Today, 13 September 2014

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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Malaysian workers, firms dismayed by toll matching
      872 2  -  Some businesses and tour coaches say increased costs will be passed to commuters COMMUTING EXPENSES WILL BALLOON BY MORE THAN FIVE TIMES ROBIN CHOO, EMILIA TAN robinchoorb@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The news that Singapore will match Malaysia’s toll hikes starting next month was met with
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      Lock icon Australia raises terrorism level to ‘high’
      547 4 PM Abbott says there is a ‘body of evidence’ nation faces higher likelihood of a terrorist attack MOVE COMES AS GROWING NUMBER OF AUSTRALIANS JOIN EXTREMIST GROUPS AGENCIES SYDNEY Prime Minister Tony Abbott raised Australia’s terrorism alert level from medium to high yesterday after
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      Lock icon GERMANY BANS SUPPORT OF ISLAMIC STATE GROUP
      233 4 THE NEW YORK TIMES Anyone in Germany caught displaying the black flag of the Islamic State, whether in public or over the Internet, will face charges after the government yesterday announced a ban on supporting the extremist group and its activities. The move
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      Lock icon Govt exploring more private sector-led China projects: PM
      595 6  -  THIS WILL OVERCOME ISSUE OF LIMITED RESOURCES, HE SAYS JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg GUANGDONG The Government is exploring more private sector-led collaborations in China, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday, given how this model could be the way forward to overcome the
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      Customers welcome telco price war, but analysts ring warning bells
      791 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E Customers have welcomed the price war erupting among the telcos in the high-speed fibre broadband market, although analysts warned that it could be unsustainable for the companies, which are suffering from
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      Bus drivers can now opt for shorter shifts
      649 8  -  SMRT hopes to make career of bus driving more appealing with new scheme CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT YEAR KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In a bid to draw more Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PRs) into the starved stable of public
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      Lock icon Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, faces up to 15 years in jail
      609 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES PRETORIA —Oscar Pistorius, the disabled track star who once commanded stellar heights of international competition at the Paralympic and Olympic Games, was yesterday found guilty of culpable homicide, equivalent to manslaughter, after being acquitted
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  • voices
    • Article
      Have faith in S’pore society’s ability to critically analyse
      281 10  -  FROM HAN MING GUANG I am disappointed with, and perplexed by, the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) decision to classify the film To Singapore, with Love as Not Allowed for All Ratings, which means it cannot be distributed or exhibited in Singapore
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      The Pledge was an aspiration of the people
      230 10  -  FROM TEO KUEH LIANG I refer to the letter “Pledge should be treated as principle, not aspiration” (Sept 6). In a critical or needy situation, such as when the Singapore society faced the turbulence of racial suspicions and riots as well as
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    • Article
      Conditions for switch to pioneer scheme should be clarified
      165 10  -  FROM LIM KEVE SENG My father, my wife and I have been paying full rates to see an eye specialist at the National University Hospital (NUH) and I read in the newspapers that pioneers such as us can request a switch
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      Lock icon Education vital, but soft skills are part of the package
      490 11  -  FROM ANGELINA TAN LIAN TEE I refer to the reports “Skills mean more than just ‘some manual form of work’” (Sept 9) and “Aspire ‘not about dissuading S’poreans from getting degrees’” (Sept 10). Senior Minister of State (Education) Indranee Rajah
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      Correction
      43 11 In “How to save a life SCDF-style” (Sept 12), we reported incorrectly that the Life Savers Connect 2014 exhibition will be held at Singapore Expo Hall 2 until tomorrow. It will be on only until 7pm today. We apologise for the error.
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      14 10 •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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      32 11 LETTER WHAT ‘HEART AND SOUL’ SHOULD MEAN FOR A NATION Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ltrnation13sept for the letter from June Cheah-Nicholls.
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Customer satisfaction at Changi Airport falls by 12%
      258 12  -  PAUL LIM SINGAPORE —After hitting an all-time high with a score of 85.5 last year, Changi Airport’s customer satisfaction level plunged by nearly 12 per cent to 75.4 this year the sharpest fall of the transport and logistics sectors surveyed. This year’s
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      Customers less satisfied with transport, logistics
      499 12  -  6 OUT OF 8 SUB-SECTORS HAD DECLINING YEAR-ON-YEAR SCORES PAUL LIM paullimbl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Despite recent efforts by the authorities to improve the quality of public transport services here, customer satisfaction levels still fell from last year in the transport and logistics sector, the latest
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      Lock icon Child Development Accounts: DBS, UOB added as managing agents
      220 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank have been appointed as managing agents of a special savings account under the Baby Bonus Scheme. Both banks will start providing the Child Development Account (CDA) services from the second quarter of
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    • Article
      More legal clinics islandwide
      506 14  -  MOVE TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR SUCH SERVICES AMONG LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS LAURA PHILOMIN SINGAPORE To meet growing demand for legal clinics among low-income residents, the five Community Development Councils (CDC) and the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) have partnered to form an islandwide network of legal
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      New centre to coordinate relief efforts
      377 14  -  TAN SHI WEI In an endeavour to better coordinate relief efforts between countries when natural disasters strike, the new Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Coordination Centre (RHCC) was set up at the Changi Command and Control Centre yesterday. The RHCC, which will
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      Lawyer found guilty of misconduct after borrowing hundreds of thousands from client
      510 14  -  KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A lawyer of more than 29 years’ standing has been found guilty of professional misconduct after he took two loans amounting to hundreds of thousands from a client. Mr Ong Teck Ghee, the
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      Lock icon Nicole Kidman’s father dies in Singapore
      261 14 AGENCIES S I N G A P O R E The father of Oscarwinning actress Nicole Kidman has died in Singapore, and the police said yesterday they were investigating his unnatural death. Dr Anthony Kidman (picture), a well-respected clinical psychologist at the University of
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      667 13 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Perks for parents There’s plenty of help for couples starting a family Financial support Helping parents with child-raising costs Child care subsidies for working mothers: Healthcare support Taking care of baby’s health and medical needs Up to S$740 per month for full-day child care Up to
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  • world
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      Lock icon Spate of suicides by Chinese officials tied to anti-graft drive
      840 16 Fear of punishment, disgrace may be only part of reason for high rate; death of suspect also ends legal investigation by law ABOUT 30 HAVE KILLED THEMSELVES SO FAR THIS YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES XIAOGAN (CHINA) A growing list
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      Lock icon Mahathir’s ‘lazy Malays’ remarks spark social media furore
      418 16 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians on social media have taken former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to task over remarks he made this week labelling Malays as lazy. Speaking at a book launch event on Thursday, Dr Mahathir Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, who
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      Lock icon Unionists gain ground days before Scottish referendum
      678 17 Newspaper survey shows support for keeping UK intact at 52 per cent but Thursday’s vote likely to be too close to call AGENCIES EDINBURGH Amid the looming vote in Scotland’s referendum on independ­ence from the United Kingdom, the latest poll has shown that
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  • business
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      Lock icon Local firms to gain from merger of Temasek-JTC units
      778 18  -  Companies in related industries to benefit from growing demand for infrastructure in region EXPERTS NOTE OPPORTUNITIES IN RISING URBANISATION RATE TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The planned merger of four subsidiaries under Temasek Holdings and JTC Corp does not just mean big
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      Lock icon S’pore ranks 8th in Asia in creative productivity
      548 19  -  But local academic calls report by ADB, EIU ‘flawed’in 3 areas TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new index ranks the Republic eighth in Asia in terms of its ability to efficiently turn creative input into tangible innovation, but at least one notable
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      Republic is top IP nation in region again
      274 19  -  LEE YEN NEE S I NG A POR E The Republic’s effort in establishing a robust intellectual property (IP) regime has received yet another nod, with Singapore coming up tops in Asia for IP protection for the fourth consecutive year, the World
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      SingTel makes leadership changes
      334 19 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) yesterday announced a reshuffle of its management and added several new faces, in a bid to “enhance its focus in consumer business”. The changes take effect on Oct 1. The reshuffle comes one month after SingTel said its net profit for its
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      Lock icon GIC, two others to invest S$880m in XPO Logistics
      224 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Republic’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, and two other investors will invest US$700 million (S$880 million) in United States-list-ed XPO Logistics to help the transport company grow at a faster pace. XPO Logistics, which has a market value
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  • sports
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      Lock icon FIVE KEY THINGS YOU MUST WATCH OUT FOR
      979 20  -  We may be just 270 minutes into the new season but time waits for no man, and that means the pressure is already mounting on clubs, managers andplayers to deliver the goods this weekend. TODAY columnist Adrian Clarke (sports@mediacorp.com.sg) runs the rule
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      Lock icon LIM’S PUNCHING ABOVE HER HEIGHT
      514 22  -  JEAN IAU jeaniauny@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The name Kimberly Lim might not ring a bell, but she is a big reason why Singapore are just two wins away from retaining their status as Asia’s top netball side. The hosts won all five group matches en route to
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      Lock icon PADDLERS BRUISED, BUT NOT BROKEN
      646 22  -  Zhan Jian out of Asian Games, but S’pore team aim to defend silver medal despite long injury list ‘EXPECTATIONS MUST BE TEMPERED’ LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E The toll of a hectic 10-month schedule has caught up
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      Lock icon POSSIBLY S’PORE’S FUTURE PRINCE ON ICE
      498 23  -  Eight-year-old Brandon Pok has got the skating community here abuzz JEAN IAU jeaniauny@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The ice skating community in Singapore may be a small, close-knit unit with just a few families involved, but among them has emerged a talent with the potential to become
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      Lock icon JAPAN MAY PIP S’PORE IN SUPER RUGBY BID
      477 23 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Japan have emerged favourites to clinch the 18th Super Rugby franchise, after top executives at South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby (SANZ AR), the body that runs the competition, reportedly had second thoughts about the rival bid from Singapore.
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      Lock icon DORTMUND WANT LONG-TERM ASIAN PRESENCE
      644 24  -  S’pore is base for German giants to grow their brand on the continent CLUB ALSO EYE PRE-SEASON MATCH AT NATIONAL STADIUM NEXT YEAR IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Mindful that English Premier League (EPL) clubs have an established presence in Singapore and much of Asia,
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      S’PORE TO BID FOR 2019 OR 2021 U-17 WORLD CUP
      438 24  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will go ahead with its plan to host the 2019 or 2021 FIFA under-17 World Cup, FAS president Zainudin Nordin revealed yesterday. A standing committee co-chaired by FAS vice-presidents Edwin
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      42 23 TIME-OUT WITH BRANDON POK TODAY catches up with one of Singapore’s youngest speed skaters at his Saturday morning training session. Find out more about speed skating as he tells us about the little-known sport in Singapore. Visit http://tdy.sg/ vidskating for the video.
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      82 24 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 bet illegally. Singapore Pools Account Service. Call
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        COULD THE NEXT JAY CHOU COME FROM CHINA?
        1035 26  -  SINGERS, SONGWRITERS LOOK TO CHINA AS NEXT MANDOPOP HUB HON JINGYI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg I love hate-watching The Voice Of China (VOC). To be fair, the reality singing competition is superbly entertaining and has produced some real singing talents. But, sometimes, I simply cannot
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        Lock icon Crossing borders
        732 27  -  The Necessary Stage’s latest interdisciplinary offering features Indian classical dance and Tagore’s poetry CULTURAL TIES MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The poetry of revered Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore comes to life in The Necessary Stage’s latest production Gitanjali [I feel the earth move]. And it all started with an
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        178 27  -  MAYO MARTIN SING A PORE A three month-long Singapore Festival in France is set to take place next year to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Co-or-ganised by the National Heritage Board, National Arts Council and France’s Institut Francais, the events include
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      • ARTS GUIDE
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          SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS
          60 27 This year’s edition continues. This weekend’s events include Peter Pan by the Berliner Ensemble and Robert Wilson, and Amid The Clouds by Amir Reza Koohestani. Next week, you’ll have The Wooster Group’s Cry, Trojans! (Troilus Cressida) and the free performance Festival Heart: Into The Wild.
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          NOISE SINGAPORE 2014 MUSIC MENTORSHIP CONCERT
          43 27 Catch some of the freshest young musical acts, who have been mentored by Singapore’s best talents, over this weekend in a slew of free concert performances. Until Sept 14, various evening timings, Esplanade Outdoor Theatre and Concourse.
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          HOLIDAY IN MY HEAD
          48 27 New Singaporean company Asylum Theatre makes its debut with this eight-in-one production of plays written and directed by Dean Lundquist, all of which centre on or mention Christmas. Sept 18 to 28 at Drama Centre Black Box. Tickets priced at S$35 from SISTIC. http://www.asylum-theatre.com
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          THE NIGHTINGALE
          60 27 Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company presents a new take on Hans Christian Andersen’s well-loved fairy tale. Directed by Kate Golledge. The English version runs until Sept 14 while the Mandarin version is from Sept 18 to Oct 11, various times, DBS Arts Centre Home of SRT .Tickets
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          KACIPMASDULANG PERMATA 5 — DEMI MASA, WEAVING IN TIME
          37 27 KACIPMASDULANG PERMATA 5 DEMI MASA, WEAVING IN TIME The fifth instalment of one of three annual events by Era Dance Theatre. Sept 13, 3pm and 8pm, University Cultural Centre Theatre, NUS. Tickets priced at S$25 from SISTIC.
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          RONNY CHIENG — CHIENG REACTION
          63 27 RONNY CHIENG CHIENG REACTION The popular Malaysian-born, Singapore-raised comedian hits Singapore for the first time with his new stand-up routine, which won the Directors’ Choice Award at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Best Local Show award at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Sept 17 7pm, Drama Centre Theatre.
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    • family
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        Weekend planner
        566 28 KIDS 12 AND BELOW TODAY’S PICK CAVALIA Enjoyed by more than four million spectators worldwide, Cavalia is a unique and lavish production involving 50 magnificent horses as well as 42 riders, aerialists, acrobats, dancers and musicians from all over the world. A show unlike any other, Cavalia celebrates
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    • television
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        Lock icon ‘Social media tears apart families’
        457 29 Supernanny Jo Frost says young people are obsessed with body image PARENTING TIPS THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Social media is fuelling “narcissistic” behaviour among teenagers that is tearing families apart, according to the parenting expert and television host known as Supernanny. Jo Frost said a
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      204 29 r V «9 N Ready (or j Dorn, uA as we bring together a panel of specialists from Thomson Medical who will prepare you for Baby's arrival. Find out about the various birthing options available, what to expect in the birth room and how the hospital will care for you
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      285 30 ON SATURDAY 5.00 987 HOME With Joakim Gomez 6.00 Girls Night Out With Sonia And Kimberly 10.00 987 Anthems By The AOS DJs 9.00AM You And The Law With Keith De Souza 10.00 Road Trip With Keith De Souza And Daphne Lim 11.00 Sports Zone With Raj Kumar And 938LIVE
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      419 30 MediaCorp’s latest online TV service offers entertainment, lifestyle, information and news across multiple devices. Log on to www.toggle.sg or download the Toggle App now. E: English C: Chinese M: Malay T: Tamil KIDSZONE Watch your favourite series and movies on Toggle anytime, anywhere. FREE/ SUBSCRIPTION DORA THE EXPLORER V Dora
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    Lock icon Guantánamo Defies Closing
    1747 1  -  As 149 Detainees Wait, an Obama Campaign Promise Remains Unfulfilled By CHARLIE SAVAGE INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba One afternoon last month, a military transport plane arrived at the American naval base here. It had come to take six low-level detainees to new lives in Uruguay after
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    Lock icon W.H.O. Cuts Hamper Ebola Fight
    1343 1  -  By SHERI FINK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY With treatment centers overflowing, and alarmingly little being done to stop Ebola from sweeping through West African villages and towns, Dr. Joanne Liu, the president of Doctors Without Borders, knew that the epidemic had spun out of control. The only
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      38 1 INTELLIGENCE Bangladeshis cope with calamities. PAGE 2 WORLD TRENDS In Asia, a role model for democracy. PAGE 6 MONEY BUSINESS In China, competing to lure factories. PAGE 8 ARTS DESIGN Comics are helpful to young readers. PAGE 13
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon One Tragedy After Another
      961 2  -  INTELLIGENCE/ TAHMIMA ANAM TahmimaAnam is a writer and anthropologist, and the author of the novel “A GoldenAge.” Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In “Regarding the Pain of Others,” Susan Sontag writes, “being a spectator of calamities taking place in another country
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; A.M. AHAD/ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  961 words
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      Lock icon A Russian Getaway Unspoiled by Sanctions
      672 2  -  By JIM YARDLEY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY FORTE DEI MARMI, Italy In this seaside resort town that is Italy’s version of a Russian Riviera, where furs dangle in shop windows in August and beach clubs keep chilled bottles of vodka, a temblor
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY  -  672 words
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      Lock icon At an Israeli Crossing, The Travelers Are Scarce
      630 3  -  By JODI RUDOREN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY EREZ CROSSING, at the Isra-el-Gaza border The terminal through which travelers pass between Israel and the Gaza Strip is a vast, high-tech hangar with a capacity of 45,000 people per day. Current traffic:
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; AMIR COHEN/REUTERS  -  630 words
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      Lock icon Qatar’s Tie to Islamists Is Attacked
      822 3  -  By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY CAIRO From the front of a conference hall in Doha, the visiting sheikh told his audience of wealthy Qataris that to help the battered residents of Syria, they should not bother with donations to
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; YOAN VALAT/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  822 words
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      Lock icon Achievements and Collections Beyond Compare
      551 5  -  LENS TESS FELDER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY To stand out these days, you have to be the biggest or boldest, or at least have a large number associated with your accomplishments. And if your achievement is quantifiable, then you may find yourself immortalized
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY  -  551 words
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      Lock icon Indonesia Stands Out As Democracy Model
      714 6  -  By JOE COCHRANE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY JAKARTA, Indonesia For a while, it looked as if Indonesia’s bad old days had returned. An appeal by the losing presidential candidate, a former army general and son-in-law of Indonesia’s former dictator, who charged that
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; DARREN WHITESIDE/REUTERS  -  714 words
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      Lock icon Poles Adopt Sport With a Rough Side
      585 6  -  WARSAW~ JOURNAL By RICK LYMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY WARSAW Piotr Zaremba pounded his drum while leading the chant, in English: “Let’s go, Eagles,let’s go!” Mr. Zaremba, 26, who works for a children’s animation company, said that when the Warsaw Eagles
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY MACIEK NABRDALIK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  585 words
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  • MONEY & BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Chefs Seek Criticism At High-End Meals
      820 8  -  By DAVID SEGAL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Christopher Sorter had just finished cooking a five-course meal that included beef heart ragù and crème brûlée with bone marrow. There had been some apprehension about the food among the 120 guests who had gathered
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHERYL GERBER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  820 words
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      Lock icon In China, Factories Move Far Inland
      621 8  -  By KEITH BRADSHER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY HONG KONG The Renley Watch Manufacturing Company helped coastal southeastern China displace Switzerland as the center of the world’s watchmaking industry. But now Renley, like many watchmakers, is considering whether to move far into China’s
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; TYRONE SIU/REUTERS  -  621 words
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Debate on Killing Birds That Feast on Salmon
      638 9  -  By FELICITY BARRINGER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY ASTORIA, Oregon The salmon here in the Columbia River, nearly driven to extinction by hydroelectric dams a quarter century ago, have been increasing in number a fact not lost on the birds that
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      Lock icon A New Quest Borne Upon a Relic
      662 9  -  By JOSHUA A. KRISCH THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Airships are dusty relics of aviation history. Lighter-than-air vehicles conjure images of the Hindenburg, in its glory and destruction, and the Goodyear Blimp, a floating billboard. But now engineers are designing sleek new
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE  -  662 words
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      Lock icon Brainy, Yes, but Short of Feeling
      790 10  -  By JOHN MARKOFF THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY STANFORD, California In factories and warehouses, robots routinely outdo humans in strength and precision. Artificial intelligence software can drive cars and beat grandmasters at chess. But machines still lack a critical element that will keep
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; JONATHAN EDELMAN; RIGHT, HDT ROBOTICS  -  790 words
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      Lock icon In Relationships, Making Conscious Decisions Beats Letting It Slide
      489 10  -  By TARA PARKER-POPE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Couples who are decisive before marriage intentionally defining their relationships, living together and planning a wedding appear to have better marriages than couples who let inertia carry them through transitions, new research
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  • HEALTH & FITNESS
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      Lock icon A Different Approach To Fighting Addiction
      729 11  -  By GABRIELLE GLASER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY When their son had to take a medical leave from college, Jack and Wendy knew they needed help with his binge drinking. Their son’s psychiatrist, along with a few friends, suggested Alcoholics Anonymous. He had
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; KIRSTEN LUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  729 words
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      Lock icon Flame Retardants Are Widespread
      705 11  -  By DEBORAH BLUM THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Just over 10 years ago, Dr. Arnold Schecter, a public health researcher in Texas, started finding traces of chemical flame retardants in the breast milk of American women. It appeared that the compounds were carried into the
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; WHYBROW/ROYAL NAVY CROWN, VIA EPA  -  705 words
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      Lock icon Kicking Off Workdays At Early-Morning Raves
      730 12  -  By STACEY ANDERSON THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Three tall, glowing jellyfish puppets swept around the club floor, illuminating the broad grins and sweat-soaked brows of the wildly hopping dancers. Thumping house remixes of Tears for Fears’s “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
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      Lock icon Men, Too, Can Benefit From Pelvic Exercises
      506 12  -  By RONI CARYN RABIN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Kegel exercises have long been considered women’s work. Because they tone the pelvic floor muscles that support the uterus, doctors encourage women to do them during pregnancy and continue them for life. Done
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  • ARTS & DESIGN
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      Lock icon In a Wired World, Films About Being Alone
      941 13  -  By MICHAEL CIEPLY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LOS ANGELES Over the past several years, a small but insistent run of movies has explored the joys, challenges and healing power of something that is ever rarer in the digital age: human
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      Lock icon Literary Comic Books That Teachers and Students Alike Can Love
      712 13  -  By ROBERT ITO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY When students at a school in Brooklyn read “Theseus and the Minotaur,” a retelling of the classic Greek myth by the French writer and cartoonist Yvan Pommaux, they immediately took to
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; TOON GRAPHICS  -  712 words
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      Lock icon Artists Across Ages Are Haunted by War
      847 14  -  ESSAY ALISSA J. RUBIN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LENS, France The nightmare images come one after another: Three women, half-clothed, lie on the floor, apparently raped; the naked body of a decapitated man hangs from a tree branch, his severed head
      THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ANDRÉ MORIN; LEFT, RMN (CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES)  -  847 words
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      Lock icon A Place to Consider the Future of Ballet
      562 14  -  By MICHAEL COOPER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY When Jennifer Homans pubilshed “Apollo’s Angels,” her sweeping history of that most evanescent of art forms, ballet, she was hailed for taking an engaging, scholarly approach to more than four centuries of dance.
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