November

November 16, 2006

Will Europe Capture the Moral High Ground?

BERLIN ~ As I write this piece in this formerly divided city, I can only feel hope that walls built – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Fiji Tourism in Crisis as Tensions Mount

SUVA ~ Fiji’s crucial tourism industry could face one of its worst years ever in 2007 as a result of – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Indonesia, Australia Sign Landmark Treaty

MATARAM, Lombok ~ Indonesia and Australia signed a landmark security treaty this week aimed at smoothing often thorny relations between – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Australia’s Costly Fees Drive Foreign Students into Sex Work: Study

SYDNEY ~ The crippling cost of studying in Australia is forcing foreign students to take up risky sex work to – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Tamiflu Carries New Warning

WASHINGTON ~ The drug Tamiflu now carries a new warning following reports of delirium among some people, mostly in Japan, – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Clear Horizons

Hot glass artist Ron Seivertson has freshly returned to our shores from exhibiting in Seattle to open his latest glass – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Massive Road for Tsunami-Hit Aceh Flounders

KUALA BUBUN, Aceh ~ Zainal Abidin, 35, queues for a raft across the Kuala Bubun river in Aceh province near – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Al-Jazeera English Takes on Western Heavyweights

DOHA, Qatar ~ Al-Jazeera’s English-language news channel hit the airwaves this week with a heavyweight cast of presenters and the – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Mum’s Tops for Flying Kiwis

WELLINGTON ~ New Zealanders may be able to do without many things, but it seems that when it comes to – Read More...
November 16, 2006

European Net Use Soars

BRUSSELS ~ More than half of European households have access to the internet, the European Commission has said. According to – Read More...