AS A boy, Mr Kevjn Lim got into so many scrapes that he landed up in Boys' Town, a home for delinquents.

Now 29, Mr Lim is still involved in scrapes - other people's. More specifically, between the Israelis and Palestinians in the disputed West Bank.

He also speaks Mandarin now - a language he used to flunk - as well as Hebrew and at least eight other tongues.Mr Lim is the only Singaporean war zone delegate of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross.

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