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Abdullah undermined as Mahathir quits
Former premier Mahathir Mohamad dramatically upped the stakes in his bitter battle with his successor yesterday when he quit Umno and urged other members to follow him. -ST
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Lorry spills 20 foreign workers in crash
A lorry ferrying foreign workers flipped onto its side early yesterday morning, sending 20 men tumbling out. -ST
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Temples give out food rations to 1,200 needy families
About 1,200 needy families yesterday received food rations, courtesy of a joint philanthropic effort by a Taoist and a Hindu temple. -ST
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Expert sees bright future for solar research in S'pore
SINGAPORE is a long way from his home in Germany, but for Professor Joachim Luther, no place is too far for the pursuit of his passion: solar power.
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DBS should include smaller investors when raising funds
CALL them what you like - small investors, mum-and-dad investors, retail investors - but there was no doubt where the DBS Bank contingent were this week: out in the cold.
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Bus belts no routine matter
THE pending requirement that new school buses must have seat belts will meet what is by now a visceral demand to ensure schoolchildren's safety. But complications that could arise over the implementation can keep the controversy over school bus safety brewing for a while.
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Take harsher stand against errant fathers
WITH reference to the reports, 'Why men stray' on Sunday and 'Errant dads don't pay up' (May 5), I agree with the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, that many social ills stem from irresponsible men.
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Giving voice to the child's needs
WHO speaks for the child? Not his parents, if they are in the midst of a divorce.
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Exam time ushers in suicide season in India
Thousands of kids buckle under parental pressure to get high grades. -ST
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Noordin Top 'may have fled Indonesia'
JAKARTA - SOUTH-EAST ASIA'S most-wanted terror suspect, Noordin Top, may have evaded a massive manhunt and fled Indonesia.
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World Quickly
SEOUL LODGES TEXTBOOK PROTEST
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Osama slams Arab govts for failing to 'liberate' Palestine
DUBAI - AL-QAEDA chief Osama bin Laden has denounced Arab regimes for selling out Palestine and called on Muslims to help liberate the territory.
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World agencies under fire amid food crisis
UNITED NATIONS - BUFFETED by food riots at home, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade this month lashed out at a distant culprit: The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
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Scientists make rare find of brittlestars in Antarctic
OSLO (NEW ZEALAND) - A UNIQUE colony of tens of millions of starfish-like creatures has been found on a mountain peak lying below the ocean in sub-Antarctic waters south of New Zealand.
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Faye Wong sings to raise funds for quake
BEIJING - Three years after dropping out of showbiz, Chinese singer Faye Wong (right) returned to the stage on Sunday, to raise funds for the Sichuan earthquake.
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Respectable reviews for Indy
CANNES - Indiana Jones returned 19 years after his last adventure, winning a friendly round of applause at a press preview in Cannes and respectable reviews.
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Risen from the Ashes
CANNES - Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai's 1994 gongfu classic Ashes Of Time returned to the screen on Sunday, in a reworked version that came complete with new music and special effects.
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A few good men in the way of a China sweep
JAKARTA - CHINA'S dominance of the Thomas and Uber Cups sets the scene for an Olympic whitewash, with head coach Li Yongbo vowing to clinch gold medals for the host nation.
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Imada wins at last
DULUTH (GEORGIA) - RYUJI Imada won his first PGA Tour title on Sunday, becoming only the third Japanese to win a US tournament.
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United's old warriors eye a last hurrah
MANCHESTER - A DEJECTED George Best had left the stands at the Camp Nou stadium.
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