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MARRIED. AL-MUHTADEE BILLAH BOLKIAH, 30, crown prince of the sultanate of Brunei, to SARAH SALLEH, 17, daughter of a Brunei civil servant and a Swiss nurse; in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The couple were wed in a five-minute ceremony that marked the end of two weeks of celebrations. Some 2,000 guests attended the wedding, including royalty and heads of state from Asia and the Middle East. The events were estimated to cost $5 millionconsidered subdued by the oil-rich kingdom's opulent standards.

CRASHED. GENESIS, NASA space probe, after its parachutes failed to open on its return to Earth's atmosphere;...

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