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Accused recounts sex, betrayal, street chase
IT HAS all the ingredients worthy of a gripping drama serial: sex, betrayal, a love triangle, even a chase on a crowded street.The lurid nature of the relationship between university professor Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann and his lover, 26-year-old nightclub singer... [Read more]

LA hospital dumps patient on Skid Row
LOS ANGELES - A HOSPITAL van dropped off a paraplegic man in a rundown downtown area here, allegedly leaving him crawling in the street with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag, police said. Witnesses to the... [Read more]

China trade surplus hit $24.4b in January
HONG KONG - CHINA posted a US$15.9 billion (S$24.4 billion) trade surplus last month, pumping more cash into the world's fourth-biggest economy and adding pressure on Beijing to let the yuan rise faster. Imports jumped 27.5 per cent from a year... [Read more]

Phones of the future
THESE phones may just make current 3G models obsolete. The phones of the future - showcased at the 3GSM World Congress trade show in Barcelona - are here in today's Digital Life.From Nokia's E90 communicator PDA phone to Motorola's Krzr K3, they... [Read more]

Staff to be more attentive when giving out info
We refer to the letter by Ms Liew Chuen Li (Online forum, Feb 13).We have contacted Ms Liew and apologised for the service lapse that she and her mother experienced.Upon receiving feedback from Ms Liew, we successfully turned on her mio... [Read more]

Factory output grows 5.1% despite slide in electronics
FACTORIES ended last year with a well-worn story - slumping output in the electronics sector dragged down Singapore's overall manufacturing output last month. Industrial production managed growth of 5.1 per cent in December despite the third consecutive month of decline in... [Read more]

Singapore-made drug may prevent relapse of cancer
A DRUG made from the extract of a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herb will be tested soon to see if it helps delay or prevent a relapse in advanced breast cancer patients who have responded to Western treatment.Currently, patients are treated... [Read more]

Mayor admits affair with top aide's wife
CONFRONTING a political scandal that sounds more like a soap opera, San Francisco's handsome young mayor has made an emotional apology for an affair with the wife of his campaign manager. 'I want to make it clear that everything you've heard... [Read more]

Doctor sacked for filming nurses in shower
A TRAINEE doctor at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has been sacked after he admitted to surreptitiously filming nurses in the shower.Described by colleagues and nurses as 'a wonderful co-worker', he had left a black waist pouch with a video camera... [Read more]

Bond in China at last
Three women in Shanghai strike the same pose as James Bond in Casino Royale, which made its debut in cinemas around China yesterday. Casino Royale is the first of the 21 Bond films to earn approval from censors in China, and... [Read more]

Bombs kill at least 63 in blow to Baghdad's security drive
BAGHDAD - MILITANTS have delivered their first major blow to a US-led security clampdown in Baghdad, with car bombs that killed at least 63 people, left scores injured and sent a grim message to officials boasting that extremist factions were on... [Read more]