Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes sought a global commitment to force Pakistan to crackdown on terrorism on Sunday, warning that New Delhi faced ”intense” pressure to launch an attack on terrorists.
World oil prices stayed firm on Monday, hovering just below a barrel, as brokers speculated the weekend bombing in Bali would bolster international support for US President George Bush’s stance against Iraq.
Oil prices resumed their upward climb on Monday on reports of increased tensions in the Middle East that saw Israeli tanks roll into the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Singapore network specialist Datacraft Asia Ltd is expected to post its first full-year loss on Thursday, as it takes the full force of its bad debt and restructuring charges while customer orders remain dismal.
Oil prices climbed for the fourth straight session on Monday, rising two percent as the US administration stepped up diplomatic efforts to win support at home and abroad for toppling Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Laleh Bijani had to give up her dream of being a journalist because her twin sister, Ladan, wanted to be a lawyer.
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) said on Tuesday it has expanded the convenience of the popular Short Message Service (SMS) to home and office phones with the advent of a new text-to-speech system.
Sales of personal computers breached the one billion mark in April, 25 years after they first hit the market, according to an industry monitor on Monday.
A ”most despicable” Singapore mother who helped in the regular rape of her nine-year-old daughter has been told she must serve-out a 36-year jail sentence and is lucky not to be jailed for life, a report said on Tuesday.