Bandarlampung, Jun 5 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit waters 180 km southwest of Bitung town in the northern part of Sulawesi island on Friday morning.

Jakarta, June 5 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to ride a bicycle along with cabinet ministers and around 3,000 members of the Bike-To-Work community here on Sunday.

Jakarta, June 5 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presented Kalpataru, Adipura and Adiwiyato Mandiri environmental awards at the palace on Friday, to mark the commemoration of Environm

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- An installation work by South Korean artist Yang
Hae-gue was sold for about 140 million won (US$112,000) to an American art

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's landmark arthouse Myeongdong Theater
reopened in central Seoul on Friday, an emotional event for the country's veteran

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) -- Policies and laws pertaining to foreign
spouses, particularly the Immigration Act, must be reviewed and amended to

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BEIJING, June 5 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
has described his four-day official visit to China as most fruitful.

Cronulla backrower Reni Maitua's NRL career appears to be over with confirmation his
B sample test for a banned substance has come back positive.

Victoria now has 874 cases of swine flu with a further 122 cases confirmed overnight.
The state's acting chief health officer Rosemary Lester on Friday said Victoria was