The New Paper, 9 March 2008

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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1005 2  -  MAN MISTAKEN FOR MAS SELAMAT SAME^I liMp Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg HE is afraid to go out for fear of being mistaken for wanted terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari. He has been pointed at and stared at and, on one occasion,
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    • 362 3 ANQTHFR CASF OF MISTAKEN IDFNTITY ANOTHER man has found himself to be the subject of unwanted scrutiny because of his likeness to Singapore's most wanted man. Besides looting like runaway terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, 51-year-old comedian Ahmad Stolon also walks with a limp. But true to his
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    • 652 4  -  BATTLE FOR MINORITY VOTE The minority spoke with a major voice. The Hindraf leader in jail won his seat while Works Minister Samy Vellu lost his. In Penang, the opposition unseated the ruling coalition which had been ruling there since 1969
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    • 468 4 IT was a birthday present that was not welcomed. Datuk Sen Samy Vellu (left) could have been blowing 72 candles on his birthday cake yesterday. Instead, the veteran politician was booted out of the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in Perak. Active in politics since 1974
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    • 425 6 ANWAR'S DAUGHTER WINS AFP. WILL she or will she not? This was the question before nomination day. All eyes were on former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's oldest daughter Nurul Izzah. Mr Anwar himself said that she was not keen to contest. But
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    • 612 6  -  takes Penang in surprise win REPORTING FROM PENANG Tan May Ping mayping@sph.com.sg APOLITICAL tsunami hit Penang yesterday. And riding the crest of that wave was Dr P Ramasamy, a recendy retired political science professor. He was a senior fellow at the Institute of Southeast
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    • 973 7  -  NEW RULE FOR CABS IN CBD CAUSES CONFUSION Hedy Khoo hedykhoo @sph.com.sg IT sounds like a good idea. Taxi drivers can pick up and drop off passengers only at designated taxi stands in the Central Business District (CBD). But in
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    • Article, Illustration
      75 9 THE IT SHOW TACTIC Waiting: Madam Goh Seok Ngoh (sitting on the floor), takes care of her 7-year-old grandson while her son shops inside. Next to them is little Elvy Yeo, 2, with his family's maid, Ms Leila Gonzale, 25. Human traffic: (Above) Some shoppers said
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    • 768 10  - Some parents are adopting new tactic take grandma or maid to look after kids while they shop Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg HOW do you survive squeezing in with more than 100,000 people while looking for the best IT deals? The mass of bargain-hunters who thronged the halls of the Singapore International
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    • 976 11  -  Youth Olympics 2010: Can S'pore deliver? Elysa Chen elysac@sph.com.sg WITH many big projects underway, will our construction resources be strained? That possibility is worrying some in the industry. By 2009, stage three of the Circle Line and the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort have
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    • 335 11 CONTRACTORS and industry experts say that there has been an across-the-board 30- to 40-per-cent increase in salaries over the past year for those working in the sector. Mr Quek Sim Pin, a contractor of 12 years, said that from a low of $3,000
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    • 756 13  -  THEFT FOILED AT LASALLE COLLEGE OF ARTS: THIEVING DUO TRY TO TALK THEIR WAY OUT BUT ARE NABBED BY ALERT STUDENTS Alvin Chiang alchiang@sph.com.sg CAUGHT red-handed, the two thieves didn't flinch. Instead, they pretended to be students at the arts college. They were taking their
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    • 700 14  -  Yesterday at the eGaming competition at Funan DigitaLife Mall Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg SHE calls herself a "gaming mum". When Madam Annie Tan's two children compete in cybergame events, she can usually be seen toting big shopping bags filled with their controllers and other gaming gear.
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    • 727 15 Barack Obama's star adviser resigns after she calls his rival, Hillary Clinton, a 'monster' She rubs shoulders with celebs like fellow Darfur activist George Clooney IF Senator Barack Obama has been called the "rock star" candidate, Ms Samantha Power might have been his rock star adviser.
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    • 557 16 1 O-year-old's head nearly cut off after she was killed MURDERERS FANTASY'. AP. A MENTALLY-ILL man in Oklahoma, US, received the death penalty on Friday for luring a 10-year-old girl into his apartment before mutilating and killing her. The jury deliberated for B'/2 hours before convicting Kevin Underwood,
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    • 430 16 MAN STABS EX-GIRLFRIEND 60 TIMES BEHEADS HER Brutal killing 2: Hong Kong A JILTED Hong Kong man was arrested for brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend on Friday, reported Apple Daily. Liang, 25, waylaid his ex-girlfriend as she was leaving for work, lied his way into her flat and then attacked
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    • Article, Illustration
      262 17 OVER THE FIRST FEMALE MARRIAGE OFFICIAL IN EGYPT AFP. ANGER is raging on the streets of Egypt after the country appointed its first female to conduct Muslim marriages. Ms Amal Soliman (above) is the first woman in the Middle East and possibly the Muslim world to be authorised to
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    • 490 17 AFP WHO wants to be Number 1? Every billionaire in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it seems. The super rich there are bidding massive sums of money for out-of-the-ordinary car licence plates as the Gulf state basks in an oil-driven economic boom. One particularly
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    • 384 18 Online video sparks investigation in HK school WHAT happened in this classroom? A Hong Kong teacher has been accused of attacking a male student after a video of the incident surfaced on the Internet on Tuesday. In the low resolution clip, a stocky, middle-aged
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    • SNAPSHOT
      • 33 19 "Democracy is the new Christianity. It is the chosen faith of Western civilisation, and carrying it abroad is the acceptable face of the Crusader spirit/ 7 Simon Jenkins in The Guardian
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      • 84 19 THE funeral for Jackie Chan's father Fang Daolong was held yesterday, at a leafy winery on the outskirts of Canberra, Australia. He was buried beside his wife, who died in 2002. Mr Fang died of prostate cancer in Hong Kong on Tuesday at the age of
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      • 95 19 WHILE the housing market has cooled, demand for single offices has grown. Transactions of these properties, which are in larger commercial buildings and are known as strata-tided offices, more than doubled in the fourth quarter last year. There were 13 transactions of strata-titled offices between October
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      • 88 19 FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, 82, was admitted to hospital yesterday for precautionary tests. She has appeared in public only rarely in recent years after suffering a series of small strokes in 2002. As Britain's first and so far only female prime minister, she earned a reputation
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      • 136 19 THE Enterprise Development Centres, which help small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are getting a boost. The government will commit $12.6 million over the next three years to the five centres, which help SMEs with anything from financial planning to venturing
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      • 106 19 THE Football Association of Singapore has launched a talent-spotting programme for pre-teens under the age of 13. The aim is to put together a team to represent Singapore at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Open trials for girls will be held at a field near the Kovan
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      • 218 19 UNWELCOME. But not surprising. That was US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's reaction to a second straight month of US job losses. Mr Paulson, who was visiting California to discuss the economy, spoke to reporters on Friday after the Labour Department reported that 63,000 jobs were
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      • 71 19 A 101-YEAR-OLD Italian man is to marry his 98-year-old girlfriend after a courtship of more than half a century. Retired gynaecologist Giuseppe Rebaudi is to marry Madam Silvie Basain, whom he started seeing in 1952, next month. Madam Basain was worried they might be rushing things. "We have only
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    • 217 14 SINGAPORE'S VERY OWN MARRIED WOMEN CONTEST IS NOW OPEN! a Show the world your great looks, personality, inner beauty and charm! Mrs Singapore classic Mrs Singapore 2008 There* NO SWIMWEAR in this contest qualify, you should be between 22 44 years of age for the I V Mrs Singapore Catagory
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  • OUR sunday
    • 748 20 It has been called a glorified sanitary napkin and labelled as indecent Irs netizens. CString's creator David Bradshaw sent us samples. Reporter Shree Ann Mathavan (left) ends up as the 'test pilot Our resident u if, Sylvia loh Paik Choo gives her take on some 'creative
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    • 403 21  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg THE inventor of the CString, American David Bradshaw said, "I sat on it for 20 years," because he thought no one was ready for it. Here's the thong, I mean, thing. If Mr Bradshaw could withstand it for two decades, why
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    • 486 22  -  Not too young to walk to school and... Santokh Singh San tokh @sph. com.sg IT was a phone call that would change my daughters' lives. "Mr Singh, this is the school bus operator," said the lady. "This year, the school bus fare will be
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    • 614 23 y e o T, JEON BYUNG EUK Man watch I (hat they say Just a AS manly physique may not show it but Super Reds Football Club forward Jeon Byung Euk (right) is still a boy at heart. This 21-year-old from Seoul, Korea, loves his pop music. His favourite K-pop
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 544 24  -  Solomon Lim limhps @sph. com.sg YOU might have woken up to find a few strands of hair on your pillow. Don't worry, it's totally natural hair loss isn't just about dropping hair. Shedding hair is part of a natural cycle of hair growth, which can take
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    • 835 25  -  Looking back on our makan mishaps K F Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg BEFORE I launch into a retrospective spiel about the food I've eaten all these decades that gave me so much confidence in many of my recommendations. and helped refine my palate, I'd like to take
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    • 172 26 IT may have started out as an indie band in California. But now, you can't go anywhere in the world without hearing the radio-friendly songs of US pop group Maroon 5. Having sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, the quintet are bringing
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    • 468 27  -  Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg THEY say the new middle age starts at 50, thanks to baby boomers J. refusing to grow old. Much has been said about keeping fit, not just physically, but mentally. The brain can reorganise itself according to input. This is termed
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  • 255 28 Show Tel TIRED of listening to the some overplayed tunes? Treat your ears to a range of musical genres at the annual Mosaic Music Festival. A series of delightful events by acclaimed musical talents has been lined up just for you. Be awed by the sheer
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 596 29 YOGA FOR MIGRAINE #4 FOR all of you who suffer migraines, it's critical that you learn how to relax. This is getting harder and harder in today's fast-paced life, but stress and anxiety are contributing factors in triggering a migraine attack. In yoga,
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    • 229 30 THE NEW PAPER .Lifestyle Presented by OLRUM (J)Taka«ki»aya S.C. ijJj 1 J#* H m Get slap-happy at this unusual pottery workshop! Renowned Japanese potter Ms Marl Orikasa will show you how to use your bare hands to 'slap' clay into shape, and create plate designs by laying coloured clay onto
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 196 30 TView Rouge Channel 5, 10pm This new talk show hosted by Eunice Olsen focuses on themes and trends concerning Singapore women like inspirational heroines, relationships, cervical cancer, shopping and pets. There are also celebrity interviews, guest artiste performances and lifestyle tips. r World Trade Center HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm
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    • 222 30 Bride Prejudice Arts Central, 10pm In this Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale, a woman who is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters has high hopes when a rich single gentleman and his friend come to visit. Starring Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson. Gorillas Revisited With
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    • 70 30 CHANNEL U IfluOQan My Secret Garden 11 JO Making Ot Rule #1 12.00nn Lecture Room 1.00pm Rediscovering The Yangtze River I.30 Makan King 2.00 My Lovely t Samsoon 4.00 Body Code 5.00 The Little Fairy 7.00 News Club 7.30 My Girl 9.00 2 Become 1 II.00 News World @11 11
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 94 31 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 SUNDAY SOCIAL Dearest Tony and Vivien, congratulations to You. Our Bride and Bridegroom May the love you've discovered as husband
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    • 65 31 Better Give me MILK or I'll Box You! f To my beloved wife Jaslyn Lee. 1 March will always be the special day for us, the Promise the love to carry on in this new chapter of our lives. Now, you are Mrs Tan. I will love, cherish take care
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 35 32 2- ■U§v5S^ wm njTjlHjlKIJwyiwra firT^roTiBiTiiMMnniTTB^ [iiriiliTiEflWlTiWaH'flt] fi—»r»iiTi fkdjf Happy 7th Birthday To You Darling Md Zabir... You're Always In My Prayers, Heart And Thoughts. Remember We'll Always Be A PART. Not APART... LuvU Hameshaa, Ab.
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    • 47 32 0 To my Dearest Teapot QiJun, You are my lovable, kissable, huggable, cuddlable, adorable wonderful Sweetheart. My heart is beating because of you, you make every beat of my heart special and meaningful. I love you. From your Dearest Teacup Yenchin V- m v* v. -> 5i .-V
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  • RACING
    • 103 33 (Race 8 No. 3) BEST BET THIS consistent Wong Kong Fatt-trained youngster is improving with every run and should make it win No. 5 in 10 starts today. His latest success over the Penang 1,200m in the same Class 3 level was full of merit. The Viking Ruler
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    • 1063 33 GOING FORECAST: GOOD cs -11 .11.10 I00M (STfUUBiT) ttakac MOO,OOO No. Last 6 ran HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****1 Glory Road 57 (43) K Eirwan c3 8 (3ac Cecil Robert-CE Gan) 2 -***** Zhang Jiang 56 41 M Leong c2 4 3ag
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    • 2592 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD CSOI V 1.15 St*es: RM43.000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt 1 1 Duchess Of Marl 57 2 174-2- Mahakaya 56 i 3 *****5 Real Warrior 55.5 I 4 *****6 Reno 55.5 I 5 403-35 Urn's Quartz 55 i 6 00-5-1 Jeram James
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    • 1119 35 RACE 1 FIFTH AVENUE lost ground when crowded on jumping between MUSIC FIGHTER and FOREVER HAPPY, who began awkwardly and shifted in. Shortly after, FIFTH AVENUE then had to be checked again when crowded between SAMURAI SOUL and MUSIC FIGHTER, who was taken out
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    • 545 35 GOING: GOOD 2 FOREST FROLIC 58.5 (13-9) P King (1) 1 6 WESTERN FORCE 53.0 (20-14) P Knuckey (6) 2 5 SEYMOUR SNAKE 53.0 (93-30) D Miller (5) 3 Trainer: J Cockeir. Margins: Nk, 1, nk. Time: Imin 37.155ec. EOB: $14. Forecast: $10 Tierce: $73. Trio:
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    • 848 36 Tips and comments by PHILLIP WOO, courtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club RACE 1 (1,000 m) Winning First (No. 3) has been coming along nicely in his lead-up work, including a grass trial success last month, and must be
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    • 1178 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD no. morse name nun jockey vtw mr 1 LIVEN fWWE KWL B Prebble 127 1 2 STOMM JBMM DEF DWhyte 127 6 3 MMMB ma JM O Beadman 127 7 4 M PROFIT CSS EWHson 118 4 5 MB BRNER
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
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  • 821 37 SPORTS Mad about golf Steve Newell, who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, has written several golf books, Newell now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els MEM'S WORLD RANKING: 1 Tiger Woods 20.88pts 2 Phil Mickelson 10.18 3
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  • SUNSPORTS
    • 689 38 Title holder shoots 65 for 2-shot lead DEFENDING champion Peter Hedblom surged into a two-shot lead after firing a flawless seven-under-par 65 in the third round of the Maybank Malaysian Open yesterday. The Swede produced a wonderful back-nine performance on a sweltering day at Kota Permai Golf
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    • 368 38 AP FOR all the tough losses he has endured on the golf course the last few years, Ernie Els found perspective at home in the blue eyes of 5-year-old Ben. His son was diagnosed with autism, which Els and his wife coped with privately until
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    • 236 39 WANG Yuegu, Singapore's highest-ranked player who is world No. 6, was making herself a cup of hot Milo filled with cornflakes when The New Paper met her last Thursday morning. She said in Mandarin: "This is my 'yin yang zao can' (healthy breakfast). This was recommended to
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    • 850 40 Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene witn a national or grassroots perspective. Today, LIM HAN MING trades the success of the Republic's women Kddlers. who won a silver medal hind China
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    • 697 41 IF all goes well, the women's table tennis team will deliver the first Olympic medal for Singapore since Tan Howe Liang won a weightlifting. silver in 1960. In what was seen as a dress rehearsal for the Olympic final in August, the team comprising
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    • Article, Illustration
      631 42 EUROWATCH While England's footballers sulk in their sun-loungers, the rest of the continent will be contesting the 2008 European Championships. Your English Kaki, lAIN MACINT OSH runs the rule over some of the potential stars of the summer. This week, it's the turn of FC Porto and Portugal winger
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    • FA CUP
      • 665 43 STAR FVPIIHIUC^^ GEORGE BOATENG Middlesbrough Thanks to our last-gasp victory over Sheffield United last week we can now look forward to a FA Cup quarter-final against Cardiff. It was a really physical game against United and we covered a lot of miles over
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      • 192 44 ■MAN OAKY KMC IAIN JAMS KASTNAM MILLER UM DMO MACINTOSH BORO 1.55 6 1.55 1.55 1.55 1.55 DRAW 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.30 g CARDIFF 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 HOME 11/2) 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 gf 2.80 AWAY 11/2) 1.35 1.35 d 1.35 1.35
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      • 202 44 MIAN MILLER OAKY UM mc IN NO 1AM MACINTOSH JAM01 ■AtTNIM BRISTOL R 3.15 ifl* 3.15 6 3.15 3.15 3.15 DRAW 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 WEST 8R0M 2.00 2.00 2.00 HOME 1 1/2) 1.23 I® 1.23 0 1.23 Cl 1.19 (J| UJ
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      • 529 44  -  By Jonathan Turner PA Sport MIDDLESBROUGH v CARDIFF CITY (Middlesbrough 1 Cardiff 0) WITHOUT being disrespectful to their opponents, Middlesbrough could hardly have had an easier path to the FA Cup semi-finals. They've yet to be drawn against a side from the top flight and their
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      • 617 45 MIDDLESBROUGH v CARDIFF CITY PA Sport. T IMMY-FLOYD Hasselbaink admits I he never expected to play at I Wembley again when he joined Cardiff but victory over former club Middlesbrough today would enable him to do exactly that. The Bluebirds travel to Teesside for their first
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    • epl 2007/08
      • BETTING
        • 419 46 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: SPURS: Bale, Assou-Ekotto (injured); Gilberto (very doubtful) WEST HAM: Gabbidon, Bellamy, Davenport, Quashie, Collins, Parker, Oyer(injured); Etherington, Bowyer (doubtful) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Spurs wins 52; West Ham 43; draws 34 LAST MEETING: 25 Nov, 2007 West Ham 1 Spurs 1 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE
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        • 428 46 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: SUNDERLAND: Wallace, Edwards (injured); Yorke (doubtful) EVERTON: Gravesen, Arteta (injured); Turner (doubtful); Carsley (suspended) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Sunderland wins 66; Everton 69; draws 26 LAST MEETING: 24 Nov, 2007 Everton 7 Sunderland 1 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: SUNDERLAND: D-L-W-L-W EVERTON: W-W-W-D-D GOAL STATS (SCORED,
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        • 437 47 TEAM FACTS: ARUH RAJ; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: IAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: WIGAN: Hagen, Taylor (doubtful) ARSENAL: Eduardo, Djourou, Song (injured); Toure, Rosicky (doubtful); Eboue (suspended) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Wigan wins 1; Arsenal 6; draws 0 LAST MEETING: 24 Nov,
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        • 567 47  -  SUNDERLAND v EVERTON (Sunderland 2 Everton 1) By Dave Tindall PA Sport SUDDENLY everything doesn't look quite as rosy for Everton. Mersey rivals Liverpool have found form again and reclaimed fourth spot in the table while David Moyes' men now have their Uefa Cup hopes
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      • 633 51 WIGAN v ARSENAL ROBIN van Persie could return to Arsenal duty against Wigan today after injury problems which have seen him play just eight matches this season. kThe Dutchman played an hour of a behind-closed-doors match against Colorado Rapids in midweek and came .W through unscathed,
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    • FA CUP
      • 361 52 PA Sport SIR Alex Ferguson slammed referee Martin Atkinson's performance as Manchester United's Treble dreams went up in smoke in the FA Cup quarter-finals at Old Trafford. United had the better of the chances against Portsmouth but Sulley Muntari's penalty proved the difference as the visitors
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      • 315 52 AFP HARRY Redknapp admitted Portsmouth's FA Cup quarter-final victory at Manchester United was the greatest day of his career. Redknapp's side won at Old Trafford for the first time in 51 years to reach their first FA Cup semi-final since 1992 thanks to Sulley Muntari's
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      • 510 53 GARY LIM speaks to The New Papers football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN on Manchester United's disastrous outing There is no question thst Portsmouth rightly got e penalty. But was referee Mark Atkinson right to flash a red card? It had to be a red card. There may be
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        83 54 Portsmouth launch a rare counter-attack as Niko Kranjcar breaks with the ball down the right-hand side. He spots Milan Baros on his own in the centre and squares the ball. As Kuszczak comes rushing out and commits, Baros goes past him with a quick shuffle. The Polish goalkeeper has
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      • 672 55  -  MAN UTD 0 PORTSMOUTH 1 TV VIEW Gary Lim npsportsC3lsph.com.sg AS Manchester United prepared to host Portsmouth in their FA Cup tie yesterday, the buzz in the streets was dominated by what was said by Alex Ferguson earlier. It had nothing to do with the match
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      • 68 55 RIAIN MACINTOSH Your English Kakl who brings readers the latest on the English Premier League can now be heard on 91.3FM during the Morning Show with Petrina and Joe, every Monday and Thursday morning, giving his latest updates on radio. His minute-long reports during
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      460 56 Wire Services. THE Mouth is back. And Jose Mourinho sure hasn't changed one bit. On a long sabbatical after being ousted from Chelsea last September, the Portuguese was obviously itching to start making headlines again. And his sense of timing was almost perfect. In a week where both
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