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| Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| Is Noordin M Top Still Alive...? |
 The certainty of man suspected of terrorist leader Noordin M Top, finally clear. The DNA tests show that a Militant killed in a weekend raid was not Noordin Mohammed Top. Police confirm that the man who died in the village Beji, District Kedu, Temanggung, Central Java, not Noordin M Top, but Ibrahim aka Boim. Description submitted by the official Indonesian police, yesterday (12/8).
The chief of the National Police Headquarters` public relations division, Insp Gen Nanan Soekarna also explain the role of Ibrahim in blasting bombs in the JW Marriot and the Ritz Charlton (17/7. He worked as a Playground for employees' interest in the Ritz Carlton Hotel and was suspected to be ready to conduct suicide bombing at the residence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Puri Cikeas, Bogor. "He is ready to be expressed with a car bomb and bomb vest," said Nanan.
"He is very important role in the detonation of two hotel. He is the main actors and the set of all blasting, "said Nanan. Noordin M Top is estimated to have some time to meet with him to do the meeting in order detonation in the Housing and Puri Nusaphala Prapatan Mampang in South Jakarta.
Is terror in Indonesia will continue to be? As a Muslim we hope that Indonesia will be safe from all dangers and threats. Be fundamentalists for ourselves, strive for ourselves, and do not injure others. As good citizens we must be dutiful to our leaders, loyal to our country, maintaining the security of our country.
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| Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
| Visit Indonesian Year 2009 (Sanur Village Festival 2009) |
 Bali's 4th Sanur Village Festival August 12-16, 2009, is shaping up to be bigger and better, inspired by its declared theme of "Life Marine."This year's event will be centered on a new four-hectare beachside venue on Jalan Mertasari to accommodate a full range of entertainment, culinary and other events.
Cultural and Water-based Activities
Cultural activities will continue to dominate this year's festival via a series of traditional arts performances, parades, live music, water sports and a non-stop food festival. Included in the celebration this August will be a numerouus sub-aqua events aimed at protecting and preserving Bali's coral reef.
Culinary Temptations
A total of thirty booths will participate in this year's 4th Sanur Village Festival presenting the wide range of food and drink available to Sanur visitors throughout the year. And, as in past years, prizes will be awarded to the booth presenting the best food with the best booth decoration.
Celebrating the Arts
Sanur has always been a preferred "home" for Bali's artists, both of the local and imported variety. In recognition of this fact, an extensive arts program will celebrate the best of local paintings and sculptures through a series of exhibitions and street-art presentations.
Sports Activities
Also on tap for this year's Sanur Village Festival will be a full schedule of sporting events. Sporting enthusiasts will have the chance to watch the Asian Beach Rugby Championship, street ball and a new event – the Sanur Quadrathon comprised of cycling, running, swimming and canoeing.
source: google, Indonesia.travel
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| posted by 100% Indonesian @ 11:27 AM |
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| Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| Bomb blast in Jakarta |
 Two Explosions in Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott Hotels in Mega Kuningan area, Jakarta, early Friday (17/7), killed at least six people and tens of others were injured, but the number of the victims might change as identification process is still going on.
Meanwhile, Manchester United who have been scheduled to fight with the Indonesian All Stars in the Gelora Bung Karno, canceled to come. Hotel Ritz Carlton selected as the place to stay MU, and Indonesian All Stars team will stay at the Mariott Hotel.
President SBY speech-related cases in the bombing of 2 hotels
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| posted by 100% Indonesian @ 1:52 PM |
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| Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| Obituary: Natalia Estemirova |
 Famous human rights activists of Russia, Natalia Estemirova, rapt in Chechnya on Wednesday and found shot dead in the forest area in the North Caucasus. We are very sad over her death and hope that the murderer could be arrested immediately.
Her work for the Russian human rights group Memorial latterly focused on alleged human rights violations by government-backed militias. Such was her importance as a regional expert that her office in the Chechen capital Grozny became the first stop for many visiting journalists, BBC Moscow correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes recalls. Of mixed Russian-Chechen parentage, Ms Estemirova told the BBC in a 2007 interview that she felt she could understand both peoples. Asked if she ever felt her life was in danger, she said her dedication to her work overrode her fears.
Emblematic moral figure
Born in the south Russian province of Saratov, she graduated in history from Grozny University and was teaching history in a school in the city until 1998, according to Memorial. She began reporting on human rights abuses and when the second Chechen War started in 1999, she documented civilian casualties.
Joining Memorial in 2000, when she moved temporarily to neighbouring Ingushetia, she continued investigating civilian casualties in Chechnya, notably in the villages of Novye Atagy in March 2000 and Rigakha in April 2004.
In January 2005, a group of MEPs in the European Parliament awarded the Robert Schuman Medal to both her and Sergei Kovalyov, chairman of Memorial.
In their citation, the MEPs said: "A large part of the Chechen society sees Natalia as an emblematic moral figure in the non-violent Chechen resistance.
"Far from political passions, she is, above all, devoted to helping victims of violence."
In October 2007, Ms Estemirova was awarded the inaugural Anna Politkovskaya award from the Reach All Women in War campaign group.
That award had been established after the killing of Politkovskaya - a journalist who sought to uncover human rights abuses in Chechnya - outside her home in Moscow in 2006.
source: BBC
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| posted by 100% Indonesian @ 11:21 AM |
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| Monday, June 22, 2009 |
| The faster the better |
 Popularity of presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla-wiranto (JK-Win) increased in mid-June 2009 period compared to May 2009. JK-Win’s popularity increased by 4.83 percent to 17.20 percent last week, up from 12.37 percent last month, a survey says. The Policy and Development Strategy Research Center (Puskaptis) said survey found that the popularity of the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Boediono pair and the Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto duo had dropped by 5.24 percent from around 57 percent and 2.09 percent from 24 percent respectively.
Perhaps, this proves that the message delivered by JK-Win, the faster the better, successful.
Vision and mission
Commitment of all the candidates related problems of unemployment and poverty has not been seen clearly and firmly, especially about the welfare of the people.
On security issues, we must update the military equipment that is capable of maintaining the mainland and Indonesian archipelago. And how to improving the welfare of soldiers and their families are also the most important things that must be considered by the next leader.
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| posted by 100% Indonesian @ 12:31 PM |
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| Saturday, June 20, 2009 |
| Irrawaddy Doplhins nearly extinct |
 Sumatran elephants, orangutans, eagle and other rare animals more endangered due to hunting and also damage of the protected forest. In fact, animal and human conflict doesn’t only happening in indonesia. According to international conservation groups, dolphins Mekong River in Phnom Penh, Vietnam, is nearly extinct. WWF says, only 64 of 76 Irrawaddy dolphins was in the Mekong River, after the level of toxic pesticides, mercury and other pollutant found in more than 50 calves that died since 2003.
WWF are currently investigating how the contamination to the environment has been overrun Mekong, through a stream of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China's southern province, Yunan. The Organization suspected that high-level findings of mercury in some fish of a dolphins death comes from gold mining activities. WWF adds that Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Cambodia and Laos are requiring health programs to prevent the impact of pollution on their immune system.
Marriage among the small population that can also bolster the weak immun system of dolphin that died young. All that happens in the child's dolphin is new under the age of two weeks.
Irrawaddy dolphin Mekong River, occupy the region 190 kilometers (118 miles) in Cambodia and Laos, have been recorded in the condition of critical danger since 2004, said WWF.
Thousands of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River caughted by illegal fishing nets, although the river is considered as sacred place in Cambodia and Laos. Layer of fat porpoise is used as a lubricant for the engine-and fuel lamps.
also read: sumatran elephant
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| Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
| Suramadu Bridge |
 The Suramadu Bridge, also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, also known as jembatan Suramadu, is a bridge with three cable-stayed sections constructed between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Opened on June 10, 2009, the 5.4-km bridge is the longest in Indonesia and the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.
Began Wednesday (17 / 6) at 00.00 WIB, all road users who travel on the Suramadu Bridge must pay the toll rates according to conditions. In addition to operational Suramadu vehicle, all vehicles travel in the bridge must pay toll.
Here are toll rates applicable in suramadu:
1. Class I (sedan, jeep, pickup / small truck and bus) Rp 30.000
2. Class II, 2 axle trucks Rp 45.000
3. Class III, 3 axle truck Rp 60.000
4. Class IV, 4 axle truck Rp 75.000
5. Class V, 5 axle truck or more Rp 90.000
6. motorcycle (class VI) Rp3.000.
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