April 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Saturday, 12th April 2003

Travel Cancelled
For Brunei Officials
To SARS Hit Countries

Shop assistants wearing surgical masks

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Government has, it is understood, cancelled all official travel plans especially to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infected countries except for not-to-be-missed top meetings abroad. ...FULL STORY

Spate Of Fatal Accidents
Worry Belait District Police

A saloon car who was heading straight towards
Bandar Seri Begawan at the Anduki highway

Kuala Belait - A sudden spate of accidents in which people are being killed is worrying the police. ...FULL STORY

Errant Auto Workshops
'Fixing' Customers

Bandar Seri Begawan - Crooked mechanics are fixing Brunei motorists to keep their shaky workshops afloat, reports here said. ...FULL STORY

Let Your Fingers Win
Something For You

Bandar Seri Begawan - With the advances in technology in today's telecommunications, mobile users can stimulate their mind and 'fingers' through MCQ Quiz and Fast Finger, a competition, where you could let your finger do the talking and walk away with a grand prize of B$500.
...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Mosul falls after Iraqi army surrenders
Baghdad - Kurdish and US forces took control of Mosul, the largest city in northern Iraq, without a fight after commanders of the 5th Corps of the Iraqi army agreed a surrender.

OTHER REPORTS

Battered Saddam statue withstands blast
Baghdad - U.S. Marines have used explosives to topple a statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad but the resilient likeness of the Iraqi strongman was still standing after the blast.