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Superstition thrives in modern Singapore Whenever Christina Tang is overseas and returns to her hotel room, she always knocks on the door before entering even if she is the only occupant.

26 August 2012

Asylum-seekers 'force' Singapore ship to Australia A boatload of asylum-seekers picked up by a Singaporean merchant vessel after a distress call were Thursday accused of acting like pirates after forcing the captain to take them to Australia.

16 August 2012

Kissenger: virtual lips for long-distance lovers A robotics professor in Singapore has invented a gadget equipped with motion-sensitive electronic "lips" that allow amorous but absent couples to exchange long-distance smooches via the Internet.

23 July 2012

11-y.o. Kazakh chess-player to fight for Grandmaster title in Singapore 11-year old Zhansaya Abdumalik, a four-time world chess champion will take part in Singapore Chess Tournament.

21 December 2011

Western and eastern stock exchanges are not the same: Vice Chairman of Samruk Kazyna Aidan Karibzhanov talked about differences of western and estern stock markets after the first Asian forum on investments and capital in Hong Kong.

05 October 2011

Kazakhstan ahead of Malaysia by per capita output President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said that by 2020 Kazakhstan’s economy will grow 2.5-3-fold.

04 August 2011