Bandar Seri Begawan – The Brunei ruler His Majesty Sultan
Hassanal Bolkiah announced yesterday the establishment of a
special Task Force to get the country moving ahead rapidly with
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Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei, which celebrates 20 years
of independence today, expects its economic diversification
projects to take shape by middle of this year, Bernama reported
yesterday.
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New Muslim
Year Brings In More Converts
Bandar Seri Begawan – As the Hijrah New Year 1425 neared, eight
family members of Chinese and lban descent celebrated their conversion
to Islam yesterday morning.
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Jerusalem bus
bombing kills seven people
Jerusalem - A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded
Jerusalem bus Sunday morning, killing seven people and wounding more
than 60, 11 of them seriously, police and rescue workers said.
Chess marathon
in Gadong to be held
Bandar Seri Begawan - A nine-round rapid chess tournament to
mark the 20th National Day celebrations will be held at the Brunei
Chess Centre at Simpang 607, Jalan Gadong from Feb 23-24.
Can brain be
tricked into staying awake?
New York - Frank Knower knew something was wrong when he kept
having conversations with co-workers and later couldn't remember a thing
that was said.
Harry Potter?
It's all Greek to me
London - Harry Potter becomes "Warrior Cup" and his enemy
Voldemort "Scaly Death" in a translation of the schoolboy wizard's
adventures into Ancient Greek due for publication this summer.