Today, 6 November 2011

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    12 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY November 6, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011
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      836 1 Today WISHES ITS MUSLIM READERS SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILADHA SEA GAMES 2011: 10 ATHLETES MOST LIKELY TO BRING SINGAPORE GOLD sports THE XO CEO the st regis perspectives 4 IT’S NOT WHERE YOU ARE BURIED... speakeasy 10 They’re fighting back The Dayaks of West Kalimantan are struggling to save their
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    Lock icon The fight for Borneo’s soul
    1728 2  -  With palm oil companies slashing vast swathes of forest, the Dayaks of West Kalimantan are desperately struggling to save their ancestral lands and way of life sundayspecial neo chai chin todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg On the porch of a wooden house deep in West Kalimantan, a shirtless man
    PHOTOS BY NEO CHAI CHIN, PAUL DALEY, REUTERS  -  1,728 words
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    Lock icon The XO CEO
    1189 4 At age 32, he took over the business founded by his eponymous ancestor five generations ago. Cyril Camus gives Conrad Raj a crash course in cognac and the family heritage the perspectives Cognac is as French as liquor can be, but the chief executive officer of Camus
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    Lock icon When the super-rich get on Facebook, private bankers do, too
    851 8  -  thefinerlife richard hartung todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Private banking has long been the preserve of discreet bankers whose clients are picked up in private limousines for insightful discussions in elegant oak-panelled conference rooms, followed by a specially prepared meal in a private dining
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    Lock icon It’s not where you’re buried ...
    746 10  - It’s not where you’re buried speakeasy tabitha wang todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Tabitha Wang would like to be cremated and have her ashes turned into a diamond. That way, she’d be adding to instead of subtracting from value to the family fortunes when she dies. My grandmother’s last wish was to be cremated
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    Lock icon ‘I don’t want mummy, I want daddy’
    714 10  -  parenttoparent june wan todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg June Wan has two boys. She genuinely believes that she will get a life and her boobs back one One morning, my son eviscerated my heart. I’m sure he didn’t mean to do it. He’s only three years old
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      148 11 m SH triple three »n nrf WIN A FREE MEAL FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR PARTNER FOR SUNDAY BRUNCH THE MANDARIN MAD HATTER CHALLENGE! Up for a challenge? Christoph Szymanski, Hotel Manager of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is looking for someone to beat him in a Sabayon challenge. First five challengers who
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Greek Prime Minister struggles to form coalition government
      341 12 AGENCIES ATHENS Embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou struggled yesterday to form a temporary coalition government, faced with opposition calls for immediate elections that have extended a political deadlock in the debt-shackled country. Mr Papandreou has agreed to step aside if necessary
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      Lock icon ITALY ACCEPTS IMF MONITORING AS GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT CRUMBLES
      179 12 AGENCIES Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to step down on Friday despite a party rebellion that has brought his centre-right coalition to the brink of collapse in the face of a growing economic crisis. Mr Berlusconi is widely believed to have
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      Lock icon UK HIGHWAY INFERNO
      129 12 A huge crash involving 26 vehicles on a highway in south-west England on Friday night killed at least seven people and injured at least 51 others. Witnesses said heavy fog and wet weather had caused ‘horrendous’ driving conditions on the M5 highway in Somerset prior to the
      AGENCIES; SCREEN GRAB: YOUTUBE  -  129 words
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      Lock icon BANGKOK FACES THREAT FROM RESIDENTS, TOO: YINGLUCK
      175 12 AGENCIES Floodwaters flowed close to the Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok yesterday as officials warned that residents who destroy flood barriers may be prosecuted. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the capital is facing a dual threat from the “massive” flow of water from
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      ANOTHER BODY FOUND IN BEDOK RESERVOIR, SHORTLY BEFORE BLESSING CEREMONY
      133 12 The body of a Chinese man was found in Bedok Reservoir yesterday morning, shortly before an inter-religious blessing ceremony that had been organised following the series of deaths there. The man was pronounced dead at 9.45am after he was brought
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      Lock icon HAJ PILGRIMS GATHER ON MOUNT ARAFAT
      96 13 AGENCIES Wearing white robes to symbolise purity and equality under God, more than 2 million Muslims yesterday climbed Mount Arafat, 19km outside Mecca, for one of the key events of the five-day haj. After sunset, they headed to nearby Muzdalifah, where they will collect
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      Lock icon 45 TRAPPED CHINESE MINERS PULLED OUT ALIVE
      134 13 AP Forty-five Chinese coal miners trapped by a cave-in were rescued yesterday in the central province of Henan, ending a 36-hour ordeal. They were carried out on stretchers, wrapped with blankets and with towels shielding theireyesfrom exposure to light. At least 200 workers
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      ENERGY-SAVING LIGHT BULBS FOR 4,000 FAMILIES
      104 13 Four thousand low-income households in central Singapore will be able to reduce their utility bills by at least S$20 a year with a project launched yesterday. Two energy-efficient light bulbs will be installed in their rental flats, starting with those in Tanjong Pagar GRC.
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      Lock icon MYANMAR REVISES LAW ON POLITICAL PARTIES
      115 13 AP Myanmar President Thein Sein has signed a revised law on political parties that will clear the way for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to run in coming by-elections and encourage her National League for Democracy (NLD) to re-register as a party. A
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN HACKER GETS 10 YEARS JAIL IN US
      106 13 AGENCIES A Malaysian citizen who hacked into the United States Federal Reserve and private banks was given the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison by a US district judge on Friday. Lin Mun Poo, 32, pleaded guilty in April to illegally
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      COMMUNITY CIRCLES TO BETTER SUPPORT NORTH EAST RESIDENTS
      107 13 The North East Community Development Council (CDC) has formed community circles to brainstorm ideas for better ways to support residents, in particular the elderly, youths and those with special needs. It is setting aside more than S$1 million to fund the projects.
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  • SPORTS
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      10 gladiators in the spotlight
      469 14  -  The 26th SEA Games in Indonesia could be a special one for Singapore LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE THE 26th SEA Games will have so much significance for Singapore. The whole country will be behind swimming superstar Tao Li as she makes her bid
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      Lock icon Young Lions put their game faces on
      548 14  -  Republic’s footballers show nothing less than tenacity despite administrative problems in Jakarta SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA Their faces told the entire story. Bleary-eyed and silent, the national under-23 football players dragged themselves off the bus and into the Sultan hotel in Jakarta. Even
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      Lock icon Swimming focused on the next big step
      655 15  -  Swimmers ready to plunder in Indonesia, coach Ang says the ultimate goal is to swim with the ‘big boys’ TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE On Tuesday, national coach Ang Peng Siong will lead a 17-strong swimming team to Indonesia for the 26th Southeast Asian
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      Lock icon Thorpe urges SEA Games swim team to do Singapore proud
      502 15  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Swimming legend Ian Thorpe (picture) has a simple message for Singapore’s swim team ahead of this month’s SEA Games in Indonesia: Make your country proud. Five-time Olympic gold medallist Thorpe completed his long-awaited return to competitive swimming
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    • 10 GLADIATORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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        Lock icon She's out to make a big splash
        441 16  -  Victoria Chan, 21, sailing, women’s laser radial 2nd year, sports science management, NTU competing in her first SEA Games Reports By Low Lin Fhoong, Tan Yo-Hinn A NATIONAL sailor for the last five years, Victoria Chan has competed in many top international regattas.
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        Brandon lives a dream
        388 16 Brandon Chong, 19, waterpolo national serviceman competing in his first SEA Games HE IS a member of a 13-man squad who will look to extend one of the most extraordinary winning streaks in sport at the 2011 SEA Games. National serviceman Brandon Chong, 19, is the
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      Lock icon Le Clos wants to emulate greats Phelps and Thorpe
      658 17  -  Future is bright for the young swimmer who has won 16 gold medals after five legs of the series TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If Ian Thorpe is nervous about his comeback, then “bullish” has to be the word to describe how
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      Lock icon Williams sorry for Woods comment
      464 17 Caddie causes a stir with his racial inference at awards dinner REUTERS SHANGHAI Fredrik Jacobson will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions event after the Swede held off the challenge of a high-class chasing pack with a third round
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      Lock icon Magnificent Magpies continue to soar
      492 18 Pardew’s men overcome Everton onslaught to remain unbeaten after 11 league games AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Newcastle 2 Everton 1 LONDON Newcastle United’s magnificent start to the season continued as they defeated a spirited Everton 2-1 at St James’ Park yesterday. A lacklustre start, in
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      Lock icon Gift for Fergie from an old boy
      446 18 AGENCIES LONDON Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown gave Alex Ferguson the prefect present for his 25th anniversary as United’s manager yesterday with an own goal, and the winning one at that. United edged past Sunderland 1-0 at Old Trafford yesterday although truth
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      Lock icon Ivanovic hopes to win title on her birthday
      179 19 REUTERS BALI Ana Ivanovic (picture) will hope to celebrate her birthday by successfully defending her Tournament of Champions title after fending off a second-set fightback from Nadia Petrova in the semi-finals yesterday. The Serbian won 6-1, 7-5 and will face Spain’s Anabel
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      Lock icon QPR boss means business
      470 19 January signings, new stadium in Fernandes’ sights THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Tony Fernandes (picture) is no Roman Abramovich and neither is he Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, but the 47-year-old is a millionaire who knows how to get things done. The Malaysian acquired a 66 per
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      1192 21 RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES okto, 10pm Due to a family rift, Gou-ichi Takata lives in an isolated Japanese fisherman’s village. When he receives word that his son may be on his deathbed, he sets out to Tokyo in hopes of making peace. However, his son refuses to see
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      1853 22 CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 6.00AM Extreme Close 6.30 Holiday Movie: Chestnut 8.15 Holiday Movie: Spymate 10.00 Holiday Movie: Disney’s Teacher’s Pet 11.30 Films Stars NOON Holiday Movie: My Fake Fiance 1.45PM Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 2.00 Holiday Movie: The Illusionist 4.15 Style Star 4.55 26th
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      1799 23 6.00AM Holiday Movie: Billa (Telugu) 9.00 Thein Amuthu Special 9.30 Holiday Movie: Baghdad Thirudan (Tamil) 12.30PM Ha Ha Ha Sirippu Special 1.00 Holiday Movie: Mounam Pesiyathey 4.00 Pattimandram 6.00 Paramapadham Special 7.00 Kondattam 7.30 Ethiroli 8.00 Sollathaan Ninaikirain 8.30 Tamil Seithi 9.00 Holiday Movie: Kreedom MN Tamil Seithi 12.30AM Close
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  • NEW YORK
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      Lock icon At Protest, a Chance to Teach Kids
      681 16  -  By HELAINE OLEN EIkJsVut Jlork Ehncs Malka Lubelski marched for economic justice last month dressed as Minnie Mouse. In a pink costume with white polka dots and black mouse ears, she circled Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street protests, carrying
      EIkJsVut Jlork Ehncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY KIRSTEN LUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  681 words
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      Lock icon A Specialist in Filling Out The Crime Suspect Lineup
      622 16  -  By JOSEPH JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN EIkJsVut Jlork Ehncs He is one of New York’s busiest casting directors, yet very few know of his work. “Light-skinned Hispanic?” Robert Weston mulled over the possibilities. He knew they would want five people; they always do.
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  • ARTS & STYLES
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      Lock icon The History of Everything, Told by a Collection of 100 Things
      735 15  -  Some items from ‘‘a History of the World in 100 objects,’’ with book excerpts. By CAROL VOGEL El)c iXcUt Jlork Shncs LONDON It was a project so audacious that it took 100 curators four years to complete it. The
      El)c iXcUt Jlork Shncs; PHOTOGRAPHS FROM TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM  -  735 words
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      Lock icon Spielberg Again Tapping the Power of Tales for the Young
      847 14  -  By MICHAEL CIEPLY El)c JfcUt Jlork Shncs LOS ANGELES The line between art and commerce can be a scary place. Time and again Steven Spielberg has held the audience in the palm of his hand. Now 64, he is not
      El)c JfcUt Jlork Shncs; ANDREW COOPER/DREAMWORKS PICTURES  -  847 words
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      Lock icon ‘Sweet Jane’ Meets Monsters Of Thrash
      665 14  -  By BEN SISARIO Sljc iXhit Jjork Shncs Lou Reed, the man who all but defined underground rock with songs like “Sweet Jane” and “Walk on the Wild Side,” sat at lunch with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica, the band that all but
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Infants’ Brains Thrive In a Bilingual World
      626 13  -  By PERRI KLASS, M.D. ®1)C Jfatr Jlork Etwcs While many parents recognize the utility of a second language for their child, families trying to juggle two languages at home are often desperate for information. But as the relatively new science of bilingualism pushes
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      Lock icon Making Plans to Travel to the Stars
      686 13  -  By KENNETH CHANG ®1)C Jfatr Jttork Etwcs ORLANDO, Florida A starship without an engine? “The space program, any space program, needs a dream,” said Joseph Breeden, a physicist. “If there are no dreamers, we’ll never get anywhere.” Dr. Breeden was speaking in Orlando,
      ®1)C Jfatr Jttork Etwcs; ADRIAN MANN; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NASA  -  686 words
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      Lock icon The Beauty of the Nautilus’s Shell Could Prove Its Ruin
      797 12  -  By WILLIAM J. BROAD EljciScUt Jlork Elmcs Naturalists have long marveled at the shell of the chambered nautilus. The logarithmic spiral echoes the curved arms of hurricanes and distant galaxies. In Italy, the Medicis turned the pearly shells into ornate
      EljciScUt Jlork Elmcs; STUART WESTMORLAND  -  797 words
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      Lock icon Particles Outpacing Light? Not So Fast, Doubters Say
      510 12  -  By DENNIS OVERBYE Sl)c Jlork Elmcs “Does E still equal MC squared?” So asks the Irish band the Corrigan Brothers in a new song, “Einstein and the Neutrinos,” the latest riff on a claim that shocked the scientific world in September. A
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  • MONEY & BUSINESS
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      Lock icon A New Theme Park, Built With Tiny Bricks
      583 11  -  By BROOKS BARNES el)c?s>Ut Jlork Eimcs WINTER HAVEN, Florida The Merlin Entertainments Group is one of the world’s largest operators of amusement parks and tourist attractions, entertaining more than 40 million visitors annually. But the company had no presence in central Florida,
      el)c?s>Ut Jlork Eimcs; GARY BOGDON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  583 words
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      Lock icon Two Car Companies, Two Fates
      789 11  -  By DAVID JOLLY Sljc JJcUf JJork Eimcs TROLLHATTAN, Sweden The Saab factory here has not produced any cars since April, idling more than 3,000 workers in this city of 40,000. Just 100 kilometers to the south, in Gothenburg, Volvo is churning out 54 cars an
      Sljc JJcUf JJork Eimcs; ERIK ABEL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE  -  789 words
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      Lock icon Arctic’s Shrinking Ice Cap May Be Altering Global Trade
      916 10  -  By ANDREW E. KRAMER El)c iscXv Jlork Ehnes ARKHANGELSK, Russia Rounding the northernmost tip of Russia in his tugboat this summer, Captain Vladimir V. Bozanov saw plenty of walruses, some pods of beluga whales and in the distance a few icebergs.
      El)c iscXv Jlork Ehnes; Sources: The National Snow and Ice Data Center; Pew Environmental Group; [Russian] Partnership of Northern Sea Route Users; Natural Earth (map terrain) THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  916 words
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      Lock icon Loan Sharks Haunt China’s Businesses
      482 10  -  By DAVID BARBOZA El)c iscXv Jlork Ehncs WENZHOU, China As China’s economy has begun to slow, more and more entrepreneurs are finding themselves unable to meet debt payments. Interest rates often run as high as 70 percent in this nation’s thriving unregulated, underground loan system.
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon Even China’s Well-Off Face Forced Evictions
      789 8  -  By ANDREW JACOBS el)c iXcUt Mork ®iwc$ BEIJING It is a familiar tale of modern China with a sadly predictable denouement. A group of people wake up to find demolition notices affixed to their homes. After they reject the government’s compensation as too meager,
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      Lock icon Iraqi Circus Returns, Smaller but With Power to Transfix
      535 8  -  baghdad journal By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, ZAID THAKER El)c $c\v Jiork ®iwc$ BAGHDAD For the first time in a decade, the circus albeit an underwhelming one was back in Baghdad. But even if it was not the Greatest Show on Earth,
      El)c $c\v Jiork ®iwc$; MAURICIO LIMA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  535 words
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      Lock icon It’s All Part of the Job
      548 6  -  LENS TOM BRADY EljcJCcUt Jiork Eimcs The high unemployment rate a nagging problem of the current crisis in the United States and Western Europe seems to be hard to solve, though it is pretty easy to see what has happened. Many jobs have migrated
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      Lock icon Libya Appears Ripe for Investment
      747 4  -  By SCOTT SHANE Elje JfeVu Jlork Ehncs WASHINGTON A new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli. Western security, construction and infrastructure companies that see profit-making opportunities receding in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned their sights on Libya, now
      Elje JfeVu Jlork Ehncs; BRYAN DENTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  747 words
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      Lock icon Rebuilt City Can’t Hide Psychic Scars of War
      681 4  -  By SETH MYDANS El)e JfeVu Jlork ehnes GROZNY, Russia —A spectacular complex of high-rise towers was inaugurated in October in Grozny, with banners and flashing lights and celebrity guests including Vanessa-Mae on the violin. The Grozny City development is the centerpiece of
      El)e JfeVu Jlork ehnes; JAMES HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  681 words
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      Lock icon Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict Splits Family Loyalties
      813 3  -  By LIAM STACK El)c JCctu Jlork Eimcs SIRNAK, Turkey—Mevlude Gungen’s daughter Emine ran away to join the militants two years ago, at age 14. Her son Ramazan, now 20, was drafted last year into the Turkish Army. That has left the family, like so
      El)c JCctu Jlork Eimcs; ED OU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  813 words
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      Lock icon In Europe, Reinventing Post Offices in a Digital World
      610 3  -  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL El)c JCctu Jlork Eimc$ DÜSSELDORF, Germany The Deutsche Post office across from the train station here offers DVDs, umbrellas, phone cards and toys with the processing of mail appearing nearly an afterthought. And the facility housing it is
      El)c JCctu Jlork Eimc$; BENJAMIN KILB FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  610 words
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      Lock icon At Britain’s Borders, Artists Turned Away
      601 2  -  By SARAH LYALL el)c?u'\u Jlork Ernes LONDON Britain is turning away countless non-European writers, artists and performers at its borders, a result of cumbersome and unevenly interpreted immigration rules that are making it increasingly difficult for many arts organizations to include foreigners in their
      el)c?u'\u Jlork Ernes; LAURENT THURIN NAL/IFC FILMS  -  601 words
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