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May 4, 2009 Monday

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Straits Times Headlines

Grants to help firms boost hiring, retention

S'poreans more self-reliant than believed

Inside

Process, pluralism, protection

View Points

Land checkpoints begin thermal scanning

Flu scare for student who returned from Mexico

Checks at Flyer but not at Expo

Difficult decisions that deserve support

Global caseload nears 900, experts say 'wait and watch'

Mexico traveller infects family and pigs in Canada

Asia case file

Financial sector to shrink in US economy

7.59

Ill-fated coup

2. Six exco members from the same church

3. Thio Su Mien's idea of a takeover unravelled

4. Old guard gathered their wits and fought back

5. Membership surged from 300 to 3,000 in five weeks

6. Pastor Derek Hong used the pulpit, which he regretted

7. The big turnout: Women came early, stayed until night

8. They came from different races, beliefs and backgrounds

9. The lawyer and the even-handed advice he gave

10. Empty seats: Did some of Lau's supporters stay away?

Learn from this episode: DPM **

Global flu cases grow

MEXICO CITY - MEXICO said it was winning the battle against a deadly new strain of flu as it stayed largely shut for business and cases dropped but global health officials warned against complacency.

World Health Organization chief Dr Margaret Chan said the news from Mexico, where the new H1N1 strain was first seen, has to be treated with caution.

Mexico slams China

MEXICO CITY - MEXICO rebuked China declaring the swine flu epidemic was no reason for 'repressive and discriminatory measures,' after the Asian nation seized and quarantined at least 70 of its citizens.

38 rescued off Turkish coast

ANKARA - TURKEY'S coast guard Monday rescued 38 would-be illegal immigrants caught in a storm in the Aegean Sea, including a pregnant woman who gave birth shortly afterwards, Anatolia news agency reported.

Third mistrial for terror trial

MIAMI - JURY problems have prompted defense lawyers to ask for a third mistrial in the Miami case of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.

International piracy court urged

US reviews young life sentences

PM wants wife to appologise

Portugal reports first flu case

'Not trying to topple Brown'

Troops didn't convert Afghans

Exams at risk in uni strike

US reporter hospitalised

3-year-old boy from US home

Iran bus crash kills 28

H1N1 will reach pandemic

No room for flu complacency