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News Flash
Today Tuesday 25 Jan 2000
In Singapore
SingTel in merger bid with Cable & Wireless HKT which will create a S$100 billion regional company and the 6th largest international call carrier in the world.
MAS manager, 28, dies while jogging at the NUS.
A district court heard yesterday that the foreman of a fish farm allegedly dug a grave and buried eight new-born puppies alive.
Asia
Bangkok: At least 10 gunmen, allegedly members of a resistance group opposed to the Myanmar govt, stormed a hospital in a Thai province yesterday, taking more than 1000 patients and staff hostage to demand relief from bloody border fighting.
Australia: Heat wave kills 22 in four days in east Australia.
Jakarta: Megawati visits Maluku islands for talks to quell violence.
Around the world
Scarborough (Maine): A new technology in crime prevention is catching on in the US - "Reverse 911", an automated telephoning system which allows the police to alert whole neighbourhoods quickly about potential problems.
Courtesy of The Straits Times
News updated by 8.00 am daily.
Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
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Raymond Han
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