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Coalition Education: Gender Sensitive Virginity Tests

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Coalition Education: Gender Sensitive Virginity Tests not   TRIBUNnews.comTRIBUNnews.com - 3 hours ago   More » TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Education Coalition strongly criticized the Education Department policy Prabumulih, South Sumatra, which makes the virginity tests in one component of the assessment whether or not a student went to high school. Education Coalition members Lodi Paat in Jakarta, Wednesday (08/21/2013) rate, the discourse of virginity tests be a major problem, especially because of the vagueness of the purpose and relevance of test female students, with education. According to Lodi, the right to education is set clearly in section 28C (1) of the 1945 Constitution, as well as in article 12 of Law 39/1999 on Human Rights. Therefore, the right to education can not be reduced on any basis. Moreover, this test is not according to the principles of education in the National Education System Law No. 20 of 20013, Article 4 paragraph (1), namely, edu

BNN It will not Loosen Performance

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BNN It will not Loosen Performance Despite Reduced Budget TRIBUNnews.comTRIBUNnews.com - 2 hours 57 minutes ago     More »   TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - The government's budget is disbursed to the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) next year, much less than this year. However, according to Police Commissioner General BNN chief Anang Iskandar, it can not serve as an excuse to reduce the performance. "BNN budget of Rp 1 trillion next year to Rp 780 billion. However, it will not reduce the performance that has been done, it should increase performance," said Anang in 'Socialization Implementation Evaluation of Organizational Performance' in Jakarta, Wednesday (21 / 8/2013). Anang said, he will always motivate employees BNN, both in Jakarta and in the region, to continue to work well. Which has given the government budget will be utilized for the benefit of people and organizational development as much as possible, which returns the result to the commun

NASA Astronaut Candidate Introduces

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NASA Astronaut Candidate Introduces Eight TRIBUNnews.comTRIBUNnews.com - 2 hours 6 minutes ago   more » TRIBUNNEWS.COM , HOUSTON - United States Space Agency ( NASA) astronaut candidates introduced their eight , Tuesday ( 08/20/2013). They also launched a roadmap of the future of space exploration , in a near-Earth asteroids , the Moon , and Mars . Eight members of NASA astronauts in 2013 consisted of four men and four women . They were aged between 34 to 39 years , were selected from 6,300 applicants across the U.S. . They were introduced to the media in attendance at the Johnson Space Center in Houston . NASA says they will use the opportunity to fly a new commercial space transportation , which is currently being developed . They will also carry out the first human landing missions to asteroids and Mars . In the next two years , they will be trained extensively in the space center and rem