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    32 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY August 28, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011 A Publication of MediaCorp Articles selected for Sunday, auguSt 28, 2011 Copyright 2011 The New York Times MICA (P) 041/07/2011
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    Lock icon Dr Tony Tan is Singapore’s next President
    501 1  -  Former Deputy Prime Minister edges out Dr Tan Cheng Bock in an intensely-fought contest LOH CHEE KONG news editor cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The most keenly-contested Presidential Election lived up to its billing as the race went down to the wire. After a three-hour recount
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      786 1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011 TONY TAN 744,397 votes 35.19% Page 2 TAN JEE SAY 529,732 votes 25.04% Page 6 TAN CHENG BOCK 737,128 votes 34.85% Page 4 TAN KIN LIAN 103,931 votes 4.91% Page 8 TOTAL VOTES CAST: 2,153,014 REJECTED VOTES: 37,826 Mr Lee added: “Now that the election all come
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  • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011
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      Lock icon The real work begins now: Tony Tan
      890 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After dropping by Radin Mas Primary School, the first and only counting centre he visited yesterday, Dr Tony Tan predicted “a long night” ahead. And he was proven right: Some eight hours after polls closed and following a
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      Lock icon This is not the end, says Tan Cheng Bock
      945 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For supporters of Presidential candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock, it was a night of wildly swinging emotions as his vote count edged him into the lead and then fell behind several times over the long hours. Shortly
      PHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN; PHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN, DON WONG  -  945 words
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      Lock icon If only I had more time: Tan Jee Say
      835 6  -  CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At about 1.30am, when it became apparent that he was no longer in the running for the highest office in the land, presidential candidate Tan Jee Say who had refused to concede defeat until then congratulated the
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      Lock icon Disappointed, but Tan Kin Lian will continue to be ‘voice of the people’
      925 8  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Less than two hours after the counting of the votes got underway, Presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian, 63, already knew his chance of becoming the Republic’s next President was all but gone.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Hurricane Irene hits North Carolina
      329 10 AGENCIES NEW YORK Hurricane Irene howled ashore in North Carolina yesterday on a path that triggered evacuations in New York and threatened the densely-populated United States East Coast with flooding and power outages. New York City ordered unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns as states from
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      Lock icon Typhoon pounds the Philippines as it makes its way to Taiwan
      316 10 AGENCIES MANILA A slow-moving typhoon made landfall in the Philippines yesterday, drenching most of the northern provinces and triggering landslides that killed five children and a man digging for gold, officials said. Typhoon Nanmadol unleashed strong winds that toppled
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      Lock icon Taliban fighters attack seven Pakistani posts
      212 12 AGENCIES CHITRAL (Pakistan) Hundreds of Taliban fighters crossed from an area of eastern Afghanistan largely abandoned by American troops and launched raids on seven Pakistani paramilitary posts yesterday, killing up to 36 people, government and security officials said. It was the latest in a
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      Lock icon Five want to be Japan's next Prime Minister
      418 12 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s ruling party formally kicked off a leadership race yesterday to pick the next Prime Minister, with no clear winner among the five candidates in sight. The race to select Japan’s sixth leader in five years is shaping up as
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      Lock icon China considering changes to give police new legal powers
      388 12 AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese police will gain new legal powers to detain suspects for up to six months without telling their families where or why they are held, according to a state newspaper’s account of planned reforms. Human rights activists and legal
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      Lock icon Indian activist to end hunger strike
      326 14 AGENCIES NEW DELHI An Indian reform activist agreed yesterday to end an 11-day hunger strike after Parliament expressed nonbinding support for parts of his anti-graft plan, ending a drama that had deeply embarrassed a government plagued by corruption scandals. The 74-year-old Anna Hazare had
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      Lock icon Iran warns of a regional crisis should Syria fall
      245 14 AGENCIES BEIRUT Syria’s powerful ally Iran warned yesterday that a power vacuum in Damascus could spark an unprecedented regional crisis, as thousands of protesters insisted that they will defy tanks and bullets until President Bashar Assad is toppled. The five-month-old uprising
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      Lock icon A DIFFERENT RIDE
      39 14 A team competes with a home-made boat during the Milk Pack Regatta in the central Latvian town of Jelgava on Friday. Thirtyfive teams built boats using some 45,000 tetra packs for the annual competition. REUTERS REUTERS
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      Lock icon Libyan rebels fight for control of border road
      293 14 AP TRIPOLI Libyan rebels fought yesterday for control of a major supply road to the capital, seizing a border crossing with Tunisia and strengthening their hold on the oil-rich country as they hunt for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Controlling the road from the
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      Lock icon AL QAEDA SECOND-IN-COMMAND KILLED IN PAKISTAN
      126 14 AP The second-in-command in the Al Qaeda terror network, Atiyah Abd Al Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, a senior Obama administration official said yesterday. His death is another big blow to a terrorist group that the United States believes is on the verge
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      Lock icon TWO SECURITY ALERTS IN HISTORIC BRITISH CITY OF CANTERBURY
      113 14 AP British army bomb disposal experts were called into the historic cathedral city of Canterbury on Friday night to help investigate two incidents, including a fake bomb found on a railway line during rush hour, officials said. The discovery of the
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      Lock icon INDONESIAN POLICE NAB TWO MEN ATTEMPTING TO HIJACK TRAIN
      113 14 AP The police in Indonesia said they have arrested two men who allegedly tried to hijack a passenger train at gunpoint. A third suspect remains at large. The senior police official said the incident occurred early yesterday on a train heading
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      Lock icon IRAN LAUNCHES PRODUCTION OF EMBARGOED CARBON FIBRE
      102 14 AP Iran has inaugurated its own production of carbon fibre, a material under United Nations embargo because of its potential use in the country’s controversial nuclear programme, the IRNA news agency reported yesterday. The Defence Minister, General Ahmad Vahidi, said Iran decided to
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Liverpool’s new boys run riot
      542 15 Henderson and Adam score in a one-sided affair at Anfield AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 3 Bolton 1 LIVERPOOL Bolton have not won a league match at Anfield since 1954 and the latest match played this morning (Singapore time) was so one-sided that Ivan Klasnic’s last-minute
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      Lock icon Lampard saves Chelsea's blushes as Drogba's sent to hospital
      504 15 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 3 Norwich 1 LONDON There was plenty of drama at Stamford Bridge yesterday as a late Frank Lampard penalty saved Chelsea from humiliation at the hands of Premier League newcomers Norwich City. Lampard struck after Ramires was
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      Lock icon Gunners hope for a miracle
      595 16 With a depleted defence and midfield, Wenger’s men could be exposed AGENCIES MANCHESTER Arsenal certainly displayed their tenacity to overcome Udinese in their Champions League qualifier but the trip to Old Trafford today is likely to expose the limitations of a squad still desperately in
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      Lock icon Tottenham may find this Manchester side tougher
      465 16 AGENCIES LONDON Manchester City have lost 10 of their 14 Premier League visits to White Hart Lane but Spurs manager Harry Redknapp knows that the odds are stacked against his side this time round. Tottenham suffered a 3-0 defeat to Manchester United in
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      Lock icon Bolt blazes through with ease
      536 17 Jamaican sprint star shows he is still the man to beat REUTERS DAEGU Usain Bolt signalled that reports of his vulnerability might be exaggerated when he stormed to the quickest time in the first round of the 100 metres heats at the world championships yesterday.
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      Lock icon Wallabies outplay All Blacks to claim title
      534 18 Pressure mounts on New Zealand after two straight losses AP BRISBANE Australia held off New Zealand 25-20 yesterday to claim the Tri-Nations title for the first time in a decade in a con-fidence-boosting victory two weeks from the Rugby World Cup. For the
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      Lock icon Schumacher's nightmare in Spa
      532 19 Former champ’s podium hopes vanish after crash REUTERS SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, who made his debut at this circuit 20 years ago, had a nightmare afternoon and failed to set a time in the first phase after skidding his Mercedes into a wall. Schumacher’s
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      1158 21 SUNDAY TV QUANTUM OF SOLACE (Premiere) Channel 5, 7pm A devastating betrayal sends James Bond from Australia to Italy and South America on a mission of vengeance that pits the suave super-spy against a powerful businessman with diabolical intentions. Betrayed by Vesper, 007 suppresses the urge to make his latest
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  • ARTS & STYLES
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      Lock icon Tattered Moscow Theater Enjoys a Glorious Return
      645 16  -  By SETH MYDANS ®(jc Jshu JJork Ehucs MOSCOW After six years of delays, scandals, firings and resignations, huge cost overruns and charges of embezzlement, as well as unforeseen architectural challenges on a mortally wounded building, the Bolshoi Theater, the crown jewel of Russian
      ®(jc Jshu JJork Ehucs; JAMES HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  645 words
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      Lock icon Living and Loving in an Underground Film About Iran
      734 16  -  By LARRY ROHTER ®ljc ?shu JJork Ehucs Shortly before she began shooting “Circumstance,” her first experience in front of a camera, the law student and soon-to-be actress Sarah Kazemy flew from her home in France to visit relatives in Iran. She
      ®ljc ?shu JJork Ehucs; ETHAN HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  734 words
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      Lock icon Defining the Mystical Gift of Charisma
      816 15  -  essay ZACHARY WOOLFE ®l)c Jfrtu Jtjork Ehncs On March 19,1965, Maria Callas returned to the Metropolitan Opera after a seven-year absence. It was one of the most anticipated nights in Met history. The next day Har- old Schonberg reported in The Times that Callas’s
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      Lock icon Art Books Elevate Picassos Of Pulp
      469 15  -  DANA JENNINGS ®l)c Jfrtu |jork Ehncs The place of comic books at the cultural dinner table has never been more secure. Summertime films have come to mean superhero movies. Comics-related museum shows and gallery exhibitions are a regular part of the art world palette.
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  • BUSINESS OF GREEN
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      Lock icon Countries Clogged With Cars Explore a Driving Tax
      746 14  -  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL ®(jc iNc\u Jlork Simcs EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands As Sander Van Dedem watched the charges tick up every 10 seconds on the dashboard meter on the way to the airport, he resolved to try public transportation next time. “Looking at
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      Lock icon A Worldwide Mission to Build a More Efficient Toilet
      570 14  -  By ANNE EISENBERG ®ljc Jfau Jlork Simcs Flush toilets swirl human waste down the drain quickly and neatly. But their convenience comes with a rising price a cost that is often paid by municipal water and sewage treatment systems. Some groups
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      Lock icon Society’s Discards, As Good As New
      699 13  -  By PENELOPE GREEN SlK Jfrtu Jlork Ehncs TRENTON, New Jersey TerraCycle, a “waste solution development” company, was started 10 years ago by Tom Szaky, a dropout of Princeton University in New Jersey, with a single product, Worm Poop, a plant food made from just
      SlK Jfrtu Jlork Ehncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT WRIGHT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  699 words
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      Lock icon The Faces and Hands Of Economic Crashes
      649 13  -  DealB%k By PETER LATTMAN Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin ®1)C Jfrtu Jlork Ehncs The tumult in the stock market has been a boon for The Brokers With Hands on Their Faces Blog. With traders around the world gesticulating in agony as the financial
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon A Butterfly’s Weaponry, Born of Biological Mimicry
      599 12  -  By NICHOLAS WADE EljcJu'Ut Jlork Ehncs The gaudy brown Brazilian butterfly known as Heliconius numata has long puzzled geneticists. It has seven different wing patterns, each of which mimics that of a different local species of Melinaea, another group of butterflies. To help
      EljcJu'Ut Jlork Ehncs; MATHIEU JORON AND JAMES MALLET  -  599 words
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      Lock icon On Island of Trash, a Haven in Nature
      670 12  -  By LINDSEY HOSHAW Sljc JfcUt Jlork (Emeu Singapore may have the only landfill with a four-month-long waiting list to visit. But this landfill is a manmade island that resembles a nature preserve, despite the 8.9 million metric tons of incinerated waste just
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      Lock icon Cancer’s Deeper Secrets Are Coming Into Focus
      906 11  -  By GEORGE JOHNSON el)c?scur JJork elmcs For the last decade cancer research has been guided by a vision of how a single cell evolves into a malignant tumor. Through a series of random mutations, genes that encourage cellular division are pushed into overdrive,
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      Lock icon For 58,000 People, a Free Class on Artificial Intelligence
      521 11  -  By JOHN MARKOFF Sljc JJork elmcs PALO ALTO, California A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe nearly
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  • AMERICANA
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      Lock icon Small Fists Hold Tight In a Lesson on Rodeo
      814 10  -  By SARAH MASLIN NIR SljcJfcUt JJork elmcs AURORA, Colorado Kaden Bustamante tottered out of the rodeo arena after his brief, rough ride landed him face down in the dirt. He spit dust and tried to stanch the blood pouring from his
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      Lock icon Housing Market Revives in Florida’s Capital of Default
      711 10  -  By DAVID STREITFELD EIkJu'Ut JJork elmcii MIAMI South Florida is the default capital of the country. Here in Miami-Dade County, one out of five households with mortgages is in foreclosure, with nearly 200,000 South Florida families are stuck in the mire of
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon To Find Life Out There, Begin by Searching Here on Earth
      1453 8  -  By DENNIS OVERBYE Stye ?s>Ut Jlork Elmcs SAN DIEGO, California—Generations of scientists and science fiction fans have grown up presuming that humanity’s first encounter with alien life will happen in outer space. But it could soon happen right here
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      66 7 An article last week misstated the deportation policy advocated by Geert Wilders, an avowed anti-Muslim Dutch politician who leads the country’s third-largest party. Mr. Wilders has said that immigrant Muslims and their children should be deported if they break the law, or engage in behavior he has described as
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      Lock icon Threat With Qaeda Ties Grows in Nigeria
      719 6  -  By ADAM NOSSITER Elje JCcUt Jlork Ernies M AIDUGURI, Nigeria A shadowy Islamist insurgency that has haunted northern Nigeria appears to be branching out and collaborating with Al Qaeda’s affiliates, alarming Western officials and analysts who had previously viewed the militants here as
      Elje JCcUt Jlork Ernies; SAMUEL JAMES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  719 words
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      Lock icon Large Credit Card Debt Shackles Gulf Migrants
      625 6  -  By JASON JASON DePARLE Elje JsVtu Jlork Ehncs ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Before she arrived in this mecca of migrant labor, Evelyn Naces, a Filipino nurse, had never owned a credit card. Soon she had 14 of them and like thousands of
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      Lock icon Kashmir Enjoys A Season Of Calm
      893 4  -  By LYDIA POLGREEN SlK Jfrtu Jlork Ehncs SRINAGAR, Kashmir By this time last summer, this beleaguered city was a war zone. Dozens had been killed in clashes between stone-throwing protesters and heavily armed security forces. Each death prompted a fresh set of demonstrations that
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      Lock icon China’s Top Athletes Defy Abusive System
      814 4  -  By DAN LEVIN SlK Jfctu Jlork Ehncs BEIJING Perhaps it was the latest bruise turning purple, or the curses echoing off the bleachers. Whatever the reason, the members of China’s national junior basketball team decided one day in April that enough was enough. So
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      Lock icon In Father’s Memory, an Orphan Fights to Stay in England
      1280 3  -  By NINA BERNSTEIN Eljc JfcUt JJork elmcii CLAPHAM, England The boy was 13 when a dawn immigration raid ended his father’s four-year quest for political asylum in Britain. By nightfall of that day in 2005, father and son were hundreds
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      Lock icon As Lasers Advance, Fears of Misuse Rise
      754 2  -  By WILLIAM J. BROAD eljcJsVut Jjork (times Scientists have long sought easier ways to make the costly material known as enriched uranium the fuel of nuclear reactors and bombs. One idea, a half-century old, has been to do it with lasers. This futuristic
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      Lock icon Turkeys Embrace of the Web
      834 2  -  intelligence/elif ELIF SHAFAK ElifShafak is the author of eight novels, including “The ***** of Istanbul,” “Black Milk,” and “The Forty Rules of Love.” Her forthcoming novel “Honor” will be published in March 2012. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. Stye Jjork (times Istanbul “We are about to
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    Lock icon Retro Appeal, For Now
    662 1  -  LENS ANITA PATIL (Eljc KeUr JJork Slmejs Mired in high unemployment, a credit downgrade and fears of a double-dip recession, the United states seems in desperate need of a break. so young Americans, normally caught up in the moment and in the new and now, are
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    Lock icon Next Stop, Alpha Centauri
    1013 1  -  America Finances the Lofty Dream of Interstellar Trips By DENNIS OVERBYE The New York Times The UNITed sTATes government agency that helped invent the Internet now wants to do the same for travel to the stars. darpa, the defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, plans to award
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