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1.  In northwestern cambodia, troops loyal to Second Prime Minister Hun Sen have seized Siem Reap, a key province belonging to ousted First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh. In Phnom Penh, Mr. Hun Sen says he supports the decision by the leader of a breakaway faction of royalist Funcinpec Party to assume the post of the country's first prime minister.

A close aide of prime minister Hun Sen spoke from Phnom Penh today to our Indochina correspondent. And in his first public statement since the country's political crisis, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk said he will not endorse the country's new government. But the king, who is in Beijing forg medical treatment, stopped short of accusing Second Prime Minister Hun Sen of staging a coup.

2.  China says it plans to open its secretive defence sector to foreign investors next year. An official newspaper today said the move's to help boost China's electronic warfare capability. But the report did not specify what areas are in need of foreign technology. Beijing has, in recent years, sought to boost its missile technology as well as communications, radar and electronic jamming capabilities.
3.  US President Bill Clinton says he's not ruling out the possibility of US troops staying in Bosnia after the agreed pull out date. His comments came a day after the US Senate approved a resolution to pull out the 8,000 US troops after the mandate of the NATO-led peacekeeping force expires on June 30 1998.
4.  In Spain, fierce clashes broke out between supporters and opponents of the Basque guerrilla group, ETA just hours after a young politician who'd been kidnapped and shot by the rebels, died of his wounds. Police intervened, firing rubber bullets to disperse the protesters, and there were no immediate reports of casualties. ETA, who'd kidnapped Blanco on Thursday, had wanted the government to transfer hundreds of ETA inmates to prisons in the Basque country. But government officials said they would not give in to blackmail.
5.  British Airways says it will not be able to resume normal flights until well into next week. The 3-day strike by cabin staff officially ended yesterday but crew rosters and aircraft movements remain badly disrupted. BA's cabin crew went on strike over a plan by the airline to restructure pay and conditions. Both sides have agreed to meet to settle the dispute, but no date has yet been set. With the busy travel season approaching, the airline faces another potential blow tomorrow when the catering staff decides whether to call its own 24-hour strike, to protest BA's plans to sell its Heathrow catering operations.
6.  Marine Parade and East Coast GRCs will soon have a network of before and after school care centres for primary school children. Mayor for the district Eugene Yap, told reporters at the first fund raising drive of his CDC today, that the first centre will start in about 2 months.
7.  Kidney Dialysis Foundation or KDF will open its second dialysis centre early next year to provide low cost dialysis for the needy. To continue its efforts in helping these patients, the Foundation today held its first charity carnival, hoping to raise at least 200 thousand dollars.
8.  Mendaki and Sinda today launched their first Mathematics Olympiad for their top students. Parliamentary Secretary for Education said the synergy shows the two self-help groups' ability to look beyond the needs of their own community.
9.  It was a queue that started three nights ago. And by noon today, almost all 30,000 people got what they wanted - tickets for this year's National Day celebrations.
10. An exhibition on the Ramayana epic - at the newly opened Asian Civilisations Museum. This'll be the first Indian exhibition at the museum since its opening in April.
11. Singapore today attempted to create the world's longest nasi padang. But it might be able to vie for another world record - the fastest time its portions were sold.
12. The spate of motorcycle fires continues. Civil Defence fought two such fires at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 early this morning. One motorcycle, which was parked at the walkway in front of block 174, was set ablaze at about 5am. And about one and a half hours later, a second motorcycle parked at the void deck of block 256 fell victim. This fire also caused damage to flat windows on the second, third and forth storeys. Yesterday, there were 7 motorcycle fires, all around Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. Police are still investigating.
13. Fifty people today set off for a six day canoeing expedition which'll take them first to Batam then to Bintan and back. Already not an easy task, it's made a little more challenging and rewarding as 16 of them are disabled.
14. Soccer, the Tiger Beer S-League. With the title all sewn up by SAFFC, the fight is brewing for second spot. And Woodlands Wellington and Tiong Bahru are neck and neck in the battle for the $50,000 prize money.
15. Singapore hockey has received a major shot in the arm with a $200,000 sponsorship deal. The Singapore Hockey Federation sealed the deal in a simple signing ceremony held at Delta Stadium yesterday.



16. There's been another major disqualification in the world of boxing. Lennox Lewis retained his World Boxing Council heavyweight title after Henry Akin-wande was disqualified for repeated holding. The result comes exactly two weeks after Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear in a World Boxing Association heavyweight title fight. Until recently, there had been only two other disqualifications in the last 105 years of world heavyweight title bouts. Jack Sharkey in 1930 and Buddy Baer in 1941.