July 2004

NEWS ARCHIVE 2004

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Wednesday, 21st July 2004

Sultan Lauded For Rapid
Development In Temburong
At Get-Together

Bandar Seri Begawan - Residents of the Temburong District came out in force and accorded a warm welcome to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei during a get-together ceremony yesterday.
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RTB Version: His Majesty Graces Colourful Temburong Birthday Celebrations

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Brunei To The Rescue As Blackhawks
Swing Into Action For SAR

Royal Brunei Air Force - UH 60L Blackhawk

Miri - The Royal Brunei Air Force will deploy two helicopters to help in the search and rescue (SAR) for the seven people on board the helicopter that went missing in the jungles of northern Sarawak on Monday.
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Brunei Gets A Taste Of Taiwan Thanks To First Emporium
Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei’s oldest supermarket has begun to import fresh fruits from Taiwan.
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Problems Again In BruNet As E-Mails Become Snail Mails
Bandar Seri Begawan - A glitch in BruNet services led to Internet users experiencing problems in receiving and sending e-mails yesterday.
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Malaysian Fined $3,500 For Gaming

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Filipino hostage released in Iraq
Baghdad - A Filipino hostage who was threatened with death if his country did not pull its troops out of Iraq was freed Tuesday morning nearly two weeks after being captured.

SPORTS

MBS United Futsal Champions
Bandar Seri Begawan - MBS United emerged champions in the 5-a-side Futsal Tournament at the Multi-Purpose Hall Stadium, Berakas on Sunday after beating Combined Villa 3-2 in a penalty shootout.

YOUR HEALTH

Eating fish can cut risk of heart rhythm disorder
Washington - Chalk up another benefit of eating fish -- it can reduce the risk of deadly irregular heartbeats, researchers reported on Monday.

OTHER REPORTS

China launches war against porn on the Internet
Beijing - China has launched a "people's war" against pornography on the Internet, giving websites a deadline until September to rid themselves of indecent content, state media said.

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