Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment

December 1, 2006

Brain Tapped for Out-of-Body Experience

GENEVA ~ Two Swiss scientists said on Wednesday they had been able to identify a part of the brain that – Read More...
November 22, 2006

Iran to Fingerprint US Visitors

TEHRAN ~ Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament has adopted a bill that would make digital fingerprinting compulsory for all US citizens seeking – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Homework Not Good for Kids: Parents, Educators

WASHINGTON ~ A small but increasingly vocal group of US parents and educators are pushing for homework to be abolished – Read More...
November 16, 2006

SE Asian Countries Set Up Haze Fund

CEBU, Philippines ~ Five Southeast Asian countries most affected by choking smoke haze from Indonesian forest fires agreed at the – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Bali Happenings

FRIDAY, November 17 Mamashita Tequila Shoot at Wayang Bali Café, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai, Sanur. Cabaret Show at Musro, – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Jail Sought for Newmont Boss

JAKARTA ~ Prosecutors have requested a three-year jail sentence for the president director of the local unit of US mining – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Australia’s Costly Fees Drive Foreign Students into Sex Work: Study

SYDNEY ~ The crippling cost of studying in Australia is forcing foreign students to take up risky sex work to – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Massive Road for Tsunami-Hit Aceh Flounders

KUALA BUBUN, Aceh ~ Zainal Abidin, 35, queues for a raft across the Kuala Bubun river in Aceh province near – Read More...
November 16, 2006

Al-Jazeera English Takes on Western Heavyweights

DOHA, Qatar ~ Al-Jazeera’s English-language news channel hit the airwaves this week with a heavyweight cast of presenters and the – Read More...
November 11, 2006

Hotspots ‘up 47% Worldwide’

Surging demand for wireless internet will translate into a 47-ercent jump in global Wi-Fi hotspots in 2006, a market research – Read More...