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Jobless rate tops 10%

Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought. The jobless rate rocketed to 10.2 percent in October, the highest since early 1983, dealing a psychological blow to Americans as they prepare holiday shopping lists. ...
Posted on November 7 2009 Read more...

Best Laptop, Desktop and Tablet PCs Under $500

With the launch of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, the budget end of the spectrum is suddenly ripe with value. Unless you need a high-performance machine you can push to the very extreme, you'll find plenty of amazing systems under $500. Here are a few of our favorites. 1. Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop, $499 Call it "green" if you must, but make no mistake: Dell's hyper-efficient ...
Posted on November 6 2009 Read more...

Largest Cruise Ship in the World

Freedom of the Seas is the largest luxury cruise ship in the world, owned by Royal Caribbean. This cruise ship weighs 160,000 tons, it is 1,112 feet long, 184 feet wide and it has 15 passenger decks holding 3,634 guests double-occupancy. Freedom of the Seas towers 208 feet tall, approximately the same height as two of the Statue of Liberty, placed head to toe. [caption id="attachment_4648" ...
Posted on November 6 2009 Read more...

Why leaves fall off trees?

You think you know why leaves fall off trees. Well, you're wrong. It's not the wind. It's not the cold. It's because trees use "scissors" to cut their leaves off. We call this season the "fall" because all around us right now (if you live near leaf-dropping trees in a temporal zone), leaves are turning yellow and looking a little dry and crusty. So when ...
Posted on November 6 2009 Read more...

Penembakan di Pangkalan Militer AS di Texas, 12 Tewas

Para pejabat militer Amerika mengatakan seorang pria bersenjata melepaskan tembakan membabi buta di sebuah pangkalan angkatan darat di Texas tengah, menewaskan 12 orang dan melukai 31 lainnya. Letnan Jenderal Bob Cone, pejabat di pangkalan Fort Hood, mengatakan insiden terjadi Kamis sore di Pusat Kesiagaan Pasukan yang menyiapkan tentara untuk bertugas di medan perang. Cone mengatakan seorang penyerang tewas, dan juga seorang anggota polisi yang berusaha mengatasi serangan ...
Posted on November 5 2009 Read more...

Indonesia Officials Resign in Graft Scandal

JAKARTA, Indonesia - After mounting pressure from the public and the news media, two senior law enforcement officials suspected of trying to undermine the country's respected anti-corruption agency were forced to resign Thursday. The resignations of top officials in the national police and attorney general's office, two of Indonesia's most powerful, though corrupt, institutions, amounted to a [caption id="attachment_4627" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="logo indonesian national police"][/caption] positive step in ...
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Pembunuhan Tionghoa di Batavia: Wiranto versus Prabowo dari 1740

Tragedi Mei 1998 yang membawa banyak korban di kalangan keturunan Tionghoa sering disamakan dengan pembunuhan orang Tionghoa di Batavia pada tahun 1740. Benarkah demikian? Bukankah, berlainan dengan tragedi Mei 1998 yang menyulut kejatuhan rezim orde baru, peristiwa dua abad sebelumnya tidak menyebabkan pergantian rezim. Waktu itu Belanda justru makin berkuasa di Nusantara. [caption id="attachment_4619" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Inge Widjajanti Dharmowijono"][/caption] Perebutan kekuasaan Walaupun tidak langsung meneliti persamaan dua peristiwa berdarah ...
Posted on November 5 2009 Read more...

Indonesia Memang Dikenal Negara Korup

Indonesia dikenal negara korup. Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ingin memberantas penyuapan. Namun itu sulit, karena kasus korupsi ada sampai tingkat atas. Demikian tulis harian Belanda Trouw. Di depan kantor Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi KPK, sekelompok mahasiswa membangun tenda. Kepala terbalut bandana bertuliskan 'Berhenti Makan'. 14 mahasiswa sudah selama 20 jam tidak makan. Ini sebagai tanda mendukung tim pemberantas korupsi. Kelaparan Indi Hikami, mahasiswa jurnalistik berusia 18 tahun salah satu ...
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Sikap Seorang Umat

Prolog : Bagaimana menjadi umat Buddha yg baik? Apakah yg harus diperhatikan dan dilakukan? Pertanyaan yg sederhana dan sering ditanyakan oleh seseorang yang tertarik kepada Agama Buddha. Jawaban : Menjadi umat Buddha, syarat yang pertama sekali, bukan harus bisa membaca paritta dalam bahasa Pali, yang mungkin sukar untuk dibaca pertama kali. Bukan pula harus mempunyai altar dengan patung Buddha yang indah dirumah. Meskipun membaca paritta dan punya ...
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Obama: U.S. must reverse course with Indians

WASHINGTON – Making good on a campaign promise to hold a yearly summit with American Indians, President Barack Obama told tribal leaders Thursday gathered in Washington that he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing Indian nations. "You will not be forgotten as long as I'm in this White House," Obama said during opening remarks at the all-day conference of tribal leaders and ...
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