February 2004

NEWS ARCHIVE 2004

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Friday, 13th February 2004

Singapore Shops Failed
To Get Jewellery From
"Brunei Princess"

Mohamed Samuri

Singapore - Four years ago, a 38-year-old woman who posed as Brunei royalty and conned a diamond merchant of jewellery worth more than $7 million to support her lavish lifestyle was jailed for 6 1/2 years.
...FULL STORY

Crown Prince Launches
First Syariah Cards

Bandar Seri Begawan – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah yesterday launched the Islamic Development Bank of Brunei Berhad (IDBB) Gold and Classic MasterCard’s, which is the first ever Syariah compliant cards in Brunei. ...FULL STORY

	Key Global Issues Up At Student-Run Meet In Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan - Over 100 students from Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Chinese-Taipei would debate key global issues at a three-day Second Global Issues Conference which opened yesterday. ...FULL STORY

	Fire Renders Family Homeless In Tutong Tutong – A fire of still undetermined origin rendered a family homeless in Kampong Kupang in the Tutong District on Wednesday night. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Second Iraq blast pushes death toll to 100
Baghdad - A second suicide bombing in as many days killed up to 47 people Wednesday, pushing the toll in the back-to-back attacks to 100.

SPORTS

Liverpool 2-1 Man City: Owen on target
London - Liverpool were left to thank their lucky stars as England duo Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard fired them into fourth place for the first time this season with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City.

YOUR HEALTH

Smoking leads to impotence and infertility
London - Smoking damages almost all aspects of sexual, reproductive and child health, a hard-hitting report by the British Medical Association (BMA) said on Wednesday.

OTHER REPORTS

Man drives for help with shark attached to leg
Sydney - A swimmer attacked by a small shark in Australia was forced to drive for help with the persistent animal still gnawing his leg, it was reported.

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