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FORMULA ONE
Hamilton clinches second win of season in Singapore
World champion Lewis Hamilton dominated Sunday's Singapore GP from start to end, to win his second race this season. Championship leader Jenson Button finished fifth.
FORMULA ONE
Hamilton to start Singapore GP in pole position
Defending Formula One world champion and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was quickest in Saturday's qualifying for the Singapore GP and will start Sunday's race on pole position.
HONG KONG
Shakespeare at a million miles per hour
The Bard’s plays are not always a heavy slog. “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged”, playing in Hong Kong until September 20 proves just that – zipping through the complete works in just an hour and a half.
FORMULA ONE
Renault boss Briatore quits over cheating allegations
Flavio Briatore, the head of the Renault F1 team, and his director of engineering have sensationally resigned amid allegations of race-fixing at last year's Singapore Grand Prix, Renault said in a statement on Wednesday.
FORMULA ONE - MONZA GP
Force India's Adrian Sutil sets best time in free practice
Force India's Andrian Sutil (pictured) set the quickest time in the second free practice for the Monza Grand Prix. French rookie Romain Grosjean came in second.
FORMULA ONE
Renault takes legal action against Piquets
Renault is launching a criminal investigation against Nelson Piquet Jr. (photo) and his father after they accused the team of race-fixing during the 2008 Singapore GP so his teammate Fernando Alonso could win.
FORMULA ONE
Piquet Jr. claims Renault asked him to cheat in Singapore
A leaked transcript of evidence from Nelson Piquet Jr., accusing Renault of asking him to crash deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to let his teammate Fernando Alonso win, was circulating on the Web on Thursday.
AVIATION
Singapore Airline's A380 makes first commercial flight to Paris
An Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, landed on Tuesday in Paris in its first commercial flight to Charles de Gaulle airport. But after the Air France disaster, authorities decided to cut back the official welcoming ceremony.
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MALAYSIA
Singapore's most-wanted terror suspect arrested
Mas Selamat Kastari, the suspected leader of the radical Jemaah Islamiyah group's branch in Singapore, was arrested in Malaysia. Mas Selamat is one of South-East Asia's most-wanted extremists, and Jemaah Islamiyah is blamed for the 2002 Bali bombing.
SINGAPOR - NEW YEAR
In Singapore, Year of the Ox hit by austerity
Chinatown in Singapore welcomes the Year of the Ox. It's usually a boom time for market stall holders but as Singapore slides into recession, shoppers are cutting spending and traders are feeling the pinch.
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