2009

June 12, 2009

Country’s Longest Bridge Opens

SURABAYA ~ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened a massive bridge linking Surabaya, the country’s second biggest city, to Madura island – Read More...
June 12, 2009

Yudhoyono Set for Landslide Win: Poll

JAKARTA ~ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to win the July presidential elections with the support of more than – Read More...
June 11, 2009

June 12-18, 2009

Picture Perfect: The tourist beach on Serangan Island does not get many visitors, and the shacks lining them that sell – Read More...
June 11, 2009

Bali Airline Boss, Bankrupt over Bombings, Building Nightclub on Bomb Site

Work gets under way at the site of the Sari Club, on Wednesday. Corrugated iron sheets have been erected in – Read More...
June 5, 2009

June 5-11, 2009

Bingo! Or Perhaps That Should Be Doh! PERHAPS at long last, finally having heard through the thickened glass and sound-proofing – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Obama Needs a ‘Big Idea’ for Muslims

By Robert Satloff When President Barack Obama speaks to the world’s Muslims from Cairo, Egypt, this week, he’ll touch, again, – Read More...
June 5, 2009

New Clues Emerge in Wreckage of Air France Flight

FERNANDO DE NORONHA ~ The hunt for the wreck of an Air France jet that plunged into the ocean with – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Obama Vows ‘New Beginning’ with Islam

CAIRO ~ US President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to forge a “new beginning” for Islam and America in a – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Sunday Craze Vs. Balinese Calm

By Hannah Black The Bali Times SILAKARANG ~ Not much happened in my compound this week. Usually there is something – Read More...
June 5, 2009

A Dazzling End to Childhood

By Chris Erskine Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES ~ “I’m going to Starbucks,” Posh announces. “Want anything?” “No.” “Sure?” The – Read More...