Lebak, Nov. 25 (ANTARA) - Floods have inundated thousands of houses and rice fields with the water reaching a height of up to two meters in two sub districts, Lebak District, Banten Province.

Bengkulu, Nov 25 (ANTARA) - The number of elephants existing in Bengkulu province, Sumatra, has been reduced from 225 to 150, a conservationist said.

ASHGABAT, November 25 (Itar-Tass) - Commonwealth of Independent
States' (CIS) exhibition, scientific conference and business forum of

MINSK, November 25 (Itar-Tass) - Belarusian President Alexander
Lukashenko has urged mass media of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Ha Nam (VNA) – Archbishop Cardinal Pham Minh Man launched the Jubilee Year
2010 on November 23 with a call on the Vietnamese Catholics community to show love

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam ’s policies on health care always prioritise
mountainous areas and regions, where ethnic minority people live, affirmed a health
official.

Geneva (VNA) – A Swiss parliament senior official has said his country pins
much hope on the upcoming visit by State President Nguyen Minh Triet, scheduled for

Ambon, Maluku Province, Nov. 25 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a commemoration of World Peace Day 2009 in Ambon, Wednesday.

HCM City (VNA) – The HCM City General Sciences Library will hold a
cultural-heritage conference on preserving historic Han-Nom documents starting
tomorrow.

SANAA, Nov. 24 Kyodo -
A Japanese engineer kidnapped earlier this month by armed tribesmen in Yemen