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Courtesy lion takes final bow

May 23, 2013 - 1:38am

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Jennifer Dhanaraj

TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

He may not look like a typical Singaporean, but he says he is a true-blue at heart.

After all, Singa the Lion bears the name of the nation, he said.

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Steve Tyler: S'porean women are delicious

May 23, 2013 - 1:33am

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Charlene Chua

TNP PHOTO: Nurjannah Zulkifli

Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler was asked what he thought about Singaporean women.

Breaking into a grin, he said: “In Singapore, the food is spectacular.

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On fighting fires & controlling Hello Kitty crowds

May 23, 2013 - 1:31am

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Shaffiq Alkhatib

TNP PHOTO: Nurjannah Zulkifli

More than 4,700 officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs will be promoted this year and they will assuming their new ranks next month.

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A year and a half after horrific accident she's playing football again

May 23, 2013 - 1:28am

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Judith Tan

TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

Doctors told her family that it was very likely Miss Nurhayati Sidek (above), 23, would never walk again.

That was in November 2011 after her spine was shattered and her pelvis crushed in a motorcycle accident.

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Researcher became secretive and worried about breaking US law

May 23, 2013 - 1:27am

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Rennie Whang
Shaffiq Alkhatib
Zul Othman

TNP PHOTO: Jeremy Long

He used to talk all the time, then he changed and became secretive, said a friend of dead US researcher Dr Shane Todd.

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Oh Baby! You're my hero!

May 23, 2013 - 1:25am

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Abigail Goh

Photo courtesy of Chris Tong
MediaCorp artist Chris Tong (above), 30, was buying supper in the early hours of yesterday morning in her hometown in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur when someone tried to rob her.

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The heat was so strong, she ran

May 23, 2013 - 1:22am

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Elizabeth Law

TNP PHOTO: Gavin Foo

A fire broke out in a Tuas factory shortly after 11pm on Tuesday night.

The fire engulfed nearly half the building, said eyewitnesses who saw flames shoot up to nearly three storeys high.

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There were two signatures on page, but...

May 22, 2013 - 11:36pm

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Koh Hui Theng

PICTURE: THE STRAITS TIMES

Their signatures were there on paper.

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Twice as many gold bars up for grabs

May 22, 2013 - 1:16am

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Audrey Kang

BETTER late than never. Readers who have yet to buy The New Paper’s Golden Ticket can still purchase the ticket from any 7-Eleven outlets across the country.

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US researcher's death in S'pore: Parents' expert witness says assassins did it

May 22, 2013 - 12:48am

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Rennie Whang

PHOTO: AFP

He had said that Dr Shane Todd (above) died after being strangled with a wire or cord.

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