March 2004

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Friday, 19th March 2004

Brunei Police Smash
China Prostitute Ring

Four foreign women who were detained in the raid.

Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei has busted a Chinese call girl racket.
...FULL STORY

Builders Face Doom
As Steel Prices Rocket

Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei’s building contractors are facing disaster because of events in China and Iraq. ...FULL STORY

Related Stories: Sudden Increase In Building Materials Causes Worry | China's demand for steel pushing up prices: paper | Call for control on price increase of building materials | Rising cost of building materials worries developers

	Buffalo Menace Strikes Brunei, Farmers Could Be Jailed Bandar Seri Begawan – Faced with a growing buffalo menace the authorities have issued a warning against farmers. ...FULL STORY Related Stories: Cattle Owners And Officials Tackle Moo-ving Hazard

	Bawai Produced In Court For Housing Fraud Bandar Seri Begawan - Local businessman, Awang Bawai bin Munjil, 58, pleaded not guilty to the three charges he is facing for cheating three Thai managing directors of three companies in Thailand. ...FULL STORY Related Stories: Businessman Bawai Munjil Charged With Cheating

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Pakistan believes al-Qaida no. 2 is close
Islamabad - Pakistani troops believe they have surrounded al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in an operation near the Afghan border, three senior Pakistani officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

SPORTS

Chance for Brunei to catch the leaders
Bandar Seri Begawan - With their impressive 3-0 win over Kelantan TNB, Brunei have moved off the bottom spot of the Group A standings in the 2004 Premier League campaign.

YOUR HEALTH

Controlling appetite all in your head?
Washington - Scientists say an enzyme in the brain that monitors energy in cells also appears to regulate appetite and weight, a discovery that could lead to new treatments for obesity.

OTHER REPORTS

Hitler returns to the heart of Berlin -- in wax
Berlin - A life-size wax figure of Adolf Hitler has gone on display in the heart of Berlin in what museum officials say is the first such public exhibition of the Nazi dictator in post-war Germany.

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