July 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Friday, 4th July 2003

Brunei Crude Will
Light Its Way To India
For The First Time

Brunei Shell

Bandar Seri Begawan - India's state-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will contract 0.5 million tonne of Seria Light crude from Brunei later this month, which marks the first time that India is buying crude from the Sultanate. ...FULL STORY

His Majesty, Her Majesty Host
Banquet For Singaporean DPM

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Her Majesty Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha hosted a banquet for the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and his spouse at Istana Nurul Iman on Wednesday night. ...FULL STORY

Policy-Makers Moan
Over Missed Targets

Bandar Seri Begawan - Red tape and other constraints have set back the government's housing plan to put in place some 6,000 houses by year 2005. ...FULL STORY

Stealing Polo After Shave
Charge Sends Women
Tourists To Court

Brunei High Court

Bandar Seri Begawan - Three women tourists from West Asia faced a charge of shoplifting in the Magistrates' Court yesterday for allegedly stealing a bottle of after shave lotion from a perfumery in the capital. ...FULL STORY

Police Hit Jackpot At Gadong Gambling Den

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Iraq attacks wound seven U.S. soldiers
Baghdad - Seven American soldiers were wounded in two separate attacks on occupation forces in Iraq on Thursday.

OTHER REPORTS

Lost racing pigeon flies home on plane
London - A racing pigeon that lost its way while flying from France to Britain and ended up in New York finally reached home soil Wednesday as a passenger pigeon on British Airways.