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PM Lee said "sorry" just days before GE 2011. (9 May) - Singaporeans couldn’t believe their ears. “I’m sorry,” said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong just days before the election a year ago this week that dealt the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) its worst setback in the five decades since the island... 

(Xinhua, 8 May) - Reports of formaldehyde-tainted Chinese cabbage in east China's Shandong province, the country's largest vegetable production base, have exposed some clandestine market practices and triggered a new wave of food safety concerns. Formaldehyde-tainted Chinese cabbage is found in China's Shandong province.... 

U.S. Littoral Combat Ship (8 May) — Four high-speed U.S. Navy vessels will soon start operating from Singapore. They will be the new face of the U.S. Navy for maritime policing and partnership-building in Asia-Pacific waters, where many countries in the region are trying to find a way to balance the rise of China without...