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Four-wheel drive driven by Australian couple falls off 10-meter cliff in Bangli regency
A four-wheel drive driven by two foreign nationals reportedly fell from a cliff in Bangli regency yesterday after the driver lost control of the vehicle on an uphill slope.
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Police say man who threatened tourists with knife at Kuta Beach recently discharged from mental hospital
Beachgoers at Kuta Beach was in for quite a surprise yesterday afternoon, when a 30-year-old man, who has been identified by his initials HS, allegedly brandished a knife and pointed it at random tourists.
Prosecutors demand owner of child daycare, where a 3-month-old baby allegedly died, be sentenced to 3 years
Prosecutors demanded the owner and an employee of the Princess House Childcare, where a three-month-old baby died in May of suspected negligence, be sentenced to three and four years in prison, respectively, for violating Indonesia’s child protection law.
Officials say 2 foreign passengers died after boat capsizes near Devil’s Tear cove in Nusa Lembongan
Bali’s Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said two foreign passengers died after a boat capsized earlier this morning near Devil’s Tear cove in Nusa Lembongan island, while the ship’s captain is currently being treated for his injuries.
Authorities detain British woman for allegedly throwing pebbles at cars in Kuta
Authorities in Bali have evidently been kept busy handling misbehaving tourists on the island, who seem to be popping up with increasing regularity in the past few months. Most recently, a British woman was detained briefly before she was handed over to immigration after she allegedly caused a scene in Kuta.
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Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ photographer dies in Bali
The photographer who snapped the defining image of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown — a solitary man defiantly blocking the path of a column of tanks — has died in Indonesia, according to US officials.
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