November

November 16, 2006

Soaring Hotel, Airline Bookings Give Bali Early Christmas Gift

SEMINYAK ~ Bali is experiencing near-record hotel and flight bookings for the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays, reflecting continued – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Asia’s Richest Man to Underwrite Telecom Sale

HONG KONG ~ Tycoon Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man, is to help finance his son Richard Li’s controversial sale of – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Tech Tips

KUTA, Bali ~ I booted my PC with Windows XP the other day and was greeted with MSN Messenger at – Read More...
November 16, 2006

EU Monitors Arrive in Aceh Ahead of Elections

BANDA ACEH, Aceh ~ A team of EU election monitors is due to arrive in Aceh to monitor elections across – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Homework Not Good for Kids: Parents, Educators

WASHINGTON ~ A small but increasingly vocal group of US parents and educators are pushing for homework to be abolished – Read More...
November 16, 2006

‘At Least 1,000 Orangutans’ Killed in Fires

JAKARTA ~ At least 1,000 orangutans are estimated to have been killed by fires and land clearing in Indonesia this – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Is There a Google in the House?

Doctors facing a patient with unusual symptoms could well be advised to use Google to try to pinpoint the cause, – Read More...
November 16, 2006

SE Asian Countries Set Up Haze Fund

CEBU, Philippines ~ Five Southeast Asian countries most affected by choking smoke haze from Indonesian forest fires agreed at the – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Firm to Sell Unit Involved in ‘Mud Volcano’

JAKARTA ~ Indonesian oil and gas firm PT Energi Mega Persada has said it will sell a unit that caused – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Asia-Pacific Chiefs to Urge Resumption of WTO Talks

HANOI, Vietnam ~  Asia-Pacific business executives will this week call on world leaders at a Hanoi summit to kick-start stalled – Read More...