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Joe Biden at Adam Road Hawker Centre (Photo Todayonline) (26 Jul) - It's a common sight when Joe Biden walks into a restaurant: big, glowing white teeth smiling, a squint in his eyes, aviators off, and cheese-ball antics in full force. The vice president loves this kind of thing, but it doesn't always work. Take Thursday afternoon,... 

Tata's Syamal Gupta is exploring an India-Singapore Friendship Society to strengthen common interests at a non-official level (26 Jul) - Adapting Oscar Wilde, good Indians go to Singapore before they die. It was, therefore, a surprise to learn that no friendship society binds the two countries at a non-official level. The... 

(Reuters, 26 Jul) - Singapore government lawyers have started legal proceedings that could result in a political cartoonist serving a jail term, in another sign that the long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is becoming increasingly intolerant of opponents, critics said. Chew Peng Ee, known to followers of his "Demon-cratic...