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  • 12 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY February 19, 2012 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011
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    • 685 1 TURNOVER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MINISTERS, OPPOSITION PARTIES RESPOND TO BUDGET 2012 hot news 10 Articles selected for Copyright 2012 The New York Times Sunday, February 19, 2012 A Publication of MediaCorp 041/07/2011 Chad Eliminating The Digital Boundaries Mining an LOHR By STEVE the age of Big
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  • 1434 2  -  For three travellers on unusual journeys, it’sthe strangers they me t who m ke ll the difference. First,meet Kim Suyoung, facesinthecrowd who is going a ound th world compiling the drea s of ordina y individual yu pei fern todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Walking down the crowded streets of
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  • 687 3  -  Penniless in a foreign land, can two travellers get by on the goodwill of those on social media networks? VENESSA LEE talks to a Frenchman who came here and a Singaporean who went to London VENESSA LEE One security guard introduced Frenchman Martin Pasquier
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  • 490 4 A COMMUNICATION mix-up yielded a heartwarming surprise for Singaporean Daphne Chui (picture), who was attempting to live in London this past week on help from complete strangers on social media networks. Learning of her challenge, Ben, a friend of a friend,
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    • 315 5 ingapore's Top Selling Project in 2012 Coastal town of the 21 s, century UJHTERT inn Final release of SOHOs and Sky Patios in r. K 1 Jil t r. r SLjfc "’nja k km sr i fUJRTERTOllJn Orchard Road 20 mins drive Punggol Promenade 8 mins drive Compass Point 6
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  • 1334 6 Glenn Tan, Tan Chong International’s executive director, is shifting things up a gear as he steers the course of his family’s empire, editor-at-large Conrad Raj discovers the perspectives Glenn Tan is determined to disprove the adage that family fortunes vanish with the third generation. “I
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  • 193 8 SINGAPORE Workers’ Party (WP) SecretaryGeneral Low Thia Khiang said he will have to spend more time looking after the residents of Hougang, after the party expelled Mr Yaw Shin Leong this past week. Speaking to reporters at a constituency dinner last
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  • 985 8  -  Younger residents more critical, disappointed with Yaw Shin Leong, even as old stalwarts shrug off events specialreport cheow xin yi todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Relaxing at the coffeeshop at Block 322, Hougang Avenue 5 on Saturday afternoon with his friend, retiree Philip Toh, 68, was reminiscing
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    • 87 8 The Organisers: FSMA NATIONAL FINANCIAL EU+65 6557 6402/03 2012 1 8c 2 March “Asia Talents, World-Class Excellence S$268 VENUE: Suntec Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Hall 401 Join us together the first ever National Financial Congress JOINTLY ORGANISED BY IFPAS 8t FSMA for Financial Industry Practitioners and Managers!!! KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 721 10  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE The Government’s Budget announced on Friday has been able to balance the dual goals of restructuring the economy, as well as dealing with issues that many Singaporeans are currently concerned about, said Deputy Prime
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    • 721 10  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The National Solidarity Party (NSP) has suggested that the maximum number of foreigners let in annually for the next decade should not exceed 50,000. This is double the 23,000 births required to hit the 60,000 babies needed each year to
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    • 267 11  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE A day after the Government announced enhancements to the Special Employment Credit (SEC) to encourage companies to hire older workers and persons with disabilities, the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) said it hoped such subsidies could be extended to homemakers
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    • 175 11 The biggest names in entertainment clapped hands, swayed to gospel hymns and sang along with the choir at Whitney Houston’s hometown funeral yesterday (early this morning Singapore time), in the church where the future pop star once wowed the congregation as a young girl. Three police officers escorted
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    • 584 12 Xi Jinping wraps up visit with import vow REUTERS WASHINGTON China agreed on Friday to open its market to more American movies, in a dramatic Hollywood ending to a weeklong visit by China’s leader-in-waiting that produced billions of dollars in business deals.
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    • 442 12 AGENCIES SHANGHAI China’s cen tral bank yesterday cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves, boosting lending capacity by an estimated 350-400 billion yuan (S$69.9S$79.9 billion), in a bid to crank up credit creation as it faces a fifth successive
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    • 127 12 REUTERS Germany’s main opposition parties say they will support a bipartisan candidate to succeed the country’s president, a day after the head of state resigned over allegedly received favours. The Social Democrats’ leader Sigmar Gabriel said yesterday the president’s office a largely ceremonial role
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    • 203 12 AP Greece’s cabinet yesterday tackled how to implement austerity demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund as a €130-billion (S$215.16-billion) rescue seemed within reach. After months of often acrimonious negotiations, Greek hopes were rising that euro zone finance ministers tomorrow will
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    • 339 13 AGENCIES HONG KONG Hong Kong government officials have begun a probe into the illegal basement installed in Mr Henry Tang’s luxury home, in a widening scandal that threatens to derail his chances of becoming the territory’s leader. Mr Tang, 59, is
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    • 99 13 Mr K Shanmugam, Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law, is attending the G20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs Informal Meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico today and tomorrow. The meeting, which will involve G20 and some non-G20 Foreign Ministers, will explore ways in which countries can
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    • 172 13 REUTERS Former IMF chief Dominique StraussKahn is to be questioned next week by police investigating an alleged prostitution ring in Lille, northern France, a police source said. The former finance minister, who left the IMF last May to
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    • 351 14 The seemingly contradictory stances on the Arab League’s proposals appear to reflect Beijing’s desire for mediation but aversion to UN involvement that could lead to authorising force as happened with Libya. AGENCIES BEIJING China said yesterday it favoured a solution to Syria’s violence
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    • 551 14 AP BANGKOK Unwinding with bar girls at a beach town came first. Building bombs was allegedly for later. The three Iranians detained in Bangkok and accused of plotting to attack Israeli diplomats spent several days at a seaside town in the company
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    • 141 14 More than 2,000 people and over 200 dogs flocked to East Coast Park yesterday afternoon for the National Geographic Channel Free Pet Shop, which featured about 80 dogs for adoption. This first-of-its-kind collaboration across the pet industry saw 50 volunteers and 20 representatives join hands with Action
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    • 383 15 AGENCIES TOKYO/WASHINGTON As a financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country and major corporation in the world agreed to shut out Iran from its network, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called for “tight, ratcheted up” sanctions to force Iran to abandon its nuclear
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    • 293 15 AP TAIPEI Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group said yesterday that it has raised wages by up to 25 per cent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer comes under intensive scrutiny after a spate of
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    • 167 15 AP Actress Judi Dench is battling to save her sight. The James Bond star said in an interview published yesterday that she had been diagnosed with macular degeneration, an eye condition which can cause blindness, and that her eyesight was already so
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    • 289 16 REUTERS GENEVA Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
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    • 240 16  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE The People’s Association (PA) and SIM University (UniSIM) have launched the first Masters programme in Community Leadership and Social Development here, aimed at addressing the need for systematic professional training in these areas. Graduates of the course will be equipped
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    • 120 16 AP Japan’s 78-year-old Emperor Akihito (picture) underwent successful heart bypass surgery yesterday, doctors and palace officials said. Emperor Akihito was being monitored in an intensive care unit at the University of Tokyo Hospital, according to doctors. He was scheduled for the
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    • 126 16 The week-long Singapore Airshow opened its doors to the public yesterday and thousands of aviation enthusiasts flocked to the event site at the Changi Exhibition Centre, with some hopping onto shuttle buses at Changi Airport as early as 8am. The aerial display which featured
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    • 251 16 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING Well-known playboy and occasional critic of his father’s regime, Mr Kim Jong Nam has been kicked out of a luxury hotel in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, according to a Russian newspaper. The Arguments and
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    • 116 16 More police operations aimed at keeping the streets here crime free can be expected in the months ahead, said a police spokesperson, as 113 people were arrested for suspected involvement in unlawful activities during an overnight operation which ended early this morning. Arrests were
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    • 90 16 AP COLLAPSES AT FAYE WONG’S CONCERT A seating section collapsed at a concert by Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong in southwest China, injuring 64 people. The state-run Beijing News said concertgoers suffered cuts, broken bones and head injuries after scaffolding behind the stage broke
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  • SPORTS
    • 627 17 Villas-Boas stares down barrel as Blues extend winless streak to four AGENCIES FA CUP, FIFTH ROUND Chelsea 1 Birmingham 1 LONDON He is not yet mortally wounded, but if the fans at Stamford Bridge have their way, then the writing is on the wall
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    • 372 17 REUTERS MADRID Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is still putting off a decision on extending his contract beyond the end of this season, saying yesterday he needed more time to make up his mind whether to remain in charge of the Spanish, European and world champions.
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    • 111 17 AGENCIES Four years ago, Indian hockey hit a new low in Chile when the men’s hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 80 years. They began their quest to erase the memories of Santiago, Chile, yesterday when they outclassed Singapore 15-1
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    • 161 17 AP ESPN have apologised for using a racial slur in a headline for a story on the New York Knicks’ new sensation Jeremy Lin. ESPN ran the headline “Chink in the Armour” after Lin had nine turnovers in New York’s loss to the New
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    • 573 18 Reds’ boss demands focus from his players as visitors hope history can repeat itself AGENCIES FA CUP, FIFTH ROUND Liverpool vs Brighton LIVERPOOL —Kenny Dalglish (picture) has moved to prevent any complacency undermining Liverpool’s approach against Brighton and Hove Albion by warning his players that
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    • 321 18 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Neil Warnock’s disappointment at being sacked by Queens Park Rangers last month has been eased by his appointment as Leeds United manager yesterday. Leeds chairman Ken Bates has charged the Yorkshireman to return the club to the Premier League. Leeds are currently in
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    • 303 18 AGENCIES MILAN Robin van Persie has been encouraged to turn his back on Arsenal by AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, reported Sky Sports yesterday. The Gunners captain was helpless in the San Siro on Wednesday as his side were humbled 4-0 by Ibrahimovic’s
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    • 554 19 Tottenham boss hints he will only leave club for England at the end ofthe season THE GUARDIAN LONDON Harry Redknapp believes the Football Association (FA) should wait until the end of the season before approaching their preferred candidate to replace Fabio Capello
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    • 380 19  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National Football Academy (NFA) he helped set up in 2000 proved an effective bullpen, producing the likes of national skipper Shahril Ishak and fellow Lions Baihakki Khaizan and Hassan Sunny. While P Sivakumar will leave his position as deputy
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    • 202 19 REUTERS MUNICH British challenger Dereck Chisora will be fined for slapping World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Vitali Klitschko during the weigh-in on Friday for this morning’s (Singapore time) heavyweight title fight here. WBC president Jose Sulaiman condemned Chisora for “severely slapping” Klitschko and said
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    • 187 20 SINGAPORE The LionsXII continued their unbeaten run yesterday, comfortably beating UiTM FC or the Mara University of Technology 3-0 in the first round of the Malaysia FA Cup. The match was played yesterday afternoon in Shah Alam and V Sundramoorthy’s men entered the competition
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    • 798 20  -  With South-east Asia a hot spot, FIFA’s outgoing head of security believes governments must get involved in the fight SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While thousands of fans both here and across the Causeway revelled in the heady atmosphere of the Malaysia Cup days from the
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    • 255 20 REUTERS A prominent former football boss and a referees director were handed long jail terms for bribery and match-fixing in China yesterday as part of a massive anti-graft drive aimed at cleaning up the corruption in the local game. Yang Yimin, a former deputy-chief of the
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    • 492 21 Knicks’ seven-game winning streak ends; Kobe lights up in front of a special guest AP NEW YORK Can’t Lin ‘em all. Not the way Jeremy Lin handled the ball Friday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), and he put the blame for the loss that halted
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    • 627 21 Los Angeles Lakers centre Andrew Bynum was voted in by the fans worldwide as a starter for the NBA’s Western Conference All-Star team in the traditional annual match-up with their Eastern Conference rivals next Sunday in Orlando, Florida.
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 424 23 SUNDAY TV TRANSFORMERS Channel~5,~6.45pm~(PG–Action~Violence) An~ancient~struggle~re-erupts~on~Earth~between~ two~extraterrestrial~clans,~the~heroic~Autobots~and~ the~evil~Decepticons,~with~a~clue~to~the~ultimate~ power~held~by~a~young~teenager.~Starring~Shia~ LaBeouf,~Megan~Fox~and~Josh~Duhamel. LIFE Channel~8,~7pm Youhui~approaches~Qiaqia’s~contact~for~a~business~deal,~not~ knowing~that~the~company~does~not~exist.~Kexin~is~disappointed~ when~she~finds~out~that~the~gift~that~Youzhi~gives~her~is~picked~by~ Ruyi.~Dafeng~is~hurt~when~an~explosion~happens~at~the~groundbreaking~ceremony.~Qiaqia~knows~for~sure~that~Shixiong~is~the~ mastermind~behind~the~incident,~but~she~is~unable~to~question~him. CHANNEL CHANNEL ~6.00AM~ India:~A~Love~Story ~8.00~ The~Martha~Stewart~Show~VI ~9.00~ The~Dr~Oz~Show~(PG) ~9.45~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~IX~ ~10.45~ America’s~Cup~Magazine~Television~Series:~ America’s~Cup~Uncovered~ ~11.15~ Top~Gear~XII ~12.30PM~ Countdown~To~London ~1.00~ America’s~Got~Talent~V ~2.00~ White~Collar ~3.00~ My~Fake~Fiance ~4.45~ Million~Dollar~Money~Drop ~5.45~ Films~&~Stars~Asia ~6.15~ Anything~Goes ~6.45~ Transformers~(PG-Action~Violence) ~9.30~ News~5~Tonight ~10.00~
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  • 973 1  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By STEVE LOHR <B\)c ;NeUr lork Stines Welcome to the age of Big Data. Big Data is shorthand for advancing trends in technology that open the door to a new approach to understanding the world and making decisions. There is a lot more data,
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  • 804 1  -  Tech Companies Want to Be All Things to All People By DAVID STREITFELD £l)c iNcUi 11 ork Simes San Francisco Technology used to be so simple. In the old days, you listened to music on your iPod while exercising. During an idle moment at the office
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  • WORLD TRENDS
    • 794 2  -  INTELLIGENCE/ KOSTAS TSAPOGAS el)c iNVlu llork Ehucs Athens Most of the outside world views the current Greek drama played out on the streets of Athens, the boardrooms of the European banking elite and the halls of the Greek Parliament as the bursting of one of the global
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    • 747 2  -  ESSAY ALESSANDRA STANLEY el)c iNVut Jlork Ehucs MOSCOW —“We live in a normal country,” Ivan Urgant, a popular television personality, recently assured Russian viewers. The setting did not exactly support his point, since he was standing in a mock courtroom on a popular daytime
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    • 732 3  -  By CHOE SANG-HUN El)c i\c\v JEjork Shncs YEONGJU, South Korea When he looks out from the time-frozen world of Korea’s oldest private Confucian academy, Park Seok-hong sees the rest of the country “turning into a realm of beasts.” He points to recent news as
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    • 623 3  -  lAIZA~JoUrnAl By EDWARD WONG SEIjc iNVUt JEjork Shnes LAIZ A, Myanmar Water-buf-falo dung dots the fairways, caddies in flip-flops lug the golf bags and firefights with the Burmese Army have broken out a half-hour’s drive away. There is also a camp of 5,000
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    • 731 4  -  By ROBERT F. WORTH Eljc Jfctof Jlcrk ehncs TEHRAN One measure of the profound anxiety now coursing through Iran can be seen on Manouchehri Street, a winding lane at the heart of Tehran where crowds of men gather every day to buy
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    • 771 4  -  By TIM ARANGO, DURAID ADNAN EljcJCcUt Jlcrk ehncs FALLUJA, Iraq —Not so long ago, Syrians worked to send weapons and fighters into Iraq to help Sunnis fighting a sectarian conflict. Suddenly, it is the other way around. Syria’s sectarian war is becoming the
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    • 571 6  -  LYNDSEY LEWIS Sl)c JCctu Jlork Ehncs He was charming, frustrating and ultimately lovable. But Raymond Babbitt, the autistic character played by Dustin Hoffman in the 1988 film “Rain Man,” was also a card counter. When Raymond won big in Las Vegas,
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    • 817 7  -  By ERICA GOODE eljcJCclu Jlork Elm css SAN FRANCISCO Atha Fong, 22, has trouble explaining to her mother exactly what she does as a product manager at iSkoot. “Basically, her understanding is that I work with engineers to make mobile phone
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    • 646 8  -  By NICHOLAS KULISH E(k JfrUf JJork Shncs BUCHAREST, Romania When Dr. Raed Arafat resigned last month as under secretary of state at Romania’s Ministry of Health, thousands took to the streets across the country to demand his return. The demonstrations turned violent as
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    • 833 8  -  By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN El)c JfrUf JSork Smncs KHARTOUM, Sudan Sudan and the breakaway nation of South Sudan have been locked in a dangerous standoff over billions of gallons of oil, seizing tankers, shutting down wells and imperiling the tenuous, American-backed peace that has
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  • MONEY & BUSINESS
    • 837 10  -  By CHRYSTIA FREELAND Chrystia Freeland is global editor at large at Reuters. El)c iXcUt Jjork Shncs A decade ago, the economist Jim O’Neill served notice to the Western investment community that the world was being transformed by the rise of emerging markets. He
      El)c iXcUt Jjork Shncs; CHRISTIE JOHNSTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  837 words
    • 490 10  -  By PHYLLIS KORKKI El)c iXcUt JJork Shncs It’s lonely at the top, or so it is said. But employees at all levels become lonely, even when other workers are all around them. And some research has found that it hurts not only
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    • 649 11  -  DeaLB 6k By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN el)c iNcUt jlork Elm css DAVOS, Switzerland Usually, it is the banks that are fighting efforts to impose new regulations on the industry. Now, it is foreign governments fighting against bank regulations in the United States. At the
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    • 679 11  -  By VIKAS BAJAJ EljciXhu jlork Shncs NEW DELHI When India’s finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, flew to Chicago recently, it was to deliver an urgent message: India is still open for business. Mr. Mukherjee eagerly promoted specific new deals from New Delhi, where the national
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    • 184 12 Slje Jfclu Jlork Stines Self-anchored suspension bridges, like the new Bay Bridge, are costlier to build than conventional suspension bridges because the road deck must be supported until the main cable is installed. SELF-ANCHORED SUSPENSION BRIDGE 1 The bridge’s single tower is built, as
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    • 849 12  -  By HENRY FOUNTAIN Slje Jfelu Jlork Ehncs SAN FRANCISCO The engineers of the new San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge have planned for the long term. At intervals inside the $6 billion span’s box girders are anchor blocks, called deadmen. They are meant to be
      Slje Jfelu Jlork Ehncs; MIKA GRÖNDAHL/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  849 words
    • 598 13  -  By SAM ROBERTS eljcJyVut jjork Elmcs ASHKELON, Israel To the naked eye, the white, powdery substance appeared to be plaster. That’s what the professional and volunteer archaeologists at a dig in Israel concluded. To be certain, though, they subjected the chalky dust to spectroscopy and
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    • 589 13  -  By CARL ZIMMER £l)c JfrUf jjork Elmcs Joy Reidenberg was in her laboratory at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan when the phone rang. A British television production company was on the line, wondering if she could fly to Ireland that night. They
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  • HEALTH & FITNESS
    • 740 14  -  ESSAY RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D. El)c iXctit JJork ®unc$ It’s popular these days to view human behavior through the lens of evolutionary biology. What survival advantages, researchers ask, may lie hidden in our ac- tions, even in our pathologies? Depression has come in for particular scrutiny.
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    • 554 14  -  By MARY PILON el)c iXctu JJork ®unc$ HUNTSVILLE, Alabama Jimi Sitko’s apartment is filled with medals and trophies from bodybuilding competitions, and snapshots of his tanned, rippled physique in full flex. But most surprising is what is inside Mr. Sitko’s stomach: tofu, fresh greens and
      el)c iXctu JJork ®unc$; ROBERT RAUSCH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  554 words
    • 819 15  -  By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Sljc Jfctu JJork ehucs Now that studies have shown that circumcising adult heterosexual men is one of the most effective “vaccines” against AIDS reducing the chances of infection by 60 percent or more public health experts are searching
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    • 649 15  -  By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Sljc Jfctu JJork ehucs A new study suggests that the ability of exercise to speed the removal of garbage from inside our body’s cells may be one of its most valuable, if least visible, effects. Cells accumulate flotsam from everyday living.
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  • ARTS & STYLES
    • 620 16  -  By ROSS SIMONINI el)c Jfair Jlork Etwcs On camera Hamilton Morris has smoked Amanita muscaria fungi in Iceland, interviewed a woman who endured torture by psychedelics, rubbed the secretions of an Amazonian frog into his burns and, in Haiti, dusted himself with the
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