January 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2002

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Friday, 10th January 2003

Blair greets
His Majesty


London - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam shakes hands with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair outside No.10 Downing Street in London January 9. His Majesty and the British Prime Minister are expected to sign the historic new Garrison Agreement, which was announced by the British High Commissioner to Brunei Mr Andrew Caie here last week.

Con Doctors From China
Strike Bruneian Women

The bogus pills

Bandar Seri Begawan - A group of visiting Chinese "doctors" are terrorizing the elderly in the Brunei capital. ...FULL STORY

Boom In Car Sales Boosts
Government Coffers

Bandar Seri Begawan - The improvement in car sales in the first seven months of last year has lead to an increase in income on road tax, car loans, amount of premiums collected, tax revenue and an increase in job opportunities. ...FULL STORY

Two Fishermen Saved Off
Jerudong After 16-Hour Drama

Jerudong Beach

Jerudong - Two fishermen were rescued after their boat capsized and they stayed afloat by holding onto the boat for 16 hours. ...FULL STORY

Prince Says No Last
Minute Selection For SEA
Games In Vietnam

HRH Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei National Olympic President HRH Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah in his speech yesterday urged every national sports association to speak frankly of their capability in competing in the forthcoming 22nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Blix: No 'smoking guns' in Iraq
Baghdad - Hans Blix said on Thursday Iraq had failed to answer a "great many questions" in its weapons declaration but his teams had found no 'smoking guns' in their searches on the ground.

OTHER REPORTS

Love-Sick thief steals rings for Supermodel
Berlin - An unemployed construction worker who was obsessed with Claudia Schiffer and stole 124 wedding rings for the German supermodel has been sent by a Berlin court to a psychiatric clinic.