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February 28, 2009 Saturday

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Straits Times Headlines

GIC raises Citigroup stake to 11.1 per cent

Courts prepare for 'recession crimes'

Tour bargains snapped up

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It's the middle class, stupid

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10 accused of phantom worker scam

Asia needs to rethink export model

8 per cent growth decline possible

Labour chief: Focus on action

Two-wheel head turners

FTA signed with Australia and NZ

Rights body draft submitted

Hotel occupancy plunges to 60%

Huge crowds look for bargains

China firms turn to home market

Beijing trying to get citizens to spend, not stash cash

S'pore 5 on list of young global leaders

New govt-led plan for Olympic glory

Seniors want flexibility **

China, US military exchanges

BEIJING - CHINA and the United States have agreed to resume high-level military exchanges, a US defence official said on Saturday, as he described two days of talks between the two powers as extremely positive.

'We agreed we are going to be having high-level exchanges very soon,' US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence David Sedney told reporters.

Turbulence caused crash?

AMSTERDAM - INVESTIGATORS are examining turbulence as one of the possible causes of the Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people and injured more than 100 near Amsterdam's main airport, a spokesman said on Saturday.

7 arrested after bank robbery

LONDON - IRISH police have arrested seven people in connection with a spectacular hostage-taking and 7 million euros (S$13.6 million) bank robbery, a spokesman said on Saturday.

Five Gaza rockets strike Israel

JERUSALEM - PALESTINIAN militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired five rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military, further straining a fragile month-old ceasefire.

Emergency jet landing in Romania

Cooler Aussie weather a relief

Wyeth CEO gets $10m award

Drought ravages California

Chavez: Fidel Castro is well

US won't attend racism meet

Ending Bush's healthcare rule

Air crash dead identified

US to review anti-terror tactics

Woman swaps kids for bird