Oct 2006

NEWS ARCHIVE 2006

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Tuesday, 17th October 2006

Police display stolen items seized after solving several cases.

Bandar Seri Begawan - Amidst a spate of rising crime, the Internet chat lines have become the latest modus operandi used for mobile phone thefts with six cases recorded since early this year, police revealed yesterday.
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Witness In Triple Murder
Trial To Return Home

Richard Chia Kok Hiong

Bandar Seri Begawan – Mr Teo Hoon @ Teo Ah Hoon a key defence witness in the hearing of Brunei’s worst killings in living memory is to return to the country on Thursday. ...FULL STORY

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Tithe Worth $10M Out Tomorrow
Bandar Seri Begawan - Poor people and converts in the Sultanate will receive zakat or tithe for the Hari Raya, the Islamic Religious Council said yesterday. ...FULL STORY

BB Version: Nearly $10mil Tithe Given To Poor, Needy

Thieves Now Surf Net For Victims
Bandar Seri Begawan - Thieves have become techsavvy and some Bruneians have already fallen victim to this trend, losing valuables to friends they meet online.
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WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Universities urged to spy on Muslims
London - Lecturers and university staff across Britain are to be asked to spy on "Asian-looking" and Muslim students they suspect of involvement in Islamic extremism and supporting terrorist violence, the Guardian has learned.

SPORTS

Project To Go For Gold
Bandar Seri Begawan - It's not mission impossible but yet Brunei Darussalam's athletes still find it difficult to obtain more gold medals in the many sporting international competitions for the past years.

YOUR HEALTH

Red wine can help prevent stroke damage: study
Washington - Red wine might work to protect the brain from damage after a stroke and drinking a couple of glasses a day might provide that protection ahead of time, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

OTHER REPORTS

Indian youth weds hill to ward off curse
Ranchi - A teenage boy in a tribal village in eastern India wed a hill in order to appease its goddess and remove a curse placed on his mother, a report said.

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