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Title Section47 2010-08-07 1 Weekend TODAY MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 August 7-8, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AUGUST 7 8, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF A Publication of MediaCorp Articles selected for Saturday, auguSt 7, 2010 Copyright 2010 The New York Times MICA (P) 149/07/201047 words
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345 2010-08-07 1 JOANNECHAN - JOANNECHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE First-time home buyers can look forward to at least 16,000 new Build-To-Order (BTO) flats next year. And the Housing and Development Board (HDB) stands ready to ramp up the supply even further if necessary,345 words
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Article, Illustration641 2010-08-07 1 THE NEW YORK TIMES KABUL She cannot read or write and had never heard of Time magazine until a visitor showed her a copy of this week’s issue, the one with the cover picture of her face, the face with no nose.THE NEW YORK TIMES; NYT - 641 words
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1798 2010-08-07 4 MARK RICEOXLEY - I felt overwhelmed. I whispered to my mother: ‘Stay close’. I lay awake, small and frightened. I disintegrated. Some days, most painfully of all, being with my children was just too much. There were days I lay on the bed and stared at the wall and wondered if I was1,798 words
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NEWS
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380 2010-08-07 6 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) has not ruled out disciplinary action against Mr Alan Wee, the St Andrew’s School (SAS) rugby coach who harassed a referee after a game at the Old Police Academy in Thomson Road last380 words
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492 2010-08-07 6 ALICIA WONG; ESTHER NG - ALICIA WONG AND ESTHER NG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His brother called from Iran on July 29 saying that their hometown in Peshawar, Pakistan, had been hit by a flood and that their parents could not be contacted. “I was very worried I knew they492 words
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Article, Illustration222 2010-08-07 6 CHRISTOPHER TOH - CHRISTOPHER TOH When it comes to rock giants, you don’t get them bigger than Billy Corgan quite literally. So it was probably fitting that the towering frontman he once claimed to be 1.9m was tasked to close this year’s Singfest with his rock band,ALOYSIUS LIM, SINGFEST 2010 - 222 words
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361 2010-08-07 6 LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE Despite overtures from the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), National Solidarity Party (NSP) secretary-general Goh Meng Seng played down prospects of the opposition party returning to the SDA fold. Ms Lina Loh, the wife of SDA chairman ChiamLEONG WEE KEAT - 361 words
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Article494 2010-08-07 8 NEOCHAI CHIN; NG JINGYNG - The eight flagbearers chosen come from diverse backgrounds and are inspirational role models NEOCHAI CHIN AND NG JINGYNG chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Their job is to flash megawatt smiles and to walk smartly with national flag in hand on the Marina Bay floating platform at the Youth494 words
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Article274 2010-08-07 8 SINGAPORE Nineteen SBS Transit bus services will be affected by bus stop closures while the operating hours of train services on the North East Line will be extended during the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Preview on Saturday and the Opening Ceremony on Aug 14. Several274 words
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Article, Illustration115 2010-08-07 8 MY DREAM IS MY DREAM IS FOR MY BOSS TO SAY PLEASE MORE OFTEN. A banner showing a dream that appeals to one’s sense of humour was spotted in the vicinity of the Padang, where this year’s National Day Parade will be held on Monday. Tying in with this year’sPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 115 words
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Article182 2010-08-07 8 SINGAPORE Remember the successful lessons of the past and be ready to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the future that was the message government leaders have for Singaporeans at various National Day observance ceremonies on Friday. Joining the staff at the Istana were182 words
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Article114 2010-08-07 8 Security measures will be stepped up islandwide in August and September. A police spokesman said this is in view of the high-profile events taking place such as National Day, the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) and the Formula One Grand Prix. Both the National Day114 words
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129 2010-08-07 8 S RAMESH Raising the quality of the workforce. Leveraging on the ageing workforce. Enabling progressive workplace practices. These are the three key areas that need to be focused on to prepare the nation for the future, said Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong atS RAMESH - 129 words
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189 2010-08-07 10 The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized about $5.9 million worth of drugs in the first half of this year, almost $2 million more compared to the same period last year. Heroin seizures accounted for the highest half-yearly seizure since early189 words
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Article, Illustration69 2010-08-07 10 Some 1,500 students, teachers and parents set a Singapore record on Friday for the most number of simultaneous Cola and Mentos geysers. The event, held at Punggol Secondary School, was part of this year’s Singapore Science Festival, which aims to increase curiosity among all. Cola andLOH ; PHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 69 words
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Article417 2010-08-07 10 ONG DAI LIN - Fugitive lawyer’s business partner also to blame for fraud: ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is not uncommon for fraudulent lawyers to be struck off the rolls. But on Friday, a lawyer one of the business partners of fugitive lawyer Zulkifli Amin, who absconded with $10.6417 words
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209 2010-08-07 10 CLAIRE HUANG - CLAIRE HUANG Close to 1,800 people from the arts community and the public have signed an online petition pushing for a re-look at the Government’s position on censorship. The call is for regulation instead of censorship of content. Mooted by ArtsEngage, the petition was presented to209 words
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Article, Illustration128 2010-08-07 10 ALVINA SOH - ALVINA SOH Budding designer Tracy Wu (below) used to design dresses for her dolls when she was four. Now, the third-year Raffles Design Institute student, a native of Guangzhou, has her own real-life doll to dress up. Her winning design will be worn by reigning Miss Singapore Universe128 words
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192 2010-08-07 10 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A teenager who bragged that he was the “biggest gangster” in Toa Payoh annoyed four of his peers so much that they decided to teach him a lesson by restraining him with a collar around his neck, a community court heard192 words
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103 2010-08-07 10 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A company director and her firm, which deals with vehicle air conditioners, have to pay a penalty of more than $1.2 million each for charges involving tax evasion. This isthreetimes the amount of tax under-charged after they each under-declared a103 words
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Article186 2010-08-07 13 Francis Zhan - VOICES You get privacy, parking for the premium you pay Letter from Francis Zhan Chief Executive Association of Management Corporations in S’pore I REFER to the letter “How HDB flats trump condos” (Aug 6) by Mr Chan Kok Wah. As condominiums are designed by different186 words
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269 2010-08-07 13 StephenTan Heng Chua - Letter from StephenTan Heng Chua CONDOMINIUMS by virtue of being private housing would naturally cost more, given their tenure (many are freehold) and the facilities (pools, gyms, tennis courts, function rooms, private car parks) which are for residents’ exclusive use. Comparing both housing269 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1129 2010-08-07 15 PETER WILBY - The rich can make the world better by being better employers not just giving away wealth PETER WILBY The writer was formerly the editor of the Independent on Sunday and the New Statesman GUARDIAN NEWS MEDIA It is surely admirable isn’t it? that 40GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,129 words
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Article, Illustration706 2010-08-07 19 TAN SOO JIUAN - TAN SOO JIUAN The writer is an Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing, NUS Business School. The global outsourcing market for IT and business services exceeded $55 billion in 2008 and has been predicted to grow by 20 per cent annually706 words
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Article, Illustration847 2010-08-07 19 NICHOLAS D KRISTOF - NICHOLAS D KRISTOF The writer is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES Could the decades-long global impasse over abortion worldwide be overcome by little white pills costing less than US$1 ($1.35) each? That seems possible, for these pills are beginningTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 847 words
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Article, Illustration297 2010-08-07 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI China has been accused of exploiting a global fund set up to fight Aids, malaria and tuberculosis by securing more aid than severely-deprived African nations. Mr Jack Chow, an American official who was in chargeTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; BLOOMBERG - 297 words
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Article153 2010-08-07 22 AFP BEIJING A woman worker at Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn died in eastern China after falling from a dormitory building, the company said on Friday. The 22-year-old woman, who died late on Wednesday, was an employee at a packaging department in Foxconn’s Kunshan plant inAFP - 153 words
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165 2010-08-07 22 AGENCIES MANILA The Philippine authorities stepped up security at airports in Manila and Davao City on Friday, a day after an explosion at the Zamboanga airport. Two people were killed in the blast the man believed to be carrying the bomb and a bystander. Twenty-fourAGENCIES - 165 words
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WORLD
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408 2010-08-07 23 Complaints of mismanaging funds for school construction may hurt Australian PM’s chances in elections AGENCIES SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard faces “very valid” complaints of mismanaging funds for school construction according to an independent audit, a finding that may hurt her chances in nationalAGENCIES - 408 words
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Article, Illustration100 2010-08-07 23 A train derailed and crashed in southern Italy, killing one passenger and leaving about 30 injured. The four-carriage train derailed on Friday on the outskirts of its destination, Naples. Rescue officials said some of the injured were in serious condition. The train belongs to the Circumvesuviana,AP - 100 words
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263 2010-08-07 23 AFP SYDNEY Australia launched a multimedia campaign on Friday about the dangers to foreign students of “opportunistic crime”, after a spate of attacks on Indians that inflamed diplomatic tensions. “Think Before A Student Safety Initiative” was developed for social media and mobile phone platforms,AFP - 263 words
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111 2010-08-07 23 Foreign Minister George Yeo opened the Singapore Consulate in Batam on Friday, reflecting the deepening ties between Singapore and Batam. A few thousand Singaporeans and Indonesians travel daily between Singapore and Kepri province in Batam where the consulate is located. The111 words
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113 2010-08-07 23 AGENCIES An official at a Nelson Mandela charity said on Friday that he keptthree small uncut diamonds from supermodel Naomi Campbell for over a decade, giving them to South African police only after she testified at the war crimes trial of former LiberianAGENCIES - 113 words
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108 2010-08-07 23 AP One of Indonesia’s most active volcanos erupted on Friday, leaving several people badly injured, officials said. Mount Karangetang, located on Siau, part of the Sulawesi island chain, spewed lava and hot ash hundreds of metres into the air. At least fourAP - 108 words
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112 2010-08-07 23 AFP A Turkish immigrant claims New Zealand police cannot tell the difference between fighting and dancing after he was charged with assault while celebrating with his wife. A judge has now told the police to study a cultural Turkish video showing the kolbasti danceAFP - 112 words
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108 2010-08-07 23 AP A man who won NZ$60,000 ($58,000) playing poker at an Auckland casino was refused the jackpot because he had banned himself from the premises for gambling too much. Mr Sothea Sinn, 28, won the prize playing Caribbean stud poker at Skycity CasinoAP - 108 words
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SCIENCE
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666 2010-08-07 25 Study spanning the globe attempts to answer eternal question THE GUARDIAN LONDON It has been the biggest and most comprehensive attempt to answer that age-old question: How many fish are there in the sea? Published this week, The Census OfTHE GUARDIAN - 666 words
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258 2010-08-07 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DETROIT Computer-simulat-ed life forms which reproduce themselves inside their electronic world have evolved to produce basic intelligence. It is hoped that the discovery may in future lead to artificially intelligent brains “bred” within a computer. The Avidians are a race ofTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 258 words
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Article, Illustration209 2010-08-07 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LOS ANGELES Fewer than one in five of the plants and animals which currently live in the world’s rainforests will still be here in 90 years’ time, a study predicts. Rainforests currently hold more than half of allTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AFP - 209 words
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169 2010-08-07 25 THE GUARDIAN BOSTON Scientists have discovered a host of genetic factors that predispose people to heart attacks, in the largest medical study of its kind. Scientists, using blood and DNA samples from more than 100,000 people, found 95 genetic variants that raised or loweredTHE GUARDIAN - 169 words
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313 2010-08-07 27 JULIE QUEK - JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional, said on Friday it had secured a syndicated term loan of up to $1.85 billion with eight banks for its voluntary general offer for Parkway Holdings. The participating banks are DBS313 words
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120 2010-08-07 27 CapitaLand said on Friday its Ascott ResidenceTrust entered into an agreement to sell a rental housing property, Country Woods, in Jakarta for $33.9 million. The developer and landlord said this was the highest price submitted in a competitive bidding process and was 60 per120 words
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115 2010-08-07 27 Mainboard-listed engineering services provider Rotary Engineering reported on Friday a 6-per-cent rise in its second quarter profit to $13.7 million as revenue jumped 28 per cent to $209.4 million. For the first half, the firm turned in record revenue of $389.2 million, with net115 words
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103 2010-08-07 27 BLOOMBERG Creative Technology posted a fourth-quarter net loss of US$11.7 million ($15.8 million), down from US$14 million in the corresponding period last year, the consumer electronics maker said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Revenue for the quarter fell to US$59.2 million fromBLOOMBERG - 103 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration605 2010-08-07 28 COMMUNITY SHIELD - It’s the Blues on Sunday, as United hope their star has forgotten his sorry show in S Africa COMMUNITY SHIELD Chelsea vs Man United AFP LONDON Wayne Rooney missed Manchester United’s pre-season tour of North America after being allowed an extended break followingAFP - 605 words
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Article, Illustration406 2010-08-07 28 AFP MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson believes Chelsea is the team that poses the biggest threat to Manchester United’s hopes of bringing the Premier League title back to Old Trafford. Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea ended United’s three-year reign as Premier League champions last season andAFP - 406 words
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Article, Illustration612 2010-08-07 29 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The gorgeous city waterfront comprising the iconic Esplanade, Fullerton Hotel and Marina Bay promenade will greet local and foreign journalists as they stroll into the Main Media Centre (MMC) of the Youth Olympic Games. Located at the MarinaSIM YI JIN - 612 words
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300 2010-08-07 29 AFP LONDON Cesc Fabregas has confirmed he will stay at Arsenal this season after conceding he will not get his wish to rejoin Barcelona. The Arsenal skipper met manager Arsene Wenger before the World Cup to ask the Gunners boss to let himAFP - 300 words
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Article, Illustration329 2010-08-07 29 AFP NYON (Switzerland) Fortune smiled on Tottenham Hotspur in Friday’s draw for the Champions League play-off rounds with Harry Redknapp’s team paired against Swiss lightweights Young Boys. Spurs are making their Champions League debut and their first foray into Europe’s top flight competition for half a centuryAFP; AP - 329 words
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Article, Illustration674 2010-08-07 30 LEONARD THOMAS - COMMENTARY There is still little noise among Singaporeans for the Games and Syogoc need to step up LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg One week to go before the birth of the Youth Olympics Games and Singapore has yet to feel the excitement. I know manyPHOTO BY DON WONG - 674 words
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Article194 2010-08-07 30 ADHESARARIANY ANDID JOHAR SINGAPORE The Singapore Kindness Movement will welcome the world here for the Youth Olympic Games. Trophy-shaped mirrors with the tagline “Let’s Champion a Smile and Bring on the Cheer at Singapore 2010!” have been put up at selected bus stops along OrchardADHESARARIANY ANDID JOHAR - 194 words
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Article203 2010-08-07 30 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE The Republic’s five community districts Central Singapore, South East, North East, North West and South West will get a glimpse of the Youth Olympic Flame as it journeys through the island on a six-day run from Saturday, with a break forLOW LIN FHOONG - 203 words
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Article, Illustration596 2010-08-07 31 PATWANT SINGH - Power-packed Australia believe Youth Games cycling gold as good as theirs PATWANT SINGH patwant@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The whole idea of the Youth Olympic Games is new, and with it, the Games are also introducing new formats for some of the traditional sports. One of these is cycling,PHOTO COURTESY CYCLING; PHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE AMATEUR CYCLING ASSOCIATION - 596 words
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359 2010-08-07 31 ADHE SARARIANY ANDI DJOHAR SINGAPORE With less than a week to the boys’ football kick-off at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, the Singapore team was humbled 2-0 by a Tampines Rovers Under-16 side in a friendly match at the Jalan Besar StadiumADHE SARARIANY ANDI DJOHAR - 359 words
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Article, Illustration802 2010-08-07 33 TANYO-HINN - TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The flame for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games was lit in Olympia, Greece, on July 23. Housed in a unique casing, it arrived in Singapore on Thursday after a trip across five continents. It ignited a torch on Friday night atDON WONG; performance DON WONG; AFP - 802 words
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Article, Illustration802 2010-08-07 34 TANYO-HINN - TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The flame for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games was lit in Olympia, Greece, on July 23. Housed in a unique casing, it arrived in Singapore on Thursday after a trip across five continents. It ignited a torch on Friday night atDON WONG; AFP - 802 words
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WORLD
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350 2010-08-07 35 New sign that relations between royalists, govt have soured AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s royalist “Yellow Shirts” said on Friday they would join a weekend rally in Bangkok to accuse the government of ceding territory to Cambodia, in a show of strength for the nationalisticAFP - 350 words
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242 2010-08-07 35 AGENCIES LONDON Online whistleblower WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file named “Insurance” to its website, sparking speculation that the organisation may be prepared to release more classified information if the authorities interfere with them. At 1.4 gigabytes, the file is 20 times largerAGENCIES - 242 words
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273 2010-08-07 35 AP LONDON Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s leading lieutenant has accused the United States of abandoning Iraq and leaving the country to die, according to a British newspaper interview published on Friday. Tariq Aziz, whose long tenure as Saddam’s Foreign Minister made him theAP - 273 words
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Article, Illustration106 2010-08-07 35 The site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima 65 years ago echoed with the choirs of school children and the solemn ringing of bells on Friday as the city marked the occasion. At 8.15am, the time the bomb was dropped during the closingAP - 106 words
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229 2010-08-07 35 THE GUARDIAN MOSCOW Russia’s Emergencies Minister has warned that wildfires raging in the west could release radioactive nuclides from land contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Mr Sergei Shoygu said special laboratories were monitoring a potential release of contaminants in the Bryansk region onTHE GUARDIAN - 229 words
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BUSINESS
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Article429 2010-08-07 36 US suffers larger-than-expected payroll decline in another sign that economic recovery may be AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States economy shed a worse-than-ex-pected 131,000 jobs last month, the Labour Department said on Friday, as the unemployment rate remained stuck at 9.5 per cent. Private sector firms inAGENCIES - 429 words
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Article, Illustration235 2010-08-07 36 GEORGINA JOSEPH - GEORGINA JOSEPH georginaj@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Container shipping and logistics group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) swung into the black in the second quarter with a net profit of US$100 million ($132 million), as revenue surged 53 per cent to US$2.1 billion on the back ofBLOOMBERG - 235 words
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249 2010-08-07 36 AFP BEIJING China wants to join a World Trade Organisation (WTO) pact on government procurement but has said other members should not be “too demanding” on its improved offer. In an interview published on Friday in the China Daily, WTO envoy SunAFP - 249 words
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185 2010-08-07 36 Singapore Land posted a net profit of $108 million in the first half of the year on a 52-per-cent increase in revenue to $260 million, overturning the loss of $272 million in the corresponding period last year. For three months to June, it booked a185 words
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151 2010-08-07 36 EPHRAIM SEOW Property company UOL Group posted a net profit of $147.8 million for its second quarter ended June 30, overturning the net loss of $20.1 million it suffered in the corresponding period a year ago. Revenue rose 50 per cent on-yeartoEPHRAIM SEOW - 151 words
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Advertisement124 2010-08-07 37 YOUTH OLYMPIC STARS ON SPORTSZONE With 130 athletes, Team Singapore will be fighting for glory in all 26 sports at the inaugural Youth Olympics Games here from Aug 14 to 26. With their preparations reaching a climax as the Games flame begins its trek around the country, SportsZone counts down124 words
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Miscellaneous189 2010-08-07 37 SPORTS ON SATURDAY BASEBALL 7am MLB Red Sox vs Yankees (mioTV Ch117) HOCKEY 7pm ABN AMRO England vs New Zealand (StarHub Ch201) 9pm ABN AMRO Netherlands vs Germany (StarHub Ch201) 11pm ABN AMRO Australia vs Spain (StarHub Ch201) SPORTS ON SUNDAY GOLF 12am PGA Bridgestone Invitational: Day 3 (StarHub Ch255)189 words
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Article, Illustration89 2010-08-07 37 Visa is getting Singapore into the Olympic spirit by dressing up the city with its Go Worldthemed Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games advertising campaign. It features three Singaporean Games hopefuls sailor Darren Choy, footballer Jeffrey Lightfoot and swimmer Amanda Lim and will runPHOTO COURTESY - 89 words
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Article573 2010-08-07 37 TANYO-HINN - Youth Olympic Games a good test as South Americans prepare to host Olympics 6 years from now TANYO-HINN TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Brazil will send 81 athletes here to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and with the country’s increasing strength in sports besides the traditional573 words
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Article, Illustration808 2010-08-07 40 Phin Wong - MALADJUSTED Sure we speak English, but sometimes, I think we’d be better off or at least better fed without it Phin Wong phin@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the features editor at Today. ONE of the things I love about living in Singapore is that our fast808 words
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Article, Illustration726 2010-08-07 41 Chung Lyn-Yi - Appreciating the nuts and bolts of Singapore, Inc Chung Lyn-Yi lynyi@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is a senior producer at Channel NewsAsia. PICTURE this: It is a blazing hot afternoon inToa Payoh Central, the thick of suburbia. A foreign worker, clad in black from head to726 words
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Article, Illustration1425 2010-08-07 42 Don Mendoza - Uniquely Singapore fare: A food lover’s list of the best Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg I LOVE that the food in Singapore is so damn good. No, wait it’s more than good. It’s phenomenal, for a host of reasons. In hindsight, it has also come to represent1,425 words
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Article, Illustration747 2010-08-07 46 Lynette Koh - Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg EXCITING things are happening on the Singapore fashion design scene. Just check out the five style mavens on these pages, who are wearing their own clothes and accessories by their favourite Singapore designers. After strutting their stuff for the camera, wePhotography: Jason Ho Hair and make-up: Kenny Tan (9877 1376) using make-up by Bobbi Brown and hair products by Matrix - 747 words
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Article, Illustration445 2010-08-07 48 LYNETTE KOH - LYNETTE KOH AWALK down Orchard Road will confirm one thing: From Lanvin to Louis Vuitton, we Singaporeans love our big brands. After the smorgasbord of new-to-market brands that Ion Orchard brought us last year,The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands is now the newest destination where445 words
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Article, Illustration99 2010-08-07 49 LYNETTE KOH IFYOU were around the Leng Kee industrial district last Thursday, you may have spotted American actor Danny Masterson (That ’70s Show), as well as some of Singapore’s most well-known personalities including Asylum creative director Chris Lee, girl-about-town Tracy Phillips and actor Paul FosterLYNETTE KOH - 99 words
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Article, Illustration486 2010-08-07 50 Lynette Koh - Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S a long National Day weekend and we reckon many people will be out doing what Singaporeans do best. No, not eating (although there will be plenty of that as well), but shopping. Here’s an idea for a double-dose display of patriotism:While indulging in486 words
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Article, Illustration365 2010-08-07 51 5 QUESTIONS WITH ELIM CHEW FOR many Singaporean teenagers, 77th Street is one of the go-to stores for the latest streetwear, from chunky silver jewellery to oversized hoodies to boldlypatterned backpacks. And it has been that way for 22 years. Started365 words
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Article, Illustration472 2010-08-07 52 Derryn Wong - After years of waiting, local motorsports enthusiasts will have a place to call home Derryn Wong cars@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE past 40 years or so, ever since the demise of the Thomson Road circuit, Singaporean motorsports enthusiasts who wanted a hands-on472 words
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Article, Illustration190 2010-08-07 52 TanTeng Lip, President of the Singapore Motorsports Association It’s certainly very positive development in Singapore, because for so many years we haven’t had proper facilities here, to have our own permanent track is a very important thing. It’s also definitely a190 words
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Article, Illustration570 2010-08-07 54 Derryn Wong - Derryn Wong cars@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S impossible to mention BMW without considering its noted motorsports and high-performance tuning arm, M GmbH, or M Division, as it’s commonly known. M started out in the ’70s as the competition arm of BMW, building racing570 words
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Article, Illustration790 2010-08-07 60 TODAY'S top 5 plus 5 others THINGS TO DO 1 Fear Of A Brown Planet Award-winning Australian stand-up comics Aamer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain kick off their global tour show in Singapore. Join them as they take on topics such as the war on terror and racial stereotypes. Date: Saturday790 words
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Article, Illustration913 2010-08-07 62 Jennifer Chen - Jennifer Chen jennifer@mediacorp.com.sg SOMEONE I know got lost on Orchard Road last week. Not because she was a tourist and didn’t know the way in fact, Eva is a born and bred Singaporean but because she had kept to her cosyTampines913 words
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Advertisement247 2010-08-07 65 LET YOUR HOLIDAY BEGIN AT CHANGI AIRPORT Besides discounts, the accumulation of rewards points makes shopping just that more fun. Points can be in the form of cash savings, redeemed against purchases or exchanged for products. Changi Rewards is such a programme. It is a special rewards scheme for shoppers247 words
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Article, Illustration590 2010-08-07 65 Weekend escapades Brought to you by The capital of Perak offers more than just a pit stop The first time I saw Ipoh was in the middle of the night during a rest stop on the way to some other place, now lost in the by-ways of590 words
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Article, Illustration543 2010-08-07 67 ANITA PATIL - ANITA PATIL NYT lens Consumption has entered a conspicuous new era. Think you’re alone making very personal decisions about the perfect pair of sunglasses or shirt? Think again. eyes are everywhere, information is fed to shoppers, and the crowd speaks, right up until aNYT; HIROKO MASUIKE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 543 words
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Article, Illustration783 2010-08-07 68 STEPHANIE CLIFFORD - By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD NYT In this economy, even counterfeiters are trading down. After years of knocking off luxury products like $2,800 Louis Vuitton handbags, criminals are discovering there is money to be made in faking the more ordinary like $295 Kooba bags and $140 UggNYT - 783 words
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Article, Illustration622 2010-08-07 69 JOHN TAGLIABUE - PArIs journAl By JOHN TAGLIABUE NYT PARIS When Elisa Cammarota gets home from school, she tosses off her knapsack and reads her newspaper from front to back. Anthony Azoulay does, too, though he focuses on articles about soccer and large photo spreads. Both Elisa andNYT; PIERRE TERDJMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 622 words
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Article, Illustration798 2010-08-07 69 SOUAD MEKHENNET - By SOUAD MEKHENNET NYT FRANKFURT Before Abi left her parents’ house in northern Germany last year, she asked her father, “Daddy, what can I bring you from my journey?” He looked up from his book and answered, “Some perfumed oil.” He is still waiting, moreNYT - 798 words
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Article, Illustration707 2010-08-07 71 MARC LACEY - By MARC LACEY NYT TIJUANA, Mexico Never a particularly pretty place, the border is at its ugliest right now, with violence, tensions and temperatures all on high. Once thought of by Americans as just a naughty playland, the divide between the United States and MexicoNYT; GUILLERMO ARIAS/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 707 words
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Article, Illustration860 2010-08-07 71 LYDIA POLGREEN; Hari Kumar - By LYDIA POLGREEN Hari Kumar contributed reporting. NYT ROHTANG PASS, India The Tibetan name of this treacherous pass in the Himalayas, one of the highest in the world, means “pile of corpses.” Every year people die trying to cross it. In theNYT; BRIAN SOKOL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 860 words
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Article, Illustration768 2010-08-07 72 STEVEN LEE MYERS - By STEVEN STEVEN LEE MYERS NYT BAGHDAD Ikbal Ali, a bureaucrat in a beaded head scarf, accompanied by a phalanx of police officers, quickly found what she was out looking for in the summer swelter: electricity thieves. Six black cables stretched from aNYT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSEPH SYWENKYJ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 768 words
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Article, Illustration494 2010-08-07 72 VICTORIA BURNETT - By VICTORIA BURNETT NYT HAVANA The venue is undistinguished: a cramped theater tucked beneath a downtown apartment block. Tickets cost just five Cuban pesos, or 23 cents. The set, for want of wood, is a beautiful creation of string. Yet in the world ofNYT; REUTERS - 494 words
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Article, Illustration750 2010-08-07 73 HAROLD McGEE - HAROLD McGEE ESSAY NYT When fine-tuning the flavor of dishes and drinks, I’ve always turned to the usual bench of taste and aroma boosters: salt and pepper, lemon juice, herbs and spices, this or that condiment. One ingredient that never, ever came to mindNYT; TONY CENICOLA/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 750 words
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Article, Illustration820 2010-08-07 74 FRANK BRUNI - By FRANK BRUNI NYT LAMMEFJORDEN, Denmark On a recent afternoon on the seashore here about an hour’s drive from Copenhagen, the Danish chef René Redzepi was up to his knees in weeds. Browsing. Like a rabbit, albeit a rabbit that has set the culinaryNYT; ERIK REFNER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 820 words
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Article, Illustration692 2010-08-07 75 MARTIN FACKLER - By MARTIN FACKLER NYT DORASAN, South Korea—Every day, hundreds of South Korean managers and engineers gather here at a bus terminal to make an unusual commute, through the minefields and tank traps of the demilitarized zone and into an industrial park that sitsNYT; WOOHAE CHO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 692 words
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Article, Illustration730 2010-08-07 75 MIGUEL HELFT - By MIGUEL HELFT NYT SAN FRANCISCO The Zynga Game Network is the hottest startup to emerge from Silicon Valley since Twitter and, before that, Facebook. Unlike Twitter, which has meager revenue, Zynga is on a path to pocket as much as $500 million inNYT; JIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES; TOP, ZYNGA - 730 words
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Article, Illustration707 2010-08-07 78 ANNE EISENBERG - By ANNE EISENBERG NYT Smartphones are getting smarter. Now some new models even offer games or television broadcasts in three dimensions and you don’t need special glasses to see the show. Traditional 3-D technology used for movie screens and television superimposes or alternates two views,NYT - 707 words
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Article, Illustration566 2010-08-07 78 NICK BILTON - By NICK BILTON NYT If you were one of the few brave readers of printed books in 2007 who crossed into digital reading, your options were sparse and expensive The original AmazonKindle cost $400, and its screen displayed a mere four shades of gray.NYT; PHILLIP SPEARS/ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FLEXIBLE DISPLAY CENTER - 566 words
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Article, Illustration797 2010-08-07 79 STEVEN ERLANGER - By STEVEN ERLANGER NYT Dina Kraft contributed reporting from Tel Aviv. PARIS “War is a beast that needs death, so it doesn’t die itself,” concluded Samuel Maoz, who was thrown into Israel’s war in Lebanon in 1982, at 20, and has nowNYT; Dina Kraft contributed reporting from Tel Aviv.; PHOTOGRASPHS FROM SONY PICTURES CLASSICS - 797 words
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Article, Illustration499 2010-08-07 79 FELICIA R. LEE - By FELICIA R. LEE NYT You move from room to room in a mansion, experiencing acts of kindness like being gently led in a ballroom dance or receiving a hand massage. Or, blindfolded, you set out on a journey inNYT; SAM TROTMAN AND NEIL KITE - 499 words
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Article, Illustration600 2010-08-07 80 JON PARELES - By JON PARELES NYT QUEBEC The Arcade Fire a self-guided indie-rock band grown popular enough to sell out arenas recently played to a crowd of 45,000 people at the Festival d’Été de Québec, the band’s largest crowd yet as a headliner. It’s a scaleNYT; CHRISTINNE MUSCHI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 600 words
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Article, Illustration816 2010-08-07 80 RACHEL DONADIO - By By RACHEL DONADIO NYT FLORENCE, Italy The Galileo case is often seen starkly as science’s first decisive blow against not only faith but also the power of the Roman Catholic Church. It has never been quite that simple, though. Galileo was a believer,NYT; KATHRYN COOK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 816 words
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