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Vicious Vicente
Typhoon Vicente savaged Hong Kong yesterday, catching thousands of commuters unawares and disrupting services on air, land and sea. Mary Ann Benitez, Phila Siu andCandy Chan 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=124653&sid=37120139&con_type=3&archive_d_str=20120724
Markets battered by euro storm clouds
Hong Kong shares suffered their worst day in more than two months yesterday, led by a 5 percent slump for Europe's largest bank, HSBC Holdings (0005), on growing worries about Spain's ability to stave off a sovereign bailout. Staff reporter and agencies 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=31&art_id=124652&sid=37120567&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Storm shuts fair to book lovers
Tens of thousands of visitors were shepherded out of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai after the book fair closed four hours early due to Typhoon Vicente. Johnny Lo, Alvina Hung and Jasmine Siu 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=124651&sid=37118450&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Kiddie porn civil servant awaits fate behind bars
A civil servant who pleaded guilty to possessing massive amounts of child pornography will be sentenced in District Court on August 21. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=124650&sid=37119865&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
18 injured in lorry, minibus crash
Eighteen men on two minibuses were injured and one remains in hospital after a four-vehicle collision on Sha Tau Kok Road near Fan Ling early yesterday. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=124649&sid=37116625&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Train crash reports blocked from media
Mainland authorities have banned coverage of the first anniversary of the deadly high-speed train crash in Wenzhou ahead of the Communist Party's national congress later this year. Phila Siu 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=124648&sid=37117120&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Addict gets six years for spate of robberies
A drug addict who robbed six women of HK$800 and other items including their Hong Kong identity cards was jailed for six years and eight months. Staff Reporter 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=124647&sid=37118503&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Jade's strange pattern of behavior sparks snake alert
It doesn't take long when living with animals to recognize behaviors that are "normal" for a particular animal. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=124646&sid=37116960&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Poke in eye for Cyclop sentinels
Wenlock and Mandeville have raised the collective hackles of Britons, who have described the official mascots of London's Olympic and Paralympic Games as disturbing, creepy and frightening. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=124645&sid=37118153&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Good clean fun and games
Britain's limp economy should receive a big financial lift from two million visitors in London for the Olympics, but sex workers gripe that they won't get their share if cops have their way. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=124644&sid=37118152&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Pucker up those silicone lips
Absence, they say, makes the heart grow fonder. Not any longer, if a robotics professor in Singapore has his way. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=124643&sid=37118151&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Old issue blows up into political storm
The outcry against national education seems to be picking up strength like Typhoon Vicente, which started only as a tropical storm. Mary Ma 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=49&art_id=124642&sid=37118150&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Scott looks to idol Norman for inspiration after Open meltdown
As a teenager in Australia, Adam Scott was shocked to watch Greg Norman's 1996 Masters meltdown to Nick Faldo on television - now he knows how it feels. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=124641&sid=37116379&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
It wasn't easy but Els claims another Major
Just a year ago, Ernie Els figured his days of winning Major golf titles were over. He had not won a Major since 2002 and his results even in lesser events were discouraging. 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=124640&sid=37116365&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
Quality of life takes hit on housing woes
The quality of life in Hong Kong took a turn for the worse once more last year with researchers blaming the lack of affordable housing as the main reason. Roy Chan 7/24/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=124639&sid=37117855&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120724
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