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Doctors perform root canal on monkey (video)

Posted on November 3 2011 by CNN

A monkey in Texas suffering from a broken, infected tooth gets a root canal. Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN.

Ibunda Meninggal Dunia, Clinton Batalkan Perjalanan ke Eropa

Posted on November 2 2011 by VOA

Yayasan Clinton mengumumkan wafatnya ibunda Hillary, Dorothy Rodham, 92 tahun, karena sakit. Menteri Luar Negeri Amerika Hillary Clinton telah membatalkan perjalanan pekan ini ke London dan Turki karena ibunya yang berusia 92 tahun meninggal dunia. Clinton membatalkan perjalanannya, Senin malam, karena kesehatan ibunya yang buruk. Yayasan Clinton mengumumkan wafatnya Dorothy Rodham pada hari Selasa. Pada [...]

U.S. Sues Major Mortgage Broker Over Lending Fraud

Posted on November 2 2011 by EYDER PERALTA / NPR

In a lawsuit filed against one of the largest private mortgage brokers in the country, the United States alleges fraudulent lending practices by Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp. cost the government $834 million in insurance claims paid by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. “Allied has profited for years as one of the nation’s [...]

Beacon Power bankrupt; had U.S. backing like Solyndra

Posted on November 1 2011 by Tom Hals and Roberta Rampton / Rtrs

Beacon Power Corp filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, just a year after the energy storage company received a $43 million loan guarantee from a controversial Department of Energy program. The bankruptcy comes about two months after Solyndra — a solar panel maker with a $535 million loan guarantee — also filed for Chapter 11, creating [...]

10 Foto Ketika Obama Memberi “Salam Tinju”

Posted on November 1 2011 by Viva

Obama suka memberi “salam tinju”, tidak berjabat tangan. Tentu saja, karena ia datang hanya dengan teman-teman baik atau dengan mereka yang pertama “memberinya tinju.” Bagaimana klo SBY yang memberi tinju ya?? Print PDF This post was submitted by Viva.

Trick-or-Treat with the President and First Lady

Posted on October 31 2011 by The White House / IM

Last night, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcome area students and the children of military families to the White House for trick-or-treating. Check out the video of the President and First Lady handing out cookies, White House M&M’s and dried fruit mix to trick-or-treaters at the North Portico of the White House. [...]

Discover Wonderful Indonesia

Posted on October 30 2011 by Edi Suharto / KJRI-LA / IM

ANGKLUNG MENJADI ICON WONDERFUL INDONESIA DI THE GROVE, LOS ANGELES Los Angeles yang identik dengan Hollywood, Beverly Hills dan artis-artis glamornya menjadi ajang meriahnya penampilan promosi Indonesia, termasuk destinasi (wisata), seni-budaya, makanan, kerajinan, batik dan film. KJRI Los Angeles bekerjasasama dengan Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif telah mengadakan kegiatan dengan tema Discover WonderfulIndonesia di Grove, Los [...]

Buku Biografi Steve Jobs: Andorid adalah Produk Curian

Posted on October 30 2011 by Viva

Steve Jobs mengatakan bahwa dia akan menghabiskan nafas terakhirnya untuk melawan sistem operasi Google Android, karena menurutnya Android merupakan sebuah ‘produk curian’. Pernyataan tersebut tertuang di dalam buku biografi pendiri Apple tersebut yang sebentar lagi akan dirilis. Hal itu disampaikan oleh Associated Press, setelah mendapatkan salinan dari buku ‘Steve Jobs’, yang ditulis oleh penulis biografi [...]

Statue of Liberty celebrates 125th birthday ( VIDEO)

Posted on October 29 2011 by Scott Heidler / AlJazeera

French tribute to US values will get facelift next year after serving as beacon of hope for more than a century. The iconic Statue of Liberty, a gift from France in tribute to democracy and freedom in the US, has celebrated its 125th birthday. The monument became a symbol of hope for millions of immigrants due to its prominent [...]

Istirahat Shalat Jumat, 26 Karyawan Muslim di AS Dipecat

Posted on October 29 2011 by AP/Noah Berger

Beberapa karyawan muslim di bandara udara Seattle dipecat karena tak mau menandatangani absen selama istirahat sholat Jumat. Perusahaan sewa mobil “Hertz” memecat beberapa karyawan karena tidak tanda tangan saat istirahat shalat Jumat (foto: dok). Perusahaan sewa mobil Hertz memecat lebih dari 20 karyawan Muslim di bandara udara Seattle di negara bagian Washington, Amerika baratlaut karena [...]

Li Ching-Yuen, The Amazing 250 Year-Old Man

Posted on October 29 2011 by Martial Dev./ IM

When the Chinese herbalist Li Ching-Yuen died in 1933, newspapers around the world reported the news of his passing. According to his own testimony, he was 197 years old. An investigation, however, suggested Li had forgotten his actual birthday. Official government records recorded the birth year as 1677, making him 256. Here is a copy [...]

The European Debt Crisis

Posted on October 28 2011 by The White House / IM

President Obama’s meeting with Prime Minster Petr Necas of the Czech Republic came in the wake of an announcement that European leaders reached an agreement to cut Greek debt and solve the Eurozone crisis. Before his trip to the White House, Prime Minister Necas had been involved with those talks in Brussels. In a statement, President [...]

Madoff says he is happier in prison than free

Posted on October 28 2011 by Chris Michaud/ Rtrs

Financial swindler Bernard Madoff said that he is happier in prison than he was on the outside because he no longer lives in fear of being arrested and knows he will die in prison, TV journalist Barbara Walters said on Thursday. Walters, who spent two hours at the prison with Madoff two weeks ago, also [...]

The difficult side of Steve Jobs ( video)

Posted on October 27 2011 by CNN

Author Walter Isaacson discusses a moment Steve Jobs was rude to a waitress and how he rationalized being tough on people. Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN.

Senate Apologizes to Chinese for Past Discrimination

Posted on October 26 2011 by NAM / IM

In a move that harkens back to the Japanese American redress days, the U.S. Senate has passed a resolution that apologizes to the Chinese for the discriminatory laws they once endured in this country, including the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Senate resolution 201 passed by unanimous consent on Oct. 6. The bill now heads to [...]

Khawatirkan Keselamatan, AS Tarik Dubesnya dari Suriah

Posted on October 25 2011 by VOA

Deplu AS mengatakan, keputusan memulangkan Duta Besar Robert Ford semata-mata didasarkan pada ancaman atas keselamatannya. Amerika telah menarik duta besarnya untuk Suriah karena alasan terkait kekhawatiran keselamatan pribadinya. Jurubicara Departemen Luar Negeri Amerika Mark Toner hari Senin mengatakan, keputusan untuk memulangkan duta besar Robert Ford ke Washington semata-mata didasarkan pada keselamatannya setelah menerima ancaman-ancaman yang [...]