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May 16, 2008

Ordinarily Not

Driver Straps in Beer, Instead of Child SYDNEY ~ An Australian driver has been fined AUS$750 (US$707) for putting a – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Poor ‘to Get $1.5bn to Offset Fuel Price Hike’

JAKARTA ~ The central government plans to transfer more than US$1.5 billion in cash to the poor to offset the – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Israel Committing ‘Ethnic Cleansing’: Parliament Speaker

JAKARTA ~ Israel is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, a top Indonesian politician said on Wednesday in the lead-up – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Digital Divide a Threat to Indonesia’s Unity, President

JAKARTA ~ The yawning divide between the haves and the have-nots of the digital revolution is a “threat to national – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Govt, EU Officials Meet to Discuss Europe Flight Ban

JAKARTA ~ Government officials met counterparts from the European Union on Tuesday in an effort to get the bloc to – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Bacon Work Sells for Record $86.2m

NEW YORK ~ A three-panel work by Francis Bacon was sold at auction in New York this week for US$86.2 – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Authorities Preparing to Execute Drug-Traffickers

JAKARTA ~ The authorities are making the final preparations for the execution by firing squad of two convicted drug traffickers, – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Bali Bomber Amrozi Marries Again

JAKARTA ~ A man awaiting execution for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings remarried his ex-wife by proxy on – Read More...
May 16, 2008

The Bali Times May 16 – 22

Dandy Ducks : A farmer herds a flock of ducklings to a roadside feeding spot, in Denpasar on Wednesday. While – Read More...
May 16, 2008

Quake Strikes off Aceh

JAKARTA ~ A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Aceh province on Tuesday, but there was no threat – Read More...