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Title Section12 2011-10-23 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY October 23, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/201112 words
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Advertisement804 2011-10-23 1 CHINA HEALTHCARE’S ONGCHUPOH the st regis perspectives 6 MONTBLANC’S TIMELY AMBITION the finer life 8 NTU DON AND THE ACEH MIDWIVES face in the crowd CARING FOR A CHILD NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD parent to parent 12 TURNOVER FORTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Articles selected for Copyright 2011804 words
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Article, Illustration1354 2011-10-23 2 cheow xin yi - Sentosa Cove is where the rich can turn their fantasies into (literally) concrete reality and one 40-year-old architect has made his mark helping some do just that sundayspecial cheow xin yi todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg One modelled his house, shape and all, after a Wally Hermès Yacht. Painted the luxuryPHOTOS BY DON WONG, COURTESY GREG SHAND - 1,354 words
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Article, Illustration415 2011-10-23 4 CHEOW XIN YI - CHEOW XIN YI DRIVING down the roads past the bungalows of Sentosa Cove is like entering a suburban neighbourhood on the American television drama series Desperate Housewives. Except for one thing while there is the occasional white picket fence on thePHOTO COURTESY SENTOSA COVE RESORT MANAGEMENT - 415 words
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Article, Illustration1362 2011-10-23 6 Caring for the elderly mattered to Ong Chu Poh even as a teen. The China Healthcare executive chairman talks to Cheow Xin Yi about medical care for the poor and a costly Chinese lesson the perspectives He has built what began as a struggling 21-bed nursingPHOTOS BY ERNEST CHUA - 1,362 words
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Article, Illustration898 2011-10-23 8 aaron de silva - Montblanc’s Thierry Pellaton says that the recent Writing Time exhibition in Singapore is evidence of the brand’s growing clout as a bona fide haute watchmaker thefinerlife aaron de silva todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg In marketing collateral and glossy bibles devoted to haute horlogerie (high watchmaking), watch companies with centuries ofPHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN, COURTESY MONTBLANC - 898 words
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Article, Illustration1188 2011-10-23 10 yu pei fern - Arul Chib gave up a corporate job to be a most unusual academic, whose ‘action research’ has changed lives in Aceh, Uganda and Peru faceinthecrowd yu pei fern todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Arul Chib was a young man with good corporate prospects, working with Procter Gamble as anPHOTOS COURTESY ARUL CHIB - 1,188 words
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835 2011-10-23 11 alywin chew - speakeasy alywin chew chew assistant sports editor todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg You know there’s a tectonic shift of reality when all the women around you are getting pregnant. Three of my ex-colleagues became parents around the same time last year. I became so paranoid I was835 words
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Article, Illustration1150 2011-10-23 12 emily rapp - We read all the usual advice about raising kids. But we never thought about how to parent a child for whom there is no future parenttoparent emily rapp todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Emily Rapp is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir and a professor of creative writingTHE NEW YORK TIMES; ART BY YEN YOK - 1,150 words
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Article, Illustration292 2011-10-23 13 a photo Thailand’s worst floods in half a century have swamped the outskirts of Bangkok and are threatening the city itself. The pictures on pages 14-15 tell the story of how residents are coping. FLOODING IN BANG BUA THONG Download the free Tag Reader app forSION TOUHIG; PHOTOS: SION TOUHIG, AP, REUTERS - 292 words
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457 2011-10-23 16 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday, as the government scrambled to protect the capital and defend two industrial zones from flooding. The diversion of floodwater that reached levels as highAGENCIES - 457 words
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Article, Illustration199 2011-10-23 16 BANGKOK POST Frustrated by mixed messages and false alarms from some Thai officials, residents of Bangkok have turned to a non-conven-tional expert who issues his own updates on the flood situation. Mr Sasin Chalermlarp (picture), a 43-year-old conservationist who taught himself about flood water management, startedBANGKOK POST; FACEBOOK - 199 words
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Article, Illustration159 2011-10-23 16 AGENCIES Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud (picture) has died, opening the way for the Interior Minister, Prince Nayef, to become the likely heir apparent of the world’s top oil exporter. Prince Sultan, who was in his 80s, diedAGENCIES; REUTERS - 159 words
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288 2011-10-23 16 AGENCIES SHAH ALAM Despite heavy publicity over the week, barely 5,000 Malaysian Muslims turned up at the 100,000-seater Shah Alam Stadium near Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a rally to denounce alleged attempts to convert Muslims. The rally, led by right-wing nongovernmental groups, comesAGENCIES - 288 words
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Article, Illustration407 2011-10-23 17 MUHAMAD FADHIL - MUHAMAD FADHIL muhdfadhil@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta (picture) said he will decide in January whether to seek re-election in the 2012 Presidential Elections. The 61-year-old took office in 2007 after serving as Prime Minister for about a year.BLOOMBERG - 407 words
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Article, Illustration343 2011-10-23 17 JOANNE CHAN - JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said youths in the country will have a bright future and they will be given ample opportunity to do well in their studies and jobs, as well as contribute to society. The message camePHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 343 words
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438 2011-10-23 17 AGENCIES BRUSSELS European finance ministers are considering setting up a fund to entice outside investors to buy troubled euro-area government bonds, as they struggled over how to tame the Greece-fuelled debt crisis, said a person familiar with the matter. The special purposeAGENCIES - 438 words
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262 2011-10-23 18 AGENCIES TRIPOLI Libya’s new leaders will declare liberation today, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Mr Mahmoud Jibril, an expatriate academic who has beenAGENCIES - 262 words
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Article, Illustration75 2011-10-23 18 A man holding a placard during an Occupy Berlin protest in front of the Reichstag, the seat of Germany’s lower House of Parliament. About 300 protesters turned up in Berlin and about 2,500 in Frankfurt to denounce banking and financial industry practices but the crowds were notablyREUTERS - 75 words
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106 2011-10-23 18 REUTERS Toyota Motor Corp will invest US$689 million (S$877 million) in a new R&D centre for low-emission vehicle technology in the eastern China city of Changshu and will start selling Chinese-made hybrid cars from around 2015, the company said yesterday Beijing wantsREUTERS - 106 words
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334 2011-10-23 18 SINGAPORE NTUC Eldercare opened its eighth social day care centre yesterday at the East Coast Group Representation Constituency. The Silver Circle (Fengshan) in Bedok can provide a specialised active rehabilitation programme with its team of physiotherapists and nurses. Member of Parliament (MP) for East334 words
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152 2011-10-23 18 AGENCIES America’s long and deeply unpopular war in Iraq will be over by year’s end and all American troops “will definitely be home for the holidays”, President Barack Obama declared on Friday. The final exit date was sealed after months of intensiveAGENCIES - 152 words
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128 2011-10-23 18 BLOOMBERG An Indian court yesterday framed criminal charges against a former Minister and 16 others, including top executives of telecom companies, in a case related to the government’s sale of phone licences in 2008. FormerTelecommunications Minister Andimuthu Raja, his personal secretary R KChandoliaBLOOMBERG - 128 words
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97 2011-10-23 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH India is to deploy a canine 007 in the war against terror. Specialist handlersfromthe Indo-Tibetan Border Police have trained a team of six Labradors to serve as “Bomb Drop Dogs”. They will carry explosives in their mouths, sneak into terrorists’THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 97 words
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156 2011-10-23 18 AP Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala, and Togo were elected to twoyear United Nations Security Council terms on Friday, but the final decision on a fifth seat was postponed until next week. UN General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser said voting willAP - 156 words
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97 2011-10-23 18 BLOOMBERG China’s control over the property market and construction of public housing is at a “critical” stage, Premier Wen Jiabao said, urging efforts to “consolidate” results achieved from past policy measures. Funding for welfare home construction must be ensured and land supplyBLOOMBERG - 97 words
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252 2011-10-23 19 S RAMESH - S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The People’s Association (PA) has come up with a comprehensive training plan to help grassroots leaders offer better service to the community. The National Community Leadership Institute, which is part of the PA’s network, yesterday launched the enhanced252 words
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141 2011-10-23 19 SINGAPORE The national water agency PUB said Friday’s flash flood along Upper Serangoon Road was due to a choke in a temporary drainage which was constructed without its approval. The drain was located next to the slip road leading from Upper Serangoon141 words
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211 2011-10-23 19 AP A great white shark killed an American recreational diver yesterday, in the third fatality in recent weeks off south-west Australia that has shaken residents and sparked fears of a rogue predator targeting humans. The state government has promised to hunt the killerAP - 211 words
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151 2011-10-23 19 WAYNE CHAN - WAYNE CHAN The Health Promotion Board (HPB) launched an initiative yesterday to spread the “stay healthy” message by tapping the personal networks of people from all walks of life. It is part of this year’s National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign, which was kicked151 words
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Article, Illustration760 2011-10-23 20 A nation expects, but the nerves are a little frayed with the unpredictable French on the other side AP 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL New Zealand vs France AUCKLAND When it emerged in the hectic buildup to today’s Rugby World Cup final thatAP; GETTY IMAGES - 760 words
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Article, Illustration515 2011-10-23 21 Mancini believes his side are still behind United, which can produce results even when playing badly REUTERS ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vs Man City MANCHESTER Premier League leaders Manchester City must learn to emulate rivals United in a key department winning matches evenREUTERS; GETTY IMAGES - 515 words
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443 2011-10-23 21 AGENCIES MANCHESTER Darren Fletcher has added even more spice to today’s derby by claiming that rivals Manchester City will never be as big as Manchester United. The United midfielder acknowledged the turnaround City have undergone in the past couple of seasonsAGENCIES - 443 words
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Article, Illustration524 2011-10-23 22 Unbeaten Newcastle net late winner, Wolves fight back to rein in AGENCIES FOOTBALL English Premiership LONDON Newcastle United maintained their unbeaten start to the season, sending Wigan Athletic to the bottom of the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at St James’ Park after aAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 524 words
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Article, Illustration448 2011-10-23 22 TAN YO-HINN - 2011 CANOE MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More worldclass canoeing events, such as the Asian Canoe Polo Championships, could be headed Singapore’s way. South Africa’s Hank McGregor clinched the K1 men’s senior 30.1km race onPHOTO COURTESY CAROLYN COOPER - 448 words
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Miscellaneous748 2011-10-23 25 SUNDAYTV EAGLE EYE (PG–Action Violence) (TV Premiere) Channel 5, 6.45pm Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology748 words
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Miscellaneous436 2011-10-23 25 FILMART: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES okto, 10pm Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic tale about a lawyer in colonial New England who frames his brother for their father’s murder unwinds brilliantly in this cinematic adaptation. There is most definitely a gothic chill, but this time it does not come from Vincent436 words
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Miscellaneous1943 2011-10-23 27 3.00PM Anjaraipetti II 3.30 Sathy Leelavathi 4.00 Take It Easy Vazhkai IV 4.30 Mythilli 5.00 Ohho Productions 5.30 Primary Six 6.00 Yaar Antha Star III 7.00 Gokulathil Seethai 7.30 Ethiroli 8.00 Vaira Nenjam 8.30 Tamil Seithi News 9.00 Sabaash Seriyana Pohtti 9.30 Rusiyai Thedi III 10.00 ICE (PG 13-Mature Themes)1,943 words
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Article, Illustration890 2011-10-23 16 SUSAN SAULNY - By SUSAN SAULNY El)c iXctiT JJork Shncs TOMS RIVER, New Jersey How come she’s so white and you’re so dark?” The question tore through Heather Greenwood as she was about to check out at a store here. Her brown hands were pushing the shopping cartEl)c iXctiT JJork Shncs; CHANG W. LEE/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 890 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-10-23 16 ADAM NAGOURNEY - By ADAM NAGOURNEY Sljc iNcUt JJork Shncs HOLLYWOOD, California The secluded maze of roads and trails in the hills above Hollywood has become the setting of something of a war, as residents face an influx of tourists in searchSljc iNcUt JJork Shncs - 573 words
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Article, Illustration647 2011-10-23 15 CAROL KINO - By CAROL KINO eljcJsVut JJork Shncs The animated videos of the artist Tabaimo reject the cuteness of much contemporary Japanese art. Instead, they focus on the anxieties bubbling beneath the surface of everyday life. “Japanese Kitchen” (1999), made at the end of hereljcJsVut JJork Shncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASON MANDELLA, LEFT AND ABOVE; RIGHT, ANGEL FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 647 words
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Article, Illustration622 2011-10-23 15 DENNIS LIM - By DENNIS LIM St)c ;NcUt JJork Shncs For the last five years the Spanish filmmaker Oliver Laxe has lived mainly in the northern Moroccan city of Tangier, where he developed a film workshop at a shelter for disadvantaged children. At first glance, Mr.St)c ;NcUt JJork Shncs; NORTHWEST FILM FORUM - 622 words
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Article, Illustration1031 2011-10-23 14 BEN SISARIO - By BEN SISARIO El)c JCcUt Jlork Smncs Having reached pop’s stratosphere just as the music industry was beginning its decadelong crash, Coldplay is perhaps the last in a line of great rock dinosaurs. Its uplifting, arena-filling hooks have helped it sell more than 40 millionEl)c JCcUt Jlork Smncs; CHRISTOPHER POLK/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA, VIA GETTY IMAGES FOR CLEAR CHANNEL - 1,031 words
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Article, Illustration535 2011-10-23 14 KATE MURPHY - By KATE MURPHY El)c 'N'cUt Jlcrk Smncs It’s been a month since Target released its Missoni for Target line and shoppers cleared the shelves and crashed the American discount retailer’s Web site. But as with some earlier limited-edition “masstige” collections, the frenzy hasEl)c 'N'cUt Jlcrk Smncs - 535 words
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Article, Illustration869 2011-10-23 13 JOHN MARKOFF - By JOHN MARKOFF eljcJsVut JJork Stmcs More than 60 years ago, in his “Foundation” series, the science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov invented a new science psychohistory that combined mathematics and psychology to predict the future. Now social scientists are trying toeljcJsVut JJork Stmcs; BRIAN STAUFFER - 869 words
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Article, Illustration501 2011-10-23 13 NICHOLAS WADE - By NICHOLAS WADE elji'iNVut JJork Stmcs From parish records on a FrenchCanadian island, researchers have uncovered what may be the most recent known instance of human evolution in response to natural selection. The island, Île aux Coudres, lies in the St.elji'iNVut JJork Stmcs; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 501 words
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Article, Illustration707 2011-10-23 12 RITCHIE S. KING - By RITCHIE S. KING eljoiXcUt JJork ®iwc$ A group of Japanese neuroscientists is trying to peer into the mind literally. They have devised a way to turn the brain’s opaque gray matter into a glassy, see-through substance. The group, based at the govern-ment-financed RikeneljoiXcUt JJork ®iwc$; ATSUSHI MIYAWAK1 - 707 words
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Article, Illustration694 2011-10-23 12 JOHN TIERNEY - By JOHN TIERNEY eljoiXcUt JEjork ®iwc$ Envy seems to be the most useless of the deadly sins: excruciating to experience, shameful to admit, bereft of immediate pleasure or long-term benefits. To an evolutionary psychologist, there’s a certain logic to seducing your neighbor’s wifeeljoiXcUt JEjork ®iwc$; VIKTOR KOEN - 694 words
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Article, Illustration693 2011-10-23 11 GRAHAM BOWLEY - By GRAHAM BOWLEY El)c JCcUt Jlork Stines Regulators in the United States and overseas are cracking down on computerized high-speed trading that crowds today’s stock exchanges, worried that as it spreads around the globe it is making market swings worse. The cost of these high-frequen-cyEl)c JCcUt Jlork Stines; DANIEL BARRV/GETTY IMAGES - 693 words
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Article, Illustration621 2011-10-23 11 HIROKO TABUCHI - By HIROKO TABUCHI El)c JCcUt jiork ernes TOKYO Even as Japan plans to phase out nuclear power as too risky for domestic use, the government wants Japanese industry to sell the technology to other countries. Japanese conglomerates are renewingEl)c JCcUt jiork ernes; JAMES BEST JR./THE NEW YORK TIMES - 621 words
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Article, Illustration781 2011-10-23 10 NADA BAKRI - By NADA BAKRI El)c iN'ctu Jlork Suncs BEIRUT, Lebanon The Syrian economy is buckling under the pressure of sanctions by the West and a popular uprising, posing a growing challenge to President Bashar alAssad’s government as the pain is felt byEl)c iN'ctu Jlork Suncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY MUZAFFAR SALMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 781 words
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Article, Illustration460 2011-10-23 10 PHYLLIS KORKKI - By PHYLLIS KORKKI El)c ?fcUt Jjork Suncs Isn’t it just a matter of time before women reach parity with men in the upper ranks of the corporate world? After all, women in the United States make up nearly half theEl)c ?fcUt Jjork Suncs; JOHANNA GOODMAN - 460 words
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Article, Illustration835 2011-10-23 8 ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO - By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Eljc Jfhu JJork Elmcs COPIAPÓ, Chile After his dramatic rescue from a mine last year, Jimmy Sánchez traveled the world, cruising the Greek islands, visiting Britain, Israel, Los Angeles, Disney World all paid for by peopleEljc Jfhu JJork Elmcs; TOMAS MUNITA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 835 words
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Article, Illustration524 2011-10-23 8 ALISSA J. RUBIN - By ALISSA J. RUBIN Stye JJctu Jlork Elmcs KABUL, Afghanistan—Straightbacked, his bearing almost regal, Malik Niaz, 82, entered the Afghan president’s compound this month, proudly wearing his best turban: a silk one from Turkestan. He watched in disbelief as the guard askedStye JJctu Jlork Elmcs; MIKHAIL GALUSTOV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 524 words
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Article, Illustration807 2011-10-23 6 JOSH KRON - By JOSH KRON El)c-NVttf jlork Eimcs KAMPALA, Uganda Sam Katende wipes his brow as a burst of steam from his frying pan blows into his face. This business used to be a lot easier, dishing out rolled eggs or “Rolexes,” as the ubiquitous and belovedEl)c-NVttf jlork Eimcs; MICHELE SIBILONI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 807 words
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Article, Illustration749 2011-10-23 6 RACHEL DONADIO - By RACHEL DONADIO Sljc Jfrtu jiork Eimcs ATHENS— The debt crisis here has created an intriguing bright spot: a burst of artistic activity in response to the national identity crisis it has provoked. “It’s as if someone asked you thatSljc Jfrtu jiork Eimcs; EIRINI VOURLOUMIS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 749 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-10-23 4 EDWARD WONG - By EDWARD WONG El)c JCcUt Jlork ©hues RASON, North Korea Grappling with an economy that has stagnated from decades of communist central planning, North Korean leaders are slowly opening their isolated nation to foreign investment. A thrust of their strategy is toEl)c JCcUt Jlork ©hues; NG HAN GUAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 573 words
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Article, Illustration775 2011-10-23 4 HIROKO TABUCHI - By HIROKO TABUCHI El)c iscXv Jlork Ehncs TOKYO Takeo Hayashida signed on with a citizens group to test for radiation near his son’s baseball field in Tokyo after government officials told him they had no plans to check for fallout from the devastated Fukushima DaiichiEl)c iscXv Jlork Ehncs; KAZUHIRO YOKOZEKI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 775 words
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Article, Illustration686 2011-10-23 3 CELIA W. DUGGER - By CELIA W. DUGGER eljc JfcUt JJork ehucs SARE HAROUNA, Senegal When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain. Buteljc JfcUt JJork ehucs; LYNSEY ADDARIO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 686 words
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Article, Illustration561 2011-10-23 2 TIM ARANGO, YASIR GHAZI - baghdad JourNal By TIM TIM ARANGO, YASIR GHAZI Sljc iNctu JJork Simcs BAGHDAD With his New York Yankees jersey, baggy jeans embroidered with “U.S.A.” down one leg and his casual greeting of “What’s up? Ali Jabbar, a rapper and a student in IslamicSljc iNctu JJork Simcs; JOSEPH SYWENKYJ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 561 words
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Article, Illustration905 2011-10-23 2 MICHAEL J. KOPLOW - iNTelligeNCe/Michael MICHAEL J. KOPLOW Michael J. Koplow is a doctoral candidate in government at Georgetown University, where he focuses on the Middle East. His work has appeared in Foreign Policy, Security Studies and The Atlantic. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. ®ljc iNctu Jlork Simcs Washington When Tunisians®ljc iNctu Jlork Simcs; FETHI BELAID/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE —GETTY IMAGES - 905 words
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Advertisement1208 2011-10-23 3 ADVERTISING FEATURE Navigating the past, delivering the future How Dubai became a hub for global change Dubai’s increasingly pivotal role in the ever-expanding world of logistics and trade Twenty-first-century Dubai has come a long way from its historic days as a port for pearls and spices. Trade has always been1,208 words
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Article, Illustration623 2011-10-23 1 ANITA PATIL - LENS ANITA PATIL ®l)e iNc\u JJork Simcs Meat is going up in smoke. After bacon infused our mind, body and soul and boutique butchers were idolized, enter the humble, edible, feral plant. Blame it on the cost of food, a desire to be hyper local or®l)e iNc\u JJork Simcs; ÁNGEL FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 623 words
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Article, Illustration1110 2011-10-23 1 MICHAEL KIMMELMAN - Protesters, and Cities, Find Unity by Sharing Common Ground MICHAEL KIMMELMAN NEWS ANALYSIS The New York Times The ever exPANdINg Occupy Wall Street movement, which started in Lower Manhattan last month and reached more than 900 cities worldwide last weekend, proves among otherThe New York Times; KHALED ELFIQI/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; OZIER MUH AMM AD/THE NEW YORK TIMES; CATHERINE HENRIETTE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES; JAVIER LIZON/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 1,110 words
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