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June 11, 2009 Thursday

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Straits Times Headlines

Seditious tract duo jailed eight weeks

Economists up growth forecast for next year

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The Gordon Brown tragedy

View Points

DOWN: Changi slips to third spot in global airport ranking survey

UP: Singapore now ranks among top 10 most expensive cities in Asia for expatriates

Couple no longer at their old church

Suicide attackers blow up hotel

Where fate of Soviets' Afghan war was sealed

Car bomb kills 35 at Iraqi market

A phone that's just right for the elderly

Young Malaysian leaders welcome MM Lee's visit

Tube strike causes London chaos

US Congress probes Fed role in BoA's Merrill buy

Pregnant man gives birth again

Breaking News

WHO declares pandemic

3 rare golden monkeys to stay

Open Coke, open happiness

Thai PM to reassure China

Wall Street lifted by retail

3 more H1N1 cases

US retail sales rises

Charged with safety failures

New footbridge for Marina Bay **

ST wins publishing awards

FOR the sixth year running, The Straits Times (ST) has bagged awards at a premier Asian publishing competition.

At a ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Hong Kong on Thursday night its journalists received honourable mentions - second-place awards - in the Excellence in Reporting Breaking News category and in the Excellence in Business Reporting category of the Society Of Publishers in Asia (Sopa) Awards for Editorial Excellence.

Malaria outbreak worsens

THE outbreak of malaria in Singapore took a turn for the worse on Thursday, with two more people - including another Singaporean - coming down with the potentially deadly disease.

Open Coke, open happiness

LOCAL pop artistes Derrick Hoh and Jocie Guo join hands to perform the hit single of Coca Cola's latest marketing campaign, 'Open Happiness'.

3 more H1N1 cases

SINGAPORE has three more confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009), bringing the total number of reported cases to 21.

But 13 of the patients have been discharged. The remaining eight patients are still in hospital and their conditions remain stable, said the Ministry of Health in the latest update on Thursday night.

Charged with safety failures

New footbridge for Marina Bay

CTE tunnel closure on Sun

One goodie bag, multiple roles

Off-duty cop nabs thief

2 nabbed for illegal ciggies

No need to up alert level

New contest for video gamers

Govt to fund 3 homes

SIA to fly A380 to Hong Kong

Feedback on town councils

7 charged for worksite deaths