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SMRT to conduct full-scale inspection of NSEW rail network Yahoo! Newsroom
SMRT will embark on a full-scale inspection of the entire North-South and East-West lines to detect any potential rail cracks.

AVA stops sale of brand of Taiwan bubble tea pearls Yahoo! Newsroom
The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has stopped the sale of a brand of tapioca balls commonly used to make Taiwan bubble tea in Singapore. In a Facebook post on Monday, the AVA
Organisers unveil 2013 Miss Universe Singapore finalists Yahoo! Newsroom
To kick off this year's Miss Universe Singapore pageant, 15 of the 16 finalists were unveiled to the media on Saturday.
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Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president AFP News
Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month's presidential election, along with a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the

Far-right writer kills himself inside Notre Dame de Paris AFP News
A far-right writer and activist shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity.
Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle AFP News
Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of Qusayr.
Whole neighborhoods razed by Oklahoma tornado that killed 24 Reuters
By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado

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Muslim religious leaders meet Holocaust survivors, heroes AFP News
Muslim religious leaders from across the globe met with Holocaust survivors and their saviours in an emotional encounter Tuesday at Warsaw's synagogue, as part of an anti-genocide programme that

New Xbox One unveiled as home entertainment hub AFP Relax
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One videogame console, touting it as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games.
Czech president in university row over gay rights activist AFP News
The Czech Republic's new President Milos Zeman has ignited a row with the country's university community, after he blocked the professorship of a critic who marched in a gay rights rally.
Britain's gay marriage bill passes major hurdle AFP News
A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain passed a crucial hurdle in parliament on Tuesday, despite efforts by lawmakers from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the plans.

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The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It

Telecom Italia mulls mobile unit spinoff: sources Reuters
By Stefano Rebaudo and Alberto Sisto MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia is mulling spinning off its mobile unit along with its fixed-line network to bring new investors on board, three people,
Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy Reuters
By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through
Sprint lifts bid for Clearwire in broadband battle AFP News
Sprint said Tuesday it was hiking its offer for the remaining shares of broadband service firm Clearwire, in the face of a rival bid from satellite TV group Dish Networks.

Muslim religious leaders meet Holocaust survivors, heroes AFP News - 21 minutes ago
Muslim religious leaders from across the globe met with Holocaust survivors and their saviours in an emotional encounter Tuesday at Warsaw's synagogue, as part of More »
Telecom Italia mulls mobile unit spinoff: sources Reuters - 22 minutes ago
By Stefano Rebaudo and Alberto Sisto MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia is mulling spinning off its mobile unit along with its fixed-line network to bring new More »
Stoke City confirm Pulis departure GOAL.com - 31 minutes ago
Stoke City have confirmed Tony Pulis will leave the club by mutual consent with immediate effect.The 55-year-old met with the club's chairman Peter Coates on More »
Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy Reuters - 32 minutes ago
By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions More »
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president AFP News - 34 minutes ago
Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month's presidential election, along with a controversial aide of More »
Sprint lifts bid for Clearwire in broadband battle AFP News - 35 minutes ago
Sprint said Tuesday it was hiking its offer for the remaining shares of broadband service firm Clearwire, in the face of a rival bid from satellite TV group Dish More »
US looks to end Myanmar sanctions after landmark visit AFP News - 41 minutes ago
A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalization in More »
Far-right writer kills himself inside Notre Dame de Paris AFP News - 42 minutes ago
A far-right writer and activist shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, after calling for "spectacular" action to More »
Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle AFP News - 46 minutes ago
Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake More »
Buriram, FC Seoul into Asian quarter-finals AFP News - 48 minutes ago
Thai qualifiers Buriram United held off Uzbek giants Bunyodkor to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday as FC Seoul beat nine-man Beijing Guoan More »

US looks to end Myanmar sanctions after landmark visit AFP News - 41 minutes ago
A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalization in More »
Far-right writer kills himself inside Notre Dame de Paris AFP News - 42 minutes ago
A far-right writer and activist shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, after calling for "spectacular" action to More »
Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle AFP News - 46 minutes ago
Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake More »
Buriram, FC Seoul into Asian quarter-finals AFP News - 48 minutes ago
Thai qualifiers Buriram United held off Uzbek giants Bunyodkor to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday as FC Seoul beat nine-man Beijing Guoan More »
Apple's Cook grilled in Congress on offshore taxes AFP News - 1 hour 3 minutes ago
Apple chief Tim Cook faced a grilling Tuesday by US lawmakers on "sham" subsidiaries and "convoluted" strategies to shift profits offshore, but denied the company More »
Liberace movie places Cannes spotlight on gays AFP News - 1 hour 4 minutes ago
"Behind the Candelabra," the biopic of flamboyant entertainer Liberace that may be director Steven Soderbergh's swansong, turned the spotlight on homosexuality on More »
New Xbox One unveiled as home entertainment hub AFP News - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One videogame console, touting it as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games. More »
Czech president in university row over gay rights activist AFP News - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
The Czech Republic's new President Milos Zeman has ignited a row with the country's university community, after he blocked the professorship of a critic who marched More »
Britain's gay marriage bill passes major hurdle AFP News - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain passed a crucial hurdle in parliament on Tuesday, despite efforts by lawmakers from Prime Minister David Cameron's More »
Madoff belongings go on show in Washington museum AFP News - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
Shamed US financier Bernie Madoff, serving a 150-year prison sentence, is back in the spotlight as the star of an exhibit in a US museum dedicated to gangsters and More »

Manila, Taipei agree on 'cooperative' probe ANN - 15 hours ago
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Philippines and Taiwan on Monday agreed on a cooperative investigation into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman More »
Aunt sold girl, 17, for sex work in Korea: police ANN - 15 hours ago
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - The police's Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD) yesterday applied for an arrest warrant for a Thai woman who allegedly lured her More »
Pig farmers up in arms over US pressure ANN - 15 hours ago
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - Members of the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand and other concerned parties are considering marching to Government House in protest More »
Taiwan moving to end southern fishing line ANN - 15 hours ago
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - The Taiwan government is moving toward abolishing Taiwan's southern boundary for fishery protection, an act which would extend the More »
Taiwan engineer could pay US$13m for Samsung phone leak ANN - 15 hours ago
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - An engineer may have to pay his former employer up to NT$400 million (US$13.32 million) in compensation after leaking photos of the More »
T-ara N4 to release album, perform in U.S. next week ANN - 15 hours ago
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Popular K-pop girl group T-ara N4 is releasing an album in the U.S. and will perform during Chris Brown's upcoming concert next week, More »
NK allows foreigners' travel outside Pyongyang: tour agency ANN - 15 hours ago
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Last year roughly 25,000 tourists traveled to one of the world's most notoriously isolated countries, North Korea. Traveling to the More »
Taiwan mountaineer dies while attempting to scale peak in Nepal ANN - 15 hours ago
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - Lee Hsiao-shih, a famous Taiwanese mountaineer known for always carrying a Mazu statue with him when climbing, yesterday passed away More »
Rape accused defends marriage to 13-yo M'sian ANN - 15 hours ago
Kota Kinabalu (The Star/ANN) - He allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and saw no wrong in it. More »
EDITORIAL: What to do when human life is as cheap as a new T-shirt ANN - 15 hours ago
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - "This is not the first time girls have been burned alive in the city. Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my More »

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions Reuters - 52 minutes ago
(Adds Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, DBS Group, France Telecom,Natixis, Alere Inc, EDF and others) May 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand More »
Sony to assess spin-off proposal for entertainment business: Nikkei Reuters - 55 minutes ago
(Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily More »
PayPal to increase marketing this year for offline push Reuters - 57 minutes ago
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payment operation owned by eBay Inc, will increase marketing spending to support its push into More »
U.S. Senate panel nears completion of immigration bill Reuters - 58 minutes ago
By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators on Tuesday reached a tentative deal to ease restrictions on U.S. technology firms More »
Telecom Italia denies possible company break-up Reuters - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia denied on Tuesday that a company break-up was under consideration. "Telecom Italia points out that speculations about a possible More »
Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election Reuters - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
By Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 More »
Microsoft unveils Xbox One with Spielberg, Activision tie-up Reuters - 1 hour 30 minutes ago
By Bill Rigby and Malathi Nayak REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first More »
Intel CEO shakes up units, creates 'new devices' group Reuters - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping company reorganization and created a unit More »
Gay marriage opponent kills himself in Paris' Notre Dame Reuters - 1 hour 40 minutes ago
By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - An 78-year-old French far-right activist committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday by shooting More »
Judge warns bin Laden's son-in-law on lawyer choices Reuters - 1 hour 45 minutes ago
By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former spokesman for al Qaeda, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to More »

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