Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit here on Friday, said New Delhi seeks a harmonious and cooperative relationship with Beijing and the two countries must cooperate on regional, bilateral and global issues.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday said that New Delhi has gone some way in responding to US firms concerns on the country''s nuclear liability law and rules.

Bali, Nov. 18 : Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met United States President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, where both pitched for strengthening bilateral strategic ties and for enhanced cooperation at multilateral forums.

Bali, Indonesia  - Marion Bartoli had to fight to the finish while Aavane Rezai was untroubled as the French pair won through into the final of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Saturday.

The top seed Bartoli was rolling to what seemed to be victory in well under an hour, but 39-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm suddenly came alive, saving a match point in the sixth game of the second set and breaking for 2-5.

Bali, Indonesia  - Two Frenchwomen, a Spaniard and Japan's evergreen 39-year-old  make up Saturday's semi-final field at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Top seed Marion Bartoli and Gallic compatriot Aravane Rezai both moved into the last weekend of play as did Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

Bali, Indonesia  - Two Frenchwomen, a Spaniard and Japan's evergreen 39-year-old  make up Saturday's semi-final field at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Top seed Marion Bartoli and Gallic compatriot Aravane Rezai both moved into the last weekend of play as did Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

Bali, Indonesia - Distraught US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer on Friday pulled out of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions after being banned for one year for missing doping tests.

The number 18 player's place in the field for her final group match later will be taken by Russian alternate Vera Dushevina, to face Anabel Medina Garrigues.

Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm will also reach the weekend semi-finals as a result of Wickmayer's absence.

"As reported this morning, the Flemish Doping Tribunal has informed Yanina Wickmayer that effective immediately they are suspending her from competition due to three filing failures under the Belgian anti-doping whereabouts programme," said WTA Tour Chairman and CEO Stacey Allaster.

Bali Island, Indonesia - At least nine people were killed when a small ferry sank in poor weather off Indonesia's resort island of Bali, police and a survivor said Thursday.

The captain of the ship, who survived the accident, said the vessel was hit hit by high waves about 15 minutes after it left Kusamba port in Bali on Wednesday.

"The waves were so big they broke the front deck of the ship," said Kadek Geriya.

Local police chief Moch Yudi Hartanto said 13 people were rescued from the sea but some people might still be missing.

Bali Island, Indonesia - Ministers and officials from 40 countries began a two-day meeting on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Tuesday to discuss people smuggling and the fate of migrants from Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic group. The meeting, co-hosted by Indonesia and Australia, will discuss Asia-Pacific solutions to people smuggling and trafficking and ways to improve border security.

Bali Island, Indonesia - South-East Asian nations must take stronger measures to curb sexual exploitation of children in the tourism industry, delegates at an international conference on child sex tourism said Friday.

A statement issued at the end of the conference on Indonesia's resort island of Bali warned that the current global financial crisis would increase children's vulnerability to child sex tourism.

Bali, Indonesia - Sexual exploitation of children in the tourism industry is rampant in Southeast Asia despite efforts to curb the crime, child-protection groups said on Wednesday.

In Indonesia, child sex tourism is a major problem on the resort islands of Bali and Batam, said Irwanto, chairman of the National Coalition against Sexual Exploitation of Children.

Bali, Indonesia - A court in Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Thursday sentenced an Australian man to eight years in prison for having sex with boys.

The court in Buleleng district found Philip Robert Grandfield, 62, guilty of having sexual contact with five boys aged between 15 and 17 last year.

Grandfield said he was relieved by the verdict but nevertheless would appeal.

"I thought I might be sentenced to death," he said.

Bali Island, Indonesia - Authorities on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Monday denied allegations by activists that the campaign to kill stray dogs to contain a rabies outbreak was violating animal rights.

Ida Bagus Alit, the head of Bali's animal husbandry department, said only stray and wild dogs that posed threats to people were being killed.

"There has been criticism from animal rights activists that we are killing dogs indiscriminately," Ida said. "This is not true."

Authorities in Denpasar, the island's capital, launched a drive February 9 to kill stray dogs to contain rabies.

Bali, Indonesia - Indonesia and Australia pledged Wednesday to intensify efforts to fight against human trafficking, and Jakarta will soon to extradite an Iranian national to face such charges in Australia.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono agreed that "we would further deepen our cooperation at the operational field level in dealing with the challenges of people smuggling."

Rudd, who was on the Indonesian resort island of Bali to attend a regional forum to promote democracy, said an Iranian national suspected of smuggling people to Australia will soon be extradited from Indonesia.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 29 : Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will cut short her visit to Indonesia by two days and go to Mumbai to visit relatives of the police officials who laid down their lives during this week’s terror strikes.

Officials accompanying the President on her ten-day state visit to Vietnam and Indonesia, said on Saturday that Patil would also visit hospitals in Mumbai to meet the survivors of the attacks and commiserate with them.

Bali, Nov 29 : Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Saturday called upon the international community to fight terrorism relentlessly and jointly.

Patil who arrived in Indonesia for a five-day visit on Friday, urged the international community to join hands against terrorism.

"Act of terrorism is high on the agenda of international communities and we must jointly and relentlessly fight against terrorism. This is what is needed and I think that good sense will prevail in all the people," Patil told reporters.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 29 : Addressing prominent citizens of the Indonesian tourist resort town of Bali, visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today recalled the historical ties between her country and Indonesia, and added that every opportunity must be availed to enhance this deep understanding and empathy.

Highlighting the fact that trade and cultural contacts between the two countries went back to two millennia, Patil said she was aware of the rich cultural heritage of Bali.

Bali, Nov 29 : Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Saturday called upon the international community to fight terrorism relentlessly and jointly.

Patil who arrived in Indonesia for a five-day visit on Friday, urged the international community to join hands against terrorism.

“Act of terrorism is high on the agenda of international communities and we must jointly and relentlessly fight against terrorism. This is what is needed and I think that good sense will prevail in all the people,” Patil told reporters.

President Pratibha Patil arrived in Bali on Friday on a five-day visit to Indonesia.

Her visit aims to enhance ties with Indonesia, a key member of the regional ASEAN grouping.

Patil arrived to a warm welcome in Bali on the final leg of her two-nation trip, which earlier took her to Vietnam, to give a momentum to India's 'Look East' policy initiative to enhance ties with its ASEAN neighbours.
 
During her stay in Bali, Patil would hold talks with her counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on a wide range of issues encompassing political, economic and cultural ties.

Jakarta, Nov. 10 : The Muslim Defender Team, the lawyers who acted on behalf the three Bali bombers who were executed on Sunday, have said that they plan to file a lawsuit against the Indonesian Government on the matter.

Alleging a violation of human rights, Agus Setiawan, one of the lawyers, was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying: “The executions were done not in accordance with existing procedures. We are preparing to take legal steps.”