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Cairo/Berlin – The outcome of the current unrest sweeping through Egypt remains uncertain. The fate of long-time President Hosny Mubarak, who is clinging on to power, will be decided by the following players: THE REGIME: Mubarak has ruled Egypt for 30 years. Before that he was vice president, taking over when Islamist... 

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali CANADA – The Tunisian authorities have asked its Canadian counterpart to extradict a kin of deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Billionaire businessman Belhassen Trabelsi, who has been accused of amassing wealth by looting the Tunisian people, landed in Montreal after fleeing Tunisia... 

Click to enlarge Singapore possessed an endless string of world rankings and claims, i.e. 1. “The happiest place in Asia.” 2. One of the best welfare system in the world. 3. One of the best health care system in the world. 4. One of the best education system in the world. 5. One of the lowest income tax in the world. 6.... 

In 1959, the PAP (People’s Action Party) was a achieved people’s advancement in socio-economic development. From 1984 onwards, the PAP regime promoted productivity to rely less on foreign workers. In 1990, the PAP promoted a Next Lap vision with immigration as a complement to make up for falling births. More fast-track... 

In his 1996 National Day speech, Prime Minister Goh said, “People often want the government to assume the full burden of the cost of medical care and provide treatment free to Singaporeans. Because of the painful lessons learned in other countries we have not done this. All the countries which have done this—Britain,... 

Temasek Holdings(TH) suffered a lot of losses,   Lately we’ve been hearing so many such cases,   Investments it thought were good roses,   Did not even smell when put to the noses,   Because TH is staffed with the wrong bosses,   And we don’t know much about their purchases,   Neither will they tell us... 

Mah Bow Tan National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the Government is considering implementing tougher measures to deter first-time HDB flat buyers from repeatedly declining to select a flat. In an interview with local media on Friday, he said changes might be made to the HDB’s build-to-order scheme to... 

Military men, hoisted up by the crowd, remove their helmets; demonstrators chant they they will not cease their protest until Mubarak resigns CAIRO – More than 100,000 Egyptians from all walks of life gathered on Saturday at the central square in Cairo, as military officers stationed in the area embraced the protesters,... 

In the 2006 GE, the PAP did rather worse than expected: 67% of the popular vote and 67% of the votes in PM’s GRC. An NTUC minister had said that the PM would get over 80% of the vote in PM’s GRC. The one consolation was that the Malays had finally swung behind PAP.  And just in time too. They saved BG Yeo from the... 

A town not previously recognised outside of Tunisia is now known as the place where a revolution began Part One of a two-part series In a country where officials have little concern for the rights of citizens, there was nothing extraordinary about humiliating a young man trying to sell fruit and vegetables to support his...