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The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) currently requires an applicant seeking permanent residency to be either a spouse or a child of a Singapore citizen or permanent resident; a P, Q or S work-pass holder; or an investor or entrepreneur. However, there are a number of foreign students who have studied in local government... 

Ng Ser Miang (right) (10 Sep) - Thomas Bach, a German lawyer, won election Tuesday to become the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee. Bach, 59, an IOC vice president who was long the favorite to succeed Jacques Rogge, won a hard-fought race over five other candidates on the second ballot. Bach's election means... 

Emergency workers in protective suits at the scene of an ammonia leak in Shanghai. Photograph: AFP/Getty (5 Sep) - Chinese officials say 15 people died and 26 others were left ill, some critically, in accident at cold storage facility. A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit at a cold storage facility in Shanghai on...