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BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court yesterday dissolved three top ruling parties for electoral fraud and banned the prime minister from politics for five years, leaving the government clinging to office by a slender thread.

The ruling came against a backdrop of intense pressure from the right wing, royalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) which has been strangling Thailand's economy by staging months-long protests and seizing Bangkok's two airports last week.

Minibonds linked to Lehman to be unwound

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A time for cool heads

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Party political films: Ease ban gradually

SINGAPOREANS can get to watch films about local politicians and their parties, as film-makers look set to enjoy more freedom to make them.

More shields for children on Internet

Vital to enhance credibility

Tap civil servants' views on policy: Panel

Youth see different side of President

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Bye, big spenders

JAKARTA: The rich politicians who bankrolled previous campaigns look set to abandon their big-spending role in next year's general election, after seeing their wealth dented by the stock market slump.

India demands Pakistan hand over fugitives

Race issues strain BN coalition

China revises toll from tainted milk

India warned of likely attacks

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US allies welcome Hillary nomination

BEIJING: The international community welcomed Mrs Hillary Clinton's nomination as United States secretary of state in Mr Barack Obama's administration, with only Russia suggesting that it would mean no change.

Military and diplomatic punch - in a softer glove

'Higher risk' of biological and nuke terrorism

Bush's 'biggest regret' in office

SIA shut out of Australia-US route

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Last of Temasek's power units sold for $3.8 billion to Malaysian company

TEMASEK Holdings has stunned the market by announcing that it has sold electricity generator Power-Seraya to a unit of Malaysia's YTL Power International for $3.8 billion.

Costa Rica, S'pore start talks on FTA

Factory output at 10-year low; falls for 3rd straight month

Oil tumbles below US$48

Long-term outlook for oil and gas industry 'positive'

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Get to know S'pore's stars

WHERE are the Singapore stars? The Institute of Policy Studies posed this question at the Young Singaporeans Conference last month. I was puzzled. It seemed to imply that Singapore was devoid of stars.

Could be the great Thai illusion

Bringing Europe to its knees

Fresh blood from an old wound

Take cautious line on credit cards

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Selecting the scholar

MR EDDIE Teo makes no apologies for giving government scholarships to youngsters from rich families, including the Prime Minister's son. Why not, was his retort to critics who questioned the decision.

New China scholarship offers fresh perspectives

Task-oriented test to identify potential leaders

Not all perm secs are scholars

Your Insights

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Reds top, so what?

LONDON: Liverpool are top of English football's Premier League, but that statement carries a hollow ring.

No January help for Scolari

Phelps SI's Sportsman of 2008

My best is yet to come

Ince plays it cool despite problems

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Madrasah students on uneven playing field

WE REFER to recent media coverage of the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results and the assessment of madrasah students' performance compared to their peers in national schools. The issue of madrasah education has received a lot of attention, but rarely are views of madrasah students or alumni heard in the national media.

All have equal chance in education

MOE working to help special-needs pupil

Pay cut will hurt Average Joe more

New type of Aids begins with apathy

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Cast in Stone

Writer-director Oliver Stone is hot and bothered. Literally. He is hot because his television interview is being taped in the outdoor cafe at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Kay Siang Road.

Super Bolt

Cost issues slow down 3-D rollout

Go ahead, quote me

Fun in the dirt

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