Banda Aceh, Oct.

Jakarta, Oct. 18 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday morning left here for Bali to officially open the First Asian Beach Games (ABG) later in the day.

Jakarta, Oct. 18 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Saturday.

Jakarta Post
GOVT DENIES BAILING OUT TROUBLED BAKRIE FIRM

Denpasar, Oct 17 (ANTARA)- The Wisnu Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Bali, has developed a rural ecotourism network (JED) which has become very popular among foreign tourists.<

Jakarta, Oct.17 (ANTARA)- The General Elections Commission (KPU) needs to consider a proposal to increase the number of polling stations for the legislative election in April 2009, a KPU official

ADEN, Oct.

SANA'A, Oct.

SANA'A, 18 October (Saba) - A number of Yemeni academicians and intellectuals will hold on Sunday a symposium on terrorism and its effects on development and economy in Yemen and al-Qaeda.

Riyadh, October 18 , SPA -- Shoura Council Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih
bin Abdullah bin Homaid received here today the German Parliamentary

Colombo, Oct 18 (PTI) - Fierce clashes between Sri Lanakan
security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(L.T.T.E.) militants in the rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi