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Founder of global whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks arrested in Britain

Julian Assange The 39 year-old defiant founder of global whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks has been arrested in Britain last night. Australian Julian Assange’s site WikiLeaks had embarrassed so many governmental organizations around the world with its leaking of confidential information that pressure mounted to shut it down completely. As...

Police say “NO” to SFD’s application to stage a march

An application by the Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) political association for a permit to stage a march on Friday to commemorate International Human Rights Day has been rejected by the Police on Monday. SFD, which said it applied for the permit on Nov18, planned to hold the peaceful march from Hong Lim Park to Parliament...

Kenneth Jeyaretnam: Don’t be fooled by the PAP

Kenneth Jeyaretnam Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaretnam has urged Singaporeans not to be deceived by the usual hand-outs which are expected to come with next year's pre-election budget as an increasingly desperate PAP looks to retain its political hegemony. In a dig at Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's speech at the annual PAP congress...