Almaty, 22 October 2008, (Khabar) - Almaty city authorities summed up
results of social and economic development of megapolis during 9 months of

New Zealand five-eighth Benji Marshall put the Kangaroos on notice by declaring his
fragile body was in the best shape of his career heading into Sunday's World Cup
opener.

The fine Frank Farina expected has been imposed with A-League chiefs slugging the
Queensland Roar coach $2000 for his scathing attack on match officials.

Qantas Airways Ltd's series of mechanical problems is due to bad luck not scrimping
on maintenance, the head of Malaysia Airlines' engineering and maintenance (E&M) arm
says.

The Wallabies have stressed the importance of setting the right tone for their
challenging end-of-season tour with an upset victory in the historic Hong Kong
Bledisloe Test.

By D.Arul Rajoo

(ATTN: CHANGES slug; RECASTS lead, headline; UPDATES with chief auditor's press conference in paras 4, 5; RESTRUCTURES and TRIMS)
By Shin Hae-in

Jakarta, Oct 22 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's textile and textile product exports in 2008 will likely fall short of the target of US$11 billion due to low demand caused by the US financial crisis.

Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA
Chairman of Bahraini Legislature Upper House, Ali bin Saleh al-Saleh,
said on Wednesday that pursuance of peaceful nuclear energy is legal

Baku, 22 0ctober ,(AzerTAj)Azerbaijan`s incumbent President Ilham Aliyev who was re-elected for a second consecutive term will be inaugurated on October 24, Friday.