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MM calls on US to retain key role in East Asia

WASHINGTON: The United States must be an important part of any new East Asian framework, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday, cautioning against defining the region in closed or racial terms.

Polyclinics to offer H1N1 jabs at $29 each

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Obama's war on 'Fox lies' may backfire

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Customers today harder to please

CUSTOMER satisfaction levels here have fallen and it may be because consumers are getting more sophisticated and have higher expectations.

Making S'pore a green building hub

Wanted: More women in the workforce

Commercial divers to be certified

S'pore in joint varsity studies to build better cities

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Day of carnage

ISLAMABAD: A car bomb tore through a packed market in Peshawar yesterday, killing more than 90 people and trapping casualties under pulverised shops, just hours after United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad.

In Kabul: 12 killed in attack on UN guest house

Hero's welcome for SM Goh

US and China thrash out trade disputes

End 'on-off' US-China defence ties: Gates

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EU holds summit to decide on top posts

LONDON: European Union leaders are gathering today in Brussels for a crucial summit designed to agree on the appointment of a new European president, a foreign minister and a clutch of other top officials.

Nordic nations lead in gender equality

Pilots who overshot destination lose licences

Expandable bone saves arm of cancer kid

Sea monster's jaw

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OCBC brings cheer with $450m profit

OCBC Bank blew analysts' expectations out of the water yesterday with an impressive set of third-quarter results that showed the strength of the economic recovery.

Aussie, S'pore bank CEOs top best-paid list

US pay czar warns of more cuts

Obama backs Bill to tap big firms for financial rescues

Far East gears up to go regional

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Fundamentals to S'pore's progress

THERE is considerable debate as to what the term 'rule of law' means. There is a further question of the relationship between 'rule of law' and 'rule by law'.

Sri Lanka's incomplete peace

Bridging the gulf between ideal principle and practice

Trying to be the inclusive president

Fundamentals to S'pore's progress

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Minding the gap between THE PINK & THE BLUE

IF YOU are a Singapore citizen, you have the right to vote, visit 150 countries without a visa on your red passport, and receive a slew of tax reliefs and a cornucopia of subsidies.

Balancing needs of both camps

Your Insights

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Asia's soldiers

ONE is nicknamed 'The Tank' for his weightlifter's physique, the other spent 11 years jumping out of planes as a paratrooper with the Royal Thai Army.

Event details

Ogilvy wary of Serapong

Controlled aggression

Passion brings English couple back to keep score

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It takes time

I REFER to Tuesday's commentary, 'Of human rights and changing realities'. Cultural relativist arguments have long plagued debates on human rights and the exact hierarchy of these rights.

Let civil servants execute govt schemes rather than advisers

HPB looks at many aspects of healthy fare

Singapore has it right with family clinics

My Point

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Comic edge

Send in the clowns - to perform Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet. The Esplanade has brought in Hamlet - The Clown Prince, an edgy show that is getting rave reviews in India, for its annual Indian arts festival, Kalaa Utsavam. The event, in its eighth year, runs from Nov 20 to 29.

Picture this, a photo concert

Fashion of presidents' wives on show

Visual arts thriving

New $20,000 book prize

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