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  • 32 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY September 11, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011 A Publication of MediaCorp Articles selected for Sunday, September 11, 2011 Copyright 2011 The New York Times MICA (P) 041/07/2011
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    • 672 1 ISRAELI EMBASSY IN CAIRO ATTACKED hot news 10 ENGLAND SURVIVE ARGENTINIAN THREAT sports 17 MAN CITY TOP THE LEAGUE AS AGUERO NETS A HAT-TRICK sports 14 CHELSEA CONTINUE UNBEATEN RUN sports 15 LIVERPOOL FALL TO IMPENETRABLE STOKE sports Life after 9/11 We’ve come to accept many changes, and most of
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  • 2908 2  -  From armed officers on our daily commute to learning how to fight fires, we have come to accept the changes. sundayspecial Our straw poll shows most of us feel safer today than we did a decade ago but is that necessarily good? teo xuanwei
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  • 143 4 Officers from the Public Transport Security Command (TransCom) watching over commuters at City Hall and Raffles Place MRT stations. TransCom was commissioned on Aug 15, 2009 to oversee policing efforts throughout the entire public bus and rail network. The unit now has more than 400
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  • 46 6 Troopers from the PoliceTactical Unit of the Police Special Operations Command patrolling Boat Quay. Since 2004, these troopers have been conducting frequent patrols at shopping, commercial and entertainment venues. PHOTOS BY PHOTOS BY SYAFIQAH HAMID
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    • 235 6 MORE SUNDAY FEATURES ONLINE face in the crowd Meet Philip Tan, one of the last remaining master gold artisans in Singapore GOLDFINGER Download the free Tag Reader app for your smartphone from http://gettag.mobi and scan the Tag, and you’ll be led straight to video of Philip the finer life It’s
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  • 1178 8 SEPT 11, 2001 In attacks coordinated by Al Qaeda, terrorists hijack four US passenger planes, crashing two into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, and one into the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth crashes in a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people die.
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 458 10 AP CAIRO Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday condemned the overnight attack on his country’s embassy in the Egyptian capital, saying the incident inflicted a “severe injury to the fabric of peace with Israel”. The attack on the embassy in Cairo
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    • 359 10 AP WASHINGTON Al Qaeda may have sent American terrorists or men carrying United States travel documents to launch an attack on Washington or New York, to coincide with the 9/11 memorials, government officials say. One US official said that Al Qaeda dispatched three
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    • 200 10 THE GUARDIAN Twitter acted swiftly to suspend the account of a so-called “hacktivist” group, which was suspected of gaining control of the official NBC News twitter account and posting messages claiming that an attack was underway at New York’s Ground
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    • 657 11  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture) said he expects to see more robust debates in the next Parliament, which will convene on Oct 10. This is the first time the House will see the most number
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    • 188 12 AP A United Nations (UN) food agency on Friday released grim footage of what it described as severely malnourished North Korean children in the country hit by recent flooding. The Rome-based World Food Programme said it shot the video at
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    • 117 12 AP The World Bank and other international lenders are promising US$38 billion (S$46.7.billion) to four Arab countries over the next two years to promote democratic reforms. The promise came yesterday in a meeting organised by the world’s most developed economies aimed at supporting
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    • 145 12 THE NEW YORK TIMES Japanese officials moved to control the diplomatic damage after an airtraffic controller was questioned for posting secret American flight details on his blog that included the flight plans of Air Force One last November. The Transportation Ministry said
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    • 129 12 AP A British judge on Friday sentenced a former Taliban fighter to life in prison for trying to recruit holy warriors for jihad in Afghanistan. Among those Pakistani-born Munir Farooqi tried to recruit were two undercover police officers, who recorded him bragging
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    • 117 12 AP The authorities on Mexico’s Gulf Coast are preparing for Tropical Storm Nate, while air and sea search teams hunted for 10 oil workers missing since abandoning a disabled research vessel in stormy waters. Forecasts said Nate was still moving towards the
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    • 115 12 AP A ferry carrying students on a holiday trip capsized in central China, killing 11 people. Nine students and two adults drowned after the ferry carrying at least 43 passengers capsized on Friday afternoon, said an official with the Shaoyang county safety bureau in
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    • 177 12 AP TOKYO Japan’s Trade Minister resigned yesterday after just eight days in office and apologised repeatedly for calling the evacuated area around a stricken nuclear power plant “a town of death”. Mr Yoshio Hachiro announced his departure at a news conference late
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    • 363 12 AGENCIES WADI DINAR Loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, holed up in one of his remaining strongholds, attacked Libyan fighters with mortar rounds and sniper fire yesterday, a sign of the difficulties former rebels face in taking full control of the vast country. After the fall
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    • 427 13  -  QIUYI TAN tanqiuyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Speak Good English Movement is calling for all Singaporeans to be good role models of the English language, especially to children they interact with. This is the message of the movement for 2011, which was launched yesterday morning
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    • 116 13  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL Residents in the central district can expect to receive more help to cope with the rising cost of living and the repercussions of a possible recession, as the Central Community Development Council (CDC) has set up a Recession Economic
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    • 180 13 SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged the Malay community to view the improved Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) scheme in the right spirit. Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim announced on Friday that the
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    • 131 13 AP Animal rights activists urged Philippine authorities yesterday to release a captured giant crocodile back into the wild, but the mayor of the town where it was caught refused, saying that it poses a threat to the residents. People for the Ethical Treatment
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    • 54 13 United States ambassador David I Adelman giving a child a high-five at the Central Fire Station. This was part of the Sept 11 lessons hosted by the US Embassy for disadvantaged children under the care of Beyond Social Services, to mark the 10th year after 9/11.
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    • 116 13 The number of people arrested for drinkdriving has dipped in the first half of this year. The police say the number went down by 77 from 1,163 arrests in the first half of last year to 1,086 arrests. However, the police say that there
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    • 140 13 AP The World Health Organization says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has surged in Vietnam, killing 98 children and causing more than 42,000 others to fall sick this year. It says that three-quarters of the deaths have been in
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  • SPORTS
    • 544 14 Argentine striker nets a hat-trick as City top the league THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 3 Wigan 0 MANCHESTER Sergio Aguero sent Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League with a hat-trick as Roberto Mancini’s team cruised to a comfortable victory against Wigan
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    • 506 15 AP SUNDERLAND A first-half strike by captain John Terry and a remarkable backheeled goal from Daniel Sturridge guided Chelsea to a 2-1 victory over Sunderland in the Premier League yesterday. Terry fired Chelsea into an 18th-minute lead at the Stadium
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    • 383 16 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH STOKE-ON-TRENT Peter Crouch was welcomed to the Britannia Stadium as Stoke City’s record signing but it was his new strike partner Jon Walters who stole the show from the £10 million (S$19.4 million) man as he scored the goal which ruined
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    • 370 16 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Arsene Wenger could at last savour a Premier League result, and if the performance did not measure up, the Arsenal manager could be excused for not caring. His team collected their first three points of the season thanks,
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    • 243 16 AP LIVERPOOL Stiliyan Petrov and Gabriel Agbonlahor scored as Aston Villa twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw at Everton and preserve their unbeaten Premier League start. Everton hardly seemed bothered by the sale of Mikel Arteta to Arsenal as they claimed a deserved half-time lead
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    • 547 17 Pumas pay the price for missing six penalties in a brutal encounter AGENCIES DUNEDIN England survived a ferocious Argentina side to open their Rugby World Cup campaign with a 13-9 win yesterday. England’s Ben Youngs came off the bench to score the only try in a
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    • 218 17 REUTERS Japan almost produced a huge upset when they came within four points of Pool A heavyweights France late in the second half before Lionel Nallet, Pascal Pape and Morgan Parra scored tries in the final 10 minutes to put a gloss on the scoreline.
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    • 476 17 AP WELLINGTON The coach of the formidable Springboks forward pack, Gary Gold, said the pressure South Africa are under as defending champions at the Rugby World Cup is similar that of the host nation New Zealand. “The expectation of every
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    • 654 18 Cause of accident still undetermined, two survivors still in coma AP YAROSLAVL They came by the tens of thousands to mourn, from world leaders to ice hockey stars to ordinary Russians, with flowers, tears and aching hearts. An estimated 100,000 people flocked to a
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    • 398 18  -  2011 WOMEN’S WORLD TENPIN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A gold medal continues to prove elusive for Singapore at the Women’s World Tenpin Bowling Championships in Hong Kong. Yesterday, Shayna Ng, Jazreel Tan, New Hui Fen and sisters Cherie and
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    • 406 19 German raves about his formidable car as he takes pole in Monza REUTERS MONZA Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel chalked up Red Bull’s 13th pole position in 13 races this season with a blistering lap in Italian Grand Prix qualifying yesterday. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, nearly half a
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1183 21 THE DARK KNIGHT Channel 5, 7.30pm 10.00pm (TV Premiere) (PG-Action Violence) Bruce Wayne, a.k.a Batman, must fight to protect his beloved Gotham City from the eerie, psychopathic Joker whose inhuman morality makes him an extremely dangerous man. Now, Batman has to stop him or risk Gotham City being thrown into
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1866 22 TV LISTINGS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL 6.00AM Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Martha Stewart Show VI 10.00 The Doctors 11.00 Films Stars Asia 11.30 Buffetlicious NOON Under One Roof V 12.30PM Polo Boys 1.00 Triple Nine III 2.00 The Two Of
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  • NEW YORK
    • 734 16  -  By JEFF GORDINIER elji'iNVut Jjjork ehucs Ever since various dreamers on the West Side of Manhattan began to envision it, the High Line has signified New York’s future: a glimpse of where the metropolis might go if people dreamed, and schemed, hard
      elji'iNVut Jjjork ehucs; CASEY KELBAUGH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  734 words
    • 491 16  -  By COREY KILGANNON Sljc JfcUt Jlork Euncs Eddie Colon, of Harlem, hopped off his bicycle and casually leaned the bike against a rectangular post of red metal. The red post Mr. Colon used as a bike stand was a type found every few blocks
      Sljc JfcUt Jlork Euncs; GUY CALAF FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  491 words
    • 761 15  -  By MOSI SECRET Eljc iNVut Jlork Ehncs The police found about 10 grams of marijuana in Penelope Harris’s Bronx apartment last year. The amount was below the legal threshold for even a misdemeanor, and prosecutors declined to charge her. But the police had reported her
      Eljc iNVut Jlork Ehncs; MICHAEL KAMBER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  761 words
    • 615 15  -  By LISA W. FODERARO Eljc iNVut Jlork Ehncs Over the next few years, New York City plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on shoreline parks. Some of that money will buy things like new lawns, ball fields and skateboard parks, but
      Eljc iNVut Jlork Ehncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ÁNGEL FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  615 words


  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    • 694 14  -  By CORNELIA DEAN El)c JsVtu Jlork Elmcs BOSTON —New efforts to protect marine creatures have gained surprising support from researchers, regulators, engineers and fishermen, who are often at odds with one another over regulation. The issue is bycatch fish, whales, turtles, sea birds and
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    • 768 14  -  By GINA KOLATA El)c JsVut Jlork Elmcs The patient was a 39-year-old man who lived in a relatively rural area outside Houston, Texas. He had been welding when, suddenly, he could not catch his breath. He began coughing up blood and vomiting. In the
      El)c JsVut Jlork Elmcs; ANNIE TRITT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  768 words
    • 766 13  -  By HENRY FOUNTAIN el)c JsVut JJork Elmcs For scientists who specialize in hurricanes, Irene, which roared up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in late August, has shined an uncomfortable light on their profession. They acknowledge that while they have become adept at gauging the
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  • MONEY & BUSINESS
    • 829 12  -  By KEITH BRADSHER el)c iXctit Jlork Ehncs CH ANGSHU, China Corporate executives say China is using its near monopoly on rare earth metals vital to products like hybrid cars and cellphones to make it difficult for foreign manufacturers of hightech materials
      el)c iXctit Jlork Ehncs; RYAN PYLE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  829 words
    • 545 12  -  By EILENE ZIMMERMAN SEljc iNVUt Jlork Ehncs Q. Youfind yourself having to care for an ill family member while holding a full-time job. How canyou handle both of these demanding duties without feeling overwhelmed? Shouldyou talk to your manager and colleagues about
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    • 758 11  -  By ANDREW E. KRAMER EljcJCcUt jlork Shuts MOSCOW Airlines are a cautious lot, slow to trust a new airplane maker with multibillion-dollar orders and passenger lives. It took Embraer, a Brazilian maker of regional jets, two decades to become a major supplier to the
      EljcJCcUt jlork Shuts; JAMES HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  758 words
    • 720 11  -  DealB%k By STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin EljcJChit jlork Smucs Gold is caught in a frenzy. Its price reached a record high of $1,917.90 at one point in August, not adjusted for inflation, then plummeted by about $120 an ounce.
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  • ARTS & STYLES
    • 609 10  -  By SYLVIANE GOLD eljc-NVut Jlork Stmcs The young Serge Gainsbourg is sauntering through Occupied Paris when he pauses before an anti-Semitic poster. In a moment its hideously caricatured Jewish face jumps off the wall to chase him down the street. This scene in
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    • 652 10  -  By ANUPAMA CHOPRA Sljc Jfrut Jlork Euncs MUMBAI, India The director Zoya Akhtar laughs as she tells the story of the Steadicam operator who worked on her first film, “Luck by Chance.” He had earlier worked with her younger brother, Farhan, a director-actor who was
      Sljc Jfrut Jlork Euncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY AAMIR KHAN PRODUCTIONS  -  652 words

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  • WORLD TRENDS
    • 671 8  -  By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Eljc JfrUf Jjork Eimcii CHENE, Dominican Republic They have been blamed for spreading cholera, taking jobs and driving up crime. And now, with memories of the earthquake and the good will it generated towards the victims rapidly fading, Haitians are being
      Eljc JfrUf Jjork Eimcii; PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICHARD PERRY/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  671 words
    • 638 8 SEIjc Jlork Eimcs By The New York Times YANGON, Myanmar The hardships and oppression of living in an authoritarian country like Myanmar all but vanish at the gates of its soccer stadiums. Or so say the fans, who swarm into the grandstands for
      SEIjc Jlork Eimcs; INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE  -  638 words
    • 549 7  -  By SETH SETH MYDANS Sljc ;NcUt JJork Shncs YEKATERINBURG, Russia The treatment center does not handcuff addicts to beds anymore. But caged together on double-deck-er bunks with no way out, they have no choice but to endure withdrawal, the first step in a harsh,
      Sljc ;NcUt JJork Shncs; JAMES HILL LOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  549 words
    • 831 7  -  news analysis By STEVEN ERLANGER eljc-NVut JJork Eimcs PARIS The war in Libya may be one of those quietly telling moments in the history of more important nations. For the first time, the United States has taken a secondary role “leading from behind,” if “leading”
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  • 2817 3 S E P T E M B E R 11, 2 0 01: T E n y E a R S l aT E R S E P T E M B E R 11, 2 0 01: T E n
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  • 951 2  -  S E P T E M B E R 11, 2 0 01: T E n y E a R S l aT E R By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, MONA EL-NAGGAR E1)C JCcUr Jlork Ernies Shortly after President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt was forced from
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  • 697 1  -  By ANDREA ELLIOTT 0ljc jNeto JJork Simcs from Beltsville, Maryland. Known to some as “Generation 9/11,” Ms. Okoye and others set out to reclaim Islam’s image in America, but their community lacked the cohesion and organizational prowess of other faith groups with deeper domestic roots.
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  • 2137 1  -  adjusting to the new normal post-September 11 ESSaY S E P T E M B E R 11, 2 0 01: T E n y E a R S l aT E R N.R. KLEINFIELD The New York Times for boundless greed. America is again a nation
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    • 23 1 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Easing collateral damage of fishing. 10 arTS STYLES Female directors alter Bollywood. 12 mONEY buSINESS Chasing rare earths in China. 14
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