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November 23, 2008 Sunday

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Straits Times Headlines

$600m for retraining workers

$2.3b loan and credit facilities

Inside

Good start but quick recovery is uncertain

View Points

Employers' group delighted

'Do we cut jobs to save costs, or cut costs to save jobs?'

Training comes to the fore as business slows down

Now the dough will rise for this aspiring baker

Tour guide gets help to return to work

No GST cut, but expect cash handouts

Growth may turn negative next year

An expansionary Budget in 2009

No plans to tweak Sing$ stance for now

Now it's up to the banks to act

Averse to lending? Not always, they say

Those disbursing aid should have discretionary powers

Package is merely appetiser to real Budget

Temasek to start firm-wide pay cuts

Statement soon on civil service pay

How good firms treat workers in a downturn

What it should have been **

Junta: Support our 'road map'

YANGON - THE head of Myanmar's military junta made a rare call on Saturday for all citizens to back a controversial 'road map' to democracy.

Writing in an article on the front page of the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper Senior General Than Shwe said it was every citizen's national duty to support the political process.

Charged for royalty insult

SYDNEY - AN AUSTRALIAN writer has been formally charged with insulting the Thai royal family after being held in custody in Bangkok since September, his lawyer said on Saturday.

No yoga for M'sia Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S top Islamic body on Saturday banned Muslims from practicing yoga, saying the Indian physical exercise contains elements of Hinduism and could corrupt Muslims.

The National Fatwa Council, which has the authority to rule on how Muslims must conduct their faith, issued a fatwa, or edict, saying yoga involves not just physical exercise but also includes Hindu spiritual elements, chanting and worship.

Oil states should help

LIMA - OIL-rich states and companies that reaped unprecedented gains when prices skyrocketed have a moral duty to ease the world's economic crisis, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday.

Nikon axes 1,500 in Thailand

Rally may turn violent

Bruce Willis sues KL firm

Dr M backs son, Muhiyiddin

Arroyo plane emergency lands

Myanmar on US agenda

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	2-party system won't work
2	Town councils' exposure: $16m
3	Is this rude?
4	Retrenched ... and what to do next
5	Questions over losses by town councils
6	Questions on investment products rally
7	Mkt-based pricing for new flats
8	COE crashes to $2
9	DBS Bank defends retrenchment
10	Are zoo workers safe?

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