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Streetzone? More like dead zone, say angry mall tenants
ANOTHER group of retail tenants is locking horns with its management over what it sees as half-baked efforts to drum up business. This time, it is in Ang Mo Kio Central, in a mall scarcely five months old called Streetzone. Call... [Read more]

No headway in Iran's nuke stand-off
DEFYING innumerable United Nations Security Council resolutions, Iran let on earlier this week that it has set up more than 300 centrifuges in two uranium enrichment units at its underground Natanz complex. The country's nuclear programme is therefore set to go... [Read more]

S'pore will take globalisation head on
GLOBALISATION has become such a dirty word in so many parts of the world that it was almost refreshing to hear Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam give his unflinching endorsement of the phenomenon. His message was simple and stark: Globalisation is... [Read more]

Asean Charter a bold step forward, Arroyo says in Davos
DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - AT A time when the Doha Round of world trade talks appears shaky, Asean is proclaiming it is wedded to global trade. Recounting Asean's evolution at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said the association... [Read more]

Woods and Mickelson survive, but Els sinks in round one
MARANA (ARIZONA) - TIGER Woods and Phil Mickelson are safe, at least for another day.But Ernie Els said goodbye to the Accenture Matchplay Championship with another first-round loss.It is one down and five to go for Woods, who had little trouble... [Read more]

Govt to release stockpiled sand from today to ease shortage
THE Government will be releasing sand from its stockpile from today, about one week after Indonesia banned the export of sand used for construction.The sand, said the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), will help make up for any immediate shortfall and... [Read more]

Motorists won't have to pay levy on new expressway
SINGAPORE is not going to impose an extra charge for the use of the yet-to-be-completed Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE), a decision greeted with relief by road users yesterday. Earlier, there was talk that a levy could be introduced on users to... [Read more]

Cineplex row: Libel suit settled out of court
A DEFAMATION suit filed by a senior executive of entertainment company Golden Harvest against two senior executives connected to the Golden Village (GV) cineplex chain has been settled out of court. Mr Phoon Chiong Kit, managing director of Golden Harvest, filed... [Read more]

Bridge project to link Batam and Bintan
IN JAKARTA - A CONSTRUCTION company from China has offered to build a 7-km bridge connecting Batam and Bintan islands at a cost of three trillion rupiah (S$507 million). The China Railways Construction Corporation (CRCC) made the offer to the provincial... [Read more]

In Britain, a new, old terrorism
AT LEAST six people were injured by a series of letter bombs in Britain over the past three weeks, in what police said could be a campaign by animal rights extremists or a disgruntled motorist fed up with the country's laws... [Read more]

When Chingay and sports swing together
TODAY'S Chingay parade is set to get its first taste of sporting action. Nine national gymnasts will aim to swing their way into the hearts of both the spectators along Orchard Road and television viewers at home. They will be performing... [Read more]