http://www.thebalitimes.com Online edition of Bali's best selling English language newspaper. Bringing you Bali, the Nation and the World every Friday. Sat, 10 May 2008 06:52:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en JAKARTA ~ Public transport operators are preparing to raise fares in anticipation of a government hike in the price of fuel, a transport association official said this week. "We plan to submit a demand for a fare increase to the government soon after a fuel price increase is announced," the secretary ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/transport-operators-to-seek-higher-fares/ JAYAPURA ~ The death toll from a landslide in the eastern province of Papua rose to 19 on Wednesday as bad weather forced a halt to the search for survivors, miners involved in the rescue effort said. A spokesman for Freeport Indonesia, which operates a nearby mine, said it was unclear ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/papua-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-19/ JAKARTA ~ Three Taiwanese men have been arrested trying to enter Indonesia with more than nine kilograms of methamphetamine, state media said. A 40-year-old man identified only by the initials WCM was arrested at Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta International Airport with 1.8 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.046 kilograms of ketamine, the ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/three-taiwanese-%e2%80%98caught-with-drugs%e2%80%99/ JAKARTA ~ A court ordered the attorney general on Tuesday to reopen a probe into a massive corruption scandal involving billions of dollars in loans lent during the Asian financial crisis. District court Judge Haswandi ordered the Attorney General's Office to "continue the investigations" into Syamsul Nursalim, one of Indonesia's richest ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/judge-orders-corruption-probe-reopened/ JAKARTA ~ The government is considering withdrawing from the Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC), President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "In our last cabinet meeting we thought about whether to stay or leave OPEC and increase our domestic production," Yudhoyono was quoted by the state Antara ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/indonesia-mulling-opec-pullout/ JAKARTA ~ Four rebels wanted over armed attacks against East Timor's president and prime minister were extradited amid tight security from Indonesia on Monday. The unidentified four, wearing red T-shirts and handcuffed, were seen boarding a charter plane under heavy armed police escort at the Halim Perdanakusumah airport in East Jakarta. More ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/wanted-e-timor-rebels-extradited/ PARIS ~ Pop diva Madonna turned sexy hard-rock queen for a night at a private concert in Paris on Tuesday night, telling her fans she loves to french-kiss the French as she ground away at an electric guitar. Wearing black from head to toe, her blonde curls loose to her shoulders, ... http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/05/09/i-love-to-french-the-french-madonna-tells-paris-fans/