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Police in Singapore have warned men to be more careful regarding to whom they talk using webcams, reporting an alarming increase in the number of men who've been lured into nude conversations with "foreign" women, only to be blackmailed with video-chat recordings.

...The rape has highlighted the extensive harassment that Indian women face daily in cities and towns, ranging from unwanted hands being placed on them to being blamed for causing the sexual violence. Even rape victims rarely come forward to complain because of the social stigma. Many women say they have structured their entire lives around protecting themselves and their children, and restricting their movements to avoid being molested.

The U.K. soccer giant chose Singapore for its $1 billion IPO so it could have a dual-share structure—one with voting rights and one without—that enables its owners to effectively retain control of the team.

Singapore's first prime minister and founding father of the modern city-state, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, said he will leave the government cabinet to make way for a younger generation of leadership.

An Australia-bound Qantas A380 that suffered an engine shutdown safely returns to Singapore airport.

Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are seen as having the least corruption in the world, according to a just-published global survey.

Seen here weeping like a little girl that just opened a unicorn on her birthday, 23-year old Singaporean Nicol Tan was the first in his country to get his hands on a copy of Starcraft II.

Singapore has relaxed limits on theaters in an ambitious bid to claim status as a global performing arts city.