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November 9, 2008 Sunday

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Straits Times Headlines

Sands gives reassurance on Marina Bay IR

DBS to cut 900 jobs

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Capitalism needs a new culture

View Points

DBS will do the right thing: CEO

Bank's Q3 profit slide of 38% worse than expected

SIA to cut flights and seats

Air France charges for legroom, too

Kidney donors can be reimbursed, says ethics panel

A child's dream come true

Ubin, the clean-energy island

KL blogger freed from detention

Anwar wins bid to prevent transfer of his sodomy case

Bali bombers' execution delayed by 'bad weather'?

Better security at bus interchanges

$30m fund to help firms with anti-terror back-up

Obama starts tackling the economy

US job losses much worse than feared

A bright spark inspired by squids **

Indian craft enters lunar orbit

BANGALORE (India) - INDIA'S first unmanned spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Saturday, 18 days after an Indian-built rocket transported it into outer space, officials here announced.

'The motor on board Chandrayaan-1 was fired at 7.45 pm for 805 seconds, which successfuly put the spacecraft into lunar orbit,' Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Director S. Satish announced.

Bullies may be sadists

WASHINGTON - UNUSUALLY aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows released on Friday showed.

Pandas face tough winter

BEIJING - MORE sick and hungry giant pandas than in past winters may seek food at lower altitudes in China's earthquake-affected areas, straining facilities at the local panda research centre, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

Pig organs for humans?

LONDON: Organs from pigs could be widely available for transplanting into patients in a decade, scientists say.

Election night pix on Flickr

Early diagnosis for autism?

A rock can soak up CO2

Green areas cut health gap

Museums digitalise collections

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1	Why S'poreans must work hard
2	No 'blessings' for euthanasia
3	No shorts. No dyed hair. No slippers...
4	Need legroom? Pay US$100
5	It was for the commuters' sake
6	Study confounds gender stereotypes
7	Shanmugam emphasised interests of Singaporeans
8	DBS to axe 900 staff
9	Catholic Church condemns euthanasia; calls it immoral
10	Worst US president

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