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Bouquets
FREE TICKETS TO A GREAT MATCHMY BOYFRIEND and I would like to thank a middle-aged couple who offered us their extra set of grandstand tickets to the Singapore-Malaysia football match at the National Stadium on Saturday.The kind couple gave us the... [Read more]

Insurgents use chemical warfare
IRAQI insurgents have started using bombs that combine explosives with chlorine gas in what officials fear is a new and deadly tactic against civilians.At least three such attacks have been carried out in the last month, resulting in 31 deaths.... [Read more]

Illegal assembly: 6 sect members get maximum fine
SIX Falungong practitioners, who were jailed for two days recently for contempt of court, have each been fined the maximum of $1,000 for taking part in an illegal assembly.The six women - Pang Su Chin, 56, You Xin, 38, Wang Yuyi,... [Read more]

Terror alert in Manila on Valentine's
POLICE have stepped up security at train stations and an oil depot and set up road checkpoints in the Philippine capital to prevent a repeat of the deadly 2005 Valentine's Day terror bombings, officials said yesterday.The authorities have not monitored any... [Read more]

Suicide bomber kills 3 in Israel
An Israeli medic wheels a stretcher holding a body bag from the scene of a suicide attack, which ripped through a bakery in the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat yesterday. Three people were killed by the Palestinian suicide bomber, in... [Read more]

Appreciation of the arts sorely missing
I read with interest the article 'Crazy Horse show to shut down' (ST, Jan 26).The closure of Crazy Horse brings to mind yet another distinctive performing arts company. In 2000, Cirque du Soleil set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. However,... [Read more]

'Alwyn Lim insisted Durai deserved first class travel'
THE Ministry of Health's (MOH) representative to the old National Kidney Foundation (NKF) executive committee yesterday described former vice-chairman Alwyn Lim as one of Mr T.T. Durai's most vociferous supporters. Dr Ling Sing Lin said in court yesterday that Mr Lim... [Read more]

Thigh strain rules Vieira out of Valencia match
MILAN - INTER Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira will not play in today's Champions League first-leg match against Valencia after aggravating a thigh strain in training.The French international, who missed Inter's 1-0 win over Cagliari at the weekend because of the injury,... [Read more]

Britain probes leak of Muslim soldiers' data
LONDON - BRITAIN'S Defence Ministry is urgently investigating how suspects in an alleged 'Iraq-style' plot to kidnap and behead a Muslim soldier obtained the names and addresses of serving troops, The Times reported yesterday.'Such sensitive information about our personnel is kept... [Read more]

Mahathir out of hospital
FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was discharged from hospital yesterday after being treated overnight for flu, his aide said. Tun Dr Mahathir, 81, said he was feeling better, according to his aide Sufi Yusoff. Details of his medical treatment were... [Read more]

Traffic lights needed at this junction in Bukit Batok to ease traffic flow
It takes a long time to turn right into Bukit Batok West Ave 5 heading towards PIE/KJE/BKE as there are no traffic lights at the multi-storey carpark Blk 395A. This leads to vehicle build-up during peak hours and several vehicles turning... [Read more]