Govt advised not to tolerate harassment of Indonesians by S`pore

"The Indonesian government should always pro actively protect the dignity of the Indonesian nation and its citizens in the eyes of the international community and not tolerate acts of harassment such as Singaporean authorities committed against two Indonesians at Changi...

Malaysian election chief`s home vandalised: police

""They used red paint and it was splashed all over the gates. We are still investigating who is behind this," deputy police chief Ismail Omar told AFP after the early-morning attack.Election Commission chairman...

U.S. troops detain news editor of Iraq TV station

According to Reuters, Mr. al-Beshara is being detained as part of an investigation into the conduct of his son, who is suspected to be a "militia intelligence operative"."The U.S. military said on Monday they had detained the news editor of a television station owned by...

Iraq Launches Hunt for Kidnapped CBS Journalists

An update to our earlier story on the disappearance of two CBS journalists working in Iraq."Security forces have launched a search for a British journalist and his Iraqi translator working for US television network CBS who were kidnapped in the port city of Basra, an official...

Saudi announces US$300 mln fund for climate change studies

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia has contributed $300 million toward a fund to establish an international program for scientific research into energy, the environment and climate change. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz announced the...

Foreign investors invited to tap Indonesia`s oil fields

"Indonesia`s oil production reached its first peak in 1977, at approximately 1.6 million barrels per day, rising from 500,000 barrels per day in just 10 years. Production peaked a second time in 1995 to just over 1.6 million barrels a day.Since 1995, production had steadily...

Indonesia, Malaysia meet to strengthen border management cooperation

""The HLC meeting discusses past, on-going and future activities of bodies under the HLC, such as the COCC on operations, the JKLB on training and KK Sosek on social and economy," TNI Headquarters` Spokesman Rear Marshal Sagom Tamboen said. He said that the meeting discussed...

Baghdad to host international film festival

"Films for the Baghdad International Film Festival will be submitted mainly from Egypt, Jordan and Iran. Egypt alone plans to submit 27 movies, director Dr. Abdul Basit Salman told AFP by telephone from Cairo, where he is now based. The event is being staged by the...

Makkah to host Al-Qur`an competition

"There will be 21 contestants in the first category for the memorization of Quran in full with recitation and interpretation of meanings, 52 in the second category for memorization of 20 parts with recitation, 38...

W. Java establishing sister-province cooperation with China`s Hunan

""This is a golden opportunity for West Java to establish relations with Hunan province, with a population of 90 million," the deputy governor said. According to Nu`man, Hunan is one of China`s oldest provinces which was set up 5,000 years ago. Hunan province had potentials...

PRO-CLINTON 'DIRTY CASH' MAN FLEES

"A Pakistani immigrant is wanted by federal authorities on charges he channeled $30,000 in illegal contributions to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential war chest. The FBI is hunting Los Angeles businessman...

Muslim World League chief meets Indonesian, Chad scholars

Makkah (ANTARA News) - The Secretary General of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) Dr. Abdullah Al Turki received recently Abdul Wahid Al Awai, secretary general of Indonesian Supreme Islamic Council, at the headquarters of MWL here. Abdul Wahid Al Awai presented to...

'Racial profiling' at our border

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHow unfair that these Rappers accuse Border Guards and Police of racial profiling. Gangsta's of all races with "Attitude" including White Rapper Enimen would get the...

Works on third phase of Jamarat Bridge in full swing

Makkah (ANTARA News) - Works on the third phase, underwhich the second and the third levels of Jamrat Bridge in Mina are being constructed, is in full swing and will be completed before next Haj. Dr. Habib...

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