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Singapore's Precarious Surveillance State The Envy Of US Intelligence Agencies (5 Aug) - If you want to build a surveillance state with a minimum of backlash, you'll need a very controllable environment. Shane Harris at Foreign Policy has a detailed report on Singapore's relatively peaceful coexistence with Big Brother that... 

(4 Aug) - Retailers billed it as the Great Singapore Sale. Chinese tourist Zhu Liang bought it, only to regret afterward. “We will never come here again to shop on purpose,” said Zhu, a 35-year-old businessman from Hangzhou. Visiting the city during the final days of the summer sale season in July, he purchased a Loewe handbag... 

A dazed Filipina caregiver arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on Monday from Singapore. The caregiver, whose name was withheld, arrived at 4 a.m. on board Tiger Airlines. Airport guards noticed the OFW roaming the arrival area after most of the passengers had gone home. When approached, the Pinay could...