Today, 8 August 2015

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    17 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp S ATURDAY, 8 AUGUST 2015 MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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    As a nation celebrates, we ask: What makes us Singaporean?
    2851 1  -  REPORT BY: CHIA SUE-ANN, SERENE LIM, SIAU MING EN, ROBIN CHOO, ELGIN CHONG, EMMANUAL PHUA AND EMILIA TAN SINGAPORE After 50 years of nation building, meteoric economic growth and progress, the picture that emerges of the Singapore identity described by
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    Lock icon PM rallies S’poreans to build, nurture a nation for the future 
    745 1  - PM rallies S’poreans to build, nurture a nation for the future CELEBRATIONS GET UNDER WAY AS JUBILEE WEEKEND KICKS OFF JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A month after the Republic got its first-ever UNESCO World Heritage Site gong for the Singapore Botanic Gardens, the plaque for the historic inscription was unveiled
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    Lock icon Tokyo, Manila ganged up on sea issue: China
    526 1 Foreign Min ister says sea situation is stable no possibility of major conflict AGENCIES BEIJING China has hit out at Japan and the Philippines for teaming up during a regional forum to attack Beijing over its policy in the disputed South China
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      Lock icon Something for everyone this Jubilee Weekend
      392 2 Family Picnics Organised by Families for Life 1 At Marina Barrage. Similar ones will be held at Pasir Ris, West Coast and Sembawang Aug 8, 8am to 11am Aug 9, 4pm to 8.30pm NDP Carnival 2 Enjoy fun-filled carnival activities at the barrage for
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      Islandwide siren at 8.15pm tomorrow for recital of Pledge
      277 3 SINGAPORE A siren will be sounded islandwide at 8.15pm tomorrow to gather Singaporeans to recite the Pledge together as the nation celebrates its 50th birthday. In a statement yesterday, the National Day Parade (NDP) Executive Committee urged all Singaporeans, whether they
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      Lock icon Drumming up SG50 cheer with PM as surprise guest
      338 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE About 10,000 people drummed to the same beat at the annual Community Chest Heartstrings Walk yesterday morning as they made their way along a 4km trail along the Marina Bay. They got a pleasant surprise at the end
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      NDP will go on unless there is a thunderstorm, say organisers
      157 4 SINGAPORE With wet weather marring the start of the Jubilee Weekend yesterday, the committee organising the National Day Parade (NDP) has said the show tomorrow will go on, unless there is a thunderstorm. “In the event of inclement weather,
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      Lock icon Family unit changing, but should still be celebrated: Chuan-Jin
      433 4  -  ‘EXTENDED FAMILY SYSTEM HAS BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT’ TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With family units getting smaller, the extended family system has become even more important, Social and Family Development Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said yesterday. Speaking at an SG50 mass picnic
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      Lock icon Facebook issues stickers to mark S’pore’s 50th birthday
      123 4 SINGAPORE Facebook has issued a special set of emoticon stickers (picture) dedicated to Singapore’s 50th birthday tomorrow. The 16 stickers feature a mascot called Maju the Lion uttering various familiar Singlish expressions. Examples include “Steady la!” (meaning “well done” or “awesome”), “Simi
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      Lock icon Kerry pushes Hanoi to work on rights reform
      625 5 PROGRESS IN TIES A LESSON FOR THE WORLD AGENCIES HANOI United States Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday lauded the warming of ties with former war enemy Vietnam but, in the same breath, said the scope of bilateral relations going forward would
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      Lock icon I am not a ‘yes man’, says Muhyiddin
      505 5 AGENCIES KUA L A LU M PU R Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday stressed that he is not a “yes man”, as he believes a leader needs to voice out concerns if there are any mistakes or wrongdoings in
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      Lock icon WP works MacPherson while talks over offer to sit out continue
      608 6  -  PARTY SKIPPED SECOND OPPOSITION MEETING BECAUSE ‘IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE’ KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The door might have closed on The Workers’ Party’s (WP) offer to give up contesting in the MacPherson ward in return for the
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      SPP’s Chong-Aruldoss likely to be opposition face in Mountbatten
      428 6  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after Opposition parties concluded talks to parcel out territory among themselves, Singapore People’s Party’s (SPP) Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss was back on the ground in Mountbatten, making house visits and distributing flyers to residents yesterday morning. During
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      Lock icon Ex-minister Mah becomes highest-profile MP to retire
      618 7  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC) Member of Parliament (MP) Mah Bow Tan, who has helmed three ministries in his 27-year political career, said yesterday he will not contest at the coming General Election the most high-pro-file retirement so far.
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      Lock icon PAP Punggol East chair may stand in Chua Chu Kang GRC
      455 7  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE Banking executive Yee Chia Hsing, the People’s Action Party’s current point man in the Punggol East constituency, could move to Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) after he was spotted making house visits there
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      PAP MPs Irene Ng, Hawazi Daipi to step down
      455 7  -  JOY FANG from Jurong GRC. joy fang, with additional REPORTING BY CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Two other Members of Parliament (MP) from the People’s Action Party (PAP) announced they would not be contesting in the upcoming General Election (GE). Three-term MP for
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      Nation owes its success to all Singaporeans
      291 10  -  FROM ACE KINDRED CHEONG It is an auspicious year for Singapore this year, being our 50th year of independence, which we will mark tomorrow. It has not been an easy feat for Singapore, to have not only survived but also prospered when she
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      Risks, benefits of high-speed rail link need further scrutiny
      349 10  -  FROM RAYMOND NG I refer to the commentary “How to fund the Singapore-KL High Speed Rail” (Aug 5). More clarity is needed on the economic and social justifications for such a project. While travel time on the high-speed r ail (HSR)
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      Today’s Florence Nightingales deserve recognition
      309 10  -  F ROM CHUA TONG BENG Singapore marked Nurses’ Day recently (Aug 1), and I would like to share a delightful encounter my family and I experienced at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) that day, thanks to the tireless efforts of a team of doctors, nurses
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      Volunteers should not expect reward for good work
      213 10  -  FROM JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG I agree with the letter (“Civil Service can take lead in volunteering”; Aug 5). Singapore has an about 32.3 per cent participation rate in volunteerism, meaning one in three people has been involved in doing good. We
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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon Heavy outbound traffic at Woodlands, Tuas checkpoints
      274 11 SINGAPORE Both land checkpoints in Singapore were choked with outgoing traffic yesterday morning, the first day of a long weekend which ends on Monday. In a statement released around 1.30pm, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said it had deployed more staff and
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      SG Heart Map launches app featuring self-guided trails in S’pore
      478 11 Project has identified 50 places around the island as significant to Singaporeans USERS CAN GO ON FOOD AND GARDEN EXPEDITIONS SINGAPORE SG Heart Map has created a mobile app featuring trails located in five zones around Singapore, which include spots
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      Lock icon Shop to Win draw
      130 11 Mr Yuan Kee Hock, winner of this week’s TODAY Shop To Win draw, receiving his S$10,000 prize money from Ms Sally Tang, OG’s senior manager. Mr Yuan spent S$223 at OG Albert on a handbag for his mother’s birthday, as well as health supplements. He said
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      Lock icon KL’s handling of wing part discovery stirs up more tensions
      948 12 MANY QUESTION TIMING, MOTIVES OF NAJIB, WHO CONFIRMED DEBRIS IS FROM MISSING PLANE AGENCIES HONG KONG Malaysia’s handling of the discovery of a wing part that apparently came from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has worsened friction with its
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      Lock icon KL’s handling of wing part discovery stirs up more tensions
      948 12 (2nd Edition) MANY QUESTION TIMING, MOTIVES OF NAJIB, WHO CONFIRMED DEBRIS IS FROM MISSING PLANE AGENCIES HONG KONG Malaysia’s handling of the discovery of a wing part that apparently came from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has worsened friction with its
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      Lock icon M’SIA SEEKS MORE HELP IN SEARCH FOR PLANE
      321 12 AGENCIES Kuala Lumpur has asked for more help in the search for a Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than a year, just as France announced its plan to send planes, boats and helicopters to scourthe coast of the
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      Lock icon M’SIA SEEKS MORE HELP IN SEARCH FOR PLANE
      351 12 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES Kuala Lumpur has asked for more help in the search for a Malaysia Airlines plane missing for more than a year, just as France announced its plan to send planes, boats and helicopters to scour the coast of an Indian Ocean
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      Lock icon Report praises Japan’s post-war economy, encourages reconciliation
      706 13 Ongoing issues with China and South Korea also noted ahead of World War II anniversary AP TOKYO A government panel commissioned by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to review Japan’s recent history has praised the country’s post-war economic growth and commitment to pacifism, but
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      Lock icon With Iran’s help, India eludes China in race for gas riches
      730 13 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI Anyone looking for the biggest immediate impact from Iran’s nuclear deal may want to turn away from the Middle East and toward the Indian subcontinent. With American sanctions easing, India is racing to build a port
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  • business
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      Lock icon Gains in US jobs market boost case for Fed rate hike in Sept
      708 14 EMPLOYMENT REBOUNDS FROM SURPRISE STALL IN JUNE REUTERS WASHINGTON —United States employment rose at a solid clip last month and wages rebounded after a surprise stall in June signs of an improving economy that could open the
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      Lock icon BoJ warns oil price declines may delay inflation target
      503 14 REUTERS TOKYO —Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda yesterday warned that the timing for hitting his ambitious 2 per cent inflation target might be delayed further if oil price falls persist. But he stressed that the central bank would not
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  • sports sports
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      Lock icon SCHOOLING FLIES INTO 100M BUTTERFLY FINAL
      650 15  -  National swimmer could gift S’pore a special Golden Jubilee present if he wins a medal HE CLO KS NEW NATI NAL RECORD T ME OF 51.4s INSEMI-FINAL NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National swimmer Joseph Schooling could deliver an early birthday gift for Singapore tonight
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      Lock icon SCHOOLING FLIES INTO 100M BUTTERFLY FINAL
      675 15 (2nd Edition)  -  National swimmer could gift S’pore a special Golden Jubilee present if he wins a medal HE CLO KS NEW NATI NAL RECORD T ME OF 51.40s INSEMI-FINAL NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National swimmer Joseph Schooling could deliver an early birthday gift for Singapore tonight
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      Lock icon S’PORE NET FIRST WIN AT WORLD CUP
      508 15  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE It was earmarked as a “must-win” match, but victory for the Singapore netball team looked far from certain during the early stages of their Netball World Cup opening clash against Asian rivals Sri Lanka yesterday. Despite missing the services of
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      Lock icon S’PORE NET FIRST WIN AT WORLD CUP
      508 15 (2nd Edition)  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE It was earmarked as a “must-win” match, but victory for the Singapore netball team looked far from certain during the early stages of their Netball World Cup opening clash against Asian rivals Sri Lanka yesterday. Despite missing the services of
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      Lock icon THE MONEY’S ON UNITED TO ROCK OLD TRAFFORD
      1072 16  -  The English Premier League season starts today with a number of mouthwatering clashes. TODAY EPL analyst Adrian Clarke (sports@mediacorp .com.sg)thinks Harry Kane’s goal-scoring exploits last season are unlikely to lead Spurs to victory over Manchester United, while how Liverpool responds to their
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      STOKE V LIVERPOOL
      338 16 The Britannia Stadium is one of the wettest, windiest places on Earth. Tick. The Britannia Stadium is deafeningly noisy. Tick. The Britannia Stadium is not where you want to be on a cold winter’s night. Tick. The Britannia Stadium plays host to some of the most appalling
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      Lock icon PRIMER TO THE NEW EPL SEASON
      1330 17  -  What can we expect from the Premier League this season in terms of tactics and trends? Will m ore teams go back to the 4-3-3 formation? Will the three-man backline be dropped after being in vogue for a season? Will the three newcomers be
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      Lock icon GERMAN REPORTER SLAMS COE OVER COMMENTS
      479 18 Former athlete had called reports on doping scandal a ‘betrayal’ SEPPELT SAYS IT ‘SMELLS LIKE A CHEAP ELECTION MANOEUVRE’ REUTERS BERLIN —The German reporter who sparked a doping storm engulfing athletics hit back yesterday at accusations from Britain’s Sebastian Coe, who is bidding for
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      Lock icon MAN UNITED FACE BRUGGE IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAYOFF
      282 18 REUTERS NYON Manchester United were given a troublesome tie against Belgium’s Club Brugge in the draw for the Champions League playoff round yesterday, although it could have been worse as they avoided Lazio, CSKA Moscow, and Monaco. Lazio will meet Bayer Leverkusen
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      Lock icon PAST IOC OFFICIAL COULD HEAD FIFA TASK FORCE
      382 18 REUTERS ZURICH Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) director general Francois Carrard has been asked by scandal-plagued global soccer body FIFA to head its Reform Task Force, the Swiss lawyer told Reuters on Thursday (Friday, Singapore time). “I have been approached and I
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      65 16 LIVE FIXTURES Today, 7.45pm Singtel StarHub Ch Ch Man United v Spurs 102 227 Today, 9.55pm Everton v Watford 103 228 Leicester v Sunderland 104 229 Norwich v Palace 105 230 Today, 10pm Bournemouth v Villa 102 227 Tomorrow, 12.30am Chelsea v Swansea 102 227 Tomorrow, 8.30pm Arsenal v West
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        Lock icon WHAT'S YOUR ANTHEM?
        1309 20  -  WE SHED LIGHT ON THE FINAL 1’S TOP 10 CONTESTANTS THROUGH THEIR SONGS MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg MediaCorp Channel 5’s reality singing competition The Final 1 has just unveiled its second season’s batch of top 10 contestants, so the competition will be heating up from here on out.
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        Boy vs girl
        585 20 SINGAPORE It may be early days, but The Final 1’s top 10 contestants seem to have come to a consensus about who will be battling it out in the finals of the reality singing competition; and they were evenly split into two camps. Their votes went to
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        STATE of the ARTS
        164 21  -  MAYO MARTIN Singapore —In the week leading up to tomorrow’s big day, more SG50-re-lated events were rolled out, as museums, cultural institutions and galleries launched events and opened their doors for free, particularly over the Jubilee weekend. At least one venue had a temporary makeover: The
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        Lock icon Humour in the heartlands
        542 21  -  Kumar’s Living Together is not all about insights into social integration SIFA 2015 REVIEW MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE For an arts festival with the word “international” in its name, you really cannot get any more local than Kumar doing a show in Hougang. The popular comedian’s free
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      1173 22 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM My Genie 6.30 Sizzling Woks III (HD) 7.00 The In-laws (HD) 9.00 Pleasant Goat And Big Big Wolf VI 9.30 Happy Family Family Of Joy (HD) 10.00 Tales from Journey To The West (HD) 10.30 Little Counsellor Season 1 And 4 11.00 Behind Every Job
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      1101 23 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL 6.00AM Battle Water Margin (HD) 7 .00 The In-laws (HD) 9.00 Proclamation Of Singapore Followed By National Day Message 2015 9.30 Doraemon TV Special 10.00 Fresh Farmers (HD) 10.30 Wishes (HD) 11.00 Tuesday Report: Where The Home Is (HD) 11.30 Culture In A Bowl 12.30PM
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      316 24 ON SATURDAY 2.00PM TGI Saturday With Dafril Phua 5.00 987 HOME With Joakim Gomez 6.00 Say It With Music With Naomi Yeo 10.00 Automated 11.00 987 Anthems by Zouk And The AOS Collection DJs 6.00AM News Plus The Best Of Body Soul With Daniel Martin 10.00 News Plus Weekend Brunch
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      264 24 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 LIVE Watch any LIVE broadcast programmes anywhere. NATIONAL DAY PARADE The nation celebrates Singapore’s Golden Jubilee.
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    Lock icon Energy Innovation Sputters
    855 1  -  ANALYSIS EDUARDO PORTER INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In the race to develop technologies to slow climate change, the world is off track. Ahead of the planned climate summit meeting in Paris this December, where countries rich and poor are hoping to agree on a strategy to slow global warming,
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    Lock icon Fleeing Conflict, Sold as Wives
    1064 1  -  By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ELLEN BARRY INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY GELUGOR, Malaysia The young woman had been penned in a camp in the jungle of southern Thailand for two months when she was offered a deal. She fled Myanmar this year hoping to reach safety in Malaysia,
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon India’s Inverted Abortion Politics
      815 2  -  INTELLIGENCE MANIL SURI ManilSuri, the author of the novel “The City of Devi,” is a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a contributing opinion writer. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In America, many state governments have tried
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      Lock icon Laos Eludes Crackdown on Wildlife Trafficking
      589 2  -  By THOMAS FULLER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BANGKOK When the authorities in Thailand recently intercepted huge stashes of ivory stuffed inside shipments of beans and tea leaves, the seizures were described as groundbreaking international police work. But there was a major omission
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; NARONG SANGNAK/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  589 words
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      Lock icon Meningitis Strain in Africa Raises Need for Vaccines
      572 3  -  By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Meningitis may be poised for a ferocious comeback in Africa, international aid organizations are warning, and vaccine manufacturers must step up production if the outbreak is to be averted. Meningitis is
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      Lock icon Lebanese Upset as Trash Piles Grow
      734 3  -  By BEN HUBBARD THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BEIRUT, Lebanon On a normal weekend night, the revelers at Floyd the Dog bar spill onto the sidewalk, drinks in hand, to smoke cigarettes in the warm air. But on a recent Saturday night, the
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      Lock icon He Makes His Village Feel Tall
      634 4  -  BALLO KE JOURNAL By NIDA NAJAR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BALLO KE, India In this sleepy Punjabi village, no one was surprised to see a 2.13-meter-tall Sikh farmer striding the narrow lanes toward the local Sikh temple on June 25. The farmer,
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      Lock icon Beyond That First Glance
      626 5  -  LENS TESS FELDER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In 2011, Helen Phillips stopped wearing a scarf to cover her head. Her reason for wearing it was not religious: It was that she had been bald for 18 years. And while she might not look like
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      Lock icon In Mexico, Deals And Connections
      746 6  -  By PAULINA VILLEGAS and FRANCES ROBLES THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SAN FRANCISCO XOCHICUAUTLA, Mexico Armando García has filed lawsuits, joined protests and gotten arrested trying to stop a highway from slicing through his backyard here in a nature reserve. But even with a
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      Lock icon Thieves Strike as Greeks Hide Cash
      636 6  -  By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY ATHENS In Kifissia, an affluent garden suburb of Athens, a retired financial adviser and his wife decided recently to take in an outdoor movie. Halfway through the movie the alarm company called, and they rushed
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  • MONEY & BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Trying to Get the Driver To Let Go of the Wheel
      604 8  -  By DINO GRANDONI THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SONOMA, California Markus Hoffmann, an engineer at Audi, prepared himself for a high-speed run around the Sonoma Raceway. But instead of grabbing the steering wheel, he clutched a button he
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      Lock icon Money Flows to Asian Start-Ups
      726 8  -  By PAUL MOZUR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY HONG KONG The rise of a mobile software company from nothing to a $1 billion valuation in just over a year from its first product release would typically draw rapt attention, and jealousy, inside Silicon Valley.
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      Lock icon In Age of Streaming, Netflix Refines Its DVD Business
      829 9  -  By EMILY STEEL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY FREMONT, California It was just past sunrise one morning at Netflix’s DVD operations here. Metallic arms whirred in a giant glass box and rolling carts holding millions of DVDs lined the walls
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      Lock icon Finland Has Faith in the Euro
      566 9  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By NEIL IRWIN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY ESPOO, Finland Finland is, in many ways, the anti-Greece. Like Greece, it is geographically far from the core Western European powers of Britain, France and Germany. And like Greece, it uses the euro
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Puppies Sent to Prison To Learn Lifesaving
      814 10  -  By ETHAN HAUSER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY OPELIKA, Alabama Little Opelika was about to be honored for her community service by the mayor of this Alabama city for which she is named. She waited. And she fidgeted. And then she barked.
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