April

April 17, 2009

April 17-23, 2009

Transformation: Two newly emerged butterflies consider their post-metamorphosis form as, at upper right, hundreds of chrysalises glisten like sticky jewels – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Bali Man Unveils Site to Best Facebook, Twitter

BEDUGUL ~ Longtime Bali expatriate Clumpo O’Murphy unveiled on Thursday a combined social-networking and microblogging website he claimed would top – Read More...
April 17, 2009

En Route to the Heartland

By Chris Erskine Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES ~ Posh is telling me how she knows someone who knows someone – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Around the World on Bike and Sailboat: From US and Back

PARIS ~ Charles Brigham was 28 when he straddled his bike to embark on an ecological tour of the world – Read More...
April 17, 2009

China’s Communists Celebrate Rule with ‘Red Tourism’

WUHU ~ Standing in three straight rows, dozens of Chinese university students bowed three times before a large statue of – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Use Smart Financial Power to Hit North Korea

By Juan Carlos Zarate On Monday, the U.N. Security Council voted to condemn North Korea’s recent missile launch and ordered – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Under Fiji Media Crackdown, an Aussie is Naturally Deported

Veteran Australian reporter Sean Dorney, the ABC’s Pacific Correspondent, was expelled from Fiji this week following another virtual coup d’état – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Activists Threaten Govt with Lawsuit

JAKARTA ~ Activists threatened this week to take the government and electoral commission to court over incomplete voter lists that – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Policeman Shot Dead in Papua

TIMIKA ~ A policeman was shot dead and six others wounded in an ambush by suspected separatist rebels in the – Read More...
April 17, 2009

Ten Injured in Village Clash

KUPANG ~ Ten people were injured in a clash between police and villagers armed with arrows, machetes and rocks on – Read More...