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Thursday,
27th October 2005 |
Hari Raya Shopping
Rush Begins
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All roads lead to commercial areas
Gadong, Kiulap and Muara roads
were chock-a-block with traffic as Bruneians began the last week of
shopping in the run up to Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Massive traffic jams
and congested shopping areas will be the norm for the next few days. |
Bandar Seri Begawan - Hari Raya shopping spree has well and
truly begun. With government servants receiving their salaries
yesterday, frenzied shopping began with long queues of cars seen
waiting to get into some of the commercial areas in the capital.
...FULL
STORY
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Missing Fisherman
Hospitalized After
Helicopter Flight
From Labuan
Brunei To Host East
Asian Insurance Congress In 2006
Bandar
Seri Begawan - The Executive Board of the East Asian Insurance
Congress (EAIC) has decided that the 23rd East Asian Insurance
Congress will be held from July 30 to August 2 next year in Brunei
Darussalam, one of the smallest insurance markets in the 11-member
grouping.
...FULL STORY |
Ms Dorothy Newn, Chairperson of the
General Insurance Association of Brunei
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Reporters'
hotel in Iraq attacked; 6 dead
Baghdad - Suicide bombers including one in a cement truck
packed with explosives launched a dramatic attack Monday against the
Palestine Hotel, where many foreign journalists are based. |
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Greatest Race
On Earth
Bandar Seri Begawan - Four local runners, Awang Zulkifle bin
Liman, Mohd Rudin bin Takong, Henry Lu and Pengiran Haji Sharifuddin
will be running the race of their life after they had been selected to
represent Brunei Darussalam in this year's Standard Chartered Bank's
Greatest Race On Earth. |
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Bird flu death,
spread shakes Asia
Jakarta - Indonesia said on Tuesday testing had confirmed that
a man who died in September was positive for bird flu, raising the
number of deaths from the virus in the country to four. |
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