March

March 14, 2011

A Squeaky Cog

Nothing more precisely or presciently encapsulates the widening gulf between reality and Abu Bakar Bashir’s view of himself and his – Read More...
March 14, 2011

We Cats Were Sent Away So the Mice Could Play

You must go to a resort for Nyepi – only two or three days,” urged our former housekeeper Komang, as – Read More...
March 14, 2011

A Thinking Trio and Their Vision of Truth

By Novar Caine    Two Jewish men who rejected their religion as fanciful fairytales and may have found the meaning – Read More...
March 14, 2011

A Mirror To Bali’s Place in the Global Culture

By Hector One of our favourite academics, I Nyoman Darma Putra, has just published an interesting work that chronicles – – Read More...
March 13, 2011

Hair-Raising Episode for Drug-Smuggler Corby

KEROBOKAN Bali’s Australian drug prisoner Schapelle Corby may have set fire to her hair as she experiences further mental distress, – Read More...
March 13, 2011

Over 10,000 Feared Dead in Japan Quake

TOKYO The death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami is likely to exceed 10,000 in Miyagi prefecture alone, its – Read More...
March 12, 2011

Blast at Japan Nuke Plant; 1,000 Dead in Quake

MINAMISOMA An explosion and feared meltdown at one of Japan’s nuclear plants on Saturday exposed the scale of the disaster – Read More...
March 12, 2011

Italian Arrested Over Drug Purchase

DENPASAR Bali Police have arrested a 23-year-old Italian man following his alleged purchase of heroin in the Kerobokan area of – Read More...
March 11, 2011

UPDATE: Small Tsunami Hits Indonesia; No Damage

JAKARTA The meteorology and geophysics agency said on Friday that a small tsunami set off by a massive quake in – Read More...
March 11, 2011

Devastation: Cars are swept away by tsunami-generated fierce waters after one of the strongest earthquakes on record struck Japan on – Read More...