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SM's call to wealthy: Give 0.5% of annual pay to needy
THIS is a call from Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong: If you are wealthy, donate at least 0.5 per cent of your annual income to help the needy. Mr Goh made it yesterday, saying he hoped Singapore will one day become... [Read more]

CapitaLand earns $40m from sale of office space
CAPITALAND has sold all its entire interest in the Samsung Hub office block to two different buyers for a gain of $40 million.The entire divestment of space in the central business district building amounted to $152.9 million.Property company Ho Bee Development... [Read more]

Homecoming kings
PHOTO: ALBERT SIMIt was a football homecoming to savour for Singapore skipper Aide Iskandar and the victorious Lions yesterday. They were mobbed by 300-odd fans at the airport upon their return from Bangkok, where they had clinched the Asean Football Championship... [Read more]

More than 100 accidents over New Year weekend
WHILE most people here were raising a toast to the Chinese New Year over the weekend, many families had to rush to hospital to attend to relatives involved in road crashes. There were 40 accidents on Friday, 35 on Saturday and... [Read more]

News Corp nears deal for Chinese MySpace
SHANGHAI - NEWS Corp is finalising an agreement with partners to launch a networking website venture in China within a few months, venture capital and Chinese government sources said yesterday.The deal, if successful, would be a landmark step for News Corp,... [Read more]

Changing tactics of terrorism
SINCE the start of this decade, more than 1,000 people have been detained in Britain under the country's anti-terrorism legislation. But the threat has not diminished. In a rare public speech last November, Ms Eliza Manningham-Buller, the head of Britain's internal... [Read more]

Pakistan to erect fence along Afghan border
RAWALPINDI (PAKISTAN) - PAKISTAN will erect 35km of fencing to reinforce its porous mountain border with Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday. He acknowledged for the first time that Pakistani frontier guards may be allowing suspected Taleban and Al-Qaeda fighters to... [Read more]

US plans to put on a more welcoming face
WASHINGTON - THE US government and private sector are launching a massive effort to reshape America's image for foreign visitors amid concerns that tightened security measures have made the country inhospitable. The campaign comes as the number of visitors to the... [Read more]

Some measures to be taken
Educate communities about the impact of the haze on their families' health. Train villagers in ways to prevent forest fires and help them use zero burning techniques to clear land. Reward farmers who reduce burning with funds for necessities such as... [Read more]

Undersea quake hits Indonesia's Maluku islands
JAKARTA - A STRONG 6.6-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's northern Maluku province yesterday, the meteorology agency said, prompting initial fears of a tsunami.The agency urged residents on Bacan island to be alert for signs of rising sea levels after the quake... [Read more]

Today's News Articles
La LigaTodayA. Madrid v SantanderVillarreal v R. Madrid Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4.55amTomorrowGetafe v OsasunaGimnastic v EspanyolLevante v Sevilla Live, Ch22, 11.55pmMallorca v R. HuelvaR. Sociedad v BilbaoZaragoza v Deportivo Barcelona v Celta Vigo Live, Ch22, Monday, 1.55amReal Betis v Valencia Live,... [Read more]