The Straits Times

April 25, 2009 Saturday

Updated

Straits Times Headlines

Laid-off local workers find new jobs quickly

Aware rift: Govt leaders call for tolerance

Asia's first heart-liver transplant

Inside

Aware saga: A new militancy emerges

View Points

What it should have been

Serial sex predator jailed for 32 years

Sydney victim's skull full of nails

Double-graft pastor has rare disorder

Record plunge in March manufacturing output

Rule #1 rules the roost

Private home prices spiral further downward

HDB resale flat buyers pay less cash upfront

$5.7m needed for school children

Former minister Lee to chair Keppel

India calls for truce in Sri Lanka

Health Minister against planned euthanasia talk

Delicate job of lowering damaged crane begins

Way power was seized is criticised

'Too diversified or too focused? Which is it?'

Old guard members counter allegations of a pro-gay stance

Why neutral stance on homosexuals

Centre manager sacked for insubordination, says vice-president

Breaking News

Tibet students protest **

Flu has pandemic potential

GENEVA - OUTBREAKS of swine flu in Mexico and the United States have the potential to cause a worldwide pandemic but it is too early to say whether they will, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Saturday.

'It has pandemic potential because it is infecting people,' WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said.

Chef bags 3 prizes

CHEF Yong Bing Ngen was one busy man on Saturday.

No, he was not cooking but was called - three times - to come up on stage at the World Gourmet Summit Awards.

The owner-chef of Majestic Restaurant, Majestic Bar and Jing Restaurant bagged three prizes - Chef of the Year, Citibank Asian Chef of the Year and the Workforce Development Agency's WSQ Most Supportive Mentor Culinary Chef Award.

New rally in Bangkok

BANGKOK - HUNDREDS of anti-government protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok on Saturday, a day after the prime minister lifted a state of emergency imposed amid violent demonstrations earlier this month.

The small protest at a downtown park is the first since supporters of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra rampaged through the capital and clashed with troops on April 12 and 13, leaving two people dead and 123 injured.

Teen marriages up?

THEY are married, widowed, divorced - all before they are even old enough to get a provisional driver's licence.

Teen gamers at MapleStory, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), get hitched at the rate of a couple a day in a range of weddings that cost between $30 and $40.

Threat of digital music

IT IS music to the ears of consumers but not music to retail shops.

The latest threat to the latter's survival comes from unlimited digital-music download services linked to certain models of Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones.