MALAYSIAN FILM FESTIVAL ENDS ON EMOTIONAL NOTE
By Neville D'Cruz
EGYPT FORM WORKING GROUPS TO ADDRESS PRIVATE SECTOR'S CONCERN
BY JEFFRI MOHD RAFIEE
N.K leader thanks foreign heads for congratulating nation's anniversary
By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il thanked the U.N. chief
and the heads of various nations who congratulated him on his country's 61st
PMI DISTRIBUTES HUNDREDS OF POUCHES OF BLOOD IN W SUMATRA
Jakarta, Oct 8 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has distributed hundreds of pouches of blood among victims of the earthquake which struck West Sumatra killing over 700 people last week.
FLOODS PARALYZE TOLITOLI DISTRICT
Tolitoli, Indonesia, Oct. 8 (ANTARA) - Floods triggered by incessant heavy rains on Thursday morning paralyzed public activities in Tolitoli District.
EARTHQUAKE HITS TAHUNA, NORTH SULAWESI
Jakarta, Oct. 8 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Tahuna waters, North Sulawesi, Thursday at 4.41 am Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB).
UNICEF PROVIDES 250 TENTS FOR DAMAGED W SUMATRA SCHOOLS
Padang, Indonesia, Oct 8 (ANTARA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided 250 tents for damaged schools in West Sumatra which was devastated by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake last w
ANTASARI CHARGED WITH PREMEDITATED MURDER
Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct 8 (ANTARA) - Former chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar was charged with premeditated murder of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran (PRB)'s preside
Azeri president leaves for CIS summit in Chisinau.
BAKU, October 8 (Itar-Tass) - President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev
will on Thursday leave for Chisinau that will host a CIS summit on October
Forum of autumn exhibitions opens in Khabarovsk.
KHABAROVSK, October 8 (Itar-Tass) - About 200 Russian firms and
enterprises as well as 15 companies from Japan and the office of the
