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Its roof completely dislodged, this bus careened down a ditch before coming to a stop, leaving a mangled mess. The crash in Perak killed 20 people in what was possibly one of Malaysia's worst traffic accidents. -- AP » Full Story
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SEOUL - SOUTH Korean officials and tearful family members welcomed Monday's release of two female aid workers held hostage in Afghanistan, but urged the Taleban to free 19 others still being held.

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GAMES ROCK ON
Coming soon - sizzling hot games. Digital Life gives you a preview.
GREEN VS RED
Starhub's Hubstation vs SingTel's miotv - a toe-to-toe comparison of set-top boxes.
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Gizmos
NATIONAL DAY 2007
PIONEERS OF S'PORE
2007 N' Day Awards
DR VIVIAN Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, hit the right note when he described the important role played by cooperatives, beside government policies and free markets, to ensure economic growth in last Saturday's report, 'Co-ops have role in ensuring growth'.
I READ with interest last Wednesday's letter by Mr Chong Kim Hwa, 'Primary 1 registration: Separate citizens, PRs'.
I HAD the privilege of attending the opening of The Giving Place, officiated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on Monday.
Mandatory day-off for maids?
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Life jackets - mandatory for water sports?
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CHINA moved to reassure jittery financial markets yesterday by making clear it has no plan to dump its large stash of US Treasury bonds.

THE economy is buzzing, the future looks rosy, but more people here are quietly ending their lives.
'OPERATION Subdue' can be deemed a success.
KENNEBUNKPORT (MAINE) - US PRESIDENT George W. Bush, using all the trappings of his family's oceanfront estate, worked on a cosier relationship with France and its new President.
ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS), which heads a consortium trying to take over Dutch bank ABN Amro, said the crisis of confidence in the global credit markets will not derail its bid worth 71.9 billion euros (S$149.5 billion).
GUANGZHOU - A PENINSULA at the tip of Guangdong province is reeling from the worst flooding in 200 years after tropical storms Wutip and Pabuk unleashed continuous rain in southern China.
BARELY five minutes after we meet, Jeremy Monteiro is already providing me with a gem of a quote.
MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew focused essentially on the financial burden to the state when he worried aloud last week about the increasing likelihood that families may no longer care for elderly parents. Costs certainly will balloon, given the rapidly ageing population and increasing longevity. The old need more
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WORLD
Former Indonesian president Suharto has died. (5:01)
SINGAPORE
Oct 2, 2007
Gain leadership skills, develop closer bonds with the rest of your schoolmates, and pursue intellectual interests apart from your normal academic schedule - that's what local students will be able to do with new boarding school programmes lined up for next year. (2:28)
SINGAPORE
Oct 1, 2007
Take time to smell the roses - literally. (2:26)
SINGAPORE
Sep 27, 2007
Disconcerting images of the violent standoff in Myanmar have been played repeatedly on television, in newspapers and on the Internet. (2:10)
SINGAPORE
Sep 27, 2007
Police have classified the recent Hougang blaze that killed two siblings as "mischief by fire". (1:08)
SINGAPORE
Sep 27, 2007
Some movie buffs here aren't thrilled by the liberal rating given to Lee Ang's erotic espionage movie Lust, Caution. (3:32)
WORLD
Sep 27, 2007
Police tear gas and baton charges have failed to quell the biggest anti-government protests to take place in Myanmar in 20-years (1:58)
WORLD
Sep 27, 2007
The international community is calling for restraint in Myanmar amid reports that at least two monks and a civilian have been killed in anti-junta protests. (1:56)
WORLD
Sep 27, 2007
Israel has killed at least nine Palestinians in military operations in the Gaza Strip. (1:23)
WORLD
Sep 27, 2007
A photograph taken in Morocco of a fair-haired child bearing a striking resemblance to Madeleine McCann is not the missing four-year-old. (1:15)
SINGAPORE
Sep 27, 2007
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is aiming to go 'more green' by embarking on a new initiative to make its IT facilities and services more environmentally-friendly. (1:56)
SINGAPORE
Sep 26, 2007
With the situation in Myanmar descending from bad to worse as hundreds of thousands of monks and protestors battle security troops on the streets, here in Singapore, a quiet stir has been brewing slowly at Peninsula Plaza. (3:22)
SINGAPORE
Sep 26, 2007
Two years after chronicling his personal experiences of learning the Chinese language, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will share his insights in another book, this time to map the changes in Singapore's language policy. (3:14)
SINGAPORE
Sep 26, 2007
Six women representing six countries let their feet do the talking - or squishing - in the 'Great Grape Stomp' at Labrador Park today, as part of a pre-publicity bash. (1:51)
SLICE OF LIFE
Sep 26, 2007
Colombia is becoming synonymous with tummy tuck, face lift and implants. (1:24)
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April 21, 2008
Mas Selamat: Here's how he escaped
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng unveiled further details to the daring escape of JI fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari in Parliament on Monday when he released the Executive Summary of the Committee of Inquiry's report. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on Government accountability over the issue. We bring you both speeches in full.
Gone in 49 secs
That's how long it may have taken Mas Selamat from the time he jumped out of an unsecured toilet window at the Whitley Road Detention Centre till the time he scaled a double perimeter fence, to his freedom. Mr Wong, who's also Deputy Prime Minister gives a detailed timeline of the JI leader's prison break
Duration: 32 min 24 secs | Filesize: 37.1 MB
The COI's recommendations
The Government has accepted a slew of recommendations put forth by the Committee of Inquiry (COI). Among them - centralising the command and control of the Whitley Road detention centre under the Internal Security Department and building a new detention facility in Changi Prison for political detainees.
Duration: 10 min 28 secs | Filesize: 12 MB
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