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May 5, 2009 Tuesday

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Straits Times Headlines

Asian stocks surge as fresh funds flow in

Don't be complacent, says WHO

Inside

Mr Science is here, where's Mr Democracy?

View Points

Woman earned $2.5m but declared just $48,000

SM Goh in hospital with chicken pox

China defends tough actions

Embassy unhappy that Mexico singled out

Home quarantine for 3 back from Mexico

SMU student in Mexico decides to stay put

Temperature-taking at govt offices

Hawker centres, markets get a scrub

No thermometer = $5 fine at poly

Checks at SAF camps

Rolling up sleeves to feed the needy

Breaking News

China to stage military drill

Suspects' house arrest extended

Koreas in new round of talks

Japan tests girl for H1N1 flu

2 acquitted over 2002 attack

Life under microscope

China rebuffs military worries

Nepal parties try to form govt

Japanese kids fall to new low **

Swinton inspired by friends

NEW YORK - BRITISH actress Tilda Swinton says drinking just makes her sleepy or sick so when seeking inspiration to play a loud, hard-partying alcoholic in her latest film, she turned to her friends.

Poet of the unspoken

IVY Ho is a poet of the ambiguous, elusive moments in an individual's emotional history.

The 51-year-old Hong Konger is a rare screenwriting brand name in Chinese cinema and her best-known story, Comrades: Almost A Love Story, as its title suggests, is not quite a romance.

Sexier Peony Pavilion

A YOUNGER, shorter and sexier version of the classic Chinese opera The Peony Pavilion is coming to the Esplanade this weekend.

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