November 2004

NEWS ARCHIVE 2004

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Sunday, 12th December 2004

Crown Prince Hails Love For Peace As Scouting’s Greatest Legacy

HRH Crown Prince at the 21st Asia
Pacific Regional Scout Conference at the ICC yesterday

Bandar Seri Begawan – His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah has hailed the scouting movement’s greatest legacy of promoting a love for peaceful co-existence through cross-cultural understanding and tolerance amongst youths. ...FULL STORY

BB Version - Crown Prince Lauds Scouts At Closing Ceremony

Child Kidnapper Gets Seven
Years And Three Strokes

Brunei High Court

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 38-year-old local man who kidnapped a five-year-old girl, outraged her modesty, stole two saloon cars and consumed `Syabu' was sentenced to a total of seven years in jail and three strokes of the cane by the High Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to all charges. ...FULL STORY

Sultan Grants Audience To Outgoing Envoys
Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei yesterday granted audience to three outgoing foreign envoys at Istana Nurul Iman. ...FULL STORY

RTB Version - Two Envoys Bid Farewell To Sultan In Royal Audience

Enforcement Officers checking carwash workers during raids yesterday.

Two Foreign Workers Nabbed At Raids On Carwash Operators
Bandar Seri Begawan - Several carwash vendors operating in Mulaut and Sengkurong yesterday received a good `scrubbing' by Enforcement Officers from the Immigration Department when they raided these premises. ...FULL STORY

Court Quashes Appeal Of Former Police Clerk

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

U.S. soldier sentenced in Iraq killing
Baghdad - A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for killing a severely wounded Iraqi teenager in what investigators say may have been a mercy killing.

SPORTS

Brunei for Asean Prison Sport Meet
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Prison Department will be represented by 54 athletes and officials at the 14th Asean Prison Sport Championship 2004 from Dec 12-16 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

YOUR HEALTH

Video games calm kids before surgery
New Jersey - Letting children play video games on a Game Boy in the operating room before undergoing surgery can help relax them better than tranquilizers or holding Mommy's hand, researchers say.

OTHER REPORTS

Worker fired over giant 'SpongeBob' figure
Miami - Giant, inflatable advertising figures of "SpongeBob SquarePants" have become a coveted item among US thieves and cost a worker her job in a dispute with a Burger King fast food restaurant.