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1. Philippines: A Muslim separatist faction threatened to cooperate with the Communists to launch a simultaneous offensive against President Aquino's government.

2. Lebanon: The four university professors kidnapped in Lebanon and facing death, have been given a last-minute reprieve.

3. Israel: In Israel, there is no clear sign that the Arab prisoners will be released.

4. United States: A key figure in the Iran arms scandal, Robert McFarlene, is under investigation for attempting to take his own life.

5. Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan security forces launched a big operation against Tamil separatists.

6. India: Chief Minister Surjit Singh Barnala has been denounced by the powerful Sikh high priests for disobeying their order to resign.

7. France: A special police squad from Paris was rushed to a Marseilles Bank to rescue 17 people held hostage by seven gunmen.

8. Singapore: All assistance programmes of the Economic Development Board will now come under an umbrella scheme called the Economic Development Assistance Scheme or EDAS.

9. Singapore: Burmese Deputy Minister of No.1 Industry, U Khin Maung Maung, called on Acting Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.

10. Singapore: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Datuk Paul Leong, chairman of the Group of 14 Asean Chambers of Commerce and Industry, called on Minister for Foreign Affairs and National Development, S. Dhanabalan.

11. Singapore:  Seven French senators called on the Speaker of Parliament, Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng, at Parliament House. The senators are members of the France-Southeast Asia Friendship Group of the French Parliament.

12. Singapore: Brunei Deputy Foreign Minister, Dato Haji Zakaria Haji Sulaiman, called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Yeo Cheow Tong.

13. Singapore: A delegation from Cyprus who is in Singapore will study air service cooperation between the two countries

14. Singapore: Fan Cun Ju, deputy director of the Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection Commission of Guanxi, China, said that Singapore's experience in urban renewal provides a good model for Guangxi province.

15. Singapore: Minister for Community Development, Wong Kan Seng, spoke of the importance of patronage in order to have an active cultural scene. He was speaking at the Cultural Awards Ceremony.

16. Singapore: The Singapore General Hospital is the first in South East Asia to be equipped with the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines.

17. Singapore: Gould Electronics plans to make Singapore its centre for engineering development work in the region.

18. Singapore: Fire caused by unattended cooking stoves is on the rise.

19. Singapore: The final drawings for the restoration of Empress Place Building will be ready in a month's time. A visiting French conservationist, Didier Repellin, said this after a talk on restoration and conservation at the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB).

20. Singapore: 75-year-old veteran artist Huang Pao Fang will have his first solo art exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery the next day.

21. Singapore: A feature on South Korean artist Oh Soon Yi, who lost both arms in a train accident.

22. Singapore: A feature on 17-year-old Zamry bin Abdul Karim, who is partially sighted.

23. United States: A feature on a dog which lives by the side of the road in California.

24. Singapore: Financial News.