Biometric database leads to immigration arrests

A biometric database enabled authorities to arrest 1,600 immigration offenders at Singapore checkpoints last year, a 167% increase from 2004, officials said Wednesday. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the system

File zip scores big in medical imaging

A method of compressing huge medical images so they can be transmitted accurately, quickly and inexpensively via the internet has been developed in Singapore. “This is a brand new, paradigm-shifting technology,” The

Jack Straw attacks Greek Cypriot stance

Comments by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in the House of Commons this week have led to a strong reaction in the Greek Cypriot media, which have interpreted them as a threat

Greece wrapped for OTE retirement plan

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation under EC Treaty state aid rules into Greece’s proposed financial contribution to the early retirement plan of OTE (Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation). The Commission believes

Greek Cypriots mistrust big business

And worry about inflation Some hints on Cyprus problem attitudes Sixty percent of Greek Cypriots mistrust big business, according to the Eurobarometer Autumn 2005 survey published last week, the highest level of