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01 Mar 08 Straits Times wants opposition unity to defeat the PAP? Think again

01 Mar 08 A big-time Burmese drug trafficker's Singaporean connection

29 Feb 08 Media Release: Questions that Wong Kan Seng must answer

29 Feb 08 Singapore says may relax rules on protests

28 Feb 08 Singapore hunts escaped JI suspect

28 Feb 08 Shin Corp 2007 profit falls 72%

27 Feb 08 More junta cronies hit by US sanctions

27 Feb 08 Lanxess in talks with Singapore state funds

26 Feb 08 Singaporean, 10 firms under US Myanmar sanctions

26 Feb 08 Temasek's Australian child care company suffers losses

26 Feb 08 Singapore's GIC Real Estate acquires Westin Tokyo

25 Feb 08 The Lees' objections to the SDP's AEIC

25 Feb 08 Singapore's January annual inflation increases, exceeds expectations

25 Feb 08 Temasek may sell stake in Indonesian bank

23 Feb 08 Australia's Greens Party writes to PM over Dr Chee's charges

23 Feb 08 Singapore GIC says to explore China market

22 Feb 08 CASE to hold protest walk on same weekend as SDP

22 Feb 08 Singapore inflation probably climbed to 25-year high

21 Feb 08 SDP urges Wong Kan Seng to respond to appeal

21 Feb 08 Goh says western fears on wealth funds irrational

20 Feb 08 Discriminatory enforcement of law is "not irrelevant": Judge

20 Feb 08 AI: An open letter to ASEAN Foreign Ministers

20 Feb 08 Aung San Suu Kyi barred from running for Myanmar polls

20 Feb 08 Scottish university to open campus in Singapore

19 Feb 08 Citigroup says Singapore "fairy tale" reaches end

18 Feb 08 Asia's publishers invite Chee Soon Juan to speak at awards ceremony

18 Feb 08 Temasek and GIC eye Australia

17 Feb 08 Public speaking trial resumes tomorrow

17 Feb 08 Citigroup stops withdrawals from hedge funds

17 Feb 08 Myanmar to allow opening Singapore dollar bank account

17 Feb 08 Singapore-registered company to dig for gold in Burma

16 Feb 08 Singapore unveils budget amid rising inflation

16 Feb 08 UBS write-downs could double

15 Feb 08 A letter from Asia's leaders to US presidential candidates

15 Feb 08 Singapore govt ministers to cost taxpayers 15 pct more

15 Feb 08 Singapore's DBS takes more writedowns, Q4 falls 18 pct

14 Feb 08 A letter to Barack Obama on Singapore's education system

14 Feb 08 Martyn See's documentary disqualified by film festival

14 Feb 08 Singapore may spend surplus on inflation-hit populace

14 Feb 08 Income gap widens in Singapore last year

13 Feb 08 Chee Soon Juan to Wong Kan Seng: Take your ministerial oath seriously

13 Feb 08 RSF blasts Singapore in Annual Report 2008

13 Feb 08 Temasek to raise stake in StanChart past 20%

12 Feb 08 SDP website problems: Systems error or mischief-making?

12 Feb 08 Web of rules stops foreign choir singers voicing gripes

11 Feb 08 Problems with SDP website over CNY break

11 Feb 08 Singapore to Burma, pot to kettle

10 Feb 08 Francis Seow swears affidavit in support of SDP

09 Feb 08 Your Letters

09 Feb 08 Singapore trades freedoms for happiness

08 Feb 08 The future of Asia: Eastern approaches

08 Feb 08 Singapore resident targeted in US Myanmar sanctions

06 Feb 08 Ching Cheong: Free at last

06 Feb 08 Harvey's Singapore at risk from "horrendous" rent rises

05 Feb 08 Feature: Slow but sure

04 Feb 08 Singapore wealth fund takes long view

04 Feb 08 Myanmar nationals remember demo victims with 'Rambo' screening

04 Feb 08 Arms sale suspect disappears from Singapore home

03 Feb 08 Culture is no excuse for China denying its people democracy

02 Feb 08 Singapore's shame

02 Feb 08 The death of Suharto: Epitaph on a crook and a tyrant

01 Feb 08 Singapore remains an authoritarian state: HRW World Report 2008

01 Feb 08 Ravi wants reason from police for permit rejection

01 Feb 08 Western governments give false democracies a pass

01 Feb 08 Foreigners one-third of Singapore workforce

31 Jan 08 John Tan lodges police report before interview

31 Jan 08 Singapore aspires to become Oxbridge of the East

31 Jan 08 Singapore manufacturers business outlook weakens

30 Jan 08 Singapore's GIC says able to bail out another bank

30 Jan 08 UBS in Q4 loss of $11.5 bln on subprime woes

29 Jan 08 Lawyer Ravi writes to police on Parliament House protest

29 Jan 08 The truth about Sovereign Wealth Funds

28 Jan 08 Complaints Choir saga: MHA's last minute flip-flops must be challenged

28 Jan 08 Singapore government cannot make up its mind about transparency

27 Jan 08 Why would Taiwan try to emulate Singapore?

27 Jan 08 Your Letters

26 Jan 08 Government bans choir performance at Speakers’ Corner

25 Jan 08 Taiwan's infatuation with Singapore

25 Jan 08 No way of getting away from the R-word

24 Jan 08 SDP to police: Don’t drag feet over application for Parliament House protest

24 Jan 08 Inflation? What inflation?

24 Jan 08 That Andy Xie email

24 Jan 08 IMF asks Singapore to help set SWF benchmarks

23 Jan 08 Americans lose faith in Citi and Merrill

23 Jan 08 Vice explodes in Singapore

23 Jan 08 Singapore's inflation quickens to highest since 1982

22 Jan 08 Election reform: What needs to be done

22 Jan 08 The cost of believing in America

22 Jan 08 Singapore invests in Moscow region

22 Jan 08 Singapore sees value of bank investments

21 Jan 08 New Sintercom interviews Seelan

21 Jan 08 Singaporeans participate in international human rights torch relay

20 Jan 08 Election reform inevitable

19 Jan 08 Silence not necessarily golden for sovereign funds

18 Jan 08 Dr Chee Soon Juan's interview with TOC on election reform

18 Jan 08 Singapore Dec inflation estimated up 2.5-4.5 pct on higher food, transport costs

18 Jan 08 Asia ponders its astounding foreign exchange reserves

17 Jan 08 Ohio lawmaker blasts foreign investment in Wall Street

17 Jan 08 Singapore plays bank saviour again

17 Jan 08 Sovereign wealth to whose rescue? (Again)

16 Jan 08 Singapore apparently paid Citi more when China refused

16 Jan 08 A colonial rule of law

15 Jan 08 The December of Indonesia's patriarch

15 Jan 08 Thai government takes over Temasek's ITV

15 Jan 08 Press freedom an endless struggle for Asian media

14 Jan 08 Just so that we are all clear about Suharto

12 Jan 08 Seasonal windfall that lingers

11 Jan 08 Sub-prime crisis in Singapore

11 Jan 08 Singapore plays with fire

11 Jan 08 Will Rupert Murdoch knuckle under to Singapore?

10 Jan 08 SDP election forum to be held on 20 Jan

10 Jan 08 Exclusive interview with student protestor

10 Jan 08 Asian countries are below average in e-government readiness: UN Survey

09 Jan 08 Stiglitz says GDP may be poor indicator of economy

09 Jan 08 Asian 'godfathers' maintain mystique

08 Jan 08 S'pore dictatorship not dissimilar to Vietnam, says Chee Siok Chin

08 Jan 08 China Eastern shareholders reject Singapore Air's bid

08 Jan 08 Overcoming autocratic legacies

07 Jan 08 SDP applies for protest rally on World Consumer Rights Day

07 Jan 08 Singapore libel case a test of Murdoch's bona fides

07 Jan 08 Outlook for Asian tigers unsteady

07 Jan 08 Palay ends hunger strike for Hindraf five

06 Jan 07 Malaysian riot police break up rally protesting detention without trial

05 Jan 08 Singapore matures together with its activists

04 Jan 08 Sovereign Funds invest where Buffett won't

04 Jan 08 India stops arms sell to Myanmar

03 Jan 08 Singapore economy slows

03 Jan 08 Singapore's GDP contracts 3.2 percent in fourth quarter on weak manufacturing

03 Jan 08 Singapore to boost Middle East medical tourism

02 Jan 08 Singapore's GDP unexpectedly shrinks on weaker output

01 Jan 08 Martyn See submits third film for clearance

01 Jan 08 Singaporean activist launches protest against Hindraf detention

30 Dec 07 SDP makes pledge to fight cost of living in 2008

28 Dec 07 A growing power in the East

27 Dec 07 Singapore recruiting foreign workers for neighbourhood patrols

26 Dec 07 Join us for a New Year get-together and planning for 2008

26 Dec 07 Your Letters

26 Dec 07 S'pore manufacturing performance dips in Nov

24 Dec 07 Temasek raises stake in Standard Chartered to 18%

22 Dec 07 Short shrift for human rights in South-east Asia

21 Dec 07 Merrill Lynch may get $5 billion investment from Temasek, WSJ says

21 Dec 07 Ratification of ASEAN Charter rests on democratisation in Burma: Philippines

21 Dec 07 UN votes for death penalty freeze

20 Dec 07 Asia: Case studies in democracy

19 Dec 07 Singapore biotech drive loses star Dolly-creator scientist

18 Dec 07 Singapore boosts pay for officials... again

17 Dec 07 SDP calls on Malaysian Government to respect human rights

17 Dec 07 Australian regulator rejects broadband proposal led by SingTel

17 Dec 07 Singapore's exports unexpectedly drop on electronics, drugs

16 Dec 07 SDP leaders to present letter to Malaysian High Commissioner on Monday

15 Dec 07 Autocrat see, autocrat do

15 Dec 07 Climate of fear hurts Singapore: author

14 Dec 07 Stand up and live with honour

14 Dec 07 Nation, Inc.

14 Dec 07 UNSW to pay back $22.4 million for S'pore campus failure

13 Dec 07 S'pore politicians to get big pay hike in 2008

12 Dec 07 SDP's chairing of CALD a "show of support and solidarity for democracy in Singapore"

12 Dec 07 Malaysian police continue their crackdown

11 Dec 07 UBS writes down $10 bln, Singapore injects capital

10 Dec 07 SDP in Taipei to take over CALD leadership

10 Dec 07 Singapore Democrats voice concern over crackdown on pro-democracy forces in Malaysia

10 Dec 07 Lawyers M Ravi and Chia Ti Lik hand petition to Law Society

10 Dec 07 AI: Respect religious freedom of Jehovah's Witnesses

09 Dec 07 Singapore lawyers to call on Law Society to set up human rights committee

07 Dec 07 Police witnesses testify against colleague

07 Dec 07 Join SgHumanRights this Sunday to commemorate Human Rights Day

07 Dec 07 The wealth of nations

06 Dec 07 Et tu, Law Society?

05 Dec 07 Anti death penalty campaign group focuses on Singapore

05 Dec 07 New money settles in Singapore

04 Dec 07 What protests can achieve

03 Dec 07 ASEAN destroys its own credibility

03 Dec 07 Your Letters

03 Dec 07 Singapore's stand on death penalty at UN leaves many angered

02 Dec 07 SDP Affidavit: Lees' reputations built up by controlling media

01 Dec 07 Martyn See releases new film Speakers Cornered

30 Nov 07 Sergeant lies that he is not a police officer

29 Nov 07 Who's lying – DPP or police sergeant?

28 Nov 07 Prosecution makes a hash of evidence; DPP confers with witness outside courtroom

28 Nov 07 Office didn't check to see if there was permit even though he was assigned to do so

27 Nov 07 Witness might not have called police if SDP event "had a roof"

27 Nov 07 Bank of China shares skid after Temasek trims stake

26 Nov 07 Chee's trial for speaking in public begins tomorrow

26 Nov 07 Singapore Raps

26 Nov 07 Malaysian police crush rally by Indians

25 Nov 07 Call for bloggers to meet

24 Nov 07 The world learns a little bit more about Singapore

23 Nov 07 Singapore stops activists in Burmese temple after ASEAN spotlight over

23 Nov 07 ASEAN discredited over Burma: analysts

23 Nov 07 CPI rises faster than expected soaring costs

22 Nov 07 Police playing the dangerous game of politics

21 Nov 07 Chee Siok Chin writes to Wong Kan Seng

21 Nov 07 Activists test Singapore with ASEAN protests

21 Nov 07 ASEAN human rights body told to protect members from foreign interference

20 Nov 07 Two SDP leaders arrested, police refuse to give reason

20 Nov 07 Chee Siok Chin and John Tan released

20 Nov 07 Sg Human Rights members stage march to present petition to ASEAN

20 Nov 07 ASEAN gets pummeled over Burma and Charter: Reports and analysis

20 Nov 07 Indonesia finds Temasek guilty of breaking competition law

19 Nov 07 Students defy Myanmar protest ban at ASEAN summit

19 Nov 07 Protest for Burma at Singapore embassy in Bangkok

19 Nov 07 Myanmar tops agenda as ASEAN meets

18 Nov 07 Human Rights Now!

18 Nov 07 International students to attend forum to explain protest action

18 Nov 07 Singapore bans Myanmar protest at ASEAN summit

18 Nov 07 Students plan to protest Myanmar crackdown during ASEAN summit

18 Nov 07 Analysis of the ASEAN Charter

18 Nov 07 Burma: State, not citizens, the cause of fear & alarm

17 Nov 07 U.S. Congress urges ASEAN to suspend Burma/Myanmar

17 Nov 07 UN official: Burma needs priority priority attention from ASEAN

17 Nov 07 Freedom House regrets ASEAN's non-interference policy

16 Nov 07 International students to stage protest at ASEAN Summit

16 Nov 07 Singapore says protest laws apply during ASEAN meet

16 Nov 07 ASEAN urged to set timetable for human rights mechanism

16 Nov 07 Thailand's Shin Corp Q3 profit down 12 pct

15 Nov 07 Democrats invite opposition parties for forum on election reform

15 Nov 07 Don't ask the Government, ask LKY

14 Nov 07 Singapore - doctor and alleged banker to Myanmar's generals

13 Nov 07 Free Burma, Free Singapore

13 Nov 07 Police reject SDP application for ASEAN Summit protest

13 Nov 07 Singapore review group says no to full liberalisation of legal market

12 Nov 07 Special Feature: Lessons from our cousins up north

12 Nov 07 Your Letters

12 Nov 07 Singapore income gap widens with economic boom

12 Nov 07 Singapore feels heat of anti-Burma drive

11 Nov 07 Malaysian petitioners defy police

10 Nov 07 Malaysians hold huge rally for free elections

10 Nov 07 Asean to retain non-interference policy, Charter says

10 Nov 07 Why is draft of ASEAN Charter being kept from public?

09 Nov 07 IBA delegate and human rights lawyer includes Singapore in his blog

09 Nov 07 Electoral dismay prompts Malaysian march

08 Nov 07 Malaysian opposition rallies for change - What about Singapore?

08 Nov 07 Anwar Ibrahim on freedom, democracy and the rule of law

07 Nov 07 ASEAN Charter leaked - reference to human rights body vague

06 Nov 07 New human rights group to hold public forum on ASEAN summit and to protest Burma's participation

06 Nov 07 Suu Kyi unwell—Gambari meeting uncertain

06 Nov 07 Your Letters

05 Nov 07 The wayang must go on

03 Nov 07 Myanmar's generals hit where it hurts

02 Nov 07 SDP applies for protest permit during ASEAN summit

02 Nov 07 ASEAN Civil Society Conference only for select group

01 Nov 07 Will our neglect of democracy come back to haunt us?

01 Nov 07 Your Letters

31 Oct 07 There are some people you just cannot fool

31 Oct 07 Burmese monks begin fresh protests

30 Oct 07 Singapore distancing itself from Myanmar

30 Oct 07 System of impunity making mockery of Special Procedures: Special Rapporteur tells United Nations' Third Committee

29 Oct 07 Rising power of the sovereign funds

27 Oct 07 Hurdles to Singapore summit

27 Oct 07 Singapore PM congratulates new Myanmar PM

27 Oct 07 The cost of reporting in Singapore

26 Oct 07 Public assembly ban: Beware the con

26 Oct 07 Malaysian Court exposes ISA

25 Oct 07 ASEAN urged to stop passing the buck on Burma

24 Oct 07 Special Feature: When laws become bad

24 Oct 07 The needs of the many and of the few

23 Oct 07 Media Release: George Yeo said absolutely nothing in Parliament

23 Oct 07 Singapore counters concerns on Yangon

23 Oct 07 A Memorandum to Singapore government

23 Oct 07 Why the SDP supports repealing Section 377A

23 Oct 07 Indonesian regulator says Singapore's Temasek not complying with competition law



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