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Iran not to take single step beyond commitments -Soltaniyeh

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Tehran, Sept 18, IRNA Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the IAEA said here Wednesday Tehran will not take a single step beyond its commitments within NPT and July 27th, 2007 Modality.

Government approves int'l middle schools in Seoul

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SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry on Thursday approved the
opening of two international middle schools in Seoul next year, endorsing a new
policy that critics charge is exclusive and elitist.

PRESIDENT VISITS MICRO INDUSTRIES IN MAJENANG, CENTRAL JAVA

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Purwokerto, C Java, Sept.18 (ANTARA)- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono are expected to visit handicraft industries in Majenang subdistrict, Cilacap district, Central Java province on Thursday.

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO HEAR EXPERTS ON EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD

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Jakarta, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - A Constitutional Court jury handling a petition for a judicial review of the law prescribing the shooting of death-row convicts was to hear the opinions of authorities on the subject presented by both the petitioners and the government at the court's session here on T

MANPOWER AFFAIRS BECOMING INCREASINGLY GLOBALIZED : OFFICIAL

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Madiun, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - The head of the National Employment and Manpower Protection Agency (BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat, said here on Thursday that the globailization trend in manpower affairs was now getting stronger and stronger.

JAKARTA AIRPORT CUSTOMS FOILS COCAINE SMUGGLING ATTEMPT

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Tangerang, Banten, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - Customs officers at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle 100 grams of cocaine and a few grams of marijuana from California into the country, a customs official said.

PAPUA YOUTHS JOIN TELEVISION JOURNALISM TRAINING COURSE

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Biak, W Papua, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - As many as 16 Papuan youths are taking part in a first-ever televiion journalism training course held by Biak Numfor district's information and communication office in cooperation with Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) Lensa Papua.

PRESIDENT CALLS ON ALL PARTIES TO REFLECT ON REFORM'S LESSONS

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Tasikmalaya, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all parties here on Thursday to reflect on and learn lessons from the past 10 years of reform.

MINISTER TO HAND OVER BODY OF MIGRANT WORKER KILLED IN MALAYSIA

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Boyolali, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - Manpower and Transmigration Minister Erman Suparno will receive and hand over the body of Siti Fathonah, an Indonesian female migrant worker who was killed by her employer in Malaysia last week to her family in Semarang on Friday.

AIR FORCE WISHES TO REPLACE ITS HAWK MK-53s

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Jakarta, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Subandrio said Thursday the Air Force (TNI AU) will make a proposal to the Defense Ministry for the replacement of its Hawk MK-53 warplanes in mid October 2008.

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