December

December 19, 2008

Managing an Island Hotel: A Dream, and Then Some

By Andrea Sachs The Washington Post The dream: Quitting your hamster-wheel job in a grinding city to run an enchanting – Read More...
December 19, 2008

Asian Monetary Fund ‘to Be Approved in February’

KUALA LUMPUR ~ An Asian Monetary Fund worth US$120 billion is set to be approved at a regional summit in – Read More...
December 19, 2008

New Thai PM Pledges Reconciliation, Economic Revival

BANGKOK ~ Thailand’s new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says he will unveil a “grand plan” for reconciliation and the revival – Read More...
December 19, 2008

UN Chief Visit Would Help Myanmar: EU Envoy

TOKYO ~ The European Union’s special envoy said this week a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the – Read More...
December 19, 2008

Philippines, Qatar to Set Up Billion-Dollar Investment Fund

MANILA ~ The governments of the Philippines and Qatar are to set up an investment fund worth more than US$1 – Read More...
December 19, 2008

New Boots, But Still the Same Old Walk

By Richard Laidlaw For The Bali Times Dropping in to Bali for yet another gabfest and presenting President Yudhoyono with – Read More...
December 19, 2008

Life after Santa

By Timothy Chambers When does childhood end? Many answers are possible, but the holiday season brings a tempting response to – Read More...
December 19, 2008

Dec. 19, 2008-Jan. 2, 2009

It’s That Girl Again SCHAPELLE Corby, who basks in the glory of being Bali’s celebrity convict and prime tenant at – Read More...
December 19, 2008

Major Sumatran Quake, Tsunami Likely in Decades: Study

SINGAPORE ~ More than one million people on Sumatra island are vulnerable to a massive earthquake and tsunami potentially more – Read More...
December 19, 2008

New Mining Law Passed

JAKARTA ~ Parliament passed a long-awaited mining law on Tuesday designed to boost government revenues and remove obstacles to foreign – Read More...