Barnes & Noble up for sale
Barnes & Noble (BKS.N), the number one U.S. book store chain, is putting itself up for sale as business suffers in the high-stakes battle for a leading role in the digital books market. Barnes &…
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10.000 Massa Siap Duduki Gedung DPRD – (News)
Indonesia Media Online,(Cirebon): Ketua Forum Komunikasi Kepala Sekolah SMP/MTs Swasta sekota Cirebon, Drs Agus Sunandar kembali mengancam kalangan DPRD Kota Cirebon dengan membawa 10.000 massa. Apabila delapan pernyataan sikapnya yang disampaikan pada aksi yang pertama…
Long Before SB 1070 Arizona Put Squeeze on Immigrants
PHOENIX, Ariz. ––A judge has blocked for now parts of a controversial law that made it a state crime for a person to be an undocumented immigrant in Arizona. The news brought relief to thousands…
Lawyer Observing Phoenix Protests Arrested
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Sunita Patel, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, flew in from New York to provide legal support to a civil disobedience protest against SB 1070 at a downtown Phoenix jail.…
America’s Strangest Roadside Attractions
These odd diversions make for family fun on your all-American summer road trip. Arresting roadside oddities have been around for more than a century, the catalyst for their creation the ever-decreasing attention span of the…
Press Release from the Congress of the United States
July 31, 2010 /Washington D.C.-The Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, Rep. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, and Chairman Donald M. Payne of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health have…
Crown fire grows to more than 13,000 acres
The blaze in northern L.A. County has forced the evacuation of 300 homes. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph were making the fight difficult. The governor visited the site Friday. Firefighters launched an aerial…
Schwarzenegger declares California fiscal emergency
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state’s finances on Wednesday, raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that is more than a month overdue and will need to…
Pernikahan Chelsea Clinton Menjadi Pernikahan Termahal
Jakarta – Pernikahan Chelsea Clinton, ayahnya mantan Presiden AS dan ibunya Menteri Luar Negeri AS, di sebuah kediamaan besar pada hari Sabtu diperkirakan menelan hingga £ 3.2 juta (Rp 45 miliar). Pernikahan yang akan menjadi…
US Lifting of Kopassus Ban Hits Snag
Thursday’s announcement of revived defense ties between the US military and Indonesia’s special forces could prove premature as critics denounced the conditions of the agreement. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the lifting of the…
Clintons in tears over Chelsea? You can bet on it
Chelsea Clinton’s hush-hush wedding may as well be classified but one thing is no secret: There will be tears. The only child of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will marry…
Indonesia’ Justice A Cry from the Wive a murdered Human right activist Munir
JAKARTA In announcing this week that the United States would lift a 12-year-long ban on providing military assistance and training to Indonesia’s special forces unit, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates spoke about the Indonesian military’s…
White House: Unemployment at 9% until 2012
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…
Calif. town outraged to learn of officials’ pay
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…
U.S. Lifts Ban on Indonesian Special Forces Unit
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…
Sherrod speaks to President Obama in a telephone call
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…
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