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1)  Singapore: Dr Prem Kumar Nair, General Manager of Corporate Services at Raffles Hospital, announced to the press and relatives about the death of conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh. A crowd gathers outside the hospital. Sound bites of Dr Prem Kumar Nair and Dr Loo Choon Yong, Executive Chairman of Raffles Medical Group. (00:02:53)

2)  Singapore: Changi International Airport Services (CIAS) lays off staff in a retrenchment exercise. Sound bite of Dominic Ng, Deputy Managing Director of CIAS. (00:08:26)

3)  Singapore Minute: Liver expert Dr Dede Sutedja from National University Hospital (NUH) took the stand on the Slim 10 trial. (00:10:31)

4)  Singapore Minute: Feature on Singaporeans engaged in the "Step Out! Singapore" campaign by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). (00:11:07)

5)  Singapore Minute: Staff from the National University Hospital received appreciation awards. (00:11:36)

6)  Singapore: Media Development Authority (MDA) received $25 million to excel in the film industry and $50 million to develop film content. Sound bite of Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) and Ernest Wong, Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MediaCorp. (00:12:03)

7)  Sudan: 115 died as a Sudan Airways plane crashed. (00:17: 01)

8)  United States: The source of the space shuttle breaking up at lift-off has been discovered. (00:17:36)

9)  World Minute: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its Mars Exploration Rover. (00:18:57)

10)  World Minute: A Philippine terror suspect pleaded guilty to a train bombing three years ago. (00:19:27)

11)  World Minute: Hand phone downloads for animal sounds available in Britain. (00:19:50)

12)  Business Tonight: Executive Chairman of Heshe Holdings Limited, Chia Shi Teck, stands to lose his position if declared bankrupt. (00:20:37)

13)  Business Tonight: Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering made $19 million in profit. (00:21:19)

14)  Business Tonight: Stratech Systems, an IT systems and technology developer, made $4 million net profit at half-year. (00:21:41)

15)  Singapore: The government is set to give bar top dancing the green light. Sound bite of the Chairman of the Indochine Group, Michael Ma. (00:22:44)

16)  Sports: Australian football player Harry Kewell's expected transfer from Leeds United to Liverpool, has been delayed due to signing fee issues. (00:27:57)

17)  Sports: Badminton players are set to resume matches regularly after the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) crisis. (00:28:22)

18)  Singapore: Video montage of Iranian conjoined twins Ladan and Laleh. (00:28:55)