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Vietnamese players celebrate next to dejected Brunei's players during a qualifying match at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) being held in Jakarta on November 12, 2011. Vietnam leads 6-0 at first half.

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Brunei's goal-keeper Junaidi Bin Akim reacts after failing to stop the third goal from Vietnamese team during a qualifying match at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) being held in Jakarta on November 12, 2011. Vietnam leads 6-0 at first half.

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Vietnam's Bui Xuan Hieu (C) makes a header as Brunei's Enddy Bin Awang Sapar (R) tries to stop it during a qualifying match during the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) being held in Jakarta on November 12, 2011. Vietnam leads 6-0 after the first half.

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President Barack Obama talks with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as he meets with Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders during the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.

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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (C) is greeted by Gladys Boluda (purple), Deputy Chief of Protocol of the U.S. State Department, and Major General Jon Shasteen of the U.S. Air Force after arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011...

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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (C) is shown to his car by Gladys Boluda (purple), Deputy Chief of Protocol of the U.S. State Department, after arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011.

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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (C) is greeted by US officials in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 11, 2011 upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The United States hosts this year's APEC forum for the first time since 1993, with leaders from the 21 member...

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Brunei athletes march to the field during the opening of 26th SEA Games (Southeast Asian games) in Palembang, Sumatra province on November 11, 2011. The 26th biennial SEA Games features 11 nations competing across 44 sports in the city of Palembang, south Sumatra.

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An unidentified representative of Brunei sits during an APEC ministerial meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation sum.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, center, meets with Brunei's Minister of Finance II Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, left, Malaysian Minister of Finance II Dato Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, second from left, Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, second from right, and Myanmar's...

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The Prime Minister of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, second from left, arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Field, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 in Honolulu. Bolkiah will be attending the APEC Summit on Oahu.

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Brunei Adi Bin Said (R) competes with East Timorese Wellington Rocha Dos Santos (5) and Emerson Carlos Cesario (20) during the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) Group B qualifying match in Jakarta on November 5, 2011.

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Brunei Mohammad Najib (2nd R) reacts after scoring a goal during the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) Group B qualifying match against Timor Leste in Jakarta on November 5, 2011.

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Brunei Awangku Mohammda Fakharrazi (upper) competes with East Timorese's Wellington Rocha Dos Santos during the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA GAMES) Group B qualifying match in Jakarta on November 5, 2011.

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Brunei's Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah addresses the 66th UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 26, 2011.

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Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam, Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, meets with Brunei's Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York Monday, Sept. 26, 2011.

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Visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah pose during a photo call at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan September 10, 2011.

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Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is accompanied by Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as she arrives at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan September 10, 2011.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Ismail Bin Ang of Brunei kicks over the net against Syamsul Hadi of Indonesia during the group C match between Indonesia and Brunei during day one of the ISTAF International Sepaktakraw Super Series at Fashion Island Stadium on September 8, 2011 in Bangkok,...

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Nur Alimin Bin Sungoh of Brunei kicks over the net during the group C match between Indonesia and Brunei during day one of the ISTAF International Sepaktakraw Super Series at Fashion Island Stadium on September 8, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers (from Left to Right) Thailand's Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Vietnam's Pham Binh Minh, Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Brunei's Mohamed Bolkiah, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith and Malaysia's Anifah Aman link arms...

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers (from Left to Right) Philippines' Albert del Rosario, Singapore's K. Shanmugam, Thailand's Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Vietnam's Pham Binh Minh, Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Brunei's Mohamed Bolkiah,...

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Philippine Vice Admiral Alexander Pama (L) talks with Brunei's first Admiral Data Seri Pahlawan Haji (C), Commander Royal of the Brunei Navy and Indonesian Vice Admiral Marsetio during the 5th ASEAN Navy Chiefs' meeting in Hanoi on July 27, 2011. The meeting takes place amid rising...

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and Brunei's Foreign Minister Mohammed Bolkiah talk before their meeting at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Saturday, July 23, 2011.