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Parents win Mindef lawsuit Ex-NSF ruled to be on duty when he was injured; family can claim disability benefits By Selina Lum THE parents of a former full-time national serviceman, comatose for more than three years after he was injured in camp, have won their lawsuit against the...

The Origins of Makaliporn Where do Makaliporn (Pali: Makkaliphala) or Fruit Fairies come from? To understand the origins of Makaliporn we must go back to the Vessantara Jataka, the story of the Bodhisatta's final birth. Legend has it that a very long time ago, during the era of Vipassi...

A big, well actually huge in my eyes and in comparison to my own flesh and blood, wooden cock sits on top of my shop’s cashier table in Surin. I feel like I am in a lurid sex shop somewhere in a seedy neighborhood in Boston when I notice this monstrosity, especially the first time I noticed...

Death and rebirth for paying customers of Thai temple By Seth Mydans Monday, September 29, 2008 NAKHON NAYOK, Thailand: It is the ultimate in second chances: A Buddhist temple here offers, for a small fee, an opportunity to die, rise up again newborn and make a fresh start in life...

From Bronco to Warthog ST Kinetics Awarded £150m for Delivery of over 1000 Bronco Armored All Terrain Tracked Carriers to Replace the British Forces' Viking All-Terrain Vehicles in Afghanistan Earlier this month (December 08) the British MoD selected the Bronco for its 'Warthog' all...

All Woolworths' stores will shut by January 5, administrators confirmed today. Deloitte said around 200 of the company's 807 stores would close by December 27, followed by a second batch of 200 on December 30, 200 on January 2 and the final closures on January 5. The moves will affect...

The Chinese calendar, commonly known as the Farmers’ Calendar, or the Hsia Calendar, is a fascinatingly accurate system, which not only records the passage of time, but is also a tool for fortune-telling. The famous traditional fortune-telling system – The Four Pillars of Destiny – is exactly...

COFFEE SHRINKS BREASTS! Swedish boffins have discovered that drinking coffee can have a serious effect on a woman’s breast measurements. The scientists from Lund University in Sweden studied 300 women, recording details of their breast dimensions and coffee intake. The alarming results...

what would Lee Kuan Yew have done to him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GE82tqcYYQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GE82tqcYYQ&feature=related

Heard it thru the grapevine: SOUTH KOREA gonna collapse due to high foreign debt. PAKISTAN too. DUBAI bad debt 60% of GDP. Arent you guys terrified yet?

Courtesy of Littlespeck.com: Politics We need a Democratic PartyIf we want to prevent the government from moving too far towards corporatism at the expense of Singaporeans. By Seah Chiang Nee. Oct 5, 2008 When the US House of Representatives first rejected the $700b rescue package, I...

I laugh out loud. Maxim's October issue features a poll to find out which celebrity gets the most pokes - oops I mean poking votes. Fiona Xie scores the highest with more than 50%. Fann Wong's score? 1.9% only. The others like Dawn Yang, Jade Seah etc -- no fight. Wonder how Fiona...

Virginity for Sale Natalie Dylan A 22-year-old American woman with the name of “Natalie Dylan” told the media last week that she will put her virginity up for auction. She will have sex with the highest bidder she likes best at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a famous and legal brothel...

Here's report of what's happening in Perak up north. I think there are also similar cases of "misuse" of public facilities in the red dot, where the ruling party has unimpeded access and use of community facilities built with public money, but which access is denied to other political parties...

Anybody know why??? From this angle of her photo, she looks very attractive. Wife-stabber jailed 4 yrs By Khushwant Singh STRESSING the seriousness of spousal violence, a district judge sentenced a former investment analyst to four years in jail and eight strokes of...

Here's the offending article: This is the article, published on 16 January 2008, that resulted in Malaysia Today getting blocked. However, it seems it is not the article but the 172 comments from readers below that article that was the brunt of the government action. Maybe now you readers...

Sassy singles end up dating Mr Fright So are you their Mr Right? By Maureen Koh and Crystal Chan August 25, 2008 THEY are attractive, well-educated, have good careers and are financially independent. TNP PICTURE: MOHD ISHAK They have gone through several...

Of course, I feel sorry for her. It must have been a bit traumatic. Her letter...she asks, where's our Kampung Spirit? Why nobody bothered to jump to her rescue when she needed it? Good question, something we have been asking for the longest time. I have some questions too. Would she have...

And it didn't need a Milion-Dollar Minister to get it started. Chain of hope An altruistic act sparks world's first string of kidney donations By Bhagyashree Garekar, US Correspondent Despite bride Meghan's (right in picture) protests, Mr Jones (second from right) gave a...