July 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Wednesday, 30th July 2003

Brunei’s Miracle
Babies Saved From
Jaws Of Death

Datin Dr Lim Meng Keang

Bandar Seri Begawan – Meet Brunei’s miracle babes - the ones snatched up from the prospect of certain death and suffering from the deadly disease AIDS. ...FULL STORY

Oil And Gas Keep Brunei
Economy Buoyant But
Others Areas Plunge

Bandar Seri Begawan - Oil and gas continued to keep Brunei's economy buoyant with a 5.3 per cent growth during the first quarter of this year.
...FULL STORY

Brunei Foreign Minister
Attends Asian-African
Meet In BandUng

Bandung - His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday morning attended the inaugural session of the first Asian African Sub-Regional Organisations Conference (AASROC) in Bandung. ...FULL STORY

Catapult Man Jailed
For Breaking Police
Car Window For Fun

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 32-year-old man charged with breaking the glass window of a police car using a homemade catapult “for fun” was jailed 6 months and ordered two strokes of the cane yesterday. ...FULL STORY

Bangladeshi Man Caught and Jailed After A Year On The Run

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Saddam bodyguard captured in pre-dawn raid
Tikrit, Iraq - Early-morning raids in Tikrit on Tuesday netted a Saddam Hussein bodyguard and two associates of the deposed Iraqi leader, a U.S. military official said.

OTHER REPORTS

"Roman cosmetics" found at temple dig
London - Archaeologists excavating the site of a major Roman temple in London have found a sealed box containing a white cream still bearing the fingermarks of the person who last used it, nearly 2,000 years ago.