March 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Saturday, 29th March 2003

Double Trouble
Hits Airlines, Travel
Industry In Brunei

Students at Hong Kong's Chinese University help a friend
adjust her surgical mask as they wait on campus for a bus

Bandar Seri Begawan - A double whammy that smashed into the travel industry is keeping local shopkeepers smiling. ...FULL STORY

Some Bad Apples Give Our
Fighting Men A Bad Name

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei's new army chief yesterday blasted some soldiers giving a bad name to the force. ...FULL STORY

Police Catch Traffic
Offenders At Road Blocks

Bandar Seri Begawan - Twenty traffic offenders were caught when officers from the Limau Manis and Sengkurong police stations conducted four roadblocks on Thursday night. ...FULL STORY

Sixth National Sports
Festival Under Way

Bandar Seri Begawan - A number of sports events for the 6th National Sports Festival were held yesterday. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Battle with Saddam's elite looms
Baghdad - A conventional fight between coalition troops and Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard is "not too far away", the head of the British army, General Sir Michael Jackson, said today.

OTHER REPORTS

Marine quits army to keep baby
Los Angeles - U.S. Marine and new mother Corporal Jennifer Washington has asked for a discharge rather than abandon her baby to go fight in Iraq, Marine Corps officials say.