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January 7, 2009 Wednesday

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Straits Times Headlines

Flyer GM quits

Spur training programme widened to 800 courses

Inside

Hu's new flexibility towards Taiwan

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En-bloc row official on mischief rap

Budget day on Jan 22

Toyota plans 11-day shutdown

Hyundai's 'return your car' sweetener

It's six weeks' jail for offering bribe to a cop

Father arrested for murder of 2-year-old

Causeway walk ban

Retooling for encore careers **

Intl drug syndicate nabbed

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN police said on Wednesday they had arrested 13 people for running an international narcotics syndicate that smuggled heroin from Pakistan.

Mr Othman Harun, deputy director of the federal narcotics department, said those detained on Monday included two women, from Singapore and the Philippines, as well as seven African men, one Pakistani and three Malaysians.

Lawmakers jailed for corruption

JAKARTA- INDONESIA'S feared anti-corruption court handed jail sentences on Wednesday to sitting and former lawmakers convicted of corruption.

Asean summit venue moved

BANGKOK - THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday that the venue for a key regional summit next month had now been moved from Bangkok to a seaside town, partly due to possible anti-government protests.

In the latest in a series of changes since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting was postponed from December, Abhisit said the February 27 to March 1 summit would now be in the resort of Hua Hin.

200 foreigners stranded

BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) - A WOODEN boat carrying around 200 foreign nationals was found stranded on an island off the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, officials said.

Thaksin supporters throw eggs

Troops foil bomb attempt

Cambodia marks regime's fall

M'sia's box turtles in danger

Airport siege cost $12.2b

UN probes Ebola outbreak

M'sia drug raids nab 13

Anwar renews power bid

Bird flu outbreak in Vietnam

'Buy Malaysian Goods'

Documents 'too technical'

Terminal approval slammed

Quake rattles Indonesia

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	Gaza: Why Muslims are outraged
2	Gaza: Bombing civilians unconscionable
3	Cats in HDB flats: Don't punish responsible pet owners
4	Drivers refuse to give way
5	Means testing of hospital patients starts today
6	Real violence: Its effect on children a worry
7	Nuclear power the best alternative for Singapore
8	Rail service to JB mega mall starts Monday
9	No direct link to fuel prices
10	Stub it out, please

emailed

1	Girl, 11, gives birth at wedding
2	Scholars with poor attitude
3	3 years jail for sex with horse
4	Dead hours after wedding
5	Online churches growing
6	S'pore top choice of migrants
7	ST News now on iPhone
8	Sembawang Music to close
9	Beware the 'sweat debt'
10	Roche plant to create 100 jobs

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