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Spurs test Everton's unbeaten run
LIVERPOOL - TIM Cahill is confident that Everton can keep their unbeaten run going, when they host Tottenham in the Premiership today.Since losing 1-4 in the FA Cup at home to Blackburn, they have not lost in four games to move... [Read more]

Waiting for the mating call
It's feeding time for Rosa in the rhino sanctuary at Way Kambas National Park on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. But soon, it may be breeding time for the young rhino, which is one of two female rhinos that are expected... [Read more]

Dubai deal gets nod from US port authority
NEW YORK - THE New York-New Jersey Port Authority and American International Group (AIG) have reached a preliminary agreement to let the insurer buy Dubai Ports World's (DP World) stake in the Port Newark container terminal.DP World acquired assets at six... [Read more]

Sorry, $100 notes not accepted
ON JAN 24 my family and I had dinner at Ramen Tan Restaurant located in the Ang Mo Kio Jubilee Complex.I was surprised to learn that the management had instructed the staff not to accept $100 notes. When asked for the... [Read more]

More major operations done without 'knockout' anaesthesia
SOME major operations can now be done without the patient being completely knocked out under general anaesthesia. In regional anaesthesia, doctors paralyse just that part of the body undergoing surgery. Epidurals, administered to control pain in the lower bodies of women... [Read more]

Problem's not the stadia, it's the Ultras
MILAN - THE installation of 28 electronic turnstiles - that was all it took for the Italian government to open the San Siro Stadium to season ticket-holders. The Serie A game staged there yesterday against Livorno ended 2-1 for home team... [Read more]

Life term upheld for man who beat wife to death
LAWYERS arguing the appeal against the life term of a man who battered his wife to death with an 8.5kg standing fan and other objects, sought to tender four new affidavits but to no avail.The three-judge Court of Appeal yesterday upheld... [Read more]

Austria's Olympian minister dies
AUSTRIA'S first female interior minister Liese Prokop, a former Olympic silver medallist, has died of a ruptured blood vessel. She was 65.Ms Prokop, who was appointed in 2004 to oversee Austria's police and overall security, died on Sunday night as she... [Read more]

British doctors lose right to be own watchdog
LONDON - BRITISH doctors will lose the right to act as their own watchdog under government plans for Britain's biggest medical regulatory overhaul in decades. The changes, announced on Wednesday, are part of the government's response to the inquiry into how... [Read more]

Putting this shop's best face forward
Many people come to the shop daily, during their lunch breaks, 'to soak in the feel and experience'. Ms Peggy Kho, 31, creative director of The Face Shop chain of cosmetic stores, said the combination of attentive sales staff and look... [Read more]

Increase speed of trains, which carry more people
AFTER the recent announcement of the implementation of full-day bus lanes on certain roads within the city area, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has now decided to do away with bus bays on a trial basis so as to further increase... [Read more]