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Lions to keep focus on match
BANGKOK - SECURITY may have been heightened. The Thai media may also have dubbed the Thailand-Singapore showdown as a grudge match. But, for the Lions at least, tomorrow's Asean Football Championship second-leg final will be treated just like any other game.... [Read more]

Students to get overseas exposure
IN AN effort to give students foreign exposure and broaden their horizons, Ngee Ann Polytechnic will offer a course in international business when the new academic year begins in April.Students can expect overseas internships, exchange programmes and study missions to emerging... [Read more]

Chicks are Us!
What it should have beenThe table of unit trust prices published in page H16 in the Money section yesterday was inaccurate. The correct version is published today.... [Read more]Long drive aheadThe lighted ceiling of the Zhongnan Mountain Tunnel is part of... [Read more]

Could a wedding break the Gandhi-Bachchan ice?
IF THE Gandhis are the dominant clan in Indian politics, there is little doubt who calls the shots in Mumbai, headquarters of the nation's film world: The Bachchans are the first family of glamour. The city pauses when Amitabh Bachchan, India's... [Read more]

US warns of investor flight if trade talks with Malaysia fail
KUALA LUMPUR - THE United States warned yesterday that failure of free trade talks with Malaysia would send a message that the two countries were 'not open for business', and said next week's round would be critical.Deputy US Trade Representative Karan... [Read more]

Even those 'over the hill' need chores to maintain their faculties
The writer of 'Senior citizens have a moral and social obligation to take care of themselves' (Online forum, Feb 6) cautions the elderly against over-reaching in case they 'incur pain through their own foolishness'.He quotes two examples: A 66-year-old man broke... [Read more]

Shell wins employer of choice prize at top HR awards
DO YOU wish you could work from home instead of trudging into the office or leaving it early to fetch your children from school? These are just the kind of work-life balance initiatives that are in place at Shell Eastern Petroleum,... [Read more]

Blowing hot and cold
WASHINGTON - UNITED States President George W. Bush and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have sparred - albeit separately on American television - as both sought to defuse speculation about an impending military confrontation between the two countries. Mr Bush dismissed talk... [Read more]

Thai workers urged to keep cool over loss
THAILAND'S Labour Ministry has called on Thai workers in Singapore not to vent their unhappiness over the Republic's controversial 2-1 win over Thailand in the first leg of the Asean Championship football final. It said that doing so would not be... [Read more]

Govt can't force private sector to share costs
ALTHOUGH the Government is bearing part of the recent increase in the cost of sand for its ongoing projects, it cannot ensure this is the case for every private sector dealing as well. Neither can it fix the price of ready-mix... [Read more]

Pension fund scam involved 20 top names
SHANGHAI - AT LEAST 20 officials and businessmen were involved in Shanghai's pension fund scandal, the government said yesterday, giving its fullest account yet of the scandal that rocked the city last year. Eleven party officials and more than 10 others... [Read more]