Today, 12 February 2011

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    21 1 VMchA Hjdm MICA (P) 207/09/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 February 12 -13, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • Article
    Casino credit case: MBS wants court papers sealed
    234 1  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After a number of news reports about the first lawsuit by a casino here to get money back from a gambler, casino operator Marina Bay Sands wants to seal the court documents of the case. If its
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    Lock icon Mubarak steps down
    520 1 AGENCIES REUTERS CAIRO It was the end of an era in Arab politics Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as President and handed control to the military on Friday, bowing out after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. The announcement, delivered by VicePresident Omar
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  • THE BIG STORY
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      Lock icon Interpol Global Complex to herald a 'new generation of policing'
      323 2  -  SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The new Interpol Global Complex here will drive Interpol’s efforts to stay ahead of the challenges of a new generation of policing, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Friday. To be operational by
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      Lock icon Not enough hours in the day for top cop
      1254 2  -  Interpol chief Ron Noble on what keeps him going and why S’pore was chosen for global complex PAUL GILFEATHER principal correspondent gilfeather@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Ronald Noble took over as SecretaryGeneral of Interpol, the world’s largest international police force, it only opened on
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      177 2 BY YOUR TEENS' BEHAVIOUR? r:, Tfl V V N x 'A m Are you experiencing the following with your teens? Is your teen... Rebellious and showing aggressive behaviour with frequent outbursts? Uninterested in studies but spent hours playing online games? Showing disturbing behaviours such as lying, stealing, engaging in sexual
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  • NEWS
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      FOREIGN WORKERS ‘MAY APPLY FOR VOLUNTARY SELF-EXCLUSION FROM CASINOS’
      170 4  -  WAYNE CHAN The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has sent out 95,000 letters to employers informing them that their employees, including foreign workers, may apply for voluntary self-exclusion from the casinos. A copy of the letter obtained by MediaCorp stated
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      Foodfare to hold beverage prices
      239 4  -  QIUYI TAN SINGAPORE NTUC Foodfare cooperative will not increase the price of its beverages, including coffee, tea and canned drinks, for the rest of the year. This will apply to all 40 NTUC food courts, coffee shops, cafes and kiosks. A cup of kopi-o and
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      Lock icon Cheerleading takes a tumble
      451 4  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The heart-pumping music and glittery outfits of one co-curricular activity (CCA) in schools here seem to be beating softer and becoming less shiny these days. While cheerleading may still be popular among students, the sport is taking a slight tumble in
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      YOUTHS GET NEW TRAINER AIRCRAFT
      251 4  -  QIUYI TAN For many a local pilot, the Singapore Youth Flying Club is where they first earned their licence to fly. And they would have achieved this flying the Piper Warrior aircraft. Now after over 20 years of service, a new generation trainer aircraft is
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      High Court dismisses appeal of woman who cheated charities
      425 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A former charity manager convicted of cheating may run further afoul of the law, the High Court heard on Friday. After her conviction, Stephanie Chee Jok Heng had harassed two key prosecution witnesses with repeated phone
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      Lock icon RAIN FAILS TO DAMPEN CHINGAY SPIRIT
      128 6 The annual Chingay Parade kicked off at the F1 Pit Building at the Marina Bay area on Friday evening. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officiated at the ceremony amidst much cheer. Earlier, he went on a tour of the pre-parade carnival. A heavy downpour
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      Parliament business includes cooling measures, death of NSF
      246 6 SINGAPORE Parliament meets on Monday and Members of Parliament (MPs) have tabled 23 questions for oral answer. Topping the list: The recent death of a full-time national serviceman (NSF) involving an army vehicle. The Defence Minister has been asked what additional measures
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      Lock icon STORM FELLS TREES, DISRUPTS TRAFFIC
      130 6 A storm on Friday swept down several trees along Mandai Road and Seletar Expressway, forcing traffic to slow to a crawl during evening peak hours. Operations executive Ling Kok Ann, 41, who was driving along Mandai Road at around 5pm, told MediaCorp two of the
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      Mediapolis takes first step towards becoming a reality
      329 8  -  JOANNE CHAN SINGAPORE Mediapolis, Singapore’s digital media hub, made its first move from design to reality on Friday. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the first building in the hub. The $60 million building, named Infinite Studios, is a 10-storey development that
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      Lock icon MM Lee: Unity, equal opportunity key to S’pore’s continued success
      347 8  -  S RAMESH sramesh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has described last year as a splendid year, with the economy growing 14.7 per cent thanks to several factors. Mr Lee said Singapore’s tourism sector received a boost from the two
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      ‘Larger role’ for the arts in S’pore
      323 8  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The country will be turning more towards the arts as the Republic moves towards becoming a vibrant global city, according to Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew. “I think you will find that, going forward, the
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      379 9 1 ve H ire H id* Hi o No SKIN SOLUTIONS o 1 SINGAPORE I MALAYSIA I SHANGHAI Admirable Even Skin Tone For more than 10 years, Adeline had been suffering from uneven skin tone because of frequent and prolonged exposure to the sun. Lacking appropriate skin care, the harmful
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  • VOICES
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      It’s the quality of life
      365 10  -  Letter from Dr Bill Durodie Senior Fellow, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University THE indication in your report, “That battery of health screening tests? You may not need every one (Feb 11) that about 40 per
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      Postmen to be more vigilant
      126 10  -  Letter from Patsie Tan (Ms) Assistant Vice-President, Corporate Communications, Singapore Post Limited WE thank Ms Patricia Andrea for her letter, “Letter arrives 13 days after stamped date” (Jan 31). We have since met Ms Andrea to retrieve the envelope for investigation and apologised for the
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      207 11 espanna RESIDENCES EXECUTIVE CONDOMINIUM IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE TO A HOLISTIC WAY OF LIFE $30,000 CPF grant for first time home buyers" 3 mins walk to Buangkok MRT 18 mins to Dhoby Ghaut MRT Artist's impression Terms conditions apply one holistic living 5 I i £0.Nan Chiau High Sch Sengkang
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Out of touch, out of time
      1003 12  -  THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas L Friedman has won three Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2002 for commentary. THE NEW YORK TIMES Watching President Hosni Mubarak addressing his nation on Thursday night, explaining why he would not be drummed out of office by foreigners,
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      Could Tahrir Square infect Tiananmen?
      921 13  -  While there are parallels, the discontent in Egypt is built on quite different grievances to those in China MARIA SIOW mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Maria Siow is East Asia Bureau Chief at Channel NewsAsia. Since the start of the ongoing crisis in Egypt, some reports have suggested that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Desperate Pyongyang appeals for food aid
      329 16 Embassies ordered to approach foreign capitals directly as international food needs assessment gets underway THE GUARDIAN AGENCIES LONDON North Korea has ordered all its embassies to appeal to foreign governments for food aid in a sign of growing desperation in Pyongyang, according to diplomatic
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      Lock icon Thailand charter changes bring elections closer
      215 16 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Parliament passed constitutional amendments including changes to electoral laws on Friday, bringing the divided country closer to elections as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva faces more anti-government protests. Nationalist “Yellow Shirt” protesters rallied outside the Government House on Friday, threatening a prolonged
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      Lock icon Malaysia first in Asia to charge Somali pirates
      209 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors have filed charges that carry the death penalty against seven Somali pirate suspects in an attack on a Malaysian-operated ship, in the first such charges in Asia. The Somalis some as young as 15 took 23 Filipino
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      Lock icon Hackers in China have hit oil and gas companies: McAfee report
      274 16 AP BEIJING Hackers operating from China have stolen sensitive information from Western oil companies, a United States security firm said, adding to complaints about Internet crime traced to the country. The report on Thursday by McAfee did not identify
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      Lock icon Nokia-Microsoft smartphone alliance
      360 18 REUTERS LONDON Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market. Nokia said using Microsoft’s Windows Phone software in its smartphones would speed up new product launches but shares
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      Lock icon SWEDISH MINISTER TO ASSANGE: TURN YOURSELF IN
      132 18 AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should turn himself in for questioning in a Swedish rape investigation and has no reason to worry about not getting a fair trial, Sweden’s Justice Minister said. Ms Beatrice Ask’s comments on Thursday reveal the irritation among senior
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      Lock icon FATHER OF MISSING TWINS RESEARCHED GUNS
      130 18 AP The father of missing Swiss twins trawled the Internet for information on firearms, poisons and suicide days before he apparently killed himself in Italy, Swiss police said. Analysis of Matthias Kaspar Schepp’s work computer had turned upthe new leads and the investigation is
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      Lock icon GROWING STRIKE GROUNDS ALL PIA FLIGHTS
      114 18 AP A growing employee strike ground all flights by Pakistan’s state-owned airline on Friday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded with no end in sight to the dispute. Pilots and support staff of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) began to strike on Monday over a proposal
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      Lock icon LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG, SAY BRITONS
      111 18 REUTERS Britons are famously devoted to their pets but a new survey ahead of Valentine’s Day shows theirfurry friends may be standing in the way of love. Eighty per cent of dog owners said they would not date someone who did not like
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      Lock icon FEET DRY ...
      64 18 FEET DRY A Sri Lankan soldier helping a toddler cross a flooded road in Batticaloa district, about 320km east of Colombo on Thursday. Heavy rain triggered flooding in Sri Lanka that killed at least 17 people and is threatening up to 90 per cent of the island nation’s staple rice
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      Lock icon Iraq seizes chance to bring its citizens home
      437 18 THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD As unrest shakes Egypt, Iraq is seizing the moment to make an audacious pitch to thousands of its citizens living abroad: Come back we are stable by comparison. The government is offering free plane tickets and about
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      Lock icon Online campaign forces China to target gangs that kidnap children
      354 19 AP SHANGHAI An online campaign to gather photos of Chinese children begging on the streets is pressuring the authorities to crack down on gangs that kidnap children for exploitation and is helping to reunite them with families. Many of the
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      Lock icon Children beaten and starved in Australia’s ‘house of horrors’
      229 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SYDNEY Three men and a woman who beat and starved a group of children so badly that their brains shrank from malnutrition have been jailed for up to 10 years in a case dubbed Australia’s “house of horrors”.
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      Lock icon Every person gets 5 times more information now than in 1986
      157 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON If you think you are suffering from information overload, then you may be right a new study shows everyone is bombarded by the equivalent of 174 newspapers of data a day. The growth in the
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      328 19 singaporeartmuseum FREE ADMISSION this weekend 12 13 February Last weekend! Catch Trans-Cool TOKYO, Collectors' Stage and Natee Utarit: After Painting before they close! 't V. A u 7 ri Ct o e W/M _As Travelling with Yoshitomo Nara Koji Sakabe, Japan, 2007, Japanese with English subtitles, 93 mins, PG Sat,
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  • SCIENCE
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      Lock icon Birds do it, bees do it ...
      1356 20 Birds do it, bees do it With Valentine’s Day around the corner, just be glad you’re not a male spider THE GUARDIAN LONDON Erica McAllister is excited. “Flies,” she enthuses, “are the best, because they’re everywhere, and they do everything. They get up to the craziest stuff. Amazing genitalia. And
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  • BUSINESS
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      Temasek pays $2m fine
      230 22  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE —Temasek Holdings has paid a US$1.7 million ($2.18 million) fine to Indonesia’s State Treasury, the Singapore investment firm said on Friday. The payment followed a three-year dispute over whether Temasek had been in breach of anti-monopoly laws relating to Indonesia’s telecommunications industry. Indonesia’s
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      No change in policy before April: MAS head
      350 22  -  MAY WONG SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore’ (MAS) current policy of allowing a modest and gradual appreciation of the local currency is appropriate and there is no need to change its stance ahead of its April policy review, the head of
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      Lock icon DBS profit up 28% to $2.65b
      410 22  -  CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE South-east Asia’s largest lender, DBS Group, said on Friday net profit for 2010 grew 28 per cent to $2.65 billion, excluding one-time items, as loans growth broadly compensated for low interest rates. Net interest income for the year was down
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      StarHub rings in 8.4% jump in Q4 profit
      220 22  -  RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE StarHub posted an 8.4 per cent jump in its fourth quarter earnings, compared to the same period in the previous year, boosted by higher contributions from its mobile and fixed network services, the telco said on Friday. StarHub made
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      Lock icon AIS takes $3-billion claim to arbitration
      224 22 AGENCIES BANGKOK Advanced Info Service (AIS) said on Friday it had taken to arbitration a dispute over demands that it pay 73.81 billion baht ($3 billion) in compensation to state-owned telecom firm TOT. AIS, Thailand’s largest mobile phone operator by subscribers, is majority owned
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      Lock icon YUAN FALLS AS CHINA SIGNALS UNHAPPINESS OVER RENEWED UNITED STATES PRESSURE
      168 23 AGENCIES The yuan weakened against the US dollar on Friday after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set a sharply weaker mid-point in an apparent expression of displeasure to renewed American pressure for the currency to rise. Spot yuan
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      A-REIT TO BUY SHANGHAI PROPERTY FOR $118M
      147 23 Mainboard-listed Ascendas REIT (A-REIT) on Friday said it would buy a commercial property in China for $117.6 million from Hyday Holding. Located at the Jinqiao Export and Processing Zone in Shanghai, the 31,952-sq-m site is about 30km from Pudong International Airport, A-REIT said.
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      CHEMOIL LOSES $2.3M IN Q4 ON WRITE-OFFS
      160 23 Mainboard-listed Chemoil said on Friday it made a loss of US$1.8 million ($2.3 million) in the fourth quarter, compared to a profit of US$2.9 million posted in the same period of the previous year, even as turnover rose. The marine fuel supplier said
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      Lock icon VIETNAM WEAKENS DONG TO FIGHT TRADE GAP
      164 23 AGENCIES Vietnam devalued the dong on Friday by about 7 per cent, the most since 1993, as it struggles with a gaping trade deficit. The move is risky, as it could stoke already-strong inflationary pressures and make it more expensive for the country
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      Lock icon BANK OF KOREA HOLDS KEY RATE
      141 23 AGENCIES The Bank of Korea (BOK) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Friday amid global risks such as the turmoil in Egypt but it suggested it would raise the cost of borrowing next month as Asia’s fourth-largest economy grapples with accelerating inflation. The
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      58 23 1 1 I J XT SINGAPORE BUDGET 2011 Rising cost of living... Widening income gap... Affordable housing... How would this year's budget address the issues and benefit the average working population here? Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates. MediaCorp providing the most complete news coverage in Singapore.
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Tao Li off to a flying start
      628 28  -  Today award sets swimmer up nicely for world championship glory, en route to London 2012 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If Tao Li has her way, she will hold on to the Today Athlete of the Year award for some time. Her ultimate
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      Lock icon Tiger Woods roars back into contention
      379 28 AP DUBAI Tiger Woods surged up the Dubai Desert Classic leaderboard by shooting a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Friday to pull him back in contention for his first tournament victory in more than a year. Helped by stellar putting and a consistent short game,
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    • Men reborn
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        Lock icon Stage set for Tevez to silence the boo-boys
        455 29 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vs Man City MANCHESTER Carlos Tevez knows what to expect when he returns to Old Trafford, his former hunting ground, on Saturday. Taunts, boos, derogatory chants it’s all fair game for the Manchester City striker. “I don’t
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        Lock icon Once ridiculed, Berbatov now starring in lead role
        480 29 AGENCIES THIS WEEKEND’S FIXTURES Saturday Arsenal vs Wolves, Birmingham vs Stoke, Blackburn vs Newcastle, Blackpool vs Aston Villa, Liverpool vs Wigan, West Brom vs West Ham, Sunderland vs Tottenham Sunday Bolton vs Everton Monday Fulham vs Chelsea MANCHESTER Dimitar Berbatov remembers the
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      Lock icon West Brom hand Hodgson chance to restore his reputation
      244 29 AP LONDON Roy Hodgson was handed a swift chance to re-establish his reputation when West Bromwich Albion hired him as head coach on Friday, in the hope that England’s Manager of the Year can save them from relegation from the Premier
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      Lock icon Bryant lifts Lakers and spoils Allen’s coronation
      378 26 AP BOSTON Kobe Bryant (picture) bumped fists with Ray Allen, a show of respect for a player who entered the NBA with him 15 years ago and had just become the league’s 3-point king. As Allen went off the court for a victory
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      Time for clubs to score style points
      750 26  -  Right from Saturday’s opening bell, S-League teams must turn it on to ensure the fans come back COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. The average age of the squad is just 19 and the ringmaster
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      Lock icon Building up a resume
      599 27  -  Warriors coach Richard Bok is after his fifth winners’ medal GREAT EASTERN-YEO’S S-LEAGUE 2011 Courts Young Lions vs SAFFC Jalan Besar Stadium, Saturday, 5pm IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With four titles to his name, he is the S-League’s most successful coach. Armed with such a
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      147 28 S-LEAGUE’S BIG KICK-OFF ON SPORTSZONE On SportsZone this Saturday, the team counts down to the big kick-off in the 2011 Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League season. French outfit Etoile FC have many new faces as they try to defend their title and Tampines Rovers aim to go one better after finishing second
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      722 2  -  On Valentine’s Day, guys should have their cake and eat it, too POSTSCRIPT Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the arts correspondent at TODAY. MANY people associate Valentine’s Day with red roses and chocolates. Not me. I think of cake. A rather sorry-looking, soggy piece of chiffon cake.
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      793 3  -  Boys, getting lucky on V-Day has nothing to do with roses and an annual box of chocolates THE FAIRERTEXT Georgina Chang georginac@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the senior creative director of 987FM and Lush 99.5. I WANT to sit at home watching Family Guy on TV, and eating
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      1236 4  -  So what if you’re not in love? You can still eat as if you are DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg VALENTINE’S Day is affectionately known as the prelude to springtime romance, among other amorous associations. Of course, depending on where you are in a relationship or the number of
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      Love is in the air ... Or is that duck?
      477 7  - Love is in the air Or is that duck? RAISING Appetites with donm@mediacorp.com.sg Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg THE Fat Duck in all its culinary infamy, peppered with revolutionary renditions of the perfect meal, does in many ways epitomise love.Well, at least one food lover’s notable devotion to eating well. Under candlelight,
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      215 5 To celebrate this Chinese New Year, here's an auspicious dish with 8 lucky treasures specially prepared for you! 3laminty rraumA &aAic Pronounced as "Har" in Cantonese, it means ulice "big laughter and joy" Fill your rice bin to the brim for riches and wealth Calamari Family reunion represented by the
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      325 7 OPEN HOUSE 2011 1 ic> v\ftl Uce&e -exccU-Kf -evew^! Infantcare to Kindergarten 2 "Age Group from 2 months to 6 years old Come and join us at our 3 exciting Open House Days with fun-filled of a games, balloons and goodies! Open House Dates: 12 Feb (Sat) 10 am to
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      1363 8  -  Class 95FM DJ Jean Danker shows how to get your flirt on this Valentine’s Day LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg SHE MAY be feeling all loved up with fellow radio jock Glenn Ong, but Class 95FM DJ Jean Danker is no stranger to the single life and loving
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      Great expectations
      85 11  -  LYNETTE KOH IT WAS a great, great gala premiere for the MediaCorp Raintree Pictures film It’s A Great Great World. Taking place on Jan 27 across three different locations —VivoCity, Nex Shopping Mall and The Cathay the event was attended by Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts
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      109 9 APPLY NOW! Enrolment Closing Dates Singaporean applicants: 31 Mar 2011 International applicants: 28 Feb 2011 NAFA Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts DIFFERENT TALENTS, UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS Diploma Courses Majors 3D DESIGN Environmental Design Exhibition Design Furniture Design Interior Design Jeujellery Design •Object Design ARTS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION •Visual Arts Performing Arts DANCE
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      412 12  -  Who deserves a good pampering this Valentine’s Day more than you? Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg For the gourmet Treatment: Beauty Inside And Out Where: Auriga Spa at Capella Singapore (1 The Knolls, Sentosa Island) What: A nourishing four-course Chinese meal that concludes Auriga Spa’s Beauty Inside And Out treatment
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      5 questions with Adele Wong
      349 13  -  LYNETTE KOH YOU’VE seen her in MediaCorp TV Channel 8 drama He Ain’t Pesky, He’s My Brother and local film The Days. Next month, actress and host AdeleWong will be back on the big screen in Perfect Rivals, starring alongside Hong Kong veteran Ha Yu,
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      140 12 B©ssin' HAIR CARE Shine with Confidence v m i A radiant smile comes naturally from a person with confidence At Bossin, we know how work social stress can result in pre-mature hair-loss which affects that confidence. Take the first step Let Bossin add a shine to your confidence! It is
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      26 13 Kk Exclusively at: Dressing Room, TANGS Orchard, L2 xotic card members get 15% off regular-priced items! G ORCHARD Get your membership card from the xotic counter
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      46 13 BAFTA NOMINEE AUDREY TAUTOU Men want her. Women want to be her. m vV .it, l A R 4^ TMs season of love, meet the perfect Valentine. Twice. 'few* HUNTING GATHERING 6 Feb 13 Feb IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Filmt Valentine's Specials Sundays 10pm /AEDIACORP
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      160 14 (Engage all your senses Luxuriate on soft leather seats while enjoying the latest films on the big screen. Stretch out those legs and bask in ample space and comfort as you allow all other senses to be taken over by the breathtaking 3D digital movie experience. just popcorn anymore >*
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      163 15 z venue for events extra special this year! ew experience is waiting to be discovered Shaw Theatres aims to bring to audiences the same luxury and s previously enjoyed only by film industry executives. d the ergonomic design of the seats, right down to the choice of /ere pulled to
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      Different cars for a smoother ride
      655 16  -  Derryn Wong cars@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S that special time of the year again and the pressure is on the man to somehow woo his intended lady. Luckily, having the right car can help set the tone of the date considerably. Here are some choices that might
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      FOR THE DATE WHO’S A GREENIE
      313 17  -  Cars to drive: Honda Insight and Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion ADDITIONAL TEXT BY DARYL LEE When you recite the litany of numbers proving just how efficient the Honda Insight (a gasoline-electric hybrid) and the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion (a super-efficient diesel) are, your date is bound
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      Va-va-vroom
      346 18  -  Get your hands on some exotic metal this Valentine’s Day DERRYN WONG PICTURE this:You have a Valentine’s date but you think your Kancil might not cut it as a dream date ride.And forking out more than $200,000 for a brand new Ferrari might not be the wisest of financial
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      312 17 AUSTIN SUITES WISHING YOU A PROSPEROUS LUNAR NEW VERR FILL YOUR HEART WITH NEW HOPES A NEW HOME FREEHOLD _lH ii y m r \v„ V *7 Lffianibeped VFo-r Qtif Show Units Ready For Viewing Receive professional consultation, in-depth information and be one of the first to experience the true
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      68 18 When we interviewed them, J J AR A they were at the crossroads of their lives. I 10 4eA6S o/sj Sundays 9:30pm Wednesdays 11 pm 10 YEARS LATER, where th paths ha\ r led them!/ v r" A KIT CHAN 2001: Who would have guessed she would soon retire? 2011:
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      943 19 r< X O Nikon At the heart of the Image Celebrate Chinese New Year with Nikon! 27 Jan 2011 20 Feb COOLPIX snoopj NOW:$5 29 -khP-$56S~ thi Rabbits are by nature intelligent, sensitive and"artistic. Thevare popular and enjoy socializing, whichis why they project and share photos with the COOLPIX Sl-lQDpj.
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      980 20 THE SILVER CHAMBER OF SORROWS Channel U, 7.30pm Feifei’s body is discovered by the police. Xiuxin confides in Shangyun and tells him that she was an accomplice to Feifei’s murder. Shangyun takes pity on her and covers up for her. Yongtong is jealous and goes back to France with Shizou.
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      1132 21 SUNDAY PRIME MOVIE: THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Channel 5, 7.30pm The tale of the Monkey King takes a new twist when American teenager Jason Tripitikas finds the legendary weapon of the Monkey King in a Chinatown pawnshop. He travels back to ancient China and joins a band of martial arts warriors
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      1648 22 CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6.00AM Video Zonkers 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 Just For Laughs Gags (Canadian Version) 10.00 Style By Jury 10.30 Heartland Getaways II 11.00 Table For III 11.30 Jamie At Home II NOON House And Home VII 12.30PM Knock First 1.00 Life Story
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      1590 23 HEADLINES 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 12.30am, 1am, 1.30am HEADLINES/SINGAPORE UPDATES 9.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm HEADLINES/SINGAPORE MARKET REPORT 10.30am, 3.30pm 9.00AM Club M.A.G.I.C (PRESCHOOL) 9.30 Chuggington (PRESCHOOL) 10.00 Fun With Claude (PRESCHOOL) 10.30 Mr Moon (PRESCHOOL) 11.00 Club M.A.G.I.C (PRESCHOOL) 11.30 Ozie Boo! (PRESCHOOL) NOON Olivia (PRESCHOOL)
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      772 24 T ODAY'S top 5 1 City Alive! 2011 At this street dance party, dance crews duke it out in theTriCrew Best Of Asia Finals. Featuring DJs from the region such as Japan’s DJ Tashi and DJ Sarasa, and Singapore’s DJ Andrew Chow with Dandee from Bangkok Invaders. Minimum age requirement
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      1062 24 THE MUST-WATCH MOVIE WITH YOUR FAMILY! 15 MORE SHOW TIMES ADDED! oooo m rs is m( M: if P* Iffl •V m kPsI 1 m ATC SI IT NOW! astro “...THIS IS A GREAT GREAT MOVIE FOR THE ENTIRE EXTENDED FAIflLY.” SPW-TPe Mew Paper “GREAT TALES OF LIVES, LOVES” SPH-The
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      41 25 Our tough weekend treat for Sudoku die-hards SUPER SUDOKU plus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOW TO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK
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      1129 25 M uR'J ci m 1900 912 1234 www.gv.com.sg m.gv.com.sg VIVOCITY TIONG BAHRU PLAZA MARINA SQUARE JURONG POINT TAMPINES MALL GRAND, GREAT WORLD PLAZA SINGAPURA GVmax HOMECOMING▲+ MAND 10.50am 1.00 3.15 4.35 5.30 7.45 9.00 10.00pm 12.15 2.30am TOM: 10.50am 1.00 3.15 4.35 5.30 7.45 9.00 10.00pm HOMECOMING▲+ MAND 1.00 4.35
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      10 places to see ... Before your next relationship
      1142 26  - 10 places to see Before your next relationship So you’re not attached. Who cares? Some things are best experienced without a clingy special someone by your side SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg PARIS, Venice, whatever. Whether you’re a swinging single or a broken-up bitter-puss, it’s a big world out there. There are
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      485 27 Jetsetting with Shan Wee THIS will be the last Valentine’s Day as a free man for 987FM jock Shan Wee.Yes, sorry ladies, he’s officially off the market come June when he gets hitched to Artika Sulaiman, the entrepreneur behind fashion site Sloane Elizabeth Robertson. Even with his Bali wedding preparations,
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      Lock icon Happy feet
      168 27  -  The stuff travelling’s made of GENEVIEVE LOH A SINGLE woman traveller needs everything to look good on the go. And the shoe gods have bestowed upon her these nifty roll-up walking shoes with actual soles. Compact and light, simple yet stylish, these foldable little godsends nestled inside custom
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      434 28 Gain Wealth, Health Fitness aim Parkwav Parade Basement 1 Atrium 8 -13 Feb 2011 11am-10Dm Visit AIBI Roadshows Parkway Parade Basement 1 Atrium Great World City Level 1 Atrium 11 AIBI GYM American Series Auto-incline up to 10%. Speed up to 16km/h. 6+2 programs and etc. Foldable for storage. L181cm
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    Lock icon Getting Ready for a Grayer World
    1062 1  -  As the Population Ages, Firms See New Markets By NATASHA SINGER The New York Times Cambridge, Massachusetts The NuMber of people 65 and older is expected to more than double worldwide, to about 1.5 billion by 2050 from 523 million last year, according to
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      Lock icon Of Hubris, Monuments and Men
      665 2  -  LENS TOM BRADY Sljc JfcUt Jlork Shncs Statues, monuments, war memorials and art installations are erected in optimistic times. How long they endure is not up to their creators. In Baghdad, Saddam Hussein built the Victory Arch, two massive crossed swords, to commemorate the Iran-Iraq
      Sljc JfcUt Jlork Shncs; TYLER HICKS/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  665 words
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      Lock icon The Long Road Back
      731 2  -  intelligence/roger ROGER COHEN Sljc JNcUt jjork Simes Cairo I write this in a ninth-floor apartment, informally known as “The House of the Revolution,” above Tahrir Square, the heaving center of Egypt’s and the Arab world’s uprising. Below me, from the balcony, I see a vast crowd
      Sljc JNcUt jjork Simes; JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES  -  731 words
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      Lock icon In Mexico, Insuring All Falls Short
      866 3  -  By ELISABETH MALKIN Sljc iNcUt Jjork ehnes YAUTEPEC, Mexico When Azucena Mora Díaz’s twins were born prematurely, they were treated at the Women’s Hospital here at no cost to their parents, thanks to a government insurance plan. “We owe everything to this,” Ms. Mora
      Sljc iNcUt Jjork ehnes; ADRIANA ZEHBRAUSKAS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  866 words
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      Lock icon At War With the Rule Of a Shadowy Taliban
      823 4  -  By C. J. CHIVERS EIji'iNVut llork Smucs FORWARD OPERATING BASE ANDAR, Afghanistan As part of the Obama administration’s campaign to subdue a sprawling insurgency and create a durable Afghan government, the military sent thousands of soldiers last year into rural areas
      EIji'iNVut llork Smucs; TYLER HICKS/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  823 words
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      Lock icon A Tiny Nation and a Crown for Life
      562 4  -  Hutt river journal By NORIMITSU ONISHI SljciNVut |)ork Smncs PRINCIPALITY OF HUTT RIVER, Australia “Some people do think that Hutt River is really a new, young country, but I get a lot of German tourists through here, and I take pride in
      SljciNVut |)ork Smncs; NORIMITSU ONISHI/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  562 words
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      Lock icon Cubans Savor Shift To Free Enterprise
      806 6  -  By VICTORIA BURNETT eljcJCcUt Jlork Elmcs BAUTA, Cuba Marisela Álvarez spends much of the day bent over a single electric burner in her small outdoor kitchen. Her knees are hurting her. Her red hair smells of cooking oil. She hasn’t felt this fortunate in
      eljcJCcUt Jlork Elmcs; JOSE GOITIA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  806 words
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      Lock icon Sons of Swedes in Search Of Creative New Names
      462 6  -  By JOHN TAGLIABUE EI)c JfcUt Jtjork Ehncti STOCKHOLM A growing number of young Swedes have been rebelling against the hegemony of traditional Swedish surnames. Sweden abounds in names ending in “-son” because of an old Nordic practice of using the father’s
      EI)c JfcUt Jtjork Ehncti; CASPER HEDBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  462 words
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      Lock icon Fraud Charges Mar Image of Feng Shui
      624 8  -  By KEVIN DREW Eljc JCctu Jlork Ehncs HONG KONG Recent events here have fueled fears that greed may be debasing the practice of feng shui, the Chinese system of geomancy by which the auspicious positioning of objects is believed to ensure harmony, health
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      Lock icon Greece Tries to Close a Back Door to Europe
      692 8  -  By SUZANNE DALEY Sljc iXctu Jlork Smncs ORESTIADA, Greece On a chilly night recently, a half-dozen young men huddled in the shadows of the tiny train station here, stamping their feet to stay warm, waiting, though they had no money, to
      Sljc iXctu Jlork Smncs; ANGELOS TZORTZINIS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  692 words
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      98 5 Here's an idea: No more waiting C77 <§> V w. 9 s> 9' O O-nN 9) 9 Isn't it annoying when you miss a turn because your map hasn't fully loaded? With HTC Sense you can pre-load maps onto your phone before you travel so they appear on screen precisely
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      39 7 the most trusted Brand Awards 2011 Gold Medals at IENA Germany Gold Medals at Geneva Int’l Invention Gold Medals at Seoul Int’l Invention Outstanding Company Award Representative Product of Korea Award New Frontier Technology Product Award Champion New Category
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      43 9 on iPad For the latest news updates on the go. It’s Get the latest news, photos and videos from on your iPad. Daily Videos and Radio Live Streaming Photo Gallery Comprehensive TV Programme Listings Headlines at a Glance Latest News and Features http://www.todayonline.com/iTODAY
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      Lock icon Altering Financing Of Film Music
      729 10  -  By MICHAEL CIEPLY Slje Jfelu Jlork Ehncs LOS ANGELES “The King’s Speech” collected an impressive 12 Academy Award nominations. It might not have without help from a British entrepreneur who has planted his business at the tricky intersection of film and music. In an unconventional
      Slje Jfelu Jlork Ehncs; XAVIER FORCIOLI/WEINSTEIN COMPANY; RIGHT, STEPHANIE DIANI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  729 words
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      Lock icon An Athlete Spurns $12 Million
      675 10  -  By TYLER KEPNER EIk Jfclu Jjork Shnes The guaranteed contract is a fundamental principle of Major League Baseball. No matter how a player performs, or how his body holds up, he must be paid in full. Only in rare cases an injury sustained off the
      EIk Jfclu Jjork Shnes; PAUL BATTAGLIA/ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  675 words
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      Lock icon Probing Deep in the Mind For the Key to Why We Buy
      543 11  -  By NATASHA SINGER el)c JfcUt Jlork Ehucs What happens in our brains when we watch a compelling TV commercial? For one thing, brain waves that correlate with heightened attention become more active, according to researchers who have used
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      Lock icon What’s Broken in Greece? Business Law
      802 11  -  By LANDON THOMAS Jr. ®1k JCcUt gjork ehncs KOMOTINI, Greece Demetri Politopoulos says he has suffered countless indignities in his 12-year battle to build a microbrewery and wrest a sliver of the Greek beer market from the Dutch colossus, Heineken. His tires have been
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      Lock icon A Novelist’s Eye For Butterflies
      568 12  -  By CARL ZIMMER Eljc JfcUr JJork ehucii Vladimir Nabokov may be best known as the author of classic novels like “Lolita” and “Pale Fire.” But he was also a self-taught expert on butterflies. Nabokov was the curator of lepidoptera at the Museum of Comparative Zoology
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      Lock icon Berry’s Medicinal Reputation Is Difficult to Confirm
      594 12  -  B y ABIGAIL ZUGER M.D. Eljc Jlrti! JJork eimcii For decades cranberry juice has enjoyed a reputation as an effective way to prevent bladder infections. Scientists have tried to confirm this folk truth with dozens of studies, some in test tubes and some
      Eljc Jlrti! JJork eimcii; HIROKO MASUIKE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  594 words
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      Lock icon Seeking A Home, Far From Earth
      980 13  -  By DENNIS OVERBYE ®ljc iNc\u JJork Slmcjs MOFFETT FIELD, California These are science-fiction times. Both NASA and the European Space Agency have laid plans for a multidecade quest employing ever more sophisticated and expensive spacecraft for planets and life beyond Earth. In a building
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      706 13  -  By MICHAEL WINES Sljc iNV\u JJork Simcs SHANGHAI Here, from the sprawling grounds of a former airfield, rises the new campus of Fudan University in Shanghai. Here is a gigantic new law school. Over there is a hulking biosciences building. And
      Sljc iNV\u JJork Simcs; DOUG KANTER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  706 words
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