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  • 26 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday June 21, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JUNE 21, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 340 1 Football World Cup side refuses to train after bust-up between captain, official AGENCIES KNYSNA (South Africa) Less than 24 hours after star striker Nicolas Anelka was sent home from the World Cup for a foulmouthed tirade against French coach Raymond Domenech, things got worse. A full-scale player
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  • 636 1  -  Law Minister slams public listed companies over security S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The recent vandalism incident at SMRT’s Changi depot has sparked debate over who should be responsible for security on premises like train depots. Is it the Government’s job, or should the responsibility fall
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    • 35 1 10 PAGES OF WORLD CUP NEWS FREE EVERY DAY IN BOTH OUR MORNING AFTERNOON EDITIONS COMMENT&ANALYSIS P N BALJI NEW MOOD, A REALITYCHECK FOR BOSSES 12 CONRAD RAJ A $3-BILLION POSER OVER PARKWAY BID 14
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  • ■ NEWS
    • 524 3  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What a fortnight it has been for Shinta Mulia Sari and Yao Lei. Fresh off their women’s doubles title at the India Open Grand Prix Gold on June 13, the Singaporean duo rode the momentum,
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    • 236 3 SINGAPORE In recognition of the good performance and hard work put in by its employees, media company MediaCorp has approved a special one-off bonus for its staff. This amounts to half of the salary deductions taken by staff during the mandatory days off
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    • 501 4  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She may have been living like a Hollywood star for the past year, but City Harvest Church’s members were not surprised by her lavish lifestyle, with some even defending it. The New Paper (TNP) yesterday reported that singer Ho Yeow Sun, who
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    • 439 5 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The brother of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday the nation’s affirmative New Economic Policy (NEP) needed to be reviewed as it was unfair to the majority of the Malays and benefits only a selected few. Mr
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    • 63 5 From left: Ms Evelyn Lau, general manager of *Scape; MrTeo Ser Luck, Mayor, North East District, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and Ministry of Transport; and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, officiating at the launch of
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    • 166 5 RESPECT FOR EACH OTHERS' RELIGIOUS BELIEFS MUST COME FROM WITHIN Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Hwee Hua says respect for each others’ religious beliefs has to come from deep within every Singaporean. Speaking to reporters yesterday about the recent storm involving New Creation Church pastor Mark Ng, who
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    • 273 5 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE SP AusNet, a unit of Singapore Power, is likely to be among the co-defendants in a class-action suit filed in Victoria, Australia, last Friday. Citing senior government officials, Melbourne’s The Sunday Age newspaper reported that there was
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    • 618 7  -  Three NSmen safely home after making vital contribution to reconstruction mission LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Eight months pregnant with the couple’s first child, she was angry with her husband when he said he wanted to be part of a Singapore Armed Forces
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    • 329 7 TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The fate of Temasek Polytechnic’s popular diploma course in hospitality and tourism business is hanging in the balance. The two-year, full-time course, which started in 2005, could be discontinued after the Tourism Academy Sentosa campus shifts back
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    • 862 9  -  NCCS general-secretary says churches should not give out loans to individuals NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Churches should not give out loans to individuals. The general-secretary of the National Council of Churches in Singapore (NCCS) says so because they are places of worship and
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  • ■ VOICES
    • The goal: Access to all
      • 236 11  - How to view a building's user-friendliness grade Letter from Chin Chi Leong Director, Building Plan and Management Division Building and Construction Authority (BCA) WE REFER to the letter, “Are our tourist sites wheelchair-friendly?”, by Mr David Soh Poh Huat (June 12). One of the BCA’s key objectives is to shape
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      • 156 11  -  Letter from General David Hong Bird Park General Manager, Jurong Bird Park WE THANK Mr Soh for his feedback. We have spoken to the Building and Construction Authority and are working with them, the car park operator and other Government agencies to make
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      • 248 11  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON SPARE TIME Have you had any spare time lately? I really doubt it. Our lives are jammed to the point that there’s no room for anything extra or surplus. That reminds me of a wonderful story about Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous
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      • 242 11 When one goes around looking for training and self-improvement, one may notice that most courses and training programs contain a topic on Self-Awareness. You see this in Emotional Intelligence workshops and Counselling skills training. Self awareness is the first weapon in battling denial.
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    • 348 11  -  Does S'pore deserve its reputation for cleanliness? Letter from Zsolt Vasvari I WOULD like to comment on the issue of cleanliness and littering that was recently discussed in Today’s Voices pages. I am from New York and my wife is Australian and we have
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 937 13  -  In just one month Singapore has seen two blemishes on its super efficient and super safe image, chieftains have to make sure reputation is not tarnished again P N BALJI Corporate chieftains and top civil servants appear to be facing a new mood
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    • 828 15  -  Fortis weighing the opportunity cost of a general offer for Parkway Holdings CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The possible entry of Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries as a potential stakeholder of Fortis Healthcare, takes its battle with Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional, for control of Singapore healthcare group,
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  • WORLD
    • 340 17 AGENCIES BEIJING A week of pounding rain in southern China has killed 132 people and forced 860,000 to flee their homes, with more storms forecast today, said the government. Another 86 people are missing and more than 10 million people have been affected
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    • 252 17 AFP MELBOURNE The man tipped to be China’s next president, Vice-President Xi Jinping, voiced hopes yesterday for stronger ties with Australia on a visit in which Beijing is expected to raise concerns about a proposed tax on mining that has raised concerns about
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    • 194 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Toyota and Honda sacrificed earnings in China by raising wages to end strikes last week. The government’s decision to let the yuan strengthen may further erode profits. More than 20 Chinese provinces and cities raised minimum wages this year, the Shenzhen city government
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    • 111 17 BAGHDAD CAR SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 27, INJURE 53 AGENCIES Suicide bombers in two cars killed at least 27 people and wounded 53 in Baghdad yesterday when they drove down a crowded street and blew themselves up simultaneously. The morning bombings, which came hot on the heels of attacks on Saturday
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    • 116 17 AP More than two months after Poland’s president was killed in a plane crash, Poles voted yesterday to choose his successor. Polls show that his surviving twin brother is trailing. The outcome is expected to shape the European Union member’s stance
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    • 112 17 CHINA AND TAIWAN TO HOLD OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY TALKS AFP China and Taiwan will hold talks about working together to limit the impact of an oil spill, after the massive Gulf of Mexico spill raised concerns in Taipei, an environmental official said yesterday. China has set up massive oil fields
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    • 109 17 RED SHIRTS PLANNING COMEBACK: THAILAND'S SECURITY INTELLIGENCE Thailand’s security intelligence warns that the Red Shirts are planning new anti-government rallies in Bangkok and the provinces once the emergency is lifted, reported The Nation. The emergency decree, which covers about one third of Thailand, will expire on July 7. Democrat Party
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    • 272 20 AGENCIES SURATASH Thousands of ethnic Uzbeks massed on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are refusing to return to their homes in southern Kyrgyzstan, saying they fear for their lives. International media saw Kyrgyz troops enter the border village of Suratash early yesterday and
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    • 111 20 AFP A visiting Japanese envoy said yesterday his country backed efforts by the United Nations to investigate alleged war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the final months of its ethnic conflict. Yasushi Akashi, whose country is a major donor
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    • 98 20 AGENCIES Indian troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators who tried to torch a paramilitary bunker in Kashmiryesterday, killing one person and wounding at least five, police said. Hundreds took to the streets of Srinagar city, in a protest against the death of
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    • 83 20 AGENCIES Five civilians, including three children, were killed and 24 other people were wounded in three separate attacks by Taliban militants in Afghanistan yesterday. The United Nations reported on Saturday that over the last three months, insurgents are now the biggest killers
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    • 108 20 AFP An Australian thief has been undone by his habit of stealing treats from his victims’ fridges, after police used DNA he left on a half-eaten doughnut and empty bottled drinks to catch him. In rejecting Jamie Scott McKillop’s appeal against a 17-year jail
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    • 192 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON BP will start deploying the centrifuge machines of actor Kevin Costner to suck up oil in its latest attempt to contain the gushing Gulf of Mexico spill. Three Ocean Therapy devices, designed by Mr Costner’s brother and
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    • 422 22 Tony Hayward's attendance at posh yacht race sparks outrage AGENCIES LONDON In what one environmentalist described as “yet another public relations disaster” for embattled energy giant BP, chief executive officer Tony Hayward took time off on Saturday to attend a glitzy yacht race
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    • 220 22 Acted out of'Christian compassion': Doctor AP LONDON A British doctor who admitted shortening the lives of nearly 20 patients including that of son may yet face charges, said British investigators. Howard Martin, 75, was cleared in 2005 of murdering three patients with fatal
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  • SPORTS
    • 172 24 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE The Republic’s Youth Olympic Games hockey team’s bid for a medal at the Aug 14-26 Games here is due to receive a fillip from alternative investment management firm Man Investments (Singapore). The one-year deal believed to involve a five-figure sum
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    • 544 24  -  India's Nehwal says Chinese women no longer as strong LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Change is in the air, with signs pointing to a revolution in women’s badminton. Heading that revolution are the South Korean women’s team, who upset the Chinese giants 3-1
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    • 239 24 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Their parting gift to the English Premier League was a resounding 4-2 win over Uefa Champions League-bound Tottenham Hotspur. While that result did not help save Burnley FC from relegation into the Coca-cola Championship, the Clarets won the respect of neutrals
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    • 294 24 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE It was a joyless Sunday for the Republic’s paddlers at the ITTF Pro Tour 2010 Indian Open. Yu Mengyu beat Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa 4-1 to snag the women’s under21 title on Saturday, but that proved to be the only
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    • 536 25 AP PEBBLE BEACH (California) The fist-pump-ing was back. The scowl was gone, as Tiger Woods sank one birdie after another, more than he had ever made in one round of the US Open, each of them followed by cheers that could
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    • 493 25 Not if'Pistol' Pete Sampras is to be believed AGENCIES LONDON Even as Andy Murray talked up his chances of winning Wimbledon (Britain has not had a men’s singles winner since Fred Perry in 1936), free from the trap of great expectations as everyone in
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    • Article, Illustration
      89 25 Manute Bol, a 2.30m-tall shotblockerfrom Sudan who used his influence as an NBA player to boost his humanitarian work in Africa, died on Saturday at the age of 47 said Tom Prichard, executive director of the group Sudan Sunrise. Bol was being treated for severe kidney trouble and
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    • 37 24 YOUR SPORTING FIX ATHLETICS TODAY 1.15pm Europe Team Championships (Ch205) GOLF 3pm US Open Live from California (Ch213) CRICKET 5pm Asia Cup Pakistan vs Bangladesh (Ch232) SPORTSZONE MINUTES Sports updates live hourly on 938Live (6.35am to 11.35pm)
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    • 614 32 CEOs must seize the opportunities around to ensure sustained growth succeed@mediacorp.com.sg AS ANY business leader worth his salt would know, running a company is not just about managing people and ensuring a healthy bottom line. One key role that people in positions of power in
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    • 116 32 What is your personal family pledge? Having served Singapore for 37 years, FairPrice has forged strong ties with the community and recognises the importance of family in building a cohesive society. Our Senior Citizen Discount Scheme promotes active ageing and
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  • ■ BUSINESS
    • 272 26 AP BEIJING China's central bank said yesterday it would maintain a stable exchange rate and didn't anticipate major changes in the value of the yuan, a day after saying it would manage the currency more flexibly. In a commentary on Saturday's announcement,
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (JUNE 14 TO 18)
      • 47 26 FRIDAY CLOSE +2,833.40 (-0.37%) Thursday 2,843.95 q 0.11% Wednesday 2,846.94 p 1.02% Tuesday 2,818.21 UNCH Monday 2,818.07 p 0.78% THEWEEK AHEAD Markets can expect some boost from China’s pledge to appreciate its currency this week, which analysts say will likely lead to a China stocks rally.
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      • 30 26 HANG SENG 20,286.71 (+3.33%) Ç Ç NIKKEI È 9,995.02 (+2.99%) SHANGHAI 2,513.22 (-0.03%) AUSTRALIA Ç 4,551.90 (+2.63%) MUMBAI 17,570.82 (+2.96%) Ç Ç MALAYSIA 1,317.69 (+1.78%) SEOUL 1,711.95 (+2.19%) Ç
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      • 9 26 OIL US$77.18 (+4.60%) Ç Ç GOLD US$1,256.80 (+2.45%)
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      • STOCK CALLS
        • 47 26 $0.33 Buy CIMB starts with $0.46 target, pegged at 14X FY2011 P/E. Says developer of banking software has strong foothold in South-east Asia, where 40 per cent of lenders use its software SIBS. Notes profit margins high at over 60 per cent with business highly
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        • 64 26 $14.26 Outperform Credit Suisse raises target price to $18.20 from $17.50 after increasing FY2011/12 earnings estimates by 3 to 4 per cent; cites robust air freight market and Taiwanese airlines have reported good on-quarter yield growth in Q2. Believes SIA should benefit from same trend, given “high historical
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    • 58 28 BLOOMBERG Rice prices may drop by 10 to 20 per cent in the next couple of years, Mr Ny Lyheng, managing director of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations, said in an interview in Dubai yesterday. He said Cambodia is
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    • 211 28 TELSTRA STRIKES $13-BILLION BROADBAND DEAL WITH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AP Australia’s government and the country’s largest telecoms firm yesterday announced a deal that clears a major hurdle to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plans for a super-fast national broadband network. The A$11 billion ($13.2 billion) deal will give government-owned National Broadband Network
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    • 252 28 AFP LONDON Britain is preparing for big spending cuts and tax hikes in the government's emergency budget tomorrow, as Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition attacks a record deficit. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will deliver the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s first budget
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    • 237 28 AFP WASHINGTON The United States Federal Reserve meets this week to determine monetary policy aimed at supporting a fragile economic recovery allowing little room for manoeuvre to change ultra-low interest rates. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) tomorrow opens a two-day meeting
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    • 444 30  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Boutique property developer Heeton Holdings is setting its sights on avant-garde designs for its developments as part of an effort to expand its portfolio and rebrand itself. Danny Low, Heeton’s chief operating officer and executive director, said the company is looking at
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    • 350 31  -  TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fundsupermart has started a new trend in the online trading industry by imposing a quarterly fee for transactions on its platform, but observers said they do not expect its competitors to follow suit for now. From May 1, Fundsupermart implemented a
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    • 204 31 SINGAPORE Seven Singapore nanotech companies will showcase their latest technologies, innovation and services at a global industry conference this week. They will be participating for the first time at the Nanotech Conference and Expo 2010 in Anaheim, California, which is touted as the world’s largest annual nanotechnology event.
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    • 120 31 GLOBAL AUDITING EXPERTS SET FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN SINGAPORE Global auditing experts are set to meet in Singapore this week for the 16th Annual International Symposium on Audit Research. The event, slated on June 24 to 25, will be hosted by Nanyang Technological University and will focus on the issues
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    • 564 31 Time to turn attention to India The World Cup season is traditionally a lull period for the world’s equity markets. This year, however, the arrival of the lull seems delayed. The MSCI World Equity Index rose close to 3 per cent week on week, to end
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    • 459 42 N KOREA SMILES WAVES W8 SPAIN MOMENT OF TRUTH W10 BRAZIL VS IVORY COAST 10 pages of world cup News free every day IN both our morNINg afterNooN edItIoNs afternoon edition friday June 18, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MiCa (P) 160/10/2009 a PubliCation of neWS Hotline 6822 2268
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous


  • WORLD CUP 20)0
    • GROUP F ITALY V NEW ZEALAND
      • 567 46 78th-ranked New Zealand hold world champions Italy to 1-1 draw AFP 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP F Italy 1 New Zealand 1 NELSPRUIT New Zealand achieved their greatest footballing result here yesterday with a stunning 1-1 draw against defending champions Italy in their World Cup Group F
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    • GROUP F SLOVAKIA V PARAGUAY
      • 621 48 Goals from Vera, Riveros put South Americans on the brink of qualification AGENCIES 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP F Slovakia 0 Paraguay 2 BLOEMFONTEIN A powerful Paraguay side beat Slovakia 2-0 in Bloemfontein yesterday to leave the South Americans on the brink of qualification for the
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      • 216 48 FEDERER WANTS QUICK WIN TO WATCH WORLD CUP AFP World No 2 tennis player Roger Federer is eager for a quick first-round victory over Colombia’s Alejandro Falla at Wimbledon today so he can watch Switzerland’s World Cup clash against Chile. Federer is a huge fan of his country’s national football
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    • 489 42 Early World Cup exit biggest letdown yet, admits Cameroon star AFP PRETORIA Superstar striker Samuel Eto’o said that Cameroon becoming the first team eliminated from the first World Cup in Africa is the greatest disappointment of his legendary career. Eto’o opened the scoring in the 10th minute
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    • 330 42 AP RUSTENBURG Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan (picture) scored his second goal of the tournament from the penalty spot and was named man of the match in their 1-1 draw with Australia on Saturday. But the 24-year-old was left with bittersweet feelings on a
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    • 908 44  -  COMMENTARY The likes of Cameroon, Nigeria have let a continent down with their poor preparations LEONARDTHOMAS in Johannesburg, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. When Bafana Bafana play here the nation comes to a standstill, it happens to every
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    • 834 40 England head for clear-the-air crisis talks with Capello after dismal performances AFP RUSTENBURG There was a whiff of rebellion in the air at England’s World Cup training camp yesterday as Fabio Capello’s disgruntled squad prepared to face Slovenia in a match that will make or break their
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    • 246 40 AGENCIES An England fan has been banned from attending World Cup matches as a condition of bail on a trespassing charge, after he allegedly entered England’s changing room following a 0-0 draw with Algeria. Pavlos Joseph was ordered yesterday by magistrates in Cape
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    • 681 38  -  ANALYSIS Capello’s men have their backs to the wall but fear cannot take hold on Wednesday LEONARDTHOMAS in Johannesburg leonard@ mediacorp. com. sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. Green Point Stadium in Cape Town is a magnificent structure. Situated under
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    • 328 38 AGENCIES CAPE TOWN Cristiano Ronaldo yesterday threw his support behind former Manchester United colleague Wayne Rooney, who has been a shadow of his normal self for England during the World Cup. Rooney has failed to score in six appearances on football’s biggest
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    • GROUPG PORTUGALV NORTH KOREA
      • 434 36 AGENCIES Eusebio doesn’t think North Korea have the same element of surprise in South Africa that they brought to the 1966 World Cup, when the Asian side beat Italy and then led his Portugal team 3-0 before losing their quarter-final match. Portugal and North Korea
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      • 862 36 'Humble' North Koreans are winning over their South African hosts AP PRETORIA The world is curious to get a glimpse of the 23 men who have become North Korea’s most visible ambassadors. North Korea’s 2010 World Cup squad in South Africa represent one of the
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      • 266 36 AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG While North Korea’s players are winning over locals with their smiles, the team’s management continue to frustrate the world’s media at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The team cancelled a scheduled press conference on Friday, just hours after being confronted
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      • 541 37 AGENCIES KNYSNA France captain Patrice Evra has accused a “traitor” within the camp of trying to destabilise the squad. On Saturday, the French Football Federation (FFF) kicked out star striker Nicolas Anelka for his foul-mouthed comments to coach Raymond Domenech in the aftermath of France’s
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    • GROUP H CHILE V SWITZERLAND, SPAIN V HONDURAS
      • 319 34 AGENCIES VANDERBIJLPARK (South Africa) They may have claimed the Spaniards’ scalps, but Switzerland players see themselves as underdogs to beat Chile in their Group H clash today. “We love the role of ‘the favourites’ nightmare’,” midfielder Benjamin Huggel said. “(Coach) Ottmar Hitzfeld convinced us that
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      • 742 35  -  COMMENTARY Tournament favourites have to prove their mettle, even if it means "winning ugly' TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg As any pre-schooler will tell you, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Humpty was a huge anthropomorphised egg in a
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      • 482 35 AFP JOHANNESBURG Spain are bidding to get their World Cup campaign back on track against Honduras today following their shock 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in their opening Group H match. And the Euro 2008 winners can now ill afford anything less than a victory over the
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      • 326 35 AP POTCHEFSTROOM Potchefstroom’s streets are lined with Spanish flags and its businesses flash banners written in Spanish as locals try to make Spain’s World Cup squad feel at home during the tournament. So far though, there’s been very few sightings of the Spanish players. Now, some
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