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Liverpool need to keep on winning
LIVERPOOL - IT IS no use beating Chelsea, and then losing to West Ham. Liverpool scored a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Premiership champions Chelsea last week, and moved to within five points of the second-placed Blues. However, manager Rafael Benitez says... [Read more]

Peek into history
The Prime Minister of Laos, Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh, learns about a manual ice-shaver used to make ice balls in the 1950s and 1960s at the National Museum. Explaining it to him is Ms Wong Hong Suen, an assistant curator at the... [Read more]

Why the late-payment penalty on stamp duty?
THE Government recently announced the removal of deferment of stamp duty on agreements for purchase of properties. A purchaser will be required to pay stamp duty within 14 days of the date of the sale and purchase agreement or the acceptance... [Read more]

Stall assistant's jail term for bomb hoax quadrupled
A STALL assistant who triggered a massive police search after falsely claiming to have overheard a plot to bomb Clementi MRT station, yesterday had his sentence quadrupled by the High Court. Ariff Mohamed, 25, will now have to serve two years... [Read more]

Israel names new army chief of staff
JERUSALEM - MAJOR-General Gabi Ashkenazi has been named Israel's army chief of staff after his predecessor quit over the handling of last summer's war in Lebanon, press reports said yesterday. Maj-Gen Ashkenazi, 52, is currently director-general of the Defence Ministry. He... [Read more]

Bank 'keen to up stake in Thai Military'
BANGKOK - THAI Military Bank (TMB), Thailand's fifth-largest bank, said yesterday that DBS Bank was keen to raise its holding in the Thai bank from 16.1 per cent in a capital increase plan.TMB planned to raise capital this year to strengthen... [Read more]

Will premium bus services hit pupils?
I AM concerned after reading the article, 'Rules eased to allow more premium bus services' (ST, Jan 23).The Public Transport Council (PTC) has decided to allow school buses to be used for the premium services and also eased restrictions, including not... [Read more]

STOMP: Win Lions-signed Nike jerseys
WHO will be Singapore's best player against Thailand in their final first leg tomorrow and why?Post your comments at www.stomp.com.sg/talkback/ and win Lions-autographed replicas of their jerseys.Four Nike jerseys - two home and two away - will be given out for... [Read more]

Indians keep home link as community here booms
IT HAS been a passage from India, and they connected so well that they now call Singapore their home away from home. An estimated 90,000 Indian nationals happily hold on to their links to their homeland - like celebrating India's national... [Read more]

Be there to give S'pore your Kallang Roar of approval
IT WAS a night to remember - the victory at the Shah Alam Stadium 13 years ago. The 4-0 win over Pahang in the Malaysia Cup final gave Singapore a rare League and Cup double. Abbas Saad scored a hat-trick and... [Read more]