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CRUDE oil kicked off the new year by touching US$100 (S$144) a barrel for the first time.

THE police's central division has a new commander, and he is its youngest ever.

WHEN the Education Ministry's Junior Sports Academies (JSAs) open their doors next month, some of the best Primary 5 student athletes here will be groomed to become future champions.
IN WASHINGTON - THOSE wafer-thin margins, right up to the final hours of the Iowa caucus yesterday, have been leaving White House hopefuls sleepless.
ANALYSTS offered a stark warning yesterday after oil briefly touched the US$100 a barrel mark - it's going to get worse before it gets better.
IN TAIPEI - IT IS election season in Taiwan, which means there is nothing candidates will not do to win over voters.
THE land of music could be called Timbaland right now.
AFGHANISTAN'S President Hamid Karzai has poignant reason to mourn the death of Ms Benazir Bhutto, whom he met on a visit to Pakistan hours before she was assassinated. The untimely exit of the Pakistani opposition leader has silenced a leading voice against terrorism and religious extremism at a time when the Taleban in Afghanistan has regrouped. Al-Qaeda also continues to be active in the Afghan-Pakistani border region.
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THERE has been much publicity for the Lessons in Love workshops conducted by Dr Pat Love and sponsored by the Social Development Unit (SDU).
IN HIS letter last Friday, 'Billing consumers isn't the only way', Mr Bruno Serrien noted that the electricity tariff has increased by 48 per cent in the past 12 months. But this must be seen in the context of the rising fuel oil price, which has more than doubled during this period.
YOUR editorial last Thursday, ('Real price of US arms sale to Taiwan'') on United States arms sales to Taiwan addresses the subtle yet complicated relations between the US and the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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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