Oct 19, 2010
Indonesia News, The New York Times
Indonesia’s House of Representatives barely passed any laws in the first year of its current term, placing critical pending legislation on the back burner.
October 16, 2010
MORE ON INDONESIA AND: LAW AND LEGISLATION, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A nationwide resurgence of systems of customary law in Indonesia has strengthened Bali’s traditional punishment of ostracism and exile.
October 12, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: LAW AND LEGISLATION, RELIGION-STATE RELATIONS, CUSTOMS, ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS, HINDUISM, BALI (INDONESIA), SUHARTO
The editor of Indonesia’s defunct version of Playboy magazine surrendered himself to authorities on Saturday to serve a two-year jail term for indecency.
October 10, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: INDECENCY, OBSCENITY AND PROFANITY, PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC
The use of military units in North Sumatra Province represents a shift in the country’s antiterrorism strategy, which has prioritized law enforcement.
October 8, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, TERRORISM, YUDHOYONO, SUSILO BAMBANG
African and European associations of higher education have released a report outlining recommendations to improve cooperation.
October 4, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: EDUCATION (SECONDARY), EUROPE, AFRICA, UNITED STATES
The Indonesian authorities have initiated investigations into the cause of a high-speed collision between two intercity trains over the weekend that killed 36 people.
October 4, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE (PUBLIC WORKS), RAILROADS, JAKARTA (INDONESIA)
At least 36 people were killed and dozens severely injured early Saturday in a collision between intercity trains.
October 3, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, RAILROADS
The island’s authorities and a nonprofit group have started a mass dog vaccination campaign, with the goal of vaccinating roughly 70 percent of the island’s dogs by the end of the year.
September 30, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: DOGS, MEDICINE AND HEALTH, RABIES, BALI (INDONESIA)
Heavily armed men killed three police officers in an attack that came just days after the police arrested suspected Islamic militants.
September 23, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: ACEH PROVINCE (INDONESIA), AL QAEDA, BASHIR, ABU BAKAR
An annual exodus called “mudik” at the end of Ramadan is a chance for city dwellers with rural roots to reconnect with their families — and to show off their success.
September 7, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: RAMADAN
Indonesia is trying to avoid taking sides in what could become a second Cold War.
August 31, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: FAR EAST, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC AREAS, ASSN OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
Abu Bakar Bashir, accused of having ties to Al Qaeda, was linked to a deadly terrorist attack on a Bali nightclub.
August 10, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: TERRORISM, BASHIR, ABU BAKAR
Millions are on a government waiting list to go to Mecca, but groups say that officials and politicians misuse their deposits.
August 6, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: FRAUDS AND SWINDLING, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, PILGRIMAGES, TRAVEL AGENCIES AND AGENTS, MECCA (SAUDI ARABIA)
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Aburizal Bakrie, the chairman of the main opposition party, appear to be enjoying an uneasy truce.
August 3, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, YUDHOYONO, SUSILO BAMBANG
Internet service providers in Indonesia are being told to start blocking access to pornographic Web sites. But nobody seems to know how to go about it, or who will pay.
August 2, 2010 MORE ON INDONESIA AND: PORNOGRAPHY, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
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Many Indonesians have taken a chance by turning themselves in to U.S. immigration officials, under church auspices, for the opportunity to have a better future.
A paper company proposes to use a ring of industrial tree plantations to help stop leaks of greenhouse gases from a peat bog.
Four days after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra, more than 700 people were confirmed dead, and thousands remained missing.
Survivors and rescue teams worked frantically on Friday to search for survivors of the powerful earthquake that struck western Sumatra.
A powerful earthquake hit the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, leaving the port city of Padang in ruins.
Nearly simultaneous explosions hit Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, according to local officials.
An Indonesian military cargo plane crashed into a village in East Java, killing at least 98 people.
Heavy rains caused a dam near Jakarta to burst, sending a deadly wall of water and mud through hundreds of houses.
Muhammad Saad Iqbal was seized by the C.I.A. after 9/11, interrogated in a secret prison in Egypt, then sent on to Bagram Airbase and Guantanamo. This is a firsthand account of torture and rendition.
In Ubud, Indonesia three royals and dozens of others were remembered in a spectacular cremation ceremony.
The Times's Calvin Sims reports on the changing nature of Islam in the vast archipelago.
A look inside the spatial and religious landscape of the world’s fourth-largest nation.
Malaysia News, The Star
A fire believed to be caused by a short circuit destroyed 30 stalls at the Chow Kit wet market.
Malaysian is top law student
at Cambridge University
A 23-year-old Malaysian has emerged as the top student in his final-year law examinations at Cambridge University. Tan Zhongshan obtained a first-class honours in the Bachelor of Arts (Law) in June this year at Queens’ College, which is part of the university, one of England’s oldest and most prestigious.
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Court sets Jan 6 to hear Anifah's bid to strike out Anwar libel suit
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set Jan 6 for the hearing of the striking-out application by Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman over a defamation suit filed by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against him.Felda seeking default judgment in suit against Suara Keadilan
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is applying to get a judgment in default of appearance, in a RM200mil defamation suit over claims that it was bankrupt.Aminulrasyid shooting: Court visits crime scene
SHAH ALAM: Judge Latifah Mohd Tahar Tuesday visited the crash site here where teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah was killed.- Former Immigration deputy D-G ordered to enter defence over bribery charges (Updated)
- Two killed, one missing in Tatau collision
- Afterworld wedding for crash victims
- Polls fever set to prevail at Umno General Assembly
- International forum kicks off countdown to Umno General Assembly
- Listen to the people, former Japanese minister tells Barisan
- By-election candidates for Batu Sapi, Galas to be named on Sunday
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Mexico makes record 105-tonne marijuana haul
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers seized 105 tonnes of marijuana with a U.S. street value of more than $340 million on Monday in Mexico's biggest-ever pot haul, the army said.Megi clears Philippines, northern rice crop hit
MANILA (Reuters) - Typhoon Megi cleared the Philippines' main island and headed towards China on Tuesday, and authorities said initial estimates showed around 105,000 tonnes of the region's unmilled rice crop had been damaged.U.S. judge tentatively upholds gays-in-military order
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) - A federal judge tentatively refused on Monday to let the Pentagon reinstate its ban on openly gay men and women in the U.S. military while the government appeals her decision declaring the policy unconstitutional.Microsoft software head Ray Ozzie to depart
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Bill Gates' successor as Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, is leaving the company after five years.Mexican authorities seize 105 tons of marijuana
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana in the border city of Tijuana on Monday, by far the biggest pot bust in the country in recent years.Super typhoon dumps rains in Philippines; 7 killed
CAUAYAN, Philippines (AP) - Super Typhoon Megi dumped heavy rains over the Philippine capital as it departed Tuesday after killing seven people, creating a wasteland of fallen trees in the north and sending thousands scrambling to safety in near-zero visibility.Courts »
- Brothers lose appeal against being disbarred
- Anwar loses appeal for Saiful’s statement
- Director gets 61 more charges of money laundering
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Moscow, Russia UFO Sighting of V shaped Craft over Clouds, Oct 18, 2010. Down below is really a bizarre UFO sighting, which was videotaped over Moscow ...
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In Rough Slum, Brazil’s Police Try Soft Touch
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO; MYRNA DOMIT CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.
Officials have embarked on an ambitious plan to wrest control of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent slums from ruthless drug gangs.
October 11, 2010
MORE ON BRAZIL AND: POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, GANGS, POLICE, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL)
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Live: Colonel break-ins targeted children
Mon Oct 18 2010
UPDATE: Col. Russell Williams' methodical and disturbing break-and-enters are being revealed in Belleville where the court is hearing Williams posed with the underwear of girls as young as 11 or 12. Click for live coverage (Warning: some graphic content).
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Lockdown lifted at two Ajax schools
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Leafs’ MacArthur rides hot shooting streak
Mon Oct 18 2010
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Train hauling hazardous materials derails in Cornwall
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Via Rail service was delayed about two hours for trips between Toronto and Montreal. News | World
4 men convicted in plot to blow up N.Y. synagogues
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Four men snared in an FBI terrorism sting have been convicted in a plot to shoot down military planes and blow up synagogues. haiti
Video: Lovely returns home after being buried alive
Fri Oct 15 2010
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Mon Oct 18 2010
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Lost bid for Security Council seat a Tory failure, Liberals charge
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Canada’s inability to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council represents a “major diplomatic failure” on the part of the Conservative government, the Liberal Opposition charged Monday. News | Ontario
Craigslist, Queen’s Park to discuss prostitution listings
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Ontario’s opposition parties want to know why the Liberal government isn’t getting tough with Craigslist over prostitution ads the province wants removed from the online service. (1) moneyville | borrowing
CIBC rolls out Canada’s first Visa-branded debit card
Mon Oct 18 2010
Global payments giant Visa Inc. made its long-awaited entry into Canada’s debit market on Monday, announcing that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce would issue this country’s first Visa-branded debit cards. (0) moneyville | investing
Why interest rates should rise, but won't
Mon Oct 18 2010
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Off-peak hydro to drop this winter
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Searchable database of Nazi-era looted art debuts
Mon Oct 18 2010
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GTA home sales slide again in early October
Mon Oct 18 2010
Home sales in the GTA are down by 17 per cent in the first half of October compared with 2009. (5) The Peoples Voice News, Oct 18, 2010
China rejects clean energy probe, calls US unfair
BEIJING – A senior Chinese official rejected a U.S. trade complaint about Beijing's clean energy policy and said Sunday that Washington might be improperly supporting its own industry. The U.S. government said Friday it would investigate complaints by a labor union that Beijing unfairly subsidizes its producers of wind and solar equipment.
Troops 'overwhelmed and cannot defeat Taliban'
THE Taliban have ''overwhelmed'' foreign troops and cannot be defeated by military means, one of Australia's top combat soldiers has warned. Brigadier Mark Smethurst says securing Afghanistan could take decades, but success is uncertain without a fundamental change in strategy.
Poll: Those craving for change now look to the GOP
President Barack Obama's winning coalition from 2008 has crumbled and his core backers are dispirited. It's now Republicans who stand to benefit from an electorate that's again craving change.
Philippine maids pay high price - Video
Overseas workers provide much-needed funds, but some suffer abuse from their employers. Almost 15 per cent of the Philippines' adult population, about eight million people, live and work overseas. The money they earn is vital to the economy, last year more than $17bn dollars was sent back in remittances. But the cost proves to be too high for some of the migrant workers that find themselves suffering the abuse at the hands of their employers.
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John McCain's daughter Meghan calls Christine O'Donnell 'a nut job'
Miss McCain, a Republican who is making a name for herself as an outspoken pundit, said what many party colleagues have been afraid of uttering publicly.
She is moderate who supports gay marriage, has criticised her father's vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin and taken issue with the anti-tax Tea Party for its "innate racism".
New Sri Lankan civil war photos threaten to overshadow Britain visit
The photographs, which showed blood stained bodies of young men and women who had been blindfolded and had their hands tied behind their backs, were released by the Global Tamil Forum (GTF), a group which includes former supporters of the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Iran tells Iraqi prime minister 'get rid of America', Oct 18, 2010
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, has an audience with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Photo: AP
Mr Maliki, who is on a tour of Middle Eastern capitals to drum up support for his bid to stay in power, had an audience with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.info@als-alexander.org orinteralex1@yahoo.com
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Andalucia: readers' tips, recommendations and travel advice
Photo: CORBIS
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Jerez and beyond
This week's winning review: A couple of summers ago, a friend and I cycled through Andalucia. We were looking for something that combined moderate exercise with sightseeing, great scenery, good food and wine, and comfortable accommodation, so we booked an organised self-guided tour. Self-guided meant we could go at our own pace ..
Warpaint: 'Who’s that tomboy over there, who looks like she doesn’t care?’
You and whose army? Singer Emily Kokal, second from left, with the rest of Warpaint
At the United Palace Theatre in Uptown Manhattan, one of the year’s hottest new rock bands is about to take the stage. Warpaint, an all-girl quartet from Los Angeles, have generated an avalanche of gossip in recent months. For a while their singer/guitarist, Emily Kokal, dated John Frusciante, former Red Hot ...
At the United Palace Theatre in Uptown Manhattan, one of the year’s hottest new rock bands is about to take the stage. Warpaint, an all-girl quartet from Los Angeles, have generated an avalanche of gossip in recent months. For a while their singer/guitarist, Emily Kokal, dated John Frusciante, former Red Hot ...
Maximising minimalism: tailoring for grown-ups
All the talk this autumn/winter about serious, grown-up clothes, and clean lines, devoid of decoration, can be slightly intimidating, especially if you are a bit of a boho at heart.
Female care worker guilty of sexually abusing baby in Colin Blanchard paedophile ring
Tracy Dawber arriving at Winchester Crown Court Photo: PA
Tracy Dawber, 44, today became the fourth woman to be convicted of abuse and pornography offences relating to a child abuse ring run by the "evil" paedophile Colin Blanchard.
Tracy Dawber, 44, today became the fourth woman to be convicted of abuse and pornography offences relating to a child abuse ring run by the "evil" paedophile Colin Blanchard.
Terrorism and cyber attacks main threats to Britain
David Cameron, who co-wrote the foreword to the report with Nick Clegg Photo: AP
The new National Security Strategy identifies four ''tier one'' risks which, it says, must be the Government's highest priority.
The other major threats are a large scale accident or natural hazard such as pandemic flu and an international military crisis which could draw in the UK and its allies.
The new National Security Strategy identifies four ''tier one'' risks which, it says, must be the Government's highest priority.
The other major threats are a large scale accident or natural hazard such as pandemic flu and an international military crisis which could draw in the UK and its allies.
'Super Mario' Sepulveda: First days in Chilean mine were 'pure hell,' calls talk of sex 'wrong'
"Super Mario" Sepulveda, the second miner to emerge after more than two months trapped underground in Copiapo, Chile, has spoken out for the first time about the horrific ordeal.
Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is not living in cave, but in a house in northwest Pakistan
Terror leader Osama Bin Laden is living it up in Pakistan, not cowering in some cave, a senior NATO official tells CNN.
The report indicates that the founder of Al Qaeda, the organization responsible for multiple terror attacks including those on 9/11, is shacked up in a home somewhere in the northwest region of the country.
The report indicates that the founder of Al Qaeda, the organization responsible for multiple terror attacks including those on 9/11, is shacked up in a home somewhere in the northwest region of the country.
Derek Jeter admits Cliff Lee is tough, but captain knows Yankees have beat tough pitchers in past
The Yankees come home now. They have to believe that Game 3 of the American League Championship Series Monday night at the Stadium is as much about them and the place as it is about the opposing pitcher, even if the pitcher is Cliff Lee.
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