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S'pore-Laos ties stronger: PM Lee
SINGAPORE'S ties with Laos have strengthened at all levels over the years, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at a dinner in honour of Laos Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh. 'People-to-people exchanges and cross- cultural interactions have strengthened. A growing number of... [Read more]

James deserves to be No. 1: Redknapp
LONDON - HARRY Redknapp has urged England to go for Portsmouth's goalkeeper David James when the national squad are named tomorrow. The 36-year-old made three top-class saves in the dying minutes to earn his Premiership club a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough... [Read more]

Sports World
AUSTRALIA LOSE 2-3 TO BELGIUM LIEGE: Former Davis Cup tennis champions Australia lost 2-3 to Belgium in the first round of the World Group on Sunday.Lleyton Hewitt put the Australians on even terms when he won the reverse singles. But Chris... [Read more]

Change Agent
NEW DELHI - BACK from Paris after presenting a climate change report, Dr Rajendra Pachauri was disturbed by a mosquito's buzz as he rested in his New Delhi home last week. What alarmed the environmental expert, who chaired the United Nations-backed... [Read more]

'We're gangsters. Both are gangsters'
IN A testimony peppered with glimpses of underworld dealings, accused gunman Tan Chor Jin yesterday gave his side of the story in the fatal shooting of his long-time friend, nightclub boss Lim Hock Soon. Tan, dubbed the 'One-eyed Dragon', told of... [Read more]

Bak kwa store shows off Wireless@SG's potential
TECHNOLOGY is helping bak kwa sales in the heart of Chinatown zip right along, despite massive queues as Chinese New Year nears. The Bee Cheng Hiang store in Pagoda Street, which gets some 2,000 customers in a week as the festive... [Read more]

Cigarette smugglers using illegals as 'mules'
CIGARETTE smugglers have found new 'mules' for their contraband - individuals who sneak into Singapore illegally to find work. Such individuals, who swim across the sea or arrive in boats at night, under cover of darkness, are already on the wrong... [Read more]

Need product info? Just Zap it with your cellphone
IT SOUNDS like a scene from a futuristic movie, but shoppers here can soon download pictures - and even videos - of products just by pointing their phones at advertisements or product boxes, courtesy of a new technology called ColorCode. Distributed... [Read more]

Smaller sites snapped up in new wave of collective sales
LARGE homes in prime areas may be all the rage, but some developers have quietly turned their attention to smaller sites outside the high-priced central districts. These bite-sized estates in popular residential suburbs are being swept up in a new wave... [Read more]

Take pre-emptive action to ease road congestion
SINGAPORE has been a world leader in the field of road pricing. London has only recently implemented the equivalent of a system operated by Singapore from 1975-1998. In both countries, the experience has been that road pricing displaces traffic around the... [Read more]

Some fans cancel trip for second leg in Bangkok
TO GO or not to go? Singapore fans are split over travelling to Bangkok for the Lions' Asean Football Championship second-leg, final clash with Thailand on Sunday. Their concern comes after Wednesday's controversial first leg at the National Stadium. Singapore pipped... [Read more]