Top five stories you may have missed on Tuesday, 24 September 2013

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Here are today's top five stories in case you missed the headlines.

Nairobi killings: Indian shot when he couldn't answer query on Islam

An Indian man in Nairobi was shot when he failed to answer a question on Islam. (IANS Photo)
An Indian man in Nairobi was shot when he failed to answer a question on Islam. (IANS Photo)

An Indian man was shot when he failed to answer a question on Islam posed by a heavily-armed gunman who had struck at a mall in Nairobi. The gunman asked for the name of Prophet Muhammad’s mother, while allowing Muslims in the mall to identify themselves and leave. It was not clear from the media report whether the Indian was injured or fatally shot.The hostage crisis began Saturday and has left at least 68 people dead and more than 175 injured.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/nairobi-killings-indian-shot-couldnt-answer-query-islam-045803343.html

Has landing an expat job in Singapore just gotten harder?

Singapore's latest push to encourage companies to hire locally is unlikely to have a significant impact on foreigners looking to land a job in the Southeast Asian financial hub. (Getty Images)
Singapore's latest push to encourage companies to hire locally is unlikely to have a significant impact on foreigners looking to land a job in the Southeast Asian financial hub. (Getty Images)

Singapore's latest push to encourage companies to hire locally is unlikely to have a significant impact on foreigners looking to land a job in the Southeast Asian financial hub. According to the vice-president and country manager at staffing agency Kelly Services, 14 days is not a significant period of time, adding that the recruitment process takes up to six months. He also said that companies will continue to search for the best skilled person and will opt for foreigners if locals cannot fit the required role.
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/landing-expat-job-singapore-just-050557729.html

Nairobi Terror Attack Rekindles Interest In 'The White Widow', The Most Wanted Woman In The World

Media is focusing on a British woman named Samantha L ewthwaite, nicknamed "The White Widow" following the Westgate Mall Attack in Kenya. (Reuters Photo)
Media is focusing on a British woman named Samantha L ewthwaite, nicknamed "The White Widow" following the Westgate Mall Attack in Kenya. (Reuters Photo)

The world's media is focusing on a British woman named Samantha L ewthwaite, nicknamed "The White Widow" following the Westgate Mall Attack in Kenya. She is the wife of suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay, a man who blew himself up at a train station in London in 2005, killing 26 people. Lewthwaite disappeared with her two children and was later found in Kenya after authorities tracked her down – they reportedly found chemicals, similar to the ones used in the London attack, in her apartment.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/nairobi-terror-attack-rekindles-interest-154106274.html

ONE FC, Yahoo announce MMA content partnership

ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) has teamed up with Yahoo as its official digital partner to bring in exclusive and behind-the-scenes content behind the growing sport of MMA. (Photo by ONE FC)
ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) has teamed up with Yahoo as its official digital partner to bring in exclusive and behind-the-scenes content behind the growing sport of MMA. (Photo by ONE FC)

ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) has teamed up with Yahoo as its official digital partner to bring in exclusive and behind-the-scenes content behind the growing sport of MMA. The partnership will cover Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam and it will see Yahoo hosting exclusive ONE FC editorial and video content on a dedicated MMA section on the Yahoo Sports website. This will include regular content such as fighter profiles, interviews, videos and match highlights.
http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/yahoo-one-fc-announce-mma-content-partnership-023427455.html

Photo of alien-looking frog boggles the mind

Upon closer inspection, this turns out to be a ground-dwelling cane toad — with a bat in its mouth. (Photo by Yufani Olaya)
Upon closer inspection, this turns out to be a ground-dwelling cane toad — with a bat in its mouth. (Photo by Yufani Olaya)

Upon closer inspection, this turned out to be a ground-dwelling cane toad — with a bat in its mouth. The image was supplied to Rainforest Expeditions by Yufani Olaya, the ranger who was patrolling in Cerros de Amotape National Park. A wildlife biologist said, “We’re unsure how common this is, but we do know that this is probably the first photographed record of a cane toad feeding on a bat.”
http://yahoosg.tumblr.com/post/62119010235/photo-of-alien-looking-frog-boggles-the-mind