Today, 9 April 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    42 1 Weekend Today MICA (P) 207/09/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 April 9 -10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking VMchA Hjdm MICA (P) 207/09/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 April 9 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • Article
    I believe in evolution: WP’s Low
    676 1  -  Opposition MP will only announce if he’s contesting GRC on Nomination Day SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He might not have come to a decision yet, but Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang hinted that the possibility of him leading a team to fight a
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      176 1 125/years of innovation The Silver Arrows W25, the firdt Silver Arrow Mercedes-Benz legendary racing machines, the Silver Arrows, celebrate their 77th anniversary this year, having achieved their first victory in 1934. Using lightweight construction, supercharging and aerodynamic streamlining, the first Arrow, W 25, scored 16 Grand Prix victories while off
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  • SINGAPORE VOTES 2011
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      Parties gear up to snag sites to hold their rallies
      460 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE With the redrawing of the electoral boundaries, new rally sites may spring up for the upcoming General Election (GE). In reply to MediaCorp’s queries, a Police spokesman said that a review is progress: “Prior to the elections,
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      My age gives me an edge: SDA's newest candidate
      355 2  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the oldest new candidate unveiled to the media so far, the Singapore Democratic Alliance’s (SDA) Goh Kim Seng, 66, believes that far from being a liability, his age gives him an “edge”. Already, Mr Goh,
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      QUESTION TIME WITH PM LEE
      206 2  -  S RAMESH Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will host a TV forum “live”, engaging a panel of 12 Singaporeans from a cross-section of the population on a wide range of topics. The hour-long programme Question Time with the Prime Minister will be shown “live” on
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      MCYS rebuts SDP’s criticism of YOG
      418 2  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) has responded to Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) criticism of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) as an event “riddled with incompetence and mismanagement”. In a letter to Today published on Friday,
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      Lock icon RP’s Alec Tok quits
      493 3  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With political parties cranking up election preparations, the Reform Party (RP) was hit by another resignation on Friday: Central executive committee (CEC) member and designated Radin Mas candidate Alec Tok (picture) has quit over disagreements with the party protocol for CEC
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Progress in US budget talks, but ...
      537 4 Progress in US budget talks, but Deal proving elusive as negotiators scramble AGENCIES WASHINGTON Facing a deadline of midnight on Friday (Saturday noon, Singapore time), the White House and Congress worked furiously to break a United States budget deadlock and avoid a government shutdown after President Barack Obama and congressional
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      Lock icon US-Japanese team plans reactor demolition
      498 4 AGENCIES TOKYO Hydrogen explosions. High levels of radiation. Thousands of gallons of contaminated water dumped into the sea. With the drumbeat of bad news, including another powerful aftershock on Thursday, it will take months, if not years, to stabilise the reactors and spent fuel pools
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      Lock icon Israeli army strikes Gaza after school bus attack
      306 4 AP JERUSALEM Israeli aircraft and ground forces struck Gaza on Friday, killing three Hamas militants and three civilians in a surge of fighting sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day before. Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers
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      Lock icon 14 of the old guard still in with a shout
      547 6  -  Avramovic: Interim squad of 31 will also feature clutch of SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Lions entered the tournament as one of two nations to have lifted ASEAN football’s biggest prize three times, besides Thailand. But Radojko Avramovic’s (picture)
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      Think twice before throwing high-rise litter or making illegal U-turns
      546 6  -  NEA, LTA explore use of advanced cameras to identify offenders LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE As the number of vehicle offences and high-rise littering cases heads north, the National Environment Agency (NEA), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Traffic Police
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      Lock icon SGX eyes organic growth after Aussie snub
      753 8  -  Exchange ends bid for ASX after Australian Treasurer rejects deal on national interest JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCY REPORTS SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said it would continue to pursue organic as well as other strategic growth opportunities, including further dialogue with Australian
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      Lock icon Portugal pressed for pre-election cuts to get aid
      410 8 BLOOMBERG BUDAPEST Europe’s rich countries are pushing Portugal to make deeper-than-planned budget cuts in the heat of an election campaign in exchange for an emergency aid package estimated at €80 billion (S$145 billion). In an unprecedented intervention in national politics, euro-area finance
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      Clearer guidelines on fund management fees
      362 10  -  STELLA LEE stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From October, retail investors will not have to scratch the fine print to find out about the performance fee they will be charged by their fund managers. Instead, fund managers will be required to standardise their methods to calculate performance
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      Lock icon To cope with inflation, food outlets do their part
      276 10  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE Food stalls in food courts are also pitching in to curb food prices, launching discount cards and joining their hawker counterparts in pledging to hold prices. Consumers can look forward to a 10 per cent discount at all
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Can Australia embrace Asia – and vice-versa?
      875 12  - Can Australia embrace Asia and vice-versa? Asia’s rapid rise leaves Aussies little time to shed an antiquated nationalism and accommodate emerging realities SIMON TAY, HANK LIM Simon Tay is chairman and Hank Lim a senior research fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Dr Lim lives for parts of
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      SGX should turn sights on a pie that's growing
      782 14  -  CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is Today’s editor-at-large. While the respective managements of the Singapore and Australian stock exchanges may have been disappointed with the decision by the Australian Treasury Minister to rule against the proposed merger of the two bourses,
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      Lock icon European debt crisis morphs into new phase
      719 15  -  MOHAMED EL-ERIAN Mohamed El-Erian is chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Portugal’s decision to follow Greece and Ireland in seeking a European Unionled bailout may mark a watershed in the region’s
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      Lock icon Muslims in the West can show the way
      1029 16  -  This year could provide unique chance to forge new discourse of understanding between Islamic world, the West EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. PROJECT SYNDICATE The revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt provide examples of largely
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  • VOICES
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      Why the YOG was a success
      480 18  -  Letter from Koh Peng Keng Director (Sports) Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports THE Youth Olympic Games held in August 2010 was the largest and most complex international event ever organised in Singapore. It involved more than 7,500 athletes and officials representing 204
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      FoodFare vouchers, but no discount
      239 18  -  Letter from Lee Siew Leng I REFER to the NTUC Foodfare’s recent initiative to issue vouchers for its foodcourts to help citizens cope with price increases. My family was at Foodfare @Khoo Teck Puat Hospital on Monday afternoon. My son gave us some vouchers that
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      Should Sports Hub really be commercially branded?
      266 19  -  Letter from Basil Yeo AS SOMEONE involved in the local football scene, I have been interested in the progress of the Sports Hub as it could be Singapore’s first world-class standard football stadium, on par with top European stadiums. Reading the article “What
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    • Two views on role of Opposition
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        It must work in harmony with government
        218 19  -  Letter from Prem Singh GOVERNING is not a game but a serious business and voters must see the larger picture, not be distracted by voices calling for a better system of government or multi-party representation in Parliament. We have seen how democratic governments
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      • Article
        Credible competition is more beneficial
        182 19  -  Letter from Soon Sze Meng I DISAGREE with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s point in “Two-party system ‘not workable in Singapore due to shortage of talent’” (April 6). Let me use a simple comparison: Microsoft and the People’s Action Party. Both provide what users and
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      243 18 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices DUMP THE DAM, SAY PROTESTERS PAGE New Business Opportunities Have you ever thought of running a part-time business with MindChamps while keeping your full-time job? '•Wafa Yulili, MindChamps Education Success Coach, Top Female Achiever for 2007,2009 2010 "After
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      29 18 VOICES ONLINE Real concerns, not lack of respect, bug women: Marietta Koh Ai-meng Is the S-League past saving? Patrick Tan ONLY AVAILABLE AT TODAYONLINE.COM OR ON OUR MOBILE APPS
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      231 19 SING RE BIENNALE 2011 mrm k M Visitors tuning in to radio frequencies in Singapore with their shadows at Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s installation at the Old Kallang Airport. EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL 15 MAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ON FRI, 22 APR MON, 2 MAY 10AM-7PM ALL VENUES Singapore Art Museum and SAM at
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Different routes for two railway stations?
      481 20  -  S RAMESH, HETTY MUSFIRAH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One could become the centrepiece of the glitzy redevelopment of the Tanjong Pagar area, while the other, an endearing local landmark in BukitTimah, will stand as a piece of Singapore’s transport history. The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB)
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      Lock icon Thai teenager in MRT accident reunited with father
      281 21  -  SEET SOK HWEE, QIUYI TAN SINGAPORE The Thai teenager who lost both legs in a train accident at Ang Mo Kio MRT Station last Sunday had a trace of a smile on her face on Friday when her father finally reached her
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  281 words
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      Licensed junket operators allowed under casino regulations
      235 21  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE The Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) said it has received information alleging illegal activities in the casinos here and the authorities have initiated investigations. The CRA also said that Mr Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas Sands Corp chief executive officer, had suggested
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      CDAC to enhance bursary scheme
      251 22  -  LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE To match inflation and a higher average household income, the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) will enhance its bursary scheme, benefitting an estimated 25 per cent more students. Next year, Chinese Singaporean and permanent resident students from families with monthly household income
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      Lock icon This vehicle can launch boats to save your life
      323 22  -  SATISH CHENEY satishkumar@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To enhance its response to flash floods like the ones which hit Singapore last year the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has come up with a prototype of a Multi-Utility Vehicle (MUV) (picture) which can launch inflatable
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    • Article
      MOE to launch two teachers’ academies as 6,329 promoted
      261 23  -  SABRINA CHAN SINGAPORE The Ministry of Education (MOE) will officially launch two more teachers’ academies in July and August this year. Speaking at the 2011 MOE promotion ceremony on Friday, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said, that the Singapore Teachers’ Academy
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    • Article
      Former teacher jailed for attacking and molesting his girlfriend’s sister
      350 23  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A former teacher, who attacked and molested his girlfriend’s teenage sister at her home last year, was jailed 18 months on Friday. He is not being named to protect the victim’s identity. The 29-year-old’s attacks on the
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      Flapping birds gave him away ...
      176 23 Flapping birds gave him away SINGAPORE —Two hundred and forty Munia birds were found in a car that was stopped at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Thursday, by Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers. The ICA said in a statement on Friday that the Singapore-registered car was driven by a Singaporean man
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Snipers said to be targeting Libyan children
      213 24 AP GENEVA Snipers are targeting children in the besieged rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata, the United Nations’s children agency said on Friday. Hundreds of residents have been killed and wounded in the assault by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Libya’s third-largest city, and
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      Lock icon Dump the dam, say protesters
      384 24 AP BANGKOK A plan for the first dam across the Mekong River anywhere in its meandering path through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam has set off a major environmental battle in South-east Asia. The US$3.5 billion (S$4.4 billion) Xayaburi dam is slated for the
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      Lock icon YEMEN’S PRESIDENT REJECTS GULF EXIT PLAN
      120 24 AGENCIES Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has rejected an exit plan put forward by Persian Gulf countries, as thousands of demonstrators massed on Friday for pro- and anti-regime protests. The plan by the Gulf Cooperation Council would have guaranteed Mr Saleh and his family
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      Lock icon Ivory Coast’s Ouattara urges end to sanctions
      194 25 AGENCIES ABIDJAN Ivory Coast presidential claimant, Mr Alassane Ouattara, has called for an end to sanctions and sought to return the war-torn country to normal, despite a continuing military standoff with incumbent Mr Laurent Gbagbo. Mr Ouattara recognised as the winner of last
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      Lock icon Nitrite-tainted milk kills 3 children in China
      220 25 AGENCIES BEIJING Three children have died from drinking milk tainted with nitrite a chemical used for curing meat in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, in the latest food safety scandal to hit the country’s dairy industry.
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      Lock icon BOOZE-FREE SAFE ZONES SET UP FOR THAI NEW YEAR
      119 25 AP Thailand will designate 60 alcoholfree “safety areas” across the country during next weekend’s Songkran new year celebrations to decrease violence and sexual assaults that result from drunken revelry, the health authorities said on Friday. The pedestrian-only areas within which alcohol
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      Lock icon Brazilian gunman executes 12 kids at his former school
      385 26 AP RIO DE JANEIRO Stalking the halls of his one-time elementary school here on Thursday, 23-year-old Brazilian Wellington Oliveira killed 10 girls and two boys aged between 12 and 14, most with shots to their heads, even as children begged him
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    • Article
      Lock icon CHEATING WILL BE HISTORY WITH ‘DIVE-PROOF’ SHIN PADS
      88 26 AGENCIES The days of theatrical dives in football could soon end following the development of revolutionary “anti-dive” shin pads in Britain. The pads have built-in sensors and magnets that can sense if someone falls without being touched by another player —and sends
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      Lock icon LEBRON JAMES’ MOTHER ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT
      103 26 AP The mother of Miami Heat basketball star LeBron James was arrested by Miami Beach police after she was accused of assaulting a valet worker because it was taking too long to have her car delivered. The police said Mrs Gloria James had a
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      Lock icon US TO USE FACEBOOK, TWITTER TO ISSUE TERROR ALERTS
      108 26 AP The United States government’s new system to replace the five colour-coded terror alerts will have two levels of warnings elevated and imminent that will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances for limited periods of time, according to
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      Lock icon CHILD KIDNAPPER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES
      141 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A convicted sex offender has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard when she was 11 years old and holding her captive for 18 years. Ms Dugard was snatched from the street outside her California home
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      Lock icon Disney's Magic Kingdom comes to the Middle Kingdom
      248 27 AP SHANGHAI Walt Disney and its Shanghai partner broke ground on Friday for a longawaited theme park that Disney hopes will draw legions of newly-rich Chinese and provide a cornerstone for its brand in the world’s most populous country. After about a
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      Lock icon KATE IS A DOLL
      56 27 A Limited Edition Princess Catherine Engagement Doll was launched at Hamleys toy shop in London on Thursday. The doll, made to resemble Prince William’s fiancee Kate Middleton, has been dressed and accessorised by seven awardwinning British designers, with £1 (S$2.06) from each purchase going to the
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      Lock icon Alcohol significantly raises cancer risk: Study
      306 27 AGENCIES LONDON Drinking too much alcohol might account for as much as 10 per cent of cancer cases in men and 3 per cent in women in Europe, scientists said on Friday. German researchers analysed data from France, Italy, Spain, Britain, The Netherlands, Greece,
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      512 28 A look at six decades of David Attenborough’s work planned for 2012 LONDON The BBC is planning a television retrospective of the work of Sir David Attenborough (picture) next year in a move that may signal the twilight of the naturalist’s career. The series, which has
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      356 28 New branch of life found in seawater THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CALIFORNIA Living things are currently split into three branches or domains: Eukaryotes, or complex-celled organisms such as animals, plants and humans; and two simple-celled micro-organism divisions bacteria and archaea. But now a researcher working with the laboratory of the maverick
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      301 28 How you vote may show how brave you are THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Scientists have found that political orientation is connected to brain structure and those with right-wing views have larger areas concerned with fear and anxiety than those of a more left-wing persuasion. The findings
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      117 29 i On The Move Get the eamon or Style: iPad e app FASH CLASH stvie: ACCESSORIES 48 CHIC ON THE Aheap 10D shoppingideas S3 THE 1 RETURN 1 OF THE COCKTAII WATCH rffSEXY w THIS X-MAS 12 gocb® wl (tON&I BAD under $100 STYLE-MINI THE COOLEST FASHION GUIDE FOR TRENDY
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        69 30 Hold 28.5 S’pore cents OCBC starts coverage a S$0.30 fair value estimate. The house says: “Viz Branz produces more than 40 beverage products under its seven flagship brands... to be sold across geographical regions like China, Southeast Asia and Indochina.” It forecasts “fairly stable” revenue growth of about
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        61 30 Underperform S$1.14 CLSA keeps rating with a S$1.10 target price, says “acquisition of GD Express and Supertoken are not quite the deals we were looking for”. It adds: “What worries us is whether these piecemeal acquisitions of businesses that don’t move the needle (GDX) or are unproven (Supertoken),
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      366 30  -  TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than five months after its mega US$17.9 billion (S$22.5 billion) initial public offering in Hong Kong, insurance group AIA is doing better than ever. In an exclusive interview with MediaCorp at the opening of its new service centre in
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      358 30 BLOOMBERG BRUSSELS European regulators will use a tougher measure of capital on 90 lenders in this year’s stress tests following criticism that last year’s were not stringent enough. Banks will be expected to maintain a Core Tier 1 capital ratio of at least 5
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      477 31  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Asia-Pacific market accounts for just 7 per cent of the world’s cruise business right now but experts say that, with increasing affluence across the region, operators are keeping a weathered eye on the under-penetrated market and its growth
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      238 31 DOW JONES BALI —The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said on Friday that it will further liberalise the region’s capital accounts but stressed the need to safeguard against potential macroeconomic instability and systemic risks. “We resolve to further liberalise our capital accounts consistent
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      172 32 REUTERS BALI Malaysia’s economy is on track to grow 6 per cent this year and there is no need for “dramatic” monetary policy shifts to curb inflation, which is driven largely by imported price rises, Second Finance Minister Husni Ahmad Hanadzlah said on Friday.
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      227 32 DOW JONES TOKYO Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor both said on Friday they will resume production at all factories in Japan the middle or end of this month, but the two leading Japanese car-makers said output would be at half of normal volume.
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      388 32 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA Indonesia’s credit rating has been raised by Standard and Poor’s to the highest level since the Asian financial crisis hit the country in 1997 because of the nation’s resilient economy and improving finances. The long-term foreign-currency rating was increased one level to BB+ from
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      153 32 REUTERS A surprise surge in imports outpaced rising exports in Germany in February, cutting into the trade surplus in a sign of robust demand from Europe’s largest economy. Germany’s trade surplus narrowed to €11.4 billion (s$20.6 billion), its lowest level since last
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      57 30 TOYOTA, NISSAN GEAR UPTO RESUME PRODUCTION FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. xinmsn. com/warna942 m rr fj With the dynamic duo Shaik Zaza
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      35 31 Our DJs speak with a“quiH$f American accent <e n dude) I Kiss Me I Vtn Irish J'' -\vv i *«*A .,!> A So what? It makes for more interesting radio Love it or leave it /AediaCorp
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      179 32 Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? Booming Business President, Northwest Invention Center, USA “Started in United States Expanded to Australia, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, India.. Dr Sobey launched Camp Invention, which now has more than
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      1125 33  -  COMMENTARY NICHOLAS TAN Nicholas Tan is head of Global Wealth Management, OCBC Bank. This article is published for information purposes only. Generally, women are believed to be more conservative than men in their approach to things. The notion appears to hold true
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      329 35 V MediaCorp Ad-Xtra A With HSBC's One Dines for Free offers, it's our treat. No one dishes out more attractive buffet, high tea and set menu offers than HSBC. Charge to your HSBC card now at over 60 renowned dining establishments islandwide and you get to dine for free! From
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      136 36 This Saturday, the SportsZone team dribble into Singapore’s No 1 sport, football. A year after the unveiling of the Football Association of Singapore’s Strategic Plan, how many of the new ideas have been implemented and has the sport here taken a
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      658 36 Fulham boss Hughes now pondering how to deal with pacy Hernandez AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vs Fulham LONDON Wayne Rooney is suspended but Mark Hughes, whose Fulham side visit Old Trafford on Saturday, is in no mood to celebrate. With speedy Mexican striker Javier Hernandez
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      320 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ANFIELD Liverpool suffered a second injury blow in three days after captain Steven Gerrard (picture) was ruled out for the rest of the season on Friday. The England midfielder returned to training a week ago after a groin operation in early
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      544 37 McIlroy, Quiros lead the way as Woods, Mickelson struggle AP GOLF US Masters AUGUSTA The flair of Rory McIlroy. The sheer power of Alvaro Quiros. These are but two of the fresh faces in golf who offered more evidence on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time)
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      352 37  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg GOLF Panasonic Open SINGAPORE Mardan Mamat is a step closer to ending his five-year winless streak on the Asian Tour. The 43-year-old, whose last win on the tour was on home soil at the 2006 Singapore Masters, is in pole
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      483 38  -  STTA raise more than S$700,000 at gala dinner to boost their youth development plan TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The sport of table tennis has enjoyed tremendous success in recent years, with the Singapore women’s team the reigning world champions and Olympic silver medallists. But
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      358 38 SINGAPORE Woman pole vaulter Rachel Yang’s SEA Games gold medal quest is back on track. The national athlete said on Friday that she has resolved her issues with the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) and will continue training at Guangzhou’s Weilun Sports School. The
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      215 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE The evergreen Aleksandar Duric continued his rich vein of form, scoring a goal and setting up another as Tampines Rovers came from behind to beat defending champions Etoile FC 2-1 in a top-of-the-table clash in the 2011 Great Eastern-Yeo’s SLeague at Jalan Besar
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      699 39  -  Fernandes’ goal to rally Malaysia round his team now a distant dream IAN DE COTTA Formula 1 Senior Correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg SEPANG It is one of the most punishing races on the calendar, with the searing conditions inflicting a huge toll on the drivers, and if
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      227 39 REUTERS Red Bull dominated Friday practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix but refused to be drawn on whether they would use KERS in Sunday’s race. Australia’s Mark Webber topped the timesheets in the morning and afternoon sessions, with team-mate Sebastian Vettel fourth in the
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      365 39 REUTERS SYDNEY World class displays from a string of youngsters at the Australian swimming championships have shown returning champions like Ian Thorpe they will have a fight on their hands for places at the London 2012 Olympics. Thorpe, who announced his
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      109 37 SPORTS FIXTURES Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Sat, 09/04/11 Sun, 10/04/11 Sun, 10/04/11 Sun, 10/04/11 Sun, 10/04/11 Sun, 10/04/11 Sun, 10/04/11 Mon, 11/04/11 5.00pm 4.00am 7.00am 7.30am 7.30am 10.30am 10.30am 7.00am For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian, German and K League, please visit Singapore Pools website.
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      49 39 LASER CIRCUMCISION For Male Adults and Children (Can use Medisave) Call 6787 8863 for appointment Bookings for May/June 2011 School Holiday season is now open SiDEK CLINIC FOR WOMEN SIDEK CLINIC FOR WOMEN PTE LTD Eastpoint Mall (Next to Simei MRT) 3 Simei St 6 #04-25/26, Singapore *****3 www.sidekclinic.com
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      355 40 1 ST AND LARGEST S0ARTTV Internet TV LAUNCH IN SINGAPORE ci iNTEC SINGAPORE J B HAU 401-403 APRIL last 2 DAYS r o acer COMPUTER CORE 5 PROCESSOR CORE 17 NOTEBOOK Intel Core 17 Processor 2GB Ram, 500GB HDD Dedicated Graphics Card SHOW PRICE CORE 15 NOTEBOOK Intel Core 15
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      101 42 iTODAY on BlackBerry smartphone For the latest news updates on the go. It’s FREE! BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone s o/c/ d p hiii PJey a stvo »e< 1^ Gap ORf B have psc D rn Un'J BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone iTODAY is also available on BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone. D
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      49 20 Remember when you used to babble to every song? A V And then you grew up, heard the sound of your own voice, and retreated to the bathroom. Bring back the joy of singing out loud with our music programmes. arts on okto Every night from 10pm AediaCorp LL.
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      368 19 SATURDAYTV STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: MEET DAVE (TV Premiere) Channel 5, 7.30pm A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem:Their ship becomes smitten with a woman. ON SINGTEL MIO TV KONSERT AKADEMI FANTASIA
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      722 19 THE FOUR Channel U, 7.30pm To protect the village, the four constables come up with a ploy to scare Caijing away. Piaoxue’s best friend contracts an unknown disease and Heartless is infected while trying to solve the case. CHANNEL 6.00AM Dinner Takes All 6.30 Knock First 7.00 Debbie Travis’ Painted
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      740 18 ROYAL WEDDING OF A LIFETIME Channel 5, 10pm Follow the love story between an ordinary girl from a sleepy English village and the most eligible bachelor of his generation in this TV special. Find out how Kate Middleton will be following in Diana’s footsteps to become the next People’s Princess
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      446 18 FILMART:A MONTH OF HUNGRY GHOSTS (PG-Supernatural) okto, 10pm In parts of Asia, it is believed that during the seventh lunar month every year, the gates of Hell will open and all the souls are set free to wander the mortal world. At this time, many spirits roam around trying to
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      1585 17 WEEKDAYTV CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6.00AM Ninja Warrior 6.30 Prime Time Morning 8.00 The Amazing Race XVIII (Direct Off Satellite) 8.45 Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 9.30 The Martha Stewart Show VI 10.30 Style By Jury 11.00 What’s Good For You? II 12.00 Living With Lydia IV
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      1669 16 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 oktOriginal: WITZ! (PRESCHOOL) 9.30 The Mr Men Show (PRESCHOOL) 10.00 Sea Princesses (PRESCHOOL) 10.30 Bo On The Go (PRESCHOOL) 11.00 oktOriginal: WITZ! (PRESCHOOL) 11.30 Bubble Guppies
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      710 15 1 Tanya the Cities 2011 “Live” Concert Expect a night of soulful hits and specially choreographed dance moves, which multitalented Tanya Chua will perform for the first time on stage. Date: Saturday Time: 8pm Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium Ticket: S$88 to S$ 158 from Sistic (Exclusive discounts
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      619 15 #1 MOVIE IN SINGAPORE AND USA! FROM THE PRODUCERS OF DESPICABLE ME AND THE DIRECTOR OF ALVIN^rCHIPMUNKS Lisa Goes-■ ■-'f!--; "An ultra cute family film..." Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile ...fun and funny..." Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter i CANDY, CHICKS ROCK'N'ROLL AT H NOW SHOWING iijWHtfwja www.iwantcandy.com mm-S- A M. Him
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      43 14 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 FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
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      1598 14 ((^CATHAY cathay.com.sg J facebook.com/cathaycineplexes m DOWNTOWN EAS 1 Pasir Ris Close. Elhub, Lev THE CATHAY 2 Handy Road, Levels 5 6 RIO* (in 3D format) 2.1 Opm, 4.20,6.30, 8.45, 11.00pm^j;Tj RIO* 10.50am, 1.00pm, 3.05, 5.10, 7.10, 9.15, 11.25pm, 1.35am HALL PASS* 12.40pm, 2.50,7.15, 9.25, 11.40pm, 1.50am LIMITLESS* 10.35am, 12.45pm, 2.50,
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      1252 13  -  Why settle for another relaxing vacation when you can take a trip that could change your life? SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg GRADUATION vacations, gap-year getaways, semester breaks.We’ve all been there students celebrating the end of campus life, taking advantage of an extended break from the books, or just
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      126 12  -  The stuff travelling’s made of SERENE LIM HERE’S one more piece of garment that could better help you battle the elements when you travel. Made of 100 per cent polyester fibre yarn, the North Face Dipsea Cover-it (S$36) can be worn over the head to absorb perspiration either
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      505 12  -  DON MENDOZA ONE of American chef Eli Kirshtein’s favourite dishes is octopus sousvide at 77°C for five hours and served with watermelon, lemon vinegar and nasturtiums. Sounds pretty and delicious. And here’s the best part: Save for a kalamansi dressing that has replaced the lemon vinegar,
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      107 13 Low, low, low fares with Cebu Pacific! 29 x weekly flights from Singapore to Manila and daily flights to Clark and Cehu SO% OFF Seat Sale K Sale Period: dpril 9-10, 2011 Travel Period June r-dugust 31, 2011 Metro Tours Singapore PTE. LTD (TA917) Tel; 65-6735-7155/6735-2669/6737-0577, Fax: 65-6735-7592 Pentravel Tours
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      480 11  -  The golden touch of Midas star Jang Hyuk May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg JUDGING by the screaming fans who lost their marbles when Jang Hyuk did the publicity rounds in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur back in January, the ruggedly handsome Korean star has the golden touch when it comes
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      129 11 REUTERS THE Crow the 1994 film that gained cult status due in part to star Brandon Lee’s accidental on-set death is being remade by the Spanish director of 28 Days Later fame. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will shoot the Relativity Media project, which is based
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      125 11 REUTERS A MAN who said he was a special-effects worker on the upcoming superhero film Green Lantern has sued Warner Bros claiming he was severely injured by effects work gone wrong. John Franco is seeking unspecified damages from an incident he said took
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      359 10 Shock elimination of songbird gets Idol judges ‘shocked’ and ‘mad’ REUTERS PIA Toscano was sent packing from American Idol on Thursday in an elimination that drew boos from the audience and visibly angered the judges. Toscano’s surprising elimination after the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame-themed
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      39 10 r r < A ST mm 18 TH MONDAY. H '4 .a iilii k\ •r ■4 1 V h V ■k 5f .1 '4 -v 1 Ik 1* SEASON 3 FRINGE 11:00PM xinmsn.com/5 /MediaCorp r R hi ome ome to
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      802 9  -  Battling eye bags or dark circles? Los Angeles dermatologist Dr Jessica Wu has the answers Lynette Koh lyn ettek@mediacorp.com.sg THE quest for pretty peepers is a top beauty priority for many of us and according to Los Angeles-based dermatologist Dr Jessica Wu, there’s good reason for this.
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      842 8  -  How the new icons of French fashion have changed the look from elegant and lacquered to sexed-up and tousled Imogen Fox features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN LET’S play that classic ice-breaker quiz for a moment. I am wearing skinny Topshop jeans, a baseball jacket and my hair is not
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      1795 7  -  He has transformed menswear and been lauded for his photography. But that’s just the start for rock’n’roll’s favourite designer Johnny Davis feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN HEDI Slimane won’t talk about fashion. Specifically, he is not to be asked when he will make his return to
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      111 5  -  LYNETTE KOH IT WAS five days of cool labels, hot models, and fantastic men’s fashion. On Sunday, the inaugural Men’s Fashion Week (MFW) 2011 Singapore came to a close with its concluding show by Song For The Mute, the Sydney-based designing duo who also bagged the MFWYoung
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      390 5  -  How to build the perfect shoe wardrobe ARTHUR CHUA WHEN it comes to shoes, fact has to be separated from fiction. It’s not true that a man only requires two pairs of shoes:A formal pair for work and other important occasions, and a casual pair for everything else.
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      493 3  -  What’s the best way to take on spring’s bold and bright colours? In clean shapes and solid shapes LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU’RE not in the best of moods, try peering into the display window of the nearest clothing store. With cheerful, bold hues and colour-blocking taking centre
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      751 2  -  intelligence/RAChel RACHEL K. WARD Rachel K. Ward, a writer based in Paris, is the author of “All for Nothing,” published byAtropos Press. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. Sljc iXhu Jlork Ehncs Paris In less than a decade, the old guard of fashion has passed. Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander
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      729 3  -  By ALISSAJ. RUBIN, ROD NORDLAND el)e Jfctu JJork ®ime$ KABUL, Afghanistan—When a brother and a nephew of an Afghan vice president wanted to build up their fuel transport business, they took out a $19 million loan from Kabul Bank. When a brother
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      Lock icon ‘Maternity Tourists’ Seek A Birthright in California
      714 4  -  By JENNIFER MEDINA £l)c Jfctu jJork Elmcs SAN GABRIEL, California. The building inspectors and police officers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing something was amiss. Neighbors had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and
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      Lock icon Getting Help Erasing an Unflattering Digital Past on the Internet
      570 6  -  By NICK BILTON eljcJCctu JEjork Eimes A new breed of Web specialists, known as online reputation managers, are offering to expunge negative posts, bury unfavorable search results and monitor a client’s virtual image. In an age when a person’s reputation
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      494 6  -  PArAMArIBo JoUrnAl By SIMON ROMERO 5El)c JfrUt JEjork ®iwc$ PARAMARIBO, Suriname Stroll through this city, perched between jungle and sea, and Suriname’s past as a Dutch colony comes into view: stately mansions, Lutheran churches, street names with vast streams of consonants and vowels. But
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      660 7  -  By MALCOLM GAY Eljc Jfrtu Jlork Ehucs STANTON, Kentucky Nearly two decades after fleeing her native Croatia, the squat, hardworking woman known as Issabell Basic lived a quiet life in this small town. Though neighbors never took to her stuffed grape leaves and
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      772 8  -  By RACHEL DONADIO el)c JCcUt JJork Eiincs M ANDURI A, Italy—Under dark rain clouds, a group of about 10 immigrants hopped the thin wire fence surrounding the tent camp here and made a run for it. Perhaps they could
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      591 10  -  By LIZ ALDERMAN SljeJtotr JJork Stmcs Japanese consumers bought nearly a quarter of the luxury products sold in the world last year, but their priorities have taken on a starkly different cast after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. “I realize how much I
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      556 11  -  By JENNIFER JENNIFER PRESTON El)c JscUt Jiork Suncs Two days after using Flickr to display photos of police officers from Egypt’s feared state security force, Hossam el-Hamalawy watched in disbelief as they vanished, one by one, from the popular social networking site, which he
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      888 11  -  By WILLIAM NEUMAN Sl)e iXcUt Jiork Suncs SPEARMAN, Texas —Tight supplies of corn, soybeans and wheat have sent prices skyrocketing in the last year, prompting worries of a looming global food crisis. In other years, American farmers have responded to high prices by
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      875 13  -  By NOAM COHEN eljcJsVut JJork Stones A favorite pastime of Internet users is to share their location: services like Google Latitude can inform friends when you are nearby; another, Foursquare, has turned reporting these updates into a game. But as a
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      555 13  -  By RANDALL STROSS EIkJsVut JJork Slmcs How many tiny keypad buttons can fit on one wristwatch? At least 28. That’s the number that HewlettPackard packed onto its first watch, the HP-01, in 1977. It was such a strange hybrid of watch
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      706 14  -  By IRINA ALEKSANDER ElKiNctit JElork Slmcs Russell Brand, the British comedian and actor, has made a career of outrageous antics. It is jarring, then, to hear Mr. Brand, 35, speaking passionately and sincerely about the emotional solace he has found in Transcendental Meditation. “Transcendental
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      633 14  -  By JERÉ LONGMAN SljeJfcUf JElork Slmcs When London was awarded the 2012 Olympics, organizers promised to get two million more people in England involved in sports and physical activity. But with the Games in less than 18 months, that commitment now resembles a
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      897 15  -  By TARA PARKER-POPE EljcJCcUt |jork Eimcs In Mexico, the latest anti-obesity public health campaign shows people with bulging stomachs eating greasy food. “I have always thought that it’s your own fault,” said Sergio Miranda, 35, who has a shoeshine stand in Mexico City.
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