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Bush urged to suspend KL trade talks
WASHINGTON - A KEY American lawmaker has urged President George W. Bush to suspend free trade talks with Malaysia in protest over its mega energy deal with Iran.The call by Mr Tom Lantos came as the US embarked on a campaign... [Read more]

Pan-United Marine posts record $56m gain for full year
STRONG demand for new vessels and higher-valued ship repair jobs pushed Pan-United Marine's fourth-quarter net profit up 289 per cent to $14.3 million.Full-year net profit soared from $16.6 million to a record $56.2 million for the 12 months ended Dec 31.Fourth-quarter... [Read more]

Anthony misses out
ONE bad night may have overshadowed all the good performances Carmelo Anthony has displayed this season. The National Basketball Association's leading scorer was not named among the reserves for the Western All-Star team announced on Thursday. Anthony is averaging 31.3 points,... [Read more]

Hu heads to Africa again
WHAT IT IS CHINESE President Hu Jintao begins a 12-day trip to Africa tomorrow, his third trip there in three years.He will visit eight African countries, including major trading partner South Africa and geopolitical flashpoint Sudan. His trip comes two months... [Read more]

Bilateral ties: Thailand 'assessing' S'pore gestures
BANGKOK - THE Thai government is assessing Singapore's latest gestures following ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to the Republic, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said yesterday. 'We are assessing the situation but we welcome Yeo's comments which signalled they want to... [Read more]

Maybank S'pore's interim profit rises 11% to $82.5m
MAYBANK Singapore's pre-tax gain grew 11.1 per cent to RM187.9 million (S$82.5 million) for the six months ended Dec 31 from RM169.1 million previously.During the same period, it registered a 29.7 per cent revenue growth to RM909.3 million compared to RM700.9... [Read more]

Frank Hsieh to join Taiwan presidential race
TAIPEI - FORMER premier Frank Hsieh yesterday announced that he will seek the ruling party's nomination for next year's presidential election.His announcement came just days after opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou declared his bid for the island's top office on Tuesday.Mr Hsieh,... [Read more]

All's fair game in the blogosphere - or is it?
KUALA LUMPUR - WHEN a manager of an Islamic insurance company sent an e-mail asking Muslim staff not to offer Deepavali greetings to Hindus last October, it quickly became the talk in this city.The diktat, a show of religious insensitivity, resulted... [Read more]

Father's hugs gave woman cancer
A FATHER'S loving hugs proved deadly for one British woman, who developed an asbestos-linked cancer years after her contact with the naval dockyard worker.Now, Ms Debra Brewer, 47, has won a compensation claim against the British Defence Ministry, after it admitted... [Read more]

Young army on the march
WITH their Kids Army sweeping to the League Cup final - they slammed Tottenham 3-1 - Arsenal can claim to be the pace-setters among the Big Four in bringing through young talent.Of their starting XI at Tottenham on Wednesday, only Justin... [Read more]

Is service charge for waiters and waitresses or for the establishment?
I refer to Mr Patrick Tan Siong Kuan's letter, 'Want good service? Bring back tipping' (ST, Jan 25), and Mr Alvin Gho Weijie's letter, 'Service charge is a misnomer' (ST, Feb 1). The unspoken understanding is that the mandatory 10 per... [Read more]