Today, 14 March 2015

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      Lock icon New upgrading programme for childcare teachers
      509 2  -  Nominated teachers will be trained to take on larger job roles realise their potential PROGRAMME TO BE ROLLED OUT FROM Q***** SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Amid efforts to provide more development opportunities for early childhood professionals, a new three-year upgrading programme will
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      Lock icon Social service professionals to receive 3% to 19% pay hike
      429 3  -  MSF will increase professional developmen t opportunities, with more training courses and a new Social Service Fellowship KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Social service professionals can expect a pay rise of between 3 and 19 per cent this year, depending on
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      More support for mentally-incapacitated individuals, families
      445 3  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) will be updated by the end of this year to better support mentallyincapacitated individuals and their families, Social and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing told Parliament yesterday. The amendments include a simplified and cheaper
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      More places at day activity centres for adults with autism, disabilities
      363 3  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —A new day activity centre for adults with autism will be up and running in Clementi later this year, while an existing centre in Ubi for those with disabilities will be expanded. In all, about 140
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      Lock icon Govt closer to achieving vision of fair and inclusive society: Ng
      738 4 Fundamental shift towards strengthening social security net ‘needed to maintain strong social compact’ VARIETY OF TOPICS COVERED BY MPs ‘SHOWED EARNEST ASPIRATIONS FOR BETTER S’PORE’ SINGAPORE —The Government is another step closer to achieving its vision of a fair
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      New tribunals to help resolve disputes between neighbours
      522 4  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Feuding neighbours will soon have another avenue to settle their differences, with the setting up of specialist tribunals in the State Courts under the newly-passed Community Disputes Resolution Bill. Cases can be heard at the tribunals as soon
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      PAP flyers urge Aljunied residents to quiz WP over lapses
      649 8  -  Pamphlet charged that there was improper governance byAHPETC DISTRIBUTION WAS A GROUND-UP INITIATIVE BY ACTIVISTS NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —People’s Action Party (PAP) activists in Aljunied GRC have gone on the offensive, distributing flyers yesterday urging
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      Lock icon 80% of Malaysian workers turning 55 have savings below poverty line
      593 8 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR —Nearly 80 per cent of Malaysian workers who will turn 55 this year will not have enough savings in their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to live above the poverty line, figures released by
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      Lock icon UK’s plan to join China-led bank angers US
      810 10 Disapproval underlines concerns over Beijing’s efforts to establish banks that could rival Washington-based ones BREACH IN TWO NATIONS’ ‘SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP’ THE FINANCIAL TIMES LONDON —The Obama administration accused the United Kingdom of a “constant accommodation” of China after Britain decided to join
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      16 6 Published every Saturday, the series takes an in-depth look at issues, trends and developments that matter.
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      Educational system needs major overhaul
      318 12  -  FROM RAMESH NARAYANAN I read with interest the report “Heng: Bold changes needed in education” (March 7) and the letter “Fixing tuition mindset a Herculean task” (March 11). First, the Education Minister spoke about the need for Singaporeans to go beyond learning for grades and
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      Parents should weigh aim, significance of tuition
      451 12  -  FROM EDWIN TEONG YING KEAT I refer to the report “Tuition culture has to go, say MPs” (March 7). Encouraging a paradigm shift is laudable, but some time is required before the mindset that prioritises grades as both a psychological and pertinent symbol
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      Correction
      76 12 In the article “Big data making a great difference in healthcare” (Feb 28), we attributed the quote “I still like to see patients but I feel that at a systems level, if you wanted to improve the quality of care, then the data-driven approach would probably reach out to
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      Why do schools use so much paper in digital age?
      110 12  -  F ROM COLIN ONG TAU SHIEN With the increasing ownership of smart devices, I am puzzled why institutes of learning still use so much paper in their teaching and correspondence. Is there a strong need to have a dedicated photocopying
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      27 12 LETTER FIT THE CLOTH TO THE CHILD TO STEM TUITION CULTURE Scan the QR code on your smartphone or visit tdy.sg/ltrtuition for the letter from Dudley Au.
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      85 13 ma I This stunning series comprehensively profiles Singapore’s astonishingly diverse variety of animals and plants. Discover their fascinating behaviours as Sir David Attenborough narrates both Urban Wild, which explores the wild side of Singapore’s urban environments and Hidden Wild, which uncovers Singapore’s shrouded wilderness. i t < r.' v 7
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  • singapore
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      Job vacancies surge to highest in 10 years
      565 14  -  47% OF AVAILABLE SPOTS IN DECEMBER FOR PMETS XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of job vacancies surged to a record high of 65,600 in December the highest in nearly a decade amid tight foreign labour supply and strong demand. The unemployment
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      Lock icon Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s condition remains ‘largely unchanged’
      285 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s condition remains largely unchanged since the previous update given on March 6, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement yesterday. Mr Lee has been in hospital since Feb 5, when he
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      ‘Community warden’ civilians to assist police with noise complaints
      393 15  -  New approach under MCCY to be tested for six months in Tampines North Boon Lay AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE From the second half of this year, civilians could be attending to noise complaints, on behalf of the police, in Tampines
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      Lock icon President’s Challenge to widen reach to grassroots, other groups
      485 15 SINGAPORE To encourage Singaporeans to be involved in community activities that are related to their passions, the President’s Challenge 2015 will expand its engagements with various groups, such as grassroots organisations and schools, said President Tony Tan yesterday. The President’s Challenge,
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      Court rejects adverse inference claim against drug courier
      448 15  -  YVONNE LIM SINGAPORE Caught with an amount of drugs punishable with death, a drug trafficker’s defence was that he had a standing agreement with his supplier to never carry a quantity that invites the gallows. After his charge was downgraded, however, he
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      108 14 Smart Decisions, Build Your Future »1 Career Education 2015 Education I Recruitment I Training 12-14 March 2015 Suntec Singapore Convention Exhibition Centre Halls 403 405 11am 8pm daily e2i Jobs Bank Connect Employability Coaching Get Access to Over 60, 000 Jobs! FREE Personality Profiling Understand your Ideal Job Course Fit
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      Lock icon Mahathir calls for police investigation of Malaysia’s 1MDB
      733 16 HIS POST ATTRACTS SO MANY HITS THAT BLOG IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AGENCIES KUA L A LUMPU R Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called for a police forensic investigation into the allegations against those linked to the controversial 1Malaysia Development Berhad
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      Lock icon Modi visits Sri Lanka in bid to tame Chinese influence
      562 16 AGENCIES COLOMBO Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a two-day visit to Sri Lanka yesterday in an effort to regain influence and mend relations that have been strained by increased Chinese presence in India’s neighbourhood. Mr Modi became the first
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      Lock icon S’pore an important strategic partner to US: Ambassador
      1164 17 As Singapore celebrates its founding 50 years ago, TODAY begins a new monthly series of interviews with the Ambassadors of several countries that play a key role in Singapore’s foreign relations. We kick off with United Sta tes Ambassador Kirk Wagar, who
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  • business
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      January retail sales slump 5% on holiday effect
      555 18  -  EXPECTED RISE IN INTEREST RATES MEANS HOUSEHOLDS WILL HAVE LESS TO SPEND ON CONSUMPTION ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Retail sales slumped in January from a year earlier largely because the Chinese New Year holidays fell in different months in the two years,
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      Lock icon UBS lowers profit after raising legal provisions
      332 18 AGENCIES ZURICH —Swiss bank UBS, whose biggest shareholder is Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, has revised downwards its fourth-quarter net profit by 105 million Swiss francs (S$145 million), primarily because it increased litigation provisions to 3.05 billion francs. The adjustment to net profit
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      Lock icon High Court orders asset freeze on ‘Freeport King’
      418 19 REUTERS SINGAPORE The High Court has ordered a freeze on the assets of a Swiss businessman who operates high-se-curity warehouses in Singapore and elsewhere, after he was arrested in Monaco last month on suspicion of fraud. The businessman, Mr Yves Bouvier, is
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      Lock icon Orient Securities IPO more than 90 times subscribed
      426 19 AGENCIES SHANGHAI Orient Securities’ 10 billion yuan (S$2.22 billion) initial public offering, the largest listing in mainland China since 2011, has been oversubscribed by more than 90 times, as investors scrambled for a sale boosted by new rules capping offer prices and
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      270 19 northumbria UNIVERSITY NEWCASTLE TOP l or BUSINESS SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE AWARDED AACSB MOSTLY ASSIGNMENT BASED JOINT HONOURS I DUAL SPECIALISATIONS Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business and Management Business Administration (Top-up) Business Management Business with Economics Business with Human Resource Management Business with International Management Business with Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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      Lock icon CHELSEA’S ANTICS PUT ENGLISH FOOTBALL’S GLOBAL IMAGE AT RISK
      666 20  -  HAR NGUINGMTCH OFFICIALS WITH AGGRESSION ‘A FORM OFCHATI G’ COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE 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
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      Lock icon TERRY MAKES NO APOLOGIES FOR CHELSEA’S BULLYING TACTICS
      236 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH John Terry has insisted he and his Chelsea team-mates will continue to put pressure on referees despite admitting: “It does not look good at all.” The Blues captain also took a swipe at former Liverpool greats Graeme Souness and
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      Lock icon ZACHARY BREAKS SCHOOLING’S EIGHT-YEAR SNAG MEET RECORD
      323 21  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE Zachary Tan may not have met the SEA Games qualifying time for the 400m individual medley, but he can at least claim to have bettered a long-standing meet record set by Asian Games champion Joseph Schooling. The 11-year-old clocked 4mins
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      Lock icon I HAVE TO TRUST MYSELF: SAIYIDAH
      392 21  -  SHANJAYAN MUNIAPPAN shanjayanm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National rower Saiyidah Aisyah Rafa’ee has revealed she needs to trust herself more if she is to improve in her performances and have a strong chances of success at this year’s South-east Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore. The 26-year-old will
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      Lock icon BARCA CHIEF BARTOMEU TO STAND TRIAL FOR TAX FRAUD
      279 21 REUTERS MADRID A Spanish judge has decided to send Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, his predecessor Sandro Rosell and the club to trial over alleged tax fraud in the signing of Brazil forward Neymar. Bartomeu, Rosell and club are accused of defrauding
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      Lock icon BOTTAS, A CHAMPION IN THE MAKING
      663 22  -  DRIVER AIMS TO BREAK MERCEDES DOMINANCE COMMENTARY BY IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg If their form during pre-season testing and the two practice sessions at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday is any measure, world champions Mercedes are the team to beat for 2015. Fronted by
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      Lock icon BUTTON DEMANDED SAFETY ASSURANCES FROM MCLAREN
      476 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MELBOURNE —Jenson Button has revealed that he insisted that McLaren ensure their cars are safe in the wake of the accident that put Fernando Alonso out of tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix. Button, entering his 16th season in Formula 1 after a
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      Lock icon Fire on the road
      13 23 Source: Formula 1 Teams no longer competing/in existence TODAY
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      Lock icon CONCACAF MEMBERS CAN CHOOSE OWN FIFA CHIEF
      616 24 Body’s move from bloc voting could diminish Sepp Blatter’s chances LUIS FIGO, MICHAEL VAN PRAAG, PRINCE ALI BIN HUSSEIN TO STAND AGAINST BLATTER ON MAY 29 REUTERS PHIL ADELPHIA In a move that will encourage opponents of Sepp Blatter in May’s FIFA presidential
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      Lock icon NBA WATCH
      378 24 AP CLEVELAND 128 SPURS 125 Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Kyrie Irving left his superstar team-mate LeBron James in awe. His spectacular play overwhelmed San Antonio Spurs. The guard collected a career-high and N BA season-high 57 points and his fadeaway three sent the emotional game into overtime, where Cleveland
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      68 20 LIVE FIXTURES LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, 8.45pm Channel Singtel StarHub C Palace v QPR 102 227 Tonight, 10.55pm Leicester v Hull City 103 228 Sunderland v Villa 104 229 West Brom v Stoke 105 230 Arsenal v West Ham 106 231 Tomorrow, 1.30am Burnley v Man City 102 227 Tomorrow, 9.30pm
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      113 24 Live Telecast of Australia Race Qualifying available at Liveuuire (Singapore Pools), Livewire (RWS) Si Liveuuire (MBS). Insights by Former FI Driver Alex Yoong available at Singapore Pools website. For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw BbSure] L i vew i re (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above)
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      28 25 SINGAPORE FASHION WEEK CATE BLANCHETT, VICTORIA BECKHAM TO LEND THEIR STAR POWER ALONGSIDE LOCAL TALENT THIS YEAR 26 ARTWORK: KENNETH CHOY; PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, REUTERS, SINGAPORE FASHION WEEK
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        Lock icon STAR-STUDDED CHARM
        595 26  -  SINGAPORE FASHION WEEK WILL PROMOTE HOMEGROWN TALENT WHILE ALSO SHOWCASING CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS ZHANG WEIFANG weifang@mediacorp.com.sg A power line-up featuring a string of internationallyacclaimed designers and Singapore’s homegrown heroes will be the main highlight at the all-new Singapore Fashion Week (SFW). These include renowned designer Diane von Furstenberg,
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        Inside a designer’s mind
        526 26  -  it.”SERENE LIM SINGAPORE —Do you remember that singular moment at the 2012 London Olympics when the copper petals representing 204 nations were lit, lifted and dramatically came together to form a single cauldron? The man behind that idea is British designer Thomas Heatherwick. “When we were
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        Lock icon In three-part harmony
        348 27  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE Crosby, Stills Nash (CSN), made up of three of pop music’s luminaries, Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Graham Nash, were one of the first “supergroups” emerging in the late ’60s. All legends in their own right Stills was with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby was with
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        How to prepare for a Rainie day
        366 27  -  HON JINGYI SINGAPORE How do we love actress/singer Rainie Yang? We love that we’ve watched her grow as an actress, from starring in that 2001 drama Meteor Garden to the hilarious Hi My Sweetheart with Show Luo and her latest television series Love
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      36 27 WIN TICKETS TO RAINIE’S CONCERT! Here’s your chance to win a pair of tickets to the exclusive Rainie Yang showcase on March 21. Check out http://tdy.sg/rainiecontest for details. Contest closes March 18. Terms and conditions apply.
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      1115 28 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Folks Jump Over The Wall 6.30 Sizzling Woks 7 .00 Mrs P .I. (HD) 9.00 Pleasant Goat And Big Big Wolf VI 9.30 Happy Family Family of Joy 10.00 Follow Me! (HD) 10.30 Heritage Hunters (HD) 11.00 The Voice Of China III 1.00PM Footprints In
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      1200 29 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL 6.00AM Love In Progress (HD) 7 .00 Mrs P .I. (HD) 9.00 Math’s Island 9.30 Doraemon 10.00 Super Family (HD) 10.30 We Are From 2065! (HD) 11.00 Spot It If You Can (HD) 11.30 Neighbourhood Chef (HD) 12.30PM What Your School Doesn’t Teach You (HD)
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      318 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 TOGGLE LIVE Watch any LIVE broadcast programmes anywhere! FREE FIA FORMULA-E CHAMPIONSHIP, MIAMI, USA The Formula E Miami
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    Lock icon Different Ideologies, But Shared Radicalism
    987 1  -  By KATRIN BENNHOLD INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LONDON Born and raised in West London, Ibrahim Ahmed supported the local soccer club and listened to what he called “white music.” But in school he was a “Muslim,” and he became increasingly disaffected with British society. When recruiters approached
    INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PIETER TEN HOOPEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  987 words
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    Lock icon Haven From ‘Honor Killings’
    2207 1  -  By ALISSA J. RUBIN INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Kabul, Afghanistan FAHEEMA STOOD TREMBLING in the courtyard of the large house, steeling herself for the meeting with her family. She took a deep breath and ran inside, her black abaya swirling around her, and fell to the floor at
    INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY LYNSEY ADDARIO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  2,207 words
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon New Urgency as Boko Haram Commits to Islamic State
      895 6  -  By ERIC SCHMITT THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MAO, Chad An oath of allegiance from Boko Haram, the Ni-geria-based militant group, to the Islamic State on March 7 has reinforced fears that the terrorist group is growing beyond Iraq and
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      Lock icon Threats to Fragile Waters Multiplying
      580 6  -  By KATE GALBRAITH THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Among climate change and other threats to the Mediterranean Sea, scientists are now heeding another: the arrival of invasive species. One of the Mediterranean’s few outlets is the 146-year-old Suez Canal, which links it to the
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      CORRECTION
      74 4 An article in November about automated weapons paraphrased incorrectly comments by Paul Scharre, a weapons specialist. His position is that more accurate smart weapons should be embraced because they may result in fewer mass killings and civilian casualties. He does not think that autonomous weapons, which make targeting and
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      Lock icon Growing Up to Be More Than One Thing
      594 5  -  LENS DEBORAH STRANGE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY As the pursuit of multiple professions and passions has become the norm, people juggle multiple identities. Kevin Gleeson, for instance, is a graphic artist for the New York Police Department, where he designs
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      Lock icon The Uncertain Life of a Bali Beach Dog
      733 3  -  KUTA VILLAGE JOURNAL By JOE JOE COCHRANE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY KUTA VILLAGE, Indonesia The controversy began when a small, cream-colored mutt named Sheila bit a 10-year-old Australian girl in the leg. Kuta Beach, the most popular spot on the
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ULET IFANSASTI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  733 words
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      Lock icon Racial Issues Plague Many Cities in the U.S.
      768 3  -  This article is by Campbell Robertson, Shaila Dewan and Matt Apuzzo. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY If the shooting of the unarmed black teenager in August that led to weeks of unrest had taken place about 400 meters to the southeast,
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      872 2  -  INTELLIGENCE 'SYLVlE KAUFFMANN Sylvie Kauffmann is the editorial director and a former editor in chief ofLe Monde. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY For some time now, thanks to my name, which sounds Jewish, although I was raised in a
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