The Straits Times, 31 January 2017

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    42 1 THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY JANUARY31,2017 SINCE1845 EXCELLENCE IN REDESIGN: SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN, BEST NEWS WEBSITE: WAN-IFRA 72 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS $1.10 subscribe: To subscribe: 6388-3838 sphsubscription.com.sg A Singapore A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 041/02/2016
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    Lock icon Trump stays firm despite backlash on US entry curbs
    605 1  -  He blames problems at US airports on computer outage, protesters; no ban on green card holders Nirmal Ghosh USBureauChief US Bureau Chief In Washington nirmal@sph.com.sg The furore surrounding US President Donald Trump’s immigration clampdown continued for a second day, as aides
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    Lock icon Manila suspends war on drugs
    89 1 The Philippine police yesterday suspended a controversial war on drugs, as they move to try and purge their ranks of rogue officers. The 160,000-strong Philippine National Police has been shaken by a scandal over the kidnapping and slaying last year of a South Korean man,
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    Lock icon 6 killed in Quebec terror strike
    44 1 OTTAWA Two gunmen stormed a mosque in Quebec City on Sunday, killing six people. The attack came a day after Canadian Prime MinisterJustinTrudeausaidhisna- tion welcomed refugees “regardless of faith”, following a controversial entry ban in the United States.
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’s News
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        Lock icon No ban on green card holders
        54 2 TOP OF THE NEWS The furore over US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban continued, as some firms say it will strangle the free flow of workers and commerce. The Department of Homeland Security said those with green cards would not be blocked from returning
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      • Article
        Lock icon New centre plays key role
        60 2 TOP OF THE NEWS The new Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre plays a key role in developing and promoting a unique Singapore Chinese culture, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said at a Chinese New Year gathering. The 11-storey centre in Shenton Way will also
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        Lock icon Boat disaster: Search grows
        80 2 WORLD Rescuers have expanded the search for four Chinese tourists and a Malaysian crewman still missing after their boat sank off Sabah state. Police have detained the boat’s owner, its skipper and another crewman for suspected negligence. Officers from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, the navy
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        Lock icon Mourning for Suu Kyi adviser
        53 2 WORLD Tens of thousands of mourners yesterday attended the funeral of Mr Ko Ni, a top Muslim lawmaker and adviser to Ms Aung San Suu Kyi who was gunned down on Sunday outside Yangon airport in Myanmar. The ruling party has denouncedhis assassination as a
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        Lock icon Online gaming worth a study
        52 2 OPINION Games imitate life, and the world of online gaming is deserving of study for the insights it yields on human behaviour, writes Farish A. Noor. One development is a disturbing change in people’s notions of play and victory, with cheating now increasingly accepted, he
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      • Straits Times Digital
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          Lock icon Double rainbow joy
          23 2 PHOTOS Social media lit up with photographs yesterday of Singapore’s skyline crowned with a double rainbow after heavy showers. http://str.sg/4mKP
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          17 2 VIDEO Senior health correspondent Salma Khalikexplains howto decide if MediShield Life offers you sufficient coverage. http://str.sg/4mKD
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      • Article
        Lock icon Rental cars a vehicle for crime
        50 2 HOME Nine out of 15 car rental firms The Straits Times contacted said they are concerned that their cars are increasingly being used for criminal activities. The authorities say more than 70 vehicles held for investigations between 2014 and 2016 involved rental vehicles. B2
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      • Article
        Lock icon Ideas for ageing population
        49 2 HOME Strategies to cope with an ageing population were a key part of an Institute of Policy Studies report that also looked at a changing skills and innovation landscape. Ideas include a time-banking system for caregivers and internships for those aged 50 and older. B4
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        Lock icon Private home market wakes up
        49 2 BUSINESS December’s tepid new private home sales tally, that spelt a soft end to an otherwise bright year, could soon be a distant memory. In a lively start to the newyear, the new private home market is expected to welcome as many as fourprojectlaunchesbyApril.C1
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        Lock icon Thrilling NBA finish
        66 2 SPORT The Atlanta Hawks outlasted the New York Knicks 142-139 after a marathon quadruple overtime on Sunday. Paul Millsap (below, in red) put the Hawks ahead with 27 seconds remaining and finished with season-high 37 points. Millsap logged 60 minutes of court time in defending Carmelo Anthony,
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        Lock icon S’pore music at Carnegie Hall
        70 2 LIFE Twenty-six years after she first performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Singapore violinist Siow Lee Chin will play there again on Feb 8. This time, she will be putting the spotlight on Singapore music. In her widest repertoire of Singapore and Chinese music programmed
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    • What’s Next
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        Lock icon Debate on Bill to trigger Brexit process
        68 2 Britain’s Parliament is set to begin debating a Bill today to launch the country’s exit from the European Union. The Bill authorising the government to trigger the Brexit process by invoking Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty will be debated today and
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        Lock icon Local favourites at River Hongbao
        78 2 From today till Saturday, home-grown performers will take centre stage at the River Hongbao with local favourites lined up for the different thematic nights. Xinyao Night today will feature local singers such as Roy Loi, Hong Shao Xuan, Pan Ying and Deng Shu Xian, who
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        Lock icon S’pore firms report results this week
        75 2 Local investors returning to the fray today after the ChineseNewYear market holiday will be wondering if the Singapore bourse can maintain its standing as the region’s best performer. The Straits Times Index has rallied a sizzling 6.39 per cent so far this year. Investors
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      Lock icon More clarity on maids’ loans
      337 2  -  Why lt Matters Joanna Seow joseow@sph.com.sg Employers looking for domestic helpers now have a clearer idea of how much their Filipino maids need to borrow to cover the costs of preparing to work here, and how much they should spend each month repaying that loan.
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Two held after Quebec mosque shooting
      845 3 One suspect turns himself in following attack that leaves six dead, eight injured ter.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ter. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS REUTERS result of Mr Trump’s order. Mr Trudeau yesterday assailed what he called “this terrorist attack on Muslims in a centre of
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      Lock icon Seized SAF Terrex vehicles back home from HK
      351 4  -  Royston Sim RoystonSim AssistantPoliticalEditor roysim@sph.com.sg The nine Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) armoured vehicles held in Hong Kong arrived in Singapore yesterday, more than two months after they were first seized. The Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the nine Terrex
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    • Article
      Lock icon SIA casts net wide to hire more cadet pilots
      446 4  -  Recent recruitment ads welcome applications from all nationalities as airline looks to meet future needs Karamjit Kaur KaramjitKaur AviationCorrespondent karam@sph.com.sg Singapore Airlines (SIA) is actively reaching out to more nationalities, as it ramps up its cadet pilot recruitment to meet future
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      Lock icon Chinese take Changi traffic to new high
      552 4  -  Karamjit Kaur Passenger traffic at Changi Airport has climbed to new heights, fuelled in part by a rise in the number of Chinese travellers. Total traffic last year hit a record 58.7 million, 5.9 per cent higher than in 2015. From fifth place,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Double deaths: Man accused of killing wife a week ago
      255 4  -  Shaffiq Alkhatib ashaffiq@sph.com.sg The woman who was found dead with her daughter on the first day of Chinese New Year last Saturday, was allegedly killed more than a week earlier. Teo Ghim Heng, also known as Zhang jinxing, 41,was charged
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      Lock icon Trump's moves to make US safe 'weaken counter-terror defences’
      647 6 / 7 Officials worried President has alienated allies and given propaganda fodder to terror groups News analysis WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Though cast as measures meant to make the country safe, the Trump administration’s moves during its first week in office are more likely
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      Lock icon New policy confirms US is at war with Islam, say extremist groups
      423 6 / 7 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Extremist groups celebrated the Trump administration’s travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majori-ty countries, saying the new policy validates their claim that the United States is at war with Islam. Comments posted to pro-Islamic State
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      Lock icon Previous US restrictions on Iraqi refugees and Iranian citizens
      476 6 / 7 2011: OBAMA ORDERS MORE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR IRAQI REFUGEES In justifying his executive order for a temporary ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim countries, US President Donald Trump said that it was “similar to what President (Barack) Obama did in 2011
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      Lock icon Trump’s core backers shrug off uproar
      475 6 / 7 REUTERS NEW YORK Many of United States President Donald Trump’s core political supporters had a simple message for the fiercest opponents of his immigration ban: Calm down. The relaxed reaction among the kind of voters who drove Mr Trump’s historic upset victory working and
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      Lock icon New Chinese cultural centre plays key role: Shanmugam
      604 8  -  It will help develop and promote S’pore’s unique culture among younger generation, he says Royston Sim RoystonSim AssistantPoliticalEditor roysim@sph.com.sg Singapore’s strength comes from its individual cultures Chinese, Malay, Indian and the fact that these are not exclusive, Minister for Home Affairs and
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      Lock icon 86-year-old has accumulated 100,000 hongbao over 15 years
      825 8  -  Lin Yangchen linyc@sph.com.sg Like many who recently received a hongbao, you probably ripped it apart, kept the cash and discarded the red packet. Not Mr Samson Low Seng San, 86. He keeps the empty hongbao envelopes, now in the thousands. They are
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      Lock icon Another collects branded hongbao
      184 8  -  Lin Yangchen Four years ago, hongbao collector Jason Chia began to specialise in hongbao from luxury brands. “I decided to focus on that because it gave me an extra challenge,” said Mr Chia, 57, a project manager in the construction industry. Names like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolex
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      Lock icon Manila suspends war on drugs to purge rogue cops
      952 9  -  Move to clean up police ranks comes amid scandal over slaying of Korean man by anti-drug cops Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila rdancel@sph.com.sg The Philippine police yesterday suspended President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, as it refocuses its efforts
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      Lock icon Tengah’s kampung history inspires farmway concept
      580 9  -  Janice Heng janiceh@sph.com.sg Ms Wu Sau Ling, 27, had not expected her job to involve brushing aside leaves and branches while trudging along muddy tracks. But that was what she and fellow Housing Board planners had to do while visiting the site of the
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      Lock icon NTU, NUS climb global MBA course rankings
      342 9  -  Ann Williams ann@sph.com.sg Singapore’s top business schools rose up the ranks of the Financial Times’ (FT) annual global ranking of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes, released yesterday. Nanyang Technological Uni- versity’s (NTU) Nanyang Business School took joint 24th place with Duke University’s
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Search expanded for missing 5 in Sabah boat sinking
      725 10 Meanwhile, police detain boat’s owner, skipper and crewman for alleged negligence AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK XINHUA KUALA LUMPUR Rescuers yesterday expanded their search for four Chinese tourists and a Malaysian crewman after their boat sank in rough seas off
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; XINHUA; PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; Source: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS; PHOTOS: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; BERNAMA  -  725 words
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      Lock icon Call to strictly enforce safety rules
      389 10 BERNAMA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU The Malaysian authorities are calling for stricter enforcement on boats ferrying passengers in Sabah, following last Saturday’s deadly incident. The boat was carrying 27 tourists from China and three crewmen when it capsized, with questions
      BERNAMA; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  389 words
    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Duterte accuses US of building arms depots
        592 11  -  But Philippine military says no armouries built as part of defence deal with Washington Raul Dancel RaulDancel PhilippinesCorrespondent InManila rdancel@sph.com.sg President Rodrigo Duterte has accused the United States of building permanent arms depots in the Philippines, but the Philippine military later contradicted him,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Indonesian arrest shifts discourse on ISIS
        295 11 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA The recent arrest of a former mid-ranking finance ministry official, who was deported from Turkey for attempting to enter Syria to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with his family, has changed the discourse on
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      • WORLD FOCUS
        • JOURNEYS OF HOPE
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            Lock icon From child refugee to Undergraduate of the Year
            1015 12 / 13  -  Amid the growing anti-immigrant rhetoric in Europe, scholars, activists and former refugees are speaking up against commonly held beliefs that refugees pose a security threat and economic burden on host countries. Tan Dawn Wei meets two refugees who made a new life
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            Lock icon RAAD AND WISSAM HADAYA
            141 12 / 13 IRAQIS IN FRANCE Battling bitterly cold temperatures of minus 15 deg C and glacial winds, 33-year-old Raad and 27-year-old Wissam Hadaya, two I raqi refugees in France, work tirelessly as volunteers for the Nordic Combined World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, their way of saying “thank you”. “For
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            Lock icon NOORA ARKAVAZI
            150 12 / 13 IRAQI IN MACEDONIA She was a sick Iraqi among a wave of refugees trying to enter Serbia, while he belonged to the stern Macedonian police force keeping guard. But Ms Noora Arkavazi, a 20-year-old Kurdish Muslim, and Orthodox Christian Bobi Dodevski (above), 35, quickly fell in love after
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            Lock icon TAMEM AL SAKKA
            167 12 / 13 SYRIAN IN GERMANY MrTamem AlSakka, 42, is the youngest of three brothers working in his pastry shop, Konditorei Damaskus, in the Neukoeln neighbourhood of Berlin. The exiled pastry chef who ran a big bakery in his war-torn city of Homs in Syria, fled to Germany with his
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            Lock icon SULEYMAN BAZIE AND BARRY MISBAU
            77 12 / 13 AFRICANS IN ITALY Mr Barry Misbau (right) from the Republic of Guinea and Mr Suleyman Bazie from the Ivory Coast, two migrant volunteers with the Italian Red Cross, worked with other rescue helpers following the Jan 18 avalanche that swept the Hotel Rigopiano in the
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            Lock icon TALAL RANKOUSSI
            104 12 / 13 SYRIAN IN GREECE Syrian refugee Talal Rankoussi,41, was a chef at Bawabet Al Dimashq-Damascus Gate in his country before being forced to flee the dangerous war zone and risk his life crossing the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to reach Greece and the EU. Bawabet Al Dimashq-Damascus Gate
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            Lock icon Genocide survivor helps others in need
            606 12 / 13  -  Tan Dawn Wei It happened one night in 1994. Ms Marie-Christine Nibagwire was in her pyjamas and at home with her two-year-old daughter and visiting nieces when she got an unexpected visitor–aservantofhersister,who lived just down the road. He frantically told her that her sister
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        Lock icon Thousands attend funeral of slain Suu Kyi adviser
        780 14 Ruling party and family believe slain Muslim lawyer was killed because of his politics AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS YANGON Tens of thousands of mourners gathered yesterday to bury a top Muslim lawyer and adviser to Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, who was gunned
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        Lock icon France’s crowning glory
        116 14 France won its first Miss Universe crown in 64 years yesterday in a made-for-television spectacle where finalists spoke out on the refugee crisis and other hot-button global issues. Ms Iris Mittenaere, a dental surgery student from Lille in the north of France, beat 85 of the world’s
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        Lock icon Dhaka steps up plan to relocate Rohingya
        342 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA Bangladesh will push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who arrived from Myanmar to a remote island, according to a government website. The government has set up a committee comprising state officials in
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        Lock icon ‘Father of Pac-Man’ Masaya Nakamura dies
        235 14 TOKYO Japanese toy and game software-maker Bandai Namco said yesterday that its founder, Mr Masaya Nakamura, known as “Father of Pac-Man”, has died at the age of 91. Mr Nakamura, who served as a top adviser to the company, died on Jan 22, the
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        Lock icon Japan gears up for key Abe-Trump talks
        546 15 Japanese PM, business lobby making moves to respond to trade pressure from US leader REUTERS TOKYO Japan is scrambling to respond to intensifying trade pressure from US President Donald Trump, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planning to meet the head of Toyota Motor
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        Lock icon Angling for a prize catch in the cold
        118 15 A frozen river in Hwacheon, 118km north-east of Seoul, South Korea, was packed yesterday as visitors fished for sancheoneo, a type of mountain trout. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, which kicked off on Jan 14, will run until Feb 5. It saw
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        Lock icon In Japan’s nursing homes, many caregivers are elderly too
        751 15 WASHINGTON POST YOKOHAMA (japan) It is lunch hour at the Cross Heart nursing home, and a 72-year-old, slightly stooped man is spooning soup and filling teacups. But Mr Kunio Odaira is not one of the residents. He is one of the
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        Lock icon Trump: US committed to defending S. Korea
        319 15 NYTIMES SEOUL United States President Donald Trump assured South Korea’s acting president yesterday of the US’ “ironclad” commitment to defend the country, agreeing with Seoul to strengthen joint defence capabilities against North Korea. Mr Trump’s assurances came amid anxiety in South Korea over
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        Lock icon Many Japanese want law changed to allow female heirs to throne
        328 15 NYTIMES TOKYO It has been nearly 250 years since a woman last held the title to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne, and almost that long since an emperor abdicated the position. Now, as Japan moves to accommodate Emperor Akihito’s desire to
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        Lock icon BJP touts pro-Hindu agenda in Uttar Pradesh polls
        648 16  -  Modi’s party promises to build temple and to protect the cow Nirmala Ganapathy NirmalaGanapathy IndiaBureauChief InNewDelhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is promising to shut down slaughterhouses and launch inquiries into the alleged reports of migration of Hindu families from Muslim-domi-nated
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        Lock icon Brilliant end to India’s Republic Day celebrations
        95 16 A view of the illuminated Indian Presidential House after the annual military ceremony Beating The Retreat in Rajpath, New Delhi, on Sunday. Beating The Retreat is a tradition in which military bands perform during the closing of Republic Day celebrations. The day marks
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        Lock icon Kabul on edge amid govt stand-off with V-P over rape claims
        487 16 WASHINGTON POST KABUL An ominous week-long stand-off between the government and its rogue first vice-president is choking traffic and dominating talk in the edgy Afghan capital. Police units have been stationed at strategic points near his fortified compound, and
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      • Asia Briefs
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          Lock icon Cleric suspected of defaming Pancasila
          82 16 JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA Police in Indonesia yesterday named Islamic Defenders Front leader Rizieq Shihab a suspect for allegedly defaming state ideology Pancasila and the country’s first president Sukarno. “Based on witnesses against Rizieq Shihab, we have raised his status to suspect,” West Java
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          Lock icon Tepco’s possible breakthrough
          93 16 REUTERS TOKYO Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, yesterday said it may have found nuclear fuel debris below the damaged No. 2 reactor, one of three that had meltdowns in the 2011 disaster. Should the finding be confirmed, it would mark
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          Lock icon Neolithic ruin found in Shaanxi
          59 16 XINHUA XI’AN Archaeologists have discovered a large Neolithic ruin dating back more than 5,000 years in north-west China’s Shaanxi province. The site, covering more than one million sqm, was found inYulincity following a six-month excavation, according to the provincial archaeology institute. Dwellings and ditches made
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        Lock icon Taleban collects bills for Kabul-supplied utilities
        324 16 NYTIMES KABUL The Afghan government faces a peculiar problem in at least two major provinces: It provides precious electricity, some of it imported at costly rates from neighbouring countries, but Taleban militants collect most of the bills. If the government cuts off power, it
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        Lock icon Cities worldwide join in to mark CNY
        693 17 Many pull out all the stops to usher in festive season, with parades, fireworks and shows In Japan, the Chinese Spring Festival is celebrated across the country. With red lanterns and flags on Chinese-style buildings, Yokohama’s Chinatown was adorned in red and gold
        XINHUA; PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  693 words
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        Lock icon French Socialists make risky bet in picking left-wing outsider
        885 18  -  Benoit Hamon’s promises may consolidate the party’s base, but might do little to boost its electoral prospects News analysis Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent In London Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com Trailing badly in opinion polls, France’s ruling Socialists are seeking to revive their fortunes by
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        Lock icon Austrian ruling coalition averts collapse, staves off early polls
        297 18 BLOOMBERG VIENNA The coalition parties of Austria’s government have hammered out a new policy agenda for the 18 months until the next scheduled election, averting the threat of a snap vote that could bring the populist right to power. Chancellor Christian
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      • World Briefs
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          Lock icon Turkey opens largest coup trial to date
          76 18 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE ANKARA Turkey yesterday opened the biggest trial yet over the failed July coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, trying 270 suspects including, in absentia, the alleged mastermind Fethullah Gulen. The suspects, 152 of whom are in pre-trial detention, include
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          Lock icon Brazil court approves plea deals in graft case
          74 18 REUTERS BRASILIA The president of Brazil’s Supreme Court Carmen Lucia Rocha approved plea bargain statements from 77 executives of engineering conglomerate Odebrecht, under investigation for paying bribes in the country’s biggest graft scandal, the court said yesterday. The testimony, which will remain
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          Lock icon Iranians mourn firemen killed in building collapse
          85 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Tens of thousands of Iranians poured onto the streets of Teheran yesterday for the funeral of 16 firefighters killed when the city’s oldest high-rise collapsed after a blaze. The 15-storey Plasco building, home to a shopping centre and hundreds of
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        Lock icon Suspect charged over Paris attacks
        512 19 Belgian national also said to be key figure in Brussels bombings AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Mohamed Abrini, the “man in the hat” bombing suspect caught on security cameras during the Brussels airport attack, has been charged in France over the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris,
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        Lock icon ‘Spider-Man’ burglar on trial over $153m art haul
        356 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS A burglar known as “SpiderMan”, notorious for daring acrobatic heists, went on trial yesterday for the 2010 theft of a €100 million (S$153 million) haul that included works by Picasso and Matisse from a Paris gallery. Vjeran Tomic, 49,
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      363 23 We thank Mr James Chan Jun Rong for his suggestion to enhance the professional capability of social workers (“Enhance training for social workers dealing with the elderly”; Jan 24). The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) recognises
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      203 23  -  Agnes Sng Hwee Lee Singapore is now ranked seventh on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI),downfrombeingjointNo.1 with Denmark and New Zealand in 2010 (“S’pore climbs to 7th on global least-corrupt index”; Jan 26). While this may cause some to be concerned, I
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      202 23  -  Neo Poh Goon I was troubled to read about the petition by a group of residents to close a nearby open field because of the noise generated by youngsters playing football there (“Searching for sound solution”; Jan 27). This is a sign of the
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      195 23  -  Nasriah Jamaludin I have noticed several instances of inconsiderate behaviour being exhibited on public transport. First, there are commuters who spread open their legs and take up more space than is designated when seated on trains and buses, resulting
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      128 24 The third day of Chinese New Year brought double the joy to Singaporeans in the form of a double rainbow. Most sightings of this rare event were reported in central Singapore and the Central Business District yesterday, and photos were quick to make their way
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      30 24 WEATHER Thundery showers mainly over southern and western Singapore in the afternoon. High 33 deg C Low 24 deg C 24-hr PSI as of 5pm yesterday: 28 to 34 (Good)
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      818 1  -  It is region’s most powerful machine and can boost work in various disciplines Lin Yangchen linyc@sph.com.sg A new supercomputer in Singapore, much more powerful than anything else in the region, is transforming research and industry here. Not yet a year old, the machine is already being
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      903 2  -  Rental firms stepping up checks as their vehicles are being hired to smuggle contraband cigarettes and drugs Zaihan Mohanied Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg Rental companies said they are increasingly concerned that some of their cars are being hired for criminal activities. Not only are the
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      298 2 Elitez Car Rental director Elvin Ang was upset that one of his cars was damaged during his company’s botched recovery attempt on Jan 13. A police officer had to smash the window on the driver’s side with his baton because
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      579 3  -  He drove back twice to where he had dropped off passengers and knocked on doors, hoping to find them Abigail Ng abigailng@sph.com.sg When ComfortDelGro taxi driver Richie Ong did a routine check of the limo cab before starting his shift at 4am
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      272 4 Singaporeans or permanent residents will not have to face big hospital bills on their own again because of MediShield Life. Launched in November 2015, the national scheme ensures that everyone enjoys health coverage, regardless of age, infirmity or ability to pay. However, does
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      632 4  -  Report flags scenarios S’pore may face in future, and ways to cope Institute of Policy Studies report Pearl Lee leepearl@sph.com.sg It is 2020 and Singaporeans have wholeheartedly embraced artificial intelligence and innovation. Heart surgeon Bruce Wayne-Tan joins a team that has
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      596 4  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh asyiqins@sph.com.sg The year 2021 gets off to a bleak start for housewife Auntie May and herhusbandJoe,whohasdementia. The couple, both 75, have long depleted their Medisave funds. The costs of employing foreign domes- tic workers have skyrocketed, following severe clamps
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      776 5  -  Tan Lee Huak aims to strengthen confidence of devotees and promote Buddhist teachings Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg Since last Friday night, more than 20,000 devotees have visited the Singapore Buddhist Lodge in Kim Yam Road, as they do every Chinese New
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      376 6  -  Lee Min Kok Shin Min Daily News, one of two evening Chinese-language newspapers owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), will see a change in leadership at the helm next month. Current editor Pan Cheng Lui, 62, is set to retire on Feb
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      945 6  -  Lee Kuan Yew considered leaving party after pro-communists won control ofCEC: Source Lim Van Liang yanliang@sph.com.sg In August 1957, Singapore was still a British colony. However, earlier that year, Britain agreed to set in motion the wheels for internal self-government. The Labour Front,
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      501 6  -  Lim Yan Liang The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and Singapore can rightly be proud of being one of its five founding members. But Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents from the late 1960s portray then Prime Minister Lee Kuan
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        364 7 A wise man once said that it is a person's attitude that determines his altitude in life. To the high-fliers of distance running, this sport is not merely about staying in shape or keeping a healthy lifestyle. It is a moulding of character the perseverance, patience and
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        317 7 Fashion, beauty, lifestyle trends, career, money, wellness, health and relationships find your perfect magazine match with CLEO, The Singapore Women's Weekly or Harper's BAZAAR Singapore. CLEO provides young women with fun, intelligent and empowering content by offering an insider
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      842 8  -  Luke Lee likes people who are confident and passionate about what they believe in FitAndFab Jose Hong josehong@sph.com.sg Q What is your secret to looking fabulous? A For me, there is no secret to getting in shape. To get a healthy and fit body, you simply
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      695 9  -  Those with binge-eating disorder cannot control their food intake Help At Your Fingertips Abigail Ng abigailng@sph.com.sg Before you dismiss your friends as being greedy, you should find out if there is an underlying reason they are eating so much, to the extent of feeling
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      682 9  -  DocTalk Abel Soh abelsohclinic@gmail.com DrAbelSoh isaconsultant endocrinologist at Abel Soh Diabetes, Thyroid and Endocrine Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. Mr Tan, 46, who was overweight, had been feeling tired for the past month. His vision occasionally became blurry and he had lost
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      412 9  -  Ask The Experts Assistant Professor Calvin Chin Consultant, department of cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore QIama67-year-oldwoman. Why does my heart palpitate sometimesto128beatsperminute for an hour on some occasions? Is there a problem with my health I have been taking medication for high
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      721 10 NYTIMES Every now and then one pops up at work, in the pub, at the park, outside the school gate or in your own family the person who claims to never get sick. Colds brush past such people without leaving so much as a
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      222 10 NYTIMES •Berealistic:Thereisnosuchthingas not getting sick at all. •Don’tsmoke:Andalsodon’tdrink too much alcohol. •Washyourhandsregularly:But remember that infections are mostly passed on through proximity. “If you want to avoid a person who has cold symptoms, you are better off moving to another carriage on the train than using hand
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      650 11  -  Abigail Ng abigailng@sph.com.sg People over the age of 50 may have problems with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes. But psoriasis patients, even the younger ones, are at higher risk of developing such health issues. According to studies done worldwide,
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      1177 12  -  Some of them are adulterated with illegal ingredients Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg Last year, retiree Puah Kim An bought a few bottles of Snake Powder Capsules, thinking that the drug could be the magic cure for his itchy skin problem as well as protect him
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      526 12  -  Joyce Teo Many people turn to off-the-shelf capsules and remedies to combat chronic ailments and other bodily discomforts. But not all these health products are legal here. Some contain undisclosed ingredients like Western medicine. These are referred to as adulterated products. Some of these may be marketed
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      526 2 Strong performance seen in latest data from a central bank that has pumped in trillions REUTERS LONDON The euro zone economy has kicked off the year robustly, data showed yesterday, presenting the European Central Bank (ECB) with evidence that its massive cash stimulus
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      511 2 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Sony said it will take a 112 billion yen (S$1.4 billion) writedown on its movie business after reviewing the future profitability of its operations. The company said it would book the charge in the fiscal third quarter and
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      889 3  -  Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Getting stuck on the Causeway on Christmas Eve with a car boot full of parcels was a far cry from the cut-throat trading floor. In fact, it was about as different a life as it was possible to imagine
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        171 3 United States-based multinational software company Oracle is launching a new start-up accelerator programme here. Called Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator, the programme will provide early-stage tech companies with six months of mentoring by technical and business experts, access to technology, and link-ups with
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        183 3  -  Chia Yan Min Women Who Code, an international non-profit organisation which aims to help women excel in technology careers, has launched a Singapore chapter. The group will host industry talks, hack nights, training seminars, conferences and other programmes to support tech professionals here. Women
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      46 4 Volatile global political events and other developments around the world look set to infuence economic growth in the region. Here’s a look at how major Asean economies are likely to fare over the next 12 months. Source: FOCUSECONOMICS STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS: CEL GULAPA
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      790 4  -  Regional economies could be buffeted in 2017 by potentially seismic events in three global powerhouses: the United States, Europe and China. Rupali Karekar reports on how five Asean nations, and China, are likely to fare in this uncertain climate. Rupali Karekar rupsk@sph.com.sg INDONESIA Economic
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      212 4  -  Rupali Karekar China’s economy grew a faster-than-expected 6.8 per cent in the fourth quarter, boosted by higher government spending and record bank lending. This year, it faces a cooling housing market and the impact of government efforts at structural re- forms that could weigh
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      891 5  -  Vulnerable credit quality, slow loans growth among headwinds, but reserves still robust Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Local banks face a challenging year, but their robust capital reserves will stand them in good stead, analysts say. Those challenges range from vulnerable credit quality
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      641 7  -  National system of ratings to be ushered in for the first time after end of season Nicole Chia cnicole@sph.com.sg Singapore’s mountain bikers will be nationally ranked for the first time at the end of this season, with the introduction of the OCBC Cycle National Ranking and
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      621 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Team Sky, which has produced four of the past five Tour de France champions, and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong denied using secret motors in cycles, a CBS television report said on Sunday. A segment on the show 60
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      360 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI India’s Laishram Sarita Devi made a winning start to her professional boxing career, silencing the taunts of her Hungarian opponent who had vowed to leave her in tears. Devi, who became famous after she tearfully refused to accept a
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      503 8 Rare quadruple-overtime game tests both sides’ stamina as Hawks beat Knicks 142-139 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NYTIMES ATLANTA The New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks played the 11th quadruple-overtime game in NBA history on Sunday, but the ending was all too familiar for the Knicks, a 139-142
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      357 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES Cleveland superstarLeBronJamesbecamethefirst player to score 20,000 points in a Cavaliers jersey on Sunday, pouring in 25 in the NBA champions’ 107-91 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. James added 14 rebounds and eight assists as the Cavs withstood Russell Westbrook’s 24th
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      409 8 REUTERS LA JOLLA (California) Spanish rookie golfer Jon Rahm eagled two of the last six holes to clinch his first PGA Tour title by three shots in sensational fashion at the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego on Sunday. His final eagle
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      342 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MIAMI Long-hitting Brittany Lincicome came agonisingly close to tying an LPGA Tour scoring record, before winning the season-opening Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic in a play-off with fellow American Lexi Thompson on Sunday. She clinched her seventh LPGA title and the
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      1016 9  -  SportingLife Rohit Brijnath rohitb@sph.com.sg My cousin sends me a photograph of my mother taken on her 84th birthday. Roger Federer is playing Stan Wawrinka and she must watch. Federer is losing the third set and she cannot sit and the
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      629 10  -  News analysis Richard Jolly stsports@sph.com.sg Pep Guardiola was Xavi Hernandez’s hero. Andres Iniesta’s, too. Zinedine Zidane was the man Karim Benzema had described as “like a big brother”. Diego Simeone was an Atletico Madrid icon as a player, just as
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        70 10 PHNOM PENH Home United beat Cambodian side Phnom Penh Crown 4-3 yesterday in the first leg of a thrilling AFC Cup qualifying tie. A first-half double by Faris Ramli (35th, 36th) and strikes from Stipe Plazibat (70th) and Izzdin Shafiq (86th) at the RSN
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        68 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GLASGOW Celtic extended their unbeaten domestic start to the season to 27 games and set a club record with a 4-0 thrashing of Hearts on Sunday. Their 17th straight league win moves the Scottish giants–whohavealready wontheLeagueCup–22 points clear of bitter
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        80 10 REUTERS LOS ANGELES The National Hockey League has not yet committed its players to the 2018 Winter Olympics, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Sunday before the All-Star Game at Staples Centre. The league is unhappy at shutting down in mid-season to accommodate the
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        69 10 REUTERS WELLINGTON The Auckland Blues will play their Super Rugby clash against the Queensland Reds in Apia on June 2, five days before Tana Umaga’s side face the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park. It will be the first Super Rugby
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        97 10 l. REUTERS MADRID Rafael Nadal has been left out of Spain’s Davis Cup squad for their World Group first-round match against Croatia this weekend due to fatigue, following his five-set loss to arch- rival Roger Federer in the Australian Open final on Sunday.
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        74 10 REUTERS MUMBAI India’s only individual Olympic champion, shooter Abhinav Bindra, was named on a panel tasked with preparing a blueprint for the country’s success at the next three Games. National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha were also
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      361 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT-GENTIL (Gabon) Mahmoud Kahraba’s late goal gave Egypt a 1-0 win over Herve Renard’s Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations quar-ter-finals on Sunday as they joined Ghana in completing the semi-fi-nals line-up. Second-half substitute Kahraba stabbed home from inside
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      271 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Jamie Collins went from builder to hero as his penalty secured non-league Sutton a 1-0 win over second-tier high-fliers Leeds United on Sunday and a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time. Sutton, whose
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      536 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal’s squad strength means he has no need to make any last-ditch signings in the January transfer window. The Gunners, who thrashed top-flight rivals Southampton 5-0 in the fourth round of the FA Cup on
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      83 1 D BACK AT CARNEGIE HALL Siow Lee Chin to perform Singaporean work in New York D4 BECOMING WARREN BUFFETT Documentary on US billionaire’s life on HBO D10 DANCE GETS A THIRD EYE Many choreographers now prefer to work with a dramaturg, who can provide a sounding board and help to
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        1407 2  -  The role of the dance dramaturg is becoming more prominent in Singapore, but it is hard to pinpoint its exact contribution in a performance Nabilah Said nabilahs@sph.com.sg At the end of a particularly affecting dance production, audience members might want to shake the choreographer’s hand or
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        346 3 Bharatanatyam dancer and dance academic Nidya Shanthini Manokara, 31, started her dramaturgy practice last year. She was part of the Dramaturgy Apprenticeship Programme run by Centre 42 and was looking for a company to do her attachment with. “I wanted to do something
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        330 3 Dancer-choreographer Raka Maitra, 46, and dramaturg T. Sasitharan (both right), 59, have been constant collaborators. They have worked together as early as 2007, with Maitra’s solo work titled Boundaries. In 2014, there was The Blind Age, a piece about violence that
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        538 4  -  Home-grown violinist Siow Lee Chin to play work by Cultural Medallion recipient Kam Kee Yong at the famed New York venue Olivia Ho oliviaho@sph.com.sg It has been 26 years since Singaporean violinist Siow Lee Chin first took the stage at New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall.
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        984 4 WASHINGTON POST BERLIN Built as a solemn place of reflection, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is an undulating sea of stone blocks lined up like so many coffins on a sprawling patch of central Berlin. But in the look-at-me-age of Instagram
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        805 5  -  Shanthi Sekaran does not take sides writing about a Mexican teen who ends up in a detention centre with her son taken away in her novel, Lucky Boy Olivia Ho oliviaho@sph.com.sg Seven years ago, American writer Shanthi Sekaran heard a story on the radio
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        525 5  -  FICTION DAYS WITHOUT END By Sebastian Barry Faber Faber/Paperback/259 pages/ $32.05/Books Kinokuniya/ Review Seow Bei Yi Lyrical but heavy-hearted, savage yet tender, this first-person tale of an Irish boy who joins the American army is one of survival and love. It is not the wartime horrors
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        439 6  -  Olivia Ho POETRY A LUXURY WE MUST AFFORD Edited by Christine Chia, Joshua Ip and Cheryl Julia Lee Math Paper Press/ Paperback/ 166pages/$19/ BooksActually This anthology picks up where an earlier one, A Luxury We Cannot Afford, left off before the death of Singapore’s founding premier Lee Kuan
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        770 7  -  Tree-lined streets, amazing architecture and delicious food make Budapest one of the best cities in Europe to visit MAYA ANN PINTO A FREE walking tour was the perfect introduction to Budapest, after we arrived in the Hungar ian capital from Prague on the night train. The tour
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      1095 8 Emma Tennant’s imaginative books were inspired by dreams, fairy tales and science fiction Obituary NYTIMES NEW YORK Emma Tennant, who blended fantasy, science fiction and social satire in dozens of novels that explored the borderland between daylight and dreams, anatomised contemporary Britain and
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      103 8 Graphene a material which is only one atom thick and a million times thinner than human hair has entered the world of fashion. Model Bethan Sowerby (above with fashion designer Francesca Rosella) showed off a little black dress made of graphene (left, a
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      1120 9 Cultural figures and institutions are assessing how US President Donald Trump’s visa ban will impact their art and missions NYTIMES PARIS The Iranian director of The Salesman, which is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, will not attend next month’s Oscars
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      831 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HARTSDALE (New York) She is the “World’s Oldest Yoga Teacher” who, at age 98, still teaches five classes a week. But above all, Tao Porchon-Lynch is a poster child for health and positivity in a world obsessed with wellness
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      421 10 REUTERS LONDON Former England soccer captain David Beckham has rejected suggestions he and wife Victoria stay together for commercial reasons the Beckham “brand” saying they simply love each other. The A-list celebrity, who helped Manchester United achieve an unprecedented treble of winning the Premier League, FA
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        701 12 NYTIMES REUTERS WASHINGTON POST LOS ANGELES Hidden Figures was the surprise best film ensemble winner at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, a show overshadowed by politics as stars slammed United States President Donald Trump for restricting entry for travellers from seven
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          110 12 Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back took 356 million yuan (S$74 million) at the Chinese box office last Saturday, setting a single-day sales record for Chinese films on the mainland, figures cited by website NetEase showed. “Tsui Hark’s dazzling
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          97 12 The No. 1 movie in North America was again M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Split, which took in US$26.4 million (S$37.6 million) for a two-week domestic total of about US$78 million. But the feel-good family drama, Lasse Hallstrom’s A Dog’s Purpose, took
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        307 2  -  ACTIVITY BY DARRELL LIM ST, Jan 22 Excerpt from: Trashy donations hamper charities’ work By Yuen Sin Mouldy cakes, soiled underwear and nuggets crawling with maggots these are not items in trash bins, but in-kind donations to thrift shops or charities. They might be extreme
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        377 3  -  ACTIVITY BY DARRELL LIM ST, Jan 24 Parcel with bullets headed elsewhere intercepted here By Karamjit Kaur A package on its way to another destination was intercepted in Singapore last week when the authorities discovered that it contained 65 bullets. The incident occurred on Jan 16 at
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    701 12  -  By Judith Judith Tan This story was first published in The Business Times on Jan 18,2017. Singapore's labour movement wants greater support to help workers move seamlessly into the new economy. Given the current economic state, brought about by rapid technology
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