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Lying over visit passes: ICA officer charged
AN IMMIGRATION and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer was charged in court yesterday with two counts of helping two Filipinas get visit passes by lying that they would be staying at his home.Mohammad Radzi Mohd Kassim, 34, is accused of abetting Pauline... [Read more]

DPP's 'four heavenly kings' face graft probe
TAIPEI - FOUR leading members of Taiwan's ruling party, including Vice-President Annette Lu, will be investigated for corruption, a prosecutor's office said yesterday, a day after the head of the main opposition party was charged with graft. The prosecutor's office said... [Read more]

Forget sex, clothes come first for US women
NEW YORK - GIVEN a choice between sex and a new wardrobe, most women will go for the clothes.In a survey spanning 10 cities in the US, women on average said that they would be willing to give up sex for... [Read more]

Peace process 'won't be sabotaged'
NEW DELHI - NAMED the Samjhauta or Friendship Express, the train service has been disrupted many times in the past because of militant attacks. But this time, despite two explosions late on Sunday about 80km north of the Indian capital city,... [Read more]

All's fair game in the blogosphere - or is it?
KUALA LUMPUR - WHEN a manager of an Islamic insurance company sent an e-mail asking Muslim staff not to offer Deepavali greetings to Hindus last October, it quickly became the talk in this city.The diktat, a show of religious insensitivity, resulted... [Read more]

Bouquets
WHEELCHAIR HELP FOR WIFE AT AIRPORT MY WIFE and I had a comfortable flight on Indian Airlines from Chennai and landed at the Changi airport around 8.30pm on Jan 29. After stepping out from the plane we walked a distance in... [Read more]

West Ham heading south
LONDON - WEST Ham's battle for Premiership survival took a blow after a devastating defeat by rock-bottom Watford at Upton Park. Watford won 1-0, courtesy of Darius Henderson's first-half penalty on Saturday. West Ham could have earned a draw. But Marlon... [Read more]

Bad experience with anti-virus software
Let me relate my bad experience with Norton products.The Norton Anti-Virus program had been working fine on my notebook but not since I upgraded it to Norton Internet Security 2006.Initially, I thought it could provide greater protection to my notebook compared... [Read more]

News Headlines
Parliament ShortsINCOME CEILING: HDB TO BE FLEXIBLE INCOME ceilings are still needed for purchases of subsidised Housing Board flats, but HDB will be flexible if families are in difficulty, said Minister of State (National Development) Grace Fu yesterday.Income ceilings help ensure... [Read more]

Quick News
ROAD CLOSURES IN CHINATOWN SEVERAL roads in Chinatown will be closed to traffic from today, in the run-up to Chinese New Year.To facilitate the light-up ceremony there tonight, New Bridge Road between Upper Cross Street and Kreta Ayer Road, and Eu... [Read more]

Growing trend
AD AGENCY Y&R Singapore stepped up its PR efforts this month by hiring Mr Justin Low, 30, from Grayling Public Relations to manage its publicity affairs. Mr Charles Sng, who specialises in marketing communications at headhunting firm Aquent, says it is... [Read more]