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1.  Singapore: The Filipino maid charged with the body parts murder last year will escape the death penalty after the charge was reduced from murder to culpable homicide. (00:04:51)

2.  Singapore: Former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive officer (CEO), TT Durai and four others turned up for a pre-trial conference in court to answer charges of deceiving the NKF and falsifying accounts. (00:05:39)

3.  Singapore: Two more members of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) central executive committee have apologized to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew over alleged defamatory remarks in the party newsletter pertaining to the NKF saga. (00:06:17)

4.  Singapore: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has rebutted criticism by Worker's Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang that the People's Action Party is not a First World government. Sound bites of Sylvia Lim, Chairman of the Workers' Party, and Workers' Party candidates James Gomez, Glenda Han and Tan Wui Hua. (00:07:45)

5.  Singapore: The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has unveiled its five-member team contesting the Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC). Sound bites of SDA candidates Edmund Ng, Abdul Rahman Mohamad and Ong Hock Siong. (00:11:22)

6.  Singapore: Feature on the upcoming electoral battle that is poised to take place in the newly carved out Yio Chu Kang constituency. Sound bites of Yip Yew Weng, SDA candidate and Seng Han Thong, advisor for Yio Chu Kang. (00:13:46)

7.  Egypt: The international community has strongly condemned the suicide bombings in an Egyptian resort that killed at least 18 people. (00:15:29)

8.  Sri Lanka: A female suicide bomber struck at the military headquarters in Sri Lanka leaving 10 people dead and the chief of army critically wounded.  (00:16:03)

9.  Singapore: The Singapore Government intends to spend $7.5 billion on goods and services in the current financial year ending in March 2007. Sound bite of Chan Yeng Kit, CEO of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). (00:18:10)

10.  Malaysia: Malaysia's Foreign Ministry said the decision to scrap a bridge to replace its half of the Causeway linking Malaysia with Singapore was not a win or lose situation. (00:19:57)

11.   Singapore: The Elections Department has started issuing certificates of eligibility for candidates to stand in the polls. Sound bite of Indranee Rajah, advisor for Tanjong Pagar GRC. (00:22:25)

12.  Singapore: Tao Nan Primary School is one of nine schools that will serve as nomination centres and this means that it has to reschedule examinations.  (00:23:59)

13.  Singapore: One notable trend this election is the sizeable number of bi-cultural candidates fielded by the PAP and the party hopes that they will not only be able to connect with more heartlanders but pave the way into Asia's rising powerhouses - China and India. Sound bites of PAP candidates Lee Yi Shyan and Josephine Teo. (00:24:28)

14.  Business: The Trade and Industry Minister said that there will be a difference on how the government assesses bids for the Sentosa integrated resort. (00:28:19)

15.  Business: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that economic activity has picked up at the start of this year but does not expect overall economic growth in 2006 to exceed last year's rate of 6.4%. (00:28:52)

16.  Business: A look at the market numbers. (00:29:10)

17.  Sports: Feature on the upcoming matches in the Champions League. (00:29:27)

18.  Singapore: A reminder of the day's headlines. (00:30:21)