Letter From Pakistan: Gotcha!
KARACHI, Pakistan–The news the world had been waiting for ever since the United States declared war against A Qaeda in 2001 has finally arrived: Al Qaeda’s numero uno, the most wanted man in the world,…
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Tak Banyak Simpati dari Tanah Air bagi Kematian Bin Laden
Walaupun banyak orang di tanah air menyuarakan dukungan terhadap operasi AS yang menewaskan Osama bin Laden, ada juga kekhawatiran akan adanya pembalasan dari kelompok-kelompok radikal. Pelukis S. Wito di studio pinggir jalannya, Senin (2/5) mengelap…
Di Balik Teror Freeport
Jayapura, DISINYALIR banyak kelompok yang mempunyai kepentingan di balik serangkaian aksi terror dan penembakan di areal milik PT Freeport Indonesia, Timika, Papua, yang mengakibatkan banyak korban jiwa dan materil. Demikian dikemukakan anggota Dewan Perwakilan Daerah…
BURT DPR Dihapus Saja
Ketua Fraksi PKS DPR RI Mustafa Kamal mengatakan bahwa dinamika DPR belakangan ini sangat memusingkan. Apalagi persoalan yang diurus Badan Urusan Rumah Tangga (BURT), seperti gedung baru dan rumah jabatan. Mustafa berpendapat, BURT ditiadakan saja.…
Mari Berbagi Pengalaman Mencontek!
Anda pernah mencontek ? Saya mengakui bahwa saya pernah mencontek dan itu benar-benar saya lakukan. Dosa mencontek itu saya lakukan saat saya masih kelas 2 di sebuah SMP negeri favorit di kota asal saya. Masih…
Tragedi Mei 1998
13 Mei 1998 di Jl. Pangeran Tubagus Angke, Pesing Jakarta-Barat Lokasi: Kompleks Pertokoan BNI’46. Mendekati akhir tahun 1997 dan memasuki tahun 1998 keadaan perekonomian di Indonesia, khususnya Jakarta mengalami masa-masa kritisnya, di mana kurs rupiah…
Pakistan says not part of U.S. operation to kill bin Laden
Pakistan’s president acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his security forces were left out of a U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden, but he did little to dispel questions over how the…
Courier who led U.S. to Osama bin Laden’s hideout identified (video)
A diplomatic source told CNN that the courier who was in close contact with Osama bin Laden and who eventually led the United States to him was a Kuwaiti named Abu Ahmad. U.S. officials have…
200 Couples Tie the Knot in Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesia’s state-owned gas distributor, PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara, organized this mass wedding in Jakarta. And hundreds of poor Indonesian couples who can’t afford a marriage license took the opportunity to tie the knot. The celebration…
Indonesia’s foreign minister postpones attempt to broker Thailand and Cambodia peace
Indonesia’s foreign minister “indefinitely” postponed a round of shuttle diplomacy to Thailand and Cambodia on Monday aimed at brokering a ceasefire in the neighbours’ bloody border clashes that have left 12 soldiers dead. At the…
WikiLeaks reveals US blunders at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States has botched the handling of inmates at Guantanamo, holding men for years without reliable evidence while releasing others who posed a grave threat, according to leaked secret documents. The…
France’s Islamic veil ban spurs passionate reaction worldwide
(CNN) — When Zahra Jaferi heard that France had banned the wearing of certain types of traditional Islamic head scarves in public, she said she felt conflicting emotions. A practicing Shiite Muslim and correspondent for…
Hero Inc.
April 23, 2011 Glendale-On Saturday, April 24, IFGF Los Angeles presented the musical drama production, Hero Inc, at the Alex Theatre. Performed by a hardworking group of youths from the church, the production was amazing…
Lalu lintas di Indonesia
Kali ini Jos mengambil alih sebagai pengemudi mobil. Di jalan A 44, di sekitar Wassennar, Jos berkata:”Nampaknya strook jalan bagian luar lebih besar dari strook jalan bagian dalam”. Pemikiran yang sama yang selalu menjadi pertanyaan…
Liem Koen Hian dan AR Baswedan
Inilah kutipan yang sering saya gunakan untuk menunjukkan bahaya sikap a-historis, ”Berpikir a-historis punya satu konsekuensi: kegagalan melihat kenyataan.” Kutipan itu berasal dari Dr Abdallah Laroui, sarjana kiri dari Moroko, dalam karyanya, The Crisis of…
Deep inside Japan’s nuclear zone (video)
CNN’s Stan Grant reports on the growing frustration in Japan as the nuclear exclusion zone is further closed off.
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