Posted on February 24 2012 by Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis / Rtrs

President Barack Obama apologized on Thursday for the burning of copies of the Koran on a U.S. base in Afghanistan as the White House sought to quell spiraling furor among Afghans while also staving off Republican criticism at home. In a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Obama apologized over the incident in which Afghan workers found [...]
Posted on February 23 2012 by The White House / IM

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Posted on February 23 2012 by Rob Reynolds / Al Jazeera

Fourteen-year-old is already studying towards a maths degree at university in California. Almost every parent believes their child is special, but the parents of Californian teenager Moshe Kai Cavalin have more reason than most to think so. Moshe started taking college courses aged eight, and is now, aged 14, on a full scholarship studying mathematics [...]
Posted on February 21 2012 by VOA / IM

Badan antariksa Amerika merayakan ulang tahun ke-50 penerbangan pertama seorang warga Amerika, John Glenn, di orbit Bumi John Glenn mengelilingi planet Bumi tiga kali kurang dari lima jam tanggal 20 Februari, 1962, dalam sebuah misi yang dirancang untuk melihat bagaimana manusia bereaksi terhadap lingkungan angkasa luar. Berbicara dalam sebuah acara NASA pekan lalu, Glenn yang [...]
Posted on February 18 2012 by The White House / IM

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Posted on February 18 2012 by CNN / IM

Get a look at Whitney Houston’s life through her own words. Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN / IM.
Posted on February 17 2012 by The White House / IM

This week, the President made a major announcement on preventive care, unveiled next year’s budget, pushed Congress to extend the payroll tax cut, awarded the National Medals of Arts & Humanities, met with China’s Vice President Xi, and traveled west to Wisconsin and California and the First Lady hit the road to promote her Let’s [...]
Posted on February 17 2012 by CAPT Saadi Indonesian Naval Attache to US / IM

The only tall mast ship of the Barquentine class owned and operated by the Indonesian Navy, KRI Dewaruci, will participate at the International Operation Sail 2012 to commemorate the mark of the two hundredth anniversary of the war of 1812 and the writing of US National Anthem “the Star Spangled Bannerâ€. The series of [...]
Posted on February 15 2012 by The White House / IM

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Posted on February 15 2012 by Renne R.A Kawilarang / V V

Wapres Xi Jinping, yang juga calon presiden baru China, menjalani lawatan ke AS. Presiden AS, Barack Obama, meminta kepada tamunya, Wakil Presiden Xi Jinping bahwa China harus ikut aturan perdagangan global yang sama-sama dipatuhi negara-negara lain. Keluhan kepada Xi atas timpangnya perdagangan bilateral juga diutarakan kalangan pejabat dan pebisnis Amerika, yang menderita defisit perdagangan dari [...]
Posted on February 14 2012 by PR / IM

COLORADO, – Aquaponics merupakan campuran antara budidaya ikan atau peternakan ikan dan hidroponik atau budidaya tanaman dengan sedikit tanah dalam sistem tertutup yang berkelanjutan. Aquaponics sama tuanya dengan alam itu sendiri. Sylvia Bernstein, yang berkebun hidroponik sejak lama mengatakan, “Aquaponics benar-benar merupakan sistem sirkulasi lahan basah, sehingga sistem itu berjalan tepat di tepi danau kami.” [...]
Posted on February 14 2012 by Johan simamora, / kb

Detroit Gibbs Technologies sudah tidak asing dengan transportasi air. Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, mereka membuat mobil sport Zippy Aquada, Quadski ATV/personal watercraft hybrid dan konsep SUV Humdinga four-wheel-drive, menjadi kendaraan yang bisa dijalankan di dua ‘alam’. Tidak berhenti sampai disitu, mereka kembali melakukan inovasi dengan membuat kendaraan jelajah, yakni Phibian dan Humdiga II high-speed Amphitrucks. [...]
Posted on February 13 2012 by Reuters / IM

People in Australia and Asia react to news of the death of pop icon Whitney Houston. Lindsey Parietti reports. Print PDF This post was submitted by Reuters / IM.
Posted on February 13 2012 by WK ./ IM

Tak banyak pemain Asia yang dapat menginjakkan kakinya ke ranah kompetisi bola basket profesional Amerika Serikat NBA. Yao Ming (eks Houston Rockets), Yi Jianlian (Dallas Mavericks), dan Hamed Haddadi (Memphis Grizzlies) adalah sedikit dari nama pemain Asia yang telah merasakan nikmatnya bermain di NBA. Tercatat, hanya Yao Ming yang sukses mencatat karier gemilang di NBA, [...]
Posted on February 13 2012 by Ita Lismawati F. Malau / V V

Penyiar itu ingin mempertemukan seekor anjing dengan orang yang pernah menyelamatkannya. Penyiar senior televisi Amerika, Kyle Dyer, segera dilarikan ke rumah sakit setelah digigit seekor anjing saat siaran langsung di televisi. Dyer sudah bekerja selama 15 tahun sebagai penyiar di KUSA-TV, Denver, Colorado, seperti dikutip dari laman Telegraph. Rabu lalu, 8 Februari waktu setempat, Dyer ingin [...]
Posted on February 12 2012 by CNN / IM

Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel at age 48, officials said Saturday night. The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said. Beverly Hills Police [...]