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Wunderful idea for women with disabilities wins top prize
A TASK as mundane as putting on or taking off one's underwear is a challenge for the wheelchair-bound or those with sports injuries. But now - at least for women with disabilities - a panty has been designed so it does... [Read more]

US Airways may raise Delta bid
PHILADELPHIA - US AIRWAYS Group may raise its hostile takeover offer for Delta Air Lines by US$1 billion (S$1.54 billion) under certain conditions to win support from Delta creditors, according to a report in the electronic edition of The Wall Street... [Read more]

Scouting out residents in case of emergencies
BEHIND the robust turnout at Sembawang's Emergency Preparedness Day yesterday were people like volunteer coordinator Rafiah Yan and her colleagues. The grassroots volunteers' efforts helped draw about 100 residents from HDB blocks in Madam Rafiah's neighbourhood to witness the annual event... [Read more]

Investors go the whole hog, pushing STI to new record
INVESTORS could barely wait to get back to business on the first trading day of the Year of the Pig yesterday, immediately propelling the local bourse to yet another all-time high. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ended yesterday at its... [Read more]

Lessen estate duty on commercial properties
GOVERNMENT leaders have indicated that the corporate tax may be reduced. This is heartening.On the question of estate duty, the Prime Minister had indicated in Parliament that the Government was looking at the matter.It is hoped that the Government will increase... [Read more]

Punjab goes to the polls amid reform woes
CHANDIGARH (INDIA) - POLLS were held yesterday in the northern Indian state of Punjab, where a defeat for the ruling Congress Party could highlight wider national concerns over rising food prices and economic reforms. India's annual inflation rate rose to a... [Read more]

Seven months later, still no answers
SEVEN months after the skeleton of an old woman was found in the toilet of a dilapidated house off Upper Thomson Road, police have still not been able to establish her identity. Yesterday, the Coroner's Court postponed the case for the... [Read more]

Watchdog wants to help sector bloom
WHEN he was asked in the middle of last year if he would take up the job of charities watchdog, Mr Low Puk Yeong agreed right away. Three months later, on Sept 1, he became Singapore's first full-time Commissioner of Charities.... [Read more]

More Chinese delay pregnancy by freezing eggs
BEIJING - AN INCREASING number of Chinese women are asking fertility institutes to freeze their eggs so that they can postpone pregnancy to enjoy their careers and youth, Chinese media reported yesterday.More than 260 couples in Shanghai had frozen eggs, the... [Read more]

Sports World
AUSTRALIA SUFFER KIWI WHITEWASH HAMILTON: One-day cricket world champions Australia suffered their fifth straight loss yesterday - just weeks before the World Cup kicks off on March 11. New Zealand, from a seemingly hopeless 41-4, scored 350-9 to win with three... [Read more]

No counting chickens
NORTH Korea and the United States have managed to agree on something in tortuous talks on the North's nuclear weapons programme - Aesop's fable about counting chickens before they hatch is right on the money. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice... [Read more]