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Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Thai hospital evacuated after protesters stormed in BANGKOK : A hospital in the Thai capital evacuated most of its patients Friday after it was stormed by Red Shirt protesters who mistakenly believed troops...

Singapore: The first person to be hauled to court for a gambling offence in Resorts World Sentosa has been sentenced to nine months jail. 53-year-old cabby, Loo Siew Wan pleaded guilty on 23 April to impersonating his brother to get into the Sentosa casino. Loo, who’s an undischarged...

Marina Bay Sands welcomed over 36,000 visitors in 24 hours of opening SINGAPORE: More than 36,000 people visited Marina Bay Sands in the 24 hours after its auspicious opening at 3.18pm on Tuesday. The integrated resort saw 4,000 visitors in the first hour alone, and it has been a steady flow...

Marina Bay Sands opens its doors SINGAPORE : Singapore's second integrated resort, Marina Bay Sands, opened its doors on Tuesday at an auspicious time of 3.18pm. Members of the public will be able to visit the resort from 5pm. In the morning, the media was given a tour of the Integrated...

Marina Bay Sands gets casino licence SINGAPORE : The Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore has issued a casino licence to Marina Bay Sands. In a brief statement on its website, the authority said the casino operator must ensure that it remains suitable to manage and operate a casino in...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Eleven hurt in grenade attack on home of former Thai PM Posted: 26 April 2010 1052 hrs An injured woman is evacuated from a blast site on Silom road in the financial district of central Bangkok...

TAIPEI : A strong 6.9 magnitude quake struck southeast of Taiwan Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued. The quake, which could be felt as far away as Taiwan's capital Taipei, hit at 10:59 am (0259 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) with...

JAKARTA - A 6.4 magnitude quake hit Indonesia's North Maluku province Saturday, the local Meteorological and Geophysics agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami alert was issued. The quake struck at a depth of 30 kilometres (18 miles) 155 kilometres (95 miles)...

TOKYO: Japan's most popular politician Yoichi Masuzoe launched a new party on Friday, pledging a break with the old-school politics of the main opposition conservative party he bolted this week. Masuzoe, a former health minister, became the latest heavyweight member of the Liberal Democratic...

Thai protesters, army make tentative peace overtures BANGKOK : Thailand's army and anti-government protesters made tentative peace overtures on Friday, seeking to avoid a looming crackdown and a repeat of clashes that left 25 people dead earlier this month. The army chief said that the use...

First casino cheat pleads guilty By Teo Xuan Wei | Posted: 23 April 2010 1439 hrs SINGAPORE: The first Singaporean to be charged with casino-related offences, here, pleaded guilty to his crimes on Friday morning. Taxi-driver Loo Siew Wan, admitted to impersonating his brother to get into...

LONDON : Britain's election race tightened after the second party leaders' TV debate failed to produce a runaway winner, increasing the chances of a hung parliament. Prime Minister Gordon Brown clashed Thursday with Conservative leader David Cameron and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg on...

LONDON: British music mogul Simon Cowell has seen his fortune rise by more than 40 million pounds (46.3 million euros, 61.5 million dollars), leapfrogging the Beckhams, according to new estimates on Friday. Cowell, whose earnings were boosted by the surprise worldwide success of Scottish...

Australia and US urge citizens to avoid Thailand ASIA: Australia on Friday urged citizens to reconsider any plans to travel to Thailand, warning of further violence after an Australian was injured in escalating political clashes in Bangkok. The foreign affairs department issued the travel...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Bomb blasts hit Bangkok, at least 5 dead, 100 injured BANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- At least five people died and about 100 others were injured in a series of bomb blasts that hit Bangkok's main financial...

SINGAPORE : Panasonic Electronic Devices, part of Panasonic Corporation, has announced an expansion of its R&D facility in Singapore. The company plans to invest about S$20 million to expand the centre to around 50 research scientists and engineers in five years. Located at Bedok, the...

SINGAPORE : The trend of union mergers is expected to continue in Singapore as this will benefit the unions, strengthen their resources and management expertise, said NTUC Secretary General Lim Swee Say. Speaking at the delegates conference of the Singapore Bank Officers' Association (SBOA)...

SEOUL : South Korea's foot-and-mouth outbreak on Thursday spread deeper into the mainland from an island west of Seoul despite massive quarantine efforts to contain the disease, officials said. The agriculture ministry confirmed cattle at a farm in Chungju, 147 kilometres (91 miles) south of...

MEXICO, Philippines : Three foreigners were killed when a Russian-made cargo plane crashed into a rice field north of the Philippine capital, but three others survived, authorities said Thursday. The four-engine Antonov 12 aircraft was preparing to land at the Diosdado Macapagal International...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI BANGKOK (AP): An ex-Communist guerrilla, a one-time teen idol and a militant known as "Rambo" spearhead a surging peasant movement that claims to espouse democracy but pledges allegiance to a billionaire...