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Jusuf Kalla Calls on Mosques to Turn It Down During Ramadan : "Umar Shihab, one of the chairmen of the MUI, told the Jakarta Globe on Sunday that the council responded positively to Kalla's advice. “We have to admit that there are many complaints about the loud calls to prayer during Ramadan, as if there is a ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Say goodbye to the Grim Reaper and smarten up about Screw-venirs "While we still have gay men being diagnosed, we are now also seeing more heterosexual people who are not acquiring the disease in Australia becoming diagnosed," WA AIDS Council executive director Trish Langdon said about the increase in WA people ...

Teachers should advance fundamental values Any child in any school will know that Mr Bloggs is a Greenie, a gay or a Muslim. What needs to be clearly stated is that, in Australian classrooms, there is the expectation that teachers will reflect predetermined values important for society to ...

Royal Brunei Airlines to cut routes : "ROYAL Brunei Airlines (RBA) had to decide to suspend a number of routes this year "to ensure the very survival" of the flag carrier. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

At Least 17 Dead in Papua Brawl Police | The Jakarta Globe : "Jayapura. At least 17 people were killed in a clash between two groups of civilians in the district of Puncak Papua on Sunday. 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Rudd says he's not interested in being Beijing's 'pin-up' boy Asked for his assessment of the Australia -China relationship, Mr Rudd said Australia was "remarkably well-positioned" because its policy recognised China's positive achievements, such as lifting its population from poverty and contributing to global ...

Malaysia sends envoy to negotiate on palm oil laws "The industry has helped a lot of our people to come out of poverty ," he said. He said Malaysia, which had national parks and world heritage sites, was "very conscious of our need to preserve our own forests", which cover 55.7 per cent of its total ...

The only gay home in the Aussie village : " IT HAS been three years in the planning but Australia's first retirement home for gays and lesbians in Ballan is finally ready to roll. Developer Peter Dickson has a new planning permit after redesigning the building to better accommodate the gay , ... The Age "

Gay marriage to test union with Greens : " One 82-year-old gentleman lamented that his son had moved to Canada, where gay marriage is legal, and would not return to Australia because he felt like a second-class citizen here. McClelland gave no commitment but responded with empathy, ... Sydney Morning Herald "

RICK KAHLER: Poverty in America is not like poverty elsewhere Our poor have more floor space per person than the average person (not the average poor person) living anywhere in the world except Australia , Norway and Canada. A January 2011 New York Times article by Catherine Rampell, "The Haves and the Have-Nots," ...

Learning about Aboriginal culture - Government of South Australia Information on Aboriginal culture as well as other cultures, and includes stories of the Dreaming and background on indigenous communities in Australia . ...

MoU for Islamic Digital System : " By Achong Tanjong The Islamic Digital Library System (IDLS) contract signing ceremony between the State Mufti's Department of the Prime Minister's Office and Alif Technologies Sdn Bhd for the Brunei Darussalam Islamic Library was held at the ... Borneo Bulletin "

'Speechless' - and then it's the sultan himself : " By Syafiq Affendy and Aziz Idris His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam visited the houses of some of the recipients for the Panaga National Housing after presenting a plague representing house keys to 812 people yesterday in ... Borneo Bulletin "

UN seeks to sweep away last traces of imperial age : " ... pro-independence activists, wielding swords, machetes, and rocks, dance around burning debris in celebration after a stand-off against pro-integration militiamen in the provincial capital of Dili, about 2000 kilometers (1200 miles) east of Jakarta . ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Govt regarded to have failed to decrease poverty rate : "Jakarta, NU OnlineDuring his two-year post, President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono has failed to decrease poverty rate following a data mentioning that the ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Nine hospitalised with heart palpitations, high blood pressure A Joondalup Health Campus spokesman has confirmed nine people have been hospitalised this weekend after taking the controversial synthetic cannabis substance Kronic. About 9:30pm on Friday night the affected people arrived at the emergency department ...

Relation Found Between Rhinoplasty And Mental Illness | Australia ... : "The desire for plastic surgery, and in particular nose jobs, may be a tell tale sign of a mental illness called dysmorphic disorder (BDD), ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

School for juvenile offenders : "The other integrity schools are in Kluang, Sungai Petani, Marang, Puncak Borneo in Sarawak as well as in Kota Kinabalu and Keningau. The Henry Gurney School, located in Malacca focuses on educating young offenders. According to Chief Insp Nasir Ali, ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Anti-Poverty Week - The Salvation Army in Australia : "While there are many different manifestations of poverty in Australia , one growing cause for concern is the increase in homelessness – and the rate (58%) at ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English