May

May 30, 2008

High Prices, Negative News Keeps Tourists away from Olymics: Official

BEIJING ~ High hotel prices and a spate of negative news about China may be scaring away Olympic visitors, the – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Travel Case

Maldives Offers New Islands for Resorts The Indian Ocean island of the Maldives plans to open 11 new islands to – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Ordinarily Not

Japanese to Brew ‘Space Beer’ TOKYO ~ A Japanese brewery is planning the first “space beer,” using offspring of barley – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Internet Sports Betting Becomes Criminal Domain

The rapidly mushrooming number of illegal sports betting websites is heightening concerns among authorities about global corruption, money laundering and – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Microsoft Closes the Book on Online Library

Microsoft has ended its quest to create an online library of the world’s books as the technology titan revamps its – Read More...
May 30, 2008

NetNews

Couple Try to Sell Baby on Ebay BERLIN ~ German police said this week they had taken a 7-month baby – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Push to Uncover Indonesia’s Hidden Killing Fields

In the bloody history of the 20th century, the killing fields scattered through the lush greenery of Indonesia’s islands are – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Malnutrition in Eastern Indonesia ‘Higher than in Africa’

SEMINYAK ~ Climate change has helped push malnutrition in the Indonesian half-island of West Timor to levels “higher than in – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Megawati on Lookout for ‘Cool Boyfriend’ for Election

JAKARTA ~ Former president Megawati Sukarnoputri says she is looking for a “cool boyfriend” as her running mate in her – Read More...
May 30, 2008

Study Finds East Java ‘Mud Volcano’ Collapsing

SIDOARJO ~ A “mud volcano” in East Java that has oozed sludge for two years is collapsing under its own – Read More...