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Straits Times Headlines

Parliament to get more diverse voices

SMU student is Singapore's first H1N1 flu victim

Success of the Chinese model

View Points

Circle Line trains start rolling today

Malaysia to hold Mas Selamat under ISA for two years

From touchdown to isolation within hours

Those in close contact quarantined

WHO to relook alert system

Panel to prepare for long-term growth

Temasek urged to help local talents and firms in global arena

5 economic strategies

Win or lose, more voice for opposition

GRCs to shrink, but they will stay

Nominated MPs to be a permanent feature

A system in sync with aspirations of S'poreans

'Intolerance' can bring a nation down

In Brief

N. Korea pulls out of 1953 truce

Why S'pore won't let up on training

Consider top-up rule when selling below valuation

STI rises to highest level in eight months

What it should have been

Breaking News

Bankruptcy deal secured

US stocks open with a bounce **

Christian Lacroix bankrupted

PARIS - CHRISTIAN Lacroix said on Thursday it has launched insolvency proceedings after the 22-year-old French fashion house fell victim to the global recession.

The high-fashion brand founded by French designer Christian Lacroix - known for colorful gowns that incorporate elements of French Southwestern style such as matador costumes or polka-dot prints and heavy brocade - told the Paris commercial court that it can't pay creditors.

Musicians strike an angry note

LONDON - A GROUP of British musicians including a member of Pink Floyd protested on Thursday over the use of music by the far-right British National Party, ahead of next week's EU elections.

Achord comes of age

HE IS all of 22 but Taiwanese singer Achord Hsieh has already had seven relationships.

The Contender moves to KL