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UTAPAO (Thailand) - A US military plane flew to Myanmar on Monday, laden with aid for cyclone survivors in an unusual concession by the junta that despises the United States and fears an Iraq-style invasion. The C-130 transport plane carried more than 12 tonnes of emergency supplies, including desperately needed equipment to provide clean drinking water to victims of the cyclone that hit 10 days ago, officials said.


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BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his back to the wall after a drop in his Labour Party's popularity, suffered another knock with a new survey showing that he has suffered a devastating collapse in his public standing.

A BUMPER crop of agriculture-related investment funds has sprouted in Singapore recently, as fund managers rush to satisy the appetite of investors keen to put their money literally where their mouth is.

BEIJING - CHINA has established a company to build regional commercial jets, with an eye to eventually reducing the country's reliance on Boeing and Airbus for such aircraft, official media said yesterday.
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THE leadership change in Moscow - Mr Dmitry Medvedev taking over as President and Mr Vladimir Putin becoming Prime Minister - just might permit Russia to correct problems at home and expand its growing influence abroad. Mr Medvedev pledged to continue with the course set which, the former president said, 'has justified itself'.
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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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