54 (68) (Bao F Codm-Lion City) -3 081 P*nr Far Saca m .53 (66) (510 B Brooan-BrtgDt Star) -*****
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      139 28 A1 PES mS ■r Ffl7 J ■1 1 Iff rffrwj m i 1 CARRY OM CUMY* 9 Mighty Lad vf J 8 Dragon Gate 9 Mighty Lad 1 Carry On Glory I 8 Dragon Gate 2 (KOIKE 9 Mighty Lad 3 Gold Help 1 V r 6 First
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      105 28 (Race 8 No. 3) BEST BET WHAT a marvellous galloper this four-year-old Arena gelding has been for his connections. Although he is coming back to the 1,200m after his slashing victory over the 1,600m last month, there is every reason to believe he can do it. After all,
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      127 28 RACE 1: Red Auspice, Welcome Back, Coffeentea, East Coast Express, Sea Of Tranquility, Holland Vee Towkay. RACE 3: Veeandvee, Morgan, Championship, Happy Gainer, Royal Bay. RACE 5: Zoid, Schmeichel, Orion, Royal City, Pin Number, Strawberry Power, Robbins, Royal Warrant. RACE 6s Guerilla, Party Boy Taipei, First Avenue. RACE 7:
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      Lock icon King Callow to kick off New Year with early double...on Carry On Victory and Carry On Glory
      358 28  -  By Larry Foley npracing@sph.com.sg WHILE the likes of Noel Callow and Laurie Laxon will be hoping the 2008 racing season brings much of the same as last year, the reality is that from
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      2083 29 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 ii«. Last 6 n iits HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (A#«/ort|l«/sai, trainer-owner) 1 0-4-37 MMUMIIT 58 5 <48) E Asian c3 3 (3iug Yusof-A&l) 2 *****4 Carry Oa Vlctary 58.5 (48) N Callow 14 (4ag S Burridge-Oragon) 3
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      Lock icon Enjoy Carry On Callow show
      2666 30 LARRY FOLEY'S COMMENTS AND TIPS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI RACES RACE 1 (1,400 m) 1 Arkadian Boy Place hope on last tew runs. 2 Carry On Victory Should prove very hard to run dam and a win would not surprise. 3 Charming Angei Not sure H
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      Lock icon Sunny Power should be too strong
      932 31 Race 1 (1,200 m) Master ling (No. 8) has been racing well without winning but must be considered one of the leading chances. Majln Ban (6) will need some luck from gate 11. However, he has been racing creditably, the latest a close second
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      1143 31 GOING FORECAST: GOOD a •7-I-TT-* 1MB 1 JOCKY WTP) BM 1 MAAMLEV SA K L ChuH-5) 132 1 2 WARM ALe SMosse 13? 4 3 FJUTBt F ASTIR C Soumnton 129 6 4 MMJQM HT OJH r, n.^KitU D rrcOCMC 126 7 5
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  • SPORTS
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      486 32 c>o As the year comes to a close, we look back at some of the best quotes of 2007 I said yesterday I have never been so nervous for 18 holes of golf and, today, I am going to say I have never been so
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      Lock icon Fierce competitor on court...
      925 33  -  mi Comment by Ernest Luis npsports @sph. com.sg MARIA Sharapova meant business when she came to Singapore over the weekend. And she left early yesterday morning knowing she did the business well. So when you read the rest of this story, you'll realise why this former
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        Lock icon MATCH 0301: FULHAM v CHELSEA
        358 34  -  BETTING TEAM FACTS: LIM HAN MING BEST PICK: GARY LIM WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: IAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: FULHAM: Christanval, Pearce, Mcßride, Bullard, Elliot (injured); (doubtful); Bouazza (suspended) CHELSEA: Lampard, Terry, Drogba, Malouda (injured); Shevchenko (doubtful) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fulham 9; Chelsea 37; draws 20
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        Lock icon MATCH 0302: ARSENAL v WEST HAM
        352 34 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: ARSENAL: Van Persie, Walcott (doubtful); Bendtner (suspended) WEST HAM UNITED: Gabbidon, Collins, Etherington, Davenport, Bellamy, Bowyer, Zamora, Dyer, Faubert (injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Arsenal 48; West Ham 33; draws 36 LAST MEETING: 29 Sept, 2007 West Ham 0 Arsenal 1 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS:
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        Lock icon MATCH 0303: READING v PORTSMOUTH
        313 35 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: READING: Oster, Little (injured) PORTSMOUTH: Johnson, Primus, Cranie (injured); Davis, Pamarot (doubtful) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Reading 9; Portsmouth 19; draws 13 LAST MEETING: 29 Sept, 2007 Portsmouth 7 Reading 4 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: READING: L-D-W-D-W PORTSMOUTH: L-D-L-L-W GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED): READING 0-15 min:
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        Lock icon MATCH 0304: BORO v EVERTON
        321 35 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: MIDDLESBROUGH: Craddock, Hines, McMahon, Jones, Mido, Bates (injured); Aliadiere, Wheater, Taylor (doubtful) EVERTON: Osman, Baines (injured); Stubbs, Turner (doubtful); Arteta (suspended) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Boro 33; Everton 58; draws 34 LAST MEETING: 30 Sept, 2007 Everton 2 Boro 0 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: BORO: W-L-L-W-W
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        Lock icon Your Betting Guide
        265 36 EPI Stats tor 199 Matches (as at 31 Dec) Need help for your weekend football punting? Here's a compilation of the English Premier League results so far. 1 1x2 Home: 93 times (47%) Draw: 52 times (26%) Away: 54 tines (27%) V-i goal J -1.5/2.5: 60 times
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        Lock icon TOP OF THE TIPS
        309 36 Best bet BETTING Gary Um Strike Card hits 405 Last round: 18 Getting off to a good start to 2008 is crucial. So I'm going to keep It safe, at the same time not compromising too much. Bolton to beat Derby on the 1x2 ticket may
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        Lock icon MATCH 0305: WAN UTD v BIRMINGHAM
        350 37  -  BETTING TEAM FACTS: LIM HAN MING BEST PICK: GARY LIM WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: IAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: MANCHESTER UNITED: Scholes, Silvestre, Foster (injured); Neville, Van der Sar (doubtful) BIRMINGHAM CITY: Parnaby, Oubina (injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Man U 45; Birmingham 25; draws 27
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        Lock icon MATCH 0306: ASTON VILLA v TOTTENHAM
        304 37 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: ASTON VILLA: Bouma (doubtful) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Bale, Assou-Ekotto (injured); Gardner, Rocha, Dawson (doubtful) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Villa 53; Spurs 59; draws 33 LAST MEETING: 1 Oct, 2007 Spurs 4 Villa 4 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: VILLA: W-D-D-D-L SPURS: W-W-L-W-W GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED): VILLA
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        Lock icon Birmingham set to face Man U backlash
        919 38  -  BETTING By Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg Manchester united must be feeling like a woman scorned. Its heart was ripped to pieces following the defeat to West Ham over the weekend and Fergie's men will have sharpened their claws just to be ready for this
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      Lock icon Honey, where's my remote?
      512 39 Evertonv Man City W 12 January, 23.00 SuperSportsPlus(Ch21) Two Rottweilers trained to attack. The thing is, this match is at Goodison Park which means Everton will have more bite. With both teams capable of scoring goals, expect the action to be end-to-end stuff. There is little
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        Lock icon Readers v Readers
        850 40 -igr J■■■l 1 1 It sure wasn't pretty in this edition of The New Paper Monthly Reader Challenge. Only two reader-tipsters managed to get one winner on the Ix 2 ticket, while the other two fired blanks. Dean Tan, a 23-year-old part-timer at a bank, eventually won
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        Lock icon Simpler rules and technology needed
        693 42 FOOTBALL is more than just a sport these days. It is a business with millions of dollars at stake. And in business, there is no room for error, as every mistake can cost you a fortune. The past week has seen two refereeing howlers affect
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        Lock icon Budgie speaks
        47 42 Goalkeeper John "Budgie" Burridge has played 771 league games in the English and Scottish leagues over 30 years. A regular TV pundit in the Football Channel (Ch 27), he's known for his colourful and controversial takes on the Premiership, and will share his exclusive insights
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        Lock icon Al Qahtani not good enough
        439 43 BUDGIE SAYS... HAVE you heard the story about Yasser A 1 Qahtani? The reigning Asian Player of the Year claimed last week he turned down an offer to join Manchester City. Do you want to hear the real story behind the scenes? The truth is,
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        Lock icon This month, only the desperate will buy
        335 43 THE big January sale is now on. From today, clubs will be tripping over one another trying to sign players now that the transfer window has re-opened. However, fans who are looking forward to big transfer deals may be disappointed. It is highly
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        Lock icon WHEN THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY OPENS...
        1771 44 With the January transfer window set to open, managers the length and breadth of the country will be looking to add the icing to their season's cake or rescue an underperforming squad from the mire with some fresh talent. Here, PA Sport looks at
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        Lock icon No rhythm in Blues
        551 45 INJURED PETR CECH CARLO CUDICINI CLAUDE MAKELELE ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO JOHN TERRY FRANK LAMPARD FLORENT MALOUDA DIDIER DROGBA GOING TO AFRICAN NATIONS CUP JOHN 081 MIKEL SALOMON KALOU MICHAEL ESSIEN DIDIER DROGBA (if he recovers) PA Sport. CHELSEA have a suggestion for Fifa. Chairman Bruce Buck has
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      Lock icon CHOOSE A BIG 4 EPL TEAM, AND NAME ITS ALL-TIME WORST XI
      245 46  -  By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg IT'S a brand new year, and the TNPPostman wants to kick it off with a laugh. For the last two weeks, you've submitted to us your best-ever line-ups for the Premiership's traditional "Big Four"
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      32 40 Prize of the month WHAT THE READER-TIPSTER CAH WIN mrnMTi ELECTRIC mini refrigerator worth $499 PLUS! $100 cash each for 5 lucky readers who vote correctly the top reader-tipster of the month
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      111 46 SPORTSONTV Football: EPL FULHAM v CHELSEA Ch 27, 8.40pm, tonight Ch 21, 10.55pm, tonight Ch 22, 10.55pm, tonight ARSENAL v WEST HAM Ch 27, 10.55pm, tonight ASTON VILLA v TOTTENHAM Ch 27, I.loam, tomorrow NEWCASTLE v MAN CITY Ch 22, 3.40 am, Thursday Ch 21, 3.55 am, Thursday LIVERPOOL v
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