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Indian newspaper war intensifies
NEW DELHI - A PROMINENT media company yesterday launched India's fifth business newspaper, Mint.HT Media's latest offering marks the beginning of a new phase in its circulation war with rival firm Bennett Coleman, which publishes the English-language daily Economic Times.HT Media,... [Read more]

What's cooking? Help for the needy
EIGHT hundred dollars may be a pittance to some, but to widow Madam Lijah Ahamed, 47, this modest salary she gets each month from baking pastries means food on the table for her five children, aged 14 to 21, and being... [Read more]

No longer noted
PHOTO: AFP Mount Everest will replace this picture of King Gyanendra on Nepalese 10 rupee (20 Singapore cents) notes, the country's government said yesterday. King Gyanendra was stripped of nearly all his powers following mass protests last year that ended nearly... [Read more]

Equal prize money for women
LONDON - AFTER years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon bowed to public pressure yesterday and agreed to pay women players as much men. 'Tennis is one of the few sports in which women and men compete in the... [Read more]

British, US kids the worst-off in rich world
Unicef ranks Netherlands best out of 21 nations to be a child LONDON - BRITAIN is the worst country among 21 wealthy nations in which to be a child, closely followed by the United States, according to a study by the... [Read more]

Highest fine, no discount, for big traffic offences
PUTRAJAYA - AFTER months of haggling, the police and the Road Transport Department have finally agreed on a common list of traffic offences.Offences such as speeding, overtaking on double lines, driving in the emergency lane and beating traffic lights will incur... [Read more]

Admiration for ex-chief slowly melted away
THE voice at the other end of the line was one that Mr Michael Lim had not heard for some 20 years.It was Mr Vincent Lam, founder of Youth Challenge - which was being probed by the Commissioner of Charities (COC).He... [Read more]

Brokers' Choice
SIA CONSTRAINED BY A-380 DELAYS: MERRILL MERRILL Lynch says that Singapore Airlines (SIA) is being hurt by its inability to aggressively grow its business due to Airbus A-380 delays. While it expects SIA to remain in the $17 to $18 price... [Read more]

574 Home Team officers receive award
VOLUNTEER police officer Wayne Koo led a team, made up entirely of fellow volunteers, which cracked a metal cables theft case. They planned and carried out an operation that led to the arrest of 12 construction workers for the theft. For... [Read more]

Kirkland still seething over Henry's taunt
LONDON - WIGAN goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was still fuming about his treatment by Arsenal captain Thierry Henry long after his side lost 1-2 on Sunday.Henry had taunted Kirkland after he conceded an own goal.Although the pair exchanged a handshake at the... [Read more]

3 reasons to support Lions
COME to the National Stadium to back the national team against Malaysia tonight.Football Association of Singapore president Ho Peng Kee gave three reasons why: This is the real thing - they are cheering for Singapore, their country, and not some adopted... [Read more]