Tujuh Klaim Budaya oleh Malaysia Sejak 2007

Wakil Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Wiendu Nuryanti, menyatakan pemerintah Malaysia sudah tujuh kali mengklaim budaya Indonesia sejak 2007 lalu. Berikut budaya-budaya tersebut 1. Reog Ponorogo (2007) "Pertama, klaim terhadap kesenian Reog Ponorogo pada November 2007," kata Wiendu dalam rapat dengar pendapat bersama Komisi X DPR di Kompleks Parlemen Senayan, Jakarta, Rabu, 20 Juni 2012. 2. [...]

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20 Amazing Facts about Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Venere.com! Take a peek at our list of fun facts about how the most important holiday of the year is a celebrated around the world! Did you know that? XMAS In Greek, X means Christ; that is where the word “Xmas” comes from! Christmas World Records The world’s largest Christmas present was the Statue of Liberty. The French gave it to the US in 1886. [...]

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10 Unamiliar Countries

Spanyol, Brasil, Italia dan negara-negara lainnya dikenal di seluruh dunia karena keberadaan mereka, budaya dan sejarah. Tapi, mungkin anda tidak mengenal negara-negara di bawah ini. Seluruh negara tersebut sangat asing di telinga anda. Bahkan saya sendiri baru pertama kali mendengarnya. Inilah 10 daftar negara yang asing tersebut : 10. Vanuatu 90% rumah tangga di Vanuatu makan ikan dan 80% [...]

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I DO NOT LIKE SELFISH PERSON!

Many a times we come across people who are hard to forget. Well, not always because they are helpful or bequeath us with some wonderful experiences, but sometimes because they give us unforgettable awful experiences with their utterly bad behavior and selfish characteristics. Though, we hardly expect everybody to be good and helpful to us, we don’t even expect that people use us for their benefits [...]

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North Korea Keeps the World Guessing

WASHINGTON — With North Korea reeling from economic and succession crises, American and South Korean officials early this year secretly began gaming out what would happen if the North, led by one of the world’s most brutal family dynasties, collapsed. Over an official lunch in late February, a top South Korean diplomat confidently told the American ambassador, Kathleen Stephens, that the fall would come “two to three years” after the death of Kim Jong-il, the country’s ailing leader, Ms. Stephens [...]

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One More Game Device (but This One’s Tiny)

With Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 duking it out for dominance of the video game console market, can there possibly be any room for yet another machine? Steve Perlman, a well-known Silicon Valley inventor and entrepreneur, thinks there is. His strategy is to make a game system without game discs. His OnLive game service works by keeping all of [...]

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Top 10 Must-Have Apps for the iPhone, and Some Runners-Up

I’m always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find the good ones. Enlarge This Image The Hipstamatic iPhone app, showing the “Lucifer” viewfinder. Enlarge This Image [...]

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