The New Paper, 20 July 2008

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    • 55 1 Slew fc, HHI 1 si *A J 20 JULY 2008 i V& OTOD JB DVD pirates' secret showrooms big discounts for S'poreans 'We also have our own Great S'pore Sale' RIO FERDINAND TELLS OUR MAN IN CAPETOWN m We still love Ron m rnzsr n MP Holding* MICA (P) 113/12/2007
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 909 2  -  DVD pirates go underground otJB moll JC| Lookouts on each floor |j(| Hidden security cameras XI Escorts for buyers rjl Secret knocks needed LSI before door opens Special Correspondent tnp&sph.comjg YOU knock. Three slow knocks on three separate glass panels. y Almost immediately,
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    • 103 2 THE "new" arrangement is a response to the recent coordinated raids by both Malaysia and Singapore police earlier this month. Acting on intormation. the authorities in Johor Baru caught three persons and confiscated 4.000 pirated discs at a mall. At the same time, a runner
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    • 710 3  -  Tech-sowypirates in China, Thailand sell illeqal movies digitally or burn DVDs instantly Special Correspondent tnp@sph.com.sg THE scourge of movie piracy is likely to become worse in the future, with pirates becoming harder to catch. No thanks to the advent of technology, some movie pirates abroad have
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  • 862 5  -  I Lights, aircon turned off before closing time I Nearly not given credit card discount SUN NEWS Hedy Khoo hedykhoo (Qsph.com.sg IT was the hottest steamboat buffet she ever had literally. That was because the air-conditioning and lights were switched off while she and other
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 729 7  - LETTERS OF CONFESSION GUARANTEE Now divorced, 'confession 7 letter used to decide amount of money she gets When S'pore PR confronts spouse about her affairs, she writes him Hedy Khoo hedykhooQsph.comsg CATCHING a cheating spouse could not have been easier. There was no need to hire a private eye to
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    • 658 7  -  Karen Wong karcn@sph.com.sg HE IS the shirker ex-husband. Not only does this 43-year-old man not help his ex-wife look after their four children, aged 6 to 15 years old, he also wants to reduce the maintenance allowance he pays them.
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    • 889 8  -  Ho Lian-Yi lianyi@sph.com.sg did the cat cross the road? Pizza despatch rider Syed V Faizal Mohsen, 25, would like Wto know, after getting into a crash because of one. The Ngee Ann Polytechnic student, who works part-time, was riding a company-issued
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    • 419 8 SOME residents at affected housing estates are in favour of making the feeding of stray cats in housing estates an offence because it could cause the population to increase further. While some people have been fined for feeding wild monkeys, there is
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    • 507 9 STOCK prices are languishing, commodity markets are risky, property is m n not for small investors, and j funds and unit trusts don't look V good either. 1 Where can ordinary S'poreans 1 park their money safely, and still 1 earn more than the lower-than-0.3
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    • 188 9 ON 11 Jul, California-based IndyMac Bank was taken over by government regulators, as the bank was unable to cope with a run on Its deposits Ai. y "t IPV IndyMac, the seventh largest American mortgage lender, Is one of the largest banks to fall in
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    • 426 10  -  Cops classify case as murder Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg TWO nights ago, residents at Block 38 Chai Chee Avenue detected a foul smell in the air. Yet, nobody thought anything of it until yesterday. The stench became so unbearable that one resident
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    • 816 11  -  -xC. Q Stf: It. <5 ARREST OF FORMER REN CI CHIEF DONATIONS to Ren Ci Hospital have plunged since the Buddhist medical charity's books were probed by the authorities last November. Its former head, Shi Ming Yi, was charged in court on Tuesday with 10 counts of
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 465 13  -  Families of the 5 paddlers who died in Cambodia Want the dragon boat association to apologise, but will it ever happen?" Maureen Koh nwuffttfik ossph.cof7i.sg L&I v;.;v I r TS one simple word. Yet sony seems to be the hardest word. in this case,
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    • 1005 14  -  Wife of M'sian former health minister stands behind her man after sex scandal (left), she says... Spouse is a good husband dad, and she wants to keep family together Maureen Koh maurcenk@sph.com.sg SHE had to suffer so much more than her husband's infidelity. She had to
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    • 316 15 LIFE goes on for former health minister Chua Soi Lek. And to those who still harp on his fall from grace, Dr Chua said: "You are entitled to your judgement. "The people who matter the most to me have already forgiven me." For now,
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    • 461 16 M'sia man in crash calls friend on handphone for help just before car explodes and kills him I JUST met with an accident, come and save me! Those words, uttered by Mr Khudzaini Adnan at about 3.15 am yesterday morning, were the last that his friend
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    • 413 17 Engineers used human cadavers to test suits, seats and systems for new moonship SOMETIMES, a crash test dummy just isn't good enough. When you're building a new spaceship designed to fly to the moon, for example. Which is why personnel contracted by Nasa used
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    • 416 18 WHEN the Olympics kicks off on 8 Aug in Beijing, Mr Liu Jiqin could be there to welcome it And accommodation in Beijing will be the least of his worries, unlike many. For Mr Liu, 45, will be bringing his house
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    • 339 19 Increasing number of people killed by lightning in Russia LIGHTNING killed and injured a dozen people in Russia in the past two weeks. Some officials are blaming widespread use of electronic gadgets like handphones for die increase in deaths, reported CNN. On Wednesday,
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    • 406 20 DUBAI'S NEW UNDERGROUND MALL IT'S an underground network of shops. Built by bare hands and a few tools. It's dimly lit and stretches a 15,240 sq m space under the Shaikh Rashid Road of Dubai. No, it's not a black market selling illegal wares.
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    • Article, Illustration
      664 21 Actress Riya Sen confirms writer has invited her to New York but denies the/re an item IS AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE SEEING SHE'S hot She curvy. And she's an Indian celeb who's linked with author Salman Rushdie. No, she's not his ex-wife, actress and model Padma Lakshmi. She's glamorous
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    • 511 22 Tony Leung and Carina Lau to tie the knot at Bhutan hotel resort THESE days, the tranquil Uma Paro hotel in Bhutan is seeing a different side. To host the wedding of Hong Kong stars Tony Leung, 46, and Carina Lau, 42, tomorrow, there is
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    • SnapShot
      • 80 23 LAWMAKERS in Nepal yesterday failed to elect the country's first president and end weeks of political deadlock following the abolition of the Himalayan monarchy. No candidate won the 298 votes necessary to become Nepal's first post-royal head of state, Nepal Television reported after a vote in the
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      • 109 23 BOOKWORMS have snapped up more than 170,000 books at the National Library Board's (NLB) sale, which started on Friday. The sale, which is being held at Singapore Expo Hall 4A, has attracted over 35,000 visitors so far, The Straits Times reported. About 400,000 books and magazines, priced
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      • 70 23 CITY officials of Seattle in the US have decided to do away with self-cleaning toilet stalls in five public toilets by 1 Aug and have put them on the auction site eBay. Starting bids are US$89,000 ($120,400) for each 4-year-old piece. The unisex facilities reportedly attracted drug users, and
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      • 117 23 ASEAN will set up the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) on 1 Jan next year, to take over much of the regional-level coordination. In anticipation of the Asean Charter being ratified by die end of the year, the 10 individual member nations are appointing ambassadors who will
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      • Article, Illustration
        53 23 rT imx r TWENTY-TWO year-old undergraduate Second pliico went to <111 stewardess bkye Chan (left)*^24, f ofik third «kp nl/tnni 7 c bire was also named Miss The annual contest was hosted by actor Leon Lai appeared on the panel of judges for the first tinseij'. <.af1
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      • 170 23 FIRST MEETING OF US, N KOREA TOP DIPLOMATS UNITED States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet her North Korean counterpart for the first time on the sidelines of the Asean Regional Forum, which will be held in Singapore On 24 JuL Dr Rice
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      • 194 23 SMRT Taxis will levy a fuel surcharge of 30 cents per trip for all diesel taxi rides from 26 Jul. The fuel surcharge will apply to all flag-down trips, as well as call centre and advanced bookings, SMRT said in a press release yesterday.
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  • OUR Sunday
    • 699 24  -  One online travel mag ranked S'pore in top 10 cities with the hottest girls. Why? Because of her 'sexy' Singlish. Are they for real? Elysa Chen dysac@sph.com.sg WE HAVE one of the world's hottest climates, sure. But do we have the world's hottest girls as well?
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    • 361 24  -  R—^.1.1* Kas Lim mlim&iohcomvi And why not? To me, they should ■asily be on a Top Five list. I Just look at our MediaCorp actresses, ■tops. Bad joke. But seriously, it is so easy to find a ■exy woman in any club or bar in
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    • 554 25  -  Starters and desserts shine > but some main courses sag WHERE: The Pump Room Bistro &-Bar #01-66/67 Great World City Tel: 6887 3229 WHERE: (From left) Eddie Foong, 35, logistic manager ■Karen Law, 34, senior logistic engineer ■Sri Vidya Gunashagran, 28, community development executive
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 809 27  - Beauty with a bit of nip tuck? A 'don't ask, don't tell'. policy on plastic surgery surrounds local pageants Ho Lian-yi hanyi@sph.com.sg MAYBE she waslborn with it, or maybe she paid for it that's the usual cattiness after every Miss Universe pageant. This time, Latina gossip site Guanabee claims, with
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    • 488 28 No, say organisers. Leftovers were given to staff, spectators WITH global food prices going up, is it wrong to hold eating competitions? A recent event for the Singapore Food Festival saw participants wolfing down as much food as they could,
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    • 228 28 A RANDOM street survey of 50 people found that opinion was split on whether eating competitions are a symbol of gluttony. Six out of 10 respondents felt that it did seem like a big waste of food. Civil servant Li Jie Wei, 32, said: The problem
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    • 536 29 Models' dance moves, loud costumes steal the show from hairstyles in hair show GHOSTLY geishas, hip-hop dancers and punk chicks sashayed, grooved and ran shrieking down the runway as pounding music blared and blazing strobe lights flashed. With the elaborate costumes, snazzy dance routines and dizzying lights in
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    • 724 31  -  Emirates Singapore Derby Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com sg THE exhortation "Dress to Impress" evidendy went over the heads of guests for the Emirates Singapore Derby last Sunday. This is the 13th Emirates Singapore Derby held at the Singapore Turf Club, a
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    • 554 32  -  Want more kids in S'pore? S Murali mural is @sph. com.sg I WATCHED the old movie, Cheaper By The Dozen, shown recently on television. It was about a couple raising 12 children. The husband worked as a football coach and the
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    • 350 32  - Talk is cheap garbled unconvincing) Oy, condo developers Sylvie Yeh Paik Chee WHEN you ponder that big-ticket buy of a roof over your head* can you be letter S? This is not as dumb a query as you Instinctively think. '...silence by spring softly streaming* and "spectacular seafront sanctuary" and
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 200 33 CHANNEL 5 10.00 am Jamie's Kitchen 11.00 Olympic Golden Moments 11.30 GP Story 12J0nn The Beijing Dream 12.30pm Hoop Party IJO Sunday Afternoon Movie Disaster 3JO Anlene Orchard Mile 2008 4.00 Journeyman 5.00 Kyle XY II 6.00 The Simpsons 7.15 Sunday Prime Movie Batman Begins 9.30 News 5 Tonight 10.00
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    • 171 33 CABLE I Zodiac (left) HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm Four obsessed men's lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues surrounding the notorious Zodiac, a real-life serial killer who terrorised San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and ilfti 1970s.
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    • 47 33 Fish Out Of Water Arts Central, 10pm In this feature film documentary, Australia's champion swimmer lan Thorpe observes how his country is being affected by the very real consequences of climate change and explores the measures already being taken to rescue it from the ever-increasing environmental crisis.
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  • Article, Illustration
    340 34 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 Surprise!!!Happy Birthday Pa!!!We love you!!! Ma, Sam Shawn MommaiWe're super proud that you've achieved a diploma at your
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  • SUN RACING
    • 2210 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 II*. Last 6 rv m HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Ago/origin/sex, trainer-owner )p 1 90-8 2 888 3 880-46 4 *****0 5 -0--6 7 8 9 057-0 10 0711 12 13 7 Alexander It'tPmrti! sr^; Electrifying WH AMM# 1 H universal
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    • 74 37 (Race 8 No. 8) BEST BET ON sheer consistency, it is hard to look beyond Freedom. Unlike his rivals, the four-year-old by Spartacus has finished in-the-money in his last four runs, chalking up an impressive tally of two wins, a second and a third. Although he is awkwardly drawn
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    • 908 37 RACE 1 DORADO JOY was slow and then was bumped by OUR BRIGHTIA, who jumped awkwardly out Shortly after the start, NINETYFTVE LIGHT was bumped by ACE AMANTE, who shifted in slightly. Thereafter, NINETYFTVE LIGHT lost ground when crowded between ACE
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    • 373 37 RACE 12 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockay Barrier (Aga/orlgln/sax, trainer-owner) 1 233-27 Kingston City 57 (72) TM Wan 4 (4ag YN Liew-M S) 2 1-1-2-Time Speed 56.5 (71) •1 Azhar 5 (3ag K Coetzee-Mdm SP Tan) 3 187-02 Wlngshlp Warrior 55.5 (69) MS
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    • 132 38 9 MAY MEETING, RACE 3 At the conclusion of an inquiry last Thursday, trainer S Nigishi was found guilty to a charge under MjRA Rule of Racing 134(6) in that he was the trainer and, as such, the person responsible for presenting HAPPY FORTUNE
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    • 1108 38 GOING: GOOD Race 1 C5 (LC) 1600m j 1 POLAR EXPM3S 57 (38-16) Ilulll Ml MMEfi6fi (10-5) Vital k (5) 2 2 1 (4 (7) 6 4 2 (4 39) 59) 0 75 5 JOKB Att 56 c *2 (34-15) MM (13) 14 13 3 (4 (9
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    • 499 38 GOING: HEAVY Race 1 WESTSPEED 2Y0 PLATE 1 SWAN B EE 57.0 (6-5) WPIta (14) 1 10 JEVERM E 54.5 (55-11) IStMCk (15) 2 12 maPLYI RRESISTWIE 53.5 (69-14) PKMCk* (10) 3 Traiaar D Harrison. lijhM: Nk, 2,1.25. Tiar Imin 13.Msec. EOB: $16. Faiacaat: $11. Mac*
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 34 38 ffflWi t Saturday, 19 Jul 2008 First Second Third 0421 7316 1670 Starters 4703 0327 9306 5747 6289 9673 7779 5833 3947 3186 Consolation 3419 9435 8427 8513 1428 1507 4315 4449 9766 1756
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  • Sunday SPORTS
    • Mad about golf
      • 767 39 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 PREDICTABLY, the missing Tiger is currently the hot topic in golf. There have been a great many column
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      • 707 40  -  4 double-bogeys, 6 bogeys and J 3-over. But Singapore's Lam Chih Bing will remember this day for a long time. Why? Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg NEVER mind that he was blown off course with a third round score of 13-over-par 83. Never mind that he
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      • 474 40 Wire Services. A YEAR ago, K J Choi was only two strokes off the lead at the halfway stage of the British Open at Carnoustie. At press time yesterday, the South Korean nicknamed "The Tank" was on two-over through nine holes, sharing
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      • 544 40  -  Lim Say Heng npsports@sph.com.sg HE had hoped that a good performance at the British Open would provide a big boost for local golf. Lam Chih Bing certainly delivered his promise by making the cut at the British Open on Friday. Yesterday, golfers, parents and
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      • 666 41 AP. T ACK Nicklaus (above) noticed some I old faces atop the leaderboard I during a brief visit to the British Open yesterday, making him wonder if today's younger players have too much money and not enough desire. Nicklaus, 68, arrived via
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  • SUN SPORTS
    • 735 43  -  Joyce Lim npsports@sph.com.sg IN the fairytale world of tennis, Roger Federer is the knight who fights with his mighty racket. And, as the tale goes, the Swiss world No. 1 must win in the end. Especially at Wimbledon where he had been champion for
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    • 639 44  -  Lim Say Heng npsports@sph.com.sg MARIA Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams. While all three have won Grand Slam tides in their careers, men will almost always veer towards the ones who are easier on the eye. That excludes Williams. The New
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  • 1092 45 THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS BEIJING ATHENS THEGreek city hostefffie first modern-day Olympics in 1896. Only 241 athletes from 14 countries took part in 1896, compared to more than 10,000 athletes from 201 countries in the last Olympics, incidentally held in the
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      • 353 47 LUKE NETTO is a self-confessed petrol head and Formula One nut who often heads to the Sepang circuit in Malaysia to race cars. This season, he will offer readers a layman's easy-to-understand analysis of the highly technical sport. Join us in The New Paper's F1 Fan-atic
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      • 161 47 FERRARI'S Felipe Massa probably had one of the worst races of his career two weeks ago at Silverstone. He spun out a total of five times during the course of the race and mind you, none of these spins were caused by another driver or him having to
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      • 147 47 EVER since Michael Schumacher retired from F1 in 2006, he has stayed with Ferrari as a test driver and adviser to the team. Schumacher has also been working very closely with Massa, as Massa's personal "instructor". Can Schumacher help Massa bounce back and win today at Schumacher's
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      • 151 47 THE German Grand Prix was first held in 1926, but due to Germany being banned from taking part in international events after World War Two, the German Grand Prix was re-held in 1951. Hockenheimring has been constantly holding the race in recent years but was removed from the
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      • 366 48 AFP. LEWIS Hamilton stayed cool yesterday after clocking the fastest lap in qualifying to grab pole position for today's German Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Briton thrilled his fans and the German supporters backing his McLaren Mercedes-Benz team by recording the best time in the final pole-position shoot-out
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      • 775 49 E xai> s,vt Forget about the transfer rumours. Manchester United are more concerned about continuing their victorious streak when the new campaign begins. According to Rio Ferdinand, the bigger issue is making sure United push on after winning the Premier League and
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      • 691 50  -  REPORTING FROM CAPE TOWN Steve Bates npsports@sph.com.sg NO worries, Cristiano. You're still part of the gang. Rio Ferdinand has revealed Manchester United's Double-winning stars will roll out the red carpet for Cristiano Ronaldo when he returns to the Old Trafford dressing room. Despite Ronaldo's disgraceful summer
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    • 826 51  -  EXCLUSIVE Manchester United chief executive says: REPORTING FROM CAPE TOWN Steve Bates npsports@sph.com.sg Manchester united have taken the hard line with Cristiano Ronaldo, and revealed there will be no new contract or any agreement to let him join Real Madrid next year. Following Sir
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    • 301 52 PA Sport. HIS agent says his client is keen to switch from the Italian Serie A to the English Premiership. To go from current club AC Milan to a Chelsea being revolutionised by new Brazilian manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. But last night,
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    • 259 52 WE forgive you, Ron. While disappointed by Cristiano Ronaldo's willingness to allow the uncertainty over his future to drift on and cloud United's summer, David Gill believes Sir Alex Ferguson will handle any adverse fan reaction to the star. "That's not my department
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