Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM MOSCOW, December 31 (KATAKAMI / Itar-Tass) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent congratulatory messages on Christmas and New Year to his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, the Kremlin press service reported on Friday. “In the outgoing year we managed to achieve tangible results in joint efforts in order […]
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Archive | December, 2010
World Begins to Say Hello to 2011
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 31, 2010 (KATAKAMI / VOA) — Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island states have welcomed the new year with celebrations and fireworks displays, as the first places in the world to welcome 2011. The new year first reached the island nation of Kiribati, which sits just […]
Read moreCreating jobs a big challenge, says PM Julia Gillard
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM January 1st, 2011 (KATAKAMI / THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD) — IN THEIR new year messages the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, have voiced optimism for the year, and have reminded voters of their differences. ”As I look forward to 2011, I do […]
Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel uses New Year’s speech to stress importance of euro
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 31, 2010 (KATAKAMI / DEUTSCHE WELLE) — The chancellor highlighted the importance of the euro in her New Year’s speech, saying the single currency was at the center of Germany’s prosperity. She also said Germany had emerged stronger from the economic crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened […]
Read moreA special New Year 2011 wishes from Indonesia
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Greetings from Indonesia ! Friends, I wish you Health… So you may enjoy each day in comfort. I wish you the Love of friends and family… And Peace within your heart. I wish you the beauty of nature… That you may enjoy the work of God. I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities… For those […]
Read moreNew Year reception at the Kremlin
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 30, 2010 (KATAKAMI / KREMLIN.RU) — Speaking at the New Year reception, Dmitry Medvedev noted that 2010 was marked by Russia’s overcoming the economic crisis with minimal losses. The President emphasised that the nation was able to overcome the consequences of the dramatic events with relatively few […]
Read moreBritish Prime Minister David Cameron’s New Year message
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 31, 2010 (KATAKAMI / NUMBER10.GOV.UK) — A transcript of a podcast recorded by Prime Minister David Cameron to mark the New Year : After eight months in this job, I am acutely conscious of the challenges we face as a country. But I begin this New […]
Read moreSouth Korean Prime Minister leaves for trip to South America
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM SEOUL, Dec. 30 (KATAKAMI / Yonhap) — South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik left for Brazil’s capital city of Brasilia on Thursday to attend the inauguration of the South American nation’s new president. Kim will represent South Korea at Dilma Rousseff’s inauguration on New Year’s Day. He will […]
Read moreSouth Korea Again Describes North Korea as ‘Enemy’
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / VOA) —North Korea is again the “enemy” of South Korea, a designation that has not been used for six years. The designation is given to the North in South Korea’s latest defense white paper. But the document does not revive the designation […]
Read moreAbbas Heads to Brazil to Launch New Palestinian Embassy
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / VOA) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is traveling to Brazil, where he will preside over a cornerstone-laying ceremony for a new Palestinian embassy in the capital, Brasilia. The ceremony will take place Friday, and comes after Brazil announced earlier this month that it […]
Read morePalestinian PM Salam Fayyad : Palestinians seek more than a ‘Facebook state’
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Please also visit : KATAKAMI.COM and INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM RAMALLAH, December 30, 2010 (KATAKAMI / THE STRAITS TIMES) — PALESTINIANS expect wider recognition of their statehood in the coming year and it will mean more than the mere ‘Facebook state’ predicted by an Israeli official, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Wednesday. Mr Fayyad said recognition by […]
Read moreRussian PM Putin cancels officials’ holiday after travel chaos
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MOSCOW, December 30, 2010 (KATAKAMI / THE STRAIT TIMES) – PRIME Minister Vladimir Putin banned Moscow aviation officials on Wednesday from going on their New Year holiday – a Russian national institution – after two of the city’s major airports descended into chaos. Angry holidaymakers beat up staff of the national carrier Aeroflot at […]
Read morePutin hails Medvedev over New START treaty
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Dec 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / RIA NOVOSTI) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the United States a foreign policy victory for President Dmitry Medvedev. “The New START is the indisputable success of President Medvedev as head of state in the foreign policy sphere,” Putin […]
Read moreIndonesian President Highly Appreciates “Garuda” Squad’s Struggle
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Please also visit : INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM YOUTUBE : Malaysia using laser to cheat Indonesian football player on final AFF cup (Dec 26, 2010) YOUTUBE : NETRAL – Garuda Di Dadaku (HD Video Clip) December 30, 2010 (KATAKAMI / KOMPAS/ ANTARA ) — Despite Indonesia’s failure to grab the AFF Suzuki Cup’s championship title, President Susilo Bambang […]
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi: Burma’s First Lady of Freedom
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December 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / TIME) — The special branch had chased us across the city for hours, through the haunted, betel-nut-stained streets of old Rangoon, past street-side tailors hunched over ancient sewing machines and open-air bookstalls selling worm-eaten copies of Orwell and Kipling. Unable to shake the latest batch of state security men […]
Read moreSouth Korea’s Lee says talks the answer to nuclear crisis
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December 29, 2010 SEOUL (KATAKAMI / Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who has vowed a tough stance against any further attack by North Korea, said on Wednesday the nuclear crisis must be tackled by negotiation. Lee also called for fresh dialogue between the rival Koreas, saying a hardline military policy alone by Seoul, while offering an effective deterrent, will […]
Read moreNick Clegg aims to calm Lib Dem fears in New Year message
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Please also visit : INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / BBC) — Nick Clegg says his party has faced “testing times” in a message aimed at calming grassroots Lib Dem concerns. In his New Year message to members, the deputy prime minister pledged to start 2011 with action on social mobility, civil liberties […]
Read moreNick Clegg’s New Year message to Liberal Democrat members
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December 29, 2010 (KATAKAMI / LIBDEMVOICE.ORG) — Nick Celgg’s message in full : Well what a year! A white-knuckle election; a new coalition government; Liberals in power for the first time in 70 years. Just eight months ago we were campaigning on our four big manifesto priorities – fairer taxes; extra money for disadvantaged children in […]
Read moreKey witness in Benazir Bhutto assassination probe leaves Pak without prior permission
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Please also visit : INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 28, 2010 (KATAKAMI / AlbuquerquEexpress.Com) — A key witness of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination probe left for the United States without taking permission from the Pakistan government. Dr Musadiq Khan was the principal of Rawalpindi Medical College, and examined the wounds of Benazir when brought to […]
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