Today, 16 January 2016

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  • hot news opening of Parliament
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      Lock icon MPs take oath, pay tribute to Speaker in solemn ceremony
      481 2  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The 13th Parliament of Singapore officially began its term yesterday with 89 elected and two Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (MPs) taking their oath of allegiance, ahead of President Tony Tan Keng Yam’s opening address to
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      Lock icon Govt to study how to refresh political system: Tony Tan
      729 3  -  Good politics ensures govts develop and deliver on sound policies says President AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Government will be studying how to refresh the political system as it begins a new term, said President Tony Tan in his address
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    • Article
      Vital that diverse views are heard, say analysts
      556 3  -  NG JING YNG, SIAU MING EN jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The need to refresh the political system as Singapore’s circumstances change highlighted by President Tony Tan in his opening address to the 13th Parliament last night caught some political observers’ eyes, as they suggested
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      S’pore must ‘stay united, resilient’ in face of increased terror threat
      569 4  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Warning of the “significantly” greater threat from Islamic State (IS) and terrorism today, President Tony Tan Keng Yam stressed the importance of keeping Singapore society united and resilient. “A terrorist attack here will not only
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      Lock icon Jakarta IS terror attacks: 3 men arrested
      645 4 AGENCIES JAK ARTA An audacious attack in the heart of Indonesia’s capital by suicide bombers was funded by the Islamic State (IS), police said yesterday, as they arrested three men on suspicion of links to the plot. An IS flag was found in
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Chants of solidarity ring out in Jakarta as life returns to normal
      789 5  -  Football fans ordinary people, politicians and celebrities come together to offer condolences to a ttack victims MESSAGE TO TERRORISTS IS CLEAR: WE ARE NOT AFRAID NEO CHAI CHIN IN JAKARTA chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg to leave them.” ADDITIONAL REPORTINGBY RAJ NADARAJAN
      to leave them.” ADDITIONAL REPORTINGBY RAJ NADARAJAN ANDSYABAN MOHAMMAD; PHOTOS: RAJ NADARAJAN, AP  -  789 words
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      Lock icon IS becoming a ‘clear and present danger to Indonesia, the region’
      921 6  -  Jihadists who travel to Syria Iraq to fight are bringing their violent ideology back home ANALYSTS FEAR REVIVAL OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST WESTERN SYMBOLS he said. THE NEW YORK TIMES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TANG CHEE ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TANG
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      Local start-ups say determination, not just Govt support, vital for success
      384 7 Mr Lionel Sim (picture), 28, is the co-founder of MNH Labs, an Internet of Things company that counts sleep-tracking device Juvo among its pipeline of products. Recalling the decision to strike out on his own, the Stanford University graduate
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      Lock icon From Isle of Gods to start-up haven
      1512 9  -  Entrepreneurs are finding in Bali an ecosystem conducive to a foray into tech start-ups LAURA PHILOMIN IN BALI lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg BALI Finding that support for entrepreneurs like her was lacking back home in Australia, Ms Maire Shanahan decided to relocate to the Indonesian resort
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  • voices
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      Motivate volunteers with apt displays of practical appreciation
      549 10  -  FROM TAN SU SAN Assistant director for Corporate Communication, Advocacy, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre Mr Alan Ch’ng’s letter “Welfare groups can consider recruiting volunteers via incentives” (Jan 13) sensibly reflects a practical reality. Like the private sector, the non-profit sector faces
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      Corrections
      80 10 In the story “Bridging CPF gaps: NUS don raises idea of payouts, but notes risks” (Jan 13), we reported the conservative parameters for Associate Professor Chia Ngee Choon’s calculations as 30 per cent of the elderly instead of 20 per cent. In the story “S’porean professors named among world’s
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      Boost S’pore-Jakarta exchanges at people-to-people level
      225 10  -  F ROM DHEVARA JAN DEVADAS It is heartening that Singapore and Indonesia continue to recognise the importance of maintaining stable bilateral ties and good working relations between their respective leaderships (“PM Lee, Jokowi set to meet for leaders’ retreat this year”; Jan 14). Both
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      Only right to have religious leaders condemn terrorist acts
      159 10  -  FROM JOACHIM LOW I refer to the commentary “Terrorism should not be viewed through religious lenses” (Jan 15). Yes, terrorism is a complex problem, but I do not agree with the statement that “asking the religious elites to be more as-
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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon Kicking into gear
      102 11 Potential buyers flocked to the Singapore Motorshow2016 buoyed by the recent drop in Cat A COE prices, which are at a five-year low. The show is being held at Suntec Singapore, Levels 3 and 4, until Sunday. Show highlights include a slew of local car launches, such
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      Netflix to block VPNs that access unlicensed content
      524 11  -  JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Netflix is putting a stop to television junkies who have been using VPNs (virtual private networks) to watch the latest entertainment series, such as House of Cards and Arrested Development, on the firm’s US site. These shows are
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      Lock icon Dan Tan’s ex-wife denies giving false information to investigator
      269 11 KELLY NG S ING A POR E —The ex-wife of alleged match-fixer Dan Tan Seet Eng, who has been charged with providing false information to a special investigator, was back in court yesterday morning where she changed her mind between pleading
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      Lock icon Excavator mishap raises questions over special-needs workers’ safety: Coroner
      362 11 KELLY NG SINGAPORE A coroner’s inquiry into the death of a gardener after he was hit by an excavator began yesterday, during which the State Coroner raised questions as to whether there were safeguards to identify vulnerabilities arising from the “peculiar”
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  • world
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      Lock icon Taiwanese head to the polls buoyed by the prospect of change
      1007 12  -  THOUSANDS BRAVE THE COLD TO ATTEND POPULAR DPP CANDIDATE’S RALLY JASON TAN IN TAIPEI Associate Editor jasontancc@mediacorp.com.sg TAIPEI Months of intense campaigning for Taiwan’s presidential elections closed on a high yesterday, with voters heading to the polls today keen
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      Lock icon North Korean nuclear test overshadows S Korea-China defence talks
      337 12 AFP SEOUL South Korean and Chinese Defence Ministry officials discussed North Korea’s latest nuclear test yesterday, as pressure intensified on Beijing to take a tougher line against ally Pyongyang. The director-level defence talks are held every year, but were overshadowed this
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  • business
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      New private home sales drop 49%, but tipped to increase as prices fall
      744 13  -  December slump goes against the grain as year-on-year sales grow 2.9% on 2014 figures BUYERS MORE PRICE-SENSITIVE AS MORTGAGE COSTS RISE LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —New private home sales slumped 49 per cent last
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      Lock icon Public-sector construction to surge this year
      225 13 REUTERS SINGAPORE Public-sector construction demand is likely to account for nearly two-thirds of the value of all construction contracts awarded in Singapore this year, the highest proportion in 14 years, the Government said yesterday. The expected ramp-up in publicsector projects comes after Singapore’s economic
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      Lock icon Global markets hammered as oil hits new lows
      434 13 AGENCIES NEW YORK —Stock markets around the world suffered another drubbing yesterday as oil prices fell back below US$30 (S$43) a barrel, underlining persistent concerns about global growth. Half an hour after the opening bell in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial
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  • sports
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      Lock icon RISING SKATING STAR MADE HER START IN S’PORE
      670 14  -  S’pore-based coach says You Young’s talent was evident from young, pushed her to train in Korea S KOREAN STAR TIPPED FOR OLYMPIC, WORLD GLORY LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —She has been touted as South Korea’s next big thing, the one to
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      Lock icon REPUBLIC CRUISES TO EASY WIN IN SEA SQUASH CUP OPENER
      291 14 AMANPREET SINGH SINGAPORE Team Singapore continued their good form at the SEA Squash Cup in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, yesterday as they defeated the Philippines 4-1 in their opening fixture of the team competition. Two men’s and two women’s singles matches, and
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      Lock icon Stags surprise Pennant with birthday treat
      99 14 Former English Premier League star Jermaine Pennant (centre) posing with a surprise birthday cake presented to him by his Tampines Rovers teammates and colleagues after the S. League club’s morning training session yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The former Arsenal and Liverpool winger
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      Lock icon VISION 2020: S’PORE, A WORLD-CLASS SWIMMING NATION
      1050 15  -  SSA aims to blow rivals out of water at Tokyo Games NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Having established itself as the region’s undisputed kingpin of swimming at last year’s SEA Games, the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) has now turned its attention to its next
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      SWIMMERS WHO HAVE MADE THE OLYMPIC ‘B’ QUALIFYING MARK
      127 15 *Indicates swimmer has also met the ‘A’ qualifying mark Quah Zheng Wen, 19 8 events 100m free, 200m free, 100m back*, 200m back, 100m fly*, 200m fly*, 200m IM, 400m IM Joseph Schooling, 23 5 events 50m free, 100m free*, 100m
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      BIG-MATCH PREDICTIONS
      278 16 Chelsea vs Everton Everton are four or five positions worse off in the table than their true talent reflects, and Chelsea should be feeling mild trepidation at their reunion with an in-form Romelu Lukaku, after losing 1-3 to the Toffees in September. If Chelsea are not in the
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      Lock icon WAYS TO BEDEVIL THE REDS AT ANFIELD
      848 16  -  Reputations are always put on the line when arch enemies Liverpool and Manchester United get to lock horns in combat, but this weekend you suspect a job might also be at stake. Can Louis van Gaal cling on to the Red Devils’ hot
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      79 17 WILD THINGS THIS YEAR’S S’PORE FRINGE FEST 2016 IS ALL ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES [19] SATURDAY, 16 JANUARY 2016 ALL EYES ON SOUTH-EAST ASIA MORE ARTISTS FROM THE REGION IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT THIS YEAR’S PRUDENTIAL EYE AWARDS [19] BIGGER AND BETTER EXHIBITORS AT THE SINGAPORE MOTORSHOW ARE
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  • T TODAY
    • culture & lifestyle
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        Lock icon FLYING ON HIS ZEPHYR
        613 18  -  LOCAL RAPPER-PRODUCER ZEPHYR KHAMBATTA IS WILLING TO GIVE HIS ALL KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg Here’s what rapper-pro-ducer Zephyr Khambatta thinks of himself: “Blurring the lines between different performing art disciplines, Zephyr Khambatta is a versatile artist who sings, raps, plays the drums, composes, produces and designs to
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        Lock icon Happy wife, happy life
        531 18 SERENE LIM SINGAPORE —Donnie Yen is the perfect husband. Known for having a reputation for being a loving family man, the actor extolled the values of listening to the missus yesterday at the press event announcing the celebrity couple’s status as Resorts World Singapore’s (RWS) brand
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        Lock icon The birds and the bees
        723 19  -  Presence-in-absence and imagination run wild at festival exhibitions M1 S’PORE FRINGE FEST 2016 MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —What do 50,000 bees buzzing in an enclosed room sound like? Well, let’s just say we’re glad we’re not the person minding The Substation Gallery, where the installation
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        Regional spotlight
        601 19  -  The works of the 15 finalists on display at Art Science Museum PRUDENTIAL EYE AWARDS 2016 MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —South-east Asia is in the spotlight at this year’s Prudential Eye Awards, with eight of the 15 finalists up for the major awards coming from the region. The
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        Lock icon Singer Alfred Sim is baring all
        446 20  -  The 2014 Project Superstar winner has launched his debut offering NEW SOUNDS HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When we say Alfred Sim cannot wait to show you everything he’s got, we mean it quite literally. Just take a look at his debut eponymous EP,
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    • cars
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        Lock icon A SALES-FULFILLING PROPHECY?
        694 21  -  IMPROVED BUYING CONDITIONS LEAD TO INCREASED CONFIDENCE AND A BIGGER SHOW DERRYN WONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg Our little red dot has to be the most unique and dynamic car market in the world. Where else on the globe can you find a motor show that generates its own positive
        least one new car model. photos: wee teck HIAN, MEDIACORP,  -  694 words
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        Lock icon The outlook for COE prices in 2016
        926 22  -  Don’t be alarmed if COE prices climb next week. The rest of 2016 should deliver lower prices to car buyers PRICE OF ENTRY LEOW JU-LEN SINGAPORE Stock markets weren’t the only ones to start 2016 with a slump. The year’s first auction for
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        In the name of the king
        556 26  -  Subaru’s new wagon, the Levorg, offers a slightly different take on a unique segment SUBARU LEVORG 1.6 GT-S DERRYN WONG SINGAPORE Subaru’s WRX line of high-performance cars still conjures up images of rallying success, accompanied by a turbocharged, flatfour engine burble that makes anyone
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    • The New York Times INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY
      • ARTS & DESIGN
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          Lock icon Nostalgia and Surrealism Infuse a Chinese Artist’s Work
          697 14  -  By JANE PERLEZ CHONGQING, China Zhang Xiaotao, one of China’s leading animation artists, grew up in a village in western China where the ferocity of the Cultural Revolution affected everyone. His father, a leader of the local Red Guards, emerged with his
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          Lock icon Mideast Cultural Beacon Secures Its Spot Online
          533 14  -  By RACHEL DONADIO Since its founding in 2004, the Middle Eastern art and culture magazine Bidoun has presented a distinctive, Technicolor vision of a complex region. It has given voice to important Arab feminists, analyzed Pakistani horror films, documented Egypt’s Tahrir Square uprising,
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          Lock icon TV Show Finds Humor In a Border Conflict
          806 13  -  Cultural clashes along an imaginary line inspire artists. By JOSH KUN Bud Buckwald and Ernesto González are neighbors. They live in a small California city along the border with Mexico: Mexifornia. Bud is a disgruntled midlevel United States Border Patrol agent, and
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          Lock icon With Damon, Seeing a Big Brain in Action
          705 13  -  An actor plays smart guys who know how to get out of trouble. By ROBERT ITO BEVERLY HILLS, California In the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting,” Matt Damon’s character faces a decision: Stay in South Boston and work construction with his pals
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      • STYLES
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          Lock icon Nigeria’s Middle Class Heads to Mall
          649 12  -  By NORIMITSU ONISHI WARRI, Nigeria—Groups of children wandered inside, wide-eyed at the plenty. Teenagers and adults took selfies and group photos, raving about the convenience, the security, the leisure and, not least, the air-conditioning, so silent, omnipresent and soothing. Some had stepped inside places
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          Lock icon Yo? GroupMe? Staying in Touch Now
          720 12  -  To fit every occasion, a broad array of messaging apps. ESSAY SAM SLAUGHTER There was a period last summer when my 25-year-old sister, Willa, decided to start communicating with me through comments on the rapper Drake’s Instagram feed. Sometimes it would just be to
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      • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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          Lock icon Amateur Detectives On the Dinosaur Trail
          795 11  -  Volunteers charged with unearthing and protecting fossils. By DAVID MARK SIMPSON COMANCHE NATIONAL GRASSLAND, Colorado On a dry, chilly morning in the Colorado grasslands, Bruce Schumacher led a group of volunteers across the narrow, shallow Purgatoire River to a bump in the landscape. He
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        • Article
          Fungus-Battered Frogs Get a Reprieve
          485 11  -  Trying to eradicate an infection that hits many amphibians. By RACHEL NUWER After a long effort, researchers on the Spanish island of Majorca have rid several groups of Majorcan midwife toads of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis better known as chytrid fungus, or B.d. It’s the
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          Lock icon Brain Cancers Reveal Disruption in Their DNA
          594 10  -  A discovery that may apply to other types of tumors. By GINA KOLATA Scientists who scoured the DNA of brain tumors, searching for bad genes, were puzzled. The cancers had none of the mutations in growth-causing genes that are typical of other tumors,
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          Lock icon Addicts’ Solution May Be Addictive
          744 10  -  Classified as a diet supplement, kratom has narcotic effects. By ALAN SCHWARZ DELRAY BEACH, Florida Three shaky months into recovery from heroin addiction, Dariya Pankova found something to ease her withdrawal. A local nonalcoholic bar sold a brewed beverage that soothed her brain and body
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      • MONEY & BUSINESS
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          Lock icon Town’s Identity Saved By the Sale of a Plant
          672 9  -  Canadian rules on tomato juice helped a factory win a reprieve. By IAN AUSTEN LEAMINGTON, Ontario In the self-proclaimed “tomato capital of Canada,” here on the shore of Lake Erie, workers, growers and other residents feared the worst when a group
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          Lock icon Thinking of Changing Hotel Reservations? That Might Be Costly
          547 9  -  By AMY AMY ZIPKIN The deal on the website of Hilton Hotels Resorts seemed like a good one to Jeffrey Buszkiewicz: A 72-hour online sale showed a $129 room at a Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan for Christmas night. Two subsequent
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      • WORLD TRENDS
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          Lock icon Culture of the Lowrider Is Spreading Globally
          622 8  -  In São Paulo and Tokyo, mural-painted cars that bounce. By SOPHIA KERCHER In the Southern California lowrider scene, there are some clashes as to which country has best adopted the Mexican-American culture. Some say the lowriders in Tokyo have the West Coast style
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          Lock icon In Syrian War, Starvation as Tactic
          776 8  -  Forced to make soup from grass and eat donkeys and cats. This article is by Anne Barnard, Hwaida Saad Somini Segupta. Thomas Erdbrink contributed reporting. BEIRUT, Lebanon Once classified as a middle-income country, Syria now reports periodic malnutrition deaths. At least 28 people, including
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          Lock icon In Crises, Sisi Invokes Islam To Bolster His Authority
          615 6  -  A leader reminds Egyptians of their religious duties. By DECLAN WALSH CAIRO When President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi opened a much-her-alded extension to the Suez Canal in August, the official Friday Prayer sermon that week hailed it as a “gift from God.”
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          Lock icon South African Malaise Deepens
          802 6  -  Drought and failed crops add to an economic slowdown. By NORIMITSU ONISHI SETLAGOLE, South Africa Under a midmorning sun that augured punishing heat later in the day, a handful of cows stood still inside a small pen, their ribs protruding. Too weak to reach the nearest
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          Nurturing Students, Naturally
          600 5  -  The benefits of blocks, books and bugs in the woods. TOM BRADY Fiddleheads is part of a trend that emphasizes outdoor play, even in bad weather, The Times reported. The Natural Start Alliance now counts 92 schools in the United States where children spend a large chunk
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          Lock icon In Drug Lord’s State, A New Uncertainty
          709 4  -  Many have relied on El Chapo for order and basic services. By PAULINA VILLEGAS, ALBERTO ARCE LOS MOCHIS, Mexico To many residents in this Pacific city of low colorful buildings and clean streets, El Señor (the Lord) is a near-myth-ical figure who inspires
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          Lock icon Nuclear Gamble Pits Power Against Power
          663 3  -  Kim Jong-un’s ambitions provoke friends, and enemies. NEWS ANALYSIS By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea The young leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has often been dismissed as inexperienced and erratic. But with the North’s test of a nuclear bomb on January 6, he
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