2014-08-29 Singapore Health

  The Hindu   

UN delivers its strongest warnings about the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa  ABC Online
ELIZABETH JACKSON: The UN's health authority has delivered its strongest warning yet about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that up to 20,000 people could catch the deadly disease. The World Today has ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Science

  AsiaOne   

MAS stocks suspended ahead of revamp plan reveal  AsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - Trading in Malaysia Airlines shares was suspended from 9am on Friday ahead of an announcement by major shareholder Khazanah Nasional. Khazanah, which owns nearly 70 per cent of the ailing national carrier, is expected to unveil ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Entertainment

  TODAYonline   

Art class by batik painting master  TODAYonline
Mr Diohan Bin Mond Sani (picture), 26, was one of eight people with cerebral palsy who received coaching for batik painting from established local artist Kamal Dollah at Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore yesterday. The eight beneficiaries chosen are from ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Sports

  The Straits Times   

Referee! How Wilson Raj Perumal made football pay the penalty  WPTZ The Champlain Valley
Who'd be a referee? When the crowd aren't getting on your back you've got the players acting up or giving you an earful. Related. The people who create their own '... Inside N. Korea: Me and an aging... Ebola cases accelerating, officials say · Experimental ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Technology

  IBNLive   

Apple sends out invites for September 9 event, new iPhones expected  IBNLive
San Francisco: Apple invited media to a "special event" in its hometown of Cupertino, California, on September 9, when the iPhone maker is expected to unveil the latest versions of its best-selling smartphones. Apple's typically cryptic invitation read: "Wish we ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Business

  The Straits Times   

Army camps, schools set to get rooftop solar panels  The Straits Times
Solar panels atop an HDB block. The HDB will call a tender next year for rooftop solar panel technology, which will also be supplied to Mindef and MOE. Minister Khaw Boon Wan says the HDB is taking the lead in the tender because it has the greatest ...

2014-08-29 Singapore World

  Haaretz   

Fiji says 43 soldiers captured in Golan Heights  Chron.com
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji's military has confirmed that 43 of its soldiers, working as U.N. peacekeepers, have been captured by a militant group on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. Fijian Commander Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga said Friday the soldiers are ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Southeast Asia

  The State   

Commentary: Saving face, RI-Oz mend rift to face new challenges  Jakarta Post
In the end someone got what they needed, even though it wasn't what they fully wanted. While the other got everything they wanted without compromising on what they really needed. The end of the espionage affair between Jakarta and Canberra faded into ...

2014-08-29 Singapore Singapore

  The Straits Times   

Unionists worried about new CPF option  The Straits Times
An upcoming move by the Government to let workers who retire withdraw part of their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings in a lump sum worries unionists. They fear it will bring grief to the very group of workers whose well-being they have always strived to ...