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Awards? Who cares! By Kriengsak Silakong Film festival director
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e always make a fuss about the winners of film awards, beauty contests or any competition. We tend to take competitions too seriously. In the end, who cares? Who remembers all those who won – like who was Miss Universe in 2001, or which film won the Oscar in 1989? Life is too short. As the French saying goes, “Ce n’est pas du cinema [This is not cinema].”
THE FUN >> Heading to Hua Hin on June 13? Hit the jazz fest or catch ‘Divas in the Park’ >> Get your fill of French arts and culture as a four-month-long celebration kicks off tonight with Philippe Genty’s ‘Land’s End’
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711,000 THE NUMBER OF unemployed in March. – National Statistical Office
AN OLD FORT COMMUNITY’S LAST STAND Residents behind Mahakan Fort in Bangkok put up a last fight to stay in their 150-year-old home
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he long-time residents of the Mahakan Fort community are fighting for a chance to transform their home into a living museum. Without the transformation, all of them will be moved to make way for a public park earmarked for the area. “We are offering a win-win situation,” said the community’s former head Thawatchai Woramahakhun yesterday. The residents are asking the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for a little more than one rai of the five-rai space to live on.
‘We will help the BMA’ “In return, we will help the BMA watch over the park at no charge,” Thawatchai said. “We have lived here for a very long time. We love our community and we would protect it well.” The community along the canal behind Mahakan Fort dates back 150 years and currently has 312 residents. “My family has lived here for six generations. I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” 51-yearDAILY
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old Thawatchai said. “My ancestors were among the first makers of Thai musical instruments in the Rattanakosin Island area.”
Relocation not enough Wimol Dansa-ard, 52, is leading the residents’ protest against the eviction, which was originally authorised by an emergency decree in 1992. In 1994 all residents who promised to relocate were offered compensation, 75 per cent of which has already been given. “We will return the compensation we have received,” Wimol vowed yesterday, “We can’t accept the relocation because the plot of land we have been given is too remote and lacks proper infrastructure.”
‘Hold public forums’ Wimol is now demanding that public forums be held to discuss the future of the Mahakan Fort community. “Please invite neutral academics to the forums and then hold a public hearing. Then, if the public disagrees with our idea, we will agree to move out.”
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He said the emergency decree that authorised the relocation of residents could be amended. “The BMA should stop cornering us with legal stuff,” Wimol said. “We should be cooperating and exploring solutions together.”
Living museum proposal Thawatchai said the residents were just asking for an opportunity to prove that they could create a living museum and become
part of the public park. Deputy Bangkok Governor Prakob Jirakiti, however, said the proposal sounded too complicated to carry out. He added that the BMA had held many public forums on the people living behind the Mahakan Fort before. “The residents may petition for help but whether the petition will give them what they want is another matter. Their proposal is not in the public interest,” said Prakob.
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HOTELS have been urged by The Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Centre to join the smoke-free campaign
A leading publisher is obtaining exclusive rights to the real-life story of Keigo Sato, the ThaiJapanese orphan who began a search for his long-lost father after his Thai mother died. The executives of Sun System yesterday met with the governor of Phichit, the home province of the nine-year-old boy, to discuss the content of a five-chapter comic book featuring Keigo’s quest for his dad. The story will begin with the loss his mother and follow events to a happy ending in the future, when Keigo finally meets his father at Phichit’s boat race in September. Representing the boy’s relatives, Governor Somchai Hatthayatanti said he would set up a working committee to make sure Keigo gets his fair share of profits from the comic book.
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WE CAN’T ACCEPT THE RELOCATION BECAUSE THE PLOT OF LAND WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN IS TOO REMOTE AND LACKS PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE.
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Another happy ending Meanwhile, in Chiang Mai another Thai-Japanese boy has traced his Japanese father and spoken to him for the first time. Yamato Niimura, 10, wept while chatting with his dad Masato on the Net in a hotel room. The contact was made behind close doors following the father’s request for privacy. Masato, who is now married and has a family in Japan, reportedly told the boy he wanted to take care of him and would soon come to Thailand. He explained that he hadn’t been able to afford the fare to Thailand for the past few years. D A I LY X P R E S S
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he public is being invited to decide on a name for the first panda born in Thailand. Participants in the upcoming postcard vote also stand a chance of winning at least Bt1 million in cash. “The winner from the lucky draw may get a car too,” Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO) director Sopon Damnui revealed yesterday. Born last Wednesday at Chiang Mai Zoo, the female cub has become an instant media superstar and a hit with people all around the country. So far, this baby has been nameless, but not for much longer.
Choose and win Sopon said the public will first be asked to come up with names. The ZPO board will then choose four of the best,
which will be put to a public vote. “Those who submit one of the chosen names have a chance of winning Bt100,000 plus a free trip for their family to visit pandas in China.” Giant pandas Chuang Chuang and Linhui have been on loan to Thailand from China since 2003. Linhui has been nursing her offspring for over a week now. The baby has increased in weight from 200 to 290 grams and the skin around its ears and eyes is beginning to blacken. Under the agreement between the two countries, the baby has to be returned to China within two years. “We will try to persuade China to let the panda family to stay here longer,” said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, who visited zoo to see the new arrival yesterday. “We hope China will agree to set up a permanent panda-research centre in Thailand,” Suwit added.
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THE WORLD Chen says all starlets agreed to sex photos
Spidey
stunt Alain Roberts waves after climbing the exterior of the Royal Bank of Scotland building in Sydney yesterday. The French skyscraper climber nicknamed ‘Spiderman’ was arrested after scaling the 41-storey building with his bare hands, stopping traffic on the busy street below.
tions, shocked many in the celebrity-obsessed but culturally conservative city and ruined the careers of some of the actresses and singers involved.
Chen apologised to one of the actresses, Cecilia Cheung, who had earlier criticised him for not saying sorry. “I wasn’t allowed to talk to her initially because of the police request and they were investigating me, which already had troubled me a lot... I really am sorry to her,” said Chen. A Hong Kong computer technician was last month jailed for eight-and-a-half months for stealing the photos from Chen’s laptop when he sent it in for repairs, but it is still unclear how the pictures made their way onto the Web.
briefly
A Chinese restaurant yesterday defended a controversial practice of killing chickens with snake bites, saying the resulting dish was healthy and kept the customers flooding in. The reaction came after claims of animal cruelty spread on the Internet in relation to the speciality, known as “Snake-bitten chicken” and popular in Guangdong. “Some TV reports said the dish was poisonous, but still people come in to eat,” said a staff member at the Shunde Renjia Restaurant. – AFP
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THERE’S TIMES WHEN I THOUGHT,YOU KNOW,I’M REALLY NOT CUT OUT FOR THIS... Prince Harry spits champagne after drinking from the winner’s trophy after the Manhattan Polo Classic in New York last week.
dogs to quell a rabies outbreak that has left 8 people dead since March
‘Healthy’ bites
‘I’m really sorry’
Harry: Pilot training is tough Prince Harry sometimes doubted his ability to become a pilot, thinking he was not cut out for the job, he said in an interview released to Britain’s Press Association news agency. The 24-year-old prince is training to be a pilot with the Army Air Corps. But he said he found some of the courses tough. “There’s times when I thought, you know, I’m really not cut out for this, mentally. I hope I’ve got the physical skills to fly a helicopter,”
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Two schoolgirls aged 13 and 15 appeared in a Hong Kong court yesterday accused of robbing a taxi driver at knifepoint. The girls were part of a gang of three who allegedly pulled out knives and robbed a taxi driver of his cellphone and US$85 (Bt3,000) after flagging down his cab. The driver gave chase and with the help of passersby caught the two girls, although the third remains at large, a juvenile court hearing was told yesterday. – DPA
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isgraced Hong Kong pop star Edison Chen has said that the hundreds of sex photos of him with a string of starlets were taken with the women’s full consent, in the latest twist to the celebrity saga. In an interview with CNN’s Talk Asia, the Canadian-born star said the explicit pictures, which caused a huge scandal when they found their way to the Internet last year, had been agreed to by the stars. “Everything was mutual. It was all consensual,” he said in the interview. “If I have a camera in front of your face and there’s a flash, do you know that I’m taking a photo of you? That’s as simple as it is.” More than 1,300 photos, which show Chen and the starlets in compromising posi-
Authorities in northern China killed more than
Teenage girls in court over robbery
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he said. “But mentally, there are the exams and everything. I mean, I can’t do maths, I gave that up when I left school, as anyone does at that age. But I’ve been throwing myself back in the deep end.” Harry gave the interview in
New York at the end of his first official visit to the United States, where he played in a charity polo game and paid a visit to the site of the September 11 terrorist attack. He said the trip was a nice break from training. – A P
Georgette Fogarty-Clemons was heading home from her wedding in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Sunday when she spotted smoke from the side of her neighbour’s house. Still in her wedding gown and high heels, she jumped out of the car. She made it to the house and pounded on the door, alerting the residents to the fire. A woman, her 16-yearold son and their pets were able to escape unharmed. “We have no way of knowing what would have happened had she not come to the door,” said Susan Schneiderman, whose house caught fire. – AP
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THE FUN The Asian Super Band session will include, clockwide from singer Keiko Lee, right, guitarist Jack Lee, left and percussionist Lewis Pragasam, above.
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BEN STILLER, ON RECEIVING THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS’ HIGHEST HONOUR.
“I am honoured to be getting the Generation Award. I was given my first show at MTV and also cancelled for the first time.”
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Thai divas taking part in the show include Gam the Star, above left and Nicole Theriault, above right. The Thai pop band ETC will also perform.
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usic lovers heading to Hua Hin will be spoilt for choice on June 13, with the Hua Hin Jazz Festival taking place on the beach and at Phonkingphet Public Park that weekend and another event, “Divas in the Park”, being staged in the polo field at the Dusit Thani Hotel Hua Hin in nearby Cha-am. “We’re calling it ‘Divas in the Park’ because we have more female singers than male vocalists taking part in this, the first of our Hua Hin concerts,” says Vanida Vanasirikul, chief executive of Terminal Xtra Entertainment. “We not only have Thai singers but also foreigners.” The Thai divas who’ll be on stage include Nicole Theriault, Waritda Bhirompakdi, Nanthida Kaewbuasai and Gam the Star while the headlining foreign act is American jazz vocalist Salena Jones. Also taking part are keyboardist Nueng Jakrawal, pop band ETC and the Asian Super Band featuring Keiko Lee on vocals, Jack Lee on guitar, Testsuo Sakurai on bass, Keiji Matsumoto on piano, Lewis Pragasam on percussion and Issei Igarashi on saxophone.
First time in Hua Hin Vanida acknowledges that Terminal has brought in fewer foreign artists from North America and Europe than is usual for Terminal Xtra. “This is our first year in Hua Hin and we are operating on a limited budget. We are not sure
THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR IN HUA HIN ... WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL COME TO THE FESTIVAL. Vanida Vanasirikul, Terminal Xtra Entertainment how many people will come to the festival,” she says Terminal Xtra has been organising Bangkok’s jazz festival for the past several years but is new to the Hua Hin scene. “Fans shouldn’t worry. We’ll be bringing the jazz fest to Bangkok at the end of the year as usual,” says Vanida.
XTRA O N E N I G H T O N LY >> Divas in the Park runs from 6.30pm to 1am on June 13 in the polo field at the Dusit Thani Hua Hin in Cha-am, Phetchaburi. >> Tickets are Bt1,200 and Bt2,500 (including two beach chairs) at Thaiticketmajor. >> Call (02) 262 3456.
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SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT will make its songs available on the eMusic online music store. The deal covers the “classic” catalogue that includes such artists as OutKast, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash, Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen.
WILL SMITH tops the Actors Hot List of most bankable stars. Following Smith are Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks and George Clooney.
Smoothly with
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Setha
Setha Sirachaya and the Impossibles will be on stage at Holland Brewery on June 26 from 9pm for the charity concert “Khwam Suk Thi Pen Pai Dai Kap Wong Thi Pen Pai Mai Dai”. The pub is on Rama II Road adjacent to the Central department store. Tickets are Bt200 to Bt1,000. Call (02) 453 2244 or (086) 325 4200-1.
I got you babe “American Idol” champion
Kris Allen loves his wife dearly, but won’t be mixing his new singing career with family life. Allen Allen says he has no plans to hire wife Katy Allen as his manager or of forming a duo like Sonny and Cher, because in his own words, “She’s the worst singer in the world!” Well, that never stopped Sonny, or Cher, for that matter.
Who is that?
K-pop with a Thai flavour
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NICHKHUN “BUCK” HORVEJKUL, the Thai member of the South Korean boy band 2PM, makes his solo debut on Saturday, appearing as a guest in “Beauty on the Beat”, the joint concert by Christina Aguilar and Mai Charoenpura. “I’m so excited to be on the same stage as Thailand’s greatest dancing queens, Phi Mai and Phi Tina,” says Nichkhun, who is free after a taxing schedule with 2PM in Nichkhun sings this South Korea. Other guests in the show, which starts at Saturday at Impact. 8 at Impact Arena, include Singharat “Singto the Star 5” Chanpakdi, Chinawut Indracusin and Buddha Bless. Tickets cost from Bt500 to Bt2,500 at Thaiticketmajor.
French treats
Turning up the sound CENTERPOINT on the seventh floor of CentralWorld hosts “Greet on 7th” at 4 tomorrow. It’s the first in the “+7 Decibel” series, which continues throughout this month. Performers will include “Academy Fantasia” alumni Padcha, Tar, Music and Luk Pong, singing tracks from their album, “AF Tribute to Ohm Chatree Kongsuwan Padcha performs and the Innocent”. at Centerpoint Upcoming shows will have Techin tomorrow. Chayuti on June 11, Guy Ratchanon on June 18 and Sevendays Kamikaze on June 25. Visit www.Centerpoint108.com.
CORRECTION: The first Asian Martial Arts Games take place from August 1 to 9. A story in yesterday’s Daily Xpress (“Asia’s gladiators do battle”, Page 7), incorrectly stated the dates.
A four-month-long celebration of French arts and culture starts tonight with Philippe Genty’s ‘Land’s End’ D A I LY X P R E S S
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he critically acclaimed Compagnie Philippe Genty opens La Fete 2009 tonight with “Land’s End” at the Thailand Cultural Centre. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside over the gala performance, which starts at 8. Genty’s work blends magic, theatre, dance and puppetry. The show will again be performed at 8 tomorrow. The first week of the annual French culture fest is packed with art, music and dance. “Planet Ocean”, the must-see photo exhibition by marine biologists Laurent Ballesta and Pierre Descamp opens on Friday, World Environment Day, and will be on show through the end of July in front of Zen at CentralWorld. Also on Friday, Chinese Man Records will be spinning
XTRA FREE TICKETS! >> There’s still a chance to get free tickets for tomorrow’s performance of “Land’s End”. >> Send an e-mail by 4 today to lafete2009@gmail.com with the subject “La Fete – 4 June”. >> The first five people get the tickets. The winners will be contacted by the French embassy.
grooves at Bed Supperclub from 10pm. High Ku and Ze Mateo will be transforming extracts from well-known films, jazz from the ’30s and political speeches into an electro-ambient mix of dub and abstract hip hop. If Chinese Man get you going, enter the hip hop contest at Patravadi Theatre on Saturday.
Next time you’re chatting online with someone who says he’s a 48-year-old heating engineer from Surrey, don’t believe him. It could actually be Halle Berry. The sexy actress, recently presented with the Spike TV “Decade of Hotness” award, says she gets so lonely sometimes, she uses the Internet to make friends. The Oscar winner admits that she’s posed in chat rooms as someone else in an attempt to have a normal conversation with others. The anonymity helps her get away from her high-profile fame and have a “real, honest exchange with someone”. Though she’s made plenty of cyber buddies, Berry has never dated anyone she’s met online.
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Ad with Sek Loso and Somjit
sound bytes By Mr Badboy
Songs from the Underground California’s alter-rock veterans have come up with an EP featuring six popular tracks from the past seven years and two never-released live tracks recorded during their Projekt Revolution 2008 tour, including a live cover of Temple Of The Dog’s “Hunger Strike” sung by Chris Cornell that’s lively and cheerful thanks to plenty of audience input. “Qwety” is a studio version with Chester’s signature screams and actual rapping from Mike Shinoda, who also does the honours on “Dedicated”. The album wraps with the 12minute “Part Of Me”.
Lonely Road
Songs for a happier life Carabao and their pals bring cheer back to the Thai people with a three-hour fun show
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (EMI)
By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul
Following the success of their 2006 pop-punk release, “Don’t You Fake It”, Florida’s alternative rockers have opted to mix classic rock and punk staples on their sophomore. “Pull Me Back” and “Senioritis” are both strong tracks with catchy hooks and “Step Right Up” is a catchy, radioready anthem. I personally prefer the title track, an interesting acoustic ballad. “Pen and Paper” and “Pleads and Postcards” are reminiscent of Angels and Airwaves, while closing number “Godspeed” would be perfect for a movie soundtrack.
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ongs-for-lifers Carabao brought together young fans of talent show Academy Fantasia as well as the older luk thung crowd at their sell out concert, “3 Cha Samakkhee: Luk Thung Fantasia” staged last Saturday at Impact Arena. The band had set out to make Thais feel better in these days of political and financial uncertainty and they succeeded, with the audience up on their feet and dancing for the entire three hours of the show. The concert kicked off at 8 with Mum Jokmok’s jokes and games before Carabao kicked into their danceable hits including “Wanipok”, “Khon Jon Phu Ying Yai”, “Made in Thailand ‘09”, “Mahalai”, “Lang Bang” and “Yai Sam-ang”.
Screams were loud as three AF members – Off, Tui and Padcha – came out on stage for “Khon Lar Fun” and “Thalay Jai”. Fireworks lit up the stage as Ad Carabao held forth on “Chao Tak” and “Ong Dam” then paid tribute to John Lennon with Jon Non Len”, a track from new album “Hoh”. Other Carabao members then Tiery with Kratae
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Linkin Park (Warner Bros)
Carabao with AF’s Padcha
took singing duties with bassist Od soloing on “Krathang Dokmai Hai Khun”, Tiery on “Papaya Pok Pok”, and Lek on “Luangta”. The luk thung guests and their dancers were next on stage, singing their hits as well as Carabao covers. Kratae duetted with Tiery on “Mae Sai”, Sao Mad joined Lek for a hilarious “Barb Borisut”, while Lew sang with Ad on “Khwai Thai”. Other guests included Oy Krathon, Nga Caravan and Poo Pongsit followed by the surprise appearance of rocker Sek Loso and Beijing Games flyweight boxing champion Somjit Jongjorhor.
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WHAT’S UP
do it! Schooled in the South Want to study in England? Then don’t miss “Study in the UK: Southern Region”, which is being held at the British Council’s U-Zone Room in Siam Square on June 10 at 6.30pm. Alumni from colleges in Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton will be on hand to offer information and share their experiences on life in southern England. Call (02) 657 5678.
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Sharp-shooting score The Metropolitan Opera of Bangkok brings Carl Maria von Weber’s German folk opera “Der Freischutz” (“The Freeshooter”) to the Thailand Cultural Centre on June 12 and 13 at 7.30 with maestro J David Jackson conducting. Tickets are Bt1,000 to Bt3,000 at Thaiticketmajor.
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In my mind’s eye Until June 30, German artist
Stephan Wegerer presents his latest collection of sculptures with curious forms, peculiar textures and seductive colours at Tao Hong Tai Ceramic Factory in Ratchaburi. Tao Hong Tai is on Jedi Hug Road and is open daily from 8 to 5. Call (081) 880 3600 or (032) 323 630.
Woman in all her glory Thanet Awsinsiri presents paintings created over the past three years in “Door of a Beating Heart”, which runs until June 20 at the Bangkok University Gallery in Kluay Namthai. The three main themes of the show reflect the pursuit of ideal love, the yearning for love and feminism. These concepts are conveyed through nude images and figures of women. Call (02) 350 3626.
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in cinemas tomorrow
>> Drag Me to Hell –
ncess My Mighty Pri ent gives up her high-kicking
2022 Tsun ami
the blade tial-arts stud A talented mar e again takes up and sh t bu ve lo in ish falls rean with Engl ways when she er’s death. In Ko th . fa do r Li he e ge th d en an to av gon Cineplex
Toranong Sri chua directs th about a big wave that sl is big-budget disaster d ams Bangko rama k. ★★
Week of Siam The film series on MC Chatrichalerm Yukol ends today at House: 1pm, “Song of Chao Phya” (“Nong Mia”, with English subtitles), 4pm, “Khao Chue Karn”, 7pm, “The Yellowing of the Sky” (“Ooga Fa Leuang”). Call (02) 641 5177-8 or visit www.HouseRama.com.
at Para Thai subtitles
off in a rural village. Intira Jaroenpura and Prangwalai Tepsatorn star.
Langdon (Tom Hanks) searches for clues to keep the Vatican from blowing up. ★★★
>> Gomorra – The Grand Prize winner at Cannes last year intertwines stories about lives touched by organised crime in Naples.
Night at the Museum 2
Saranair Haao Peng
Security guard Ben Stiller encounters more historical figures coming to life. Also at IMAX. ★★★
some cinemas. ★★★
with English and Thai subtitles at House. ★★★★
This reboot of the franchise focuses on the early careers of Kirk and Spock. ★★★★
rapher Yann Arthus Bertrand took to the sky for this stunning view of our planet. At the Scala. >> Pandemic – A Japanese
Survivors try to cope after a shooting in a Los Angeles diner. Stars Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce and Forest Whitaker. At the Lido.
Tough foreigners are entangled in the kidnapping of a Thai heiress. Thai dubbed.
Angels and Demons
Let the Right One In
Harvard symbologist Robert
A gay king needs an heir to the throne. In Korean with English
A 12-year-old boy develops a
and Thai subtitles at House.
Hong Kong cops (Shawn Yue and Ekin Chen) are assigned to a unit that handles supernatural calls. Thai dubbed.
At House. >> Home – French photog-
Star Trek
Bangkok Adrenaline
Rule Number One
Fearsome female ghosts face
Pranks are pulled on celebrities Mum Jokmok, Ad Carabao, Kotee Aramboy and Baby Vox Rev. With English subtitles at
friendship with a vampire in 1980s Sweden. In Swedish
Winged Creatures
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are veteran detectives trying to piece together old and new cases. At SFW CentralWorld.
Krasue Fad Pop
>> Blood: The Last Vampire – Gianna Jun (“My
Sassy Girl”) is a vampire warrior who hunts demons for the US government.
Righteous Kill
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“Spider-Man” director Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots with this supernatural tale about a loan officer who finds herself cursed.
A Frozen Flower
doctor discovers a disease that could wipe out everyone. At Apex.
on tv
Apex Lido: (02) 252 6498 Siam: (02) 251 3508 Scala: (02) 251 2861
Century – The Movie Plaza (02) 247 9940
Year of the Dog
Major Cineplex/EGV Bangkok: (02) 515 5555 Chiang Mai: (053) 283 939 Pattaya: (038) 052-227
A secretary’s life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies. The 2007 indie comedy stars Molly Shannon, Laura Dern and Regina King.
Major Hollywood Bangkok: (02) 718 7999
HBO (TrueVisions), 10pm
Paragon Cineplex Bangkok: (02) 129 4635 IMAX: (02) 129 4631
Channel links
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Vista Chiang Mai: (053) 894 415
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Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
Today’s Birthday: You have to put your skills to the test and make choices beneficial to your advancement. Get involved in whatever interests you the most if you want to excel emotionally, professionally and personally. This is a great year to strive for perfection. Following your ideas to completion will lead to the success you are looking for. ARIES *** March 21-April 19 Concentrate on what you can do to make a partnership work better. Manipulate any discussion you have to favour how others will benefit from what you are doing. Be open to change. TAURUS *** April 20-May 20 Get whatever is bothering you out in the open. Once you begin the process of sorting through what needs to be done, you will be closer to getting what you want. An interesting development will unfold. GEMINI ***** May 21-June 20 Change is upon you. You can sell your ideas, plans and talents to someone who can use what you have to offer. Don’t be shy - you’ll come across as an asset that must be acquired.
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CANCER ** June 21-July 22 If you stand up to whatever demands are being given, you will set a standard that will improve your personal position in the future. Stand your ground or it may also cost you financially. LEO **** July 23-Aug. 22 Life will never be the same for you once you look at the people you are close to and realise where you stand. Don’t get angry over past mistakes. Be positive and make changes to better your life.
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VIRGO *** Aug. 23-Sept. 22 The alterations you make now to your home or your geographical location will pay off in what you get back financially, emotionally and professionally. Don’t sit idle because you are unsure of the future. LIBRA *** Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Don’t let your lazy attitude make you miss out on turning one of your great ideas into a worthwhile venture. Participate in your community and you get find a great new friendship. SCORPIO *** Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Refuse to let little aggravations from people control your emotions. Instigate some changes at home that will improve your personal space, making it more conducive to your goals. SAGITTARIUS *** Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You may have regrets if you jump too quickly. The emotional repercussions will be hard for you to deal with and will leave you in an uncomfortable situation. Don’t feel so responsible. CAPRICORN **** Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You need to get away and do something that will inspire you or bring back your enthusiasm. Visiting someone you find interesting or knowledgeable will help get you back in gear. Challenge yourself. Rafael Nadal Actor Tony Curtis is 84. Singer Ian Hunter is 70. Singer Eddie Holman is 63. Singer Suzi Quatro is 59. Actor Scott Valentine is 51. Guitarist Kerry King of Slayer is 45. Newsman Anderson Cooper is 42. Tennis player Rafael Nadal is 23.
AQUARIUS ***** Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Aim for the highest goal and you will achieve something spectacular. Good fortune and prosperity are heading your way. Be confident and you will find your niche. PISCES *** Feb. 19-March 20 Don’t rule out the possibility of something or someone from your past making a difference in your life now. Looking back with optimism will help you initiate a new project.
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Established since 1961, is currently one of the leading importers, distributors and marketers of healthcare and related products in Thailand. Based in Bangkok, Pacific Healthcare has over 300 full-time employees and an annual turnover of approximately USD35 million. The company is solid and reliable, with a well-established reputation and a quality of service that is second to none. To cope with our rapid expansion and diversification, we need talented candidates who are creative, energetic, and hardworking to join out team in the following positions:-
Medical Representative (Bangkok and Up-country) Key Responsibilities Responsible for opening the new product entry, regular visit customers in responsible area, maintain and demonstrate scientific knowledge potential or existing customers. Handle sales target and promote the company’s sales growth. Qualifications:• Bachelor’s Degree in Science or related field • At least 3 years experience in sales: hospital, clinic, modern trade or any other related business • Positive attitude, energetic and able to work independently • Results oriented and keen to learn a new things • Good personality, communication and negotiation skills • Fair command of written and spoken English • Computer literacy • Have own transportation and driving license
Product Manager: Pharma Key Responsibilities:Responsible for products, which requires more tactful marketing skills. Develop marketing plans and programs for the specific products, review, evaluate and adjust plans to cater for changes marketing strategy. Continuously assess and develop new channels to broaden the company’s market share and profit in the specific products. Product training and coaching Med. Rep. to deliver correct messages. Collaborate with SM to drive business and broaden client base. Qualifications:• Male or Female, age 25-35 years old (Only Thai Nationality) • Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Nurse would be preferable • Minimum 3 years experience in marketing of Pharmaceutical Products • Positive attitude, energetic, team player, service minded • Able to work independently with result-oriented • Strong leadership with interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills • Good command of English • Computer literacy • Have own transportation and driver license
We know opportunity is out there, PHC is looking for a great confident candidate who has a passion to join a winning team. We offer a competitive remuneration package for the right candidate. If you believe you are qualified for the above positions, please send a detailed resume in English stating the position you are interested in and your current and expected salary, together with your transcript and a recent photograph to
Pacific Healthcare (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Human Resources Department 1011 Supalai Grand Tower, Room No. 01, 29th Fl., Rama 3 Rd., Chongnonsee, Yannawa, Bangkok 10120 E-mail: recruit@phc.co.th Website: www.phc.co.th Only successful applications will be contacted! We accept resume in MS Word only.
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DAILY XPRESS
9 YEARS Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus will compete against each another in the same group for the first time in nine years at the Memorial.
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Paul Scholes
Alex Ferguson told veterans Paul Scholes and Gary Neville they are still in his plans and that he won’t let them leave Manchester United, the Daily Mail reports. Stoke and Bolton are interested in Scholes, while Neville is wanted by Middlesbrough, the paper said. “I think Ryan Giggs and Scholesy will have absolutely no problem next year,” Ferguson was quoted as saying. “Gary will hopefully get a consistent run as he’ll be vital for us as well.”
Villarreal sign Valverde
Alonso for Real Madrid?
Villarreal has signed Ernesto Valverde to replace departed coach Manuel Pellegrini. The Spanish club said that it signed Valverde to a one-year deal with an option for an extra year. Valverde replaces Pellegrini, who signed a two-year contract to coach Real Madrid after five years in charge at Villarreal. Valverde was released by Olympiakos after leading the Greek club to a league-cup double. Valverde previously coached at Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol, guiding the Spanish League club to the 2007 Uefa Cup final. – AP
Real Madrid may use 23-yearold striker Alvaro Negredo as bait in a plan to sign Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso in a £25million deal, newspapers including the Sun reports. Negredo scored 19 goals for Almeria in La Liga last season and Real is set to resign him, invoking a £4.4 million buyback close, the paper said. Liverpool manager Alonso Rafael Benitez may prefer a straight cash deal for about £20-million, the Express added. “I’ve not spoken with Benitez but I know some contact exists between the clubs,” Negredo was cited as saying by the Sun.
Amnesty for Indian cricket deserters The Indian cricket board has “granted amnesty” to 79 players who want to sever their ties with the unofficial Twenty20 Indian Cricket League. Board of Control for Cricket in India’s secretary, Narainswamy Srinivasan said the players had sought to resume participation in official competitions. “Seventy-nine current players and 11 former test cricketers have severed their relations with the Indian Cricket League and applied for rejoining the mainstream of Indian Cricket under the amnesty scheme offered by BCCI,” Srinivasan said. – AP
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Rafael Nadal hits the clay during his four-set loss to Robin Soderling in Paris on Sunday.
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afael Nadal’s uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, has called spectators at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris “stupid” for cheering the world No 1’s elimination from the event over the weekend. “I think the Parisian public is so stupid,” he said in an interview with news radio Cadena Ser broadcast late on Monday, one day after Nadal’s four-year Roland Garros reign came to an end at the hands of Sweden’s Robin Soderling. “The triumph of a Spaniard
player has won Roland Garros since Yannick Noah in 1983. “I suppose that it annoys them to see that Spain is constantly producing very good players,” he said. Meanwhile, Romanian teen Sorana Cristea probably won’t have time this week to hit her high school books before facing off against Australian Samantha Stosur in a breakthrough quarter-final at the French Open. Despite her transient lifestyle, the smiling Romanian says she tries to keep up a normal school regime. Cirstea, who faces late-summer exams, said her favourite subjects are English, which she speaks near-flawlessly, and geography.
Russian not scared of Serena
Martinez sought by Wigan Wigan want Swansea’s Roberto Martinez to take over as manager when Steve Bruce leaves for Sunderland, the Sun said. “Roberto would be near the top of any list we formulate,” Wigan owner Dave Whelan told the paper. – Bloomberg
upsets them. What seems uncalled for is supporting the defeat of someone. It is not a very satisfying way to be happy,” he added. Nadal, who was seeking a record fifth consecutive title, crashed to a fourth round 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 defeat to the Swedish 23rd seed. It was his first ever defeat at Roland Garros after winning 31 matches since his 2005 debut. “He played very badly and Soderling was better. He was more nervous than usual, lacking confidence and his shots lacked precision,” said Toni. In another interview with radio Onda Cero, he said the French “are a bit jealous of the Spanish” because no French
Kuznetsova says she shares similar interests with Serena.
Russian seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova says she won’t be intimidated by American world No 2 Serena Williams when the two go headto-head for a place in the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday. Williams has a 5-1 career record against the 23-year-old Russian, but Kuznetsova, a runner-up at Roland Garros in 2006, said the pair were too close for there to be any thoughts of fear in her mind. “I respect her a lot,” said Kuznetsova. “She’s achieved an unbelievable amount in tennis. Every player dreams about achieving what she’s done in tennis. Outside of the courts, she has a great personality. We text on BlackBerry. Definitely in these tournaments we talk less, but we listen to similar music and we have similar interests. We laugh a lot. “Maybe before, she and her sister Venus were kind of intimidating.”
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Kaka digs in as Chelsea go hunting
SOCCER’S HOT SEAT Pellegrini the engineer tasked with rebuilding Real Madrid AFP, Madrid
eal Madrid’s new coach Manuel Pellegrini will be under pressure to achieve some early success for new president Florentino Perez, who has vowed to build the “best club of the 21st century”. The Chilean, 55, a qualified civil engineer, replaced Juande Ramos on Monday as Real’s seventh manager in the past decade. Pellegrini arrives in the Spanish capital after five years at Villareal, during which time he maintained the small club in the top flight of the Primera Liga. In his first season there, Villareal finished third in La Liga and achieved their first direct qualification for the European Champions League going on to the semi-finals before losing narrowly to Arsenal. Last year, the club, based in a town of just 48,000 inhabitants, achieved its best ever season, finishing as runner-up to Real Madrid. The Champions League will be the main objective next season for Pellegrini and Real, whose last European title was in 2002. Spanish media speculate that Man United’s winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Spanish star Xabi Alonso are both in Real sights. Known for his attention to detail and careful planning, those around Pellegrini, a father of three, describe him as intelligent, religious and reserved.
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Manuel Pellegrini’s No 1 objective will be to win the Champions League for Real Madrid next season. “He takes care that the players are happy and relaxed so that they can perform well,” said Mario Lepe, the captain of Chile’s Catholic University team, which Pellegrini coached from 1994 to 1996. In presenting Pellegrini to the press yesterday, Perez described him as “an intelligent professional, a worker, well-balanced ... who always tries for elegant and tasteful football”. The fifth of eight brothers, Pellegrini played almost his entire career with the Deportivo Universidad Catolica, one of Chile’s most successful clubs, from 1973 to 1986. Success as a manager with LDU Quito in Ecuador (1999-
WHEN I STARTED MY CAREER I SAID THAT I WOULD END IT BY LEADING REAL MADRID . Manuel Pelligrini 2000) and in Argentina with San Lorenzo (2000-2002) and River Plate (2002-2003)
brought him to the attention of Villareal. The Spanish press said he is a personal gamble for Real’s new director general Jorge Valdano, also named on Monday. At Villareal, he was under little pressure from fans or the press. But that will be quite different at Real, especially with Perez hungry to “return Real Madrid to its rightful place.” “I feel emotion and proud to be chosen to lead the most important club in the world,” Pellegrini said Tuesday. “When I started my career 23 years ago I said that I would end it by leading Real Madrid. Now that I have accomplished that, I can say that it is a dream.”
Kaka has once again stated his desire to stay with AC Milan and pleaded for the constant speculation about his future to end. “I want to tell the millions of Milan fans that I have made my choice,” Kaka said in La Gazzetta dello Sport yesterday. “I have said I want to stay, now leave me alone please. Write it. I want to stay with Milan and from today this issue is over.” The Spanish press reported on Monday that he would be presented as a Real Madrid player later this week. There have also been reports in the English media that he will follow Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea. “I will say it for the last time, the last time. I don’t want to leave Milan.” Meanwhile, the Independent reported that Chelsea started informal talks with AC Milan over a bid of as much as £70 million to sign Kaka. The price is linked to the Italian clubs agreement to release Ancelotti a year before the end of his contract, the paper said. Kaka would earn about £150,000 a week, topping Chelsea’s pay structure. Ancelotti also wants Milan striker Alexandre Pato and is ready to offer £30 million for the 19-year-old Brazilian, the Sun reported. Portsmouth and England defender Glen Johnson, Milan’s Andrea Pirlo and Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor are also on Ancelotti’s wish list, newspapers including the Daily Mail said. AGENCIES
Villa captain Barry in talks over move to City A P , Birmingham, England
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Gareth Barry, centre, with Aston Villa team-mates.
ston Villa captain Gareth Barry is in talks with Manchester City over a transfer to the Premier League’s richest club. The England midfielder almost joined Liverpool a year ago because of what he said was a desire to play in the Champions League, but may now be about to join a City side that finished six places and 22 points behind this sea-
son’s four qualifiers. Villa ended up in sixth place, four spots higher than City, who could afford to pay Barry far more than he currently earns. Villa confirmed on their website yesterday that Barry has started talks with City, but did not disclose further details. Barry has been again linked with Premier League runnerup Liverpool, as well as Arsenal.
Ibra wants out of Inter The possible departure of star Zlatan Ibrahimovic keeps worrying Inter Milan fans after his agent said that the Swede is open to offers from big clubs. Italian media yesterday quoted agent Mino Raiola as saying that the Italian champions own the 27-year-old Swede and their president Massimo Moratti is the only one who could sell him. “Zlatan never said he is uncomfortable in
Milan,” Raiola told Radio Kiss Kiss. “But it depends on a possible offer. Then he’ll decide. “But at the moment there are no offers. If there should be one [Inter] will have to consider its advantages.” As Inter celebrated a fourth straight Serie A title and he was crowned league top scorer on 25 goals, Ibrahimovic said he was not sure to begin a fourth season with the blueblacks.
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World No 2 Mickelson gets good news, plans to return to golf in time for US Open Phil Mickelson plans a brief return to the PGA Tour in time for the US Open. The world’s No 2 player suspended his schedule indefinitely upon announcing two weeks ago that his wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Recent tests have given them hope the cancer has been caught early, with more tests over the next month. Mickelson intends to return
next week at the St Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, then play the following week in the US Open at Bethpage Black, according to a person informed of the plans. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Mickelson had not announced his decision. “We heard there was a possibility he would play,” St Jude Championship spokesman Phil Cannon.
Phil Mickelson with his wife Amy Mickelson, who has cancer.
“That would be great.” Mickelson is a sentimental favourite at every US Open, where at age 38 he already has tied the record for most runner-up finishes with four. He is especially popular in New York, and his presence at Bethpage Black figured to bring an emotional and raucous response. He has never finished worse than fourth in his four US Opens held in New York.
Mickelson first thought surgery for his 37-year-old wife could happen as early as a few weeks since the announcement, but that has been pushed back for another month. Her treatment and recovery will dictate whether he plays in the British Open, or how much he plays at all the rest of the summer. Mickelson already has won twice this year.
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Thais show no mercy
SEX, DRUGS & NRL
By Preechachan Wiriyanupappong
Boorish players, racism, drinking bring down image of the game
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AFP, Sydney
ugby League in Australia is convulsing from the damaging fallout of a calamitous season headlined by group sex, drugs, racism, drunkenness and violence towards women. This year’s National Rugby League competition has lurched from one public relations disaster to another with those in charge pre-occupied with crisis-managing the game’s ills. Sponsors have backed off, some major benefactors are threatening to walk away and NRL chief executive David Gallop has warned players they will be dealt with severely if they continue to misbehave and risk the game’s future. But still the problems mount in a season from hell. The NRL has been badly exposed with two of its frontmen used for the television promotion of the 2009 season – Brett Stewart and Matthew Johns – tarnished by sex scandals. Stewart, the dashing Manly Sea Eagles’ Test fullback, faces sexual assault charges involving a 17-year-old girl after a boozy season club launch. Johns, a former Test star and popular pundit, was stood down by Channel Nine after an investigative television programme last month aired claims about group sex involving Cronulla Sharks players in New Zealand seven years ago. The unidentified woman named Johns in the programme
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Willie Mason was photographed urinating outside a Sydney hotel, further tarnishing the image of Rugby League, whose players have been embroiled in sex scandals and violent assaults. as one of the participants and said the group sex had left her feeling degraded, traumatised and suicidal. The programme also documented sexual assault claims involving other NRL footballers, with another unidentified woman saying she was afraid to press charges. “There is no way I’m going up against him, the football team, the NRL, their fans. I’m not going to take that on,” she said. The very future of the Cronulla Sharks club in Sydney’s south is also under threat, not only from the explosive sex revelations, but also a combination of crippling debts, sponsor pullouts and
RUGBY LEAGUE FANS BEMOAN THAT THEIR GAME IS BEING PILLORIED.WELL,IT IS THEIRS TO FIX.
player behavioural issues. Meanwhile, former international Reni Maitua was stood down by the Sharks after testing positive for an anabolic
agent and club captain Paul Gallen was fined by the NRL over allegations that he made a racial slur against a Tongan opponent. The club also sacked Greg Bird earlier this year in relation to a glassing assault conviction involving his girlfriend. And to add further to the NRL’s misery, Melbourne Storm pair, Cooper Cronk and Brett Finch, were both fined for urinating in public, not long after Sydney Roosters Test forward Willie Mason was photographed urinating outside a Sydney hotel. The latest incidents continue Gallop’s firefighting efforts on behalf of his embattled organisation.
osts Federbrau showed no mercy to Iran’s Saipa, crushing them in a lop-sided three-set battle to register their second successive win in the Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship at the Nakhon Pathom Sport Centre Gymnasium yesterday. The Thai side, who haven’t won the annual tournament since its inception in 1999, fielded their established stars spearheaded by powerful attacker Onuma Sittirak, who led the team with 13 points from 37 attempts. After conceding the first set 25-14, Saipa, powered by Brazilian Tatiana Alves Dos Santos and Turkish-born setter Tugce Celik, regained their composure to put up a fight against the Thais. But their best efforts were absorbed by Federbrau, who thrive on solid defence and exceptional spiking. The Thai team took the second and third sets 25-14 25-15. “I’m happy with the victory. The first line-up played up to my expectations, while the substitutes need some improvement,” Thai head coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai said. Elsewhere, North Korea’s Sobaeksu gunned down Uzbekistan’s Skif 25-13 25-15 25-8, while Vietnam’s Sport Centre outclassed Indonesia’s Petrokimia Gresik 25-19 25-9 25-15.
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THESPORT French tennis fans will face a tough choice when Roger Federer takes on Gael Monfils in the French Open quarter-finals today. On the one hand they have the lone remaining home hope to finally put an end to 26 years of French frustration at Roland Garros since Yannick Noah won in 1983. But on the other they have the most popular player in the game who needs just a win in Paris on Sunday to go down in history as the greatest player of all time. “I hope they’re going to support me. I’m French. We’re in France,” said Monfils who destroyed Andy Roddick in straight sets to make it through to the last eight for the second year in a row. “The French crowd is with me, but they love Federer. I hope they’ll support me more because I’m French. I hope they support me.” Monfils is only 22, but he is already a master at stirring up emotions when on the court. Against Roddick he went through his entire gambit of screams, arm-waving and leaps to whip the fans into a frenzy much to Roddick’s disgust. Attempting the same thing against Federer would likely be fatal such is the respect the Swiss star is held in Paris. That was evident yet again in his thrilling five-sets win over Germany’s Tommy Haas in the fourth round on Monday. The crowd were shocked into near silence as the 27-year-old from Basel, who was taught by French coaches and who speaks near fluent French, fell two sets to love down against Germany’s Tommy Haas. They then roared their approval as he saved a break point and then dug himself out of the hole he was in to keep his Roland Garros dream alive. – A F P
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OWEN FOR TOFFEES? Everton has offered £50,000 a week to Michael Owen in an attempt to bring the former Liverpool idol back to Merseyside.
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Roger Federer , left, and Gael Monfils (inset) will battle it out tonight.
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Pellegrini plots Real revolution
France rocked by Nadal insults
New Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini says he will bring stability – and new players – to the club as part of a “great project” to revitalise a team that failed to keep up with rivals Barcelona this season. New club president Florentino Perez presented the Chilean to the media, a day after the exVillarreal coach signed a two-year deal. >PAGES 25
Rafael Nadal’s uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, has called spectators at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris “stupid” for cheering the world No 1’s elimination from the event over the weekend. He said the French “are a bit jealous of the Spanish” because no French player has won Roland Garros since Yannick Noah in 1983. >PAGE 24