As we marked the ninth year this week since the terrorist atrocities visited on this island, it is reassuring that since the subsequent strike three years later peace has returned to Bali, bolstered by stringent security, and the once-shattered economy has thrived. While the threat of terrorism has faded, we remain ever vigilant. But as [...]

By Haggai Matar “I personally don’t have a problem with Israelis, but for your own sake you’d better not tell others around here where you’re from,” a taxi driver said to me during my last visit to Amman. Little did it help to explain that I attend demonstrations against the Occupation regularly and came to [...]

By Anita Sinha The Occupy Wall Street movement protesting against corporate practices has me daring to hope that the striking disparities in the United States will change for the better. It takes a leap of faith to be hopeful, because substantial change has not come in response to the economic crisis, housing market crash, persistent [...]

By Paola Salwan Daher I have always thought that engaging with other women is one of the most beautiful and exciting parts of being a women’s rights activist. My last conversation about women’s rights took place via email, and was sponsored by the Common Ground News Service as a new initiative in which women’s rights [...]

Bird flu has claimed its first human victims in Bali this year, with two children dying of the disease at the weekend. The children, a 10-year-old boy identified as WA and his five-year-old sister, NR, were from Banjar Dinas Antuga in Jehem, Bangli.  Both were brought to Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar on Friday suffering from [...]

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 24,000 physician and scientist members from 110 nations, united in [...]

By Jonathan Cainer Babies born this week will be Librans – but, depending on the day they enter the world, they may have the Moon in Gemini, Cancer or Leo. All week long, our new arrivals will gain the influence of both Venus and Mercury in Scorpio. So will they be typical Librans? Actually, nobody [...]

By Vyt Karazija Shattering events in a country don’t seem to stay in the mind for long. People watch, aghast, as world-changing circumstances unfold all over the globe. But inevitably, after a short period of engagement, they get bored and wander off to have a cup of tea and a good lie-down. An epidemic of [...]

The main purpose of the appearance of a reincarnation is to continue the predecessor’s unfinished work to serve Dharma and beings. In the case of a Lama who is an ordinary being, instead of having a reincarnation belonging to the same mind-stream, someone else with connections to that Lama through pure karma and prayers may [...]

Remembrance: A man places flowers at the Bali Bombing memorial on Jl Legian in Kuta on Wednesday, which marked the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on two nightclubs on the street that claimed the lives of 202 people. Security was tight in the area ahead of commemorations. Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/The Bali Times

Happy Birthday: Officials cut a traditional rice cone as part of celebrations in Denpasar on Wednesday 5/10/’11 to mark the 66th anniversary of the Indonesian military. The army, air force and navy put on displays at Renon Field.  Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/The Bali Times

For centuries physicians believed that diseases were caused by an imbalance in the “four humours” – blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These notions were swept away in the 19th century by the advent of modern medicine. Bit by bit it laid bare a realm of microscopic warfare where the body’s complex – but [...]