Jakarta, Aug. 27 (ANTARA) - Extraordinary efforts and hard work are needed to complete bureaucratic reform in 2011, Head of the State Administration Institute Asmawi Rewansyah has said.

Palembang, Indonesia, Aug. 27 (ANTARA) - South Sumatra Province has around 1,483,662 hectares of peatland prone to fires, a local official said.

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Abu Jibril, the father of Mohammad Jibril who was arrested for alleged involvement in terrorism funding, came to the National Police Headquarters on Thursday to inquire a

DUBAI, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- A group of Saudis have come up with the
"NaqaTube", which has been described as a "clean" alternative to popular

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has no immediate plan to resume rice and
fertilizer aid to North Korea, despite the North's series of fence-mending moves,

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MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea continued to press

Shares in Village Roadshow Ltd closed four per cent lower on Thursday despite
management reassurances that the company continues to perform well after reporting

Baku, 27 August (AzerTAc). Screen version of Azerbaijani writer Elchin`s “Makhmud and Maryam” novel will be made by Turkish cinematographers.

Referring to Singh's book and saffron leaders'
attempts to blame Nehru and other Congress party leaders for
Partition, Mukherjee said, "How can they claim they (HMS

Mukherjee said it was a well-known fact that Jinnah's
two-nation theory, vigorously propagated by Muslim League with
the support of the then ruling colonial power, ultimately