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(7 Aug) - Countries faced with declining birth rates typically promote immigration or provide financial incentives. Then there’s the Government of Singapore, which is holding a “National Night” of sex – a campaign to encourage citizens to make babies. The Aug. 9 public holiday commemorates the country’s independence... 

(7 Aug) - New York regulators accused Standard Chartered Bank of hiding $250 billion in transactions with Iranian banks for almost a decade in violation of US sanctions. Branding the London-based global financial giant a "rogue bank," state regulators said Standard Chartered systematically disguised foreign exchange deals with... 

Bikyamasr- 5 August 2012 SINGAPORE: A new initiative from the NTUC FairPrice Foundation is to assist low-income families and individuals in Singapore with food vouchers. The Foundation announced on Sunday that it was giving $1 million worth of food vouchers to some 20,000 families in an effort to help alleviate their struggle...