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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp MONDAY, 10 APRIL 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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  • 74 1 The aftermath of a bomb blast yesterday at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, where worshippers had gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. A suicide bomber later hit another church in Alexandria. The Islamic State has claimed
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    • 21 1 TH E DAI LY BRI E F Top priority for US in Syria is to defeat IS: Tillerson HOT NEWS 10
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    • 14 1 6 suspected militants killed in standoff with police in East Java HOT NEWS 8
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  • 705 1  -  KENNETH CHENG, VALERIE KOH kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE How Singaporeans respond when a terror attack hits will be the test of 50 years of nation building, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday at the first of a series of
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  • 864 1 AGENCIES SEOUL/HONG KONG American aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has been diverted to waters near the Korean peninsula instead of sailing from Singapore to Australia, the navy said, amid escalated tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The strike group includes
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  • 74 1 (2nd Edition) The aftermath of a bomb blast yesterday at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, where worshippers had gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. A suicide bomber later hit another church in Alexandria. The Islamic State has claimed
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  • 705 1 (2nd Edition)  -  KENNETH CHENG, VALERIE KOH kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE How Singaporeans respond when a terror attack hits will be the test of 50 years of nation building, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday at the first of a series of
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  • 877 1 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES SEOUL HONG KONG —American aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has been diverted to waters near the Korean peninsula instead of sailing from Singapore to Australia, the navy said, amid escalated tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The strike group
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  • hot news
    • 230 2 TANTA: BLAST WENT OFF DURING MASS AGENCIES CAIRO —Television images of the first blast that ripped through St George’s Church in northern Nile Delta city of Tanta showed bloodstains smearing the whitewashed walls of the church next to shredded wooden benches. “The explosion took
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    • 459 2 AGENCIES CAIRO —The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on two Coptic churches in Egypt yesterday, with at least 36 people killed and more than 100 injured. “Islamic State squads carried out the attacks on two
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    • 216 2 ALEXANDRIA: ATTACKER TARGETS SEAT OF COPTIC POPE AGENCIES CAIRO —The second attack took place while worshippers were leaving St Mark’s Cathedral the seat of the Coptic pope, at the end of Palm Sunday Mass. The service was led by the Pope
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    • 230 2 AGENCIES The twin bombings in Egyptian churches yesterday were the latest in a series of assaults on Egypt’s Christian minority, which has been repeatedly targeted by Islamic extremists. In December, a suicide bombing at a church in Cairo claimed by a local Islamic State
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    • 163 4 Competitors running through Kim Il-sung Square during the Pyongyang Marathon in central Pyongyang, North Korea yesterday. Hundreds of foreigners lined up at the Kim Il-sung Stadium for the city’s annual marathon, the highlight ofthe tourism calendar in isolated North Korea. The 40,000-plus-capacity
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    • 532 4  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE People know that a strong internal and external defence, provided by the police, civil defence and armed forces, has been the foundation for prosperity, safety and confidence in the Republic. But Singapore’s success was also partly due to the
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    • 166 4  -  VALERIE KOH Usually, when the High Court has decided on a matter like the City Harvest Church case, there is no further appeal, but there are some avenues to take this matter further, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said
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    • 499 6  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National servicemen will receive a complimentary NS50 PAssion card with a five-year membership, on top of benefits announced previously to mark 50 years of National Service (NS). Announcing this yesterday, the People’s Association (PA) said the card will
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    • 514 8 AGENCIES JAKARTA Six suspected Islamic militants killed in a standoff with police over the weekend were planning to attack police officers in Indonesia’s East Java province to seek revenge for the arrest of a radical leader, the authorities said yesterday. Separately,
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    • 514 8 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES JAKARTA Six suspected Islamic militants killed in a standoff with police over the weekend were planning to attack police officers in Indonesia’s East Java province to seek revenge for the arrest of a radical leader, the authorities said yesterday. Separately,
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    • 472 9  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A People’s Action Party (PAP) member who was abruptly asked to step down as its Kaki Bukit branch chairman —just weeks before the 2015 General Election (GE) after he had been flagged as a potential candidate
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    • 611 10 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —The top priority for the United States in Syria is to defeat the Islamic State (IS) group even before stabilising the country, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Defeating the group and its selfproclaimed caliphate would eliminate not only
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    • 613 10 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES WASHINGTON/AMMAN —A joint command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad said yesterday the United States strike on a Syrian air base last week crossed “red lines” and it would
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    • 357 10 HOW CHINESE PRESS VIEWED XI’S U.S. VISIT AND HIS HOST THE NEW YORK TIMES After Chinese President Xi Jinping met his American counterpart Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, China’s state-controlled news outlets offered some hints about how the visit was perceived back home. A photo of Mr
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    • 357 10 (2nd Edition) HOW CHINESE PRESS VIEWED XI’S U.S. VISIT AND HIS HOST THE NEW YORK TIMES After Chinese President Xi Jinping met his American counterpart Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, China’s state-controlled news outlets offered some hints about how the visit was perceived back home. A photo of Mr
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    • 559 10 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING With Chinese President Xi Jinping safely out of the United States and no longer President Donald Trump’s guest, China’s state-run media over the weekend was free to denounce the missile strike on Syria, which the US President
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    • 558 10 (2nd Edition) THE NEWYORK TIMES BEIJING With Chinese President Xi Jinping safely out of the United States and no longer President Donald Trump’s guest, China’s state-run media over the weekend was free to denounce the missile strike on Syria, which the US President told
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  • singapore
    • 257 11 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —Eurasians may be one of the smallest groups in Singapore, but they have made many contributions, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday at a festival to celebrate Eurasian culture and tradition. Among the many Eurasians who have
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    • 599 12  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Works on more than half of the neighbourhood centres earmarked in 2011 for upgrading in East Coast, Jurong Lake and Hougang have concluded. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said yesterday that 11 of the 21 neighbourhood centres have been
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    • 556 12  -  TOH EE MING SINGAPORE Wheelchair-bound, deafmute, retarded these are words that one non-profit organisation has been fighting to remove from the public lexicon for the last few years as they perpetuate negative connotations of persons with disabilities. Terms like “suffers from” and “afflicted with” are
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    • 666 13  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When SkillsFuture consultant Ms Jenny Low first looked at the restructuring and expansion strategy of one of the most well-established homegrown companies, it took her no time to identify the missing links in the firm’s elaborate growth plans it all
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    • 900 14  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg With many low-cost airlines now flying out of Singapore and plenty of websites offering hotel deals, it might seem like the best way to save money on travel is simply to book a budget airline and hotel online. It turns
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    • 314 14 SINGAPORE —From April 1, customers of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have access to free, unlimited cash withdrawals at either bank’s automated teller machines (ATM). Previously, customers were entitled to two free transactions per month, with subsequent
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    • 535 15  -  TEA LEAVES BERNARD AW Bernard Aw is an economist at IHS Markit Recent improvements in the global economy continue to be accompanied by rising costs. Updated inflation data for the United States, China and the Euro area this week will offer analysts hints
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    • 1223 16  -  Former national youth goalkeeper’s vision of opening his own multi-sports facility is realised after a two-year struggle NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After leaving his job as an assistant director at ActiveSG in 2014, Simon Tan spent more than two years chasing his dream
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    • 896 17  -  It helps them to develop positive traits such as discipline and can foster stronger family bonds too PARENTING MATTERS BALVINDER SANDHU features@mediacorp.com.sg Singapore —In Singapore, where academic excellence in children is lauded over anything else they do, it can be difficult for parents
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    • 159 11 n jcu.singapore.fanpage gj| jcusingaporevideo www.jcu.edu.sg Sf @jcu_singapore jcusingapore JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE AY V James Cook University now offers: Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) This course will equip students with the skills to rise up to the challenges of an exciting industry sector that is a permanent fixture of
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1498 18  -  SYRIAN STRIKE SHOWS PRESIDENT’S UNPREDICTABILITY PETER BAKER Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES As he confronted a series of international challenges from the Middle East to Asia last week, President Donald Trump
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    • 851 19  -  THE FUTURE OF AIR TRAVEL MAY NOT BE AS ONEROUS AS PEOPLE THINK DAVID LEO David Leo is a published author and aviation veteran. Each time new aviation security measures are introduced, they reshape the way we fly. We may complain
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    • 1099 20  -  FOCUS ON WORK REQUIRING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE CHARLES TAN MEAH YANG Charles Tan Meah Yang is a co-founder of Global Alternatives, an independent owner-operator of cross-border marketplace platforms www. PropertyCrowd. com and www.Prop-X.com My mother was recently the victim of a “sympathy scam”. Two
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    • 1297 21  -  HAZARDS ABOUND AS GLOBAL MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS ACTIVITY HITS A HIGH ALICIA CLEGG Alicia Clegg is a Financial Times contributor who writes on business, management, people and ideas. THE FINANCIALTIMES As the appetite for cross-bor-der deals increases, business schools are mining insights from corporate
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  • voices
    • 231 22  -  FROM BRYAN LIM TSANG YI The water price hike has been a subject of debate, with many supporting it and more opposing it (Rise in water prices will push up cost of living; March 27). My opinion is that the increase is
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    • 138 22  -  FROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS I wish to highlight an issue that may be crucial when addressing terror security (New laws up terror security, bar foreigners from local political causes; April 4). Preparedness is vital, and much has been done to bolster
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    • 230 22  -  FROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI There is no reason for malls, food courts, businesses, hospitals and even households to obsess about the idea of cutting water usage for its own sake (Water price hike no excuse to be un- hygienic; March 25). Singapore has acquired
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    • 218 22  -  FROM WOON WEE MIN It is again evident, and not surprising, that Singapore has a robust ecosystem for start-ups (S’pore beats Silicon Valley for start-up talent: Survey; March 22). Singapore has been a regulatory sandbox of sorts, experimenting with start-ups to give them a chance
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  • world
    • 1019 24 SOME FEEL COUNTRY HAS BEEN TOO OPEN, ‘TOO GOOD-HEARTED’ AP STOCKHOLM One brutal attack by a man who drove a stolen truck into shoppers in Stockholm has brought Sweden’s open-door immigration policies under increased scrutiny. It has also raised the question
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    • 788 25 MALAY MAIL ONLINE KUALA LUMPUR —Parti Islam Se-Malay-sia (PAS) may have avoided complete humiliation after managing to table a controversial Bill to enhance the power of the Syariah courts in Parliament, but the party’s leadership will struggle to convince
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    • 472 25 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —More than 3,500 people were stranded at Sibu Airport yesterday after flights were cancelled to make way for the removal of a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane that had skidded off the runway when landing the night before.
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    • 2030 26 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Mr Russell Abney raised two children on solar power. The 49-year-old Georgia Tech graduate worked for the past decade in Perrysburg, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo, pulling a good salary as an equipment engineer for the largest American
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    • 1495 28 THE NEW YORK TIMES MAWL AMYINE (MYANMAR) The scene would have been unlikely a year ago. Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets to protest against a decision by Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to name a new bridge after her father. “Recognise the
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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