The New Paper, 30 November 2008

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    20 1 The New Paper The New Paper 30 Nov 08 lilllllllll 8"*****1 *****9 > Singapore Press WU Holdings MICA (P)113/12/2007 80 CENTS
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      38 1 The New Paper on FIRST S'POREAN KILLED IN TERROR ATTACK Taken hostage in Mumbai hotel, later found shot dead /•of Y\ Questions raised about how India handled situation COULD SHE HAVE BEEN S'pore teen models: Too much skin?
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    Lock icon Walk this way for sparkling Christmas gifts
    491 2  -  Brought j to you by' SUNTEC City Mall CHRISTMAS could not be better at Suntec City Mai. The mal is al decked up for this festive season. Christmas carols are playing in nearly al the shops and a decadent Christmas tree ceiling high
    Pictures: Sonika Kaur Dhaliwal; Pictures: The Face Shop, Mu Mu Yo  -  491 words
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    Lock icon Snap photos of your precious moments & win
    128 2 Snap photos of your precious moments win TAKE a photo of you and loved ones at Suntec CMy Mai, and you stand a chance to win vouchors and Canon products in the Suntec City Mai Precious Moments Contest There are 10 prizes to be won: 1st Pri»: $400 Suntec City
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      339 2 t Sni Buy a New Arrival Dress at Buy 2 pieces at I TERMS CONDITIONS VaM tNi 31 Dec "06 first timepiece purchase available at Tropics Service Desk, Level 1 Carrefour Beer pack of 6x25cl 1 $8.90 I per pack (UP:515.20 per I j pack) k #01-109 I second purchase
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        Lock icon How close must crisis hit before it hurts?
        535 3  -  THE BUZZ REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqjngOsph.conisg SO THE financial markets are in shambles, your wealth has taken a hit, and you'll have to make do with a simple year-end getaway instead of a fancy trip. But now that the Bangkok trip you've
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
        107 3 "IfHong Kong and KL also have a crisis in the next few days, 90per cent of Singaporeans can kiss their vacation plans bye bye." a housewife on the crisis in Bangkok. "I'd love to see the PAD protesters pull a similar stunt like that here. They
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS ABOUT MUMBAI'S TAJ HOTEL, WHICH WAS ATTACKED
        126 3 IThe hotel, which opened in 1903, was conceived by Mr Jamsetji Tata, founder of India's Tata Group and considered the father of Indian industry. 2 Mr Tata was once refused entry into one of the city's poshest hotels because he was
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        Lock icon S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        213 4 We track what made you happy -or unhappy over the past week. -20 Public sector pay will fall by up to 19 per cent next year. Civil servants will also be getting about* month's pay Jess in bonuses, compared with last year. +10 Washington agreed to bail
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    • Bangkok Stand-off
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        Lock icon Police not only ones arming against violent protesters
        927 5  -  Taxi drivers are also 'gearedup'to protect themselves REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg THE next time you take a cab in Bangkok, Thailand, do not be surprised if you see a metal pole or wooden stick beside the driver's seat. These days, cabbies
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        Lock icon Thais in S'pore support PM Somchai
        741 5  -  PICTURES AND REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystafc@spti.com.sg SHOP assistant Namdee, 35, backs his country's prime minister, Mr Somchai Wongsawat. And that is because Mr Somchai is ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's brother-in-law. Mr Namdee is one of 15 Thais at Golden Mile Complex interviewed by
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      Lock icon Xiao mei mei, you can trust me with lingerie shoot *Mandarin for young girl
      1098 6  -  She was only 15, but she was approached to pose in lingerie AMATEUR PHOTOGS: REPORTS: HEDY KHOO hedykhooQsph.com.sg DANGLING payments of $50 to $60 an hour, some amateur photographers here are preying on secondary school girls
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      Lock icon Girls, beware of dubious requests
      540 7 Ex-model flamed by netizens by posting warnings to young model wannabes INDECENT proposals were the last thing freelance model Averal Lim, 20, expected when she posted pictures of herself on the Qubsnap forum pages about a year ago. 1 wanted to build up my portfolio
      HEDY KHOO  -  540 words
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      Lock icon Shoot such photos & you may ruin modelling career
      814 8  - Shoot such photos you may ruin modelling career INDUSTRY EXPERTS: REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhooOspticonusg THE exploitation of young girls by sleazy amateur photographers must be stopped because they are giving the modelling industry a bad name, say industry observers. Some of them have started campaigns online to urge the authorities
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      Lock icon WHAT CAN GO WRONG
      120 8 1 Fly-by-night organisers: Shoot organisers are not registered modelling agencies. They are mostly private individuals who earn money by arranging the shoots. 2 Undisclosed locations: Most shoots take place in hotel rooms, but the organisers won't disclose the locations until payment has been made by participants.
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      Lock icon DRIVEN BY PASSION
      717 9 One loves communication. The other set her sights on fashion early. SIM Global Education gave them the dream education AT 18, Miss Daphne Ng was caught between a rock and a hard place. She had to choose between going to Nanyang Technological University's prestigious business school where
      Picture: Kenneth Koh; Picture: Courtesy of Daphne Ng  -  717 words
    • Mumbai Massacre
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        Lock icon Were efforts to save her DOOMED TO FAIL?
        1004 10  -  Indian forces (below) blasted for being unprepared and messing up rescue op, but experts say hostage deaths are inevitable REPORT: Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg AS Singapore mourns its first victim killed in an overseas terrorist attack, the inevitable question that will cross
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        Lock icon Commandos turn people's heroes
        356 10 THE 60-hour terror rampage in Mumbai finally ended yesterday, leaving almost 200 people dead and 296 wounded. The terrorist attack of India's financial capital was over yesterday when commandos killed the last three gunmen holed up in the luxury Taj Mahal hotel as it was engulfed
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        Lock icon Please, I don't want to die
        564 11 Sole surviving terrorist turns from tight-lipped to pleading when he sees dead friend's body. He recalls how they planned attacks AN Indian 9/11 that was the mission of the Mumbai attacks. Details of the well-planned terrorist siege were revealed by Indian officials interrogating the
        TNP GRAPHICS CADZIL HAMZAH, CHNG CHOON HIONG; PICTURE: AFP  -  564 words
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      Lock icon Orphaned on his 2nd birthday
      510 12 His parents were killed in Jewish centre shoot-out IT should have been a day of birthday cake, candles, hugs and kisses for Moshe Holtzberg yesterday. After all, the little boy had turned two but instead of cheers, there were tears all around. His parents, Rabbi
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      Lock icon Who says nothing in life is for free?
      704 13  -  No registration fee, no charge DVD rental company starts recession-friendly plan REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN cfystatoOspltcoiTLsg THERE may be no such thing as a free lunch, but how about watching a movie on DVD for free? Hay! Entertainment, which owns a network of
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      Lock icon S'poreans play Santa for HK retailers
      733 14  -  Asians form bulk of shoppers as number of Caucasians dip REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg DESPITE the worldwide economic gloom, retailers in Hong Kong are banking on Singaporeans and visitors from other Asian countries for some Christmas cheer. Their hopes are in the hands or
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      Lock icon HK mum kills herself, kids in murder-suicide
      391 15 DID a mother spike the carrot soup she cooked for her two teenage kids before strangling them to death and then killing herself? That's what Hong Kong police believe in what appears to be a murder-suicide case in New Kowloon, reported Apple Daily.
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      Lock icon Top cop shoots himself after wife asks for divorce
      292 15 HE was known as a top cop from Hong Kong's elite organised crime and triad bureau. But at 1.43am on Friday, Mr Yau Chak Ping, 39, ended it all by shooting himself in the chest with his pistol at his home
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      Lock icon In Singapore, if you need help, call...
      40 15 Samaritans of Singapore: 1800-221-4444 Family Service Centre: 1800-838-0100 H i t >iu i/Ci M y Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019 Care Corner Mandarin Counselling Centre: 1800-353-5800 ■Jpuohttne (Touch youp), Service): 1800-377-2252 :-jro
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      Lock icon Buffett also bets big on derivatives
      792 17  -  ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN ffag IN his 2002 letter to his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, billionaire investor Warren Buffett made headlines when he loudly condemned derivatives as "financial weapons of mass destruction". These contracts sold to the world as a way to reduce risk were
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    • Bangkok Stand-off
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        Lock icon A great way to fry
        679 18 Anti-govt protesters turn Thai airport into playground with picnics and haircuts A BAND on the concourse plays a medley of Thai pop songs. Small stalls give out fruit, mats, flags and rattles shaped like hands. In front of the United Airlines sign, women stir fry
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        Lock icon Police flee as protesters attack
        289 19 "E'.S O\S retween Dciice and the protesters resar> to hare vesterdav night, resulting m fears re stare-off v,; i turn violent -ot po-.ce' ed .i checkpoint about 2km from the •.VT'.""! a't- 3 coming under-attack d\ several de'-MPSh-ators Aooi.t" -3; roiice at the checkpoint jumped
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        Lock icon Body of teen found at East Coast
        339 20 A BODY was found by the shore line at East Coast Park yesterday evening, in front of the Costa Sands chalets. The victim, 16-year-old Faizal, is believed to have gone for a swim with his friends on Friday, said his uncle, who gave
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        Lock icon Qantas flight to Singapore turns back on one engine
        112 20 AFP A QANTAS Airbus A 330 carrying 168 passengers to Singapore had to return to Perth after an oil warning light flashed and the captain had to shut down one of the two engines. Passengers were rescheduled on a replacement flight
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        Lock icon Anwar: Takeover bid delayed but fight continues
        102 20 OPPOSITION leader Anwar Ibrahim has admitted his attempts to topple the Malaysian government have been foiled. But he did not say if he has abandoned his idea to engineer defections to take power. Speaking to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) delegates at the party's
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka floods kill 7, leave thousands homeless
        93 20 FLOODS caused by days of heavy rains have killed at least seven people, left four soldiers missing and displaced tens of thousands in northern Sri Lanka. The northern Jaffna peninsula and the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts were inundated and nearly 8,000 houses
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        Lock icon New bridge links Tanjong Rhu to Kallang, Nicoll Highway
        107 20 A NEW 130 m bridge across the Geylang River linking Tanjong Rhu Road with Stadium Crescent and Stadium Walk will open today. The bridge offers direct access between the Tanjong Rhu and Ka- llang areas as well as to the city
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      496 16 Clearance: Drinkware, Bags. Gifts, Stationery, .Thumbdrive, Electrical Products more gimmicks (CASH PAYMENT ONLY) r Mumbai victim attended Kylie concert before flying off to India m thesundaytimes TODAY Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for education options! KATci |UY IT SELL IT FIND IT y/J 0f X MAS WALLPAPERS
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      261 17 Presented By 0 CRE^ ,VE jfl *o A"" T V o fc. r t ':>'&£■ u' J# W I ll" w > V W Q .<4 J am i />VA r //> //o; Tis the season of jolly giving! The exchange of gifts is an essential part of celebrating Christmas.
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      Lock icon Watch out, men on poles
      818 21  -  Dance great for fitness Why cats are better then dogs Why our kids are the dumbest... It's not just the ladies who heat up the dance floor with pole dancing REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg THE body is muscular, athletic, not quite that of a
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      240 22 JUDGING by the performers at the Asia Pacific Pole Dancing Competition on Thursday, pole dancing may no longer be exclusively for young women. While the younger women competed in the solo and team events, there were performances not only by men, but also a trio of
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      Lock icon Big girls, don't cry
      829 23  -  Create your own style, and be as fashionable as your thinner sisters Shopping aspire ANGELINE NEO IN my line of work as a fashion and beauty writer, I'm constantly surrounded by to-die-for bodies, pretty faces and gorgeous clothes that are not all made for women with
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    • Fly on the Wall
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        Lock icon Bags full of eye candy
        398 24  -  YEOH WEE TECK FROM KUALA LUMPUR OVER lunch recently, a datuk revealed to me his take on retail success in Malaysia: Open your branch first either in Singapore, Japan or Hong Kong, and it will be perceived as international. Bonia obviously subscribed to that thought,
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD "My goodness, is it still going on?"
        46 24 Distressed woman who had been on her high heels, 30 minutes into the show. It seemed as if every item in the warehouse excluding the kitchen sink, thankfully was dragged out and featured during the hour-long fashion show.
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    • Hed Chef
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        Lock icon Rum riot at Christmas
        213 25  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph. com. sg IT'S that time of the year again. There is the impending big Christmas buffet binge, followed by five days of remorse before you pass out from the champagne carousal on New Year's Eve. This is precisely the time to get down
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        Lock icon Caribbean-style roast pork loins
        128 25 INGREDIENTS 250g of pork loin, which is the equivalent of four slices. MARINADE Va cup of rum (optional, but it does help the meat roast more merrily) ■Juice and pulp of two oranges and one lime 2 tsp chopped oregano (use fresh oregano if available) ■2
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        Lock icon Why cats rule and dogs just drool
        743 26  -  JEANMARIE TAN fagh CATS are so much smarter than dogs and I adore and admire them for it So if I'm a cat person, by extension, that makes me smarter than a dog -person. Don't blame me for thinking this. Blame Hollywood. Before
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        Lock icon WIN TICKETS
        87 26 IT is the most anticipated movie event of the year for teenage girls and grown women who have no qualms embracing their inner teenager. Based on the popular book series by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight is a fantasy romance between a teen misfit and her mysterious vampire classmate. The
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        Lock icon Dr Date: What do you look for – beyond looks?
        645 27  - Dr Date: What do you look for beyond looks? DAVID TIAN gh ONE of the first things I ask my clients is what they are looking for in a romantic partner. Invariably, my male clients start telling me the girl's measurements, hair colour and height. They can describe in intimate
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        Lock icon Dumber or smarter?
        518 27  -  THE INTERNET GENERATION S MURALI FATHER FIGURES mur—oQ8ph.com.sfl OKAY, lets start with a quick poll. Are kids these days smarter or dumber than before? The reason I ask is that there is a worldwide debate on this topic right now, and those of you who aren't aware
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      429 29 Enjoy Comics ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT ss i i t r 1 SEEING STARS BY KUAH SENG SENG CAPRICORN: The stars have just started playing War craft: Wrath Of The Lich King, and won't be available to assist you until the completion of the next raid on Northrend. AQUARIUS: You will
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      515 30 7 Enjoy TV WATCH 'EM Hairspray (above) HBO (StarHub Cti 60), 9pm A plump teenager with big dreams teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. Starring John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer. The Cheetah Girls: One World Disney Channel (StarHub
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      180 30 UNIVERSAL KAKURO PUZZLE Cnmtwd by Timothy E. Pmrkmr Today'8 puzzle solution i catj I l|9 i s i eTBi I eli c m t a TH e i ■its s ■7 ill |s«n The numbers in the black cells are clues. Numbers above the slash are across clues, numbers below
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    114 31 Enjoy Thanks for sharing your Big Walk memories with us. If your picture is published here, you win an exclusive Big Walk T-shirt. From next week, we'll be going Kiddie Krazy again, where we will feature your cutest pictures of babies and children. You can send the photos to
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        Lock icon Laurie load for Saimee
        507 32  -  BIG MAVERICK BAGS GROUP 2 EW BARKER TROPHY DANNY KHOO dkhooOsptLcom THE formidable team of trainer Laurie Laxon and jockey Saimee Jumaat claimed their first EW Barker Trophy yesterday to continue their amazing run of success in the feature races at Kranji. This time round, it
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        Lock icon Recast vote for Recast
        531 32  -  Live telecast of Singapore Gold Cup will be shown on Channel News Asia and Starhub's Super Sports Plus Channel 21 from 5.30pm LARRY FOLEY npradngOsph.com.sg RECAST your mind back 12 months to when the race day topweight, Recast, won the 2007 Singapore Gold Cup carrying just
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE E) RESULTS
        2045 32 gfh Race 1 MSD1 (LC) 1200m I 12 M00NUGHT50c 50.5(71-22) R Stewart (11) 7 8 1 (469) i ARAPUM59(12-5) JSafcnee (4) (6) 1 1 7 (540) 125 STMGSLBCABEE54(55-14) J Rowel 6 7 3 (480) 0.5 6 MISSION SUPRBKO 56 (35-16) KBSoo (10) 12 9
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S
        496 32 gh Race 1 WESTSPEED 2 YO PLATE 10OOM 6 UOUEU«iBS5f6t>-1fl) iM% m 9 LA0YXMR53(5O-13 JVM* A 2 1 LIGHT THAT SM£ 55 (25-10} SPMJM {10} 3 Tfetar S Wbfe Iteghc 0.5,2.75.0.S Tte* 585eec. EOB: $26 Forecast $71 Place Forecast $18 (Nos.1-6), $8 (Nos. 1-9), $16 (Nos. 6-9). Three: $746.
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        Lock icon Sunday's Tips
        265 33 «RAC£1 RACE2 RACE3 RACE4 RACE5 RACES RACE7 RACE8 RACES RACE 10 RACE 11 RACE 12 t Brigrn Lucky M fleA Any t Gttu LM't t Vhmjm A. Magic 4 The a John S*Wns Krtght linetH®i* 1 Mm Coin Glee CoMwcttan tapaatttfe W ln> Hornet 0 Of Arc P
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        Lock icon Mission Impossible (Race 8 No.3)
        97 33 #BEST BET HE signalled his intentions with two creditable efforts recently and is ready to greet the judge. Lost no marks when he went down fighting to Dan Noble last month when he looked to have the race all sewn up, only to find a
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        Lock icon MARC TANS COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI RACES
        1957 33 RACE 1 (1,600 m) 1 Bright Knight Gets chance to break duck at 17th start but wide alley a concern. 2 Stone Crab Justaroughie. 3 Wealthy General Hard to have 4 Good Dsy Small fella; small place chance. 5 Ninetyfive Light Flew home
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        Lock icon TODAY'S KRANI (LONG COURSE C) RACE CARD
        1746 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 No. Leal 6 rune HORSE wt n etng Jockey B. inter (Aga'otlgtwfraK.kMnar-owner) 1 335-85 2 9060-9 3 *****0 4 *****0 5 *****4 S *****8 BrttftKniaN SlnM SSSf 1 1 tMyftwUgM jyn Uandfr 57 (43» 57 (43} 57 (43) 565
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        Lock icon Master Power to flex muscle
        862 35 Tips and comments by PhMp Woo wurtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club RACE 1 (1,000m) Danzulu (No. 1) appears a nice type in the making following a win and luckless sixth in Juvenile Sprint Trophy from two starts last term and is drawn with
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        Lock icon TODAY'S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
        993 35 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 1 ML HORSE NAME I.'-' IM JOCKEY WT(ie; 1 OAKZULU DJH B Pratt* 133 11 2 LEAD THE PROSPECTS TXN YTCheng<-2) 130 10 3 SHAX) BABY KWL SKSN-ZT 130 8 4 CNGMEDMNG WONDIB LH HWLa(-2) 127 6 5 SEIZE THE
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    • Mad about Golf
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        Lock icon Sorenstam's Singapore swansong
        670 36  -  STEVE NEWELL npeport90aph.com jq i CATCH Annika Sorenstam while you can. The Swede has been in Singapore playing in the Lexus Cup and today is die final day. More than likely there won't be many more opportunities to admire the game of one of the all-time great
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        Lock icon RISE OF THE ROOKIES
        426 36  -  AISHAH HAMZA npsports@sph.com.sg THE GOLFING world will lose one of the greatest female golfers when Annika Sorenstam takes a break from the game at the end of the season. But there is no shortage of talented rookies waiting in the wings. Nine rookies from both Team
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        Lock icon Australia catch Spain
        87 36 Reuters. SPAIN'S Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal watched a four-shot lead disappear as Australia carded a nine-under-par 63 to share top place after the third-round fourballs at die World Cup at Mission Hills yesterday. The Spaniards, who looked uncatchable after a brilliant 63 in Friday's foursomes,
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        Lock icon Chia in cruise control
        63 36 MALAYSIA'S Danny Chia closed in on his first title of the year yesterday after another fine round in the Mercedes-Benz Masters Thailand. The 36-year-old fired a third-round three-under-par 69 to maintain a four-stroke lead at The Vintage Club in Bangkok, reported World Sport Group. LEADERBOARD 204:
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        Lock icon Women's golf at its best
        952 37  -  LIM HAN MING np6portsOsph.coni.sg THE LEXUS Cup could not ask for a better advertisment than this. The four-year-old team event is seen as the poor cousin to the Solheim Cup a biennial shootout between the United States and Europe. But if the action-packed second round
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        Lock icon That eagle, simply amazing, Annika
        535 37  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsport80gph.com jg BIRDIES at Bukit's par-five 18th hole have been commonplace. Eagles, not a rarity. Simply because it is a relatively short hole. The water does not come into play, and all the golfer has to do is to avoid die five bunkers
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        Lock icon NO BIRTHDAY WIN FOR RADDY
        446 37 FOOTBALL MALAYSIA 2 (Amirul Had! Zainal 22, Hardi Jaafar 74) SINGAPORE 2 (Aleksander Duric 10,45) UM SAY HENG npsports0sph.com .sg IT MAY not be the ideal birthday present for him, but national coach Raddy Avramovic was satisfied with the 2-2 draw with arch-rivals Malaysia last
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        490 38  -  B* Rory Dollard Special Correspondent JO HAN ELMANDER took advantage of a pair of defensive blunders to fire Bolton to their second consecutive victory in the northeast and heap more misery upon Sunderland boss Roy Keane. Djibril Cisse had given the home side an early lead, but
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        236 38  -  BrJ Rob Sweeting Special Correspondent PA Sport EMMERSON BOYCE scored a dramatic late winner for Wigan to stun West Brotn. Boyce thundered a header beyond Scott Carson with two minutes remaining following a corner from Jason Koumas. That capped a fine fightback, with Henri Camara cancelling
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        728 39  -  By Scott Bailey Special Correspondent GARETH BARRY wasted the chances to lift Aston Villa into third place in the Premier League 24 hours after pledging his immedaite future to the Midlands club. The England midfielder, who has vowed to remain with Villa until
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        288 39  -  ByJ Rob Peacock Special Correspondent R1CARDO FULLER'S late penalty secured a point for Stoke at a foghit Britannia Stadium. With the Potters seeking a fifth straight league win on home turf and the Yorkshire club defeated only once on the road this season,
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        519 40  -  MIDDLESBROUGH O NEWCASTLE O ERNEST LUIS nfMportsOspltxQfiLso TV VIEW PLEASE one man. Anger another. That's what Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear probably did last night as his team pulled off another successive goalless draw in the English Premier League against a dominating Middlesbrough. During the match, it was clear
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        234 40 UNLUCKY IN THE 34th minute, Newcastle's Obafemi Martins was unlucky to see his great turn and volley in the box, skim off the top of the crossbar. It could have given Newcastle the lead against a dominating Middlesbrough. INVISIBLE MAN MICHAEL Owen. Apart from a couple of touches,
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        728 41  -  EPL EXCLUSIVE STEVE BATES Special correspondent IT'S NOT often Ryan Giggs has a score to settle after a stellar playing career littered with medals and honours that no amount of money from Abu Dhabi could ever buy. But birthday boy Giggs, 35 yesterday,
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        113 41 TEN PREMIER League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups and two Champions League crowns adorn the Giggs' trophy cabinet. HE PASSED Sir Bobby Chariton's 758-game appearance record for United when they won the Champions League Cup against Chelsea in Moscow. j GIGGS scored on his full
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        299 41 IN AN 18-year playing career, Ryan Giggs has seen Manchester United's crosstown rivals lurch from crisis to relegation many times down the years. But he knows he'll be facing a different Manchester City this time a club with aspiration* to be the biggest in the world
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          303 42 TEAM FACT* ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK A WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: MANCHESTER CITY: Robinho, Petrov, Johnson, Bojinov (injured). MANCHESTER UNITED: Bertatov (doubtful); Brown, Hargreaves, Scholes(injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Ma* City wim 41; Ma* United 59; draws 49 LASTMEETING: 19Frt,2008 MAN UNITED
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          275 42 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Modric, Dos Santos, Hutton (injured). EVERTON: Saha,Valente (doubtful); Vaughan, Jacobsen (injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Spars wins 57; Everton 50; draws 45 LASTMEETING: 38 Jan, 2008 EVERTON 0 SPURS 0 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: W-L-W-W-D EVERTON: L-D-W-W-W GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED):
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          301 43 Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6RECOVER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: PORTSMOUTH: Diarra, Utaka, Kranjcar (doubtful); Campbell (injured). BLACKBURN ROVERS: RekJ, Grella, Dunn (injured); Olsson (suspended). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Pompey wins 25; Blackburn 36; draws 23 LAST MEETING: 27
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          239 43 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: CHELSEA: Dt Santo, Alex, Essien (injured). ARSENAL: Nasri, Diaby, Toure, Eboue, Adebayor(doubtful); Eduardo, Sagna, Walcott, Rosicky (injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Chelsea wins 49; Arsenal 68; draws 51 LAST MEETING: 23 War, 2608 CHELSEA 2 ARSENAL 1 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: CHELSEA: D-W-W-W-W ARSENAL: L-L-W-L-D
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          497 44  -  DANIEL FINKELSTEIN Special Correspondent CHELSEA v ARSENAL (Home win 62 per cent, Draw 22 per cent, Away win 17 per cent) THERE is now a very big difference between these sides. Arsenal, of course, have beaten Manchester United while losing to Hull, Stoke and Manchester
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      33 32 4-D Saturday, 29 Nov 2008 First Second Third 9981 1770 2052 Starters 5561 4401 5683 9690 5288 6932 6026 1787 6052 8912 Consolation 6965 3657 0053 9164 2412 1614 3351 3257 5323 7164
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      456 46 fag Flava of the Week HE IS our Flava of the Week, but he certainly wasn't as far as Arsene Wenger is concerned. William Gallas made the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week after the French defender blew the lid on the disharmony in the Arsenal
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        476 47  -  UMSAYHENGspeaks to football analyst TOHARIPAIJAN, who believes that there are kinks in Chelsea's usually reliable defence TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST CHELSEA'S WEAK FLANKS LUIZ Felipe Scolari's attacking philosophy sees his full-backs Jose Bosingwa and Ashley Cole play a much more attacking role. While this enhances Chelsea's
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        742 48 WENGER: ID0N7 BUY SUCCESS Wire Services. GO AHEAD, call him a miser. Laugh at him for being tight-fisted. Ridicule him for being naive. Arsene Wenger doesn't care. He just won't spend money on signing marquee names of world football. "I'm not in the business of buying to.?,
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        Lock icon JUST what is inside that sharp footballing mind that makes Arsene Wenger one of the world's best coaches? We examine his coaching and management philosophies – through his own words
        735 49 JUST what is inside that sharp footballing mind that makes Arsene Wenger one of the world's best coaches? We examine his coaching and management philosophies through his own words ON CLUB VALUES "I feel If you come into a club as manager, you have to first work out its specific
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        482 50 Wire Services ARSENAL'S training centre at London Colney has been the hot-bed of coaching and youth development over the past 10 years. Every year, scores of football coaches from around the world will visit the state-of-the-art training facility in
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      584 51 AFP. ARSENAL'S fading English Premier League title ambitions face a make-or-break moment tonight when they visit leaders Chelsea for a London derby at their Stamford Bridge fortress. A third straight league defeat could leave the Gunners in freefall and a huge 13 points behind the Blues just
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      413 50 WARM-UP WARM-UP takes place indoors and consists of cycling, soccer tennis and strength exercises. Training sessions are usually conducted away from the prying eyes of the media. CLOSED TRAINING'S 6P6AT. NO PAPAPAZZI P6AL PUN, TOO/ a aes sal PLANNING WENGER discusses the schedule with his assistants before each practice session.
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      33 51 Swede superstar chips in winning eagle for Team International in Lexus Cup Page 43 BIRTHDAY BOY: Coach Raddy Avramovic is satisfied with the Lions showing on the day he turns 59 Page 43
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      218 52 SPORTSONTV EPL MAN CITY v MAN UTD Ch 27,9.25pm (also on Ch 304) TOTTENHAM vEVERTON Ch 22,10.55pm PORTSMOUTH v BLACKBURN Ch 21,11pm CHELSEA v ARSENAL Ch 27,11.55pm Cesc Fabregas (right), Arsenal's newly-appointed captain, has insisted the Gunners still haven t given up hope of winning the English Premier League title
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      57 52 VA-VAVROOM RIDING on the Formula One fever generated by the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, The New Paper has started a weekly motorsports lifestyle series aptly named Va-Va Vroom. Look out for the next instalment on Wednesday. WRITE TO US: IF YOU are a motoring enthusiast who has an interesting story
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      66 54 SINGAPORE GOLD CUP SINGAPORE TURF CLUB CHARITY RACEDAY r V. I 4 m, ijoin in the 79th Singapore Gold Cup action today a*. Al I v* ■/> t v' a Jl .«r I r PAGES 2 3 PAGES 4 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 RIG'S HAVINC;COCO POPS FOR BRE AKFAS1
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      724 55 Japanese trainer's confidence boosted after El Dorado's second to Top Spin in the Emirates Singapore Derby AS the horses are caled into Km for the start of the 2,200m Singapore Gold Cup today, their respective trainers take a lltA atawila mmAm r»#seat in me
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      463 55 FOR newcomer Michael Freedman (right), the 2008 Singapore Gold Cup could provide a fairy-tale ending to what has been a very good year. Apart from moving his base and family to Singapore this year, the likeable Australian stepped out of his brother's
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      841 56 History beckons in 1.35 million chase TRAINERS and their staff go the extra mile when they have a "Cup chance" in their stables. Owners' visits are more frequent in November and jockeys have been working for months to secure the best possible mount. There's a spring in everyone's step as
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      729 57 HELPING those who need it most and contributing to society are important tenets of the Singapore Turf Club's (STC) philosophy. The STC Charity Race Day on Gold Cup Day is one such community initiative organised by the Club annually. Now in its sixth year,
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      642 58 WHICHEVER horse wins this historical race today, one thing can be certain. There will be a story waiting for the throngs of racing journalists even before the champagne cork hits the ceiling at the winner's celebration. A jockey back from the brink. A trainer's first Group
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      812 59 HE may have been a late withdrawal and would have been a long shot if he had gained a berth in today's 79th Singapore Gold Cup, but one thing is for sure the Patrick Shaw-trained Ricoco has a name with a twist. Why? Because
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