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Culture clash (+recipes)
Indonesian cuisine presents a feast of flavours as diverse as its history.
Corby wants a baby in jail
The mother of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby says her daughter wants to have a baby, even if she remains in jail.
7.4 quake strikes Indonesia
A local tsunami alert has been lifted after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia.
Bali police round-up the gigolos
The "Kuta cowboys" who offer friendship to tourists face an uncertain future, thanks to an uproar provoked by a warts-and-all documentary.
Sumatra: Kiwi aid workers safe following 7.7 quake
Two New Zealand aid workers are safe and well following this morning's earthquake in Indonesia.
Bali as it always has been
A village which hosts tourists on its own terms fascinates Winston Aldworth.
Imprisoned Kiwi begs Rudd for help
A New Zealander who has spent 18 months in a squalid Jakarta jail without trial has pleaded for help.
Rudd faces hard fight to stay in power
Obama's visit will give badly needed boost in election year.
Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants
Western food manufacturers are buying so little sustainable palm oil that the system set up to limit damage to tropical forests caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil is in danger of collapse.
See you later, suckers
Our closest relatives in the animal world, chimpanzees and orangutans, have long been known to use tools. But octopuses?