Facebook boosts size of IPO by 25 percent
Posted on 16. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Facebook insiders will be unloading more of their shares in the initial public offering, the company said Wednesday, as they take advantage of investor demand. Facebook said in a … Read More Facebook boosts size of IPO by 25 percent
Govt plays down lawsuit victory for disgraced Agusrin
Posted on 16. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
State Secretary Minister Sudi Silalahi downplayed on Wednesday a recent court ruling favoring graft convict Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin who has filed a lawsuit against President Susilo Bambang … Read More Govt plays down lawsuit victory for disgraced Agusrin
Syria to send 10 athletes to London Olympics
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
The president of the Syrian Olympic Committee says the war-torn country will send 20 sports officials and 10 athletes to the London Games.Gen. Mowaffak Joumaa says 10 Syrian athletes have either … Read More Syria to send 10 athletes to London Olympics
Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik trial
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
An unidentified man was seriously injured in a self-immolation Tuesday outside the courthouse where right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik is being tried on terror charges for a bombing and … Read More Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik trial
Police detain five Surakarta blast suspects
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
The National Police have named five suspects in the Sept. 25, 2011, suicide bombing of the Sepenuh Injil Bethel Church (GBIS) in Surakarta, Central Java. According to National Police spokesman … Read More Police detain five Surakarta blast suspects
Chinese heroic teacher wakes from coma
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Chinese heroic teacher: Zhang Lili, a teacher who nearly died saving two students, lies in an ICU ward in the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in Northeast China’s Hei Longjiang … Read More Chinese heroic teacher wakes from coma
Drug addict jailed for injecting HIV blood into girl in S China
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
A drug addict in Luchuan county, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for injecting HIV-infected blood into a girl because he suspected her father had … Read More Drug addict jailed for injecting HIV blood into girl in S China
Dalai Lama wrote to Cameron over London riots
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he wrote to Britain?s Prime Minister to offer condolences in the wake of England?s riots last August.Speaking at London?s St Paul?s Cathedral on … Read More Dalai Lama wrote to Cameron over London riots
Rogge 2004 retesting wont yield flood of cases
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
IOC President Jacques Rogge says he does not expect a ?flood of positive cases? when the Olympic body retests doping samples from the 2004 Athens Games before they are destroyed this summer.The … Read More Rogge 2004 retesting wont yield flood of cases
Lee makes first S Korean trip to Myanmar since attack
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Myanmar tightened security for a visit by President Lee Myung-bak on Monday, the first by a South Korean leader since an assassination attempt by North Korean commandos nearly 30 years ago.Lee flew … Read More Lee makes first S Korean trip to Myanmar since attack
S Korea cautions against deployment of US tactical nukes
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Seoul officials and experts cautioned against the redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula proposed by some in the United States, which they fear could refuel an atomic arms … Read More S Korea cautions against deployment of US tactical nukes
Russian teams under RI coordination VP spokesman
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Boediono: Vice President. (Kompas/Yuniadhi Agung)Russian teams will have their movements limited in the investigation into a Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash, with the Indonesian government taking control, … Read More Russian teams under RI coordination VP spokesman
Poverty, ignorance leads to 16 million malnourished children
Posted on 13. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
Poverty and a lack of women?s maternal education is resulting in 40 percent of four million Indonesian infants, or about 1.6 million children, suffering through malnutrition.According to medical … Read More Poverty, ignorance leads to 16 million malnourished children
Govt registers 8,100 informal workers with Jamsostek
Posted on 13. May, 2012 by admin in Blog News
The government has paid a total of Rp 2.8 billion (US$303,753) in subsidies over the past five months for 8,100 informal workers to take part in social security programs at state-owned insurance … Read More Govt registers 8,100 informal workers with Jamsostek