HEADLINES

June 2, 2010

Gilimanuk Clamp Ahead of Obama Visit

GILIMANUK Port authorities have toughened up security at Gilimanuk, the Java ferry crossing point to Bali, ahead of the expected – Read More...
June 1, 2010

Hardliners Denounce Israel, Call for Obama Cancellation

JAKARTA Islamist hardliners called on Tuesday for the government to cancel a visit to Jakarta this month by US President – Read More...
June 1, 2010

Can’t Buy Love? Indonesia Thinks Foreign Men Should

JAKARTA Alarm bells not wedding bells are ringing over Indonesian proposals to demand a US$55,000 “security guarantee” from foreign men – Read More...
May 31, 2010

‘Secret Polluters’ Target of Rafters’ Ire

MENGWI Rafting operators on the Ayung River have complained that some hotels along the river are threatening the environment and – Read More...
May 31, 2010

Swiss Man Latest Victim of Flat-Tyre Bandits

KUTA Bali’s flat-tyre robbers are back in action. The latest victim is a Swiss national, named by police as Subra – Read More...
May 30, 2010

Jailbird McJannett Says We’re All Crooks

PERTH Convicted Australian drug user Robert Paul McJannett, released from Bali’s Kerobokan Jail on Friday after completing a five-month sentence, – Read More...
May 30, 2010

Bali Says Hello World, Via Fibre-Optics

LEGIAN Bali is now connected to the rest of the world via its first optical-fibre link, following completion of a – Read More...
May 28, 2010

Java Mud Volcano Still Gushing Four Years On

PORONG Four years after it erupted from the well of a gas company linked to one of Indonesia’s richest men, – Read More...
May 28, 2010

Aceh Hands Out ‘Islamic’ Skirts

MEULABOH Islamic police in Aceh province have been issued with 20,000 long skirts and ordered to cover up women deemed – Read More...
May 27, 2010

Scientists ‘Asian Nobel Prize’ for Mapping the Universe

HONG KONG Three US scientists whose work helped map the universe are among the recipients of the US$1-million Shaw Prize, – Read More...