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July 5, 2007

Indonesia’s Inflation Eases

JAKARTA ~ Indonesia’s annual inflation eased slightly in June to 5.77 percent, beating market expectations and signaling a possible further – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Asian Monetary Fund May Be Needed to Deal with Future Shocks

MANILA, Philippines ~ Asia may need to establish its own monetary fund if it is to cope with future financial – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Malaysia ‘Unfazed’ by Indonesia Palm Oil Plans

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has shrugged off neighboring Indonesia’s plan to overtake Malaysia as the world’s – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Marlboro Clove Cigarette to Make Debut

JAKARTA ~ Indonesia’s HM Sampoerna, a 98-percent owned subsidiary of cigarette producer Philip Morris International, announced this week that it – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Singapore Trying to Scuttle Defense Pact: Minister

JAKARTA ~ Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono has accused Singapore of trying to scuttle a bilateral defense pact so it will – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Police Abuses Endemic in Papua: Rights Group

JAKARTA ~ Police routinely torture, rape and kill with impunity in easternmost Papua, where they risk fanning separatism, an international – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Survey – Bali’s Building Department

Tell us your experience with Bali’s Building Department, for an upcoming Bali Times Special Investigative Report: (we’re currently developing an – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Didgeridoo Farewell Serenades and the Bovine Afterlife

By Amy Chavez For The Bali Times In March of this year, the rules changed at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International – Read More...
July 5, 2007

Rough Seas Kill One, Dozens Rescued

DENPASAR ~ One person died and 28 others, including two Americans, have been rescued from rough seas in eastern Indonesia, – Read More...
July 5, 2007

In Gods’ Country, Misery for Animals and Humans

By William J. Furney The Bali Times LOVINA, Bali ~ “Breathtaking” is one adjective to describe a trip from southern – Read More...