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Title Section17 2015-01-17 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 17 JANUARY 2015 MCI (P) 046/06/201417 words
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1424 2015-01-17 1 LOH CHEE KONG - It’s a good time for S’pore, but broader targets must be set, he says LOH CHEE KONG Associate Editor cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As celebrations to mark SG50 shift into high gear, Singaporeans must use the occasion as a spring- board to further1,424 words
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Article, Illustration814 2015-01-17 1 THE NEW YORK TIMES BRUSSELS European investigators moved on a broad front yesterday to sweep up suspected militants, with the police announcing that 13 Belgians had been detained in this country and two in France, a day after twoTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: AP - 814 words
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Advertisement38 2015-01-17 1 GRATITUDE FOR SINGAPORE’S SUCCESSES AND AMBITIOUS IDEALS FOR THENATION’S FUTUREARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVEVOIC E S 15 HOT NEWS •11 2014 was hottest year on record, surpassing 2010 MORE REPORTS ON PAGES 4 TO 8 HOT N EWS •238 words
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Article, Illustration554 2015-01-17 2 YVONNE LIM - Boat had been undergoing trials without notifying authorities: China media THREE SEMBCORP MARINE EMPLOYEES WERE ON CHINESE VESSEL YVONNE LIM yvonnelimsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Twenty-two people, including four Singaporeans, remained missing more than a day after a Singa-pore-registered tugboat undergoing testing sank onPHOTO: REUTERS - 554 words
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532 2015-01-17 2 ANGELA TENG - ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Exports of electronic goods unexpectedly rose last month for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half years to help boost the Republic’s overall exports, but economists warned it would be premature to say the key sector has turned532 words
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Article, Illustration146 2015-01-17 4 On terrorism First, we will try our best to prevent such a thing from happening here, which is why we are vigilant Second important part is to educate Singaporeans that there is this threat that such things can happen either here or close146 words
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635 2015-01-17 4 Republic needs to respond well to global environment in constant flux by raising productivity, says PM Lee GOVT WILL DO ITS PART TO KEEP COSTS DOWN, HELP LOW-INCOME GROUPS SINGAPORE The days of 5 to 6 per cent economic growth are behind the635 words
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Article, Illustration213 2015-01-17 6 Greatest satisfaction Putting a lot of emphasis on education At my first National Day Rally, one of my themes was on the young. We were talking about schools teach less, learn more and getting people to get the maximum out of their education. We have followed213 words
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Article, Illustration246 2015-01-17 6 Regret In retrospect that is easy to say, we should have been building up our infrastructure a lot faster we should have got more trains running, we should have built more HDB flats. At the time, we thought we were doing the right thing, pacing it,246 words
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Article, Illustration861 2015-01-17 6 Policymakers must be prepared for wide range of outcomes and ‘insure ourselves’, says PM S’PORE HAS TO PLAN LESS CONSERVATIVELY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, SAYS MR LEE SINGAPORE For a government known for its foresight, the fact that it did not build up its infrastructurePHOTO: DON WONG - 861 words
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979 2015-01-17 8 With no lack of alternative voices outside Parliament, PM questions Opposition’s tactic of providing check on PAP HOW CANDIDATES MANAGE THEIR CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE EXAMINED SINGAPORE —Calling out Opposition parties for sticking to their strategy of wanting only to act as a979 words
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Article, Illustration349 2015-01-17 8 Hinting that the next General Election (GE) could be some time away, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Government has not had time to think about setting up the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee often seen as one of the final stepsTODAY FILE PHOTO - 349 words
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232 2015-01-17 8 On the issue of locals and foreigners It is a reaction that you see in many countries... We have worked hard at this and calibrated the policies we have slowed down the inflows and tightened up on foreign workers. In fact, it232 words
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167 2015-01-17 8 On using social media There are times when you have to be light-hearted. When you see a beautiful sunset, you share it with people and hope they will enjoy it with you. When you catch an owl somewhere in the Istana, maybe167 words
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501 2015-01-17 10 YVONNE LIM - PAP’S PRACTICE OF STIGMATISING FAILURE TROUBLING: SDP CHIEF YVONNE LIM yvonnelimsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan has criticised Social and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing’s decision to make scathing remarks about him on Thursday, adding in his response laced501 words
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471 2015-01-17 10 THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS The French authorities are moving aggressively to rein in speech supporting terrorism, employing a new law to mete out tough prison sentences in a crackdown that is stoking a free-speech debate after last week’s attacks in Paris.THE NEW YORK TIMES - 471 words
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Article615 2015-01-17 11 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Last year was the hottest in Earth’s recorded history, scientists reported yesterday, underscoring scientific warnings about the risks of runaway emissions and undermining claims by climate-change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped. Extreme heat blanketed Alaska andTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 615 words
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653 2015-01-17 14 NOMINATION ‘DELAYED, NOT CANCELLED’ AGENCIES WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JASON TAN AND IDAYU SUPARTO JAKARTA —Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo yesterday postponed the decision to appoint his controversial pick for the country’s National Police chief, amid a chorus of disapproval from653 words
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458 2015-01-17 14 AGENCIES JAK ARTA Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo could risk repeating a 2009 stand-off between Indonesia’s respected an-ti-graft commission and a police force known for its reputation for corruption if he proceeds to swear in a corruption suspect as chief ofAGENCIES - 458 words
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Advertisement10 2015-01-17 4 All reports by Loh Chee Kong, Associate Editor cheekong@ mediacorp.com.sg10 words
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352 2015-01-17 15 TAN YEE HUI - FROM TAN YEE HUI A dichotomy between gratitude for the past and present and an idealism about the future is assumed and presented in the letter “Be grateful, S’poreans; do not seek unrealistic ideal” (Jan 15). This recurring trope that exhorts Singaporeans to appreciate what352 words
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263 2015-01-17 15 MARGARET SOH - FROM MARGARET SOH I refer to the letters “Let’s learn from Zurich’s family-friendly public transport” (Jan 16) and “Public buses are not child-friendly” (Jan 13). Much as it is ideal to be always able to accommodate all users of263 words
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116 2015-01-17 15 RICHARD KANG CHOON TIAN - F ROM RICHARD KANG CHOON TIAN The planned manpower boost to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is laudable. (“Govt announces stronger measures to fight corruption”; Jan 14) Our Prime Minister took pains to explain the importance of a clean government and116 words
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289 2015-01-17 15 EDMUND KHOO KIM HOCK - FROM EDMUND KHOO KIM HOCK The militants responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre targeted cartoonists who denigrated Islam. However, it has been mentioned that other religions were not spared by the satirical newspaper. (“Charlie Hebdo attack was against free speech”; Jan 15) In a289 words
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Article, Illustration582 2015-01-17 18 VALERIE KOH - PM LEE ALSO UNVEILS $2-MILLION CANCER CARE FUND VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What started out as a sharp, fleeting pain in Mr Simon Tan’s lower back turned out to be Stage 1 prostate cancer. Now 63, Mr Tan recounted his experience inPHOTO: DON WONG - 582 words
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266 2015-01-17 18 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Thomson Medical and Thomson Fertility Centre will pay damages for the botched fertilisation procedure that led to the birth of “Baby P” who was born in 2010 after her mother’s egg was wrongly fertilised with a266 words
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360 2015-01-17 18 KELLY NG - KELLY NG SINGAPORE A one-stop cardiac screening facility that will halve cardiac screening time for pre-enlistees and servicemen was launched yesterday by Second Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing. Housed in the National Heart Centre, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Cardiac Fitness Centre (SCFC) is360 words
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Article, Illustration608 2015-01-17 20 NEO CHAI CHIN - JUDGE INCREASES MATCH-FIXER’S JAIL TERM FROM THREE YEARS TO FIVE NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In increasing match-fixer Eric Ding Si Yang’s jail term from three years to five years yesterday, a High Court also laid down stiffer sentencing benchmarks for such criminals. Given608 words
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Advertisement101 2015-01-17 19 Malala Yousafzai has to be the most inspiring woman I know. At 12, she started blogging about her life under Taliban rule. At 15, she survived an assassination attempt. And at 17, she received the Nobel Peace Prize. All this, for a basic right that of an education. Glenda Chong101 words
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681 2015-01-17 22 MANY CYNICAL ABOUT CAMPAIGN ALTHOUGH NEARLY 72,000 OFFICIALS WERE PUNISHED LAST YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIDAIHE (CHINA) —The daily cavalcade of miscreants in the government featured in Chinese news media makes for lurid reading: The housing official caughtTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 681 words
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Article, Illustration517 2015-01-17 22 THE NEW YORK TIMES MANILA —Philippine President Benigno Aquino, who has battled Roman Catholic leaders in the nation for much of his administration, said after meeting Pope Francis yesterday that church officials had been overly critical of him and silent about theTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 517 words
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641 2015-01-17 23 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia’s federal Islamic authority yesterday warned Muslims to beware of Korean artistes, saying they have an ulterior agenda and that their brand of entertainment was a process to erode the religion and identity of the faithful. TheAGENCIES - 641 words
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Article, Illustration595 2015-01-17 24 STRAITS TIMES INDEX DOWN 1.1% AGENCIES SINGAPORE Share markets in Asia and Europe were broadly mixed yesterday in a second day of tumultuous trade after the Swiss central bank’s shock move on Thursday to remove its currency cap against the euro. Singapore’sAGENCIES; PHOTO: AP - 595 words
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321 2015-01-17 24 SINGAPORE The Republic’s maritime industry continued to perform well last year amid challenging conditions, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday. Unveiling the advance estimates of the industry’s performance from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Mr Lui said container321 words
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Article, Illustration741 2015-01-17 26 LOW LIN FHOONG - No longer a junior paddler, Isabelle Li hopes to make a greater impact on the world stage NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE FOR PADDLER LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The boyish bob from four years ago, when paddler Isabelle Li won silver at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG),PHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 741 words
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375 2015-01-17 26 REUTERS LONDON Former France international David Ginola launched an unlikely and almost certainly doomed bid for the FIFA presidency yesterday, assuming the role of the “fans’ champion” under the slogan of “rebooting football.” Ginola, who turns 48 later this month and hasREUTERS - 375 words
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Article, Illustration700 2015-01-17 27 ADELENE WONG - United’s former Captain Marvel also thinks Falcao needs to fight for his place ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If Manchester United were to launch a serious challenge for top honours in the English Premier League again, their players will need to take everyPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 700 words
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Article, Illustration506 2015-01-17 27 REUTERS MELBOURNE A four-goal salvo by third-choice striker Hamza Al Dardour has left Jordan coach Ray Wilkins with a “horrible” selection headache for their crunch Asian Cup Group D finale against holders Japan. The speedy 23-year-old was only called in for yesterday’s matchREUTERS; GETTY IMAGES - 506 words
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Article, Illustration1856 2015-01-17 28 ADRIAN CLARKE - EVEN WITH NO GIANT TRANSFER WAR CHESTS, CLUB HAVE DEFIED EVERYBODY’S EXPECTATIONS COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Want to know the secret to Southampton’s success? They are smart. To stay near the top of the class, they have to be. There are no giantPHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 1,856 words
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Article, Illustration93 2015-01-17 29 AGENCIES Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta is set to face a further three months out as he recovers from an ankle injury, reported the Daily Mail. Nonetheless, the Gunners will still offer the Spaniard a 12-month extension to his current deal. Arteta has not played sinceAGENCIES - 93 words
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126 2015-01-17 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Louis van Gaal will be given another £150 million (S$302.3 million) to spend at a Manchester United transfer meeting yesterday. The Mirror said van Gaal is due to sit down with United chief executive Ed Woodward to discuss transfer plans.THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 126 words
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Article, Illustration556 2015-01-17 30 Four-time winner handed kind start to first Grand Slam of the year, but not for holder Wawrinka WORLD NO 1 EYEING FIFTH MELBOURNE CROWN REUTERS MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic’s chances of winning a fifth Australian Open title have been boosted by a kind draw in theREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 556 words
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Article, Illustration394 2015-01-17 30 LAKERS 102 CAVALIERS 109 Kobe Bryant and LeBron James traded hugs, big shots and verbal jabs all night with warmth and humour. In the waning minutes, they went head to head in yet another entertaining duel between two of this generation’s greatest talents. Although LeBron ended up toppingPHOTO: AP - 394 words
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Miscellaneous82 2015-01-17 30 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. Call82 words
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Article, Illustration329 2015-01-17 32 MAY SEAH - PIMPI N’ THEIR RIDES FROM SUPER SPEAKERS TO ON-BOARD LAVS, CELEBS TALK ABOUT FEATURES IN THEIR FANTASY CARS MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Actor Terence Cao and singers Shabir, Farisha Ishak and Alfred Sim are four celebs who have plenty of drive. They wouldn’t have made it this far in their careersPHOTO: GETTY IMAGES ILLUSTRATIONS: KENNETH CHOY - 329 words
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Article, Illustration1008 2015-01-17 33 TERENCE CAO Currently starring in MediaCorp TV Channel 8 drama Good Luck. Started driving in his 20s. Q: What memories do you have of your first car? A: It was the car with the most summons, the most repair work and the most number ofPHOTOS: JASON HO - 1,008 words
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Article, Illustration503 2015-01-17 34 GENEVIEVE LOH - TODAY weighs in on the sad snubs and satisfying surprises for this year’s ceremony ACADEMY AWARDS 2015 GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE So the nominations for the 2015 edition of the Academy Awards have been announced. While some were expected (Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel503 words
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Article, Illustration532 2015-01-17 35 DON MENDOZA - A night at the museum has never been more enticing DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE What better way to kick off a year celebrating a nation’s feted growth than an evening about its unique and rich food culture? The National Museum of Singapore will be holding a talk titled532 words
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Article, Illustration105 2015-01-17 35 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The arts calendar kicked into high gear as the nine-day Singapore Art Week began with a slew of events, such as the Prudential Singa- pore Eye exhibition at ArtScience Museum, leading up to the annual Art Stage Singapore fair. The M1 Singapore Fringe105 words
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Advertisement41 2015-01-17 33 The Singapore Motorshow 2015 is organised by the Motor Traders Association in partnership with MediaCorp. It will run until tomorrow at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tickets at S$6 per person per entry. Free entry for those below 1.2m tall.41 words
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Miscellaneous1077 2015-01-17 36 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM New Dragon’s Inn 6.30 Snack Attack! III (HD) 7.00 No Limits (HD) 9.00 Pleasant Goat And Big Big Wolf VI (Debut) 9.30 Happy Family Family Of Joy 10.00 Follow Me! (HD) 10.30 Animals 101 11.00 Behind Every Job II NOON Makan Unlimited 12.30PM Culture In1,077 words
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Miscellaneous1126 2015-01-17 37 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL 6.00AM Star Chef II (HD) 7.00 No Limits (HD) 9.00 Math’s Island 9.30 Doraemon TV Special 10.00 Super Family (HD) 10.30 We Are From 2065! (HD) 11.00 Eat Be Merry (HD) NOON Street Smart II (HD) 12.30PM Where To Stay (HD) 1.30 Food Source IV1,126 words
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Miscellaneous283 2015-01-17 38 ON SATURDAY 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 Sports desk NOON Hot In The City With Daphne Lim 5.00 987 HOME With Joakim Gomez 6.00 Say It With Music283 words
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Article, Illustration1131 2015-01-17 1 WILLIAM NEUMAN - Havana THE SIGNS OF the times speak loudly in Cuba, sometimes through their silence. A 17-hour drive across the heart of the island in a battered burgundy and gray 1956 Ford Fairlane included long stretches in which there was surprisingly little ideology on display, fewINTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; THE NEW YORK TIMES; BELOW, ANDREA BRUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; ANDREA BRUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,131 words
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Article, Illustration962 2015-01-17 1 DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK - BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY an, was teaching at New York University on September 11,2001, after which American sales of the Quran spiked because readers sought religious explanations for the attack on New York. “We try to explain that they are asking the wrongINTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; RIZWAN TABASSUM/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES - 962 words
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Article, Illustration873 2015-01-17 8 AZAM AHMED - By AZAM AHMED THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Malik Abdul Hakim is death’s ferryman. He collects the bodies of soldiers and police officers killed in areas of Taliban dominance and takes them home. From government centers, heTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; BRYAN DENTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 873 words
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Article, Illustration697 2015-01-17 8 JODI RUDOREN - NEWS ANALYSIS By JODI RUDOREN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY JERUSALEM When the Palestinians sought statehood at the United Nations in 2011, it was widely dismissed as a symbolic gambit to skirt negotiations with Israel and the United States’ influence over theTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ALAA BADARNEH/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 697 words
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Article, Illustration657 2015-01-17 6 JEFFREY GETTLEMAN - By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BUREH BEACH, Sierra Leone There is a place in this country, along a palm-fringed cove, where nobody is talking about viral loads or death rates, treatment centers or protective suits. Instead, the focus is onTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANIEL BEREHULAK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 657 words
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Article, Illustration714 2015-01-17 6 NEIL MacFARQUHAR - By NEIL MacFARQUHAR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY YALTA, Crimea In the scramble for Crimea’s spoils, armed forces have raided myriad enterprises across the peninsula, expelling the owners and claiming the property for the Crimean government. At the Zaliv Shipyard in Kerch, the militia invadedTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; JAMES HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 714 words
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Article, Illustration768 2015-01-17 5 KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA - By KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MANCHESTER, England Everyone at the Alfurqan Islamic Center knows of the parents who tried to rescue their twin daughters after the girls ran off to join the Islamic State in Syria. They knowTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ANDREW TESTA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 768 words
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Article, Illustration626 2015-01-17 4 TESS FELDER - LENS TESS FELDER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Many people make resolutions at this time of year to get their bodies into better shape. But how many of us resolve to have healthier minds? How many of us, like Pico Iyer,THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; CASSANDRA GIRALDO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 626 words
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Article, Illustration760 2015-01-17 3 JONATHAN SOBLE - By JONATHAN SOBLE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY TOKYO When she was pregnant with the first of her three sons, Chiaki Kitajima, an advertising executive here, said her bosses were shocked that rather than accept reduced hours and a demotionTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; KO SASAKI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 760 words
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Article, Illustration578 2015-01-17 3 JODY JAFFE; and JOHN MUNCIE - THAILAND JOURNAL By JODY JAFFE and JOHN MUNCIE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Between the bangers, the bongers, the grinders and the polishers, there’s not much silence to be found as a gong tuner searches for the right sound. Facing a nearly finishedTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ADAM FERGUSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; LEFT, THE NEW YORK TIMES - 578 words
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Article, Illustration523 2015-01-17 2 BETH GARDINER - By BETH GARDINER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LONDON The development of a new generation of sea-based power arrays lags far behind more widely used renewable technologies like wind and solar. But the company pushing a new project on the coast of Wales thinksTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; JUICE ARCHITECTS - 523 words
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Article, Illustration836 2015-01-17 2 MARC LAMBRON - MARC LAMBRON Marc Lambron is a writer and a member of the French Academy. Translatedfrom F rench by Philippe Gélie. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Paris After a few salvos from Kalashnikovs, we are witnessing the shift from theTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS - 836 words
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Article, Illustration850 2015-01-17 9 KENNETH CHANG - By KENNETH CHANG THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LOS ANGELES Remember the hydrogen car? A decade ago, President George W. Bush espoused the environmental promise of cars running on hydrogen, the universe’s most abundant element. “The first car driven by a child born today,”THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 850 words
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Article, Illustration762 2015-01-17 9 MATTHEW L. WALD - By MATTHEW L. WALD THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY IDAHO FALLS, Idaho Filled with pits, seams and fissures, the images that Darin J. Tallman examined in a secure laboratory here looked like the surface of Mars. But they were extreme magnifications of sliversTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; JIM McAULEY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 762 words
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Article, Illustration845 2015-01-17 10 HENRY FOUNTAIN - By HENRY FOUNTAIN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SKAFTAFELL, Iceland Just north of here, on the far side of the Vatnajokull ice sheet, lava was spewing from a crack in the earth on the flanks of Bardarbunga, one of Iceland’s largest volcanoes. By volcanologists’THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 845 words
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Article, Illustration514 2015-01-17 10 JAMES GORMAN - By JAMES GORMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Here is something to keep arachnophobes up at night. The inside of a spider is under pressure, like the air in a balloon, because spiders move by pushing fluid through valves. They are hydraulic. This worksTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; GIL MENDA/CORNELL UNIVERSITY - 514 words
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THE WAY WE EAT
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Article, Illustration839 2015-01-17 12 SAM BORDEN - By SAM BORDEN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY One day in November, Ferran Adrià, the Spanish chef who turned foods into foams and pioneered a new era in gastronomic innovation while running one of the world’s most popular restaurants, bouncedTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: DANIEL ETTER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; ALIVE MIND CINEMA; LOURDES SEGADE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; JM ZABALA MADINA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 839 words
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Article, Illustration448 2015-01-17 12 KIM SEVERSON - By KIM SEVERSON THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY WARRENS, Wisconsin Cranberries are one of only three fruits native to North America that are commercially cultivated. The other two: Concord grapes and blueberries. This state, which grows more cranberries than any other,THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; NARAYAN MAHON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 448 words
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Article, Illustration628 2015-01-17 11 ELAINE SCIOLINO - By ELAINE SCIOLINO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PARIS From the kitchen of the luxury Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the Michelin two-star chef Thierry Marx is waging a campaign against culinary racism. He is making kebabs. In recent months, officials of theTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; GUIA BESANA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 628 words
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Article, Illustration713 2015-01-17 11 KIM SEVERSON - By KIM SEVERSON THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BOULDER, Colorado The relationship between marijuana and food usually revolves around jokes about the brownies laced with pot that produce euphoria. But cooking with cannabis is emerging as a legitimate and lucrative culinary pursuit. In Colorado,THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATTHEW STAVER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 713 words
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Article, Illustration671 2015-01-17 14 AMY QIN; and ROBIN POGREBIN - By AMY QIN and ROBIN POGREBIN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY TOKYO The Olympic stadium designed by the Pritzker-winning architect Zaha Hadid for the 2020 Summer Games looks to some like a pleasingly sleek, contoured spaceship. But many others deplore it. The $1.37THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS; MONICA ALMEIDA/THE NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 671 words
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Article, Illustration494 2015-01-17 14 DOREEN CARVAJAL - By DOREEN CARVAJAL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PARIS There are elements of the absurd about the plight of Kamel Daoud, an Algerian writer whose debut novel reaped glowing international reviews, literary honors and then, suddenly, demands for his public execution. His book,THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 494 words
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Article, Illustration699 2015-01-17 13 EMILY STEEL - By EMILY STEEL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY JERICHO, New York In September, Seth Techel received a life sentence in Iowa for murdering his pregnant wife to pursue a romance with a co-worker. In October, a production crew descended on a suburban homeTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY - 699 words
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Article, Illustration790 2015-01-17 13 FRANK BRUNI - By FRANK BRUNI THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY You can star in one of the most beloved sitcoms of the last quarter century, win an Emmy, be paid $1 million per episode, find as much success in movies and still have more thanTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 790 words
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