March

March 20, 2009

As National Elections Loom, Women Seek to Oust Men from Parliament

By Arlina Arshad Agence France-Presse JAKARTA ~ Ahead of nationwide elections in April, female candidates are knocking on doors, making – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Study Finds Carcinogens in Kids’ Bath Products

Dozens of popular children’s bath products marketed in the United States contain two cancer-causing chemicals, a consumer safety watchdog group – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Visual Pollution

The Bali authorities are right in their efforts to clean up the island by ridding the streets of the flood – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Offerings Offer More than Devotion to the Gods

By Hannah Black The Bali Times SILAKARANG ~ The upcoming hat trick of Hindu ceremonies, Galungan, Nyepi and Kuningan, has – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Change Your Perceptions, Change Your Life

By Lydia Wilson For the Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ Last week I was asked to share what I know about – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Clapboard: Witch Mountain Casts Spell

LOS ANGELES ~ Disney’s Race to Witch Mountain, kept North American filmgoers spellbound over the weekend and was the top-grossing – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Poet Seamus Heaney Wins Literature Prize

LONDON ~ Irish poet Seamus Heaney was awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize for Literature this week for a lifetime – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Books

WHITE RIOT: A Joe Donovan Thriller By Martyn Waites Pegasus, $25.95, 480 pp. Reviewed by Tim Rutten It’s always been – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Made Kendra is a 61-year-old retired painter and farmer from Sayan What’s the greatest lesson life has taught you? To – Read More...
March 20, 2009

NAME: Bambang AGE: 33 OCCUPATION: Water-sports employee LOCATION: Sanur How do you think the country is doing now? Good, I – Read More...