
Kevin Rudd ousts Australia PM Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd is more popular with voters than Ms Gillard (26 June) - Kevin Rudd has ousted Prime Minister Julia Gillard as leader of Australia's Labor Party. He won 57 votes in a leadership ballot called by Ms Gillard, who received 45 votes. The change comes ahead of an election called for 14 September, which polls suggest...

Singapore, Malaysia face economic hit from prolonged smog
Tourism in Singapore hit by haze (Reuters, 25 Jun) - Singapore and Malaysia could face a bigger economic impact than from their worst air pollution crisis 16 years ago if slash-and-burn fires in Indonesia continue to rage in the coming weeks, turning off tourists and raising business costs. Restaurants, tourist attractions and...

Singapore army chief visits ISAF troops in Afghanistan
SG troop in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) TRINKOT (WNA, 23 Jun): Maj. Gen. Ravinder Singh, Chief of the Singapore Army, visited Afghanistan yesterday and met with the ISAF leadership and his forces in Uruzgan, the alliance said in a statement Singh called on Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, commander of the International...
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