Tonight's News Headlines

3 reasons to support Lions
COME to the National Stadium to back the national team against Malaysia tonight.Football Association of Singapore president Ho Peng Kee gave three reasons why: This is the real thing - they are cheering for Singapore, their country, and not some adopted... [Read more]

BA cabin crew call off strike after last-minute deal
LONDON - BRITISH Airways said yesterday it had reached agreement with a union representing cabin crew to call off a strike, but the deal came too late to avoid travel disruptions today and tomorrow.The Transport & General Workers (T&G) Union had... [Read more]

Ex-Russian spy may have survived earlier poison attempt
LONDON - FORMER Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko may have survived a first attempt to poison him with radioactive polonium 210 two weeks before receiving the dose that killed him, the BBC reported yesterday.How To Poison A Spy, a documentary by the... [Read more]

A match for him to forget and for me to remember, says Federer after thrashing Roddick in the semi-finals
ROGER Federer admitted it was a match Andy Roddick ought to try and forget. An 83-minute master-class from the Swiss maestro left the American's Australian Open hopes in tatters. It also made a mockery of Roddick's claim that the gap between... [Read more]

Call for review
BENEFIT limits under the Workmen's Compensation Act have not been reviewed since 1995.Insurers believe that if payouts under the Act are bumped up to be in line with much bigger common law payouts, then costly lawsuits would be discouraged.The move by... [Read more]

'You better hang me'
THE accused gunman dubbed the 'One-Eyed Dragon' created a stir in court yesterday when he urged the High Court judge presiding over his trial to hang him, saying it would ensure his wife's safety. Just before yesterday's hearing broke for lunch,... [Read more]

Community leaders tour Jurong Island
MINISTER of State for Defence, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee, hosted a visit to Jurong Island yesterday.The world-class chemical hub houses Singapore's multi-billion-dollar petrochemical industry.The visitors were members of Accord - the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence, made up... [Read more]

Key men: Henry and Scholes
LONDON - GAEL Clichy has a warning for Manchester United: Nothing can stop Arsenal with an in-form Thierry Henry leading the attack. Captain Henry, back in action following an injury lay-off, is producing some breathtaking form, including a stunning strike at... [Read more]

Harry's raises $3.3m via new platform
HARRY'S Holdings, which owns popular watering hole Harry's @ Boat Quay and other bars, has raised $3.3 million using a new share trading platform.OTC Capital, run by Phillip Securities, was launched last July in a bid to help smaller unlisted businesses... [Read more]

Indonesia sand ban hurts KepLand stock
NEWS that Singapore's corporate tax rate would be cut by at least one percentage point from 20 per cent sent Keppel Land (KepLand) shares to a record high this week. But hopes of further gains for Singapore's No.3 developer were dashed... [Read more]

Crazy Horse show to shut down
IT CAME to Singapore barely over a year ago, all sparkling lights, barely covered bottoms and sexy high heels. Now, the Crazy Horse Revue, widely hailed as the Great Entertainment Experiment that would take Singapore's reputation as a world nightlife centre... [Read more]