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Title Section14 2007-08-22 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Wednesday August 22, 2007 todayonline.com14 words
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Article, Illustration972 2007-08-22 1 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg IF YOU are 62 years old today, there is one chance in two that you will live beyond 85. This will not be good news if your retirement savings dry up before then. With Government data showing that 50 per centLEE U-WEN - 972 words
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499 2007-08-22 1 -LEEU- WEN - -LEEU-WEN If you are a Singaporean aged 50 or younger, you will have a "small portion" of your Central Provident Fund (CPF) minimum sum set aside for compulsory annuities. This contribution will be pooled with others and once you hit the age of 85499 words
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Article, Illustration238 2007-08-22 1 HOWE YOON CHONG 1923 2007 HE WAS A tough-talking man-of-the-peo-ple, best remembered perhaps for a controversial 1984 report which proposed that the CPF withdrawal age be raised from 55 to 60 years. Former Defence and Health Minister Howe Yoon Chong died yesterday after a short illness. He was 84 years238 words
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Miscellaneous37 2007-08-22 1 BUDGET I CARS 1 8B&W.-J TERROR TUBE ABU SAYYAF POSTS VIDEOS TO RAISE CASH WORLD PAGE 12 I NOW IT'S RIQUELME SPURS BID FOR MIDFIELD ACE SPORTS PAGE 46 I HAIRSPRAY I WHAT DOES *3 AMANDAM| |LH37 words
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274 2007-08-22 2 — LEEU- WEN - LATER DRAWDOWN AGE FATTER PAYOUT IF LEEU-WEN Having a later drawdown age for your Central Provident Fund (CPF) minimum sum could mean a fatter payout later provided you continue working longer, too. the drawdown age is now 62 and will go up gradually from 2012 to age 65 by 2018.274 words
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Article, Illustration847 2007-08-22 3 SHERALYNTAY - SHERALYNTAY New upgrade schemes will be more affordable and give residents more choices sheralyn@media corp.com.sg IF YOU'VE been waiting to upgrade the toilets or repair a spalling concrete ceiling in your old Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat, a new upgrading scheme launched by the847 words
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Article, Illustration856 2007-08-22 4 CLEMENT MESENAS - CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@mediacorp.com.sg HE LOVED telling associates that he did all sorts of jobs to survive during the Japanese Occupation including "smuggling". A Hakka, Mr Howe Yoon Chong was born in China but migrated to Malaya. As a poor boy attending St FrancisA. SPH - 856 words
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Article, Illustration713 2007-08-22 6 JASMINE YIN - JASMINE YIN Government aims to retain 10,000 older male workers in the next five years jasmine@media corp.com.sg EVEN as it ramps up efforts for firms to hire older Singaporeans, the Government has also set its sights on plugging the outflow of mature male workers from theTODAY FILE PHOTO - 713 words
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449 2007-08-22 6 NAZRYBAHRAWI - NAZRYBAHRAWI. WITH CPF and education being issues close to the public's heart, it was not surprising that the first few sessions to discuss the changes proposed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at his National Day Rally (NDR) on Sunday drew an encouraging response449 words
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370 2007-08-22 8 LOHCHEEKONG - LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg IN SINGAPORE, the challenge is in striking a balance between theoretical and practical training for members of this profession. In China, the problem is getting enough of them into the rural villages. Elsewhere in Western developed countries, there are just not370 words
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Article133 2007-08-22 8 Come Jan 1, the CPF Ordinary Account's (OA) interest rate will rise to 3.5% from 2.5% for the first $20,000. The OA's additional interest will go into the Special Account (SA), which is earmarked for old-age purposes and currently earns 4%. Fundsupermart helps Today calculate how133 words
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Article623 2007-08-22 8 CHRISTIE LOH - CHRISTIE LOH Fresh grads may only be able to invest their CPF savings after 4 years in the workforce christie@media corp.com.sg FOUR years that's how long the next batch of fresh entrants into the workforce may have to wait before starting to invest their Central Provident Fund623 words
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Article, Illustration607 2007-08-22 10 DAPHNE CHUAH - Cigarette butts, incense sticks DAPHNE CHUAH These were thrown down rubbish chutes and caused fires daphne@mediacorp.com.sg THE number of fires here hit its lowest in 10 years, nevertheless fire safety practices among Singaporeans are still a source of concern for the authorities. Between January and June this year, 2,273 fires607 words
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237 2007-08-22 11 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg EMBATTLED street map producer Virtual Map (VM) has won its application for a stay of execution of a copyright judgment until its appeal is heard. The firm lost a court battle on Aug 6 after the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) sued it237 words
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260 2007-08-22 11 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg CONVICTED murderer Leong Siew Chor has failed in his attempt to secure another stab at escaping the gallows. Leong, 52, was sentenced to death in May last year for the murder of his China lover Liv Hong Mei. The factory supervisor had260 words
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Article, Illustration199 2007-08-22 11 — LOHCHEEKONG - LOHCHEEKONG A 23-YEAR-OLD Indonesian maid will be charged today with the murder of her elderly employer. The maid was arrested at the Tiong Bahru Food Centre on Monday night 37 hours after Madam Choy Ah Moy, 71, was found dead in her family flat at301 BOON KEONG - 199 words
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Article460 2007-08-22 12 -AFP Abu Sayyaf post videos to raise cash, recruits: Military MANILA —AI-Qaeda-linked extremists in the Philippines have turned to the wildly popular Internet video-sharing website You Tube in an attempt to raise cash and recruits, the military said yesterday. For the first time, two video-AFP - 460 words
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199 2007-08-22 12 -AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese officials have warned of hijack threats during next year's Beijing Olympics and said the country is increasingly being infiltrated by international terrorists. "Our efforts to prevent hijacking, as part of the security for the Olympics, face a severe test,"-AGENCIES - 199 words
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188 2007-08-22 12 -AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia has sent bird flu samples to the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of efforts to lure tourists back to Bali after a bird flu death a week ago. However, the news came as a 28-year-old woman suspected-AGENCIES - 188 words
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Article, Illustration254 2007-08-22 12 -AGENCIES CANCUN (Mexico) Hurricane Dean, which slammed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico yesterday, has been downgraded from a powerful Category 5 to a still-dan-gerous Category 3 hurricane, reported Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Dean hit the east coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with sustained winds of-AGENCIES; AFP - 254 words
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Article, Illustration249 2007-08-22 14 -AP XL to train teachers from Thai south and offer scholarships PUTRAJAYA Malaysia will help train Thai Muslim religious teachers and provide scholarships for students in southern Thailand under a bilateral pact signed yesterday. Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont (picture, left) and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi-AP; EPA - 249 words
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GLOBALROUNDUP
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Article97 2007-08-22 14 -AFP Indonesia is set to build a US$7.5 million ($11.4 million) tsunami museum in Aceh in remembrance of the 216,000 people who died in the tsunami nearly three years ago. Architect Ridwan Kamil won a contest to design the museum, which will be built to-AFP - 97 words
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Article82 2007-08-22 14 The Pope has joined the likes of Richard Branson and Michael O'Leary by launching his own airline, called Mistralair, The Times of London reported yesterday. The inaugural flight departs laterthis month, flying from Rome to Lourdes. Headrests in the cabin will be emblazoned with the airline's motto:82 words
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Article, Illustration297 2007-08-22 14 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian court has rejected a class action lawsuit filed by hardline cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (picture), who had sought to disband the anti-terror unit operated by the nation's police force. Bashir, who has been accused by foreign governments of being the spiritual-AFP; AFP - 297 words
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Article, Illustration284 2007-08-22 17 —AFP Aussie court says government was wrong to revoke his visa BRISBANE An Australian court ruled yesterday that authorities were wrong to revoke the visa of an Indian doctor linked to failed British terror attacks, but the government said it was still suspicious of him. The—AFP; AFP - 284 words
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Article, Illustration240 2007-08-22 17 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Gwen Stefani was a good girl, just like she promised. The American pop singer wowed fans in Malaysia last night, dressed demurely to show virtually no skin after Islamic critics claimed her revealing clothes could corrupt the country's youth.-AP; AFP FILE PICTURE - 240 words
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179 2007-08-22 17 SYDNEY Australian police are investigating a former Qantas employee who conducted safety checks on hundreds of international flights without a valid licence, the airline said yesterday. Its head of engineering David Cox said the employee joined as an engineer in 2002, but won a promotion179 words
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257 2007-08-22 18 —AP BEIJING A man earned 19.7 million yuan ($3.97 million) in payoffs in an elaborate scam in which he posed as a senior official in China's ruling Communist Party, the government said yesterday. The man whose name was given as Mr Huang was—AP - 257 words
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Article, Illustration183 2007-08-22 18 —AFP China Airlines may compensate passengers TOKYO The head of China Airlines yesterday apologised and gave "red packets" to passengers who barely escaped a blaze that destroyed one of the Taiwanese carrier's planes (picture). Chief executive officer Chao Kuo-shuai shook hands with each of the Taiwanese tourists—AFP; AFP - 183 words
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Article, Illustration327 2007-08-22 19 Bid to reduce pollution prompts rental scheme BEIJING The Chinese authorities have launched a new bicycle rental scheme in a bid to reduce pollution and ease traffic congestion in the capital of Beijing. According to China Daily, 50,000 bicycles will be available for rent soon at aAFF - 327 words
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171 2007-08-22 19 -AFP WASHINGTON A high-pro-file Chinese dissident freed from a Beijing prison yesterday called for a "taxpayers' revolution" in China to bring about greater openness and accountability in the world's most populous nation. In a telephone interview from his home in Boston, Mr-AFP - 171 words
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Article, Illustration297 2007-08-22 21 -AFP TOKYO The first Japanese royal to publicly admit to alcoholism has said he began drinking as a teenager and that his habit has worsened because of problems in the imperial family. Prince Tomohito (picture), 61, a cousin of-AFP; MCT - 297 words
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Article439 2007-08-22 21 -AFP French President wants tougher laws against paedophiles PARIS A French doctor has admitted to prescribing Viagra to a convicted paedophile charged with raping a young boy. The case prompted President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday to announce tough new measures for child sex offenders. Francis-AFP - 439 words
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Article, Illustration603 2007-08-22 22 -AGENCIES Japan woos India with funding in bid to contain China's growing might NEW DELHI When Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe touched down in India yesterday, it was the highest-level step yet in what analysts say is a long-term effort to balance, if not contain, China's-AGENCIES; AFF - 603 words
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Letter, Illustration560 2007-08-22 26 SELENA TAN - SELENA TAN Offer financial relief to extended family members caring for their elders Letter from I APPLAUD our Prime Minister for his concern for the ageing population in Singapore. Much has been done to encourage the young to look after their ageing parents, with incentivesMCT - 560 words
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Article267 2007-08-22 28 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON BY BRIDGES THAT WONT COLLAPSE Many years ago, I had an opportunity to hear a speech given by the late philosopher Dr Francis Schaeffer. He spoke that night about the many bridges in Europe that were built by the Romans nearly 2,000 years267 words
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Letter, Illustration381 2007-08-22 28 M KOBAYASHI - M KOBAYASHI Racial harmony is not just for Singaporean children Letter from AUGUST is a dreadful month for many Japanese in Singapore. With the country's National Day celebrations and the anniversary of the end of World War II falling in the same month, some criticism againstTODAY FILE PHOTO - 381 words
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Letter, Illustration233 2007-08-22 29 LIMBOONHEE - Are annuities that attractive LIMBOONHEE New plan will work only if insurance firms give higher payouts: Reader Letter from IF THE Government wants to make annuities compulsory, it should ensure that the elderly are not left to the mercy of commercial entities and forced to accept unattractive terms such asTODAY FILE PHOTO - 233 words
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Letter137 2007-08-22 29 LIM ENG KHOON - LIM ENG KHOON Letter from Chief of Facilities Group, Singapore Sports Council WE REFER to Mr Christopher Teo's letter, "Are these 'public' venues?" (Aug 8). The Singapore Sports Council's facilities promote sports and a healthy lifestyle and serve as a platform within the community for mass sports137 words
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Business
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Article, Illustration482 2007-08-22 30 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI Local banks among worst-hit as nervous investors pull out amid further sub-prime chaos WITH investor confidence still uncertain amid lingering concerns over the US subprime home loan problems and their impact on the global economy, investors took profit on Monday's sharp gains to push SingaporeTODAY FILE PHOTO - 482 words
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183 2007-08-22 30 —AFP BEIJING China yesterday announced that it is raising interest rates for the fourth time this year to curb inflation that last month climbed to its highest level in over a decade. The benchmark lending rate will rise by 0.18 percentage points and the benchmark—AFP - 183 words
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Article70 2007-08-22 30 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said the High Court has approved its capital reduction plan which will cancel one share for every 15 shares held, at $18.46 per share. SIA intends to lodge a copy of the Order of Court with the Registrar of Companies and Businesses as70 words
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business news
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401 2007-08-22 32 —JOHNSON CHOO - —JOHNSON CHOO AZTECH Systems is going places with HomePlug a device that allows users to tap into power cable networks to setup secured broadband Internet networks. The data and voice communications solutions provider introduced the product in Hong Kong in 2004. With the401 words
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Article, Illustration213 2007-08-22 32 JOHNSON CHOO - JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg WELL-HEELED homebuyers will soon be able to name their price for the last handful of available land parcels on Sentosa. Three bungalow land parcels two waterway plots with mooring of private yachts in the backyards and one with dualPHOTO COURTESY OF SENTOSA COVE - 213 words
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Article298 2007-08-22 33 —AGENCIES Singapore Technologies Aerospace, a unit of ST Engineering, has received the Design Organisation Approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency, which will allow it to perform engineering design work on European Union registered aircraft, it said in a statement. "This approval expands ST Aerospace's ability in the area—AGENCIES - 298 words
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Article269 2007-08-22 33 JOHNSON CHOO - JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg A QUICKENING in Japan's economic expansion has been a long time coming. But Societe Generale Asia Pacific chief economist Glenn Maguire expects growth to accelerate nearer the year end, even as the global economy is looking uncertain. "The reason why we are269 words
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marketbuzz
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Article, Illustration277 2007-08-22 34 Good English should go beyond functioning as a pragmatic tool. In its seventh year, the Speak Good English Movement is encouraging Singaporeans to make speaking good English a lifestyle choice and to express themselves in good English. This year, the Speak Good English Movement moves277 words
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Article, Illustration192 2007-08-22 34 Retail chain 7-Eleven has opened its doors at Shell stations around the island. To celebrate having crossed its 400 th store mark, it plans activities and exclusive deals. Until Sept 18, purchase any four items* in a single receipt for a chance to be192 words
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802 2007-08-22 34 ANDYMUKHERJEE - ANDYMUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG AS CENTRAL banks around the world try to contain the subprime crisis by easing money and credit, their response will be stymied by concerns that Chinese inflation might infect other nations. A price spiral that has its origins in the undervalued yuan– BLOOMBERG - 802 words
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Article, Illustration523 2007-08-22 43 -AGENCIES Vick's spectacular fall from grace means this fairytale did not end happily ever after KANSAS CITY One wonders whether Michael Vick can grasp how far he's plummeted. How much he's given away. Once he was the most spectacular athlete in the world-AGENCIES - 523 words
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Article, Illustration518 2007-08-22 43 SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ - SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Tampines Rovers 4 Sengkang 0 msazali@m edia corp.com.sg A MIRKO Grabovac brace, and a goal apiece from Sutee Suksomkit and Noh Alam Shah gave Tampines Rovers a 4-0 win over sec-ond-from-bottom Sengkang Punggol in an NTUC Income-Yeo's30NW0NG - 518 words
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Article, Illustration274 2007-08-22 44 -AFP LONDON Gabriel Heinze (picture) lost his attempt to force Manchester United to let him join arch-ri-vals Liverpool at an English Premier League tribunal yesterday. The Argentina left-back demanded to have his case heard by a three-man arbitration panel, claiming he had a letter from the-AFP; TODAY FILE PHOTO - 274 words
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Article, Illustration265 2007-08-22 44 JOSE RAYMOND - JOSE RAYMOND jose@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S under-23 football team got off to a superb start at the Merdeka Cup tournament in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, beating Zimbabwe 4-2 at Shah Alam Stadium. In a stunning first-half show, four goals courtesy of Agu Casmir (sth), Khairul AmriTODAY FILE PHOTO - 265 words
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Article, Illustration124 2007-08-22 45 -AFP TOKYO Nicknamed "the fairy on the beach", Japan ese beach volleyball player Miwa Asao, 21, has set off a new craze for the sport in her country. She has sold 20,000 copies of a book of racy photos at US$l6 each ($24). Editions bearing her autograph-AFP - 124 words
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Article, Illustration425 2007-08-22 45 —AGENCIES Scolari's men look for three points before crucial date with main rivals Poland EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS, GRP A Armenia v Portugal YEREVAN Hosts Armenia will face a Portugal side tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) eager to gain ground on group leaders Poland, before the two—AGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 425 words
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Article, Illustration464 2007-08-22 45 CUBBYLEONG - CUBBYLEONG NETBALL 5 Nations Netball Cup cubby@mediacorp.com.sg STANDING at 2.05 m, Sri Lanka's Tharjini Sivalingam (picture, right) could well be the tallest netball player in Asia. Unearthed during the 2004 Sri Lanka Netball Nationals, Sivalingam made her international debut a year laterPHOTO COURTESY OF NETBALL SINGAPORE - 464 words
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Article, Illustration332 2007-08-22 46 -AGENCIES YEREVAN Cristiano Ronaldo criticised referee Steve Bennett for his sending-off against Portsmouth and suggested that the incident may have been influenced by "prejudice". The Portuguese midfielder is serving a three-game ban after being dismissed during last week's 1-1 draw-AGENCIES; AFP - 332 words
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Article, Illustration305 2007-08-22 47 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON One of the most keenly-con-tested rivalries in international football kicks off again tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) as England take on Germany at Wembley. But the friendly clash between the age-old foes could be remembered more for who-THE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 305 words
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