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2 arrested for involvement in loanshark harassment <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QldamwLhcLM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> AsiaOne Wednesday, Sep 11, 2013 Police have arrested two men, aged 49 and 54, for involvement in loanshark...

Updated: 09/04/2013 00:35 | By Channel NewsAsia Man gets 5 years’ corrective training,12 strokes for repeat offences <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wXkrN4cgs1I?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> SINGAPORE: A 39-year-old man was sentenced to five...

Police appeal for relatives of man who passed away in AMK AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 63-year-old Mr Mervyn Keong Poh Sin to come forward. Mr Keong passed away at Blk 424, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 on August 19, 2013. The next-of-kin or...

Updated: 08/26/2013 11:49 | By Channel NewsAsia Director linked to City Harvest testifies in church leaders' trial SINGAPORE: The trial of the five leaders of City Harvest Church and one former leader resumed on Monday with a director linked to the church testifying against them. Choong Kar...

Hong Kong hostage relatives sue Philippine government Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 18.49 Hong Kong survivors of a Manila hostage crisis and families of those killed sued the Philippine government Thursday to demand an apology and compensation, a day before the tragedy's third anniversary. In...

22 August 2013 Last updated at 11:05 GMT Mers: Deadly coronavirus found in tomb bat By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service The sample was found in a faecal sample taken from an Egyptian tomb bat The deadly Mers coronavirus has been isolated in a bat in Saudi Arabia...

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Former United Airlines flight attendant sent bomb threats to carrier REUTERS FIRST POSTED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013 07:54 PM EDT | UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013 07:58 PM EDT Credit: WFAA / Getty Images Former American Airlines flight attendant trainee Patrick Cau, 40, is expected to...

New H7N7 bird flu strain found in chickens Xinhua, August 22, 2013 A new strain of bird flu that can infect and kill animals has been discovered in chickens in poultry markets in China, according to a new study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Having studied samples from birds...

Police appeal for Information in shop theft case AsiaOne Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for the person in the following picture to assist with investigations into a case of Shop Theft which occurred at a shopping centre located along East Coast Road, on 28 June 2013 at...

Man molests woman at Yishun MRT AsiaOne Friday, Aug 16, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a man who is believed to have molested a woman after she alighted from the train at Yishun MRT. On Aug 8, at around 9pm, the victim was travelling down the escalator at the said station when she...

Updated: 08/15/2013 17:51 | By Channel NewsAsia Body of man found floating in Pandan Garden waterway SINGAPORE: A body was found floating in the canal opposite Block 409 in Pandan Road. Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they received a call at about 7.30am requesting...

Man, 20, arrested for a series of outrage of modesty cases AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 14, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for a series of outrage of modesty cases in Jurong West. Between March to July this year, police received several outrage of modesty reports...

Inmate's death: Minister explains why investigation took 28 months August 13, 2013 - 1:11am By: Foo Jie Ying Second Minister for Home Affairs S. Iswaran tackled questions in Parliament yesterday on the death of Changi Prison inmate Dinesh Raman Chinnaiah. Among them was why the investigation...

Less than 40 police officers charged annually over 5 years AsiaOne Monday, Aug 12, 2013 SINGAPORE - Over the last five years from 2008 to 2012, the number of regular police officers and National Service police officers charged in court each year for criminal offences averaged 17 and 23...

AOL's CEO fired this man in front of 1,000 coworkers August 12, 2013, 9:19 am Business Insider Tim Armstrong sacked Abel Lenz, creative director of its local news network Patch, on a conference call. Abel Lenz (Photo: LinkedIn) was sacked by Tim Armstrong (Photo: Reuters). Earlier today...

Lovers in Chongqing Turn to Luxury Road Rage To Settle Dispute <header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; list-style: none; display: block; color: rgb(153, 153, 153)...

Health risks from poor quality underwears Shanghai Daily, August 8, 2013 Now even the underwears are failing quality tests! Shanghai’s market watchdog said yesterday that some of the women’s underwears had issues with poor color fastness, fiber content and a high pH index, all of which pose...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IugnMRgnhMk?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Aug. 7 - An unmanned Delta 4 rocket is launched from Cape Canaveral to put a satellite into orbit for the U.S. military and its partners, including Australia. Rough...

As Berlusconi star fades, daughter Marina tipped as new leader Fininvest President Marina Berlusconi smiles during the shareholders meeting at Mondadori headquarters in Segrate, outside Milan, April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Paolo Bona By Danilo Masoni MILAN | Wed Aug 7, 2013 11:13am EDT (Reuters)...