Today, 22 April 2012

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    12 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY April 22, 2012 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 072/02/2012
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      818 1 BEING THERE FOR MY DAD’S LAST DAYS face in the crowd 10 TURN OVER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY selected for Copyright 2012 The New York Times Sunday, april 22, 2012 A Publication of MediaCorp MICA (P) 041/07/2011 Immigrants’ Young Leave U.S. for Jobs SEMPLE Samir N. Kapadia
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    Lock icon Dialects find a voice
    1144 2  -  Long n decline, Chinese dialect arebeing p cked up to ayby someyounger Singaporeans who want to bridge the gulf with the elderly, or just rediscover their roots Sunday special ng jing yng, woo sian boon todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) student Kenneth Leong remembers those first
    PHOTO COURTESY NUS STUDENTS’ COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB; PHOTO COURTESY GLOWERS  -  1,144 words
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    Sounds they grew up with
    437 4  -  NG JING YNG RIGHT after she was robbed in Ipoh six years ago, Ms Tang Lin Ho’s instinct was to call the radio station to warn fellow Rediffusion listeners to be careful. The 64-year-old part-time cleaner had lost S$1,000 to a snatch thief and was
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      168 4 OLYMPUS F 1.8 i.ZUIKO DIGITAL LENS I bring it wherever I go, OLYMPUS XZ-1, my best companion in life." XZ-1 $598 usual: 748 Felicia Chin Receive an OLYMPUS XZ-1 Gift Set* worth $208 (comprising genuine hand-made leather skin from Japan camera leather strap OLYMPUS battery 3-month local extended warranty) with
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      357 5 NEW LAUNCH m m w m <9 Wt aa n jr Cz *-> Vw Luxury Hillside Residences Next to Phoenix LRT Station and close to the future Bukit Panjang MRT Station ONE ALLURING HILLSIDE. THREE DISTINCT LIFESTYLES. One exclusive enclave of discreet splendor, three unique residential lifestyle options: SOHO apartments,
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    Lock icon The (he)art of tea
    1508 6  -  Noble ideas like fair trade aren’tenough. You need to do real good, says the founder of Ceylon tea company Dilmah, Merrill J Fernando, who brings old-school idealism to the tea industry. Cheow Xin Yi reports the perspectives Cheow Xin Yi He is apologetic for being 20
    PHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN  -  1,508 words
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    Lock icon Our Speak Mandarin campaign
    946 8  -  I failed Chinese in school but my experiment in talking to my son only in Mandarin has been a resounding success parenttoparent june wan todayonsunday@mediacorp. com.sg In a cab the other day, the small one started talking about the colour of the vehicle. This is a
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      437 9 COME JOIN US AT AM NIKON DAY Open to all photo enthusiasts in Singapore Nikon Singapore is pleased to hold our very first I AM NIKON DAY next weekend! This event consists of a series of talks and workshops brought to you by our very own Nikon Professional Photographers. Registration
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    Lock icon Being there for Dad’s last days
    983 10  -  A year after losing her husband, she became a full-time caregiver for her father as he fought cancer, in a battle that changed them both faceinthecrowd sandra choo todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg I didn’t expect pneumonia to take away my husband Martin’s life on April 13, 2009,
    PHOTO COURTESY SANDRA CHOO  -  983 words
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      Lock icon HDB upgrading now goes green
      616 11  -  ‘Greenprint’ pilot soon at Jurong East, while Main Upgrading Programme draws to a close TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Solar panels or fuel cells that generate power for energy-efficient LED lights in common areas, which save power by brightening only when people walk past. A refuse
      PHOTOS BY DON WONG  -  616 words
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      That eldercare centre is not just for somebody else: PM Lee
      266 11  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE Singaporeans must maintain a positive mindset towards the elderly as the Republic’s population ages, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The older generation has contributed a lot to Singapore, and it is only right that
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      Lock icon LTA, SMRT team to look into pre-empting faults
      597 12  -  Four recent train network disruptions in six days ‘not acceptable’, says Transport Minister Lui TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even as a high-level, six-week inquiry has begun into what caused the December train breakdowns that affected over 200,000 commuters, Transport Minister Lui Tuck
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      16% higher starting pay for Singaporean SBS bus drivers
      257 12 SINGAPORE In a bid to attract more Singaporeans to be bus drivers, SBS Transit has announced an increase in the starting pay for its Singaporean bus drivers, with effect from next month. The announcement comes after the Government pledged to improve
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      Nasi padang and mee rebus get a healthier spin
      306 12 SINGAPORE Well-loved Malay dishes like nasi lemak and mee siam are getting a healthier makeover at three hawker centres at Geylang Serai, as stalls are being encouraged to switch to using ingredients like whole-grain noodles, brown rice bee hoon, and healthier
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      Lock icon Japan’s S$9b in aid for Mekong region
      346 13 Tokyo pledges huge amount of development aid and expertise, with eye on China’s growing sway in region AP TOKYO With an eye on China’s growing sway in South-east Asia, Japan pledged about ¥600 billion (S$9.2 billion) in development aid and expertise after a
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      Lock icon JAPAN TO FORGIVE S$4.6B IN LOANS, INTEREST TO MYANMAR
      218 13 BLOOMBERG Myanmar’s President Thein Sein won a debt forgiveness deal from Japan on his first visit as head of state that opens the way for the South-east Asian nation’s biggest creditor to resume financing ports, bridges and roads. Japan will forgive
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      Lock icon Amid scandal, city vows to better protect foreigners
      216 13 AGENCIES CHONGQING The Chongqing municipal police have vowed better protection of foreigners in the mega-city for business, study or tourism, in the wake of a scandal involving the death of British national Neil Heywood. The Heywood case is a very rare one,
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      Lock icon From octopus’ garden to coral cemetery
      209 13 AP JAKARTA Coral gardens that were among Asia’s most spectacular just a few months ago have been transformed into desolate grey moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey. The site is among several to have been
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      Lock icon Chinese military paper warns of armed conflict
      266 13 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s top military newspaper warned the United States yesterday that US-Philippine military exercises have fanned risks of armed confrontation over the disputed South China Sea. The commentary in China’s Liberation Army Daily falls short of a formal government statement but marks
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      Lock icon UN council approves up to 300 Syria truce monitors
      370 14 AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Security Council yesterday unanimously approved sending 300 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor an April 12 ceasefire agreement between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces and rebel groups fighting to overthrow him. The resolution, sponsored by
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      Lock icon Bahraini protester found dead on eve of F1 race
      363 14 REUTERS MANAMA Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in anti-government protests and activists reported clashes in several districts in Bahrain yesterday, on the eve of a Formula 1 Grand Prix race. Around 7,000 people took part in a march called
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      Lock icon Afghans seize 10 tonnes of explosives readied for attack
      260 14 AP KABUL Afghan security forces have arrested five militants with 10 metric tonnes of explosives that they had brought from Pakistan to use to carry out a massive attack in Kabul, as well as another three planning an assassination attempt against
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      Lock icon Court in shock as gunman describes massacre
      438 15 AGENCIES OSLO Norwegians who lost loved ones on Utoya island relived the horror on Friday as far-right fanatic Anders Breivik described in harrowing detail how he gunned down teenagers as they fled in panic or froze before him, paralysed with fear. As his
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      Lock icon Pakistan moves against airline after crash
      270 15 AP ISLAMABAD Pakistan blocked the head of an airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country and ordered him into protective custody yesterday, as it began an investigation into its second major air disaster in less then two years. The Bhoja
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      SYDNEY FAMILY WINS COURT CASE AGAINST KFC
      143 15 A Sydney father who claimed that his daughter was left severely brain damaged from salmonella poisoning after eating a KFC “Twister” has won a court battle against the fast-food chain. The family of Monika Samaan had brought a multi-million-dollar compensation suit against KFC
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      Lock icon Directors and CEO of Citigroup sued over pay
      233 15 REUTERS NEW YORK Days after being rebuked by shareholders, Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit and the bank’s directors have been sued by a shareholder accusing them of awarding outsized pay to top executives. The complaint, filed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court,
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      Lock icon Rape ‘tolerated’ at US military academies
      355 16 Two former women cadets sue US military officials, say they were punished after reporting sexual assaults REUTERS NEW YORK Two women who said they were raped while attending United States military academies sued military officials on Friday, accusing them of failing to address widespread
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      Lock icon US army probes drug use by soldiers in Afghanistan
      329 16 AP WASHINGTON The United States Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other opiates in 2010 and 2011, new-ly-obtained data shows. While the cases represent just a slice of possible drug use
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      Lock icon Canadian man charged in mass sled dog slaughter
      206 16 VANCOUVER A Canadian man has been charged for slaughtering dozens of dogs after an expected post-Olympics boom in dogsledding business at an adventure company did not pan out. Robert Fawcett, a former general manager with Howling Dog Tours, faces one count of
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      Lock icon TWO QUAKES HIT INDONESIA, EXPERTS WARN OF ADDED PRESSURE TO KEY FAULT
      222 16 AGENCIES A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s West Papua, and about 3,000km east of Jakarta, the country’s authorities said yesterday. And, separately, the United States Geological Survey said another 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia yesterday off Irian Jaya.
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      Lock icon AVIVA MISTAKENLY ‘FIRES’ 1,300 EMPLOYEES
      104 16 BLOOMBERG London-based insurer Aviva mistakenly sent an email dismissing its entire investment unit before retracting the message on Friday. The email, which was sent to 1,300 employees globally, told recipients to turn over company property as they left the building and reminded them of their
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      128 14 INVISIBLE INSECT SCREEN A Product of New Zealand MagicSeal Invisible Insect Screens, the most efficient and technically advanced insect screens available. Our screens block out all pests and dust, but let the fresh air in, making your home a cleaner and greener place to live in. 57 V i Why
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      5 14 >> VETTEL FINDS HIS GROOVE 20
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Impenetrable Chelsea
      564 17 Di Matteo’s side dig deep to frustrate in what looked like their gameplan for Barca AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 0 Chelsea 0 LONDON Chelsea put up a remarkable defensive performance as they ground out a 0-0 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates yesterday as neither London club enhanced
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      Lock icon Magpies soar over Stoke
      334 17 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle 3 Stoke 0 TYNESIDE Newcastle continued their unlikely push for Champions League football with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Stoke in the English Premier League yesterday. Yohan Cabaye took the plaudits in the Magpies’ sixth straight league win that put them fourth
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      Lock icon City still believing
      555 18 Mancini’s men still optimistic of overtaking United to the title THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wolves vs Man City MANCHESTER Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has refused to concede the title race to fierce rivals Manchester United and still believes the reigning champions can be caught. “There
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      Lock icon DZEKO’S FUTURE AT CITY UNCERTAIN
      249 18 AGENCIES Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko looks likely to stay at Manchester City in the summer, according to the player’s agent Silvano Martina. Dzeko joined City from German side Wolfsburg in January 2011 for £27 million (S$54.4 million) but he has not found the net as
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      Lock icon Championship clubs to vote on new financial fairplay plan
      360 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Championship clubs will vote next week on new rules which would have hit Queens Park Rangers with a staggering £15 million (S$30.1 million) fine upon their promotion to the Premier League last year. The punitive fines are
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      Lock icon Ferguson wary of wounded Toffees
      530 19 United boss expecting a backlash after Everton’s FA Cup semi-final loss AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vs Everton MANCHESTER Everton manager David Moyes will need to recover swiftly from the disappointment of his team’s FA Cup semi-final defeat against Liverpool last Saturday, but it will
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      Lock icon Hodgson makes Anfield return
      429 19 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool vs West Brom LIVERPOOL Roy Hodgson (picture) will return to Anfield today for the first time since his short-lived reign at Liverpool, and current manager Kenny Dalglish has called for fans to show the West Bromwich Albion manager the respect he deserves.
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      Lock icon ROONEY BACKED TO SURPASS CHARLTON
      225 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Manchester United’s prolific striker Wayne Rooney has 24 league goals to his name with four matches left and his scoring record has prompted Sir Alex Ferguson to tip the England international to smash Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time goalscoring record at the club.
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      Lock icon Vettel finds his groove
      492 20 German world champion grabs pole position for the first time this season in troubled Bahrain AGENCIES MANAMA Sebastian Vettel is back in the familiar spot of being race leader after the German grabbed his first pole position of the season in qualifying for the controversial Bahrain
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      Lock icon NBPA chief Fisher rejects calls to resign
      391 20 AP NEW YORK Derek Fisher has rejected a call from the NBA players’ association’s (NBPA) executive committee to resign as president, instead urging players to seek a review of the union’s finances. Hours after the NBPA said in a statement on Friday (yesterday
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      Lock icon Catching wins in her sails
      540 21  -  Optimist world champion Kimberly Lim completes memorable double at sailing awards TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Barely four months ago, national sailor Kimberly Lim became Singapore’s first ever Optimist world champion. Now, that feat has helped her land the Sailor of the Year award for a
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      Lock icon Pole vaulter’s twin targets
      653 22  -  Sheng Yao sets sights on winning gold medal and breaking national record LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Pole vaulter Chan Sheng Yao will be looking to put the twin disappointments of 2011 behind him when the 16-year-old makes his debut at the 7th South-east Asian (SEA)
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      Lock icon Athletics chief to seek re-election
      351 22  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Close to two years after taking over the reins from former Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) president Loh Lin Kok, athletics chief Tang Weng Fei (picture) is looking to make a bid for a second two-year term. The 58-year-old oil trader had
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      450 23 ICE AGE THE MELTDOWN Channel~5,~7.45pm~(Available~in~True~HD~on~HD5) Manny,~Sid~and~Diego~discover~that~the~Ice~Age~ is~coming~to~an~end~and~join~everybody~for~a~ journey~to~higher~ground.~On~the~trip,~they~discover~ that~Manny,~in~fact,~is~not~the~last~of~the~woolly~ mammoths.~Featuring~the~voices~of~Ray~Romano,~ John~Leguizamo~and~Denis~Leary. STRESSBUSTER: ICONIC JOURNEYS Channel~NewsAsia,~10.33am Anita~Kapoor~takes~Australia’s~iconic~Ghan~ railway~travelling~between~the~country’s~dry~ outback~and~lush~tropical~North,~while~Dominic~ Bonuccelli~spends~the~night~on~a~boathouse~in~ Kerala’s~iconic~backwaters. CHANNEL tellchannel5@ mediacorp.com.sg ~6.00AM~ Body~Beautiful ~6.30~ Generation~Ex:~Mixed~Martial~Arts ~7.00~ Food~Chain~II:~Japanese ~7.30~ The~Martha~Stewart~Show~VI ~8.30~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~9.30~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~IX ~10.30~ Major~League~Gaming~Weekly ~11.00~ America’s~Cup~Magazine~Television~Series ~11.30~ Top~Gear~XIII~(PG) ~12.30~ Countdown~To~London ~1.00PM~ America’s~Got~Talent~V ~2.00~ White~Collar ~3.00~ Drop~Dead~Diva ~4.00~
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    Lock icon Immigrants’ Young Leave U.S. for Jobs
    983 1  -  By KIRK SEMPLE The New York Times Samir N. Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol Hill to jobs at a major foundation and a consulting firm. Yet his days, he felt, had become routine. By
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    Lock icon Population Bomb Looms in Africa
    1046 1  -  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL (£ljc jNetar JJork (Times Lagos, Nigeria IN A QUARTER-CENTURY, at the rate Nigeria is growing, it will have 300 million people a population about as big as that of the present-day United States. In this commercial hub, where the population has nearly
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon In Too Safe a Place
      726 2  -  intelligenCe/roger ROGER COHEN Sljc Jfrut Jlork ehncs London Pity the young. There are 5.5 million 15- to 24-year-olds without a job in the European Union, a rate of 22.4 percent, up from 15 percent in early 2008. In Spain and Greece, about half of young
      Sljc Jfrut Jlork ehncs; SAMUEL ARANDA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  726 words
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      Lock icon Old Mining City Fears Falling Into the Earth
      620 2  -  BEREZNIKI JOURNAL By ANDREW E. KRAMER EIkJscUt Jlork ehncs BEREZNIKI, Russia In this old mining city in the Ural Mountains, not just property values, but properties too, have been plunging. Sinkholes are common hazards in mining regions. But in Berezniki, as often
      EIkJscUt Jlork ehncs; OLGA KRAVETS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  620 words
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      Lock icon A German Taboo On Jews Is Besieged
      814 3  -  ESSAY NICHOLAS KULISH SljeiXcUt JEjork Stmes BERLIN To judge by the outpouring of comments from politicians and writers and from the newspaper and magazine articles in response to the Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s poem criticizing Israel’s aggressive posture toward Iran, it would appear
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      Lock icon Intolerance Rises in Ailing Greece
      689 3  -  By RACHEL DONADIO, DIMITRIS BOUNIAS El)c iNVlu JJork Smucs ATHENS The Greek ultranationalist group Golden Dawn best known for its violent tangles with immigrants and for the Nazi salutes that some members perform at rallies —has been trying to broaden its appeal, capitalizing on fears
      El)c iNVlu JJork Smucs; NIKOS PILOS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  689 words
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      Lock icon In Resurgent Beirut, a Haven From a Region’s Turmoil
      763 4  -  By ANNE BARNARD 5JI)c iXctit JJork Sitncs BEIRUT, Lebanon Down a ramp from Beirut’s clamorous seaside road, motor yachts bob along a curving waterfront promenade. Tablecloths gleam white, and bottles of wine sweat in silver coolers. This new luxury playground, Zaitunay
      5JI)c iXctit JJork Sitncs; ED OU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  763 words
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      Lock icon Women Aim for City Hall in Mexico
      534 4  -  By KARLA ZABLUDOVSKY el)c iXctu JJork Sitncs CUERNAVACA, Mexico The small-town party bosses told her to forget it. Her husband scoffed at the idea as preposterous. Hadn’t her mother always told her that she belonged at home? And deep down, María Teresa Domínguez
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      Lock icon ‘Suicide by Economic Crisis’ Plagues Struggling Europe
      771 6  -  By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, DOREEN CARVAJAL EljciXcUt Jlork Ehncs TREVISO, Italy On New Year’s Eve, Antonio Tamiozzo, 53, hanged himself in the warehouse of his construction business near Vicenza, after several debtors failed to pay him. Three weeks earlier, Giovanni Schiavon, 59, a contractor,
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      Lock icon Government by Tweet
      556 6  -  LENS CHRISTINE DiGANGI Sl)c JCctu Jlork Eiwc‘1 Social commentary dominates your Twitter feed, imploring you to retweet messages and show your opposition to restrictive immigration laws. Facebook friends lobby you to “like” their post denouncing a war between Israel and Iran. Click. You have added your voice
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      Lock icon In Poppy War, Taliban Aim to Protect Their Cash Crop
      806 8  -  By TAIMOOR SHAH, ALISSA J. RUBIN Sljc Jsctu JJork Stincis KANDAHAR, Afghanistan So focused are the Taliban on securing this year’s opium poppy crop and the support of the farmers tending it that in their spring offensive in the south,
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      Lock icon American Luxury Stores Are Breaking Out Mandarin Phrase Books
      500 8  -  By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Sljc JsVtu JJork ehucs Over five days in January, a group of visitors to New York was treated to a private concert with the pianist Lang Lang at the Montblanc store, cocktails and a fashion show attended by
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  • SUSTAINABILITY
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      Lock icon To Fight Pollution, a Lush Green Wall
      512 10  -  By DAMIEN CAVE EIk-NVut Jlork ehncs MEXICO CITY Over a trafficclogged avenue in a metropolis once infamous for its pollution rises a towering arch of 50,000 plants. One of three eco-sculptures installed across the city by the nonprofit group VerdMX, the vertical garden
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      Lock icon Looking for More Fuel In Unexpected Places
      761 10  -  By MARK SCOTT Sljc JCcUt Jlork ehncs The world’s largest energy companies have big plans for Mozambique. Until recently, the East African country was better known for its long civil war, and had few energy resources compared with regional heavy hitters like Nigeria
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      Lock icon In Texas, Small Modern Homes That Can Live Off the Grid
      634 11  -  By KARRIE JACOBS eljcJCcUt Jlork Shncs AUSTIN, Texas Minnie J. Chapa, a great-grandmother and proud renter of a nearly new, minimaliststyle home here, said old neighbors from a stretch of cottages east of downtown where she spent nearly 50
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      Lock icon Hybrid Owners Value Feelings Over Costs
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      829 13  -  By DAVID JOLLY eljc JCctu JJork Suites AMSTERDAM It was 1989, and Dr. Petra de Jong, a Dutch pulmonologist, was asked for help by a terminally ill patient, a man in great pain with a large cancerous tumor in
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      Lock icon Wanted: Robots to Perform Dirty and Dangerous Jobs
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  • NEW YORK
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      Lock icon The Night Belongs To Paris
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  • ARTS & STYLES
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