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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Minister of PPN / Bappenas Armida Alisjahbana admitted surprise to hear the news that Sri Mulyani, would resign from his post as Minister of Finance and moved to the World Bank. At that time, Armida claimed was in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following a series of activities of the Asian Development Bank or ADB Meeting Meeting.

"At that time we were in Saudi, dated 5. I am in Riyadh. It's the news about Mrs Ani resigning and going to the World Bank, I heard there. At the embassy was there all the channels in Indonesia," he said after a meeting on climate change in the office of the Ministry of Finance, Friday (7/5/2010).

"Everybody was surprised because there has been no previous indication. Somewhat unexpectedly, yes," he added.

Armida admitted it knew nothing about the plan even before he and Sri Mulyani together into the Indonesian delegation to attend World Bank Spring Meeting and Sri Mulyani attended a meeting of state finance ministers of G-20. "So, there is no direct contact with him before," he said.

Liputan6.com, Jakarta: the implementation of the National Examination (UN) was asked later discontinued in 2011. The reason, UN serious enough for students ranging from ganggguan psychological, mental, and even suicide. Thus expressed Indonesian Child Protection Commission Chairman Hadi Supeno in Jakarta, Saturday (8 / 5).

Four times held, the UN continues to reap the controversy. Moreover, the UN-year graduation rate was declining compared to last year. Although there is repetition of the test, but a negative stigma for those who fail a heavy burden on some students [read: Haru and disappointed at the announcement UN SMP].

Junior level examination results recently published revelations, from about 3.5 million students not graduating as many as 9.73 percent. With the highest failure rate occurred in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. While in Jakarta, more than a third of junior high school students do not pass the examination. This amount is much improved compared to previous years.

This issue is taken seriously among the Commission X of the House Education. They did not need to assess the UN held each year. But five years like the census. (AIS)

Mountain View, KOMPAS.com - Starting in the mid of this year Google reportedly will start selling digital books through online bookstores will be opened. Thus the latest CNN report quoted a company spokesman.

This will put Google in competition e-book market is now becoming popular. Kindle's online bookstore Amazon.com jumped ahead to lead the market, but Barnes & Noble also catch up with e-reader release of Nook, and Apple recently launched iBookstore for the iPad.

Google has partnered with Taiwan's HTC to develop a new tablet computer to rival the iPad. Stores digital book itself will help sales of tablet PC design Google it and become her new purse.

But with the new service, called Google Editions, Google does not set the service was only for PC tablets themselves. Unlike some competitors, Google is planning enables digital books to be read on many other devices. However, Google Editions, on the other hand, will not allow users to download digital books, but can only be accessed through a web browser and connect to the internet.

Unlike Amazon.com myang emaksa publishers package books with a special format, just for Kindle homemade devices or applications that are installed Kindle to another device to read books in the library of the Amazon. Apple also embraces so-called industry standard Epub, where digital books that can only be read on the Apple device or through a software product.

Sanaa (AFP / Reuters) - Somali pirates-pirates have hijacked a fishing vessel off the coast of Yemen Arab semenjanjung country, carrying seven crew members along with their Yemeni fishermen, according to Internet pages Yemeni Defense Ministry said Friday.

Yemeni coast guard said the pirates, the pirates captured the ship, named Al Dhafir, when the ship was docking in a Yemeni island in the Red Sea and brought to Somalia.

The Coast Guard was continuing its efforts to save the vessel, said DoD's Internet pages.

Heavily-armed pirates pirates have increased their attacks against ships in recent months. And they have collected tens of millions of dollars in ransom money to hijack ships in the Indian Ocean.

Bakrie Golkar Party opened Raker

VIVAnews - For the Golkar Party, the case law of Century Bank must not stop let alone fired. Banyan Party asserts that the case law of Century Bank scandal must go on.

"Let me say again that the legal process goes on. Position does not cause someone to stop the legal process," said General Chairman of Golkar Party Bakrie in a speech at the Head Office of Golkar, Slipi, West Jakarta, Saturday, May 8, 2010.

About the news circulating that there was a political deal between President SBY associated with Golkar's move to Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the World Bank, Aburizal emphasized that no agreement of any kind.

"Circulating the news there is a political deal. I made it clear it does not exist. It's a personal choice for the mother of Sri Mulyani served a good position," said Aburizal who now serves as Chief Executive of the SBY-Boediono coalition.

Aburizal admitted could talk about the case law with the President of Century Bank. In perbicangan it, "Recommendations Century including ongoing legal proceedings. For anyone who can not stop the legal process," he asserted.

Makhachkala, Russia (AFP / Reuters) - A woman was killed and five others wounded when a bomb exploded in the territory of Dagestan in southern Russia, Friday, local officials said.

A local transport police spokesman said the blast was caused by a bomb placed in storage junk on the platform of a railway station in the town of Derbent.

"The blasts hit the platform when people got on a train that brought people commute to work every day," said the spokesman, who added that three policemen and three civilians were wounded in the blast.

A woman was injured later died of his injuries, a spokesman for the hospital clearly Derbent.

Russian police on the alert for possible attacks ahead of the defeat of Nazi Germany ke65 warning in World War II, on Sunday.

Guerrillas from Chechnya, near Dagestan, in the past have launched attacks on Victory Day, a holiday associated with the mass deportation of ethnic Chechens by Soviet leader Josef Stalin during the war.

Dagestan, Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia at the center of their resistance guerrillas who want to establish an independent Islamic state.

Jakarta Electric Conquer Petrochemicals

SOLO, Kompas.com - Tim Putri Jakarta Electric PLN Gresik Petrochemical defeat with the score 3-0 in the last four (final four) Soempona Proliga Green Volleyball 2010 at GOR Sritex Arena, Solo, Friday (7/5/10). Jakarta Electric won 25-19, 25-20, and 25-16.

Jakarta Electric reinforced two players from Thailand, Amporm and Jutarat, continue to smash-smash sharply opposing players can not be blocked. Support Silvy, Susanti, Maya, and Diamond Electric also makes Jakarta so dominant that they have not lost a set.

Jakarta Victory Electric is also supported by a solid defense. They successfully resisted the attacks of Gresik petrochemicals, which rely on foreign players, Hu and Liu Qipeng Mengya.

Jakarta coach Viktor Laiyan Electric explains, his team played in the game is compact. No wonder if many points are achieved.

Meanwhile, manager Gresik Petrikimia Syamsul Huda admitted, his team looks at the bottom of the form so that pertahannya less. This makes the opponent's attack many blocks away.

The results match other daughter team, Jakarta BNI 46 Jakarta win over Air Force by a score of 3-0, while the son team against Palembang Surabaya Samator Bank of South Sumatra with a score of 3-1.

SCTV Opens School For Early Childhood

Liputan6.com, Semarang: Purse Amal SCTV school inaugurated Plant Seed Nation Nawang Sari. to educate younger children in Semarang, Central Java, Saturday (8 / 5).

School built with the help of viewers through Pundi in the village of Amal SCTV Penawangan, Semarang regency, Central Java.

Nawang Sari school inauguration was done by the Chairman of Amal SCTV Risanggono Purse. School Plant Seed extract Nawang Nations is intended to educate children at an early age and holistic-based. According to Chairman of Amal SCTV Purse Risanggono, there are three programs to the attention of SCTV, namely, education, health, and environment. "School Plant Seed Nation is one manifestation of SCTV attention in education," said Risanggono.

Assistance provided Amal SCTV Purse improvement of buildings, teaching aids for learning, school uniforms, salaries of teachers, and children's playground. In addition to the school memeresmikan Purse Amal SCTV also conducted a series of activities like blood donation and free medical services. (ARI)

TAIPEI, KOMPAS.com - Collaboration between the motherboard Asus slick and artificial memory is G. Skill managed to break the record clocked DDR3 memory. For the first time, they managed to reach up to 2.5 GHz frequency. Memory clock as quickly as it had never reached the other products on the market.

Record was achieved with dual-channel DDR3 memory G. Skill artificial installed on the motherboard Asus P7P55D P7P55D-E and-E EVO. As reported by Asus, Tuesday (05/04/2010), both motherboards are indeed overclock feature that allows the use to tamper with and conduct experiments in order to increase clock speed.

Meanwhile, artificial G. Skill DDR3 memory is designed to work well with Intel Core i5/i7. Dual channel DDR3 memory will be sold as part of the Trident product lines made by the company.

Download Yuk, Diversion Language Google Goggles

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Starting today users on Android 6.1 can download free updates to the Google Goggles so that images that you capture can be analyzed in its foreign text. If you see a sentence in a language you do not understand, just call Google, snap the picture and wait for the translation to live. Simple is not it?

Uh, how exactly this. Point your cell phone into a word or sentence. Use the button to draw a box around the words. Next, press the Shutter button. If Google recognizes the word, to translate the options will appear. Well, you live Translate button to select the source language and language translation.

Oh yes, the translation Goggles prototype first shown earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Recognized at that time only the German language. Currently Goggles can read English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, and translated into many other languages. China's language, Hindi, and Arabic will also be covered. Once the promise of Google.

Besides translation, Goggles v1.1 barcode recognition have a better, more art, the introduction of more products than ever before and logo. The user interface was already better, as well as the ability to start your search by using visual images in the gallery of photos on your cell.