Today, 21 March 2015

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    17 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 21 MARCH 2015 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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    Lock icon Trouble ahead for stores as e-shopping bug bites
    2213 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE These days, Mr Jonathan Ng, 37, buys just about everything for himself and his household online from engine oil and LED lights to diapers and baby snacks. “I don’t really visit retail shops that often anymore. Of
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    Lock icon Student identified as suspect behind fake PMO webpage
    762 1  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A Singaporean student aged below 16 is suspected to be behind a fake Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) webpage that falsely announced the death of former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and which went viral on Wednesday. Mr Lee,
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    Court-appointed auditors sought to safeguard AHPETC grants
    1016 1  -  Auditors to review town council’s past paymen ts, take action to recover losses, among others MND NOMINATES PWC ACCOUNTANTS, OR OTHERS THAT COURT DEEMS PROPER KELLY NG AND YVONNE LIM kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E In an unprecedented
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      28 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS, NEITHER MANCHESTER UNITED NORLIVERPOOLIS CLOSE TO BEING TOP OF THE PILESPORTS 22 SI NGAPORE• 13 Netizens outraged over foreign worker meals
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      Lock icon Hudud Bill puts unity of PR, BN coalitions at risk
      744 2 Kelantan PAS has fallen into UMNO’s trap to break up PR alliance claims DAP leader SUPPORTING HUDUD ‘A UNILATERAL DECISION BY UMNO, NOT BN’ AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The unity of both the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions
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      Lock icon Singapore dollar outlook worst since Asian financial crisis
      609 2 AGENCIES SINGAPORE The Singapore dollar, the currency of Asia’s highest-rated country, reflects a level of anxiety not seen since the region’s financial crisis almost two decades ago amid projections that it will extend the slump since last year as economic growth slows.
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      Lock icon Air quality hits unhealthy levels, PSI peaks at 106
      389 4 PM2.5 levels were elevated in most regions of S’pore yesterday, says NEA HAZY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TODAY SINGAPORE Air quality reached unhealthy levels yesterday, when the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) breached the 100-mark. And the hazy conditions could continue into today,
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      Lock icon Depoliticising AHPETC saga may be court move’s aim: Analysts
      643 5  -  Independent auditors, court to ultimately protect residents’ interests, says observer ‘UNBIASED, OBJECTIVE’ PARTIES TO ALLAY ‘RUMBLINGS OF POLITICAL ATTACK ON WORKERS’ PARTY’ YVONNE LIM yvonnelimsy@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —Apart from acting to protect residents’ interests, the Government’s unprecedented move in
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      Lock icon Jokowi considers revoking citizenship of Indonesians who join Islamic State
      616 8 AT LEAST 500 ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE JOINED MILITANT GROUP IN SYRIA, IRAQ JAKARTA GLOBE JAKARTA President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is considering revoking the citizenships of Indonesians who join the Islamic State (IS), and issuing an emergency government law to
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      Lock icon Japan, Australia signal support for China-led bank
      701 9 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s Finance Minister yesterday said Japan could join China’s new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) if its concerns about governance are addressed and Australia also signalled support for the institution, in a sign of growing isolation of the United States which
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      158 3 ■Q>° v> The Great Egg-Venture atSentosa HarbourFront r Brought to you by Ja a? Sf.'&'T,' With Mi > uk# fi? /Ml!' r'y-isr SINGAPORE'S B GGE if y C IS BACK! 21 MAR-5 APR Hop on down to Sentosa HarbourFront and join in Singapore's biggest egg hunt! Gather your family and
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      138 8 1 m V. r i 20 22 March 2015 Singapore Expo Hall 8 11am 9pm Singapore’s Largest PET-ducational Fair Spend an activity-packed weekend with your pets at Pet Expo 2015! Bond with your furry and feathered friends over three days of workshops, seminars, contests and competitions. Plus get your hands
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      337 9 I choose to succeed through inflation. It’s my choice. m.s > Q Success it’s a combination of making sound decisions, taking risks and plotting the right moves. That’s why we partner the University of Essex to offer you a range of degree programmes where learning is not just confined to
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      303 11 ADMISSION L ITSHOW 19-22 MARCH 2015 SUNTEC SINGAPORE LEVELS3,486 12-9PM AUCTION TIME BRAND TIME FASHION TIME TECH SHOWCASE ASUS Transformer Book Chi Series Bid for your favourite products at our Daily Auctions at 5pm! Spend a minimum of S1 00 to get your Bidding Ticket at the entrance of Hall
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon ‘Unremorseful’ engineer gets 30 years’ jail for sex with 31 boys
      585 12  -  Man to also receive 24 strokes of cane for ‘heinous’ acts with 11-to 15-year-olds he met on Facebook POLICE FOUND MORE THAN 2,000 VIDEOS OF HIS SEXUAL ACTS ON HIS LAPTOP, PHONE KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In what prosecutors
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      Eight weeks’ prison, fine for phone trader who evaded GST
      239 12 SINGAPORE A man who deals in the buying and selling of mobile phones and accessories was yesterday sentenced to eight weeks’ jail for underreporting the Good and Services Tax (GST) that he had collected from his customers. Avan Yong Yan
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      Netizens outraged over foreign worker meals
      694 13  -  MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@med iacorp.com .sg cheaper price, Mr Mohamed said. ADditional REPORTING BY JORDON SIMPSON SINGAPORE At Hiap Seng Engineering, its foreign workers are provided with three meals a day, all fully paid for by the company itself. The company, which employs foreign workers
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      Lock icon StarHub, M1 accept Singtel’s apology over smear campaign
      360 13  -  XUE JIANYUE SINGAPORE StarHub and M1 have both accepted Singtel’s apology over the controversy caused by social media agency Gushcloud, which had offered perks to social media “influencers” to complain about rival telcos as part of its campaign for Singtel. StarHub chief
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      Say ‘ow’ to increase your pain tolerance
      408 13  -  JEAN KHOO jeankhoowt@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When they set out to study whether expressing pain vocally would help a person tolerate pain better, they did not anticipate that the study would create such an impression. Findings from the study, conducted by National University of Singapore
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      52 12 What started as an online advertisement for massage services turned out to be a scam involving under-aged girls and fake police offi cers! i Find out how the offi cers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division cracked down on this extortion scam. i NEW SEASON Tomorrow, 8.30pm (With English
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      Lock icon Japan’s recovery complicated by a decline in household savings
      1124 14 Growing fears among young that overburdened pension system cannot support them when they reach retirement age RESIDENTS SPENDING MORE THAN THEY EARN THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO Takazumi Fukuoka should be exactly what Japan needs to get its economy moving again.
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      Lock icon US considering keeping more troops in Afghanistan in 2016
      641 16 LIKELY DECISION REVERSES PLANS TO END ITS COMBAT ROLE THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The Obama administration is nearing a decision to keep more troops in Afghanistan next year than it had intended, effectively upending its drawdown plans in response to
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      Lock icon Biologists seek halt on use of DNA-changing technique
      735 17 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK A group of leading biologists has called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of a new genome editing technique to change human DNA in a way that would permanently affect future generations. The biologists fear
      THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  735 words
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      29 15 987FM Only the Hits Turn Up with Tabitha, 12nn-4pm The Bright Side with Sonia, 6-10am The Happy Ending with Kimberly, 8pm-12mn The Bro Code with Gerald and Joakim, 4-8pm
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  • business
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      Lock icon Noble in suitors’ sights after S$2.5b market-cap decline
      610 18 TOP SHAREHOLDER ELMAN KEEN ON STAYING INDEPENDENT REUTERS SINGAPORE Noble Group’s 30 per cent share slump over the past month has thrust it onto the radar screens of Asian companies that want a bigger clout in global commodities trading, people familiar with
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      Lock icon UOL prices most units in Bartley project below S$1m
      540 18  -  ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE UOL Group has priced more than 70 per cent of the 797 homes in its latest development, Botanique at Bar- tley, at below S$1 million as the developer seeks to drive sales after the Chinese New Year
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      141 18 W d)TERASAKI 1 Ensuring Service, Maintaining Quality We are an established international manufacturing company. Owing to our business expansion, we are looking for motivated candidates to fill in the following positions: Electricians (Male/Female) REQUIREMENTS: Applicants should possess NIC 2 3 NITEC in Electrical Installations and Fittings Required for assembly wiring
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  • sports
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      SEA GAMES ROUT, THEN OLYMPICS
      779 20  -  Schooling targets nine gold medals at biennial, ‘on track’ with preparations for Rio 2016 FLY SPECIALIST NOT AT RISK OF BURNOUT, SAYS LOPEZ ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His speciality is in the butterfly under 200m and, since Joseph Schooling announced his arrival as a 16-year-old
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      Lock icon TAO LI QUALIFIES FOR TWO MORE EVENTS
      321 20  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE— Tao Li returned home eight days ago from training in Kunming with one aim to qualify for two more events at the SEA Games here from June 5 to 16. And the swimmer did just that yesterday at the Sports
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      Lock icon S’PORE SAILORS NEED ALL-OUT SUPPORT: OLYMPIAN
      528 21  -  SHANJAYAN MUNIAPPAN shanjayanm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE—With a strategic plan for high-performance sailing in place since 2003, Singapore has been producing world champions at the youth level for more than a decade. At the 2006 Asian Games, the Republic emerged as the top sailing nation in the
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      Lock icon F1 SET TO EXIT GERMANY THIS YEAR
      392 21 AGENCIES FRANKFURT A Formula 1 race in Germany this year looks increasingly unlikely as neither of the country’s two circuits have been able to make a deal with series promoter Bernie Ecclestone. Nurburgring circuit spokesman Pietro Nuvolini said earlier this week that there
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      Lock icon TACTICAL STABILITY GIVES LIVERPOOL EDGE OVER UNITED
      1100 22  -  RED DEVILS ARE TILL VERY MUCH A WORK N PROGRESS COMMENTARY BY 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 around the world.
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      Lock icon REAL NEED TO STOP MESSI IN EL CLASICO
      640 23 With Barca threatening to surge ahead, Ronaldo and Co must dig deep for the whole 90 minutes AGENCIES BARCELONA —Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid resume their El Clasico rivalry in La Liga at the Camp Nou tomorrow in a top-of-the table
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      Lock icon MADRID RIVALS SET FOR REMATCH IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST EIGHT
      372 23 AGENCIES SWITZERLAND —Atletico and Real Madrid will be facing each other for the seventh and eighth times this season, after the pair were drawn together in the Champions League quarter-finals. Real, who beat Atletico in last season’s Champions League final,
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      Lock icon A STRETCH TOO FAR
      477 24 US import sacked for disrespect while S Korean national anthem was played JEFFERSON SAYS HE DID NOT IGNORE COUNTRY’S CULTURE REUTERS S EOU L Some basketball players sing along to the national anthem in South Korea, others stand in stonyfaced silence, trying to keep emotions in
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      Lock icon NBA WATCH
      399 24 AP LOS ANGELES 73 UTAH 80 The Utah Jazz overcame plenty of adversity to beat the Los Angeles Lakers, whose injury-placed season reached historic proportions. Gordon Hayward scored 22 points, Trey Burke added 17 off the bench, helping the Jazz sent the Lakers to their 50th defeat of
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      318 21 National Environment Agency Safeguard Nurture Cherish s r «&fv Join us, in creating a Sustainable Future At the National Environment Agency, the work we do touches the daily lives of all Singaporeans. By protecting Singapore’s resources from pollution, maintaining a high level of public health and providing timely meteorological information,
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      71 22 LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, 8.45pm Channel Singtel StarHub Man City v West Brom 102 227 Tonight, 10.55pm Newcastle v Arsenal 102 227 Southampton v Burnley 103 228 Spurs v Leicester 104 229 Aston Villa v Swansea 105 230 Stoke v Crystal Palace 106 231 Tomorrow, 1.30am West Ham v Sunderland 102
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      91 24 Sat, 21/03/15 LW* Telecast not available at Llvewlre(Slngapore Pools) For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw mww! Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip Y(i> Always play with care. [responsibly/
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      Lock icon THE YOUNG AT ART
      1155 25  -  MUSEUMS’ ATTEMPTS TO DRAW A NEW GE ERATIONOF UDIENCES RE WO KING ROBIN POGREBIN features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES Walking past Ghirlandaio’s Old Man With A Young Boy at the Louvre over Christmas break, I listened as my 18-year-old son, Ethan, explained how the artist was
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        Lock icon Human after all
        650 26  -  Veteran pop star Fei Xiang talks about his new album and more MUSIC ICON NING CAI features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Having grown up with parents who are fans of Fei Xiang, I was a bit sceptical about interviewing the well-loved 54-year-old veteran pop star who has enjoyed over three
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        Bear in mind
        458 27  -  S’pore band Bear Culture celebrate diversity on their debut album NEW SOUND KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Keen observers of the Singapore indie music scene might be reasonably familiar with alternative rockers Bear Culture. Formed by students of Republic Polytechnic, the quintet earned a decent enough profile playing
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      29 27 More stories online Hokkien me Broadway Beng teams up with SCO http://tdy.sg/todaymusic Latest Tale Rainie Rang talks about her new album http://tdy.sg/todaymusic Eco-fashion H&M’s latest Conscious Exclusive collection http://tdy.sg/todaystyle
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      134 27 Sign up at the wedding show to enjoy EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES win LUCKY DRAW PRIZES!. V STYLE: WEDDINGS PRESENTS Chinois Elegance at Marina Mandarin Singapore date Sunday, i? Aprs I 2GI5 time Noon 5pm venue Marina Mandarin Ballroom ticket price $28 nett per couple $18 nett per couple (DBS/POSB card members)
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      1191 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Spin II 6.30 On The Red Dot (HD) 7.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 8.00 The Dr Oz Show IV (HD) 9.00 Better Show (HD) (PG) 9.45 Just For Laughs Gags XIII (HD) (Episode 1) 10.00 The Queen Latifah Show (HD) 11.00 The Ellen
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      1192 29 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Talking Point (HD) 7 .00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 8.00 The Dr Oz Show IV (HD) 9.00 Better Show (HD) 10.00 The Queen Latifah Show (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII (HD) NOON Survivor XXX: Worlds Apart (HD) (PG) 2.00PM The 100
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      312 30 ON SATURDAY 6.00AM News Plus The Best Of Body Soul With Daniel Martin 10.00 News Plus Weekend Brunch And Out About With Angela Lim And Daphne Lim NOON News Plus Sports Review Of The Week 6.00PM News Plus The Wow Club And Talking Books With Michelle Martin 7.00AM Asia Pop
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      370 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 FREE TOGGLE ORIGINALS Check out exclusive movies and series produced by Toggle anytime, anywhere! FAMILY WANDERS (PG) Ian
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    Lock icon Too Close to a Bellicose Russia
    915 1  -  Fearing Putin Will Threaten Them Next, Poles Are Steeling for Battle By RICK LYMAN INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY KALISZ, Poland For evidence of how much President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has jangled nerves and provoked anxiety across Eastern Europe, look no further than the drill
    INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY PIOTR MALECKI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  915 words
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    Lock icon Torture, And Test Of Faith
    1081 1  -  By JIM YARDLEY INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY VATICAN CITY The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley caused global outrage. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s death in Syria transformed him into a symbol of faith under the most brutal
    INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; DOMINICK REUTER/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES  -  1,081 words
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      39 1 INTELLIGENCE Leaving Bangladesh for health care. PAGE 2 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Forgoing the plow for a healthy farm. PAGE 10 ARTS DESIGN $500 million in art is still missing. PAGE 14 WORLD TRENDS Dalai Lama’s afterlife worries China. PAGE 2
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon In Sickness And in Wealth
      876 2  -  INTELLIGENCE TAHMIMA ANAM THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY TahmimaAnam, a writer and anthropologist, is the author of the novel “A GoldenAge.” Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. Dhaka, Bangladesh When she was 5, my cousin Hafsa fell from the roof of our house in Dhanmondi, a
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; SHAIKH MOHIR UDDIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  876 words
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      Lock icon China Tells Dalai Lama He Must Reincarnate
      516 2  -  By CHRIS BUCKLEY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY HONG KONG Chinese Communist Party leaders are afraid that the Dalai Lama will not have an afterlife. Worried enough that officials have repeatedly warned that he must reincarnate, and on their terms. Tensions over
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; SANJAY BAID/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  516 words
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      Lock icon After Four Years of Conflict, Syria’s Outlook Grows Dark
      939 3  -  By BEN HUBBARD THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BEIRUT, Lebanon Government helicopters rained barrel bombs on villages across Syria in early March, killing civilians and demolishing homes. Hundreds of combatants died in battles that failed to move the front lines.
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      Lock icon Sweden Assesses Its Prostitution Law
      561 3  -  By DAVID CROUCH THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY GOTHENBURG, Sweden Not far from the Sticky Fingers nightclub, three Romanian women were hunched against the cold on a street corner. When a man walked by, the women, in broken Swedish and English, tried to tempt
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY  -  561 words
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      Lock icon Liberians Do Without Mourning Rituals Stolen by Ebola
      802 5  -  By CLAIR MacDOUGALL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MONROVIA, Liberia Finda Fallah sat in her tiny apartment, boiling rice and leftovers with one of the few children in her family still alive. It was the night before Decoration Day, one of
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; DANIEL BEREHULAK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  802 words
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