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Innova JC goes big on new media
STUDENTS at Innova Junior College do not just write General Paper essays when it comes to current affairs - they make documentaries too. Before assembly every morning, the students catch up on college news through their very own podcast show. There... [Read more]

El Nino partly to blame, say weather experts
THE heavy rains that have flooded Jakarta could be the result of a combination of weather phenomena last seen in 2002, say climate experts.In January and February of that year, similar storms left a trail of devastation in the Indonesian capital... [Read more]

Tonight's News Summary
Almost all quake-hit cables fixedBEIJING - CHINA'Sbiggest telecommunications companies have restored nearly all phone and Internet capacity that was affected by last month's earthquake near Taiwan, state media reported yesterday.China Telecom and China Netcom said major cables handling fibre-optic traffic, mostly... [Read more]

Tampines v Home pre-season cracker
TWO Sundays ago, they were the toast of Singapore after being crowned Asean champions. But, for national-team stalwarts S. Subramani, Lionel Lewis, Noh Alam Shah and Indra Sahdan Daud, it is back to domestic action. All four should feature when Tampines... [Read more]

Soccer Shorts
ITALY THE NEW LEADERS IN FIFA RANKINGS ROME: World champions Italy have replaced Brazil at the top of the Fifa rankings. It is the first time the European country have been ranked No 1 in the world since November 1993, and... [Read more]

'Zap' a print ad and stand to win a phone
FROM today, readers of The Straits Times and three sister newspapers can try out ZapCode and win prizes.This is the new mobile technology that will bring extra content to cellphone users - and be a boon to advertisers at the same... [Read more]

Myriad of problems signing up for the mio plan
Being a SingTel subscriber for more than 10 years, I was happy to learn about the new mio plan last month. But my joy soon turned into a miserable experience even though I took the trouble to read everything about the... [Read more]

Don't use flat type for rebate
SINCE the Government uses Annual Value (AV) and Assessable Income (AI) in other components of the GST offset package, why do the U-Save and service and conservancy charge rebates still use flat type?Perhaps one- and two-room flats can be classified as... [Read more]

The heat is on
Efforts to tackle global warming pick up steam WASHINGTON - ALL of a sudden, global warming is hot. After years of languishing on Capitol Hill, efforts to curb global warming have picked up momentum, powered by a growing bipartisan belief that... [Read more]

'He attacked me with chair so I opened fire'
TAN Chor Jin's version of the events that took place on the morning of Feb 15 last year, when he is alleged to have pumped five bullets into the body of nightclub owner and one-time friend Lim Hock Soon, finally emerged... [Read more]

Staff to be more attentive when giving out info
We refer to the letter by Ms Liew Chuen Li (Online forum, Feb 13).We have contacted Ms Liew and apologised for the service lapse that she and her mother experienced.Upon receiving feedback from Ms Liew, we successfully turned on her mio... [Read more]