Singapore PM preparing for elections

AFTER a year in the job, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a Sunday newspaper he was preparing for an election in coming months. Lee was also quoted in the Straits Times on Sunday as saying his government would act against anyone who threatened racial and religious harmony in the city-state, after three young people were charged with posting inflammatory racial remarks on the Internet.

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Musharraf denies making remarks on Pakistani rapes

PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf denied on Saturday telling the Washington Post that many Pakistanis felt crying rape was an easy way to make money and get a Canadian visa, saying the remark was made by someone else.

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