July

July 25, 2008

Computer-Watching Monkeys in Attention-Grabbing Test

Tiny changes in a messenger chemical in the brain acetylcholine can greatly affect powers of attention, according to a paper – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Volcanoes Blamed for Mass Extinction

Ninety-three million years ago, Earth was a reshuffled jigsaw of continents, a hothouse where the average temperature was nearly twice – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Bali Bombers to Be Executed as Soon as Possible: Attorney General

JAKARTA ~ The attorney general said this week he hopes three men sentenced to death for their role in the – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Six Charged for Raising Papua Flag

JAKARTA ~ Police said this week they had charged six people with subversion after they raised an outlawed separatist flag – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Prosecutors, Tommy Suharto Get Three Weeks to Settle Graft Case

JAKARTA ~ A court gave the youngest son of former president Suharto and state prosecutors on Wednesday nearly three weeks – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Bag of Body Parts Leads Police to Backyard Graves

JAKARTA ~ A bag of body parts found on a roadside has led police to uncover an alleged string of – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Mass Deportations from Malaysian Borneo to Begin in August

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia plans to deport 150,000 mostly Filipino and Indonesian illegal migrants from Borneo island in a massive – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Indonesia Sees ‘Signals’ of Progress at WTO Talks

GENEVA ~ Indonesia’s trade minister said on Wednesday that she had seen “coded signals” that key players in WTO trade – Read More...
July 25, 2008

The Answer’s in the Wind – and Sun

By James Tisch Bob Dylan said it best: “The answer is blowin’ in the wind.” While politicians and environmentalists have – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Religion 2.0: Dialogue for the Masses

By Jude Townend LEEDS, England – Interfaith dialogue is nothing new, but new technology is changing the way it’s done. – Read More...