March 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Sunday, 23rd March 2003

Brunei Says Peace Not
War As Baghdad Burns

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei yesterday joined the international community in calling for an urgent halt to fighting in Iraq. ...FULL STORY

Suspicious Powder
Causes Alarm In Kiulap

Haz Mat personnel with the suspicious package

Bandar Seri Begawan - A plain white envelope at the door of a local travel agency caused alarm, as it was feared to contain a 'suspicious' chemical substance late yesterday afternoon at Kiulap, suburb in the capital.
...FULL STORY

Bruneian Fined For
Smuggling Cigarettes

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 41 year-old-man who smuggled 420 cartons of Gudang Garam cigarettes was fined $21,000 fine when he pleaded guilty to the offence before Magistrate Muhammed Faisal yesterday. ...FULL STORY

MOU Signed Between
Aussies And Asean

Downtown Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begawan - ASEAN countries and Australia stepped up further co-operation on culture and heritage with an historical signing of MOU between the Asean Committee on Culture and Information (Asean-COCI) and Aus-Heritage at the final day of the 38th Asean-COCI meet at the ICC yesterday. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Allied forces under fire in Basra march
Basra - U.S. jets bombed Iraqi tanks holding bridges, and American and British forces came under artillery fire Saturday as they advanced on the key southern city of Basra.

OTHER REPORTS

Hotel bans U.S. tourists in war protest
Bangkok - A hotel on the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui has banned American tourists in a protest against the U.S.-led war in Iraq, its owner said on Friday.