End of the War: President Barack Obama hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (right) at the White House this week, as the United States formally ended its almost nine-year mission in Iraq and remaining troops returned home. Full story, here.

A new property firm has been launched in Bali that aims to offer professional services and cut out bad practices in the industry that have led to unsatisfied clients. With its office on Jl Nakula 57 in Legian, Be Realty is in the heart of the thriving tourism industry and blends real-estate experience with local [...]

DENPASAR A senior activist has said that there is not enough government support provided for children suffering from HIV-AIDS in Bali. Novita E Wuntu from the Citra Usadha Indonesia foundation (YCUI) said there was no developed continuous funding system for the care of HIV-positive children in Bali. “We have been searching for continuous donations for [...]

DENPASAR Bali’s hospitals are now equipped to deal with cases of domestic violence and child abuse, according to officials. IB Putu Alit from the team that handles such cases at the main Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar said all major state-run hospitals in Bali now had a similar dedicated team. “The team records the cases, reports [...]

Scientists in the United States say they have developed a vaccine that attacks tumours in mice, a breakthrough they hope will help fight breast, colon, ovarian and pancreatic cancer in humans. Although studies on mice often do not translate directly into remedies that work for human subjects, researchers are hopeful because of the strength of [...]

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 [...]

BANGLI With Bangli’s Lake Batur facing serious environmental threats, the Bali administration has formed a special team to try to save it from further degradation. Head of the Bali Environmental Department Anak Agung Gde Alit Sastrawan said the lake was not just a tourist attraction and an important ecosystem; it was also a key source [...]

DENPASAR Bali-based midwife Robin Lim has been named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year. Lim, an American citizen, runs the Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation), an NGO that works with pregnancy and childbirth issues amongst local women in Bali. Lim was named Hero of the Year from a list of Top 10 [...]

NUSA DUA Britain’s Minister of State for the Asia-Pacific region has praised the Bali authorities for improved security in the decade since the first Bali bombing. Minister Jeremy Browne was in Bali last week to attend the Democracy Forum in Nusa Dua. He said improved security had helped the island to attract more British visitors, [...]

TABANAN A plan for a massive protest rally at Tanah Lot on Monday was put on hold over the weekend, but the tourist attraction and sacred site remains at the centre of a bitter dispute between local villagers over revenues. Management of the site surrounding the offshore temple – one of Bali’s most popular tourist [...]

JAKARTA Workers at a giant mine in Papua owned by US company Freeport-McMoRan ended their three-month strike over wages after reaching a deal with the company on Wednesday, a union spokesman said. Under the agreement workers will receive a 37-percent pay hike over the next two years. “The deal has been signed this evening by [...]

JAKARTA A coalition of environmental groups headed by WWF has accused Indonesia’s biggest paper producer, Asia Pulp & Paper, of clearing forest in a tiger sanctuary set up by the company. The report, “The truth behind APP’s greenwashing” by the coalition Eyes on the Forest, published satellite maps showing cleared land within the Senepis tiger [...]