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  • Singapore Oman reaffirm bilateral ties

    SINGAPORE - The leaders of Singapore and Oman have reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations and discussed new ways to boost relations to the next level under the Oman-Singapore Enhanced Partnership. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam met Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousuf Alawi Abdullah and Secretary-General of the Ministry of ...

  • Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on May 20

    Following are some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. --------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0002 GMT--------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1667.47 1.03% 17.000 USD/JPY 102.77 -0.15% -0.150 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.9559 -- 0.002 SPOT GOLD 1347.24 -0.84% -11.460 US CRUDE 95.85 -0.18% -0.170 DOW JONES 15354.40 0.80% 121.18 ...

  • Delegation Departs For Singapore For STP

    Bandar Seri Begawan - A group of students from Lambak Kanan Primary School arrived in Singapore yesterday to attend the School Twinning Programme (STP) at Concord Primary School, Singapore. Four teachers and eight students are participating in the STP led by Cikgu Mariah Hj Zaidi. Students selected for this programme were assessed based on their achievements, be it academically or their active ...

  • Cables at Botanic Gardens Farrer Road MRT stations replaced

    Workers replacing power cables along the Circle Line MRT at Lorong Chuan station on 13 March 2013, as part of efforts to reduce the risk of power outages that have disrupted train services. Power cables along the train tracks at the Botanic Gardens and Farrer Road MRT stations were replaced yesterday without a hitch. -- ST FILE PHOTO: KUA CHEE ...

  • Lack of sleep is nothing to yawn about

    People who do not sleep enough are more likely to suffer from diabetes and heart problems, studies show. -- PHOTO: DUKE-NUS GRADUATE MEDICAL ...


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Movie Review

Open Range

Open Range

Kevin Costners Open Range has one of the best Western shootouts ever committed to celluloid. It takes up nearly 20 minutes of the film, and in it Costner depicts with frightening clarity the reality of what it must have been like to exchange rounds with six-shooters and shotguns. The violence is sharp, sudden, and loud. The guns fire with a boom that echoes throughout the empty main street ... ...

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  • Changi keeps fowl-ups to a minimum

    Airport operations officer Afzal Laily (above) using a loudhailer with bird distress calls to disperse birds at Changi Airport. -- ST PHOTOS: MUGILAN ...

  • Video of boss abusing employee goes viral

    A 17-second video documenting what looks to be verbal and physical abuse inflicted on an employee by his boss in a Singapore office went viral over the weekend. -- PHOTO: SCREEN CAPTURE FROM ...

  • US pathologist to testify via video-link at inquiry into American researchers death

    A United States-based pathologist who suggested in a post-mortem report that American researcher Shane Todd had been murdered, will testify on Monday via video-link. Dr Edward H. Adelstein had said in his report that evidence of "blunt trauma" bruising in Dr Todd's hands were caused by a fight, although the Health Science Authority (HSA) pathologist who oversaw his autopsy said ...

  • Bank officer arrested after $500000 in cash goes missing

    A 48-YEAR-OLD female bank officer has been arrested for allegedly siphoning half a million dollars in cash. The police said a report was made at 11pm on Friday after a branch manager of the bank at Serangoon Gardens discovered that $500,000 in cash was missing. Police were able to establish that the suspect might have taken the cash during the bank's closing hours the day before. When ...

  • Military Attack wins Singapore Airlines Cup to make it Hong Kongs night

    Military Attack and Zac Purton are led in after the Singapore Airlines International Cup by George Moore, son of trainer John Moore. Photograph: Neville ...

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