The Asian Age can't even copy-paste

According to todays edition of The Asian Age, England coach Sven Goran Eriksson is simultaneously 20 and 55 years old.

How so? A reprint of an article in the International Herald Tribune by Rob Hughes, about the surprise selection of Theo Walcott in the England squad for the World Cup, states that (highlights and markings in the scan are mine):

Walcott turned 17 just three weeks ago. If he appears in a match at the World Cup in June, he would be younger than Wayne Rooney (the striker whose injury opens the door for him) when Rooney first played for England.

One young Swede who saw him, and was inspired by the spectacle, was a schoolboy called Eriksson.

“I know it is a gamble,” Eriksson, 55, said when he named Walcott.
Well, Rooney first played for England in 2003, and that would make the 55 year old Eriksson 20 years old now. A search for the article online reveals that an entire paragraph had been omitted; I've highlighted it:

Walcott turned 17 just three weeks ago. If he appears in a match at the World Cup in June, he would be younger than Wayne Rooney (the striker whose injury opens the door for him) when Rooney first played for England.

Walcott would be younger by four months than Pele, arguably the greatest and certainly the youngest World Cup player in history. Pele starred in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden when he was 17 years and seven months. Brazil won.

One young Swede who saw him, and was inspired by the spectacle, was a schoolboy called Eriksson.
Lazy, lazy. I used to like reading the Asian Age for the international content, but over the past year or so, I've noticed that there are parts that don't connect. That they randomly delete paragraphs to fit pages, I think, was first brought to our notice by the Jaibberwock in a blog post.

Just wondering:
How many of you are actually reading the papers now? With time, I'm slowly switching towards reading specific RSS feeds, and reducing my newsprint viewing. I haven't stopped but I'm sure there'll be a time when I'll have switched completely to digital media. Epapers are a tedious to read, but things will improve once connectivity speeds increase. Still - you can't read digital content on the throne. Yet. :D
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