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Trump all but clinches US nomination with Indiana win
New York Times, Published on 04/05/2016
» Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday with a landslide win in Indiana that drove his principal opponent, senator Ted Cruz, from the race and cleared the way for the polarising, populist outsider to take control of the party.
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Smuggled mobile phones become lifeline to outside world
News, New York Times, Published on 28/03/2016
» The man drove Ju Chan-yang to a mountain overlooking North Korea's border with China. He looked around, making sure they were alone. Then he dialled his Chinese cellphone and handed it to her.
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Chanel chief executive quits over strategic differences
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2016
» PARIS: Twenty-four hours after Chanel’s Paris couture show was called among the best of the season, the company confirmed that Maureen Chiquet, chief executive of Chanel and one of the few women at the helm of a global luxury business, would leave at the end of this month.
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Cambodia’s young seek change as demographics shift
New York Times, Published on 19/02/2016
» PHNOM PENH -- Thy Sovantha, Cambodia’s youngest political star, is still seething.
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Cambodia’s new cultural jewel
Life, New York Times, Published on 28/01/2016
» The giant mural in the foyer depicting a smiling stone face offers a mere taste of the grandiosity within the new Angkor Panorama Museum here. Inside, a 360-degree painted vista covers an area the size of nearly four basketball courts. Over 45,000 figures populate this cyclorama, a depiction of 12th century Angkorian history.
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Ageing China, Europe search for more children
New York Times, Published on 11/11/2015
» China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront a problem that is facing much of Europe, too - ageing populations and not enough babies. But reversing a demographic slide involves a complicated set of incentives that have more to do with social mores than with government policies, experts say.
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Symbol of dignified defiance, Suu Kyi sounds provocative note
New York Times, Published on 18/11/2015
» NAY PYI TAW -- For two decades, Aung San Suu Kyi was a radiant symbol of dignified nonviolent resistance, most of that time confined to house arrest by the generals who have governed Myanmar for half a century.
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Trade accord, once blocked, nears passage
New York Times, Published on 24/06/2015
» WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's ambitious trade push is back on track, after several near-death moments, in large measure because top Republicans stood by him.
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Lotte tower rises, and leery Koreans watch
Business, New York Times, Published on 20/07/2015
» SEOUL: For people hiking in the hills around Seoul, it is an unmistakable sight: the Lotte World Tower taking shape like a gigantic bamboo shoot.
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Utilitarian no more, airports go five-star
New York Times, Published on 08/05/2015
» As major airports around the world scramble to brand themselves as luxury entities rather than mere transportation centres, some have adopted a star-ranking system, like hotels. It was inevitable.
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