On foreign assignments too, I have seen her at close quarters in Canada, America, Singapore and Borneo.
For centuries, the forest dwellers of Sumatra and Borneo have been slashing and burning to clear land to grow crops.
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There were to be many more SAS operations in the war against Hitler and later, the SAS saw action in several counter-insurgency operations, in Oman, Aden, Malaya and Borneo.
Since 2008, Mike has taken the Young Explorers on nine expeditions which included notable stops in Monaco, the Arctic and Nunavut Canada, New Zealand, Antarctica, Mongolia, South Africa and Borneo.
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The heir to the throne has been particularly outspoken on environmental issues and in the last 12 months has visited eco-systems in Indonesia, Borneo and Brazil.
For something a bit less strenuous, the entrance area of Mount Kinabalu park is beautiful and features some easy walking trails that showcase alpine Borneo flora and fauna.
Mr Stansfeld saw active service in Borneo and Northern Ireland during a career in the Army before becoming managing director at an aircraft company.
Fred Marafono was one of the first Fijians to join the elite regiment, fighting in places such as Borneo and the Falklands during 21 years' service.
As well as the better known clouded leopard living on the Asian mainland (Neofelis nebulosa), scientists determined that a separate clouded leopard species lives on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
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Environmental groups are already decrying new and expanding palm oil plantations in Borneo that they say are destroying rain forests and threatening orangutans.
The smog arrives around this time every year, as loggers and farmers on Indonesia's island of Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo take advantage of the dry season to clear land by burning trees and scrub.
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The crux of their disagreement lies in a contract made in 1878, between the Sultanate of Sulu and the British North Borneo Company.
The ministers met again on February 25th, in Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, and claimed that at least the new fires around settlements were under control.
Somerset Maugham found enough fodder there for his Borneo Stories and Joseph Conrad used it as the setting for a tale in The Last of His Tribe.
The Sulu Sultanate once spread over several southern Philippine islands as well as parts of Borneo, and claimed Sabah as its own before it was designated a British protectorate in the 1800s.
After several years of expeditions - including to Borneo, Indonesia and Guatemala - he "wanted to push it a bit further".
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Mr O'Hanlon, who has taken us to Borneo, Amazonia and Congo in his previous madcap books, is a game, if unstable, passenger.
The poll didn't cover the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, where the National Front has traditionally been strong.
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Calling themselves the Royal Army of Sulu, the clan members said they were descendants of the Sultanate of Sulu in the southern Philippines, which ruled parts of northern Borneo for centuries, and demanded that the Malaysian government pay more money to lease their land.
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Dr Mahathir's coalition still won a thumping victory, but only with the help of the ethnic-Chinese and indigenous voters from the two big states in Borneo.
In the Malaysian portion of Borneo, police quickly pledged to round up and deport 40, 000 illegal workers.
Sometimes the offices for Borneo Nature Tours in Lahad Datu can arrange reservations and transport.
Special arrangements can be made to take the North Borneo Railway further afield, as far as Beaufort and even on the spectacular run over the Padas River to Tenom.
An animal lover, he has a zoo in Borneo with dozens of animals including gibbons, sun bears, and peacocks.
If you prefer an upscale scene, check into the Borneo Rainforest Lodge (rates start at 1, 853 ringgit and include pick up at Lahad Datu Airport).
Mr al-Bukhary, a close friend of the prime minister's, has built an extraordinary empire in a the five years since the crisis, including Malaysia's fast-growing new container port at Tanjung Pelepas, a hotel and property group, Pernas, mining companies, power companies, palm-oil companies and much else, including a controlling stake in the Bakun dam on the island of Borneo.
The origins of Ati-Atihan date back to the 13th Century, when a group of lighter skinned Malay immigrants from Borneo chose to show their respect for the local Ati people by painting their faces black and singing and dancing in thanks for the land and food that was offered to them.
Malaysian troops are searching houses and terrain for armed members of a Filipino clan embroiled in a three-week conflict in Sabah on Borneo island.
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