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SCHULMAN GROVE, California ~ They have neither the soaring majesty nor the celebrity of the giant redwood, but in one respect the bristlecone pine is the undisputed king of trees: longevity. Scattered on a remote mountainside of eastern California, these gnarled, twisted specimens are the oldest living organisms on Earth, the most senior among them [...]

BEIJING ~ A state-run cafe has opened in Beijing’s Forbidden City on the premises where Starbucks closed down earlier this year amid charges the US chain sullied the site, state media said. The Forbidden City Cafe, managed by the authorities that oversee the historic imperial quarters, serves both coffee and traditional Chinese tea, the Xinhua [...]

MADRID ~ Myanmar, formerly known as Burma and currently the scene of mass protests against the country’s repressive military junta, is one of the least visited states in Asia, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said this week. Just 264,000 foreigners visited the country last year, although that represented a 13.5 percent rise on 2005, a [...]

GULMARG, India ~ Tons of litter dumped at Indian Kashmir’s showpiece Himalayan resort are threatening a fragile alpine ecology and endangering villagers dependent on its glacial waters. Litterbugs could also do irreparable damage to the emerging reputation of the zone’s picturesque high-altitude meadows, forests and peaks as one of Asia’s best adventure ski areas, environmental [...]

Acupuncture could prove more effective then conventional treatment in curing back pain, according to a new study. “Low back pain is a common, impairing and disabling condition, often long-term, with an estimated lifetime prevalence of 70 to 85 percent,” wrote Dr Michael Haake, one of the study’s co-authors in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “Acupuncture [...]

By Jelila For The Bali Times SEMINYAK ~ Do you feel that “something is stopping you” – from success, or from completing a project? Find out how to be ready, so that your dreams may be realized, here. Case Study – Being ready Gerard came to me because he was having trouble completing things. “Just [...]

DILI, East Timor ~ An East Timorese who was a pro-Indonesia activist during the tiny nation’s 1999 independence vote said this week that Indonesia’s military should be held responsible for violence occurring then. Fransisco de Carvalho Lopes, who now holds Indonesian citizenship, was the only Indonesian to testify at the fifth and final round of [...]

JAKARTA ~ Dozens of Indonesian Buddhist students rallied outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday to back anti-junta protestors in Yangon. About 70 students wearing the uniform of the Union of Indonesian Buddhist Students laid out banners reading “Solidarity for Burma, Peace-Democracy-Freedom” on the road. They shouted “Reject, reject the military junta,” “Free Aung [...]

JAKARTA ~  Some 60,000 extra police are to be deployed as the country gears up for celebrations to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan next week, police said. National police spokesman Iman Haryatna said the police would particularly focus on the heavily populated island of Java, Bali and Sumatra’s Lampung province. “The [...]

BANGKOK ~ Thailand, which just ended a five-month ban on the video-sharing site YouTube, now wants to block clips that accuse a top royal adviser of masterminding last year’s coup, an official said. “The video clips pose a threat to our national security,” said Yanaphon Youngyuen, head of the justice ministry’s cyber-crime department. The two [...]