Sri Lankan asylum seekers locked in a tense standoff with the Indonesian navy have
pleaded with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to save them from an uncertain future.

KAZAN, October 13 (Itar-Tass) - A two-day international forum on the
theme of "The Sustainable Development of the Cities of Russia" opens at

By Tham Choy Lin

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on all quarters not to harbour any suspicion or be unduly worried over the 1Malaysia concept as it does not deviate

Sharm Al-Sheikh, Egypt, October 14, SPA -- Under the chairmanship of
Egypt's Minister of Interior Habib Al-Adli and in the presence of

SANA'A, Oct. 14 (Saba) - Deputy General
Director of Drugs Control in Interior Ministry Musa'ab al-Sofi has revealed that
the drug traffickers

Cape Town, October 14, SPA--Saudi Ambassador to South Africa Mohammed
bin Mahmoud Al-Ali has met with Prime Minister of the Western Cape
Helen Zille.

TOKYO, Oct. 14 Kyodo - The ruling Democratic Party of Japan and its two junior coalition partners agreed Wednesday to call an extraordinary parliamentary session on Oct.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- The newly improved delivery system of the
Malaysian judiciary has been proven to be efficient as a senior lawyer revealed

From Premalatha Jayaraman