Indonesian aims to make ASEAN region a car industry hub

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Indonesia aims to lead the charge in making the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) an automotive industry production house, the Jakarta Post daily quoted Edy Putra Irawady, a deputy to the coordinating minister for industry and ...

Syria to invite Lebanese president to visit Damascus

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is expected to travel to Beirut within the coming two days, carrying an official invitation to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to visit Syria, local As-Safier daily reported Monday. Presi ...

Chavez calls Colombian defense minister "obstacle" to bilateral ties

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday described Colombia's defense minister as an "obstacle" to bilateral relations, asking the military chief to be put "in his place." Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said earlier ...

No-confidence motion rejected in Malaysian parliament

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Malaysia's lower house speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia Monday rejected an emergency motion of no-confidence filed by the opposition against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Cabinet, local media reported. Pandikar Amin said t ...

Australian PM promises help for struggling farmers

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised further assistance to help the struggling drought-affected farmers following a heartfelt plea from Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan. Rudd said on Saturday everything Kernaghan had to ...

Spanish PM visits Morocco in hope for new era of cooperation

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrived in Morocco Friday for a historic visit which both countries hope will propel bilateral ties into a new era of cooperation. The visit, the first to the kingdom by Zapatero s ...

Iberoamerican health ministers meet in Salvador

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

The 10th Iberoamerican Conference of Health Ministers began Friday in Salvador to discuss measures to improve sanitary conditions of young people and teenagers in the region. According to reports reaching here from San Salvador, 19 ...

Iran to raise oil export

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said that Iran will raise oil export to 3.5 million barrels a day by the end of March 2010, Iran's satellite Press TV reported on Friday. "Iran's oil export level will be raised to 3.5 mill ...