May 2005

NEWS ARCHIVE 2005

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Sunday, 8th May 2005

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and Her Majesty Raja Isteri PengiranAnak Hajah Saleha yesterday consented to grant an audience tothe visiting Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Shaukat Aziz and his spouse Mdm Begum Rukhsana.
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Pakistan Upholds
Brunei Ties

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Mr Shaukat Aziz held talks yesterday to boost ties in investment, air linkage, education and defence cooperation. ...FULL STORY

Asem Ends On Optimistic Note
Kyoto - The 7th Asia-Europe Meeting in Kyoto Japan closed yesterday with a call for greater cooperation between the two regions in tackling global challenges. ...FULL STORY

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Closer At Asem

Signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the Department of Agriculture and Mitsubishi Corporation.

Dept Of Agriculture, Mitsubishi Corporation Sign Agreement
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources has entered into an agreement with the Mitsubishi Corporation to cooperate in conducting agricultural research and development activities as well as to initiate the development of an agro-technology park. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Suicide car bomb kills six people in Baghdad
Baghdad - A suicide car bomb exploded in a busy commercial neighborhood of central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least six people and wounding about two dozen, officials said.

SPORTS

QAF Brunei In Final
Bandar Seri Begawan - QAF Brunei shuttlers cruised into the final of the QAF Corporate Badminton League 2004/2005 after sweeping aside IBB 17-0 in a semifinal encounter at the IBB building on Friday night. In the final QAF Brunei will meet Brunei Shell.

YOUR HEALTH

Reheating vegetable oil releases toxin
Chicago - High amounts of a toxin with known connections to heart disease and neurological disorders accumulate in vegetable-based cooking oils that are heated or reheated for hours at a time.

OTHER REPORTS

Snake slithers out of kid's cereal box
London - A five-year-old boy got a nasty surprise when a two-foot (60-centimetre) snake slithered out of his breakfast cereal box.

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