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Rescue workers freed a construction worker who was pinned under a glass panel for more than two hours in a freak accident on Monday. The 41-year-old Chinese national suffered an open fracture to his right arm and scratches to his body. -- PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES » Full Story
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YANGON - MYANMAR'S foreign minister says the death toll from the cyclone that ripped through the country could reach 10,000. Foreign diplomats said Foreign Minister Nyan Win acknowledged the possibility of the high casualty figure at a Monday briefing given to them and representatives of UN and international aid agencies.

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IT IS clearer by the day that the junta in Myanmar is just going to let more people die in the aftermath of the cyclone.
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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