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Japanese tourists top list of tourist arrivals to Bali
DENPASAR, Bali - A total of 359,827 Japanese tourists visited Bali in 2008, accounting for 18.06 percent of the total number of foreign tourists coming to the resort island that year.The number of Japanese tourists visiting Bali last year represented a 2.21 percent increase... Journalist who covered Schapelle Corby case arrested on drug charges, faces 2...
Peter Lloyd, an Australian Broadcasting Commission journalist who made a name for himself with his dramatic coverage of the Schapelle Corby drug trial, is tonight detained in a Singapore prison facing charges of trafficking and possessing a controlled drug. If...Indonesian court gives go ahead for Bali bombers` execution
"Denpasar, Indonesia (ANTARA News) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has given the green light for the execution of the three Bali bombers after rejecting their last appeal, authorities on the holiday island said Friday. The court has sent a letter to the Bali prosecutor's office...Indonesian court throws out appeal of Bali bombers
..I understand their motive... but i don't agree their method or what they did - too many casualties who were not guilty... ""We received the decision of the Supreme Court yesterday. It basically says that there's...Fealac plays significant role in promoting ecotourism: official
"FEALAC (Forum for East Asia and Latin America Cooperation) plays a significant role in promoting ecotourism internationally, an Indonesian tourism official said. "The Forum which has 33 member countries including Indonesia, has a total population of 2.5 billion, which is...Indonesian "kris" added to World Heritage list
Previously the kris was used to fight, now only for the decoration, the collection or the religious ceremony/culture..."Denpasar (ANTARA) - UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has named...Widodo opens APG meeting on money laundering in Bali
" "Our challange is the increasing rate of worldwide crime as a result of globalization ," Widodo said, adding that Indonesia was committed to waging war against money laundering and terrorist financing. The APG will this year accept two new member countries, namely...Australian Corby spotted in Indonesian beauty salon
Corby is still a woman.."Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, who is serving 20 years in jail in Indonesia, was spotted Wednesday in a beauty salon on Bali where she is serving her time. Corby, found guilty of trafficking 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana in...Bali developing into center of international arts conventions
"Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Bali is increasingly developing into a center of meetings and interaction among artists and culturalists from all parts of the world, a lecturer at the Denpasar-based Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI), Prof. Dr. I Wayan Dibia, MA, said here Friday.IAt...I saved Corby from death penalty: Tampoe
"Schapelle Corby`s Australian former lawyer says the Corby family should be grateful to him for saving her from a death sentence.Corby, 30, was convicted in 2005 for smuggling 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogieboard... Faces of Bali - Serangan Island
"Serangan island, a 73-hectare island located just 250 metres off the southeast coast of Bali, is the resident of Sakenan temple–one of the most visited temple for religious purpose on the southern part,... Faces of Bali - Tirta Empul
"Tampaksiring is the name of a small village 36 Km from Denpasar on the road to Kintamani. The temple Pura Tirta Empul, bequeathed to the people by ancient Rajadom, is perhaps the most fascinating spot in the...
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About 34.42 pct of Bali`s coral reefs damaged
"Denpasar (ANTARA News) - About 34.41 percent of Bali`s coral reefs spreading over an area of 65.08 square kilometers has been destroyed or damaged, Bali Governor Dewa Beratha said."Besides, 27.38 percent of coral reef wealth has died," the governor said in a written address...Despite recession American tourist flow to Bali increasing
"Denpasar (ANTARA News) - The economic recession currently hitting the Americas seems not to have discouraged people in those countries to spend vacations in Bali, provincial tourism data show.The number of American tourists who came to Indonesia`s "island of gods" during the...Indonesia to host Basel Convention Parties` conference
"Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will host the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel Convention, at Nusa Dua, Bali province, from June 23 to 27, 2008.The conference is expected...
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