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May 1, 2009 Friday

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Straits Times Headlines

Orange alert

Inside

Let's talk to teens about sex

View Points

Our strengths will see us through: PM Lee

Ruling on crash claims

New look at charity

Courting scam victims

Govt can do better: Obama

Asian stocks going strong

No go for talk by 'Dr Death'

Holland Village's naked couple fined $2,000 each

Churches should stay out of Aware tussle

Church against homosexuality as 'normal alternative lifestyle'

The saga so far

Three more exco members resign

Better to act now than to play catch-up

Been to Mexico? Quarantine for you

SIA waives flight change and cancellation fees

Hospitals and clinics leave nothing to chance

Call 993 for special ambulance

Stay away from crowds if you're unwell

HK launches massive clean-up drive

No panic among Chinese, though many avoid pork

Countries start preparing for flu pandemic **

Asia's 1st flu case in HK

HONG KONG - THE first confirmed case of swine flu in Asia was recorded in Hong Kong on Friday after a Mexican man who arrived via Shanghai tested positive, Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced.

Guests and staff at the hotel where the patient had briefly stayed were placed under quarantine for seven days as officials announced 'draconian' measures in a bid to contain the disease.

China combats child trafficking

BEJIING - CHINA is setting up a DNA database to combat child trafficking, the Ministry of Public Security said.

Record turnout at rally

TAIPEI - DEMONSTRATORS scuffled with police in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Friday during a May Day march to protest at the deteriorating job market after unemployment hit a record high.

May Day protests in HK

HONG KONG - HUNDREDS of Hong Kong workers marked Labour Day on Friday with protests against job cuts and reduced working hours in this Asian financial capital that has been battered by the global financial crisis.

Sri Lanka army website hacked

Roh denies bribery claims

Foot and mouth in China

Was it a sabotage?

2 traffickers shot in China

Army pounds Taleban

Wombs-for-rent aborted

No flu case in Japan