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Title Section17 2011-08-20 1 TODAY on Saturday August 20, 2011 www.todayonline.com NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 200/02/201117 words
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Article, Illustration305 2011-08-20 1 SHARON SEE - SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Borders is closing its flagship bookstore at Wheelock Place for good after disputes with the landlord. It has until Tuesday to clear out from its current premises. For the past few days, customers have been greeted by a signPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 305 words
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264 2011-08-20 1 ALVINA SOH - ALVINA SOH alvinasoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The four presidential candidates will appear together on television for the first time next week. Channel NewsAsia’s (CNA) programme, Meet The Candidates, will see them explain their views and take questions on issues relating to the Elected264 words
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Article545 2011-08-20 1 AGENCIES NEW YORK Asian stock markets nosedived yesterday in a second day of losses, convulsed by a fresh wave of selling amid fears over the debt and economic woes roiling Europe and the United States. Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) plunged 91.33 points, or 3.2 perAGENCIES - 545 words
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Advertisement49 2011-08-20 1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011 TONY TAN no need to move PM’s office Page 2 TAN KIN LIAN more compensation for NSmen Page 3 TAN CHENG BOCK President should give annual statement about ’what he is doing’ Page 4 TAN JEE SAY disagreeing doesn’t mean one is being confrontational Page 449 words
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011
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Article, Illustration310 2011-08-20 2 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While other candidates made promises in their first presidential candidate broadcasts on Thursday night, Dr Tony Tan decided to focus on the role of the President instead. Yesterday, in response to a question on why he chose toPHOTO BY SYAFIQAH HAMID - 310 words
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497 2011-08-20 2 SINGAPORE Two presidential candidates have disagreed with fellow contender Tan Cheng Bock’s suggestion to move the offices of the Prime Minister and Cabinet out of the Istana as a way of making a clear distinction between the Government and the Office of the497 words
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Article477 2011-08-20 2 TEO XUANWEI - TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Operation Spectrum was launched in 1987, one was the Education Minister while the other was Principal Private Secretary to then-Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. At a forum on Thursday organised by The Online Citizen, the episode which saw477 words
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Article, Illustration363 2011-08-20 3 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More should be done to compensate male citizens who serve National Service such as giving full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) higher allowances, said presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian yesterday. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Tan acknowledged that SingaporePHOTO BY DON WONG - 363 words
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350 2011-08-20 4 LIN YANQIN - LIN YANQIN yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An annual statement from the President will help keep Singaporeans informed about what he is doing, said presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock yesterday. Elaborating on a proposal he had made during his first Presidential Candidate Broadcast on Thursday350 words
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Article, Illustration405 2011-08-20 4 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Presidential candidate Tan Jee Say’s combative stance since he announced his intention to run for the office led a member of the Hainan Tan Clan Association to question him yesterday whether someone who has hadPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 405 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration197 2011-08-20 6 AGENCIES As United States Vice-President Joe Biden built trust with China in Beijing’s corridors of power, goodwill between the two nations unravelled onThursday night on a nearby basketball court where players got into a brawl (picture). A “friendly” game between Washington’s Georgetown Hoyas and Chinese professionalAGENCIES; AP - 197 words
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Article, Illustration343 2011-08-20 6 AGENCIES BEIJING United States VicePresident Joe Biden yesterday said that China had “nothing to worry about” concerning the safety of its vast holdings of Treasury debt, while Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gave a ringing endorsement of the resilience of the debt-ridden US economy.AGENCIES; REUTERS - 343 words
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223 2011-08-20 8 RACHEL KELLY, AMANDA FENG - WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RACHEL KELLY, AMANDA FENG AGENCIES English Premier League football club Manchester United may start gauging investor demand next month for a US$1 billion (S$1.2 billion) initial public offering in Singapore, people familiar with the situation said yesterday. TheAGENCIES - 223 words
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193 2011-08-20 8 REUTERS SINGAPORE Singapore billionaire Peter Lim has made a “significant investment” in UK-based sports car maker McLaren Automotive, the company said. Mr Lim, who earned the nickname “Remisier King” in the city-state, has joined McLaren Automotive’s board with immediate effect. Forbes Asia recently rankedREUTERS - 193 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration904 2011-08-20 10 KISHORE MAHBUBANI - If ever there was a moment for a global leader to step up, this is it so why is none emerging? KISHORE MAHBUBANI Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, is working on a book about global governanceTHE NEW YORK TIMES; BLOOMBERG - 904 words
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VOICES
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382 2011-08-20 12 Ronald Chan - Letter from Ronald Chan I APPLAUD the Prime Minister’s call at the National Day Rally to ensure that “nobody is left behind”. Indeed, the measures to cope with the ageing population and to better address the needs of the less fortunate are382 words
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Article226 2011-08-20 13 Ruth Cheng - Letter from Ruth Cheng I HAD the pleasure of witnessing a very courteous bus captain at work on Tuesday. I took bus Service No 88 from Toa Payoh bus interchange at around 7.35pm and encountered an incident so rare in today’s world. As I226 words
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152 2011-08-20 13 Alvin Lau Yew Weng - Letter from Alvin Lau Yew Weng MY WIFE was trying to board SBS Transit bus Service No 15 at around 4.45pm on Wednesday at the bus stop near Parkway Parade, along Marine Parade Road, with a pram and a two-month-old baby.152 words
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180 2011-08-20 13 Nicholas Allan - Letter from Nicholas Allan TOUCH rugby is a fun sport and also useful for developing basic playing skills. However, it lacks both the intensity and physical commitment that contact rugby requires. Six months ago, I watched the nine-year-olds of AngloChinese School and Saint180 words
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102 2011-08-20 13 GOH LIN YANG - LETTER FROM GOH LIN YANG I voted in the recent General Election and found the design/ layout of the polling station at Sin Ming Road out of date. To help voters proceed to the ballot box, raffia string and manila ropes were tied between102 words
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SINGAPORE
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207 2011-08-20 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Fort Canning, Mattar and Upper Changi are among the final names for 13 of the Downtown Line 3 (DTL3) stations. These names were put to a public poll in June and attracted more than 3,000 responses. All the names reflect theCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 207 words
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Article, Illustration361 2011-08-20 16 SingTel’s annual Charity Golf event raises record SINGAPORE SingTel’s annual Charity Golf event raised a record S$820,000 this year. This amount is the largest in the 10 years the telecommunication company has been running SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF), its corporate philanthropy programme. EarlierPHOTO COURTESY SINGTEL - 361 words
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295 2011-08-20 17 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tobacco company Philip Morris Singapore was acquitted yesterday of the second of two charges of unlawfully advertising cigarettes. Had it been convicted of the offences, the firm could have been fined a maximum of S$10,000 for each charge. According295 words
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349 2011-08-20 17 AGENCIES NEW YORK Singapore asset management company Lion Global Investors (LGI) has been sued in New York for US$50.6 million (S$61.2 million) by the liquidator of the firm of convicted conman Bernard Madoff. According to filings in United States Bankruptcy Court inAGENCIES - 349 words
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Advertisement486 2011-08-20 17 SIM UNIVERSITY LET’S TALK BUSINESS @UNISIM 27 August 2011, 9:00am to 12:00pm, SIM HQ 1.09B S The School of Business is proud to present: Topic 1: Financial Independence through an Entrepreneurial Journey ft By Professor Roger King Director, Center for Asian Family Business Studies at HKUST Director, Center for Business486 words
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WORLD
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Article246 2011-08-20 18 AGENCIES KABUL Suicide attackers stormed a British compound in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing at least 10 people in a five-hour gunfight on the 92nd anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain. A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack on theAGENCIES - 246 words
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Article, Illustration228 2011-08-20 18 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s most prominent anti-cor-ruption crusader began a public hunger strike and mass protest yesterday, adopting the tactics of liberation hero Mohandas K Gandhi to push for government reform. Thousands of cheering supporters braved the pouring rain to greet Mr Anna Hazare asAGENCIES; AP - 228 words
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225 2011-08-20 19 AP HANOI Vietnam’s Prime Minister has put the country on alert as an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to surge, killing 81 children and causing more than 32,000 people to fall ill so far this year, officials said yesterday. PrimeAP - 225 words
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110 2011-08-20 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Las Vegas has announced plans for the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, which will be more than 100ft (30.48m) higher than the London Eye. Caesar’s Entertainment said its wheel will be called the “Las Vegas High Roller” and measure 550ft. ThatTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 110 words
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104 2011-08-20 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH British women have topped a European study into binge drinking, which found that they are now almost as likely to binge on alcohol as men. Nearly 8 per cent of British women are binge drinking “ladettes”, the European study found.THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 104 words
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166 2011-08-20 19 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said an economic model based 100 per cent on meritocracy would lead to inequality, in comments that touched on his administration’s approach to affirmative action policies to help bumiputras, or ethnic Malays. “We must haveTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 166 words
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Article, Illustration30 2011-08-20 19 REUTERS Participants at the White Dinner in Quebec City, Canada, on Thursday. They were required to dress in white and bring their own food, drink and cutlery. REUTERSREUTERS - 30 words
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SCIENCE
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Article, Illustration267 2011-08-20 20 REUTERS Russia said it had lost track of a newly-launched, multi-million-dollar telecommunications satellite on Thursday, the latest in a series of setbacks that have dogged its space industry. The US$265-million (S$322.8-million) Express AM-4 satellite, described by its makers as the most powerful satellite everREUTERS; AP - 267 words
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624 2011-08-20 20 Rising greenhouse emissions may tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON It is not the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alienTHE GUARDIAN - 624 words
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BUSINESS
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341 2011-08-20 21 STELLA LEE - STELLA LEE stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Figures released this week show the slump in Singapore’s electronics manufacturing industry is deeper than previously thought. Indeed, some economists have pushed back their forecasts for a rebound and now hold dim hopes for a recovery by the end of the341 words
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254 2011-08-20 21 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Asian Agri Capital, a Singapore private-equity firm that focuses on early-stage plantations, is seeking to raise US$100 million (S$121 million) to invest in palm oil and other tropical commodities in Southeast Asia and Latin America. The Pacific Agriculture FundBLOOMBERG - 254 words
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Article, Illustration254 2011-08-20 21 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Bank of America (BofA) is cutting 3,500jobs this quarter, according to an internal memo, as the largest United States lender by assets grapples with its US$1 trillion (S$1.2 trillion) problem-loan portfolio and growing economic concerns. The job cuts atAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 254 words
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73 2011-08-20 21 DOW JONES Malaysia’s Securities Commission said Friday Singapore’s Straits Trading plans to have a dual-listing on the Malaysian stock exchange. Straits Trading, mainly involved in tin mining and smelting, has submitted its application to the regulator, said the commission’s managing direc-DOW JONES - 73 words
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Article54 2011-08-20 21 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,733.63 (-3.23%) Thursday 2,824.96 q 0.13% Wednesday 2,828.53 q 0.15% Tuesday 2,832.73 q 1.47% Monday 2,874.40 p 0.83% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 155,006 $1.525 q 7.295 GoldenAgr 85,066 $0.635 q 3.788 TopGlobal 60,125 $0.007 q 12.500 Yangzijiang 48,546 $0.970 q 10.185 CoscoCorp54 words
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Article33 2011-08-20 21 HANG SENG È 19,399.92 H NIKKEI È È È NIKKEI 8,719.24 H AUSTRALIA È È È SHANGHAI 2,534.36 MALAYSIA AUSTRALIA 4,101.90 H SEOUL MUMBAI 16,141.67 (-1.99%) MALAYSIA 1,483.98 (-1.29%) SEOUL 1,744.88 (-6.22%)33 words
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Article81 2011-08-20 21 STOCK CALLS Buy S$1.14 Phillip Securities maintains rating; raises fair value marginally to S$1.76 from S$1.75. House forecasts CMA’s purchase of 50-per-cent stakes in two Shanghai properties for US$789 million will “strengthen its bottomline almost immediately”. House expects the Minhang and Hongkou shopping malls to generate yields of81 words
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PERSONAL FINANCE
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Article, Illustration996 2011-08-20 22 BEH HSIA WA - With stock markets in a slump, gold prices hit record as it becomes an alternative investment COMMENTARY BEH HSIA WA Ms Beh Hsia Wa is director of bullion sales, global markets and investment management at United Overseas Bank. In recent months, the stock market continuesBLOOMBERG - 996 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration618 2011-08-20 23 SHAMIR OSMAN - With Hariss in NS and Mustafic injured, coach Avramovic faces a major SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They moved in sync in the middle of the park, setting up an iron curtain in front of the defence at the Jalan Besar Stadium and on theTODAY FILE PHOTOS - 618 words
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Article, Illustration302 2011-08-20 23 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Neither jet-lag nor chilly temperatures could stop national swimmer Joseph Schooling from a fifth-place finish in the boys’ 100m butterfly at the 3rd FINA World Junior Swimming Championship in Lima, Peru. The 16-year-old clocked 54.07sec in the final, which was wonTODAY FILE PHOTO - 302 words
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341 2011-08-20 23 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN He wore a broad smile while relaxing before training and it stayed with him even when the Lions warmed up at the Geylang Field last night. It was the national team’s first training session ahead of theirthird341 words
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Article, Illustration533 2011-08-20 24 Decimated by departures, injuries and suspensions, Arsenal fans fear the worse AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal vs Liverpool LONDON They have lost captain and midfield dynamo Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona, and it looks increasingly likely Samir Nasri will wear the colours of Manchester City, Grappling withAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 533 words
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434 2011-08-20 24 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian reaction to local tycoon Tony Fernandes’ purchase of newly-promoted Barclays Premier League club Queens Park Rangers (QPR) ranged from patriotic support to indifference, to jibes on fan forums. “I don’t know how this will affect me as an ArsenalREUTERS - 434 words
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153 2011-08-20 24 938LIVE’s SportsZone dribbles into the Emirates Stadium today bearing a whole lot of sympathy for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who has been grappling with injuries, suspensions and departing players. In stark contrast, Liverpool, their visitors today, have welcomed many fresh faces to assist153 words
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Article, Illustration336 2011-08-20 25 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Climbers Beatrix Chong and Xu Liting have lodged an appeal with the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) as they continue to hold out hope of competing at this year’s South-east Asian Games (SEA Games), which will be jointly-held inPHOTO COURTESY CHEW WEI CHIEH - 336 words
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Article, Illustration417 2011-08-20 25 SINGAPORE Now into its third year, the Canon SuperSeries 3 (2011) bowling league is proving a hit with corporate companies, with Singapore Airlines the latest on board. The homegrown carrier, one of the world’s leading airlines, is taking part for the first time. “WePHOTO BY TAN - 417 words
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Miscellaneous125 2011-08-20 25 League SPORTS FIXTURES Home Team I Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Singapore Cup Etoile FC j Combak Sat, 20/08/11 8.00pm For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, German, J League, K League and US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA BAY125 words
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Article, Illustration732 2011-08-20 6 SERENE LIM - Why can’t travellers just be nice on a plane? SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg “NO MORE shopping! Gate closing! Plane leaving!” yelled frustrated ground staff, as the passengers scurried towards the gate for the flight to Nanjing with their bags of duty-free goods. “It’s your responsibility to make sure you732 words
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Article, Illustration310 2011-08-20 7 SERENE LIM - Jetsetting with Nick Veasey SERENE LIM CALL photographer artist NickVeasey The X-Ray Man. Instead of capturing the vivid colours and drama of the world around us, the Englishman prefers to go right into the essence of things.Yep, deep inside by x-raying them.The 49-year-old, who is holding his first exhibition in310 words
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Miscellaneous248 2011-08-20 9 ON MEDIACORP STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: MIGHTY JOE YOUNG Channel 5, 6.45pm A baby gorilla left in the care of Jill Young grows up to become a huge and broad specimen by the name of Joe, living in the mountains as a mostly unseen legend among the locals. An eco-minded248 words
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