September 2003

NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

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Thursday, 18th September 2003

Urgent Call For CASH To
Save Commonwealth’s
Dying Children

Mr Don McKinnon

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Commonwealth Secretary General has made an impassioned plea to some of the developed countries in the Commonwealth to contribute to its fund. ...FULL STORY

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Related Links: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/

Car Crashes Into
Steamroller

Car damaged after crashing into the steamroller. The driver of the car got away with minor injuries.

Kuala Belait - Road accidents involving cars, SUVs, MPVs and heavy vehicles are reported on a regular basis in the country. But in a rare accident, a driver of a car rammed his vehicle into a steamroller.
...FULL STORY

Commonwealth Chief
Targets Rich Western
Nations' Unfair Policies

Bandar Seri Begawan - In a hard-hitting speech Mr Don McKinnon, the Commonwealth Secretary-General lambasted rich Western nations of practicing “Trade Apartheid” to keep poor nations in abject poverty.
...FULL STORY

Father Of Three with
Chest Burns in kitchen Fire

A small fire in a kitchen of a house in Kg Pandan housing had caused burns on Awg Tengah

Kuala Belait - A father of three children was rushed to the Suri Seri Begawan Hospital yesterday after suffering chest burns following a fire at his home in Kg Pandan 5 in the oil town. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Purported Saddam tape tells U.S. to leave
Riyadh - An audiotape statement broadcast on an Arabic news station on Wednesday is said to be ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein calling on U.S. troops to leave Iraq or face continuing attacks.

OTHER REPORTS

Chinese babies moving away from open-crotch pants
Beijing - Open-crotch pants for babies are becoming less popular in China because of the country's rising economy.