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November 22, 2008 Saturday

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Straits Times Headlines

Stocks tumble on bad news from US and Japan

China tackles massive risks posed by unemployment

Inside

Cut COE supply? Only for the right reasons

View Points

Grand old 114, going by her identity card

China fears unrest from jobless crisis

That sinking feeling at Citigroup

Bank to lay off up to 250 in Singapore

Army of kimchi volunteers

Two town councils reviewing investments

It began almost 20 years ago

'Altantuya never met Najib'

Home-schoolers, madrasah kids do well

EM3 boy's hard work on his own pays off

A top student - with help from mum and grandma

Four in 10 madrasah pupils for Express stream

Neighbourhood school pupils among the best

Singapore's biggest employer still hiring

Mirror magic on show

Tensions rise after Bangkok attack

Dad, daughter on opposite sides of divide

In a crisis, marriage can wait

Taiwanese buck trend

Breaking up is harder in hard times **

Japanese martyrs beautified

TOKYO - THE beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs killed in the 17th century will send an important message to Christians in Japan today, a representative of Pope Benedict XVI said on Friday.

'They were martyred 400 ago but they still send us a very important message,' said Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, who will represent Pope Benedict XVI at the ceremony on Monday in the western port city of Nagasaki.

N.Korean fishermen returned

SEOUL - SOUTH Korea has sent six North Koreans back to their communist homeland after their fishing boat accidentally drifted south due to an engine problem.

The Unification Ministry says the North Koreans were handed over at the two countries' land border on Friday evening.

Stabbings,pension cases linked?

TOKYO - POLICE said on Friday they were investigating whether stabbings that targeted two former Health Ministry officials and their wives was connected to the ministry's mishandling of millions of pension records.

China journalist jailed 3 years

BEIJING - A CHINESE writer and journalist who was arrested after protesting against a power plant in south-west China was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison on charges of subverting state power, his lawyer said.

Chen Daojun was sentenced in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, in a trial lasting a little more than 30 minutes, said Beijing-based lawyer Zhu Jiufu.

School violence at a high

Ma vows to avoid recession

Chen questioned in prison

Access to JI suspect wanted

Activist's home demolished

'India can survive crisis'

Funeral bombing kills 7

Reject caste, religious divides?

Indian TV staff strike again

No compromise with Tibet

19,000 of dead identified

Quake's emotional toll

N.Korea pressured in nuke row

Top officials meets rioters

Macau's winning streak ebbs

Overhaul of dairy industry

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