WAWANCARA EKSKLUSIF Jakarta, 29 Agustus 2012 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Tentara yang satu ini sangat fenomenal. Berwajah sangat dingin tetapi siapa yang menyangka bahwa jauh didasar hatinya ia masih menyimpan sebuah kepedihan yang sangat menusuk hati. Letnan Jenderal TNI Geerhan Lantara belum dapat menghapus kepedihan hatinya saat menyaksikan tragedi Tsunami yang menewaskan hampir separuh dari […]
Read moreN. Korea, Japan hold first direct talks since 2008
(AFP) — Japan and North Korea are set to meet Wednesday in their first face-to-face talks in four years as diplomats see if they can start laying the groundwork to overcome a troubled history. Ties between the countries have long been strained amid decades of mutual distrust, though they periodically try to resume dialogue with the ultimate […]
Read moreTong Kosong Nyaring Bunyinya Dan Standar Ganda PBB Soal Gaza
Lack of sufficient services in Gaza could get worse without urgent action, UN warns Jakarta, 28 Agustus 2012 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Sebuah laporan yang gaungnya langsung mendunia tentang situasi “sangat menyedihkan” dan ramalan yang “sangat menakutkan” atas nasib wilayah pendudukan Jalur Gaza datang dari sebuah anak badan Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa (PBB), demikian diberitakan oleh BBC […]
Read moreGaza ‘will not be liveable by 2020′ – UN report
(BBC) — The Gaza Strip will not be “a liveable place” by 2020 unless action is taken to improve basic services in the territory, according to a UN report. Basic infrastructure in water, health, education and sanitation “is struggling to keep pace with a growing population”, according to the report. It estimates Gaza’s population […]
Read moreLack of sufficient services in Gaza could get worse without urgent action, UN warns
(UN) — Gaza’s problems in water and electricity, education and health will only get worse over the coming years unless remedial action is taken now, a senior United Nations official warned today. “Gaza will have half a million more people by 2020 while its economy will grow only slowly. In consequence, the people […]
Read moreIran seeks Non-Aligned support in nuclear showdown
(AFP) — Non-Aligned Movement leaders should take a stand againstWestern sanctions at a Tehran summit later this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday, adding that manyNAM members backed Iran’s nuclear programme. “The NAM… should seriously confront unilateral sanctions of certain nations against some members of the NAM,” Salehi said in a speech opening days of preparatory meetings for […]
Read morePakistan’s President Zardari to visit USA next month
President Asif Ali Zardari will pay visit to the United States next month (September), where he would address the UN General Assembly’s session. As per media reports, President Zardari would leave for New York on September 22 to participate in UN General Assembly session. On the last day of the session, the situation of […]
Read moreSerbian, Russian Presidents will meet in Sochi on September 11
BELGRADE — Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in Sochi on September 11. The two presidents will discuss a document on strategic partnership that was prepared earlier, daily Večernje novosti writes. Putin will welcome Nikolić in his Bocharov Ruchei summer residence. The meeting was agreed during the Serbian […]
Read morePM David Cameron: ‘Paralympics will fill the country with pride’
David Cameron has hailed the Paralympic Games as an event to fill the country with pride as a ceremonial cauldron was lit in London’s Trafalgar Square to launch the torch relay. The Prime Minister watched as Claire Lomas, who became the first person to complete a marathon in a bionic suit, lit the cauldron […]
Read morePM Netanyahu accuses Iran of accelerating work towards atomic weapons
Netanyahu says Islamic Republic “totally ignoring” demands on nuclear program; IAEA presses Iran to address suspicious activity in Vienna meetings; sources say Iran adding enrichment capacity to underground bunker. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Friday of making “accelerated progress towards achieving nuclear weapons”, adding that it was “totally ignoring” Western demands […]
Read moreIran president visits quake-hit areas in E. Azarbaijan
(PRESS TV IR) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has paid a visit to the quake-stricken areas in the country’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. During the Friday visit, Ahmadinejad extended his condolences to survivors saying the government and all the people of Iran share the grief of the residents of the quake-stricken areas. “Earthquake […]
Read more‘NAM summit a turning point proving Iran not isolated’
(PRESS TV IR) — A senior Iranian cleric says the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran disproves the Western claims of the Islamic Republic’s isolation. “Iran’s hosting of the NAM summit is a turning point and a practical and visible response to the global arrogance whose weapon is rusty and whose claims are […]
Read moreNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un asks for Beijing trip
BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing next month to meet China’s outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters on Friday. The planned visit comes amid signs of a thaw in Pyongyang as it desperately seeks investment to lift its impoverished and isolated […]
Read moreFormer IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi on Iranian Bomb: ‘We’re Still Not There’
The former IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi, sounded a slightly calming note regarding the situation in Iran, in a meeting of senior members of the defense establishment hosted by the Council for Peace and Security. Ashkenazi said, with regard to Iran, that Iran does not yet possess a nuclear weapon capability: “This […]
Read morePutin’s working trip to Saransk
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a working trip to the city of Saransk, the capital of the Russian republic of Mordvinia, in the Volga River basin. He is due to attend the celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of the republic’s joining the Russian State, and will chair a Presidential Council meeting on inter-ethnic […]
Read moreGreek PM in crisis talks with Merkel
(AFP) — Greece’s prime minister was expected to press for more time to make key reforms and spending cuts to keep his debt-wracked country in the eurozone at crisis talks Friday with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Antonis Samaras kicks off a two-day trip to Berlin and then Paris with Greece’s future in the 17-nation bloc again in the […]
Read moreMerkel and Hollande unite in tough message for Greece
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel and Francois Hollandepresented a united front towards Greece on Thursday, telling Athens it should not expect leeway on its bailout agreement unless it sticks to tough reform targets. The German and French leaders met in Berlin to fine-tune their message to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who begins a charm offensive in Berlin and Paris this week […]
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