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1.  Singapore: Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew told Parliament that the Internal Security Department (ISD) is Singapore's most valuable asset.

2.  Singapore: The High Court dismissed with costs the applications of three detainees seeking release from their detentions under the Internal Security Act.

3.  Lebanon: Syrian and Lebanese troops moved into Beirut's southern suburbs to end three weeks of fighting between rival Shiite Muslim gunmen.

4.  Lebanon: South of Beirut, Israeli forces took an even tougher stand against Shi'ite guerrillas operating in villages close to Israel's self-declared security zone.

5.  Sri Lanka: Indian soldiers and Tamil rebels are still engaged in heavy fighting.

6.  India: The Indian government banned the storage of arms and the sheltering of criminal suspects in temples.

7.  Soviet Union: The Soviet Communist Party proposed radical plans to limit the terms of elected party and state officials.

8.  Iraq: On the Gulf war front, Iraq claimed to have retaken a strip of land occupied by Iran.

9.  Ethiopia: Representatives of 30 African nations are meeting in Addis Ababa.

10.  Nicaragua: Fresh negotiations to end the guerrilla war in Nicaragua appear to be heading for a deadlock.

11.  South Africa:  Two bomb explosions in Pretoria injured four white women.

12.  Germany: The African National Congress is holding a meeting with white South African politicians in Frankfurt.

13.  Singapore: The Town Council Bill has been published.

14.  Singapore: A mid-year Labour Force Survey issued by the Labour Ministry says that computer related jobs grew by 700 per cent from 1978 to 1987.

15.  Singapore: The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce has elected its first Asian chairman.

16.  Singapore: The Commercial Crime Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating a case of criminal breach of trust involving educational albums and stickers.

17.  Singapore: Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Disabled, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, said that voluntary organisations in Singapore are facing a shortage of occupational and physiotherapists.

18.  Singapore: The Community Chest plans to offer scholarships for undergraduate studies in physio, occupational and speech therapy overseas.

19.  Singapore: The Singapore Cultural Foundation announced two schemes aimed at helping local writers publish their work and raising funds for disabled artistes.

20.  Denmark: Hundreds of seals are reported to have died over the past three weeks from an unknown virus.

21.  Financial news.