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Singapore bought F15s from U.S. Singapore’s national security policies are outdated and in dire need of revision. These policies are heavily influenced by the paranoias of the 1960s, when a vulnerability fetish gave rise to a siege mentality amongst Singaporean leaders that persists today. But Singapore’s main security... 

（伦敦19日综合电）英国慈善救助基金会(Charities Aid Foundation) 週三公布今年世界捐助指数 (World Giving Index 2012)，澳洲排名第一，马来西亚排名第76，比去年的87进步。 新加坡排名第114，比去年（第91）差，也远远落后于排在前20名的其它亚洲国家和地区。 慈善救助基金会在全球有九个办事处，今年是第3次发佈报告。来自153个国家的超过15万人参与调查。 这项调查涉及146个国家的1000名受访者。需要回答的问题有3道：是否曾在调查月份内捐款做慈善？是否拨出时间行善？... 

(Reuters, 20 Dec) - Food safety authorities have shut down two chicken farms in eastern China, including one that supplied Yum Brands Inc's KFC and McDonald's Corp, the official Shanghai Daily reported on Thursday. The closures come after a report by state television earlier this week that some poultry suppliers in Shandong...