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KUYT STILL HOPEFULLONDON: Striker Dirk Kuyt insists Liverpool will not give up on the Premiership title.The Reds reduced the gap from leaders Manchester United to 11 points after a 2-0 home win over champions Chelsea last Saturday.Kuyt told Sky Sports: 'Winning... [Read more]

Book launched in honour of abbess
DEVOTEES had planned to celebrate her 98th birthday in February last year, but the founder of Man Fut Tong Nursing Home, Venerable Ho Yuen Hoe, died before they could do so. To mark her birth and death, a book about Venerable... [Read more]

Iran turns missile into satellite launcher
TEHERAN - IRAN has converted its most powerful ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle, a move that could herald a new dimension in Teheran's strategic capabilities, according to Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine. A recently assembled 30.5-tonne ballistic missile-turned-space... [Read more]

Video game maker raided for using illegal software
A COMPANY that develops video games was raided on Thursday morning - allegedly for using illegal software. The case has more than a touch of irony, considering the company is part of an industry that has always railed against the impact... [Read more]

Floods cripple much of Jakarta
JAKARTA - MUCH of Jakarta was crippled yesterday as the worst deluge in five years cut road, rail and telecommunications links to the Indonesian capital. Three-quarters of the sprawling city of 12 million people was under water, and officials now face... [Read more]

Change in COE tender dates
CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) tender dates are different this month because of Chinese New Year.The month's first exercise takes place today and tomorrow. Usually, it is over three days in the second week of the month.The second tender for this month... [Read more]

Roma's hopes rest on an improved performance
ROME - IF ROMA want to progress in the Champions League, they will have to play better than they did last Saturday.Then, they produced one of their worst performances in recent times in their 0-1 loss to Empoli.The result left them... [Read more]

Ailing Castro still has fight in him
CUBAN state television has shown footage of Dr Fidel Castro for the first time in three months, and the ailing leader said he was still in the fight to recover from surgery that forced him to relinquish power last July. The... [Read more]

Israel warns Iran of all-out retaliation
HERZLIYA (ISRAEL) - ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not mince his words during a high-profile policy speech on Wednesday when he warned Iran that his country will respond to a nuclear threat 'with all the means at our disposal'. Addressing... [Read more]

Richard Yong may end up paying the most
WITH all four defendants now having admitted that they are liable to the new National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the way has been paved for the charity to recover the money it is claiming from them. But the twist is that it... [Read more]

Jakarta defends move to halt sharing of bird flu samples
JAKARTA - INDONESIA yesterday defended its decision to stop sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organisation, saying it did not want the agency passing them to drug companies to develop vaccines the country could not afford. But Health Minister... [Read more]