Singapore - The Singapore government said on Sunda

Singapore  - A Singapore woman fell into a coma and at least 28 others were hospitalized while more than 100 other people sought hospital treatment after eating a popular local savory, the New Paper said on Sunday.

The Health Ministry said it was investigating a food stall named Rojak Geylang Serai, which makes and sells an Indian-style deep-fried mixture of meat and vegetable in the eastern district of Geylang.

Singapore - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Saturday exchanged views on the G20 summit with his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and the city-state's Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.

Rudd, in transit through Singapore after the London Summit, also discussed global challenges of the economic downturn, Singapore's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Singapore  - A Singapore court is seeking a further psychiatric report on a 40-year-old man who sent out emails threatening airlines and the US government, claiming to speak for al-Qaeda, the Straits Times reported Saturday.

The court has put off sentencing Josemaria Miguel Ye Yong Qiang whose sent emails threatening Irish Air Arann and US Delta Airlines, as well as the US embassy in Canberra.

In September 2008 he sent an email glorifying the New York terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to the White House, identifying himself as an al-Qaeda member.

Singapore  - The Singapore government has set up a task force to check malpractice by employers of foreign workers, a Channel News Asia report said Thursday.

Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said the task force, set up in January, is to detect malpractice such as failure to pay workers' salaries on time.

The unit was to consolidate and analyse information surfaced from Manpower Ministry's inspections as well as intelligence it receives.

Singapore  - S