Jeddah, Nov. 19 (ANTARA) - The Saudi government has stopped extending the validity of Umroh (minor Hajj) visas and intensified operations to round up visitors whose stay permits have expired.

Jakarta, Nov. 19 (ANTARA) - Police have nabbed a total of 8,507 hoodlums in operations against street criminals conducted from November 2 to 18, 2008 in five provinces.

Beijing, Nov 18 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is currently exploring the possibility of cooperating in various fields with Mongolia in an effort to strengthen its relations with the north Asian country, I

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Legal Council of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Abdurrahman Wahid on Wednesday repeated his call on PKB regional branches to boycott the legislative,

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - Most Indonesians are quite permisive about corruption, and tend to consider paying bribes to gain access to public services something normal, Corruption Eradication Commm

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - The participation of regional administration agencies in corruption eradication efforts in Indonesia is still low, Administrative Reform Minister Taufik Effendi said her

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - The nation-wide operations launched by police since early this month to crack down on street crime will not lead to the killing of hoodlums in extra-judicial ways such as

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono will be installed as Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) chairman at the 3rd APA meeting here on November 27-29, 2008.

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - Communication and Information Minister Muhammad Nuh said the government would take firm measures against whoever had disseminated provocative materials through websites

Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will host the third conference of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) here on November 23-29 this year.