November 2004

NEWS ARCHIVE 2004

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Saturday, 25th December 2004

Brunei To Open Skies
In Three-Nation
Airlines Deal

Bandar Seri Begawan - Senior officers representing the governments of Brunei, Singapore and Thailand will be meeting Monday to sign an open skies deal, hailed as a pioneering effort other Asean countries can join.
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Bandar Seri Begawan – All employment agencies in the Sultanate have one month from Monday, December 20, to acquire business licences from the Labour Department. ...FULL STORY

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Brunei's Garment Industry Faces Bleak Future
Bandar Seri Begawan - As the end of the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA) looms nearer, the fate of Brunei's garment industry, the sultanate's second largest export, remains uncertain. ...FULL STORY

Brunei Donates US$100,000 To Filipino Typhoon Victims
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently received a donation of US$100,000 from Brunei for the victims of the four typhoons that hit Luzon last month.
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WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Rumsfeld returns to Iraq
Baghdad - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has travelled to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to lift troop morale following an attack that killed 14 soldiers on Tuesday.

SPORTS

Family fun at Police HQ
Bandar Seri Begawan - The 'A1' branch of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) held a 'Sukan Ria' (Family Sports Day) at the Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium of the Gadong Police Headquarters yesterday.

YOUR HEALTH

Cancer study yields clues on gray hair
Washington - Those annoying gray hairs that increasingly leer back from the bathroom mirror may have some value after all.

OTHER REPORTS

Can You Extradite Someone Who Is Dead?
Colombia - Colombia says it might extradite a feared paramilitary warlord to the United States, even though former outlaw comrades and military intelligence officials say he is dead.