| May 14, 2010
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Sri Mulyani: Indonesian wonder woman
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati victoriously paves her way to arrive at the peak of the mountain: the rising star of the world. In the midst of excruciating political pressure on her, the finance minister has just now been rewarded with the international prestigious position as managing director of the World Bank.
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| May 14, 2010
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Donate your blood, Cinta Laura says
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She’s young, popular and active. That’s three reasons why actress and singer Cinta Laura is the ideal candidate to speak up for blood donation among youth.
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| May 04, 2010
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Cloudy Tuesday in Jakarta
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The national weather agency forecast that clouds will cover all areas in Greater Jakarta on Tuesday, with temperature to go between 25 and 35 degree Celcius.
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| May 04, 2010
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Apple’s Amazing Appliance
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It has been hailed as a magical and revolutionary device. The media has fallen head over heels for it. It is no other than the iPad, a glass tablet measuring 9.7 inches diagonally, weighing less than 700 grams and resembling an oversized iPod touch. In fact, the two devices are identical in almost every way.
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| May 04, 2010
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A Fashion Outsider Always in Style
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A huge picture of a woman wearing a tube-style dress is the first thing visitors see when they enter the house/workshop of fashion designer Deden Siswanto in Bandung. The white dress with dusty gold embroidery is accented by dangling jewelry pinned at the center.
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| May 03, 2010
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Cirebon Palace plans to build museum to house artifacts
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The Cirebon Kasepuhan Sultanate has provided 1 hectare of land for the planned construction of a museum to house historical artifacts salvaged from sunken ships in nearby waters and from across the country.
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| May 03, 2010
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Treasure Hunter Says Charges Politically Motivated
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A veteran British treasure hunter has broken his silence over allegations that he illegally removed Chinese Ming porcelain from a wreck off Blanakan, West Java.
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| April 29, 2010
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Agnes to speak out against human trafficking
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After scoring the role of a judge on TV show Indonesian Idol, singer Agnes Monica has landed another job: Human trafficking ambassador.
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| April 29, 2010
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Gatotkaca Lives!
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Gatotkaca is a familiar character in wayang , the traditional shadow puppet shows in Java, which feature stories adapted from the ancient Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. As a child, Gatotkaca is said to have been thrown into a volcano to toughen him up. He is described as having steely muscles and metallic bones.
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| April 16, 2010
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Acclaimed Jakarta Choir Planning Symphony of Sound for Concert Hall
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The Batavia Madrigal Singers, an award-winning Indonesian choral group, will perform their second annual Sanguinis Choraliensis concert at Aula Simfonia concert hall in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Saturday.
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| April 16, 2010
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Yogya's Malioboro Music Phenom
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For years, Jalan Malioboro has been one of Yogyakarta’s most famous tourist attractions. Domestic and foreign sightseers and shoppers often put a stroll down the atmospheric one-kilometer street on their must-do lists.
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| April 16, 2010
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Learning How to Say it With Flowers
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed,” poet Walt Whitman once wrote, beautifully expressing in words the loveliness and magic of a short-lived but enticing bloom.
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| April 16, 2010
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Getting to The Core of Well-Being With Pilates
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The pilates rooms in the Svarga Emotion Sanctuary in South Jakarta are bright, with wall-sized mirrors and cream-colored carpets. Pilates-related equipment, including a half trapeze, mats, balls and a spine corrector, fill the room. A couple of seniors are in the middle of their pilates exercises, each accompanied by an instructor. They are lying down on a pilates machine with their legs lifted up. Slowly, they try to push their feet against a strap that is attached to the machine.
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| April 16, 2010
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After Months of Talk, PSSI Launches Academy
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Indonesia may be late in kick-starting youth football development in the country, but nonetheless it has started.
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| April 16, 2010
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Website for women in politics launched in Indonesia
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The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) launched its website, iknowpolitics.org, in Indonesia on Thursday to provide a forum for women to learn about politics from other countries’ experiences
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