Newsvine - US: North Korea to suspend nuclear activities: "WASHINGTON — North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States.
The joint announcement Wednesday by the two nations comes little more than two months after the death of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, and suggests North Korea has met the key U.S. preconditions for restarting multi-nation disarmament-for-aid talks that the North withdrew from in 2009."
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PhotoBlog - Returning to the scene nearly a year later, where a young mother searched for her son after the tsunami
PhotoBlog - Returning to the scene nearly a year later, where a young mother searched for her son after the tsunami: "Reuters reports -- The young Japanese woman clutches a beige blanket tight around her shoulders as she stares into the distance. Behind her hulks twisted metal and splintered wood left by the tsunami that devastated Ishinomaki, her hometown.
The photograph, taken by Tadashi Okubo at the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, was picked up by Reuters and other agencies around the world, becoming an iconic image of the March 11 disaster that killed 20,000 people.
The woman's name is Yuko Sugimoto. She is now 29 years old."
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The photograph, taken by Tadashi Okubo at the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, was picked up by Reuters and other agencies around the world, becoming an iconic image of the March 11 disaster that killed 20,000 people.
The woman's name is Yuko Sugimoto. She is now 29 years old."
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25 suspected Anonymous hackers arrested - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com
25 suspected Anonymous hackers arrested - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com: "By Greg Keller
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PARIS — Interpol said Tuesday that 25 suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement have been arrested in a sweep across Europe and South America.
The international police agency said in a statement that the arrests in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain were carried out by national law enforcement officers working under the support of Interpol's Latin American Working Group of Experts on Information Technology Crime."
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PARIS — Interpol said Tuesday that 25 suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement have been arrested in a sweep across Europe and South America.
The international police agency said in a statement that the arrests in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain were carried out by national law enforcement officers working under the support of Interpol's Latin American Working Group of Experts on Information Technology Crime."
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“Tawakal”
“Tawakal”: "INGAT !!!
INGATLAH
BERTAWAKALLAH
JALANLAH LURUS KEDEPAN
JANGAN BENGKOK SIMPANGKAN TUJUAN
TEBAR PANDANGAN LUASKAN PENGLIHATAN
JANGAN RAGU DAN BIMBANG, YANG DIPERANKAN
TERBENTANG JALAN, DIJALANI DENGAN KEYAKINAN
JANGAN RISAU YANG MENDERA
TAK USAH MEMIKIRKAN PERISTIWA
KARENA SEMUA PERISTIWA DAN KEJADIAN
ADALAH TAKDIR DAN KEHENDAK ALLOH SEMATA
ADALAH PETUNJUK DAN PELAJARANNYA KEPADA KITA"
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INGATLAH
BERTAWAKALLAH
JALANLAH LURUS KEDEPAN
JANGAN BENGKOK SIMPANGKAN TUJUAN
TEBAR PANDANGAN LUASKAN PENGLIHATAN
JANGAN RAGU DAN BIMBANG, YANG DIPERANKAN
TERBENTANG JALAN, DIJALANI DENGAN KEYAKINAN
JANGAN RISAU YANG MENDERA
TAK USAH MEMIKIRKAN PERISTIWA
KARENA SEMUA PERISTIWA DAN KEJADIAN
ADALAH TAKDIR DAN KEHENDAK ALLOH SEMATA
ADALAH PETUNJUK DAN PELAJARANNYA KEPADA KITA"
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Lelaki Lelah Diujung Pena
Lelaki Lelah Diujung Pena: "Lelaki
Lekat dia menatap awan senja
berkilat bercahaya di bulatan mata
mentari senja jingga
segelas kopi, secarik kertas, sebuah pena
entah apa dia rasa
ingin kusapa, mungkinkah?
Lelaki
Bagus alisnya, bening matanya
kutatap saja dia dari sisi aku berada
apa hendak ditulisnya"
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Lekat dia menatap awan senja
berkilat bercahaya di bulatan mata
mentari senja jingga
segelas kopi, secarik kertas, sebuah pena
entah apa dia rasa
ingin kusapa, mungkinkah?
Lelaki
Bagus alisnya, bening matanya
kutatap saja dia dari sisi aku berada
apa hendak ditulisnya"
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American, French journalists killed in Syria - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com
American, French journalists killed in Syria - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com: "American journalist Marie Colvin and award-winning French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed Wednesday in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, opposition activists and a French official said."
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Clinton . American Experience . WGBH | PBS
Clinton . American Experience . WGBH | PBS
Premiering February 20th and 21st, a biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history, and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.
Hubble Reveals Weird New Exoplanet: Waterworld : Discovery News
Hubble Reveals Weird New Exoplanet: Waterworld : Discovery News: "The planet GJ 1214b was discovered in 2009 and was one of the first planets where an atmosphere was detected. In 2010, scientists were able to measure the atmosphere, finding it was likely composed mainly of water.
Now, with infrared spectra taken during transit observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists say this world is even more unique, and that it represents a new class of planet: a waterworld underneath a thick, steamy atmosphere."
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Now, with infrared spectra taken during transit observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists say this world is even more unique, and that it represents a new class of planet: a waterworld underneath a thick, steamy atmosphere."
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300-million-year-old forest unearthed in China - World - DNA
300-million-year-old forest unearthed in China - World - DNA: "Researchers have discovered a 300-million-year-old tropical forest, which was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China.
University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann Pfefferkorn and colleagues presented a reconstruction of this fossilised forest, lending insight into the ecology and climate of its time.
Pfefferkorn, a professor in Penn’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science, collaborated on the work with three Chinese colleagues: Jun Wang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yi Zhang "
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University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann Pfefferkorn and colleagues presented a reconstruction of this fossilised forest, lending insight into the ecology and climate of its time.
Pfefferkorn, a professor in Penn’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science, collaborated on the work with three Chinese colleagues: Jun Wang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yi Zhang "
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Safe House (2012) - IMDb
Safe House (2012) - IMDb: "A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge."
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Denzel Washington boxes, practices martial arts to stay screen ready - chicagotribune.com
Denzel Washington boxes, practices martial arts to stay screen ready - chicagotribune.com: "NEW YORK — Has 50 become the new 20 for on-screen action? At 53, Madonna kept pace with dancers half her age in the Super Bowl halftime show. Liam Neeson's last couple of movies have established the 59-year-old as a bona fide action hero. And now, 57-year-old Denzel Washington is the latest to run, punch, kick and jump with co-stars nearly half his age, including Ryan Reynolds, in his new movie,"Safe House."
Q: So, no stuntmen to make it look like you were doing it all?
A: A few for the really dangerous stuff, but a lot of the action that you see is me. You know, one thing about my job is if I take it seriously, then I have to try and stay in decent shape. I'm always preparing for roles like this because I enjoy them. You have to. I box, but I also work with martial artists. In this movie I had two big fights and we didn't get to those fights until April into May so I trained from mid-January. It was a great way to stay in shape for two-and-a-half, three months. We wo"
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Q: So, no stuntmen to make it look like you were doing it all?
A: A few for the really dangerous stuff, but a lot of the action that you see is me. You know, one thing about my job is if I take it seriously, then I have to try and stay in decent shape. I'm always preparing for roles like this because I enjoy them. You have to. I box, but I also work with martial artists. In this movie I had two big fights and we didn't get to those fights until April into May so I trained from mid-January. It was a great way to stay in shape for two-and-a-half, three months. We wo"
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Bottom Line - Yelp sets IPO price target, could raise $115 million
Bottom Line - Yelp sets IPO price target, could raise $115 million: "Online review site Yelp has set a price target for its planned public stock offering, which could raise as much as $115 million in what would likely be the first IPO for a major Internet company this year.
Based in San Francisco, the user-generated review website said Thursday it plans to sell 7.1 million shares for $12 to $14 each, while its charitable foundation will sell 50,000 shares and investment bankers have the option to sell an additional 1.07 million shares."
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Based in San Francisco, the user-generated review website said Thursday it plans to sell 7.1 million shares for $12 to $14 each, while its charitable foundation will sell 50,000 shares and investment bankers have the option to sell an additional 1.07 million shares."
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Japan’s 78-year-old Emperor Akihito has successful heart bypass surgery, palace says - The Washington Post
Japan’s 78-year-old Emperor Akihito has successful heart bypass surgery, palace says - The Washington Post: "TOKYO — Japan’s 78-year-old Emperor Akihito underwent successful heart bypass surgery Saturday and should begin rehabilitation in a few days, doctors and palace officials said.
After the operation, Akihito was being monitored in an intensive care unit at the University of Tokyo Hospital, his surgeons said."
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After the operation, Akihito was being monitored in an intensive care unit at the University of Tokyo Hospital, his surgeons said."
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Federal agents arrest Amine El Khalifi; he allegedly planned to bomb Capitol - The Washington Post
Federal agents arrest Amine El Khalifi; he allegedly planned to bomb Capitol - The Washington Post: "By Sari Horwitz, William Wan and Del Quentin Wilber, Published: February 17
Federal authorities on Friday arrested a 29-year-old Moroccan man in an alleged plot to carry out a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol, the latest in a series of terrorism-related arrests resulting from undercover sting operations."
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Federal authorities on Friday arrested a 29-year-old Moroccan man in an alleged plot to carry out a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol, the latest in a series of terrorism-related arrests resulting from undercover sting operations."
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Yelp to Raise as Much as $100 Million in IPO Amid Internet Stock Demand - Bloomberg
Yelp to Raise as Much as $100 Million in IPO Amid Internet Stock Demand - Bloomberg: "Yelp Inc. (YELP), the user-generated review website, plans to raise as much as $100 million in what may be the first initial public offering from a major Internet company this year.
Yelp, based in San Francisco, said in a regulatory filing yesterday it will offer 7.15 million shares for $12 to $14 each. The pricing is scheduled for March 1, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, and the stock will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker YELP.
The IPO will probably come ahead of Facebook Inc., the biggest social-networking website, which filed to raise $5 billion on Feb. 1, without setting terms. At the midpoint of the price range, Yelp’s offering would value the company at about $778 million, or about 9.3 times last year’s sales. That compares with 5.2 times for Google Inc. (GOOG) and 3.8 times for Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), which Yelp lists as competitors in its IPO prospectus."
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Yelp, based in San Francisco, said in a regulatory filing yesterday it will offer 7.15 million shares for $12 to $14 each. The pricing is scheduled for March 1, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, and the stock will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker YELP.
The IPO will probably come ahead of Facebook Inc., the biggest social-networking website, which filed to raise $5 billion on Feb. 1, without setting terms. At the midpoint of the price range, Yelp’s offering would value the company at about $778 million, or about 9.3 times last year’s sales. That compares with 5.2 times for Google Inc. (GOOG) and 3.8 times for Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), which Yelp lists as competitors in its IPO prospectus."
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Oil Set for Biggest 2012 Weekly Gain - Bloomberg
Oil Set for Biggest 2012 Weekly Gain - Bloomberg: "Oil rose for a third day in New York, heading for the biggest weekly gain this year, as signs of an improving U.S. economy and progress on a bailout for Greece bolstered the outlook for fuel demand. Brent touched an eight- month high.
West Texas Intermediate futures climbed as much as 0.6 percent today and have gained 4.1 percent this week, the most since the five days ended Dec. 23. U.S. applications for jobless payments fell to the lowest since 2008, the Labor Department said yesterday. European governments are considering cutting interest rates on emergency loans to Greece and using European Central Bank contributions to plug a financing gap for the second bailout, two people familiar with the "
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West Texas Intermediate futures climbed as much as 0.6 percent today and have gained 4.1 percent this week, the most since the five days ended Dec. 23. U.S. applications for jobless payments fell to the lowest since 2008, the Labor Department said yesterday. European governments are considering cutting interest rates on emergency loans to Greece and using European Central Bank contributions to plug a financing gap for the second bailout, two people familiar with the "
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Oil Set for Biggest 2012 Weekly Gain - Bloomberg
Oil Set for Biggest 2012 Weekly Gain - Bloomberg: "Oil rose for a third day in New York, heading for the biggest weekly gain this year, as signs of an improving U.S. economy and progress on a bailout for Greece bolstered the outlook for fuel demand. Brent touched an eight- month high.
West Texas Intermediate futures climbed as much as 0.6 percent today and have gained 4.1 percent this week, the most since the five days ended Dec. 23. U.S. applications for jobless payments fell to the lowest since 2008, the Labor Department said yesterday. European governments are considering cutting interest rates on emergency loans to Greece and using European Central Bank contributions to plug a financing gap for the second bailout, two people familiar with the "
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West Texas Intermediate futures climbed as much as 0.6 percent today and have gained 4.1 percent this week, the most since the five days ended Dec. 23. U.S. applications for jobless payments fell to the lowest since 2008, the Labor Department said yesterday. European governments are considering cutting interest rates on emergency loans to Greece and using European Central Bank contributions to plug a financing gap for the second bailout, two people familiar with the "
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Record $6 Trillion of Fake U.S. Bonds Seized - Bloomberg
Record $6 Trillion of Fake U.S. Bonds Seized - Bloomberg: "Italian anti-mafia prosecutors said they seized a record $6 trillion of allegedly fake U.S. Treasury bonds, an amount that’s almost half of the U.S.’s public debt.
The bonds were found hidden in makeshift compartments of three safety deposit boxes in Zurich, the prosecutors from the southern city of Potenza said in an e-mailed statement. The Italian authorities arrested eight people in connection with the probe, dubbed “Operation Vulcanica,” the prosecutors said."
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The bonds were found hidden in makeshift compartments of three safety deposit boxes in Zurich, the prosecutors from the southern city of Potenza said in an e-mailed statement. The Italian authorities arrested eight people in connection with the probe, dubbed “Operation Vulcanica,” the prosecutors said."
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Keuntungan Menjadi Blogger
Keuntungan Menjadi Blogger: "By Jack Soetopo
Denpasar, 17 Febuari 2012
Jika kita melihat banyak yang ditawarkan bagaimana mendapatkan penghasilan yang berjuta-juta, mulai dari iklan tentang bagaimana menjadi amatiran, semi-pro, sampai menjadi profesional. Dan kadang jika kita tidak jeli, selalu ditulis betapa mudahnya mendapatkan penghasilan dari berblog-ria.
Contoh yang heboh adalah mengenai Wazzub, SEO, Blog Super, Blog Sakti, Blog Sex, Blog Porno, Blog Cabul, dan Blog Gossip.
Untuk itu mari kita melihat apa artinya menjadi blogger, dan bagaimana asal muasalnya."
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Denpasar, 17 Febuari 2012
Jika kita melihat banyak yang ditawarkan bagaimana mendapatkan penghasilan yang berjuta-juta, mulai dari iklan tentang bagaimana menjadi amatiran, semi-pro, sampai menjadi profesional. Dan kadang jika kita tidak jeli, selalu ditulis betapa mudahnya mendapatkan penghasilan dari berblog-ria.
Contoh yang heboh adalah mengenai Wazzub, SEO, Blog Super, Blog Sakti, Blog Sex, Blog Porno, Blog Cabul, dan Blog Gossip.
Untuk itu mari kita melihat apa artinya menjadi blogger, dan bagaimana asal muasalnya."
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Antisipasi Proyek Besar PLN Beli Listrik 305 MW - KOMPAS.com
Antisipasi Proyek Besar PLN Beli Listrik 305 MW - KOMPAS.com: "Balikpapan, Kompas - Kebutuhan listrik di Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur, yang diperkirakan melonjak pada tahun 2013, seiring dibukanya beberapa proyek besar seperti perluasan bandara dan Kawasan Industri Kariangau, membuat PLN menyewa dan membeli listrik sekitar 305 MW dari pihak ketiga.
Menurut Ismail Deu, Kepala Cabang PLN Balikpapan, Minggu (12/2), tambahan daya itu rinciannya adalah 24 MW diperoleh dari menyewa genset dari salah satu perusahaan di Balikpapan.
Tambahan daya juga dari pembelian listrik 2 x 41 MW dari Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Gas (PLTG) Senipah di Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara serta kerja sama dengan Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Uap (PLTU) Kaltim untuk mendapat 2 x 100 MW.
Beban puncak jaringan listrik di Sistem Mahakam yang mencakup Kota Balikpapan, Kota Samarinda, dan Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara mencapai 256 MW, sedangkan kapasitasnya 271 MW. ”Tidak pernah pemakaian listrik overkapasitas. Namun mulai tahun depan, beban listrik semakin besar,” ucap Ismail."
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Menurut Ismail Deu, Kepala Cabang PLN Balikpapan, Minggu (12/2), tambahan daya itu rinciannya adalah 24 MW diperoleh dari menyewa genset dari salah satu perusahaan di Balikpapan.
Tambahan daya juga dari pembelian listrik 2 x 41 MW dari Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Gas (PLTG) Senipah di Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara serta kerja sama dengan Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Uap (PLTU) Kaltim untuk mendapat 2 x 100 MW.
Beban puncak jaringan listrik di Sistem Mahakam yang mencakup Kota Balikpapan, Kota Samarinda, dan Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara mencapai 256 MW, sedangkan kapasitasnya 271 MW. ”Tidak pernah pemakaian listrik overkapasitas. Namun mulai tahun depan, beban listrik semakin besar,” ucap Ismail."
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A bachelor’s degree for $10,000 - College, Inc. - The Washington Post
A bachelor’s degree for $10,000 - College, Inc. - The Washington Post: "By Daniel de Vise
How’s this for keeping college affordable: Excelsior College just rolled out a program that guarantees a bachelor’s degree for $10,000.
Excelsior is a nonprofit college in Albany that specializes in helping mid-career adults finish their studies. The school consolidates college credits in the same way a debt-relief service consolidates bills, helping returning students clean up their transcripts and finish their degrees.
The average -- average --Excelsior student arrives with credits from five different colleges. The typical Excelsior student is around 40, with a job and a family and about half a college education."
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How’s this for keeping college affordable: Excelsior College just rolled out a program that guarantees a bachelor’s degree for $10,000.
Excelsior is a nonprofit college in Albany that specializes in helping mid-career adults finish their studies. The school consolidates college credits in the same way a debt-relief service consolidates bills, helping returning students clean up their transcripts and finish their degrees.
The average -- average --Excelsior student arrives with credits from five different colleges. The typical Excelsior student is around 40, with a job and a family and about half a college education."
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Correspondent Anthony Shadid, 43, dies in Syria - The Washington Post
Correspondent Anthony Shadid, 43, dies in Syria - The Washington Post: "Anthony Shadid, one of the most incisive and honored foreign correspondents of his generation, died Thursday in Syria, where he was covering the armed insurrection against the government for his newspaper, the New York Times.
Shadid, 43, won two Pulitzer Prizes for his lyrical and poignant dispatches from Iraq, which he covered extensively for The Washington Post before and after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Shadid, a fluent Arabic speaker, roamed broadly across the Arab world, reporting with precision, nuance and depth from the West Bank, Lebanon, Libya and other troubled and peaceful realms in the region."
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Shadid, 43, won two Pulitzer Prizes for his lyrical and poignant dispatches from Iraq, which he covered extensively for The Washington Post before and after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Shadid, a fluent Arabic speaker, roamed broadly across the Arab world, reporting with precision, nuance and depth from the West Bank, Lebanon, Libya and other troubled and peaceful realms in the region."
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Germany’s president quits, Merkel seeks agreement with opposition on successor - The Washington Post
Germany’s president quits, Merkel seeks agreement with opposition on successor - The Washington Post: "BERLIN — Germany’s president resigned Friday in a scandal over favors he allegedly received before becoming head of state, creating a major domestic distraction for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she grapples with Europe’s debt crisis.
Chritian Wulff announced his resignation a day after the slow-burning affair escalated dramatically with a request by prosecutors for Parliament to lift his immunity from prosecution over his relationship with a film producer in his previous job as governor of Lower Saxony. Those benefits allegedly included paying for a luxury hotel stay in 2007."
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Chritian Wulff announced his resignation a day after the slow-burning affair escalated dramatically with a request by prosecutors for Parliament to lift his immunity from prosecution over his relationship with a film producer in his previous job as governor of Lower Saxony. Those benefits allegedly included paying for a luxury hotel stay in 2007."
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Petani Jebak Tiga Wartawan Pemeras | The Globe Journal
Petani Jebak Tiga Wartawan Pemeras | The Globe Journal: "Pasuruan - Tiga wartawan media lokal ditahan di Mapolres Pasuruan, Jawa Timur, setelah terjebak masuk ke dalam perangkap yang dipersiapkan seorang petani karena diketahui telah melanggar kode etik profesi.
Kasatreskrim Polres Pasuruan, AKP Supriyono, mengatakan ketiga wartawan dari dua media di Jawa Timur itu ditahan karena diduga telah melakukan pemerasan terhadap Kusman, Ketua Gapoktan Desa Sekarjoho, Kecamatan Prigen.
Ketiga wartawan itu diduga bersedia membatalkan pemberitaannya asal korban bersedia membayar sebesar Rp15 juta."
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Kasatreskrim Polres Pasuruan, AKP Supriyono, mengatakan ketiga wartawan dari dua media di Jawa Timur itu ditahan karena diduga telah melakukan pemerasan terhadap Kusman, Ketua Gapoktan Desa Sekarjoho, Kecamatan Prigen.
Ketiga wartawan itu diduga bersedia membatalkan pemberitaannya asal korban bersedia membayar sebesar Rp15 juta."
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U.S. News - 2 ICE officers killed, 1 wounded at federal office building in Long Beach
U.S. News - 2 ICE officers killed, 1 wounded at federal office building in Long Beach: "Three immigration officers were involved in a shootout at the Long Beach federal building on Thursday evening, police said.
Two officers were pronounced dead at the scene and the third, reportedly shot in the upper torso, was sent to a nearby hospital, according to aerial communications from Long Beach police. He is being treated at St. Mary's Medical Center, and his vital signs were positive, said Francine Marlenee, speaking on behalf of the hospital.
One of the agents is believed to be the suspected gunman, police said, but suspect's condition was unknown."
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Two officers were pronounced dead at the scene and the third, reportedly shot in the upper torso, was sent to a nearby hospital, according to aerial communications from Long Beach police. He is being treated at St. Mary's Medical Center, and his vital signs were positive, said Francine Marlenee, speaking on behalf of the hospital.
One of the agents is believed to be the suspected gunman, police said, but suspect's condition was unknown."
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Iowa town welcomes back China's next president - US news - Life - msnbc.com
Iowa town welcomes back China's next president - US news - Life - msnbc.com: "DES MOINES, Iowa — The last time China's soon-to-be leader visited Iowa, he slept in a bedroom with green shag carpeting and Star Trek character cutouts on the walls. He ate eggs with a spoon because his host forgot the chopsticks.
But apparently Xi Jinping remembered the 1985 stay fondly because he insisted on returning this week to Muscatine, a small farming community he toured to learn about crop and livestock practices.
Back then, he was a young Communist Party leader seeking ideas to help his agriculture-rich region of northern China. Now the nation's vice president, he made certain to add Muscatine to his jam-packed itinerary so he could reunite with the same Americans who showed him around the region's hog and cattle operations and its abundant corn and soybean fields."
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But apparently Xi Jinping remembered the 1985 stay fondly because he insisted on returning this week to Muscatine, a small farming community he toured to learn about crop and livestock practices.
Back then, he was a young Communist Party leader seeking ideas to help his agriculture-rich region of northern China. Now the nation's vice president, he made certain to add Muscatine to his jam-packed itinerary so he could reunite with the same Americans who showed him around the region's hog and cattle operations and its abundant corn and soybean fields."
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Bramantyo Dikeroyok Massa MMI di Yogya - KOMPAS.com
Bramantyo Dikeroyok Massa MMI di Yogya - KOMPAS.com: "YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Puluhan anggota organisasi massa Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia mengeroyok seniman Bramantyo Prijosusilo yang hendak menggelar pertunjukan seni Social Sculpture atau patung sosial berjudul ”Aku Melawan Perusakan Atas Nama Agama” di depan Markas Majelis Mujahidin di Jalan Karanglo 94, Kotagede, Bantul, DI Yogyakarta, Rabu (15/2/2012).
Bramantyo yang belum sempat menampilkan aksinya langsung diamankan aparat kepolisian.
Bramantyo mengawali aksinya dengan berdoa kepada leluhur Mataram di makam raja-raja Kotagede. Dengan berkostum jubah, udheng, keris di depan, beserta kendi berisi air kembang, Bramantyo berangkat menuju Karanglo menggunakan andong sekitar pukul 09.00."
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Bramantyo yang belum sempat menampilkan aksinya langsung diamankan aparat kepolisian.
Bramantyo mengawali aksinya dengan berdoa kepada leluhur Mataram di makam raja-raja Kotagede. Dengan berkostum jubah, udheng, keris di depan, beserta kendi berisi air kembang, Bramantyo berangkat menuju Karanglo menggunakan andong sekitar pukul 09.00."
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LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Chair Democratic Convention | Fox News Latino
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Chair Democratic Convention | Fox News Latino: "The Democratic Party has chosen Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to chair the party's national convention this summer in Charlotte, N.C. in a move by the party to woo Latino support.
The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says in an email to DNC members that Villaraigosa will be nominated to chair the September convention.
Chairing the national convention, where Democrats are expected to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term, will place Villaraigosa in a national spotlight. Overseeing the gathering will also place the Latino mayor front and center as Democrats garner Latino support for Obama and other candidates.
Wasserman Schultz tells DNC members that Villaraigosa has empowered people during his career and will encourage engagement from Americans across the country."
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The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says in an email to DNC members that Villaraigosa will be nominated to chair the September convention.
Chairing the national convention, where Democrats are expected to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term, will place Villaraigosa in a national spotlight. Overseeing the gathering will also place the Latino mayor front and center as Democrats garner Latino support for Obama and other candidates.
Wasserman Schultz tells DNC members that Villaraigosa has empowered people during his career and will encourage engagement from Americans across the country."
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Wounded man blows off own leg with grenade
Wounded man blows off own leg with grenade: "A wounded Iranian fleeing an unintended explosion at a house threw a grenade at Bangkok police that instead blew off one of his legs in a series of blasts on Tuesday that Israel's defence minister called an "attempted terrorist attack" by Iran. The violence came a day after Israel blamed Tehran for targeting its diplomats with bombs in India and Georgia.
Four other people were injured in the Bangkok explosions, which tore the roof off a house where the wounded man lived with two other compatriots. A second Iranian was arrested at Bangkok's international airport as he was trying to leave Thailand for Malaysia and a third was being sought, police said."
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Four other people were injured in the Bangkok explosions, which tore the roof off a house where the wounded man lived with two other compatriots. A second Iranian was arrested at Bangkok's international airport as he was trying to leave Thailand for Malaysia and a third was being sought, police said."
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High drama as prisoners emerge from secret jails
High drama as prisoners emerge from secret jails: "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Court has forced the intelligence authorities to present seven men who vanished four years ago, apparently into the custody of Inter-Services Intelligence, in a case that tests whether the military's main spy agency is above the law.
The men hobbled into the court having been brought in ambulances to Islamabad from their places of detention by security officials. The men - emaciated, covered in small blisters, bewildered and finding it difficult to stand or talk - were wearing handcuffs as they entered the court, where they had an emotional reunion with relatives."
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The men hobbled into the court having been brought in ambulances to Islamabad from their places of detention by security officials. The men - emaciated, covered in small blisters, bewildered and finding it difficult to stand or talk - were wearing handcuffs as they entered the court, where they had an emotional reunion with relatives."
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Georgia O'Keeffe found a muse in Palo Duro Canyon - Houston Chronicle
Georgia O'Keeffe found a muse in Palo Duro Canyon - Houston Chronicle: "In the early-morning light, the weather-carved ramparts of Palo Duro Canyon glowed iron-rust orange, sulfur gold and gypsum white against the green valley floor.
I might have been standing in the same place in which painter Georgia O'Keeffe stood in 1916, the year she began teaching at West Texas State Normal College (now West Texas A&M University) in tiny Canyon, Texas. A few years later, she would become famous for painting brilliant abstractions and magnified flowers. But in 1916, the 29-year-old O'Keeffe was struggling to find and express her artistic vision."
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I might have been standing in the same place in which painter Georgia O'Keeffe stood in 1916, the year she began teaching at West Texas State Normal College (now West Texas A&M University) in tiny Canyon, Texas. A few years later, she would become famous for painting brilliant abstractions and magnified flowers. But in 1916, the 29-year-old O'Keeffe was struggling to find and express her artistic vision."
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Bangkok blasts prompt more accusations against Iran, a day after bombing attempts target Israelis - The Washington Post
Bangkok blasts prompt more accusations against Iran, a day after bombing attempts target Israelis - The Washington Post: "By Joel Greenberg, Simon Denyer and Debbi Wilgoren, Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 10:23 AM
JERUSALEM — Israel ratcheted up security levels in public places and at key strategic targets on Tuesday, a day after accusing Iran of responsibility for twin bombing attempts aimed at Israeli embassy personnel in New Delhi and Tbilisi, Georgia.
In Thailand, meanwhile, an Iranian man sustained serious injuries to his legs when a grenade he was carrying exploded on the street, the Associated Press reported. Several Thai residents also were injured. Police in Thailand said the Iranian man, whose passport identified him as Saeid Moradi, left his house, wounded, after a stash of explosives apparently detonated by accident inside the residence."
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JERUSALEM — Israel ratcheted up security levels in public places and at key strategic targets on Tuesday, a day after accusing Iran of responsibility for twin bombing attempts aimed at Israeli embassy personnel in New Delhi and Tbilisi, Georgia.
In Thailand, meanwhile, an Iranian man sustained serious injuries to his legs when a grenade he was carrying exploded on the street, the Associated Press reported. Several Thai residents also were injured. Police in Thailand said the Iranian man, whose passport identified him as Saeid Moradi, left his house, wounded, after a stash of explosives apparently detonated by accident inside the residence."
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Israel Blames Bangkok Explosions on Iranian Terrorism - Global - The Atlantic Wire
Israel Blames Bangkok Explosions on Iranian Terrorism - Global - The Atlantic Wire: "Update (9:27 a.m. EST): Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak accused Iran of being behind the bombing, saying the incident "proves once again that Iran and its proxies continue to perpetrate terror," according to the Associated Press.
Update (8:28 a.m. EST): The Associated Press has a few more details about the incident, confirming via the Thai authorities that the man was an Iranian named Saeid Moradi, and that a second Iranian man has been arrested at the Bangkok airport apparently on his way to Malaysia -- though the second man's involvement in the blasts hasn't been confirmed. The latest report says a cache of explosives went off in Moradi's house, after which he and two other foreigners tried to escape. When a taxi wouldn't pick up the blood-soaked Moradi, "He then threw an explosive at the taxi and began running," the AP reports. When police came, he tried to throw a grenade at them, but it reportedly bounced back and blew off his legs."
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Update (8:28 a.m. EST): The Associated Press has a few more details about the incident, confirming via the Thai authorities that the man was an Iranian named Saeid Moradi, and that a second Iranian man has been arrested at the Bangkok airport apparently on his way to Malaysia -- though the second man's involvement in the blasts hasn't been confirmed. The latest report says a cache of explosives went off in Moradi's house, after which he and two other foreigners tried to escape. When a taxi wouldn't pick up the blood-soaked Moradi, "He then threw an explosive at the taxi and began running," the AP reports. When police came, he tried to throw a grenade at them, but it reportedly bounced back and blew off his legs."
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Newsvine - Republican Women Senators Breaking Ranks With Party, Come Out In Favor Of Obama Contraception Rule | ThinkProgress
Newsvine - Republican Women Senators Breaking Ranks With Party, Come Out In Favor Of Obama Contraception Rule | ThinkProgress: "While GOP senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has pledged to fight the Obama’s administration’s modified regulation requiring health insurers and busnisses to offer contraception coverage without additional cost sharing, the revised rule “appears to have won over” two of the five Republican women senators."
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Oil Rises From Three-Day Low as Greece Passes Austerity Measures - Businessweek
Oil Rises From Three-Day Low as Greece Passes Austerity Measures - Businessweek: "Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Oil rebounded from a three-day low in New York after Greece’s parliament approved austerity measures to secure an international bailout, easing concern Europe’s debt crisis will worsen and curb fuel demand.
Futures climbed as much as 1 percent after 199 lawmakers supported the bill in a roll-call vote shown live on state-run Vouli TV, against 74 who opposed it. The measures were needed for a 130 billion-euro ($172 billion) aid package, Greece’s second since May 2010. Oil may extend gains after companies controlling more than 100 supertankers said they would stop loading cargoes from Iran, tightening sanctions on OPEC’s second-biggest producer."
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Futures climbed as much as 1 percent after 199 lawmakers supported the bill in a roll-call vote shown live on state-run Vouli TV, against 74 who opposed it. The measures were needed for a 130 billion-euro ($172 billion) aid package, Greece’s second since May 2010. Oil may extend gains after companies controlling more than 100 supertankers said they would stop loading cargoes from Iran, tightening sanctions on OPEC’s second-biggest producer."
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Commodities Risk Crash on China Recession Threat, Smead Says - Businessweek
Commodities Risk Crash on China Recession Threat, Smead Says - Businessweek: "By Ann Koh
(Updates with commodity index in the last paragraph.)
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China is at risk of falling into a recession by 2015 that would reduce commodity prices as much as 70 percent, according to the chief executive officer at Smead Capital Management Inc.
Commodities from copper to crude oil may drop 50 percent to 70 percent from current prices in three years to five years, Bill Smead, CEO of the Seattle-based mutual fund, said in an interview in Singapore. China, the world’s biggest consumer of energy, metals and grains, has a 30 percent chance of slipping into a recession as property prices fall, hurting local banks that made loans to developers and home buyers, he said."
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(Updates with commodity index in the last paragraph.)
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China is at risk of falling into a recession by 2015 that would reduce commodity prices as much as 70 percent, according to the chief executive officer at Smead Capital Management Inc.
Commodities from copper to crude oil may drop 50 percent to 70 percent from current prices in three years to five years, Bill Smead, CEO of the Seattle-based mutual fund, said in an interview in Singapore. China, the world’s biggest consumer of energy, metals and grains, has a 30 percent chance of slipping into a recession as property prices fall, hurting local banks that made loans to developers and home buyers, he said."
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Hedge Fund Snaps Seven Annual Gains in ‘Ugly Year’: Commodities - Businessweek
Hedge Fund Snaps Seven Annual Gains in ‘Ugly Year’: Commodities - Businessweek: "By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
(For more commodity columns, click CMMKT.)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Coleman is suspending a three-decade trading career to focus on risk after a year in which the Merchant Commodity Fund he co-founded lost 30 percent and its assets contracted twice as much.
Assets fell to about $550 million last month, from $1.56 billion at the end of 2010, said Singapore-based Coleman, who gave up trading to become chief risk officer. The biggest losing bet was in sugar before a 10-month decline ended with winning wagers in oil, fuels, sugar and soybeans, he said. The assets of the hedge fund, started in June 2004 with $10 million, are now traded mostly by co-founder Doug King."
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(For more commodity columns, click CMMKT.)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Coleman is suspending a three-decade trading career to focus on risk after a year in which the Merchant Commodity Fund he co-founded lost 30 percent and its assets contracted twice as much.
Assets fell to about $550 million last month, from $1.56 billion at the end of 2010, said Singapore-based Coleman, who gave up trading to become chief risk officer. The biggest losing bet was in sugar before a 10-month decline ended with winning wagers in oil, fuels, sugar and soybeans, he said. The assets of the hedge fund, started in June 2004 with $10 million, are now traded mostly by co-founder Doug King."
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Gold Advances in New York as Weaker Dollar Spurs Investor Demand - Businessweek
Gold Advances in New York as Weaker Dollar Spurs Investor Demand - Businessweek: "By Nicholas Larkin and Phoebe Sedgman
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose in New York as a weaker dollar spurred demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
The euro climbed against the dollar after Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won approval from parliament for austerity measures needed to receive a second aid package. Hedge funds and other money managers increased bets that U.S. futures will gain by 8.6 percent in the week ended Feb. 7, Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show."
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Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose in New York as a weaker dollar spurred demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
The euro climbed against the dollar after Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won approval from parliament for austerity measures needed to receive a second aid package. Hedge funds and other money managers increased bets that U.S. futures will gain by 8.6 percent in the week ended Feb. 7, Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show."
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Tom Engelhardt: Offshore Everywhere
Tom Engelhardt: Offshore Everywhere: "Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning. Admittedly, the latest proposed Pentagon budget manages to preserve just about every costly toy-cum-boondoggle from the good old days when MiGs still roamed the skies, including an uncut nuclear arsenal. Eternally over-budget items like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, cherished by their services and well-lobbied congressional representatives, aren’t leaving the scene any time soon, though delays or cuts in purchase orders are planned. All this should reassure us that, despite the talk of massive cuts, the U.S. military will continue to be the profligate, inefficient, and remarkably ineffective institution we’ve come to know and squander our treasure on."
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Some toilet paper production destroys Indonesian rainforests, endangering tigers and elephants
Some toilet paper production destroys Indonesian rainforests, endangering tigers and elephants: "American consumers are unwittingly contributing to the destruction of endangered rainforests in Sumatra by purchasing certain brands of toilet paper, asserts a new report published by the environmental group WWF.
The report, Don't Flush Tiger Forests: Toilet Paper, U.S. Supermarkets, and the Destruction of Indonesia's Last Tiger Habitats , takes aim at two tissue brands that source fiber from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a paper products giant long criticized by environmentalists and scientists for its forestry practices on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The brands — Paseo and Livi — are among the fastest growing, in terms of sales, in the United States. Both brands are commonly marketed for hotels, restaurants, and public restrooms, according to the report.
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The report, Don't Flush Tiger Forests: Toilet Paper, U.S. Supermarkets, and the Destruction of Indonesia's Last Tiger Habitats , takes aim at two tissue brands that source fiber from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a paper products giant long criticized by environmentalists and scientists for its forestry practices on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The brands — Paseo and Livi — are among the fastest growing, in terms of sales, in the United States. Both brands are commonly marketed for hotels, restaurants, and public restrooms, according to the report.
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Trial set for Bali bombing suspect - CNN.com
Trial set for Bali bombing suspect - CNN.com: "Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A high-profile terrorism trial begins in Jakarta on Monday against an Indonesian man accused of assembling the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack.
Umar Patek faces charges of premeditated mass murder and a maximum penalty of death if found guilty. The bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali killed 202 people, including foreign tourists.
Patek also is expected to be charged for his alleged involvement in church bombings in 2000.
The 44-year-old Patek was one of Indonesia's most wanted terrorists, with a $1 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government's Rewards for Justice program."
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Umar Patek faces charges of premeditated mass murder and a maximum penalty of death if found guilty. The bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali killed 202 people, including foreign tourists.
Patek also is expected to be charged for his alleged involvement in church bombings in 2000.
The 44-year-old Patek was one of Indonesia's most wanted terrorists, with a $1 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government's Rewards for Justice program."
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Indonesian woman loses deportation battle: Sent home after living more than 10 years in Dover - Fosters
Indonesian woman loses deportation battle: Sent home after living more than 10 years in Dover - Fosters: "DOVER— Despite numerous attempts to obtain documentation to stay in the United States, 47-year-old Etty Tham was deported back to her homeland of Indonesia Thursday afternoon after more than 10 years as a resident of the Garrison City.
Tham is one of nearly 40 Indonesian nationals who are being deported this month Southeast Asia country for not obtaining the proper paperwork to allow them to stay in the Garrison City. Her mother's group is the first out of a total of 95 Indonesians residing in the Dover area who are facing deportation this year."
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Tham is one of nearly 40 Indonesian nationals who are being deported this month Southeast Asia country for not obtaining the proper paperwork to allow them to stay in the Garrison City. Her mother's group is the first out of a total of 95 Indonesians residing in the Dover area who are facing deportation this year."
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Exhaust Notes - A Blog from MSN Autos - MSN Autos
Exhaust Notes - A Blog from MSN Autos - MSN Autos: "With a significant drop in U.S. sales, a tepid reception for its new 2012 Civic and a one-two punch from dual natural disasters, Honda probably wants to put 2011 behind it. Now comes news that the automaker's compressed-natural-gas Civic has been bumped from its perennial top ranking on a respected "green"-car guide.
The Washington, D.C.-based environmental lobbying group American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy has published its annual Greenest Vehicles list at Greenercars.org for the past 14 years -- and the Honda Civic CNG has occupied the top spot for the past eight. This year, the No. 1 ranking was awarded to the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the first electric car to earn top honors in the past 12 years."
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The Washington, D.C.-based environmental lobbying group American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy has published its annual Greenest Vehicles list at Greenercars.org for the past 14 years -- and the Honda Civic CNG has occupied the top spot for the past eight. This year, the No. 1 ranking was awarded to the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the first electric car to earn top honors in the past 12 years."
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Antara News : TNI to acquire unmanned spy plane in 2012
Antara News : TNI to acquire unmanned spy plane in 2012: "Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI) will acquire an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft (UAV) from Kital Philippine Corp in 2012, Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said.
"It will be a brand new aircraft and be delivered this year," Sjafrie said at the Defense Ministry here Thursday.
The spy plane would have the capability of cruising over a distance of 200 km for 15 hours, he said.
The order for the plane was placed with Kital Pilippine Corp as part of a 2004 military hardware procurement program and the relevant contract was signed in 2006. The defense ministry had already done a technical examination of the plane."
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"It will be a brand new aircraft and be delivered this year," Sjafrie said at the Defense Ministry here Thursday.
The spy plane would have the capability of cruising over a distance of 200 km for 15 hours, he said.
The order for the plane was placed with Kital Pilippine Corp as part of a 2004 military hardware procurement program and the relevant contract was signed in 2006. The defense ministry had already done a technical examination of the plane."
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U.S. News - Texas begins enforcing strict anti-abortion sonogram law
U.S. News - Texas begins enforcing strict anti-abortion sonogram law: "Fewer abortions? Better-informed patients? Insulted women? The impact of a controversial new Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram – and listen to a description of the fetus as well as its heartbeat – at least 24 hours before they can get an abortion is far from clear.
Texas state health officials began enforcing the sonogram provision – which critics say is the most extreme sonogram-related law in the nation – on Tuesday.
Reaction has been decidedly mixed."
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Texas state health officials began enforcing the sonogram provision – which critics say is the most extreme sonogram-related law in the nation – on Tuesday.
Reaction has been decidedly mixed."
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Newsvine - 'They called us cotton-pickers and monkeys': Students at white school dressed in banana skins and taunted black school's basketball team with racist slurs
Newsvine - 'They called us cotton-pickers and monkeys': Students at white school dressed in banana skins and taunted black school's basketball team with racist slurs: "Students at a largely white high school dressed in banana suits for a basketball game and taunted the players from the opposing majority-black school with racial slurs.
Parents of students on Monessen High School's basketball team, who are mainly black, said the racial taunts began as soon the away team arrived at the campus in Monessen, Pennsylvania.
Home video footage showed two Brentwood students among the crowd wearing banana costumes.
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Parents of students on Monessen High School's basketball team, who are mainly black, said the racial taunts began as soon the away team arrived at the campus in Monessen, Pennsylvania.
Home video footage showed two Brentwood students among the crowd wearing banana costumes.
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Newsvine - Pro-Choice GOP Warns Party That Contraception Fight Will Be A Disaster
Newsvine - Pro-Choice GOP Warns Party That Contraception Fight Will Be A Disaster: "Pro-choice Republicans are begging their party to drop this fight over contraception before it’s too late. Turning to a discussion about access to birth control will be nothing short of a disaster, they say.
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“I think this week’s outrage over the Komen decision should be a warning to the Republican party about how quickly there was a mass outrage over further and further attacks on general women’s health,” Kellie Ferguson, executive director of Republican Majority for choice, told me Wednesday. “You could see the same backlash on attacks on contraception.”"
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“I think this week’s outrage over the Komen decision should be a warning to the Republican party about how quickly there was a mass outrage over further and further attacks on general women’s health,” Kellie Ferguson, executive director of Republican Majority for choice, told me Wednesday. “You could see the same backlash on attacks on contraception.”"
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Jangan Menunggu, Rebutlah!
Jangan Menunggu, Rebutlah!: "REBUTLAH KEMERDEKAAN ANDA SENDIRI
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
Malcolm X
Tidak ada seorangpun yang bisa memberikanmu kebebasan. Tidak ada seorangpun yang bisa memberikanmu persamaan hak atau keadilan atau apapun juga. Kalau Anda memang pria sejati, ambillah sendiri!"
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
Malcolm X
Tidak ada seorangpun yang bisa memberikanmu kebebasan. Tidak ada seorangpun yang bisa memberikanmu persamaan hak atau keadilan atau apapun juga. Kalau Anda memang pria sejati, ambillah sendiri!"
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Antara News : Indonesia to buy Apache helicopters from US
Antara News : Indonesia to buy Apache helicopters from US: "Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia plans to buy eight units of AH-64 Apache helicopter from the US, deputy minister of defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said here on Thursday.
"If I am not mistaken the total is eight," he said.
He said the procurement was done not because the US had made an offer to the government. "It was done to meet Indonesia's needs. They did not offer them but it was us who sought them," he said.
He said however that no agreement had been reached with regard to the purchase plan.
AH-64 Apache is a helicopter with four-blade propellers, two engines and three landing wheels. Singaporean Army is the only military in ASEAN who has AH-64D Long Bow, the most sophisticated type of this Apache."
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"If I am not mistaken the total is eight," he said.
He said the procurement was done not because the US had made an offer to the government. "It was done to meet Indonesia's needs. They did not offer them but it was us who sought them," he said.
He said however that no agreement had been reached with regard to the purchase plan.
AH-64 Apache is a helicopter with four-blade propellers, two engines and three landing wheels. Singaporean Army is the only military in ASEAN who has AH-64D Long Bow, the most sophisticated type of this Apache."
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Antara News : Govt earmarks Rp1 trillion for rice field expansion
Antara News : Govt earmarks Rp1 trillion for rice field expansion: "Palembang, S Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The government has allocated Rp1 trillion in the state budget for the expansion of the country`s rice cultivation area in 2012, a minister said.
Agriculture Minister Suswono said here on Friday the government and state-owned enterprises (BUMNs) were each expected to open 100 thousand hectares of new rice fields in 2012.
The minister made the remarks during a coordination meeting on food resilience in the framework of increasing national rice production (P2BN) and accelerating the food diversification program (P2KP)."
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Agriculture Minister Suswono said here on Friday the government and state-owned enterprises (BUMNs) were each expected to open 100 thousand hectares of new rice fields in 2012.
The minister made the remarks during a coordination meeting on food resilience in the framework of increasing national rice production (P2BN) and accelerating the food diversification program (P2KP)."
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Phibian: tol ok, air ok - Otomotif ANTARA News
Phibian: tol ok, air ok - Otomotif ANTARA News: "Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Kendaraan amfibi pastinya bisa digunakan di darat dan air, tapi kelebihan kendaraan bernama Phibian adalah bisa siap dari perahu ke mobil dan sebaliknya dalam waktu singkat : 10 detik.
Perusahaan Gibbs Amphibians dari Amerika Serikat menciptakan Phibian yang menurut mereka "bisa ngebut di tol" sedangkan di air kecepatannya 30mil/jam.
Phibian diperkenalkan pada konferensi tahunan American Society of Naval Engineers.
Mereka menargetkan Phibian untuk digunakan bagi urusan bisnis, penegakan hukum maupun militer.
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Perusahaan Gibbs Amphibians dari Amerika Serikat menciptakan Phibian yang menurut mereka "bisa ngebut di tol" sedangkan di air kecepatannya 30mil/jam.
Phibian diperkenalkan pada konferensi tahunan American Society of Naval Engineers.
Mereka menargetkan Phibian untuk digunakan bagi urusan bisnis, penegakan hukum maupun militer.
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Indonesia: If you go - latimes.com
Indonesia: If you go - latimes.com: "THE BEST WAY TO BOROBUDUR, INDONESIA
From LAX, connecting service (change of planes) to Yogyakarta is offered on Singapore, Thai, Air China, China Southern, Korean, Qantas, Philippine, Asiana and All Nippon, connecting to Garuda. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,299, excluding taxes and fees.
TELEPHONES"
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From LAX, connecting service (change of planes) to Yogyakarta is offered on Singapore, Thai, Air China, China Southern, Korean, Qantas, Philippine, Asiana and All Nippon, connecting to Garuda. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,299, excluding taxes and fees.
TELEPHONES"
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Borobudur: The keyhole to nirvana - latimes.com
Borobudur: The keyhole to nirvana - latimes.com: "Reporting from Yogyakarta, Indonesia — — Four a.m. is a terrible time of day, too late for night owls, too early for early risers. The exception is 4 a.m. at Borobudur, waiting for the sun to rise over the Kedu Plain in central Java with 504 figures of Buddha.
The temple is one of three great religious sites in Southeast Asia, but it's older and more esoteric than Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It was begun in the 8th century by the Sailendras, a dynasty of Buddhist kings who ruled central Java for almost 200 years until their power waned and the temple was abandoned."
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The temple is one of three great religious sites in Southeast Asia, but it's older and more esoteric than Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It was begun in the 8th century by the Sailendras, a dynasty of Buddhist kings who ruled central Java for almost 200 years until their power waned and the temple was abandoned."
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World Now - Beijing bureau - latimes.com
World Now - Beijing bureau - latimes.com: "REPORTING FROM BEIJING AND WASHINGTON -- A crusading former police chief in the boomtown of Chongqing disappeared under unexplained circumstances and reportedly may have tried and failed to obtain political asylum at a nearby U.S. Consulate.
Chongqing issued an unusual and cryptic statement Wednesday saying that Vice Mayor Wang Lijun was “highly stressed and in poor health ... because of long-term overwork” and that he was “accepting vacation-style treatment.”
The reports that he might have sought asylum in the United States were fueled by an unusual police presence at the U.S. Consulate in nearby Chengdu."
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Chongqing issued an unusual and cryptic statement Wednesday saying that Vice Mayor Wang Lijun was “highly stressed and in poor health ... because of long-term overwork” and that he was “accepting vacation-style treatment.”
The reports that he might have sought asylum in the United States were fueled by an unusual police presence at the U.S. Consulate in nearby Chengdu."
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U.S. drone strike kills Al Qaeda-linked militant leader in Pakistan - latimes.com
U.S. drone strike kills Al Qaeda-linked militant leader in Pakistan - latimes.com: "REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- An apparent U.S. drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local officials said.
The death of Badar Mansoor, 35, comes as the U.S. steps up its pace of drone missile strikes following a six-week hiatus after an American airstrike accidentally killed Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border in November.
The predawn strike occurred in North Waziristan, the volatile tribal region that serves as sanctuary for several militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban and the wing of the Afghan Taliban known as the Haqqani network. The blast hit Mansoor’s compound near a cattle market in Miram Shah, North Waziristan’s largest town."
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The death of Badar Mansoor, 35, comes as the U.S. steps up its pace of drone missile strikes following a six-week hiatus after an American airstrike accidentally killed Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border in November.
The predawn strike occurred in North Waziristan, the volatile tribal region that serves as sanctuary for several militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban and the wing of the Afghan Taliban known as the Haqqani network. The blast hit Mansoor’s compound near a cattle market in Miram Shah, North Waziristan’s largest town."
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'Western intelligence: Israel be... JPost - Iranian Threat - News
'Western intelligence: Israel be... JPost - Iranian Threat - News: "Israel's Mossad is responsible for training and paying the assassins of a number of Iranian nuclear scientists over the past two years, TIME magazine reported Saturday citing unnamed Western intelligence sources.
In addition to the assassinations of the scientists, all of which were carried out using nearly identical magnetic bombs attached to the side of their cars, the intelligence sources claimed Israel was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian missile base outside Tehran late last year."
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In addition to the assassinations of the scientists, all of which were carried out using nearly identical magnetic bombs attached to the side of their cars, the intelligence sources claimed Israel was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian missile base outside Tehran late last year."
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'Israel is aiding terror group to kill I... JPost - International
'Israel is aiding terror group to kill I... JPost - International: " the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), has long been a designated terrorist organization by the United States after killing US personnel in Iran in the 1970s, and supporting the takeover of the US embassy in Iran following the Islamic Revolution."
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'Israel is aiding terror group to kill I... JPost - International
'Israel is aiding terror group to kill I... JPost - International: "US officials say the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists have been carried out by an Iranian opposition group with logistical and financial support from the Mossad, NBC News reported Thursday.
The report was based on a testimony by one of Iranian Ayotollah Ali Khamenei's senior advisers who detailed the intimate relationship between Israel and the opposition group MEK, which "two senior US officials" confirmed as accurate."
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The report was based on a testimony by one of Iranian Ayotollah Ali Khamenei's senior advisers who detailed the intimate relationship between Israel and the opposition group MEK, which "two senior US officials" confirmed as accurate."
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Newsvine - BBC News - Atlanta anti-obesity ads 'risk child stigma': "By Kate Dailey
A leading US health official has warned that a campaign started by a children's hospital to fight childhood obesity poses health risks.
Alan Guttmacher, a child health expert at the National Institutes of Health, says Atlanta-basedStrong4Life "carries a great risk of increasing stigma".
The campaign has been criticised for using stark images of overweight children to warn of obesity risks."
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A leading US health official has warned that a campaign started by a children's hospital to fight childhood obesity poses health risks.
Alan Guttmacher, a child health expert at the National Institutes of Health, says Atlanta-basedStrong4Life "carries a great risk of increasing stigma".
The campaign has been criticised for using stark images of overweight children to warn of obesity risks."
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Three Types of People to Fire Immediately - Businessweek
Three Types of People to Fire Immediately - Businessweek: "3. The Know-It-Alls
“You people obviously don’t understand the business we are in. The regulations will not allow an idea like this, and our stakeholders won’t embrace it. Don’t even get me started on our IT infrastructure’s inability to support it. And then there is the problem of ….”"
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“You people obviously don’t understand the business we are in. The regulations will not allow an idea like this, and our stakeholders won’t embrace it. Don’t even get me started on our IT infrastructure’s inability to support it. And then there is the problem of ….”"
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Indonesia latest country to sign CTBT – The Express Tribune
Indonesia latest country to sign CTBT – The Express Tribune: "UNITED NATIONS: Indonesia on Monday formalised ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty at the United Nations and its foreign minister called on eight key holdout nations to take a “calculated risk” and sign on.
Indonesia is the 157th country to adopt the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) but eight more nations in a core group of 44 nuclear countries – China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Russia and United States – must still ratify to bring the global ban into force.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said a “trust deficit” over the intentions of other nuclear states often holds back countries.
“These countries must have the courage to step out of their comfort zone and to take some kind of a calculated risk that their positive moved will be reciprocated,” Natalegawa told reporters after formally handing over Indonesia’s ratification documents to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."
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Indonesia is the 157th country to adopt the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) but eight more nations in a core group of 44 nuclear countries – China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Russia and United States – must still ratify to bring the global ban into force.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said a “trust deficit” over the intentions of other nuclear states often holds back countries.
“These countries must have the courage to step out of their comfort zone and to take some kind of a calculated risk that their positive moved will be reciprocated,” Natalegawa told reporters after formally handing over Indonesia’s ratification documents to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."
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FBI focused on ‘sovereign citizen’ extremists around the country to prevent violence - The Washington Post
FBI focused on ‘sovereign citizen’ extremists around the country to prevent violence - The Washington Post: "WASHINGTON — The FBI has been paying closer attention to ‘sovereign citizen’ extremists around the country out of concerns that they will react violently when they interact with government officials.
Sovereign citizens are people who reject their U.S. citizenship and don’t recognize government authority, like laws and taxes. In 2009, the FBI started paying closer attention to the movement, which previously had been grouped with the militia movements in the bureau’s domestic counterterrorism operations. Many people who claim to be followers of this movement are involved in white collar crimes like tax evasion schemes and making fraudulent documents, the FBI said.
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Sovereign citizens are people who reject their U.S. citizenship and don’t recognize government authority, like laws and taxes. In 2009, the FBI started paying closer attention to the movement, which previously had been grouped with the militia movements in the bureau’s domestic counterterrorism operations. Many people who claim to be followers of this movement are involved in white collar crimes like tax evasion schemes and making fraudulent documents, the FBI said.
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Obama orders Iranian Central Bank freeze in new wave of sanctions | World news | guardian.co.uk
Obama orders Iranian Central Bank freeze in new wave of sanctions | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Barack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iranian government assets in the US, including transactions by the Iranian Central Bank, in tightened sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme.
The White House said the executive order by the president "re-emphasises this administration's message to the government of Iran – it will face ever-increasing economic and diplomatic pressure until it addresses the international community's well-founded and well-documented concerns regarding the nature of its nuclear programme"."
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The White House said the executive order by the president "re-emphasises this administration's message to the government of Iran – it will face ever-increasing economic and diplomatic pressure until it addresses the international community's well-founded and well-documented concerns regarding the nature of its nuclear programme"."
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8 Imigran Gelap Nyaris Tenggelam - KOMPAS.com
8 Imigran Gelap Nyaris Tenggelam - KOMPAS.com: "TASIKMALAYA, KOMPAS.com - Delapan orang imigran asal Timur Tengah berhasil dievakusi ke darat. Mereka adalah kelompok imigran yang perahunya bocor di Laut Cipatujah, di perairan selatan Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat, saat hendak melakukan perjalanan ke Australia, pada Sabtu (4/2/2012) dini hari."
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Kopaska Latihan Bersama US Navy Seals di Guam - KOMPAS.com
Kopaska Latihan Bersama US Navy Seals di Guam - KOMPAS.com: "JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Komando Pasukan Katak TNI Angkatan Laut akan latihan bersama dengan United States Navy Seals dengan sandi Flash Iron. Latihan bersama akan diselenggarakan pada Maret 2012 di US Navy Base, Guam, teritori Amerika Serikat di Pasifik."
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The Associated Press: Unemployment drops to 8.3 pct. after hiring burst
The Associated Press: Unemployment drops to 8.3 pct. after hiring burst: "WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year.
"This is a very positive employment report from almost any angle," said Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Amherst College.
The report could enhance President Barack Obama's hopes for re-election, which is turning on the health of the economy. The unemployment rate is the lowest since February 2009, one month after Obama took office."
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Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year.
"This is a very positive employment report from almost any angle," said Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Amherst College.
The report could enhance President Barack Obama's hopes for re-election, which is turning on the health of the economy. The unemployment rate is the lowest since February 2009, one month after Obama took office."
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angelina sondakh massaid's diary II
angelina sondakh massaid's diary II: "Toh, hidup itu sudah ada yang mengatur sehingga sayapun tidak usah kuatir atas segala 'ups and downs" yang terjadi. satu pelajaran berharga yang saya dapati adalah bahwa menjadi ibu itu sungguh menyenangkan. walaupun jujur saya sempat tidak "bergairah" karena pikiran saya terkuras memikirkan kepergian suamiku yang tercinta secara mendadak, tapi akhirnya anak-anak jugalah yang menjadi "pembangkit" jiwaku untuk menjalani kehidupan yang tersisa.
Saya coba untuk menata hidup saya, yang pada waktu itu sudah tidak aku pikirkan. perlahan saya "terangkat" dari keterpurukan jiwaku dan berpikir realistis bahwa anak-anak masih membutuhkan saya. dan ternyata mengurus dan merawat anak-anak menjadi terapi yang paling ampuh untuk mengatasi "disorientasi" yang sem"
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Saya coba untuk menata hidup saya, yang pada waktu itu sudah tidak aku pikirkan. perlahan saya "terangkat" dari keterpurukan jiwaku dan berpikir realistis bahwa anak-anak masih membutuhkan saya. dan ternyata mengurus dan merawat anak-anak menjadi terapi yang paling ampuh untuk mengatasi "disorientasi" yang sem"
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Newsvine - Unstable? Tea Party Republican Congressman Tells Obama To Leave USA
Newsvine - Unstable? Tea Party Republican Congressman Tells Obama To Leave USA: "Alan West, a tea party-backed congressman from Florida raised questions about his mental stability with comments he made on Saturday arguing that President Obama and other top Democrats should “get the hell out of the United States of America.”
West was speaking at a meeting of Palm Beach, FL Republicans when he promoted the conspiracy theory that President Obama, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz were “enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people.”"
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West was speaking at a meeting of Palm Beach, FL Republicans when he promoted the conspiracy theory that President Obama, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz were “enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people.”"
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Newsvine - Catholic Leaders tells Gingrich and Santorum to Stop with the Racism
Newsvine - Catholic Leaders tells Gingrich and Santorum to Stop with the Racism: "Not that they'll get any credit from the people who like to complain about religion, but leaders of the Catholic faith have done the right thing in telling Gingrich and Santorium that they were out of line with the thinly veiled racism;
Catholic leaders issued a letter Friday to GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, themselves Catholics, urging them “to stop perpetuating ugly racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.”"
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Catholic leaders issued a letter Friday to GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, themselves Catholics, urging them “to stop perpetuating ugly racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.”"
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Exclusive: Indonesia to set up $5.6 billion plantation firm | Reuters
Exclusive: Indonesia to set up $5.6 billion plantation firm | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Indonesia's government plans to create one of the world's largest palm oil and rubber firms in March by combining state planters with total assets of $5.6 billion, a government minister told Reuters on Thursday.
A planned listing of the firm will tap investor interest in a country with a recently acquired "investment grade" rating and create a rival to top regional planters such as Malaysia's Sime Darby and Singapore's Wilmar."
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A planned listing of the firm will tap investor interest in a country with a recently acquired "investment grade" rating and create a rival to top regional planters such as Malaysia's Sime Darby and Singapore's Wilmar."
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Indonesia's Berau Coal to issue $500 mln bonds | Reuters
Indonesia's Berau Coal to issue $500 mln bonds | Reuters: "Feb 3 (Reuters) - Indonesian coal miner PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk is planning to issue $500 million of bonds, at a interest rate of 9 percent, to refinance its debt and fund capital expenditure, the firm said in a statement on Friday.
Indonesian companies are readying themselves to jump into the dollar bond market to take advantage of the foreign money they expect to flood the country after Moody's was the second ratings agency to upgrade the country to an investment grade status last month.
Berau Coal will hold an extraordinary general meeting on March 6 for shareholder approval for the notes, which will have a maximum fixed interest rate of 9 percent and a semi-annual coupon.
Berau Coal, controlled by Indonesia-based private equity firm Recapital Advisors, has not yet appointed a financial advisor on the deal. (Reporting by Andjarsari Paramaditha; Editing by Neil Chatterjee)"
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Indonesian companies are readying themselves to jump into the dollar bond market to take advantage of the foreign money they expect to flood the country after Moody's was the second ratings agency to upgrade the country to an investment grade status last month.
Berau Coal will hold an extraordinary general meeting on March 6 for shareholder approval for the notes, which will have a maximum fixed interest rate of 9 percent and a semi-annual coupon.
Berau Coal, controlled by Indonesia-based private equity firm Recapital Advisors, has not yet appointed a financial advisor on the deal. (Reporting by Andjarsari Paramaditha; Editing by Neil Chatterjee)"
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Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - Feb 3 | Reuters
Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - Feb 3 | Reuters: "JAKARTA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Following is a list of
events in Indonesia as well as business highlights from
newspapers and factors that may influence financial markets.
PRESS DIGEST
- ExxonMobil agrees to increase output at Cepu block-BP
Migas
Oil and gas regulator BP Migas said ExxonMobil have
agreed to increase oil production at the Cepu block to 27,000
barrels per day (bpd) this year from the current rate of 22,000
bpd. (Jakarta Post p.13 & Investor Daily p.9)
- OIL OUTPUT IN JAN MISSES TARGET-GOVT
Indonesia's oil production in January only reached 886,000
barrels per day (bpd), lower than the government's total target
of 950,000 bpd, said Raden Priyono, the chairman of oil and gas
regulator BP Migas. (Investor Daily p.9 & Kontan p.14) "
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events in Indonesia as well as business highlights from
newspapers and factors that may influence financial markets.
PRESS DIGEST
- ExxonMobil agrees to increase output at Cepu block-BP
Migas
Oil and gas regulator BP Migas said ExxonMobil have
agreed to increase oil production at the Cepu block to 27,000
barrels per day (bpd) this year from the current rate of 22,000
bpd. (Jakarta Post p.13 & Investor Daily p.9)
- OIL OUTPUT IN JAN MISSES TARGET-GOVT
Indonesia's oil production in January only reached 886,000
barrels per day (bpd), lower than the government's total target
of 950,000 bpd, said Raden Priyono, the chairman of oil and gas
regulator BP Migas. (Investor Daily p.9 & Kontan p.14) "
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Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions | Reuters
Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions | Reuters: "Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was cited as saying he feared a possible Israeli strike as early as April.
Khamenei's defiant speech to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution was the first direct response to tighter sanctions imposed by the West in recent weeks to force Tehran to abandon a nuclear program it says has purely peaceful ends."
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Khamenei's defiant speech to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution was the first direct response to tighter sanctions imposed by the West in recent weeks to force Tehran to abandon a nuclear program it says has purely peaceful ends."
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Facebook’s IPO filing sends Zynga stock soaring - SlashGear
Facebook’s IPO filing sends Zynga stock soaring - SlashGear: "The big story this week has been the Facebook IPO filing that is set to make a bunch of early employees at the social network millionaires. The Facebook IPO filing also showed how important game developer Zynga was to the money Facebook earns. The filing showed that Zynga accounted for 12% of Facebook’s 2011 revenue. That means that to some extent profits for Facebook and profits at Zynga are intertwined.
With big expectations for Facebook IPO filing, Zynga’s own stock has soared since the IPO paperwork was filed. In fact, since the Facebook IPO filing Zynga’s market cap has climbed over $1 billion thanks to the increase in stock prices for Zynga. Apparently, Zynga stock was trading at the close of market early this week for $10.96 per share, which is a bit higher than the $10 per share price in December when the company made its IPO. Yesterday, Zynga stock opened at $11.05 and the price went up to $12.81 per share at its peak."
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With big expectations for Facebook IPO filing, Zynga’s own stock has soared since the IPO paperwork was filed. In fact, since the Facebook IPO filing Zynga’s market cap has climbed over $1 billion thanks to the increase in stock prices for Zynga. Apparently, Zynga stock was trading at the close of market early this week for $10.96 per share, which is a bit higher than the $10 per share price in December when the company made its IPO. Yesterday, Zynga stock opened at $11.05 and the price went up to $12.81 per share at its peak."
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Some top military brass making more in pension than pay – USATODAY.com
Some top military brass making more in pension than pay – USATODAY.com: "A change in federal law to keep experienced officers in uniform allows top generals and admirals to make more in retirement than they did on active duty, Pentagon and congressional records show."
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Red Tape - VeriSign, at Web's core, is hacked: What does it mean to you?
Red Tape - VeriSign, at Web's core, is hacked: What does it mean to you?: "It should be clear by now that nothing online is sacred, and no security company is safe from hackers. VeriSign Inc., the firm at the center of so many critical systems on the Web, was infiltrated by hackers in 2010. Because details of the attack, first disclosed Thursday by Reuters, are so vague we are left to assume the worst -- and the worst is pretty bad."
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54 Pelajar Jayapura Terinfeksi HIV/AIDS - KOMPAS.com
54 Pelajar Jayapura Terinfeksi HIV/AIDS - KOMPAS.com: "SENTANI, KOMPAS.com - Kurang lebih 54 orang pelajar/mahasiswa di Kabupaten Jayapura, Provinsi Papua dinyatakan terinfeksi HIV/AIDS.
Sekretaris Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) Kabupaten Jayapura Purnomo, di Sentani, Minggu (22/1/2012) mengatakan, dari 796 orang yang terinfeksi (ODHA) HIV/AIDS 54 di antaranya adalah dari kalangan pelajar atau mahasiswa.
"Terlepas sebagai pengurus di KPA, kami sebagai orang tua sangat miris. Sebab meskipun mereka tetap menuntut ilmu, namun tetap masa depan mereka suram," katanya."
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Sekretaris Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) Kabupaten Jayapura Purnomo, di Sentani, Minggu (22/1/2012) mengatakan, dari 796 orang yang terinfeksi (ODHA) HIV/AIDS 54 di antaranya adalah dari kalangan pelajar atau mahasiswa.
"Terlepas sebagai pengurus di KPA, kami sebagai orang tua sangat miris. Sebab meskipun mereka tetap menuntut ilmu, namun tetap masa depan mereka suram," katanya."
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Mantan TKI Rentan Sebar HIV - KOMPAS.com
Mantan TKI Rentan Sebar HIV - KOMPAS.com: "KUPANG, KOMPAS.com - Para mantan tenaga kerja Indonesia asal Nusa Tenggara Timur sebagai salah satu kelompok masyarakat yang sangat rentan menyebarkan virus HIV. Padahal, mereka ini sebelumnya masih sangat sehat sebelum menjadi TKI.
Tidak hanya HIV, mantan TKI itu juga tidak tertutup kemungkinan menyebarkan narkoba di NTT. Kini, narkoba tidak hanya beredar di kota, tetapi sudah merasuk sampai ke desa."
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Tidak hanya HIV, mantan TKI itu juga tidak tertutup kemungkinan menyebarkan narkoba di NTT. Kini, narkoba tidak hanya beredar di kota, tetapi sudah merasuk sampai ke desa."
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Mayoritas Penularan Lewat Jarum Suntik - KOMPAS.com
Mayoritas Penularan Lewat Jarum Suntik - KOMPAS.com: "BENGKULU, KOMPAS.com - Sebagian besar penderita HIV, positif yang memeriksakan diri di RSUD M Junus, Bengkulu, tertular penyakit itu melalui jarum suntik.
Sebagian besar dari mereka adalah pengguna narkoba yang menggunakan jarum suntik.
Hal itu disampaikan Manajer Program Perhimpunan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) Bengkulu, Abdul Salim Ali Siregar, Kamis (2/2/2012)."
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Sebagian besar dari mereka adalah pengguna narkoba yang menggunakan jarum suntik.
Hal itu disampaikan Manajer Program Perhimpunan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) Bengkulu, Abdul Salim Ali Siregar, Kamis (2/2/2012)."
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Perairan Selatan Papua Berbahaya - KOMPAS.com
Perairan Selatan Papua Berbahaya - KOMPAS.com: "MERAUKE, KOMPAS.com -- Gelombang tinggi dan angin kencang melanda sepanjang perairan selatan Papua. Laut Aru dan Arafura dinyatakan berbahaya bagi aktivitas pelayaran.
Kepala Stasiun Meteorologi Mopah, Merauke, George Mahubessy mengatakan, gelombang setinggi 3 meter hingga 6 meter terjadi di selatan Merauke, sedangkan di bagian barat Merauke ketinggian gelombang bisa mencapai 5 meter."
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Kepala Stasiun Meteorologi Mopah, Merauke, George Mahubessy mengatakan, gelombang setinggi 3 meter hingga 6 meter terjadi di selatan Merauke, sedangkan di bagian barat Merauke ketinggian gelombang bisa mencapai 5 meter."
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Bottom Line - Facebook files to raise $5 billion in IPO
Bottom Line - Facebook files to raise $5 billion in IPO: "BREAKING NEWS
Facebook just filed documents paving the way to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock.
The social media giant said it had revenue of $3.7 billion last year, up from $1.97 billion in 2010, as it detailed its finances publicly for the first time in an S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Facebook reported net income of $1 billion on the dot last year, up from $606 million the year before."
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Facebook just filed documents paving the way to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock.
The social media giant said it had revenue of $3.7 billion last year, up from $1.97 billion in 2010, as it detailed its finances publicly for the first time in an S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Facebook reported net income of $1 billion on the dot last year, up from $606 million the year before."
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Michael Hiltzik: The pitfalls of the Facebook IPO - latimes.com
Michael Hiltzik: The pitfalls of the Facebook IPO - latimes.com: "The big social media company is expected to announce its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday. The news will feed a frenzy over the profit potential of its marvelous business (self-described), inspire reams of ruminations about the new paradigms of communication and "friendship" in the modern socially interconnected world, foster profiles by the trainload of the scruffy new billionaires touched with pixie dust.
Actually, anticipation of the announcement has done all that. The deal is already being touted as a once-in-a-generation IPO."
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Actually, anticipation of the announcement has done all that. The deal is already being touted as a once-in-a-generation IPO."
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Padu Alam Memukau di Danau Ranau - KOMPAS.com
Padu Alam Memukau di Danau Ranau - KOMPAS.com: "Lantunan syair pantun sarat makna kesederhanaan menjadi pertanda keramahan masyarakat Ranau di Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan Provinsi Sumatera Selatan. Keramahan itu dilengkapi dengan keindahan alam di sekitar Danau Ranau. Danau seluas 125,9 kilometer persegi ini berada di antara Provinsi Sumatera Selatan dan Lampung.
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