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Singapore

The Singapore rat race starts at age 7

http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/life/tell-me-about-it/elaine-ee-ridiculous-rat-race-singapore-starts-7-years-old-132289

Singapore Gains as Hong Kong Follows China Rule on Immunity

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-31/singapore-to-gain-as-hong-kong-follows-china-s-laws-on-sovereign-immunity.html

Singapore's Democracy in Progress

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904332804576540230830563192.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Environment

Singapore backs proposals for stronger global nuclear safety framework

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137152/1/.html

Oceans on brink of catastrophe

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/oceans-on-brink-of-catastrophe-2300272.html

Poverty

Wealth of world’s richest rose nearly 10 percent in 2010

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jun2011/rich-j25.shtml

Poverty in an overpopulated world

http://www.theunion.com/article/20110625/NEWS/110629837/1024

Ghana makes strides in poverty reduction

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=211652

Singapore

Singapore to Leapfrog Switzerland as Top Wealth Center

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/singapore-to-leapfrog-switzerland-as-top-wealth-center/2011/06/21/AG4ET9dH_video.html

Technology

Internet minders OK vast expansion of domain names

http://newsok.com/internet-minders-ok-vast-expansion-of-domain-names/article/3578924

Media

FBI uses social media in search for long-time fugitive

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-uses-social-media-in-search-for-long-time-fugitive/2011/06/20/AGvefNdH_story.html

Global Responses to Retirement of MM Lee Kuan Yew

The Economist: LKY - Not fade away

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/05/singapore_politics

Bloomberg: LKY ends 5-decade role in cabinet

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-15/singapore-ruling-party-seeks-to-renew-image-with-lee-kuan-yew-resignation.html

Montreal Gazette: Lee’s departure signal’s reform

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Singapore+patriarch+departure+signals+reform/4786671/story.html

Singapore GE 2011 – What the World is Saying

The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576310774027709228.html?KEYWORDS=singapore

Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-08/singapore-foreign-minister-george-yeo-becomes-biggest-casualty-in-election.html

The Star (Malaysia)

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/5/9/nation/8643526&sec=nation

Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110507/as-singapore-election

Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/08/us-singapore-elections-idUSTRE7470G720110508

AlJazeera

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/05/2011570548316405.html