In this November 13, 2008 file photo, motherless orphans and lost children rest at the Don Bosco Ngangi center in the conflict ridden Goma, eastern Congo.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Top Images 2008: Gaza Under Fire
A pall of smoke rises after an explosion from an Israeli missile strike on the Hamas controlled Islamic University in Gaza City on December 29, Israel’s overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory’s Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day on December 29, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier’s home and destroyed symbols of the radical movement’s power.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Top Images 2008: Remnants of A Life
A Palestinian boy carries his belongings through the rubble left in the wake of an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel rejected any truce with Hamas Islamists, saying it was ready for “long weeks of action”.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Top Images 2008: Play It Again
Iraqi TV journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi (center) throws a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on December 14.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Top Images 2008: The Aftermath
A policeman walks with an elderly man after shootings by unidentified assailants at a railway station in Mumbai on November 26. At least 163 people were killed in the attacks in Mumbai, police said.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Designers Eye Michelle Obama
Top fashion designers are lining up to help Michelle Obama decide what to wear when she becomes first lady on inauguration day next month.
Industry watcher Women’s Wear Daily published 34 sketches Wednesday by designers including Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg, Christian Lacroix and Karl Lagerfeld, artist director at French luxury powerhouse Chanel.
These range from jacket-skirt combinations for when she attends her husband president-elect Barack Obama’s outdoor swearing-in ceremony on January 20 to glamorous gowns for the evening ball.
Oscar de la Renta even sketches dresses for daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.
“There’s been heated debate in the last two weeks over what the lovely Mrs. O should wear to the inaugural ball in January…, but before she goes to the ball, there’s the inauguration ceremony itself to consider,” Women’s Wear Daily said.
Industry watcher Women’s Wear Daily published 34 sketches Wednesday by designers including Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg, Christian Lacroix and Karl Lagerfeld, artist director at French luxury powerhouse Chanel.
These range from jacket-skirt combinations for when she attends her husband president-elect Barack Obama’s outdoor swearing-in ceremony on January 20 to glamorous gowns for the evening ball.
Oscar de la Renta even sketches dresses for daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.
“There’s been heated debate in the last two weeks over what the lovely Mrs. O should wear to the inaugural ball in January…, but before she goes to the ball, there’s the inauguration ceremony itself to consider,” Women’s Wear Daily said.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Kuningan City Optimistic
Kuningan City is optimistic that the increasing fear of financial turmoil related to the suprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. will not overly affect its business.
As revealed at a recent seminar, only 2 percent of the overall buyers of Kuningan City property took out bank loans, while most buyers availed of developer-facilitated monthly direct cash payments for 28 to 32 months.
Twenty-two percent of its customers have initiated hard cash perchasing, with the same percentage making one-year credit payments.
“The developer’s payment scheme is still popular because customers can avoid increasing bank interest with this scheme,” explained Handaka Santosa, the president director of the project.
The company’s comparison between, the Indonesian Stock Exchange’s index and Kuningan City’s product sales record is also quite convincing, with the sales record continuing to increase even as the index is falling.
That is not to say that the nation’s property business will not be dragged down by the world financial crisis, but the product sales of Kuningan City continue to rise.
As revealed at a recent seminar, only 2 percent of the overall buyers of Kuningan City property took out bank loans, while most buyers availed of developer-facilitated monthly direct cash payments for 28 to 32 months.
Twenty-two percent of its customers have initiated hard cash perchasing, with the same percentage making one-year credit payments.
“The developer’s payment scheme is still popular because customers can avoid increasing bank interest with this scheme,” explained Handaka Santosa, the president director of the project.
The company’s comparison between, the Indonesian Stock Exchange’s index and Kuningan City’s product sales record is also quite convincing, with the sales record continuing to increase even as the index is falling.
That is not to say that the nation’s property business will not be dragged down by the world financial crisis, but the product sales of Kuningan City continue to rise.
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Top Images 2008: Flying Shoes
In this image from APTN video, an Iraqi journalist throws a shoe at President George W. Bush (left) during a news conference with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki (right) in Baghdad on December 14. The man threw two shoes at Bush, one after another. Bush ducked both throws, and neither man was hit.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Madonna’s Argentina Gig Delayed
Pop superstar Madonna’s opening concert Wednesday night in Buenos Aires has been postponed to Monday because her equipment and wardrobe did not arrive in time, an event organizer told AFP.
“Madonna’s producers told (River Plate Club) management that Wednesday’s show has been suspended, and asked it be moved to next Monday, because some of her equipment and wardrobe have not arrived,” a club official said.
He said a Boeing 747 with more than 100,000 kilograms of equipment was stranded in Panama and was scheduled to land in Buenos Aires Wednesday night, the organizers said in a statement.
Madonna is scheduled to hold four concert of her “Sticky & Sweet Tour” at the River Plate soccer stadium.
“Madonna’s producers told (River Plate Club) management that Wednesday’s show has been suspended, and asked it be moved to next Monday, because some of her equipment and wardrobe have not arrived,” a club official said.
He said a Boeing 747 with more than 100,000 kilograms of equipment was stranded in Panama and was scheduled to land in Buenos Aires Wednesday night, the organizers said in a statement.
Madonna is scheduled to hold four concert of her “Sticky & Sweet Tour” at the River Plate soccer stadium.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wisma Dharmala Surabaya Renamed Intiland Tower Surabaya
Due the changes in PT. Intiland Development, Wisma Dharmala Surabaya has been recently renamed Intiland Tower Surabaya.
Intiland Tower Surabaya is an office building strategically located in the heart of Surabaya, that provides numerous benefits in term of business and amenities to its tenants.
The building is supported by a vast basement and outdoor parking facilities as well as a coffee shop. It also sports two elevator systems and maximizes the use of windows to let sunlight in during the day to save energy.
Today, 80 percent of Intiland Tower has been occupied with its tenants involved in various industries including finance, security services and IT.
Businesses residing at the tower benefit from free wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) coverage from the first to the twelfth floor.
Intiland Tower Surabaya is an office building strategically located in the heart of Surabaya, that provides numerous benefits in term of business and amenities to its tenants.
The building is supported by a vast basement and outdoor parking facilities as well as a coffee shop. It also sports two elevator systems and maximizes the use of windows to let sunlight in during the day to save energy.
Today, 80 percent of Intiland Tower has been occupied with its tenants involved in various industries including finance, security services and IT.
Businesses residing at the tower benefit from free wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) coverage from the first to the twelfth floor.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Nadine Feels Connection With Sea
With her celebrity status, Miss Indonesia 2005 Nadine Chandrawinata could become a messenger or ambassador for any cause she wants.
But the 24-year-old actress and model said she wanted to be an ambassador for coral reefs because she is a acean lover. “I have some kind of connection with the sea. If I fall in love or if I’m feeling blue, I will go to the sea. The sea also gives me inspiration and ideas. So I think I have to do something for the sea,” Nadine told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines of a national meeting on coral reefs in Jakarta.
Her concerns for sea conservation has seen the international environmental organization, the World Wildlife Fund, choose her as its ambassador for marine conservation. Wakatobi regency in Southeast Sulawesi province has also chosen Nadine, who is a certified diver, as its ecotourism ambassador.
“The greatest users are human beings but the greatest destroyers are also human beings, so we need to educate people to preserve the abundance of colorful marine life,” she said. “We can start form small things such as not littering.”
But the 24-year-old actress and model said she wanted to be an ambassador for coral reefs because she is a acean lover. “I have some kind of connection with the sea. If I fall in love or if I’m feeling blue, I will go to the sea. The sea also gives me inspiration and ideas. So I think I have to do something for the sea,” Nadine told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines of a national meeting on coral reefs in Jakarta.
Her concerns for sea conservation has seen the international environmental organization, the World Wildlife Fund, choose her as its ambassador for marine conservation. Wakatobi regency in Southeast Sulawesi province has also chosen Nadine, who is a certified diver, as its ecotourism ambassador.
“The greatest users are human beings but the greatest destroyers are also human beings, so we need to educate people to preserve the abundance of colorful marine life,” she said. “We can start form small things such as not littering.”
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Top Images 2008: Rivals In a New Role
Democratic presidential candidates senator Barack Obama (left) and senator Hillary Clinton share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California, on January 31, 2008. The charismatic Obama defeated Hillary as well as his Republican rival, John Mc. Cain, to become the U.S. president-elect. He later nominated Hillary as his secretary of state.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
NBA, Globetrotters Form Partnership
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Harlem Globetrotters announced Monday a multiyear marketing partnership deal in a move to raise the sport’s profile around the world.
The partnership will debut in February, when the Globetrotters take part in a number of activities during NBA All-Star week in Phoenix. The Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that has showcased basketball skills and comedy in 120 countries. They are considered basketball’s goodwill ambassadors.
“We believe our unique and proprietary brand of basketball showmanship, paired with the expertise and infrastructure of the NBA’s global operation, is an unbeatable combination,” Harlem Globetrotters chief executive Kurt Schneider said.
“The Harlem Globetrotters are world famous,” Heidi Ueberroth, the NBA’s president of global marketing partnerships and international business operations, said in a statement. “We are pleased to enter into this partnership which compliments our efforts to continue the growth of the game of basketball globally.”
The partnership will debut in February, when the Globetrotters take part in a number of activities during NBA All-Star week in Phoenix. The Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that has showcased basketball skills and comedy in 120 countries. They are considered basketball’s goodwill ambassadors.
“We believe our unique and proprietary brand of basketball showmanship, paired with the expertise and infrastructure of the NBA’s global operation, is an unbeatable combination,” Harlem Globetrotters chief executive Kurt Schneider said.
“The Harlem Globetrotters are world famous,” Heidi Ueberroth, the NBA’s president of global marketing partnerships and international business operations, said in a statement. “We are pleased to enter into this partnership which compliments our efforts to continue the growth of the game of basketball globally.”
The NBA is already working with sports and entertainment group AEG to build 12 to 25 “NBA-style” arenas in China. The league’s games are televised in 215 countries and 41 different languages, and it has players from 32 countries and territories.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Have Fun with Starbucks Coffee
Starbuck Coffee Indonesia is sharing a lot of fun with its customers and colleagues this December through a number of holiday celebration programs.
The started with the company’s own karaoke competition named Starbucks Open Mic’s Contest, choosing three finalists from a handful of contestants to take a shot at the opportunity of drinking free coffees from Starbucks for three months.
Taking place in Senayan City, the winner of the contest will be the contestant to receive the most votes from contest viewers.
Two days later, the company swarmed Taman Anggrek Mall’s Sky Rink with its customized Winter Holiday with Starbucks ice skating performance. Visitors surrounding the rink also had the chance to enjoy free coffees from Starbucks.
“We expect partners to be the customers’ best friends, and these events prove handy in bringing them a lot closer,” explained Farah Milda, the company’s communications manager.
The started with the company’s own karaoke competition named Starbucks Open Mic’s Contest, choosing three finalists from a handful of contestants to take a shot at the opportunity of drinking free coffees from Starbucks for three months.
Taking place in Senayan City, the winner of the contest will be the contestant to receive the most votes from contest viewers.
Two days later, the company swarmed Taman Anggrek Mall’s Sky Rink with its customized Winter Holiday with Starbucks ice skating performance. Visitors surrounding the rink also had the chance to enjoy free coffees from Starbucks.
“We expect partners to be the customers’ best friends, and these events prove handy in bringing them a lot closer,” explained Farah Milda, the company’s communications manager.
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Hirata Happy with “Laskar Pelangi”
Writer Andrea Hirata said he had chosen the right dua to produce and direct the wide-screen adaptation of his debut and best selling novel, Laskar pelangi (Rainbow Warriors).
“Thanks God I chose the right people to produce and direct the movie. I already cried just from seeing the trailer,” Andreas told to Jakarta Post.
Three weeks after his book was launched, he said, numerous directors and producers had come knocking on his door, offering him billions of rupiah for the right to turn the book into a film.
Andrea had turned them down because they did not really understand the book, he says. Instead he chose the country’s best filmmakers, Riri Riza and Mira Lesmana, to be director and producer respectively.
“I feel a connection with these two because they understand the book as a literary work, not just a historical biography (as many readers have misunderstood it). Because they understand it, they have seen the book with an imaginative perspective from the very beginning.”
Andrea said Riri and Mira had “caught the book’s substance”. “This is not a children’s book, but a book about children. It’s a irony abaut a lack of access to education for children in one of the world’s wealthiest island.”
The movie is expected to hit the screens September 28 and will be shown not only at cinemas but also in outdoor theaters.
“Thanks God I chose the right people to produce and direct the movie. I already cried just from seeing the trailer,” Andreas told to Jakarta Post.
Three weeks after his book was launched, he said, numerous directors and producers had come knocking on his door, offering him billions of rupiah for the right to turn the book into a film.
Andrea had turned them down because they did not really understand the book, he says. Instead he chose the country’s best filmmakers, Riri Riza and Mira Lesmana, to be director and producer respectively.
“I feel a connection with these two because they understand the book as a literary work, not just a historical biography (as many readers have misunderstood it). Because they understand it, they have seen the book with an imaginative perspective from the very beginning.”
Andrea said Riri and Mira had “caught the book’s substance”. “This is not a children’s book, but a book about children. It’s a irony abaut a lack of access to education for children in one of the world’s wealthiest island.”
The movie is expected to hit the screens September 28 and will be shown not only at cinemas but also in outdoor theaters.
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Top Images 2008: Of Votes And Violence
Kashmiri protesters throw stones and rubble at Indian policemen during an antipoll protest in Srinagar. Sparatist leaders, most of them locked up or under house arrest, have called for a boycott of the sevenstage state polls, saying New Delhi portrayed voting as an endorsement of its rule over the Kashmir region. Srinagar goes to polls in the seventh and last phase on December 24.
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Venom Car Audio Holds Fifth National Gathering
Venom, a name that signify quality and terrific performance in car audio, recently held its fifth national gathering in Jakarta, rounding up the brand’s dealers throughout the nation.
The gathering recapped Venom’s achievements over the year, including marketing strategies in 2008. Some points worth noting were its cooperation with national celebrities, participation in the 2008 IIMS, and the holding of its Accellera Auto contest.
Cooperation with popular local icons related with its endorsement by a number of celebrities who had Venom audio products installed in their cars. While the year 2008 marked the fourth time Venom participated in Gaikindo’s IIMS since 2004, the most interesting event held by Venom Indonesia was the Accellera Auto Contest, the nation’s most notable auto contest.
It also received two awards from the Indonesian Museum of Records (MURI) this year for the most complete audio feature in a car and the host of audio relay competition with the highest number of participants.
Venom is venomous this year, and is apparently expecting more prey next year.
The gathering recapped Venom’s achievements over the year, including marketing strategies in 2008. Some points worth noting were its cooperation with national celebrities, participation in the 2008 IIMS, and the holding of its Accellera Auto contest.
Cooperation with popular local icons related with its endorsement by a number of celebrities who had Venom audio products installed in their cars. While the year 2008 marked the fourth time Venom participated in Gaikindo’s IIMS since 2004, the most interesting event held by Venom Indonesia was the Accellera Auto Contest, the nation’s most notable auto contest.
It also received two awards from the Indonesian Museum of Records (MURI) this year for the most complete audio feature in a car and the host of audio relay competition with the highest number of participants.
Venom is venomous this year, and is apparently expecting more prey next year.
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Hilton Loses Jewerly in Burglary
Los Angeles police are investigating a burglary at Paris Hilton’s home that they say left her bedroom ransacked and about US$ 2 million in jewelry missing.
Los Angeles police officer Julianne Sohn said the breakin occurred around 5 a.m. Friday at Hilton’s home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Sohn says detectives reported that a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and gloves broke in through the home’s front door and ransacked Hilton’s bedroom.
Hilton was not at home at the time. She had been photographed the previous night at several LA nighspots.
Hilton’s publicist, Elliot Mintz, said he had no information to release Friday afternoon.
Los Angeles police officer Julianne Sohn said the breakin occurred around 5 a.m. Friday at Hilton’s home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Sohn says detectives reported that a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and gloves broke in through the home’s front door and ransacked Hilton’s bedroom.
Hilton was not at home at the time. She had been photographed the previous night at several LA nighspots.
Hilton’s publicist, Elliot Mintz, said he had no information to release Friday afternoon.
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Puri Casablanca Apartment Establishes Women’s Club
Puri Casablanca Apartment, an apartment building supervised by PT. Indonesia Prima Property, has officially established a club for ladies inhibiting the apartments.
Called Women’s Club Puri Casablanca Apartment, the club has women from different cultural backgrounds as members, aimed at learning and trying new activities as its monthly agenda.
The club’s agenda is beauty, thus, in cooperation with Missha Skin Care cosmetics from Korea, new makeup tricks are explored and digested throughout the month.
“Also supported by Londre Laundry Service and Oops Magazine, we hope this routine club meeting can always find interesting and useful things to do and learn every month,” said Emeraldo Parengkuan on behalf of the club.
Called Women’s Club Puri Casablanca Apartment, the club has women from different cultural backgrounds as members, aimed at learning and trying new activities as its monthly agenda.
The club’s agenda is beauty, thus, in cooperation with Missha Skin Care cosmetics from Korea, new makeup tricks are explored and digested throughout the month.
“Also supported by Londre Laundry Service and Oops Magazine, we hope this routine club meeting can always find interesting and useful things to do and learn every month,” said Emeraldo Parengkuan on behalf of the club.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Domingo sings poems by Pope John Paul
Tenor Placido Domingo unveiled a new album of songs based on the poems of Pope John Paul II on Friday and said be was certain the late pontiff was a saintly man.
In Infinete Love, a CD he presented at the Vatican, the Spanish-born Domingo sings duets with Hosh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Vanessa Williams and Katherine Jenkins as well as with his son, Placido Domingo Jr.
The songs in English, Spanish and Italian are based om poems the Polish pope wrote before his election in 1978. They were translated from the original Polish and put to music by various composers. The CD includes music by the London Symphony Orchestra.
“I am sure he will be a saint soon,” Domingo, who met the late pope several times, told a news conference at the Vatican.
In May, 2005, Pope Benedict put John Paul on the fast track by dispensing with Church rules that normally impose a five-year waiting period after a candidate’s death before the procedure that leads to sainthood can even start.
In Infinete Love, a CD he presented at the Vatican, the Spanish-born Domingo sings duets with Hosh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Vanessa Williams and Katherine Jenkins as well as with his son, Placido Domingo Jr.
The songs in English, Spanish and Italian are based om poems the Polish pope wrote before his election in 1978. They were translated from the original Polish and put to music by various composers. The CD includes music by the London Symphony Orchestra.
“I am sure he will be a saint soon,” Domingo, who met the late pope several times, told a news conference at the Vatican.
In May, 2005, Pope Benedict put John Paul on the fast track by dispensing with Church rules that normally impose a five-year waiting period after a candidate’s death before the procedure that leads to sainthood can even start.
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