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Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano singer Katherine Jenkins (L) and other unidentified guests arrive for the funeral service of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher at St Paul's Cathedral in London April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

Amanda Thatcher gives a reading at the funeral service for her grandmother, former British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at Saint Paul's Cathedral, in London April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool

Carol Thatcher (C), the daughter of former British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, is consoled by her sister-in-law Sarah, as they arrive at Mortlake Crematorium, following the funeral service of Margaret Thatcher at Saint Paul's Cathedral, in London April 17, 2013. REUTERS/David Bebber/Pool

Britain bids farewell to "Iron Lady" Thatcher at grand funeral By Andrew Osborn and Sarah Young LONDON | Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:36pm EDT (Reuters) - Britain gave Margaret Thatcher its grandest political funeral in half a century on Wednesday as her flag-draped coffin was borne through central...

Pathological gambler jailed 7 years for forgery involving $2.3m Published on Mar 22, 2013 By Elena Chong A former assistant accounts manager of an airfreight company was jailed for seven years on Friday for forging company cheques involving a total of $2.3 million. Hon Po Wah, 52, who...

Jobless man pretends to be doctor, drugs women and steals from them Published on Mar 08, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A jobless man pretended to be a doctor and handed out free pills to women in the Jurong Polyclinic. Oh Koon Shin, 52, who handed them sleeping pills, then stole from them after...

10,000 HDB blocks, multi-storey car parks to be fitted with cameras by end-2016 By Hetty Musfirah | Posted: 07 March 2013 2032 hrs File photo of a CCTV camera installed at a public housing block. SINGAPORE: All 10,000 HDB blocks and multi-storey car parks will be fitted with police cameras...

Italy's Berlusconi attacks magistrates over bribery probe MILAN | Fri Mar 1, 2013 7:29am EST (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi accused Italian prosecutors on Friday of threatening a senator with jail to force him to say the billionaire former prime minister paid him to join his center-right...

Dutch court jails Rwandan woman for incitement to genocide By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE | Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:39am EST (Reuters) - A Dutch court sentenced a Rwandan-born woman to six years and eight months in jail on Friday for inciting genocide two decades ago. Judges said 66-year-old Yvonne...

Ex-president Musharraf to return to Pakistan before election DUBAI | Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:28am EST (Reuters) - Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he would return home this month after almost three years in Dubai and take part in a forthcoming parliamentary election...

Exclusive: Chinese trader accused of busting Iran missile embargo By William Maclean and Ben Blanchard Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:29am EST (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman indicted in the United States over sales of missile parts to Iran is still making millions of dollars from the trade, say...

28 February 2013| last updated at 12:01AM Cops turn the tables on 1,000 gamblers By LEE SHI-IAN | [email protected] RICH PICKINGS: Nationwide raids lead to RM507,000 haul Selangor CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohd Adnan Abdullah (second from left) showing various...

China likely to appoint expert on North Korea, Japan as foreign minister By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING | Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:23pm EST (Reuters) - China is likely to appoint an expert on Japan and North Korea as its next foreign minister, three independent sources said, in a measure of...

U.N. Security Council asks for report on possible Mali peacekeepers UNITED NATIONS | Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:21pm EST (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will ask U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to report by the end of March on the possibility of creating a peacekeeping force for Mali...

U.S. plans medical, food aid for Syria fighters: sources WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:26pm EST (Reuters) - The United States is expected to provide medical supplies and food aid to Syrian fighters, a policy shift to directly help those opposing President Bashar al-Assad's forces on the...

Germany: U.S. to keep 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghanistan post-2014 BRUSSELS | Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:38am EST (Reuters) - Germany's Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told NATO allies gathered in Brussels that the United States would keep...

Analysis: Japan's mission impossible: to spend $100 billion in 15 months By Tomasz Janowski and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO | Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:05pm EST (Reuters) - What do you buy the nation that already seems to have everything? That is the question facing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he...