Three Indonesian celebrities who allegedly appeared in sex videos posted on the Internet will be questioned for possible breaches of a new anti-pornography law, police said Wednesday.
Two explicit clips widely circulated online this week appear to show popular singer Nazril Ariel having sex with models and television presenters Luna Maya, his current girlfriend, and Cut Tari, his ex-girlfriend.
Chief police detective Ito Sumardi said the celebrities would be questioned about how the clips had appeared on the Internet.
INSTEAD of just reading about social and natural sciences, some students of elementary schools in East Java, Indonesia, were studying something else - pornography.
An investigation has been launched to find out how sexually explicit material, both in text and images, made its way into the books of primary and Islamic schools in the Batang and Pekalongan district.
This is the second time it has occurred, reported Jakarta Globe. Months earlier, sexual innuendo was introduced into an exam for elementary school students.
According to news portal detik.com, the textbooks, covering a range of subjects from social sciences to natural sciences and poetry, contained images of a woman in her underwear and another of a woman wearing see-through clothing.
Mr Seto Mulyadi, chairman of the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas Anak), told Jakarta Globe that he had already received reports about the pornographic textbooks circulating in Pekalongan.
No, I will wear a one-piece swimsuit. This is the rule from the Indonesian board, and I think I don’t have to show too much skin to be able to achieve something in the pageant, just like Artika Sari Devi [Miss Indonesia 2004 who reached the final 15 of the 2005 Miss Universe pageant].
From 2006 to 2009, Indonesian contestants wore bikinis during Miss Universe contests, which sparked controversy. According to Mega Angkasa, the public relations manager, it was all their personal improvisation and a violation of the board’s rules.
At Roslin Orphanage, children giggle through deep concentration as they try to master the "Chicken Dance." It's a far cry from the Indonesian orphans' earlier months and years.The others in the top 10 list are:
"They are cheerful-looking and photogenic, but close to all have a very sad story," said Budi Soehardi, founder of the West Timor orphanage.
"Some of the babies come because a mother passes away right after delivery because of lack of nutrition. Others come from extreme poverty. Some come from families [that] just do not want the children and abandon them," he said.
Soehardi, a 53-year-old Indonesian pilot living in Singapore, and his wife, Peggy, look after 47 children at the orphanage. They have a personal relationship with each one, and consider them part of their family. The couple named many of the children since they entered the orphanage as babies -- some of them tiny victims and refugees from the conflict in East Timor.
Loud explosions and gunfire were heard as police stormed the house at around 7:00am (0000 GMT) at the end of a nine-hour siege on the outskirts of Solo city, a longtime stronghold of militants of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) radical network.
"Five bodies have been taken out of the house. Four have been identified as Urwah, Maruto, Susilo and Putri Munaroh," a police intelligence officer said.
"The fifth body was decapitated by the second explosion, we suspect he may be Noordin Mohammed Top as he has fair skin and is tall like Noordin," the officer said.
Police have declined to say if the target of the operation was Noordin, a Malaysian who leads a radical splinter faction of JI blamed for a string of deadly attacks.
Asked if Noordin was among those killed in the raid, Special Detachment 88 anti-terror squad chief Saud Usman Nastion said: "I don't know."
The 18-year-old was crowned by another Venezuelan, Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008, marking the first time that two contestants from the same country have won the title in consecutive years.See photos here.
As Miss Universe, Fernandez will have the use of a New York City apartment for the year of her reign, and will receive living expenses. Other prizes include a two-year scholarship at the New York Film Academy; a vacation for two in the Bahamas; and a wardrobe, including evening wear, swimsuits and jewelry.
The competition involves swimsuit, evening gown and interview phases, which a 12-member panel judged.
Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Aimee De La Cruz, was named first runner-up and would assume Fernandez's duties if she couldn't complete her term.
A strong 6.9-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's western Sumatra Sunday, the country's geophysics agency said.Tremors in Singapore could be felt in Hougang, Bedok, Marine Parade and Bishan, Punggol.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 2:38 pm (0738 GMT), was located 43 kilometres southeast of Siberut in western Sumatra.
It was measured at a depth of 32 kilometres.
There was no tsunami warning issued, officials at the country's meteorology agency said.
The US Geological Survey said on its website that the quake measured a magnitude of 7.0 in the Kepuluan Mentawi area and at a depth of 50.8 km.
Two luxury hotels struck by suicide bombers less than two weeks ago re-opened Wednesday in Jakarta, as an Internet blog from "Al-Qaeda Organisation Indonesia" claimed responsibility for the attacks.Click here to see the blog (http://mediaislam-bushro.blogspot.com).
Police said they could not tell if the claim was authentic but it was being investigated as part of the massive probe into the July 17 twin suicide blasts, which killed seven people including six foreigners.
The message in Indonesian and Arabic is signed by "Abu Muawwidz Nur Din bin Muhammad Top" and praises two "holy warrior brothers" who blew themselves up at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in central Jakarta.
The statement said the attacks were a "martyrdom operation for jihad" intended as "retribution for the deeds of America and its agents against our Muslim brothers and holy warriors in all corners of the world".
Indonesian police have recovered a laptop that they believe belonged to one of the bombers of Friday's twin hotel attacks in Jakarta, the country's official news agency said Sunday.
The laptop contained information and codes that the attackers may have used to communicate with each other, the state-run Antara News Agency said. The computer was found in a room at the Ritz Carlton, one of two hotels targeted Friday. The other site was the JW Marriott. The blasts killed nine people -- including at least two presumed suicide bombers -- and wounded more than 50.
Anti-terrorism officials are investigating the links between the attacks and Noordin M. Top, the suspected leader of a small Jemaah Islamiyah splinter group. The group has ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network, but so far there has been no claim of responsibility for the latest attack.
CCTV recording of Ritz Carlton / JW Marriott Jakarta bombing suspect prior to the explosion (17th July 2009, 7.47 am local time). Credit TVone.co.id
In a media statement issued late last night, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that media reports has reported that a Singaporean was among those killed in the Jakarta bombings on July 17.
The reports were said to have quoted the Indonesian Department of Health for the information.
The MFA has said that as of 11pm last night the Singaporean Embassy in Jakarta has yet to receive any official notification.
The MFA is trying to verify this information.
Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, the prince of Kelantan state, on Thursday lodged a police report in the Malaysian capital denying that he had raped and tortured his 17-year-old wife, his lawyer told the state Bernama news agency.
Manohara Odelia Pinot last week told reporters she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage last year to Tengku Fahkry, whose father is the sultan of Kelantan.
She escaped the prince's guards at a Singapore hotel and returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of the 31-year-old prince.
Hello there. I just wanted 2 let you know that please stay away from the beaches all around in the month of July. There is a prediction that there will be another tsunami hitting on July 22nd. It is also when there will be sun eclipse. Predicted that it is going 2 be really bad and countries like Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), Singapore, Maldives, Australia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines are going 2 be badly hit. Please try and stay away from the beaches in July. Better 2 be safe than sorry. Please pass the word around. Please also pray for all beings.
However, earthquakes are not caused by gravitational pull, so set your mind at ease about the possibility of an eclipse's prompting the ground to shake.Also at Channelnews Asia which says the email is a hoax. Professor Kerry Sieh, director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, said,
In the last 110 years or so, there have been about 85 really big earthquakes – 8 (on the Richter magnitude scale) or greater. And only two of those occurred on the same day as an eclipse. And even those were a partial eclipse, not a total eclipse. They happened in a different place from where the eclipse happened.
The picture was taken in Bali, Indonesia. It's a river damn on the outskirts of a small village. Local villagers go there to wash their clothes and bath, but it's particularly popular with the local kids. This place is great for photography as the morning sunlight comes from behind the dam and always shines on the lower level of the fall first. This creates a good dark waterfall background, which contrasts well with the subject. It's a favourite place for shutter bugs. I needed a steady hand and high camera ISO because I had to step into shallow but rapidly moving river water below the dam, so I couldn't use my tripod. I had to shoot at five frames per second on my Nikon D200 in order to capture the fast action of the kids playing in the water.
In fact, I only captured a handful of perfect images from the hundred or so I shot.
This wonderful shot captures the movement of the children and water skillfully. The composition and colour palette is effective, and there's an endearingly magical and joyful element that's refreshing to witness.The competition is organised by the UK's fastest-growing photography title, Digital Camera - the magazine for today's photographer.
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