Today, 11 April 2015

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      Lock icon ‘Govts must respond to political participation’
      740 2 At the inaugural Singapore forum yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongheld a dialogue with about 250 Singapore and foreign delegates. Here are excerpts of some of the questions and answers: ENGAGE THE YOUNG IN WORK OF GOVERNMENT, SAYS PM LEE Q: What are your
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      Lock icon Singtel sharpens digital business, reshuffles leadership team
      618 4  -  Telco to focus on its Group Digital Life unit’s Amobee, HOOQ and DataSpark businesses GROUP’S ABILITY TO INNOVATE IN THE DIGITAL SPACE IS KEY TO ITS TRANSFORMATION SUCCESS: CEO TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After three years of dabbling in the digital space and
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      Singtel takes on WhatsApp with launch of Wavee
      620 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE With its business under threat from over-the-top (OTT) providers such as WhatsApp, Skype and Viber, Singtel yesterday launched an app that replicates the features offered by its rivals, allowing users to make voice and video calls, send instant messages
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    • Article
      UniSIM will not pick Earn and Learn apprentices on grades alone
      583 6  -  APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION BASED ON TESTIMONIALS, ESSAYS NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE SIM University (UniSIM) will be the first to offer credit exemption to apprentices from the SkillsFuture Earn and Learn programme for its degree programmes.
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      Lock icon Malaysia toughens sedition law to include online media ban
      629 10 Critics slam changes say law applied to full extent could kill social media in the country MINIMUM THREE-YEAR JAIL TERM IMPOSED AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has strengthened its controversial sedition law, imposing a minimum jail term of three years and allowing
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      Malaysia toughens sedition law to include online media ban
      623 10 (2nd Edition) Critics slam changes say law applied to full extent could kill social media in the country MINIMUM THREE-YEAR JAIL TERM IMPOSED KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia has strengthened its controversial sedition law, imposing a minimum jail term of three years and allowing the
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      Lock icon Is Malaysia’s 1MDB a tragedy or farce?
      1265 11  -  COMMENTARY LESLIE LOPEZ Leslie Lopez is editor of The Edge Review. This commentary first appeared in the Kuala-Lumpur-based digital newsweekly, www. theedgereview.com The Malaysian Government’s ambitious investment experiment, 1Malaysia Development (1MDB), has turned into a political and financial minefield for Prime Minister Najib
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      Lock icon China blasts Obama over ‘military muscle’ comment
      653 12 Comments come after US Presiden t says China was bullying smaller nations INTENTIONS IN THE STRATEGIC SOUTH CHINA SEA ARE PEACEFUL, SAYS BEIJING AGENCIES BEIJING —China responded forcefully to comments by President Barack Obama that Beijing is intimidating countries in the South China
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      Lock icon Thirsty China taps sea for fresh water
      552 12 BLOOMBERG BEIJING —On the shores of Bohai Bay near the industrial city of Tangshan, construction has begun on an engineering project ambitious even by Chinese standards. Starting in 2019, the facility will remove salt from 120,000 tonnes of seawater each day. The result
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  • voices
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      Lock icon S’pore should be AIIB’s regional headquarters
      503 13  -  FROM SUN XI The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been drawing global attention, and most Asian countries and major powers outside Asia have applied to join. Japan and the United States are exceptions, largely because the bank is viewed as a rival
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    • Article
      Hawker centres help moderate food prices
      317 13  -  FROM TEH OH KIAN The letter “Build modern cafeterias, not hawker centres, in Singapore” (Apirl 8) has attracted many comments online on the need to preserve and build more hawker centres to cater for people from different walks of life. The view expressed in
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      Food court managements need to pay cleaning staff better
      258 13  -  FROM RAYMUND KOH JOO GUAN In “Hire uniformed ambassadors to remind patrons to clear their trays” (April 9), the writer suggested hiring ambassadors to advise food courts and hawker centres patrons to clear their trays. I beg to differ. First, were
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Wild dolphin tours planned for Singapore waters
      520 14  -  ACRES HOPES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CAPTIVITY NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More people in Singapore could encounter wild dolphins, if an animal protection group’s plans to offer the first-ever dolphin-watching tours here bear fruit. The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES)
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      NTU tests driverless cars that ‘talk’ to other vehicles
      480 14  -  XUE JIANYUE SINGAPORE A driver could get realtime updates on traffic conditions, while the authorities could detect whether vehicles in the vicinity are speeding or beating a red light. A test-bed on the grounds of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is attempting
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      Government may regulate 3rd-party taxi booking firms
      352 14 SINGAPORE —The Ministry of Transport will introduce a Bill for regulating third-party taxi booking service providers when Parliament sits on Monday. Last November, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced it will implement a regulatory framework this quarter that requires third-party taxi booking service
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      Lock icon Yishun Community Hospital to help relieve congestion at KTPH
      377 16  -  JORDON SIMPSON SINGAPORE When the Yishun Community Hospital (YCH) opens at the end of this year, it will help relieve some of the patient load at the adjacent Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH). Instead of staying in a general and acute
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      Man charged for hurting girlfriend’s toddler
      458 16  -  CHARGES WILL BE AMENDED IF BOY’S CONDITION WORSENS: JUDGE YVONNE LIM yvonnelimsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A Singaporean man who allegedly shoved his girlfriend’s son off a bed, causing the toddler to injure his head, was yesterday charged in court for voluntarily causing grievous hurt. The one-year-old
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      Apex court dismisses prosecutor’s bid for benchmark sentence
      530 16  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Legal proceedings over the Brompton bicycles saga drew to a close yesterday after one-and-a-half years, with the Court of Appeal dismissing the Public Prosecutor’s bid for a benchmark sentence for the public servants convicted of giving false information
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      182 17 A night honouring the host in the Malay television industry c m i r LIVE Tonight, 8.30pm I 7 m I -A I < r :1 VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE PERSONALITIES MOST POPULAR MALE PERSONALITY FIR RAHMAN X A L2 HISYAM HAMID u i L3 IMAM SHAH NORMAN ISHAK JSC.
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      Lock icon Is Indonesia the world’s next China?
      1129 18 Widespread corruption and bureaucratic meddling pose daunting test for investors SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATION LOOKING TO RECREATE THE SUCCESS OF SHENZHEN BLOOMBERG JAKARTA —As the sun sets over the Java Sea, Asep Saefullah and his friends sit by a pond among the rice fields near
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      Lock icon Mocking Mao backfires on Chinese TV celebrity
      566 19 Suspendedfrom appearing on CCTV, Bi Fujian issues apology that is seen as a plea for clemen cy BEIJING Mao Zedong famously said a revolution is not a dinner party. Nor, it seems, is a dinner party in China an occasion to mock Mao’s
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      Lock icon Mocking Mao backfires on Chinese TV celebrity
      571 19 (2nd Edition) Suspendedfrom appearing on CCTV, Bi Fujian issues apology that is seen as a plea for clemen cy THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Mao Zedong famously said a revolution is not a dinner party. Nor, it seems, is a dinner party in China an
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      Lock icon S’pore, UK bound by shared world outlook, says outgoing envoy
      1350 20 SAYS CITY-STATE IS VITAL TO BRITISH ROLE IN THE REGION As Singapore celebrates its founding 50 years ago, TODAY is running a monthly series of interviews with ambassadors of several countries that play a key role in Singapore’s foreign relations.
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      Lock icon India eyes temple gold to fix trade deficit
      595 21 REUTERS MUMBAI —The two-century-old Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai, devoted to the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesha, bristles with closedcircuit cameras and is guarded by 65 security officers. It is one of India’s richest temples, having amassed 158kg of gold offerings, worth some
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      Lock icon India eyes temple gold to fix trade deficit
      596 21 (2nd Edition) REUTERS MUMBAI The two-century-old Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai, devoted to the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesha, bristles with closedcircuit cameras and is guarded by 65 security officers. It is one of India’s richest temples, having amassed 158kg of gold offerings, worth some
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        Lock icon Noble says Muddy Waters claims are ‘inaccurate’; shares recover
        578 22  -  MAS IS REVIEWING LATEST ALLEGATIONS ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Commodities giant Noble Group yesterday responded to allegations by United States short seller Muddy Waters of improper accounting and unsustainable debt levels, helping its shares claw back some losses as Singapore’s financial
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        Lock icon China inflation flat at 1.4% in March, signals more easing
        326 22 REUTERS SHANGHAI China’s inflation remained tepid last month, with little sign that Beijing’s easing measures to date have significantly cut deflationary pressures, leading many economists to predict more stimulus in the pipeline. China’s consumer price index (CPI) came in at
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        Lock icon HK to pass Japan as world’s No 3 stock market
        374 22 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Hong Kong is poised to leapfrog Japan as the world’s thirdlargest stock market, spurred by surging mainland Chinese demand for shares in the Special Administrative Region. The value of equities listed in Hong Kong rose 1.2 per
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  • sports
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      NEW GROUP TO SPEAK OUT FOR COACHES
      656 23  -  Body representing fraternity to ensure members are treated fairly LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Coaches across all sports, from freelancers who work with schools to those who train elite athletes, now have an association to represent their interests, especially in income security, Central
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      Lock icon INTRUDER INVADES TRACK AS RED BULL THREATENS TO QUIT F1
      411 23 AP SHANGHAI Formula 1 often dishes drama, and it was no different at Shanghai yesterday when an intruder dashed across the track during the second practice session at the Chinese Grand Prix before being apprehended by security. Dressed in dark
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      Lock icon S’POREAN HOPES DASHED AT BADMINTON OPEN
      634 24  -  Loss in mixed doubles means no local players left in tournament NATIONAL TEAMS’ LAST OPEN TITLE WAS IN 2010 ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Shoulders slumped in defeat, mixed doubles pair Danny Bawa Christnanta and Vanessa Neo could not hide their disappointment after their 2-0
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      HONG KONG’S HU MOVES INTO LAST FOUR
      371 24  -  ADELENE WONG S ING A PORE World No 13 Hu Yun booked a place in the semi-final of the OUE Singapore Open yesterday when the Hong Kong shuttler disposed of China’s Tian Houwei 17-21,21-18,21-10 in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles at the
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      PELLEGRINI’S FUTURE AWAITS AT THEATRE OF DREAMS
      1088 25  -  MAN CITY’S MANAGERS, PLAYERS MUST SHOW THEY’RE CRAVING DESPERATELY FOR SUCCESS 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
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      PELLEGRINI’S FUTURE AWAITS AT THEATRE OF DREAMS
      1086 25 (2nd Edition)  -  MAN CITY’S MANAGERS, PLAYERS MUST SHOW THEY’RE CRAVING DESPERATELY FOR SUCCESS 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
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      Lock icon CHELSEA EYE RECORD TIME AT TOP
      679 26 Blues look to overtake Man United’s record of 262 days in the lead during 1994 season TEAM REPORTED TO BID AROUND S$8 MILLION FOR FC TOKYO’S MUTO THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Chelsea are on course to become the most dominant team in Premier League
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      Lock icon LIVERPOOL COOL TO FA CUP PRESSURE
      393 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH L O N D O N Simon Mignolet has claimed Liverpool are blanking out the “extra pressure” of having to win the FA Cup to mark the end of Steven Gerrard’s career at Anfield. Following Wednesday’s quarterfinal replay victory at Blackburn,
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      Lock icon TIGER RETURNS WITH MAGIC AND MISHAP
      1186 27  -  RECOVERS FROM ERRANT OPENING DRIVE OLIVER BROWN AT AUGUSTA Oliver Brown is chief sports feature writer with The Daily Telegraph. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The reception was as gracious as it was generous. With the mercury nudging 90 (32 degrees Celsius) on a sultry Georgia
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      Lock icon INDONESIA FA SUSPENDS LEAGUE IN GOVT ROW
      546 28 COUNTRY COULD FACE FIFA BAN DUE TO INTERVENTION REUTERS JA K A RTA The Indonesian Super League season will be suspended after only two games, as officials try to negotiate a deal with the government to allow two title contenders to participate after
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      Lock icon NBA WATCH
      358 28 WARRIORS116 BLAZERS105 AP Stephen Curry eclipsed his own N BA record for the most three-pointers in a season, scoring 45 points to rally the Golden State Warriors to a 116-105 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Curry entered the game four shy of his mark
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      50 25 LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, 7.45pm Channel Singtel StarHub Swansea v Everton 102 227 Tonight, 9.50pm Southampton v Hull 104 229 Sunderland v Palace 105 231 West Brom v Leicester 105 230 West Ham v Stoke 103 228 Tomorrow, 12.30am Burnley v Arsenal 102 227 Tomorrow, 8.30pm QPR v Chelsea 102 227
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      56 25 (2nd Edition) LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, 7.45pm Channel Singtel StarHub Swansea v Everton 102 227 Tonight, 9.50pm Southampton v Hull 104 229 Sunderland v Palace 106 231 Spurs v Aston Villa 102 227 West Brom v Leicester 105 230 West Ham v Stoke 103 228 Tomorrow, 12.30am Burnley v Arsenal 102 227 Tomorrow,
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      109 28 Live Telecast of China Race Qualifying available at Livewire (Singapore Pools), Livewire (RWS) Livewire (MBS). Insights by Former F1 Driver Alex Yoong available at Singapore Pools website. For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw mwwl Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) IS Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21
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      72 29 SATURDAY, 11 APRIL 2015 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE SINGAPORE-BORN ARTIST SIMRYN GILL’S FIRST MAJOR SOLO SHOW IN THE REGION IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS 32 TOUGH GUY ADRIAN PANG DELIVERS A MOVING TAKE ON A MANLY MONOLOGUE 32 FOUR ARTISTS GET A HANDLE ON THE COMMONPLACE, TAKING ON TIME,
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        Lock icon BEACHES TO BEANS
        1298 30  -  FOUR EXHIBITIONS BY FEMALE ARTISTS REVEAL A FASCINATION WITH TIME AND MATERIAL MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg It may simply be a matter of coincidence four female artists concurrently holding their respective solo shows. But perhaps even more uncanny is the fact that there are more enriching common threads,
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        Lock icon A wave of images
        607 32  -  Over a thousand photographs comprise the Singapore-born artist’s first major solo show in the region ART REVIEW: SIMRYN GILL: HUGGING THE SHORE BRUCE QUEK features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even before you get to grips with the actual work in what’s billed as Singapore-born Simryn Gill’s first major solo
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        Lock icon A tailor-made performance
        474 32  -  A brilliant Adrian Pang makes this classy man cave his own THEATRE REVIEW: THE WEIGHT OF SILK ON SKIN MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The decision to stage two consecutive monodramas out of the five full productions for The Esplanade’s special SG50 edition of the Studios series initially seems
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        STATE of the ARTS
        115 32  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The Singapore International Festival of Arts unveiled its full line-up for this year’s festival proper and pre-fest event The OPEN, including shows in the heartlands, the former Bukit Timah Railway Station and Bukit Brown Cem- etery. Writing centre Centre 42 unveiled its new
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        Lock icon Anthony Bourdain’s international food hall to keep it real
        903 33  -  Details on the food celebrity’s ambitious New York City project revealed at World Street Food Congress MARKET BUZZ DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Visitors to the second day of the World Street Food Congress’ dialogue session (April 9) were understandably excited to
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        Lock icon Bill on Broadway (Monica too)
        628 34 A new musical about the former president opens Off Broadway THE SMALL STAGE REUTERS LOS ANGELES Hillary Clinton leans forward from her desk at the Oval Office. “Good evening,” says the former first lady. “I’d like to tell you the story of my first presidency.”
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        Lock icon Kurt Russell, from movies to merlot
        400 34 REUTERS LOS ANGELES He may be one of Hollywood’s most macho stars, but Kurt Russell also blends a masterful pinot noir. Over 50-plus years in showbiz, the actor, currently starring in Furious 7, has gone from Disney teen heartthrob to action star to seasoned
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        Lock icon Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD gets a spin-off
        170 35 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Ready for even more Marvel? Marvel Entertainment is developing a spin-off series for ABC’s Agents Of SHIELD, Variety confirmed. The project is in very early stages of development and does not have a proposed premiere date yet, nor plans for
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        Lock icon Whose punchline is it anyway?
        819 35 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK If an announcement of a presidential candidacy were as rocky as Comedy Central’s introduction of Trevor Noah, The Daily Show would have a field day with it. Since Noah, a 31-year-old South African comic, was named to succeed Jon
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      1180 37 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL 6.00AM Love In Progress (HD) 7.00 Priceless Wonder 9.00 Math’s Island 9.30 Doraemon TV Special 10.00 Junk Converters (HD)(Debut) 10.30 My Dear Princess (HD) 11.00 Spot It If You Can (HD) 11.30 Neighbourhood Chef (HD) 12.30PM What Your School Doesn’t Teach You (HD) 1.30 The
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      Lock icon Africa Facing Tests After Shift in Nigeria
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      744 8  -  By JACK EWING THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NICOSIA, Cyprus The financial world has moved on since Cyprus was briefly the epicenter of market anxiety. Two years ago, the country’s banks failed en masse, and the integrity of the
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      520 8  -  By EMILY STEEL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have suddenly found themselves playing a new role: the establishment. After years of waging an assault on the traditional television business, these companies now must defend their turf in
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      Lock icon Studies Cast Doubt on Fish Oil Benefits
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      Lock icon Explorers Today Seeking Relevance
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      658 12  -  By RUTH LA FERLA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY What did the ’70s look like? “It was like you were walking around naked, but you had clothes on,” said Phyllis Magidson, the curator of costumes and textiles at the Museum of the
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      Lock icon For Technology Titans, Sharing Is for Users
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