Afghan factory sucide attack

A suicide attack inside a sugar factory in the town of Pul-i-Khumri killed 90 and wounded 50,with five law makers among the dead.The bomber blew himself up in the factory as a parliamentary economics committee were visiting.There was about 18 MPs in the delegation that visited the factory. Bodyguards and other members of the delegation was also killed.

Guangdong mulls libel suit against Mattel

A Chinese province is likely to join a planned libel suit against United States giant Mattel, accusing the toy maker of harming the region's reputation. Mattel issued a safety recall on more than 21 million Chinese-made toys recently, but late apologised saying 85% of the recall was due to its design flaws. The incident had stained the reputation of Chinese toy manufacturers and made a large number of toy factories in Guangdong lose a great deal of money.Lida Plastic Toy Co, based in Guangdong, is supporting a lawsuit due to the large losses it incurred following the recall, while Chinese lawyers expect "billions of dollars" in compensation.

Us maid abuse case;Slavery or withcraft?

An Indonesian servant of a millionaire couple in New York accused them of modern-day slavery saying that she was force to eat her own vomit and was scalded with hot water for deeds such as sleeping late. The-51-year-old said through an interpreter that she was also repeatedly poked with a knife. They are accused of abusing her and another Indonesian woman, known as Ms Eung, by subjecting them to physical abuse and only giving them $145 .If convicted, the couple could face 40 years in jail.

USAF grounds f-15 fleet

The US Air Force has temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing F-15 fighter bombers after the crash of an F-15C fighter in Missouri. The cause of the crash is not known yet. Nobody is allowed to fly an F-15 until the reason of the crash have been known

Anti-terror raids in Italy

Police launched raids in Milan yesterday target ting about 20 people suspected of recruiting suicide bombers for attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. The suspected terrorist apparently was not planning attacks in Italy.

I cried, I cried and I cried-Runner-up

For the first time a woman has won the MediaCorp Radio Station-Subaru Impreza Challenge,now into sixth year. Ms Sandra Yeow,25,was declared the ultimate winner after beating 388 contestant including the 2004 winner Ian Lee.

ET joins Sentosa Ir fun

Resort world in sentosa has upped is budget from $5.2 billion to $5.7billion. The developer is bumping up its theme park offerings, with two new rides-one a roller coaster, the other based on the hit movie ET-for its universal studio theme park.

one and a half-year-old girl falls to death at condominium

An 18-month-old Japanese nationality toddler fell to death, from the eighth storey yesterday. She had died of an unnatural death and the police are still investigating.