Country profile: Brunei
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A tiny country with a small population, Brunei was the only Malay state in 1963 to choose to remain a British dependency rather than join the Malaysian Federation.
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_ Royalty and dignitaries from around the world filled the palace Thursday for the marriage of Brunei&#39;s crown prince to a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner in what was likely to be Asia&#39;s wedding of the year.
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MEUNASAH BAK'U, Indonesia  - Teungku Sobirin lost seven children and his home to the tsunami that devastated Indonesia's Aceh province two years ago, but he believes there was a lesson in it for the war-weary province.
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Bandar Seri Begawan - Bruneiâs Royal Wedding between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Haji Al-Mutahdee Billah and Yang Mulia Dayangku Sarah binti Pengiran Salleh Ab Rahaman has attracted some 170 foreign journalists to the Sultanate.
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The king of oil-rich Brunei  signed on Wednesday a new constitution that paves the way for  the tiny kingdom's first election since 1962, when an armed  revolt put an end to its only experiment with democracy.
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Of all the organs of the government and the state the judiciary is one that is held highest in public esteem in Bangladesh. It is considered as the last resort of individuals seeking personal redress as well as of the nation in times of national crises.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aid groups, foreign  armies and Indonesian officials have prevented disease and  starvation from engulfing tsunami-hit Aceh province, but closer  cooperation is needed to rebuild shattered livelihoods,  government and aid officials said.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian fertilizer company Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL.AU) said Monday it is part of a group selected to complete a feasibility study into the construction of an ammonia and urea manufacturing complex in Brunei.
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The future king of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei married a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner Thursday at a wedding attended by royalty and dignitaries from around the world.
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President Gloria MacapagalArroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo leave today to Brunei Darussalam to attend the royal wedding of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and his
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SINGAPORE : Malaysia has sent Singapore a detailed proposal of how it plans to keep the states of Johor and Malacca free of bird flu.
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Brunei&#39;s absolute ruler convened the tiny oil-rich sultanate&#39;s legislature for the first time in two decades Saturday to mull constitutional amendments expected to further strengthen his rule.
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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¡s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¿s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. Rain forest spread lush in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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Ever since the Republic of Somalia forcefully gained its independence from European colonialists in 1960, the country is plagued by a number of serious problems including clan based governments, bad governance, chronic corruption, nepotism, favouritism
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Masked workers with mosquito-killing spray guns began moving through refugee camps yesterday in tsunami-battered Aceh Province, trying to prevent an outbreak of malaria. Indonesia, meanwhile, said it is pursuing a permanent truce with rebels in the area, the worst-hit by the disaster.
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SUNGAI ULAR, Malaysia  - Deep in a palm oil estate  in Malaysia's north, a cluster of about 20 wooden huts sits  around a brick mosque.