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The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic grouping of the capitalist nations of South East Asia, formed in 1967 and comprising: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, and Brunei. The countries are very diverse. For example the per capita income of Singapore in 1986 was some 12 times that of Indonesia; interests often diverge accordingly. While committed to strengthening economic ties, progress has been limited. There has also been political co-operation, for example over policy towards Indochina. There are regular consultations between ASEAN and the major industrialised countries.
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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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Sir James Brooke the Bajah of Sarawak, was an English colonial governor. He was born in Bengal in 1803, and died in 1868. In 1838, having gone to Borneo, he assisted the Sultan of Brunei (the nominal ruler of the island) in suppressing a revolt. For his services he was made Rajah and Governor of Sarawak, a district on the north-west coast of the island, and being established in the government he endeavoured to induce the Dyak natives to abandon their irregular and piratical mode of life and to turn themselves to agriculture and commerce; and his efforts to introduce western values were successful. He was made a KCB in 1847, and was appointed Governor of Labuan. In 1863 he finally returned to England, leaving the government in the hands of his nephew, Charles Brooke.
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The AT104 was a British 4x2 wheeled internal security vehicle produced in 1972 and supplied to the Dutch police and Royal Brunei Malaya Regiment. The AT104 was powered by a 6-cylinder petrol or diesel engine providing a top speed of 80 kmh and a range of 640 km. The AT104 carried a crew of two plus nine passengers and was variously armed with .30 and 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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The AT105 was a British 4x2 wheeled internal security vehicle produced in 1976 from the AT104 and supplied to the Dutch police and Royal Brunei Malaya Regiment. The AT105 was powered by a 8-cylinder petrol or diesel engine providing a top speed of 88 kmh and a range of 643 km. The AT105 carried a crew of two plus eight passengers and was variously armed with .30 and 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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The SIG GPMG 710-3 is a Swiss delayed blowback automatic air-cooled general purpose machine gun. The SIG GPMG 710-3 is chambered for the 7.62 mm x 51 cartridge which it takes from a belt feed and fires with a cyclic rate of between 800 and 950 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 790 meters per second to an effective range of 800 meters when fired from a bipod and 2200 meters when fired from a tripod. The SIG GPMG 710-3 has a 559 mm long barrel with provision for a quick barrel change and is fitted with a blade foresight, leaf notch rearsight and a 2.5 x magnification telescopic sight. As well as seeing service with the Swiss armed forces, the SIG GPMG 710-3 was also supplied to the Bolivian Army, Brunei and the Chilean police.
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The dollar is the currency of many countries including: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Ethiopia, Fiji, Jamaica, Singapore and the USA. Dollars, the name coming from the German word 'thaler', were first issued in Spain in 1797.
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BN is an abbreviation for Brunei Darussalam
BN is an abbreviation for Bachelor of Nursing
BN is an abbreviation for Bank Note
BN is an abbreviation for Battalion
BN is an abbreviation for Bureau of Narcotics
BN is an abbreviation for Burlington Northern
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The Pejuang is a Brunei Waspada Class fast attack craft of 206 tons displacement. She carries two Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 missiles and twin Oerlikon 30 mm GCM-B01 guns, and two 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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The Seteria is a Brunei Waspada Class fast attack craft of 206 tons displacement. She carries two Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 missiles and twin Oerlikon 30 mm GCM-B01 guns, and two 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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