Today, 6 November 2010

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    44 1 TODAY Weekend MICA (P) 207/09/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 November 6-7, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking 11 1 'WeetcK/t U Copyright 2010 The New York Times Saturday, November 6, 2010 A Publication of MediaCorp MICA (P) 149/07/2010 Articles selected for
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    Works for US, but not for us
    741 1 SINGAPORE While Singapore’s media has been the subject of foreign criticism often enough, Mr K Shanmugam on Friday turned the spotlight on the American media, on its own home ground. Speaking as an “outside observer”, the Minister for Law and Home Affairs said
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      62 1 T COMMENT&ANALYSIS TODAY-NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY GEORGINA CHANG WHY GUYS CAN’T BE PLATONIC WITH GIRLS UNLESS THEY’RE REPULSIVE T3 DAVID PILLING MYANMAR ELECTIONS MAY BE SKEWED BUT BETTER THAN NO ELECTIONS AT ALL 12 WILLIAM PESEK HOOTERS SHOWS WHY DEFLATION MAY NEVER GO AWAY 14 CHINA’S ROCK FESTIVALS OBTAIN
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    THE BIG STORY
    39 4 From left, Mr Phillip Lim, director E Marine Bay; Ms Tang Kwai Leng, GM of ST Logitrack; and Ms Noven Chew, partner of E Marine Bay. PHOTO BY DON WONG partner Bay. PHOTO BY DON WONG
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    Farms cash in on
    511 4  -  Planned cooperative is bringing new technology to an age-old NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg FROM a distance, the handful of quaint wooden kelongs off Pasir Ris Beach look more a throwback to a rustic past than part of a modern revolution. But that they are. Nearly a
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    fish and chips
    768 5 NEO CHAI CHIN treat it as ‘daytime’, and you can feed them (more),” said Mr Lim. A fish that might otherwise take nine months to harvest, could now take six or seven months. Then, there is the early warning system to track water quality and hopefully prevent
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  • NEWS
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      SIA resumes A380 flights
      676 6  -  TEO XUANWEI TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg LYNDA HONG The Australian carrier’s chief executive Alan Joyce said on Friday it was “most likely a material failure or a design issue” of the RollsRoyce made engine that caused the blowout and led to the left wing breaking apart. “We
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      Japan probes authenticity of ‘leaked’ China collision video
      571 6 TOKYO Japanese officials are checking the authenticity of a video purportedly showing a collision between Japanese coast guard vessels and a Chinese fishing boat off disputed islands that was leaked on Friday, a development that could snarl efforts to mend ties. Coast
      AGENCIES; REUTERS  -  571 words
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      No transfers despite IVF mix-up
      416 8  -  NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It may have taken a hit, with all new assisted reproduction procedures ordered to be halted, but none of the existing patients at Thomson Fertility Centre has asked for a transfer yet. In reply to MediaCorp’s queries, a spokeswoman for Thomson
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      ‘Undemocratic’ Myanmar election draws few protests in Singapore
      399 8  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE No prayer sessions, forums or processions, unlike in 2007 and 2008. The lead-up to Myanmar’s first election in 20 years has been a muted affair for its nationals living here, in contrast to the activities held against the
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      Breakthrough for knee pain sufferers
      149 8 New scientific study shows AposTherapy reduces knee pain by 64.8% in just 8 weeks AposTherapy is a drug free and non-surgical treatment for knee and low back pain based on the correction of body alignment and re-education of muscle control while walking. The treatment takes
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      ALONG CAME A SPIDER ...
      25 8 ALONG CAME A SPIDER French ‘Spiderman’ Mr Alain Robert climbing the world’s largest observation wheel, The Singapore Flyer, on Friday. ERNEST CHUA Friday. ERNEST CHUA
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      ¢ MDA INKS $64.3M FILM FUND DEAL
      152 8 MDA INKS $64.3M FILM FUND DEAL The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CJ Entertainment (CJE), Bang Singapore and Asia Media and Technology Capital to make way for a US$50 million ($64.3 million) slate of films to be produced out of Singapore over
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      ¢ PROSECUTORS FILE SUCCESSFUL APPEAL AGAINST IONESCU’S RELEASE
      130 8 PROSECUTORS FILE SUCCESSFUL APPEAL AGAINST IONESCU’S RELEASE Romanian prosecutors have successfully appealed against a court decision to release former diplomat Silviu Ionescu from detention under judicial supervision. But he still has a chance to fight for his release, in an appeal to be heard on Monday or Tuesday, said his
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      A week after attack, it’s business as usual at Downtown East
      344 10  -  Shops, restaurants have not seen dip in TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One week ago, it was the scene of a vicious group assault before the eyes of shocked passers-by. When MediaCorp visited Downtown East at the start of the
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      DEEPAVALI OPEN HOUSE AT ISTANA
      86 10 President S R Nathan greeting visitors at the Istana during its Open House to celebrate Deepavali on Friday. More than 9,800 visitors were entertained by performances by the bands from Boon Lay Secondary School and Coral Secondary School, as well as a harmonica group from
      performance put up by Zoo. ERNEST CHUA  -  86 words
    • Article
      Jayakumar calls for Climate Fund
      398 10  -  Says developed countries must provide support to developing nations NG JINGYNG NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg MEXICO CITY If a balanced outcome is to be struck on climate change, developed countries must provide support to developing countries, Senior Minister S Jayakumar urged as he chaired ministerial
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  • VOICES
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      An isolated incident: RP
      191 12 Letter from Pandiyan Senior Manager (Media Relations) Office of Corporate Communications Republic Polytechnic WE REFER to Amanda Lee’s letter, “Netizens, show some sensitivity” (Nov 4), and concur with her views that some netizens have been insensitive not only to the feelings of the victim’s family, but
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      Embracing foreigners
      286 12 Letter from NgYa Ken I REFER to Mr Balji’s commentary “The mood of a nation” (Nov 3), in which he quoted one of his friends telling him that while he enjoyed the company of his many foreign friends, he was against “the unchecked entry of these people into
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS WEEKEND
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      A straw worth clutching at
      800 14  -  Myanmar elections may be skewed in junta’s favour but it’s better than no elections at all DAVID PILLING 2010THE FINANCIALTIMES LIMITED And now for the Myanmar tea party. Myanmar’s generals did not like the result of the last election when they were thumped by the
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      Hooters shows why deflation may never go away
      794 16  -  WILLIAM PESEK Japan’s newest sensation is one of the world’s oldest: Scantily clad women serving cheap booze. Yes, Hooters Inc has made its way to Tokyo. Normally when hundreds of Japanese men huddle in line it’s for a new iPhone or video
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      In Indonesia, Obama’s chance to rebuild a bridge of trust
      618 16  -  BERNHARD PLATZDASCH United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia next week is an important opportunity for both parties to build a bridge of trust that has long been lacking. Indonesia has increasingly expressed the wish for a partnership on
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  • WORLD
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      A dark day for Indonesia
      425 18 Death toll doubles as latest Merapi eruption turns day into night AP MOUNT MERAPI (Indonesia) Searing gas avalanched down an Indonesian volcano with a thunderous roar, torching houses and trees and incinerating villagers as they fled Mount Merapi’s worst eruption in a century. Dozens of
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      Aquino insists terrorism threats do not bear up
      407 18 REUTERS AP MANILA Philippine President Benigno Aquino said that there had been reports of threats against two ambassadors and security officials but they did not hold up to scrutiny or justify a number of countries warning of a risk of attack. France
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      ¢ CANADIAN COUPLE WON’T BE LIVING LARGE DESPITE LOTTERYWIN
      161 18 CANADIAN COUPLE WON’T BE LIVING LARGE DESPITE LOTTERYWIN A couple who won C$11.2 million ($14.3 million) on the lottery in Canada have given away all the money because the win was a “big headache”. Allen and Violet Large, both in their 70s, helped friends and family with cash gifts, before
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  161 words
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      ¢ ‘RACIST’ STUDENT COULD BE CHARGED
      158 18 ‘RACIST’ STUDENT COULD BE CHARGED A Brazilian law student could face criminal prosecution after allegedly making racist comments on Twitter and Facebook following her country’s presidential election results. Blaming people in the poverty-strick-en north-east of Brazil for the victory of Ms Dilma Rousseff, of the left-wing ruling Workers´ Party, earlier
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      ¢ BREAKTHROUGH IN HIV VACCINE QUEST
      123 18 BREAKTHROUGH IN HIV VACCINE QUEST Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, US researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends new clues about how to make a vaccine to prevent Aids. “For a long
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      China, Europe in Nobel stand-off
      397 20 BEIJING—A senior Chinese diplomat warned European nations on Friday against supporting Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, saying it would be seen as an affront to China’s legal system. Meanwhile China’s flagship Communist Party newspaper, the People’s Daily, attacked the Nobel Peace
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      ¢ AIRLINER CRASH IN CUBAN MOUNTAINS CLAIMS 68 LIVES
      167 20 AIRLINER CRASH IN CUBAN MOUNTAINS CLAIMS 68 LIVES A state airliner filled with Cubans and travellers from Europe and Latin America crashed and burst into flames in a mountainous area after declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic controllers. All 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners aboard died, authorities
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      ¢ PLANE CRASHES NEARS KARACHI, PAKISTAN’S LARGEST CITY
      167 20 PLANE CRASHES NEARS KARACHI, PAKISTAN’S LARGEST CITY A private plane crashed near the airport in Pakistan’s largest city on Friday after the pilot warned of engine trouble, officials said. All 21 people onboard, including an Italian, were killed. The tragedy comes less than four months after a July crash with
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      ¢ HAITI BATTERED BY TOMAS
      130 20 HAITI BATTERED BY TOMAS Tomas strengthened into a hurricane over the Caribbean and is battering cholera and earthquake- stricken Haiti, the US National Hurricane Centre said on Friday. The system’s sustained winds accelerated to 135kmh, up from 105kmh six hours earlier, the centre said in an advisory on its website
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      Tokyo’s anti-terror files may have been leaked online
      228 20 TOKYO Japanese police are investigating a possible leak of anti-terrorism intelligence material which may include names and addresses of people co-operating with terrorism inquiries, as well as foreigners in Japan apparently under investigation, the government’s top spokesman said on Friday. The documents,
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      2 mosques hit in Pakistan
      300 20 PESHAWAR (Pakistan) Two explosions killed at least 71 people in mosques in Pakistan’s northwest on Friday, officials said, after a relative lull in militant violence. The blasts were the latest to hit religious gatherings and underscored the relentless security challenge in the US-allied nation, where
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      ¢ THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
      159 22 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Canadian authorities are investigating a bizarre incident in which a young Asian male boarded an Air Canada flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver disguised as an elderly Caucasian man (picture). The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) described the Oct 29 incident as an ‘unbelievable
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      HIGH-FLYER
      43 22 Swiss airline pilot Yves Rossy became the first man in the world to fly using a jet-powered wing. After being released from a hot air balloon, Mr Rossy performed a loop in the skies over Bercher, near Lausanne on Friday. REUTERS REUTERS
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      Nuclear Myanmar? It’s just a dream
      668 22 Incompetence holding back country’s nuclear programme, claims defector AP AGENCIES LONDON A scientist and former Myanmar army major has revealed “extraordinary” details of the military regime’s ambition to develop nuclear weapons, the Independent reported on Friday. His revelations about Myanmar’s nuclear programme have been
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      BN riding high
      312 22 BATU SAPI Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday described Barisan Nasional’s (BN) double victory in Batu Sapi and Galas as the people’s gift to the Prime Minister and their endorsement of his leadership. But the Deputy Prime Minister warned against taking the by-election wins for granted and encouraged
      THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER  -  312 words
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      ¢ NAJIB RECOVERING WELL
      114 22 NAJIB RECOVERING WELL Malaysia’s Prime Minister was recovering from mild gastritis at a hospital on Friday after experiencing abdominal pains, a fresh health complication amid a bout of chicken pox, a health official said. Prime Minister Najib Razak underwent an endoscopy that revealed superficial ulcers late on Thursday, Director General
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      The (Tea) party’s over ...
      503 23 The (Tea) party’s over After failing to capture the Senate in mid-term elections, civil war could break out in Republican Party THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON Signs are emerging of a civil war breaking out within the Republican Party just hours after their huge victory in Tuesday’s US mid-term elections. As
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      BURSTING INTO BLOOM
      50 23 Officials look at the Burst a 3.5-tonne mechanical flower by artist You Wen Fu during a preview visit to the Pavilion of Dreams at the Taipei International Flora Exposition in Taipei on Friday. The event will run from Saturday to April 25 next year. REUTERS year. REUTERS
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      ¢ WHEN ‘F’ STANDS FOR SUCCESS
      167 23 WHEN ‘F’ STANDS FOR SUCCESS Internal “F” ratings of pipeline sections operated by BP in Alaska’s North Slope show the company’s corrosion monitoring programme is succeeding, not failing, BP said on Thursday. Spokesman Steve Rinehart was responding to a report by independent investigative news organisation ProPublica, which obtained an internal
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      ‘Obamamania’ waning in Jakarta
      380 23 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH REUTERS JAKARTA United States President Barack Obama, Jakarta’s most famous former resident, can expect a warm welcome when he visits next week, but his popularity is waning at least if the career trajectory of his local impersonator is any guide. Mr Ilham Anas, whose
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      ¢ ITALIAN PM FACES SECURITY INQUIRY OVER HIS SEX LIFE
      132 23 ITALIAN PM FACES SECURITY INQUIRY OVER HIS SEX LIFE Mr Silvio Berlusconi faces an investigation by Italian MPs after officials expressed fears that the Italian Prime Minister’s alleged patronage of prostitutes had put national security at risk. Mr Berlusconi, 74, has been summoned to appear before a parliamentary security committee
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  132 words
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  • SCIENCE
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      The Frankenstein tradition
      870 24  -  COMMENTARY Dr Victor’s experiments with nuts and bolts are now being attempted on DNA and bacteria DR HENRY I MILLER PROJECT SYNDICATE “It’s alive, it’s moving, it’s alive it’s alive!” So said Dr Victor Frankenstein when his “creation” was complete. Researchers have long been fascinated with trying
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  • BUSINESS
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      Condo rentals rising more slowly
      335 26  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Rents for non-land-ed properties such as condominiums are rising at a slower pace. Latest data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed such rentals rose just 3.6 per cent in the third quarter, compared to 6 per cent in the preceding
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      Wind beneath their wings
      273 26 TRAVIS TEO SINGAPORE The fastest-grow-ing energy companies in Asia are those working to reduce carbon emissions and pollution. Analysts say rapid economic growth and urbanisation in energy-hungry China and India are giving wings to the ambitions of companies involved in everything from green diesel to wind
      TRAVIS TEO  -  273 words
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      China’s hunger for chrome, gas to drive M&A spree: Analysts
      307 26 SINGAPORE China’s commodity firms are expected to continue their overseas spending spree for at least the next two years. Last year alone, China spent US$75 billion ($96 billion) in mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals in energy-rich countries such as Russia,
      bolstered.” TRAVIS TEO  -  307 words
    • Article
      Fed move sparks backlash
      731 27 AGENCIES NEWYORKTIMES BEIJING The Federal Reserve needs to explain this week’s decision to pump an extra US$600 billion ($772 billion) into the US economy, or risk undermining the global recovery, China has said. “The international community has every reason to feel worried, so the US side
      AGENCIES; NEWYORKTIMES  -  731 words
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      ¢ TOYOTA RAISES FULL-YEAR FORECAST
      134 27 TOYOTA RAISES FULL-YEAR FORECAST The world’s largest carmaker raised its full-year profit forecast as sales in Asia helped the company beat its first-half plan. Still, Toyota Motor Corp. expects profit to plunge 77 per cent for the remainder of the year. Net income may total ¥350 billion ($5.5 billion) for
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      ¢ EMERGING MARKETS SLOWDOWN AHEAD: HSBC
      142 27 EMERGING MARKETS SLOWDOWN AHEAD: HSBC HSBC Holdings, the UK’s biggest bank, said profit growth slowed in the third quarter and that recovery in emerging markets may be faltering. The rate of profit growth declined from the first half, though third-quarter profit was still “well ahead” of the year-earlier period as
      BLOOMBERG  -  142 words
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      ¢ SHANGHAI, DISNEY IN THEME PARK DEAL
      154 27 SHANGHAI, DISNEY IN THEME PARK DEAL Walt Disney Co and Shanghai’s city government have formally agreed to open a longawaited Disney theme park. Just days after Shanghai wrapped up its role as host of the World Expo, they agreed on plans for a joint venture to manage the project, expected
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  154 words
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      US adds most jobs since May
      182 27 WASHINGTON The United States economy added 151,000 jobs last month, a welcome change after four months of job losses, but still not enough to make a dent in unemployment. The unemployment rate, measured by a separate survey of households, remained stuck at 9.6 per
      AGENCIES; REUTERS  -  182 words
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  • SPORTS
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      Sundram wants his boys to steal the limelight
      830 28  -  He remembers so well that goal in 1990, and hopes for more good memories when he returns from China SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With a little feint, he let the ball pass between him and the onrushing goalkeeper, then circled round to
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      Etoile’s treble dreams shattered
      396 28 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE The year started brightly for rookie S-League club Etoile FC. The French outfit won the League Cup, the first domestic trophy on offer, and declared their intention of sweeping all before them by adding the RHB Singapore Cup and the Great EasternYeo’s S-League
      SHAMIR OSMAN  -  396 words
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      Sailors in the line of fire at Asiad
      744 29  -  COMMENTARY New sailing chef-de-mission Tan and his predecessor Low disagree over strength of Asian Games team LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg As much as the athletes, coaches and officials hate it, the business of medal targets is very much a part of the buildup
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      North Korea’s gymnasts in the wilderness
      412 29 LAUSANNE North Korean gymnasts will miss the 2012 London Olympics under a two-year international suspension for age falsification. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced Friday it was effectively banning North Korea from any competition outside its borders until Oct 5, 2012. The federation ruled
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      Westwood chases Molinari, Tiger frustrated
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      946 36  -  Loh Lik Peng’s keeping a real keen eye on the business of eating well Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg SOME say a good business plan is an apt riposte.To which they might even allude to a certain corporate litigator-turned-dynamic hotelier called Loh Lik Peng. In 2005, he became the
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      668 37  -  Brought to you by Four food establishments show the way to healthy dining with lower calorie meals that are big on taste EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg At the economical rice stall, you enthusiastically request for extra rice. Then, still feeling peckish, you order a slice of
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      1037 40  -  Gap creative director Patrick Robinson set to take the brand from weekend casual to everyday chic Lynette Koh in London lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg WITH its core collection of basics and denim,American fashion retail chain Gap has been synonymous with casual weekend wear since it was launched in 1969. However,
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      111 43 UNTIL Nov 13, hit a drum at any Esprit store in Singapore to help disadvantaged children in India. Supported by Hollywood celebrities Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, the initiative is part of the fashion retailer’s Big Bang global campaign, which supports SOS Children’s Villages, the
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      74 43 LAST Friday, more than 500 guests turned up the The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands to toast the opening of the new Gucci boutique.The guest list included the Ambassador of Italy to Singapore, Anacleto Felicani and his wife, as well as MimiTang, the CEO of Gucci Group, Asia
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      486 46  -  General Motors’ vision of the future includes radical prototypes and a new hybrid Kelvin Low in Shanghai, China cars@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE having a presence that’s seemingly less than satisfactory at home, General Motors (GM), America’s recovering car conglomerate/brand, is pretty big in China. And it was out
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  • MONEY & BUSINESS
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      China Forges New Ties With Eastern Europeans
      567 70  -  By JUDY DEMPSEY NYT BUDAPEST —The makeup of the state-financed Hungarian-Chinese bilingual primary school, the only one of its kind in Eastern Europe, has changed in response to the growing numbers of Chinese working in Hungary and Chinese companies investing in the region.
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      India’s Consumers Are Lifted By Investments of Foreign Funds
      738 70  -  By VIKAS BAJAJ NYT COIMBATORE, India Demolition crews razed an abandoned textile mill here recently to make way for a giant mall. The reasons are evident here in Coimbatore, a southern city long known as a capital of India’s textile industry.
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      Leaving Touch to Apple, Microsoft Bets on
      812 71  -  By aSHlEE VanCE NYT REDMOND, Washington Microsoft has one-upped Sony and Nintendo by eliminating game controllers. Kinect, a $150 add-on for the popular Xbox 360 console that hits stores this month, peers out into a room, locks onto people and follows their motions.
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      549 71  -  By EilEnE ZimmErman NYT Q. Your boss has askedyou to do something that seems unethical. How canyou determine whether your suspicions are correct? A. Intuition is often very reliable, says Stephen M. Paskoff, the president of Employment Learning Innovations, a workplace compliance, ethics and
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      When Modern Art Starts to Go Bad
      845 72  -  By HENRY FOUNTAIN NYT Eleonora Nagy remembers the first time she got a close look at “Untitled,” a 1966 sculpture by the artist Paul Thek. One of a series of works known as “meat pieces,” it looked like a limb fragment that had
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      Why Sisterly talk makes us Happier
      608 72  -  Deborah Tannen eSSay NYT Deborah Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, and an “Having a Sister Makes You Happier”: that was the headline on a recent article about a study finding that adolescents who have a sister are less likely to
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      A Hidden Language Is Discovered in India
      538 73  -  By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD NYT Two years ago, a team of linguists visited the remote hill country of northeastern India to study little-known languages, many of them unwritten and in danger of falling out of use. On average, every two weeks, one of
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      Animals Win Place In Polar Pantheon
      700 73  -  By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD NYT The dogs and ponies who bore much of the burden, and in most cases gave their all, in the 1911-12 race to be the first to the South Pole are finally getting recognition. Getting to the pole first had
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  • NEW YORK
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      Trading Ego for Edification, Graffiti Returns to the City
      757 74  -  By RANDY KENNEDY NYT Anyone who has recently been lost around the southern reaches of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn could be excused for experiencing a flashback to the early ’80s. On the wall of a brick warehouse a huge mural
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      Bondsman With Cash Keeps Stars Out of Jail
      640 74  -  By JOHN ELIGON NYT When celebrities find themselves in a particular kind of trouble, there is one man they turn to: Ira Judelson, bail bondsman. “A lawyer can’t get you out of jail; only a bondsman can,” said Mr. Judelson. Among the
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      Russell Brand, Act II: From Junkie to Jester
      741 75  -  For comedic star of ‘The Tempest,’ playing’s the thing. By By DAVID CARR NYT Sitting at a rehearsal for the new film version of “The Tempest,” Russell Brand, the British comedian and actor, is asked to introduce himself as his character, the
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      Heartbreak in the House of Humor
      866 75  -  Michael KiMMelMan essAy NYT GABROVO, Bulgaria The sign leading into town was as I remembered it: “Welcome and good riddance.” Gabrovians pride themselves on their sense of humor. And this hard-luck but endearing city at the foot of the central Balkans was once regarded
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      China’s Rock Music Festivals Obtain the State’s Blessing
      471 76  -  By ANDREW JACOBS NYT ZHENJIANG, China A curious thing happened in October at the Midi Music Festival, China’s oldest and boldest agglomeration of rock, funk, punk and electronica. Performers musically criticized the country’s leaders, tattooed college students sold antigovernment Tshirts and an
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      From Trash, Artworks (And People) Of Beauty
      601 76  -  By CAROL KINO NYT The photographer Vik Muniz often says that while he considers himself an American artist, his use of imagery owes everything to Brazil, where he was born and raised. “I’m a product of a military dictatorship,” he said recently at
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