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Life’s a bumpy ride for event girls as the economic crisis rolls in GOOD MORNING BANGKOK!
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It’s not a cruise anymore for event ‘pretties’: they’re earning lower wages and being seen in fewer numbers as the country falls on hard times By Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong D A I LY X P R E S S
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he economic recession is biting hard: it’s not only carmakers and vehicle buyers but also the attractive event girls that are feeling the pinch at this year’s Bangkok International Motor Show. The models – of the female variety, that is – are earning lower wages compared to previous events and are seen in fewer numbers at the latest 12day event. Even their style of dress is less revealing. Jitta Sulaparitayatorn, a Lexus “pretty”, says her monthly income has dropped by half – from up to Bt50,000 to only Bt20,000 – due to fewer events and lower turn-outs. She says many organisers have called off their events despite booking her in advance. Many of the event girls have complained to her about the problem, “but none of them have stopped working as event girls”, she adds. Jitta says she has been selected to present Lexus’s IS250C convertible sportscar because of her “compact” build and energetic character – “qualificaDAILY
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tions that match the vehicle’s image”. A Mazda pretty, who identifies herself only as “Rath”, says her income has dropped by one-fifth because of fewer events and lower wages. “But my wages in a large event like this have not been reduced,” she adds happily. Mazda has hired only four event girls this year, from a total of six last year. The company still provides each girl with two outfits. But Rath, 23, is optimistic: she says the downturn may not worsen drastically and that she expects to see greater political stability, so the ecomony should kickstart again. Pornsiri Siribud, 24, a Chevrolet pretty, says she has not been affected by lower wages at other events and can still cope with the situation. She says Chevrolet is paying her the
same rate as the past four years. “My working days this year are more than the previous years – 14 days in a row – which I am happy about,” she adds. Mazda’s Pimjuta Krikull, who handles the event girls’ activities, says the number of staff and the size of the auto firm’s booth have been reduced to cut costs. She says all four Mazda pretties know their work well. What she’s worried about is the “ill intentions” of photographers when they take pictures. “A” from Chevrolet says he and his colleagues have received the same wages as previous years possibly because the company had a good bugdet plan in advance of the motor show.
Drive off in an eco car Eco cars are a good option for prospective vehicle buyers at the Bangkok International Motor Show this year due to the global recession and fluctuating oil prices. One of the new “economy” models drawing in the crowds is the Chinese-made Cherry QQ, a 1,100cc city car selling for Bt379,500. Malaysia’s Proton is another attractive buy with its 1,200cc Savy priced at Bt399,000 and 1,600cc Persona CNG going for Bt549,000, while Toyota is offering a 1600cc Altis CNG costing Bt736,000. Lexus, not wanting to miss the boat, has hit the street with its hybrid RX450h SUV. The price? A whopping Bt6.39 million. Despite low fuel consumption, hybrid cars are still expensive worldwide and not widely used. Businessman Surachai Wongchaiya, 50, says he is interested in the Cherry but comments that its price should be lowered to Bt300,000. He says he owns two cars and is looking for a third one to use as a city car. Praphat sae-Wang, 26, an employee, is also eyeing the Cherry as his first car, but is weighing whether he should buy a brand-new car or go for a used one. Praphat admits he had a change of heart after seeing a Proton, which is not much more expensive, is larger and comes with a better design. Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong, DAILY XPRESS
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Desperately seeking donors HAVE AN ORGAN TO DONATE? YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE D A I LY X P R E S S
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he future is looking bleak for terminal patients as they desperately wait for lifesaving organ transplants. Of 2,380 on the waiting list, just 36 look set to receive organ donations. “The percentage of organ donors is just about 1.5,” Thai Red Cross Organ Donation Centre director Visist Dhitavat says. Most patients need vital kidney transplants, but there are also some who are bound to face sure death if no donated heart or liver comes their way. “We want to emphasise how significant an organ donation can be,” Visist says. “We hope more people will be interested in becoming organ donors.” Dista Jongjit recounts how her daughter could not live a normal life after she was diag-
nosed with a heart defection. “She had to see a doctor regularly from the age of 9. In the beginning I didn’t think her condition could become serious, but I was wrong,” the mother said. Two years ago, Dista’s daughter could no longer go to school because her heart became so feeble. “We were told a heart transplant was the only way to save her,” Dista says. Fearing for her daughter’s life, Dista couldn’t help but petition HM the Queen for assistance, which she received. Her daughter was sent to Chulalongkorn Hospital as a patient under Her Majesty’s patronage and received a heart transplant. “We are extremely grateful for Her Majesty’s gracious help. Also, I deeply appreciate the person who donated the
Thanyaporn Ketkong is a mother who says her intention is to help others: she decided to donate her brain-dead son’s organs.
Director Visist Dhitavat of the Thai Red Cross Organ Donation Centre hopes to see a two-fold increase in the number of donors.
heart to my daughter,” Dista adds. Her daughter, 15, can now live a better life. Dista believes the donation of an organ is among the greatest acts of giving. Thanyaporn Ketkong is a
mother who says her intention is to help others. “I don’t ask for anything more from you,” she had whispered in her brain-dead son’s ears when she decided to donate his organs to the Red Cross Organ Donation Centre.
“But I must admit that I really found it hard to cope with the fact that my son was already dead. In the beginning I hoped he would survive,” Thanyaporn says. Her son, 23, crashed into a bridge while riding his motorcycle. He was declared brain dead soon after. “I was running around madly asking whether ‘brain dead’ really means my son is dead. But after it was clear he was gone, I decided to donate his organs,” Thanyaporn says. The Thai Red Cross Organ Donation Centre is now campaigning hard. “We expect the campaign to boost the number of donors by at least two-fold,” Visist says. According to him, interested donors can conveniently contact his centre by calling 1666 if they want to donate a specific organ to a terminal patient. “By doing so, you can make a fellow human’s life better,” Visist says.
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Catholics were victims of the Holocaust, says Brazilian Archbishop Dadeus Grings, comparing the figure to the 6 million Jews who were killed
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US space shuttle Discovery touches down at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, after completing its 13-day mission to install solar arrays aboard the orbiting International Space Station. The extra power will allow the space station’s permanent crew to increase to six in May.
PC worm to evolve on April Fool’s Day ‘Conficker’ or ‘DownAdUP’ is programmed to modify itself on Wednesday to become harder to stop A F P , San Francisco
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tenacious computer worm which has wriggled its way onto machines worldwide is set to evolve on April Fool’s Day, becoming harder to exterminate but not expected to wreak havoc. A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp out the worm, referred to as Conficker or DownAdUP, and the US software colossus has placed a bounty of US$250,000 (Bt8.8 million) on the heads of those responsible for the threat.
The worm is programmed to modify itself on Wednesday to become harder to stop, according to Trend Micro threat researcher Paul Ferguson, who is part of the Conficker task force.
Update your security The worm, a self-replicating program, takes advantage of networks or computers that haven’t kept up to date with security patches for Windows RPC Server Service. It can infect machines from the Internet or by hiding on USB memory sticks carrying
data from one computer to another. Once in a computer it digs deep, setting up defences that make it hard to extract. Malware could be triggered to steal data or turn control of infected computers over to hackers amassing “zombie” machines into “botnet” armies. A troubling aspect of Conficker is that it harnesses computing power of a botnet to crack passwords. “There is no evidence of it going into attack mode or dropping any particular payload on April 1,” Ferguson said in an interview. “What people controlling the botnet are doing is building in survivability because of efforts by the good guys to lessen the harm.”
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ome of the siblings in a family where a father and his son have been jailed for suspected sexual abuse of their respective daughters are insisting the father is innocent. On Thursday, authorities in Turin said they arrested a 63year-old man for allegedly abusing one of his daughters for 25 years and his 41-yearold son for allegedly abusing his own four daughters.
Blaming the son Turin newspaper La Stampa quoted several family members, including the elder man’s wife and some adult daughters and sons as defending the father and blaming the son for all the abuse. Two of the adult children
said in interviews on Italy’s Sky TG24 TV that they believe their father is innocent but that their brother had committed some kind of abuse, without saying exactly what kind.
‘No wrongdoing’ Defence lawyers quoted in Milan daily Il Giornale say their clients have denied wrongdoing. The Turin case immediately drew comparisons in Italian and foreign media to that of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man recently convicted of holding his daughter captive for 24 years in the basement of his house and fathering her seven children. But authorities say the women and girls in the Turin case were not held captive.
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POP DIVA MADONNA was due in Malawi to adopt a second toddler from the southern African nation.
Video games sharpen vision
briefly Fishy treatment
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laying hordes of bad guys – the more the better – in fast-paced video games improves vision, a study published yesterday showed for the first time. Far from being harmful to the eyesight, as some had feared, action games such as Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, or Left 4 Dead provide excellent training for what eye doctors call contrast sensitivity, the study found.
FAR FROM BEING HARMFUL TO THE EYESIGHT,GAMES SUCH AS COUNTERSTRIKE,CALL OF DUTY,OR LEFT 4 DEAD PROVIDE EXCELLENT TRAINING... Contrast sensitivity is the ability to notice tiny changes in shades of grey against a uniform background, and is critical to everyday activities such as night driving and reading. It often degrades with age. The findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, reveal a previously unsuspected adaptability in the brain, and could open the way to new therapies. The researchers found that the action buffs were 50 per cent more efficient at detecting contrast.
A JUDGE HAS DISMISSED a charge against Grammy-nominated singer Wayna after she was arrested at a Houston airport for trying to take a collapsible police baton through security.
Britain’s Prince William, left, leaves his Tucano training airplane at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, northeast England.
William up for Afghanistan fight A F P , London
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ritain’s Prince William, who is training to become a fulltime military helicopter pilot, wants to fight in Afghanistan. The News of the World, Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, said the 26-year-old royal, who is second in line to the throne, unwittingly spoke to their reporter in a nightclub. The prince gives away little when speaking publicly. William also said his brother Prince Harry was missing his ex-lover Chelsy Davy, while giving away no clues about whether he might marry his own girlfriend Kate Middleton. Harry, 24, served with the British Army in Afghanistan for 77 days with the Household Cavalry regiment until a reporting embargo broke down in February 2008. He had previously been blocked from serving in Iraq due to the sensitivities of sending senior royals to fight in war zones and the likelihood of them becoming high-profile targets and increasing the risk for their colleagues. “I’d love to do what Harry did out in Afghanistan,” William was reported as saying. “That’s why we train – because we want to be out there on the front line. I’m a bit jeal-
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THAT’S WHY WE TRAIN – BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINE ... HOPEFULLY I’LL GET MY TURN.
Fish pedicures are becoming hot in Taiwan, but authorities are pouring cold water on the practice by questioning the effect of the treatment. Some spa operators in Taiwan, like those in Japan, South Korea and other countries, have imported a special kind of toothless fish to nibble the feet of bathers in their pools, claiming the fish remove dead skin, give a pedicure and treat psoriasis and other ailments. But Liu Yi-lien, director of the Ilan County health bureau, was quoted as saying that “there is no scientific data to substantiate the claims of its medical benefits, and in fact there could be a hygiene problem”. He also warned that if people with skin disease, sores or open wounds on their feet put their feet in hot springs, it could spread an infection to other bathers. – DPA
Kids dig ‘High School Musical’ “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” graduated with honours at the Kids Choice Awards. The Disney musical was selected as the favourite movie by audience votes at the 22nd annual slime-filled Nickelodeon spectacle in Los Angeles. “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens was also selected as the favoirite movie actress. Winners included “iCarly” for TV show, “American Idol” for reality show, Jonas Brothers for
Tourist in space
Prince William ‘High School Musical 3’ ous of him to be honest. Hopefully I’ll get my turn." William, who graduated as an army officer in December 2006, is training to be a full-time pilot with the Search and Rescue Force branch of the Royal Air Force. William has briefly glimpsed military life in Afghanistan, taking part in a 30-hour round trip to Kandahar Air Base and Qatar in April 2008. Asked whether he would be getting married any time soon, William replied: “You’ll have to wait and see. Wait and see!”
a police officers’ convention attended by 300 narcotics officers. John Comparetto said that as he came out of a stall in the men’s room, a man pointed a gun in his face and demanded money. Comparetto gave up his money and cellphone. But when the man fled, Comparetto and some colleagues chased him. They arrested Jerome Blanchett as he was trying to leave in a taxi. When a reporter asked Blanchett for a comment, he said, “I’m smooth”. – AP
music group and “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” for animated movie. Jack Black arrived in a motorcycle sidecar to pick up his award for favourite voice in an animated film for “Kung Fu Panda”. Miley Cyrus was brought to tears when she was announced as favourite female singer.
‘Dumbest criminal’ A retired police chief says he was robbed by “probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania” at
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying space tourist Charles Simonyi docked at the International Space Station. Officials said the crew, a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, had overridden the spacecraft’s automatic pilot to dock manually after a glitch in an engine caused Soyuz’s computer to stop the process. “One of the engines had a fault, which the computer considered was serious and it began to move the Soyuz away from the ISS at a rate of one metre per second,” mission control official Vladimir Sovlov said. “We decided not to allow that and asked the crew to intervene.” US software pioneer Simonyi, 60, is the first person to travel twice into space as a tourist, having paid US$35 million (Bt1.2 billion) for the trips. – AFP
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JACKIE CHAN, ON COPING WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.
Just help yourself. Do the thing that you can do. When the time comes, the government will help you. Some people will help you. Like when I was young, I never think people will help me, I just work work work, sometimes people come and give me some food.
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Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa moves away from the horror genre into a reality that’s no less terrifying By Susan King LOS ANGELES TIMES
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XTRA HITS THE RIGHT NOTES >> “Tokyo Sonata” won the Un Certain Regard jury prize last year at the Cannes Film Festival. >> It won Best Film and Best Screenwriter honours at last week’s third Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.
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>> House and Apex cinemas in Bangkok screened the film for about two months late last year. >> On the Web: www.TokyoSonataMovie.com.
apanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has earned an international reputation over the past decade for his horror films, including the 1997 serial-killer thriller “Cure” and the 2001 ghosts-invading-theInternet chiller “Pulse”. But with his latest film, “Tokyo Sonata”, Kurosawa moves outside the horror genre and into the realm of family drama. “There hasn’t been a big internal change on how I think about things. It is simply I made a string of horror films and I wanted to try to do something different,” Kurosawa explains. In its own way, “Tokyo Sonata” is a horror film, albeit one without ghosts or murderers. It delves into the alltoo-real terror of unemployment. It shows a family falling apart after the father loses his office job. Instead of telling his wife, he dresses in his business clothes and “goes to work”, standing in employment lines, eating lunch at a bread line and commiserating with friends in the same position. “I wanted to make sure I was making a film that wasn’t just an innocent and happy portrait,” says the 53-year-old filmmaker. We are still exploring issues of desperation,
I MADE A STRING OF HORROR FILMS AND I WANTED TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
loneliness and alienation. The same sort of things I was doing in horror films.”
Glimmer of hope For all of the film’s hopelessness, the film does have a slightly upbeat note. “I am always interested in providing some measure of hope with my films,” says the director. Though the father’s obsession with keeping his job loss from his family may seem a bit extreme, Kurosawa notes that it is part of Japanese tradition. “The average salaried businessman in Japan, when he goes out to work, what he does is often kept from the family,” he says. “The family has no clue what they do. So it creates an illusion of authority.”
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FRANCE’S MICHELIN GUIDE has awarded two stars to British chef Gordon Ramsay’s Trianon eatery, less than a year after it opened in Versailles. Ramsay, 42, is among eight chefs who get the coveted rating in the food bible’s 100th edition.
OF MOBILE LAPTOP USERS will be in the Asia-Pacific region by 2014.
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Odette Henriette Jacqmin, Sangthong Ket-Uthong, and Yosawadee Hassadeewijit, from left, model swimwear decorated with 800-karat diamonds from Belgium and 1,100 karats of emeralds and strands of South Sea pearls. The three swimsuits, worth more than Bt300 million, were donned by the models at Central Chidlom as part of the department store’s promotional campaign “Central Summer Fest: Sexy Mannequins Live!”
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Nice recovery, Ananda Our battered best actor bounces out of a hospital bed with a book By Windy D A I LY X P R E S S
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he Year of Ananda is living up to expectations, with the ubiquitous Ananda Everingham scooping up an armful of Best Actor awards even if his legs, injured in a nasty motorcycle accident, are refusing for now to walk onto a film set. “My foot is still pretty messed up, so in the meantime, instead of doing nothing and feeling sorry for myself, I figured I’d do something personal,” he tells Daily Xpress. The Lao-Australian is publishing a book of photographs chronicling the 99 days after
his late-November accident. His company, Halo, is handling sales and distribution. “A lot of people have approached me about doing an autobiography,” Ananda says, “but for me that’s a bit absurd. I’m 26 years old and I have nothing profound to say.” Premier League star Wayne Rooney’s autobiography, released when he was 20, strikes Ananda as meaningless.
Scary pictures Ananda’s photo book ranges from Bangkok to his favourite place, Chiang Mai, but among the pictures, he says, will be “some gruesome shots, taken before the plastic surgery on my face”. The star of “Shutter” is probably joking about the cosmetic surgery, but he was pret-
ty banged up when his bike slammed into a utility pole in Chiang Mai, by far the worst instance thus far, he says, in an “accident-prone” life. Ananda was knocked unconscious but got a replay later from witnesses. Besides the damage to his legs, a section of his forehead was skinned, requiring layers of stitches, and the bridge of his nose was broken. In the downtime that’s ensued, Ananda and Halo are also launching a community website with AIS to which students can upload their work, which will hopefully inspire younger people. He’s got a very good reason for starting his own company: Without a Thai passport, he needs a work permit to stay in Thailand!
Good one,chief The boss won an award, so we’d best be relaying congratulations: Nation (and Daily Xpress) founder Suthichai Yoon picked up this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award from Hamburger magazine for his work in the media, including around-the-clock Suthichai TV news and skilful interviews. Suthichai’s TV show “Cheepajorn Loke” (“The World’s Pulse”) picked up the trophy for Best Edutainment Programme. “Some people say it’s far too serious,” says co-host Veenarat Laohapakakul, “but I’m glad the viewers love it, and I thank them for their support.”
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Cash-driven economy THIS GOLDEN YEAR >> Ananda appeared in six feature films last year: “The Coffin”, “Sabai Dee Luang Prabang”, “Memory”, “The Leap Years”, “Queens of Langkasuka” and “Happy Birthday”. >> He was named best actor at the Subhanahongsa Awards, the Bangkok Critics Assembly and the Nine Entertain Awards for “Happy Birthday”.
Financial crisis? Don’t make us laugh. The Bangkok International Motor Show is packing in punters at Bitec in Bang Na and the national cash register is ringing. By the end of the first day, we hear, four people had committed to paying Bt8 million each for an E350 Avantgarde Sport Coupe AMG. Also on opening day, the Mercedes Benz booth sold 40 Eclass cars.
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HAND-HELD THEATRE Samsung calls its P3 Digital Media Player a “palm theatre” because, as well as MP3 files, it plays videos on its threeinch, 16:9 screen. The videos can be WMV, H.264 or MPEG4 formats, while the audios can be OGG, AAC or FLAC. The device measures 52.7x102x9.9mm and weighs 96 grams, and comes with a touch screen and intuitive interface. Choose metallic black or grey and have Bt6,990 handy for the 4GB model or Bt7,990 for the 8GB one.
REMEMBER THAT FACE The Pentax Optio P70 is an affordable, 12-megapixel digital camera with “Vertical Snap”: the “OK” button doubles as the shutter release, and a four-way controller adjusts the zoom for vertical shots. Advancedface recognition will remember and quickly capture up to 32 faces in three-hundredths of a second. You also get very high ISO, 6400, a 2.7-inch LCD screen, 4x optical zoom and a choice of black, silver, red or white tones. Count on paying
TO DO buy it! There are things we can’t do without, and some of them are here.
around Bt8,990.
So go ahead and take your pick!
JAZZ UP THOSE PICTURES The Sony Cyber-shot T90 is a slim point-and-shoot digital camera with a 12.1-megapixel, 4x optical zoom lens and threeinch touch-screen LCD. A mere 15mm wide, it’s equipped with “Intelligent Auto” technology that adjusts to the lighting in your shot, so you get enhanced skin tones and less blurring. You can also take 720p HD videos, and there are 10 in-camera tools for retouching and other photo improvements, including stamps and frames. A stylus is provided for “writing” on the pictures. Pick a colour –blue, pink, white, black or brown – pay Bt13,990 and grab your fourgigabyte Memory Stick Pro Duo and camera case too.
GO AHEAD AND TOUCH IT
THIS WATCH WATCHES THE SUN The Citizen Calendrier is a stainless-steel watch with a sapphire KG glass dial. It’s water-resistant to 100 metres, and lets you know the month, day, date and moon phase. You also get a power-saving function so you can store energy for 180 days at a full charge. We’re talking about “Eco-Drive” technology here as well, by which the watch converts light from any source for its own use. How much? Probably about Bt22,000.
The HP TouchSmart IQ828d Desktop PC looks like just an LCD monitor and keyboard, but it’s actually a powerful touch-screen computer. It’s powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 processor running at 2.13 GHz on Windows Vista Home Premium. The 25.5-inch, wide-screen, LCD touch-screen panel display offers full high-definition at 1,920x1,200. HP Thailand is asking Bt79,900 for this machine,
and will set it up in your home and show you how to get the most from the touch-screen feature.
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Electrolux (T h its first-eve ailand) holds r “Electrolu xD on Friday, offering wa ay” shing machines, refr um cleaners igerators, vacu, coffee ma ke blenders an d other hom rs, e appliances at to 80 per ce discounts of up nt. can be foun The bargains d on the 15 th of the Elect rolux Buildin floor g on New Phetc haburi Roa d from 10am to 3p m. Call (02 )
Off to Venice Today is the last chance to catch a sneak preview of the Venice Biennale-bound exhibition “Gondola al Paradiso Co Ltd” at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. It’s a mock tour agency by artists Michael Shaowanasai, Sakarin Krueon, Sudsiri Puiock, Suporn Chusongdej and Wantanee Siripattananuntakul that asks whether the image of Thailand is real or an illusion. It’s open from 10 to 9. Visit
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Migrant struggle BLOOMBERG
The International Organisation of Migration will hold a press conference at 10am tomorrow at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand to issue its report, “International Migration in Thailand 2009”, analysing international migration trends and issues , ranging from labour migration and refugee flows from neighbouring countries. The speakers are Monique Filsnoel, IOM Thailand chief of mission, and the report’s authors, Dr Rosalia Sciortino and Dr Sureeporn Punpuing. Visit
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Art in the library Bangkok’s Neilson Hays Library celebrates 140 years with “Celebrations”, an exhibition by local and international artists in the Rotunda and Garden galleries. Established artists taking part include Adi Kirketerp, Audrey Welch and Louise Truslow along with emerging Thai artists Susu Pianchupattana, Aksorn Rukpong and Rewat Rupsri. The exhibition runs from tomorrow until May 2. The opening party is on Thursday from 6.30 to 9pm. Call (02) 233 1731.
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High energy Teach your little ones the importance of turning off the power by taking them along to the Children’s Discovery Museum’s “Thai Children Save the Energy” programme from Saturday through Monday. There will be games and activities that focus on energy saving and they can also see a solar-powered car and make toys of their own. Admission is free. Call (02) 615 7333.
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Job hunters, get together your CV and credentials for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s job fair on April 23 from 10am to 3pm at Number One Land Plaza, opposite Ramkhamhaeng University’s Bang Na campus (Ram 2). Call (02) 728 49102.
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March 30 – April 4, 2009
ARIES March 21-April 19
You will attract romance wherever you go this week. Your Aries energy and drive will be inviting for anyone looking to share an adventure. Taking charge will be considered sexy and passionate and will certainly bring the same in return. TAURUS April 20-May 20
Don’t even consider getting involved with someone telling you a sob story about his or her bad relationship. If someone is still in a relationship, you must consider him or her off-limits and spare the heartache that results from a secret affair. GEMINI May 21-June 20
You certainly know how to have fun but if you are dating too many, you may end up pushing someone you could have a long-term relationship with away. Weigh the pros and cons of a one-on-one relationship before you ruin your chances. CANCER June 21-July 22
You’ll be attracted to all the wrong people. Don’t mix romance with your job or you may be out both emotionally and financially. Instead, enjoy a friendship and refuse to fall for someone who can influence your position.
An office to call home
How to turn a corner or a closet into your own working space By Terri Sapienza THE WASHINGTON POST
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illions of people work from home. Wireless technology has made this easy at a time when a struggling economy has forced many people to spend more time at home. Even if you just need a place to sort mail, pay bills and check your e-mail, having a dedicated space to get the job done is essential. Almost every new home now includes an office. In older homes, remodelling jobs have included conversions of loft spaces, rooms over the garage, basements, spare bedrooms and even dining rooms into places where homeowners can park their computers. For a time, the typical home office was a built-in desk area in the kitchen. Once on everyone’s renovation wish list, the kitchen desk is falling out of favour, experts say. The spaces end up being too small and easily cluttered. If you’re short on spare
rooms, look for “an unused pocket of space that can be fitted with shelves, cabinets, electrical power and a chair”, says architect Amy Gardner, who converted a bedroom closet in her Washington apartment into her workspace. She removed the clothing rod and installed shelves and a countertop that flips down as needed. Chris Plantan, founder a paper company in Minneapolis, decided to use her dining room, placing a piece of glass on an old farm table and transforming it into a functional
desk. Whether you have an entire room, a converted closet or a tiny nook carved out of a corner, the basic essentials for any well-run office are the same. You need a desk, a comfortable chair, storage, paper and pen, and proper lighting. And as is the case with everything in the home, keeping things uncluttered is key. “An office space doesn’t have to be large or grand,” says Plantan, “just wellthought-out and organised.”
YOU NEED A DESK, A COMFORTABLE CHAIR,STORAGE, PAPER AND PEN, AND PROPER LIGHTING.
LEO July 23-August 22
Take a walk on the wild side and you will attract someone as interested in trying new things as you are. You can talk your way into anyone’s heart. Getting back together with someone from your past you never quite got over is likely. VIRGO August 23-September 22
You’ll be impulsive, causing trouble if you venture too far from home. Remember what you have already before you go looking for something new. You may want to consider reuniting with someone instead of taking on someone new. LIBRA September 23-October 22
You can take what you want and feel good about yourself and your choices when it comes to love. No one will turn down your advances and the chance to get involved in a committed relationship is looking good. Ask and you shall receive. SCORPIO October 23-November 21
Don’t give in to pressure. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do in order to gain someone’s approval. Keep in mind that if someone is asking too much, he or she is probably not the right person for you to pursue intimately. SAGITTARIUS November 22-December 21
Plan to entertain at home and you'll make an impression that won’t soon be forgotten. Keep in mind that once you win this person's approval he or she isn’t likely to go away, so be honest about the way you really feel. CAPRICORN December 22-January 19
What you want may not be what you get when it comes to love. Don’t be fooled by someone who is trying to impress you by being everything you want him or her to be. Ask specific questions and be sure before you make promises. AQUARIUS January 20-February 18
You’ll be emotionally ready to get in the game of love but try not to jump too quickly before you get the lowdown on the person you find most interesting. Looks can be deceiving and so can first impressions. Take your time. PISCES February 19-March 20
Your erratic attitude may stand in the way of your getting together with someone who is good for you. Don’t hem and haw waiting for someone better to come along. Find out what’s being offered: Maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
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The year is now 2015, and the cult of Friend has taken over the world. The plucky band of school chums are framed as terrorists and go on the run. At
★★★★
dystopian 1985 America don their masks again to solve a mystery and hopefully prevent nuclear war. ★★★
Make It Happen
Bolt
A young dancer (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has dreams of entering arts school but ends up working at a burlesque club.
In this Disney animated feature, a TV-show pup (John Travolta) escapes from the set and is shocked to discover he doesn’t really have superpowers. ★★★
Paragon, Major Ratchayothin and the Siam.
Seven Pounds Will Smith stars in this twistfilled melodrama as a taxman on a complicated path to redemption. ★★★
Chuead Kon Chim A struggling noodle-shop owner (Mai Charoenpura) takes a stab
subtitles in some cinemas.
New in Town An executive (Renee Zellweger) finds herself at odds with her quirky blue-collar workforce. At
A-Nueng Kidtueng Pen Yang Ying
Watchmen
A school’s former students reunite to try and save the building from being razed to make way for a superstore. No
Retired superheroes in a
English subtitles.
SF Cinemas. ★★
Dragonball Evolution Young warrior Son Goku (Justin Chatwin) sets out on a quest to collect a set of seven magical orbs. Also stars Emmy Rossum and Chow Yun-fat.
Maradona by Kusturica
Century – The Movie Plaza (02) 247 9940
House (02) 641 5913-4
Major Cineplex/EGV Bangkok: (02) 515 5555
Major Hollywood Bangkok: (02) 718 7999
Paragon Cineplex Bangkok: (02) 129 4635 IMAX: (02) 129 4631
SF Cinemas Bangkok: (02) 268 8888 Pattaya: (038) 361 500
Vista Chiang Mai: (053) 894 415
on tv
Emir Kusturica presents an admiring portrait of the “Sex Pistol of football”. At House. ★★★
Song of Sparrows A fired ostrich farmer accidentally becomes a motorcycle-taxi driver. In Persian with English and Thai subtitles at House.
Apex Lido: (02) 252 6498 Siam: (02) 251 3508 Scala: (02) 251 2861
Count how many times Horatio Caine (David Caruso) dramatically whips off his sunglasses and muses over a crime scene. The set has 21 explosive episodes plus a behind-thescenes featurette, an analysis of the season and a look at the real women of the Miami-Dade Police Department. The soundtrack and subtitles are in Thai and English. Prices start at Bt1,170. – DAILY XPRESS
Khan Kluay II War elephant Khan Kluay has to choose between duty to his King and love for his family. Atthaporn Theemakorn, Ann Thongprasom and Nonzee Nimibutr are among the voices in this sequel to 2006’s animated feature. With English subtitles at some cinemas.
Wild Hogs John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen and William H Macy are wannabe bikers looking for adventure. Star Movies (TrueVisions), 8pm
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Critical consensus ★★★★★ = Must see! ★★★★ = Solidly entertaining ★★★ = It’s okay ★★ = Barely watchable ★ = Don’t bother No star rating means no reviews were available from Daily Xpress staff or agencies.
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Close to Home By John McPherson
LEISURE
Pooch Cafe
The Buckets
Adam
Calvin and Hobbes
By Brian Basset
By Paul Gilligan
By Scott Stantis
By Bryan Basset
By Bill Watterson
Monday, March 30, 2009
Comics&Games
Red and Rover
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Monday, March 30, 2009
LEISURE
DAILY XPRESS
Games&YourStars SUDOKU
The last word in
ASTROLOGY
Saturday’s Puzzle Answer
By Eugenia Last
Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
Today’s Birthday: Speak your mind and be open to ideas, activities and events you’ve never experienced before. Changes to the way you do things or what you do will result in creativity that will enhance the way others see you. Don’t be too eager to give away too much; your generosity will be your downfall. Reap the rewards for your hard work. ARIES *** March 21-April 19 When it comes to making money or formulating deals, you have to tell it like it is and let everyone know what you want and need to proceed. Positive results will come from taking proper control. TAURUS *** April 20-May 20 It’s your life and you must be willing to be responsible for the results. Deception is being used in emotional ways to convince you to make unhealthy decisions of no benefit to you.
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GEMINI *** May 21-June 20 You can play the game as well as anyone, so why are you letting your emotions get the better of you? Call someone’s bluff and stop him or her from taking over. CANCER *** June 21-July 22 Someone you love may be acting childish. Don’t get involved in idle chatter or gossip that can only cause you problems in the future. Concentrate on getting ahead and doing things your way. LEO **** July 23-Aug. 22 Look for a way to promote your plans. Your ability to communicate your ideas and incorporate what others are doing into your own goals will help you build a strong future. Love is in the stars. VIRGO ** Aug. 23-Sept. 22 A fast talker may try to convince you to spend on something you shouldn’t. Don’t get angry, just play it smart and say no. Put your time, effort and hard work into your home and family.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY
LIBRA ***** Sept. 23-Oct. 22 You can form a good partnership that will enable you to reach your goals faster. Your creative ideas coupled with the drive your partner has will make you successful. Love is looking favourable. SCORPIO *** Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Change may be necessary but don’t let it be costly. If someone wants too much, say no. Put your energy to work for you and develop what you need to help you produce the most and the best you can. SAGITTARIUS *** Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You have to look at your personal life and make the right adjustments to achieve happiness. If someone is playing games with you or bringing you down, address the situation instead of running away.
Norah Jones Actor Richard Dysart is 80. Actor John Astin is 79. Actor Warren Beatty is 72. Drummer Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues is 68. Musician Eric Clapton is 64. Actor Robbie Coltrane is 59. Actor Paul Reiser is 52. Rapper MC Hammer is 46. Actor Ian Ziering is 45. Singer Tracy Chapman is 45. Singer Celine Dion is 41. Singer Norah Jones is 30.
CAPRICORN ***** Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You will find it easy to get along with acquaintances but those you are close to will not be as accommodating. Expand your circle of friends and you will recognise what true friendship means. AQUARIUS ** Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Emotional matters may escalate if you haven’t got a good understanding of the facts involved. Travel and communication will fall short of your expectations. PISCES **** Feb. 19-March 20 Jumping from one thing to another will unnerve the competition. You have to be able to keep a secret. You risk being played for a fool if you believe someone is really truly on your side.
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110-93 Yao Ming scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets over the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA.
briefly Hamilton’s special drive grabs third
Flamboyant Fiji break HK drought
Hidayat, Pi claim India Open titles
Fiji won a tense final against South Africa 26-24 to claim their first Hong Kong Sevens title in 10 years yesterday. The Fijians turned on the style in a flamboyant first half before clinging on as South Africa agonisingly put a last-gasp conversion wide. Fiji took the last of 10 previous Hong Kong titles in 1999 and also lifted the 2005 World Cup here, while three-time finalists South Africa are still searching for their first win. – AFP
Second-seeded Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia defeated Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia 21-18 21-19 yesterday to clinch the India Open men’s singles title in Hyderabad, while top-seeded Pi Hongyan of France took the women’s event. Pi, ranked fourth in the world, rallied to beat fifth-seeded Julia Wang Pei Xian of Malaysia 17-21 21-15 21-14 in the women’s final. In the men’s doubles final, the experienced Malaysian duo of Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah defeated the new Singapore combination of Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya 21-9 21-11. – AP
Ferrari leave Aust with nothing Ferrari limped away with no points from the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday with both Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen failing to finish the season-opening race. Team boss Stefano Domenicali said the reigning constructors’ champion lacked reliability and strategy choices. “That was definitely not a start worthy of Ferrari, from any point of view,” he said. “We were lacking on the reliability front, with the two cars forced to retire and our performance was not up to the potential we had expected after our winter testing. Our strategy choices did not work out, especially in the case of Felipe.” – AFP
Bellamy writes off Wales’s hopes Wales captain Craig Bellamy said his side do not have a “glimmer of hope” of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa after a 2-0 Bellamy loss at home to Finland here on Saturday. “That was two poor sides trying to contest this game and neither of us have got a glimmer of hope of qualifying,” Bellamy said. “That is a fact, from what I’ve just seen.”
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Lewis Hamilton
World champion Lewis Hamilton said he drove one of his best-ever races to take third place after being 18th on the starting grid in the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Hamilton had to start near the back of the grid. “Considering the package we’ve got, I wrung every last ounce of pace out of the car, drove one of my best-ever races and absolutely raced my heart out – I’m so satisfied,” Hamilton said. – AFP
Jenson Button of Great Britain, below, crosses the finish line in his Brawn to win the Australian Grand Prix.
BRAWN POWER Button, Barrichello in a one-two at Australian GP AP, Melbourne, Australia
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enson Button won the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix yesterday, beating his team-mate Rubens Barrichello and giving Brawn GP a 1-2 finish in its debut race. Button led from start to finish, with the race finishing under safety car conditions following a late accident. Barrichello recovered after being slow off the start, while
world champion Lewis Hamilton crossed the line fourth but was promoted to third place by a post-race stewards decision which penalised Toyota’s Jarno Trulli for overtaking under safety-car conditions. It was the first time since 1977 – when Jody Scheckter won for Wolf – that a team had won its debut F1 race, and the third time that a team had finished first and second at its first attempt. Alfa Romeo did it in the first ever Grand Prix in Britain in 1950, and Mercedes did it at the French GP in 1954. It was only the second GP
win for Button, who is in his 10th year of F1. The win capped a remarkable turnaround for the former Honda team which was at real risk of extinction in the off-season when the Japanese auto-maker pulled out of F1 in December. Team principal Ross Brawn took over the team, which has benefited greatly from 2009 development spending by its former owner last year. “This is a fairy-tale ending for the first race,” Button said. “Some people may say it’s a pity the race finished under the safety car but I don’t care, I won the race and that’s all I care about.”
Lapse of judgement: Vettel
Sebastian Vettel ends race.
After trailing closely behind race winner Jenson Button from the start, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel’s chance at a podium finish vanished in a lapse of judgement with three laps to go when he collided with BMW’s Robert Kubica. “We were in a strong, strong position, but then a couple of laps from the end I had a stupid racing accident with Robert,” Vettel said. “At the time I turned in I was ahead, but I couldn’t keep up speed in the corner and Robert was on a harder tyre, so was much quicker.” As the race headed to a close Kubica, in third position, attempted to pass Vettel on the outside heading into turn five. “At the time we collided he was in front, but I had nowhere to go. I couldn’t stop the car, or turn to the right and my tyres were gone,” Vettel said. “It was a shame as it meant the end of the race for both of us.” – A P
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O’Hair survives tough day to keep lead at Arnold Palmer Invitational Sean O’Hair survived a windy, rugged test at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday and wound up in the final group with Tiger Woods for the second straight year – with one big difference. This time, the tournament is in his hands. Despite three bogeys in the last four holes, O’Hair had a one-over 71 and a five-shot lead over Woods going into the final round at
Bay Hill Club. “Sometimes, you have to hang on for dear life,” O’Hair said. “Those three bogeys didn’t reflect how I played.” Woods, the defending champion and a five-time winner, was fortunate to be that close. He made bogey putts of 10 feet and 25 feet on the last three holes, the last one on No 18 after Woods never found a shot that plugged
Sean O’Hair and Jason Gore wait on the second tee. into the bank of the lake. O’Hair and Woods were part of a five-way tie after 54
holes last year, and Woods won with a 25-foot birdie on the last hole. Woods, who had a 71, has never won at Bay Hill when trailing going into the last round. O’Hair had a six-shot lead with four holes to play when just like everyone else, he had to hang on for dear life. But at least he wound up in the best spot, at 7-under 203 and the largest 54-hole lead at Bay Hill since Woods
led by five in 2003. Woods had a flyer from the rough on the 16th hole that hit a cart path and went 50 yards right of the 16th green. His chip went over the green and nearly into the water, and he knocked in a 10footer to escape with bogey. From deep rough on the 18th, he again went at the green, and the ball disappeared into the shaggy bank framing the lake. – A P
Shin in a familiar position
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weden’s Johan Edfors endured some heart-stopping moments before completing a wire-to-wire victory at the Black Mountain Masters yesterday. Big-hitting Edfors fired a four-under-par 68 in the final round at the Black Mountain Golf Club to triumph by two shots over Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng and England’s Chris Rodgers in the inaugural US$500,000 Asian Tour event. Prayad charged up the leaderboard with a superb 64 and gave himself every chance of retaining his 50th place on the world rankings and earn a ticket to the US Masters in two weeks time. He will need to wait until the completion of the tournaments in Europe and United States later yesterday to know his fate. Indian rookie Anirban Lahiri produced an eye-catching 68 for fourth place after fighting for the lead down the straight while countryman Gaganjeet Bhullar broke the course record with a stunning 63 to finish tied fifth alongside Thai duo Chapchai Nirat (67) and Thongchai Jaidee (68). It was a timely victory for Edfors, who had not won a title following his bumper 2006 season where he triumphed three times on the European Tour. But victory, thanks to his four-
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Johan Edfors of Sweden after winning the Black Mountain Masters in Hua Hin. day total of 17-under-par 271, was hard-earned although he had led from the first round. “I guess I made it too exciting. I wasn’t planning on doing that,” smiled Edfors. “I made a couple of poor shots and bad decisions and then had to really fight for it at the end.” Edfors was in control until an errant drive which landed next to a tree led to a double bogey on 16 and dropped him into a tie for the lead. But cheered on by a partisan Swedish crowd in the coastal resort town of Hua Hin, he bounced back with a 10-foot birdie on 16 to regain a oneshot lead and then wrapped up formalities with another birdie on 18 from 15 feet to earn the
THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST WINS OF MY CAREER AS I’VE NOT HAD SO MANY SWEDES SUPPORTING ME DURING MY OTHER WINS. Johan Edfors
winner’s cheque of US$79,250. “I knew that the last three holes, I could shoot low. No one had made a charge except for Prayad who played a fantastic round. I knew I had it in my hands and knew that I needed to perform in the last few holes,” said Edfors. “This is one of the nicest wins of my career as I’ve not had so many Swedes supporting me during my other wins.” Smooth-swinging Prayad said his youngest son had told him at the start of the final day to shoot an eight-under round while his ailing mother was also upset that he had not played well all week in his hometown. “The putting made the difference in the last two days.”
hin Jiyai moved into position for her second US LPGA Tour victory of the year and fifth in eight months by shooting a 6-under 66 for a one-stroke lead after the third round of the J Golf Phoenix LPGA International on Saturday. The 20-year-old Shin – hailed as “The Final-Round Queen” in South Korea – had a 10-under 206 total on the Papago Course. After winning three US LPGA Tour titles last year, including the Women’s British Open, she won the HSBC Women’s Champions this month in Singapore for her first victory as a tour member. “I made a few mistakes on my drives, but my putting and my iron shots were very good,” said Shin, who joked that her iron play was so good that her caddie told her she didn’t need him. Kim Im-kyung, another South Korean, who led after the first two rounds, still was in front by two strokes after 10 holes in the third round, but a bogey at 11 and a double bogey at 12 led to a 71 and dropped her into a second-place tie with Karrie Webb (69) at 9 under. Suzann Pettersen (70) was 8 under. Two-time defending champion Lorena Ochoa had her first sub-par round, a 70 that left her 2 under, but was upset with herself and the course. “I feel like I haven’t played too bad, but the score hasn’t shown anything,” Ochoa said.
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England manager Capello knows Ukraine will be tough for the team at Wembley in the World Cup qualifiers
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abio Capello admits injuryhit England won’t get the kind of easy ride they enjoyed against Slovakia when they face Ukraine in Wednesday’s crucial World Cup qualifier. Capello’s team brushed aside the Slovakians in emphatic fashion in Saturday’s friendly at Wembley as Wayne Rooney’s double and goals from Emile Heskey and Frank Lampard completed a 4-0 romp. But injuries to Heskey and Carlton Cole forced Capello to call up Tottenham’s Darren Bent ahead of the clash against one of England’s tougher Group Six opponents. Results: Group One At Malta: Malta 0 Denmark 3 (Larsen 12, 23, Nordstrand 88); At Tirana: Albania 0 Hungary 1 (Torghelle 38) At Oporto, Portugal: Portugal 0 Sweden 0; Group Two: At Chisinau: Moldova 0 Switzerland 2 (Frei 32, Fernandes 90)At Ramat Gan, Israel: Israel 1 (Golan 55) Greece 1 (Gekas 42) At Luxembourg: Luxembourg 0 Latvia 4 (Karlsons 25, Cauna 48, Visnjakovs 71, Pereplotkins 86); Group Three At Belfast: Northern Ireland 3 (Feeney 10, Evans 47 Zewlakow 61-og) Poland 2 (Jelen 27, Saganowski 90+1); At Maribor: Slovenia 0 Czech Republic 0; Group Four: At Moscow: Russia 2 (Pavlyuchenko 32, Zyryanov 71) Azerbaijan 0; At Leipzig, Germany: Germany 4 (Ballack 4, Jansen 9, Schweinsteiger 48, Podolski 50) Liechtenstein 0; At Cardiff: Wales 0 Finland 2 (Johansson 42, Kuqi 90+2) Group Five: At Yerevan: Armenia 2 (Mkhitaryan 32, Kazaryan 88) Estonia 2 (Vassiljev 35, Zenjov 67); At Ghent, Belgium: Belgium 2 (Dembele 65, Sonck 89-pen) Bosnia-Herzegovina 4 (Dzeko 7, Jahic 75, Bajramovic 81, Misimovic 86); At Madrid: Spain 1 (Pique 60) Turkey 0; Group Seven: Romania 2 (Marica 50, Stoica 74) Serbia 3 (Jovanovic 18, Stoica 44-og, Ivanovic 59); At Kaunus, Lithuania: ithuania 0 France 1 (Ribery 67); Group Eight At Larnaca: Cyprus 2 Konstantinou 33, Christofi 56) Georgia 1 (Kobiashvili 71-pen)
Ukraine are unbeaten in their first three qualifiers and would move within two points of group leaders England with a victory at Wembley. With that in mind it was no surprise that the England coach wore a worried look as he contemplated an injury list that seemed to grow by the minute on Saturday. Heskey was due for a scan on the leg injury that forced him off after 15 minutes, while Cole has been sent home with an adductor problem. Peter Crouch was also substituted as a precaution and Shaun Wright-Phillips missed out with an ankle problem.
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England’s Stewart Downing, left, David Beckham, second right, and Frank Lampard, right, congratulate Wayne Rooney after his second goal at Wembley.
ROONEY COULD PLAY AS A LONE STRIKER. HE IS LIKE THE JOKER CARD.HE CAN PLAY IN ANY POSITION.HE PLAYED VERY WELL. Fabio Capello
“We played very well with lots of chances to score goals but we have to move on, to improve. I hope against Ukraine that we will be better,” Capello said. “Ukraine are a good team. They have drawn one game, and that was against Croatia. They defend well and are good on the counter attack. It is an important game for us. “Heskey had cramps in the hamstring so we substituted him. He needs a scan and after we will decide. We need him. “Crouch will be ok for Wednesday, Carlton Cole? No, he will go home.” At least the Italian can rely on Rooney, whose two-goal
haul was the perfect response after his red card for Manchester United at Fulham last weekend. Capello admitted Rooney could even play up front on his own if it comes to it. “Rooney could play as a lone striker. He is like the joker card. He can play in any position,” Capello said. “He played very well and scored the goals. It is important for us that Wayne stays fit.” After opting to use Steven Gerrard on the left-wing despite his superb form for Liverpool recently in a more central advanced role, Capello could take pride in the way the tactic worked.
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi, who scored a goal in the 4-0 rout of Venezuela, after being tackled. routed Venezuela 4-0 in Diego Maradona’s first official match as coach, Uruguay defeated Paraguay 2-0 and Colombia beat Bolivia 2-0. In Asian qualifying, Celtic
midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura’s free kick proved the difference as Japan beat Bahrain 1-0 to replace Australia atop Group A with 11 points. Saudi Arabia rediscovered
some form with a 2-1 comeback win over Iran away at Tehran, where a reported 100,000 fans attended the match. The Saudis moved to third place in the group with seven points, one ahead of Iran. In North and Central America and the Caribbean, the United States rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 2-2 draw at El Salvador, Mexico defeated visiting Costa Rica 2-0, and Trinidad and Tobago scored late for a 1-1 draw against visiting Honduras. European champion Spain extended their unbeaten streak to 30 games since November 2006 as Gerard Pique scored in the 61st minute. Spain opened a six-point lead in Group Five over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Rooney can beat Becks, says Terry
A BECK OF A JOB German takes the crown with easy win over Swede Lerpong Amsa-ngiam DAILY XPRESS, Nakhon Ratchasima
ndreas Beck of Germany captured his first Challenger trophy of the season as he stopped the run of Swedish qualifier Filip Prpic 7-5 6-3 in the final of the US$50,000 LTAT-SAT Korat Open yesterday. The top seed from Germany proved more consistent and calmer in the baseline duel to end a 10-month victory drought. His previous Challenger title win was in Dresden last May. “We played solidly from the baseline but it came down to experience and that made the difference. I’m happy to be heading home with this title,’’ said the 23-year-old left-handed German. Ranked 104th in the world, Beck fought back from a break down at 2-3 to take the opening set against the bad-tempered Swedish who received a warning for abusing his racquet. Prpic further dug his own grave in the second set mainly due to his inability to handle his anger. At 3-3, he was so upset with a line call that he whacked a ball and threw the racquet that almost hit a ball boy. He was deducted a point for unsporting behaviour and never recovered thereafter. Beck flew home last night with a cheque of US$7,200 for winning the tournament, leaving Prpic to be content with the runner-up prize of US$4,240.
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Dulko upsets Jankovic
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Recent No 1 Jelena Jankovic lost her third straight match when she was upset by Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-4 7-6 (5) at
the Sony Ericsson Open in Florida early yesterday. The final match of the second
round ended at 12.20am. Jankovic, last year’s runnerup, blew a 5-2 lead in the second set and another 5-2 lead in the tiebreaker to Dulko. The third-seeded Serb also lost her opening match at this month’s BNP Paribas Open. Top-ranked Serena Williams reached the third round by beating teenage wild card Alexa Glatch 6-2 6-3 leaving only two American women in the draw. The other was Venus Williams, who beat Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3 6-3 in her opener. On the men’s side, top-ranked Rafael Nadal beat Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-2 6-2 and fourth-seeded Andy Murray struggled to beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 4-6 6-3 6-2.
England captain John Terry believes Wayne Rooney has the potential to overtake even David Beckham to become England’s record caps holder if he continues his current rate of progress. Terry finds it hard to believe that Rooney, at the age of just 23, will earn his 50th cap if he plays against the Ukraine in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley. “His potential is frightening,” said Terry, who himself reached 50 caps against Slovakia on the same day that David Beckham set a new record of 109 caps for an England outfield player. “We were speaking about Becks and my 50th cap on the way to the match and I was saying to Wayne he could possibly get to 150! It’s a reachable target – and certainly 100 is. “He’s probably missed 20 games through injuries and suspensions and things already. But he’s very young, very talented and one of the best in the world that’s for sure.” Rooney’s goals against Slovakia took his tally to 21 for England so far, meaning even Sir Bobby Charlton’s record of 49 may not be out of reach if he is able to stay fit over the coming decade. “I think we’re seeing Wayne mature. As I’ve said before, just let Wayne Rooney play football. That’s what he’s best at. He’s one of the best in the world.” AFP
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batting master class from Sachin Tendulkar and a century to Gautam Gambhir took India to the verge of making New Zealand bat again on the fourth day of the second Test yesterday. India closed the penultimate day at 252-2, requiring a further 62 runs before they can start setting New Zealand a target and set about saving the Test. Gambhir on 102 and
Tendulkar not out 58 were firmly entrenched with their unbroken third-wicket stand of 89, and the New Zealand bowlers were helpless to threaten on the benign wicket. Having been forced to follow on 314 run in arrears, India believed they had at least saved the game after a dogged day in which they only scored 205 runs, but lost just one wicket, Rahul Dravid out for 62. “We’ve shown that we can
fight back,” Dravid said. “We’ve not been put in this position a lot over the last year. We found ourselves with our backs to the wall on day four and we needed some character, we needed to fight and we showed that.” However, New Zealand coach Andy Moles remained confident his side could still pull off a victory on the final day. “It’s an exceptional batting wicket,” he said. “You’re looking
for mistakes from the batters as opposed to the ball misbehaving on the last day as you’d normally like to see. “We’ve still got a chance to win. We’re playing an exceptional Indian team.” While his primary responsibility was to save the game for India, Tendulkar was not prepared to divert from his innate instinct to attack as he hooked, cut, and drove off the front and back foot with exquisite timing.
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THESPORT Australian Grand Prix had journalists rushing to their history books to look up when last a team had such success in its debut race. Brawn GP drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello finished the race in Albert Park in the same order in which they had started: first and second. The last time a team had won its maiden Grand Prix was in 1977, when South African Jody Scheckter won the Argentina Grand Prix for Wolf racing, but never before has a team managed to occupy first and second on the grid and then finish in that order in the race. Not long ago the Formula One future for the three Bs in the team (Button, Barrichello and part-team owner and principal Ross Brawn) looked very bleak. Previous owners Honda pulled out of the sport over the world economic crisis in December and a new buyer for the team was at first nowhere to be seen. The Brawn deal was only finalised in early March. “It was a really difficult time,” Button said after winning the race. Earlier he admitted that even taking the pole had been sensational. “To come from a situation in which you do not even know if you are going to compete and then to take pole in the first race, that is just unbelievable.” A large part of the success is owed to Brawn, who already looks back at a successful career in Formula One with several teams, including Ferrari. It took a while to get everything into place and Brawn needed a lot of money to stage the buy-out and during that time nobody quite knew what would happen. “It was terrible to just sit around and wait for news,” Barrichello said. “And to now be able to drive this wonderful car is just fantastic,” he added. There remain some question marks though as the appeal court of motorsports governing body FIA is still to decide whether the diffuser of the Brawn is allowed. A decision is expected on April 14.
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BECKHAMSPECIAL David Beckham, who earned a record-breaking 109th cap in England’s 4-0 win against Slovakia, said it was very special for him and for his family.
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Spanish revel in Turkish defeat
Sweden’s Johan Edfors led from start to finish in the Black Mountain Masters, closing with a 4-under 68 and a twostroke victory in the Asian Tour event. England’s Chris Rodgers shared second place at 15 under with Prayad Marksaeng, who surged up the leaderboard with a closing round of 64. >PAGE 25
The Spanish were full of praise for the country’s national football team after the hard-fought 1-0 defeat of Turkey. There was agreement across Spain that not only is Vicente del Bosque’s side one of the strongest on Planet Football at the moment – but also that it is the best ever national side in the 100-year history of the Spanish federation. >PAGE 26