Today, 2 April 2016

Microfilm: NL33847
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon US economy powers ahead, adds 215,000 jobs in March
      472 2 AGENCIES WA S H I N GTO N —The United States economy continued to create jobs at a solid pace in March while wages rebounded, allowing a cautious Federal Reserve more scope to raise interest rates and driving stocks lower on
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      Lock icon US officials question Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan over 1MDB
      585 2 M’SIAN POLICE HAVE HAD NO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM JUSTICE DEPT REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR United States Department of Justice officials have asked Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase to provide details on their dealings with 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), as global investigations into
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      Lock icon China records unexpected pick up in factory sector
      344 2 AGENCIES SHANGHAI Activity in China’s sprawling manufacturing sector unexpectedly expanded in March for the first time in nine months, showed an official survey yesterday, fanning hopes that downward pressure on the world’s second-largest economy is easing. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)
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      Lock icon S’pore taking threat of terror very, very seriously: PM
      1005 3 IS security threat larger than Al Qaeda as some S. E. Asians become self-radicalised he says NEW YORK —Noting that hundreds of individuals from Singapore’s neighbours Indonesia and Malaysia have gone to the Middle East to join the Islamic State (IS),
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      Lock icon US credibility at risk if it abandons global role: PM
      1017 3 (2nd Edition) NEW YORK —The international standing of the United States, particularly in Asia, will be affected if it withdraws from its “indispensable” global role in areas like climate change and trade, cautioned Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Citing the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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      Lock icon Productivity a tale of two halves, and challenge is lifting it all-round: DPM
      722 4  -  Lessons from leading and most innovative firms have to be spread to others says DPM NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A closer look at the Republic’s productivity growth in recent years reveals an economy of two halves,
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      Lock icon Productivity a tale of two halves, and challenge is lifting it all-round: DPM
      710 4 (2nd Edition)  -  Lessons from leading and most innovative firms have to be spread to others says DPM NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A closer look at the Republic’s productivity growth in recent years reveals an economy of two halves,
      PHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN  -  710 words
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      Home prices fall in Q1, further decline expected
      669 4  -  ANGELATENG SINGAPORE Private and public housing prices fell in the first quarter, official flash estimates showed yesterday, with industry experts predicting the decline will extend for the rest of the year as cooling measures, loan curbs and slowing economic growth continue to
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      Home prices fall in Q1, further decline expected
      669 4 (2nd Edition)  -  ANGELATENG SINGAPORE Private and public housing prices fell in the first quarter, official flash estimates showed yesterday, with industry experts predicting the decline will extend for the rest of the year as cooling measures, loan curbs and slowing economic growth continue to
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      Lock icon N Korea fired missile, tried to jam GPS in South: Seoul
      714 5 AGENCIES SEOUL North Korea fired a shortrange missile into the sea and tried to jam GPS navigation signals in South Korea yesterday, said Seoul officials, hours after American, South Korean and Japanese leaders pledged to work closer together to
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      624 6 ’i PETRACARBON Petracarbon’s Oil and Gas Division provides products and services such as hydraulic torque tools and flange management solutions (controlled bolting and on-site machining work) related to refineries and marine industries. This is an exciting time for Petracarbon as we plan to start our HPWJ Services double our revenue
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  • voices
    • Article
      Mufti’s courageous stand against Lahore carnage heartening
      271 8  -  FROM DANIEL KOH KAH SOON I commend the Mufti of Singapore for taking an unambiguous stand against the Lahore bombing, which killed more than 70 people, mainly women and children (“Lahore bombing a ‘gross deviation’ from Islam’s teaching: Mufti”; March 31). The carnage,
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      OBS can impart life lessons to social-media generation
      227 8  -  FROM WOON WEE MIN It is great to hear that every Singaporean youth will have the chance to experience Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) at least once in their school years (“Every student to experience OBS camp by 2020”; March 31). I am
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      Let town councils decide on footpath users
      212 8  -  FROM ALICE MOK CHOY GEOK In the coming months, we will probably hear heated arguments about how we can best share the use of footpaths (“Footpaths not for bicycles, scooters”; March 31). The Active Mobility Advisory Panel is recommending that footpaths be shared
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      Silver Support criteria may be unfair to some
      145 8  -  FROM FRANCIS VALENTINE TAN I agree with the viewpoint held in the letter “Flawed eligibility criteria for Silver Support Scheme” (March 30). The criteria used to decide on the payouts are unfair. For instance, a four-room flat in Ang Mo Kio can
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Record-breaking floral chandelier
      101 9 Over five days, more than 260 students from Nanyang Primary School, community gardeners, corporate volunteers and National Parks Board staff joined hands to set the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest floral chandelier. Hanging from a height of 15m and measuring about 17m by 1 0
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      LTA denies claims of threats as teen closes blog on MRT line construction
      862 9  -  18-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE WAS ALSO THREATENED BY STAFF AT WORKSITES NEO CHAI CHIN AND AMANDA LEE chaichin@mediacorp.com.sgleeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A teenage blogger and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) are embroiled in a tit-for-tat over the reason for his
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      Man arrested in Ang Mo Kio flat after 13-hour stand-off
      345 9  -  ASYRAF KAMIL SINGAPORE —A visit by Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers to the home of a suspected drug offender in Ang Mo Kio spiralled into a 13-hour stand-off after the man threatened to set himself on fire while holding his
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    • Article
      Killer in Afro Asia case jailed 10 years for culpable homicide
      574 10  -  Deplorable case one of the most serious ones seen in Singapore, says judge SIAUMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A 71-year-old taxi driver who killed his lawyer’s wife by hitting her with a bicycle chain and padlock before setting the law firm
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      Lock icon 840,000 S’porean households in HDB flats to get part of GST rebate this month
      348 10 SINGAPORE About 840,000 Singaporean households living in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats will receive the next instalment of the GST Voucher Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates this month. In his Budget statement, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat
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      12 months’ suspension for doctor who sold cough syrup to addicts
      373 10  -  LAURA PHILOMIN SINGAPORE —A general practitioner who was convicted of selling nearly 280L of cough syrup to more than 30 addicts without prescriptions over a nine-month period has been suspended from practising medicine for 12 months by the Singapore
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  • world
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      Lock icon 5 officials detained over collapse of overpass in Kolkata
      528 11 Death toll stands at 23, with building company calling the disaster an ‘act of God’ CONSTRUCTION FIRM’S STAFFERS FACE LIFE IMPRISONMENT AGENCIES KOLKATA —Indian police yesterday detained five officials of the construction company that was building an overpass that collapsed in
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      Lock icon Xinhua’s anti-April Fools’ message makes it the butt of jokes
      496 11 THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —It was not intended as a joke. But on April Fools’ Day, it is hard to be certain. Yesterday, the Chinese staterun news agency Xinhua, which is not famous for its sense of humour,
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      Lock icon US textile industry turns to tech as gateway to revival
      1262 12 Far from just looking good, modern materials are made to prioritise function andform THENEWYORKTIMES NEW YORK —Warwick Mills shows the kind of innovative know-how common among American textile companies that have survived the fierce global competition of recent years. The
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  • sports
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      Lock icon SO NEAR, YET SO FAR FOR GEYLANG AGAINST WARRIORS
      491 14  -  Eagles squander another chance at victory to draw for the fifth time in six S.League games AMANPREETSINGH amanpreet@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Geylang International blew a lead for the third time this season as they drew for the fifth time in six S.League matches,
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      Lock icon NEVILLE KNEW HE HAD BEEN SACKED WHILE ON DUTY FOR ENGLAND
      365 14 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Gary Neville was told he had been sacked as Valencia head coach a week before his dismissal was made public but kept silent, in part, to prevent the news from overshadowing England’s preparations for their
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      Lock icon KANE VS VARDY: WHO IS BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO SCORING?
      956 15  -  An Englishman has not won the English Premier League’s coveted Golden Boot since Kevin Phillips smashed 30goals in 1999-2000, but with Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy currently leading the way it looks as if that barren run will end
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      BIG-MATCH PREDICTIONS
      359 15 Arsenal vs Watford The Gunners produced too little too late, when Watford knocked them out of the FA Cup three weeks ago. Failure to concentrate hard enough on stopping Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo left them climbing a mountain, and a series of slow, centralised attacks played right
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      Lock icon NEED A WORKOUT BOOST? DARK CHOCOLATE’S THE TICKET
      911 16 British study shows it affords a slight increase in performance THE NEWYORK TIMES NEW YORK Adding a little dark chocolate to a training diet may effortlessly improve endurance performance, according to a new study of sports nutrition. The findings provide ammunition both
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      Lock icon BELEAGUERED BRAZIL’S NEW PROBLEM: SWINE FLU
      293 16 AFP RIO DE JANEIRO —Brazil, the country hardest hit by the Zika virus, is facing another health problem a swine flu outbreak with the Olympics it is hosting just months away. The outbreak of Type A of the H1N1 virus has killed 46 people
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      26 17 YOUR GO-TO GUIDE FOR WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND 18 FLIGHTS OF FANCY FROM RACING TO PHOTOSHOOTS, THE LOVE FOR DRONES IS DEFINITELY ON ITS WAY UP
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      44 17 20 TRAVELLING SIGHTS Forget that holiday selfie, it’s time for the #dronie 21 BANDS ON THE BUND Local acts make the banks of the Singapore River their stage 22 WORLD FOOD VIEW Chefs get together to produce something special for the World Gourmet Summit
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        Lock icon GAME OF DRONES
        1720 18  -  ONCE A HOBBYIST’S GIZMO, THE DRONE HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg These lean mean machines hover and whizz about on their fast-spinning propellers, creating a whirr that is music to their pilots’ ears. hese are drones, or if you want
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        Drone on
        185 19 SINGAPORE If you are a recreational user, you do not need a permit if your unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone weighs less than 7kg. However, rules governing the flying of unmanned aircraft state that operators cannot fly over or within areas that are restricted, prohibited or deemed
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        The future of drones
        482 19  -  JOY FANG SINGAPORE Noiseless, lighter-than-air drones that have no moving parts and resemble more a UFO (unidentified flying object) more than a copter. A complete aerial view spanning 360 degrees that allows drones to see everything all the time and self-refuelling capabilities (with, for example, the
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        Bird’s eye view
        788 20  -  Drone photography is changing the way travellers see the world VISUAL FEAST SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore-based travel photographer Jino Lee has traversed the globe from Kashmir to Paris snapping dramatic, intimate and evocative shots. While the award-winning photographer owns a variety of gear, such as the
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        Lock icon Music down at the waterline
        564 21  -  Pop-Up Noise: River Flow festival features only Singapore musicians MUSIC BY THE S’PORE RIVER KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Five stages, 30 acts. But unlike most other music festivals, which are often headlined or filled with international acts, Pop-Up Noise: River Flow is a decidedly local
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        Lock icon Feeling blue in a good way
        487 21  -  You’re in for a treat with this show by these boys in blue THEATRE REVIEW: BLUE MAN GROUP MARGUERITATAN features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There is a reason the Blue Man Group has been around for 25 years. To put it simply, it’s not just three bald
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        Lock icon Fine food made honest
        1119 22  -  Highlights at this year’s World Gourmet Summit keep the event relevant CLEVER COLLABORATIONS DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If you haven’t already given in to the buzz, the 20th edition of the World Gourmet Summit (WGS) kicked off this week; and there are a couple of notable
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        Lock icon Far-flung foodie fun
        788 23  -  Some of Singapore’s top makan spots that are worth driving to OFF THE GRID CHRISTOPH ERTOH SINGAPORE How far would you travel for your favourite meal? For some Singaporeans, it means traversing the island’s length and breadth to get to their favourite eats. “I don’t mind going
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        Weekend dining guide: Where to get your tasty treats
        606 23 BEEFING UP AT MCDONALD’S The latest in McDonald’s Singapore’s recent product launches are two new limited-time offerings: Classic Beef With Chicken Bacon and the Beef And Mushroom Deluxe (S$7.15 each a la carte). The former pairs a lightlyseasoned quarter pounder beef
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        Weekend planner: Other things to do this weekend
        564 24 CHILDREN’S AUDITIONS FOR LE S MISERABLE S The award-winning musical Les Miserables will make its way to Singapore in May, but your children can be part of the action too. The company will be holding auditions to fill the roles of young
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    • cars
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        ANSWERING THE S$65,000 QUESTION
        963 25  -  WHAT SORT OF CAR CAN YOU GET FOR THAT AMOUNT UPFRONT? HERE’S A SELECTION OF SIX VERY DIFFERENT MID-RANGE OPTIONS WALKING THE MIDDLE GROUND DERRYNWONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What’s the biggest barrier to car ownership here? Certificates of Entitlement? Taxes like the Additional Registration Fee? Some industry
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        Shine a light on: Dashboard warnings
        722 26  -  That cryptic, squiggly icon on your dashboard was not lit yesterday does it mean your car will self-destruct? Probably not but here’s what you should be aware of SAFETY FIRST DERRYNWONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Dashboard lights are often regarded as a nuisance, but if there’s
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        From pedal power to horsepower
        140 27  -  programme. SCOTT MARSH Not content with crushing his rivals in the velodrome, retired six-time Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy will compete in the Le Mans 24 Hour race on June 18 at the wheel of a Nissan-powered Ligier JS P2. Chris will compete in the
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        Lock icon Hello, Model 3
        170 27  -  SCOTT MARSH In a move that will probably bring a smile to the faces of sustainable motoring fans here, Tesla has announced that it is taking orders from Singapore for its new Model 3. The car looks set to offer electrifying (pun intended) performance as well, if
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        Lock icon Beyond the showroom
        605 27  -  When you buy a car these days, you don’t just get a mode of transport; you also buy into a lifestyle BUILDING BRAND LOYALTY CHERYLTAY todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ho Kun Kee, 69, has been driving Nissans since the late 1970s (back when they were still known as Datsuns).
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      202 24 S PR I N G S UMME R FA SHIO N GARDE N I N T HE CI T Y A T I ON O R C H A R D ELLE SPRING/SUMMER FASHION MASTERCLASS Dive into the latest trends with the help of renowned fashion stylist, Furqan Saini, and
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      1330 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM The Food Detectives C (HD) 6.30 On The Red Dot (HD) (CC) (PG) 7 .00 The Dr Oz Show V (HD) 8.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 NOT The 5 Show (HD) (PG) 11.00 The Ellen
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      1318 29 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Only The Brave C (HD) (Episode 1) (PG) 6.30 Just For Laughs Gags XIII (HD) (Episode 1) 7 .00 The Dr Oz Show V (HD) 8.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 Who Lives Here? (HD) (CC)
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      321 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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      330 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 LATEST CATCH-UP TV Watch episodes on Toggle after they are shown on TV. FREE LIFE FEAR NOT (EPISODE
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  • The New York Times INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY
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      Lock icon The Race To Control Artificial Intelligence
      831 1  -  By By JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR SAN FR ANCISCO The resounding win by a Google artificial intelligence program over a champion in the complex board game Go in March was a statement not so much to game players as to Google’s competitors. Many
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      Lock icon Silk Road Town Is Reborn
      959 1  -  A Swiss team led the meticulous renovation of the Sideng square in Yunnan Province, where a man passed through an alley and villagers in traditional clothes watched a recent performance. By EDWARD WONG SHAXI, China The woman shuffled around her shop in the village square,
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    • WORLD TRENDS
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        Lock icon Brazil’s Politics Turn Vicious
        807 2  -  INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE/VANESSA BARBARA Vanessa Barbara is a columnistfor the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. SãoPaulo, Brazil If you’re in Brazil these days, you shouldn’t wear red. Or grow a beard. In the current political climate, you’ll risk being tagged as
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        Dreams of Treasure Taunt Paraguay
        590 2  -  CAPIATÁ JOURNAL By JONATHAN GILBERT CAPIATÁ, Paraguay Deep in the subtropical heart of South America, the hunt is on. Buried beneath red ocher earthen streets, or perhaps in the shade of mango trees in the fields beyond, opulent treasures are scattered for hundreds of kilometers
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        Lock icon Brawls Can Last Days In a Tribe’s Fight Club
        558 3  -  By BEN C. SOLOMON TSHIFUDI, South Africa As the sun reached its highest point of the day, men started to trickle onto a green field where cows gather. Quickly, they formed a circle, which grew to include excited 9-year-old boys and
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        Rough Path to Kindness in Kabul
        493 3  -  By ROD NORDLAND KABUL, Afghanistan When the Wall of Kindness finally reached Kabul, it was an idea whose time had not quite come. The concept itself is simple: Paint an outdoor wall in a bright color, decorate it with slogans about how giving to
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        Lock icon In a Legacy of Ebola, Still Alive but Alone
        933 4  -  By HELENE COOPER DOLOS TOWN, Liberia As Gaye Dumbai came trudging up the dirt road, heading toward the cemetery where his mother is buried, villagers came out of their houses despite the pouring rain to get a closer look at him.
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        In the Emoji Takeover, a Glass Ceiling and the 2 Kims
        629 4  -  TOM BRADY Emojis have been around since the early 1990s, when Japanese started sending them on their handheld phones. (Emoji comes from Japanese “e” and “moji,” originally meaning pictorial.) Now, they are taking over. Swyft Media, which makes keyboards
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        Lock icon A War Criminal’s Deadly Delusions
        726 6  -  JOHN F. BURNS ESSAY CAMBRIDGE, England To the last, there was no contrition, no plea for forgiveness, no regret for the 100,000 lives lost and tens of thousands of families crushed in the blood bath in Bosnia that his obsessions unleashed nearly a quarter of
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        Lock icon Assad Proves Adept At Juggling Allies
        748 6  -  By ANNE BARNARD BEIRUT, Lebanon One admirer of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria compared him to Charles de Gaulle, the French leader confident enough to defy the United States, even after its decisive help against Nazi Germany. Since President Vladimir V. Putin’s recent announcement
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    • MONEY & BUSINESS
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        Lock icon Manila at Center of Financial Mystery
        737 8  -  By By FLOYD WHALEY and NEIL GOUGH MANILA It is a financial mystery for the digital era: More than $80 million of Bangladesh’s money vanished in February after it was electronically transferred out of that country’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New
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        Lock icon Some Cubans Leave, Some Start Businesses
        727 8  -  By FRANCES ROBLES David Boddiger contributed reporting. HAVANA As an inside joke about all the cookies they scorched on the road to establishing a successful bakery, Antonio and Sandra Camacho Rodríguez named their Havana sweets shop the Burner Brothers. It was a metaphor for
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        Lock icon World Leader in Solar Thermal Technology Faces Reckoning
        760 9  -  By RAPHAEL MINDER The Spanish company Abengoa is the world leader in a technology known as solar thermal, with operations from Algeria to Latin America. Since 2010, it has built two American plants, in Arizona and California, supplying electricity to more than
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        Lock icon Banks Pull Back as Coal’s Future Darkens
        531 9  -  By MICHAEL CORKERY of energy, particularly outside the United States. JPMorgan is halting financing of new coal-fired plants in wealthy nations like the United States, but will continue to lend to plants in the developing world, where in some places the coal market
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    • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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        906 10  -  By JOHN TIERNEY Is empathy an essential virtue for a leader? The conventional wisdom is that a good candidate must be able to feel your pain, and President Bill Clinton was hailed as a virtuoso of empathy, supposedly riding that quality
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