Friday, July 2nd, 2010
PROPERTY trove of relics of former president Sukarno during this remains a mystery, not even a little doubt. Case Search treasure peniggalan failure at the Palace of King Siliwangi Batutulis some time ago, seemed dashed hopes of people to believe things that are difficult to prove the truth.
But the man who calls himself a warrior named Soenuso Goroyo piningit Sukarno claimed to be able to lift First President’s legacy. Shape the form of hundreds of pieces of gold bullion, platinum, certificates of deposit guarantee bonds, and others. “This new sample and please check out the truth. If a lie, I was ready to be hanged, “he said, last Friday, told the press.
Former military members who formerly named Suwito was deliberately inviting reporters at his home, Green Housing Cullinan, Bogor, Bekasi border area, to witness the discovery. In his grand enough people prepared dishes like a celebration. Understandably, Goroyo, so he used to be addressed, also invites Jaya military commander, police chief, and members Muspida. But of them, no officials came.
To his guest, RA Lastika husband shows a large box containing hundreds of pieces of gold bullion, each weighing eight ounces of Sukarno and the picture behind it there are pictures of rice and cotton. On one side there are 80 posts 9999 24K. Meanwhile white gold (platinum) is also bearing the horseshoe-shaped white bullion marked JM Mathey London. Metal was certified gold and gold-wrapped as well.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Wednesday refuted speculation its officers were ordered to buy up thousands of copies of a magazine featuring a story about alleged police corruption, saying its disappearance could be a publicity stunt.
The June edition of Tempo magazine, which is famous for its investigative journalism, features a cover story titled “The fat bank accounts of police officers”, accompanied by a drawing of a policeman leading three pig-shaped money boxes on leashes. (more…)
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
BOSTON — Bullets, drugs, gangsters. The news out of Mexico has been a steady stream of violence since President Felipe Calderon began his war on the drug cartels. Several hundred Mexicans have died in the last few weeks alone — adding to the toll of nearly 23,000 drug-related deaths since 2006.
Beyond the warring gangs and struggle for drug-trafficking routes, here are five things about Mexico’s drug war that may surprise you.
1. It’s called gangster chic
With the police cracking down on drug lords, all the confiscated loot has to go somewhere. Where? A Mexico City museum. The treasures on display include machinery confiscated from clandestine labs, high-tech spyware, gold-plated guns and diamond-encrusted pistols. It’s a closed-door museum, but GlobalPost’s Ioan Grillo got inside for a tour. Watch what he learned about the wealth, workings and bizarre culture of the narcos.
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Last week, France’s National Assembly voted to return the mummified heads of 16 Maoris from various museums back to their homeland in New Zealand. In traditional Maori practice, the heads of one’s forefathers, often tattooed to the bone of the skull, were kept as totems honoring their spirits. But a macabre colonial-era fascination with these remains led to a lucrative trade, and many of the embalmed heads whisked away to Europe in the 19th century were actually Maori slaves, forcibly tattooed and decapitated by local or foreign opportunists.
At one time, over 500 Maori heads languished in the cellars of European museums; only in the past two decades, following calls from the New Zealand government as well as rights groups, have over 320 been repatriated. “You do not build a culture on trafficking,” said France’s culture minister, Frederic Mitterand, on May 5. “You build a culture on respect and on exchange.” Just three years ago, though, his ministry blocked a French museum’s independent offer to return the lone Maori head in its possession, fearful that it could lead to an emptying of other untold skeletons in France’s closet.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1988719_1988728,00.html#ixzz0nmH19TFp
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Washington. World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick today [Wednesday] announced the appointment of Sri Mulyani Indrawati as Managing Director of the World Bank Group. As Indonesia’s Minister of Finance since 2005, Ms. Indrawati has guided economic policy for one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia, and one of the biggest states in the world, navigating successfully in the midst of the global economic crisis, implementing key reforms, and earning the respect of her peers across the world.
“I am delighted to announce the appointment of Sri Mulyani Indrawati. She has been an outstanding Finance Minister with in-depth knowledge of both development issues and the role of the World Bank Group.” Mr. Zoellick said. “As a member of the Senior Team she will play a key role in helping to lead the Bank as we move to strengthen client support, implement our reform program, and anticipate future challenges.”
Prior to her position as finance minister, Ms. Indrawati served as state minister and chair of the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency. Between 2008 – 2009, she served as coordinating minister of economic affairs. From 2002 – 2004, she was an executive director on the Board of the International Monetary Fund. She has been on the faculty of the University of Indonesia and was a visiting professor at the Andrew Young School of Public Policy at Georgia State University.
Accepting the appointment Ms. Indrawati said: “It is a great honour for me and also for my country to have this opportunity to contribute to the very important mission of the Bank in changing the world.”
“Ms. Indrawati brings a unique set of skills and experience to the World Bank Group, from the vantage point of an advancing Middle-Income country that still faces significant challenges of poverty. She has received global recognition for her success in combating corruption and strengthening good governance,” Mr. Zoellick noted. “She has been a leader in the developing world on climate change, and active in the international arena through the G-20, APEC, ASEAN and other groups.”
Ms. Indrawati earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois and a BA in Economics from the University of Indonesia. She has received numerous honors and awards, including Euromoney Magazine’s Global Finance Minister of the Year, and Emerging Markets’ Best Finance Minister in Asia. She has also been regularly on Forbes’ List of the 100 Most Powerful Women.
In her new role Ms. Indrawati will supervise three Regions: Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, and East Asia and the Pacific. She will also oversee the Information Systems Group.
The appointment follows an international search process. Ms. Indrawati will join the Bank on June 1, enabling a transition period with Juan Jose Daboub who completes his four year term as Managing Director on June 30.
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Astrid are indonesian people who elected as mayor assistant in chicago, for further information, you can read the article below :
Astrid Haryati was appointed in early 2005 by Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago as the Assistant to the Mayor for Green Initiatives. Astrid’s role is to promote Chicago to be the healthiest, smartest and greenest city by initiating and implementing comprehensive, yet practical, environmental policies. This role requires a new level of collaborative public and private partnership and an advance stakeholders’ advocacy to comprehensively embrace integrated urban environment to include infrastructures, air quality and stormwater.
Astrid received her Bachelor of Architecture from Institute of Technology at Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia and received Master of Landscape Architecture from University of Colorado at Denver. She was a Faculty Member at the ITB Architecture Department and at the ITB Urban Design Center producing comprehensive studies of Indonesia’s urban developments. She also serves as a Guests Critic at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Landscape Urbanism Program and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Department of Architecture, assisting the development of what will be the only Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture in the City of Chicago.
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
because his name is similar to a global brand Sony, domain name sony-ak.com sued by Sony Corporation of Japan. In fact, the domain name did not imitate at all with Sony and it is a nick name of the website owner, Sony Arianto Kurniawan, practitioners of information technology in Indonesia.
Sony AK website made as a place to share knowledge about information and technology. Therefore, the website was given the name Sony AK Knowledge Center. “My Domain sony-ak.com by Sony Corporation, Japan through its legal authority in Indonesia. In fact, I register it under my own name and I have long been used for pure interest spread of knowledge in the field of IT,” said Sony AK when vent in online forums.
Writings that contain the Forum Domain100 since Thursday (11/3/2010) was a direct response on the Internet widespread. In fact, there is a campaign launched on Facebook to defend Sony AK. No less did the rate the company too much so that Sony plans to sue under even boycott Sony products.
Sony own party so far has not given an official statement on the lawsuit. Sony Indonesia is also unavailable for an explanation because it is done Sony headquarters in Japan. Meanwhile, the legal counsel appointed by Sony did not respond to e-mail that is sent Kompas.com until now.
sources : www.kompas.com
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
This machine was built and designed by Rudy Heeman of Nelson NZ. It has been called all sorts of things including aircraft,airplane,hovercraft and flying boat.It is infact a W.I.G[wing in ground effect] in the form of a hovercraft.This machine,which is classed as a boat and comes under MSA rules,can operate as a hovercraft or,when the wings and tail put on,flying machine that can travel above the water or land.Yes,the machine not only can travel on the water and land,it can also fly at low altitude in the air.
This machine has taken years to perfect and is now ready to sell.It can reach speeds over 100km/hr.All this with a 1.8litre engine.The fuel economy is far better than a boat of the same size and speed.It has a range of over 225km and cruises at 90km/hr when flying,and has a smooth ride above the waves!
It comes with a purpose built trailer,GPS,ASI,and all the engine gauges.This machine is fast and furious,it roars like a lion,and is not for the ”faint hearted”.It is adrenalin pumping and exciting.Flying an aircraft,the best part is the takeoff and landing,this machine is always in takeoff and landing position,but there is always a runway beneath you. (more…)
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
An inventor with a penchant for explosives has designed a set of rockets in the shape of a giant box of crayons.
John Coker has always enjoyed building things that explode and after a friend mentioned that his creations looked like Crayola crayons he started building the crayon-shaped rockets.
Mr Coker started building the colourful rockets in 1998 as one of his first projects.
John Coker in Nevada’s Black Rock desert where he tested his crayon rockets
Lift-off: Mr Coker’s rockets are launched, but only four of the eight take off
Work resumed in August 2004, and more than six years later, the project was finally completed.
He recently headed out to Nevada’s Black Rock desert to test them out.
Based on the small eight-pack of crayons, the three-and-a-half foot long rockets were launched from a box designed to look like the classic yellow and green Crayola box.
But, despite looking like child’s play, the mission was only a partial success with just four of the eight rockets blasting into the sky.
Inexplicably, the green, brown, yellow and orange crayons remained in the box.
Of the four rockets that went off, the violet crayon was found with a broken fin.The other three were found without major damage.
The wacky inventor stands proudly with his rockets
Inexplicably, the green, brown, yellow and orange crayons remained in the box
Mr Coker has hinted that he will test the crayon-shaped rockets again.
Mr Coker said: ‘I used to enjoy building rockets when I was a kid, but after a 20-year absence I found a much-expanded hobby with much larger, more exciting and more dangerous rockets for bigger boys.
‘Since a friend pointed out that my rockets looked like a crayon, I’ve had the idea in back of my mind to build a crayon rocket.
‘Not just a crayon rocket, but a pack of Crayola crayon rockets.
‘On the day, the crayons went pretty high and we think they got to 2928 feet.
‘This was a great project and the flight was a crowd pleaser. It was a shame that only four of the rockets flew.’
It would seem the rockets are a one-off and given the length of time it took Mr Coker to make one pack, you can see why.
Preparing for launch: Mr Coker makes final adjustments to the project he started in 1998
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
The role of Indonesia’s reformist finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, in the bailout of a small bank will be debated by parliament on Wednesday following months of hearings by a committee.
A committee probing the 2008 bailout of Bank Century on Tuesday handed two conflicting recommendations to parliament. One found the bailout was justified, the other called for a criminal investigation into Indrawati and Vice President Boediono.
Here are five facts about Indrawati:
* Indrawati, 47, ranks among the most powerful women in the region and is one of the few Indonesian policymakers with an international profile.
* As finance minister, she has cleaned up the corrupt tax and customs departments by introducing more transparent practices, firing those caught taking bribes, and even springing surprise raids on staff to keep them honest.
Her policy of increasing tax collection to boost state revenues has earned her many enemies among the business elite who are now under pressure to pay up — particularly after the tax office published a list of the 100 top tax dodgers which included a coal firm controlled by tycoon and politician Aburizal Bakrie.
* During her time as finance minister, Southeast Asa’s largest economy has become a member of the Group of 20 leading economies and is one of the fastest growing ones in the region, partly thanks to the combination of sound economic policies and a more stable political situation.
Fitch upgraded Indonesia’s sovereign credit rating to one notch below investment grade in January. It is expected to achieve the coveted investment grade within a couple of years and join Brazil, Russia, India and China — the BRICs — as a member of the emerging market elite.
* On the downside, she has been less successful in going after some of the Suharto-era figures facing accusations of corruption, and has met resistance from less reform-minded cabinet colleagues and coalition politicians, particularly Bakrie, the tycoon who heads the Golkar Party.
Her decision to rescue Bank Century in 2008 in order to avert a wider financial crisis was the subject of a highly politicised parliamentary inquiry that has now handed its recommendations to the house of parliament.
* She got her doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois, lectured at Georgia University on Indonesia’s economy, and was an executive director of the International Monetary Fund representing 12 economies in Southeast Asia from 2002-2004.
sources : http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20100303/760/twl-factbox-facts-about-indonesia-s-sri.html
(Reporting by Sara Webb and Sunanda Creagh; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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