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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking actions against the Carabao Dang energydrink advertisement for exaggerating the product's benefits.
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A nongovernmental organisation has found up to 1,500 young victims of human trafficking at Thailandbased rescue homes during the past five years.
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Starting from October 1, patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) under the universal healthcare scheme will get free medicine for the redcell blood production.
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Two audio clips were revealed yesterday to show there were political interference and lobbying attempt to throw the Best 59 pyramid scheme via Poodang Kitozan products off court.
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A governmentsubsidised disaster insurance fund will soon be set up to help people affected every year by seasonal flooding, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.
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Public prosecutors yesterday withdrew six additional offences filed against Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout by the United States, ending a legal dispute over whether he should be further detained - and meaning he is available for immediate courtordered extradition.
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A 16-year-old student of Bang Kapi Technology College was arrested yesterday for shooting at a bus and killing a nine-year-old boy on Wednesday morning.
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A study has found that the bird that carried the influenza virus H5N1 into Thailand was a gull, not the openbill stork.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China's Minister of Culture, Cai Wu (蔡武), arrived at Taipei yesterday for a one-week visit to promote cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Strait, making him the highest-ranking mainland Chinese official to visit the island in 12 years, officials said.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Premier Wu Den-yih yesterday instructed the Department of Health (DOH) to work out concrete measures to help those whose national health insurance (NHI) cards have been locked to receive medical treatment services as usual.
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Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi has denied rumors romantically linking him with an unnamed TV news reporter.
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Two police officers, a businessman and a civil servant were charged Thursday for their alleged involvement in a recently uncovered military style terrorist training camp in Aceh.
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The Center for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation has put Mt. Seulawah Agam in Aceh on the lowest alert level following a series of earthquakes recorded in the last few days.
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FACTORY output is showing signs of faltering with a key indicator suggesting that Singapore's manufacturing sector has shrunk for the first time in 16 months.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a barometer of factory production, fell to 49.4 in August, an early warning sign of slowing output given that a reading of less than 50 indicates contraction.
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ARTS sponsors gave $22.1 million to the arts last year, a sharp drop from the $34.2 million given in 2008.
Ninety-two sponsors were honoured for their giving at the annual Patron of the Arts Awards ceremony organised by the National Arts Council (NAC) on Thursday night.
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FLOURISHING sectors such as infrastructure, resources and property have helped propel eight locally-listed firms into the Forbes list of best small and medium-sized companies.
The number of Singapore firms on Forbes Asia's 'Best Under A Billion' list is up from the five firms last year, but still lower than the 14 companies in 2008 and 20 in 2007.
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SUPERMARKETS here are increasingly inking contracts with farms here and abroad for an assured supply of greens and meats on their shelves.
These contracts, which bind these farmers to supply the goods in agreed-upon quantities and prices, keep supply and prices stable for consumers here.
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Former National Police detective chief Comr. Gen.
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PUTRAJAYA: The Government's socio-economic development programmes will not succeed if there are parties consistently inciting anger and hatred among the races, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The public should trust the mainstream media as it is fact-based, compared to the opinion-based alternative media, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
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SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has done it again.
For the 18th consecutive year, it has been honoured with the Distinguished Patron of the Arts award - the highest honour given to arts sponsors by the National Arts Council.
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A HIGHLY intoxicated Korean national fell nine floors to his death while apparently trying to climb back into his bedroom from the parapet of a condominium development.
A verdict of misadventure was recorded on Thursday on the death of chief officer Kim Young Hwan, 30, on May 23 last year.
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POLICE have uncovered a new cyber extortion scam.
The scammers would proposition Internet users into performing sexual acts in front of a webcam, and extort from the victims by threatening to circulate their compromising photos and videos.
