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Anis: Koalisi dengan PDIP Tetap Terbuka
JAKARTA - Banyak yang meragukan bahwa PDIP-PKS dapat mencapai kompromi untuk koalisi karena perbedaan ideologinya sangat jauh. Tetapi, menghadapi Pilpres 2009, wacana koalisi itu terus bergulir.
Sekjen PKS Anis Matta, misalnya, mengatakan bahwa saat ini tidak tepat lagi mendikotomikan PDIP-PKS secara ekstrem. ’’ PDIP-PKS itu tidak layaknya minyak dan [...]

Pakistan’s Musharraf will resign

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is facing impeachment by parliament, says he will resign.
The charges against the president include violation of the constitution and gross misconduct.
Mr Musharraf said he was confident that the charges against him would not stand but that this was not the time for more confrontation in Pakistan.
He has [...]

Russian Forces Dig In Despite Cease-Fire Deal

IGOETI, Georgia — Russian forces built ramparts around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The United States and France said it appeared Russia was defying the truce already. Russian [...]

War on terror is Pakistan’s own war: prime minister

ISLAMABAD, July 26 (Reuters) - Pakistan is fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban for its own interests, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday as he embarked on his first official visit to the United States.

Gilani, in office since March, is due to meet U.S. President George W. Bush in which militant sanctuaries along [...]

Google’s 35% Profit Growth Misses Expectations

By Clint Boulton
Google posts a $1.25 billion profit that would thrill most companies, but Wall Street is cringing because it falls short of expectations. Google Chief Economist Hal Varian joins the call to soothe the analysts’ fears about online ad weakness.
In a hint that the online advertising market may be in a downslide, Google missed [...]

US handgun ban challenge spreads

A powerful gun lobby group in the United States has filed legal challenges to handgun bans in San Francisco and Chicago.
The lawsuits come a day after the US Supreme Court ruled that a ban on the private possession of handguns in Washington DC was unconstitutional.
A National Rifle Association lawyer said the cases were [...]

Bill Clinton endorses Obama bid

Former US President Bill Clinton has announced for the first time his support of fellow Democrat Barack Obama’s bid for the White House.
Mr Clinton’s wife Hillary was Mr Obama’s biggest rival for the party nomination, and he was often critical of Mr Obama on the campaign trail.
Mr Clinton’s spokesman said he was committed [...]

U.N. Telecoms Body Urges Global 911

By Reuters
UN called on all countries to adopt a single telephone number - 116.111 - for children to dial for help.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations telecoms agency ITU called on all countries on Monday to adopt a single telephone number — 116.111 — for children to call when they urgently need help [...]