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July 6, 2009

July 3-9, 2009

MARKETING OPPORTUNITY: Matahari at Kuta has this great idea – customers can relax at the doctor’s. The fish in the – Read More...
July 6, 2009

When Fail-Safe Fails

By Charles B. Perrow One subway train in Washington crashes into another, killing nine and injuring scores. A French airliner – Read More...
July 6, 2009

The Man in the Mirror Loathed His Reflection

By Courtland Milloy What killed Michael Jackson? This autopsy does not require a scalpel. A mirror will do. “He had – Read More...
July 6, 2009

Illegal Refugees Put Pressure on Australia’s Christmas Island Centre

By John Janke CANBERRA ~ The growing surge in illegal refugees to Australia from Indonesia and other Southeast Asian embarkation – Read More...
July 6, 2009

JI-linked Singaporeans Arrested

JAKARTA ~ Five Singaporeans and an Indonesian allegedly linked to key militants of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional jihadi network – Read More...
July 6, 2009

Australia’s ‘Merauke Five’ Back after Indonesia Ordeal

MELBOURNE ~ Five Australians made an emotional return on Wednesday after a nine-month ordeal in which they were detained by – Read More...
July 6, 2009

Malaysia Says Indonesian Outcry on Maids Due to Elections

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia said this week that Indonesia’s “emotional” decision to ban its nationals from coming here to work – Read More...
July 6, 2009

A Little Girl No More

By Chris Erskine Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES ~ This is the quirkiness we will miss, one of the oddities – Read More...
July 6, 2009

Rolling in Dough Is Not a Pizza Cake

When the moon hits the sky like a big pizza pie, that’s a mess. Or it would have been if – Read More...
July 6, 2009

Iraq Death Toll Spikes as US Troops Leave Cities

BAGHDAD ~ Bombings in the lead-up to the pullback of US forces from Iraq’s towns and cities resulted in the – Read More...