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A vendor sells chickens at a market in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province.
Bird flu re-emerges in China and Vietnam, one dead
Updated: 06 Jan 2009 2033 hrs
Bird flu re-emerged as a threat in Asia on Tuesday when China reported the disease killed a woman in Beijing and neighbouring Vietnam said a girl had contracted the virus.
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More courses
under SPUR 
Singapore's Manpower Ministry adds more courses to its Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience(SPUR) programme to encourage companies to send workers for upgrading instead of retrenching them.
 
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced that he was being treated for a "hormone imbalance" but would remain head of the company.
 
Beat Myopia
Go Outdoors 
Spending a couple of hours outdoors each day could help children avoid becoming short-sighted say Australian researchers.


 
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Culture Shock!

Find out how Nick adapts to the modern island nation of Singapore, its multiplicity, quirky lifestyles and incredible humidity in this week's culture shock! Tue, Jan 6 @ 2030hrs (Singapore time).
 
Asians Of
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Meet a responsible teenager in Indonesia who educates others on recycling garbage to clean up her neighbourhood. Wed, Jan 7 @ 2030hrs (Singapore time).
 
Funky
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Find out which neighbourhoods in China, India, Philippines, Laos and Taiwan are personified by the quirkiest and most colourful of superlatives this Thu, Jan 8 @ 1930hrs (Singapore time).

 
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