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May 16, 2009 Saturday

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Straits Times Headlines

Temasek sells BoA stake

Fiery start to Arts Festival

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Temasek should clear the air

View Points

Private home sales strong

Spending on small-ticket items up

Malaysia confirms first patient, Indonesia treats suspected case

Virus will probably continue to spread, says WHO

'A matter of time' before H1N1 surfaces here

Tales of a flu warrior

Da Vinci - decoded

No whale sharks at Sentosa IR

Bullet in head removed after 42 years

3-cornered poll fight looms in Indonesia

Congress can 'form govt by itself'

Myanmar proves a knotty problem

UN demands Suu Kyi's immediate release

Eccentric man wanted to ask Suu Kyi about stress: Wife

From Singapore Girl to SIA Cup

Last-minute hitch threatens sale of Gillman Heights

Both sides ignore Lanka truce calls

Matilda Chua fined $20k

Freed: Reporter resting after ordeal

Charged: US journalists to go on trial in North Korea **

30 hurt in acid attack

HONG KONG - TWO bottles of acid were thrown into a crowd on a popular downtown shopping district in Hong Kong on Saturday, injuring 30 people, according to police and news reports.

Television footage showed firefighters washing off victims' arms and legs before sending them to hospitals for treatment. Some had holes in their clothing.

Recycled nuke fuel arrive Mon

TOKYO - A VESSEL carrying a major shipment of recycled nuclear fuel is expected to arrive in Japan as soon as Monday after its 70-day trip from France, local media reported.

Congress celebrates victory

NEW DELHI - SUPPORTERS of India's Congress party set off firecrackers and danced in the street on Saturday as they celebrated election results that swept them back into power with unexpected ease.

Bomb kills 7 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - AT LEAST seven people were killed and about 30 wounded on Saturday in a suspected car bomb blast in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said.

The blast came as the Pakistani military was battling Taleban militants in a northwestern valley.

11 dead in mine accident

India confirms first case

Singh claims victory

Japan confirms local case

4 militants die in missile strike

SKorea factory park to close?

Obama to name China envoy

Opposition picks Hatoyama

'Terrorism crushed'

Congress can form govt on own

No to US drone use: Pakistan