TODAY marks World Intellectual Property Day, and while many locals are not aware of it, some do express concern about the need to have intellectual property rights (IPRs) to protect local products from being duplicated. “Most people may not be aware of intellectual property day as most are probably end-users,” a member of the Creative, .
By James Kon Bandar Seri Begawan – A total of 46 Girl Guides leaders received their warrant cards and 418 Girl Guides leaders, Rangers, Girl Guides and Brownies received their tenderfoot badges from Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna, President of the Brunei Darussalam Girl Guides Association, in a ceremony held at Sayyidina Hassan Secondary .
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN THE Taliban said yesterday it had pulled back from a Pakistan district to shore up a peace deal as a US commander warned extremists were plotting more attacks to destabilise the country. Scores of Taliban fighters moved into Buner, a district only 100 kilometres from Islamabad, sparking US warnings that rebels advances pose .
KUALA LUMPUR THREE weeks after Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak went down to the ground to visit three localities in the heart of the city, the prime minister yesterday sprung another surprise when he had a walkabout at the bustling Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jalan TAR) and Puduraya here. However, he was not happy with .
BANGKOK The ‘Red Shirts’ vow to stage another rally on May 2 AROUND 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok yesterday, a day after the prime minister lifted a state of emergency imposed amid violent demonstrations earlier this month. The small protest at a downtown park is the first since supporters of ousted .
BANGKOK THAI police want to question five soldiers over a possible connection to the assassination attempt on “yellow shirt” protest leader Sondhi Limthongkul, media reports said yesterday. A senior police official denied the reports, which followed last week’s confirmation by Thailand’s army chief that some of the bullets used in the April 17 attack were .
SYDNEY A BOAT carrying more than 50 refugees was intercepted yesterday off Australia’s coast, little more than a week after an explosion on another vessel killed five people, the government said. The boat carrying 54 passengers and two crew was stopped in international waters by border patrol officers following a tip-off from an oil rig, .
FOREIGN ministers of the Group of Eight wealthy nations called on both sides in the Sri Lankan conflict yesterday to take every step to avoid more civilian casualties, saying the fighting should stop. The ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, meeting in Rome, expressed serious concern about the .
SEOUL NORTH KOREA said yesterday it has started reprocessing spent fuel rods to make weapons-grade plutonium, in an apparent response to international punishment against its controversial rocket launch. The statement came hours after the United Nations slapped sanctions on three North Korean firms accused of backing missile development, in its first concrete action against Pyongyang .
Jason Thomas BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN FIVE clubs took to the Brunei Bay yesterday in the first day of the 2009 Borneo Interport Regatta & Optimist Challenge at the Royal Brunei Yacht Club (RBYC) in Serasa. Currently in its 55th edition, the competition was not held last year but resumed this year with the RBYC taking .
