Schumacher returns as F1 testing starts new season
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
The new Formula One campaign gets under way on Monday with the start of preseason testing that will also bring the return of Michael Schumacher at Mercedes GP after three years out of motor racing’
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Blasphemy law still needed Minister
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said Sunday that this nation still needed the blasphemy law to main harmony among religious followers, especially among Muslims.
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5day Davos forum ends on note of humility
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
The world’s foremost gathering of business and government leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting Sunday with widespread agreement that a fragile recovery is under way but no consensus on what’s goin
Thousands of NU followers pray for Gus Dur, SBYBoediono
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Around 7,000 followers of the country’s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama attended a mass prayer at Bulungan sports center in South Jakarta on Sunday for the welfare of this nation.
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Palestinians get 1st private equity fund
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Two Arab investment companies on Sunday announced the launch of the first private equity fund designed to boost the Palestinian economy.
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Environmental problems threaten food security program
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Various environmental problems have put the government?s bid to maintain food security at risk, a minister says.
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Century inquiry live shows boost TV ratings
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Many soap opera audiences look to have changed their choice of TV program to watch to live broadcast of the House of Representatives? inquiry hearings of the Bank Century case and other news prog
Churches step in to protect indigenous peoples rights
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
A forum of Catholic churches has stepped in to fill the gap left by the government?s tardy responses in protecting the rights of indigenous people, especially in Papua and Kalimantan, where explo
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In Davos, regulators tell bankers new rules coming
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Government regulators from the United States and Europe laid out their financial reform plans Saturday before a skeptical banking industry, asking financiers for input but adamant that change was c
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Former president to receive honorary doctorate
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
University of Indonesia (UI) will confer Saturday an Honorary Doctorate in Technology Philosophy to former president Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie for his work toward developing science and technology
State companies to settle disputes over overdue taxes
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
The ministry of state enterprises states that it will be ready to settle disputes over overdue taxes between the tax office and state-owned companies, amounting to Rp 7.2 trillion (US$770 million).
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AJI regrets the layoff of 144 workers of Berita Kota
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Jakarta chapter of the Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) regretted the mass layoff on 144 workers of a local newspaper Berita Kota and considered that as a portrait of brutality of the industr
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Official 30 militants killed in Pakistan
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
A Pakistani government official says security forces have killed 30 militants in the past 72 hours in clashes near the Afghan border.
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Scaledback expectations in Indonesia
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
By Sara Schonhardt JAKARTA – An estimated 7,000 to 10,000 people gathered across Jakarta on Thursday to mark the 100th day of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second term in office. Waving banners and shouting into bullhorns, students, workers and activists lashed out against the former general’s failure to curb high-level graft in government. Their numbers at present pose little real challenge to the second-term president. While many here criticize him as weak and ineffectual, his leadership still represents a significant improvement on past heavy-handed military and incompetent democratic leaders. Leading Indonesia through five years of relative political and economic stability helped…
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Scaledback expectations in Indonesia