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Splitting the bill
ITV asked Thailand's administrative court to separate a 2.2 billion baht (S$94.4 million) back-fee payment and a 97.8 billion baht fine that it has been ordered to pay by early next month, company spokesman Ramida Prutkumut said by telephone in Bangkok... [Read more]

More Chinese delay pregnancy by freezing eggs
BEIJING - AN INCREASING number of Chinese women are asking fertility institutes to freeze their eggs so that they can postpone pregnancy to enjoy their careers and youth, Chinese media reported yesterday.More than 260 couples in Shanghai had frozen eggs, the... [Read more]

Donated film reveals new details of Kennedy's final moments
DALLAS - A PREVIOUSLY unreleased film of President John F. Kennedy's motorcade has revealed new details of the final moments before his assassination. The silent 8mm film, which was donated to a Dallas museum by amateur photographer George Jefferies and his... [Read more]

Osasuna hope to upset Barca again
MADRID - LEAGUE leaders Barcelona will be looking to bounce back at Osasuna tomorrow, following their shock 0-1 home defeat by Real Zaragoza in the Spanish Cup in midweek. The defeat was Barcelona's first in their Nou Camp Stadium this season... [Read more]

Floods over, drought looms in Malaysia
PETALING JAYA - ALTHOUGH parts of Malaysia are still mopping up after last month's devastating floods, the weatherman is warning that the country may soon be wishing for rain.The Meteorological Department has forecast weather so dry in the weeks after the... [Read more]

Unusual route to O levels pays off
MOST students take four or five years to sit for the O levels, but Beatty Secondary student David Hoe, 18, took six. That is because David wants to realise his dream of becoming a university graduate teacher. So determined was he... [Read more]

World Quickly
SEGOLENE UNVEILS PROPOSALS PARIS: Socialist presidential hopeful Segolene Royal, trailing in the opinion polls and struggling to kick start her gaffe-prone campaign, unveiled 100 proposals yesterday that she said would make France a stronger, fairer place. Termed 'the presidential pact', the... [Read more]

Here's how we can live with our neighbours
I refer to the recent topic of dealing with neighbours in the midst of heated spats. I believe much 'coffee shop talk' has been going on about the Government's seemingly 'uninterested attitude' or lack of priority towards this issue. I can... [Read more]

Bad experience with anti-virus software
Let me relate my bad experience with Norton products.The Norton Anti-Virus program had been working fine on my notebook but not since I upgraded it to Norton Internet Security 2006.Initially, I thought it could provide greater protection to my notebook compared... [Read more]

SBS traffic inspectors get a taste of their own medicine
A MOTORIST got back at SBS Transit's traffic inspectors who photographed his car parked in a bus lane. Shortly after they took the photo, he spotted the two inspectors having breakfast, with their motorcycles parked illegally along double yellow lines. Whipping... [Read more]

3 managers cleared of all blame over cave-in
AFTER a 48-day trial and the testimony of 37 witnesses, three men taken to court over a worksite accident at the Fusionopolis were yesterday cleared of all charges - even without their lawyers putting forward their case.Project manager Chan Heng Chye,... [Read more]