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Forget long-winded foreign policy sessions, White House meetings, travelling the globe and talks with world leaders. What Dr Condoleezza Rice really wants to do is shop. -- PHOTO: AFP » Full Story
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THE new stiffer fines to deter fare cheats have been effective. In the first three weeks of this month, 392 bus commuters were caught for cheating on their fares - sharply down from the 330 cases a day or 10,000 a month before the heavier fines were imposed on July 1.

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THE days of the 'cowboy practice' are numbered. From Nov 1, doctors will have to get permission before they can offer a range of controversial aesthetic treatments.

FRESH from last year's success with locally bred sea bass, Singapore's growers are ready to harvest another variety of farmed fish from Singapore waters.
BRAZIL'S Olympic football coach took aim at Real Madrid yesterday, as the club-versus-country row spilt over into Singapore.
WASHINGTON - THE Arctic Circle holds an estimated 90 billion barrels of recoverable oil, enough supply to meet current world demand for almost three years, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) forecast.
NEARLY one in four of Singapore's larger companies was hit by fraud last year, with most instances committed by greed-driven male employees hankering for the high life.
IN BEIJING - MADAM Zhang Xinhua used to sell hundreds of pearl necklaces a day to foreign bargain-hunters who flocked to her stall in Yaxiu Market.
TELEVISION audiences in Singapore no longer need to wait six to nine months for the hottest hits from the United States to materialise on Singapore television.
TRADING in organs is a distasteful idea to many, who see in it the commodification of human parts. Certainly, it opens up a Pandora's box of ethical questions. But to someone dying from kidney failure, the moral debate is prissy and misses the point: If a life can be saved, shouldn't it?
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AS SOMEONE who spends two-thirds of my time in London, teaching as a professor of intellectual property (IP) law at King's College and practising as an IP solicitor, and the remainder mostly in Singapore but also elsewhere in Asia (in my capacity as external director of IP Academy Singapore), I read with interest the Review article on Monday, 'Success makes it a scapegoat'.
'The success of Singapore is a product of the vision of its leaders, who did not merely believe in chasing the dream but in catching it to make it a reality.'
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