Tee time in Bali: a
tourist plays golf from a
tee surrounded by paddy
fields. Farmland is being
sacrificed to make way for
development – leading to
soaring food prices.Murdani Usman / Reuters

Boom Times in Bali

Life has changed on the 'island paradise'- but foreign investment is not all it's cracked up to be. Jamie James looks beyond the tourist brochures.

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012
A protester in West Papua, face painted with the ‘Morning Star’ flag.Photo by Alexander P.

West Papuans mark bitter-sweet ‘independence’ day

It's 50 years since West Papua first won independence, only for Indonesia to cruelly snatch it away. Nick Harvey reports on the tensions in the region.

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011

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