The New Paper, 17 February 2008

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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon HE CLAIMS: I WAS TRICKED INTO MARRYING HER
      1319 2  -  SHE SAYS: HE KNEW ALL ALONG. COURT AWARDS HER $1 Man ties knot with pregnant girlfriend DNA test shows boy isn't his Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg HE did the "responsible thing" and married his pregnant girlfriend when he was 23 only to find
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    • Article
      Lock icon Lawyers: Welfare of kids should come first
      529 3 IT'S a father's nightmare to be told that his child is not really his child. But lawyers The New Paper on Sunday spoke to said that, thankfully, such cases are not common. Ms Hemalatha Silwaraju, from Hoh Law Corporation, has handled divorce cases
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon TICKED OFF BY LOVER'S TRICKS
      1114 5  -  NOW SHE SAYS IT'S NOT WORTH SPENDING A YEAR IN JAIL OVER HIM Scorned KTV mamasan cuts on-off boyfriend w/fh knife Then she splashes paint on his car and sets fire to his flat Karen Wong Karen @sph. com.sg MOST people end relationships with a
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      Lock icon FALLING BRANCH SLAMS INTO MOVING TRUCK
      497 6  -  CLOSE CALL FOR DRIVER ON THOMSON ROAD Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg DRIVING his freezer truck along Thomson Road was an everyday event until part of a tree came smashing through his windscreen yesterday afternoon. In a flash, Mr Mohamed Nazir Abdul Aziz's face and
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon CANDY OR KANA?
      860 8 HOW DO YOU SEE BUDGET '08? < ELDERLY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT Mr Lim Boon Kuang, 77, single Receives $290 a month under Public Assistance (PA) scheme Housing type: One-room rental flat What he gets: Increased PA allowance of $330 a month $600 Growth Dividends What he says:
      reports | susan tom, low ching ling; pictures | gavin foo; design | jonrob  -  860 words
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      Lock icon THINK YOUR SECRETS ARE SAFE?
      861 10  -  I EDISON CHEN SEX PHOTOS SAGA RAISES ISSUE OF LAPTOP SECURITY Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg YOUR computer probably hides a little secret that you wouldn't want others to know. The secret may not be dirty at all, unlike those buried in the laptop of Hong Kong
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    • Article
      Lock icon How to protect your data
      132 11 "Shred" sensitive data Instead of simply hitting the "delete" key to get rid of sensitive files, use a virtual file shredder such as Eraser (http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/), which is available for free. Shredders help to permanently delete files so that they can't be recovered. "Wipe" your hard
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      Lock icon All this damage, yet, data still recovered
      185 11 THINK yoer data is gone for good ovsa aft or you drop your laptop lato the pool while surfing oa a deck chair? Thlak agaia. Digital storage devices have beea ruined la all sorts of wavs. vet data caa still be "■■WJ lw»
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      Lock icon Residents, NEA TROUBLED BY HEAP OF TRASH
      1039 12  -  Karung guni man turns home into JUNKYARD Ho Lian-Yi lianyi@sph.com.sg ONE resident calls it the rubbish dump of St Michael's Road. Piles of junk collected over the years are stacked to the second floor of a two-storey terrace house and even along the
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      Lock icon GUNNING FOR THE BIG MONEY
      846 13  -  Defence budgets are growing and S pore is set to play key role in international weapons trade Ho Lian-Yi lianyi@sph.com.sg Forget gold. Cold, hard steel may be the safest bet amid the global economic turmoil especially if it is in the form of guns. While
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      Lock icon HE HID STOLEN CARS... IN BUSY CARPARK
      494 14 S'POREAN ARRESTED AS PART OF M'SIAN SMUGGLING SYNDICATE A SINGAPOREAN has been arrested for being the middleman in a lohor car-smuggling syndicate, reported Sin Chew Daily. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was in charge of hiding the stolen luxury cars
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      Lock icon I AM READY NO, SHE'S NOT
      515 15 Will Anwar's daughter contest elections? Reform Princess says: SHE is 27, newly married, and still breast-feeding her 4-month-old first-born. But Ms Nurul Izzah Anwar, the charismatic eldest daughter of former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, says she is ready to contest the 8
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dad says she's not keen to run for office, just wants to help out
      373 15 CONTRARY to the Guang Ming Daily News interview, a report in maiaysiakini.com has Mr Anwar Ibrahim (below left) saying that his daughter told him she was "reluctant" to be fielded as a candidate. Speaking to reporters
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      Lock icon HE IS MUMBAI'S
      686 16 Little-known politician incites violence against migrants from northern India IN recent weeks, Hindu nationalist politician Raj Thackeray has made a series of inflammatory statements against migrants from northern India. Indian media reported that he blamed them for not learning the local language (Marathi) or adopting the customs
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      Lock icon Must have proportional face, elastic muscles...
      295 17 Wanted: China's Olympic hostesses CHINA women auditioning to be one of the 380 Olympic hostesses or medal presenters during the Beijing Olympics have stringent requirements to meet, including some bizarre rules on facial features. For instance, the length of their eyes should be three-tenths
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    • SNAPSHOT
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        Lock icon 'FLOWER' PROTEST AHEAD OF MALAYSIAN POLLS POLICE CRACK DOWN ON KL RALLY
        263 18 MALAYSIAN police fired tear gas and water cannons yesterday to break up a rally by about 200 ethnic Indians some carrying flowers or roses to symbolise their peaceful demand for racial equality as the country geared up for
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      • Article
        Lock icon KILLER WAS 'BRIGHT'
        91 18 THE gunman who shot dead five people at Northern Illinois University in Chicago, US, was said to be an "outstanding" student. Officials said Stephen Kazmierczak, 27, who killed himself after the shootout, was a graduate student in social work at the University of Illinois. He was described
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        Lock icon DRINK DRIVER CAUGHT
        122 18 A TIP-OFF from the public led to the arrest of a 41-year-old drink driver early yesterday. Mr Chia Hong Boon, 27, spotted a driver driving in an unsteady manner when he was on the Central Expressway driving towards Tampines Expressway at about sam. He followed the car
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        Lock icon NO TRAVEL FOR TOP INDON BANKERS
        184 18 INDONESIA has banned some current and former top central bankers from travelling overseas as part of an investigation into a graft case, a senior immigration official said yesterday. The country's anti-corruption agency (KPK) is investigating a case in connection with a report from the
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        76 18 A SOUTH Korean company, RNL Bio, said it has taken its first order to clone a pet dog. A Californian woman from the US wants a lookalike to replace her dead pitbull terrier, Booger. She will have to pay US$l5O,OOO ($212,000) to clone the pitbull using tissue extracted from
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      156 14 TOSS UP YOUR PROSPERITY AT THE RIVER VIEW 'Yu Sheng' Set Menus 21 Jan 21 Feb '08 'Loi Hei' for good luck the whole year round. All set menus include a dish of 'Yu Sheng' and other auspicious creations. $238 for 4 persons $368 for 6 persons $438 $568 for
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      Lock icon BLACK NO LONGER BOUNTIFUL
      890 19 New York Fashion Week faces diversity crisis as ethnic models are edged out NAOMI, Iman, Tyra. Black models used to rule the supermodel runways in the '90s. At New York Fashion week this month, they seem to have all but disappeared. "What happened to all the
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      Lock icon German mum is sexiest model on planet
      276 19 ME any be mr 30, a vita aad a mam, bat fianaaa wpinaidil NaMI Kiam (Maw) has a n pravei wwrny n Mr mwi. Ha 34 year eld mother at three ias trani No 1 oa the list of the world's Tap 25
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      Lock icon Zap away fat in your problem areas
      682 20  -  UltraShape machine gets a 'facelift' Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg THE UltraShape machine which has helped 50,000 people in the world remove unwanted fat non-invasively, has recently undergone a facelift itself. The new UltraShape, which uses ultrasound to safely break down fat cells while
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      Lock icon My remote controls are out of control
      549 21  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg WHY do TV remote controls like playing "Hide and Seek" with people? If they're not hiding among the cushions of your sofa, they're skulking under The New Paper on the side table, or playing dead on top of the
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      Lock icon Daughters are still SMILING
      435 22  -  Parents miss out on arand prize at photo contest by eight votes but... Megha Gupta, newsroom Intern THEY lost $888 by eight votes. But the daughters of Mr Udeykumar Chandiramani and his wife Pooja aren't disappointed for their parents. After all, the couple was still among
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      Lock icon We search the heartlands and tell you about the gorgeous people we meet, like ...
      169 22  - We search the heartlands and tell you about the gorgeous people we meet, like Text and picture by Gavin Foo KELLY, 19, treasures the things she has. The freelance makeup artiste is also passionate about work. What's your heartland background? I have lived in Pasir Ris since I was 4.1
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      Lock icon Daddy, you're cramping my style
      750 23  -  Staying home isn't as cjood as it sounds S Murali mural is <Qsph. eom.sg DUE to contractual obligations, for the first time in my working life, I was recently in the unusual position of being on prolonged leave. For my children, aged seven and three,
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      Lock icon Check out unusual PEASANT fare from China that's more than just PLEASANT
      837 24  -  K F Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg TODAY, a new Chinese food culture is emerging alongside the good old well-loved and by now predictable south Chinese makan we've always had. You can easily find skilled mainland chefs pulling, slicing or
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      Lock icon They go slow to SHOW
      535 25  -  Sport cars lead Chingay parade at snail's pace Kor Kian Beng kianbcng(Qsph.com.sg THE showy sports cars moved like snails. Comparatively speaking. And just as well, since they were turning many heads at the Chingay parade last night. Their drivers? They had no problems travelling at
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon WAITING FOR A FANTASY
    257 26  -  Show Tel Brought to you by Nokia Nseries WHO doesn't love a parade? The glitz and the atmosphere it was all present at this year's Chinaay parade, hen on rriday and Saturday at the Padana. Touted as Asia' grandest street parade, Chinaay 2008 boasts 28 magnificent
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Laughter is indeed the best medicine
    674 27  -  OUR SUNDAY Joe Nathan Lourdes J Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg JHP" i O ahead and have a laugh. I I Take a few moments and try mm VJ this. Think about a time in the past when you laughed so much that you fell over. Or
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      149 28 OUR sunonv TV View Around The World In 80 Days Channd 5,7.15pm A bet sends a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure to prove that they can circle the globe in 80 days. Starring Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan. Schoolhouse Rockz Kids Central Ham
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      103 28 The Prestige HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm When a magician performs the ultimate magic trick, his rival tries desperately to find out the secret to the act. Starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale. r »-Vv' V. hi i*. r M V Magic moment: Hugh Jackman prepares to perform a trick with
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      58 28 Ih'M' My Secret Garden II (Drama) Lecture Room: 3 Kingdoms Rediscovering The Yangtze River (Educational) Night Walk (Variety) My Lonely Samson (Drama) My Lonely Samson (Drama) Body Code (Variety) The Little Fairy (Drama) News Club (News) My Girl (Korean Drama) Variety Big Brother 5 News World 11 (News) Money Week
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      61 28 SURIA 10.00am S.M.S K14 (Children) Cakap Sini Habis Sini 12.00nn Ish-Remaja TV:lsm (Variety) I.30 Aura Femina (Educational) Wajah 647km2 3j00 Tetangga 2 (Drama) 80'an Gerek Deria Kota 5.30 Kerja Untuk Si Kecil New Delhi (Drama) Selera Asia 7.00 Tenunan Krayon 5 (Children) &00 Berita (News) S.m.l@sihat (Educational) P.G Perihal Generasi
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      149 28 My Best Pals E City (StarHub Ch 56), 7pm In this new Taiwanese idol drama, a schoolgirl facing expulsion from school must locate her father's pistol which her principal has misplaced. Starring Ming Dao, Joe Chen. Love Is Not All Around Cthstial Movies (StarHub Ch 61), 9pm A woman is
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    Lock icon SUNDAY SOCIAL
    397 29 OUR SUNDAY Getting married? 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 Dearest Hubby Jeffery, Fate has brought you and I together as husband and wife. I will
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon KELANTAN (Race 7 No. 2)
      103 31 BEST BET WE NORMALLY do like horses coming back in distance within a short time. But we are making an exception with Kelantan, who backs up from the 1,600m to the 1,200m within a week. The Cape Cross five-year-old is a smart sort and looks
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TOPTIPS
      151 31 suNDAYpr"m fw wr TOPTIPS M2 R4 HlS J M 1F*I IRHrFo (Hot 5£¥51m MOMCTnJ *Enchanl«d '»V OttMy fkqfrm Tycoon Music Of Not ijfcte CunwKy Pfincp digf qwe fTht 4Lim's i jtom tErke SHmsl/t* IBCheyenne IJlAdBg 5Mica jRA SpaddOne| Kingdom &te> Gong SmI *rtsMwu 3 Joker 4ftous»r«i 2To c:
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      1049 31 RACE 1 DRAGON STEED and FOXX bumped on jumping. CHAPTER TWO was slow to begin. COURAGEOUS HORSE showed no early pace. Passing the I,ooom, BULLISH RUN steadied when racing tight to the inside of FOXX. Approaching the 600 m, PERFECT ALIGN
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD
      1790 32 MUDLARKS RACE 2x Magic Sapphire, Conspire, Cherry Blossom. RACE St Jeram Galaxy, Rousing Snow, Speed Chaser, Ban Soon, Port Of Hainan. RACE 4s Nice Plan, Brilliant Legend, Han Venture, Mi Bestz, Olympic Sun, Asian Tenacity. RACE 5: Happysolucky, Copperfield, Yaakeen, Main Power.
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    • Article
      Lock icon 1-2 finish for Yeoh in NSF Stakes
      169 33 AN UNLIKELY pair of Malaysian-bred mares made it a memorable outing for trainer Tony Yeoh when they finished 1-2 in the RM70.000 ($31,500) National Stud Farm Princess Stakes in Race 5 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Dreams Come True and Polar Girl, who had
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    • Article
      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      940 33 GOING: GOOD Race 1 MS D2 (SC) 1400m 3 JHMM VOMER 55 (12-5) n 4 4 1 (507) 2 anr eaglc 57 c 55 (29-6) NSHk (7) 2 2 2 (481) 1.25 1 PMCAY 57 (41-14) W—rt» (6) 1 1 3 (436) 2.5 10 WOOOY 50
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S PERTH (ASCOT) RESULTS
      589 33 GOING: GOOD Race 1 WA RACEHORSE OWNERS E o o CM 1 NAIROBI 58 (7-5) J Hill (1) 1 3 ITS 6UI1EY60L0 55 (25-11) T Timer (3) 2 6 XAARLINGTON 54 (46-15) B Parnham (6) 3 Trainer A Mathews Margins: 2.5, 3. 3.25. Tiaie: 2min 29.265
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      Lock icon Helene Mascot can keep up good work
      1092 34 Tips and comments by Phillip Woo, courtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. RACE 1 (2,000 m) Rockalot (No. S) lost every chance when missing the kick as the short-priced favourite over this trip last month before battling on late for fourth behind
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      Lock icon TODAY'S HK (SHA TIN, TURF) RACE CARD
      930 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD H l n KWl E OC ALe CHY TKN MeT DEF PfY ASC ALi m TWL r 7 TT *r i 1 EY sse Vo etc her BTW ►s son LaK 1 EY > 104-5) 1 fa j 1 .I
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
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      33 33 1 Saturday, 16 Feb 2008 First Second Third 6800 7757 3163 Starters 2156 8901 7968 1504 1040 9326 4601 2908 5812 2750 Consolation 5168 4598 6461 8051 1035 5374 7823 6418 8078 1062
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  • Sunday SPORTS
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      Lock icon Hitting the big 50
      790 35 Mad about golf I FOUND myself coming over all nostalgic when I read that Sandy Lyle had celebrated his 50th birthday last weekend. I was unexpectedly gripped by the emotion and the memories of a period in golf that will surely never again be repeated. Lyle
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      Lock icon Asean rising
      618 36  -  David Lee npsports.com.sg SLOWLY but surely, the profile of women's golf in Asean is rising. So says Malaysia's top woman golfer lim Siew Ai, who will be competing in the US$2 million ($2.8m) HSBC Women's Champions Tournament at Tan ah Merah Country Club's Garden Course from 28 Feb
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      Lock icon Strong back nine puts Annika ahead
      374 36 AFP. SWEDISH superstar Annika Sorenstam fired a second-round 67 on Friday to seize a share of the lead in the US$l.l million (sl.sm) SBS Open with Erica Blasberg. Sorenstam (above), making her first appearance in the event, followed up a 70 with a five-under
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      Lock icon Battle hots up on Aguilar trail
      565 37 UNHERALDED Chilean Felipe Aguilar knows the battle for supremacy at the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open is far from over, even after battling to take the third-round lead with a three-under-par 67 yesterday. The 33-year old (above), a graduate of the Challenge Tour, got
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      Lock icon Phil-good Mickelson in Seventh Heaven
      467 37 Wire Services. PHIL Mickelson, the pilot, seemingly had his golf game on auto-pilot yesterday. He shot a seven-under-par 64 at Riviera Country Club to seize a four-shot lead at the Northern Trust Open. Mickelson is 10-under 132 through 36 holes and it might take a
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      Lock icon Sour taste at Real Salt Lake
      575 38  -  Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg HE didn't see it coming. Indra Sahdan was in high spirits when he left for the US for a trial with American Major League Soccer (MLS) side Real Salt Lake on Wednesday. What he didn't bargain for, though, was a sluggish
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    • The Sporty BOSSES
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        Lock icon Run first, then shop
        719 39  -  Calling all sporty bosses! Do you have an active sporting lifestyle away from the office? Do you play one or more non-traditional sport? Or do you know of such a boss? Please e-mail details to npsports@sph.com.sg Gary Lim npsports @sph. com.sg I KNEW I was looking
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        Lock icon She's having a blast on dragon boats, too
        333 40  -  GARY LIM WHILE avid runner Anne Marie Chua pounds the tracks up to three times a week, she is also equally adept on water. Enter the Gaelic Dragons, a dragon boat team here that has strong ties with the Irish community in
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        Lock icon CALLING ALL WEEKEND SOCCER WARRIORS
        272 40 ALL you amateur and social weekend warriors who play on soccer fields and hardcourts out there, do you want to be featured in The New Paper? Does your team have an interesting history, background, or colourful characters with great stories, or unique match rituals and
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      Lock icon Thank you – and goodbye
      775 41 Thank you and goodbye Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, LIM HAN MING looks at how the Foreign Talent Scheme has fared in the sporting arena ATHLETES WHO LEFT SINGAPORE BADMINTON Li Li
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      Lock icon Locals-only policy for them
      355 42 BOWLING and sailing are two sports which pride themselves on picking only born-and-bred Singaporean athletes. Low Teo Ping, president of SingaporeSailing, told The New Paper: "To be fair, I also have Maximilian Soh, who has since quit Project 0812. The only difference is that he has
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      Lock icon Don't treat Singapore as a hotel
      736 42  -  d Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.ss LIKE it or not, the foreign sports talent scheme is here to stay. Over the years, I have grown to accept the foreign-born athletes as one of us. My eyes were moist when I watched on television how naturalised
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      Lock icon FA raises serious concerns
      740 43 Premier League's globalisation plans PA Sport. ANOTHER day, another new opponent to the Premier League's globalisation plans. Yesterday, it's the English Football Association's turn to jump on the bandwagon of opponents to the Premier League's proposal to play an extra round of fixtures abroad. The FA
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      Lock icon Scudamore vows to push ahead with proposals
      215 44 PA Sport. CHIEF executive Richard Scudamore insists he will continue to pursue plans to take Premier League matches abroad at a meeting with Fife president Sepp Blatter. Blatter, head of the sport's world governing body, has already voiced his opposition to the proposals
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      Lock icon Blatter insists on foreign quota
      439 44 PA Sport. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has reiterated his determination to limit the number of foreign players in the Premier League. Having vowed to torpedo Premier League plans to hold matches overseas, Blatter insists he is equally bent on forcing top-flight teams to start every
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      Lock icon No dragons at Millwall
      1290 45 Your English Kaki, a Southend United fan, risks life and limb to support his team in an away match against Millwall but finds that the scariest thing there is his team's form AS a mere, and very occasional, foot soldier of the Southend United supporters, I
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      Lock icon ROAD TO THE KNOCK-OUT PHASE
      1023 46 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Manchester United are enjoying their best Champions League season yet. GARY UM looks back at how they breezed through the group stages. WITH 16 points from Group F, Manchester United were the star performers of the round. They collected more points than any
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      Lock icon HIGHS
      102 47 WINNING two of their three away games in the group stage was a vast improvement from last season, when United tasted defeat in four of their six away matches in total. The ability to grind out results on foreign grounds will be an important weapon in the knock-out phase.
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      Lock icon LOWS
      42 47 THERE aren't any lows in United's Champions League campaign so far, really. The one thing they could probably whinge about is the draw they got. In Lyon, they are playing arguably the best second-placed team they could be possibly drawn against.
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      Lock icon A Valentine's Cole will never forget
      203 48 Welcome to Imac's Eye a weekly column from Your English Kaki. He will be letting you in on a few of the secrets he's been hearing on his travels arouna the Premier League, keeping you abreast of some of the quirkier stories in the
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      Lock icon REDS' QUICK PAYOFF
      823 48 LIVERPOOL have taken a lot of criticism this season over their off-the-field dramas, but they certainly know how to turn a profit. The Merseysiders signed Bulgarian goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov last summer for just under $700,000, but under-estimated just how difficult it would be to secure a work-permit.
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          Lock icon Not easy for Pompey to punish Preston
          436 49  -  David John PA Sport PRESTON v PORTSMOUTH (Preston 1 Portsmouth 1) HARRY Redknapp's Portsmouth side has spent the week training in Marbella and they are odds-on to add to their impressive away record this season when they travel to the north west. Redknapp
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          Lock icon MATCH 0407: SHEFFIELD UTD v MIDDLESBROUGH
          146 49 BRIAN GARY ERIC UM HAN IAN MILLER UM DING MING MACINTOSH SHEFF UTD 2.73 2.73 DRAW 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 BORO 2.22 2.22 222 HOME 1 1/2) JJ4 CTyZ) AWAY (-1 1/2) 4 50 4.30 4.50 «0 0 GOAL 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50
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          Lock icon WATCH 0408: PRESTON v PORTSMOUTH
          162 49 BRIAN GARY owe LIMHAN IAN MlllE* UM DING MING MACINTOSH PRESTON 3.87 3.87 vg. 3.87 3*7 DRAW J2L JUL 27^ PORTSMOUTH 1^7 <TT7> HOME 1 1/2) ML AWAY (-1 1/2) 3.20 DO 3.20 T5o OGOAL 8.50 8^0 8.50 H£0 1 4.20 Ciitf? 4.20 2 OJO^
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        Lock icon Rovers' fairy tale still alive
        475 50 BRISTOL ROVERS 1 SOUTHAMPTON 0 PA Sport. BRISTOL Rovers striker Rickie Lambert capped a dominant display with a late free-kick winner to send the League One side into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a shock victory over Southampton. Paul Trollope's Rovers were the better side
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        Lock icon McClaren: Championship side will suit me fine
        199 50 PA Sport. STEVE McClaren has revealed he would be willing to take a job with a Championship club. The former England manager was relieved of his duties with the national side following the unsuccessful Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. But he is keen to
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        Lock icon Allardyce: Bosses these days just can't take the heat
        320 50 PA Sport. SACKED managers are the victims of chairmen and owners who "can't stand the pressure" from volatile fans, according to Sam Allardyce. Bryan Robson became the game's latest high-profile casualty this week when he parted company with Sheffield United. Allardyce,
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        Lock icon Chelsea move on, Lampard marks his century
        636 51 CHELSEA 3 HUDDERSFIELD 1 PA Sport. HOLDERS Chelsea booked a place in the last eight of the FA Cup after Huddersfield briefly threatened to cause an upset at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard's 100th goal for the club in the 18th minute put Chelsea
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        Lock icon Barnsley create whirl-Pool
        732 52  -  LIVERPOOL 1 BARNSLEY 2 TV VIEW Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg LAST night, Barnsley lived the dream. Championship and Premiership. David versus Goliath. Egg against rock. But Barnsley forgot that they were supposed to roll over and play dead once they took to the field. And Liverpool ended the
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      Lock icon RONALDOPED?
      457 53 Wire Services. RONALDO's injury nightmares are a result of drug abuse. So claims Bemando Santi, a doctor at the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), who has since been fired for making the sensational allegations. AC Milan's Brazilian striker Ronaldo ruptured the tendon in his left knee on Wednesday night, sparking
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      Lock icon Seedorf fears striker's career is finished
      330 53 AFP. AC MILAN midfielder Clarence Seedorf has expressed his concern that team-mate Ronaldo's latest knee injury could spell the end of the star's career. "It's the third time it has happened to him the third knee injury he has picked up. That's why I'm
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      Lock icon 'Play me in the centre'
      293 54 WANT TO SEE THE ARSENAL HENRY? THIERRY Henry has told Barcelona fans they will never see the player he was at Arsenal. Henry has yet to convince the Catalans he was worth his £16 million ($45m) transfer fee and is still struggling with a new
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