January

January 30, 2012

Festivities: Galungan and Kuningan items await sale on Jl Raya Kapal in Mengwi, Badung. The six-monthly Hindu festival falls this – Read More...
January 30, 2012

Governor Urges Calm after Transmigrant Clashes in Sumatra

DENPASAR Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika called for calm after reports that Balinese migrant communities had been the victims – Read More...
January 30, 2012

Atheist Faces Jail after Facebook Post

PADANG A civil servant who declared himself an atheist on Facebook was arrested and is now facing jail for blasphemy – Read More...
January 30, 2012

Film Festival Aims to Make Bali a Documentary Hub

DENPASAR Organisers of the third Bali Documentary Film Festival, due to be held later this year, are hoping that the – Read More...
January 30, 2012

An Indonesian’s Hopes for US Role in Asia Pacific

By Singgih Nugroho US President Barack Obama’s November visit to Bali in November 2011 to attend the 19th Association of – Read More...
January 30, 2012

Calling it Sharia Shouldn’t Make It Scary

By Jon Pahl What’s so scary about sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US – Read More...
January 30, 2012

The Arab Spring Is an Opportunity for Israel

By Natalia Simanovsky The Israeli government and security establishment are viewing the sweeping changes in the Middle East and North – Read More...
January 30, 2012

End This Shameful Practice

It is tragic that inhumane treatment of Bali’s mentally ill continues to this day. The medieval practice of chaining up – Read More...
January 30, 2012

Second Bird Flu Death Reported

Health authorities have reported a second human death in Indonesia from bird flu this year, with the death of a – Read More...
January 30, 2012

Study Confirms Groundbreaking Advance in Stem Cells

The first use of embryonic stem cells in humans eased a degenerative form of blindness in two volunteers and showed – Read More...