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Title Section31 2011-12-11 1 TODAY on Sunday INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY December 11, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011 A Publication of MediaCorp Articles selected for Sunday, december 11, 2011 Copyright 2011 The New York Times MICA (P) 041/07/201131 words
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Advertisement818 2011-12-11 1 TURNOVER FORTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Articles selected for Copyright 2011 The New York Times Sunday, december 11, 2011 A Publication of MediaCorp MICA (P) 041/07/2011 rethinking High-Tech Teaching For decades, a techno-utopi-omhas an vision of the classroom has ducators fired the dreams of educators. teacher In this scenario,818 words
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Article, Illustration1312 2011-12-11 2 cheow xin yi - For the Japanese, it is still a long, slow and frustrating process of picking up the pieces after the March 11 disaster sundayspecial cheow xin yi cheow xin yi in ishinomaki, japan todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg For the past eight months and counting, newspaper editor Hiroyuki Takeuchi and hisPHOTOS BY CHEOW XIN YI; REUTERS - 1,312 words
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Article, Illustration998 2011-12-11 3 CHEOW XIN YI - CHEOW XIN YI OUTSIDE the neat if impersonal rows of prefabricated housing in the Fukushima city of Iwaki, four elderly women sit in a row like schoolgirls on a bench during recess. Cajoled into taking a photo, Emiko Ohira, 82, giggles: “It’sPHOTO BY CHEOW XIN YI - 998 words
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Article, Illustration411 2011-12-11 4 CHEOW XIN YI - CHEOW XIN YI As she surveyed the rows of exquisitely packaged Japanese snacks in the corner for Fukushima products, there was only a slight moment of hesitation before Yoshimi Okada picked up a box of okashi for ¥1,050 (S$17.50). Was she not worried aboutPHOTO BY CHEOW XIN YI - 411 words
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Article, Illustration618 2011-12-11 6 annette tan - Hand-wrought pieces of beauty are what will make for a truly special table setting this Christmas thefinerlife annette tan todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg ‘Artisanal’ is the buzzword when it comes to food these days, but when everything on your table is assiduously made by hand, a meal becomes618 words
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Article, Illustration1120 2011-12-11 8 Internet entrepreneur John Markus Lervik reflects on regrets, what-could-have-beens and the new opportunities with his latest venture, cXense. Conrad Raj meets the Norwegian whom Microsoft once wooed the perspectives John Markus Lervik is not just any computer geek. At 42, the lanky Norwegian has establishedPHOTOS BY ERNEST CHUA - 1,120 words
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Article, Illustration807 2011-12-11 10 alywin chew - speakeasy alywin chew assistant sports editor todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg I’m a very busy man. I handle the sports pages at a local newspaper by day and I’m an adrenaline-junkie hero by night. Back in July, I was saving the planet from an alien infestation with my trusty C-14807 words
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Article, Illustration737 2011-12-11 11 lee seow ser - parenttoparent lee seow ser todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Lee Seow Ser is a mother of two young boys. My six-year old son happily remarked to me in the car the other day, on the way to visiting my parents, how much he had been looking forward737 words
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HOT NEWS
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287 2011-12-11 12 AP SHANGHAI China’s economy is losing steam, with growth in industrial production dropping to its slowest pace in two years last month and exports and inflation also cooling raising the likelihood of fresh moves to keep expansion on track. These could come asAP - 287 words
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185 2011-12-11 12 BLOOMBERG China Investment Corporation (CIC), the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, has about 60 per cent of its assets in the United States, chairman Jin Liqun told CNBC in an interview on Friday. Mr Jin added that the fund needs to take aBLOOMBERG - 185 words
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360 2011-12-11 13 REUTERS WASHINGTON Despite some recent signs the sluggish United States economy might be improving, President Barack Obama warns it could be years before the country is on a sound footing. In excerpts from an interview with CBS on its 60 MinutesREUTERS - 360 words
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Article, Illustration208 2011-12-11 13 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The labour movement provided more financial help to needy members through its U Care Fund this year. It gave out S$9.13 million, higher than the S$8.3 million handed out last year, with more than 90,000 low-income union members and their familiesCHANNEL NEWSASIA; PHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 208 words
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120 2011-12-11 14 BLOOMBERG Investment banks UBS and Citigroup may be penalised in Japan for attempting to influence the Tokyo interbank offered rate (TIBOR), the country’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission said yesterday. The watchdog recommended that Japan’s Financial Services Agency punish theBLOOMBERG - 120 words
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Article, Illustration186 2011-12-11 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has successfully tested the use of new smart bombs in an integrated exercise overseas. This is the first time these advanced strike munitions, the Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs), have been featured in a wargame involving theCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 186 words
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Article, Illustration75 2011-12-11 14 Protesters in Bangkok on Friday wore masks and held pictures of Amphon Tangnoppaku, dubbed ‘Uncle SMS’, for 112 minutes outside the court. He was jailed for 20 years last month for sending text messages deemed to have disparaged Thailand’s Queen Sirikit. Lese-majeste, or the offence of insulting theREUTERS - 75 words
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105 2011-12-11 14 AP The New York judge overseeing the bankruptcy of MF Global has approved releasing around US$2 billion (S$ 2.58 billion) more in frozen funds to customers of the firm. It is the third transfer of funds to MF Global customers sinceAP - 105 words
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101 2011-12-11 14 AGENCIES Mega-billionaire Warren Buffett has tipped his son, a corn and soya bean farmer, to be his replacement as chairman of the US$245 billion (S$316 billion) investment giant Berkshire Hathaway. In an interview both father and son gave to CBSAGENCIES - 101 words
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93 2011-12-11 14 AP A hospital in eastern India, where 91 people died in a fire, failed to update its safety procedures despite being ordered in September to do so, officials said yesterday. Most of the victims died in their beds from inhaling black smokeAP - 93 words
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82 2011-12-11 14 AP A light airplane crashed into a school building yesterday near the Philippine capital Manila after its pilot requested an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, killing at least 13 people, including two children. No classes were in session when the plane hit,AP - 82 words
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176 2011-12-11 15 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A search and rescue operation was launched after a lorry rolled off a barge into the seas off Pasir Panjang Terminal yesterday. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a statement it received a distress call atCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 176 words
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Article, Illustration292 2011-12-11 15 AGENCIES MOSCOW —Tens of thousands of Muscovites thronged to a square across the river from the Kremlin yesterday to protest alleged electoral fraud and urge an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s rule. The demands were repeated at other rallies across theAGENCIES; AP - 292 words
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162 2011-12-11 15 Indonesia’s Telecommunication Regulatory Body has threatened to cut data services used by BlackBerry customers after officials accused the makers of the smartphone, Research In Motion (RIM), of failing to fulfil four requests made by the communications and information technology ministry. According to162 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration667 2011-12-11 16 After suffering heartache in Europe, English champions get back to winning ways ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United 4 Wolves 1 THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER At the end of what Sir Alex Ferguson called a black week for Manchester United, a routine 4-1 victory against Wolves helped theTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 667 words
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325 2011-12-11 16 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A superb volley by red-hot Robin van Persie gave Arsenal a 1 -0 home win over Everton, while Liverpool beat Queens Park Rangers by the same score at Anfield courtesy of a Luis Suarez goal.THE GUARDIAN - 325 words
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Article, Illustration517 2011-12-11 17 TAN YO-HINN - 20-year-old shines on final day of racing in women’s Laser Radial in Perth TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National sailor Elizabeth Yin (picture) is determined not to miss out on the Olympics again. Yesterday, the 20-year-old secured Singapore a berth in thePHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORESAILING - 517 words
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Article, Illustration607 2011-12-11 18 With huge clash looming, Chelsea boss blasts critics and claims media are biased towards Man City AGENCIES LONDON Chelsea are finally showing some sort of form, posting 3-0 victories in their last two Premiership matches and beating Valencia by the same scoreline last Tuesday at StamfordAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 607 words
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Article, Illustration257 2011-12-11 18 MANCHESTER Roberto Mancini thinks Andre Villas-Boas (picture) needs to learn to accept that criticism is a part of the pressure of being Chelsea boss. The Manchester City boss will go head-to-head with Villas-Boas tomorrow night (Tuesday morning, Singapore time), when Chelsea will attempt toGETTY IMAGES - 257 words
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236 2011-12-11 18 REUTERS Juan Sebastian Veron has delayed plans to end his glittering career until the close of the Argentine season after being persuaded to change his mind by Estudiantes team-mates and fans. The former Argentinean international, who shone in Europe for a decade withREUTERS - 236 words
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Article, Illustration343 2011-12-11 19 Quiros in charge, but Donald moves ahead of McIlroy and is on the brink of making history REUTERS GOLF Dubai World Championship DUBAI The local billboards hail the Dubai World Championship as the “greatest show on Earth”, and while he was not exactly electrifying, Luke DonaldREUTERS; GETTY IMAGES - 343 words
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Article, Illustration170 2011-12-11 19 Italian team Luna Rossa enjoyed a breakout day yesterday in the Singapore leg of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series. On the penultimate day of competition in the final leg of the ninerace series at Marina Reservior, Luna Rossa extended their lead over their biggest contenders forPHOTO BY LLOYD IMAGES - 170 words
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Article, Illustration417 2011-12-11 19 LOW LIN FHOONG - FairPrice Foundation [C Nations Cup 2011 Title Sponsor FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, favourites Singapore were beaten by arch-rivals Malaysia in the netball final, going down 42-35.PHOTO COURTESY NETBALL SINGAPORE - 417 words
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Miscellaneous1190 2011-12-11 21 SUNDAY TV ANGELS DEMONS (PG13-Mature Themes) (TV Premiere) Channel 5,10pm When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, he also faces a threat to the existence of the organisation’s most despised enemy: The Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is1,190 words
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Miscellaneous1875 2011-12-11 23 3.00PM Anjaraipetti II 3.30 Sathy Leelavathi 4.00 Silanthi 4.30 Jeeva 5.00 Chinna Papa Periya Papa 6.00 Music Mantra I 7.00 Villakku Vecha Nerathilla 7.30 Ethiroli 8.00 Anandha Bhavan 8.30 Tamil Seithi 9.00 Sabaash Seriyana Pohtti 9.30 Rusiyai Thedi 10.00 12 Mani Adithal 10.30 Nijangal II 11.00 Sollamaley 11.30 Tamil Seithi1,875 words
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NEW YORK ARTS
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Article, Illustration798 2011-12-11 16 MICHAEL KIMMELMAN - essay MICHAEL KIMMELMAN SlK JsVtu Jlork Ehncs What passes for public space in many of New York’s crowded neighborhoods often means some token gesture by a developer, built in exchange for the right to erect a taller skyscraper. But what makes high-density neighborhoods pedestrian friendly? Well-designed publicSlK JsVtu Jlork Ehncs; RICHARD PERRY/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 798 words
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568 2011-12-11 16 PATRICK HEALY - By PATRICK HEALY SlK Jtou Jlork Ehncs The producers of Hugh Jackman’s song-and-dance-and-bump-and-grind show on Broadway were so confident that, even before the first performance in September, they raised prices from $155 to $175 on dozens of orchestra seatsSlK Jtou Jlork Ehncs - 568 words
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ARTS & STYLES
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Article, Illustration733 2011-12-11 15 EDWARD ROTHSTEIN - essay EDWARD ROTHSTEIN eljc JsVut JJ ork euncs PARIS At the Musée du Quai Branly, artifacts from Oceania, Africa and other realms beyond Europe’s borders are on display. Elsewhere in Paris, at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, the impression is ofeljc JsVut JJ ork euncs; CORENTIN FOHLEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 733 words
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Article, Illustration700 2011-12-11 15 LARRY ROHTER - By LARRY ROHTER eljc JsVut Jlork euncs At first the Polish film director Agnieszka Holland wanted nothing to do with the script that became “In Darkness,” a new drama based on the true story of Jews in Polandeljc JsVut Jlork euncs; JASMIN MARLA DICHANT/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS - 700 words
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Article, Illustration534 2011-12-11 14 ERIC PFANNER - By ERIC PFANNER el)c JfcUt Jlork eimcii PARIS When the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, home to the Dead Sea Scrolls, reopened last year after an extensive renovation, it attracted a million visitors in the first 12 months. When the museum opened anel)c JfcUt Jlork eimcii; ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY, VIA EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 534 words
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Article, Illustration732 2011-12-11 14 ALEX WILLIAMS - By ALEX WILLIAMS el)c JfcUt JJork Suites Since his days as a personal photographer for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the 1970s, Bob Gruen’s cluttered loft in an artists’ complex in Manhattan has served as a club- house for rock legends: Joeel)c JfcUt JJork Suites - 732 words
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: GADGETS
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Article, Illustration841 2011-12-11 13 ANDREW J. MARTIN - By ANDREW J. MARTIN £l)c JscUt Jlork Simcs For Dr. Dre, afounding member of N.W.A. who honed the sound of rappers like Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent, what began as a sideline has turned into a multimillion-dollar business. Dr. Dre, born Andrew£l)c JscUt Jlork Simcs; CASEY KEI.BAUGH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; TONY CENICOI-A/ THE NEW YORK TIMES - 841 words
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Article, Illustration755 2011-12-11 13 FARHAD MANJOO - essay FARHAD MANJOO eljcJsVut Jlork Sunc0 When I roll into my home office I feel the same need to be as professionally productive as I did when I worked in a cubicle. So I’ve tried to outfit my home office with the righteljcJsVut Jlork Sunc0 - 755 words
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Article, Illustration661 2011-12-11 12 RITCHIE S. KING - By RITCHIE S. KING EljciXhu JJork Shncs John Volakis wants to make the world hands-free. The director of the ElectroScience Laboratory at Ohio State University, he is trying to end the need for cellphone hardware like the Bluetooth earpiece by fabricating communication devicesEljciXhu JJork Shncs; Source: Ohio State University THE NEW YORK TIMES - 661 words
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Article, Illustration621 2011-12-11 12 NICK BILTON - By NICK BILTON Sljc Jshit Jlork Ehncs SAN FRANCISCO As the technology that powers smartphone cameras has steadily improved, the point-and-shoot has become an endangered species. Still, smartphone cameras have limitations. For example, because of the constraints of the lens, it is almost impossible to snapSljc Jshit Jlork Ehncs - 621 words
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MONEY & BUSINESS
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Article, Illustration824 2011-12-11 11 WILLIAM NEUMAN - By WILLIAM NEUMAN el)c Jfrut Jljork Shncs A controversy has broken out in the world of “fair trade,” the socially responsible food movement that seeks to lift farmers in the developing world out of poverty by offering them a premium them ael)c Jfrut Jljork Shncs; FAIR TRADE USA - 824 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-12-11 11 JOSH KRON - By JOSH KRON el)c Jfctu JJork Ehncs KAMPALA, Uganda When billions of barrels of oil reserves were found in Uganda five years ago, it seemed like a gift from heaven in this poor, landlocked country. Nearlyel)c Jfctu JJork Ehncs; REUTERS - 573 words
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Article, Illustration637 2011-12-11 10 NICOLE LAPORTE - By NICOLE LAPORTE EI)C ?fcut Jlork Elmc‘1 Is advanced technical knowledge necessary to become an inventor? The story of Katherine Bomkamp shows that it isn’t. Ms. Bomkamp, 20, came up with the idea behind the Pain Free Socket, a prosthetic device that isEI)C ?fcut Jlork Elmc‘1; JUSTIN MERRIMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 637 words
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Article, Illustration737 2011-12-11 10 VIKAS BAJAJ - By VIKAS BAJAJ EI)C JfcUt JJork Elmcs MANILA A quiet revolution is reshaping the call center business: the rise of the Philippines. A former American colony, it has a large population of young people who speak English and are steeped in American culture. CompaniesEI)C JfcUt JJork Elmcs; JES AZNAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 737 words
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WORLD TRENDS
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Article, Illustration685 2011-12-11 8 CLIFFORD KRAUSS - By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Elje Jfetu Jlork Ehncs TRIPOLI, Libya Tripoli is no longer the capital of a police state. But what it has become, in just a short time, can be both exhilarating and disturbing. Hashish dealers openly hawk their wares in theElje Jfetu Jlork Ehncs; MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS - 685 words
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Article, Illustration806 2011-12-11 8 NEIL MacFARQUHAR - By NEIL MacFARQUHAR El)e iNVut JJork Ehncs DAMASCUS, Syria The walls are suddenly closing in around enterprising young Syrians who bought into the idea of a modernized economy promised by President Bashar al-Assad their simplest money transfers are blocked, and their credit cardsEl)e iNVut JJork Ehncs; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 806 words
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Article, Illustration856 2011-12-11 7 DAN BILEFSKY - By DAN BILEFSKY El)c Jfetu Jlork Slmes ISTANBUL —As economic contagion tarnishes the European Union, a newly assertive Turkey is increasingly looking east instead of west, and asking itself: Should Turkey reject Europe before Europe rejects Turkey? When Recep Tayyip Erdogan,El)c Jfetu Jlork Slmes; DANIEL ETTER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 856 words
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786 2011-12-11 4 RAY RIVERA, SHARIFULLAH SAHAK, ERIC SCHMITT - RAY RIVERA, SHARIFULLAH SAHAK, ERIC SCHMITT By El)c JCctu Jlork Ehncs SABARI, Afghanistan—As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work of counterintelligence units of the Haqqani militant network and Al Qaeda, charged with killingEl)c JCctu Jlork Ehncs - 786 words
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Article, Illustration665 2011-12-11 4 El)c JCctu Jlork ehncs By THE NEW YORK TIMES HTAN PIN, Myanmar—Farmers in this hamlet outside Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, shrug when asked about democracy, a word they do not recognize. While President Thein Sein’s liberalization moves the release of some political prisoners, theEl)c JCctu Jlork ehncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - 665 words
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Article, Illustration1136 2011-12-11 3 VIKAS BAJAJ - By VIKAS BAJAJ EljciXhu Jlork Shncs NEW DELHI India is known the world over as a prime innovator of outsourcing for foreign companies, which take advantage of its cheap, English-speaking labor force. Less well known is the extent to whichEljciXhu Jlork Shncs; THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOGRAPHS BY RUTH FREMSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,136 words
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Article, Illustration743 2011-12-11 2 ROGER COHEN - intelligenCe/roger ROGER COHEN El)c iNVut llork Simcss Cambridge, Massachusetts A core problem for Western nations is that many of their large companies are booming even as those corporate good times are not reflected in societies with high unemployment and diminishing wages. The interests of multinationals and theEl)c iNVut llork Simcss; SEAN YONG/REUTERS - 743 words
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Article, Illustration518 2011-12-11 2 KARLA ZABLUDOVSKY - CatemaCo journal By KARLA ZABLUDOVSKY El)c Jtou Jlork eimc‘1 CATEM ACO, Mexico Visitors to this middle-class town, which attributes its mysticism to the region’s ancient Olmec Indian roots and is Mexico’s dominant hub for the occult, had for decades sought wizards to castEl)c Jtou Jlork eimc‘1; RODRIGO CRUZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 518 words
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Article, Illustration605 2011-12-11 1 KEVIN DELANEY - LENS KEVIN DELANEY (El)e jN'c\u llork Simcs For decades, a techno-utopi-an vision of the classroom has fired the dreams of educators. In this scenario, the teacher goes from being a “sage on the stage to a guide on the side.” For in a classroom of selfdirected, Web-linked(El)e jN'c\u llork Simcs; JIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 605 words
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Article, Illustration1952 2011-12-11 1 JULIE CRESWELL, GRAHAM BOWLEY - How Moody’s Understated Greece’s Debt By JULIE CRESWELL, GRAHAM BOWLEY ttljc iNeUt JJork Stines MoodY’S INVESTorS SErVICE and other credit ratings agencies, critics say, missed or badly misread signs of trouble when they judged Greece’s debt as investment grade for most of the last decade.ttljc iNeUt JJork Stines; Sources: Thomson Reuters Datastream; Moody’s Investors Service; THE NEW YORK TIMES; YIORGOS KARAHALIS/REUTERS; BELOW, MILOS BICANSKI/GETTY IMAGES - 1,952 words
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