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  • Thulasi Arundhati Sai Praneeth enter main draw in Singapore

    Indian shuttlers P.C. Thulasi, Arundhati Pantawane and B. Sai Praneeth entered the main draw after winning the qualification rounds of their respective categories at the Singapore Open Super Series here Tuesday. Sai Praneeth, who sent legendary Taufik Hidayat into retirement last week, won both his men's singles qualification matches. The youngster beat Japanese Riichi Takeshita 21-12, 22-20 ...

  • Japan promotes eco-friendly transportation

    A safe and efficient transportation system is one of the highlights of Singapore's Changi Airport. Its credit goes to Japanese signal maker Kyosan, which introduced the signal system automated electric sky train. The electric sky trains, equipped with rubber tyres, are eco-friendly and help passengers move from one terminal to another. Kyosan has provided the technology for eco-friendly ...

  • IIT-ian becomes dean of top Singapore business school

    Ravi Kumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (IIT-M), has been appointed dean of the Nanyang Business School (NBS) in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), it was announced Tuesday. In a press release issued by the university, Kumar, 61, has been described as "an academic heavyweight with a good blend of east-west experience". Ravi Kumar comes to Singapore ...

  • Haze update PSI reading rises beyond 150 again this week

    Picture of haze overlooking Geylang area at 1.30pm on June 19, 2013. The haze in Singapore has climbed into the unhealthy range again, when the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit 152 at 1pm on Wednesday. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND ...

  • Fire that killed cancer patient could have been accidental or intentional said coroner

    A housewife continued to smoke cigarettes even after she suffered a cancer relapse in August last year. A month later, a fire broke out in the bedroom of Madam Goh Kim Cheok. She sustained 50 per cent burns on her body and died a week later. She was 66 years old and left behind two sons. At the inquiry on Wednesday into her death, State Coroner Toh Yung Cheong said that cause of death was the ...


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Primal Fear [Blu-Ray]

Primal Fear [Blu-Ray]

A beloved archbishop in Chicago is brutally murdered in his bedroom, stabbed 78 times with a large knife, his eyes gouged out, his body mutilated. A 19-year-old altar boy named Aaron Stampler is found running from the crime scene, covered with the bishops blood. He is caught and immediately ... ...

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  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Index down ST Engineering outperforms

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:37am EDT Singapore shares drifted lower, snapping three consecutive sessions of gains, with investors waiting for more clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve's next policy step. The Straits Times Index was down 0.3 percent at 3,218.41 points on Wednesday, almost in line with the fall in MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan . Hongkong Land Holdings ...

  • Look forward to a mix of old and new at this years National Day Parade

    Soldiers marching down the steps of the Marina Bay Floating Platform during the National Day Parade (NDP) at Marina Bay Floating Platform on 9 August 2011. This year's National Day Parade looks set to be bigger and better with more assets on display and more personnel from the military and Home teams taking part. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN ...

  • 10 men charged with having commercial sex with 16-year-old girl

    Ten men were charged in court on Wednesday with having paid sex with a 16-year-old girl. Three indicated that they would be pleading guilty to their respective charges while the rest had their cases adjourned. A total of 12 men allegedly had commercial sex with the same girl, a student, who cannot be named due to a gag order. Deputy Public Prosecutor Stella Tan told the court that one of ...

  • No rental increase for two-years for those whose incomes cross the $800-a-month mark

    National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan views a vacant completed unit, a 4-room HDB flat at Block 886C, Treegrove@ Woodlands. Rental increases will now be waived for two years for those whose incomes cross a $800 a month threshold, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a blog post on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: ...

  • Man charged with murder of colleague in Kranji

    A deliveryman was charged in court on Wednesday with murdering a fellow colleague at a timber company in Kranji on Monday. -- THE NEW PAPER PHOTO: CHOO CHEE ...

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