The New Paper, 4 May 2009

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  • 18 1 the new paper 4 May 09 mon A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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  • News Aware Showdown
    • 720 2 / 3  -  OLD GUARD SAY VOLUNTEERS HELPED THEM TO VICTORY REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg ON SATURDAY, Ms Alex Serrenti, 35, got up at 5.15am, jumped on her motorcycle and rode to Suntec City. She had a mission she was there to “warm” seats for someone
      TNP PICTURES: NG XI JIE, KELVIN CHNG; TNP PICTURE: BENSON ANG  -  720 words
    • 223 2 / 3 Before the meeting: Designed white T-shirts in support of the old guard. Updated the website (www.we-are-aware.sg). Released two YouTube videos campaigningfortheoldguard–one featuring various women calling for support, and another an interview with Ms Dana Lam, who was eventually elected president. Prepared an information pack for voters,
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    • 255 2 / 3 WHILEAware’snewguardhadateamfrom Rajah and Tann to assist with their legal concerns, the old guard also had a team of legal advisors on Saturday. Theoldguard’sadvisorsworkedforfree, andcalledthemselvesthe“legalbeagles”, playingontheterm“legaleagles”. It consisted of Mr Mark Goh, Mr Peter Low, Mr SiewKum Hong, Ms Halijah Mohamad, Ms Poonum Mirchandani, Ms Kuan Mei,
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  • News Flu Watch
    • 1501 4 / 5 Tempers fray among guests as staff cover up hotel from public view 7S’POREANSQUARANTINEDINHK THERE are now seven Singaporeans quarantined in Hong Kong. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) had told reporters that as at 10pm on Saturday, three Singaporeans were quarantined at the Metropark Hotel in
      PICTURES: AFP, ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS; PICTURE: ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS  -  1,501 words
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    • 1124 6 / 7  -  She wanted to stay close to wayward daughter in shelter REPORT: GENEVIEVE JIANG geneviev@sph.com.sg WHEN her 13-year-old daughter ended up in a shelter for troubled teens and juvenile delinquents eight years ago, Madam Priyanut Phasuk was determined to be by her side.
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    • 33 6 / 7 MOTHER DEAREST If you have any inspiring or heartwarming stories about your mothers, we want to hear from you. Celebrate the woman closest to you this Mother’sDay. E-mail us your stories to tnp@sph.com.sg
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  • Local News watch
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      49 8 BUMPYRIDE:A53-year-olddriverwasreversinghiscarwhenhe lost control of the vehicle, reported Shin Min Daily News. The car hit the railing of some steps before coming to a stop. The incident happened on Saturday evening at Lorong Mambong at Holland Village. The driver was not seriously injured. PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
      PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS  -  49 words
    • 252 8 $100m grants to train workers keep jobs HELP FOR WORKERS EMPLOYERS TWO new measures to help local workers get jobs and stay employed will cost the Government $100 million over two years. One will give companies a grant of up to $400,000 to hire and hang on to trained workers.
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    • 91 8 THEPUB’sDeepTunnelSewerage System (DTSS) has been operational for just four months, but it has already won praise internationally. The proj ect was named Water Project of the Year at the annual Global Water Awards, which honour top achievers in thefieldofwatermanagementandtreatment. Global Water Intelligence, the prestigious
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    • 132 8 RELIEF from traffic congestion has come to shoppers at White Sands, the popular mall in Pasir Ris. A 180m long, one-way road leading to it opened yesterday, connecting White Sands to Pasir Ris Central. The new road is an extension of
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    • 117 8 A SURVEY has found that eight in 10 locals prefer to rely on themselves than on the Government in these bad times. The Institute of Policy Studies carried out the survey, of a sample of 817 Singaporeans and permanent residents, three months ago. The most self-reliant
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    • 774 9  -  REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THE person who recently uploaded a YouTube video of himself tampering with sushi before returning it to the conveyor belt is believed to have apologised. The man was identified as a 22-year-old polytechnic student by other netizens, and flamed
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    • 182 10 / 11 1 As soon as the incident occurs, inform the harasser firmly but politely that the harassment is unwelcomed and unwanted, and that you want it stopped. 24 If the harassment continues, ensure that you keep a detailed record of all harassment incidents. 3 24 Speak to
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    • 294 10 / 11  -  Teh Jen Lee Darren Foong –TehJenLeeandnewsroomintern A SURVEY conducted by The New Paper has unveiled some disturbing numbers about sexual harassment. Of220 women and 80 men surveyed, 131 of the women and eight of the men have experienced at least
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    • 582 10 / 11  -  The New Paper poll reveals that NSman not alone in being sexually harassed male here REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg CONTRARY to what many think, men also get sexually harassed. And the predator is more likely to be a stranger than a
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    • 419 12 / 13  -  REPORT PICTURES GAVIN FOO GAVIN FOO gavinfoo@sph.com.sg gavinfoo@sph.com.sg SOMEpeoplecallthemworksofart.Buttheyaremeanttosendpeopleofftothenetherworld–instyle. They include a passenger jet, a 19th-century ocean liner, and a Mercedes-Benz car all made ofpaper,andalltobeburntforthedead. And the man whose earthly mission is to create these vehicles for the dead is
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    • 17 10 / 11 Darren Foong. With additional reporting by Bernice Huang, GeraldineYeo, Joanna Hor, Pearly Tan, Han Su-Ying, newsroom interns
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  • Global News watch
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      35 14 More than 40 women participated in an international women’s mud wrestling contest in Hubei, China, yesterday. The women wrestled in mineral-rich mud, which is believed to be good for the skin. PICTURE: REUTERS
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    • 248 14 CURRENCY SWAP AGREEMENT AFP FINANCE ministers from the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) plus China, Japan and South Korea agreed yesterday to implement a US$120 billion ($178 billion) currency swapagreementbyyear’s end. Japan and China agreed to contribute US$38.4 billion each, with China’s
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    • 102 14 Reuters THE leader of Thailand’s “yellow shirts” protest movement said yesterday that his group would not return to the streets in response to a failed attempt on his life three weeks ago. The 17 Apr attack on Mr Sondhi Limthongkul, who suffered
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    • 111 14 Reuters BRITAIN said last Saturday that it would raise the case of a pregnant British woman, who faces the death penalty in Laos if convicted of drug smuggling, when its foreign minister meets the Laotian deputy prime minister next week. Britain would do
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    • 112 14 CNN THE bodies of six Czech hikers who died in an avalanche near the Soelden ski resort in the Austrian Alps were recovered yesterday, police and rescue services said yesterday. The avalanche occurred at 3,000m in the Schalfkogel mountains last Saturday. Mr Klaus
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    • 575 15 Neighbours say driver in royal attack was a loner depressed THE Dutchman who rammed a car into a royal parade last Thursday may have got his inspiration from a movie about a plot to kill a US presidential hopeful. Dutch investigators are focusing on the
      PICTURE: AP  -  575 words
    • 377 16 SHEhaswowedchildren,andsomeadults,aroundthe world with her blonde locks, slender legs and sweetsmile. But the latest makeover was not what they were expecting. Barbie has been given a set of tattoos to celebrate her50thbirthday. Thedoll’s makers,Mattel, insistthemove willbring Barbie and her brunette equivalent Nikki up to date, reportedTheDailyMail. TheSunreportedthatthenewdollshopetoconvey
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    • 405 16 HOLD on to your bodices–andyoursaris. Mills Boon (M&B), the biggest romance publisher in the world, has just completed its largest search for fresh literarytalent. And the winner comes from an unusualsource–India. The UK-based company held a writing competition in India to find its
      PICTURE: REUTERS  -  405 words
  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 13 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High35,Low27˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low27˚
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  • You
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      39 17 FROM READER KAYATHRI BOOTH WITH A VIEW: These boys were using their laptops, sitting on the top of a telephone booth next to Cineleisure Orchard last Friday. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 58 17 Comments on the current taxi stand rule: “It’stime todo awaywith therulewhere you can only hail for taxis at a taxi stand. Thinkofthe handicappedandtheaged.” lazylizard “Pleasedonot allow pickingup of passengers by taxis on the roads. Please make it compulsory for all to phone for a taxi. It saves
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    • 223 17 FROM READER KYLE GANAPATHY Measures against Influenza A (H1N1) virus I AM writing about the article on the occupants of the Aloha Loyang resort being evacuated abruptly (“Why give us so little time topack?”,TheNewPaper,2May). I understand that it is an inconvenience to the patrons and
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    • 184 17 FROM READER TAN SHAO KEN IREADwithinterestthearticle“Cabbyshrugs, thendrivesoff”(TheNewPaper,21Apr). Miss Wong Fang Juin should not put the blame totally on the taxi driver for her dog getting run over. I feel she is also partly at fault. Miss Wong said she leashed the
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      50 17 Plan to separate conjoined twins from India: Should Singapore doctors go ahead with procedure? “Ofcourse, becauseifyou don't, you'llnever know (ifyou would succeed). Singapore is one of the most medically advanced places and is known as a medical hub. And in terms ofcost,I think we'recheaper thanthe UK.” JoeTeou, 31,financial consultant
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    • 59 17 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to
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    • 804 18/19  -  But taller male movie stars are making comeback REPORT:JASON JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg TALK to anyone who’s met a movie star, andthefirstthingthey’lltellyouis:“He’s somuchshorterinperson!” As much as movie fans enjoy idolising their favouriteactors,itcanbefun–andcomforting to know that in their daily lives, they are not always larger than life.
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    • 188 18/19 BOI Kwong Chee Guan, director of the recent Singapore gangster picture The Days, gives the lowdown on casting shorties. He is also a lecturer at the Digital Audio and Video Production department of the School of Electronics and Info-Comm Technology at
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    • 405 20 X-MEN BABE, WHO GREW UP IN S’PORE,ONWOLVERINE’SAPPEAL: SHE’Smorecomfortableonthestagethaninfrontof the camera. And she’s not the conventional Hollywoodsexbombwithaparty-heavylifestyle. Butatleastinoneaspect,LynnCollinsfitsthebillof an upcoming starlet she’s married to heart-throb ConvenantactorandmusicianStevenStrait. Butthe29-year-oldhopestoberecognisedmorefor herownbodyofwork,whichincludesrolesinThe MerchantOfVeniceandTheNumber23. In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, now showing here, Collinswaspersonallyhand-pickedbyleadHughJack-man to star as Kayla
      PICTURES: AFP, 20TH CENTURY FOX  -  405 words
    • 554 21 TAIWAN TV IDOL ETHAN RUAN: HISidolstatushasbeenestab-lished by hit TV drama DefeatedQueen. So how does Taiwanese actor Ethan Ruan handle work pressures withhisrisingpopularity? Ethansaid: “I believethat actors just need to focus on bringing out thesoulinthescript. “So long as the script and the working team are
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    • Show Ka-ching!
      • 71 22 Moneymatters– evento stars. We cashin onthe highsandlowsofcelebrity dough SHEthoughtitwouldhelpinhercareer.But Mad Men actress January Jones (left) said she regrets embarking on an ill-fated modellingcareerasateenagerbecauseitendedupleaving herUS$20,000($29,500)indebt. The 31-year-old moved to New York from South Dakotawhenshewasonly18tojointheglitzyworld offashion. But Jones admitted she was never happy on the catwalkandwasgladtofinallyleavetherunwayfora careerinmovies.
        PICTURES: REUTERS  -  71 words
      • 111 22 Marry my girl I’ll foot the bill THE father of Jessica Biel (right) is desperate to see her get hitched to a big pop star. Sodesperatethathe’seven offered to pick up the wedding tab. TheBlade:Trinityactress’father, Mr Jon Biel, recently summoned singer Justin Timberlake (far right) to put pressure on him to
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      • 84 22 SHE’SadoubleOscar nominee but Amy Adams (right) remembers a time when life was harder. The 34-year-old Enchanted star revealed to W magazine that money was tight in her household. So she resorted to creating lookalike designer labels at home justtokeepupwithherpeers.Shesaid:“Wewere defined by the clothes we bought at
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      • 81 22 IT’Sprobablythemost iconic swimsuit in television history. The red hot swimsuit which sex bomb Pamela Anderson (right) wore as lifeguardCJParkeron’90s TV series Baywatch was up for auction last month. And the lycra one-piece, which had the privilege of clinging to the 41-year-old’scurves,wasexpectedtofetch US$2,900, reported WENN. The
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      • 543 23  -  As world govts struggle to get people to spend, spend, spend, flu virus is keeping them indoors LARRY HAVERKAMP mail@AskDrMoney.com IFTHINGSweren’tbadenough,wenowhaveInflu-enza A (H1N1) to worry about. Looking at past pandemics,itcouldbe(i)notsobador(ii)realbad. Hereishoweachscenariocouldunfold. Scenario1:Notsobad At least the world’s stock markets seem to think the reactiontotheH1N1fluisoverblown.BoththeUSand Singapore markets rose
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    • 31 35 Sunday, 3May 2009 First Second Third 8279 1376 4017 Starters 8534 5129 4507 3586 4164 3130 2289 0263 7968 8454 Consolation 1279 3605 5374 9488 5910 4337 6289 2130 2114 3642
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      • 366 35 GOING: GOOD RACE1 CLASS4(TURF) 1200m 1 DREAMHORSE132(17-5) MCHADWICK (4) 1 2 MYMEMORY129(14-6) YTCHENG (5) 2 6 ENCOSTADON122(101-27) JWINKS (11) 3 10 GREATUNITY118(60-21) MDUPLESSIS (10) 4 ?Trainer:KWLui.Margins:Nk,1.75.Time:1min9.8sec.EOB:$19.Forecast:$16. Place Forecast: $8 (Nos. 1 -2), $26 (Nos. 1 -6), $20 (Nos. 2-6). Tierce: $383. Trio: $80. Quartet: $2456.
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      • 581 35 GOING: SOFT Race1 MS(STRAIGHT)1100m 9 MYDIAMOND50c51(12-7) YFLeong (12) 1 1 1 (472) 2 KIMLENG55c52(377-69) SThaiYang* (2) 5 3 2 (486) 1 8 MOUNTAINRAIDER51(85-22) YAify (3) 7 5 3 (474) 4.75 13 MAGICOFSUCCESS50(34-12) BNShahrul (5) 8 9 4 (435) 1.75 ?Winningstable: RiseAgain. Trainer:J McGillivray.Time:1min05.2sec.Forecast:$406. Tierce:$2584.Quartet: Nowinner($*****jackpotcarriedforwardtonextrace).MalaysianW/P:RM8,RM5,RM104,RM35.EOB:$17. PForecast:$130(9-2),$193(2-8),$23(9-8).Trio:$1231. Race2
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      • 232 35  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg LASTSatur-day, 50-1 outsider Mine That Bird clinched the Kentucky Derby. And at Ipoh yesterday, the RM1 million ($420,000) Silver Jubilee Sultan Perak Trophy produced a bigger upset. Happy Victory, ridden by battling jockey Samsir Hamid (above), led all the way in the
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      • 2328 36 RACE 1 CASINO ROYALE was crowded on jumping between CHOCOLATE SOLDIER and THAT’S FAST. ASTRA TORRES blundered on jumping. CZARINA was slow into stride. STORM KING and VICTORY CONQUEROR hung out throughout. SUPREMACY STEEL raced wide throughout. Approaching the 200m,
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 627 37 AP TIGER Woods dropped out of the lead with late bogeys for the second straight day. And that left former Masters champion Zach Johnson with a two-shot advantage after three rounds of the Quail Hollow Championship yesterday morning. Johnson was among the few who survived
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    • Sports Boxing
      • 784 38 / 39 Filipino Manny Pacquiao’scrushing knockout of Briton Ricky Hatton was a victory for Filipinos all over the world Wire Services IT WAS A FIGHT that lasted less than six minutes. But Manny Pacquiao’s knockout victory will unite Filipinos in celebrations the world over for a very
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      • 184 38 / 39 MANNYPacquiao’smotherDionisia was an inspiration to her victorious son. Dionisia confessed to being a “nervous wreck” until her son’s victory over Oscar De la Hoya in December, and was at the match in Vegas yesterday when he defeated Ricky Hatton. “She is scared to watch it live.
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      • 217 38 / 39 AP MANNY Pacquiao enhanced his claim to being the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer with a sec-ond-round knockout of Ricky Hatton on Saturday. Coming off an overwhelming win over Oscar De La Hoya, the Filipino was even better against Hatton, knocking him down twice in the first
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    • Sports Football
      • 844 40 / 41  -  EXCLUSIVE LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg THEY have the same parentage, but their footballing careers could not have been more different. While Alexander Hleb, 28, has enjoyed a meteoric rise to his career, first with Arsenal and now with Barcelona, his younger brother
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      • 452 40 / 41  -  LIM HAN MING MIRROR, mirror on the wall, who’s the best Dutch coach of them all? Ask former Dutch international Stan Valckx and he has only one name inmind Guus Hiddink. The interim Chelsea manager has turned things around for the Blues since taking over
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      • 748 42  -  REAL MADRID 2 Higuain (14), Ramos (56) BARCELONA6 Henry (18, 58), Puyol (20), Messi (36,75), Pique (83) ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT IT’S A good thing Real Madrid scored two goals against Barcelona in the Spanish Primera Liga yesterday morning. Sure, Barcelona thrashed them
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      • 626 43 PA Sport ASTON Villa’s poor home form has seen their hopes of securing a Champions League spot disappear. The club will be aiming to win in front of their own supporters for the first time in nearly four months when they take on Hull in
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      • 678 43 THE CHAMPIONSHIP PA Sport BIRMINGHAM clinched automatic promotion to the Premier League with a 2-1 win over Reading, condemning their hosts to the Play-offs. Reading goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann gifted the visitors the lead in the 19th minute when Keith Fahey’s curled effort from outside the box
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      • 661 44/45 LIVERPOOL 3 (Benayoun 22, Kuyt 28, Lucas 88) NEWCASTLE0 Wire Services WHILE Newcastle are plunging towards the drop, Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez still believes that leaders Manchester United will make “the two big mistakes” that can still see his team win the title. Liverpool cut
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      • 193 44/45 PA Sport ALAN Shearer will hit bad-boy Joey Barton with a club fine after the midfielder’s season was ended by his red card at Anfield last night. Barton, making his first start since January for the relegation-haunted club, was given a straight red card for a two-footed
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      • 181 44/45 PA Sport ALAN Shearer pulled no punches with his assessment of Newcastle’s performance. He said: “We were lucky to keep it down to three, how many times did they hit the bar? “I was disappointed with the manner of the goals.
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      • Article, Illustration
        729 44/45  -  REPORTING FROM ANFIELD LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg THEY say matchdays at Anfield are always special and I can totally understand why. When The New Paper visited Anfield on Saturday with TNP-Courts Anfield trip contest winner Gevine Choo, we were met with a sleepy town almost devoid of any
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      • 158 44/45  -  LIM SAY HENG RAFA Benitez has not been to Singapore, buthehasthistosaytotheRedsfanshere– sit back and enjoy the title race. Speaking exclusively to The New Paper at the end of the post-match press conference following the 3-0 victory over Newcastle, the Spaniard was bouyant, friendly
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    • 488 46  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer THE iconic image of the modern day Manchester United-Arsenal rivalry doesn’t get as graphic as the RoyKeane-PatrickVieira’sshowdowns. Putting in full-blooded tackles where the faint-hearted darenotventure,gettingineachother’sfacesandplentyof trash-talking, these battles were occasions to relish for both sets of players
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        139 47 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tomorrow: ASTON VILLA v HULL CITY Ch 27,3am Will a hostile reception make George Boateng (right) more determined to win at his former club Aston Villa? AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Tomorrow: SAFFC v SHANGHAI SHENHUA Ch 24,7.25pm J-LEAGUE Tomorrow: SHIMIZU S-PULSE v JEF UNITED Ch 24, 6pm
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    • 343 48 THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. I'm read take charge in the digital STUDY ASSIST FUND AVAILABLE IP University of the em West of England BRISTOL BSc (HONS) IN DIGITAL MEDIA Commences May Sep 2009 Includes the latest topics in Digital Media content that includes Animation Graphics, 2D 3D Modelling, Sound and
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