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SINGAPORE - MAY 24: Asian pop girls group, Blush performs live on stage during the Singapore Social Concert at the Gardens By The Bay on May 24, 2013 in Singapore.

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  • US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

    was involved in any classified research.The FBI has supported Singapore police claims that the hard drive had been handled by Singapore authorities who were checking for evidence, and not by an unknown person as previously believed.The coroner's inquest will   Read more »

  • Singapore to host WTA Championship from 2014-18

    corporation that looks for growth," WTA Chairman and CEO Stacey Allaster said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Singapore. "You just have to look at GDP potential and potential for growth and the billions of fans we can reach in this territory."The tournament,   Read more »

  • Singapore sentences 4 Chinese strikers to jail

    -- A Singapore court has sentenced four Chinese immigrant bus drivers to up to seven weeks in prison for instigating the city-state's first labor strike in 26 years.Three of the men were sentenced Monday to six weeks' imprisonment. A fourth driver faced an   Read more »

  • Former Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew hospitalized

    -- Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, has been hospitalized following a brain-related blockage.A statement from the Prime Minister's Office says the 89-year-old Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Friday after experiencing a suspected   Read more »

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  • Too many graduates

    leaders start to talk about the importance of having multiple skills rather than just obtaining a degree. A NUMBER of political leaders have appealed to Singaporeans not to place too much faith on university degrees in an apparent effort to manage public expectations. 7:30 PM from The Star Malaysia Read more »

  • 'Parallel trade agenda to benefit both countries'

    because negotiations surrounding its expansion have largely been taking place in secret. Originally launched in March 2010 by Singapore, New Zealand, Chile and Brunei, its newer members are Australia, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and the 7:28 PM from China Daily Read more »

  • Datuk Richard Curtis

    IT’S the same silvery hair, ardent gaze and lips that when pursed, signals it’s time to get down to work. But is not the Curtis who wrote the comedic scripts for the movies Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, or the Mr Bean series. This is the Cur 7:22 PM from The Star Malaysia Read more »

  • A kink in the kindness

    Singa was not serious about quitting. However, he said: I dont see the humour in it. It also makes over-generalisations about Singapore being ungracious. I worry about my 13-year-old son, who may not understand the sarcasm or the hidden message. He may think 6:27 PM from The Star Malaysia Read more »

  • Sudipta cash trail may lead to Singapore, Bangkok

    trying to track the money trail to foreign shores believe that the term deposits that Sudipta Sen made in foreign banks in Singapore and Bangkok were made in cash, in foreign currencies. Investigators have reasons to believe that these banks gave a one-time 5:52 PM from Times of India Read more »

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About Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore (Malay: 'Republik Singapura'; Chinese: 新加坡共和国, Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு, Ciŋkappūr Kudiyarasu), is an island country and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor, and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands. It lies 137 kilometres (85 miles) north of the Equator.

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