The best start to a snow season in a decade should have all of Australia's major ski
fields up and running by the weekend.

Australia's oldest man and the nation's last World War I serviceman has been laid to
rest.
Jack Ross, who died last week at the age of 110, was honoured by his family, his

The Rudd government's showdown with unions over plans to keep a building industry
watchdog are part of a phoney war, the opposition says.

Five Australians held for nine months in West Papua for immigration offences have
been cleared by Indonesia's Supreme Court.

Pekanbaru, Indonesia, June 10 (ANTARA) - Thirty-three illegal Afghan immigrants were recently found stranded on Rupat Island in Bengakalis, Riau, where they had apparently been left in the lurch

Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered National Migrant Workers' Protection and Placement Agency (BNP2TKI) chief Jumhur Hidayat to personally handle the case o

Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - Vice presidential aspirant Prabowo Subianto said he fully supported President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's policy on the Ambalat issue with Malaysia.

Bandung, Indonesia, June 10 (ANTARA) - Some 4,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago are likely to disappear within a decade as a consequence of extreme global climate change, an environmental o

Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - International support is needed to realize an independent state of Palestine, Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Marty Natalegawa said here on Wed

Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - Malaysian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Abdul Aziz Jafar has offered an apology to Indonesia over the Ambalat issue, an Indonesian legislator reported from Kuala Lumpur.