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Sarah Palin's TEA Party: A third party?
The Swampby Mark Silva Mark this as the week in which one of the potential players for 2012 set out to brand herself: Sarah Palin, the "common-sense conservative.'' Three years from now -- think about that phrase a moment -- we'll......Tags: Globalization, Asia, Australia (movie), Revolutions, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Obama statue vs. Facebook: Indonesia
The Swampby Mark Silva The statue of "Little Barry'' - a likeness of President Barack Obama as a boy - stands a short walk from the school that he attended as a child in Indonesia. But only one month after the......Tags: Children, Facebook, Hawaii, Islam, Barack Obama
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Obama Asian trip delayed, family stays
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama's long-promised trip to Indonesia, where he spent some time as a boy, will be delayed by the ongoing fight over healthcare reform at home. And because of the delay -- with the......Tags: Diplomacy, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Hawaii, Mexico City
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Obama's Indonesian trip: 'Disappointed'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who spent four years as a child in Indonesia, says he is looking forward to a helping of bakso (pronounced bah-so), a meatball soup, when he returns to Jakarta -- a trip now delayed......Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Labor Legislation, Corporate Crime, Elections
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Pictures in the News | January 21, 2013
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Bad weather hampering search for missing Russian plane
World NowBad weather forced 200 Indonesian rescue workers to fan out on foot across a mountainous area east of Jakarta on Wednesday in search of a Russian passenger plane that went missing on a demonstration flight and was presumed to have crashed, Russian and... -
RIM exec in Indonesia under scrutiny over BlackBerry stampede
TechnologyThe head of Research In Motion's Indonesia divison is reportedly set to be charged with negligence after a stampede of consumers broke out at a launch even for a BlackBerry smartphone last month. Police in Indonesia told Reuters that about 5,000 people... -
Hong Kong Film Festival: Transvestites, Muslims and a 'Lovely Man'
24 Frames"Lovely Man," from Indonesian director Teddy Soeriaatmadja, is a father-daughter story unlike any you’ve seen. She’s 19, a devout Muslim, hoping to reconnect with the father who abandoned her and her mother when she was 4. He’s a fixture... -
And you think you're mad about gas prices
World NowThe Indonesian government plans to raise fuel prices by a third, Bloomberg News reported. Government officials say they have to reduce their subsidies to avoid increasing the deficit. That hasn't made the idea any more popular. “It just means... -
Amazing Race Recap: Time to say goodbye … or not
TribLocal - EvanstonHello Race watchers! We start off this episode with another fun travel fact: Indonesia has 129 active volcanoes. But we are saying goodbye to Indonesia …... -
Performance review: Sardono Dance Theater and Jennifer Tipton at REDCAT
Culture MonsterMaking art isn’t easy, and for many artists the hardest part is getting started. The first invention must be a strategy for facing a blank page, canvas, computer screen. Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu’s ritual was to begin the day by...... -
Camera trap shows bulldozer clearing trees in Sumatran tiger habitat, environmentalists say
L.A. UnleashedJAKARTA, Indonesia — An environmental group has released video footage of a bulldozer buzzing trees in a protected forest that is home to endangered Sumatran tigers, but the government said Wednesday that it remained unclear whether the land-clearing...
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