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What is the Mark of A Great Man?

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Exactly a year ago, my country lost a remarkable man. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding prime minister, passed away at the age of 91 on 23 March, 2015, after battling severe pneumonia.

How the 2004 Tsunami Changed my Life

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On 26 December 2004, one of the deadliest tragedies in recorded history struck when a massive tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake swept across the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000 people in 14 countries.

Good Samaritan gets killed while helping another

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A man offers help to another, but in the process, gets shot by the latter and dies. Talk about injustice. But that’s exactly what happened last Friday (22 January) in Catawba County, North Carolina, U.S.

A Letter of Condolence to the US$1.6 billion Lottery Winner

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Dear Lottery Winner, Having just heard of your winning the record-breaking US$1.6-billion Powerball lottery jackpot in US last week, I would like to offer you my deepest condolences.
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Move Aside BB-8, Here Comes Nadine

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Nadine who? She’s a robot created by scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University who doesn’t look like C-3PO, R2-D2 or BB-8 (you wish). In fact, she has been billed as “the world’s most human-like robot”.
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After Such Horrific Attacks, what Hope is there?

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It’s hard to keep track of everything that has been said about Paris, Beirut, terrorism, and the state of our world in the past few days. So many perspectives have been raised, and so many emotions evoked.
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Are You Seeing Red Over Starbuck’s Latest Cup?

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Well, one guy did. And he went all out to make his unhappiness known by posting a video rant on his Facebook page on November 5. It went viral, of course.
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Why I Love Rugby: The Game and Its Values

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Today (September 18), the seventh Rugby World Cup will kick off in London, with tournament hosts England taking on the Pacific Island nation of Fiji. For rugby fans, the World Cup is the biggest event on the sporting calendar.
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Aylan’s Silent Scream

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It was a picture that painted a thousand words: a photograph of a three-year-old Syrian boy, lying face down on a Turkish beach. His name was Aylan Kurdi. Last week, the world recoiled in horror and anguish over images of his lifeless body washed up on a beach in Bodrum.