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Karthy Nair obituary Karthy Nair was a lifelong member of Liberty, CND and the Peace Pledge Union Dhevdhas Nair Tuesday 4 April 2017 16.25 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 4 April 2017 16.27 BST My mother, Karthy Nair, who has died aged 90, was one of the founder members in 1954 of the People’s...

Grandma in JB saved countless lives during World War II because she could speak Japanese Vivienne Wong Friday, Apr 7, 2017 Photo: The Star/ANN AT the age of 15, girls were pretending to be boys during the Japanese Occupation in Malaya, but Yap Chwee Lan was bravely rescuing the people of...

Guilty As Charged: Sunny Ang found guilty of girlfriend's murder though body was never found Sunny Ang Soo Suan killed his 22-year-old girlfriend after taking out a host of insurance policies on her life. Photo: The Straits Times Hoe Pei Shan Monday, May 16, 2016 This story was first...

Guilty As Charged: Serial murderer Sek Kim Wah found it 'thrilling' to strangle victims Sek Kim Wah (left) killed a retired businessman, his wife Annie Tay (right) and their maid during a robbery. Jalelah Abu Baker Monday, May 16, 2016 This story was first published in July 2015 in an...

From The Straits Times Archives: Past 'mass hysteria' cases in Singapore A headline in a Straits Times article about a mass hysteria outbreak at the factory of General Electric (USA) Television and Appliance in January 1973. \Photo: The Straits Times Lee Min Kok Thursday, Apr 21, 2016...

History mystery: Gold tool discovered in Jerusalem cemetery leaves archaeologists stumped By JPOST.COM STAFF \12/22/2015 10:53 Archaeologists have been unable to determine the use or purpose of an 8.5 kilogram gold tool discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery. The Antiquities Authority turned to...

Is this diary the only Chinese eyewitness account of the D-day landings at Normandy? Insights and humour revealed in surprise find Discovery may be only first-hand account of Chinese participation in Normandy invasion Samuel [email protected] PUBLISHED : Sunday, 06 December, 2015, 3:00am...

PM Lee shares photo of puzzling telegram sent by Mr Lee Kuan Yew in 1958 Monday, April 6, 2015 - 13:43 AsiaOne SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has shared on social media a photo of a telegram sent by his late father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, that puzzled the family back in 1958. "Was...

Revealed: King Tut had girlish hips, a club foot and buck teeth according to a ‘virtual autopsy’ that showed his parents were brother and sister ‘Virtual autopsy’ composed of more than 2,000 computer scans carried out Genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family showed his parents were brother and...

The ballerina who overturned tables <small class="clear"> </small> <small class="clear"> Monday, May 5, 2014 - 06:30 </small>Goh Chin Lian The Straits Times Singapore's dance pioneer Goh Lay Kuan, 75, lived through the tumultuous 1950s, when Chinese middle-school students took to the streets to...

This is one of the most iconic points of China's rise. I've often heard old timers talk about it but never looked it up until now. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dh1N1GIYxDw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> Date was late September 1982. Margaret...

1955 - S'pore's 'blackest' year By Benita Aw Yeong The New Paper Tuesday, Dec 04, 2012 SINGAPORE - Newspaper reports called 1955 "Singapore's blackest year of industrial unrest", with 271 strikes recorded as of November that year. Using recollections collected by the Oral History Centre of...

New book features 608 people who shaped the region Published on Nov 02, 2012 (From left) Prof Leo Suryadinata, Prof Tommy Koh and Prof Su Guaning at the launch of South-east Asian Personalities Of Chinese Descent, A Biographical Dictionary, at the National Library yesterday. -- ST PHOTO...

Taiwanese war criminal sees himself as victim LIFESTYLE <time datetime="2012-10-01T06:17:28+09:00" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; text-transform...

Buddhist statue stolen by Nazis made of meteorite Sapa-AP | 28 September, 2012 13:18 An ancient Buddhist statue that a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet shortly before World War II was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago. <tbody> An undated handout...

Medieval well discovered beneath couple’s living room Colin and Vanessa Steer sit near the medieval well below their living room floor. (SWNS) Nearly 25 years after they moved into their home, an English couple has discovered a 33-foot-deep medieval well beneath their living room floor. "I...

On yesterday's Sunday Times. Hopefully a video of the event will be available on YouTube soon.. Stay tuned. Remembering May 13: Breaking his silence on a day of tumult For years, retired lawyer Lim Chin Joo has been reluctant to go public on an important phase of his life - the time in the...

Friendship between communist and cop forged in the jungle Retired police superintendent Datuk Paul Kiong (left) reminiscing about old times with former communist insurgent Chin Fong. By V. Shuman New Straits Times Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR - For five years, a police inspector's...

Indonesian 'Eves' colonised Madagascar 1,200 years ago AFP Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012 PARIS - Several dozen Indonesian women founded the colonisation of Madagascar 1,200 years ago, scientists said on Wednesday in a probe into one of the strangest episodes in the human odyssey. Anthropologists...

Archeological find or prehistoric porn? Scientists say discovery of 'little horny man' carving with giant phallus is the earliest image of man in America By MICHAEL ZENNIE Last updated at 5:42 AM on 24th February 2012 The 12-inch rock carving discovered in a cave in central-eastern Brazil is...