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Former Beatle Paul McCartney (left) and his estranged wife Heather Mills (right) have agreed on a divorce deal worth nearly US$48.7m (S$69.15m), she said on Monday. Mills added she was 'very, very, very pleased' with the settlement. -- PHOTOS: REUTERS » Full Story
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CHECKS at Singapore's checkpoints will be tightened, with all travellers except children leaving the country subject to fingerprint scans, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Monday.

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SINGAPORE'S consumer watchdog has joined an international effort to stop kids from digging into junk food, a push that comes as people here get fatter.

IT COULD be some time before the click-clacking of mahjong tiles is once again heard at community clubs (CCs) across the island. While CCs got the green light from the police to organise social sessions of the game in January, many have been slow to re-adopt the popular pastime.

MELBOURNE - LEWIS Hamilton avoided the absolute mayhem of the Australian Grand Prix yesterday to emerge with an emotion-charged win for McLaren, further enhancing the 23-year-old's reputation as the sport's heir apparent.
NEW YORK - A CRANE towering over a high-rise construction site in Manhattan rained death and destruction across a city block as it collapsed on Saturday, hitting an apartment building and crushing a townhouse.
WHEN Ms Regina Tan, 36, a mother of two, decided to return to full-time work at Swiss bank UBS after a three- year hiatus, she was overwhelmed by the massive changes in the corporate world.
BEIJING - CHINA yesterday vowed to wage a 'people's war' against rioters in Tibet as similar unrest spread to three neighbouring provinces with large Tibetan populations.
ACTOR-COMEDIAN-SINGER Sebastian Tan serves up a slice of his humour within seconds of meeting you.
SMALL loans for small businesses are a social enterprise notion worth considering for the disadvantaged. The idea could benefit from more attention than it got in a plan for which the Community Development Ministry will set aside $4.5 million this year to implement.
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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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