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1.  Indonesia: The alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakar Bashir, has been hospitalized and will not be attending police questioning for his alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Indonesia two years ago. This might be a tactic to stall for time. (00:03:00)

2.  Indonesia: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is working hard to finalise an emergency anti-terror decree expected to be issued tonight. The decree will give the government powers to impose the death penalty on those guilty of terrorism and detain suspects without trial for a year. (00:04:14)

3.  Singapore: Although the Home Affairs Ministry has not detected a specific threat to Singapore, it has boosted the island's border control with another team of elite search dogs. Sound bite of staff Sergeant Mahadevan and Staff Sergeant Luke Fernandez of the Police Dog Unit. (00:04:40)

4.  Singapore: Minister for Home Affairs  Wong Kan Seng has reacted strongly to yesterday's bomb hoax at the HDB hub in Toa Payoh. He says those who play pranks disrupt the lives of people and divert police resources to deal with problems that do not exist. Sound bite of Mr Wong. (00:07:01)

5.  Singapore: The Minister for Home Affairs  also said that Singapore has not received any specific information on Australian interests here being possible targets. Sound bite of Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. (00:07:33)

6.  Business: An Economic Review Sub-Committee has come up with a survival plan for Singapore's all important manufacturing sector in the face of cut throat competition from other countries like China. Sound bite of Johan Van Splunter, Chairman of the Manufacturing Sub-Committee. (00:13:18)

7.  Business: The Finance Ministry is pushing ahead with compulsory quarterly reporting for all listed firms starting January 1st   despite some reservations from the industry with the recent corporate scandals in the US. (00:14:34)

8.  Business: Singapore shares ended the day mixed, dragged lower later in the day by profit taking in blue chips after the recent gains. (00:14:59)

9.  North Korea: The United States wants a diplomatic solution to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. Yesterday, North Korea admitted to having a secret nuclear weapons programme which violates the 1994 agreed framework between the two countries. (00:15:31)

10.  Philippines: Philippine authorities are launching a manhunt for the four suspects of yesterday's twin blasts which killed seven people and injured more than 160. (00:16:03)

11.  Hong Kong: Hong Kong singer Roman Tam is critically ill in hospital with liver cancer. (00:16:36)

12.  Tokyo: Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that the Bali bombings have hurt the prospects of Southeast Asia as a whole. He urged Japanese investors to look at Southeast Asia as a competitive alternative to China. Sound bite of DPM Lee. (00:17:04)

13.  Singapore: Two primary six boys were knocked down whilst cycling along Tanjong Katong Road at about 1pm. One died on the spot. (00:18:44)

14.  Sports: Disabled athletes here have been given a $100 000 boost which will be used as incentives for them to win medals. Sound bite of Tan Ju Seng, President of Singapore Disability Sports Council; Theresa Goh Rui Si, disabled swimmer and former 50m Breaststroke world record holder; Mawjit Singh, disabled discus & shotput athlete; and Charles Chong, Member of Parliament, Pasir Ris- Punggol Group Representation Constituency. (00:22:55)

15.  Sports: Singapore's new athletics association chief Eric Song, has a new performance plan and a vision to make Singapore one of the top three ranked nations in this region. Sound bite of Mr Song, Director-general, Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAA), and Loh Lin Kok, President of SAA. (00:24:55)

16.  Singapore: A Health Ministry study shows that more women now know about mammography than in 1998 but the number who do breast self examination or go for screening is still low. (00:26:31)

17.  Singapore: The Breast Cancer Foundation is also holding a "Bras for a Cause" drive to raise money for charity. The campaign has already raised $6 000. Sound bite of women donors and MediaCorp artistes, Pierre Png and Andrea De Cruz. (00:27:17)