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HRH receives two new ambassadors
HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah (R), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade receiving in audience His Excellency Mohamed Saad Ibrahim Ebeid (L) the newly-appointed Egyptian Ambassador to Brunei. Both audiences were held at Balai Penghadapan, Bukit Kayangan. Picture: BT/Md Asdeny ...
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HM presents receives credentials from envoys
Darussalam yesterday presented letters of credence to five newly-appointed Brunei envoys and received letters of credence from two non-resident envoys to the country.His Majesty presented the letters of credence ...
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HRH urges fresh grads to help nation progress
IGS College for their commitment and dedication towards helping graduates achieve success in becoming valuable assets to the country. He highlighted that creating high calibre human resources with necessary skills essential in nation building is the main objective of the country's education system.He also paid recognition to the college's collaboration with Limkokwing University of ...
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Man dies in 6.40am car crash 14-vehicle pile-up at midday
TWO accidents occurred yesterday; the earlier one resulted in a fatality while the multi-vehicle pile-up in the afternoon caused a massive traffic jam.In the first accident, four foreign males were involved in a car accident along ...
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Myanmar state imposes two-child limit on Muslims
YANGON, Myanmar -- Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.Local officials said Saturday that the new measure would be applied to two Rakhine townships that border Bangladesh and have ...
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Fake Psy Party Crashes in Cannes
CANNES -- A man pretending to be South Korean rapper Psy talked his way into glitzy parties at the Cannes film festival and posed with fans until he was spotted drinking champagne by the real Psy's manager. Psy, in Singapore on Thursday night to perform at the inaugural Social Star awards, said that Scooter Braun spotted the imposter, took a photo and sent it to ...
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Rogers Signs Multi-Year Contract with Los Angeles Galaxy
Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ...
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A Region in Myanmar Limits Births of Muslims
YANGON, Myanmar ...
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U.S. Shift Poses Risk to Pakistan
Pakistani leaders who have long demanded an American exit from their region may get their wish, but a broader disengagement is also likely to diminish the financing, prestige and political importance Pakistan held as a crucial player in global counterterrorism efforts, and could upset its internal ...
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Flash Flood Warning Issued in San Antonio Texas
The city of San Antonio, Texas is under a flash flood warning with more heavy rain expected Saturday night in the already flooded area. As much as 39 centimeters of rain has fallen in some parts of the city since early Saturday. At least one person was killed when floodwaters swept away her car. Rescuers have spent much of the day pulling more than 100 people from their flooded cars and ...
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Obama to Console Oklahoma Tornado Victims
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a poignant visit Sunday to the city of Moore, Oklahoma which is just starting to recover from last week's deadly tornado. President Obama will meet with and console residents of the midwestern town where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt. Some people lost everything they owned when the twister obliterated entire neighborhoods. The ...
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Cambodian Documentary Wins Cannes Prize for Innovative Cinema
CANNES -- A documentary using small clay figurines to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at ...
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British Police Arrest 3 New Suspects in Soldiers Killing
British police have arrested three new suspects in connection with Wednesday's murder of a British soldier in London. Scotland Yard issued a statement saying three men in their 20's were arrested Saturday, two of them at a residential address in southeast London and one on a London street. Officers used stun guns in two of the arrests, but no one was hospitalized. All three were ...
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11 killed in Myanmar bus accident
Yangon, May 25 : At least 11 people were killed and 15 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus overturned on Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway in Myanmar, reported Xinhua citing state-run ...
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Facebook users join anti-govt campaign
Websites of PM and state agencies targeted Facebook users have joined an anti-government campaign by changing their profile pictures to the white mask of Guy Fawkes and posting messages against ...
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Rape victims in deep South silenced by state payouts Angkhana
Angkhana Neelaphaijit, a leading rights advocate for Thai Muslims, has voiced concern over continued sexual assaults against Muslim women by security officials stationed in the southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. The widow of abducted lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, who has been providing legal assistance to Muslim suspects in the three southern border provinces, voiced concerns ...
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Govt lashes out at Democrats price rise claim
Pheu Thai Party yesterday hit back at the opposition Democrat Party, dismissing its claim that the government has failed to curb rising food prices. Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Anuttama Amornwiwat said the rising food prices were seasonal and the Ministry of Commerce had ensured a suitable price structure of consumer goods at production, trade and consumer level. She said the ...
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Thailand down Puerto Rico to emerge second
Thailand faced a stiff challenge from Puerto Rico before subduing their rivals in five hard-fought sets to finish second overall in the China International Women's Volleyball Tournament second leg in Shenzhen, China, on Friday. Hosts China, who stamped their authority in the first leg in Ningbo last week, made it two-in-a-row with a clean sweep of victories in the four-team two-phase ...
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Open Letter to the Tyrant of Pakistan on the Eve of the First Remembrance of Naveed Butts Abduction
Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan has issued an open letter for the tyrant of Pakistan, General Kayani. This letter has been issued on the completion of year abduction of Naveed Butt, the spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan. The title of this letter is "The year-long abduction of Naveed Butt will not delay or prevent your end at the hands of a Khaleefah Rashid." General Kayani's ...
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Forum Raises Awareness Of Bruneis Asean Chairmanship
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Civil Society Forum on Asean Organisation saw a large turnout of students and members of Non-government Organisation (NGOs) at the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre (OGDC) Theatre yesterday ...
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Signing Of Three MoUs To Further Boost Brunei Halal Certification
Bandar Seri Begawan - The credibility and integrity of Brunei Darussalam's Halal brand is set for a boost in the eyes of the global Halal industry following the signing of MoUs between three well-known institutions with the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on the Academic Exchange and Research collaboration. This was noted by Awang Sabri Md ...
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Killing with kindness Burmas religious battleground - and the monks at the heart of it
Six years ago, the world cheered the monks behind Burma's Saffron Revolution. Now, a horrific new eruption of religious slaughter is being blamed on a 'Buddhist Bin Laden'. So what happened to the mantra of ...
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Brunei Role In Ending Southern Thai Unrest
Satun, Southern Thailand - Brunei Darussalam could play a role in helping resolve the unrest in Southern Thailand through the dissemination of information via the media to enable the insurgents to come to an understanding with the Thai ...
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Revelers brave cold to fight AIDS at Vienna ball
VIENNA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, singer Elton John and actor Hilary Swank joined thousands of costumed revelers on Saturday at Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, Vienna's Life ...
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Indonesia is seeing a new corporate colonialism
Indonesia as local and multinational companies have been encouraged to seize and then deforest customary land - land owned by indigenous people and administered in accordance with their customs. More than 600 were recorded in 2011, with 22 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The true number is probably far greater, say watchdog groups.The Indonesian national human rights commission reported more ...
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Southeast Asia's growing prominence in world trade
Southeast Asia has been, for many centuries, a major part of world trade and the recent recession has not hampered this position as the region is recovering much faster than many more developed countries.
Southeast Asia, although geographically large, covering an area of around 5 million square miles, is comparatively small economically in relation to the number of people that inhabit the area. The Southeast Asian region is home to over 500 million people and yet the region’s GDP is just US$1.5 trillion, or around US$2,500 per person annually. Read more
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