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'Progress' in Pakistan and India peace talks
ISLAMABAD - INDIA and Pakistan wrapped up their latest round of peace talks yesterday, saying that they had made significant progress and had signed a pact on giving consular access to prisoners.
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Quit but stay independent, Mahathir urges BN members
The ex-prime minister has posted a 10-point argument on his blog, Chedet.com, that Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs should hop out of the coalition but not join the opposition. He says it is another way of forcing his successor Abdullah Badawi to step down. -ST
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Buzzing...
OUCH: A new public service ad shows actor Harrison Ford getting his chest waxed and wincing in apparent pain. The ad is an announcement for Conservation International to raise awareness about the effect of deforestation on global warming. Ford, who doesn't typically appear in such TV spots, sits on the board of directors of the environmental organisation... SHOW TIME: Bruce Lee and
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New Will Smith film
LOS ANGELES - Actor Will Smith is to produce an English-language remake of the recent French box-office phenomenon Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis.
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Jolie's film a Cannes contender
CANNES - An animated documentary about Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and a courageous attempt to portray the Naples mafia were among the front runners for top honours as the Cannes film festival hit the halfway mark.
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Oculus could sell shares but it won't recoup funds
EYECARE firm Oculus is trying to recover $7.5 million that its major shareholder Ariel Singapore seems to have used for its own investments instead of holding in trust.
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No takers at all for hotel site in Little India
A HOTEL site on top of the Little India MRT station had yet to attract a single offer by the time its tender closed yesterday.
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Israel to withdraw from Golan Heights, says Syria
JERUSALEM - SYRIA has received commitments for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the 1967 border, its Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said yesterday.
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Edward Kennedy's brain tumour a shock to fellow politicians
BOSTON - THAT legendary Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumour has sent a wave of shock and sadness through the US political establishment.
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World Quickly
GEORGE YEO VISITS SURABAYA
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Maradona tells Pele not to criticise him as the Brazilian icon, too, has his own 'dark side'
CANNES - DIEGO Maradona, in Cannes to promote a documentary on his life, has lashed out at Pele, saying his fellow football icon should stop criticising him.
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Going to Beijing? Americans find the price hard to swallow
NEW YORK - PETER Fekete is about to retire from his job as a maintenance machinist at a General Motors plant. His wife, Irene, is an administrative assistant in a pharmaceutical company.
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Spain's Olympic campaign in doubt after failed dope tests
MADRID - THE Spanish women's hockey team could be banned from the Beijing Olympics after two of their players failed doping tests.
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LaSalle campus' 'glass gem' bags top building award
THE new LaSalle campus complex, a striking array of glass and stone facades linked by bridges, scooped top honours at the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) awards ceremony last night.
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StarHub 'blocking file-share program'
WEB surfers are up in arms over a new report that says StarHub is blocking a popular software program that allows netizens to share movies and other large digital files.
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Don't dismiss seat-belt subsidy idea for the needy
I REFER to the reports, 'Seat belts compulsory for new minibuses' last Sunday and 'Ministry clarifies on school bus fare subsidy'' on Monday.
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Helping fight higher prices
Employers might question why the National Wages Council (NWC), in its recommendations last week, has asked them to consider paying a one-off inflation lump sum to rank-and-file employees. The simple answer is, they should not be bystanders in the widening efforts to help low-wage earners cope with rising prices, especially of food and other basic necessities.
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Ma's calming influence
HONG KONG - MR MA YING-JEOU, in his inaugural address as Taiwan's president on Tuesday, defined both his minimum and maximum goals in cross-strait relations. They tallied squarely with those of his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao.
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Leisure Island
The URA revealed an ambitious blueprint to make Singapore a great place to work, live and have fun in. Under its Leisure Plan, 900ha of new park space and 260km of park connectors will be added in the next 10 to 15 years. -ST
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Asean chief meets Myanmar PM to discuss aid
YANGON - ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan met Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein yesterday to discuss a new regional effort to coordinate international aid for cyclone victims.
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