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An Oregon man attached more than 150 helium-filled party balloons to his lawn chair in a bid to fly from central Oregan to Idaho, some 370km away. -- PHOTO: AP » Full Story
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SINGAPORE'S booming residential property sector is finally showing signs of cooling but projects including two casino developments should underpin long-term prices, analysts say.

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2.Body of missing SMU undergrad found off Raffles Marina
3.'Kung Fu Panda' prompts soul-searching in China
4.Private detective missing after revoking sex claim against M'sia DPM
5.Campuses face big squeeze as enrolments rise

PALEMBANG, SUMATRA - Mohamed Hassan, the Singaporean nabbed in Palembang recently for his involvement in the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network, led a double life.

JAKARTA - Indonesia will distribute pictures of escaped Singapore terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari nationwide and step up patrols in border areas following information that he may have slipped into the country.

When Ms Valencia Low, 37, and her husband bought their first home in 2002, they aimed to pay up the mortgage fully in five years - and they did.
For some days last week I kept thinking that $20,000 seemed a pittance to pay a person to part with a kidney to save a stranger's life.
It took around 19 hours. At around 7pm on July 1 - officially Luiz Felipe Scolari's first day at work in England - news broke that Deco was headed for Chelsea.
The letter D, to take a cue from the Cole Porter song, is delightful, delicious and delovely.
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I DISAGREE with Mr Khoo Chun Yok that HDB void decks need to be fully occupied ('Why are void decks so, er, void?', last Saturday).
WE THANK readers for sharing their views about the New 7th Storey Hotel. The Land Transport Authority carried out a comprehensive study and explored all options to construct the Downtown Line 1 (DTL1) and the new Bugis station. After exhausting all options, we concluded there was no alternative but to demolish the New 7th Storey Hotel building.
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