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“If any ship had come across the red tide, they would have notified us immediately,” he told The Star yesterday. Fishermen here have been asked to monitor any red tide intrusion into Sarawak waters after the algae invasion hit Brunei and resulted in a...
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No way I'm missing out on a deal! I have listed a few below. Asia: Air Asia, Dragon Air, Royal Brunei, Jet Star, Tiger Airways, Zuji Europe: RyanAir, Easy Jet, Sky Europe, Edreams, Swoodoo Some examples of deals I've gotten: I've flown between Dublin...
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The country shares it border with Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand. The maritime borders exist with Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore. Malaysia is warm and welcoming. The beautiful country has a rich multicultural heritage as the result of immigration...
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The grey-list includes 22 countries: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Sudan, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan,...
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Human Rights Watch criticized Olympic organizers earlier this week for their tolerance of gender discrimination by the Gulf Arab states of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as the tiny southeast Asian nation of Brunei. "The fact that women and girls...
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Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah visited the Singapore Airshow 2012 yesterday. He was received by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, who also accompanied him on a tour of the exhibits at the airshow. Dr Ng hosted the Sultan - who is also the Defence Minister...
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Rights Watch is beating the drum this week about Saudi Arabia's discrimination against women athletes, noting among other things it is one of three countries never to have sent a woman to the Olympics. That effort should be taking aim at a different...
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The Human Rights call follows a warning last year by Anita DeFrantz, the chair of the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sports Commission, that Saudi Arabia alongside Qatar and Brunei could be barred if they did not send for the first time at...
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The Sultanate wants to climb further up the Ease of Doing Business scorecharts and, by 2013, plans to join the top 20 economies in the rankings prepared by the World Bank, the Minister of Industry and Primary Resources said in an interview last year in...
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The monarch and his delegation will leave Singapore today.
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Interested parties can obtain more information by contacting Sunny Voon at 8782009, Jason Lee at 7184488 or Wong at 8770785. DMF are the defending champions after they took down Amsoil Contractor 61-57 in the final last year. Meanwhile, the...
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"The vulnerabilities that countries feel are often maritime as well because of the dependence on energy supplies being shipped in by sea. China's aggressive pursuit of claims to islands in the South China Sea is causing much concern in the region. ...
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Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (left), met President Tony Tan (right) at the Istana on Thursday. Brunei and Singapore pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation in a range of areas including defence, finance and...
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Saudi Arabia isn’t sending women to the London Olympics – but a boycott wouldn’t help women’s rights
Human Rights Watch have described Saudi Arabia's male-only team as “a black eye to the sporting community”, and emphasised the need to put pressure on the Saudis, as well as the other culprits, Qatar and Brunei. HRW especially wants the International...
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Adams said the IOC has been in regular contact with national Olympic committees of Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar. "As a result of fruitful discussions, the three NOCs included women in their delegations competing at the Youth Olympic Games in...
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A 2,000-acre area in the Sipitang vicinity has been also identified to be developed into a zone for the oil and gas and supporting industries, he said. Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the selection of Sipitang was also in view of its...
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Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: برني دارالسلام ), is a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the states of Sarawak and Sabah, East Malaysia. Brunei, the remnant of a very powerful... Full Article
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah listen on at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Summit in Kapolei, Hawaii, on November 13 , 2011. The United States hosts this year's APEC forum for the first time since 1993, with leaders...
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