Global Voices' perspective on the news
| Over the next two weeks, we will be undertaking a joint project with , an online community that reports on blogs and citizen media, as part of the BBC's , which focuses on the power of the internet....
Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
| Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 68 cents to $81.19 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 37 cents to sett...
Ramayana travels to New York, Singapore!
| Ramayana has been transcending generations and geographical boundaries and now people in the US and Singapore have a chance to know more about the epic popular for its allegorical and engaging story...
Shell, SRC to shut Singapore gasoline units
* Shell to shut CDU No. 5 from May for a month * Shell to shut gasoline unit for three months from Aug * SRC to shut gasoline unit for a month in Q2 * Shutdowns for gasoline units deferred on strong m...
Hoax on Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew stirs netizen protests (Feature)
| Singapore - An internet hoax posted by a former Singaporean claiming that the city-state's founding father and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had suffered a serious heart attack stirred outrage and pr...
Singapore Navy receive a warm welcome
| An honor guard plays music to greet the arrival of RSS Persistence of the Republic of Singapore Navy during a ceremony at Wusong naval port in Shanghai on March 8, 2010. The 164 officers on the ship...
China Eastern to open direct flight between Nanjing and Singapore
| NANJING - China Eastern will start to operate a direct flight from east China's Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu province, to Singapore on March 20. | The direct flight, to be undertaken by an airbu...
Daily temperature could rise by four degrees celcius by 2100
| 2010/03/09 | SINGAPORE: Last month, Singapore experienced the driest month in 140 years, and a new climate study projects that the city state's average daily temperature could jump by more than four...
Insights into India-Singapore relations
| V. SURYANARAYAN | "The journey from the sunlit peaks of hope into valleys of dark despair and, now, towards the radiance of a new dawn" | LOOKING EAST TO LOOK WEST - Lee Kuan Yew's Mission to India:...
Bali dreams for Desaru
| Khazanah plans to turn Johor resort area into popular spot like Nusa Dua | zaza@thestar.com.my | DESARU: The Government's investment arm, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, plans to turn Desaru, on the eastern ...
Singapore to release land from 'reserve' list
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Jones Lang LaSalle Reports on Key Commercial Real Estate Trends for the Asia Region Preceding CoreNet Global's Singapore Summit
| SINGAPORE, March 8 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- More than 400 senior-level executives from the corporate and commercial real estate (CRE) industry around Asia will gather in Singapore on March 23 - 25, 2010...
Danang, Singapore cooperate in sea tourism
DANANG – Danang Port Co. Ltd. and Singapore Cruise Center have agreed to cooperate in sea tourism development. | They will sign an agreement at the annual Vietnam-Singapore cooperation conference in...
Rahma Ben Ali Qualified for Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
After finishing 6 th at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament, which took place on March 3 to 4, 2010 in Tijuana, Mexico, the Tunisian athlete Rahma Ben Ali qualified for "Singapore 2010", the ...
More digital goodies from Samsung
| By ZAM KARIM | intech@thestar.com.my | SINGAPORE: Samsung gave the media a peek at its 2010 product lineup at an event recently and some of the highlights include new offerings in the areas of digit...
Intel Investigating Sale of Fake Core I7 Chip
| Intel acknowledged Monday that at least one counterfeit version of its Core i7-920 processor made its may into the U.S. market, and said it's trying to determine how many more are out there. | On Fr...
Singapore rapist gets 25 years in jail, 24 strokes
| Singapore - A Singapore court on Monday sentenced a man who tormented and raped the mother of his former girlfriend to 25 years in jail, a media report said. | The 27-year-old, who was not identifie...
Pixel Qi to Offer DIY Screen Kit for Netbooks
| Want to stretch the battery life of your netbook and not worried about voiding your warranty in the process? Low-power display startup Pixel Qi is readying a do-it-yourself kit that will allow you t...
Hopes high for Singapore trade deal
| Singapore and the European Union will begin negotiations on a free trade agreement on Monday. | The first round of talks is taking place in Singapore, and both sides are hoping a final agreement wil...
