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1. Asia Pacific

   75—year—old retiree loses S$400,000 with Lehman’s collapse

   Channel NewsAsia - Monday, October 13

   SINGAPORE: Some 10,000 people in Singapore paid out half a billion Singdollars for structured financial products linked to the now bankrupt Lehman Brothers. More »

2. Asia Pacific

   Singapore in better shape compared to last financial crisis

   Channel NewsAsia - Monday, October 13

   SINGAPORE: Singapore may have slipped into a technical recession, but Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran said the country is in a better shape compared to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. More »

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   Indian Catholics fete country's first woman saint

   AFP - Sunday, October 12

   BHARANANGANAM, India (AFP) - - A Roman Catholic nun is to be made India's first female saint by Pope Benedict XVI in a televised ceremony on Sunday. More »

4. Asia Pacific

   Asia's migrant workers fear losing jobs in global crisis

   AFP - Sunday, October 12

   SINGAPORE, Oct 12, 2008 (AFP) - As the global financial storm blows fear through Asia's stock markets, Filipino maid Christy Arciaga is jittery -- even though she does not own any shares. More »

5. Asia Pacific

   'Japanese O.J.' kills self after extradition to US

   AFP - Sunday, October 12

   LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - A Japanese businessman hanged himself in a Los Angeles jail cell where he was awaiting trial for plotting his wife's murder here in 1981, prosecutors said Saturday. More »

6. Asia Pacific

   Mazda says no decision on sale of Ford's stake

   AP - Sunday, October 12

   TOKYO - Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker, but didn't rule out a possible deal. More »

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   Ship seized off Somalia not Greek, says Athens

   AFP - Sunday, October 12

   ATHENS, Oct 11, 2008 (AFP) - Authorities in Athens denied Saturday that a ship reported to have been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia had any connection with Greece. More »

8. Asia Pacific

   Thai PM considers resigning in wake of protests

   AFP - Sunday, October 12

   BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thailand's embattled prime minister indicated on Saturday that he may resign in the wake of fierce anti-government protests earlier this week that left two people dead and hundreds injured. More »

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   Singapore becoming home to new wave of Indian immigrants

   Channel NewsAsia - Sunday, October 12

   SINGAPORE: Singapore’s President S R Nathan has noted that the country is becoming home to a new wave of immigrants from India. More »

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    MM Lee says India must urbanise to catch up with China

    Channel NewsAsia - Sunday, October 12

    SINGAPORE: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew believes India needs to move its communities from the rural areas to its cities before the country can catch up to booming economies like China. More »