Today, 28 February 2015

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  • hot news
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      Tightened standard still easy for NSmen: Experts
      512 2 NSmen need to do only one, two poin ts better in each of three stations, says fitness trainer NEW POINTS-BASED SYSTEM ‘EASIER’ THAN FIVE-STATION FORMAT IT REPLACES SINGAPORE Even with the tightened standards to achieve the silver and gold awards in the new
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      Lock icon Owners of top properties refuse to budge in prices despite downturn
      704 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite the downturn in the residential real estate market, asking prices for many homes remain sky-high with owners refusing to budge, at a time when bargain hunters are scouring the market. Out of 20 properties
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    • Article
      Siting flats further from city ‘may widen S’pore’s social divide’
      779 4  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE With less public housing being built in Singapore’s city centre than in the past, a paper published recently by the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) raised the question of
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      Lock icon HK woman jailed six years for abusing maid
      480 8 AGENCIES HONG KONG —A Hong Kong mother of two who punched her maids, beat them with mops and threatened to kill their relatives was jailed for six years yesterday in a case that triggered outrage and exposed the plight of millions of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pentagon shops in Silicon Valley for game changers
      684 8 VISIT PART OF AN EFFORT TO FIND NEW WAYS TO MAINTAIN A MILITARY ADVANTAGE THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO —A small group of highranking Pentagon officials made a quiet visit to Silicon Valley in December to solicit national security ideas from
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  • voices
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      Lock icon Improving public transport is best way to curb car usage
      285 10  -  FROM DONOVAN CHEE KWOK HOE I refer to the letter “Reasons for petrol duty hikes sound” (Feb 26). Curbing carbon emissions and car usage may seem sound enough reasons for the hikes, but the frequent jams and slow traffic on
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      Petrol duty hikes may push up prices of goods, services
      194 10  -  FROM TAY YONG HONG I refer to the letters “Petrol duty hikes pour more pain on motorists” (Feb 25) and “Reasons for petrol duty hikes sound” (Feb 26). Both writers have a valid point on the pain and gain of
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      80 10 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices WHY PUMP UP PRICES? Why were pump prices raised beyond the increase in petrol duty, so it seems? How do companies set prices? Will higher tariffs really deter drivers? Can you get around fine without a
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      79 11 F*5. m PEOPLE T Ji lM %»n3| »S fft p i A millionaire wanted to create a utopia for little people in China. A land where they could live and work among themselves, away from the discrimination of mainstream society. With this, the ‘Dwarves Empire’ was born. This observational documentary
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Slight fall in employment rate for local graduates
      485 14  -  But median starting pay ofS$3,200 is 5% higher than in previous two years FEWER FIND FULL-TIME JOBS WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF FINISHING EXAMS AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Slightly fewer graduates from the three local varsities last year are landing jobs or
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      Judge dismisses buyer’s claim in lawsuit against Performance Motors
      660 14  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Despite some sympathy for a regional sales manager who had high expectations of a S$378,100 BMW car that turned out to have 12 minor defects in 14 months,
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      Lee Kuan Yew in stable condition, says Yaacob
      159 14 SINGAPORE —Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is in a stable condition and doctors are monitoring him closely, said Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim last night. “I understand that many people are concerned and anxious about Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s
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      CASE launches new accreditation scheme for jewellers
      429 15  -  28 retailers set to join scheme to provide consumers with clear cost breakdown of gold purchases MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Consumers now have a yardstick with which to identify reliable jewellery retailers, with the launch of CaseTrust-SJA Accreditation Scheme yesterday. The scheme will
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      Lock icon TODAY Shop to Win draw
      120 15 Ms Ani I man (centre), winner of S$10,000 in the weekly TODAY Shop to Win draw, receiving a cheque from Ms Sherly Kan (left), assistant brand manager of Holland Barrett, and Ms Caroline Bone, marketing manager of MediaCorp Press. Ms I man, who spent S$62.05
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  • world
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      Lock icon More in China turn their backs on CNY traditions
      665 16 Visitors find cold reception despite clamour from countries for Chinese tourism dollars ONE IN 270 WENT ABROAD, 10 PER CENT MORE COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING They went for the luxurious caress of a French leather handbag
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      Lock icon HK’s tailors vanishing from lack of investment, low-cost competition
      434 16 REUTERS HONG KONG Bill Clinton did it. So did Boris Johnson, the mayor of London. For many tourists, even if they are not former United States presidents, a trip to Hong Kong isn’t complete till they pick up a made-to-measure outfit
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      Lock icon ASEAN falling short of aim for an integrated community
      1091 17  -  ALBERT WAI albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has set itself an ambitious target to become an integrated and cohesive community by the end of the year, but its overall efforts are falling short. Analysts and officials interviewed
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      82 16 CHURCH OF CHRIST m GOSPEL E E T I N G YOU CAN BE SURE ABOUT GOD AND HIS WORD Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 8:00pm YOU CAN BE SURE ABOUT GOD’S WILL FOR MAN Thursday, 5 March 2015, 8:00pm YOU CAN BE SURE ABOUT GOD’S WILL FOR WORSHIP Friday, 6
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  • business
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      Development charges for non-landed residential sites fall
      549 18 Move not surprising, as credit tightening, anti-speculative measures have reduced transaction prices, volumes SECOND CONSECUTIVE DOWNWARD REVISION IN THE HALF-YEARLY REVIEW SINGAPORE Charges that developers have to pay to enhance the use of land will be lowered for more than half of the
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      Lock icon REDAS CALLS ON GOVT TO EASE STAMP DUTIES ON HIGH-END PROPERTIES
      262 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA In its latest call for the Government to scale back on property cooling measures, the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) took aim at the imposition of the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duties (ABSD) on the high-end
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      Budget ‘lacks teeth on tackling manpower costs’
      425 18  -  ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Many companies in the Republic are calling this year’s Budget both a socially inclusive and a futurelooking one, but said more could be given to managing manpower costs and retaining talent. In a live poll by KPMG at its
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      84 18 Outdoor Quality Control Officer The Job Part-Time (Mon-Fri: from 12pm) Conduct service quality checks on mail performance Requirements Must be able to speak, read and write simple English Must use own transport (bicycle motorcycle car) Benefits Medical benefits Annual wage supplement bonus and merit bonus Available locations: Alexandra, Bukit Timah,
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  • sports
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      Lock icon DON’T BET ON THAILAND JUST YET
      652 19  -  S’pore national coach Cunha warns men’s 4x100m relay at SEA Games isn’t a foregone result ATHLETES ‘MUST BET ERTHEIR OWN NATIONAL RECORDS’ LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg Singapore Having relinquished their crown at the SEA Games only once in the past 15 years, it is
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      Lock icon SAFUWAN SCORES FIRST MELBOURNE CITY GOAL
      471 19  -  TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg Melbourne Safuwan Baharudin (picture) scored his first goal for Melbourne City in their 3-1 win over Adelaide United yesterday, but insisted he is not reading too much into it as he seeks to earn a permanent deal with
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      Lock icon Ultra-marathon duo aim to complete 2,500km in 50 days to mark SG50
      208 20 Veteran ultra-marathoners Lim Nghee Huat, MediaCorp’s Chinese current affairs editor, and Hwa Chong Institution teacher Yong Yuen Cheng (picture, centre) will attempt to run 2,500km over 50 consecutive days as part of “Go 50: A Nation in Motion”,
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      Lock icon POCHETTINO SEEKS ‘NEARLY PERFECT’ GAME AGAINST CHELSEA
      648 20 Tottenham boss believes only a repeat of form in 5-3 win will secure League Cup title REUTERS LONDON Tottenham Hotspur must reproduce their “nearly perfect” Premier League performance against Chelsea to beat their London rivals in the League Cup final on Sunday, manager
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      Lock icon YOKOHAMA DEAL GIVES BLUES SPENDING POWER
      741 21 ENGLISH F OTBALL’S SECOND-BIGGEST PARTNERSHIP MAY GIV MOURINHOMORE FREEDOM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Chelsea have announced the second-largest shirt sponsorship deal in English football history with Yokohama Rubber that ensures manager Jose Mourinho can make major raids in the summer transfer market. As first
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      Lock icon VAN PERSIE’S INJURY MAY HAND FALCAO A LIFELINE
      374 21 REUTERS LONDON Manchester United striker Robin van Persie (picture) will miss today’s Premier League match against Sunderland with an ankle injury that may hand out-of-sorts forward Radamel Falcao another chance to prove his worth at Old Trafford. Van Persie damaged ligaments during
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      Lock icon ARSENAL AND MAN CITY MUST PICK THEMSELVES UP
      950 22  -  KEY BATTLES LIE AHEAD TOMORROW COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Adrian Clarke is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for publications around the world. Follow him on Twitter
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      Lock icon ALONSO’S READINESS FOR AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX IN DOUBT
      348 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BARCELONA There was no improvement in McLaren’s disastrous buildup to the new season on Thursday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), with the team raising the prospect of Fernando Alonso being unfit for the first race and Jenson Button managing only
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      Lock icon TAX A STRUGGLE FOR FOOTBALLERS LIKE CANNAVARO
      733 23  -  GOING AFTER BIG NAMES GETS ATTENTION INSPECTORS HOPE FOR COMMENTARY BY JIM WHITE JIM WHITE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Jim White is a sports columnist for The Daily Telegraph. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH There may be many reasons we can think of to sentence Fabio Cannavaro to
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      Lock icon NBA WATCH
      368 23 AP CLEVELAND 110 GOLDEN STATE 99 LeBron James says he isn’t about personal statements. He made one anyway on Thursday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). James scored a season-high 42 points to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors 110-99 for their 18th victory in 20
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      Lock icon FOOTBALL’S TRIPLE-SANCTION, 4TH SUB RULES MAY CHANGE
      435 24 SIN-BINS, VIDEO ASSISTANT FOR REFEREES TO BE ON FOOTBALL LAWMAKER’S AGENDA REUTERS LONDON Football’s rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), will consider allowing a fourth substitution in extra time as well as ending the controversial so-called “triple punishment” this weekend. IFAB,
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      Lock icon IOC RELAXES RULING ON SPONSORSHIP
      146 24 AP Riode Janeiro— The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is relaxing a rule that prohibited athletes from promoting non-official sponsors during the Olympics. The IOC executive board agreed on Thursday (yesterday, Singapore time) to modify a provision known as Rule 40, which led to strong protests
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      Lock icon GOLF’S BRIGHTEST YOUNG TALENT SET FOR HSBC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS
      374 24  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fans at next week’s HSBC Women’s Champions can catch two of the sport’s up-and-coming young players when the US$1.4 mil- lion (S$1.9 million) tournament returns to Sentosa Golf Club from March 5 to 8. LPGA Tour
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      58 22 FIXTURES Tonight, 8.45pm Channel mio TV StarHub West Ham 102 227 Crystal Palace Tonight, 10.55pm Newcastle v Aston Villa 103 228 WBA v Southampton 104 229 Burnley v Swansea 105 230 Stoke v Hull 106 231 Tonight, 11pm United v Sunderland 107 232 Sunday, 8pm Liverpool v Man City 102
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      89 24 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw mww! Live wire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) 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
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      32 25 SATURDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2015 A SLEW OF REVIVALS CELEBRATE SINGAPORE’S WEALTH OF PLAYS, BUT THAT’S JUST HALF THE STORY >>26 PHOTOS: ALBERT LIM, W!LD RICE TUCKYS PHOTOGR APHY, ESPLANADE AND TOY FACTORY
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        Lock icon STAGING A COMEBACK
        1772 26  -  WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A PLAY GETS A SECOND LEASE OF LIFE (AND A THIRD OR FOURTH MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg In April 1994, theatre company Toy Factory unveiled a new play by its founder Goh Boon Teck called Titoudao. The heartfelt tribute to his mother, a Chinese
        PHOTOS: TOY FACTORY, THEATREWORKS, TUCKYS PHOTOGR APHY AND ESPLANADE; PHOTO: THE NECESSARY STAGE, TUCKYS PHOTOGR APHY, ESPLANADE  -  1,772 words
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        115 27  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —The Singapore International Festival of the Arts an- nounced its initial batch of shows for this year’s edition, including performances by Kumar and other comedians that will be held in HDB estates. Chan Hampe Galleries co-founders Angie Chan and Nick Davies announced a
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        Lock icon Worth the wait
        474 27  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE When Pets Tseng went on popular Taiwanese variety show Here Comes Kang Xi last December, the show’s host Dee Hsu jokingly threatened to throw her out of the studio. Hsu had found out that Tseng’s debut album I’m Pets had beaten her new
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      54 26 UNLOCKING BIBLE SECRETS or SUCCESS INUEE BIBLICAL SUCCESS SEMINAR Free Admission by registration, To register, please SMS your name to *****783 iFLight dinner will be serve at 6.30pm Speaker: John Shepherd Um Website www.JSl.lv Dates rime: Bmarch2015,7.30pm (Friday) Venue Harvard SuiteseParh Mall, level 13 (Opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station) Organized
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      1152 28 CHANNEL CHANNEL programming@channelnewsasia.com tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Spin II 6.30 On The Red Dot (HD) 7.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 8.00 The Dr Oz Show III 8.45 Just For Laughs Gags XIII (HD) (PG) 9.00 Better Show (HD) 10.00 The Queen Latifah Show (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII
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      1209 29 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg programming@channelnewsasia.com 6.00AM Ask The Finance Minister (HD) 7 .00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 8.00 The Dr Oz Show IV (HD) (PG) 8.45 Just For Laughs Gags XIII (HD) 9.00 Better Show (HD) 10.00 The Queen Latifah Show (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres ShowXII
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      301 30 ON SATURDAY 2.00PM Weekends With Tabitha Nauser 5.00 987 HOME With Joakim Gomez 6.00 Say It With Music With Naomi Yeo 10.00 987 Anthems By The AOS DJs 6.00AM News Plus The Best Of Body Soul With Daniel Martin 10.00 News Plus Weekend Brunch And Out About With Angela Lim
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      364 30 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 FREE TOGGLE ORIGINALS Check out exclusive movies and series produced by Toggle anytime, anywhere. FAMILY WANDERS (PG) Join
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      103 45 ARE YOU OUR NEXT JOIN SINGAPORE’S MOST POPULAR GIRL SEARCH AND STAND A CHANCE TO BE ON OUR COVER, PLUS $3,000 CASH PRIZE, OVERSEAS HOTEL STAY AND MORE. 1. HOW TO ENTER? E-mail two recent high-resolution colour photographs (1 close-up portrait 1 full-length shot) to fhmmodel@mediacorp.com.sg by 15 March 2015
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    Lock icon In His Cell, Rap Artist Awaits Call From Label
    947 1  -  By JOE COSCARELLI INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In the several months that Ackquille Pollard, better known as the Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda, has sat in jail on gang conspiracy and gun charges, his mother has visited twice a week. His hip-hop idols have
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    Lock icon As Rivals Falter, India Rises
    1080 1  -  Modi Pushes a Business-Friendly Agenda While Other Markets Stumble By KEITH BRADSHER INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SRIPERUMBUDUR, India China’s economy is slowing. Brazil is struggling as commodity prices plunge. Russia, facing Western sanctions and weak oil revenue, is headed into a recession. As other big developing markets
    INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ATUL LOKE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; Sources: Markit/HSBC (China, India); Markit/J.P . Morgan (global); Markit (United States); THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  1,080 words
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      33 1 INTELLIGENCE Indonesia’s corruption fight imperiled. PAGE 2 WORLD TRENDS Women lose ground in China. PAGE 3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Printing limbs for the disabled. PAGE 10 FASHION The lavish kimono, in jeopardy. PAGE 11
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon Corruption Fighters Under Attack
      714 2  -  INTELLIGENCE/CAROL CAROL GIACOMO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Jakarta, Indonesia Over the past decade, Indonesia was so determined to erase the tainted legacy of Suharto, the strongman forced to resign in 1998, that it established one of the world’s more effective anticorruption agencies. Now the
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      Lock icon Forced Labor Props Up Kim’s Regime
      782 2  -  By CHOE SANG-HUN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SEOUL, South Korea When the North Korean carpenter was offered a job in Kuwait in 1996, he seized the chance. He was promised $120 a month, an unimaginable wage for most workers in his famine-stricken
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; JEAN CHUNG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  782 words
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      Lock icon Seeking Olympics, Despite Little Snow
      589 3  -  By DAN LEVINE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY CHONGLI, China Out here, in the land of China’s Winter Olympics ambitions, there is more propaganda than snow. Only traces of white cling to the hills along the route intended for International Olympic Committee officials, but
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      Lock icon Women Pushed Aside As China Modernizes
      821 3  -  By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW and MICHAEL FORSYTHE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BEIJING Fresh out of college, Angela Li was proud of her job as a teller at the state-owned China Everbright Bank it wasn’t exciting, but it had prospects. After a year
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      Lock icon Success Is Not Just About Smarts
      633 4  -  LENS TOM BRADY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Technology has been promoted as the great equalizer in education. Initiatives like One Laptop Per Child and Massive Online Open Courses were supposed to democratize learning, but when the $400 laptops given to poor children
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; DANISH SIDDIQUI/REUTERS  -  633 words
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