Today, 18 January 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • hot news
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      BURSARY LAUNCHED TO OFFSET TRANSPORT COSTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
      255 2  -  ASHLEY CHIA Up to 630 children with special needs from low-income families could stand to benefit from a new bursary to be disbursed over two years to help defray the transportation cost of attending sessions at the Early Intervention Programme
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      Lock icon Exports increase for first time in 11 months
      649 4  -  Analysts believe improved performance in December should continue this year CHINA LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR, IMPORTING 45% MORE GOODS FROM S’PORE LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E —Demand for “Made In Singapore” goods took a turn for the better in
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      Little India riot to be discussed in Parliament
      346 4 SINGAPORE The Little India riot and its implications for foreign worker policies will be on the agenda when Parliament sits on Monday. The Order Paper released yesterday showed that 36 questions on the issue were tabled by Members of Parliament (MPs). Deputy
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      Lock icon MDA Assistant Director charged with corruption and forgery
      381 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE —As an Assistant Director with the Media Development Authority (MDA), Lai Wai Khuen (picture) evaluated projects to see if they fit the criteria for various grants given out by the statutory board. He was also responsible for the
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      Lock icon Tension mounts in Thailand after blast wounds 36 protesters
      468 6 AGENCIES BANGKOK —An explosive device tossed at anti-government protesters wounded 36 in central Bangkok yesterday, raising tensions in the Thai capital after several days of relative calm that had suggested the movement was running out of steam. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban
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      Govt issues sharp response to WP reaction on fares
      567 6 SINGAPORE The Workers’ Party has called for the public transport fare hike to be delayed until two new concession schemes for low-wage workers and people with disabilities are implemented a suggestion that drew a withering response from Senior Minister of State
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      Lock icon Congress Party will not formally declare Gandhi as PM candidate
      489 6 AGENCIES NEW DELHI —Members of India’s ruling Congress party erupted in rapturous applause yesterday for Mr Rahul Gandhi, heir to the country’s Nehru-Gan-dhi political dynasty, who is leading the struggling party’s campaign for a general election in May. Congress announced
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      Lock icon Lui Che-Woo now Asia’s richest man
      410 8 BLOOMBERG H O N G K O N G US$100 million (S$127 million) was all it took for Mr Lui Che-Woo, founder of Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group, to eclipse Hong Kong real estate investor Li Ka-Shing as Asia’s richest person, according to
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      Lock icon Obama calls for overhaul of data collection programme
      720 8 U.S. PRESIDENT TREADS MIDDLE GROUND AGENCIES WASHINGTON —United States President Barack Obama said yesterday that he would require intelligence agencies to obtain permission from a secret court before tapping into a vast trove of telephone data, but he will leave the data
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      ASEAN slow in adopting haze monitoring system: Shanmugam
      360 8  -  MAY WONG maywong@mediacorp.com.sg B AG A N Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been slow in adopting the haze monitoring system, said Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam after attending the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Bagan, Myanmar, yesterday.
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  • saturday people
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      Lock icon AS BOSS, I’LL PLAY THE BAD GUY
      1900 13  -  Beyond the comedy, meet the tough, driven, savvy businesswoman who is Irene Ang THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com. sg Her brassy, Singlish-spout-ing comedic persona is familiar to just about every Singapore household. However, fewer know Ms Irene Ang for the
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      137 13 dfe DEFINE YOUR CAREER IN HR I STEP-IN SERIES ARE YOU. A FINAL YEAR UNDERGRADUATE .llllA, OR A PME (PROFESSIONAL, MANAGERS, EXECUTIVE) WITH LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF WORKING EXPERIENCE? CURIOUS ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTION IN THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND ITS CAREER PROGRESSION? Q<3° XT KEEN TO JOIN THE HUMAN
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      30 13 The worry for Moyes and United fans is, will the rest of the side be able to carve out enough clear opportunities for Welbeck at the Bridge? ADRIAN CLARKE 26
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  • voices
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      Foreigner-local relations: It takes two to tango
      762 15 Is xenophobia a growing problem? The debate continued in the post-show segment of Thursday’s VoicesTODAY. Here are excerpts: ON PERCEPTIONS AND REACHING OUT Huang He: We should not perceive people as only being “in this profession or from this country, so they’re in
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      Lock icon Designated smoking points need better flooring, shelter
      174 16  -  FROM SOH AH YUEN I refer to the letter, “Smokers must be socially responsible for smoke-free zone to work” (Jan 16). Getting people to change their smoking habits is easier said than done. Some need persuasion; others need legislation to do so. The
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      Fare concessions for less fortunate a good step forward
      140 16  -  FROM TAN KOK TIM I refer to the report, “New fare discounts for low-wage workers, those with disabilities” (Jan 17). Singaporeans have, over the years, asked the Government to give concessions to the less fortunate, and I commend it for taking
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      Fare hike okay, but better service, please
      112 16  -  FROM AUNG KHAING I feel that a public transport fare hike of S$21 a year for adult commuters, on average, is bearable. (“Fares for bus, train rides to go up in April”; Jan 17) However, we expect better service, such as faster train
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      14 15 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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      27 16 LETTER MCE WELL PLANNED? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/mce18jan for the letter from Yang Chun Hong.
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  • world
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      Lock icon Beijing to Manila: Let’s meet halfway on fishing rules
      491 19 Philippine minister tells ASEAN leaders that recent developments could undermine work on code of con duct CHINA STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE ON SOUTH CHINA SEA RESTRICTIONS REUTERS B EIJING Beijing called on Manila yesterday to meet it halfway on new Chinese fishing
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      Lock icon Luxury in China loses lustre as wealthy flee
      720 19 REUTERS HONG KONG Wealthy Chinese will probably buy fewer luxury goods again this year, following the steepest cutback on spending in at least five years that changes the game for high-end retailers, such as Louis Vuitton, which have staked their growth on
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      Lock icon Jakarta to increase maritime patrols after Canberra’s sea incursions
      723 20 Indonesia says violations by Australian navy as it tried to turn back asylum seekers are deplorable AGENCIES JAKARTA —Indonesia will increase maritime patrols after what it called deplorable territorial violations by Australia’s navy as it tried to turn back asylum seekers,
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      Lock icon Japan stands by apologies for war aggression as textbook row re-emerges
      634 20 REUTERS TOKYO —Japan stands by previous government statements acknowledging and apologising for its aggression in World War II, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday as tension between Tokyo and Beijing mounts again. China’s ties with Japan have long been
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      67 19 Autodesk' Fee Per Student Authorised Training Centre by Autodesk (USA) yfAutodesk Official Training Guide (Book) Provided Course Fee: $1»S8 10 Now Pay: $979.05/ |$897.73 (For a group of 2) $807.85 (For a group of 3) Import Export Documentation a Procedures Duration 15 hours Course Fee: $588.50 Now Pay: $460.10* Awarded
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  • business
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      74 21 I KicKer. I Cl I ■crisscross WAREHOUSE SALE! NOW ONI s a 9 l ,an n °4 I JEANS, T-SHIRTS, SHIRTS, PANTS, BERMUDAS, BRIEFS, SHOES, KIDS WEAR AND MANY MORE CLEARING AT THE LOWEST PRICES! Goods sold are non-refundable. While stocks last. 45 Kallang Pudding Road, Alpha Building, #03-01 Daily
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      178 22 Felicia Chin Joshua Tan Jimmy T Amy Cheng It's Chinese New Year 2014, a time of reunion, gluttony, new clothes and merriment. And of course, who gets the most hong baos A Toggle Original Telemovie Launching on 31 January 2014 Meet the artistes at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza
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  • sports
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      Lock icon LIONSXII BEGIN SEASON ON LOSING NOTE
      537 24  -  But Fandi already looking ahead after Conti’s goal gives Pahang win FANS POSITIVE ABOUT TEAM DESPITE LOSS DAN GUEN CHIN, HIRANAND SUNNY danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg PAHANG SINGAPORE 1 0 KUANTAN —Fandi Ahmad has refused to let the LionsXII’s failure to get the defence of their Malaysian
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      Lock icon FORMULA ONE SAFE, BUT ECCLESTONE’S TRIAL COULD BE PIVOTAL
      430 24  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It appears Formula One is safe, for now at least, even though Bernie Ecclestone (picture), who is largely responsible for the sport becoming a US$4-billion (S$5.1 billion) behemoth, faces up to 10 years imprisonment if he
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      Lock icon FITNESS ANYTIME
      635 25  -  Running at night makes sense say experts ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A PO R E Running in the wee hours of the night should not have any ill effects, say experts. Although the practice is not new to Singapore, it is set to become more prevalent,
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      Lock icon SERENA WILLIAMS SETS RECORD IN SWELTERING AUSTRALIAN HEAT
      449 25 AP MELBOURNE —Serena Williams got on and off court as quickly as she could in the scorching heat at Melbourne Park yesterday, registering yet another record with her 61st victory at the Australian Open as she advanced to the fourth round with
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      Lock icon BETTING FIRM HITS BACK AT ARREST
      279 25 AGENCIES Sporting Data, a London-based betting agency, has accused the Victorian police for enforcing the law “entirely inappropriately” after arresting its employee Daniel Dobson on Tuesday for alleged “courtsiding” at the Australian Open, reported the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Dobson, 22, who was in
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      Lock icon WHY RESULTS ARE UNITED’S BUSINESS
      1028 26 Champions’ poor form shows stock market and team’s performances linked SHARE PRICES A TEMPORARY BLIP OR LONG-TERM FLUX? THE GUARDIAN LONDON —In the Premier League era, the line where the financial section ends and sports pages start has not so much blurred as collapsed. So
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      Lock icon IT WON’T BE A BORE THIS TIME
      750 28  -  SOLID CHELSEA PROBABLY GOING TO GET THE BETTER OF DESPERATE UNITED COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY’s EPL analyst Adrian Clarke is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for
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      CHELSEA’S NEW BUT OLD S$44 MILLION MAN
      287 28  -  ADRIAN CLARKE LONDON Persuading the Chelsea hierarchy to sanction spending just short of £21 million (S$43.7 million) on a player the same men in suits sold for less than £4 million three years ago must have been an awkward conversation for Jose Mourinho.
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      89 28 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw mww! Live wire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip Y(i> Always play with care. Do not
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      62 28 Live on TV: Tonight: Sunderland v Southamption (SingTel mio TV Ch 102; StarHub Ch 227, 8.45pm) Man City v Cardiff City (Ch 103 and Ch 228,10.55pm) West Ham v Newcastle (Ch 104 and Ch 229,10.55pm) Norwich v Hull (Ch 105 and Ch 230, 10.55pm) Crystal Palace v Stoke (Ch 106
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      41 29 28CHOICE EATS RENOWNED CHEF NOBU ON WHERE TO DINE AROUND THE WORLD 30CHOICE ART THIS YEAR’S ART STAGE IS MORE SELF-ASSURED SATURDAY, 18 JANUARY 2014 POORTOM HANKS NOT EVEN HOLLYWOOD’S MR NICE GUY COULD GET AN OSCAR NOMINATION 31 PHOTO: REUTERS
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  • T TODAY
    • food
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        Lock icon EAT LIKE NOBU
        1026 30  -  R NOWNED CHEF NOBUYUKI MATSU H ISA REVEALS HIS TOP EATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD JOHN O’CEALLAIGH features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Known around the world as Nobu, chef and restaurateur Nobuyuki Matsuhisa travelled from his native Japan to South America before settling in Los Angeles and opening
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        Tapas still tops
        830 31  -  It looks like there’s no stopping the tapas trend as two new restaurants set up shop FOOD REVIEW: 63CELSIUS AND BAM! ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE —Although you can’t fling a mojito without splashing a tapas bar in Singapore today, there seems to be no stopping the burgeoning of
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        DINING GUIDE
        424 32 ASIAN DELICACIES AT THE RITZ-CARLTON At Summer Pavilion, the restaurant offers an extravagant selection of auspicious lunch and dinner reunion menus until Feb 14, including the Platinum seven-course menu (S$2,288 for eight guests) featuring dishes like Venus clam yu sheng, braised whole abalone with Chinese mushrooms and seasonal
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        Fourth time’s a charm
        699 32  -  Singaporean artists make their presence felt at this year’s self-assured Art Stage ALL’S FAIR MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Near the entrance of this year’s Art Stage, there’s a work comprising a stuffed ox that stands triumphant on a couple of overturned jackpot machines, coins scattered all
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        Lock icon Snubs and surprises
        860 33 Despite the commercial and critical hype, several front-runners fail to get Oscar nods ACADEMY AWARDS 2014 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Oscar voters set up a three-way slugfest on Thursday, with space drama Gravity going up against the historical heft of 12 Years A Slave and the 1970s-era hairdos
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    • cars
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        A DIFFERENT COROLLARY
        598 34  -  HAVING THE COROLLA NAME ON A CAR USED TO IMPLY THAT IT’D BE ROCK-SOLID BUT ANONYMOUS; THAT’S NO LONGER THE CASE DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A corollary is something that follows obviously and directly from something else. For example: If something is a car, it must have
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        ‘X’ marks the sport
        315 35  -  BMW’s X5 is a Sports Activity Vehicle that thinks it’s a sports car BMW X5 XDRIVE50I LEOW JU-LEN SINGAPORE Talk about a wolf in elephant’s clothing. With all wheel drive, tall ride height and rugged, chunky styling, the new BMW X5 looks like it would laugh
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      28 33 HOWTO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 .DIFFICULTY LEVEL: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT UCLICK
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      883 33 JCUBE 2 JURONG EAST CENTRAL 1 LEVEL 4 BALESTIER SHAW PLAZA LEVEL 4 LIDO SHAW HOUSE LEVEL 5 LOT ONE LEVEL 5 LOT 1 CHOA CHU KANG nex nex SERANGOON CENTRAL LEVEL 4 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG13) (CS) 10:00am, 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30, 11:50 INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS(NC16)✱ 10:30am,12:40pm,
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      246 36 To subscribe, log on to www.toggle.sg or call Toggle Customer Care Hotline at 6388 3888 (9am-9pm daily) VIDEO ON DEMAND Watch your favourite movies series anytime, anywhere REAL (PG-SOME DISTURBING SCENES) One year ago, Atsumi apparently tried to commit suicide and has been in a coma since. Koichi tries to
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      212 37 To subscribe, log on to www.toggle.sg or call Toggle Customer Care Hotline at 6388 3888 (9am-9pm daily) VIDEO ON DEMAND Watch your favourite movies series anytime, anywhere FULL THROTTLE (PG) Andy Lau was born in a normal family. His childhood was a happy one full of love. Unfortunately, his world
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      39 1 INTELLIGENCE Unrest in Egypt keeps tourists away. PaGe 2 MOneY BUSineSS the poisonous side of a gold rush. PaGe 8 wORld tRendS Defending tainted cows in Fukushima. PaGe 6 PeRSOnAlitieS a comic actress takes on a drama. PaGe 12
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      552 2  -  By TIM ARANGO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY ISTANBUL Engin Bayrak owns a hardware store near the Golden Horn waterway, where ferries connect the European and Asian sides of this vast city. He has witnessed for himself the improvements in services over the
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      791 3  -  By ROD NORDLAND THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY KABUL, Afghanistan Every piece of antiquity that is restored to the halls of the bombed, pillaged and now rebuilt National Museum of Afghanistan sends a message of defiance and resilience. These are messages
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      Lock icon Fired for Suggesting Restrictions on Guns
      734 4  -  By RAVI SOMAIYA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BARRY, Illinois The byline of Dick Metcalf, one of the pre-eminent gun journalists in the United States, has gone missing, removed from Guns Ammo magazine. He no longer stars on a popular television show about
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      679 6  -  By MARTIN FACKLER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NAMIE, Japan Angered by what he considers the Japanese government’s attempts to sweep away the inconvenient truths of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Masami Yoshizawa has moved back to his ranch in the radioactive no-man’s
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      800 6  -  By NICHOLAS KULISH THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NAIROBI, Kenya They built their reputation with wild music videos featuring a flying animated turtle and a campy urban hero often considered Kenya’s first Internet sensation. But when it came time to choose the subject
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      613 8  -  By JOE COCHRANE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY CISITU, Indonesia—In the mountains of West Java, workers like 15-year-old David Mario Chandra are part of Indonesia’s gold industry. A workshop next to his family’s house in Cisitu, in Banten Province, has machinery that
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      475 8  -  By NATHANIEL POPPER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY While the New York Stock Exchange has recently been swallowed up by the InterContinental Exchange, a company that gets most of its revenue from trading derivatives, BATS Global Markets, which was founded in 2005, has
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      596 9  -  By DAVID JOLLY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PARIS The hottest car in Europe last year was not a BMW, a Benz or a Bentley. It was Renault’s low-cost brand, Dacia, out of Romania. In data released in December, Dacia showed
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      705 10  -  By GARDINER HARRIS THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NEW DELHI Alka Kudesia needs an expensive drug to treat her breast cancer, but refuses to tell her children. “We’re barely able to afford the treatment I’m already getting,” Ms. Kudesia, 48, said. “My kids are
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      528 10  -  ESSAY MARK VANHOENACKER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY When I studied to become a pilot, I learned the names of the winds. It’s hard to not be charmed by their poetry the Sahara’s Harmattan, France’s Mistral, and the Oe, that consonantdenuded Faroe Islands
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      849 11  -  By CARL ZIMMER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In 1602, a Spanish fleet was sailing up the Pacific coast of Mexico when the crew became deathly ill. “The first symptom is pain in the whole body that makes it sensitive to touch,”
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      511 11  -  By JUSTIN GILLIS THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Much of the Florida shoreline was once too cold for the tropical trees called mangroves, but the plants are now spreading northward at a rapid clip, scientists reported recently. Along an 80-kilometer stretch of the central Florida
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      661 12  -  MOHAMMED ASSAF By LINDSAY CROUSE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY CHICAGO A year ago, Mohammed Assaf was a 23-year-old wedding singer in a Gaza refugee camp. But since he won the “Arab Idol” singing competition in June, in front of more than
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      784 13  -  By QUENTIN HARDY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Like many designers, Eric Rodenbeck has had a long relationship with bar graphs and pie charts. He just thinks they are a little old for today’s data-filled world. So he has
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      741 13  -  By BEN SISARIO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SANTA MONICA, California Jimmy Iovine, whose career as a recording engineer, producer and music executive stretches from John Lennon to Lady Gaga, was proudly showing off some of his hits recently at a boutique
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      865 14  -  By LAURA TILLMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MATAMOROS, Mexico The artist Patricia Ruiz-Bayón recently met with three migrants in this ravaged border city and invited them to take part in a performance work. The piece, “70+2...,” commemorated an act of brutality
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      493 14  -  By LORNE MANLY, MICHAEL COOPER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY They bring some of New York City’s most glittering stage effects to life. But the stagehands of Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees are expensive, even at venues where
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