Today, 13 February 2016

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      Lock icon S Korea cuts power in Kaesong as tensions grow
      489 2 SAYS NORTH ACTED ILLEGALLY IN FREEZING ASSETS, CUTTING HOTLINES AGENCIES SEOUL Tensions in the Korean Peninsula further escalated after South Korea warned yesterday that North Korea had acted “illegally” in expelling staff from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone as well
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      Lock icon THAAD DISCUSSIONS MAY START NEXT WEEK
      338 2 AGENCIES South Korea could begin detailed discussions with the United States as early as next week on bringing in an advanced American missile defence system, a senior official said yesterday, as China again expressed concerns over the move. Both Seoul and Washington had last
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      Lock icon Japan stocks in biggest weekly drop since GFC as yen soars
      481 2 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese shares plunged yesterday, with the key stock indexes posting their biggest weekly losses since the global financial crisis (GFC), as exporters were hammered by a surge in the yen to its highest level in 15 months.
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      Lock icon S Korea cuts power in Kaesong as tensions grow
      495 2 (2nd Edition) SAYS NORTH ACTED ILLEGALLY IN FREEZING ASSETS, CUTTING HOTLINES AGENCIES SEOUL Tensions in the Korean Peninsula further escalated after South Korea warned yesterday that North Korea had acted “illegally” in expelling staff from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone as well
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      Lock icon THAAD DISCUSSIONS MAY START NEXT WEEK
      338 2 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES South Korea could begin detailed discussions with the United States as early as next week on bringing in an advanced American missile defence system, a senior official said yesterday, as China again expressed concerns over the move. Both Seoul and Washington had last
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      Lock icon Japan stocks in biggest weekly drop since GFC as yen soars
      482 2 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese shares plunged yesterday, with the key stock indexes posting their biggest weekly losses since the global financial crisis (GFC), as exporters were hammered by a surge in the yen to its highest level in 15 months.
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      Lock icon Studies come first, says SEA Games champ as she retires
      828 4  -  Talented equestrienne, 18, to concentrate on university, says balancing act was too difficult ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two-time SEA Games gold medallist, equestrienne Janine Khoo (picture), has retired from her sport at just 18 years of age. The teenager, who
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      OCBC offers lower mortgage rate — but for just 15 days
      671 4  - OCBC offers lower mortgage rate but for just 15 days ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Aiming to capture a bigger slice of the home loan pie from its rivals amid the weak property market outlook and rising interest rates, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) yesterday announced a mortgage package significantly lower than
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      Lock icon Long shunned, Myanmar artists pine for their day in the sun
      609 7  -  LEE YEN NEE YANGON As Myanmar President Thein Sein’s five-year term nears its end, making way for the new-ly-elected National League for Democracy (NLD) government, the arts and culture community in the country yearns for a piece of attention,
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      Community action, installation of cameras help cut vehicle theft, loan shark harassment
      389 8  -  SIAU MINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SING APORE While the overall number of crime cases went up last year, there were reductions in other classes of crime, where offences such as un-licensed-moneylending harassment and motor-vehicle thefts recorded decades-low figures. There were
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  • singapore
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  • world
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      Lock icon Taiwan to seize assets from building developer
      528 12 MILLIONS TO BE FROZEN AS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO DEADLY QUAKE COLLAPSE AGENCIES NEW TAIPEI CITY —More than a million dollars’ worth of assets belonging to a developer and several of his associates involved in the construction of an apartment complex felled by an
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      Lock icon No plans for joint US-India naval patrols, says State Department
      295 12 AGENCIES WASHINGTON There are currently no plans for joint naval patrols by the United States and India, said the US State Department. “The United States and India do have a shared vision of peace, stability and prosperity in Asia,” State
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      Lock icon US, Russia announce plans to deliver aid, ceasefire in Syria
      643 13 THE NEW YORK TIMES MUNICH —United States Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, announced they had agreed on the delivery over the next few days of desperately needed aid to besieged Syrian cities, to be
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      Lock icon Jho Low sells Picasso, Basquiat artworks at a loss
      535 13 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK —Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho (picture) has attracted attention for his flashy lifestyle and real estate deals, as well as his connections to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s family and the government’s troubled investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
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      Lock icon Coalition partners to boost efforts against IS
      373 13 THE NEW YORK TIMES BRUSSELS All but a few of the 40 countries in the coalition now fighting Islamic State (IS) have “stepped up to do more in the last months and days”, United States Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said after a meeting
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  • business
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      Lock icon S’pore, Swiss banks bid for Barclays’ Asian wealth business
      248 14 REUTERS SINGAPORE —DBS Group Holdings and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, as well as Swiss bank Julius Baer, have submitted non-binding bids for Barclays’ Asian private wealth business, said people familiar with the matter. First-round bids for the Singaporebased unit, which bankers value
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      Singtel reports 1.7% Q3 profit dip
      537 14  -  STRONGER S’PORE DOLLAR WEAKENS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVERSEAS OPERATIONS ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singtel yesterday reported a 1.7 per cent dip in its fiscal third-quarter net profit, largely due to weaker contributions from overseas operations caused by a stronger Singapore dollar, even as mobile data
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      New plan to grow local furniture industry
      349 14  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s furniture industry grew 7.4 per cent between 2012 and 2015, and booked S$6.25 billion in sales last year. To boost the industry further, the Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) has unveiled a three-year blueprint to build capabilities and
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      101 14 Singapore Swimming Club is looking for: 1. JACKPOT OFFICERS Carry out cashier duties Handle jackpot daily operations, eg, meter reading Basic computer knowledge and English literate 2. HOUSEKEEPING ATTENDANTS Clean and maintain furniture and fixtures Thorough scrubbing of toilets and shower cubicles Replenish toiletries on a regular basis Basic cleaning
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  • sports
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      Lock icon SPONSORS DRAWN TO S.LEAGUE BUZZ
      679 16  -  SMRT IS THE LATEST ORGANISATION TO GET ON BOARD NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the 2016 S.League season building up to be one of the most highly-anticipated in recent years, thanks in large part to the signing of former Arsenal and Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant,
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      2 MORE SENIOR STAFF QUIT SPORTS HUB, MAKING 7 EXITS IN 6 MONTHS
      403 16  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Another two members of senior management at Sports Hub Pte Ltd (SHPL) have parted ways with the consortium, with legal director Maud Brotons and Tan Ai Sim, head of human resources, resigning
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      Lock icon PENNANT, TAMPINES HELP USHER IN NEW ERA FOR S.LEAGUE
      1052 17  -  NOAH TAN AND AMANPREET SINGH sports@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the 2015 S.League season drew to a close last November, Singapore’s only professional sports league seemed to be staring into a bleak and uncertain future. Crowd attendances were dwindling, interest in the league
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      Lock icon POCHETTINO, SPURS LOOK THE REAL DEAL
      1080 18  -  Leicester City are undoubtedly the romantic choice to lift this season’s Premier League crown, but if second-placed Tottenham were to land their first title in 55 years, it would also be a fairytale finish. After decades in the doldrums, TODAY’SEPL analyst, Adrian Clarke (sports@mediacorp.com.sg),
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      BIG-MATCH PREDICTIONS
      269 18 Sunderland vsManUtd Big Sam Allardyce is starting to get a tune out of his relegation strugglers, but this is not a great time to be facing United. There has been far more vim and vigour in their past two displays, and I like the goal threat posed by
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      61 19 IN THIS EDITION: OUR TOP EVENTS TO CHECK OUT STARS AND THEIR ROMANTIC FOIBLES HAVE A DIY PICNIC DATE ANTI V-DAY PARTIES FOR THE SINGLETON LAST-MINUTE DEALS FOR THE UNPREPARED SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016 (THE ALTERNATIVE) 20 WHAT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE THE MOST ROMANTIC DAY OF
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    • VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL
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        Lock icon ROMANCE IN THE OUTDOORS
        1081 20  -  THE PROS OFFER TIPS ON HOW TO SERVE UP A PROPER VALENTINE’S DAY PICNIC DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg The idea almost seems cliched, but perhaps it’s because we’ve grown somewhat jaded with the image of two lovers on a picnic mat often under an Insta-worthy tree on
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        Lock icon V-day for the unconventional
        766 21  -  Forget the dinner date here are other options ALTERNA-DATES JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As far as I can remember, Valentine’s Day has been about expensive four-course dinners and over-the-top bouquets. But does this day of love necessarily require forking out tons of money to show your
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        Our top picks for the Valentine’s Day Weekend
        1015 22  -  THINGS TO DO CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE —Valentine’s Day is upon us again. But if you’re feeling that the usual “let’s go to dinner” routine is running a little tired, then perhaps you might want to consider coupling that with other offerings, be
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        Lock icon Last minute V-day deals
        329 22 SINGAPORE While more are dining at home a survey by food delivery service Foodpanda said more than 150 respondents cited home as the most romantic place on the island after Marina Bay Sands we have to admit that everyone does enjoy a lavish pampering once in
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        Lock icon Love the way you eat
        943 23  -  Shared meals for couples to get their hands dirty with FOOD REVIEW: RED EYE SMOKEHOUSE AND CAJUN ON WHEELS ANNETTE TAN features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —To quote an unnamed poet: Roses are red/violets are blue/on Valentine’s Day/ the vodka costs less/ than dinner for two. Indeed, there
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        ALL DAY SEAFOOD AT OCEANS OF SEAFOOD
        92 23 (PasarBella The Grandstand, Tel: 6466 1005) Speaking of a laidback ode to a lovers’ meal, this Grilled Seafood Valentine’s Day Platter for two (S$88) is an ideal first date ice breaker sans the fancy distractions. The platter comes with two glasses of white
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        A DIZZYING AFFAIR AT 1-ALTITUDE GALLERY & BAR
        140 23 A DIZZYING AFFAIR AT 1-ALTITUDE GALLERY BAR (1 Raffles Place, Level 63, Tel: 6438 0410) Whether you choose to cook at home or kick the evening off with Stellar’s celebratory six-course dinner menu (S$200 to S$240 per person), which features, among several highlights, a pairing of Sevruga caviar with sea
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        CHOCOLATE DECADENCE AT THE COURTYARD
        132 23 (The Fullerton Hotel, Tel: 6733 8388) If you’re looking to splurge on dessert, it would be hard to ignore this popular chocolate buffet, featuring artisanal Amedei chocolate imported from Tuscany in Italy, which is put to good use in handcrafted delights such as the Bitter
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        WINE AND CHEESE AT CATALUNYA
        119 23  -  DON MENDOZA (The Fullerton Pavilion, 82 Collyer Quay, Tel: 6534 0886) It might be your preferred end to a meal, in place of something expectedly sweet. Regardless, a cheese platter of five Spanish cheeses is a delightfully indulgent way to while the evening away. Especially
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        Lock icon Love in a time of technology
        1080 24  -  The Love Machine stars Keagan Kang, Jojo Goh and Nat Ho on navigating romance in the digital age DIGITAL AFFAIRS MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Love changes everything, but love never changes. That said, methods of romance and courtship do. Gone are the days when
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        Lock icon ROAD TO RUIN
        828 25  -  3 WAYS YOU COULD BE KILLING YOUR CAR’S ENGINE, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM DERRYN WONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Modern cars are very reliable devices. Considering the thousands of mechanical and electronic parts they carry, it’s quite amazing that they deliver, for most of us most of the
        consequences catastrophic, as this damaged piston shows. PHOTOS: NEWSPRESS, JEAN-CHARLES DAHOUT  -  828 words
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        Stylish utility vehicles
        1028 26  -  These offerings from Renault and Toyota offer plenty of practical features and flair RIDING HIGH LEOW JU-LEN todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg DERRY NWONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The good news: Renault’s Kadjar has a 1.5-litre turbodiesel engine. The bad news: It has a 1.5-litre turbodiesel engine. That means whether you like the
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        Executive decisions
        1076 27  -  These sedans from Kia and Lexus offer plenty of features for the money and refined power respectively DRIVERS’ DELIGHTS LEOW JU-LEN todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg DERRYN WONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Why buy a big Kia when a little more money could get you, say, a smaller car from a Continental brand instead?
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    • The New York Times INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY
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        Lock icon Tracing Zika’s Global Trail
        2599 1  -  The Search to Explain Birth Defects in Brazil Led to a Mosquito-Borne Virus This article is by Donald Simon Romero and Donald G. McNeil Jr., Simon Romero Sabrina Tavernise. Something strange was happening last August in the maternity wards of Recife, a city perched on Brazil’s
        MAURICIO LIMA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; I Source : Braz i l ’ s M i nistry ofHea l t h; THENEWYORKT I MES : i ’ i l; Sources: Ellen Kuzdro (relief map); “Anticipating the internat i ona l spread of Zikavirusfrom Brazil ,” The Lancet. Isaac I. Bogoch and Kamran Khan, University of Toronto; Mary E. Wilson, University of Cal i forn i a , SanFrancisco.; T I MWALLACE,SERGIOPEÇANHA/THENEWYORKTIMES; ALE RUARO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES;; EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; FERNANDO VERGARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS; UESLEI MARCELINO/REUTERS  -  2,599 words
      • WORLD TRENDS
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          Lock icon Disappointed by Europe, Some Iraqi Migrants Return Home
          842 6  -  By TIM ARANGO Falih Hassan, Omar al-Jawoshy and Ahmed Salah contributed reporting. BAGHDAD Mohammed alJabiry tossed and turned in his bed at a refugee center in Finland, comparing life in Europe with life in Baghdad. After many sleepless nights, he decided to
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          Lock icon Pakistan’s Hand in International Jihad
          636 6  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By CARLOTTA GALL TUNIS President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has warned recently that unless peace talks with Pakistan and the Taliban produce results, his country may not survive 2016. Afghanistan is barely standing, he says, after the Taliban onslaught last year. “How much
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          Lock icon Feats of Courage, Like Singing Out Loud
          615 5 Some find rewards in confronting their fears head-on. TESS FELDER When trying to face your fears, it is easy to say no. But it can be far more satisfying to say yes. This was the approach taken by Henry Alford, who explained in
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          Lock icon Indonesians Practice Genital Cutting
          798 3  -  Some 200 million women in 30 nations are circumcised. By PAM BELLUCK, JOE COCHRANE Female genital cutting has been seen as an ancient ritual practiced in Africa and to a lesser extent in the Middle East, but a new assessment documents for the first time that
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          Lock icon China Sees Male Teachers As Key to Masculine Boys
          713 3  -  Worries that a generation will grow into timid men. JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ FUZHOU, China The history class began with a lesson on being manly. Lin Wei, 27, one of a handful of male sixth-grade teachers at a primary school here, has
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          Lock icon Russian Banks, Lies and Emojis
          807 2  -  INTELLIGENCE MASHA GESSEN Masha Gessen is the author of “The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy.” Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. If you were a young iPhone-car-rying client of RocketBank, a Russian start-up that offers app-based banking, you would have gotten some mixed messages on
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          Lock icon Ukraine’s Veterans Find Solace in Pizza
          564 2  -  By ANDREW ANDREW E. KRAMER, ALISA SOPOVA KIEV, Ukraine In the fields of eastern Ukraine, they fought the Russians. Now, as men in a kitchen, they are no less fearsome. “It’s hard, it’s hot, but I’m with my brothers,” said Leonid Ostaltsev, the bearded,
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      • MONEY & BUSINESS
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          Lock icon Media Titans, Netflix Should Worry You
          791 9  -  A firm with global ambitions, and the strategy is working. ESSAY FARHAD MANJOO Imagine you run a global media conglomerate. Say you’re Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of Disney, or perhaps you’re slightly less powerful the boss of Twen- ty-First Century Fox or
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          Lock icon African Economies Slide With China’s
          702 9  -  By NORIMITSU ONISHI JOHANNESBURG Years of rapid growth across sub-Saharan Africa fueled hopes of a prosperous new era. To many, the world’s poorest continent was finally emerging, with economies that were no longer dependent on the fickle global demand for Africa’s raw resources. But as
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          Lock icon All-Bedouin Tech Firm Hints at Shift in Israel
          646 8  -  By ISABEL KERSHNER ABU QREINAT, Israel A resident of a ramshackle sprawl of shacks and houses in the Negev Desert, Rabaa Al-Hawashleh is an unlikely worker in Israel’s high-tech industry. Her mother is illiterate, and her father drives a truck. The Bedouin
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          Lock icon Technology Replaces Seat-Back Catalog
          580 8  -  With inflight Wi-Fi, complaints about an avalanche of ads. By MARTHA C. WHITE Rose Wang, a frequent traveler, is willing to concede that she sort of misses the SkyMall catalog and its quirky roundup of gadgets and oddities. But Ms. Wang, who lives in the Washington
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      • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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          Lock icon Flying Into the Heart Of El Niño for Data
          940 11  -  Scientists unlock the secrets of a powerful weather formation. By HENRY FOUNTAIN HONOLULU About 1,600 kilometers south of Hawaii, the air at 13,000 meters above the equatorial Pacific was a shimmering gumbo of thick storm clouds and icy cirrus haze, all
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          Lock icon Celestial Calculations Found in Ancient Babylon
          588 11  -  A math concept that emerged in Europe 15 centuries later. By KENNETH CHANG For people living in the ancient city of Babylon, Marduk was their patron god, and thus it is not a surprise that Babylonian astronomers took an interest in tracking the comings
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          Lock icon Waiting for Its Dinner, the Venus Flytrap Is Counting Down
          554 10  -  A carnivorous plant that is adept at timing its next meal. By JAMES GORMAN Carnivorous plants stir the imagination. You can find the results in science fiction novels, Broadway plays and in recent research that concludes that the Venus flytrap
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          Lock icon Diving Deep in the Ocean, To Keep Data Centers Cool
          735 10  -  By JOHN MARKOFF REDMOND, Washington Researchers at Microsoft believe the future of data centers may be under the sea. Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data center that can operate 100 meters or so below the surface of
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      • PERSONALITIES
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          Lock icon Hero Who Bested Hitler Remains a Humble Man
          668 13  -  JOACHIM RONNEBERG By ANDREW HIGGINS ALESUND, Norway For a man who saved the world, or at least helped ensure that Adolf Hitler never got hold of a nuclear bomb, 96-year-old Joachim Ronneberg has a surprisingly unheroic view of the forces that shape
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          Lock icon From Rio’s Slums, Going for Gold
          763 13  -  RAFAELA SILVA By JOHN JOHN BRANCH RIO DE JANEIRO On a narrow, steep street about eight kilometers from where the Olympic judo competition will take place in August, 31 concrete steps hugged the outside of a building. The stairs had no railing, and reinforcing
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          Lock icon A Punk Elder Wrestles With Devastating Loss
          734 12  -  PATTI SMITH By PENELOPE GREEN Patti Smith’s sparsely furnished one-room bungalow in the Rockaways area of Queens, New York, gleamed. “It’s the first place I’ve ever lived where I made all the choices,” she said proudly. “I don’t like anything superfluous.” An armchair
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          723 12  -  BOB BOZIC By ALEX VADUKUL At the Fanelli Cafe in New York, 65-year-old Bob Bozic cultivated a following as a rude barman who reads several books a week, keeps season tickets to the opera and tells stories of an improbably novelistic life:
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