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Traffic builds up before the Woodlands Checkpoint on Wednesday as thousands of travellers jostled to cross the border for Chinese New Year celebrations and the long weekend. Vehicles were backed up several kilometres. -- ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA » Full Story
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PUTRAJAYA - MALAYSIA has banned 10 essential items from being taken out of the country by anyone without an export permit, in a bid to ensure adequate domestic supply following recent shortages.

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THE new Chinese Year of the Rat begins tomorrow under more uncertain and challenging circumstances than the Year of the Pig, the Prime Minister said yesterday. But Mr Lee Hsien Loong assured Singaporeans, in his traditional message to mark the occasion, that the country is 'in a strong position to weather any storm'.

NARCOTICS officers on Monday crippled what they called one of the biggest heroin trafficking syndicates to crop up here in recent years - an operation that highlights the resurgence of the drug in the region.
MANCHESTER - BOBBY Charlton recalls the worried silence of his teammates as the plane roared down the snowy runway for the third time.
WASHINGTON - A HISTORIC presidential race got under way in the United States yesterday with one intriguing contest - between Democratic senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - turning into a cliffhanger likely to end with no outright winner.
THE insurance industry is bracing itself for a dramatic fall of up to 40 per cent in sales of all-important single-premium products - which require an initial lump sum payment.
BEIJING - STRAITS TIMES journalist Ching Cheong was expecting nothing more than the usual chores when he turned up yesterday at the workshop of the Guangdong Prison, where he was serving a five-year sentence.
AGE might have crept up on them but if there's any doubt that it might lessen The Police's live prowess, their gig here on Monday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium should silence sceptics.
IN ITS US$44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!, Microsoft appears to look more for competitive advantage against Google than for outright domination of Web search and advertising. The software giant has not the wherewithal to corner the market, at least for now.
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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
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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.
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