Tonight's News Articles

O'Neal's back but Miami still lose
INDIANAPOLIS - DANNY Granger and the Indiana Pacers did not feel bad about spoiling Shaquille O'Neal's return.Granger scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Pacers beat the Miami Heat 96-94 on Wednesday.The Pacers had... [Read more]

Rocket attack on Shi'ite procession
PESHAWAR - TWO people died in a town in north-western Pakistan when a rocket attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession sparked a burst of sectarian violence yesterday, police and officers said. The pre-dawn rocket attack was the latest in a string... [Read more]

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Ease travel woes with covered walkways
TRANSPORT Minister Raymond Lim has spoken of improving bus services to make public transport the mode of choice, I hope his ministry is also looking into creating more sheltered walkways.During the rainy season, regular bus commuters resort to taking taxis as... [Read more]

The controversial revisions
THE revisions made by the Taiwanese government to the latest editions of its history textbooks include: Volume II , originally titled History Of Our Country, has been renamed History Of China. Ancient Chinese history is given brief mention in Volume II,... [Read more]

Economists divided on Singapore's 2007 outlook
A GLANCE at the differing forecasts for Singapore this year seems to support the old adage that if all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. Some advise investors to allocate more of their Asian equity... [Read more]

Afghan leader a new father at 49
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has become a father at the age of 49. His wife Zeenat gave birth to the couple's first baby - a son called Mirwais - at a Kabul hospital late on Thursday, the BBC reported on its... [Read more]

...another Ronaldo to arrive at the Bernabeu?
LONDON - CRISTIANO Ronaldo's agent insists the Manchester United star could be heading for Spain this summer. Real Madrid and Barcelona are ready to pay &pound35 million (S$106 million) for the Portuguese winger - even though United insist he is not... [Read more]

Tail fin from missing Indonesian jet found
JAKARTA - A TAIL fin from a missing Adam Air plane has been found off the western coast of Sulawesi in the first breakthrough since a massive search for it began 10 days ago. Officials yesterday identified a metre-long piece picked... [Read more]

Thai media speak out on relations
BANGKOK - IT IS time for Singapore and Thailand to move on to improve their relationship, the Bangkok Post said yesterday.The English daily was one of a few conciliatory voices beginning to surface about a week after the diplomatic spat that... [Read more]

EU and China move to widen partnership
THE European Union and China launched talks this week to formally broaden their trade partnership to include energy, the environment and more delicate issues such as counter-terrorism. The EU's external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner kicked off the negotiations by meeting China's... [Read more]