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Travel Authorisation To US
From January 12, Singaporeans heading to the United States must obtain travel authorisation at least three days ahead of their trip. Otherwise, they may be denied boarding, experience delayed processing, or be refused admission at a US port of entry.

The US embassy in Singapore said travellers can apply through the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) at the Department of Homeland Security's ESTA website. There is no fee for ESTA authorisation. More details here.

Berlin Wall resurrected in Los Angeles
Since mid-October, 10 towering slabs of concrete that separated East and West Berlin until November 9 1989, have been installed along Wilshire Boulevard in front of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

The wall sections, acquired by the Los Angeles-based Wende Museum, have been made available to artists, who have been given free rein to make their own statements on each block of concrete. Artists who have been invited to use the wall as their canvas include Berlin-based Frenchman Thierry Noir.

The Wende Museum's "Wall Project" will culminate at midnight on November 8, when a graffiti-strewn replica of the Berlin Wall will be erected across Wilshire Boulevard, one of the city's main east-west transport routes, before being symbolically toppled. - AFP