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Title Section17 2015-04-18 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 18 APRIL 2015 MCI (P) 046/06/201417 words
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Article, Illustration1492 2015-04-18 1 ALICIA WONG - ALICIA WONG Assistant Digital Media Editor aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In this “Wild Wild West” as the Internet has been called, individuals and communities band together to speak out on policies, raise petitions for causes they believe in and aid hapless tourists. OnSource: GlobalWebIndex; TODAY - 1,492 words
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62 2015-04-18 1 FUN AND GAMES FOR WORKERS Construction workers who have been building the new Yale-NUS campus dancing with Yale-NUS students during a music performance at an appreciation carnival yesterday. Around 500 workers who hail from China, India and Bangladesh, attended the carnival, which featured various performances and games and where thePHOTO: JASON QUAH - 62 words
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Article, Illustration958 2015-04-18 1 Lawmakers across both sides of political divide back Trade Promotion Authority Bill SINGAPORE, JAPAN WELCOME BILL’S INTRODUCTION AGENCIES WASHINGTON —A mammoth trans-Pa-cific free-trade pact central to United States President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia has received a timely boost, after seniorAGENCIES; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 958 words
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668 2015-04-18 1 VALERIE KOH - VALERIE KOH va leriekohsf@mediacorp.com .sg S I N G A P O R E Security action is needed to tackle the threat of jihadi terrorism, but this alone will not root out extremism the religious and social dimensions must also be addressed668 words
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499 2015-04-18 2 China-led bank can engage existing institutions ADB, World Bank to ‘finance projects’ FINANCE MINISTER’S COMMENT SIGNALS TOKYO’S WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH BEIJING’S INITIATIVE AGENCIES WA SHINGTON The standard of the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) can be raised through joint financingAGENCIES - 499 words
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Article, Illustration676 2015-04-18 4 LEE YEN NEE - KLANG VALLEY, PENANG ARE ‘BETTER PROPERTY BETS’ LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg ISKANDAR (JOHOR) —The existing glut of homes in Iskandar will be aggravated by a huge incoming supply this year and the next, which would put property values under greater pressurePHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN - 676 words
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473 2015-04-18 4 ANGELA TENG - ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s key exports rose last month at the fastest pace in more than three years, boosted by a surge in shipments to the European Union and the United States, but economists warn the stellar performance473 words
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270 2015-04-18 4 LEE YEN NEE - LEE YEN NEE The large-scale land reclamation for housing developments carried out by Chinese developers in Iskandar raises many uncertainties, a Maybank research report has warned, saying any failure of these projects risks undermining investor confidence in the special economic zone.270 words
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Article, Illustration430 2015-04-18 5 SINGAPORE Teenager Amos Yee Pang Sang, who is facing three criminal charges arising from online content he posted, spent last night in jail after his parents did not post his bail following a court mention yesterday. Bail forPHOTO: JASON QUAH; NEO CHAI CHIN - 430 words
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505 2015-04-18 5 SIAU MING EN - SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To prevent a repeat of the incident early this year where a school-bus operator came under fire for shoddy service, the Singapore School Transport Association (S STA) is exploring the idea of a CaseTrust for the industry. CaseTrust is505 words
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493 2015-04-18 5 SIAU MING EN - SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE Despite initially strong interest in a premium school transport service from about 300 parents, the initiative has started with only 30 or so pupils, half of whom are studying in schools in the Bukit Timah area. The service, which493 words
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549 2015-04-18 6 KELLY NG - WE MUST ‘TAKE BACK THE INFORMATION SPHERE FROM ISIS’ KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Counter-messaging must be a key weapon in the fight against terrorism, yet it can be a difficult one to wield due to the myriad of factors fuelling the rise of extremism today,549 words
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133 2015-04-18 6 KELLY NG - KELLY NG A social media network was yesterday launched to encourage the sharing of best practices worldwide to counter terrorism. A Facebook page has been set up for the Strategies on Aftercare and Reintegration Network, which was launched at the East Asia Summit Symposium133 words
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Article, Illustration385 2015-04-18 8 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Sixty-nine per cent of Malaysians are unaware of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) controversy, and nearly half of them are not confident of the government’s handling of the matter, according to a poll by opinion research firm Merdeka Center andAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 385 words
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445 2015-04-18 8 PKR chief Rafizi Ramli’s comments implied PM, wife benefitedfrom stolen funds LAWMAKER ‘EXCITED’ TO DEFEND HIS STATEMENT, CROSS-EXAMINE PM AND HIS WIFE IN COURT AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysian opposition lawmaker Rafizi Ramli has been sued for defamation by Prime Minister NajibAGENCIES - 445 words
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426 2015-04-18 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha hailed the performance of his military government yesterday, and said a much-criticised overhaul of the constitution was needed to pull Thailand out of years of political crisis. In a televised speech to mark sixAGENCIES - 426 words
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Article, Illustration690 2015-04-18 9 Pace of progress could soon see Beijing basing a force there that dwarfs neighbours’: US Admiral AGENCIES WA SHINGTON —China’s island building programme in the South China Sea may result in it gaining control of some of the world’s most important waterways,AGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 690 words
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287 2015-04-18 9 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Defence Ministry complained yesterday that Japanese surveillance activities threatened the safety of Chinese ships and aircraft, raising the issue after Japan said earlier this week that its jet fighter scrambles had hit levels unseen since the Cold War. Japan’s airAGENCIES - 287 words
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316 2015-04-18 12 PAUL CHAN POH HOI - FROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI I disagree with the points raised in the letter “Society should progress, but things like hawker centres should be retained” (April 9). If we follow the logic of the arguments, it would support a return to antiquated amenities such316 words
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Article, Illustration256 2015-04-18 12 ANDERSON LIN - FROM ANDERSON LIN I refer to the report “Reeling retail sector retools as hard times begin to bite” (April 17). The retail scene has not seemed to improve much in the past five years. New or old, I can see similar brandsTODAY FILE PHOTO - 256 words
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165 2015-04-18 12 PAUL ANTONY FERNANDEZ - FROM PAUL ANTONY FERNANDEZ I refer to the announcement by SMRT that it has teamed up with a local tech firm to apply for the fourth telecommunications licence (“*****, SMRT team up for telco bid”, April 16). Being a daily train commuter, I165 words
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324 2015-04-18 12 CYRIL SEAH KWEI HIOK - FROM CYRIL SEAH KWEI HIOK The Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) was conceived by the government of the People’s Republic of China. It is to further infrastructure developments in Asia, with a membership of 57 countries across the developed and developing324 words
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Article, Illustration567 2015-04-18 14 JEAN KHOO - Street-art workshops, puppetry and barbecues among plans ANIMATED FILM TO FEATURE VOICES OF PIONEERS JEAN KHOO jeankhoowt@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Barbecues, wall-art pieces and street performances they each come in 50 are in the works to mark five decades of friendship between Singapore andPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 567 words
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Article, Illustration428 2015-04-18 14 MATTHIAS TAY - MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Members of the National Taxi Association (NTA) are in a tight spot after closed-circuit television cameras, installed to deter illegal parking, catching taxi drivers dropping off passengers in places they are not supposed to. The camerasTODAY FILE PHOTO - 428 words
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Article, Illustration612 2015-04-18 15 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Compared with the re-source-strapped pioneer batch of teachers in the 1950s who often had to double-hat or improvise, teachers today draw competitive salaries, work in schools with good facilities and have many development opportunities.PHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 612 words
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Article, Illustration454 2015-04-18 15 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG SINGAPORE Being a lover of Tamil, Mr Jeyarajadas Pandian often racked his brains over ways to stimulate students’ interest in the language. And over the years, the 59-year-old educator has come up with several novel approaches, such asPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 454 words
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Article, Illustration505 2015-04-18 16 YVONNE LIM - YVONNE LIM yvonnelimsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When a fire breaks out in a train tunnel, the extreme heat and choking smoke in the confined area can make it near impossible for firefighters to deal with the situation. To overcome the problem, the Singapore CivilPHOTO: LOW WEI XIN - 505 words
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325 2015-04-18 16 SINGAPORE A Malaysian man yesterday was charged in court for armed robbery 26 years after he committed the crime. Thoo Ing Lai, 53, who had a warrant of arrest issued on him by the State Courts, was arrested in Malaysia with325 words
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Article, Illustration269 2015-04-18 16 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Former tour guide Yang Yin has filed an appeal against the Family Justice Courts’ decision this month to recognise wealthy widow Chung Khin Chun’s new will. Yang was to be the executor and beneficiary ofTODAY FILE PHOTO - 269 words
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Article, Illustration686 2015-04-18 17 SPECIAL DISCUSSIONS ON YEMEN, SYRIA AND SOUTH CHINA SEA TO BE HELD: JOKOWI THE JAKARTA GLOBE JAKARTA Security will be one of the main areas of focus at the coming Asian-African Conference (AAC), said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, adding that specialTHE JAKARTA GLOBE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 686 words
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527 2015-04-18 17 REUTERS JAKARTA Millions of commuters in Jakarta will have to struggle through the world’s most congested traffic for almost another decade, the authorities believe, and they may have to wait even longer if US$4 billion (S$5.37 billion) worth of new railway projectsREUTERS - 527 words
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Article, Illustration559 2015-04-18 18 Gao Yu, 71, convicted of giving sensitive Communist Party document to overseas media LAWYERS INSIST THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE, WILL APPEAL CONVICTION PHOTO: REUTERS THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG Gao Yu, a 71-year-old Chinese journalist who has repeatedly challengedPHOTO: REUTERS; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 559 words
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Article, Illustration1031 2015-04-18 18 BLOOMBERG BEIJING President Xi Jinping’s austerity drive has sent China’s high rollers running for cover, emptying casinos and golf courses as vin ordinaire becomes the new Chateau Lafite. Billionaire art collector Liu Yiqian does not seem to have gotten theBLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AP - 1,031 words
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Article, Illustration579 2015-04-18 19 AGENCIES OKINAWA Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the governor of the southern island of Okinawa clashed yesterday over the relocation of a contentious United States air base, a week before Mr Abe’s high-profile visit to Washington. Speaking to reporters afterAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 579 words
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830 2015-04-18 19 AP NEW DELHI At first, the numbers seem impressive: India’s tiger population has gone up 30 per cent in just four years. The government lauded the news as astonishing evidence of victory in conservation. But independent scientists say such an increaseAP - 830 words
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674 2015-04-18 20 Nothing the company has done has violated accounting rules says chairman atAGM SHARES CLIMB 1% TO CLOSE AT 88.5 CENTS EACH AGENCIES dence, he said. AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONal REPORTING BY ANGELATENG SINGAPORE A majority of Noble Group’s shareholders have approved the company’s latestAGENCIES - 674 words
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Article, Illustration177 2015-04-18 20 ANGELA TENG - ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE StarHub’s chief financial officer, Mr Nicholas Tan (picture), has resigned because of personal reasons, a company spokesperson said yesterday, adding that a replacement has been found. Mr Tan’s resignation takes effect from the end of this month, and chief executive TanPHOTO: STARHUB - 177 words
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316 2015-04-18 21 REUTERS S H A NG H A I China will allow fund managers to lend shares for shortselling and also expand the number of stocks investors can sell short, in a bid to raise the supply of securities in the market.REUTERS - 316 words
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343 2015-04-18 21 REUTERS ATHENS —Greece has sounded a mix of defiance and willingness to compromise with its international creditors on reforms required to unlock more loans, sending shares in Europe tumbling in nervous trade. The key European bourses were down between 0.9 and 1.9REUTERS - 343 words
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Article, Illustration629 2015-04-18 22 ADELENE WONG - Former medal winners urge younger peers to exploit the home crowd advantage NEW BOOK LAUNCHED TO CELEBRATE SPORTING HEROES ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The expectation was nerve-racking. She was the focus of the crowd packed into the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex and aPHOTO: LOW WEI XIN - 629 words
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408 2015-04-18 22 REUTERS NASSAU (BAHAMAS) —FIFA presidential hopeful Luis Figo has hit out at what he called a lack of democracy at CONCACAF’s congress on Thursday after incumbent Sepp Blatter was the only candidate given a chance to speak. Before pro-BlatterREUTERS - 408 words
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Article, Illustration796 2015-04-18 23 ADRIAN CLARKE - BLUES LOOK TO REM Y TO FILL COSTA’S SHOES COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Every Thursday night at five-a-side football, I spend the last 10 minutes looking and feeling completely zonked out. As an oldie among youngsters, I am usually ready to796 words
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369 2015-04-18 23 ADRIAN CLARKE - ADRIAN CLARKE There are those who believe it’s written in the stars that Steven Gerrard will lift the FA Cup at Wembley on his 35th birthday, bidding a fantasy farewell to Liverpool. It’s an enchanting story that may well369 words
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Article, Illustration837 2015-04-18 24 JIM WHITE - BIG MONEYINTHE EPL COULDLURE BOT ACROSS THE CHANNEL COMMENTARY BY JIM WHITE Jim White is a sports columnist for the Daily Telegraph THE DAILY TELEGRAPH I am already looking forward to next season’s Premier League. Two things happened this week which suggested thatTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; PHOTOS: AP, REUTERS - 837 words
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Article, Illustration397 2015-04-18 24 REUTERS BAHRAIN Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel (picture) is not expecting any gifts from Mercedes even if tensions between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg spill over on to the track in Bahrain this weekend. “Both of them are professional enough to handle the situation,”REUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 397 words
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Article, Illustration721 2015-04-18 25 A look at some of the matchups reveals several compelling storylines to follow when postseason play begins on Saturday (Sunday morning, Singapore time) THE NEW YORK TIMES WESTERN CONFERENCE Funny Seedings The Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs were perhaps the second-THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOS: REUTERS, AP - 721 words
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Article, Illustration725 2015-04-18 25 (2nd Edition) A look at some of the matchups reveals several compelling storylines to follow when postseason play begins on Saturday (Sunday morning, Singapore time) THE NEW YORK TIMES WESTERN CONFERENCE Funny Seedings The Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs were perhaps the second-THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOS: USA TODAY SPORTS, AP - 725 words
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255 2015-04-18 25 REUTERS The National Basketball Association will begin blood testing for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) under the league’s anti-drug programme, effective from the 2015-16 NBA season, the league and the Players Association said on Thursday. All players will take three random tests annually, two duringREUTERS - 255 words
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255 2015-04-18 25 (2nd Edition) REUTERS The National Basketball Association will begin blood testing for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) under the league’s anti-drug programme, effective from the 2015-16 NBA season, the league and the Players Association said on Thursday. All players will take three random tests annually, two duringREUTERS - 255 words
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Article, Illustration571 2015-04-18 26 DOCUMENTARY’S CLAIMS CORROBORATE WITH FINDINGS BY EARLIER GERMAN TV PROGRAMME AP NEW YORK A Kenyan television documentary purportedly showing a man being offered an injection of the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) in a downtown pharmacy for US$100 (S$135) corroborates previous doping allegations inAP; PHOTO: AP - 571 words
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Article, Illustration361 2015-04-18 26 REUTERS ARIZONA Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps made a victorious return to the pool on Thursday, winning the 100m butterfly in Mesa, Arizona, in his first race after a sixmonth ban following a drunk-driv-ing conviction. Phelps, eyeing a possible return to the Olympics atREUTERS; PHOTO: USA TODAY SPORTS - 361 words
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Miscellaneous70 2015-04-18 23 LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, 9.55pm Channel Singtel StarHub Everton v Burnley 102 227 Stoke v Southampton 103 228 Leicester v Swansea 104 229 C Palace v West Brom 105 230 Tomorrow, 12.20am (FA Cup) Reading v Arsenal 111 Tomorrow, 12.30am Chelsea v Man United 102 227 Tomorrow, 8.30pm Man City v70 words
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Miscellaneous119 2015-04-18 26 Live Telecast of Bahrain Race Qualifying available at Liveuuire (Singapore Pools), Liveuuire (RWS) Liveuuire (MBS). Insights by Former F1 Driver Alex Yoong available at Singapore Pools uuebsite. Sat, 18/04/15 Sun, 19/04/15 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live' telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw BbSureI Livewire (MBS)119 words
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Article, Illustration1435 2015-04-18 28 PETER DEBRUGE - HOW DOES A FILM GET PICKED? DO MALE DIRECTORS HAVE THE UPPER HAND? THE FEST DIRECTOR TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES PETER DEBRUGE features@mediacorp.com.sg REUTERS This year’s Cannes Film Festival line-up is out and you’ve got Palme d’Or laureate Gus Van Sant’s The SeaREUTERS; PHOTOS: REUTERS - 1,435 words
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Article, Illustration474 2015-04-18 29 When an artist has something to say about something RANT AND RAVE MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE Kumar may be all set to invade the heartlands for the Singapore International Festival Of Arts later this year but for now, you can catch him at the Esplanade for his latestMAYO MARTIN; PHOTO: DREAM ACADEMY - 474 words
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Article, Illustration229 2015-04-18 29 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN S I N G A P O R E The main cast of The LKY Musical was announced. Acting alongside Adrian Pang, who was previously announced to play the title role of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, will be Sharon Au, who plays Mdm Kwa229 words
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Article, Illustration799 2015-04-18 30 SERENE LIM - The founders of popular app Headspace want to bring the ancient practice of meditation back to Asia SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Stressed out and frustrated? Chronically jaded and listless? Or simply unhappy? If all those surveys and news reports are to be believed, that’s the state799 words
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Article891 2015-04-18 30 SERENE LIM - SERENE LIM SINGAPORE From ou r f i rst P r i me M inister, M r Lee Kuan Yew, to our current one, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, to celebrities like Hugh Jackman and Goldie Hawn, many notable personalities have embraced meditation and sing its891 words
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Article, Illustration622 2015-04-18 31 Choir singers live longer that’s the gospel truth THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Michelle Obama recently praised the power of gospel music, saying, “for so many, when times have darkened, when there’s struggle, gospel music is that ray of hope and it gives you that strength”. But evidence suggests that thoseTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; PHOTO: REUTERS - 622 words
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Article, Illustration810 2015-04-18 32 MAY SEAH - Why Fresh Off The Boat resonates almost painfully with this Singaporean world citizen LESSONS ON TV MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE –There is a lot of hype surrounding the new American sitcom, Fresh Off The Boat, and deservedly so, because it is pretty funny stuff. Set in thePHOTO: FOX - 810 words
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Article, Illustration542 2015-04-18 33 MAY SEAH - MAY SEAH SINGAPORE— Zero Calling, the show that earned Pierre Png a Best Actor award at the Asian Television Awards last year, is returning for a second season. And its leading man couldn’t be happier about that. Not justPHOTO: CHANNEL 5 - 542 words
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Article, Illustration396 2015-04-18 33 SINGAPORE What’s in store for the new season of Zero Calling? More gore, more action, some stabbing, a little torture and a lot of mosquitoes, according to the cast. All in a day’s work, right? CYNTHIA ROI-I (JULIE) “(Last season) I thinkPHOTO: CHANNEL 5 - 396 words
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Article, Illustration384 2015-04-18 34 Theatregoers will not be able to see the actors in a new production of All That Fall LIGHTS OUT THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Playwright Samuel Beckett described his 1957 radio play All That Fall as “a text written to come outTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 384 words
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Article, Illustration257 2015-04-18 34 onto pirate sites a day before HBO’s TV airing. REUTERS LOS ANGELES Netflix’s streaming-vid-eo service is available in more than 50 countries, for less than US$10 (S$13.5) a month. Even so, hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded pirated copies of Marvel’s Daredevil original seriesREUTERS - 257 words
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Article, Illustration328 2015-04-18 34 GENEVIEVE LOH - GENEVIEVE LOH SEOUL Marvel’s 2012 blockbuster hit The Avengers isn’t only the most successful superhero film to date, but also a really good movie. Which was probably why Captain America actor Chris Evans felt the need to speak up about the328 words
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Article, Illustration1233 2015-04-18 35 Cast keeps plot secret as new trailer unveiled STAR WARS CELEBRATION REUTERS LOS ANGELES With six films, nearly 40 years of history and a decade of anticipation since the last film, the keepers of the Star Wars franchise might have been sweating the continuedREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 1,233 words
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Article, Illustration1411 2015-04-18 1 JOHN F. BURNS - DISPATCHES JOHN F. BURNS INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY CAMBRIDGE, England The light was fading on the hills above the Arno, and my closest friend in the careworn ranks of foreign correspondents was sitting on a canopied Chinese daybed, in a lovely old house in his native villageINTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; MICHAEL KAMBER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,411 words
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Article, Illustration1066 2015-04-18 1 MICHAEL WINES - By MICHAEL WINES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY FABENS, Texas On maps, the mighty Rio Grande meanders about 3,000 kilometers, from southern Colorado’s San Juan Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. But on the ground, farms and cities drink all but a trickle before it reaches the canalINTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; MAX WHITTAKER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,066 words
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Article756 2015-04-18 2 SOEREN KERN - INTELLIGENCE SOEREN KERN Soeren Kern is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, a New York-based nonprofit that reports on international policy. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes. com. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY In February, the Austrian Parliament amended the country’s Islam Law. In promoting a moderate,THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 756 words
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Article, Illustration525 2015-04-18 2 THOMAS FULLER - By THOMAS FULLER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY HOUAYKHAY, Laos Thao Kae and his friends were collecting bamboo shoots in the jungle. One of the boys found a small metal sphere and brought it back to their village. “They thoughtTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 525 words
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Article, Illustration706 2015-04-18 3 ANDREW HIGGINS - By ANDREW HIGGINS THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NICOSIA, Cyprus When Cyprus seized hundreds of millions of dollars from bank depositors, many of them Russians, as part of an internationally brokered deal two years ago to rescue its collapsing financial system,THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; SASHA MORDOVETS/GETTY IMAGES - 706 words
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Article, Illustration707 2015-04-18 3 SAM BORDEN - By SAM BORDEN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NICOSIA, Cyprus The target of one car bombing was a soccer referee’s wife. Another attack, at the home of a referee’s mother, led to a boycott by officials that forced the postponement of a week’sTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PETROS KARADJIAS/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 707 words
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Article, Illustration584 2015-04-18 5 SIMON ROMERO - By SIMON ROMERO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SANTIAGO, Chile Scandals are shaking one government after another in Latin America: the mysterious death of a prosecutor in Argentina, the ouster of Peru’s prime minister over a spying operation, the revelations of a vastTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ERALDO PERES/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 584 words
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Article, Illustration742 2015-04-18 4 NORIMITSU ONISHI - By NORIMITSU ONISHI THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MONROVIA, Liberia As bodies littered the streets and the sick lay dying in front of clinics last year, President Obama ordered the largest American intervention ever in a global health crisis, hopingTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; DANIEL BEREHULAK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 742 words
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Article, Illustration711 2015-04-18 6 MICHAEL KIMMELMAN - NEWS ANALYSIS By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY BAGHDAD Looted and shuttered after American troops seized Baghdad a dozen years ago, the National Museum of Iraq has officially reopened its doors a response to Islamic State thugs’ taking jackhammers toTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 711 words
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Article, Illustration507 2015-04-18 6 GAIA PIANIGIANI - PADUA JOURNAL By GAIA PIANIGIANI THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PADUA, Italy High-end printing is an artisans’ job in Italy, the gluing and the binding predominantly done by hand. But at Editoriale Zanardi, a prestige book printer, even the management fellTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; MARCO GUALAZZINI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 507 words
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Article, Illustration718 2015-04-18 8 DAVID BARBOZA - By DAVID BARBOZA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SHANGHAI A team of young animators, illustrators and computer programmers is bringing an ancient Chinese village to digital life. The team mostly graduates of China’s leading arts schools is adding intricate details to temples, palacesTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; NG HAN GUAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 718 words
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Article, Illustration741 2015-04-18 8 STEPHANIE STROM - By STEPHANIE STROM THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY How would you like to have 120 days to pay your creditors? Adopting a tactic widely used by 3G Capital, the Brazilian private investment group behind the recent merger of Heinz and Kraft Foods, aTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; WHITNEY CURTIS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 741 words
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Article, Illustration833 2015-04-18 9 RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr; MICHAEL WINES - By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and MICHAEL WINES THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PR AGU E Ok la homa A 5.0 -magnitude earthquake the first of three as strong or stronger over several days in November 2011 peeled the brick facade from theTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; NICK OXFORD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 833 words
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Article, Illustration489 2015-04-18 9 JAMES GORMAN - By JAMES GORMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY For anyone who has ever been told by a smarty-pants 7-year-old, “There’s no such thing as Brontosaurus; it’s called Apatosaurus” it is payback time. “We have good evidence now for the resurrectionTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; DAVIDE BONADONA, VIA REUTERS - 489 words
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Article, Illustration637 2015-04-18 10 JOHN MARKOFF - By JOHN MARKOFF THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MOUNTAIN VIEW, California Evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain last month has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental illnessTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; HARRY CAMPBELL - 637 words
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Article, Illustration514 2015-04-18 10 LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M. D - By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D. THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY WASHINGTON Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries often suggested his penchant for contradictory statements, forgetting names and seeming ab-sent-mindednessTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PAUL HOSEFROS/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 514 words
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Article, Illustration589 2015-04-18 11 NATALIE SHUTLER - By NATALIE SHUTLER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY For most single New Yorkers, the tyranny of living in a small space, or worse, a shared space, is all too familiar. And with the number of single New Yorkers growing, the demand forTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; CHANG W. LEE/THE NEW YORK TIMES; BELOW, MONADNOCK DEVELOPMENT, nARCHITECTS AND MIR - 589 words
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Article, Illustration776 2015-04-18 11 MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM; and SHARON OTTERMAN - By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and SHARON OTTERMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Growing up, Mayor Bill de Blasio was the only child on his block who did not attend Mass on Sundays. “Everyone else was at church, and I wasn’t,” he saidTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 776 words
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Article, Illustration678 2015-04-18 12 ANDY NEWMAN - By ANDY NEWMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Look at old photos of New York City streets and you often notice a strangely stark, movie-set quality about them. A moment’s pondering of the black-and-white images reveals one reason: There are no trees.THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; JAKE NAUGHTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; TOP, DON HOGAN CHARLES/THE NEW YORK TIMES; RIGHT, - 678 words
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Article, Illustration744 2015-04-18 12 SAM ROBERTS - By SAM ROBERTS THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY You’ll have to make do without the monogrammed towels and bedding and the bulletproof windows. And a special train won’t be idling below Park Avenue to whisk you away in case Midtown traffic becomes impassable.THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY HIROKO MASUIKE/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 744 words
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Article, Illustration875 2015-04-18 13 RACHEL DONADIO - By RACHEL DONADIO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MOSCOW After a law went into effect last summer banning obscenities in public performances, the playwright and director Ivan Vyrypaev excised the curse words from his play “The Drunks” for its RussianTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES HILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 875 words
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Article, Illustration591 2015-04-18 13 NEIL GENZLINGER - By NEIL GENZLINGER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY OTIS VILLE, New York It’s a familiar enough homecoming scene: A successful performer returns to his old neighborhood and puts on a show in the gymnasium. But for Joe Assadourian, whoTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; ÁNGEL FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 591 words
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Article, Illustration741 2015-04-18 14 DOUGLAS QUENQUA - By DOUGLAS QUENQUA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Peter De Cupere’s “Tree Virus” sculpture wasn’t much to look at: a dead, black tree rooted in a craggy white ball suspended over a dirt pit, all of it covered byTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY; FREDERIK BUYCKX FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 741 words
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Article, Illustration775 2015-04-18 14 BEN SISARIO - Reviving Cambodia’s Rock n’ Roll By BEN SISARIO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY For proof of the universality of rock ’n’ roll, look no further than Cambodia in the 1960s and ’70s. Even there, young people picked up electric guitars and studied Mick Jagger’s moves, melding Eastern melody withTHE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY - 775 words
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