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10:08 PM
US unemployment claims edge down
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10:08 PM
US unemployment claims edge down
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MRT breakdown COI: Collapsed third rail unexpected, says SMRT
The top man in charge of trains at SMRT Corp was quizzed on Thursday on the most prevalent topic of the six-week-old Committee of Inquiry: maintenance.
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PICTURESSAF to hold first-ever open house in the city this weekend
Fancy riding on the army's war machines, firing its guns and traversing through a 'battlefield' in the heart of downtown Marina Bay?
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3 receive Public Spiritedness Awards for saving family from fire
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) presented Public Spiritedness Awards to three individuals on Thursday, for saving the lives of a family after a fire broke out in a flat last Sunday.
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Breivik says won't appeal guilty verdict if found sane
OSLO (AFP) - Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last July, told an Oslo court on Thursday he would not appeal a certain guilty verdict if the judges deem him to be ...
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SRA president optimistic for this year's Great Singapore Sale
The European economy might be downcast but Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) president Ms Jannie Chan is confident that the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) will keep retailers upbeat and bring ...
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PM Lee urges Hougang voters to make a fresh start
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has weighed in on the Hougang by-election and called on voters there to make a fresh start by voting for People's Action Party candidate Desmond Choo, who will work ...
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Focus on the real issue at hand: PAP's Choo
On the last day of campaigning, People's Action Party's candidate for Hougang, Mr Desmond Choo strove to refocus the campaign back to the two candidates and Hougang residents themselves.
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Aung San Suu Kyi to receive honorary Oxford doctorate
LONDON (AFP) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Britain's prestigious Oxford University, her alma mater announced on Thursday.
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Lady Gaga won't tone down her shows, manager says
Lady Gaga's Jakarta gig on June 3 is still up in the air, pending a permit from the Indonesian police. Even her manager, Troy Carter, does not know if it will take place as scheduled. What he can ...
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NYC invests $3.5m to further develop youth sector
The National Youth Council (NYC) will commit $3.5 million to further develop the youth sector and groom young leaders here.
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Singaporeans prefer partners who can cook, food survey reveals
As the saying goes, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The ability to cook is regarded by Singaporeans as an appealing attribute in a partner, the Electrolux Asia Pacific Food Survey ...
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British recession deepens as official GDP shrinks 0.3% in Q1
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's recession is worse than previously thought, as revised official figures showed on Thursday that the economy shrank by more than expected in the first quarter of 2012.
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Experimental solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight
GENEVA (AP) - An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight on Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.
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Phillip Phillips wins American Idol, 5th male in a row to take title
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - Phillip Phillips won American Idol on Wednesday, becoming the fifth male singer in a row to take the title and a guaranteed recording contract.
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Brother of blind China activist Chen Guangcheng flees village
BEIJING (REUTERS) - The brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has fled his village in north-eastern China, evading a security clampdown to seek help from lawyers for his son who has been ...
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi to speak at forum in Bangkok
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A party official says Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will speak at an economic conference next week in Thailand's capital, in her first trip abroad in 24 ...
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Egypt votes on second day of landmark election
CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptians were voting on Thursday on the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni ...
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NTUC not a toothless body when defending employees' rights
Critics who say the tripartite relationship among the government, employers and unions in Singapore has rendered trade unions toothless, should read what Ms Cham Hui Fong has to say.
- Bond girl Berenice Marlohe takes 007 to the beach
- Founder of The Sloane Clinic appeals against conviction
- Formula One: Singapore approves $3.1 billion F1 float
- Singapore firms planning wage rise
- Maid charged with adding menstrual blood to employer's coffee
- Higher pay, performance bonuses for Home Team senior officers
- MCYS seeks proposals to defer cost of wheelchair-accessible taxis
- Woman dies at 34 after courageous fight against cancer
- 6th and final man in conspiracy to cheat SLA jailed 18 months
- MRT breakdown COI: Day of unanswered questions
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NWC: Give built-in pay rises
THE National Wages Council (NWC) yesterday recommended that workers here get built-in wage increases this year, to cushion against rising inflation an...
SMRT more proactive in replacing rail ...
Inflation hits 4-month high of 5.4% in ...
Food price increases high but have ...
Suspected match-fixing at LionsXII match
Singapore
Fewer HDB malls offer concourse lots
SMALL businesses that sell their wares from the ground floors of Housing Board malls are feeling the heat due to a plan to reduce the space available....
Confinement nannies go professional
Girl attacked at home: Rapist fails in ...
Straits Trading pledges at least $125,000 ...
MOH notified over eye infection worries
Asia
Golkar ground split
JAKARTA - All is not as well as it appears for the Golkar party, which not too long ago looked set to revive its fortunes and emerge a frontrunner in ...
Japanese politics in for a shake-up
Most Fukushima radiation doses within ...
Projects on fast track as economy slows ...
World Bank cuts China growth forecast to ...
World
Hopes high as Egypt goes to polls
CAIRO - Voters weathered scorching heat and long lines to cast their ballots in Egypt's first free presidential election in decades, a poll many hope ...
N. Korea: Rocket launch site 'being ...
Iran: World powers start talks to ease ...
Nuke talks aim to stop Iran's enrichment ...
Russia test-fires new intercontinental ...
Opinion
Ferrari or Toyota, it's the driver that ...
THE horrific Ferrari-taxi crash that happened two weeks ago has ignited public resentment and outrage, for obvious reasons. The party deemed at fault ...
Rediscovering a great way to fly
Go for 'retail politics'
The erotic sphere of extended ...
Advice for Chen Guangcheng, from a fellow ...
Money
Tenants upset about linkway project
A GROUP of unhappy shop tenants in the China Square area are appealing for more help during renovation works aimed at creating a new commercial precin...
Banks hail plans to groom S'poreans for ...
2 S'poreans offered seats on F1 board: ...
Asia's bosses and workers face salary ...
Two residential sites up for tender
Sports
F1 fireworks have lit up city
THE next lap may be hazy, but organisers of Singapore's Formula One Grand Prix say the night race has been a rip-roaring success that surpassed their ...
Rio 2016 target: Half of paddlers to be ...
Van Gaal fancied for new post
Baines might replace Evra at Old Trafford
Barca hope to end Guardiola era on high
ST Forum
Focus on speeding, not engine capacity
THE Government's ongoing review of driving licences is commendable and should include addressing fundamental issues underpinning categorisation.
Where are the overhead traffic light ...
Group insurance the best way to resolve ...
Raffles Hospital well-equipped to ...
Xenophobia online? Not quite...
Life!
Welcome to concert hub
Music fans in the region who are itching to see the world's most popular and acclaimed live acts need look no further than their own backyard - Singap...
Les Amis head chef to leave
Fat Duck's chef spotted in Singapore
Juggling maids and babies
This doctor is out of his mind
Insight
Fight over margins
HOUGANG resident Hwang Ying Fang is the archetypal swing voter. In the last 20 years living in the ward, she has voted for both the Workers' Party (WP...
Chink in the Workers' Party armour
Chinese-Singaporean divide a 'mindset ...
'He who irritates you, wins you'
A Ferrari, a foreigner and the fallout
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