The New Paper, 26 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 thenewpaper 26 Mar 09 SPORTS NOON EDITION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      112 1 Match-fixing isfootball’s biggest problem Uefa president Michel Platini highlights problem at annual congress and vows to clamp down on offenders PICTURE:AFP BANNED: Magazine with ‘exploitative nudity’ PAGE 2 *****1 B KFC Irresistible Snacks Irresistible Value. at an Sr a '230 ifa _l a > C •J Popcorn Chicken French Fries
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      167 1  -  REPORT:AMANDAYONG AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg AN abandoned baby was found in ChangiAirport’s TerminalOne last night. Itisnot knownif the boy– of fair complexion– was still alive when he was discovered, but he was taken to Changi General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9.40pm. When
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      Lock icon Kids can easily get hold of sexy magazine
      523 2 / 3  -  MDA orders distributor to withdraw the magazine from stores Han Su-Ying –HanSu-Ying,newsroomintern. IT WAS a magazine brought in with almost no fanfare. Itisnotevenlistedonitsdistributor’swebsite. But adult-lifestyle magazine Show East, which was sold at some neighbourhood convenience stores, has now been ordered off the
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      Lock icon There’s no blanket approval to import
      226 2 / 3 MR A R MADEEI, senior assistant director, publications, Media Development Authority (MDA), said everyyear, close to two million publications are imported into Singapore. To facilitate the clearance of publications, MDA has a Registered Importers Scheme where publication importers are expected to self-regulate based on
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      Lock icon Not first time for Allscript
      116 2 / 3 SHOWEast’sdistributor,Allscript Establishment, has brought in magazines with questionable content into Singapore before. In 2002, High Times, a magazine with instructions on how to use and grow the cannabisplant, or“pot” asit iscommonly known, was found in a Popular bookstore outlet. Other than promoting drug use, the
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      Lock icon ‘Why so many big reports on Jade Goody, BBC?’
      393 2 / 3 UKREALITYSTAR’SDEATH JADEGoody’sdeathwasfront-pagenews on almost all British newspapers, and even on television and radio broadcasters like BBC. But there was criticism that the coverage of the cancer-stricken reality televisionstar’sdeathlastSunday, especially by the BBC, was excessive. According to The Telegraph, the BBC received
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      Lock icon Case of a storm in a Chinatown restaurant tea cup
      666 4 / 5  -  REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg AQUARRELbetweenaChinatownrestaurantwait-ress and the owner of a nearby hawker stall blew upintoalargerdisputewhencopswerecalledin. Oddly, the upshot of all this is a complaint lodged against the two police officers who responded to a call abouttheearlierspat. Thecomplaint wasmade by
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      Lock icon ‘Fun’image makes Ngee Ann Poly top choice
      379 4 / 5  -  It gets more applications as a first-choice school than other polytechnics Pearly Tan –PearlyTan,newsroomintern THE message on its website was a pleasant surprise for the students: It said Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) wasonceagainSingapore’stop-choicepolytechnic. It had more students applying to it as their first
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      641 6  -  50kg cable falls on dock worker (left), killing him.Victim’s nephew(right) says... REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HE was waiting for a briefing to start when a cable weighing 50kg fell from a crane and landed on him. The impact was so great that it broke
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      Lock icon He nearly drowns in knee-high water
      329 7  -  Student hospitalised after dragon boat capsizes at Changi adventure centre REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg THEdragonboatcapsizedduringatrain-ing session and when a group of secondary school students flipped it over in the water, they found their teammate unconsciousundertheboat. Itisbelievedthatthewaterwasonlyupto theboys’kneesatthetime. The13-year-old boy waslater revived and isnowinstableconditionattheChangiGeneralHospital(CGH). The
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      224 7 UK WOMAN CRIES RAPE SHE claimed she was too drunk to give her consent for sex. And so, when the woman, a British lawyer, woke up next to a man, she accused him of rape. The man has since been charged and the
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      41 8 OVERCROWDED:Thisunauthoriseddormitorywasraidedthis month by the Ministry of Manpower, the National Environment Agency, the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Urban Redevelopment Authority. 240 foreign workers were found living in cramped and squalid conditions there (See report, right). PICTURE: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER
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      Lock icon Number of patients will more than double by 2020
      135 8 TACKLING THE DEMENTIA PROBLEM SOME18,000peopleherehavedementiaandthenumberofsuchpatientswillmorethan doubleby2020. YetmanySingaporeansarestill cluelessaboutthedisease,MrLim BoonHeng,MinisterinthePrime Minister’sOffice,saidyesterdayat the24thConferenceofAlzheimer’s DiseaseInternational. Theministerinchargeofageing issuessaid:“Manypeoplestillthink thatdementiaisanormalpartof ageing.Manyofusjokeabout havinga‘senior’smoment’whenweforgetanameor number. “Althoughitistheoldwhohavedementia,Idon’t have to tell the many experts gathered here that dementiaisadisease,notanormalpartofageing.” Mr Lim made the point to highlight the importance of recognising and
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      Lock icon New purpose-built dorms for foreign workers
      100 8 NEARLY2,600 foreign workers were found to be living in 16 unapproved dormitories after raids bygovernment agencies this month. The Ministry of Manpower, the National Environment Agency, the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Urban Redevelopment Authority conducted checks on workers quarters in the Woodlands,
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      113 8 When he was studying at the University of Oregon 30 years ago, Mr Richard Seow was made to feel at home by Mrs Jackie Swenson and her husband, Charles. Mrs Jackson volunteered to be his host parent, and their kindness had a “phenomenal”impactonhim.
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      Lock icon First electric scooter approved for S’pore roads
      87 8 SINGAPORE’Sgreenmovementgota boost yesterday with the launch of the first electric scooter approved for our roads. Three organisations, Ikea Singapore, Republic Polytechnic and Insead, are supporting the electric scooter programme byproviding‘Greenlots’ontheirpremises.Motorists can plug in their scooters at these lots and charge them for free.
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      533 9 SIM-RMIT degreebringshisdesignknowledgeuptospeedand pusheshimfurther THREE seconds. That is all the time he has to get your attention with the advertisements he conceptualises for moving buses and taxis. But the challenge does notfaze MrTan Boon Yeow, 30, who heads the creative project team at outdoor advertising
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      Lock icon S’poreans switched off about Earth Hour
      637 11  -  More than half polleddon’t know when it is REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS seem to be in the dark about Earth Hour, if a poll of 110 people is any indication. With only two days left before Earth Hour this Saturday, those who
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      198 11  -  STREET TALK COMMENT: TEH JEN LEE ISEARTH Hour about switchingoff lights foran hour,orabout switching on yourmind to thinkof howto reducecarbonemissions everyday? Theorganisers ofEarthHour have saidthatit’s asymbolic initiative. Thenextstepis toconsider how tomakeEarthHour aneffective tool in theurgent fightagainstclimate change. How?HavemoreEarth Hours– fromanhour annuallyto anhour
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      Lock icon Seletar Hill residents get catty over strays
      834 12  -  Cat lovers trappers divided over hygiene stench problems REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg SELETAR Hills Estate residents are getting increasingly divided over stray cats. Ononesideareanimalactivistswhoinsistthatit’s fine to keep cats in large numbers. They feed strays and take them home when they are sick.
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      136 13 PARTICIPANTSinthis year’sSUVival challenge will stay at the Swiss Garden Resort in Kuantan. Located along the pristine shoreline of the east coast, the resort faces the South China Sea. Of the 304 rooms in the resort, 134 come with sea views. All rooms have cable TV and broadband
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      334 13  -  SUVival participant the first to register for four Challenges REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg IFTheNewPaper’sSUVivalChallengereg-istration were a race, businessman Philip Ganwouldbeafour-timechampion. He was first to register for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Challenges and this year, he is again the first off the mark with
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      Lock icon China still blocking access to YouTube
      247 15 Clipsshowing‘unrest’inTibet YOUTUBE confirmed its website was being blocked in China, although the California firm offered no explanation for why Chinese authorities were barring access to the popular vid-eo-sharing service. YouTube has been blocked in China since Tuesday,the company’s spokesmanScottRubinsaid. “We do not know the
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      97 15 Reuters CHINA’Seconomyhastouchedbottom but further interest rate cuts remain an option, a Chinese central bank adviser said yesterday. A 25 per cent rise in car sales and accelerating investment in Chi- na indicated the world’s third largest economy was showing signs of improvement,
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      92 15 AFP A GERMAN-BORN woman is running for Parliament in next month’sgeneralelectioninIndonesia, and is learning some tough lessons about politics along the way. Ms Petra Oderbrecht, 42, has lived in Indonesia for 20 years and is hoping to win a seat in the central Parliament
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      104 15 AFP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that it would start offering countries lines of credit without conditions as it revamped its lending practices to battle the global economic crisis. One week before the Group of 20 crisis summit in London, the IMF
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      109 15 AFP FOLLOWING a US central bank decision to pump more than a trillion dollars into the financial system, the US dollar rose against the euro and yen on Tuesday as investors locked in profits after pushing the single European currency higher. The euro fetched
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      34 15 BULLISHFEAT:MrDanyTorresof Spain performs during the Red Bull X-Fighters motocross exhibition in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City on Tuesday. The X-Fighters World Series kicks off tomorrow in Mexico. PICTURE: AFP
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      392 16/17 KhairywinsUmnoYouthchiefpost,but notwithoutshoutsof‘bribery’from MukhrizMahathir’ssupporters BRIBERY,bribery.That was the cry of Mr Mukhriz Mahathir’s supporters when it became clear that their man lost to rival Khairy Jamaluddin in an upset victory. This makes MrKhairytheUmnoYouthchief. Tempers frayed as supporters from both sides had waited in suspense for the announcement which was delayed by
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      325 16/17 Outgoing Umno Youth chief leaves with a strong statement against opposition THE man who created an uproar last year by brandishing the keris (Malay dagger) when talking about Malay rights has done it again. Yesterday, outgoing Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein (left), alluded that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is
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      Lock icon UNREAL atmosphere
      418 16/17 General Assembly looked more like a eclectic bazaar of jewellery, banners THE place was teeming with people selling cosmetics and colourful fabrics. And some were just trying to catch the delegates’eyeswiththeir jewellery. The scene outside the Dewan Merdeka at the Putra World Trade Centre was more like a
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      Lock icon She saves maid’s life but ends up bitten
      402 18 HKactress also has her hair pulled by distraught woman THERE are many ways to thank someone for saving your life, but biting the persononthearmisn’toneofthem. So imagine Hong Kong actress Sonija Kwok’ssurprisewhenshewasnotonlybitten but also had her hair pulled after she stopped her Indonesian
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      Lock icon M’sian mum, 45kg, dies on her 15th lipo op
      334 18 SHEwasn’thappywithherfigure,soshe went under the knife again and again. After 14 liposuction treatments, the Malaysian businesswoman, who used to weigh over 50kg, tipped the scales at a mere 45kg. Not satisfied, she decided to go for her 15th–andfinal–operation. On Tuesday afternoon, the
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      719 19 UK man murdered by pirates in brutal attack off Thai coast. Wife survives, says: SHEdidn’tseeherhusbandmurdered.All she could hear was his furious yelling, then a chillingsilenceasthreeMyanmarpiratesboarded her yacht off Thailand’s Buntang Islands, near Malaysia. It was then that Mrs Linda Robertson knew that
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      Lock icon Real recovery? That’s going to take a while
      668 20  -  Historyshowsthat lowemployment can lastlongafter recessions end ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN tnp@sph.com.sg ZhenMing, a Harvard-trained economist based in Singapore, is a freelance contributor. FACTORIES across the country are shut down. Hundreds of thousands nationwide are laid off, causing unemployment to climb to an
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      26 21 FROM READER ACESON CHEN DOUBLE TAKE: Our reader spotted two identical signs on one of the blocks near his house. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      105 21 1 THE Singapore woman who was thrown out of the window by her husband, Jason John Porteous, is standing by him. Mrs Pimchanok Porteous says she cannot live without him. 2 PARLIAMENT passed legislation which allows reimbursement of living kidney donors. When the final
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      276 21 INDECENT ACT AT EAST COAST BEACH FROM READER FADLI B SIDEK IREFER to the report, “Why do this where children can see you?” (The New Paper, 23 Mar). It is not clear if the indecent acts were performed by locals or foreigners. Nevertheless,
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      90 21 FROM READER NIHAYAH MOHD I FULLY agree that the couple should not be let off. They did not show any consideration for those around them, especially young children and old people. Whenever I see couples, especially students in uniform, going overboard
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      217 21 FROM READER RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO I REFER to the report, “Community care of the mentally ill is right way to go” (The New Paper, 25 Mar). The best way for psychiatric patients to reintegrate into society is to find them jobs, as it is
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      66 22 Comments on statistics that show that 7 in 10 pedestrians killed were jaywalkers: “How muchcan you do with the minutes saved by dashing across the road?Idon’t feel sad for you but for your family members”. fred100 “Theyexpect the vehicles to slow down for them. I know people
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      22 22 What do you think of schools going digital to do attendance checks? “Itsavestime andthe trouble of manual attendance-taking.” LaiAiling,23, financial consultant
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      38 22 TNP POST WOMAN .COM We’ve got a new Postwoman blog! Log on to tnppostwoman.com to find behind-the-scenes videos, photos and news about your favourite Asian and Hollywood celebs. thenewpaper 2nd-most read English paper daily (Nielsen Media Index ’08)
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      909 23  -  REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg IT HAS taken 55 long years for the iconic bunny to finallylandonSingapore’sshores. And the duo behind the local edition are confident that they will carve out a niche for themselves in the
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        548 25  -  HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg LIKE: Count on Hollywood to put the fun back into crippling debt. Confessions’ release seems to be poorly-timed as frivolousspendingisn’texactlyinvoguenow. But this is a classic chick flick, where everyday girls still get rewarded for bad choices. Rebecca indulges in Prada
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        360 26 Want to know what to watch at a glance? We'll do the work foryou. Our rating round-up tells you which new movies this week are worth paying for and which are not 12 Rounds Stars: John Cena, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen, Brian J White
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      413 27  -  Unexpected Access host WongLi-lin (left) says show gives public insight into unknown jobs REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg HERlabcoatwasaswhiteasthesterileroomintheHealthSciencesAuthori-ty(HSA)building. Wong Li-lin sat down and peered into a microscope, poring over a piece of denim cloth which was said to be evidence of an alleged assault. Traces of chilli
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        301 28  -  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on Nintendo DS REPORT:SIMON SIMON ANG simonang@sph.com.sg I USED to think that one of the best gaming experiences would come from playing on either a console or a high-powered PC, shown on an even bigger screen. After testing the new
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      15 23 PLAYING DETECTIVE WongLi-lin’s journey through unthinkable jobs shows her nothing’staboo. PAGE27 TNP PICTURE:CHOO MOVIEDATE:ConfessionsOfAShopaholicisnoTheDevilWearsPrada. PAGE25
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      15 27 episodesto filmwas the oneat the pig farm. A50-year-oldtimecapsulestartspredicting catclysmiceventsandit’suptoaprofessor (NicolasCage,right)tosavetheworld. Themovie,Knowing,directedbyAlex Proyas,openson9Apr,andstarsRoseByrne. Wehave80pairsofticketsfora7Apr preview,courtesyofShawOrganisation. Turntopage22toseehowyoucanwin.
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      91 29 TNP PICTURE: SONY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION GO-TO GIRL:Stylist to the stars Rachel Zoe. WATCH’EM The Rachel Zoe Project Sony Entertainment Television (SingTel mio TV Ch 20), 10pm This new reality series follows Rachel Zoe, stylist to stars like Cameron Diaz and Anne Hathaway, as she juggles constant deadlines, fashion shows and
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      806 41 THE NEW PAPER Thursday 26 March 2009 41 From Page 39 Serving up ice-cold delights in summer By Grace Chew Ms Ann Yik always knew that someday, she would run her own business. When she did, she chose to run a homemade ice cream parlour. Explaining her decision, Ms Yik
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        404 46 GOING: GOOD Race1 MaidenJuvenilePlate 1200m 9 ROYALENSIGN57(11-5) GHatt (4) 1 6 LYCEUM57(21-7) MJByleveld (3) 2 11 TAMBURLAND57(30-6) PBotha (8) 3 ?Trainer: J Ramsden. Margins: 0.5, 1.25, 2. Time: 1min 16.1sec. EOB: $14. Forecast: $16. Place Forecast: $6 (Nos. 6-9), $10 (Nos. 6-11), $6 (Nos. 9-11). Tierce:
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        296 47 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK GALLOPS by horses engaged on Sunday: RACE 1: Trigger Legacy? 39. Excel King barrier practice/37.4. My Fighters? (I Saifudin) canter/36.5. RACE 2: Maynooth (M Airy) 37.6. King Fury? ?(J Saimee) and Dustin (D Azis) canter/37.6. Galactic Bound (E Aslam) 35.4. Mission Impossible ?(J
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        582 56 MORNING LATEST AP MATCH-FIXING is football’s biggest problem, according to Uefa president Michel Platini. Platini vowed yesterday that Uefa would clamp down on any offenders, and general-secretary David Taylor said the European body was monitoring about 27,000 games and soon would present a
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        320 56 AFP WORLD anti-doping chief John Faheyyesterday accused Fifa and Uefa of ignoring reality, after they rejected rules that ease out-of-competition drugs testing of individual footballers. “One of the key principles of efficient doping control is the surprise effect and the possibility to test an athlete
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        394 54 MORNING LATEST PA Sport LIVERPOOLwingerAlbertRi-erasaysconfidenceis growing in the camp that they can beat Manchester United to thePremier Leaguetitle. The Reds have breathed life into their faltering title challenge by closing the gap on United to onepoint. Liverpool have beaten United and Aston Villa in
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        449 54 PA Sport LIKE slipping on a banana skin, Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra believes the team’s slump in form is nothing more than“alittle accident”. As with many of his Old Trafford team-mates, the France defender who has gone away on international duty is stillbaffled as
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        649 55 MORNING LATEST Wire Services CHELSEA’S hopes of keeping Guus Hiddink have been dashed by the man himself. The Dutch coach once again reiterated his plan to stand down as Chelsea boss at the end of the season. “A lot of people are trying to persuade
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        575 57 MORNING LATEST AP JUST being part of a commanding Manchester United squad will not satisfy the emerging goalkeeper treading water behind record-breaking veteran Edwin van der Sar. Ben Foster does not have many shots to stop for United and that could cost the Englishman a shot at the
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        254 57 AFP PETER Shilton has urged Fabio Capello to hand Ben Foster the chance to prove he can be England’s first-choice goalkeeper at next year’s World Cup in South Africa. Foster’s status was bolstered by his match-win-ning performance for Manchester United in the League Cup final
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        253 57 PA Sport ARSENAL goalkeeper Manuel Almunia is considering an application for a British passport and would not rule out playing for England one day. The Spaniard (above) joined the Gunners from Celta Vigo in July 2004, and so under residency laws would soon be eligible to
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        650 58 MORNING LATEST PA Sport IT IS looking increasingly unlikely Peter Crouch and Shaun Wright-Phillips will be handed a starting berth for England against Slovakia on Saturday. For the second day running, the pair missed training yesterday with calf and ankle strains respectively and will be reassessed
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