August

August 14, 2009

New Cache of Bombs Found in Java

JAKARTA ~ A new cache of bombmaking chemicals has been discovered as part of ongoing investigations into the July 17 – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Terror Mastermind Noordin Still at Large

JAKARTA ~ Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top is still at large in Indonesia and was not killed in a – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Ferry Captain Jailed

JAKARTA ~ The captain of a ferry that sank in January, killing up to 335 people, has been sentenced to – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Court Rejects Opposition Vote Challenge

JAKARTA ~ The Constitutional Court has rejected opposition complaints of irregularities surrounding last month’s presidential polls, confirming Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Aloft in Bali’s ‘Winter’

By Hannah Black For The Bali Times SILAKARANG ~ It’s that season again when men become boys and boys can – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Life in Web of Summer

By Chris Erskine Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES ~ I’ve been giving it serious thought, and I’m pretty convinced spiders – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Rice Outlines New Direction for US Diplomacy

NEW YORK ~ The United States said this week it views the United Nations as essential to tackle global security – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Fifty Million Asian Women at Risk of HIV Infection: UNAIDS

NUSA DUA ~ More than 1.5 million women living with HIV in Asia were infected by their partners and 50 – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Obama Honours Tutu, Hawking, Poitier, Robinson

WASHINGTON ~ President Barack Obama conferred America’s highest civilian honour on 16 examples of unshakeable human spirit on Wednesday, including – Read More...
August 14, 2009

Analysis: Myanmar Antics Pose New Headache for Frustrated Neighbours

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Myanmar’s treatment of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has once again embarrassed its neighbours, and revived – Read More...