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Iranian bombs smuggled into Iraq, says coalition
BAGHDAD - UNITED States-led coalition forces in Iraq presented yesterday what officials said was 'a growing body' of evidence of Iranian weapons being used to kill coalition soldiers.A senior defence official from the Multi-National Force told a briefing that 170 coalition... [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]

Third party liability: Deadline looms for Durai
FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive officer T.T. Durai has until tomorrow to decide if he wants to contest the move by two former NKF directors to name him as a third party in the charity's lawsuit.If the former directors,... [Read more]

Case File
JAILED FOR STEALING GOODS FROM OWN WORKPLACEAN ELECTRICAL fitter was jailed for two years yesterday for breaking into and stealing $32,624 worth of goods from his company's office. On Sept 28 last year, Lim Se Hing, had hidden himself on a... [Read more]

Five car bombs rock Baghdad
PHOTO: AP An Iraqi can only look on in despair at a building in flames after a car bomb attack yesterday in central Baghdad, Iraq. Five car bombs exploded simultaneously around the Shorja wholesale market, killing at least 71 people and... [Read more]

T-bird lands here Top US business school sets up office
T-BIRD may be a name Singaporeans are familiar with only from the Grease movies of the 1970s and 1980s. But those in business academia and human resource circles here welcome the presence of the American business school, Thunderbird, in Singapore.Thunderbird -... [Read more]

Disease threat in Jakarta
A medical team treats a Jakarta flood victim amid a deepening crisis brought on by the worst floods to hit the Indonesian capital in five years.At least 44 deaths have been blamed on the flooding, and officials fear that toll could... [Read more]

Rushdie now lecturing at varsity
AUTHOR Salman Rushdie has started a five-year appointment with Emory University in Atlanta as a lecturer, a day before the 18th anniversary of the death threat that catapulted him into worldwide fame.The author of The Satanic Verses will lecture students for... [Read more]

Always prepared for emergencies
FLASHBACK to March 26, 1991, when Singapore Airlines flight 117, en route from Subang Airport in Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, was hijacked by four Pakistani men. Eight harrowing hours later, Singapore Armed Forces commandos stormed the plane. Within 30 seconds, the... [Read more]

Madrid's black day
ON MARCH 11, 2004, 10 backpack bombs ripped through four packed commuter trains during morning rush-hour. Nearly 191 commuters were killed and about 1,700 others injured.The attack has been called modern Spain's most traumatic event since the 1930s civil war.... [Read more]

Growing trend
AD AGENCY Y&R Singapore stepped up its PR efforts this month by hiring Mr Justin Low, 30, from Grayling Public Relations to manage its publicity affairs. Mr Charles Sng, who specialises in marketing communications at headhunting firm Aquent, says it is... [Read more]