Presiden Tiongkok, Hu Jintao mengatakan persetujuan perdagangan dengan Taiwan itu sebagai “kemajuan yang penting”. Presiden Hu Jintao telah memuji sebuah persetujuan penting dengan Taiwan dan menyebutnya sebagai “kemajuan yang penting” dalam pengembangan hubungan damai diantara…
HANGA ROA, Chile — A total solar eclipse drew an 11,000-kilometer (6,800-mile) arc over the Pacific Sunday, plunging remote territories into darkness, but drawing thousands of curious tourists and their dollars. The skies grew black…
A relaxed and lucid Fidel Castro returned to the limelight Monday after years spent largely out of public view, discussing world events in a raspy voice in his most prominent television interview since falling seriously…
KAMPALA, UGANDA — The bombings orchestrated by Somalia’s al-Shabab militia that killed at least 74 people watching the World Cup finals on television Sunday night are the latest sign of the growing ambitions of al-Qaeda’s…
Jakarta – Sebelum Piala Dunia 2010, tidak banyak yang tahu gurita bernama Paul. Namun sekarang, siapa tidak kenal dengan gurita yang sanggup menebak hasil delapan pertandingan dengan jitu? Paul adalah seekor gurita berusia dua tahun…
Beijing, China — Jika mercon dibakar untuk mengusir elemen buruk saat pembukaan usaha, bule disewa untuk datangkan hok kie. Di China berkembang usaha sewa-menyewa orang bule guna mendongkrak bisnis. Perusahaan bersedia mengeluarkan biaya besar untuk…
United States Department of States telah membuat serangaian tuduhan terbuka terhadap Pemerintah Singapura. Masalah yang diajukan berkisar tuduhan Pemerintah Singapura yang dianggap kurang bijak dalam menangani lalu lintas perdagangan sex dan para pekerja di negerinya.  Atas tuduhan di…
The European Parliament asked on Wednesday for a ban on the sale of foods from cloned animals and their offspring, the latest sign of deepening concern in the European Union about the safety and ethics…
Out with style. In with results. It’s simple reasoning for the Netherlands’ berth in Sunday’s World Cup final. Known for a free-flowing and entertaining brand of soccer the Dutch call “total football,” the Oranje have…
DURBAN, South Africa — Perhaps it’s just as well that Lionel Messi has gone back to Argentina already. That way he doesn’t have to watch his status as the world’s best player get ripped away…
The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes – and George Washington comes out much cleaner in the Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. Low-denomination U.S bank notes change hands until they fall apart here in…
Marco Materazzi wanted to find somewhere where he wouldn’t be reminded of the moment he entered World Cup notoriety. So he went to Colorado, Nevada and Southern California. You remember Materazzi. He is the Italian…
By the time painter Claude Monet moved to Giverny, 45 miles outside of Paris, he and his first wife, Camille, had already lived in Le Havre, Paris, Etretat, Argenteuil and Veutheil. In fact, the Monets…
Whenever I head for a new place, I hire a local journalist to work with me. And no one is better than Jyldyz Bekbayeva in Kyrgyzstan. She speaks the local languages and is devoted, willing…
Immediately after Argentina’s 4-0 quarterfinal loss to Germany on Saturday, Maradona was understandably upset. And according to Argentina’s Diarios y Noticias, he let a group of German fans know it. A translation of their report:…
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – Soccer’s perennial World Cup underachievers from the Netherlands knocked off mighty Brazil on Friday, stamping the Dutch as a strong contender to finally win that elusive title. Wesley Sneijder, one…
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