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Jailed for contempt
SIX Falungong practitioners were jailed for two days yesterday for contempt of court.The six - Pang Su Chin, 55; You Xin, 37; Wang Yuyi, 50; Ang Soh Yan, 47; Ng Chye Huay, 41; and Cheng Lujin, 38 - had earlier interrupted... [Read more]

Gascoigne to act in sci-fi horror movie
LONDON - HIS life has often seemed like a horror movie, and now Paul Gascoigne is going to star in one with a sci-fi twist.The former England international, who has fought alcohol and drug problems, will make his acting debut in... [Read more]

Israel warns Iran of all-out retaliation
HERZLIYA (ISRAEL) - ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not mince his words during a high-profile policy speech on Wednesday when he warned Iran that his country will respond to a nuclear threat 'with all the means at our disposal'. Addressing... [Read more]

Female seminary students in Pakistan sit-in
ISLAMABAD - VEILED in burqas and armed with canes, scores of female seminary students have occupied a children's library in the Pakistani capital to protest against government plans to demolish mosques and madrasahs built without official permission. The unusual protest has... [Read more]

Knowing how to handle trauma is important
I REFER to the letters by Dr Lim Boon Hee, Ms Maria Loh Mun Foong and Mr Harry Chia Kim Seng in response to the report, 'Brain-dead man's kin in scuffle over op to remove organs' (ST, Feb 8).I am in... [Read more]

S'pore army chief's China visit
Singapore's Chief of Army, Major-General Desmond Kuek, exchanging mementoes with People's Liberation Army's Chief of General Staff, General Liang Guanglie, during his four-day introductory visit to China.Singapore's Ministry of Defence said yesterday that Maj-Gen Kuek, who returned on Thursday, was hosted... [Read more]

Sports World
VIETNAM PLAYERS JAILED FOR MATCH-FIXINGHO CHI MINH CITY: A Vietnamese court sent two former footballers to jail yesterday for fixing an international match. They also handed suspended prison sentences to six young players involved in the scam. All eight defendants were... [Read more]

Bush's final strategy for Iraq
Any outsider studying the developments in Iraq from American TV reports and print articles could never have predicted President Bush's decision on his final strategic move in Iraq. American opinion on the war became evident in November's congressional elections. The bipartisan... [Read more]

Man admits to sex with girl, 15
AFTER he came to know a 15-year-old girl through a friend at his satay stall in Geylang, the two had sex in hotels the following month.Lim Poh Huat, 44, had sex with her five times in December last year. In a... [Read more]

Health scares drive Chinese to buy organic food
BEIJING - FREQUENT and rampant food scares have prompted many Chinese to turn to organically grown food, a study by China's Ministry of Commerce has discovered. More than 60 per cent of the country's 562 million city dwellers are willing to... [Read more]

Glowing figures? 'Research push not the reason'
THE war of words continues between Dr Lee Wei Ling and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), over the state of biomedical research in Singapore.The strategy has been successful so far, says A*Star, and Singapore must stay the course... [Read more]