BBC: Singapore struggles with downturn

Mar. 19 | Breaking News: Ms Melanie Kirkpatrick, the deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, was fined $10,000 for contempt of court by Justice Tay Yong Kwang on Thursday. (Straits Times) From the BBC, 18 March 2009:

Wheel of fortune?

Aug. 10 | Officials in Singapore have changed the direction of the world’s biggest observation wheel because feng shui masters said it was taking good fortune away from the city. “The Flyer was going against the sun and taking fortune away from Singapore.” Florian...