Today, 13 November 2011

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1 1 Today
  • 12 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY November 13, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011
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    • 986 1 26th SEA GAMES INDONESIA 2011 COME ITS 50TH BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE WILL HOST THE 2015 SEA GAMES sports 14 SINGAPORE’S MEDAL TALLY: GOLD 8 SILVER 7 BRONZE 8 TURNOVER FORTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Articles selected for Copyright 2011 The New York Times Sunday, november 13, 2011 A Publication of
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  • 1556 2  -  How do those in the ‘sandwiched class’, who don’t qualify for many assistance schemes, get sundayspecial carolyn quek, yu pei fern todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg The first thing you notice when you enter Madam Anna’s (not her real name) flat is that the handles
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  • 867 3  -  CAROLYN QUEK, YU PEI FERN THE possibility of divorce had never been raised until 17 months ago when the family found itself without a roof over their heads. “It sounds horrible to put it this way,” Mr Tang (not his real
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    • 77 4 [Marriott] ENJOY ALL YOUR HOLIDAY FAVOURITES THIS THANKSGIVING AT THE MARRIOTT Indulge in a scrumptious festive buffet line-up at Marriott Cafe. Or, order the wholesome offerings specially whipped up by our Chefs and sit down to a heart-warming, gourmet meal within the comforts of your home. For enquiries on Thanksgiving
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    • 68 4 uld Be Our Next W G i Stages of DRAWS held to REWARD YOU!! R SINGAPORE CHINA INDONESIA LCentral is turning 4!!! And we are celebrating it with you! "THE GREAT GRAND DRAW 1 C giv •mJ Grand prizes to a: be won in Term 4,2012^ given away every term
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    • 240 5 Launch of Phase 2 m WHR'. m a Sa* c s'-r L t J*iW} WT m ‘7 iV SsjflKii?;v>'V V 1 St 3C?« 1 Discover an amazing location nestled within picturesque Pasir Ris. SEASTRAND offers an enchanting beach park lifestyle, full of exciting and enjoyable activities at the nearby Pasir
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  • 1419 6 After two decades of being lost in the fashion wilderness, German brand Etienne Aigner is enjoying a phenomenal comeback, CEO Sibylle Schön tells Aaron De Silva the perspectives Dressed in a sleek black pantsuit that accentuates her tall, slender frame, and with her blonde locks pulled taut
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    • 25 6 What Sibylle Schön had at Brasserie Les Saveurs Orange saffron jelly with marinated fresh orange, blood orange sorbet and Grand Marnier espuma Freshly brewed Coffee
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  • 840 8  -  thefinerlife esther ng todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg For 13 years, its handsets have been synonymous with bling and luxury. Yet only recently has bespoke mobile phone maker Vertu launched its first touchscreen phone, the Constellation (picture). “Luxury isn’t about a race to do the latest, greatest thing,” says Vertu’s principal designer
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  • Article, Illustration
    863 10  -  From ‘freedom fighters’ in the West Bank to dancers in France, photographer Yian Huang has met them all faceinthecrowd todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg mayo martin Back in 2005, Yian Huang (right) found himself face-to-face with a terrorist. It was during the Palestinian presidential election and, at one of the polling stations
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    • 250 10 THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DESIGNING LOGISTICAL NETWORK This programme introduces participants to the “science” of network design by giving an overview mathematical and IT-based systems are offering today. Course Highlights Fundamentals of transport and location network analysis and design Best practices in the "art" of network design: concepts and
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    • 405 11 Nikon 1 I AM CHANGING EVERYTHING Nikon ■3D I I AM THE NEW NIKON 1 VI. I am the new advanced camera with interchangeable lens. My Smart Photo Selector always captures the best shot. I can take a full-resolution photo while you are filming a movie. I am changing everything,
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 192 12 REUTERS ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was set to resign early this morning (Singapore time) after a new Budget law is approved in Parliament, making way for an emergency government expected to be headed by former European Commissioner Mario Monti. Mr Monti would have
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    • 373 12  -  IMELDA SAAD imelda@mediacorp.com.sg HONOLULU A more educated and assertive population will present challenges for governments as Asia grows, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking at a dialogue session at the opening of the CEO Summit on the sidelines of
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    • 177 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA AGENCIES A broad outline of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a Singapore initiative that is seen as a pathway to a wider AsiaPacific Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be issued today, as the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting kicks off
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    • 99 12 Some key features of Gardens by the Bay, including one of the two conservatories the Flower Dome (picture) will be open to the public for a week-long sneak preview from tomorrow, in conjunction with the 20th World Orchid Conference. The National Parks Board said the preview
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    • 93 12  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said he plans to set up a task force called “Kindness in Action” to promote graciousness in Marine Parade GRC and Mountbatten SMC. Speaking at the inaugural Kindness Conference yesterday, Mr Goh said that generally
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    • 91 12  -  LIP KWOK WAI AND WAYNE The library@orchard will be getting a new home in the first quarter of 2014. Expected to span 1,700 sq m, it will be located on the third and fourth levels of the new Specialists’ Shopping Centre, between Orchard Central and
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    • 194 12 The ups and downs of the economy and the feelings it generated among Singaporeans were among the factors leading to the results of the May General Election, where the People’s Action Party won its lowest vote share since independence (60.14 per cent), said
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    • 414 13  -  SHARON SEE SINGAPORE Come next year, stray mongrels and cross-bred dogs could find new homes in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, in a bid to alleviate the stray dog situation, said Minister of State for National Development and Manpower, Briga-dier-General (NS)
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    • 95 13  -  S RAMESH, OLIVIA SIONG The number of primary school students with myopia has dropped following the launch of the National Myopia Prevention Programme in 2001, said Health Minister Gan KimYong. At the opening ceremony of the National Eye Care Week yesterday, Mr Gan
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    • 98 13 AP Thailand’s ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej recently suffered a health problem that led him to temporarily lose consciousness. Princess Chulabhorn said doctors told her the abdominal bleeding could have been caused by concern over the flooding in Thailand, which has killed more than 500 people.
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    • 133 13 REUTERS The Arab League yesterday called on the Syrian army to stop the killing of civilians and said it was suspending Syria from the regional body, in a surprise move that turns up the heat on President Bashar Al Assad. The league
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    • 331 13 TUV SUD PSB Learning Choose certainty. Add value. www.tuv-sud-psb.sg/learning Drive Business Growth through Process Improvement Streamlining of work processes can help you achieve exponential growth in your business and reduce cost at the same time. Develop your skills from our existing suite of Six Sigma and productivity courses, and the
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  • SPORTS
    • 422 14  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG The SEA Games will return to Singapore after a break of 22 years. At the SEA Games Federation council meeting here yesterday, the 10 other member nations unanimously gave their backing to award the hosting
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    • 666 14  -  Joseph and Zheng Wen help Singapore plunder in swimming, as controversy swirls around aquatic centre TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG Singapore’s swimming gold machine hummed magnificently here last night on the first day of the competition at the 26th SEA Games, with two teenage rookies
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    • 140 15 PATRICH WANGGAI The hosts have been playing like champions at the 26th SEA Games. Indonesia are desperate to win football gold, and in striker Patrich Wanggai, they look like they have the man to lead them to the promised land. The 23-year-old is blessed with skill and
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    • 226 15 selected events ATHLETICS Women’s 100m hurdles final: Dipna Lim Prasad; Men’s 400m final: Ng Chin Hui, Kenneth Khoo GYMNASTICS Women’s Artistic Team final SHOOTING Women’s 10m Air Pistol final SWIMMING Men’s 200m Freestyle (heats/final): Danny Yeo Kai Quan, Jeremy Kevin Mathews; Women’s 400m Individual Medley (heats/final): Koh
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    • 486 15  -  Veteran ends SEA Games love affair with a 10th gold TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG He has led the way for the sport in Singapore and, after a final flourish, James Wong believes the country’s athletics future is bright. Yesterday, the 42-year-old secured Singapore’s first gold medal at
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    • 67 16 Singapore won the first SEA Games women’s waterpolo gold medal. Yesterday, the Republic edged out hosts Indonesia 11-9 in their final round robin match at the Lumban Tirtir Swimming Complex. It was their second successive win, after beating Malaysia on Friday. Indonesia finished second
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    • 545 16  -  Lee bags Singapore’s first canoeing win and also pockets a silver LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA It was a lung-bursting race to the finish for canoeist Geraldine Lee (picture) in the women’s K1 500m at Cipule Lake yesterday. Lee, 24, powered home in the
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    • 401 16  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG Not having the time to think about the “ifs”, “buts” and “maybes” usually leads to success. Singapore shooter Zhang Jin will testify to that. Barely 48 hours after arriving here for the 26th SEA Games, he
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    • 425 18  -  After blaming players, coach Pavkovic takes responsibility for loss to Indonesia SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA He paced the edge of the technical area for virtually the entire duration of Singapore’s 2-0 loss to Indonesia on Friday. It has been his post for
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    • 223 18  -  SHAMIR OSMAN There was no attempt to turn and leave when team manager Ashiq Idris asked for the interview to come to an end. Instead, Neil Vanu sat still and fielded more questions from members of the Singapore media. Singled out by his
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    • 296 18  -  LOW LIN FHOONG PALEMBANG Sprinter Gary Yeo found himself in the spotlight at the Jakabaring Stadium here yesterday, as the 25-year-old came within 0.09sec of winning the men’s 100m gold for Singapore at the 26th SEA Games. Yeo had
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    • 565 19  -  Rain reduces tournament to 54 holes, Monday finish is possible PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg GOLF Barclays Singapore Open 2011 SINGAPORE The fans were in great voice on Day Three of the Barclays Singapore Open 2011. Late on a sodden day at the Sentosa Golf Club, strains of
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    • 326 19 AGENCIES SYDNEY Former champion John Senden hit a course record equalling nine-under-par 63 to outshine Jason Day and a slumping Tiger Woods, and take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Australian Open yesterday. Overnight leader Woods
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    • 522 20 But coach Trapattoni warns against complacency in the second leg in Dublin AGENCIES EURO 2012 QUALIFYING Estonia 0 Ireland 4 TALLINN (Estonia) Ireland took a huge step towards qualification for the 2012 European Championship on Friday, with a 4-0 win over nine-man Estonia in the first
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    • 214 20 AP AMMAN Jordan beat Singapore 2-0 on Friday to earn a place in the fourth round of Asian qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup with two games to spare. Ahmed Hayel Ibrahim opened the scoring with a powerful shot in the 15th
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    • 292 20 REUTERS ABU DHABI Double Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel dug deep to seize pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday and equal Nigel Mansell’s 1992 record of 14 poles in a single season. The 24-year-old German, who
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    • 71 17 Our women’s waterpolo team posing with their first SEA Games gold medal. Women’s waterpolo coach Luo Nan celebrating his team’s Team Singapore at the SEA Games Opening Ceremony in Palembang on Friday. A cool balancing act. James Wong in indomitable form as he adds another gold medal to his glittering
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1170 21 FOREVER ENTHRALLED okto, 10pm This film is a biographical account of Mei Lanfang, widely regarded as China’s greatest opera star. He was born in 1894 to a family of Beijing Opera performers. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the social status of these performers was reduced to dirt. Though
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 2004 22 CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 6.00AM Seriously Funny Kids 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 Project Runway VI All Star Special (Episode 1) 11.00 26th SEA Games 2011 Daily Highlights Today At The Games 11.30 Great Ideas From JML NOON My Sassy Neighbour II 12.30PM Tiramisu 1.00 Point
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 1839 23 3.00PM Anjaraipetti II 3.30 Sathy Leelavathi 4.00 Silanthi 4.30 Mythilli 5.00 Ohho Productions 5.30 Savaal Gurukulam 6.00 Yaar Antha Star III 7.00 Gokulathil Seethai 7.30 Pathivugal 8.00 Anandha Bhavan 8.30 Tamil Seithi 9.00 Sabaash Seriyana Pohtti 9.30 Rusiyai Thedi 10.00 ICE 10.30 Puthaiyal 11.00 Sollamaley 11.30 Tamil Seithi MN Close
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    • 52 24 I.' I 26™ SEA GAMES IN DON ESI A 2011 JAKARTA-PALEMBANC ■n Daily Action Belt (live) Today At The Games (Highlights show) Closing Ceremony (live) Tonight to 21 Nov 7:00pm to 9:30pm Tonight to 21 Nov 11:00pm to 11:30pm 22 Nov 8:00pm 1 SIN T/VO LI Photos courtesy of Si
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  • THE WAY WE EAT
    • 792 16  -  By SARAH DiGREGORIO Jjork Shncs There are white-meat people and there are dark-meat people; there are those who swear by the drumstick, thigh or breast. And then there are skin people. Nate Gutierrez, the chef and owner of Nate’s Taco Truck and Nate’s Taco
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    • 661 16  -  By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO Jjork Shncs PESSINA CREMONESE, Italy For the past 20 years, Indian immigrants from Punjab have been settling in Italy’s agricultural heartland to work primarily on farms, often as bergamini, as dairy workers are known in the native dialect. It has
      Jjork Shncs; SAMUELE PELLECCHIA FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE  -  661 words

  • ARTS & STYLES
    • 855 15  -  By BROOKS BARNES EljcJfcUt Jlork Ehncs LOS ANGELES To transform himself into an aging J. Edgar Hoover, Leonardo DiCaprio sat for hours while makeup artists gave him liver spots, yellow teeth and a bulging stomach. He spends a good chunk of Clint Eastwood’s
      EljcJfcUt Jlork Ehncs; KEVIN SCANLON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  855 words
    • 588 15  -  By CHARLES McGRATH EljcJfcUt Jlork Ehncs The six one-meter-tall marionettes in “69˚S.” are mute, all-male and celibate. What they mostly do, wearing boots, hoods, heavy coats and fur mittens, is glide in that stiffbacked, light-footed marionette fashion over a spectral Antarctic landscape, occasionally sinking
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    • 680 14  -  eXHIBItION reVIeW EDWARD ROTHSTEIN el)c ?s>Ut jlork Stines Few artifacts at the provocative new exhibition at Discovery Times Square in New York “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times” will inspire aesthetic wonder. Pottery, silver coins, iron arrowheads, limestone pitchers, scraps
      el)c ?s>Ut jlork Stines; PHOTOGRAPHS BY TINA FINEBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  680 words
    • 544 14  -  By NOAM COHEN Sl)c iNVut jlork Stines LONDON You won’t find best sellers or works of great literature at the Dover Bookshop in Covent Garden. The books that dominate the shelves large paperbacks with prosaic titles like “Animals” or “Plants” or
      Sl)c iNVut jlork Stines; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW TESTA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  544 words


  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    • 883 13  -  By JOHN MARKOFF eljcjs'ctit Jlork ®unc0 Using statistics-based translation techniques like those used by Google Translate, ateam of Swedish and American linguists appears to have cracked one of the most stubborn of codes: the Copiale Cipher, a hand-lettered, 105-page manuscript that appears
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    • FINDINGS
      • 193 13  -  SINDYA N. BHANOO el)c $c\v Jlork ®unc0 Piranhas have razor-sharp teeth, but they have another distinguishing characteristic: They make noise. Until now scientists have not under- stood why. Using a hydrophone, researchers from the University of Liège in Belgium say they have found
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      • 208 13  -  SINDYA N. BHANOO eljcjs'ctit Jiork ®unc0 Researchers returning from an expedition to the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, the deepest part of the oceans, say it is home to single-celled organisms more than 10 centimeters long. Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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      • 209 13  -  ANAHAD O’CONNOR eljcjs'ctit Jlork ®unc0 Ordinarily, sleep experts advise steering clear of coffee and other stimulants before resting, since caffeine disrupts sleep. Asa result, studies on drowsy drivers have generally compared the restorative benefits of pulling over and napping versus pulling over for
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    • 1284 12  -  By GINA KOLATA SlK Jfcut Jlork Simcss Dr. James Andrews, a widely known sports medicine orthopedist in Gulf Breeze, Florida, wanted to test his suspicion that M.R.I.’s, the scans given to many injured athletes or casual exercisers, might be a bit misleading. So
      SlK Jfcut Jlork Simcss; KARENA CAWTHON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; KEN BLAZE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  1,284 words


  • MONEY & BUSINESS
    • 587 11  -  By AZAM AHMED EIkJu'Ut Jlork Ehncs In an effort to preserve and increase its oil revenue, Nigeria recently established a sovereign wealth fund. Now, Wall Street titans like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase are aiming for a piece
      EIkJu'Ut Jlork Ehncs; GEORGE ESIRI/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  587 words
    • 703 11  -  By JAD MOUAWAD Sljc JfcUt Jlork Ehncs As airlines have added new classes of seating and new fees for priority boarding all in the name of more revenue they have made the boarding process frustratingly slow. Boarding time has doubled over the
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    • 644 10  -  By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Sl)e Jfhu Jlork Ehnes GIZA, Egypt Lurching around the Great Pyramids on a camel was part of the experience that Farag Abu Ghaneima once touted dozens of times a day, but he recently sold three of his five camels to the
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    • 801 10  -  By JUDY DEMPSEY Sl)e Jfhu Jlork Ehnes BERLIN Some countries in Central Europe are members of the euro zone and some are not, but all are being buffeted by the turbulence that has hit the currency union this year, just as they were recovering
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  • WORLD TRENDS
    • 805 8  -  By TIM ARANGO Sljejfau Jlork ehncs ABU GHRAIB, Iraq On a recent day off, Hussam Saad stood at a roadside vegetable stand across the highway from the prison where he says he works. “I can still remember guarding the prison
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    • 780 8  -  By VICTORIA BURNETT Sljc iNcUt Jlork Stmcs HAVANA Until weeks ago, Erik González’s decrepit car did little more than devour his tiny income. He spent hundreds of dollars fixing the car, a 30-year-old Moskvich that his grandfather passed down to him in 2000. Even when
      Sljc iNcUt Jlork Stmcs; JOSE GOITIA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  780 words
    • 777 7  -  news analysis By DAVID CARR El)c Jfctu Jlork Shncs It appears likely that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, will be extradited to Sweden to be questioned on allegations of sexual misconduct from two women. A British court’s ruling on November 2 that he
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    • 606 6  -  LENS ANITA PATIL ®l)c JfrUt Jlork Shncs Artists, musicians and celebrities: We love you, worship you, obsess over you and buy into you. But our feelings have changed. You’re too distant and we want out of this relationship. We want to feel like we’re a part of
      ®l)c JfrUt Jlork Shncs; CHANG W. LEE/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  606 words
    • 613 4  -  By LYDIA POLGREEN el)c?sVut JJork State* MADHYA MASALDANGA, India Mohammed Idris Ali exists in a no man’s land. The patch of earth here on which he lives and farms is part of an archipelago of villages, known as enclaves, that are technically
      el)c?sVut JJork State*; THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  613 words
    • 706 4  -  By ANDREW JACOBS el)c Jfcut jJork State* BEIJING Big Red Belly, his thick limbs nourished by a liver-tofu-ginger diet, should have been a contender. Instead, as his trainer watched in dismay, the young fighter nervously circled his more menacing adversary and then skittered to
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    • 577 3  -  By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ eljc JCcUt JJork Stines OSH, Kyrgyzstan Nearly ayear and a half after ethnic clashes ripped through this former Silk Road trading hub, ethnic Uzbeks, who suffered the brunt of the violence, face arbitrary arrest and often horrific abuse at the hands
      eljc JCcUt JJork Stines; ILYA TARASOV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  577 words
    • 653 2  -  By ELLEN BARRY £l)c JscUt JJork ®1 me$ MOSCOW Vladislav Y. Surkov is often ranked as Russia’s third-most-powerful man, after Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and President Dmitri A. Medvedev. Mr. Surkov, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, occupies the classic
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    • 758 2  -  inTelligenCe/ROgeR ROGER COHEN el)c Jtotr Jjjork ®lme$ Boston Silvio Berlusconi recently waved away Italy’s financial crisis as a big fuss about nothing. “Restaurants are full,” he said, and, “it’s difficult to reserve a seat on a plane,” and holiday resorts are “fully booked.” The Italian prime minister, who
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    • 1280 3 ADVERTISING FEATURE On the cultural map How grassroots creativity is blossoming in Dubai Welcoming international art events and creating art and design for the world zr <. -<> hi tm sas s* Art and design in Dubai: Work by the artist Lalla Essaydi, auctioned by Christie's. t’s not a typical
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  • 891 1  -  By SIMON ROMERO (tljc Jlork (times La Paz, Bolivia SANdAl-ClAd INdIGENOUS PrOTESTErS have excoriated their president, calling him a “lackey of Brazil.” Angry demonstrations in front of Brazil’s embassy here denounced its “imperialist” tendencies. Bolivian intellectuals lambasted the “São Paulo bourgeoisie,” likening them to the slave
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  • 1037 1  -  neWs AnAlysis By DAVID LEONHARDT The New York Times WASHINGTON With Greece struggling to form a government that can force harsh austerity measures onto a weary public, Europe is in usual form, taking a couple of steps toward solving its fiscal crisis and
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