Terms of RI Got High Income in 2025

Indonesia targets to be high-income countries in 2025 will face a number of challenges. Currently, Indonesia is ranked 17th world economy with income per capita of about U.S. $ 3,000.

Deputy of Infrastructure and Regional Development Ministry of Economy, Lucky Eko Wuriyanto, express, Indonesia has a variety of potential that can be developed into a major world economic power. "We're changing from factor-driven economy towards efficiency-driven economy," said Lucky in Jakarta, Thursday, May 26, 2011.
However, he explains, the potential as one of the world's economic power does not necessarily make Indonesia a dream come true. Ministry of Economic Affairs and even noted some challenges to be faced by Indonesia.
First, the current economic activity has not been focused on the industrial processing or increase in value added.
Second, there is still a gap between regions. This gap is visible between the western and eastern Indonesia. The condition is visible from the distribution of gross regional domestic product for each province in Indonesia that is uneven.
Third, infrastructure problems that have been assessed inhibited. Based on the Global Competitiveness Report 2010, Indonesia's infrastructure ranked 82nd of 139 countries.
Fourth, the low quality of Indonesian human resources. Currently, about 50 percent of Indonesian workers are primary school educated and only about eight percent of the educated diploma or degree.
Fifth, it takes a very rapid urbanization. Central Bureau of Statistics predicted in 2025 the population in urban areas reached 65 percent. Conditions that have an impact on improving the movement patterns of consumption, production structures, land use conflicts, employment structure, and distribution of goods and services that require a reliable infrastructure. Sixth, the impact of climate change.
Lucky added that currently the government is serious to solve some of these challenges by preparing a Masterplan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development. Efforts were also to use the momentum to be able to join with the countries in emerging markets.

Yaman crisis worsen, the United States Request for citizens to Go

VIVAnews - The U.S. government ordered all non-core diplomats to leave Yemen. Similar appeal also applies to American citizens residing in Arab countries as the security situation getting worse. Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, again refused to resign and people increasingly insistent depose him from power.

 Yemen was concerned about developments in the U.S.. "The level of security threat in Yemen is now very high due to terrorist activity and civil unrest,"the statement said U.S. State Department in Washington, who monitored the Associated Press on Thursday local time.

"social unrest is underway throughout the country. So it is with large scale protests in major cities,"said U.S. State Department. Washington warned that clashes also occurred in the capital Sana'a and "could be getting hot at any time."

In the last three days of demonstrations and clashes between protesters and security forces in several cities in Yemen. The clashes resulted in at least 41 people were killed and dozens others injured. The opposition increasingly angry after President Saleh had not retreated from his position, even though he had verbally promised three times to step down.

"I'm not going to leave power and will not go from Yemen," Saleh said as quoted by his spokesman, Ahmed al-Soufi. Saleh, who has 32 ​​years in power, always rocked by protests in the last three months.

This Beautiful Models Join the War in Afghanistan

Smile politely at the camera, he seemed the ideal of 'roses' England. His picture adorned the pages 'girls in pearls' Magazine Country Magazine.
The model was named Harriet Haslam-Greene. Behind the gentle appearance he was choosing a career that is far from the impression of the feminine: being a soldier.
Just a few weeks after posing on page three of Country Magazine, the female 24-year advanced to the forefront of the war in Afghanistan.
Second lieutenant it has now been sent to the Helmand region of Afghanistan, along with The Highlanders - Scottish Regiment fourth battalion, belonging to the United Kingdom.
Taking pictures he did before going to Afghanistan, in the pages of Country Life is often decorated with the faces of the British aristocracy.
Haslam-Greene are often greeted with a familiar name Hattie by his friends and fellow soldiers Letting brown hair and wearing conservative dress in the photo shoot.
He also menenakan pair of pearl earrings, her nails French manicure style treated. Graceful style did not show an exhausting profession.
Haslam-Greene, who comes from West Sussex, attended a special school girls, Newnham College at Cambridge University.
He joined the military 18 months ago, leaving Sandhurst in August and joined the Intelligence Corps.
Now he is based in Lashkar Gah, Haslam-Greene joined the team whose job it is to build good relationships with the women of Afghanistan.
"It is amazing to see a girl who is the army and go to war, became a model," said Country Life editor Mark Hedges as published Daily Mail, Thursday, May 26, 2011. "He looks awesome, both when sitting pretty at home with everyday clothing, or in Afghanistan," he added.
Hedges added that the magazine is sent each month to Afghanistan. So, the soldiers would see Haslam-Greene pose.
Galaman 'girls in pearls' diadalah the first time in 1897. Hundreds of blue-blood woman ever mejeng on that page, including sister Queen of Britain, Princess Anne and the recent turn of her daughter, Zara Phillips is his picture in there.

8000 massacre of Bosnian Muslims on trial Begin

After 16 years on the run, Ratko Mladic finally brought before an international tribunal for war crimes. Mladic is one who allegedly responsible for the massacre of 8000 Muslims in Sebrenica, Bosnia, in 1995.

Mladic intelligence agents detained in a raid before dawn at a family home in a village in northern Serbia. This action supported the Serbian government as proof they are eligible for membership into the European Union.

Mladic's 69-year-old is one of the world's most wanted fugitives. He is a former supreme commander of the Bosnian Serb army during the Bosnian war between 1992-1995. More than 100,000 people were killed, and 1.8 million people displaced kibat war.

International Criminal Tribunal indicted Mladic in The Hague, Netherlands, for genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of the role of Muslims in eastern Bosnia massacre and invasion of Sarajevo. On Thursday morning, Mladic brought to court for extradition in Belgrade. Through his lawyer, he states will not recognize the UN tribunal.

The former military commander was wearing a blue jacket and hat, gray hair out a bit and bring a towel in his left hand. Through television, Mladic came to say good morning to someone in the court and his bodyguard said, "Come on, General."

Mailing Saljic, Mladic lawyer, said his client's trial be shortened due to the weak condition that trouble communicating. "He's aware under arrest, knew where he was, and he claimed not recognize the Hague tribunal," said Saljic.

Belgrade Radio B-92 mention one hand Mladic has been paralyzed, which is likely due to a stroke.

Extradition is expected to take a week, after that Mladic was brought to The Hague, where he faces charges of life imprisonment. The UN court has no death penalty.

Indonesian Food Agri peg Rp37 Billion Transaction

JAKARTA - Indonesian Agri organized by the Ministry of Agriculture Food and PTWahyu Promocitra target Rp37 billion transactions during the four days.

"This event at 153 followed by institutions and SMEs, last year we made ​​this event welland record the transaction value approximately Rp37 billion. Right now our target is alsoat least that much," said the Chief Organizer and Director of PT Wahyu PromocitraSukur Sakka on the sidelines implementation of Agri Food Expo at JCC Senayan,Jakarta, Thursday (05/26/2011).

Furthermore, he also stated that this year this event raised the potential of the Indonesian spices such as abandoned community. "In the past, the Dutch colonizedIndonesia because of potential herb-rempahnya. Now, the potential that suchmarginalized, we want to see the spices prevail again," she added.

In addition, the interesting part of this event is the convening of a forum where buyerscan meet with the seller.

"Tomorrow, there will be forums buyers meet sellers. As such as citrus and mango sellerwill we arrange a meeting with supermarkets or hotels. So they can supply their needs ofour SMEs,"he concluded.

Biggest lake in Iran Being Salt Lake

The largest salt water lake in the Middle East and the third largest in the world, Oroumieh, located in Iran threatened destroyed. This lake has now become a giant salt fields because the water is dry due to incorrect handling of water distribution.
Reporting from the page the Associated Press, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, the lake area of ​​5200 square kilometers and is 16 meters berkedalaman formerly a migratory flamingo, pelicans, and sea gull. Now the only remaining white expanse of salt because as much as 60 percent of water is shrinking and is expected to recede a total of a few more years.

As a result of these events, tourism around the lake paralyzed. Some employers hire ship had moored his ship because it can no longer sail. Oroumieh deepest point is now only about two meters, kecilpun passenger boat will not be able to walk. The wind that brings salt from the lake also has the potential to damage the agricultural areas located nearby.
"The wind saline not only bad for neighborhoods, but also damaging agriculture in areas far from the location," said Masoud Mohammadian, agriculture officials in Tehran.
The Iranian government says that drought Oroumieh river caused by drought and excessive irrigation. In addition, construction of dams around the lake also contribute a little more damage. Actually this problem has emerged since the 90s, but the Iranian government still build 35 dams on the rivers that flow into the lake.
Nasser Agh, environmental lecturer at the University of Tabriz Sahand, said that the drought cycle calculation error experts also cause dryness of the lake. "Experts initially thought the dry time is 10-year cycle, but it was dry due to drought continues," he said.
Vice president of Iran, Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh, said the government has set a three-stage weather control to prevent a total drought. However, the government's plan is viewed pessimistically by experts.
Kahram Ismail, a professor at the University of Tehran Azad said that the only way to fill the lake water to release some of Oroumieh is water in the dammed river. "The lake to be suffering from these dams. The government must release 20 percent of water from the dam," said Kahram.
Other experts, Mostafa Ghanbari, from Lake Oroumieh Rescue Group said that the only way to save the lake is to enter the water from the Caspian Sea. This, he said, can be done by pumping water from a distance of 700 kilometers away.
Khanjari Eskandar, a local journalist, said that all plans are just a mere plan. He said that the only way is to wait for the rain to meet river. "It seems people have only one road, that is praying for rain," he said. (Eh)

ASEAN-Japan Cooperation from Heart to Heart.

Cooperation between ASEAN and Japan are working together heart to heart, that is mutually beneficial cooperation on the basis of equality of culture and traditional values.
This was stated by the Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN, Takio Yamada, inaugurated the office after the Japanese mission to ASEAN in Jakarta, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Yamada said that Japanese culture contributed much in the values ​​in ASEAN, as well as vice versa. That's why the Japanese mission to enhance ASEAN cooperation in this time called "Partnership of the Heart to Heart."
"We feel there is chemistry between ASEAN and Japan. In ASEAN, we feel like at home," says Yamada.
Japan has been a dialogue partner of ASEAN since it first was in 1967. The opening of Japan to ASEAN's mission is the form of strengthening cooperation in the future relations between the two parties.
Yamada said that the ASEAN countries in the economic field has contributed much to the development in Japan. ASEAN position, he said, is second after China in the amount of economic cooperation. This assumption breaks a lot of people that the United States is the largest partner for Japan.
"In the field of trade, the amount of cooperation with ASEAN greater than cooperation with the United States. ASEAN countries also become a major destination for Japanese investors," he said.
ASEAN also, he said, will have an important role in revitalizing the Japanese economy after earthquake and tsunami last March 11.
Cooperation with ASEAN will also be focused on security and political issues. The role of ASEAN is now more widespread, as evidenced by the presence of heads of state will take the United States and Russia in East Asia Conference, November.
"With the purpose of establishing the ASEAN Community 2011, ASEAN has increased the integration and solidarity. The presence of ASEAN in this area is very important," says Yamada.
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, Bagas Hapsoro, welcomed the placement of the Japanese mission in Indonesia for ASEAN. He said that projects between ASEAN and Japan will more easily teralisasi with the mission.
"I believe Japan and ASEAN will be able to work together effectively." Bagas said. (Adi)• VIVAnews