The South Jakarta Court, after four months, found a 72 year old Indonesian cleric by the name of Abu Bakar Bashir guilty of terrorism. The court sentenced Bashir to 15 years in prison. The terrorism charges included the funding of a terrorist-training camp in the province of Aceh and inciting terrorism. As throngs of police officers contained hundreds of pro-Bashir individuals...

Burma ethnics never wanted to be Thai citizens. They never wanted to own land in Thailand. These desires were forced on them by a terrible situation, which forced them to become refugees, something else, they never wanted. Given their choice, most would return to a democratic Burma, and work as farmers, in their traditional way of life. In fact, to say that they want a...

The drilling business seemed to quietly surge back to life again after rig-provider Ensco plc announced a $7.3 billion in cash and stock deal with Pride International Inc. Ensco’s purchase of Pride will elevate the combined company to the second largest off-shore drilling company in the world, just below Transocean Ltd. which had owned the once largest driller:...