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Drowned man was keen on politics
MR SYED Abu Bakar Alsagoff, a businessman who wanted to stand as a candidate in several elections, drowned off a beach in Changi last week. The 65-year-old was found lying unconscious on Changi Beach, clad in trousers, by a member of... [Read more]

New Delhi to develop port in Myanmar
NEW DELHI - NEW Delhi will invest US$130 million (S$200 million) to develop Myanmar's Sittwe port that will give India's landlocked north-east access to a new trade route to South-east Asia, an Indian official said yesterday.'We signed an initial agreement recently... [Read more]

Why Somkid was picked to be economic adviser
DR SOMKID Jatusripitak's brief tenure as an economic adviser to the Thai government put the spotlight again on why he was appointed in the first place. Five possible reasons were offered by The Nation newspaper yesterday: He was brought in so... [Read more]

Tears from Best Player
NOH Alam Shah broke into tears as he spoke to The Straits Times moments after winning the Asean Football Championship in Bangkok yesterday. The joy of retaining the trophy, being named the tournament's Best Player, and being crowned Top Scorer with... [Read more]

No happy return for Iverson
SAN ANTONIO - THE San Antonio Spurs were happy to play at home again finally. Allen Iverson was happy just to be playing again. The Spurs returned home for the first time in more than three weeks on Tuesday night, and... [Read more]

Envoys told to rebut Thaksin
BANGKOK - THE Thai government has asked its diplomats to counter the comments made by deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in interviews with international news organisations.In a number of interviews with newspapers, magazines and TV channels - the latest being an... [Read more]

Enjoy the Chinese New Year shopping...
SOMEONE has 'received' a $1,000 hongbao ahead of Chinese New Year - and police would like to know who that pickpocket is. The victim, a festive shopper outside People's Park Complex, was about to pay a vendor at about 5pm on... [Read more]

To revive the kampong spirit, HDB has to put its ear to the ground and scrutinise its own heart
Good neighbourliness used to be a hallmark of flat-living. In my childhood home, a block of two-room flats, almost every unit housed three generations, with families numbering six or more. Everybody knew everybody.It was a tight squeeze physically, but the openness,... [Read more]

De La Hoya is prodded and provoked by brash challenger Mayweather
NEW YORK - FLOYD Mayweather pushed, prodded and provoked Oscar De La Hoya on Tuesday.It set the tone for what promises to be a bad-tempered world junior middleweight title showdown in Las Vegas on May 5. The match between De La... [Read more]

Covered walkways and air-con make for softies
THERE are more covered walkways at LRT stations and schools are being built in Punggol. Are we making life too comfortable? Surely, some rain and sun won't hurt, especially for the students?A covered walkway is a small matter. But is it... [Read more]

Floods cripple much of Jakarta
JAKARTA - MUCH of Jakarta was crippled yesterday as the worst deluge in five years cut road, rail and telecommunications links to the Indonesian capital. Three-quarters of the sprawling city of 12 million people was under water, and officials now face... [Read more]