HEADLINES

March 19, 2011

Editorial: Get the Dogs Off Our Streets

An emergency is gripping Bali, killing scores of people, but the only response to the rabies crisis is to care – Read More...
March 19, 2011

Editorial: Our Nuclear Risk

Japan’s battle with potential nuclear meltdown at its Fukushima No. 1 plant following last week’s earthquake and tsunami catastrophes should – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Helicopters and Trucks Douse Stricken Japan Atomic Plant

TOKYO The Japanese military on Thursday used trucks and helicopters to dump tonnes of water onto the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Savage Cull Slashes Rabies ‘Reservoir’ in Buleleng

SINGARAJA Buleleng’s estimated dog population has been culled by two thirds since 2009 when Bali’s authorities conceded rabies was a – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Dalai Lama Rejects Pleas to Reconsider Retirement

DHARAMSHALA The Dalai Lama rejected on Thursday calls from the Tibetan parliament in exile urging him to reconsider his decision – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Indonesian Man Escapes Aceh and Japan Tsunamis

JAKARTA An Indonesian man said on Thursday that he had escaped both the 2004 tsunami in Aceh and last week’s – Read More...
March 17, 2011

Facebook Comment Sparks Banjar Riot

DENPASAR Two Denpasar banjars that nearly went to war on ogoh-ogoh night just before Nyepi have clashed again — apparently – Read More...
March 16, 2011

Hunger-Striking Anand Krishna Rushed to Hospital

JAKARTA Spiritual guru Anand Krishna was taken to hospital after collapsing at a Jakarta court as his sex-abuse trial resumed – Read More...
March 16, 2011

Crisis Deepens at Quake-Hit Japan Nuclear Plant

TOKYO Japan’s nuclear crisis deepened on Wednesday with another fire at a quake-hit atomic power plant and a radiation spike – Read More...
March 16, 2011

‘Land-Scam’ Lawyer Arrested After Fleeing Interrogation

DENPASAR Police have arrested a Bali-based lawyer who fled interrogation over his alleged role in a Rp37.5 billion (US$4.3 million) – Read More...