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  • Indian-origin man in Singapore jailed

    A Singapore court Friday sentenced a 45-year-old Indian-origin man to two years in jail for molesting a 13-year-old boy. S. Subramaniam, a real estate agent, was found guilty of molesting the student at the former's flat at the Yishun area here Dec 23, 2011, the Straits Times reported. The court heard that Subramaniam invited the boy and his 14-year-old cousin and committed the act. The boy ...

  • Singapores export performance improves

    Singapore's non-oil domestic exports, a key gauge of the trade hub's export performance, fell by 1 percent year-on-year in April, trade promotion agency International Enterprise Singapore said Friday. It followed a year-on-year contraction of 4.8 percent in the previous month, exceeding market expectations, reported Xinhua. The agency said the contraction was largely due to a drop in ...

  • Central Mosque Cluster and new volunteer management system launched by Muis

    The Central Mosque Cluster, the fifth and largest one under the Enhanced Mosque Cluster (EMC) system, was launched by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) on Saturday. Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, guest of honour at the event, said: "EMCs have enhanced the capabilities of our mosques in the areas of corporate governance, capacity-building and ...

  • Winners of Presidents Challenge Social Enterprise Award to receive business advice

    Winners of this year's President's Challenge Social Enterprise Award can look forward to receiving corporate advisory support in areas such as business, marketing, law and financing. -- ST FILE PHOTO: ALPHONSUS ...

  • Remember Navys behind the scenes work securing Singapores imports Chan Chun Sing

    Servicemen from the Republic of Singapore Navy and two Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats surrounding an "intruder" during a media preview of the Navy Open House 2013. Senior Minister of State for Defence Chan Chun Sing opened this weekend's Navy Open House by reminding Singaporeans of their navy's "hard work behind the scenes" in securing the sea lanes that deliver ...


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Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) [DVD]

Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) [DVD]

While the filmmakers of the French New Wave were heralded for their politically minded subversions of the Hollywood "invisible" style of continuity and the Italian Neorealists were praised for the gritty realism they brought to the cinema, the filmmakers of the Czech New Wave in the 1960s did something much simpler, but no less profound: They brought a new level of seriocomic intimacy to the movi ... ...

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  • Dengue cases hit 6490 cases so far this year higher than all of 2012

    Dengue cases in the first five months of this year alone have hit a high of 6,490, more than the 4,632 cases in the whole of last year, and 5,330 in 2011. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CHEW SENG ...

  • Sporeans and PRs enjoy free admission to 11 museums and exhibition centres from today

    Visitors exit the Peranakan Museum on Aug 7, 2012. ISingaporeans and permanent residents (PR) here can start enjoying free admission to 11 museums and exhibition centres from today. -- ST FILE ...

  • New cabins for Singapore Airlines in Sept no plans for premium economy class

    Singapore Airlines will roll out its next- generation cabins, which comes with new and more comfortable seats, in September. But travellers hoping for a premium economy class will be disappointed. SIA currently has no plans to offer this, chief executive officer Goh Choon Phong told The Straits Times. "When we think the time is right, we will do it but it's not quite that time ...

  • American researchers death Todd not involved in any work for Huawei

    American researcher Shane Todd's work at the Singapore Institute of Microelectronics (IME) did not involve any classified military research, an inquiry into his death heard yesterday. A comprehensive account of his employment record there by his colleagues and direct supervisor, Dr Patrick Lo, also showed he was not involved in any work for Huawei Technologies, except for a nine-day stint ...

  • Most people in favour of Governments proposals to inject fairness into vehicle quota system

    The Government's proposals to inject more fairness into the vehicle quota system have whipped up a vigorous debate and initial signs point to more people supporting, rather than opposing, the suggested moves. Motor traders, transport experts and online readers of The Straits Times are largely in favour of the proposal to impose a surcharge on motorists who buy more than one car. Announced ...

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