By Joyce Major For The Bali Times “Balanced precariously on the edge of destruction, the Indonesian rainforest and the orangutans await the reality of what level of action and commitment will be made by the Indonesian government and her people as well as the rest of the world.” UBUD ~ Like a car driving full [...]

By Colum Lynch The Washington Post UNITED NATIONS ~ For four years, UN peacekeepers have protected Haiti’s fragile government from attacks by street gangs, drug lords and political agitators. But they were no match for a bowl of rice that has doubled in price during the past year. Thousands of demonstrators last month rampaged through [...]

LONDON ~ An arresting new artistic landmark is drawing crowds in London and New York, intrigued at being able to wave to each other through what is teasingly presented as a a huge Transatlantic tunnel. From its London end next to City Hall on the south banks of the River Thames, tourists and locals can [...]

CANNES, France ~ A French film about an inspired teacher in a tough urban school won the Palme d’Or top prize at Cannes, the first homegrown movie in 21 years to claim the coveted award. The Class by 46-year-old director Laurent Cantet features a multicultural cast of amateur child actors plucked from French schools. It [...]

WASHINGTON ~ Whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones dug up treasure at the box office at the weekend, with the return of Harrison Ford’s fedora-topped icon pulling in US$101 million over three days at North American theaters, Hollywood figures showed. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull grabbed the lion’s share of movie audiences over [...]

By His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar For The Bali Times What is fear? What are its symptoms? An intense sensation of trembling in the body, shaky breath, a tendency to hold on to something, a feeling that the ground below your feet is loose. There is a feeling of contraction within; a void, a [...]

By Paulo Coelho For The Bali Times – Final in a three-part series – In this case, the title of the column is wrong. Since I said in the first article that I refused to write about the reasons why men love women (I would be considered a male chauvinist South-American writer who despises the [...]

By Dr. Robert Goldman For The Bali Times Longevity News and Review provides readers with the latest information in breakthroughs pertaining to the extension of the healthy human lifespan. These news summaries are compiled by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net), a non-profit medical society composed of 20,000 physician and scientist members from [...]

WASHINGTON ~ American researchers hailed promising advances in cancer treatment but lamented the decreasing amount of federal money devoted to finding a cure, ahead of the world’s largest cancer conference this week. “As a nation, we face two critical challenges to advancing cancer care – stalled federal funding for cancer research and limited access to [...]

Forget radical calorie restriction or human growth hormone. If it’s longevity you are after, you may want to consider spending more time with members of the younger generation, according to an animal study released this week. The study was done in fruit flies and builds on earlier research showing that interaction with younger members of [...]

Scenic : One option for overnighting near Dalaro is Smadalaro Gard, a 19th-century converted manor house. The seaside town 25 miles southeast of Sweden’s capital is a gateway to the Stockholm archipelago and a prime summertime retreat. By Erica Johnston The Washington Post Nearly 20 years ago, during a long bicycle trip through Europe, a [...]

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