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Friday, May 20, 2016

Singapore Straits Times

SATURDAY MAY 21 2016
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 SINGAPORE 29°C/23 °C
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Football: Former Liverpool boss Rodgers named manager of Celtic
Scottish Premiership champions Celtic have named former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as their new manager on a 12-month rolling contract.  http://str.sg/4Jkk  PHOTO: REUTERS
UK on Donald Trump invite to 10 Downing St: Not just yet
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday (May 20) that British Prime Minister David Cameron had asked him to visit, but a UK spokesman said no invitation had been extended. http://str.sg/4ovFPHOTO: REUTERS 
LATEST: Angry protesters briefly enter Iraq PM’s office
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr manage to enter Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office after breaking into the Green Zone for the second time in three weeks.  http://str.sg/4ovL  PHOTO: REUTERS
Paris airport renews security crackdown after EgyptAir crash
French investigators are checking again for security flaws at Charles de Gaulle airport after Thursday's EgyptAir crash, despite already stripping hundreds of employees of their security clearance since last year's militant attacks. http://str.sg/4ovt  PHOTO: REUTERS
Russia's Putin offers 'every assistance' to WADA doping probe
President Vladimir Putin on Friday (May 20) said Russia will give "every assistance" to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) inspectors probing allegations of organised doping among its Olympic athletes. http://str.sg/4ovjPHOTO: AFP 

Sean Penn unfazed as aid worker love story The Last Face is ripped apart in Cannes
The Hollywood Reporter labels the effort as a "stunningly self-important but numbingly empty cocktail of romance and insulting refugee porn". http://str.sg/4ov9  PHOTO: REUTERS
Airbus boss showcases 'first 3-D printed motorbike'
Aviation giant Airbus' boss Tom Enders goes for a spin on the group's latest innovation - a 3-D printed motorcycle, which the company touts as the world's first.  http://str.sg/4ovD   PHOTO: AFP
Phone polls skewed towards "In" ahead of Britain's EU referendum: British pollster
British pollster YouGov said on Friday (May 20) that online polls were doing a better job than phone polls of finding representative samples of voters before a referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union. http://str.sg/4ova PHOTO: REUTERS 
Protesters break into Baghdad Green Zone, head to PM office
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr break into Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone and head towards the office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, according to an AFP photographer.  http://str.sg/4ovL   PHOTO: REUTERS
US CDC says 157 pregnant women in the US have tested positive for the Zika Virus
Some 157 pregnant women in the United States and anotehr 122 in US territories have tested positive for infection with the Zika virus, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday (May 20). http://str.sg/4ovP PHOTO: REUTERS
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