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  • Museums go places

    Singapore is well known as a global financial powerhouse, a gastronomic wonderland and a shiok holiday haven.

  • Indian circuses struggle to survive

    MUMBAI (AP) - In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws...

  • Singaporean raps in Indian band

    An upcoming pop act in Chennai, India, has a local connection. A member of the trio Mamiboys is Singaporean R. Rathakrishnan, better known by his stage name...

  • New arts festival chief wants an 'arts Olympics'

    THE arts festival is moving from its traditional May-June spot to August-September. Instead of a three-week festival, it will now be six weeks long.

  • Alba to co-host Social Star Awards

    AMERICAN actress Jessica Alba is set to boost the glamour quotient at next week's inaugural Social Star Awards at MasterCard Theatres, Marina Bay Sands.

  • Lure of the scrawl

    The spotlight has been trained on Singapore's low-profile street art scene over the past year, with two cases of illegal graffiti hitting the headlines.

  • Sri Lanka sexes up image of Ceylon tea

    KANDANA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - A hot cup of Ceylon tea is better known as being soothing and relaxing, but Sri Lanka is now marketing its most profitable export as...

  • Heritage hotel in India to reopen after 7-year facelift

    One was known as the "Savoy of the East", the other the "Grand Lady of the Far East". Both have a fascinating colonial history, were used to billet British...

Opinion

ON MAY 3, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard released a new defence policy based on the...
 
WHAT triggers former foes to become friends and then listen to each other on their mutual interests...
 
ECONOMIC discussion in Singapore tends to focus too much on hitting a Gross Domestic Product growth...
 

Blogs

Warning: Do not read this if you have not seen but intend to see Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Don...
 

People to Watch

“Ali, Alibaba. Alibaba is a happy youth,” so goes the upbeat song at a farewell for the small-sized guy dressed in silver coat and black hat at the Hangzhou Stadium last week. It was a fitting...