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BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Wednesday significant progress had been made in relief work in Yushu region since it was hit by a strong earthquake a week ago. "Rescuers have reached all affected villages, all the injured have been cured or are being treated...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Thai army warns protesters face live fire Posted: 20 April 2010 1356 hrs Armed Thai soldiers march down the street off Silong Road in Bangkok's financial district. Related News • Amnesty urges...

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The fledging Reform Party which has made headlines in recent weeks with a few high-profile recruits and frequent walkabouts, has come under an orchestrated attack yet again in the state media. Last week, a Straits Times article tried to play up a purported feud between its Secretary-General...

LONDON: Millions of passengers were stranded on Friday after a huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland swept across Europe, grounding thousands of flights in the biggest air travel shutdown since World War II. Europe's air traffic control centre said 16,000 flights were cancelled on Friday...

An SBS Transit bus service 51 rammed into a bus stop at Eunos Link, injuring 21 people. The Singapore Civil Defence Force says six ambulances were used to sent the victims to hospitals. 15 were sent to Changi Hospital and the remaining six, who are children, were sent to KK Women's and...

China cremates quake dead as hopes of finding survivors fade JIEGU, China - China began the mass cremation of hundreds of earthquake victims over sanitation fears Saturday as hopes dimmed of finding further survivors among the more than 400 people still missing. Hundreds of naked, bloodied and...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Thai protest leaders "will surrender to police on May 15" BANGKOK - Leaders of Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters said Saturday they would surrender to police next month, but refused to end...

SINGAPORE : Cambodia has Angkor Wat, Malaysia boasts the town of Malacca as one and the Great Wall of China is one of the best well known - so why can't Singapore have a world heritage site too? According to a tender that closes on Thursday, the Government is on the search for possible United...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Foreign Ministry spokesman said it is clear from the findings of the Coroner's Inquiry that the acts for which Dr Silviu Ionescu has been charged were not pursuant to his official functions. Dr Ionescu was using his embassy car in his private capacity and for his...

NEW YORK: US stock markets were up on Thursday as the major indices batted off concerns about Greece's debt woes and an unexpected rise in US jobless claims. After spending much of the day in the red, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.46 points (0.19 percent) to 11,144.57 at the close...

SINGAPORE: A 65-year-old taxi driver, who was involved in a collision with a Ministry of Defence (Mindef) land-rover, has sued the Government in the High Court after the accident left him paralysed from the neck down. Mr Choy Yue Leong, who was ferrying his last passenger during a night...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Thai government ready for talks with 'Red Shirt' protesters BANGKOK: Thailand's government urged "Red Shirt" protesters Thursday to return to negotiations as the army cleared abandoned armoured vehicles from...

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI Red shirts take over "richest part" of Bangkok BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's "red shirts" congregated in their tens of thousands at an upmarket Bangkok shopping district on Wednesday, preparing a "final...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A strong earthquake toppled hundreds of homes and some schools in the remote mountainous Tibetan Plateau of southwest China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring thousands. A photo taken by a mobile phone shows destroyed houses after an earthquake hit the...

BASEL (Switzerland) - THE chairman of UBS will apologise on Wednesday on behalf of the Swiss banking giant for helping some US clients to evade taxes, an act which sparked lawsuits from US tax authorities. 'I am aware that UBS triggered this problem itself and we are deeply sorry,' Kaspar...

LONDON - BUSINESSMAN Alan Sugar, famous for his 'You're fired!' catchphrase on the British version of television show The Apprentice, has donated £400,000 (S$849,000) to the Labour party, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. His endorsement could help repair damage to Labour ahead of the May 6...

WARSAW - WORLD leaders, including US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dimtry Medvedev, are to travel from far and wide to pay last respects to Polish president Lech Kaczynski at his funeral on Sunday. The leaders are to descend on the southern Polish city of Krakow to lay...