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Title Section12 2011-08-14 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY August 14, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/201112 words
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Advertisement630 2011-08-14 1 ‘(We should) scrutinise the candidates, especially their character, integrity, experience, bearing and gravitas In particular, we should ask whether they can deliver their promises under the Constitution.’ ESM Goh Chok Tong on the Presidential Election hot news 12 The town that went Correspondent Venessa Lee discovers what life in Takahama630 words
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Advertisement31 2011-08-14 1 MD OF NESTLE SINGAPORE VALERIO NANNINI DEFIES STEREOTYPING the st regis perspectives 6 AGED 62 AND LEARNING BALLET face in the crowd 9 HOW PETS CAN MAKEYOU MORE HUMAN speakeasy 1131 words
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Article, Illustration1517 2011-08-14 2 venessa lee - In a post-Fukushima world, what’s it like living next to a nuclear power plant in quakeprone Japan? For one town, life without it would be unimaginable sundayspecial venessa lee in takahama, fukui prefecture todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg The water is so clear I can see the sea urchinsPHOTOS BY VENESSA LEE - 1,517 words
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407 2011-08-14 3 VENESSA LEE - VENESSA LEE FLICKING on the TV in the small town of Takahama affords a fascinating glimpse into trash. It’s nothing salacious, quite the opposite. The town has a dedicated TV channel unevocatively called Takahama Town Data Broadcasting which features town news, anti-crime measures407 words
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Article, Illustration888 2011-08-14 5 DAVID PILLING - DAVID PILLING David Pilling is the Financial Times’ Asia Editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Don’t tell anyone I said so but the lights are still on in Tokyo. Unremarkable, you might think. But two-thirds of Japan’s nuclear power stations are switched off.THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED; BLOOMBERG - 888 words
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Article, Illustration1035 2011-08-14 6 Sports jock, closet thespian or lab rat, Nestle Singapore’s globe-trotting Italian-British managing director Valerio Nannini defies stereotyping, as Nicholas Fang finds out the perspectives On first meeting Mr Valerio Nannini, it is easy to think of him as a “typical” Italian, if there is such a thing. ThePHOTO BY DON WONG - 1,035 words
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Advertisement12 2011-08-14 6 What Valerio Nannini had at Astor Martini Rosso on the rocks S$1512 words
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Article, Illustration700 2011-08-14 8 annette tan - For Porsche Design Group CEO Dr Juergen Gessler, Asia is where the action is thefinerlife annette tan todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg These days, when rocking your personal style, it simply isn’t enough to step out of a flashy car or wear an expensive watch. “PeoplePHOTOS COURTESY PORSCHE DESIGN GROUP - 700 words
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Article, Illustration778 2011-08-14 9 phylicia lee - faceinthecrowd phylicia lee todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Atypical week for Lee Poh Ying, 62, consists of going swimming, taking script-writing classes, yoga, exploring the island on her own and, more recently in the last year-and-a-half, learning ballet. All these on top babysitting two of her grandchildren. “IPHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 778 words
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Article, Illustration837 2011-08-14 10 jenni ho-huan - The kids are sick and cranky, the spouse is overworked and it’s pouring outside, but why let these get you down? parenttoparent jenni ho-huan todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Jenni Ho-Huan is a life-coach and a mother of two. We all have our share of days when everyoneART BY YEN YOK - 837 words
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Article, Illustration794 2011-08-14 11 alywin chew - farewell to Maya speakeasy alywin chew assistant sports editor todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg After a tragically tumultuous weekend, Maya passed away. Only the day before her death, I had been all smiles as the doctor removed her cast. The family had been worried that she was too young for surgery, so794 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article539 2011-08-14 12 SINGAPORE Which will Singaporeans choose: Pragmatic politics, where they must accept measures with short-term pain but long-term gain, or the populist politics of immediate gratification while ignoring the long-term costs? And, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong wonders, will they choose constructive politics with rational539 words
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Article, Illustration141 2011-08-14 12 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is delivering this year’s National Day Rally speech at 6.45pm tonight at the National University of Singapore’s University Cultural Centre. Said PM Lee’s press secretary Chen Hwai Liang: “At the National Day Rally on Sunday, PMPHOTO COURTESY MICA - 141 words
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290 2011-08-14 12 IMELDA SAAD - IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE Immigrants have placed pressure on citizens and home prices in Singapore but the Government has moved to address these problems, and without immigrants, Singapore will become an “old, diminishing society”, said former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Speaking at the Tanjong290 words
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Article252 2011-08-14 13 DYLAN LOH - DYLAN LOH dylanloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry (SCCCI) is the latest trade body to endorse presidential candidate Dr Tony Tan. The SCCCI’s standing committee was unanimous in its opinion that Dr Tan is the most suitable candidate to be Singapore’s next President.252 words
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198 2011-08-14 13 EVELYN CHOO - EVELYN CHOO SINGAPORE Presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian will file his nomination papers as planned next Wednesday, even though he had been open to reducing the number of potential candidates for the Presidential Election, which has shaped up to be a198 words
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171 2011-08-14 13 QIUYI TAN - QIUYI TAN SINGAPORE If elected as the President, candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock will champion multiracialism. Speaking during a walkabout at Geylang Serai yesterday, Dr Tan told the media that, if multiculturalism is not emphasised, it will be taken for granted. Multiculturalism, Dr171 words
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141 2011-08-14 14 BLOOMBERG The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing the method Standard and Poor’s (S&P) used to cut the US’ credit rating and whether the firm properly protected the confidential decision, according to a person with knowledge ofBLOOMBERG - 141 words
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144 2011-08-14 14 BLOOMBERG United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday urged nations doing business with Syria to cut off trade and arms sales to the regime of President Bashar Al Assad and “get on the right side of history”, makingBLOOMBERG - 144 words
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Article, Illustration104 2011-08-14 14 AP Texas Governor Rick Perry (picture) is making official his candidacy forthe Republican presidential nod, entering afield where former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has emerged as the strongest candidate thus far. A three-term governor, Mr Perry, 61, has overseen significant job growthAP; REUTERS - 104 words
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Article, Illustration99 2011-08-14 14 A man places a rose at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate yesterday as the German capital celebrated the 50th anniversary of the building of the wall. Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff paid tribute to the 136 people killed trying to get over theREUTERS - 99 words
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356 2011-08-14 14 THE GUARDIAN AGENCIES LONDON Senior police officers are in open revolt over the government’s police reform agenda, reacting furiously to criticism of the way they handled the riots last weekend, while Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne said yesterday theTHE GUARDIAN; AGENCIES - 356 words
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202 2011-08-14 14 PERTH The world has moved into a “new and more dangerous phase” of economic uncertainty because of the European sovereign debt crisis, according to World Bank president Robert Zoellick. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Weekend Australian published yesterday, Mr202 words
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115 2011-08-14 15 BLOOMBERG Mushrooms grown in a city about 40km north of Tokyo Electric Power Co’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant were found to contain nine times the legal limit of cesium, the local government said on Friday. Japan’s farm ministry has asked growers in FukushimaBLOOMBERG - 115 words
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135 2011-08-14 15 AP Order has been restored to a south-western Chinese town after more than 1,000 people took to the streets and clashed with the police to protest the rough handling of citizens by the authorities. Residents in Qianxi county in Guizhou province protested afterAP - 135 words
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111 2011-08-14 15 AP Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is travelling into Myanmar’s countryside today for her first trip to meet supporters since her release from seven years of house arrest, despite a government warning that it could trigger riots. Ms Suu Kyi’s last visitAP - 111 words
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109 2011-08-14 15 AGENCIES Royal Dutch Shell PLC said on Friday that it is trying to stop an oil leak at one of its drilling platforms in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. The company said it could not specify how much oil mayAGENCIES - 109 words
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114 2011-08-14 15 AP A former Indonesian lawmaker returned yesterday after three months as a fugitive to face corruption charges in a case that has riveted the nation and tested its reputation in fighting graft. Muhammad Nazaruddin, the governing Democratic Party’s former treasurer, was captured last weekAP - 114 words
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85 2011-08-14 15 THE BANGKOK POST The Democrat Party will set up its shadow Cabinet to monitor the Puea Thai-led coalition government, spokesman of the main opposition camp Chavanont Intarakomalsuth said yesterday. Most of the shadow ministers would be former ministers of the Abhisit governmentTHE BANGKOK POST - 85 words
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142 2011-08-14 15 AP The World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the United Nations has estimated that only 20 per cent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an Al Qaeda-linked group controlsAP - 142 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration617 2011-08-14 16 Dalglish’s men lose steam in the second half after thrilling football in the first THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 Sunderland LIVERPOOL New owners, new players, new manager, new hope. Same expectations, same deflation, same Liverpool. Kenny Dalglish’s return may have been granted AnfieldTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 617 words
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Article, Illustration552 2011-08-14 17 Queens Park Rangers thrashed at home in their Premier League debut THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP QPR 0 Bolton 4 LONDON With one sumptuous swing of his right boot, Gary Cahill not only helped to get Bolton’s season off to the perfect start but he ensuredTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 552 words
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Article, Illustration620 2011-08-14 18 Chelsea’s new boss Villas-Boas has no illusions of tasting European glory THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Stoke vs Chelsea LONDON —Andre Villas-Boas claims that the Premier League, not the Champions League, is the priority for Chelsea this season. That may be news to owner RomanTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 620 words
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416 2011-08-14 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Brom vs Man United MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson expressed his despair on Friday at the sight of a lost generation wreaking havoc on the streets. But the Manchester United manager’s own faithTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 416 words
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Article, Illustration551 2011-08-14 19 Woods may be fit again but it is his pride that will be hurting now AGENCIES JOHNS CREEK The next generation of world-class golfers have revealed themselves over the last year but Tiger Woods still has the allure to outshine most, as he proved onAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 551 words
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Article, Illustration617 2011-08-14 19 TAN YO-HINN - Duo unhappy with SMF, citing miscommunication over national trials TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Sport climbing will feature for the first time at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games this year, but two of Singapore’s leading climbers will not be there. Xu Liting and BeatrixPHOTOS COURTESY CHEW WEI CHIEH - 617 words
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172 2011-08-14 20 AP Former Spain coach Jose Antonio Camacho arrived in Beijing yesterday to take over the China national team in the qualification run-up to the Brazil World Cup. “We are happy to be here. My team and I are proud to join the Chinese nationalAP - 172 words
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Article, Illustration401 2011-08-14 20 AP MADRID Barcelona could be hindered by a lack of preseason training come today’s Spanish Supercup first-leg match at Real Madrid, according to coach Pep Guardiola. The teams renew their explosive rivalry at the Santiago Bernabeu where Copa del Rey winners MadridAP; GETTY IMAGES - 401 words
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Miscellaneous1265 2011-08-14 21 SUNDAY TV FILMART: MY MAGIC okto, 10pm (PG-Graphic Visuals) Francis, a former magician, barely earns enough as a cleaner in a nightclub. He loves his 10-year-old son deeply but sorrow, guilt and constant inebriation have made him a poor father. The son is a stoic “old soul” who has learnt1,265 words
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Miscellaneous1883 2011-08-14 22 TV LISTINGS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL 6.00AM Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Martha Stewart Show VI 10.00 The Doctors 11.00 Films Stars Asia 11.30 Feast Fight NOON Under One Roof V 12.30PM Chemistry 1.00 Triple Nine III 2.00 The Two Of1,883 words
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ARTS & STYLES
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Article, Illustration498 2011-08-14 16 ADAM CENTURY - essay ADAM CENTURY ®ljc iNcUf JJork Sinter CHANGSHA, China With an intimation of my impending mortification, I faced the television camera and plunged into the alternate universe of Chinese dating shows. My embarrass- ingfate on “Day Day Up,” with more than 100 million viewers, should®ljc iNcUf JJork Sinter; HAN YUANJIANG - 498 words
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Article, Illustration801 2011-08-14 16 CAROL VOGEL - By CAROL VOGEL el)c?s>Ut Jjork Sinter The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has long been known for creating landmark museum buildings, from its 1959 headquarters by Frank Lloyd Wright in New York to Frank Gehry’s 1997 billowing titanium Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain. But itel)c?s>Ut Jjork Sinter; GUY CALAF FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 801 words
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Article, Illustration688 2011-08-14 15 JON PARELES - By JON PARELES SljcJfcUt Jiork eimcii “Can’t believe the risks I’m taking,” the Mexican songwriter Ximena Sariñana sings in “Different,” the single and opening track of her newly released, self-titled album. It’s the way she felt, she said, as she changed languagesSljcJfcUt Jiork eimcii; EMILY SHUR - 688 words
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Article, Illustration711 2011-08-14 15 KRISTIN HOHENADEL - By KRISTIN HOHENADEL Eljc JCnu Jlork ernes PARIS In 1993 the artist Anselm Kiefer left his native Germany and moved to a derelict silk factory on 35 hectares in the southern French town of Barjac. He shored up the old industrial buildings to makeEljc JCnu Jlork ernes; ALIVE MIND CINEMA; ANTON CORBIJN/ALIVE MIND CINEMA - 711 words
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Article, Illustration1194 2011-08-14 14 WILLIAM J. BROAD - By WILLIAM J. BROAD El)c JfcUr Jlork Stmcs A new generation of daredevils is seeking to plunge through 11 kilometers of seawater to the bottom of a rocky chasm in the western Pacific that is veiled in perpetual darkness. Challenger DeepEl)c JfcUr Jlork Stmcs; Sources: Marine Geoscience Data System; NASA; NOAA; Journal of Experimental Biology JONATHAN CORUM/THE NEW YORK TIMES; RENDERINGS BY HAWKES OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND TRITON SUBMARINES - 1,194 words
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Article, Illustration700 2011-08-14 13 RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M. D - essay RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D. el)c?u'\u JJork elmcs Why do some people survive drug and alcohol abuse, while others succumb to addiction? Scientists have only recently begun to find the answer. According to the 2008 National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 46el)c?u'\u JJork elmcs; STEFFEN SCHMIDT/KEYSTONE, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS - 700 words
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Article, Illustration612 2011-08-14 13 SEAN B. CARROLL - essay SEAN B. CARROLL eljc Jtou JJork elmcs KAKADU NATIONAL PARK, Australia This national park is a vast area of wetlands, woodlands and rock formations that is home to a fantastic array of wildlife. Kakadu, one of Unesco’s World Heritage sites, has almost 300 bird species,eljc Jtou JJork elmcs; WILL VAN BOLDRIK; TOP, TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 612 words
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MONEY & BUSINESS
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Article, Illustration734 2011-08-14 12 KEITH BRADSHER - By KEITH BRADSHER EIkJsVut Jlork Etmcs ZHUJI, China One of the most feared men in the worldwide pearl industry these days is a muscular, Fer-rari-driving 40-year-old who is doing the improbable: growing pearls that, despite being affordable, are nearing the highest quality. The man, ZhanEIkJsVut Jlork Etmcs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY RYAN PYLE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 734 words
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Article, Illustration747 2011-08-14 12 KEVIN ROOSE - By KEVIN ROOSE Sljc Jfctu JJork Etmcs Wall Street interns have gone from pampered to pummeled. In better days, college interns at America’s largest investment banks, known as summer analysts, were treated like royalty. But shrinking profits and a spate of layoffsSljc Jfctu JJork Etmcs - 747 words
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881 2011-08-14 11 STEVE LOHR - By STEVE LOHR ®l)cJfctu Jlork Ehncs BELLEVUE, Washington Microsoft’s assault on Google in Internet search and search advertising may be the steepest competitive challenge in business today. It is certainly among the most costly: Microsoft spends at least $5 billion®l)cJfctu Jlork Ehncs - 881 words
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Article, Illustration704 2011-08-14 11 DAMIEN CAVE - By DAMIEN CAVE ®l)cJfctu Jlork Ehncs HAVANA José is an eager al-most-entrepreneur with big plans for Cuban real estate. Right now he works illegally on trades, linking up families who want to swap homes and pay a little extra for an upgrade. But®l)cJfctu Jlork Ehncs; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 704 words
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LIVING: ONLINE
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Article, Illustration513 2011-08-14 10 RANDALL STROSS - essay RANDALL STROSS Sljc Jsctu Jlork ehucs If your password has 10 characters, you should be able to sleep well at night perhaps for 19.24 years. That’s how long it would take hackers to try every combination of 10 characters, assuming theSljc Jsctu Jlork ehucs; OLIVER MONDAY - 513 words
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Article, Illustration745 2011-08-14 10 DAVID BARBOZA - By DAVID BARBOZA Sljc Jsctu Jlork ehucs SHANGHAI Wang Yin, a 24-year-old graduate student at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing, constantly uses SinaWeibo, China’s Twitter-like social networking site. “I’m mostly interested in current events, what my friends are saying, and some informationSljc Jsctu Jlork ehucs; SIM CHI YIN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 745 words
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WORLD TRENDS
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Article, Illustration852 2011-08-14 8 ERIC SCHMITT; and THOM SHANKER - news analysis By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER Slje JCcUt Jlork Ehncs WASHINGTON After the attacks of September 11,2001, the Bush administration let loose a global campaign to take down leaders of terrorism wherever they were hiding. It wasn’t a surprising response toSlje JCcUt Jlork Ehncs; MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES - 852 words
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Article, Illustration576 2011-08-14 7 KEVIN DELANEY - LENS KEVIN DELANEY ®(jc Jshu JBork Stmcs Elephants are known for their relatively peaceful society and benign, matriarchal leadership. At least until mating season, when pachyderm bulls emit- ting a foul, glandular stench and driven by an explosive mix of hormones attack one another®(jc Jshu JBork Stmcs; AKIRA SUEMORI/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 576 words
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Article, Illustration642 2011-08-14 6 NORIMITSU ONISHI - By NORIMITSU ONISHI ®ljc Jshu Jlork ehucs TOKYO Japanese are bringing to energy conservation a characteristic combination of national fervor, endurance, sloganeering, technology and social coercion. Japan consumes about half as much energy per capita as the United States. But it®ljc Jshu Jlork ehucs; TORU HANAI/REUTERS - 642 words
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Article, Illustration591 2011-08-14 6 ALISSA J. RUBIN - By ALISSA J. RUBIN ®ljc JfcUr Jlork Sirnc* KABUL, Afghanistan In the decrepit buildings that house Afghanistan’s ministries, one office is always new: the minister’s. It is also often where corrupt deals are done, incompetence often reigns and favoritism is the primary currency. It is®ljc JfcUr Jlork Sirnc*; JEROME STARKEY - 591 words
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Article, Illustration638 2011-08-14 4 ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO - By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO el)c JsVtu Jlork Simcss SANTIAGO, Chile A blanket stretched over their legs, Johanna Choapa and Maura Roque, both 17, sat in front of the stage in a chilly school auditorium and asked more than 300 parents and teachers to continue supporting their hungerel)c JsVtu Jlork Simcss; FERNANDO NAHUEL/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; ARIEL MARINKOVIC/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 638 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-08-14 4 DAVID E. SANGER; and WILLIAM J. BROAD - By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD Sljc Jfctu Jlork Eimcs WASHINGTON Less than a year after he narrowly survived an assassination attempt on the streets of Tehran, Fereydoon Abbasi, the nuclear physicist whom Iran’s mullahs have put in charge of the country’sSljc Jfctu Jlork Eimcs; GEORG HOCHMUTH/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 573 words
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Article, Illustration699 2011-08-14 3 ETHAN BRONNER - news analysis By ETHAN BRONNER Sljc JfcUt Jlork Euncs JERUSALEM The tent protest movement that has sprung up in Israel focuses on the cost of living but is really about something deeper the nature of the country’s social contract. Many Israelis feel thatSljc JfcUt Jlork Euncs; RITA CASTELNUOVO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 699 words
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Article518 2011-08-14 3 DAMIEN CAVE - Havana journal By DAMIEN CAVE Sljc JfcUt Jlork Euncs HAVANA—The hair and accents were wrong, but the audience cared about just one thing: the house band was singing the Beatles, here, in a new bar called the Yellow Submarine, in Cuba, where such anSljc JfcUt Jlork Euncs - 518 words
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Article, Illustration835 2011-08-14 2 ROBERT KUTTNER - intelligenCe/ROBERT ROBERT KUTTNER Robert Kuttner is co-editor of The American Prospect and a senior fellow at Demos. His latest book is “A Presidency in Peril.” Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. el)c JsViu JJork ehucs Boston All signs now point to continued stagnation of theel)c JsViu JJork ehucs; JUSTIN LANE/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 835 words
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Article, Illustration640 2011-08-14 2 SETH MYDANS - By SETH MYDANS eljc Jfcut JJork ehucs SAGRA, Russia When Sergei the Gypsy gathered a group of armed men and descended on this tiny settlement on the edge of the Ural Mountains to show who was boss, he was met by a group ofeljc Jfcut JJork ehucs; JAMES HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 640 words
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