June 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Friday, 13th June 2003

Brunei's Big Booze
Border Watch Ends
With Parting Shot

Bandar Seri Begawan - The two-month long border booze watch "Operasi Semerbak", will at last be over tomorrow but not before a 24-hour last-ditch effort to round up Muslims who drink is made. ...FULL STORY

When All Else Has Failed,
Diplomacy Sets In

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei, the Abode of Peace in Southeast Asia, has lived up to its image of being so by demonstrating once again that everything, including critical offshore oil exploration issues can be settled peacefully. And peace, it continues to seek. ...FULL STORY

Luxury Car Scam: Buyers
Want Their Money Back

Bandar Seri Begawan - About four or five victims of a luxury car scam have yet to see their money brokers collected as deposits for buying second-hand luxury cars, a retired police officer claimed. ...FULL STORY

NCB Detains 16
In Temburong

Bangar - Sixteen people including a woman were detained in a massive operation the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and other enforcement agencies conducted in the Temburong District. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Taiwan angry at WHO Thursday
Taipei - Taiwan is angry about a World Health Organization decision to keep a SARS travel advisory for the island but lift it for Canada, where a U.S. visitor caught the virus before returning home.

OTHER REPORTS

Saddam's home movies on sale in Baghdad
Baghdad - Copies of Saddam Hussein's home movies have gone on sale on a market stall in the streets of Baghdad.