Indonesia never deserved finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Precious few Indonesians, especially among the political class, seem capable of distinguishing good from bad, reformer from rent-seeker. When she resigned this week to become one of the three World Bank managing directors, it was not only a loss for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his government, [...]
A House investigative subcommittee said Wednesday that the blowout preventer, one of the prime suspects in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, had multiple defects — everything from leaky hydraulics to a dead battery. The new disclosures revealed a complicated cascade of deep-sea equipment failures and procedural problems in the oil rig explosion and massive [...]
Indonesia is mixed up about the energy mix, and the underlying problem is the shortage of energy. Latest long range projections from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (CADES-ESDM) show growing dependence on coal, rising from 36.5 percent now, to 52 percent in 2025 and 86 percent by2050. Athough government and people seek a green [...]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government rolled out on Tuesday a redesigned Permanent Resident Card, popularly known as Green Card, that includes additional security measures. “State-of-the-art technology incorporated into the new card prevents counterfeiting, obstructs tampering, and facilitates quick and accurate authentication,†U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a news release announcing the new version, [...]
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the end of the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. I keep saying it’s not going to happen. To understand why, let me put it this way: the U.S. dollar is the Facebook of hard currencies. Social networking technologies, like reserve currencies, have a [...]
If Solicitor General Elena Kagan is confirmed, she will become the first Supreme Court justice in four decades to ascend to the high court with no previous judicial experience. Is this a big deal? It depends on who’s doing the talking. Conservative groups looking for traction against the former Harvard Law School dean, nominated Monday [...]
Date: May 10, 2010 – Obama Choice for SCOTUS, Elena Kagan, Angers Pro-Troop Groups – Kagan Choice a Slap in the Face to Military and their Families Sacramento, Calif. – The nation’s leading grassroots military-support organization, Move America Forward, says military families and their supporters are extremely displeased to learn that President Barack Obama has [...]
After successfully taming the Golkar Party by ousting Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the government may still face more baying political wolves insisting another head must roll. Mulyani and Vice President Boediono have been the target of attacks from legislators at the House of Representatives in the aftermath of the legislative body’s investigation into the [...]
Former National Police chief detective will disclose a multi-trillion tax fraud case in his second book, which will be published soon. Book writer Izharry Agusjaya Moenzir said that similar to the first book titled “Bukan Testimoni Susno†(Not Susno’s Testimony), the second book was being written based on an interview with Susno. “Data needed to [...]
Steps To Selling Your House For The Highest Possible Price! The ability to reap additional profits on the sale of your home can be accomplished easily enough if you make the right improvements. Making these changes early on can provide the prospective buyer with an enhanced feeling about your home, more space, more light, more [...]
BP began lowering a 100-ton concrete-and-steel vault onto a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, an important step in a delicate and unprecedented attempt to stop most of the gushing crude fouling the sea. Underwater robots guided the 40-foot-tall box into place. Once the contraption is on the seafloor, workers will need [...]
Before the summer heat–and summertime utility bill–starts to make you sweat, you might want to consider making a few changes to cut your energy consumption. You can shave dollars off your monthly bills without sacrificing comfort as long as you plan ahead and get creative. Here’s a room-by-room guide to saving money this summer–and benefiting [...]
Nokia is suing Apple over what it claims are infringing patents in the iPad and iPad 3G. This is just the latest in a series of escalating lawsuits between the two companies regarding their respective mobile and consumer electronic devices. This lawsuit — which unlike the others was filed in the Federal District Court in [...]
Dr. Hamid is an Egyptian scholar and author opposed to Islam fundamentalism Website: www.tawfikhamid.com “I am a Muslim by faith…a Christian by spirit…a Jew by heart…and above all I am a human being.” Dr. Tawfik Hamid. I was born a Muslim and lived all my life as a follower of Islam. After the barbaric terrorist [...]
In this tecnology information era, it is hoped that all teachers in Indonesia can be able to speak English, as an international language. There must be no excuse for them not to speak English anymore. Why do I say that? Firstly, they have had basic knowledge of English. They started studying English when they were [...]
When we think of bee nests, we often think of a giant hive, buzzing with social activity, worker bees and honey. But scientists recently discovered a rare, solitary type of bee that makes tiny nests by plastering together flower petals.Each nest is a multicolored, textured little cocoon — a papier-mache husk surrounding a single egg, [...]
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