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HISTORIC ISLAND: Pedra Branca, the size of a football field, is 40km east of Singapore. Horsburgh Lighthouse, built over 150 years ago, is the oldest here. In the background, at left and right, are a pair of outcrops called Middle Rocks. -- PHOTO: GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE
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FRIENDLY TIES: Malaysia's Foreign Minister Rais Yatim (left) meeting Singapore's DPM S. Jayakumar (right) and Ambassador Tommy Koh yesterday before the world court issued its ruling on the territorial dispute between the two nations. Both sides had said the verdict would not affect ties.
-- MAARTJE BLIJDENSTEIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
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BUT WHO OWNS THIS?: The world court did not make a definitive ruling yesterday on South Ledge, another rocky outcrop near Pedra Branca. It said that the outcrop, which is visible only at low tide, belongs to the country that owns the territorial waters it sits in. -- PHOTO: GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE
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