A letter to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Region: Indonesia
In commemoration of the Martin Luther King Day on January 21 Dear Dr. King, I am writing to you because of your magnificent speech “I have a dream.” It is such an awesome speech that I would like ... more
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'I just shot Lennon'
Region: Indonesia
It has been 27 years since the day when a man was leaving the New York’s Dakota apartment building while saying to the doorman, “I just shot Lennon.” It is not easy to completely eliminate th... more
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Promoting condoms in conservative Indonesia
Region: IndonesiaEven though sex is still taboo to many Indonesians, the government of this archipelagic country has recently taken a significant step towards curbing the spread of the HIV virus and other sexually transmitted diseases... more
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The world gearing up for Bali ‘climate conference’
Region: IndonesiaNegotiators worldwide are set to attend the thirteenth session of the Conference of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that will take place from December 3 to 14, 2007 in the island of the gods, Bali of ... more
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Kevin Rudd next Australian PM
Region: AustraliaAfter four terms of incumbency, Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard suffered a big lost Saturday as Kevin Rudd of Labor Party will take Howard’s role as the next Australian Prime Minister. &... more
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Iran-U.S. relations crux of the problem
Region: IndonesiaIn spite of the fact that the UN’s watchdog agency has suggested that Iran is getting more cooperative in dealing with the agency’s inspection on the country’s uranium enrichment activities, the bilateral... more
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Australia’s politically naked truth
Region: AustraliaWhether it is a political bombshell, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was shocked Monday with a magazine poll showing 16 percent of its readers would like to see him naked. The survey of 1,200 readers of ... more
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Maria Montessori – a flash in children education history
Region: Indonesia
Many people when they hear the name Montessori, most likely will associate it with nursery school or kindergartens. Besides the fact that there are large numbers of schools using Montessori method, many people still wonder... more
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Cheyenne – a story from the Great Plain –part 2
Region: Indonesia
The Cheyenne Indians are one of the most notable of the western tribes who inhabited the Great Plains, the open country lying west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. They were famous among early trav... more
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Suu Kyi’s 62nd birthday marked as Burmese Women’s Day
Region: Indonesia
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi turned 62 on Tuesday while being under house arrest. Such a notable day that not only did hundreds of Suu Kyi’s supporters stand at National League for Democracy (NLD) pa... more
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Educated and brought up in California and Arizona, I'm now an English teacher and Jakarta's based freelance journalist who like exploring many ideas and putting them into words. In addition to teaching Business English for corporate training program, I regularly contribute quite diverse articles to some English printing media.
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