STORM in a coffee cup?

Not so, judging by the concern of at least four mall tenants who now want their landlords to stay out of their line of business.

They want this pledge in writing, under new proposed protection clauses in their tenancy agreements.

HOUSEWIFE Valerie Goh gets an attack of nerves each time she has to drive to the Seletar Country Club off Yio Chu Kang.

The area is undergoing construction, with the Seletar Aerospace Park set to be fully completed by 2018, and she is frightened by the steady stream of heavy vehicles and the constant road changes.

TEHERAN - WITNESSES said police fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of protesters who rallied in Teheran on Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical government, sharply escalating the most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Eyewitnesses described fierce clashes near Revolution Square in central Tehran after some 3,000 protesters chanted 'Death to the dictator!' and 'Death to dictatorship!' Police responded with tear gas and water cannons, the witnesses said.

A MEMBER of the Philippines football team, who arrived on Thursday for the first Asian Youth Games, has been confirmed with the H1N1 virus.

The 14-year-old developed symptoms yesterday afternoon. He sought medical attention, and laboratory results confirmed his infection this morning, said organisers.