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Virgin Blue in a flap over Tiger's entry bid?
THE proposed entry into the Australian domestic market by Singapore Airlines-backed Tiger Airways already appears to be worrying one of its key rivals, Virgin Blue.Less than a fortnight after Tiger boss Tony Davis announced plans to launch a low-cost carrier Down... [Read more]

Foreign investors wary despite asset growth
LONDON - FOREIGN investors are looking at Japan with a mixture of craving and consternation. Those with Japanese assets are seeing them forge ahead as the economy shows signs of real recovery, earning returns that had been promised for so long... [Read more]

MOH to pour $350m into finding cures
HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday gave his take on an ongoing debate about the future direction of Singapore's biomedical research. He said his ministry had made a strategic decision to go into such research but its focus will be on... [Read more]

Fight to keep disease at bay
Flood victims reach out for packets of soap and insect repellent that a volunteer is distributing in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.Thousands remained camped out in shelters or under bridges in the city yesterday, even as flood waters continued to recede.At... [Read more]

We had a quarrel hours before tragedy, says wife
THE Chinese New Year festivities ended abruptly for a Singapore family which had gone to Seremban to celebrate it with relatives. Early on Tuesday, Mr Peh Boon Poh, 39, a contract worker, was found dead with three deep slashes to his... [Read more]

Liverpool need to keep on winning
LIVERPOOL - IT IS no use beating Chelsea, and then losing to West Ham. Liverpool scored a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Premiership champions Chelsea last week, and moved to within five points of the second-placed Blues. However, manager Rafael Benitez says... [Read more]

'Commitment by govts needed' to tackle region's water woes
ONE word - commitment - stood out as experts distilled the challenges ahead, on the second day of the Asia Pacific Water Forum's inaugural governing council meeting here. Only political commitment by leaders can result in policy action in tackling the... [Read more]

Effects of global warming 'unstoppable'
THE verdict is out. That gas-guzzling SUV you drive, the air-conditioner that you leave humming through the night - they are responsible for global warming. Worse, the damage from such human activities that consume fossil fuels is unstoppable and will last... [Read more]

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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]

Israeli police clash with protesters at mosque
JERUSALEM - ISRAELI police stormed the compound of Islam's third-holiest shrine yesterday, firing stun grenades and tear gas to disperse hundreds of Muslim worshippers who hurled stones, bottles and trash. The worshippers were in an uproar over Israeli renovation work near... [Read more]

Aussies pick Newater as best-tasting in test
ADELAIDE - SINGAPORE'S reclaimed water Newater trumped spring water, bottled water and desalinated water in a taste test in Australia, conducted as the country faces a chronic water shortage. It came out tops in a test among 56 participants, as politicians... [Read more]