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July 14, 2009 Tuesday

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Embattled Aso seeks Aug 30 polls

Potong Pasir, Hougang to get lift upgrading

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Japanese voters looking for change

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Growing assets cushion S'poreans

Manhattan spectacular

33,000 HDB flats to be upgraded over 3 years

More S'poreans visit Malaysia as flights increase

Indonesian businessman donates another $1m to NUS

All Britons to get H1N1 vaccinations

Kim Jong Il suffering from cancer, says report

It's now the turn of robots to be laid off in Japan

China gets tough: The sack for poor handling of unrest

Two Uighurs die in new violence

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Portman lined up for Thor

Financials lead Wall St rally

Pandora gets new funding

Former nuke site now open

Twitter: McCain hits 1 million

Unit trusts turnaround

More S'poreans visit M'sia

33k flats to be upgraded

Assets cushion S'poreans

Opposition wards in LUP **

'End of world' blast in Nigeria

LAGOS - THE blast was so strong one man said he thought the world was ending, and its power left five dead and smoking ruins at what used to be one of Nigeria's main fuel facilities.

The attack on the Atlas Cove Jetty by Nigerian rebels in Lagos harbour late on Sunday, their first in the country's main city, completely razed two small buildings. Several football fields away, another building's windows were shattered.

Pandemic 'unstoppable'

GENEVA - THE H1N1 flu pandemic has grown 'unstoppable' and all nations will need access to vaccines, a WHO official said on Monday, as seven new deaths were reported and a study raised fresh concerns.

Britain, Thailand and the Philippines all reported deaths on Monday, while Saudi Arabia shut an international school after 20 students were diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus.

More mediation talks?

TEGUCIGALPA - MEDIATOR Costa Rica said on Monday it may call Honduras' interim government and ousted President Manuel Zelaya's negotiators within 8 days for fresh talks aimed at defusing the country's political crisis.

The talks began last week and stopped after two days, making scant progress. Mr Zelaya insists on his reinstatement and Mr Roberto Micheletti, installed as interim president by Honduras' Congress after the June 28 coup, is adamant that he cannot return to power under any circumstances.

Former nuke site now open

COOPERSTOWN (North Dakota) - A FORMER nuclear missile launch centre that closed as the Cold War was winding down opened on Monday to a public curious to see what life was like at the once-top secret site.

The Ronald Reagan Minuteman site, surrounded by corn and soybean fields in eastern North Dakota, looked much as it would have in 1997 when it was still active.