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Title Section12 2012-05-06 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY May 6, 2012 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 072/02/201212 words
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Advertisement849 2012-05-06 1 WHERE ARE THE ASIAN FAIRY TALES? parent to parent 8 TURN OVER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Copyright 2012 The New York Times Sunday, May 6, 2012 A Publication of MediaCorp MICA (P) 041/07/2011 Cellphones increasingly contain everything By SOMINI Articles selected for needed for financial transactions. news849 words
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Advertisement10 2012-05-06 1 Falling victim to teen sexting sunday special Page 2 310 words
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Article, Illustration870 2012-05-06 2 teo xuanwei - Those who send nude pictures of themselves often don’t think it’s wrong or potentially harmful Sunday special teo xuanwei todayonsunday@mediacorp. com.sg Every other week, Annie (not her real name) would send her boyfriend, who is serving National Service, a couple of pictures ofART BY YEN YOK - 870 words
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Article, Illustration1402 2012-05-06 3 Girls as young as 12 are falling victim to having sexually explicit photos of themselves circulated THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Last month, a 14-year-old boy from Cheltenham, in Britain, made headlines when he was arrested for posting a pornographic video of himself and his girlfriendTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 1,402 words
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Article, Illustration1058 2012-05-06 4 lin yanqin - They told him it was a dying if not already dead trade. But Edwin Neo persisted in learning the art of shoemaking, and is now winning fans with upmarket craftsmanship faceinthecrowd lin yanqin todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg It began as passion for beautiful shoes. While his peersPHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 1,058 words
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Advertisement263 2012-05-06 5 Over 90% sold! The only SOHO project with shopping mall in Bukit Timah area Just 5 mins walk to the upcoming Hillview MRT station. New release of high floor units. Prices from $880,000. Singapore’s No. 2 Best-selling Project in Jan 2012 Sales gallery at Hillview Avenue (junction of Hillview Avenue263 words
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Article, Illustration1462 2012-05-06 6 Closing a high-stakes corporate takeover is no different from orchestrating a marriage, PricewaterhouseCoopers advisory leader and M&A veteran Ong Chao Choon tells Cheow Xin Yi the perspectives In between brokering multi-billion-dollar boardroom deals, Mr Ong Chao Choon sheds his power suits for running gear to goPHOTO BY JASON HO; PHOTO COURTESY MR ONG CHAO CHOON - 1,462 words
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Advertisement85 2012-05-06 7 What Mr Ong Chau Choon had at Yan Ting Steamed shark’s fin dumpling soup Shrimp and scallop dumpling Steamed vegetarian dumpling with black truffles Crispy beancurd with spinach and Shimeji mushroom Steamed Shanghainese pork dumpling ‘xiao long bao’ Steamed ‘cheong fun’ rice roll with shrimps Deep-fried stuffed meat dumplings Stir-fried85 words
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Article, Illustration697 2012-05-06 8 claire chiang - parenttoparent claire chiang todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Claire Chiang is an entrepreneur, writer and parent who will be speaking on May 27 at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content, organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore, at The Arts House. Every culture in Asia isPHOTOS COURTESY FLAME COMMUNICATIONS - 697 words
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Article, Illustration473 2012-05-06 9 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s general election will be held “very soon”, said Prime Minister Najib Razak (picture) in an interview with the online media arm of his political party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno). “Umno’s election machinery in all the statesAGENCIES; REUTERS - 473 words
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Article, Illustration671 2012-05-06 9 SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL - Rules must be better enforced; fines for culprits a last resort: MPs SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saiful2@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In the wake of a fire that affected 20 flats in Marsiling on Friday, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan stressed that town councils need to enforce rules againstPHOTOS COURTESY OF JURONG TOWN COUNCIL - 671 words
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Article, Illustration551 2012-05-06 10 Speculation about his ambitions grows as London re-elects Boris Johnson as Mayor AGENCIES LONDON London’s comic and outspoken Mayor Boris Johnson won re-election on Friday, triumphing in a closer-than-expect-ed vote to secure a second term and his status as the unvarnished and unpredictable host ofAGENCIES; REUTERS - 551 words
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287 2012-05-06 10 REUTERS PARIS Campaigning ended yesterday in France for a decisive second-round presidential vote expected to crown Mr Francois Hollande the country’s first Socialist leader in two decades, despite polls showing President Nicolas Sarkozy clawing back some ground. Today’s election may proveREUTERS - 287 words
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200 2012-05-06 10 THE GUARDIAN France If Mr Francois Hollande claims victory, he will inherit a miserable economic situation and possibly face a few test missiles from the financial markets, limiting his room for manoeuvre. Within weeks of winning, he should be either sparring or compromising withTHE GUARDIAN - 200 words
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340 2012-05-06 10 REUTERS ATHENS Greeks go to the ballot boxes today ahead of the country’s most uncertain and critical election for decades, in a vote that could throw the country’s future in Europe into doubt and shake the common currency. Pollsters say theREUTERS - 340 words
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Article, Illustration181 2012-05-06 11 AP KATHMANDU A flooded mountain river swept away dozens of people along with their houses, farms and cattle in western Nepal yesterday, officials said. Police official Shailesh Thapa said 13 bodies have been pulled out from the Seti river in Kaski district.TheAP - 181 words
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198 2012-05-06 11 AP MEXICO CITY The bodies of 23 people were found hanging from a bridge or decapitated and dumped near the city hall on Friday in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, where drug cartels are fighting a bloody and escalating turf war.AP - 198 words
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135 2012-05-06 11 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE An off-duty military policeman was found hanging from a rope in Changi Air Base yesterday morning. A statement from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said 2nd Sergeant (2SG) Suresh Seluras, 24, from 608 Squadron was found stiff, unconscious and withoutCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 135 words
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838 2012-05-06 12 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING After more than a week of high-level diplomacy over the fate of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese government was widely seen as making a major concession on Friday by agreeing to let Mr Chen apply toTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 838 words
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187 2012-05-06 12 REUTERS United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Beijing yesterday after a tense week of negotiations with China over the fate of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng. But despite speculation that Mr Chen might fly out on the same plane, the 40-year-oldREUTERS - 187 words
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Article, Illustration176 2012-05-06 12 ALVINA SOH - ALVINA SOH, An increase in awareness has led to fewer people releasing animals into the wild, according to the National Parks Board (NParks), even as it urged the public against doing sothisVesak Day weekend. Ten cases of animal release were reported in 2009, five inPHOTO BYOOI BOON KEONG - 176 words
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Article, Illustration272 2012-05-06 13 REUTERS WASHINGTON A Maryland honours student pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to help a Pennsylvania woman known as “Jihad Jane” plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended some Muslims. Mohammed Hassan Khalid, 18, is believed to be the youngest person everREUTERS - 272 words
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358 2012-05-06 13 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta urged a group of Afghanistan-bound soldiers on Friday to behave with integrity in the war zone, saying thoughtless photos and actions could provoke violence that would endanger their lives and their mission. “These days it takesREUTERS - 358 words
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Article, Illustration698 2012-05-06 13 And so are the scandal’s investigators, says Colombian woman claiming to be involved AP BOGOTA (Colombia) A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the United States Secret Service scandal in Colombia said on Friday that the agents involved were “idiots” for lettingAP - 698 words
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Article, Illustration429 2012-05-06 14 KAREN NG - KAREN NG SINGAPORE Public altruism stories which surfaced from beneath the rubble of the Hotel New World collapse in 1986 one of the worst tragedies in the country’s post-war history will be used to teach today’s youth about the importancePHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 429 words
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264 2012-05-06 14 AGENCIES TOKYO Thousands of Japanese marched yesterday to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nu-clear symbol. Japan will be without nuclear-derived electricity when the reactor atAGENCIES - 264 words
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Article290 2012-05-06 14 The rich get S$21b poorer BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The world’s 40 richest people lost a combined US$17 billion (S$21 billion) this week as concerns about American jobs and European manufacturing drove global equities to their biggest weekly loss of the year. Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s fortune fell by US$775 millionBLOOMBERG - 290 words
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Article, Illustration170 2012-05-06 15 BLOOMBERG Apple has won sanctions against Samsung Electronics for its failure to produce source code in a patent-infringement case in federal court in San Jose, California. United States Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal wrote in his order that Samsung “plainly violated” a court order requiring itBLOOMBERG - 170 words
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Article, Illustration468 2012-05-06 15 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo! is under pressure from Third Point, one of its largest investors, to dismiss chief executive officer Scott Thompson (picture) for failing to correct false academic information on his biography. Third Point, which is fighting for representation on Yahoo’s boardBLOOMBERG; AP - 468 words
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423 2012-05-06 16 AP ADELAIDE Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived naturally, babies thatAP - 423 words
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Article, Illustration44 2012-05-06 16 The moon rising behind New York City’s Empire State Building last month. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived last night as our celestial neighbour passed closer to Earth than usual. AP APAP - 44 words
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270 2012-05-06 16 AP Underlining a week devoted to foreign policy, United States President Barack Obama yesterday declared that his goal of defeating Al Qaeda was within reach and said it was now time to turn the country’s attention to domestic concerns like strengtheningAP - 270 words
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323 2012-05-06 16 AP NEW YORK Nearly 11 years after the Sept 11,2001 terror attacks, family members of some of the victims watched via closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants were arraigned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the so-calledAP - 323 words
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Article140 2012-05-06 16 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a Pakistani citizen who grew up in Kuwait and attended college in North Carolina, has admitted to authorities he was responsible for the Sept 11 attacks “from A to Z”, as well as about 30 other plots, and that he personally killed Wall Street Journal140 words
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Article, Illustration697 2012-05-06 17 SHAMIR OSMAN - Geylang goalkeeper says he will report to the authorities if he’s approached to fix matches again SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Shockwaves reverberated through the local football fraternity on Friday, when news broke that two former S-League players were imprisoned for corruption. The South Korean pairTODAY FILE PHOTO - 697 words
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Article, Illustration299 2012-05-06 17 DAN GUEN CHIN - DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Peter Butler looks to be in line to take over the reins of Malaysian Super League (MSL) team Terengganu, following their decision to remove current coach Mat Zan Mat Aris. Butler, who last coached Kelantan in the MSL, is reportedTODAY FILE PHOTO - 299 words
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Article, Illustration325 2012-05-06 18 IAN DE COTTA - Successful event last night could see a world title fight hosted here later this year IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Indonesia’s Chris John successfully defended his World Boxing Association super featherweight title last night, defeatingjapan’s Shoji Kimura at the Marina Bay Sands in anPHOTOS BY OOI BOON KEONG - 325 words
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300 2012-05-06 18 DAN GUEN CHIN - DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR BAHRU Singapore’s Yao Lei and Shinta Mulia Sari stormed into the final of the Yonex Sunrise Malaysian Open GP women’s doubles at the City Council Indoor stadium last night. The top seeds in the tournament took just 37300 words
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Article, Illustration297 2012-05-06 18 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Promoter Frank Warren is hosting a press conference at Upton Park on Tuesday, with reports suggesting David Haye and Dereck Chisora (picture) could be set to fight. The British heavyweights notoriously traded blows in Munich in February, when they violently clashed atTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 297 words
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Article, Illustration602 2012-05-06 19 City wary of free-scoring Newcastle striker as they look to close in on title AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle vs Man City MANCHESTER Roberto Mancini believes his Manchester City outfit could be the best team in England. But before that, they have to deal withAGENCIES; REUTERS - 602 words
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Article267 2012-05-06 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Manchester City have cashed in on their emergence as a football powerhouse by striking a six-year kit deal with Nike that could earn the Premier League leaders up to £12 million (S$24 million) a year. City, who will secure their firstTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 267 words
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Article, Illustration304 2012-05-06 19 AGENCIES LONDON Chelsea are aiming to build “one of the most iconic football stadiums in the world” in Wandsworth, south London, incorporating the four chimneys of Battersea Power Station in a 60,000-seat stadium costing more than £1 billion (S$2 billion) and not beingAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 304 words
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Article, Illustration423 2012-05-06 20 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 3 Norwich 3 LONDON Arsenal’s hopes of automatic Champions League qualification were severely dented after they were held 3-3 by Norwich City in a thrilling encounter at the Emirates Stadium yesterday. The Gunners got off to a flying start, YossiAGENCIES; REUTERS - 423 words
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Article, Illustration558 2012-05-06 20 Ferguson wary of stylish Swansea, who want to have a say in title tussle AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man Utd vs Swansea MANCHESTER Roberto Mancini describes them as an “easy team” while Sir Alex Ferguson is a fan of their slick-passing game. And today, Swansea, theAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 558 words
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Article, Illustration561 2012-05-06 22 Woods’ old swing habits return to haunt him at Wells Fargo as he misses the cut GOLF Wells Fargo Championship THE NEW YORK TIMES CHARLOTTE Wandering drives and errant putts undermined Tiger Woods on Friday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) at the Wells Fargo Championship, as heTHE NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS - 561 words
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Article, Illustration358 2012-05-06 22 REUTERS NBA PLAYOFFS Celtics 90 Hawks 84 BOSTON The Boston Celtics, lifted by the return of guard Rajon Rondo from suspension, scraped past the Atlanta Hawks 90-84 in overtime on Friday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern ConferenceREUTERS; GETTY IMAGES - 358 words
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Miscellaneous390 2012-05-06 23 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE (Premiere) (PG) Channel~5,~6.30pm~(Available~in~True~HD~on~HD5) Harry~Potter~is~in~his~sixth~year~at~Hogwarts~ School~of~Witchcraft~and~Wizardry.~He~chances~ upon~an~old,~mysterious~book~which~tells~him~all~ about~Lord~Voldemort’s~dark~past.~Starring~Daniel~ Radcliffe,~Emma~Watson~and~Rupert~Grint.~ CHANNEL tellchannel5@ mediacorp.com.sg ~6.00AM~ Art~Of~Health ~6.30~ Real~Deal~For~A~Good~Deal ~7.00~ Seoul~Far~Seoul~Good ~7.30~ The~Martha~Stewart~Show~VI ~8.30~ The~Dr~Oz~Show~(PG) ~9.30~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~IX ~10.30~ Major~League~Gaming~Weekly ~11.00~ America’s~Cup~Magazine~Television~Series ~11.30~ Films~&~Stars~Asia ~NOON~ America’s~Funniest~Home~Videos~XXI ~12.30PM~ Countdown~To~London ~1.00~ Live~To~Dance ~2.00~ White~Collar ~3.00~ Drop~Dead~Diva ~4.00~ Burn~Notice~III ~5.00~ First~XI390 words
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Miscellaneous72 2012-05-06 23 UNDERCOVER BOSS USA II Channel~5,~10pm Chiquita~Brands~International~CEO~Fernando~ Aguirre~goes~undercover~posing~as~an~immigrant~ seeking~the~American~dream.~Watch~him~~ handle~the~different~fruits~and~vegetables~ streaming~in~from~various~parts~of~the~world.~ ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV LONDON FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL: CALIFORNIA SOLO (Premiere) Sundance~Channel~(mio~TV~Ch~51),~8.05pm A~former~Britpop~rocker~who~now~works~on~~ a~farm~gets~caught~driving~while~he~is~drunk~ and~faces~deportation~after~living~in~Los~ Angeles~for~many~years.~His~efforts~to~stay~ in~the~US~force~him~to~confront~the~past~and~ current~demons~in~his~life.~~ PUNISHED (Premiere) Celestial~Movies~(mio~TV~Ch~52),~9pm A~tyrannical~tycoon~sets~out~on~a~crusade~of~ vengeance~after~his~daughter~is~murdered~in~ this~thriller~by~producer~Johnnie~To.~Starring~ Anthony~Wong~and~Richie~Ren. AI FOOTBALL (Debut) okto,~10am AI~robots~GGO~are~as~small~as~a~palm~but~good~at~ football.~A~young~boy~Isaac~finds~a~special~seventhgeneration~GGO~robot~named~Myth.~He~forms~~ the~“Barefoot~Team”~with~his~best~friends~to~enter~ the~AI~Football~GGO~match.~Isaac~needs~Myth~to~~ help~bring~him~to~the~World~GGO~finals~to~help~his~ father~uncover~a~conspiracy. ON~STARHUB~CABLE~TV HINDENBURG History~(StarHub~TV~Ch~401),~8pm A~drama-documentary~that~explores~the~~ iconic~disaster~against~the~strange~world~of~the~ many~characters~who~were~aboard.~It~tells~the~ Hindenburg’s ~story~from~its~launch~to~its~final~72 words
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Article, Illustration893 2012-05-06 1 SOMINI SENGUPTA - NEWS ANALYSIS By SOMINI SENGUPTA Eljc jNeUi Jjork (times In London, travelers can buy train tickets with their phones and hold up the phones for the conductor to see. And in Starbucks coffee shops in the United States, customers can wave their phones in front of theEljc jNeUi Jjork (times; SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS - 893 words
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Article, Illustration1090 2012-05-06 1 SUZANNE DALEY, NICHOLAS KULISH - By SUZANNE DALEY, NICHOLAS KULISH Eljc jNeUi Jjork (times Schwäbisch Hall, Germany WHILE MUCH OF southern Europe is struggling with soaring unemployment rates, a robust Germany is desperate for educated workers, and it is looking south. In the last 18 months, it has recruitedEljc jNeUi Jjork (times; PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTOPH BANGERT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,090 words
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Article, Illustration873 2012-05-06 2 ROGER COHEN - intelligence/roger ROGER COHEN el)c JCclu Jlork SJtmcs London No other international relationship comes close to the paranoia of Iranian-American confrontation. Anybody teaching diplomacy and seeking to illustrate the dangers of more than 30 years of non-com-munication need look no further. The best summary I know of theel)c JCclu Jlork SJtmcs; AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES - 873 words
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780 2012-05-06 2 JEFFREY GETTLEMAN - By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN ®(jc JfcUt Jlork Ehucs OBO, Central African Republic It has got to be one of the oddest matchups in United States military history. One hundred of America’s elite Special Operations troops, aided by night vision scopes and satellite®(jc JfcUt Jlork Ehucs - 780 words
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Article, Illustration842 2012-05-06 3 DAN BILEFSKY, SEBNEM ARSU - By DAN BILEFSKY, SEBNEM ARSU el)c iScUt JJork Elmcs ISTANBUL Gokce, a soft-spo-ken 37-year-old mother of two, has lived on the run for 15 years, ever since her husband tracked her down and shot her in the leg sixel)c iScUt JJork Elmcs; DANIEL ETTER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 842 words
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Article, Illustration496 2012-05-06 3 JOHN TAGLIABUE - weesP~journal By JOHN TAGLIABUE eljcJCcUr JJork Stines WEESP, the Netherlands The 23-unit Hogewey complex here resembles other residential developments in the area. The apartments open onto a courtyard with benches, ponds and fountains, with beds of flowers in season. One kidneyshaped pond plantedeljcJCcUr JJork Stines; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 496 words
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Article, Illustration746 2012-05-06 4 JIM YARDLEY - By JIM YARDLEY EIk Jfctu Jlork ®ime$ KAZIKOT VILLAGE, India Throughout the border state of Punjab, whether in villages or cities, drugs have become a scourge. Opium is prevalent, refined as heroin or other illegal substances. Schoolboys sometimes eat small black balls of opium paste,EIk Jfctu Jlork ®ime$; MANPREET ROMANA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 746 words
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Article, Illustration735 2012-05-06 4 NEIL MacFARQUHAR - NEWS ANALYSIS By NEIL MacFARQUHAR El)c Jfetu Jlork Ehncs BEIRUT, Lebanon A United Nations-backed cease-fire has neither stopped the fighting in Syria nor forced the government to pull its troops from civilian neighborhoods. With the West still endorsing a peace plan it calls unrealistic,El)c Jfetu Jlork Ehncs; MUHAMMAD HAMED/REUTERS - 735 words
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Article, Illustration595 2012-05-06 7 TOM BRADY - TOM BRADY El)c JCcUt Jlcrk Ehncs When a study released earlier this year linked sleeping pills to an increase in cancer and death rates, more than a few insomniacs probably had an even harder time getting to sleep. Though the findings, published online in the journalEl)c JCcUt Jlcrk Ehncs; RAHAV SEGEV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 595 words
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Article, Illustration866 2012-05-06 7 CHRISTOPHER CLAREY - By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY El)c iscXv Jlcrk Simcs When the Summer Olympics open in July with the lighting of the caldron in London, it will mark the return of one of the world’s greatest sporting events to one of global sport’s traditional strongholds. This will beEl)c iscXv Jlcrk Simcs; ERALDO PERES/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 866 words
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Article, Illustration796 2012-05-06 8 RACHEL DONADIO - By RACHEL DONADIO El)c Jfctu JJork Ehncs GIUGLIANO IN CAMPANIA, Italy While Europe debates the wisdom of spurring growth by allowing the European Central Bank to print more money, counterfeiters in this semi-urban sprawl northwest of Naples are printing reams of fake euros. More thanEl)c Jfctu JJork Ehncs; KATHRYN COOK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 796 words
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Article, Illustration522 2012-05-06 8 TIM ARANGO - By TIM ARANGO El)e Sew JJork Simc$ BAGHDAD It is not poison or a dagger that takes the lives of the young lovers, but a suicide bomb. The Montagues and Capulets are divided not just by family, but by religious sect. AndEl)e Sew JJork Simc$; RUIVIEIRA/PRESS ASSOCIATION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS - 522 words
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Article, Illustration686 2012-05-06 10 LYDIA POLGREEN - By LYDIA POLGREEN EljciXcUf |jork eimcii HARARE, Zimbabwe When Zimbabweans say they are waiting for change, they are usually talking about politics. After all, the country has had the same leader since 1980. But these days, Robson Madzumbara spends a lot of time literallyEljciXcUf |jork eimcii; LYNSEY ADDARIO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 686 words
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Article, Illustration714 2012-05-06 10 ELISABETH MALKIN - By ELISABETH ELISABETH MALKIN EljciXhu |jork eimc‘1 COATZINTLA, Mexico—For seven decades, Pemex, Mexico’s stateowned oil monopoly and a mainstay of the government’s revenue, regulated itself which is a polite way of saying it could do pretty much as it pleased. No authority challenged theEljciXhu |jork eimc‘1; ADRIANA ZEHBRAUSKAS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 714 words
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Article, Illustration855 2012-05-06 11 ANNIE LOWREY - By ANNIE LOWREY el)c Jfctu JJork ®unc$ WASHINGTON Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty have tracked the incomes of the poor, the middle class and the rich in countries across the world. More than anything, their work shows that the top earnersel)c Jfctu JJork ®unc$; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 855 words
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Article, Illustration525 2012-05-06 11 JOHN TAGLIABUE - By JOHN TAGLIABUE eljc iXhit JJork ®imc$ HELSINKI, Finland Risto Nykanen restores old Ladas, the boxy Soviet autos that were once the family car of Finland, but have become collectors’ items. “Whatever came from Soviet Russia, all this is crap,” said Mr. Nykanen, 47, explaining whyeljc iXhit JJork ®imc$; TOUKO HUJANEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 525 words
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Article, Illustration544 2012-05-06 12 JAMES GORMAN - By JAMES JAMES GORMAN Sljc JfcUf Jlork ehncs The hyrax looks something like a rabbit, something like a woodchuck. Its closest living relatives are elephants, manatees and dugongs. And male rock hyraxes have complex songs like those of birds, in the sense that malesSljc JfcUf Jlork ehncs; DEBBIE HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 544 words
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Article, Illustration790 2012-05-06 12 KENNETH CHANG - By KENNETH CHANG Sljc JfcUt jlork ehncs Perhaps it will be a platinum rush that finally opens up the final frontier. A company called Planetary Resources has announced plans to mine asteroids that zip close by Earth, both to provide supplies for future interplanetary travelersSljc JfcUt jlork ehncs; PLANETARY RESOURCES - 790 words
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Article, Illustration750 2012-05-06 13 NATALIE ANGIER - By NATALIE ANGIER eljc JsVut jlork Simcs In animals as diverse as African elephants and barnyard mice, blue monkeys of Kenya and feral horses of New Zealand, longlasting and mutually beneficial relationships between females turn out to be the basiceljc JsVut jlork Simcs; SERGE BLOCH - 750 words
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Article, Illustration617 2012-05-06 13 GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS eljc Jfctu Jlork euncs Some people respond to exercise by eating more. Others eat less. For many years, scientists thought that changes in hormones, spurred by exercise, dictated whether someone’s appetite would increase or drop after working out. But now new neuroscienceeljc Jfctu Jlork euncs; TIM MUELLER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 617 words
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PERSONALITIES
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Article, Illustration791 2012-05-06 14 BEN DETRICK - SOLANGE KNOWLES By BEN DETRICK eljc JleUr Jlork Simcss She has a million-plus followers on Twitter, but often walks her son to school. She was interviewed by Italian Vogue, but goes incognito to pop-up parties in Chinatown. She vacations on yachts in Europe,eljc JleUr Jlork Simcss; CASEY KELBAUGH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 791 words
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Article, Illustration652 2012-05-06 14 ETHAN BRONNER - SHAUL MOFAZ By ETHAN BRONNER ®1)C JleUr Jlork Etmcs PETAH TIKVAH, Israel When Shaul Mofaz took over as head of the opposition in Israel last month having defeated Tzipi Livni to lead the Kadima Party it was seen as further evidence of the country’s®1)C JleUr Jlork Etmcs; AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS - 652 words
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Article, Illustration700 2012-05-06 15 MARTIN FACKLER - PARK GEUN-HYE By MARTIN FACKLER Sljc New Jlork Elmes GONGJU, South Korea When Park Geun-hye, a small woman of regal bearing, stepped off the dais to shake hands after a campaign speech at an outdoor market here, some in the crowd,Sljc New Jlork Elmes; JEAN CHUNG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 700 words
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Article, Illustration662 2012-05-06 15 ALLAN KOZINN - KIRILL GERSTEIN By ALLAN KOZINN el)c JCcUt JJork ©hues Balancing classical music and jazz, and deciding which to focus on, or whether to make a choice at all, has been important to the pianist Kirill Gerstein, and he has had different answers at differentel)c JCcUt JJork ©hues; FRED R. CONRAD/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 662 words
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ARTS & STYLES
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Article, Illustration682 2012-05-06 16 ZACHARY WOOLFE - ESSAY ZACHARY WOOLFE eljcJsVut Jjork Simcs When you walk to your seat in a movie theater for one of the “Live in HD” broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, your experience begins with the sound: the instantly recognizable, immediately comforting humeljcJsVut Jjork Simcs; MIKE MERGEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 682 words
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Article, Illustration671 2012-05-06 16 TERRENCE RAFFERTY - ESSAY TERRENCE RAFFERTY EIkJsVut JJork euncs It’s probably safe to assume that Edgar Allan Poe does not rest quietly in the Baltimore grave that claimed him, at 40, in 1849. In the works that made him famous poems like “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee,” stories likeEIkJsVut JJork euncs; LARRY HORRICKS/RELATIVITY MEDIA - 671 words
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