The New Paper, 27 March 2011

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  • 17 1 The New Paper on Sun day MARCH 27 2011 MARCH 27 2011 80 CENTS MICA (P) 113/01/2011
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    • 122 1 Fifa, Uefa push for ban on in-game betting 20 Fifa, Uefa push for ban on in-game betting First, Anwar’s alleged sodomy scandal. Now, a spa sex video uproar. Yet Azizah remains... The Good Wife How much more can she take? 2 Couple earns $11,000 but wants grant for 5-roomTampines flat.
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  • News
    • 610 2/3 Wife of scandal-plagued Anwar Ibrahim quietly bears indignities of latest sex video accusation, while declining to watch it STOIC and strong. Always on the side of her husband. Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is all energised when it comes to defending Anwar Ibrahim. But nobody seems
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    • 287 2/3 21 Silvio Berlusconi The Italian prime minister is being investigated for hiring underage prostitutes and abuse of office. He supposedly paid belly dancer Karima El Mahroug,17, and 32 other women for sex by giving them cash and jewellery. He has denied the charges and will
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    • 379 2/3 PROVE that you are not involved. Dr Chua Soi Lek has thrown down the gauntlet before Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. He called on Anwar and other opposition leaders to cooperate with the police in their investigations into the sex video case. The
      PICTURE: THE STAR  -  379 words
    • 21 2/3 Barbie ties the knot (TNP, March 24): The woman in the main picture is Taiwanese actress AdyAn, not Barbie Hsu.
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    • 603 9  -  REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau, it seems, likes to have his buttocks squeezed. The 49-year-old admitted as much to more than 3,000 shoppers who thronged VivoCity
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    • 779 10 / 11  -  Some teens are bulking up with protein powder to get that edge in sports, others for vanity. But is it good for you? NAJIB SIDDIK (mdnajib@sph.com.sg)findsout NAJIB SIDDIK (mdnajib@sph.com.sg)findsout AT 17, he bought his first tub of protein powder. He was then
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    • 175 10 / 11 EXCESSIVE exercise can pose health risks, experts told The New Paper on Sunday. Senior performance psychologist Emily Ortega, from the Singapore Sports Council, said that when a personisaddicted toexercise,“it dominates his thoughts, feelings and behaviour”. Sheadded: “Psychologically,a person who is over-exercising may experience fatigue,
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    • 199 10 / 11 YES,I’m vain.That’s why Iworkout. That’swhat juniorcollege student Chew Yuxi, 17, proclaims unabashedly. “Healthand my co-curricular activity (volleyball) combined form only 40 per cent of my agenda. “Therest? Vanity, ofcourse! I wanttolook greatand there’sno shame in admittingit.” With a lean and athletic frame and weighing 59kg,the
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    • 637 12 / 13  -  S’porefamiliesswitchoff lights and electrical gadgets to mark Earth Hour REPORT: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg UNDER flickering tea lights, 8-year-old Denver Heng played Scrabble with his mum and dad, while sister Gladys, 5, happily drew pictures next to them. The Heng family heeded the call and marked
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    • 960 14 / 15  - Clothing feeding 8,500 The New Paper on Sunday gets an exclusive back-of-the-house tour of Marina Bay Sands REPORT:HEDY hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg PUNCH in your staff identification number on the computerised key pad and a conveyor belt carrying 611 garment bags swings into action. Seconds later, the bag that holds
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    • 538 16  -  2 recovery cars to help distressed vehicles in The New Paper SUVival Challenge REPORT: DIANE LOUYS dlouys@sph.com.sg YOU take your car where few cars have gone before. You are on untamed terrain. It’s rough, muddy, challenging. And you get stuck. Who are you going to
      PICTURES: REVO PERFORMANCE  -  538 words
    • 593 17  -  More elderly join laughter clubs for a great workout and great company REPORT:CHAI CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg LEARN to guffaw for no good reason and end up being a happier person. Be like retiree Koh Ban Sim, 79, who
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    • 320 17  -  COMMENT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg WHEN I first watched a video clip of some elderly folk laughing their heads off in a group for no reason, my first thought was, “Thismustbeajoke.” This is supposed to be exercise? A type of yoga? You
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    • Article, Illustration
      576 18  -  He uses the smallest of construction materials to build giant models REPORT:DIANELOUYS REPORT:DIANELOUYS dlouys@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Patrick Acton, 58, was a child, he saw a television programme that featured a man who used ordinary matchsticks to build a model of his farmstead. He was fascinated. But it wasn’t
      PICTURES COURTESY OF MR PATRICK ACTON  -  576 words
    • 427 19 Manilabushijacker’sbrotheralsointroublewithlaw GREGORIO Mendoza is done with nightmares. The Philippine senior police officer said he doesn’thavethem. The reason? The 53-year-old barely sleeps. Last year, his brother, Rolando Mendoza, 55, hijacked a tourist bus carrying 22 Hong Kong tourists in Manila and held them hostage. Philippine police
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    • 316 19 SHE scored multipleAs inher SPM,Malaysia’s equivalentofthe O-level examinations. Sadly,18-year-old Tiffany Wongdidn’tget to celebrate. On Friday, she was found dead in the most grisly fashion on the outskirts of Miri, Sarawak. Police found her with her head wrapped in a plastic bag
      PICTURE: THE STAR  -  316 words
    • 566 20 FIGHT AGAINST MATCH-FIXING FIFA and Uefa want to restrict in-game betting on matches because they fear spot-fixing scams are too easy to organise. The world and European football bodies revealed on Friday that they are working on proposals to the betting industry, as
      PICTURE: AP  -  566 words
    • 334 20 THEY were elated when their daughter, Sadie, was born 18 months ago. Nathan Bond and Elisa were looking forward to many happy years as parents. ButonValentine’sDaythisyear,thefamily,wholive in Brooklyn in New York City, received shocking news. Mr Bond, a 38-year-old painter, was diagnosed with
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      540 21 Tokyo billboards, TV screens stay dark at night as shops close early and restaurants bleed AFP. THE giant TVs are silent, the neon lights dark and the bars of Tokyo half-empty. Two weeks after Japan’s deadly earthquake, the city that once never slept is learning to live with
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    • 206 21 HIROSHIMA’Satomic infernoleftits scar on MrSunaoTsuboi. He was 20 years old when he suffered terrible radiation burns after the US nuclear bomb attack on Hiroshima in the final days ofWorldWar II. More than 65 years later, the crisis at the disaster-hit Fukushima
      PICTURES: AFP  -  206 words
    • 480 22 He was dating Chinese-American student before social networking site became hit IT WAS perhaps the worst kept secret among Facebook users. As is thecasewiththe“community”,you can’t take it anything as a fact unless thereisanupdateontheuser’spage. And it took none other than the founder of
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    • 153 22 A 17-year-old Texas beauty queen allegedlytoldto “getoffthe tacos” after putting on weight has regained her crown after a jury ruled that she was wrongly stripped of her title. Miss Domonique Ramirez (above) won her lawsuit against the Miss San Antonio pageant, her lawyer Luis
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    • 232 5 Ngee Ann City. 16th 17th April. 12nn till late. TIGER STREET FOOTBALL Be part of the action as street footballers from around the world go head to head in our street football tournament. Watch the action being played out in a caged street football pitch. Be mesmerised by international teams
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  • News GE2011
    • 1088 6/7  -  HousingistheNo.1issueatMPs’meet-the-peoplesessions. SowhatisitlikeatNationalDevelopmentMinisterMahBowTan’s sessions? The New Paper on Sunday sits in on one meeting REPORT:TAYSHI’AN TAY SHI'AN shian@sph.com.sg –additonalreportingbyEugeneWeeandDesmondNg THEYcallhimtheChiefDoctor.Andtheyseehimathis“clinic”inTampinesEast.But it’s not physical ailments they want him to treat.It’shousingwoes. On Monday nights, dozens of people queue up at mentMinisterMahBowTanduringhismeet-the-peo-plesessionstopleadtheircases. Minister,pleasehelpmegetarentalflat.Pleasehelp me get my HDB loan approved. Please
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    • 571 6/7 Helping residents with housing woes DURING the meet-the-people sessions, Mr Mah played financial planner for some residents. He asked about their monthly income, and if they have CPF, before working out what types of flats they could afford to own, the sizes of their loans and
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    • 375 8  -  Rhodes scholar likely to hit campaign trail today REPORT: MELVIN SINGH, LEDIATI TAN tnp@sph.com.sg THEname’sChen.OrShowMao,asheprefers.And like James Bond, he’s a man of manytalents,butonewhopreferssomemystery. Thelawyer,whoistippedtobeaWorker’s Party (WP) candidate, likes to keep a low profile. Yesterday, Mr Chen slipped into Singapore quietly at 6am. He
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    • 15 8 LIVING IN JOHOR More Singaporeans are moving across the Causeway. Has it been worth it?
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  • Page 12 / 13 Miscellaneous
    • 72 12 / 13 RACHEL McADAMS "You'll love Morning Glory" Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV HARRISON FORD DIANE KEATON "Hilarious" "A Must-See' Caryn James, Mane Claire m r FROM THE SCREENWRITER OF THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA iiniin "An utter delight to watch" Jedd Jong, F*** Magazine "A smart, sparkling comedy" Glamour > r v NOTTING HILL
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    • 146 18 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP YOUR CHILD BE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND DECREASE HIS/HER RISK OF SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS? Take part in an exciting research programme The National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School are inviting healthy children aged 7 to 10 years
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  • News Snapshot
    • 129 23 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) will extend its suspension on the import of fruits and vegetables to include Kanagawa, Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. Radioactive contaminants have been detected in another two sam- ples of vegetables imported from Kanagawa and
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    • 91 23 THE Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) has put together an additional $500,000 package to help lower-income families from the Indian community here from now till the end of the year. Finance Minister and Chairman of Sinda Board of Trustees Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday said
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    • 97 23 AP. A government aviation official and three other people have been arrested in a widening investigation of corruption in awarding licenses to airline pilots, police said. Among those arrested on Friday was Mr Pradeep Kumar, an assistant director of the Director General
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    • 293 23 Videoand‘refer-a-friend’scheme launchedto encouragetraining THE Singapore Workforce Development Agency has introduced two new initiatives to encourage low-wage workers to upgrade their skills through the Workfare Training Support (WTS) scheme. One is a refer-a-friend scheme. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan announced the initiatives at a
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    • 105 23 AFP. SYRIA freed 260 political detainees in the biggest overture yet to protesters demanding reform in the country, where President Bashar al-Assad is facing unprecedented domestic pressure. The news comes a day after at least 13 people were killed in protests demanding major reforms in the
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    • Article, Illustration
      84 23 HOTEL BRAWL-ROOM: Employees of a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, government officials and police officers trying to restrain Ms Iman al-Obeidi as foreign journalists tried to stop them. She had stormed into the hotel yesterday claiming she had been raped by government troops. The encounter led to a brawl
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous

  • News Exchange
    • 726 24  -  THE BUZZ REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg Hpaintbrushacrossthecanvas.Little by little, the water around COMMENT:BRYNASIM:brynasim@sph.com.sgESTEADIDhistremblinghandandswepthis.willbe.Re-integration BRYNA SIM by little, the water around the bumboatshewaspaintingcame aliveinshadesof blueand grey. Boon Wan highlighted two key words on mental health “de-institutionalisation” “de-stigmatisation”. Hesaid:“Weneedtoreducethestigmasurrounding mental illness so that the patients can
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    • 117 24 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 Animal smuggling is on the rise, with the number of creatures brought in illegally going up from 305 in 2008 to 1,511 last year. -10 Safety lapses led to the Manpower Ministry issuing stop-work orders at 86 sites last year, up from 79 in 2009.
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    • 20 24 “Youaresoskinnyyou have to run around in theshowertogetwet,” –agirltalkingtoafriend “No,I’mnot in thetoilet.” –amanonthephoneina cubicle... in a toilet
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  • enjoy
    • 1107 25  -  These CEOs think nothing about swapping suits for T-shirts to toil over a stove for charity REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THEY are movers and shakers. They are captains of industry. On their shoulders rest the survival of the companies they run and the livelihoods of their workers.
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    • 344 26 / 27  -  Local musicians band together to raise funds for earthquake victims REPORT: AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg ROCKoutforacause.That’swhatagroupoflocalmusi-cians hope to do this evening at Heart Rock: Japan Relief, a charity event to raise money for victims of the Japanearthquakeandtsunami. The concert, organised by Darren Wee, band leader of Monochrome
      PICTURES: THE DIRT RADICALS, MONOCHROME  -  344 words
    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 860 28 / 29  -  Steady decline in cycling casualties, accidents but... DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg SEVEN years ago, a cyclist was knocked down and killed by a negligent bus driver. Hewas cyclinginagroupatnightalongLimChu KangRoad. Store designer Sylvester Ang’s death brought the cycling community together and spurred some of his friends–includingcurrentSeniorParliamentarySecretary
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      • 302 28 / 29 Number of deaths 2007: 22 2008:22 2009:17 2010:16 WHERE: Clementi Road, near NgeeAnn Polytechnic WHEN: March 21, 2010, 9pm DEAD: 1 INJURED: 1 HOW: Freelance writer Benjamin Mok, 35, and chef Bertram Leong, 22, were cycling when they were hit from behind by a suspected drunken
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      • 272 28 / 29 ONE of the most common foot problems triathletes and runners face is plantar fasciitis. The debilitating condition, which athletes experience as a pain in the heel or arch of the foot, can affect seasoned runners and newcomers to the sport. The pain can be
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    • Enjoy Shopping
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        517 30  -  Wetakeongelish,anew kind of nail polish that promises to last for weeks ASHLEY CHIA amchia@sph.com.sg A NAIL trend that is emerging among women in their20sis“gelish”. The term is taken from the professional salon product of the same name by Nail Harmony UK. It is a soak-off type of
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      488 31  -  Have fun. Try different styles and get new ideas from make-up shops, says Make Up Store founder MikaLiias (left) REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg LADIES, we have come a long way from the make-up of the 80s. We have learnt to mix and blend shades, and try new
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 425 32  -  91.3FM DJs at Fashion Season Launch Party REPORT:JENNIFER JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg BEAUTIFUL, leggy professional models might have strutted down the green, elevated catwalk. But it was the 91.3FM DJs, striking flirty poses as they sashayed along the runway, that drew the loudest cheers from the crowd at Orchard
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 593 33  -  REPORT:JENNIFER JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg FOR parents of babies and toddlers, the cinema is the last thing you place think of when heading out. Movie-lover Jaslyn Wee, 29, has avoided going to the movies since the birth of her eight-month old son, Kwan Yu Jie. She
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      • 422 33  -  JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg WAR. Tsunamis. Nuclear radiation. Ifweneededanyreminding,we’ve certainly learned over the past week that the world is indeed a dangerous place. With 2012 fast approaching, a year that seems to be rivalling Y2K in terms of doomsdayparanoia,there’salotof speculation as to what awaits
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
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        368 34  -  Food column relaunches with two new faces REPORT:MARIE MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg SHEhaseatenwithroyaltyinBelgiumandrubbedshoulders with numerous celebrities. She has even munched on a little-known delicacy called angulas(babyeels)inSpain. These are among the quirky titbits that The New Paper columnist and humour writer Sylvia Toh Paik Choohastoshare. And now, readers of The
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 370 35  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg WHATsendsyourheartboomboomboom?For me, there’s nothing quite like a Korean heartthrob to send bass beats down your tummy, with those fancy dance moves and boyish grins. Nevermind that the closest you would come to kissing one is planting your lips on a glossy magazine cover.
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 638 36  -  Shouldn’t pooch at centre of custodybattlegetto choose? HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS tnp@sph.com.sg BUT did anyone ask the dog what it wanted? It was an unusual tug-of-war in a local court over a cross-terrier named Sasha. You might have read the article in The Straits
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      • 279 36  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DEAR Singapore Tourism Board, I have an exciting new idea to boost the number of visitors to our beautiful island: Hire Seth Rogen as our tourism spokesman! Before you send me another cease and desist letter
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      • REALLY?
        • 95 36 Odd news that’sfor real A New Zealand man who bought a lottery ticket after being hit on the head by bird droppings won NZ$100,000 ($94,520). The man, who lives in the Bay of Islands in the north, said he bought theinstant-win “scratch”card after friends told
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        • 102 36 Mr William Berrueta, a Chilean taekwondo instructor, has opened the first Jedi school in South America. A huge fan of the Star Wars franchise, the 46-year-old started the “JediTemple” school in Quilpué. He has 20 would-be Jedi warriors, aged six to 12, under his wing.
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    • Article, Illustration
      105 38 Today, we feature your best school holiday snapshots. This week, the best photo of the week wins a $100 KidStyleLevi’sKidsvoucher. On April 3 and 10, we will publish your pictures of a fun day out at the zoo. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Look who's driving
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 29 33 GENERATION NEXT Finally. You took 20 minutes just to put on all that protective gear. Okay, I’m ready. Uh oh. What? Too... much... equiptment... can’t...move... legs. TNP IILUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 265 37 Enjoy TV& Comics TheWolfman HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm Upon hisreturn tohis ancestralhomeland, an Americanman is bittenand cursedby a werewolf. StarringBenicioDelToro (left),Emily Blunt. CityUnderSiege CelestialMovies(StarHubCh868),9pm Anaivecircusperformerispittedagainst dangerouscolleagueswhohadgained superhumanpowersafterbeingexposedto abiochemical.StarringAaronKwok,ShuQi. FromParisWithLove StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm AyoungemployeeintheParisofficeofthe USambassadorhooksupwithanAmerican spytryingtostopaterroristattackinthecity. StarringJohnTravolta,JonathanRhys Meyers. CHANNEL5 Noon MakingItBig 1.00pm Movie:Speed2 3.30 Don'tForget The LyricsII 4.30 AmericanIdol 5.30 Planet'sFunniest Animals 6.00 LegendOfThe Seeker:Prophecy
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  • sports
    • Racing
      • 1699 39 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIPOLYTRACKMEETING RACE1 (1,700m) 1 Majestic Ransom)))Made up enough ground latelasttimetothinkhewillgobetterovermoreground.Wortheach-way. 2 Dynamic Master)))Missed start but made ground in straight behind Matterhorn and is a chance in maiden company. 3 GoodGoodWin)Needstoshowmore. 4 MisterSolo))Laststartwashisbestoverasimilartrip and start following with Duric aboard. 5 Sky Fortune))Hasn’t threatened so far, but
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      • 149 40/41  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON HERE’Satop betwithprobably some value. That horse is BUZET, who has yet to finish in the money in six Kranji starts. If the Mark Walker-trained three-year-old has yet to garner even a third placing, then why is he good enough to win, you
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      • 571 40/41 Race1 C5(SC)1200m 5 CENTURYAGAINST55c54(234-56) YAify (9) 4 4 1 (509) 1 CHINODIABLO57(111-29) MWepner (12) 1 1 2 (451) Nk 2 GRANDPEAK56.5c55.5(53-14) BTai (1) 3 3 3 (406) Ns 12 GAMBADE'SBEAUTY50.5c50(75-16) JackieChuah (8) 12 8 4 (450) Nk XWinning stable: Princess. Trainer: JH Tan. Time: 1min 12.6sec
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      • 1171 40/41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 MS 12.50 -1700m Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 705 MajesticRansom 59 (52) RShafiq*c3 1 (4agMWalker-TeAkauRacing) 2 764 DynamicMaster 56 (46) JVerenzuela 5 (3agDesmondKoh-TheDales) 3 0-0-0- GoodGoodWin 55 (44) MarcusAu 2 (3nzgHKTan-GoodGoodNews) 4 50-6 MisterSolo 55 (44)
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      • 534 40/41 Andrew Frost Marc Tan Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon 1 RACE 9 9 10 Dynasty Knight Mitre Peak Mitre Peak 1 2 1 9 2 Mitre Peak Majestic Ransom Dynamic Master Dynamic Master 1 Majestic Ransom 7 7 7 Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla Majestic Ransom 8
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      • 1290 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TANTHEANLOON’SKUALALUMPURTIPS RACE 1:1 Sun Jet 4 Stings Leica Bee 13 Smart Rebel 3 Kim Winner. RACE 2:13 Guragas 10 Release 5 Vino 4 Admiral Lincoln. RACE3:3FIGHTTOLIVE)4Sonic6Suspect9Colourlandprestige. RACE 4:7 Tops A Win 6 The Bank 8 Blue Tosca 10 Ocean Present. RACE 5:1
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      • 1171 43 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,800m) Cheerful Double (1) has hit the frame in two mile runs from eight starts this term, including an October second behind Hot Shot, and looks dangerous with a drop in grade. Veteran
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      • 924 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1800m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$500,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 CHEERFULDOUBLE ALEE MLYEUNG 133 8 2 SUPERSTRIKE ASCHUTZ ZPURTON 131 13 3 ROCKETANDGOLD CHYIP CYHO 129 10 4 WINWINFELLOWSHIP SWOODS PSTRYDOM 128 7 5 FANTASTICGUY DCRUZ DWHYTE 127
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      • 782 44 RACE 1 (Rosehill) 1st 9 Pureness ($9-$5.10) 2nd 5 Mentality ($30) 3rd 10 Lebrechaun ($13) 4th 3 Brilliant Light. Forecast $40. Place forecast $13 (5-9), $34 (5-10), $10 (9-10). Tierce $508. Trio $108. Quartet $1475. Quadro $736. Scratching: 2 Brazilian Pulse. RACE 2 (Rosehill) 1st 13 Galizani
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      • 138 44 SINGAPORE’SROCKETMANfinallycapturedhisfirstinternational Group 1 success after four agonising secondsfromSingaporetoHongKongtoDubai. Trainer Patrick Shaw’s newly-crowned 2010 Horse of the Year justified his even-money favourite’s tag in the US$2 million ($2.54 million) Dubai Golden Shaheen over 1,200matthesprawlingMeydanracecourseyesterday. He beat America’s Euroears (4-1) by 21/4 lengths.
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 533 45 Reuters. HIS GOLFING career has been “Made in America” but Britain’s Martin Laird is now eyeing a spot on the 2012 European Ryder Cup team after soaring up the world rankings this year. A resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, who graduated from Colorado State
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      • 229 45 OFF-COURSE behaviour is just as important as on-course performance. This was drilled into 31 top junior golfers attending two Level 1 camps at Seletar Country Club this month. Camp 1 was for players 15 years and under, and Camp 2 for kids 12
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      • 109 45 AFP. SOUTH Korea’s Shin Ji Yai got hot on a chilly, damp day, firing a nine-under 64 to take the lead in the rain-disrupted LPGA Kia Classic in Los Angeles. The world’s second-ranked player was delighted just to be in the clubhouse after two tours of the par-73
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      • 102 45 INDONESIA’S Rory Hie took the third-round lead in the US$1 million ($1.28m) Indonesia PGA Championship in Jakarta yesterday. The former US college star fired a third-round five-under 67 for a three-round aggregate of 13-under 203 at Imperial Klub Golf, just outside Jakarta. Australian Mathew Millar, the first- and
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      • 122 45 AP. TWO-TIME Masters champion Bernhard Langer had surgery on his left thumb and will miss the next two months, ending his streak of 27 consecutive appearances at Augusta National. Langer sustained the injury six months ago while riding his bike to the beach, and it never properly healed.
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    • Sports Basketball
      • 561 46 LA LAKERS 112 LA CLIPPERS 104 Wire Services. THERED-HOTLosAngelesLakersextendedtheirwinning streak to seven games with a 112-104 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers at the StaplesCenteryesterdaymorning(Singaporetime). The Lakers have won 14 of 15 games since the All-Star break and now trail Western Conference leading San
        Wire Services.; PICTURE: AP  -  561 words
    • 433 46 TENNIS AFP. UNSTOPPABLE Novak Djokovic won his 19th straight match this season as he crushed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-0, 6-1 yesterday (Singapore time) to make a dominant start at the US$9 million ($11.4m) Miami WTA and ATP Masters. In a match
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    • Sports Formula One
      • 223 47 Here’sa look at the rule changes which could cause some surprises ADJUSTABLE REAR WING Drivers can open gap in rear wing to reduce drag and aid overtaking GEARBOX Must last five races, with one allowance to change out of sequence SHARK-FIN Shortened so it can
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      • 262 47 AFP. FORMULA One will pause foretoday’sseason-openingAus-tralian Grand Prix to observe a minute’s silence for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, organisers said. All 24 F1 drivers will gather on the starting grid prior to the Melbourne race for a minute’s remembrance in honour
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      • Article, Illustration
        712 48 / 49 Champion Vettel on pole in Melbourne Reuters. RED Bull’s world champion Sebastian Vettel picked up where he left off by dominating qualifying to claim pole position for the sea-son-opening Australian Grand Prix for the second year in a row yesterday. The 23-year-old German set the quickest time in
        Reuters.; PICTURES: GETTY IMAGES, AP  -  712 words
      • 582 48 / 49 Ferrari defend conservative approach AP. FERNANDO Alonso has dismissed Ferrari’s disappointing qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix as resulting from a conservative approach to the start of the Formula One season and expects the team to challenge in today’srace. Alonso qualified fifth yesterday and
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      • 265 48 / 49 AP. ON THE eve of the opening race of the 2011 Formula One season, Michael Schumacher finds himself questioning the abilities of a race car he previously thought could challenge for the podium. After a promising winter testing and competitive times in practice
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      • 288 48 / 49 AFP. MCLAREN overcame a troubled winter testing programme to give the British team a fighting chance of getting among the points in today’s Australian Grand Prix with a strong qualifying performance yesterday. Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, was well behind Red Bull’s flying Sebastian
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    • Sports Cricket World Cup
      • 861 50 / 51  -  QUARTER-FINAL NEW ZEALAND 221-8 (J Ryder 83; M Morkel 3-46) S AFRICA 172 in 43.2 overs (J.Oram 4-39,N. McCullum3-24) Proteas’lossshows that the moment is more critical than talent SK JOHN npsports@sph.com.sg I SK John has reportedon cricket for 15years, including the 1996 World Cup in
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      • 530 50 / 51 QUARTER-FINAL ENGLAND 229-6 (J Trott 86, E Morgan 50) SRI LANKA 231-0 (T Dilshan 108 not out, U Tharanga 102 not out) I SriLankawonby10wickets AFP OPENERS Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga hit brilliant tons to guide Sri Lanka to an emphatic 10-wicket win over
        AFP; PICTURE: AP  -  530 words
      • 550 50 / 51  -  rather, waiting for technology to right an umpire’s wrong. Isn’t that the reason technology has been putin place? The fact is Ponting is paid to stay. Not walk because he will certainly not be elevated to the status of a demigod just because he
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      • 188 50 / 51  -  Joe Tan I THINK sportsmanship is still present but it also depends on which area you are talking about. For example, if a losing manager does not shake hands with the winning one after a game, and ignores the media, yes, it’s unsporting behaviour. If a goalkeeper
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    • Sports Football
      • 603 52  -  Youngsters must work hard and be dedicated, says striker coach Sundram SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com THE lack of goal-scorers stuck out like a sore thumb when the national Un-der-23 team crashed out of the two-leg-ged Olympic qualifiers without scoring a goal last week. Are our young
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    • Sports S-League
      • 497 53  -  COURTSYOUNGLIONS0 ALBIREX NIIGATA 5 (Shimpei Sakurada 13, Tatsuro Inui 56, Norihiro Kawakami 59, Shuhei Hotta 68, Yosuke Saito 70) SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg BEFORE their game against Albirex Niigata at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, the Courts Young Lions had announced that they would
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      • 278 53  -  HOME v WOODLANDS (Tonight, 7.30pm, Bishan Stadium) DAVID LEE GOAL-LESS after four games and lying next to bottom with just a single point in the bag, would you want your team to open the goal account or would you take a 0-0 draw with the
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      • 102 53  -  DAVID LEE S-LEAGUE champions Etoile FC held AFF Suzuki Cup winners Malaysia to a 1-1 draw in a charity match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. In the seventh minute, Ahmad Fakri opened the scoring in one of the few occasions Malaysia won
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    • 325 53 BRAZIL v SCOTLAND (Tonight, 8.55pm, Live on Football Channel, StarHub TV Ch 222) INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Wire Services BRAZIL’sLucasLeivahaswarnedScotland that his country won’t be taking it easy in tonight’s friendly international at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. While Scotland’s players are looking forward to a rare meeting with the
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    • Sports Euro 2012 Qualifiers
      • 348 54/55 GROUP A AUSTRIA0 BELGIUM 2 (Axel Witsel 6,50) AP. BELGIUM striker Axel Witsel scored twice to help his team beat Austria 2-0 in a 2012 European Championship qualifier yesterday morning (Singapore time). WitselwasleftunmarkedbyAustria’sdefencein the sixth minute as he escaped the offside trap and headed
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      • 527 54/55 GROUPE HUNGARY0 HOLLAND 4 (Rafael van der Vaart 8, Ibrahim Afellay 45, Dirk Kuyt 54, Robin van Persie 62) AP. ROBIN van Persie scored one goal and set up another to help Holland rout Hungary 4-0 in a European Championship qualifier yesterday (Singapore time).
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      • 559 54/55 GROUPD LUXEMBOURG0 FRANCE 2 (Philippe Mexes 28,Yoann Gourcuff 72) Wire Services. PHILIPPE Mexes and Yoann Gourcuff scored a goal in each half yesterday morning (Singapore time) as France beat Luxembourg 2-0 to extend their lead at the summit of their European Championship qualifying group.
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      • 712 56  -  GROUP I SPAIN 2 (David Villa 69,73pen) CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Jaroslav Plasil 29) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg COMMENT TO THINK he was attracting criticism for his recent goal slump. On Friday, David Villa’s answer was as crisp and decisive as his finishing in front of goal. Just when
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      • 925 57 GROUPC SLOVENIA0 ITALY 1 (Thiago Motta 73) Reuters. ITALY took a big step towards qualifying for Euro 2012 by beating Slovenia 1-0 with a Thiago Motta goal in a top-of-the-table Group C clash yesterday morning (Singapore time). The result means Italy, who have 13 points,
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      • 320 57 GROUPC SERBIA 2 (Marko Pantelic 65, Zoran Tosic 74) NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Gareth McAuley 40) Reuters. SECOND-HALF goals from striker Marko Pantelic and midfielder Zoran Tosic gave Serbia a 2-1 win over Northern Ireland in their Euro 2012 Group C Qualifier in a near-empty
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      • Article, Illustration
        664 58/59  -  GROUP G WALES0 ENGLAND2 (Frank Lampard 7pen, Darren Bent 15) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK FABIO Capello can breathe a sigh of relief. After a week of fierce criticism from the media, his players gave an emphatic response, wiping the floor with Wales.
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      • 126 58/59 Wire Services. HOSTS Armenia held Group B leader Russia to a 0-0 draw in their 2012 European Championship Qualifier last night. Russia remain top on 10 points while Armenia, enjoying their best qualifying campaign, climbed to second, two points behind. The visitors enjoyed most of the
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      • 175 58/59 Wire Services. IS THIS the end of his Manchester United career? Owen Hargreaves (left) has suffered yet another setback in his bid to regain his fitness after sustaining a shoulder injury in training. The former England midfielder has played less than 10 minutes of football for the Red
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      • 37 58/59 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS EURO 2012 QUALIFIERS Wednesday: IHOLLANDvHUNGARY StarHub TV Ch 202, (SuperSports), 2.30am ILITHUANIA vSPAIN StarHub TV Ch 222, (Football Channel), 2.40am INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Wednesday: IGERMANYvAUSTRALIA StarHub TV Ch 201, (SuperSports Arena), 2.40am
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      • 17 58/59 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Today: IF1WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 SingTel mio TV Ch 115, (STAR Sports), 1.45pm
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      • 26 58/59 OPEN DE ANDALUCIA Today: IDAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213, (Golf Channel), 8pm ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL Tomorrow: IDAY4 StarHub TV Ch 213, (Golf Channel), 1.30am
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