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No need to shut new Thai airport: Panel
BANGKOK - THAILAND does not need to close its new international airport to repair cracks on taxiways and runways, a panel of investigators said yesterday, blaming the damage on underground water. Cracks have been found across 78,000 sq m, or roughly... [Read more]

Shooting sprees in two US cities leave 10 dead
SALT LAKE CITY (UTAH) - AT LEAST 10 people died and several others were injured when two gunmen went on separate shooting sprees in two US cities. Witnesses in a crowded Salt Lake City shopping mall in Utah reported hearing 'shot... [Read more]

Touting: One lawyer to face judges, another cleared by panel
ENTRAPMENT methods used by private investigators have succeeded in landing one lawyer in trouble for allegedly touting for business, while another has been cleared of wrongdoing.The investigators had evidently been hired by legal rivals to catch the two lawyers in the... [Read more]

News In Brief
Tokyo, New York bourses on track for tie-up dealTOKYO - THE Tokyo and New York stock exchanges are expected to reach an agreement on their tie-up when bourse officials meet in New York at the end of the month, said a... [Read more]

'Alwyn Lim insisted Durai deserved first class travel'
THE Ministry of Health's (MOH) representative to the old National Kidney Foundation (NKF) executive committee yesterday described former vice-chairman Alwyn Lim as one of Mr T.T. Durai's most vociferous supporters. Dr Ling Sing Lin said in court yesterday that Mr Lim... [Read more]

240, 000 new PRs, citizens in next 5 years
SINGAPORE can expect to add about 200,000 permanent residents (PRs) and 40,000 citizens to its fold in the next five years, if it draws the same numbers as it did in the last five years.This is part of the three- pronged... [Read more]

Phones of the future
THESE phones may just make current 3G models obsolete. The phones of the future - showcased at the 3GSM World Congress trade show in Barcelona - are here in today's Digital Life.From Nokia's E90 communicator PDA phone to Motorola's Krzr K3, they... [Read more]

Donors pledge $12b in aid to Lebanon
PARIS - SAUDI Arabia, the United States, France and other donors pledged about US$7.6 billion (S$12 billion) in aid to Lebanon yesterday to bolster the Western-backed government in Beirut and help the country recover from war. The pledges poured in during... [Read more]

US woman sets spacewalk record
AMERICAN astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time walking in space than any other woman, with a record of 22 hours and 27 minutes.Ms Williams, 41, broke the previous record of more than 21 hours on Sunday when she and... [Read more]

Citibank's reputation best among banks here
CITIBANK has leapfrogged its local rivals to become the bank with the best corporate reputation among Singaporeans, according to a new survey. The American giant scored 2.97 out of a possible 5 to edge out last year's chart-topper, DBS Bank, at... [Read more]

Year of Golden Pig set to bring home the bacon for investors
ACCORDING to astrologers, this Year of the Pig will be especially auspicious. For investors, it will, they say, really bring home the bacon. That is because it is not just any Pig Year, but a Golden Pig Year - the first... [Read more]