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December 31, 2008 Wednesday

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Straits Times Headlines

MOE to hire 7,500 next year

Business borrowing made cheaper

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Time to lower home prices

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Car sales for 2008 fall to just 97,000

Discounts and goodie packs

Abhisit forced to switch venue of speech

SIA rolling out new Airbus

Tiger Airways Korea venture off

Ex-Cortina employee's help sought

Keep your wealth for next round

Studied in China during tumultuous '60s **

Many partying at home

MIAMI BEACH (Florida) - ON recent New Year's Eves in South Beach, booking Lindsay Lohan and R&B singer John Legend as the entertainment would have caused a ticket stampede almost regardless the cost.

But with the economy in recession, that's not the case this year: the US$200 (S$288) individual tickets and US$1,500 VIP tables are moving slower than expected.

Paris defends shopping spree

SYDNEY - AMERICAN socialite Paris Hilton has declared herself a saviour who shops for the greater good in tight economic times.

In Sydney to host an exclusive New Year's dance party, the 27-year-old heir to the Hilton hotel fortune this week drew criticism for spending 5,560 Australian dollars (S$5,536) in a 40-minute shopping spree.

What's On: Thurs' picks

EVENTS listing for Thursday.

Sydney set for fireworks show

SYDNEY - RECORD crowds of 1.5 million were expected to kick off global New Year celebration on Wednesday with a fireworks extravaganza over Sydney's iconic harbour and Opera House.

Never-before-seen lightning, thunder and rain effects were to top the multimillion dollar pyrotechnics show, which traditionally centres on the city's world-famous Harbour Bridge.

Madonna tops worldwide tours

'Australia' a letdown for Nicole

What's on: Wed's top picks

Rapper DMX on drug charge

Titanic letters on auction

Hudsons' killer in court

Dick Clark still rockin' NYE

Clintons at Times Square

Shop and pray Italian-style

Broadway to honour Pinter

Woody Harrelson ties knot

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1	Right to die: The poverty of secularism
2	Flyer stays shut as probe begins
3	Parents, stop bullying in schools
4	2-in-1 textbooks not a good idea
5	Kampung boy bitten by unprovoked dog
6	Shame on you, rowdy Singaporeans
7	Honest mistake: Bank should not penalise customer
8	Mum left stranded on Malaysia trip
9	Credit card promotion: No response from OCBC
10	Boom to gloom for fresh grads

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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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