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Police rounded up six people at an opposition party rally on Saturday - including S'pore Democratic Party's secretary-general Chee Soon Juan (centre) - for holding an unauthorised protest against the rising cost of living in Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: LIM CHIN PING » Full Story
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DEHRA (India) - DOZENS of protesters in India launched a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. The march came a day after protests by Buddhist monks in Tibet turned violent, with China's official Xinhua News Agency reporting that 10 people had been killed in the largest demonstrations in nearly two decades against Beijing's 57-year rule over Tibet.

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A MALAYSIAN was found stabbed to death at a workers' dormitory in Tuas yesterday morning.
WHENEVER the Big Four English clubs insisted they did not mind who they played in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, few believed them.
LONDON - QUEEN Elizabeth II opened Heathrow Airport's giant new Terminal 5 yesterday, describing it as a '21st century gateway to Britain'.

MALAYSIAN mechanic Than San Choong does not bother going home some nights these days - it is easier just to bunk in his Pandan Loop workshop than battle the traffic jams that have clogged up the Causeway.

BEIJING - FOREIGN tourists fled Tibet's capital city of Lhasa in western China yesterday as the biggest anti-government demonstrations in two decades erupted in violence.
AWARD-WINNING photographer John Stanmeyer, 44, has been to all sorts of hotspots, covering the 2004 tsunami, earthquakes and wars.
AN INTRIGUING element introduced into Malaysian public administration after the election upsets is the question of the New Economic Policy (NEP) and its fate in opposition-controlled states. To the Barisan Nasional federal government this is virtually a sanctified process by which the Malays can gain not only material parity with the non-Malays but also their self-respect.
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I WOULD like to comment on the articles relating to accredited colleges and universities that have been printed in The Straits Times in recent weeks. I am a former member of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, representing the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.
I REFER to last Saturday's report 'Twelve iconic structures'. It is good news to read that the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is extending its conservation efforts beyond buildings to include structures, places and landmarks that are reminders of our past. It is hoped that other organisations will take its cue.
MONDAY'S report, ('Girl's death: Officer blogs about his guilt'), is disconcerting to the good image of the Singapore Police Force and perplexing to police retirees like myself.
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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