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1)  Australia: A memorial was held at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, for the two Singaporeans Tay Chow Lyang and Tony Tan Poh Chuan, who were murdered in their flat.  (00:02:18)

2)  Singapore: Hong Kong-based website JobsDB.com launched the first Asia wide virtual job fair. Sound bite of the Managing Director of JobsDB.com, Steven Seek. (00:04:05)

3)  Singapore: Promote Mandarin Council launched a campaign to target English-speaking Chinese to speak Mandarin. Channel NewsAsia (CNA) viewers will hear more Mandarin being spoken as part of the Speak Mandarin campaign. Sound bite of the Chairman of Promote Mandarin Council, Professor Wee Chow Hou, and the Vice-President, Network Programming of CNA, Ong Hee Yah. (00:05:58)

4)  Indonesia: Ali Imron has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the Bali bombings. (00:09:25)

5)  United States: United States (US) President George W. Bush announced that there is no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the September 11 terrorist attacks. (00:10:50)

6)  World Minute: In the United States, a gunman held 16 people hostage at a Tennessee college. (00:12:16)

7)  World Minute: Americans prepare for Hurricane Isabel. (00:12:50)

8)  Singapore: Prime Minister  Goh Chok Tong attended the 3rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Telecommunicators and Information Technology (IT) Ministers Meeting. Sound bite of PM Goh. (00:17:00)

9)  Singapore: Fire broke out at a workers' dormitory in Pasir Ris. (00:18:09)

10)  Singapore: Former television presenter Shankar Aiyar appeared in court to face charges of outrage of modesty. (00:18:41)

11)  Singapore Minute: Power Seraya held a road show to raise S$350 million and intends to return S$300 million to Temasek Holdings. (00:19:41)

12)  Singapore Minute: Golden Village is looking to open more cinemas. (00:20:15)

13)  Singapore Minute: Shares of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing continued to soar despite denying that Singapore Technologies is selling part of its 60% stake. (00:20:35)

14)  Sports: In the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal lost 3-0 to Inter Milan at home and is knocked out of the competition. Juventus beat Galatasaray 2-1, Bayern Munich beat Celtic 2-1, Olympique Lyon beat Anderlecht 1-0, Dynamo Kiev beat Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0, AEK Athens drew 1-1 with Deportivo La Coruna, Monaco beat PSV Eindhoven 2-1, Real Sociedad beat Olympiakos 1-0. (00:25:36)

15)  UK: British researchers discover similarities between humans and animals. (00:27:53)