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1.IN BANGLADESH, A DIARRHOEA EPIDEMIC HAS KILLED SOME 1,500 PEOPLE. AND THE TOLL IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB. ONE HOSPITAL HAS ERECTED A MAKESHIFT STRUCTURE WITH ROWS OF COTS TO COPE WITH EXTRA PATIENTS. DOCTORS SAID CHILDREN WERE THE WORST-AFFECTED VICTIMS. IN OTHER HOSPITALS, DOCTORS SAID EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE OUTBREAK WERE HAMPERED BY LACK OF MEDICINES AND CLINICAL FACILITIES. MORE THAN 300 THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE INFECTED WITH DIARRHOEA WHICH HAS SPREAD BECAUSE OF POLLUTED WATER AND ROTTEN FOOD AFTER FLOODS HIT THE COUNTRY LAST MONTH. HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR THE EPIDEMIC MIGHT WORSEN IF THE FORECAST OF ANOTHER FLOOD LATER THIS MONTH COMES TRUE.

2.ISREALI POLICE HAVE ALLOWED MUSLIMS TO RETURN TO PRAY ON TEMPLE MOUNT IN OLD JERUSALEM. THE AREA HAD BEEN SEALED OFF AFTER JEWS TRIED TO FORCE THEIR WAY IN. ENDS...SOLVABLE AT ALL. VT: 1.05

3.FORGING A NATIONAL IDENTITY. IN OUR NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL, SINGAPORE STORIES, JANE LAU EXAMINES THE SINGAPORE IDENTITY IN THE FACE OF CHANGING EXPECTATIONS. OUT: FIRST CLASS CITIZENS HERE.

4.HAVING A HEART IS WHAT MAKES MONKS' HILL TICK. THEY'VE DONE CONSISTENTLY WELL IN THE TOP VALUE-ADDED EXPRESS SCHOOL RANKING FOR FOUR YEARS. IT TOOK THE FOURTH SPOT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. OUT: WEEKLY HEART PROGRAMME. DUR: 1.24

5.SEVERAL HDB RENTAL FLATS IN TOA PAYOH LORONG 5 WERE FLOODED WHEN A WATER PIPE BURST AROUND NOON TODAY. MUDDY WATER SEEPED INTO KITCHENS AND BEDROOMS OF THOSE LIVING ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BLOCK 63. IT TOOK ABOUT 2 HOURS FOR THE WATER LEVEL TO SUBSIDE. PUB AND HDB SAY THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. THE PIPE'S EXPECTED TO BE REPAIRED BY 9PM.

6.THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE EXPECTS THE WEATHER TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT WARNS THERE'S STILL A CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN OR SCATTERED SHOWERS. LAST NIGHT'S HEAVY RAIN WAS CAUSED BY SMALL, INTENSE AND PROLONGED STORM CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND. ENDS...RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. DUR: 1.06"

7.RADAR SYSTEMS AT THE SINGAPORE AIR TRAFFIC CENTRE WERE TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN AROUND 8.40 LAST NIGHT AFTER IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING DURING HEAVY STORMS. BUT BACK-UP SYSTEMS SPRUNG INTO ACTION IMMEDIATELY. THIS MEANT DELAYS FOR 95 FLIGHTS FOR BETWEEN 1 TO 4 HOURS. ENDS....BACK TO NORMAL.

8.THIRTEEN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED INSTANTLY AND FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT IN JIANGSU PROVINCE. YESTERDAY'S ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A TRUCK AND A PASSENGER BUS COLLIDED. SHANGHAI TELEVISION SAID THE BUS HAD BEEN RENTED BY A GROUP OF RETIRED SOLDIERS WHO WERE RETURNING TO THEIR BASE. INVESTIGATIONS SO FAR HAVE FOUND THAT THE LOADED TRUCK WAS DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE THE COLLAPSE OF SEVERAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS YESTERDAY LEAD TO TWO DEATHS AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE BEING BADLY INJURED. IT WAS REPORTED BY GUANGDONG TELEVISION THAT THE APARTMENT BUILDING COLLAPSES WERE CAUSED BY THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BATTERED SOUTHERN CHINA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE BUILDINGS HAD ALSO BEEN WEAKEN BY A RECENT TYPHOON.

9.IN THAILAND, SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A LANDSLIDE TRIGGERED BY A FLASH FLOOD IN THE NORTH. RADIO THAILAND SAID FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CHIANG-RAI PROVINCE. THE DEAD, INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN, WERE MEMBERS OF ONE AMONG HILLTRIBE FAMILY. THE OTHER TWO DEATHS WERE IN NEARBY PA-YAO PROVINCE. STORMS HAVE HIT THE NORTH FOR THE PAST WEEK, INUNDATING VILLAGES AND FARMLAND AND DAMAGING DYKES AND IRRIGATION CANALS. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY THE FLOODS HAVE CAUSED ALMOST 5 MILLION U.S DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

10.AND OUR FINAL STORY IS ABOUT TWO TIGER CUBS GROWING UP AT A WILD ANIMAL REFUGE IN EASTERN COLORADO.

11.SINGAPORE TELECOM HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ITS SHARES CAN NOW BE TRADED IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS FOLLOWS THE SETTING UP OF THE AMERICAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPT PROGRAMME (ADR). SINGAPORE TELECOM HAS APPOINTED CITIBANK NORTH AMERICA AS THE DEPOSITORY OF THE PROGRAMME. WHILE THE CITIBANK BRANCH IN SINGAPORE AND THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE WILL ACT AS JOINT CUSTODIANS. IN A MOVE TO MEET THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION NEEDS OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS, THE SINGAPORE TELECOM GROUP ALSO SAID IT HAS PRINTED TWO ANNUAL REPORTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1994/95. ITS THE FIRST TIME ANY COMPANY IN SINGAPORE HAS DONE THAT. THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT OR SUMMARY REPORT IS MORE SUITABLE FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET INVESTOR.ALL REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS WILL RECEIVE THIS. FOR SERIOUS AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THERE'S THE FULL FINANCIAL REPORT.

12.CHINA HAS ACCUSED TAIWANESE PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI OF USING THE ECONOMIC GAP BETWEEN THE 2 SIDES AS AN EXCUSE TO OPPOSE REUNIFICATION. THE OFFICIAL XINHUA NEWS AGENCY SAID PRESIDENT LEE'S EMPHASIS ON THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE THAT MADE UP THE TAIWAN EXPERIENCE FAILED TO ADDRESS KEY HISTORIAL FACTORS. IT SAID TAIWAN'S EXPERIENCE FAILED TO ADDRESS KEY HISTORIAL FACTORS. IT SAID TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS DUE SIGNIFICANTLY TO GOLD RESERVES SEIZED FROM THE MAINLAND BY NATIONALIST FORCES IN 1949 AFTER LOSING A CIVIL WAR TO THE COMMUNISTS. THERE WAS ALSO VAST FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE US IN THE 1950S AND 1960S WHEN WASHINGTON USED TAIWAN TO COUNTER COMMUNIST EXPANSION. THE STATEMENT IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF PERSONAL ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT LEE FOLLOWING HIS CONTROVERSIAL PRIVATE VISIT TO THE US IN JUNE.

13.SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA TODAY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO FIX A PRECISE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF SINGAPORE AND JOHOR. BOTH SIDES SAY THIS MARKS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN BILATERAL RELATIONS AS IT MEANS THE BOUNDARY IS NOW FIXED PERMANENTLY. OUT: NEXT FEW YEARS.

14.YEO HIAP SENG'S FINANCIAL ADVISER HAS RECOMMENDED THAT SHAREHOLDERS DO NOT TAKE ANY ACTION YET, IN VIEW OF CAMERLIN'S OFFER TO BUY YHS AT 4 DOLLARS 70 CENTS A PIECE. M ROTHSCHILD, ADVISER TO THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF YEO HIAP SENG, POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A COUNTER-BID BY JELCO, AT 5 DOLLARS A PIECE. ROTHSCHILD ADDS THAT IT WILL RELEASE AN ADVICE TO SHAREHOLDERS TWO WEEKS AFTER JELCO COMES OUT WITH ITS OFFICIAL OFFER DOCUMENT. COMMENTING ON CAMERLIN'S OFFER DOCUMENT, ROTHSCHILD SAYS YHS SHAREHOLDERS MAY HAVE TO MEET CASH CALLS, IF THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR SHAREHOLDING, IN THE FUTURE. CAMERLIN, IN ITS OFFER DOCUMENT, HAD SAID THAT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FROM YHS SHAREHOLDERS MAY BE REQUIRED IN IMPROVING THE EXISTING OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES OF THE YHS GROUP, AND FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.

15.A 36 YEAR OLD USED-CAR SALESMAN WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING IN 38 GRAMMES OF HERION. BENNY LIM LYE HUAT WAS ARRESTED BY CNB OFFICERS AT BEDOK RESERVOIR RD IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. OFFICERS FOUND BENNY WITH 60 SACHETS OF HEROIN WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG HE WAS CARRYING. IN PASSING SENTENCE, JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER CHOO HAN TECK SAID HE HAS CONSIDERED THE EXPLANATION BY THE ACCUSED IN HIS DEFENCE THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS CARRYING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. BUT THE FACT TAT BENNY DID NOT TELL THE OFFICERS THIS AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST SATISFIED JUDICIAL COMMISIONER CHOO THAT BENNY WAS GUILTY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING. IN ANOTHER CASE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS UPHELD THE DEATH SENTENCE FORTWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS, NEO KAY LIANG HAD APPEALED AGAINST HIS CONVICTION IN APRIL THIS YEAR FOR TRAFFICKING 64 SACHETS OF HEROIN WEIGHING 20 GRAMMES. THE CHIEF JUSTICE ALSO DECIDED THAT ATAN JUKI WHO WAS CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING 30 SACHETS OF HEROIN WEIGHING 27 GRAMMES IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR WILL ALSO GO TO THE GALLOWS.

16.SRI LANKAN POLICE SAID MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER BLASTED A GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN THE CAPITAL COLOMBO. THE BLAST RIPPED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE WESTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE THOSE WAITING IN THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING. NO ONE HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMBING BUT THE TAMIL TIGERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THE LATEST ATTACK. THE TAMIL TIGERS WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR A SEPARATE HOMELAND IN THE NORTH AND EAST SAY THEY WILL ANNOUNCE A SEPARATE STATE TOMORROW. A NEWSPAPER REPORT SAID THE STATE WOULD COMBINE THE NORTHERN JAFFNA PENINSULA WHERE THE TAMIL REBELS ALREADY CONTROL WITH PARTS OF THE EAST. THE GOVERNMENT HAD EARLIER ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO DEVOLVE POWERS TO THE AREA.

17.JAPAN'S CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS NARROWED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. IT FELL BY MORE THAN 7 BILLION US DOLLARS TO 61.33 BILLION. ECONOMISTS SAID THE DATA INDICATES THAT THE COUNTRY'S CONTENTIOUS CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS IS DEFINITELY SHRINKING.

18.TAIWAN HAS PLEDGED TO RESCUE THE INTERNATIONAL BILLS AND FINANCE COMPANY AFTER IT WAS HIT BY LAST FRIDAY'S 10 BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD SCANDAL. BUT THE NEWS DIDN'T STOP A RUN ON THE FIRM. NERVOUS INVESTORS FLOCKED TO CASH BILLS BEFORE THE CONTRACT DEADLINE. THE FINANCE MINISTRY AND THE CENTRAL BANK HAVE MOUNTED A RESCUE PACKAGE WHERE FIVE DOMESTIC BANKS WOULD PROVIDE LOANS TO INTERNATIONAL BILLS AND FINANCE. IBF IS ONE OF TAIWAN'S THREE LARGEST BILL FINANCE ARMS. THE FINANCE MINISTRY HASN'T REVEALED HOW MUCH FINANCIAL SUPPORT'S TO BE GRANTED TO IBF. A TAIWAN PROSECUTOR HAS DETAINED A FORMER IBF TRADER -- YANG JUI JEN AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING THE FIRM OF 10 BILLION TAIWAN DOLLARS.

19.TWO SENIOR US OFFICIALS SAY CROATIA'S OFFENSIVE INTO SERBIAN-HELD TERRITORY MAY OPEN A WINDOW FOR A NEGOTIATED PEACE IN BOSNIA. DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM PERRY AND SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER, BOTH SAID THEY SEE SOME ADVANTAGE IN THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. BOTH LEADERS HOWEVER DID NOT ELABORATE ON THIS BUT MR CHRISTOPHER SAID HE WILL BE WORKING ON THE POSSIBILITIES. IN CROATIA, MILITARY OPERATIONS TO RECLAIM LOST TERRITORY FROM REBEL SERBS IS ALMOST COMPLETE. THE CROATIAN ARMY IS EXPECTED TO WIND DOWN ITS OPERATIONS LATER TODAY. THE KRAJINA REGION IS NOW UNDER ITS CONTROL. THE UN HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT LATEST OFFENSIVE COULD LEAD TO A MASSIVE EXODUS OF REFUGEES, THE LARGEST SINCE THE START OF THE FOUR-YEAR WAR IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.

20.PARLIAMENT HAS PASSED A LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO SET UP THE LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY BILL. IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING ASTATUTORY BOARD TO COORDINATE THE TRANSPORT NEEDS OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY. COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER MAH BOW TAN SAID HE AIMS TO SET UP THE LTA AS SOON AS THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. ENDS....FOR THE LINE. ALSO ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY, THE NORTH-EAST MRT LINE WILL PASS THROUGH POTONG PASIR CONSTITUENCY. COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER MAH BOW TAN SAID THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE STATION WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THE GOVERNMENT MAKES A DECISION ON THE NORTH-EAST LINE. ENDS...TO BETTER RESULTS. VT: 1.14MIN

21.KASHMIRI MILITANTS SAY THREE OF THE FIVE WESTERN HOSTAGES ARE CRITICALLY ILL AND COULD DIE UNLESS THEY QUICKLY RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE A1-FARAN GROUP ALSO RELEASED A TAPED MESSAGE WITH THE VOICE OF AN AMERICAN HOSTAGE WHO SAID HE'S BEEN SHOT AND THAT THE BRITISH HOSTAGE IS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WITH A BROKEN LEG. OUT: HAVE NO MEDICINE. THE REBELS SAY THE AMERICAN AND BRITON WERE WOUNDED BY INDIAN SOLDIERS DURING A SHOOTOUT. BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED THIS. THE REBELS CAPTURED THE FIVE HOSTAGES ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO PROTEST AGAINST THE ARREST OF 21 OF THEIR MEMBERS.

22.IN COLOMBIA, THE KINGPIN OF THE CALI COCAINE CARTEL HAS BEEN ARRESTED. POLICE SAID 52 YEAR OLD MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ OR-HWEAR-LA WAS NABBED AT DAWN IN AN APARTMENT IN CALI. ALSO SEIZED -- TWO BRIEFCASES BELIEVED TO CONTAIN KEY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRUG ORGANIZATION. PRESIDENT ERNESTO SAMPER SAID THE ARREST MARKS THE END OF THE DRUG GANG'S POWERFUL HOLD ON THE COUNTRY. WITH THE ARREST, 6 OF THE CARTEL'S 7 TOP LEADERS ARE NOW BEHIND BARS. COLOMBIA'S DRUG TRADE ACCOUNTS FOR 80 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY.