FORMER Singapore football icon Dollah Kassim collapsed at half-time during the Veterans' match at the Sultan of Selangor Cup on Sunday.
The 60-year-old, known as the Gelek King for his Malaysia Cup exploits in the 1970s, reportedly suffered a heart attack and was taken to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he underwent surgery.
ISTANBUL - THE International Monetary Fund will need a 'substantial increase' in resources in order to act as a guarantor of global economic stability, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Sunday.
'If this process comes to an end, and it may take a long time... it will need a substantial increase in the resources of the IMF,' he said after a meeting of the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC).
JAKARTA - THE death toll in Indonesia's quake zone is likely to become clear by the middle of the week, the government and aid experts said on Sunday, with estimates ranging from one to five thousand.
There is a huge disparity between those confirmed dead and those believed to have been killed in the crumpled buildings of Padang and in landslides in outlying areas after the 7.6-magnitude quake struck on Wednesday.
SEOUL - SOUTH Korea will next year launch a 3,000-strong military unit which can be quickly deployed for United Nations peace-keeping operations, officials and reports said on Sunday.
'The unit is expected to be launched next year,' a defence ministry spokesman told AFP, without giving details.
