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  • noun a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo

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  • The bombs, believed to be from Allied bombing runs near the end of the war to liberate North Borneo from the Japanese, have been found at various locations in the state, the report said.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The bombs, believed to be from Allied bombing runs near the end of the war to liberate North Borneo from the Japanese, have been found at various locations in the state, the report said.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The bombs, believed to be from Allied bombing runs near the end of the war to liberate North Borneo from the Japanese, have been found at various locations in the state, the report said.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The bombs, believed to be from Allied bombing runs near the end of the war to liberate North Borneo from the Japanese, have been found at various locations in the state, the report said.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The bombs, believed to be from Allied bombing runs near the end of the war to liberate North Borneo from the Japanese, have been found at various locations in the state, the report said.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The exclusive images were captured by George Cathcart Woolley, a North Borneo Chartered Company officer, who travelled all over Sabah, then called North Borneo, between 1901 and

    nst online 2010

  • Realising that I was not likely to get any more answers, my attention turned to why, after being called North Borneo for 82 years from the time of the British North Borneo Chartered Company in 1881 until independence in 1963, the state's name was changed to Sabah.

    unknown title 2008

  • The area where the last one anyone has ever seen in North Borneo was shot in 1996 by the Sabah Museum has the same name as the area around Imbak.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Glenda Larke 2007

  • The blue line is our route across North Borneo...and to think when I first came here, too many years ago to count, there was no way of driving across the island.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Glenda Larke 2007

  • And I am off hunting for the Bornean Peacock Pheasant in the only place in North Borneo where it has been seen one bird in the 100 past years.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Glenda Larke 2007

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