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S'pore moves up to 2nd spot in trust survey
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Singapore has moved up to the number two spot for the most trusting nation in the world, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer. It was third in 2012 and seventh in 2011.Edelman, which measured levels of trust in institutions in 26 countries worldwide, said on Wednesday that Singapore's total trust score rose by nine points and is three points more than the global average...
Child hostage drama in Ala. after gunman kills school bus driver
Labels: Health MIDLAND CITY, Ala. An unidentified man boarded a school bus, shot the driver several times, then escaped with a 6-year-old passenger, prompting an hours-long standoff with police that remained unresolved early Wednesday. The Dale County Sheriff says the man shot the driver in Midland City on Tuesday after he refused to let the child off the bus. The driver later died of his wounds. His identity...
Jan
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Iran launches monkey into space
Labels: World Lisa Grossman, physical sciences reporterLast summer, the Iranian Space Agency announced their plan to send a monkey into space - and now they've apparently done it.According to Iranian state-run television, a press release on the space agency's website, and photos of the event, Iran sent a live rhesus monkey into sub-orbital space aboard a small rocket called Pishgam, or Pioneer. There's even a...
Infrastructure development to keep pace with population growth
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: The government is planning to build 700,000 new homes by 2030.That is one of the long-term plans to support the projected increase in population which is expected to hit 6.9 million in about 20 years.Some Singaporeans have observed that population growth in Singapore has outpaced infrastructure development in the last five years.The government is now planning and investing in...
Hear what Lebron said to Obama
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Thick smog cloaks Beijing again
Labels: Health BEIJING Dangerously high pollution levels shrouded Beijing in smog Tuesday for the second time in about two weeks, forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting the city government to warn residents to stay indoors. The outlines of buildings in the capital receded into a white mist as pedestrians donned face masks to guard against the thick, caustic air. The U.S....
Jan
28
Is Obama about to blow his climate credentials?
Labels: World The US president could be poised to approve the doubling of imports of tar sands oil, one of the filthiest fuels on Earth FACED with rising anger from environmentalists last year over his plans for a transcontinental pipeline to deliver treacly Canadian tar sands to Texas oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico,...
Man in "trolley bag" case pleads guilty to failing to report death
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: The lover of a businessman acquitted of murder in the "trolley bag" case pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to report the death to the police.Pee Weai Hong, 33, admitted on Monday that he did not report the death of 28-year-old Dylan Wong Teck Siong on 2 April 2011 when he learnt about it the next day.Mr Wong's decomposed body was stuffed in a trolley bag and was found in...
In charred club, cell phones ring with calls for the dead
Labels: LifestyleHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil...
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