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PHOTOS: Learn To Scuba Dive In Bali

Kevin Richberg | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Indonesia, Travel, Mola Mola, Scuba Diving, Open Water, Whale Sharks, Bali, Tulamben, Slideexpand, Travel News

In just three days or one long weekend you can get your PADI certification card in Open Water Diving usable anywhere in the world, and you'll be doing it in one of the easiest and most unique places for beginners in the world.

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PHOTOS: J. Crew Shoots Its Preppy Americana In Bali

Posted 05.24.2012

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For its latest catalog -- er, "style guide" -- J. Crew decided to take its preppy Americana (and the preppy Americans who model it) on the road. P...

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PHOTOS: Top Eco Resorts For Yoga Lovers

Laura DiMugno | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Beach Resorts, Yoga, Eco Resorts, Nature, Sustainability, Belize, Travel, Thailand, Organic, Bali, Wellness, Ecotourism, Sustainable, Costa Rica, Slidefreestyle, Gps-Soul, Travel News

Looking for somewhere exotic to unwind, pamper yourself and learn, all at the same time?

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A Day In The Life Of A Midwife

Robin Lim, CPM | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Bali, Bumi Sehat, Indonesia, Midwifery, Community Health Centers, Childbirth, Impact News

Just before 5 a.m., my hand phone is buzzing madly. I am up instantly, knowing that it must be an emergency: A newborn is having difficulty breathing. I am off and running down my stairs and out into the darkness.

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Learning How To Travel On A Trip To Bali

BJ R. Siasoco | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Travel Stories, Southeast Asia, International Destinations, Islands, Bali, Destinations, Intergenerational Travel, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Adrift in my own sea of uncertainty, I joined my family on a journey to a land known for its beaches and beauty.

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Lessons of Indonesia -- How Little We Need to Communicate...

Misha Lyuve | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Traffic, Lombok, Java, Indonesia, Bali, Living, Travel, Communication, Culture News

For the world of Indonesia traffic to function, the inner intelligence of self-governance created a new language -- the language of honking.

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PHOTOS: 10 Destinations For The Broken-Hearted

BootsnAll | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Yoga, Amsterdam, Bootsnall, California, New York, Verona, Croatia, Mexico, Break Ups, Spain, Bali, Travel, Italy, Kickboxing, Broken Heart, Tokyo, Indonesia, Romance, Barcelona, Meditation, Habitat for Humanity, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Some destinations are super-romantic and may not be ideal options if you're nursing a broken heart, but others seem tailor-made to help you get over your ex.

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'Demolition Man' Trial Opens

AP | NINIEK KARMINI | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Umar Patek Bali Bombings, Video, Umar Patek, Indonesia, Umar Patek Trial, Jemaah Islamiya, Terrorism, Bali Bombings, Bali Nightclub Bombings, Bali, World News

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges,...

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My Global Motherhood Birthday Wish

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Robin Lim, CNN Heroes, Every Mother Counts, MDG 5, Bali, Bumi Sehat, Maternal Health, Millennium Development Goals, Global Motherhood, Impact News

Since the day I delivered Grace eight years ago, I know just how critical proper maternity care is. And, I have a deeper sense of gratitude toward my own mother each year when my own birthday rolls around.

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CNN's 2011 Hero Still Needs More Funding For Birthing Center

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Bali, Bumi Sehat, CNN Heroes, Maternal Health, Every Mother Counts, Robin Lim, Charity, Indonesia, Maternal Health Indonesia, Global Motherhood, Impact News

People thought I was crazy to even consider getting on a plane to Indonesia the day after running the ING NYC Marathon for Every Mother Counts, and in...

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Can the Durban Climate Negotiations Succeed?

Robert Stavins | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Law, Australia, Environmental Policy, Durban, Environmental Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, Climate Change Policy, United Nations, Cop-15, Regulation, Obama Administration, Cop-16, Poznan, Global Climate Policy, Major Economies Forum, South Africa, Linkage of Cap-and-Trade Systems, Environmental Politics, Cap-and-Trade, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord, Korea, Cop-17, Bali, Baseball, Cancun, Politics, New Zealand, Copenhagen, European Union, G-20, Japan, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Unfccc, Positive Political Economy | Tagged Annex I, India, Green News

Two weeks of international climate negotiations begin today in Durban, South Africa. These are the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of ...

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Teen Drug Trial Reaches Climax

AP | FIRDIA LISNAWATI | Posted 01.25.2012

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BALI, Indonesia — An Australian teen was sentenced to two months in detention Friday for buying drugs while vacationing with family on Indonesia...

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Obama First U.S. President To Take Part In East Asia Summit

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 01.17.2012

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BALI, Indonesia — President Barack Obama says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Myanmar (mee-an-MAWR') as the U.S. looks to seiz...

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Australian Teen Admits He Bought Drugs On Bali

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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BALI, Indonesia — A 14-year-old Australian boy has tearfully admitted he bought marijuana on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, telling judges h...

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Bali's Bamboo Design

AP | By MICHAEL HOLTZ | Posted 01.02.2012

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By MICHAEL HOLTZ -- The Associated Press BALI, Indonesia -- Off Bali's beaten track, past a towering banyan tree and next to an ancient Hindu templ...

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Bali Opens Australian Teen's Controversial Drug Trial

AP | Posted 01.01.2012

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BALI, Indonesia — A 14-year-old Australian boy went on trial Tuesday on charges of possessing marijuana while on vacation with his parents on In...

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Bali: Tourist Island Rocked By Quake

AP | FIRDIA LISNAWATI | Posted 10.13.2011

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BALI, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, sending people fleeing from their home...

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2 Children Die Of Bird Flu

AP | Posted 12.10.2011

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BALI, Indonesia -- Two Indonesian children have died of bird flu on the popular tourist island of Bali, the first local deaths from the illness in sev...

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Losing Paradise In Bali

Rio Helmi | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Indonesia, Slideadbigshot, International Destinations, Indonesia Travel, Bali News, Bali, Destinations, Bali Travel, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Why has it taken so long for the Balinese community to act? Part of the problem is that though there is a tightly woven fabric of Balinese culture, the same weave also keeps the Balinese "in their place," separated by caste and clan.

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Review: Rimbaud in Java, The Lost Voyage

Jan McGirk | Posted 11.29.2011

Equal parts lit crit, biography, linguistic anthropology and social history, Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage examines the remaining mysteries about Arthur Rimbaud as a fugitive from justice.

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World Rabies Day: Vaccination as an Alternative to Clubbing and Poisoning Dogs

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.28.2011

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September 28th -- World Rabies Day -- serves as a reminder of the dangers of the deadly rabies virus that kills roughly 55,000 people worldwide per year.

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Indonesia: Mentally Ill Still Live In Chains

Posted 11.13.2011

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By Sara Schonhardt, GlobalPost ABANG, Indonesia — The harsh, tropical sunlight that dapples Bali’s tourist-thronged beaches streams throu...

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How Schools Are Saving The Planet

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Immersion, Green, Survey, Bali, Green Living, Sierra Magazine, Utah, List, Education, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Professors, Nature, Questionnaire, Sustainability, Colleges, Campus, Rankings, Sierra Club, Learning, Universities, Green News

Good professors know that discussing nature in the confines of a classroom is not likely to stir the soul, no matter how enlightening the lesson. What awakens, they realize, is experience. Getting hands dirty. Immersion.

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Bali: My Isle of the Gods Address Book

Cynthia Rosenfeld | Posted 10.07.2011

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There is a better Bali beyond the hotels.

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The Surfer Who Became a Hotelier Who Became a Humanitarian

Anna David | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Resorts, Indonesia, Islands, Beaches, Surfing, Pacific, Travel, Bali, Sumba, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Claude Graves isn't your typical Jersey Shore-reared surfer. In his fifties, the former Kenyan nightclub manager now lives on Sumba, an Indonesian island that's about an hour flight from Bali and which is home to over a half million impoverished people.

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