WASHINGTON A GROUP of US senators has launched a bipartisan caucus aimed at promoting global internet freedom, saying the web should allow free speech and not be used by governments to crack down on dissent. “Just as we stand against physical brutality of oppressive regimes, so too we must stand against this new digital tyranny [...]

A trawl through the DNA codes of hundreds of individuals may help explain why some people who never smoke may be unusually at risk from lung cancer, doctors said this week. Lung cancer is commonly believed to be the preserve of people who smoke or who have smoked. Yet 10 percent of all lung cancer [...]

European medical regulators were urgently seeking information this week from British drugmaker GlaxoSmith-Kline after finding traces of a virus that normally infects swine in a childrens’ vaccine. DNA originating from the virus – which is not known to cause disease in either animals or humans – was found in the Rotarix oral vaccination used to [...]

As Bali’s rabies emergency spirals even further out of control, it has become blindingly obvious that there is no one in leadership positions with either the capability or will to do anything about it. The human death toll since the outbreak began in southern Bali in 2008 may now be as high as 60, but [...]

A conservation group warned Wednesday they have just three weeks to raise US$3 million to save the iconic Hollywood sign from being razed by investors who want to build luxury houses on the site. “We feel good about where we are and we feel good about our chances to do this,” said Tim Ahern of [...]

The story of Siddhartha’s spiritual journey from powerful prince to supreme Buddha has come alive at the Paris Opera in a new ballet featuring France’s top contemporary choreographer Angelin Preljocaj. Siddharta, which had its global premiere on March 18, is a rare event in the world of dance – with several performances in a huge [...]

NUSA DUA SOUTH Kuta Police are hunting a man who dresses in police gear and steals the belongings of foreigners when they swim at Nusa Dua beaches, including the popular Geger beach. Police believe the man, known as Ui, is the leader of a syndicate of thieves from East Praya on Lombok. He has short-cropped [...]

The media is the most powerful entity on earth,” said the American black militant leader Malcolm X, popular in the 1960s. For, in his own words, “They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” How does the [...]

JAKARTA The Bali Times The national government hopes to attract US$90 billion of private infrastructure investment in the next five years to help it reach its growth target of seven percent. Poor infrastructure is one of the main obstacles to unlocking the huge potential for Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, according to officials and analysts at [...]

By Dr Robert Goldman 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 22,000 physician and scientist members from 105 nations, united in [...]

JAKARTA The Bali Times, AFP The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that traditional costumes and dances such as Bali’s cannot be criminalised under a controversial pornography law. In a small victory for minority and civil society groups who had brought the case to court, the judges said that while they upheld the law it did [...]

Not Yet a Port of Call: Amuk Port on Bali’s east coast needs to double.