In China, folk religion has undergone a remarkable rebirth since the days of the Cultural Revolution four decades ago, when all religious worship was banned. One example of a folk goddess that has gained an…
The White House said Friday it expects that unemployment will stay at or above 9% until 2012, but at the same time forecast that the economy will grow by at least 4% in 2011 and…
BELL, Calif. — Residents in this modest blue-collar Los Angeles suburb where one in six lives in poverty were angry: Their city manager was getting paid more than President Barack Obama and the police chief…
I blame my suspicious nature on my neighborhood grocery store. The store used to be a logically arranged market with bright lights and clean floors–a basic, friendly, functional place to shop. Then the bulldozers morphed…
JAKARTA : Selama semester pertama 2010, Pemerintah mencatat terdapat US$12 miliar pinjaman belum dicairkan dari total komitmen Pinjaman Luar Negeri (PLN) di 2010 sebesar US$206 miliar (5,8 persen). Menurut data Ditjen Pengelolaan Utang Kementrian Keuangan…
Anggota Sat Gatur Polda Metro Jaya membekuk pelaku pencongkelan kaca spion kendaraan milik Juru bicara Presiden bidang Luar Negeri, Dr Dino Pati Jalal Kamis (21/7/2010) sekitar pukul 18.00 WIB. Perwira Sat Gatur AKP Billy didampingi…
For decades, China’s Catholics – estimated at more than 12 million – have been bitterly divided. Some worship in China’s government-sanctioned Catholic churches, others in “underground” churches loyal to the Vatican. But three years ago,…
The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has finally levied its “heaviest sanctions” on four publicly-listed companies for publishing false information on the amount of their deposits at a local bank. Three companies owned by the Bakrie…
JAKARTA – Pemerintah Amerika Serikat (AS) menyatakan puas terhadap reformasi di tubuh TNI yang dilakukan sepuluh tahun terakhir. AS juga merasa senang atas profesionalisme TNI yang berkelanjutan serta penanganan isu hak asasi manusia (HAM). Karena…
DI RUANG rapat kabinet terbatas, Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono memotong presentasi Jenderal Bambang Hendarso Danuri. Kepala Kepolisian Republik Indonesia itu belum selesai memaparkan kasus dugaan transaksi mencurigakan di rekening sejumlah perwira tinggi polisi. Ia mengatakan…
Di usianya yang ke 50 tahun, Kejaksaan Agung semakin dihujani kritik dari berbagai kalangan menyusul banyaknya temuan masyarakat terhadap buruknnya kinerja aparatnya dalam menegakkan hukum. Hari ini, sejumlah lembaga pengiat penegakkan hukum juga membeberkan 10…
CALON-calon Kepala Kepolisian Repub lik Indonesia itu telah diajukan, awal bulan lalu. Diterima Ketua Komisi Kepolisian Nasional Djoko Suyanto, ada delapan perwira tinggi calon pengganti Jenderal Bambang Hendarso Danuri. “Saya terima satu-dua pekan lalu,” kata…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The United States is lifting a ban of more than a decade on military contact with an elite Indonesian special forces unit implicated in past killings of civilians and other abuses, Defense…
President Barack Obama spoke Thursday with Shirley Sherrod, the former Agriculture Department employee who was forced to resign from her job based on incomplete and misleading reports about a speech she gave in March. Sherrod…
BATAM – Baru enam menit terbang, pesawat Lion Air jenis Boeing 737 seri 900-ER dengan nomor penerbangan JT 373 Batam-Jakarta mendarat kembali atau return to base (RTB) di Bandara Hang Nadim Batam Kemarin (21/7). Pesawat…
JAKARTA – Tim independen yang mengusut kasus mafia pajak Gayus Tambunan sudah dibubarkan. Namun, itu masih menyisakan kontroversi. Sebab, keterangan pihak Mabes Polri soal kehadiran satgas dan Menko Polhukam dibantah. Sekretaris Satgas Pemberantasan Mafia Hukum…
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