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NEWS ABOUT: Bali

Bali stories: 17 news summaries

  Bali Bombing Mastermind 
 Killed in Java Raid 

This time, it's really him—they have fingerprints to prove it

Sep 17, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesian police say they’ve killed their most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Muhamed Top, and this time, they’re really sure. The last time they declared Noordin dead, after an August raid in Central Java, they later admitted he had actually escaped. But this time they say they’ve done a fingerprint... More »

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Indonesia • terrorist • Java • Bali • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

(Newser) - Indonesian officials are fairly certain the wanted terrorist who masterminded the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings is also responsible for yesterday's attacks in Jakarta, the BBC reports. There are “strong indications” that Noordin Mohamed Top—a financier for al Qaeda-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiah who is thought to have... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • Bali • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top • mastermind

 Cranky Travelers 
 Diss 'Overrated' 
 Hot Spots 

Paris smelly? Athenians surly?



Jan 4, 09 5:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Italy? Ugly. Grand Canyon? A pain. No travel hot spot is safe after cranky readers filled Los Angeles Times inboxes with their picks for "overrated travel destinations."
  • Bali: "Mosquitoes ate us up," wrote two travelers, and "there was poverty everywhere."
  • Austin: "
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travel • Austin • Seattle • Santa Fe • Athens • Bali

(AP) - Indonesia executed three Islamic militants today for helping plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists, lawyers and relatives said. Imam Samudra and brothers Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron were executed at 11:20 p.m. several miles from their high... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic militants • bombing • Bali

Cops Probe
US Embassy
Bomb Threat

Indonesia tightens security ahead of Bali bombers' execution

Nov 4, 08 3:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Indonesian police are investigating a text-messaged threat to blow up the American and Australian embassies in Jakarta if convicted Bali bombers are executed, Reuters reports. Three Islamic militants convicted of playing a role in Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people six years ago have exhausted their avenues of appeal... More »

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Indonesia • execution • Jakarta • bomb threat • US Embassy • Bali

Econ Crash Could Deflate Climate Crusade

Governments could be 'distracted' by market woes, UN officials warn

Jan 23, 08 9:50 PM CST
(Newser) - As the global economy panics, leaders are in danger of abandoning lofty climate-change goals, top UN climate gurus warned today. At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Guardian reports, the pair urged politicians not to be “distracted” by the crisis. “This is the time to be bold... More »

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climate change • European Union • Bali • financial crisis

Bali: What Was Accomplished?

Developed and developing nations agree to work to end global warming

Dec 16, 07 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Dismantling the “Berlin Wall of climate change”—the idea that rich nations alone should lead the fight against global warming—was the big breakthrough at the UN climate change conference in Bali, reports Time. It made it possible for the US, after a bruising confrontation and near-collapse of... More »

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China • climate change • environment • India • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • Bali

Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks

Officials agree to reach accord in 2009—after end of Bush term

Dec 15, 07 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bali climate summit averted failure at the eleventh hour today when the US capitulated under sharp criticism and agreed to further talks to forge a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol in 2009 that will include the US and developing nations. The deal came after the US dropped opposition... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • United Nations • Al Gore • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • George W. Bush • Ban Ki-Moon

Gas Limits Dumped to Assuage US
in Bali Talks

Language softened to break standoff

Dec 14, 07 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Negotiators at the UN climate conference in Bali eased off goals to limit emissions of greenhouse gases today in an attempt to overcome US opposition, Reuters reports. The compromise draft has removed a specific target of cutting emissions by 25 to 40% by 2020. The Indonesian hosts are hoping softer... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Bali

Gore Points Finger at US in Bali

Nobel laureate says Bush and company stonewalling in Bali

Dec 13, 07 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore’s latest inconvenient truth: the US is stonewalling the UN climate conference. “My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here,” the Nobel laureate raged today in Bali. The US, along with Japan and several other nations, refuses to accept a specific... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • United Nations • Al Gore • global warming • European Union • Kyoto Protocol • Bali

Bali Eco Summit Nears Collapse

US, EU in standoff over new carbon limits

Dec 13, 07 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A face-off between American and European environment officials has pushed the Bali climate change talks to the breaking point, with United Nations officials warning that the summit could collapse "like a house of cards." Delegates in Bali are sharply divided over the guidelines for the next two years... More »

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climate change • United Nations • European Union • United States • Kyoto Protocol • Portugal • Bali • carbon emissions

UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea
for Warming Battle Plan 

Ban: Action is 'moral challenge of generation'

Dec 12, 07 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Citing a "desperate urgency," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon environmental ministers from over 120 nations to forge a new battle plan against climate change by 2009. The new treaty would attempt to improve on the Kyoto Protocol by including every country, and serve as a "... More »

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United Nations • global warming • United States • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • carbon emissions • Ban Ki-Moon

US Opposes Bali Carbon Caps

Draft resolution runs into trouble as Americans balk

Dec 11, 07 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The American delegation to UN climate talks in Bali last night ruled out a draft resolution that would call on industrialized nations to cut carbon emissions by 25% to 40% in 12 years. The US called the proposal "totally unrealistic" and "unhelpful." But the US isn't the... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • Bali

Climate Reps at Odds Over Deforestation

Rich countries balk at paying poorer nations to stop hacking trees

Dec 8, 07 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The triumph of the Bali summit may be its plan to stop deforestation, but rich and poor nations are still clashing over details, the Washington Post reports. A dozen developing countries want incentives to stop tree-cutting, but some developed nations wince at paying them for actions not taken. "The... More »

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United Nations • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • deforestation • developing countries • Bali • developed countries • tropical rain forests

Dying Coral Zapped Back to Life

'Bio'Rock' revives bleached Bali coral

Dec 5, 07 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Electrified metal structures submerged off the coast of Bali are reviving dying coral reefs, the AP reports. Low-voltage electricity pulses through cables feeding the structures, spurring pieces of damaged coral attached to them back to health. Scientist Thomas Goreau, co-creator of the 'Bio-Rock' project, is presenting his research at the... More »

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climate change • conservation • marine life • Bali • coral reef

Climate Talks Move Forward, But Slowly

Bali participants take baby steps toward fighting global warming

Dec 4, 07 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sniping among the 190 nations in attendance isn't keeping the climate talks in Bali from inching forward, Reuters reports. Participants have succeeded in putting together a "special group" to look at post-Kyoto Protocol options, but "the devil's in the detail," cautioned a top UN official. Meanwhile, environmentalists... More »

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climate change • United Nations • Indonesia • greenhouse gases • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • Yvo de Boer

Aussies Take the Lead at
Climate Talks

Nation passes Kyoto Protocol; leaves US
out in the cold

Dec 3, 07 5:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Australia won a standing ovation today at the first day of climate talks in Bali as it approved the Kyoto Protocol to cut pollution. Australia's vote now leaves the US the only developed nation not to back the pact. The Kyoto Protocol calls for industrialized nations to cut emissions below... More »

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climate change • Indonesia • Australia • Bali • carbon emissions

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