Surabaya, East Java, June 9 (ANTARA) - Vice President M Jusuf Kalla made an impromptu visit to the location of the Lapindo bubbling mud volcano in Siring village, Sudiardjo district, East Java, on

Semarang, Central Java, June 9 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono dedicated the main building on the campus of the Teachers' Training and Pedagogy Institute (IKIP) of the Indonesian Tea

Some 429 journalists from 44 countries have voiced their willingness to cover Iran's presidential elections slated for June 12.

(ATTN: CLARIFIES number of films to be screened; UPDATES with organizers' comments,
details throughout)
By Shin Hae-in

((ATT: UPDATES with more statements in paras 6-9; MODIFIES lead; TRIMS)
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A growing flood of petitions by South Korean academics

By D.Arul Rajoo

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday described its nuclear weapons
capability as means of both self-protection and "merciless aggression" towards

KOTA KINABALU (Malaysia), June 9 (Bernama) -- The Asean Centre for
Biodiversity (ACB) is calling all professional, amateur and student

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)--The agriculture ministry and ruling
party lawmakers, especially those affiliated with farm organizations, are

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Singapore will forge closer
bilateral cooperation in the information, communications and cultural fields.