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CRACKDOWN ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested 73 members of the outlawed but normally tolerated Muslim Brotherhood, in what the group said was an escalation of a government crackdown on the nation's largest opposition group. The members detained early yesterday... [Read more]

The sound of music: From gramophone to iPod
Here's a tour of sound-scene names that Singaporeans have grown up with over the decades. Gramophone Invented in the United States in 1888, the gramophone plays vinyl records. Remember them? The gramophone came to Singapore in the 1940s. By the 1980s,... [Read more]

Three Thai firms show interest in Shin Sat
BANGKOK - TWO state-owned telecoms firms, as well as a private one, have reportedly shown interest in buying Temasek Holdings' stake in Shin Sat. According to reports in The Nation, Telephones of Thailand Corp and CAT Telecom have expressed their interest... [Read more]

The New Paper is available today at the usual outlets from 7am.
The New Paper is available today at the usual outlets from 7am.... [Read more]

An offence to listen to music while crossing road
NEW YORK - CROSSING the street in New York while engrossed with a cellphone or an iPod could soon get you fined US$100 (S$150) under a draft Bill being presented by a state senator. Senator Carl Kruger blamed 'iPod oblivion' for... [Read more]

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BANGKOK'S TOP COP OUSTED BANGKOK: Bangkok's police commissioner was dismissed yesterday, along with 56 other senior officers in the second recent shake-up in the department triggered by its failure to solve a series of deadly New Year's Eve bombings. Acting national... [Read more]

BOJ rate hike: No telling when flow of easy money will end
THE last time the Japanese yen was this weak against the Singapore dollar, American President Bill Clinton was trying not to get impeached and The X-Files was on television.In recent weeks, the gradually falling yen has sunk to levels against the... [Read more]

NTUC to sponsor training of SME workers
THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is going to step in and sponsor the training of unionised workers in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Labour chief Lim Swee Say made the promise yesterday to these workers who are rarely sent for... [Read more]

Local labour pool swells as more rejoin job market
AFTER 14 years out of the labour force, Madam Nathira Begum now wants to find a job.The job market looks promising. With the youngest of her four kids now aged six, a little more income also looks inviting.So of late, the... [Read more]

New taste of egg-vertising
TOKYO - WHAT came first: the chicken or the egg? In a new twist to the age-old conundrum, a Japanese firm is betting that - in shopping baskets at least - the chicken or rather chicken noodles will follow the egg... [Read more]

Tottenham's attacking policy pays off with last-gasp winner
LONDON - MARTIN Jol will stay true to Tottenham's attacking traditions, after his side's cavalier approach clinched a dramatic win at Everton. Spurs tasted success in the English Premiership for the first time since Boxing Day, as Jermaine Jenas' last-minute goal... [Read more]