Singapore
There can be no bigger subterfuge than lying to the population of a country that allegedly voted a leader into power. But Mugabe has done this, quite successfully, I might add, for 31 years.
Not very long after he assumed the mantle as Zimbabwean...
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So Mugabe and his wife have commandeered an Air Zimbabwe aircraft and jetted off to Singapore because Grace has hurt herself.
Who pays for this jaunt? And, if the Air...
made popular Apr 11 2011
A Singapore court has sentenced the UK author Alan Shadrake to six weeks in prison for insulting the judiciary in a book he wrote about the death penalty.
made popular Nov 16 2010
Europe’s aviation regulator said fire from an oil leak was the likely cause of last week’s engine failure of a Qantas A380 plane and ordered fresh...
made popular Nov 11 2010
Iran may not send its girls’ soccer team to the Youth Olympics in Singapore next month because of a dispute over the players’ Islamic attire.
The deputy...
made popular Jul 8 2010
Infinity pools are designed to make it seem as though the water extends to the horizon. In reality, the edge of the pool is usually about an inch below the water level....
made popular Jun 24 2010
Economic activity in Singapore slowed in the fourth quarter, with gross domestic product contracting by 6.8 percent, the government said Monday.
made popular Jan 4 2010
A beauty queen has relinquished her crown and the chance to compete in the Miss World competition after it emerged that she stole seven credit cards to go on a £3,500...
made popular Oct 2 2009
A Singaporean is among those taken hostage during coordinated attacks across India’s commercial capital of Mumbai, the foreign ministry said Thursday.“The...
made popular Nov 27 2008
“Mobility has become the new creed of Asian elites and they are using the ‘third screen’ — screens on mobile phones, PDAs, MP4s and other...
made popular Oct 17 2008
Why would anyone give up a job so close to the centre of power and opt for the quieter confines of academia? Well, this is exactly what Sanjaya Baru, Prime Minister...
made popular Sep 7 2008
Like India, Malaysia was also colonized by the Britishers in the guise of British East India Company. Both got independence after World War II; both tried the method...
made popular Sep 5 2008
Singaporean retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung could probably afford to buy almost anything. But in early July, Singapore authorities alleged that Tang tried to make an outré...
made popular Aug 19 2008
A snake flies through the air just after a takeoff, beginning to form the ‘S’ posture it takes to control its path.
made popular Aug 17 2008
Assuming the human race continues to purchase land at the current rate in an effort to cover all available plots with buildings, some time in the not too distant future...
made popular Aug 16 2008
Two cups of tea a day halves the risk of dementia,one reason you should not stop drinking that cuppa.A new research in Singapore, which found that people who drank tea...
made popular Jul 21 2008
A patient teenager has discovered a new breed of a tropical flower after waiting seven years to see it bloom, The Sunday Times said.
Ryan Su, now a 19-year-old...
made popular Jul 10 2008
A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he faked his own death in a civil war shoot-out in Sri Lanka in 1987 to escape his creditors and claim S$331,341
made popular Jun 5 2008
The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reverse the extinction of thousands of plant and animal species,...
made popular Apr 24 2008
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A diamond thong worth S$168,000 ($122,000) was the highlight of a lingerie fashion show in Singapore... Enough said.
made popular Apr 4 2008
Singapore’s highest court has blocked an appeal by the Philippine government to reclaim $25 million in assets allegedly amassed by former President Ferdinand Marcos,...
made popular Mar 26 2008
Oil prices soared to new highs above 111 dollars in Asian trading Monday as the US currency slumped to another fresh low against the euro, dealers said.
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made popular Mar 18 2008
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An Indonesian man sits and waits for further checks away from an immigration queue after failing a temperature check on passenger arrivals at a ferry terminal as part of the city-state’s precautionary measures against the Swine flu outbreak on Wednesday..
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