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NEW STRAITS TIMES () -- Brunei has dropped its long-standing territorial claimon Limbang, Sarawak, that over the years had become a "thorn"in the otherwise closde relations between the oil-richsultanate and Malaysia, Prime Minister Abdllah Ahmad Badawisaid. That means the work ethic, the discipline all the things we talked about when we got here.”"We’re not anywhere near where we want to be We’ve made a little bit of progress. It came into existence April 29th, 1963 when Buddy Rogers became the first WWE Champion beating the great Antonino Rocca. The Innovations series will launchon Monday, April 20, 2009 with "Media 3.0 - What's Next?" an event featuringCraig's List founder, Craig Newmark, and Vanity Fair media columnist, authorand media entrepreneur, Michael Wolff. Which could be a pretty great idea since the Oakland Raiders need help at the WR position.