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BASKETBALL: Atlantic Coast Conference: Duke v Boston College (Live, Ch23, 10am). GOLF: Asian Tour Indonesian Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, 3.30pm). Nissan Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4am). Event SOCCER: SingTel League Cup, prelims: Sengkang Punggol v Balestier Khalsa (Hougang,... [Read more]

Companies in brief
SUNTEC REIT'S PROFIT RISES 21% TO $21MSUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has posted a 21 per cent jump in profit to $21 million. Revenues grew 17 per cent to $45.9 million for the quarter ended Dec 31, buoyed by rising... [Read more]

The blame game begins
JAKARTA - POLITICIANS and the media have already begun pointing fingers over who is to blame for floods in the Indonesian capital. The media put the blame squarely on the city's authorities. 'Flood disasters are Sutiyoso's unacceptable legacy' said the headline... [Read more]

Male sweat 'makes women hot and happy'
A chemical in it raises the level of a female hormone that maintains arousal WASHINGTON - FOR women, there is apparently nothing like the smell of a man's sweat.Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, said women who sniffed a chemical... [Read more]

Kim seen in public for first time in 3 weeks
SEOUL - NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Il has made his first public appearances in about three weeks, official media reported. The development has further doused speculation that he is in conflict with the military. On Jan 26, South Korean officials... [Read more]

STI slips again on weak electronics data
SINGAPORE shares took another hit yesterday, after Thursday's pummelling, as economic data revealed continued softness in the electronics sector. The nation's December manufacturing output numbers released yesterday fell slightly more than expected, weighed down by the electronics sector, which dipped 8... [Read more]

Impact of ban 'manageable'
INDONESIA'S ban on land sand exports came into effect this week, but the construction industry should not be overly worried because any impact will be manageable, a minister said here yesterday. Regular shipments of sand are arriving from new sources and... [Read more]

Pregnant woman jailed for robbing doctor
A YOUNG woman who together with her husband and another man robbed a doctor was yesterday sent to jail for four years - but the victim is still living in fear.This was the second attack at his central Singapore clinic in... [Read more]

At least five years before HDTV takes off in S'pore: MDA
HIGH-DEFINITION TV (HDTV) services may take at least five years to take off with couch potatoes here, despite promising lifelike images four times sharper. This was what the Media Development Authority (MDA) said yesterday. Its chief information officer, Mr Yeo Chun... [Read more]

Philippines' anti-terror plan: 'Clear, hold and develop' Jolo
JOLO - A SMALL group of islands in the southernmost Philippines is providing the ideal conditions for testing a counter-terrorist strategy known as 'clear, hold and develop'. Around 5,000 Philippine marines and soldiers, supported by the US Special Forces, are clearing... [Read more]

Former director relieved cloud of doubts has cleared
WHEN his lawyer gave him the news that all claims against him had been dropped, it was a big weight off former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) director Chow Kok Fong's shoulders. The decision by his fellow former directors at the charity,... [Read more]