Tunisia protests: “I’ve been waiting 20 years for today”
Some fled into side-streets or up on to roofs. Others darted under washing lines, into buildings, anywhere to escape the swinging clubs and batons. On the main thoroughfare of a country known more for its package holidays than its propensity for revolt, the air was thick with the soundtrack of insurrection: the crack of gunfire...
Singapore news website defies government registration request
Singapore - A popular critical Singapore news website on Friday defied the authorities' plan to register it as a political site, which would impose restrictions on its sources of funding. On Monday, the Prime Minister's Office told the editors of The Online Citizen (TOC) that the government intended to classify the forum as...
Singapore announces new measures to cool property market
SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Singapore on Thursday introduced new measures to cool home prices that have continued to rise despite earlier efforts to put a lid on a red-hot property market. Effective Friday, those who buy and sell residential properties within four years will have to pay a stamp duty, up from the current requirement...
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