Today, 11 October 2014, Afternoon Edition

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1 14 Today
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      Lock icon Bukit Bintang grenade attack ‘motivated by gang dispute’
      612 2 Authorities working to identify those responsible and prevent retaliatory attack TARGET OF BLAST WAS MAN WHO HAD TRIED TO POACH BOOKIES FROM RIVAL SYNDICATES AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Malaysian media reports yesterday cited police sources as saying they were working around the
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      Lock icon Bomb blast was third such attack this year
      521 2 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —The bomb blast at the Bukit Bintang tourist belt in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning was the third reported incident this year. The blast killed one person and injured 13 others, including foreigners, after initial investigations indicated two hand
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      Sensor network to track range of conditions around the island
      542 4  -  1,000 SENSORS TO BE DEPLOYED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From tracking safety and security in public places to monitoring air quality to checking water levels in flood-prone areas, about 1,000 sensors will be deployed
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      Lock icon HK protesters regroup, in for the long haul
      742 6 Scores arrive with tents and food supplies; leaders say they are open to restarting talks POLICE TO TAKE ACTION AT APPROPRIATE TIME AGENCIES HONG KONG —Thousands of protesters regrouped in central Hong Kong yesterday to push their call for freer elections, a
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      Lock icon TAIWANESE PRESIDENT URGES BEIJING TO MOVE TOWARDS DEMOCRACY
      341 6 REUTERS Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday urged China to move towards a more democratic style of development, reiterating his strong support for prodemocracy demonstrations in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong. Mr Ma used his speech at Taiwan’s National Day celebrations to discuss the island’s
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      Lock icon Malala, Indian activist Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize
      651 6 AGENCIES OSLO —Reaching across gulfs of age, gender, faith, nationality and even international celebrity, the Norwegian Nobel Committee yesterday awarded this year’s peace prize to Ms Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Mr Kailash Satyarthi of India, joining a Pakistani teen known around
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      739 9 Struocfurniture IS c URTS The truth is out. Project Struoc was carried out over the past year. To understand you better, we have researched into how you live your lives and set up your homes. We realized that although everyone is an individual, there are certain traits that bond us.
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  • voices
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      Sexuality workshops should reflect spectrum of values
      506 10  -  FROM PERRY TAN CHIK CHOONG I refer to the report “Ministries studying feedback on relationship workshop” (Oct 9). This furore bears a similar theme to a controversy in 2009, when a group of conservatives hijacked the Association of Women for Action and Research
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      Hourly PM2.5 readings available online
      138 10  -  FROM FONG PENG KEONG Director, Pollution Control Department, National Environment Agency We thank Mr Steven Chen for his letter “Why not publish hourly PSI readings?” (Oct 10). The National Environment Agency updates the onehour PM2.5 raw concentration levels every hour. This information is on the
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      Reassure HK youth about jobs, housing
      199 10  -  FROM KOH CHERN PENG I refer to the commentary “China is Hong Kong’s future, not its enemy” (Oct 9). The last decade saw a global income gap between the ultra-rich and the middle-income. In Hong Kong, an uncontrolled property and rental price escalation saw
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      MOE, Hwa Chong must address student’s accusations
      347 10  -  FROM KUAN WENG CHI I refer to the report “Hwa Chong to design its own workshops in future” (Oct 10). Following an internal investigation, the school concluded that the facilitators of the relationship workshop were “ineffective”. It did not, though, address the student’s
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      42 10 LETTER FULL DISCLOSURE A MUST IN SEX EDUCATION Scan the QR code or visit tdy. sg/ltrfamily11oct for the letter from William Chong Kian Wee. LETTER OVERHEIGHT VEHICLES: LTA REPLIES Scan the QR code or visit tdy.sg/ltrlta11oct for the letter from the LTA.
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      14 10 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Sexuality workshop carries no religious content: Vendor
      629 14  -  Increasing research to support programme’s material, says Focus on the Family’s CEO CHARITY ‘REGRETFUL’ THAT HANDBOOK HAS OFFENDED STUDENTS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The vendor of a controversial workshop on managing relationships, which it conducted at Hwa Chong Institution (HCI), yesterday defended
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      Lock icon Govt trying out various platforms to reach out: Chuan-Jin
      570 14  -  JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While the Government’s approach is to simplify information and provide as much information as possible to the people, several challenges stand in its way of getting its messages across, said Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin. People do not
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      Lock icon NUS to launch initiatives to boost student entrepreneurship
      565 15  -  University seeks to become regional hub for start-ups AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National University of Singapore (NUS) is setting its sights on becoming Asia’s leading university hub for entrepreneurship and start-ups, its president Tan Chorh Chuan said yesterday in his annual
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      Blogger among several asked to aid in probe into CPF protest
      231 15 SINGAPORE —The police confirmed yesterday that “several people have been asked to assist in police investigations” in relation to the Return Our CPF protest held at Hong Lim Park on Sept 27. Blogger Han Hui Hui, who led the
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      Four years’ jail for woman who stabbed former girlfriend
      572 15  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The young woman who stabbed her former girlfriend in the chest after failed attempts to reconcile was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison. While Justice Choo Han Teck acknowledged that Giselle Shi’s offence was a serious
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  • world
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      Lock icon Pakistan rules out war, but vows fierce response
      672 18 Kashmir fighting halts, but Islamabad warns it will respond with fullforce to any challenge to its sovereignty U.N. INVITED TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE REUTERS ISLAMABAD —Pakistan said yesterday that war with India was not an option, but that it would respond with “full
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      Lock icon N Korean leader misses annual ritual; sister ‘takes over duties’
      589 18 AGENCIES SEOUL Early signs yesterday indicated that Mr Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader who has been absent from public view for more than a month, skipped an important annual ritual, which was likely to fuel further speculation about his
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      Lock icon Funeral for police dog
      63 20 Officers carrying a picture and the coffin of police dog Wangcai as they attend its funeral at a police station in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday. Veteran police dog Wangcai, a 12-year-old Labrador Retriever that had once served as a security dog during the 2008 Beijing
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      Lock icon Wary of a political tool, US opposes China-led investment bank
      951 20 Row could escalate as Beijing pushes to confirm S Korea and Australia as founding partners DISPUTE IS LATEST IN COMPETITION BETWEEN BEIJING AND WASHINGTON IN REGION THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —For almost a year, China has been pitching an
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      Lock icon Building toilets alone ‘won’t solve public health woes in India’
      422 20 AP NEW DELHI —Building toilets in rural India, where hundreds of millions are still defecating outdoors, will not be enough to improve public health, said a study published yesterday. India is considered to have the world’s worst sanitation record, despite
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      41 21 LOCALICIOUS The Centrepoint Level 1 Atrium Sat, 11 Oct 201 U 3pm 5pm 7 lo* <9 Sf 7^ v, r< r THAR ftfc Old ••r i 1 fOOO Dl I I 9 Hosted by: Sonia Chew MediaCorpChS #localiciousch5 #HAPPYon5 #mystorysg LAI
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  • business
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      Lock icon Malaysia Budget looks to soften fiscal tightening blow
      737 22 Najib assures the rakyat Malay for people that they will not face sharp rise in living costs INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES TO BE CUT BY BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PERCENTAGE POINTS AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Prime Minister Najib Razak unveiled Malaysia’s Budget for
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      Lock icon Beijing-backed researchers signal lower GDP growth goal for 2015
      323 22 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s main governmentbacked research organisation yesterday gave one of the strongest signs yet that leaders will eschew broad stimulus to meet this year’s economicgrowth target and plan a lower goal next year. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
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      Lock icon Singapore developers, REITs face heavy short-term debts
      1082 24 Looming S$23.5 billion debt of 80 SGX-listed property firms comes amid slowing market HOME PRICES EXPECTED TO FALL FURTHER: ANALYST BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE —The Republic’s listed developers and real-estate investment trusts (REITs) face their heaviest burden of near-term maturities on record just as home
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      162 23 With Digital TV, all of Singapore will take a much closer look at what’s on TV Which explains why all our artistes are doing what they can to look and speak better and in a hurry. With Digital TV, television viewing just gets better. Superior broadcast quality aside, it also
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      61 25 WATCH HOW A HEAP OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IS TURNED INTO TREASURE! A LITTLE EFFORT GOES A LONG WAY IN SAVING OUR ENVIRONMENT. DONT HOST THAT! M f k if: *3 EVERY SATURDAY, 12:30PM oktoasia.com/oktotv 'i A Download the Toggle Now App answer a simple question to stand a chance to
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  • sports
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      Lock icon FUN THEMED RUNS DRAW MIXED REACTIONS
      655 26  -  Despite fears that running scene here is getting saturated, profitability keeps organisers happy PARTICIPANTS SEE FUN RUNS AS WAY TO MAINTAIN FITNESS LEVELS ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The proliferation of fun themed running events in Singapore, particularly over the past three years, has led
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      Lock icon ASIAN GAMES CHAMPS LIM, SIEW HELP GET SEA GAMES BUZZ GOING
      316 26  -  EMMANUEL PHUA SING A PORE —Newly-minted Asian Games sailing champions Kimberly Lim and Savannah Siew paid a visit to Tanjong Katong Girls’ School their alma mater yesterday, where they shared their experiences as part of efforts to drum up
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      Lock icon ALONSO BACKS CLOSED COCKPITS IN F1
      731 27 Ferrari star believes recent head injuries show sport’s safety lapse AGENCIES SOCHI —Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has joined calls for the idea of closed cockpits to be considered and tested, suggesting that greater protection to drivers’ heads might be an area
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      Lock icon AWAY GOALS RULE OUTDATED: BLATTER
      407 27 REUTERS LONDON —The away goals rule used for settling the outcome of two-leg-ged knockout ties has fallen behind the times and needs rethinking, said FIFA president Sepp Blatter. The method under which the team that scores the most goals away from home wins the tie
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    • EPL BRIEFS
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        Lock icon ARSENAL’S INJURY LIST KEEPS GROWING
        95 28 AGENCIES Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny (picture) has added to his club’s growing list of injured stars, after suffering an Achilles tendon problem while training with France. The 29-year-old centre-back has been released by the French team to return to his club for treatment. Arsenal’s medical
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        Lock icon MIXED NEWS FOR EVERTON’S WALKING WOUNDED
        79 28 AGENCIES Everton central defender John Stones (picture) looks set to miss the rest of this year’s action after it was confirmed that he needs surgery on an ankle injury. Stones also missed a widely tipped starting position in England’s win over San Marino on
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        Lock icon SCHWARZER’S QATAR WORLD CUP BROADSIDE
        97 28 AGENCIES Chelsea reserve goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer (picture) has called for a summer football ban in Qatar, warning that a player may drop dead before FIFA acts. Schwarzer criticised FIFA ’s awarding of the 2022 World Cup to the Gulf state, calling for a total ban
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      Lock icon UEFA MAY SOON TARGET UNITED’S S$715M DEBT
      468 28 It will review making debt reduction part of any change to Financial Fair Play rules RED DEVILS, MAN CITY TO ATTEND MEETING ON MONDAY WITH GOVERNING BODY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Manchester United could become the next target of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play
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      Lock icon CHANGE TO NEXT SEASON’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW COULD BENEFIT CITY
      355 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH There was some potentially good news for Manchester City regarding the Champions League on Thursday after Gianni Infantino, UEFA’s general secretary, confirmed the sport’s European governing body would implement a radical shake-up to the draw for next
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      Lock icon SHAQ MAKING BIG BUSINESS BIGGER
      817 30 Former NBA star reaping millions from endorsements, television work 42-YEAR-OLD EARNED OVER S$26.7M LAST YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES ATLANTA —Shaquille O’ Neal arrived at Turner Studios in Atlanta wearing a tailored suit, size 60XL, and carrying a leather briefcase. He sat at a table
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      86 29 MEDIACORP PRESENTS TH€ FT SONG YOUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN S$10,000 Time is almost up for you to join the biggest song-writing competition Singapore has ever seen. Celebrate SG50 by writing a song that encapsulates where we come from, who we are as a people, and where we want to
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      82 30 For the latest live' telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw BbSure] Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Sibd Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip Y(i> Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. Singapore Pools Account Service. Call
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      61 31 FRIGHT NIGHTS THAI HORROR FILM-MAKERS TAKE OVER FORT SILOSO RANT RAVE ARTIST-ROCKER RIZMAN PUTRA WANTS YOU TO PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE 33 33 SATURDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2014 WITH PRISCILLA AND MAMMA MIA HEADING TO S’PORE, FREDDIE’S GOT SOME GLAM COMPANY HERE HAIL TO THE QUEENS 32 FREDDIE MERCURY AND QUEEN
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon WHEN QUEENS COLLIDE
        544 32  -  DRAG QUEENS, DANCING QUEEN AND GOOD OL’ QUEEN THREE GLAMOROUS MUSICAL SPECTACLES ARE SET TO HIT SINGAPORE MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg If you’re a theatre enthusiast seeking some spectacular OTT moments, then you’re in luck. Some pretty glam and camp royalty are hitting the stage in the coming
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        Lock icon Rizman Putra and the art of handling rude children
        523 33  -  When an artist has something to say about something RANT AND RAVE MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —Rizman Putra is a triple threat if, by that, you mean theatre performer, visual artist and, erm, rock star. The Tiramisu frontman and Cake Theatrical Productions
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        149 33  -  MAYO MARTIN SING A PORE After much speculation, it was announced that veteran actor Lim Kay Tong had been chosen to play Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in the SG50 film 1965. Esplanade’s annual da:ns Festival and the Singapore Literature Festival in New York
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        Lock icon Spectacular spooks
        539 33  -  LAETITIA WONG SING A PORE The archetypal illusion of a vengeful female spirit coming back from the dead to haunt her unsuspecting victims is no doubt an overused horror truism. But somehow, it worked in the box-office smash Thai horror movie Alone (2007), which revolves around a pair
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    • family
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        Weekend planner
        726 34 KIDS 12 AND BELOW TODAY’S PICK LEGO BRICKBUSTA LEGO City is attacked by the Master Crook and kids are invited to be LEGO City Police Cadets. A variety of exciting missions, such as the Catch The Crook event to help stop the crooks, are in store for kids
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    • television
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        Doing it right
        590 35  -  The important thing about talk shows is making sure the audience enjoys them, says Graham Norton HOST DUTIES CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Hosting a successful talk show these days can be a daunting task, what with the wealth of such shows flooding our television screens every week,
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      27 33 What’s on What you should catch this coming week Arts: http://tdy.sg/todayarts Music: http://tdy.sg/todaymusic da:ns Fest 2014 Fancy a different Swan Lake? How about some poledancing? http://tdy.sg/ artssakeblog
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      229 35 bodie Rush Challenge DAY k Grab a buddy and join 8 DAYS Eat at the Foodie Rush Challenge at Food Republic’s newest outlet at Shaw House! The first duo to complete the challenge wins attractive prizes! DATE: Oct 25 (Sat), 2014 TIME: 2pm 4pm VENUE: Shaw House Urban Plaza Level
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      275 36 ON SATURDAY 5.00 987 HOME With Joakim Gomez 6.00 Girls Night Out With Sonia And Kimberly 10.00 987 Anthems By The AOS DJs 9.00AM You And The Law With Keith De Souza 10.00 Road Trip With Keith De Souza And Daphne Lim 11.00 Sports Zone With Raj Kumar And 938LIVE
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      359 36 MediaCorp’s latest online TV service offers entertainment, lifestyle, information and news across multiple devices. Log on to www.toggle.sg or download the Toggle App now. E: English C: Chinese M: Malay T: Tamil SUBSCRIPTION MOVIES ON DEMAND... Watch your favourite movies on Toggle anytime, anywhere WHEN IN ROME (PG) An ambitious
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      1145 38 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM~ School~ Days~ II~ (HD) 6.30~ Cradle~ Of~ Life~ (HD) 7 .00~ JML~ TV~ Home~ Shopping~ (Paid~ Presentation)~ 8.00~ The~ Dr~ Oz~ Show~ III~ (PG) 9.00~ Better~ Show~ (HD) 10.00~ The~ Queen~ Latifah~ Show~ (HD) 10.45~ Just~ For~ Laughs~ Gags~ XII~ 11.00~ Body~ In~ Balance NOON~
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      958 2  -  INTELLIGENCE/ MURONG XUECUN MurongXuecun is a novelist and blogger and the author of “Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu.” This article was translated by The New York Times. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Beijing Chinese dissidents are constantly subject to all
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      Lock icon In Culture of Access, a Frustrating Pursuit of Bootleggers
      839 8  -  By JENNA WORTHAM THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY On June 30, 2010, Hana Beshara woke to a sharp rapping on the door of her condo in New Jersey. “I’m thinking it’s, like, Amazon,” she said. It wasn’t a delivery. It
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      Lock icon Above Tempests, Hunting Mysterious Flashes Called Sprites
      765 9  -  By SANDRA BLAKESLEE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LAMY, New Mexico Every summer evening at 7 o’clock, Thomas Ashcraft receives a personalized weather report. It is monsoon season, and he is getting advice from a meteorologist in Colorado on where to look
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      Lock icon Statistical System To Raise The Odds
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      778 11  -  ROBERT PLANT By JON PARELES THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY “I’m always in a state of flux, I think,” Robert Plant said, then corrected himself. “I hope.” Mr. Plant, 66, was talking by phone from his home in Shropshire,
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      741 11  -  MAHINDER WATSA By ELLEN BARRY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MUMBAI, India Every morning, a 90-year-old newspaper columnist named Mahinder Watsa takes a seat in the study of his apartment. Before him is a fresh delivery of anonymous correspondence from all over India,
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      993 13  -  By BROOKS BARNES THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SAN FRANCISCO Forget the new “Star Wars” movie for now. At Lucasfilm headquarters here, the pressure is arguably more intense on a new animated TV series: “Rebels” not only represents a dramatic shift back
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      609 13  -  By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In his youth, Chou Wen-chung had many strict teachers. One was Edgard Varèse, the temperamental French-born Modernist and godfather of electronic music, who once showed his displeasure by throwing a score of Mr.
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