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December 5, 2008 Friday

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Straits Times Headlines

Electricity prices to be cut by 25%

Internet addiction on the increase

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Cyber safety message has to go out to kids

View Points

Couple go on trial for sedition

SPH freezes salaries of senior management

Electricity tariff cuts: Impact on households

Electricity tariff cuts: Impact on companies

Oil price drops to US$46 a barrel

Grey skies, sad faces at final farewell

Thai King stuns with no-show

Police investigate PAD's finances

Thai airport resumes full services

Govt rebuts WSJ editorial on ruling

A star is born to mark good service standards

ChildAid 2008 a roaring success **

Boy George found guilty

LONDON - BRITISH pop star Boy George was found guilty by a court in London on Friday of falsely imprisoning a Norwegian male escort after a nude photoshoot.

The former Culture Club frontman, 47, was accused of handcuffing 29-year-old Audun Carlsen and beating him with a metal chain when he tried to escape the musician's east London apartment following the photo session.

Coldplay accused of plagiarism

LOS ANGELES - ROCK guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarising one of his songs.

No go for Sound of Music hotel

VIENNA - THE former home of the Trapp family, made famous by the 1965 film 'The Sound of Music', will not re-open as a hotel after all following opposition from residents and politicians, the owners said.

The villa in Aigen, near Salzburg, failed to receive final approval on Wednesday from the city after neighbours complained it would bring hordes of tourists to their peaceful suburb.

Estrada on police patrols

MUNCIE - ERIK Estrada has returned to Muncie to take part in overnight police patrols in the city where he starred in the short-lived reality series Armed & Famous.

The former star of the 1970s motorcycle cop TV drama, Chips, is a reserve officer on the Muncie Police Department.

'Slumdog' 2008's best film

Liza Minnelli gets rave review

Grease to end Broadway run

Rowling's post-Potter tale

stories

1	Naked photo triggers outrage
2	Fatal fall caught on TV
3	Why we need immigrants
4	Thaksin on new offensive
5	Don't panic over buying
6	Cambridge faces competition
7	'I love you': Stabbed teen
8	Teen gang attacks 3 boys
9	Dead hours after wedding
10	Man hangs from gondola, safe

commented

1	S'porean hostage killed
2	Yoga practised here is secular, say instructors
3	Now in US, Nair retracts apologies, repeats criticisms
4	Yield to buses or face fine
5	Tuition not the way to success
6	MRT seats removed after public feedback
7	Lo Hwei Yen's death a stark reminder that global terrorism is no respecter of human values and decency
8	Electricity bills to fall 25%
9	A hawker writes: If costs of supplies are up, how can we bring prices down?
10	MOE asks more of homeschool pupils

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