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1.  Thailand: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra apologized for the deaths of 78 Muslim detainees during a police crackdown in Thailand's restive south. He admitted to parliament that there were some mistakes and the detainees should not have died.  (00:03:22)

2.  Japan: In Japan, a woman and two young children were found alive four days after they were buried following an earthquake on Saturday. (00:05:21)

3.  China: China rejected a call by the US Secretary of State to resume talks with Taiwan. Sound bites of Colin Powell (US Secretary of State) and Zhang Mingqing (Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman). (00:07:07)

4.  Taiwan: In Taiwan, pro-independence supporters staged a protest against Colin Powell's remarks about Taiwan's unrecognized sovereignty. (00:08:37)

5.  India: An air base in the northern Indian state of Jaipur has been earmarked for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) to carry out its flight training and exercises. (00:09:20)

6.  Business: Real estate investment trusts may be growing in popularity with investors but they are not very well liked by small and medium sized retailers who are being squeezed by higher rents charged by the trust managers. (00:14:15)

7.  Business: The rate at which people are terminating investment-linked insurance products bought with their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings has slowed. (00:14:36)

8.  Business: A Singapore law firm, Stamford Law has been granted a license to operate in China.  (00:14:58)

9.  Business: Singapore shares ended slightly higher today after gains on Wall Street overnight. (00:15:20)

10.  Singapore: With the tenders for Singapore's new biometric passport due soon, vendors have been selling their ideas for the multi-million dollar project at the Asia IC Card Forum. Sound bite of Brad Wing, Biometrics Systems and Standards Coordinator, US Department of Homeland Security. (00:15:49)

11.  Singapore: The Singaporean siblings who suffer from a rare brain disorder have returned home after five months of treatment in Taiwan. (00:17:45)

12.  Singapore: The cholera outbreak in Bedok appears to be over and the source of the outbreak appears to be from seafood purchased at different stalls in the Bedok area. (00:18:33)

13.  Singapore: An artist offers a chance for Singaporeans to send a picture of themselves all around the world in a project called "The People's Portrait". Sound bites of Zhang Ga, Media Artist, People's Portrait project and Singaporean participants. (00:19:06)

14.  Singapore: Next February's Chingay Parade promises to be Asia's biggest street parade ever. (00:20:29)

15.  Sports: Manchester United striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy has pleaded guilty to the English Football Association (FA)'s charge of serious foul play. Sound bite of Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger. (00:25:30)

16.  Sports: There was major disappointment for the organisers of Swiss Indoor tennis tournament in Basel after local hero and world number one, Roger Federer, dropped out after pulling a thigh muscle during practice. In the first round, Stefan Koubek beat Paradorn Srichaphan.  (00:26:45)

17.  Sports: Forty of the world's best wakeboarders will be taking part in the Wakeboard World Cup held at Bedok Reservoir. Sound bites of Daniel Watkins, professional wakeboarder and Robi Rendo, world wakeboard champion. (00:27:33)

18.  New York: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Serendipity Café in New York City has made the "Golden Opulence" sundae costing a thousand seven hundred dollars.  (00:29:04)

19.  Sports: This December, the Imperial Russian Ice Stars will perform
"Sleeping Beauty" at the Esplanade. (00:29:35)