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Cyprus parliament decides on bailout, likely to vote yes Cypriot Finance Minister Harris Georgiades speaks to Reuters in an interview in Nicosia April 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Andreas Manolis By Michele Kambas NICOSIA | Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:06am EDT (Reuters) - Cyprus's parliament decides on...

Spain's economy shrinks for seventh straight quarter By Paul Day MADRID | Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:35am EDT (Reuters) - Spain fell deeper into recession in the first three months of the year, the seventh straight quarter it has seen its economy shrink, data showed on Tuesday. Rising exports and...

China says detains 19, seizes weapons after Xinjiang unrest BEIJING | Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:48am EDT (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained 19 people and seized homemade explosives and weapons following a bloody clash between residents and officials which killed 21 people last week in the...

Stalls selling beef as mutton fined April 27, 2013 - 12:24am By: Eunice Toh TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO Three stalls that sold food which had mutton mixed with beef were each fined $3,000 on Wednesday. The dishes they served were supposed to contain only mutton. The stalls, N.M Abdul Rahim from...

HSA sounds alert over illegal cosmetic products POSTED: 25 Apr 2013 4:52 PM The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) warned Thursday that three Tabita cosmetic products have been found to contain potent undeclared ingredients. Tabita cosmetic products (Photo/HSA) SINGAPORE: The Health Sciences...

Mother of rape victim: Our hurt is forever April 25, 2013 - 1:03am By: Rennie Whang Tan Jun Hui, 30, was jailed 14 years and given 24 strokes of the cane yesterday for armed robbery, aggravated rape and attempted aggravated sexual assault. Among those in the public gallery in the...

Jobless man jailed 14 years, given 24 strokes of cane for rape and robbery Published on Apr 24, 2013 Posed photo of a man in handcuffs. A jobless man who raped and robbed a woman at knifepoint as she made her way home was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane on...

Russian man accused of threatening to blow up plane claims trial in May By Claire Huang POSTED: 25 Apr 2013 1:00 AM A Russian man accused of threatening to blow up a Singapore Airlines plane has claimed trial in May instead of June. Singapore Subordinate Courts (Photo: Anthony Chia...

Jobless man who slapped and punched elderly woman fined By Claire Huang POSTED: 23 Apr 2013 4:07 PM SINGAPORE: An unemployed man who slapped and punched a 61-year-old woman in the bus has been fined S$4,000. Twenty-eight-year-old Luah Kok Boon was also ordered by the district judge to...

Russian accused of threatening air steward to blow up plane claims trial By Leong Wai Kit POSTED: 22 Apr 2013 5:43 PM A 26-year-old Russian man accused of threatening an air steward that he would blow up a Singapore Airlines plane is claiming trial. Vlada Vitaly was charged on Monday with...

Russian denies making bomb threat on SIA flight Published on Apr 22, 2013 Russian national Vlada Vitaly (above) was charged on Monday, April 22, 2013, with threatening to blow up a Singapore Airlines plane. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG By Khushwant Singh A RUSSIAN national was charged...

Woodlands water tank death: Lawyer asks cleaner about girlfriends By Foo Jie Ying The New Paper Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 SINGAPORE - They had never met, but they had talked on the phone regularly. And it was over the phone that he confessed his love for her, she said. But Ms Sri Hartuti, 31...

Woodlands water tank death: Lawyer asks cleaner about girlfriends By Foo Jie Ying The New Paper Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 SINGAPORE - They had never met, but they had talked on the phone regularly. And it was over the phone that he confessed his love for her, she said. But Ms Sri Hartuti, 31...

Water tank victim said to have made death pact with boyfriend By Leong Wai Kit POSTED: 18 Apr 2013 9:02 PM The boyfriend of the Indonesian maid whose body was found in an HDB water tank said the two made a pact to die together. Repon Mostafa (R) with his lawyer Ram Goswami (L) on 18 May...

Water tank victim said to have made death pact with boyfriend By Leong Wai Kit POSTED: 18 Apr 2013 9:02 PM The boyfriend of the Indonesian maid whose body was found in an HDB water tank said the two made a pact to die together. Repon Mostafa (R) with his lawyer Ram Goswami (L) on 18 May...

Mindef suspends navy serviceman involved in hit-and-run accident Published on Apr 11, 2013 By Lim Yan Liang The Ministry of Defence confirmed on Thursday night that a Republic of Singapore Navy serviceman was involved in the hit-and-run accident along Mandai Road on Tuesday. The...

I tried to stop lover from drowning herself: Cleaner Published on Mar 29, 2013 By Khushwant Singh A Bangladeshi cleaner told a coroner's inquiry yesterday that he tried to stop his Indonesian lover from drowning herself in a rooftop water tank in May 2011. But according to Mr Md Repon...

Police officer tells why he left maid in water tank 28 Mar 2013 A police officer who found a maid’s body submerged in a water tank did not pull her out immediately because he did not want to put himself at risk. Ms Ruliyawati's body was found in water 1.2m deep in a 2.2m high tank on the...

Man arrested for providing false contact information Posted: 24 March 2013 0020 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 45-year-old man for providing false contact information as a guarantor when obtaining illegal loans. The suspect was nabbed at about 12.40pm on Friday in the vicinity of...

Man jailed 2 years for molesting niece on three occasions Published on Mar 20, 2013 A 57-year-old man, who first molested his niece when she was 10-years-old, was sentenced to two years in jail on Wednesday morning. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN By Jalelah Abu Baker A 57-year-old...