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Tie-up gives new hope in fight against TB
SULAWESI - FORTY people are admitted with tuberculosis (TB) every day at Indonesia's Hassanuddin Hospital on the island of Sulawesi. One in five leaves before getting well. Treatment can take up to six months, but many of the patients go home... [Read more]

Results
BASKETBALLNBA: Miami 104 Portland 85, San Antonio 107 New Jersey 82, Dallas 99 Milwaukee 93, Memphis 108 Oklahoma City 104, Houston 109 Sacramento 104 (OT), Toronto 112 Chicago 111, NY Knicks 107 LA Lakers 106.CRICKETThird one-day international in Goa, India: Sri... [Read more]

Ilonen proves too hot for the pack
JAKARTA - Miko Ilonen stayed cool in the heat and humidity to bag the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesian Open title.His win last Sunday meant he was the first Finn to win on the European Tour.While the rest were crumbling, Ilonen displayed... [Read more]

Reforming JI detainees remains a 'long struggle'
THEY were average heartlanders: managers, businessmen, printers, drivers, technicians and engineers.But they were also members of regional terror network Jemaah Islamiah.It has been five years since most of them were nabbed for plotting to carry out terror attacks against foreign embassies,... [Read more]

NKF witness questioned
EXAMPLES of the cut-and-thrust exchanges between Mr Bobby Nair and defence lawyers: When Mr Nair was asked about the mistake former NKF chairman Richard Yong made about the charity having more medical than non-medical staff. Mr Chia Boon Teck: Why not... [Read more]

Singapore remembers victims of Japanese Occupation
THE long wail of an air raid siren yesterday morning, distinctly heard over the War Memorial at Beach Road, sounded the 'All Clear' signal. It marked the start of a 30-minute ceremony to remember victims of the Japanese Occupation 65 years... [Read more]

Dressing-down for scantily clad actress
A STUDENT-ACTRESS has caused a stir in Thailand and made university officials see red after she wore a slinky black gown to the country's top film awards ceremony.Chotiros 'Amy' Suriyawong, a third-year liberal arts student at leading Thammasat University, set tongues... [Read more]

Singapore's growth drivers looking good
NOT even the electronics slowdown will be able to take the spark out of Singapore's economy.The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), in predicting economic growth of between 4.5 and 6.5 per cent this year, said both domestic indicators and external... [Read more]

Open verdict on teen's death fall
THERE was no firm conclusion on how a 17-year-old youth fell to his death from a block of flats in Bedok South Road in September last year, a coroner said yesterday. A 34-year-old eye-witness had told the police that he did... [Read more]

Cheap but chilling terror message
LONDON - TERRORISM on the cheap but chilling nonetheless. An alleged militant plot to kidnap and behead 'Baghdad-style' a British Muslim soldier would have sent a cheap yet forceful message to British Muslims that they should not 'collaborate' with defence and... [Read more]

No proof N. Korea helping Iran: Rice
US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice has sought to play down a news report that says North Korea is helping Iran to prepare for an eventual nuclear test explosion. The Daily Telegraph of London, citing an unnamed senior European defence official,... [Read more]