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The H1N1 swine flu virus may be starting to mutate, and a slightly new form has begun to predominate in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, researchers reported on Thursday. More study is needed to tell whether the new strain is more likely to kill patients and whether the current vaccine can protect against it completely,... 

Little India Although the Government has increased the number of parking lots in Little India, the weekend traffic situation has yet to improve on Buffalo Road, next to Tekka Centre. Around noon yesterday (Sunday 17th Oct), the traffic jam there stretched about 100m all the way to the bus stop on Serangoon Road, across the corner... 

The authorities continued to restrict freedoms of speech and assembly in 2009. In April, Singapore’s legislature passed a measure that would require police permission for public assemblies of all sizes, removing a previous threshold of five or more people. In October, the Far Eastern Economic Review lost an appeal in a defamation...