Oleh : Mega Simarmata ( Pemimpin Redaksi KATAKAMI.COM) Jakarta, 31 Agustus 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Setelah lama tak berjumpa dengan Kepala Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN) Jenderal Polisi (Purn) Sutanto, ternyata begitu banyak hal yang juga berubah pada dirinya. Sutanto, pria yang lahir di Comal (Pemalang) 30 Setepmber 1950 ini, tak lagi bisa leluasa melakukan […]
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Archive | August, 2011
Kebahagiaan Kepala BIN Sutanto Saat Keajaiban Tuhan Terjadi Pada Sang Isteri
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Photostream : Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan meets with Former British PM Tony Blair
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Japan’s finance minister to be country’s new PM
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JAPAN, August 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AL ARABIYA / REUTERS ) — Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was chosen on Monday to become Japan’s sixth prime minister in five years, but has to overcome a divided parliament and deep rifts in the ruling party if he is to make more of a mark than his […]
Read moreNew York airports to reopen Monday
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NEW YORK, August 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / CHANNEL NEWS ASIA / AFP) — The three major airports in the New York area closed ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene will reopen early Monday, officials said on Sunday. John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark airport in New Jersey will open […]
Read moreHurricane Irene: President Obama on Response and Recovery Efforts
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WASHINGTON, August 28, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / WHITEHOUSE.GOV) — With Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate at his side, President Obama today gave the American people a brief update on the ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Irene, the deadly storm that devastated swaths of the East Coast this weekend. The President […]
Read moreTropical storm lashes New York, 18 dead in US east coast
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NEW YORK, August 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / CHANNEL NEWS ASIA / AFP) — Tropical storm Irene lashed New York on Sunday, shutting down America’s largest city but sparing it serious damage after killing 18 people on the US east coast and flooding many parts of the region. The eye of the storm – downgraded […]
Read moreLockerbie bomber found in Tripoli, in coma: reports
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WASHINGTON, August 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / Xinhua) — Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, was found in Libya’s capital of Tripoli and in coma, U.S. media reports said on Sunday. A man, identified as al-Megrahi’s son, said that he had stopped eating and was close to death, according to the CNN reports. Abdel Baset […]
Read moreWakapolda Metro Jaya Brigjen. Suhardi Alius : Polda Metro Jaya Siaga Satu Amankan Jakarta
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WAWANCARA EKSKLUSIF Jakarta, 27 Agustus 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Dengan kekuatan penuh yang mereka miliki, saat ini Polda Metro Jaya memerintahkan kepada seluruh jajarannya untuk tidak meninggalkan tugas mereka untuk pengamanan lebaran. Tingginya tingkat urgensi untuk mengamankan wilayah dalam suasana lebaran seperti ini, membuat aparat kepolisian menetapkan kebijakan siaga satu dalam tugas utama mereka. […]
Read moreSingapore voters head to polls to choose president
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SINGAPORE, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Voters in Singapore went to the polls Saturday in a presidential election seen as a referendum on the popularity of the Southeast Asian city-state’s ruling party, AP reported. The presidency is largely a ceremonial position in Singapore’s parliamentary government, but the election attracted four candidates, the […]
Read moreGhana to support Palestinian UN Bid
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Accra, Ghana, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / Pal Telegraph) – The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister is in west Africa this week to mobilize international support for the Ramallah leadership’s bid for recognition of statehood at the UN, The Palestine Telegraph reported on Saturday. Riyad Al-Malki was met at the airport in Accra by deputy foreign […]
Read moreSingapore set to vote for new president
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SINGAPORE, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AFP) — Singaporeans will cast votes Saturday in the city-state’s first contested presidential election in 18 years following a heated campaign marked by calls for stronger checks on the ruling party. Three months after a parliamentary election eroded the dominance of the People’s Action Party (PAP), anti-government sentiment […]
Read moreNew York City Under Hurricane Warning as Irene Approaches
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NEW YORK, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / VOA) — A hurricane warning has been issued for New York City, as the U.S. Northeast braces for what President Barack Obama is calling “an extremely dangerous and costly” storm, VOA reported on Friday. Forecasters say the storm, expected to make landfall in the United States on […]
Read morePalestinian Foreign Minister in Ghana to rally Africa support for UN bid
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ACCRA, Ghana, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / Ma’an News Agency) — The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister is in west Africa this week to mobilize international support for the Ramallah leadership’s bid for recognition of statehood at the UN, Ma’an News Agency reported on Saturday. Riyad Al-Malki was met at the airport in Accra […]
Read moreMagnitude-5.4 quake shakes Afghanistan
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NEW YORK, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — A magnitude-5.4 earthquake rattled the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake that hit at 1:02 a.m. Saturday (2032 Friday GMT). No tsunami alerts were issued. The quake was […]
Read moreRussia to test launch Soyuz rockets before delivering ISS crews
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Russia, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / RIA NOVOSTI) — Russia will carry out two unmanned test launches of Soyuz carrier rockets in the coming fall before using them to deliver crews to the International Space Station, a source in the Russian space industry said on Friday, RIA NOVOSTI reported. One of the Soyuz rockets […]
Read morePhotostream : Mexican President Felipe Calderon declares 3 days of mourning in casino attack
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Mexico in Mourning After Dozens Killed in Casino Attack
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MEXICO, August 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / VOA) — Mexican President Felipe Calderon has declared three days of mourning after more than 50 people were killed when suspected drug cartel gunmen set fire to a casino in northern Mexico, VOA reported on Friday. Mr. Calderon condemned the violence as barbaric and said it was the […]
Read morePhotostream : Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits a church in Smolensk
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Radioactive cesium from Fukushima was 168 times more than A-bomb
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JAPAN, August 26, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / KYODO NEWS AGENCY) — The amount of radioactive cesium-137 released from the crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant was 168 times more than that from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in the closing days of World War II in 1945, the Japanese government’s nuclear safety […]
Read moreNaoto Kan announces stepping down as PM
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JAPAN, August 26, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / NHK) — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he is stepping down as ruling Democratic Party President on Friday, NHK reported on Friday. He will also resign as Prime Minister soon. He made the announcement at a meeting of Democratic Party lawmakers on Friday. Kan said at the […]
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