Jakarta Forum – Jakarta, A senior legislator here Monday concurred with former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Muhammad`s view that Indonesia had the potentials to become “the seventh big power” in the world. But Tjahjo Koemolo, chairman of the Indonesian Demcoracy Party-Struggle (PDIP) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR), also said to really achieve world power status, “we need a leader who is firm, consistent, and courageous in making decisions, and able to make changes. We also need to take stock again of the nation`s real potentials.” Speaking to reporters here Monday, Tjahjo said , with its large population and geopolitically strategic location in the Pacific, Indonesia indeed had the potentials of becoming “the `new giant”…

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Jakarta Forum – London, Jan. 29. Eating foods like celery and parsley which contain the naturally occurring flavanoid apigenin may help prevent leukemia, Dutch scientists said Thursday. Maikel Peppelenbosch of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands said tests showed that apigenin — a common component of fruit and vegetables — was able to halt the development of two kinds of cells in leukemia and cut their survival chances. The findings suggest apigenin could hold promise for preventing leukemia, Peppelenbosch said. But he warned that his study had also found the compound has chemotherapy resistance properties, suggesting it might interfere with standard treatments for people already diagnosed with leukemia…Read more click URL…Read…

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Here’s the complete list of Top 50 Most Powerful Women In Business from the CNN.com Sept. 28, 2009 issue. List sorted according to Rank, Name and Company. And the winners are: 01. Indra Nooyi 02. Irene Rosenfeld 03. Pat Woertz 04. Angela Braly 05. Andrea Jung 06. Oprah Winfrey 07. Ellen Kullman 08. Carol Bartz 09. Ursula Burns 10. Brenda Barnes 11. Ginni Rometty 12. Safra Catz 13. Ann Livermore 14. Sheri McCoy 15. Melanie Healey 16. Anne Sweeney 17. Heidi Miller 18. Carol Meyrowitz 19. Colleen Goggins 20. Judy McGrath 21. Ann Moore 22. Sheryl Sandberg 23. Carrie Cox 24. Susan Chambers 25. Barbara Desoer 26. Susan Ivey 27. Charlene Begley 28. Abigail Johnson 29. Liz Smith 30. Sallie Krawcheck 31. Christina Gold 32. Jan Fields 33. Sue Wagner….Read…

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