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NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League
THE S-League begins on March 4, and The Straits Times looks at the interesting faces in the league. Today, we feature the league's youngest referee, and how being the man in the middle has helped him.Format: 12 clubs, 33 matches each.Teams... [Read more]

Will I be charged for my unconnected call to Shanghai?
On Jan 15, before leaving for Shanghai, I made a phone call to one of my clients in China. First, I made a call to his mobile number. I was not able to get a connection because I heard this message:... [Read more]

Huge storm forces flight cancellations in US, Canada
WASHINGTON - HEAVY snow and freezing rain in the United States and Canada wreaked havoc yesterday, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations at major airports.A massive weather system which started in the US south-west swept through the Midwest and regained strength off... [Read more]

Spending on adult training to increase
THE Government expects its annual spending on adult education and training to treble to $500 million and is beefing up its Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund (LLEF) by $100 million. The move is part of efforts to give more opportunities for adult... [Read more]

Five months on, and still no reply to enquiries on cancelled air tickets
In August 2005, I bought some miles and redeemed two air tickets to Hawaii for June last year. In March last year, I made some enquiries to change the ticket dates but there were no flights available, hence I decided to... [Read more]

Noble's full-year earnings slide 42%
COMMODITIES trader Noble Group's full-year net profits slumped 42 per cent to US$134.5 million (S$206.3 million), due in part to gains from the sale of fixed assets which inflated last year's profit figures.For instance, last year's earnings included gains of US$34.5... [Read more]

Anger boils over civilian killings for reward
NEW DELHI - HOPING against hope, Mr Ghulam Rasool Paddar watched police investigators unearth a body from under a grove of poplar trees in Indian Kashmir last week. Sobs shook his body as recognition struck. 'It's him, it's him,' the elderly... [Read more]

Industry snapshot
ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES INDUSTRYEmployment: About 43,000 people in 2003Sectors: Industry covers environmental services, process control and instrumentation, and engineering services.Value-add: This industry's value-add contribution is high at $2.5 billion. Value-add is the value created by a company through its production process... [Read more]

World Quickly
CALL TO ATTACK U.S. OIL SOURCES DUBAI: A Saudi wing of Al-Qaeda has called for attacks on US oil sources across the world, saying targets should not be limited to the Middle East. It listed Canada, Venezuela and Mexico as US... [Read more]

MFA 'disappointed' at remarks
SINGAPORE'S Foreign Ministry yesterday said it was 'disappointed' at an Indonesian official's remarks last week that the ban on sand exports was meant to pressure Singapore on the extradition treaty.The remarks by Mr Primo Alui Joelianto, the Director-General (East Asia, the... [Read more]

Donald Tsang launches re-election bid
HONG KONG Chief Executive Donald Tsang yesterday launched his bid for a second term with a pledge that he would get the job done. Some of the things he promised to do were to cut taxes, raise government spending and cut... [Read more]