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Title Section12 2012-05-27 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY May 27, 2012 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 072/02/201212 words
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Advertisement135 2012-05-27 1 CAR SMASHES INTO CAB AT ROCHOR AGAIN hot news 13 ‘VIDEO WILL SHOW UMNO WAS BEHIND VIOLENCE’ hot news 14 GUARDIOLA SIGNS OFF BARCA REIGN WITH FLOURISH sports 20 A NEW TRAIL AROUND SINGAPORE’S GREEN HEART hot news 10 Hougang elects Png Analysis The Low Thia Khiang effect Page 2135 words
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HOUGANG BY-ELECTION
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Article, Illustration1455 2012-05-27 2 ALICIA WONG - NEWS ANALYSIS ALICIA WONG assistant news editor aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYTEO XUANWEI AND WOO SIAN BOON. SINGAPORE As one 52-year-old Hougang resident put it, summing up the sentiment behind the Workers’ Party’s win last night: “Low Thia Khiang takes care of us very well. As longPHOTO BY DON WONG - 1,455 words
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Article, Illustration488 2012-05-27 3 BILVEER SINGH - POINT OF VIEW BILVEER SINGH Dr Bilveer Singh is a political scientist from the National University of Singapore. The Workers’ Party’s victory in the Hougang byelection was no surprise. Even the People’s Action Party’s leaders conceded their underdog status and that they faced an488 words
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Article, Illustration983 2012-05-27 4 LIN YANQIN - WP chief accuses PAP of ‘hardening’ its position while appearing responsive LIN YANQIN Assistant News Editor yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite describing the byelection result as “very good under the circumstances”, Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang was not a happy man at the post-result pressPHOTO BY DON WONG - 983 words
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Article, Illustration495 2012-05-27 6 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The outcome of the Hougang by-election is not a reflection of Singaporeans’ sentiment towards the ruling party after the General Election last year, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after thePHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 495 words
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512 2012-05-27 6 STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER “I called a by-election in Hougang constituency because the Workers’ Party (WP) expelled the previous Member of Parliament, Mr Yaw Shin Leong, from the party, causing the seat to fall vacant. The People’s Action Party (PAP)512 words
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Article, Illustration786 2012-05-27 7 TEO XUANWEI, WOO SIAN BOON - TEO XUANWEI, WOO SIAN BOON xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two hours before voting closed, there was no empty table in sight at the coffeeshop at Block 322, Hougang Avenue 5. At several tables, men in their 40s and 50s were chatting animatedly over beer about the by-electionPHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN AND ERNEST CHUA; PHOTOS BY ERNEST CHUA, NABILAH HASHIM, DON WONG AND WEE TECK HIAN - 786 words
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191 2012-05-27 10 SINGAPORE From 2014, secondary school students will be able to take Spanish as a third language, while junior college students can do so from 2018. The Ministry of Education (MOE) said it aims to develop a core group of Singaporeans to be proficient in191 words
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Article, Illustration431 2012-05-27 10 SINGAPORE Come 2018, nature lovers, joggers and cyclists will have a verdant new trail to explore in the green heart of Singapore. The 30km loop around the Central Catchment Nature Reserve will be linked to the Western Adventure Park Connector Loop and other parkPHOTOS COURTESY NPARKS - 431 words
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Article, Illustration339 2012-05-27 10 REUTERS BEIJING The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who was reported to have gone missing, has returned to his village in north-eastern China, a lawyer said yesterday. The short disappearance of Mr Chen Guangfu (picture) had sparked concerns that he wasREUTERS - 339 words
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362 2012-05-27 12 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Pupils kept out of formal schooling until the age of seven perform just as well those subjected to normal lessons at five, according to a study by academics from Regensburg University in Germany and OtagoTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 362 words
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Article, Illustration117 2012-05-27 12 It is the first time the Army Open House is being held outside an army camp and in the city, at the F1 Pit Building. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen launched it yesterday by firing an SAR 21 rifle at the opening ceremony. Visitors to thePHOTO COURTESY MINDEF - 117 words
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200 2012-05-27 12 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China will encourage greater private investment in banks as it seeks to fuel growth in an economy that is losing steam and to aid small businesses that are short of funds. Qualified companies can buy into lenders throughBLOOMBERG - 200 words
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154 2012-05-27 12 REUTERS TOKYO Japan and China plan to start direct trading of the yen and yuan as early as next month, aiming to make trade and financial transactions between the countries easier, the Japanese media reported yesterday. The step follows an agreement between the leadersREUTERS - 154 words
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325 2012-05-27 13 AGENCIES HELSINKI A gunman opened fire from the roof of a building in southern Finland, killing two people and injuring seven, in what the police say was a random attack. An 18-year-old suspect was arrested some five hours afterwards. The assailant, wearingAGENCIES - 325 words
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Article, Illustration326 2012-05-27 13 30-year-old Singaporean arrested after another accident at Rochor Rd junction SINGAPORE It was the exact spot where, two weeks earlier, a Ferrari had smashed into a taxi and motorcycle, killing three people. And video footage showed that the accident early yesterday morning was eerily326 words
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117 2012-05-27 13 The police have arrested seven male youths, aged 13 to 15, for suspected involvement in five cases of mischief by fire in the vicinity of Henderson Road, Jalan Bukit Merah and Queen’s Close. The police were first notified on April 21, at about117 words
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94 2012-05-27 13 A 43-year-old woman died of her injuries on Friday night after she and two men were found injured in a flat, in what has been classified as a murder case. Responding to a call for assistance at about 8.30am, the police found the trio94 words
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98 2012-05-27 13 The Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) will set aside S$1 million over the next three years to help needy residents. The money will be made available to 87 family service centres, seniors activity centres, grassroots organisations and community98 words
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310 2012-05-27 13 REUTERS MONACO Businessman Peter Brabeck, celebrating his appointment as Formula One chairman on Friday, said the motor racing series had not made a decision on whether to proceed with a muchdiscussed US$10 billion (S$12.8 billion) listing on the stock market inREUTERS - 310 words
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213 2012-05-27 14 AGENCIES VATICAN CITY The Vatican confirmed yesterday that Pope Benedict’s butler has been charged with illegal possession of secret documents and said a wider investigation would take place to see if he had any accomplices who helped him leak them. Paolo Gabriele, 46, isAGENCIES - 213 words
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238 2012-05-27 14 AP CAIRO The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt’s President, according to firstround results. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one meansAP - 238 words
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345 2012-05-27 14 AGENCIES VIENNA Iran has significantly stepped up its output of lowenriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined further, according to an American thinktank. The Institute for ScienceAGENCIES - 345 words
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Article, Illustration167 2012-05-27 14 BLOOMBERG “Linsanity” belongs to Jeremy Lin. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the term to the New York Knicks point guard who in February moved to take control of the catchphrase that encapsulated his meteoric rise from undrafted player to starter.BLOOMBERG; AP - 167 words
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237 2012-05-27 14 REUTERS President Barack Obama’s declaration of support for gay marriage may have prompted some Americans, especially African-Americans and Hispanics, to reconsider their opposition to letting homosexuals wed, an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos online poll data showed on Friday. The data found that African-Americans, inREUTERS - 237 words
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247 2012-05-27 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Ms Nurul Izzah Anwar, vicepresident of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), yesterday said her party has evidence that members of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) were behind the violence at an opposition rally inTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 247 words
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389 2012-05-27 16 AP MORRISTOWN (New Jersey) A woman who sent a text message to her boyfriend while he was driving in New Jersey cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, a judge ruled on Friday in whatAP - 389 words
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Article, Illustration213 2012-05-27 16 Giant radio telescope to find answers to life, the universe and everything AP PRETORIA (South Africa) Australia and South Africa will together host a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeingAP; REUTERS - 213 words
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Article, Illustration616 2012-05-27 17 DAN GUEN CHIN - Kelantan coach Hodak hails strong showing of Singapore side in their maiden MSL season DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Irrespective of where they will finish in the 2012 Malaysian Super League (MSL) standings when the dust settles in two months, the LionsXII should take pride inTODAY FILE PHOTO - 616 words
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Article268 2012-05-27 17 IAN DE COTTA - IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE He quit training for competition in 2009 to concentrate on earning an accountancy degree, and has locked down a job with top accounting firm Ernst and Young, where he will start his professional career this September. Abdul Hakeem Abdul Halim only returned268 words
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Article193 2012-05-27 17 PHILIP GOH - PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The Republic’s women paddlers failed to advance beyond the quarter-finals of the China Open yesterday although the results may have little impact on their team world rankings of second. Fifth-seeded Wang Yuegu was given free passage into the quarterfinal after Taiwan’s Huang193 words
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Article, Illustration797 2012-05-27 18 But Spanish GP boo-boo costs him five grid places despite qualifying fastest in Monaco FORMULA 1 Monaco Grand Prix REUTERS MONACO Michael Schumacher rolled back the years in electrifying fashion to qualify fastest for the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix yesterday, only to be deprived of a sensationalREUTERS; GETTY IMAGES - 797 words
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Article, Illustration456 2012-05-27 19 No mistakes this time as the hosts prove too strong for South Korea AGENCIES WUHAN (China) Two years after they were shocked 3-1 by South Korea in Kuala Lumpur, China’s women shuttlers have gained a measure of revenge with an emphatic 3-0 win yesterday toAGENCIES; REUTERS - 456 words
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Article, Illustration614 2012-05-27 20 Vilanova has big shoes to fill as Guardiola signs off Barcelona reign with a flourish REUTERS MADRID Tito Vilanova’s step up from assistant to Barcelona coach for next season is a sign of continuity rather than the end of an era, the outgoing Pep Guardiola saidREUTERS - 614 words
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Article, Illustration250 2012-05-27 20 REUTERS MADRID Barcelona forward Pedro (picture) is confident of making a return to the Spain squad for Euro 2012 after netted a brace in the 3-0 King’s Cup final win against Athletic Bilbao. The 24-year-old’s season was disrupted by injury but in recent months heREUTERS; AP - 250 words
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Article146 2012-05-27 20 AP Franz Beckenbauer has said that matches that finish in a draw should continue to be decided with penalty-kick shoot-outs. Beckenbauer, the former World Cupwinner, West Germany and Bayern Munich captain and now head of a FIFA task force to improve football for the 2014 World CupAP - 146 words
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Article, Illustration601 2012-05-27 21 The Colonial is shaping up to be a duel between the 2007 Masters champion and the 2011 PGA runner-up GOLF Colonial Invitational AP FORT WORTH (Texas) Zach Johnson has always felt comfortable at Hogan’s Alley but the 2007 Masters champion will still have toAP; PICTURES: AP, REUTERS - 601 words
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Article, Illustration315 2012-05-27 21 AGENCIES WENTWORTH (England) It has not been a good week for World No 1 Rory McIlroy (picture). Ridiculed for throwing away his club on Friday after a poor shot, the Northern Irishman proceeded to shoot a second round 79 in the BMW PGA ChampionshipAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 315 words
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Article, Illustration788 2012-05-27 22 Asia’s first Grand Slam winner Li Na talks about coping with her sudden rise to fame after her stunning French Open victory last year TENNIS French Open THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PARIS Li Na’s 6-4, 7-6 victory last year over Francesca Schiavone sent 116 millionTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 788 words
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Article, Illustration1042 2012-05-27 1 SHAILA DEWAN, ROBERT GEBELOFF - Men Find Rewards in Jobs Long Dominated by Women By SHAILA DEWAN, ROBERT GEBELOFF £l)c NeUi llork (times HOUSTON Over the last decade, American men of all backgrounds have begun flocking to fields such as teaching, nursing and waiting tables that have long been the province of£l)c NeUi llork (times; MICHAEL STRAVATO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,042 words
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Article, Illustration861 2012-05-27 1 RAPHAEL MINDER - By RAPHAEL MINDER £l)c NeUi llork (times SEVILLE, Spain About six months ago, a 37-year-old worker here named Juan was laid off from his job delivering and assembling furniture for customers of Ikea, joining the legions of unemployed in Spain. Or so it would£l)c NeUi llork (times; LAURA LEON FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE; LAURA LEON FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - 861 words
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WORLD TRENDS
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Article, Illustration841 2012-05-27 2 NADIM SHEHADI - INTELLIGENCE/ NADIM SHEHADI Nadim Shehadi is an associate fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. Sljc Jfau Jlork ehncs London There is no doubt that the Iraq war experience is not to be repeated. This conviction isSljc Jfau Jlork ehncs; TOMAS MUNITA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 841 words
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584 2012-05-27 2 RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, DAMIEN CAVE - By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, DAMIEN CAVE Sljc Jshu Jlork ehncs CADEREYTA JIMÉNEZ, Mexico Couples were walking hand in hand. Children were frolicking. Just down the road in this northern Mexican town, 49 bodies, headless with their hands and feet severed, had been found, thenSljc Jshu Jlork ehncs - 584 words
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Article, Illustration758 2012-05-27 3 ROD NORDLAND - By ROD NORDLAND Sljc JfcUt Jlork Elmcs KABUL, Afghanistan From outside, it is marked only by a simple sign over a door that reads “Strikers.” Beyond the gate, a covered, sandbagged driveway leads well away from the public road a precaution againstSljc JfcUt Jlork Elmcs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY KUNITAKAHASHI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 758 words
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Article, Illustration653 2012-05-27 3 CHOE SANG-HUN - By CHOE SANG-HUN Sljc JfcUt Jlork Elmcs SEOUL, South Korea In August 1996, the Venerable Pomnyun, a Buddhist monk from South Korea, was cruising down the Yalu River between China and North Korea when he saw a boy squatting alone at the NorthSljc JfcUt Jlork Elmcs; WOOHAE CHO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - 653 words
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Article, Illustration747 2012-05-27 4 AARON NELSEN - BOCA SANIBENI JOURNAL B y AARON NELSEN El)c JCcUt JJork eimeii BOCA SANIBENI, Peru Along the Ene River, in a remote jungle valley on the verdant eastern slopes of the Andes, the humming of an outboard motor draws the stares ofEl)c JCcUt JJork eimeii; THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOMAS MUNITA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 747 words
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Article, Illustration539 2012-05-27 7 TOM BRADY - LENS TOM BRADY 5Jl)c Jfctu JJ o rk eimc‘1 When a study posted online by the journal Science back in March revealed that male fruit flies resorted to alcohol after being rejected by attractive females, an entire gender nodded in recognition. Evolutionary scientists say the results5Jl)c Jfctu JJ o rk eimc‘1; SCIENCE/AAAS - 539 words
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Article, Illustration906 2012-05-27 7 SOMINI SENGUPTA - By SOMINI SENGUPTA Jfctu jj o rk eimcii MENLO PARK, California Here in one of the richest corners of the country, the tech elite display an ambivalent, sometimes contradictory approach to wealth. Money, as one scholar of Silicon Valley described it, is treated as aJfctu jj o rk eimcii; JIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 906 words
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Article, Illustration741 2012-05-27 8 JODI RUDOREN - NEWS ANALYSIS By JODI RUDOREN EljcJCcUt |jork Ehnes JERUSALEM As the first chief rabbi for the modern state of Israel, Isaac Herzog helped persuade Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to exempt 400 ultraOrthodox men from the military service so they could study full timeEljcJCcUt |jork Ehnes; RINA CASTELNUOVO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 741 words
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789 2012-05-27 8 The New York Times DAMASCUS, Syria For 48 hours, the two Damascus residents struggled to reach the besieged city of Homs by car, trying to deliver boxes of blood bags so surgeons there could operate on the wounded. But gunfire made the roadsThe New York Times - 789 words
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Article, Illustration591 2012-05-27 10 BETTINA WASSENER - By BETTINA WASSENER EIkJscUt JJork Elmcs COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh Bangladesh is probably one of the last places in Asia people would expect to see a thriving beachside resort with luxury hotels. And yet, Cox’s Bazar is exactly that a place whereEIkJscUt JJork Elmcs; G.M.B. AKASH FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - 591 words
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Article, Illustration531 2012-05-27 10 JULIE BOSMAN - By JULIE BOSMAN EljcJCcUt JJork Elmcs The e-book age has accelerated the metabolism of book publishing. Authors who once wrote a book a year are now churning out short stories, novellas or even an extra fulllength bookEljcJCcUt JJork Elmcs - 531 words
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Article, Illustration575 2012-05-27 11 PERRI KLASS, M. D - ESSAY PERRI KLASS, M.D. el)c Js'ctit JElork Suncs Like many other primary care doctors, I sometimes sense the shadow of depression hovering at the edges of the exam room. I am haunted by one mother with severe postnatal depression. Years ago, I took proper careel)c Js'ctit JElork Suncs; JOYCE HESSELBERTH - 575 words
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FINDINGS
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Article, Illustration245 2012-05-27 11 SINDYA N. BHANOO - SINDYA N. BHANOO S()c JJcUt JElork Suncs Researchers have discovered illustrations of female anatomy in a rock shelter in France that date back 37,000 years. It is “the oldest evidence of any kind of graphic imagery,” said Randall White, an anthropologist at New York University. TheS()c JJcUt JElork Suncs; CHRIS GASH - 245 words
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Article, Illustration231 2012-05-27 11 SINDYA N. BHANOO - SINDYA N. BHANOO el)c Js'ctit JElork Suncs Brittle stars are sea creatures with five limbs and no brain. Found on the seafloor across the world, they have no obvious front, unlike most animals. A new study reports that the brainless creatures are nonetheless able to moveel)c Js'ctit JElork Suncs; HENRY ASTLEY/BROWN UNIVERSITY - 231 words
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Article, Illustration230 2012-05-27 11 SINDYA N. BHANOO - SINDYA N. BHANOO el)c Js'ctit JElork Suncs Researchers in a study in the journal Current Biology report that one group of wild chimps in Tai National Park in Ivory Coast preferred stone tools to hammer open coula nuts. Two other groups of chimps used stoneel)c Js'ctit JElork Suncs; ETSUKO NOGAMI/KYOTO UNIVERSITY - 230 words
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Article, Illustration509 2012-05-27 12 JOHN NOBLE WILFORD - By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD ®Ik JJork Stines For some 30 years, scientists have debated what sealed the fate of the dinosaurs. Was an asteroid impact more or less solely responsible for the catastrophic mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous geological period,®Ik JJork Stines; AMNH/J. BROUGHAM - 509 words
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Article, Illustration791 2012-05-27 12 DONALD G. McNEIL Jr - By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. ®I)C Jfau Jttork Etmcs HAVANA Cuba has one of the world’s smallest AIDS epidemics. Its harsh early tactics until 1993, everyone who tested positive for H.I.V. was quarantined has succeeded: the country now has a mere 14,038 cases.®I)C Jfau Jttork Etmcs; JOSE GOITIA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 791 words
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EDUCATION
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774 2012-05-27 13 CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE - By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE el)cJsVut jjork Elmcs PARIS While finishing high school near Pune, India, Pooja Modi started looking for university engineering programs online. Eighteen years old at the time, she knew she wanted to become a solar energy expert. “I did ael)cJsVut jjork Elmcs - 774 words
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Article, Illustration554 2012-05-27 13 JENNIFER SCHUESSLER - By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER £l)c New jjork Elmes The Occupy Wall Street movement doesn’t attract just angry young white men disgusted with the American political system. It has caught the attention of academics who have embraced the phenomenon since it emerged in September, organizing classes£l)c New jjork Elmes; PHOTOGRAPHS BY DON EMMERY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES - 554 words
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782 2012-05-27 14 ELISABETH BUMILLER - By ELISABETH BUMILLER eljcJCcUT Jlork Shncs NEW HAVEN, Connecticut On a recent evening in a classroom at Yale University here, General Stanley A. McChrystal held forth for two hours on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa, with bits of hiseljcJCcUT Jlork Shncs - 782 words
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Article, Illustration638 2012-05-27 14 SARA SCHONHARDT - By SARA SCHONHARDT elji'iNVut Jlork Simcs GOBANG, Indonesia Astuti Kusumaningrum was working a desk job for a children’s foundation when she received an e-mail about a program sending young teachers to remote Indonesian villages for a year. As a trained psychologist, she had noelji'iNVut Jlork Simcs; RONY ZAKARIA FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - 638 words
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ARTS & STYLES
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Article, Illustration759 2012-05-27 15 DENNIS OVERBYE - By DENNIS OVERBYE ElK'NVlu Jiork Shncs In 2089 Elizabeth Shaw, an archaeologist, chips through a cave wall in the bleak mountains of Scotland and finds out that the human race is not alone. Illuminated by her torchlight is a 35,000-year-old painting of people worshiping aElK'NVlu Jiork Shncs; KERRY BROWN/20TH CENTURY FOX - 759 words
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Article, Illustration690 2012-05-27 15 RUTH LA FERLA - By RUTH LA FERLA El)e JCcUt JEjork Ehucs She is a child of the 1990s, that decade of Starbucks, Nirvana and the wraithlike supermodel Kate Moss. But Jolie Clifford is having none of it. Ms. Clifford, 21, a recent college graduate and anEl)e JCcUt JEjork Ehucs; HIROKO MASUIKE/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 690 words
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Article, Illustration602 2012-05-27 16 CAROL VOGEL - By CAROL VOGEL el)c Jfctu Jlork Elmcs In Tomás Saraceno’s imagination his constellation of 16 joined modules on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will take off in a heavy puff of wind andel)c Jfctu Jlork Elmcs; RICHARD PERRY/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 602 words
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Article, Illustration448 2012-05-27 16 JENNIFER MEDINA - By JENNIFER MEDINA el)c Jfctu Jlork Elmcs LOS ANGELES —The usual trappings of the arena rock concert were on full display at the Staples Center here on a recent evening. The lead singer professed his love for the capacity crowd. The adoring fansel)c Jfctu Jlork Elmcs; STEPHANIE DIANI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 448 words
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