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Rooney, McLoughlin almost split
LONDON - WAYNE Rooney has trouble getting out of bed, watches soap operas and cannot get enough of football - he will even watch a Chinese match on television.However, the most interesting titbit his fiancee Coleen McLoughlin revealed in her book,... [Read more]

Three advisers appointed for divestments
JTC Corp has appointed three banks to advise it on its planned property sales, which include a billion-dollar industrial property trust.Singapore's largest industrial landlord yesterday named DBS Bank as well as global investment banks UBS and Goldman Sachs as advisers on... [Read more]

Liverpool need to keep on winning
LIVERPOOL - IT IS no use beating Chelsea, and then losing to West Ham. Liverpool scored a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Premiership champions Chelsea last week, and moved to within five points of the second-placed Blues. However, manager Rafael Benitez says... [Read more]

Kim's son on way home for birthday bash
SEOUL - THE eldest son of North Korea's leader has left his residence in Macau and is travelling to Pyongyang for his father's 65th birthday, South Korean media reported yesterday. Mr Kim Jong Nam, 35, son of Mr Kim Jong Il,... [Read more]

Just fix it
Just fix it WHEN Changi Airport staff found a pothole in the runway one day in the 1980s, then permanent secretary of the Ministry of Communications Sim Kee Boon, who had taken on the mammoth task of building Changi Airport, went... [Read more]

Govt agency helps 22,000 find new jobs
ABOUT 22,000 people found jobs last year with help from the Workforce Development Agency (WDA), a government body that develops training programmes.Most were older and low-skilled workers. Some of them snagged better-paying jobs through the Job Re-creation Programme, which reinvents low-end... [Read more]

Chicks are Us!
What it should have beenThe table of unit trust prices published in page H16 in the Money section yesterday was inaccurate. The correct version is published today.... [Read more]Long drive aheadThe lighted ceiling of the Zhongnan Mountain Tunnel is part of... [Read more]

Kim Jong Il turns 65, with no successor in sight
SEOUL - RAINBOWS fill the sky and frost flickers like fireworks as North Korea prepares for the birthday of its 'Dear Leader', who is reaching an age when many retire, yet is reluctant to name his successor. Mr Kim Jong Il... [Read more]

Nets facing competition from debit card schemes
I REFER to the article, 'Dialogue to discuss higher Nets charges' (ST, Feb 9). Nets was founded 22 years ago by the nation's leading financial institutions to give Singaporeans a convenient and reliable mode of electronic payment. Beyond its mission to... [Read more]

One Ronaldo leaves Madrid...
MILAN - RONALDO'S farewell to Real Madrid did not include fond words for coach Fabio Capello. The World Cup's most prolific striker left the Spanish giants for AC Milan on Tuesday. He cost the Italian Serie A side &pound5 million (S$15... [Read more]

First Chinese player in Champions League
EINDHOVEN - THE first Chinese player to appear in the Champions League is sure he will not be the last. Sun Xiang predicted that more of his countrymen will take part in Europe's top club tournament. China's international defender played for... [Read more]