Mahasiswa Unila Tolak Kenaikan Biaya Kuliah

April 10, 2008

Kamis, 10 April 2008 | 01:53 WIB — Bandar Lampung, Kompas – Ratusan mahasiswa Universitas Lampung berunjuk rasa menolak kenaikan biaya semester pendek sebesar 100 persen, Rabu (9/4). Aksi tersebut diwarnai kericuhan berupa pecahnya kaca pintu gedung rektorat, kejar-kejaran antara petugas satpam dan mahasiswa, serta penahanan sementara lima mahasiswa. Read the rest of this entry »


Sindikat Perdagangan Manusia ke Irak Digerebek Polisi

March 20, 2008

KOMPAS, Minggu, 18 November 2007

Jakarta, Kompas – Tim polisi dari Badan Reserse Kriminal Mabes Polri, Jumat (16/11) pagi, menggerebek sebuah rumah yang digunakan untuk menampung tenaga kerja ilegal. Read the rest of this entry »


Studies: Iraq costs US $12B per month

March 10, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Baghdad2C-Iraq-Brigade-Combat-team/photo//080307/481/8e45876fb4744813a184e9578bceb51b//s:/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_costs;_ylt=Av1z5p5lhUjneXQv9iaSrj4UewgF

By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent

The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the “burn” rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book. Read the rest of this entry »