WikiLeaks Founder Awarded Peace Prize from the Australian Agency

Sydney - Founder Julian Assange WikiLeaks sites has led to anger the United States government to release thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic wire. However, an Australian non-profit organization providing peace award to the man.

Assange won the award for "exceptional courage in the pursuit of human rights. " Assange get a gold medal organization Sydney Peace Foundation in London, England.

This makes Assange as the fourth person to win the award in the 14-year history that the peace institute. Sydney Peace Foundation is affiliated with the University of Sydney, supported by City of Sydney.

Before Assange, figures who received the award include Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.

Assange touted as the man who dared to reveal the "secrets of governments around the world that hides the fact that the people's right to know, and going on since centuries ago. "

"We think the struggle for peace with justice must involve conflict, and inevitably involves a controversy," said foundation director, Professor Stuart Rees as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday (11/05/2011).

According to him, Assange and WikiLeaks has revealed facts according to rules of journalism and freedom of information and political struggle.

Osama Bin Laden Still Alive

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Taliban leader claimed that Osama Bin Laden is still alive. Parties to assess the allegations of Taliban deaths of Bin Laden is very unfounded.

Earlier U.S. President Barack Obama make sure that Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. military operation in the region Abbottabad, Pakistan. The leader of Al Qaeda terrorist network was killed in a shootout.

As reported by Bloomberg, on Tuesday (05/03/2011), claim that Osama Bin Laden is still alive, hurled by Pakistani Taliban leadership who send their statement to the TV Pakistan GEO TV.

Osama Bin Laden declared killed in battle when a small team of U.S. military raided a small house in Abbotabbad. The U.S. itself has to make sure that Bin Laden had been killed after a DNA test.

Claims about Osama Bin Laden is still alive of course, can cause confusion. Apart from the already release the results of DNA testing by the U.S..

As quoted from Arrahmah.com, Commander Wali Rahman, a commander of Mujahideen in Pakistan, stated that Sheikh Osama bin Laden is still alive and is in excellent health.

"I did not meet directly with Sheikh Osama, but I can confirm with the obvious truth that Sheikh Osama bin Laden is still alive and in good condition," said Wali Rahman in a video statement taken from a forum Guest Ansar Islam, citing the BBC Arabic news broadcast.

Unlike Osama beard?

WASHINGTON - A little weird seeing a photo of Osama Bin Laden that was released by a national television in Pakistan. Photos showed the body of Osama Bin Laden who was killed. Oddity lies in his beard.


Earlier, some media published a photo of Osama Bin Laden's beard had turned white with gray alias. Photo showing Bin Laden's beard had turned white, even broadcast some time after the Al Qaeda attacks in the United States 2001.

While the photo released by Geo TV in Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden showed his face a pathetic attack U.S. military forces, with a beard with deminasi colored jet black. Indeed there are some grooves that white beard. However, overall the picture of Osama beard black.


This raises the suspicion, whether the man touted as the most wanted international fugitive is really Osama Bin Laden?


But in his statement, Geo TV has confirmed that the picture they get is really Osama Bin Laden. Those that testified that the victim who was in the photo had been verified and the truth is that Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden's body Buried at Sea?

WASHINGTON - The United States (U.S.) claims they have the body of Osama bin Laden who was killed in U.S. military operations in Pakistan. According to a U.S. official, bin Laden's body was buried at sea.

Not clear truth of the burial remains of Al Qaeda terrorist network leader this. But officials with the confident that his body had been buried at sea.

"Osama bin Laden was buried at sea. His body was treated with Islamic tradition," U.S. officials told CNN on Monday (02/05/2011).

While U.S. officials do not know his name, did not officially explain the burial of Osama bin Laden is. They also refused to give details about the news of the burial at sea.

Fox News kesalahan Panggil Obama Bin Laden Dead

NEW YORK - News Death of Osama Bin Laden into the media headlines throughout the world. However, not news which concerns the death of Osama in the headline news network Fox News, but they write wrong name.

One of the biggest news network in the United States (U.S.), Fox News, made ​​a mistake in writing the headline news the death of Osama Bin Laden. Fox News writes: "Obama Bin Laden is Dead" instead of "Osama Bin Laden is Dead".

Errors are caught accidentally by one of the social networking Twitter user. Twitter user with the name @ KyleHudgins take pictures when Fox News broadcast the news with headlines such false and pass it on Twitter, on Monday (02/05/2011).

Osama Bin Laden a major terrorist leader wanted by the U.S. Government since he led terrorist network, Al Qaeda, of masterminding the attacks on New York's Twin Towers, which killed more than 3,000 people.

"Osama Bin Laden has been Killed"

WASHINGTON - President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama sure that Al Qaeda terrorist network leader Osama Bin Laden is dead. Bin Laden is confirmed to have died in a military operation.

"Through the U.S. military operation conducted in a region of Pakistan. We make sure that Osama Bin Laden has been killed," Obama said in his press conference, as quoted by CNN on Monday (02/05/2011).
"A small team was sent to a house suspected hiding place of Bin Laden. A gun battle ensued in the house," he continued.

Obama added that such operations have been held for a week. Bin Laden eventually death can be ascertained on Sunday evening local time.

Being before the U.S. military continued to try hard to apprehend terror dedengkot Saudi Arabia's birth. Business intensified after al Qaeda who allegedly led attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon that caused approximately 3,000 people were killed in September 2001.

But Bin Laden always managed to escape from the ambush of U.S. forces and allies in a massive operation in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Osama: If I Die, My Mission a Live

IN 2004, Osama bin Laden offers truce to European countries not to attack Muslims.

He also said that the United States (U.S.) could be spared from the September 11 attacks if they stop askinya to threaten the security of Muslims.

However, after a long vacuum, Osama re-emerged in 2006. This time his message is more likely to politics.

In January 2006, he provided comments to the American people, he commented on an opinion poll says that Americans want a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. He also advises American citizens a book called "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only superpower" which offers a path of peace.

Within a few this year, after the September 11 attacks, the search for Osama getting closer to a bright spot.

After the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who allegedly masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks, in March 2003, officials in Islamabad and Washington always gives the rumors claim the capture of Osama bin Laden.

U.S. troops were deployed in the border region to find Osama, the former members of the Taliban said that Osama has always moved around, he always traveled in the mountains with a small group of his security forces.

Osama always promised repeatedly that he would die in the struggle to expel Israel from the land of Jerusalem and the United States from Saudi Arabia and Iraq's soil.

"America can not get me alive," Osama said in a statement during an interview with Pakistani journalist shortly after the U.S. invasion began in Afghanistan, as reported by the Associated Press on Monday (02/05/2011).

"I may be destroyed, but my mission will never stop,"the message of Osama.

Thousands of People Watch the Carrion Flowers Blooming

GENEVA - Swiss Approximately 10 thousand people witnessed the corpse flower blossom as high as two meters in Basel Botanical Garden, last Friday. Understandably, this is the first event blossoming relationship dead in the botanical garden in the next 75 years.

Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanum or so-called corpse flower is native to Sumatra, which is known to have giant petals and an unpleasant smell like rotten meat that can be smelled from a distance of half a mile (approximately 804 meters).

Corpse flower that blooms just in celebration of Good Friday and is expected to last until Easter celebration on Sunday (24/04/2011). Similarly, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Swissinfo news website reported that interest began to emerge from the soil surface in early March. Only in a few days, the flower grows approximately six centimeters each day. Generally, the Titan Arum blooms once in 10 years.

The stench of a distinctive and unique flower pattern that's what makes the Titan Arum as a coveted collector's interest in the whole world. When the bloom, umbrella-shaped petals that will open up to a diameter of about three to four feet.

Terrorist Action Changed So Jihad Individual

JAKARTA - The terror bombings that appear within a few months, indicating a shift in ideology of the groups who had been accused of terrorist acts.

International Crisis Group report on Wednesday (4/20/2011), states, involving violent extremism gradually change shape so small groups which acted independently of major jihadi organization. But these groups are supported by a large group.

These changes are a result of widespread arrests and efforts to weakening the structure of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Jamaat Anshorut Tahuid (Jat), and other organizations that allegedly involved in terrorist acts.

Also mentioned in the report that this change is also the impact of the shift in ideology that is now more inclined to acts of jihad that is "individualized" than "organizational", low-cost small-scale killings and targeted than ever before.

Suicide bombing that occurred in the Mosque Mapolresta Cirebon and a series of bomb books shipped and circulated in Jakarta, a marker of this ideological shift. Therefore, the government asked to immediately develop prevention strategies to reduce the possibility of such groups are increasingly mushrooming.

The people who support jihad "organizational" believe that they will not be able to achieve their dream of establishing an Islamic state without a large organization and strong leader. They therefore consider it important to build public support.

Rather than engage in acts of terrorism, groups such as JI and Jat currently focused on building a mass base, by looking for issues close to the target of their proselytizing.

The longer, this will make them focus on "the enemies" local rather than foreign, with the goal of officials is seen as an oppressor, especially the police, the Christians, and members of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Vice President Sleep When Obama Speaking

WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama spoke about his efforts to save the national economy for 30 minutes, Vice President Joe Biden could not contain his sleepiness and sleep.

In video footage seen two women who sit behind the Vice President of the United States (U.S.) also fought against their drowsiness.

Yet, Biden finally gasped and woke from his sleep. It is clear that they need to fight for Biden to stay awake. Similarly, as reported by the Telegraph, on Thursday (14/04/2011).

Dormition of Biden as Obama's speech triggered floods comment on the social networking site Twitter and the U.S. political blogs. Some of the comments some say if Biden was thinking hard, or praying.

Behavior Biden managed to divert the spotlight from Obama's speech and it was not the first time Biden made ​​a big mistake amid major political event.

Inadvertently, when reform legislation was passed, in front of a microphone that lights Biden said "big problem".

Post-Mubarak stepped down, the Egyptian Blogger Freed

CAIRO - Since the regime of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt leading up to 30 years, a number of activists who are advocating for freedom and human rights are always silenced, including the activist bloggers.

But after Hosni stepped down from his post as president, everything changed. Even for the first time a blogger who has been sentenced to prison for three years, Maikel Nabil Sanad, was finally released from prison.

Launched by New York Times on Wednesday (13/04/2011), Sanad is a blogger who also works as a veterinarian. He was jailed for having opposed the government and criticized the Egyptian military.

Sanad was arrested last month amid the violence that is directed by the military, or military elements, against those protesters who remained in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

Egypt, for many years, has been among the most gruesome in theabuse of social media users . Activists who are considered directly rebel picked up, with the action of the beating, arresting, torturing and imprisoning bloggers and Facebook users. Kareem Amer spent four years in prison, in horrible circumstances, for criticizing Islam and the regime of Mubarak.

"But now everything has changed, the bloggers and activists who oppose the regime have been released. I hope this will be a happy ending," please Sanad.

Not yet sanctioned the construction of JSS President

JAKARTA - The development of the Sunda Strait Bridge (JSS) that has been digembor-touted fact still not received the blessing of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

Deputy Minister of Transportation Dardak Herman explained, the construction of the bridge project still could be done until the publication of draft legislation that the president was in the Cabinet Secretariat.

The plan, after pepres it out, the bidding process can be done immediately. "It's still Perpes stage, tender this out, but we did not know also when perpresnya out," he said when met at Building JCC, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (04/12/2011).

Hermato who is also chairman of the National Team JSS, add a feasibility study related to the study of technical problems JSS project development is still done. The study and survey that is currently done is about the right building site, and the ideal distance to Mount Krakatoa.

"The goal is to find the best possible distance in a technology can be implemented such as the nearest distance but avoid the mountain, and his deepest trench 140 meters, so we're looking pillars,"he explained.

He said the government seeks to project JSS become children of the nation, although in terms of funding allowed to receive foreign assistance. The project is expected to begin physically built in 2014.

"The bridge (later) in the middle, there is also a railway line, there are utilities such as electricity, water supply, telecommunication, and gas. So this multifunctionality and packaged, "he added.

Public Work Minister Djoko Kirmanto convey at this time there are three foreign investors from Malaysia, China and South Korea.

"JSS is a lot that interested, I can not call his name, yes, that is clear from Malaysia, China and Korea at that time also there," he said on the same occasion.

Again, China urges Japan to Give Info Nuclear Crisis

BEIJING - The Chinese government again asked Japan to release information about Japan's nuclear crisis after increased levels of alertness to the highest level in the nuclear crisis.

The Chinese government has repeatedly asked Japan more transparent in providing information on the impact of the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

"We hope the steps taken by Japan will ease the crisis effectively. We also expect Japan to provide information in a timely, appropriate and complete, "said Foreign Ministry Spokesman China Hong Lei was quoted as saying by AFP on Tuesday (12/04/2011).

Japan's nuclear crisis has caused anxiety for the spread of radiation to China. Anxiety radiation will rapidly cause panic among the people of China who later flocked to buy salt. They believe that the iodine in salt to repel the effects of radiation.

Radiation with low levels detected in the air and spinach grown in some areas of northern China including Beijing.

Pelaut Tua Lintasi Laut Atlantik dengan Rakit

Philipsburg - A 85-year-old British sailor succeeded in realizing his childhood dream. Himself successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean just by using the raft.

Accompanied by three colleagues, Anthony Smith took two months in crossing the Atlantic Ocean. His trip was starting smoothly, he is only hindered by damage to the small part of the raft that he used.

Crew of ship departed from the Canary Islands, after previously planned trip was delayed for a month. When I started the journey, the boat is filled by a variety of foods such as citrus, avocado, potatoes, cabbage and pumpkins.

Uniquely raft was constructed from water pipe 12 meters long and 14 other small pipe. While seven pipes used to deliver clean water. The raft was also equipped with 12-meter-high mast and a screen measuring 37 meters square.

This raft can sail at speeds up to 4 knots. While during control raft, the crew required to be alert until they are not reading books or playing cards.

"I think we all, enjoy the evening situation in which we alert each other of the condition of the sea," Smith said as quoted by the Associated Press on Friday (08/04/2011).

Smith's action is an attempt to prove that the elderly can still perform hazardous activities. They do this also to raise funds for non-profit UK, WaterAid.