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...SENTENCED. SCHAPELLE CORBY, 27, Australian beauty school student; to 20 years in prison for smuggling 4.1 kg of marijuana; in Bali, Indonesia. Corby was arrested last October after a customs official found the drugs in her boogie board bag. Defense lawyers maintained her innocence, arguing that the drugs were planted by Australian baggage handlers in Brisbane as part of a smuggling operation. The case was widely followed in Australia where, according to one poll, 90% of the public believes she is innocent and the sentence prompted an outpouring of sympathy. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said, "Guilty or innocent...
...tunic trend. Brands such as H&M, Banana Republic and Liz Claiborne offer stylish versions at affordable prices. But nothing beats the real thing. At Gatsby's, Fink stocks up on Indian kurtas from labels like Royal Sari and Lotta ($39 to $169). She even travels annually to Bali to select her own line of beachwear--printed cotton pants and tunics. "The Balinese have an amazing sense of color and pattern," says Fink. "So when it's too hot to wear jeans but you still want to look sexy, these lightweight cotton pants are a great find...
...need that. I want people to say about Bulgari that here is a company in Italy that has beautiful jewelry, watches, eyeglasses and perfumes, and by the way, they have a very nice hotel in Milan. We also have a second hotel under way in Bali, which is an important destination for the Japanese. It will open next spring. We are negotiating other projects in New York, Hong Kong and some other cities. But it takes time. We want unique locations. We don't need to open just another luxury hotel...
...index finger in his office--is talking about building neighborhoods in his latest land of make-believe. Explaining that his hotel will be a mellow retreat, without the glitz and campy themes that have made him such a sensation in the past, Wynn breaks into a rendition of Bali Ha'ifrom South Pacific.Then he takes out a pen and starts sketching a picture of his hotel before launching into a touchy-feely description of its varying moods and, leaning forward in his chair, teaching me a little lesson about the importance of loyalty. I am deeply afraid we are going...
...threatening to spill over into neighboring Malaysia, potentially including terror attacks in Malaysian cities. But TIME has now learned that the men were in the country to collect a cache of arms hidden by Jemaah Islamiah (J.I.), the al-Qaeda-linked militant network widely blamed for the Oct. 2002 Bali bombings. The connection raises its own set of concerns. In particular, analysts say, ties between Thailand and a wider Muslim militancy might signal a new escalation of violence in the south, where more than 600 people have died since the insurgency began in early...