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1)  Singapore: Two secondary school students from Cedar Girls' School, Tan Hui Min and Heng Wei Chen, have taken a one-year break from school to train at the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) as part of the pre-sports school programme. Sound bite of the Vice President of STTA, Soon Min Sin. (00:02:40)

2)  Singapore: Eunos Primary School student, Norashikin Azhar, turned up in school again in her tudung and the school counseled the parents of the student of the need to comply with the school rules. At a news conference, Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) explained why it got involved in the issue. Sound bites of the Head of the Youth Movement of PKMS, Ismail Mohamed Yaacob; father of the student; Deputy Head of the Youth Movement of PKMS, Azhar Ali; and Minister of State, Education and Manpower, Dr Ng Eng Hen. (00:05:00)

3)  Singapore: Residents of Serangoon Gardens expressed their opinions about the newly renovated area. (00:07:17)

4)  Singapore: A 58-year-old cyclist dies after an accident with a private bus. (00:09:00)

5)  Singapore: Singaporeans Joyce Tan, Simone Consigliere and Shawn Desker plan to set up a foundation to provide long term help to residents of Bali. (00:09:40)

6)  Business Tonight: POSB Bank offers a special one-time interest rate for home loans of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats. (00:15:39)

7)  Business Tonight: Siong Hoe Developments, part of the Hiap Hoe Group, launched the Moonstone Residences at Serangoon Road. (00:16:15)

8)  China: North Korea held a rare news conference in Beijing and said it is willing to hold talks with the United States. (00:17:24)

9)  United States: US President George Bush issued a fresh call for a nuclear free Korean peninsula. (00:18:15)

10)  Malaysia: Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Syed Hamid Albar, has said that he cannot give Singapore the assurance that Malaysia will sign the special agreement to refer the Pedra Branca dispute to the International Court of Justice at the European Union-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (EU-ASEAN) Summit. (00:19:00)

11)  India: Human error is a possible cause of the train accident in India. (00:19:33)

12)  Australia: A chair lift collapsed in a seaside town in Melbourne, leaving at least 16 people injured. (00:20:05)

13)  China: More than 300 residents of Ping'an village in southern China are above the age of 90. (00:20:38)

14)  Sports: In the Hopman Cup tennis tournament, Serena Williams beat Kim Clijsters and Xavier Malisse beat James Blake from the United States. (00:25:55)

15)  Sports: Woodlands Wellington is set to take part in a tournament organized by SembCorp Power & Gas with three other Malaysian state teams from Kedah, Penang and Selangor. Sound bites of the Technical Director of Woodlands Wellington, M. Karathu, and Senior Vice President of SembCorp Power & Gas, Francis Gomez. (00:26:58)

16)  Singapore: The Flowerhorn fish (Luo Han) is featured on a coin. Sound bite of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Singapore Mint, Chong Phit Lian. (00:28:35)