Padang, Oct 11 (ANTARA) - As many as 264,708 houses were damaged by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake which devastated West Sumatra on September 30, 2009.

World experts in identity fraud will gather on the Gold Coast on Monday for the
National Identity Crime Symposium.

The defence department is investigating claims two soldiers were assaulted as part
of initiation rituals at a Western Australian barracks.

Padang, West Sumatra, Oct. 11 (ANTARA) - The death toll from the recent powerful earthquake that devastated West Sumatra province reached 359 in Padang Pariaman district alone.

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- The number of unmarried women in their 20s and 30s has
grown rapidly in South Korea, a government report showed Sunday, underpinning

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Baku, October 11 (AzerTAc). World famous American jazz guitarist George Benson will give a concert at the Heydar Aliyev Palace next month.

SERDANG (Malaysia), Oct 10 (Bernama) -- The Indian community in the country
will not be sidelined in any development by the government because they are

Radio funnymen Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have swept the national radio awards, while
their colleagues Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O were snubbed.

From Nurulhuda Che Das