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December 19, 2008 Friday

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Straits Times Headlines

World Bank to spread S'pore success globally

Western-style politics not for China: Hu

Lessons from the financial tsunami

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The return of downturn politics

View Points

4,000 smaller HDB flats coming up

Madoff under home arrest and curfew

Home Team goes on hiring blitz

First half of next year will be rough for Asia, warns Zoellick

'We know that this giant tsunami will pass. It will take some time, but it must pass. It will pass.'

Town council funds in good shape, says Khaw

Khaw: Complete openness is best

AVA clears China dairy products

Johor's border crush

Frustrated workers get pay docked for being late

Qantas-BA merger off

Oil prices fall below US$40, then recover a little

HK banks pool $19m to help Lehman investors

No-go yet for Kallang site; Stamford put on reserve list

Man wins China virtual lynching case

Survival training for boys

'We need the face to face the world'

Parent uses 'sign of guilt' to teach teen vandal a lesson

Ex-fugitive admits raping child and sharing videos online **

'Most beautiful in China'

BEIJING - A LEADING Beijing newspaper has chosen actress Zhang Ziyi as the most beautiful person in China for 2008.

In a ranking of the top 50 most beautiful people Friday the Beijing News picked Zhang, whose film credits include 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' 'Rush Hour 2,' and 'Memoirs of a Geisha.'

What's on: Sat's top picks

Saturday's top pick

Sarkozy wedding a 'quickie'

PARIS - IN HER most informal interview since becoming France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has revealed that her wedding to President Nicolas Sarkozy was decided just two days in advance.

In a one-hour show for French TV, Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy also recalled that she practiced her curtsy for Britain's Queen Elizabeth with British rock singer Marianne Faithfull.

U2 to release new album

LOS ANGELES - IRISH rockers U2 have named their new album 'No Line On The Horizon', and will release it worldwide in early March, their label said on Thursday.

Wallace & Gromit pirated

Tom Cruise's son makes debut

L'Oreal heiress defends actions

'Doubt' an award front-runner

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1	Why there may be confusion over legal notion of innocence
2	Euthanasia: Singaporeans ignore sanctity of life at their peril
3	Jobless. Unpaid. Hungry. Abandoned.
4	PRs who live in Johor and drive into Singapore enjoy unfair advantage
5	Teaching: It's for those with certain qualities
6	Cyber bullies turn vicious
7	Top broker accused of US$50 billion fraud
8	Bush takes shoe attack in his stride
9	More ordered to pick up litter
10	Shorts sold with wrong size label but store refuses to exchange

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Just too much rain

$653k for 4-room HDB flat

Prices for theme park

S'pore is 3rd least corrupt

Ex-RM jailed 74 months

English at work is 'weird'

Obama attends dinner

Floods hit Bukit Timah

ST News now on iPhone

Lecturer collapses, dies

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