January

January 8, 2010

Nigerian Charged in Plane Plot; Faces Life Term

WASHINGTON ~ A young Nigerian was charged this week with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass – Read More...
January 8, 2010

Obama May Well Facilitate an Era of Golden Rule

By Michael Felsen As this new decade begins, many are still scratching their heads and wondering how US President Barack – Read More...
January 8, 2010

‘Megatrends’ Will Shape Asia-Pacific’s Long-Term Future

In the coming decades, countries including Vietnam and Indonesia will become increasingly important. By Charles E. Morrison For us at – Read More...
January 8, 2010

Migrants Arrested While Trying to Make it to Australia

MAKASSAR ~ The authorities have arrested a dozen Afghan and Vietnamese migrants who were trying to reach Australia, an official – Read More...
January 8, 2010

President Seeks Coalition Loyalty Amid Scandals

JAKARTA ~ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for loyalty from his coalition partners this week as his government struggles early – Read More...
January 8, 2010

Holiday Cheer without the Beer Sets You Freer

By Hannah Black On my way home from yoga class I thought to myself: What a healthy holiday I’ve had. – Read More...
January 8, 2010

‘There will be no future if we fail to act now’

Agung Wardana: We have to change our tourism model into a more ecofriendly one. With a continuing increase in weather-related – Read More...
January 8, 2010

A Noiseless Patient Spider

A NOISELESS, patient spider, I mark’d, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated; Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, – Read More...
January 8, 2010

A (Roman) Candle for Bali’s Animals

By Elizabeth Henzell I read something funny on tripadvisor.com the other day. I was described as the American boss of – Read More...
January 8, 2010

Giant ‘Second Home’ 42 Light Years Away

Astronomers have discovered a new Earth-like planet that is larger than our own and maybe more than half covered with – Read More...