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1)  Singapore: Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Lim Boon Heng, spoke at the One Marina Boulevard Topping-Out Ceremony and addressed the issue of retrenchment exercises. Residents interviewed do not agree with the actions taken by these companies.
Sound bite of Mr Lim. (00:02:50)

2)  Singapore: Air Line Pilots Association Singapore (ALPA-S) held an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to vote on wage cuts agreed upon by their union and airline management. (00:05:17)

3)  Singapore: Conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh's counsellor shared her relationship with them to the press prior to the surgery. (00:06:40)

4)  Singapore: Slim 10 pills are not toxic unless taken in huge doses, said a toxic expert during the trial. (00:09:20)

5)  Singapore: Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)'s e-Lifestyle campaign promotes the Trust SG label as a security measure for a more secure online shopping network. (00:10:26)

6)  World Minute: Hackers are planning to attack hundreds of websites in the game, Defacers Challenge. (00:11:20)

7)  World Minute: London's Kew Gardens, Mongolia's Uvs Nuur Basin, India's Bhimbetka and Afghanistan's Bamyan Valley are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. (00:11:58)

8)  World: Saddam Hussein released a tape of himself to Al-Jazeera's TV network which announced his presence in Iraq. (00:16:16)

9)  Taiwan: Taiwan is to look at Singapore's way of dealing with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. (00:17:03)

10)  Singapore Minute: Nine motorcycles were burnt at Toa Payoh Lorong 1. (00:18:16)

11)  Singapore Minute: Thieves struck at a Serangoon coffeeshop. (00:19:10)

12)  Business Tonight: SingTel chairman Ang Kong Hua resigned after Mobile One (M1) released news that he was their 19th largest shareholder. (00:19:35)

13)  Business Tonight: CapitaMall Trust is looking to acquire Plaza Singapura. (00:20:11)

14)  Business Tonight: ABN-AMRO offers home buyers an average mortgage rate of 1.88% over the first three years. (00:20:27)

15)  United States: Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to US soldiers in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. (00:21:23)

16)  Sports: Tennis players Serena and Venus Williams advanced to the Wimbledon Open Women's final. Sebastien Grosjean, Mark Philippoussis, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer are through to the semi finals of the men's Wimbledon Open. (00:25:50)

17)  United States: Citizens celebrated the 4th of July with a hotdog eating contest. (00:28:33)