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March 6, 2009 Friday

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Straits Times Headlines

China signals shift in focus, eyes 8% growth

4,500 jobs to be filled at Marina Bay Sands

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Golf - more than sport, an art form?

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Soldiers get 'Facebook warning'

10 co-workers split $336m lottery prize

Job fair draws 120,000 visitors

Jakarta finally gains access to Hambali

JI mastermind was the 'Osama of South-east Asia'

Singaporean doctor found dead in Melbourne

Bangkok club fire probe finds public works officials negligent

Teenager admits to sex with 10 year old girl

Costly punch for man who turned on boy

Clear security lapses: Official

Punggol resale flats close the price gap

India will buy Gandhi items **

Local link to cricket attack?

ISLAMABAD - BRITAIN'S foreign secretary urged Pakistan's feuding president and opposition leader to unite to focus on the 'mortal threat' the country faces from Islamist militants, days after the danger was underscored by a bloody ambush on a visiting cricket team.

China faces ethnic unrest

BEIJING - IN A stark reminder of the ethnic unrest facing China, a top leader from Tibet said on Friday more security troops were needed while Muslim-majority Xinjiang warned 2009 would be a 'severe' year.

Taiwan official faces spying charge

TAIPEI - A SENIOR employee of Taiwan's presidential office was indicted Friday on charges of providing classified information to rival China, a prosecutor said.

Global symbol for rupee

NEW DELHI - INDIA announced on Friday a contest to design a global symbol for the rupee so that the currency can join the likes of the US dollar and the yen which already have their own identifiable symbols.

China still has 20m jobless

3 cricketers still in hospital

China ready to boost stimulus

Bidder acted on his own

Wild birds fingered in outbreak

Monk spread rumours: China

Scrap threats: Seoul to North

China signals shift in focus

Civilians starve in shelling

Pakistan shifted units: US

Gandhi's items to go home

Clear security lapses