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Going free It’s one of the world’s most desirable destinations, a country of gasp-out-loud beauty and sweaty challenges for the adventu...

Life is like a question                                                  We all make snap decisions about those we meet.  Are they ho...

Doing it their way                                               At the UN Security Council’s December meeting New Zealand showed the wor...

A Kiwi in the paddy                                                   The greens are darker, denser and deeper in his homeland.  Tone...

Dancing for Islam                                                           Cirebon dancer Mimi Dewi Savitri died as the last century van...

Study at Harvard.  Or Cambridge. And never go overseas                   The dilemma was palpable.  Should Saumi and Nanda keep w...

Meet, stay, love                                               Indonesia is bigger than Kuta, says President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo.  He ...