Chris John Wins Again Stanyslav Merdov

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Indonesian WBA featherweight super champion Chris John successfully defended his title by winning the Ukrainian Stanyslav Merdov Wednesday night in Challenge Stadium, Perth, Australia. Despite falling in the second round, Merdov gave stiff resistance for 12 rounds. "The Dragon" won with scores of 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112 for the win by unanimous decision. While Merdov's record is 32 wins (24 KOs) and 8 loses.

With this victory, Chris John stretched his record to 46-0-2, with 22 KOs. It makes Chris John extends to 15 victories in the title fight. Next, Chris John is scheduled to face the WBA first ranked Yuriorkis Gamboa from Cuba.

26th SEA Games Jakarta-Palembang

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Indonesia SEA Games 2011 will be held in 11 days (from November 11 - November 22) in two host cities, Jakarta and Palembang, with 542 gold medals to be competed through 44 sports. This year is the fourth time for Indonesia to be host country for Southeast Asian countries sports festival after in SEA Games X 1979, SEA Games XV 1987, dan SEA Games XIX 1997.

In Jakarta, competition venues will be centered in Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), This stadium is the largest and oldest stadium in Indonesia.

List of Sport to be competed in Indonesia 26th South East Asian Games November 11th – November 22th, 2011.

Djohar Arifin Husein, New PSSI Chairman

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Prof. Djohar Arifin Husein was elected as Chairman of PSSI for 2011-2015, Saturday July 9, 2011. In PSSI Extraordinary Congress at The Sunan Hotel, Solo, in the second round of elections, Djohar got 61 votes, while his rival Agusman Effendi only got 38 votes. One vote declared invalid. In the first round, Djohar won with 53 votes, while Agusman got 39 votes. Japto S. Soerjosoemarno who received 4 votes, withdrew from second round.

Djohar got support from Group of 78 who previously insisted nominate George Toisutta who rejected by FIFA.

Chris John Successfully Defended His Title

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WBA featherweight super champion, Chris "The Dragon" John successfully defended his title after defeating the challenger - also from Indonesia, Daud "Cino" Yordan, Sunday (17/4). 3 judges gave scores 112-116, 112-116 and 111-117, all for Chris John's victory.

More experienced, Chris John gave more serious blows to his opponent. His blow variations are difficult to anticipate by Daud Yordan. Instead, Daud Yordan was too easily provoked that his punches are less effective.

Chris John Vs Daud Yordan

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WBA Featherweight Super Champion Chris "The Dragon" John will fight with Daud "Cino" Yordan (rank 6th) in Arena PRJ (Pekan Raya Jakarta), Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Sunday (17/4). In a duel titled "The Moment of Truth", both boxers will fight to compete for WBA featherweight champion belts.

Chris John said he would beat down the challenger Daud Yordan in 5th round, while Daud Yordan wants to beat Chris John before the 12th round.

2 Bombs In Jakarta

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A package addressed to the leaders of the Jaringan Islam Liberal (Liberal Islam Network), Ulil Abshar Abdalla arrive at radio news KBR 68 H which is also the office of the Liberal Islam Network. The package that contains a book under the title 'Mereka Harus Dibunuh karena Dosa-dosa Mereka terhadap Islam dan Kaum Muslimin' (They must murdered for their sins against Islam and Muslims) was received at 10:00 am.

Around 13:30, the package received by Saidiman, a spokesman for the Community of Utan Kayu. When officers checked it with metal detectors, its suddenly showing that there is metal inside. The police arrive at about 14:00 pm. Gegana team also contacted. After two hours, and the Gegana team still has not arrived, Police Commissioner Dodi Rahmawan finally took the initiative to open the package after flushing it with water. But at around 16.05 pm, the package exploded, and he lost his left hand. 3 others injured.

'Crop Circle' In Sleman

Residents of Sleman, Yogyakarta, was shocked by the signs that appear mysteriously in the rice field after the winds. The large circle appears in the middle of rice field in the area of Mount Suru, Jogotirto, Berbah. There are mysterious symbol at center of the giant circle, which is formed by the rice that fell after the high winds. Some locals believe the giant ring-shaped marks as aircraft landing of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO). This incident is believed to be the first time that happened in Indonesia, although it's also happening in various locations in the world.

Compared to events those occurred in other places, crop circle that occurred in Sleman relatively much smaller, its diameter only about 70 meters. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of locals.

Song - Nurdin Turun Donk

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Demands of national football lovers for Nurdin Halid, PSSI (Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indoensia = Indonesian Football Association) chairman to resign continues. Nurdin Halid had led the PSSI for two periods, even though he was ended up in prison for corruption twice. During his leadership, Indonesia did not gain any achievement. He even still intend to become chairman for the next period.

National football chaos even to create a rival league, the Indonesian Premier League, initiated by Arifin Panigoro. Some Indonesian super league teams even switch to the league, such as Persibo, Persebaya and Persema. Beside the strong feel of referee collusion and other fraud, aother reason is the teams that competed in the Indonesian Super League often have financial problems.

The way the fans to demand that Nurdin to resign become more creative. Now the pressure on Nurdin Halid to resign also echoed through the song. The song that were created by JJ Nahan contains allusions to Nurdin Halid who do not want to resign. Sung by a girl named Stefany, the song was uploaded on youtube and got good responses.

Sasando

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Sasando is a stringed musical instrument from Rote Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur (Eastern Lesser Sundas). In Rote language, "sasandu" means vibrating or sounded instrument. It's said Sasando already in use among the Rote community since the 7th century. At first glance, Sasando looks similar to other stringed instruments such as guitar, violin and harp.

The principal part of Sasando is a long cylinder commonly made of bamboo. The central is circle from the top to the bottom and there are some wedges where the strings are stretched, from the top to the bottom. These wedges give different tones to each picked string. This Sasando tube was placed in a container made from Gebang (a kind of woven palm) leaves that made like a fan. This is where the resonance of sasando comes from.

Sasando has many strings. Sasando with 28 strings are termed Sasando Engkel. Another type; Sasando Doble, has 56 strings. There's even a Sasando with 84 strings.