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Toddler becomes Indonesia's 113th bird flu victim: WHO JAKARTA (AFP) - - A two-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, the country's 113th fatality from the disease, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. A spokeswoman said the toddler from east Jakarta contracted the deadly...

Chinese protest on human rights anniversary BEIJING - Two dozen people protested outside China's Foreign Ministry in downtown Beijing on Wednesday, using the 60th anniversary of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights to decry a myriad of alleged government abuses. Kneeling...

Drowning, other accidents kill 800,000 kids a year HANOI, Vietnam - Simple things like seat belts, childproof medicine caps and fences around pools could help prevent up to half of the 2,000 accidental deaths of children that happen each day around the world, UN officials said Wednesday...

Extrapolation my dear Watson

Deutsche Post CEO sees short recession, Asia expansion SINGAPORE, Dec 10 - Deutsche Post <DPWGn.DE> chief executive Frank Appel said on Wednesday the firm will continue its Asian expansion and keep job cuts to a minimum outside the United States as it expects a short but sharp global...

Malaysia frees man believed to have 9/11 links KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 - Malaysia has released five men held under suspicion of terrorism, including one believed to be linked to the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, the country's minister in charge of security said on Wednesday. Home...

Recruitment starts for S’pore GP volunteer race officials SINGAPORE: Recruitment for race officials for the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix is on from December 8 to on January 23, 2009. This year, the Singapore Sports Council hopes to recruit 800 general race officials for various positions...

Minister George Yeo attends first Bali Democracy Forum SINGAPORE: Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo will be in Bali from Tuesday to Thursday to attend the inaugural Bali Democracy Forum. Organised by Indonesia, the forum seeks to promote cooperation in democracy and development in...

Parent companies of some MNCs to cut jobs; staff in S’pore may be affected SINGAPORE: Many multinational corporations are planning to retrench workers in Asia due to the economic downturn. Among them are Sony Electronics and Nomura, a financial services group. It’s believed staff at their...

MICA bracing for major challenges in light of slowing economy SINGAPORE: Sustaining emerging creative industries will be one of the major challenges for the Information, Communication and the Arts Ministry next year, in light of the current economic slowdown. The other is nurturing the...

Singapore’s largest gift box brings festive cheer to nearly 500 needy children SINGAPORE: A specially constructed giant gift box stuffed with 550 presents has set a new record as the largest gift box in Singapore. The monster—sized gift box measures four metres wide and four metres tall...

Singapore students top in science, beaten in math BOSTON, Dec 9 - Young students in Singapore are the world's top performers in science but have been overtaken in math by their peers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, a study released on Tuesday showed. Boston College's Trends International...

I want to conduct an experiment....if someone gets 1000 points, would the Sam give him a prize like USD1000? For this i'll start with NS kesiao king...please continue to contribute to him accordingly and we'll see what happens.

Re: How Australia Killed 2433 Tourists in 7 Years! There are many ugly aussies...does that mean that there are many racists there?

WTF biscuit is this? Never heard before brand. Should be a favourite for the rich since branded sounding biscuit. Then should be ok since the rich have a lot of money to take care of themselves.....

I have to agree with this cos i hate bloody road hoggers and you will coincidentally meet them when you're on a tight schedule. Why do they think that they have the god given right to drive on the right lane when they can see many cars lining up behind them? If they are damn lousy drivers who...

Would the headlines read "Anwar: Mahathir played my ass" ...there goes another round of sodomy charges. One day malaysia would legalize anal sex just to rid its judiciary of too many sodomy charges.

Amongst others: Tee Kee - who tries to spread the word of Christianity....watch out these consters

Jesus spoke but what a dissapointing question

Re: How Australia Killed 2433 Tourists in 7 Years! Any statistics on visitors who were bored to death?