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Search Suspended Mine Workers

Liputan6.com, Houston: United States Coast Guard announced it had to stop the search for 11 miners missing on Friday (24 / 4) local time, after the explosion of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard also extend my deepest sympathy and prayers to the families of missing victims. "We have made the difficult decision to stop searching," said Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry.

Previously, Landry converse with the survivors to determine the missing victims who may be around the blast site. Because of this, estimated their chances of survival are slim.

Drilling Deepwater Horizon, is located about 42 km southeast of Venice, Louisiana. Oil refinery was eventually sunk in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday last, after 36 hours of burn from exploding on the previous Tuesday [read: Exploded Oil Drilling, 12 Missing]. When the oil refinery exploded, as many as 126 people suspected of being in it. But most of the workers managed to save himself and 17 people were injured.

Transocean officials - the owner of the mine - said the blast was probably caused by increased pressure or explosion of exploration wells that have been covered workers. (Xinhua / ADO)

Manila (ANTARA News / Xinhua-Oana) - Fire swept the average 100 homes in San Juan Metro Manila on Saturday morning, but no casualties were killed, said fire brigade chief of the Philippines in Manila, Saturday.

The red rooster began to arise before dawn in densely populated areas in San Juan, one mini-town in the area of the capital city of Manila, said Inspector Edwin Co, Chief of Fire Department.

The fires resulted in 600 people homeless. Flames could be conquered by the firemen two hours later, said Edwin Co.

Authorities are still investigating the causes of fires.

McAfee Create a Windows XP update "Crash"

WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - Latest update of the McAfee antivirus software makes Windows XP crashes. The result of the initial investigation of suspected software detects the operating system components as malware, or so-called false positive.

"McAfee is very concerned about the number of consumers who have been affected by false positives in the release this time," declared a company based in Santa Clara, California, the U.S.. XP users who reported experiencing the latest antivirus updates bluw screen, a sudden shutdown, and reboot again and again, but this should not happen to users of Windows Vista and Windows 7.

To anticipate the impact of a broader, McAfee updates are pulled directly from the server. Until now, it still causes problems even though according to the SANS Institute investigated the possibility of weakness on the DAT files version 5958.

Liputan6.com, Semarang: A sedan with plate number 7715 CS H Roundabout Bubakan exploded near the city of Semarang, Friday (24 / 4) night. According to local people, the incident started when the car is running slowly because the road was perforated in the region.

However, for some reason, suddenly the car exploded at the front and then followed with a spark. The panicked motorist escaped aided by the citizens.

When the car owner was out, the fire continued to expand and burn the car. Twin firefighters who came to the location of the fire finally managed to localize.

Although it does not cause casualties, the fire was making frantic citizens and lead to congestion in the area of dense traffic. Until now, police are still investigating the case. (IDS / ADO)

MOSCOW (AFP / RIA-Novosti Oana) - Russian missile warship transitive, Moscow, Saturday to contact the port of Oman, Muscat, to fill water and food supplies, said a spokesman for the Russian Navy.

Black Sea Fleet aircraft carrier, which left the port Ukranina, Sevastopol, on April 9, crossed the Suez Canal and is now in the voyage to the Indian Ocean to join the Russian warships in the other, in order to practice large-scale naval war.

Moscow, transitive cruiser Slava class missile with the capability of anti-aircraft and ASW, is to cooperate with the Pyotr Veliky, berudal cruisers with nuclear power from Russia's Eastern Fleet, which at this moment arrived in the Mediterranean port of Syria, Tartus, on the eve exercise.

Russia announced in 2007, that it was increasing navy presence throughout the world.

Russian Pacific Fleet task force, consisting Marshal Shaposhnikov, Udaloy class missile destroyers, one tanker and a tugboat, is currently running an anti-pirate mission on the coast of Somalia.

Avoid the police chase, Heri Drowning Death

Liputan6.com, Semarang: immediate family sobbing broke out when the bodies of Heri aka Mardiyono calf (26), residents of Kampung Batursari, Sawah Besar Village, District Gayamsari, Semarang, Central Java, Saturday (24 / 4), found the residents, floating in the River Semarang East Flood Canal. When found, the bodies of victims caught in the buffer under the bridge foundation Soekarno-Hatta artery Semarang, in conditions had decayed.

Chess, an eyewitness said the victim could not swim tengelam because, after fleeing from police raids against the perpetrators of gambling under the East River bridge Semarang Flood Canal. At that time, the victim together with three of her friends are cool gambling and drinking.

Knowing the cops came, they fled helter-skelter. Three people managed to escape, and now is still at large. While Heri who could not swim, drowned in the river and had time to look people in the river since two days ago, until finally discovered.

Until now, local police have not provided information regarding the causes of death and the truth of these raids. For a while, the case is still in the handling of police officers Sidodadi Sector. While the bodies of the victims handed over to family after being identified by the Police resort east of Semarang. (ARL / ADO)

Floods inundate Toll-Pejagan Kanci

Liputan6.com, Bradford: Toll-Pejagan Kanci which operated some time ago turned out to cause trouble impact. Due to the rain kept flushed for a few days later, the flood had soaked highway access in and out of the Ketanggungan, Brebes, Central Java. Result, the flow of vehicles and headed out of Cirebon, West Java, disturbed.

Floods also soak the village roads, settlements, and plant and residents in the District Kersana Ketanggungan. According to residents, the flooding caused by one of the old sewer water is lost because it was used for the manufacture of highway. Responsible citizens hope to make immediate highway drainage. So if it rains, water can be wasted overflow. (BJK / ADO)

PMI Given Two Week Time

Liputan6.com, Jakarta: The process of investigation of the bloody clashes in Tanjung, North Jakarta, continues. In a closed meeting Governor Fauzi Bowo with the Indonesian Red Cross investigation team, has not been revealed clearly the party responsible for the clashes that killed three police personnel were civil servants.

This interim report is only related to the number of victims. Therefore, scheduled to ask for PMI to complete the investigation within two weeks that ended on May 4 next [read: Foke questioning, Red Cross Donates Data].

Meanwhile, one of the issues that arose in this case is the alleged flow of funds of Rp 11 billion from PT Pelindo for the cost of land evictions tomb of Habib Al-Hadad, alias Mbah Priok. In front of the parliament members of DKI Jakarta two days ago, claiming the cost of evictions scheduled to be borne Pelindo, although the numbers are not the Rp 11 billion.

But, in the Office of the National Commission on Human Rights, the President Director of PT Pelindo II Richard Jose Lino denied that accusation. Related to land disputes, an area of 145 hectares, is also still occurs in opinion about the compensation money [read: PT Pelindo Wants to Give Fund Satpol PP].

A number of differences is at the homework, not only for the investigation team of PMI, but also the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta, PT Pelindo II, and the heirs and citizens to find a solution to violence will not recur. (ADO)

Kunduz, Afghanistan (ANTARA News / Xinhua-Oana) - Taliban lost 21 gerilyawannya due to air and ground attacks launched by Afghan troops to their positions in the province of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan on Friday, said Deputy Police Chief Abdul Rahman Haqtash Kunduz Province.

According Haqtash, the first attack launched by guerrillas and captured two villagers named Kohdaman and Chaghdar in Imam Sahib district, but security forces repulsed gerilaywan after fierce fighting, killing eight guerrillas.

A worker at the security forces were also killed in the fighting guerrillas and four suffered serious injuries.

Haqtash said the two incidents, 13 Taliban militants including their commander, Hamza Khand, were killed by air strikes in the District of Dasht-e-Archi on Friday night.

A National Security Agency intelligence officials confirmed the air strike in the District Dasht-e-Archi on Friday night, killing dozens of insurgents.

Security forces launched an air attack after intelligence reports of guerrilla activity in the region, he said.

Taliban insurgents increasingly strike-suicide bomb attack against international troops and Afghan government forces in that turbulent country.

The security situation in the area of Kunduz and Baghlan in northern Afghanistan that is relatively conducive to the year 2009, but in recent months, Taliban insurgents reportedly increasing over and launched their guerrilla activity there.

Steal Lindsay Lohan Accused of Rolex Watches

Lindsay Lohan got a new problem, allegedly stole a Rolex clock. One friend of actress Lindsay Lohan is accused stealing watches worth U.S. $ 35,000 property. Friends actress was admitted at his watch Lohan left in the house and never returned.

The actress' lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, denied the news. As quoted by TMZ, Chapman said, "The accusation is absolutely untrue."

A source quoted by TMZ, saying that the police have a witness that proves Lohan knows where expensive jewelry. Also claimed the police visited the residence of Lohan on 21 April, but he admitted to not knowing anything. There has been no arrest warrant for this case. (SPL / actress)