Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, yesterday presented land lots and
keys to new houses under the country's various housing schemes for
the Brunei Muara District to a total of 190 recipients.
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Paris (AFP) - Brunei on Thursday became the 191st member
state of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation by signing UNESCO's constitution, the UN body
announced in a statement. ...FULL
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Two Foreign
Women Jailed For Prostitution Bandar
Seri Begawan - Two Indonesian women were sentenced to a
three-month imprisonment by the Bandar Magistrate's Court yesterday
after pleading guilty to soliciting a man for the purpose of
prostitution.
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RBA Tests
Emergency Response In Simulation Exercise Bandar
Seri Begawan – The Royal Brunei Airlines held a simulation
exercise on Wednesday, March 16, in an effort to assess the
effectiveness of the airline’s emergency response plan and its staff
preparedness in the event of an air disaster. ...FULL STORY
Blasts mar
first Iraq assembly meeting
Baghdad - Iraq's first freely elected parliament in half a
century began its opening session Wednesday after a series of
explosions targeted the gathering.
Malaysia Beat
Defending Champ Indonesia Bandar
Seri Begawan - Malaysia sent defending champions Indonesia
packing in an explosive Group A match of the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
for Under-21 Asean Youth Football Championship winning 2-0 at the
Belapan field yesterday.
U.S. army
medics deliver baby aboard Black Hawk
Kabul - An Afghan mother of 14 children added another to her
large family, but this time in mid-air on a U.S. military helicopter,
the army said, hailing the onflight birth as a first.