Today, 19 June 2006

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    14 1 TODAY //\=DIJ\COKiP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday June 19, 2006 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon Are Singaporeans genuine football fans? Don't bet on it
    532 1  -  CUBBY LEONG COMMENT BY CUBBY LEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS say they love football and have been struck down by football fever in recent weeks. But I'm not so sure that's true. The ongoing World Cup has reaffirmed my belief that Singaporeans are
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    A Sporting turnaround
    540 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND DAYEXCLUSIVE Club agrees to pay players more, offer better accommodation and meals jose@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS an issue that was so controversial that it elicited responses from human rights groups as well as sports fans, in a story that was heard around the world. Professional footballers
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    Lock icon N Korea threatens to 'wipe out' US forces
    215 1 -AFP SEOUL North Korea threatened to "mercilessly wipe out" US forces in case of war, during a national meeting to mark leader Kirn Jong-Il's 42 years' work at the ruling party on Sunday. The threat, in a ruling party report carried by
    -AFP  -  215 words
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      Woman found dead in Ang Mo Kio salon
      604 2  -  TAN HUI LENG Victim a Chinese national; an injured man in his 50s arrested last night for murder huileng@newstoday.com. sg THE tranquillity of a Sunday morning was broken in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 when a woman was found dead in a
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      Lock icon Isay HAS 'NEW THINKING' CREATED GEN-LOUT?
      852 3  -  HO KONG LOON THE recent survey revealing that 9.5 in 10 pupils have been bullied at school does not surprise me at all. The writing has been on the wall for quite a while. As a former teacher, I have witnessed the gradual but
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Partnering for a global hit
      526 4  -  LOHCHEE KONG IN AUCKLAND MediaCorp's Raintree ties up with NZTV, aims for blockbuster success in 3 years cheekong@newstoday.com. sg WHAT do you get when you put blood-curdling Asian horror flicks and grand Western epics together? Sadako and Frodo (the lead characters of The Ring and
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      Lock icon S'pore first in region for HDTV
      231 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TELEVISION viewers entered a new era of broadcasting yesterday when a six-month high-definition TV (HDTV) trial kicked off here. The trial is on new terrestrial Channel 38. Singapore is the first in South-east Asia to roll out HDTV on terrestrial TV. Trial
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      Lock icon Four dads who have that little extra
      492 6  -  SHERALYN TAY Winners of Great Dad awards are heroes to their own kids sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg IT'S the little things that dads do. Teenager Nurdiyanah Samsuri hardly sees her father but still thinks he is the world's best. As a security supervisor, Mr Samsuri Jahmad,
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      DR BALAKRISHNAN: THESE 3 THINGS
      170 6 The first Great Dads of the Year Award is an initiative by the Centre for Fathering to highlight the father-child bond, an often overlooked aspect of the family. The winning fathers were picked based on essays written by their children in a competition that saw
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      55 8 TREVOR TAN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Ah Meng, Singapore's most famous and well-loved orang titan, celebrated her 46th birthday at "Ah Meng's birthday brunch" with visitors at the Singapore Zoo on Sunday. Here, Mr Adam Wild, 39, brings his son 15 month-old son Daniel to get a close look and
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      Lock icon The art of healing
      351 8  -  HEATHER CHI Cancer patients and their families find relief in the therapy of art news@newstoday.com.sg WITH the Singapore Arts Festival in full swing, it is easy to forget that art has another important role besides entertainment the unique ability to heal and provide therapeutic relief. "People
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    • Article
      Lock icon More volunteer probation officers needed
      209 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SOME 2,500 people were given probation orders by the Courts last year but there are only about 450 probation officers to help them and their families deal with their second chance in life. More than 50 are full-time officers and about 400 are
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      Jail for captain who shipped turtles illegally
      202 8 THE captain of an Indonesian ship has been jailed for five months and fined $20,000 after pleading guilty to illegally transporting 2,520 endangered Southeast Asian box turtles. This is the first major confiscation since Singapore's revised Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2005
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon INJURED SRI LANKAN ARMY CHIEF IN STORE FOR TREATMENT
        49 8 -AFP Sri Lanka's army chief Sarath Fonseka, who survived a suicide bomb assassination attempt on April 25, has been flown to Singapore for medical treatment, military officials said. Lieutenant General Fonseka was critically wounded in the attack inside army headquarters.
        -AFP  -  49 words
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        Lock icon NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHERS WILL NOT REPLACE LOCAL ONES
        113 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Saturday the pro- posal to hire native speakers to teach English is not meantto replace local teachers. But while Singapore has a number of teachers good in the English language, he felt this was
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        MRS BLAIR IN FRESH CONTROVERSY
        86 10 A new controversy was dogging Mrs Cherie Blair, the wife of the British Prime Minister, after it emerged that Malaysian lawyer Cyrus Das, who helped her to secure a lucrative job in Malaysia, had been entertained at an official function in Downing Street, London's Sunday
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        Lock icon SRI LANKA ON SECURITY ALERT
        85 10 -AFP A security alert was in place across Sri Lanka yesterday after Tamil Tiger rebels vowed to retaliate for air attacks following a day of fierce battles on land and sea that left more than 50 people dead. A police water bowser was blown up
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        Lock icon THAILAND TO REBUILD BUDDHAS?
        67 10 ■AFP Thailand has offered to take the remains of Afghanistan's world famous Buddhas of Bamiyan, which was bombed by the then Taliban regime, and rebuild the two 1,600-year-old statues in the Southeast Asian Buddhist country. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. He made the proposal
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        Lock icon HOWARD'S ANGRY MESSAGE TO SBY
        78 10 -AFP Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday he will tell the Indonesian president in an upcoming meeting of Australian anger over the release of radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir. The alleged spiritual chief of the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah was freed last week
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      Lock icon N Korea's nerve-wracking threat
      688 10 -AFP If Pyongyang's test missile lands on Japan, it will be considered as an attack, warns Tokyo TOKYO Japan warned North Korea yesterday it would regard any test-fired missile that landed on Japanese soil as an attack, after reports that the secretive nation was preparing to
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      Lock icon M'sia tells Thailand to stop blaming it for southern violence
      320 10 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has told Thailand to stop blaming it for violence in neighbouring southern Thailand, a news report said yesterday. Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar made the remark after Thai Interior Minister Kongsak Watana suggested that bombs
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      83 12 AFP UP IN ARMS: Kuomintang chairman Ma Ying-jeou (left) and People First Party chairman James Soong displaying "recall' signs during a demonstration in Chuanghua in central Taiwan yesterday. In the third consecutive weekend rally, thousands of supporters of the two leading opposition parties gathered amid tight security demanding President Chen
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      Lock icon Peace at last?
      472 12 —AGENCIES Talks on a deal for Palestine statehood coincides with EU move to resume aid GAZA CITY Palestinian factions are moving towards an agreement on a statehood initiative implicitly recognising Israel and could reach a deal early this week aimed at ending deadly internecine clashes, officials said
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      Lock icon Violence mocks claim of progress in Iraq
      237 12 AGENCIES BAGHDAD Violence surged through Baghdad over the last two days, with a series of explosions that killing about 40 people. Gunmen also kidnapped 10 employees of a bakery in the Iraqi capital. In a separate case, police yesterday found the bodies of
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      Lock icon Philippines' Mt Bulusan volcano spews ash
      238 13 -AFP MANILA One of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines spewed a massive column of ash about 2km into the sky yesterday, sending residents of surrounding areas fleeing for cover, reports said. It was the latest in a series of ash explosions that
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      Lock icon Nasa ready for lift off
      486 13 —AP Shuttle launch planned despite warnings CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) will launch its first space shuttle in almost a year on July 1, top officials said. The announcement comes despite recommendations against a lift-off attempt by the
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      Lock icon Whale quest blocked for now
      749 14 -AUbNUbS Anti-whaling nations beat attempts by Tokyo to lift whale hunting ban, but will they be able to hold out for much longer? FRIGATE BAY (St Kitts) A coalition of conservation-minded nations managed to stymie Japan's attempt to form a pro-whal-ing majority in the International
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon 21 MALAYSIANS IN A MINI COOPER
        75 14 -AFP Malaysia claims to have set a new world record after 21 students squeezed into a Mini Cooper, according to reports yesterday. It took just four minutes for the students to pile into the lime green 1999 Cooper. The car's doors were then shut
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        Lock icon AUSSIE ARMY TO FIGHT TOADS
        45 14 —AFP An Australian state government yesterday called for the army to be deployed against an invasion of toxic toads. The imported cane toads are marching relentlessly across northern Australia and the West Australian government wants soldiers to intercept the pests.
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        Lock icon NUDE PROTEST DRAWS ONLY MEN
        53 14 -DPA Taiwan's Environmental Protection Union said it will hold a first ever nude protest against the construction of a nuclear power plant. But so far only 13 men signed up for June 26 the protest. "I guess women are too shy to join the protest,"
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      Lock icon Not rebel leader's fault, says Gusmao
      180 14 -AGENCIES DENPASAR (Indonesia) Timor Leste's President Xanana Gusmao said Major Alfredo Reinado, who commands some 600 renegade soldiers, was not to blame for the crisis in the country. "I must say he is not a rebel. Major Alfredo did not initiate the problem," Mr
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      589 11 Brought to you by I LOVE YOUR fe Take good care of your gums and be rewarded with a brilliant smile Do you know that 85 per cent of adults examined dental hygiene. and gum disease may be painless," said DrWong during the Adult Oral Health Survey 2003 had mild
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      3 14 BIG DAY AHEAD
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      27 15 Catch All the Angles with Comprehensive Coverage of the World Cup 2008 0 /A=diaCorp A TblMr weekend^DW H w^^, CHANNEL NEWBASIA gets you talhine channelnewsasia.com/worldcup www.todayonline.com www.93Blive.sg
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      Lock icon Disabled parking out of reach
      478 16  -  JOSEPH PHUAENG KIM Red tape and strange requirements for parking labels immobilise disabled Letter from I HAVE read with interest the letters following Jeremy Lim's column ("They are learning days, not bad days", June 13) about the many obstacles people in wheelchairs face in Singapore.
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    • More thought to detail for more inclusive S'pore
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        The 'software' counts, too
        362 16  -  JAMES CHIH Letter from I REFER to the ISay commentary, "What old folk need" (June 16). Our youth had a candid session with the Minister Mentor in a televised forum; perhaps Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, may want to hold a
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        No rolling times for disabled
        126 16  -  DAVID SOH POH HUAT Letter from RECENTLY, I took my dad out in a wheelchair and was surprised to find that In Tampines, a lot of funds have been used for enhancement and upgrading, but the work to make the pathway wheel-chair-friendly was badly done.
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      The corruption of English
      531 18  -  KALA PUSPANATHAN Adults' economical use of the language influence children to speak Singlish Letter from I HAVE taught English to adults and children for the last 10 years. One obvious reason why we do not sound right when we speak is that we are economical with
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      An iconic education
      146 18  -  COLIN ONGTAUSHIEN Letter from I LEARNT with great sadness recently that the current National Stadium will have to be demolished. It has been the venue of many unforgettable concerts, soccer matches, youth festivals and National Day Parades. I am sure many Singaporeans have some nostalgic recollection of
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    • Of retirement villages and other options
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        See the elderly as a 'Golden Community', not a burden
        447 19  -  PATRICK KEE CHIN WAH Letter from I REFER to the report, "Retirement villages are a 'lifestyle choice'" (June 17-18). Retirement villages are necessary in countries such as the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom as their populations are spread
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        Allow short-term stays to try before buying village units
        128 19  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from THE report may have interested older people who want to live an independent and enriching life in their golden years. But, before deciding to own a home, you need to know the conditions and limitations
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    • Letter
      When an aircraft delay means good news
      195 19  -  NIGEL RDICKSON Letter from MUCH has been written about the delays in the delivery of the Airbus 380 due to electrical problems. Most of the news has not been kind to Airbus. As a consultant to the airline and airport business with no
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      248 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... I SPENDING ON CHILDREN... SAYING NO! It's not easy saying "no" to our children in a society that seems to say "yes" to everything. Perhaps one of the most difficult problems today's parents face is learning not to give our children too
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      Lock icon A man of foresight
      1177 20 Visually impaired CEO and author tells employers not to be blinded by workers' age or physical handicaps coffee with DR HERBERT GREENBERG 75, CEO of global HR firm Caliper WITH his resume, Dr Herbert Greenberg does not seem a likely candidate for discrimination. After all, the
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      Small in numbers but big of heart
      424 21  -  TANSIEWHOON The minority races in Spore seem to be more willing to lend a helping hand Letter from I REFER to Jeremy Lim's 'ISay' column "They're learning days, not bad days" (June 13). Many times when I needed help, I readily received it
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    • Letter
      Street works must follow requirements and guidelines
      145 21  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Mohamad Noor Abdullah's letter "Absence of impact-absorbing bumper on trucks poses hazard"( May 23). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) regulates works that involve lane closures on public streets. We
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    • Letter
      Incident of kids playing in fog was a malpractice
      206 21  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter "Playing in the fog a risky game for children" (June 15). We appreciate Dr Mukherjee's feedback and thank him for his letter. We agree
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      79 20 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES The horse's owner gave him a sweetzebra By whom he had been quite smitten The next morning the owner was shocked To see him all scratched and bitten. 'Good gracious! Whatever happened?' "Well, she was like three kicking llamas I spent the whole night just trying To
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Watchful eye on hedge funds
      843 22 -DOW JONES Current market volatility renews focus on role of these versatile but high-risk funds HONG KONG The current volatility in global financial markets is forcing some regulators and market participants to revisit the issue of how closely hedge funds should be regulated. "The potential
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        192 22 -AFP SHARE trading is expected to be cautious this week on continued concerns over possible rises in US interest rates, dealers said. The Singapore market was volatile last week, along with other bourses in Asia, amid concerns that the US Federal Reserve will get tough on inflation by continuing
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Lock icon Commodities
        30 22 SGX, ,Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and I ■old US$/oz iilver US$/oz ■latinum US$/oz lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne Irent crude US$/barrel 584.70 10.185 1,143.50 426.00 1,395.50 68.80
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      Lock icon Money managers see US economy slowing
      356 23 -BLOOMBERG EXPECTATIONS that the United States economy is slowing are shaping investment strategies, a group of money managers and strategists told Barron's. "The economy probably already is significantly weaker than the statistics would show, particularly housing," said Mr Marc Faber, managing director of Marc
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      Lock icon Sun Hung Kai postpones $613m Reit
      232 23 -DOWJONES HONG KONG Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong's largest property developer by market capitalisation, said it had delayed launching its real estate investment trust (Reit) because of volatile market conditions. The delay of the Sun Millennium Reit listing came on the heels of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Boeing 787 delivery may be delayed too
      244 23 -AGENCIES BOEING engineers are grappling with significant technical and production problems that could endanger the on-time delivery in 2008 of the 787 Dreamliner, Business Week reported in its online edition. "At a time when Boeing has left itself with little margin for error,
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Macquarie may outbid Goldman for AB Ports, Cheung Kong may weigh in
        315 24 BLOOMBERG MACQUARIE Bank is to make a £2.7-billion ($B-billion) bid for Associated British Ports Holdings, higher than the agreed bid from the Goldman Sachs Group, the Sunday Times of the United Kingdom reported, citing unidentified people familiar with
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        Lock icon Biodiesel boom may cause longterm problems
        719 25 BLOOMBERG Interest in alternative fuel hurts edible sector -DOW JONES KUALA LUMPUR Growing interest in biodiesel may be a boon for palm oil, but it also raises questions about the long-term implications of burning what is an essential and the world's most affordable edible
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    • SUCCEED the business of learning
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      719 39 —AP 'Mickel-slam' still on as American goes joint top 1 MAMARONECK, New York The yardage book Phil Mickelson keeps in his pocket is filled with copious notes from nearly a dozen practice rounds at Winged Foot that have prepared him for this US Open. The way he
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      403 39 —AP MAMARONECK, New York Colin Montgomerie knows time is running out He made it clear in his own pithy way, when he was asked if there was ever a time he doubted he'd get another chance at a Major like the one he's getting this
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      311 41  -  DARREN LAI THE Fifa World Cup is here and many S-League fans have been tempted to skip live matches to stay at home and watch the tournament on the TV. But for one loyal S-League fan, his continued support of the
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      545 43 NEW YORK TIMES Dallas could yet benefit from Stackhouse's enforced rest NBA FINALS GAME FIVE Miami v Dallas (Series tied at 2-2) MIAMI Avery Johnson is angry, and his frustration finally boiled over Saturday. On Friday, now that the series is tied at two games apiece, his team
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      957 43  -  CUBBYLEONG NTUC INCOME YEO'S S-LEAGUE HomeUtd 1 Albirex 2 OUT of the RHB Singapore Cup and Asian Football Confederation Cup, Home United can now kiss their league ambitions goodbye as well. Last night, the Protectors were sent tumbling to yet another defeat when they went
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      301 43 DO YOU know someone who helped create opportunities and platforms for sporting activities? Have you heard of any organisation worthy of mention for connecting with the community through sports by marrying sports with community involvement projects or getting the less fortunate to experience the
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      318 45 —AFP BADEN-BADEN Frank Lampard has lashed out at ex-international players who have criticised England's start to the World Cup. The Chelsea midfielder expressed disappointment that several former players now working in the media, have had harsh words about England's performances. Though Lampard did
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      505 45  -  THE GUARDIAN Liverpool skipper likely to join Crouch on the bench BADEN-BADEN England manager SvenGoran Eriksson is ready to tweak his lineup. The two Liverpool players who scored in England's World Cup victory over Trinidad Tobago are likely to miss the final Group B game against
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      476 46 -AGENCIES GROUPH Saudi Arabia v Ukraine HAMBURG They arrived at the World Cup as the tournament's dark horses. But ahead of the game with Saudi Arabia tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), Ukraine need nothing less than a victory to harbour any hope of progressing
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      565 46 —AGENCIES Spanish star Xavi wants Argentina to hog limelight GROUPH Spain v Tunisia STUTTGART Spain feel the pressure. But it's a pressure the players are not accustomed to. Usually, they are striving to stave off humiliation and avoid an early flight home. In this World Cup,
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      591 46 —AFP GROUPD Switzerland vTogo DORTMUND Switzerland will be favoured to grab the points when they take on Group G minnows Togo in Dortmund tonight But Kobi Kuhn's side have injury concerns involving Lazio defender Valon Behrami whose World Cup looks over after getting injured in training. There was
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      349 47  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE might not be one of the 32 teams taking part in the ongoing 18th Fifa World Cup in Germany, but the country is increasingly leaving its mark on the tournament Unlike controversial Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda, who made a name
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      1021 48  -  LEONARD THOMAS GETTY IMAGES, ART BY YEN YOK Klinsmann and van Basten are pumping up their nations, off the pitch THEIR footwear may be of the most expensive leather, they are the biggest stars of their respective teams, but neither man puts foot to ball
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      538 49  -  RADDYAVRAMOVIC full-time with sports@newstoday.com.sg THE referees probably have the most difficult jobs at the World Cup. A wrong decision can sometimes cause a coach to lose his job. At times, a refereeing decision can be the difference between qualifying for
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      730 50 —AGENCIES With elbows flying and studs raised, this wasn't beautiful at all GROUPE Italy 1 USA 1 KAISERSLAUTERN The World Cup has enjoyed its fair share of fine goals and Argentina gave us all a Beautiful Game on Friday. Now, the World Cup has produced its first
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      182 51 -AFP TEHRAN The knives are out in Iran. The national side's Croatian coach Branko Ivankovic (picture) was bombarded with criticism yesterday as the Iranian press unanimously declared him and not the players responsible for their limp exit from the World Cup. "Awaiting Branko's tribunal," headlined
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      454 51 No goals, no strikers, World Cup hopefuls must rely on second stringers GROUPE Czech Rep 0 Ghana 2 COLOGNE A week ago, they were dreaming of a wonderful World Cup campaign after a comprehensive 3-0 win against the United States. Now, they could be staring at an early
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      467 51 BERLIN With four out of five teams making their World Cup finals debut, confidence was high that Africa would offer something unexpected and upset one or two of the established football nations. But none of the five African representatives Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
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      565 52  -  LEONARD THOMAS Japan idol faces an ignominious exit, unless Ronaldinho and Co are felled GROUPF Japan 0 Croatia 0 HE IS idolised at home in Brazil, arguably the nation's greatest footballer after Pele. He is similarly feted in Japan and there is a statue of him in
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        88 52 ANY boss who sacks an employee for skipping work after staying up late to watch Australia's Socceroos play Brazil in the World Cup is "a bum", the leader of the opposition Kirn Beazley said yesterday. Before the game kicked off this morning, Beazley
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      762 53 Adnano Fred tops, Ronaldo flops —AFP 2.3OAMLATES Brazil overcome gritty Australia to reach last 16 GROUP F Brazil 2 Australia 0 MUNICH— Five-time champions Brazil advanced to the second round of the World Cup with a hard-earned 2-0 Group F win over Australia this morning (Singapore time). It took a
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