Search results

Iranian diplomat detained for three months without lawyer: sources A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006. Credit: Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS | Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:09pm EDT (Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked...

Naval officer spared jail for forcibly kissing fellow cadet S'pore naval officer in Australian military academy placed on good behaviour order Published on Jun 09, 2013 The judge said the trial had already 'besmirched'Ang's reputation. The 22-year-old was spared jail and placed on an...

Re: If you think you have problems in Singapore. Watch this about American middle cla Spacious and costs only one tenth of what morons pay for a HDB pigeon hole. :D The rise of the $10,000 house: Real estate bust means thousands of super-cheap homes flood the market By MICHAEL ZENNIE...

Grisly death in freezer: Police rule out foul play June 8, 2013 - 1:27am By: Zul Othman Last September, Mr Vadi Valuoo Vasudeva, chief steward at the Raffles Town Club, was found dead in the club kitchen's cold room. At a coroner's inquiry yesterday, which was adjourned after an hour, the...

NUS: No legal basis to recover salary paid to Tey June 7, 2013 - 1:03am By: Foo Jie Ying Tey Tsun Hang may have lost his job as a law professor after being found guilty of corruption in the sex-for-grades trial. But the 42-year-old will leave with close to $200,000 from the National...

Man pins alleged thief down June 5, 2013 - 9:55pm By: Andre Joseph Theng PHOTO: Stomp He saw a man lift his wife’s unattended handbag from the table outside a coffee shop. The man followed the alleged thief for about 4m and then pounced, pinning him to the ground. The incident was...

$200 is sub-sub water to them.

Shane Todd's parents issue open letter to "media outlets and elected officials" By Kimberly Spykerman POSTED: 05 Jun 2013 7:52 PM This undated handout photo made available to AFP shows Shane Todd, a researcher who died in Singapore in June 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Courtesy of MARY TODD)Shane Todd's...

‘Black virgin’ gang-raped at just 13 ordered to be killed for daring to fight for justice against attackers in Pakistan Kainat Soomro attacked by four men as a 13-year-old girl Has been shunned by her village for accusing her alleged rapists Kainat's own relatives ordered to kill her to...

One of the defendants in the murder trial of Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov is escorted into a glass-walled cage before a court hearing in Moscow, June 3, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Five men go on trial again accused of Putin critic's murder Defendants in the murder trial of Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya, Lom-Ali Gaitukayev (R) and Sergei Khadzhikurbanov sit inside a glass-walled cage before a court hearing in Moscow, June 3, 2013...

Ex-SCDF boss Peter Lim guilty of corruption: All he had to do was not unzip, judge says June 1, 2013 - 1:14am By: Shaffiq Alkhatib TNP PHOTO: Gavin Foo Former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter Benedict Lim Sin Pang , 53, had insisted that Ms Pang Chor Mui was the one...

Peter Lim verdict: No indication if Lim will appeal against judgment Published on May 31, 2013 Former Singapore Civil Defence Force Chief Peter Lim Sin Pang, and his lawyers, Mr K Bala Chandran (left), and Mr Hamidul Haq (right), arrive at the Subordinate Courts, on May 31, 2013...

Ng Boon Gay case: Grounds of decision out and prosecution has till June 11 to appeal Published on May 31, 2013 Former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Mr Ng Boon Gay (left), and his wife, Mrs Madam Yap Yen Yen, leave the Subordinate Courts after he was acquitted of all charges by...

2 Myanmar nationals and Singaporean jailed for sham marriage offence Published on May 31, 2013 By Elena Chong Two Myanmar nationals and a Singaporean who were involved in a sham marriage offence were jailed on Friday. The agent, Kyaw Kyaw Oo, 35, was given nine months' jail for...

Former abattoir worker jailed for life for April Jones murder Reuters May 31, 2013, 12:51 am Five-year-old April Jones is seen in this undated photograph released by Dyfed-Powys Police in Carmarthen, Mid Wales October 5, 2012. REUTERS/Dyfed-Powys Police/Handout via Reuters LONDON (Reuters)...

Five companies convicted for failing to provide acceptable accommodation for FWs POSTED: 30 May 2013 2:06 PM (photo: Francine Lim, channelnewsasia.com) SINGAPORE: Five companies were convicted for failing to provide acceptable accommodation for their foreign workers (FWs). The companies...

Top Pakistan Taliban leader 'killed by drone' Wali ur-Rehman, who had a $5m bounty on his head, targeted by US drone in North Waziristan, officials say. Last Modified: 29 May 2013 19:00 Move your cursor over the mouse to see the play button<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

Two charged with stealing emblems off cars in basement car parks Published on May 28, 2013 By Elena Chong Two men were charged on Tuesday with 15 counts of mischief by removing the emblems of vehicles. Timothy Cheong Zhan Yuan, 25, and Jamie Koh Guan Hoe, 37, are alleged to have ripped...