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Paradise lost: Tourists ruin their spots

Here are some global hotspots overwhelmed by visitors that authorities have moved to protect

The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike. (AFP/Getty Images)

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91

Hundreds of bloodied and bandaged victims were treated outside damaged hospitals in the main city of Mataram

Workers wearing super hero costumes to attract tourists

Bali declares ‘garbage emergency’ amid sea of waste

The archipelago of more than 17 000 islands is the world’s second biggest contributor to marine debris after China

The Mount Agung volcano is seen spewing smoke and ash in Bali. About 25

Bali raises volcano alert to highest level

Massive columns of thick grey smoke have been pouring out of Mount Agung and have shot more than three kilometres into the sky

Miss Philippines Megan Young was on Saturday crowned Miss World 2013 in a glittering finale in Bali amid tight security following weeks of hardline Muslim protests. (Romeo Gacad, AFP)

Miss Philippines crowned Miss World amid Muslim anger

Miss Philippines has been crowned Miss World 2013 in a glitsy finale in Bali amid hardline Muslim protests that labelled the event a "whore contest".

An airline spokesperson and government officials said the plane missed the runway and landed in shallow water.

Bali: All survive after plane lands in shallow waters

All passengers and crew have survived after a Lion Air Boeing 737 missed the runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

Bali bomber’s lawyers want charges scrapped

Bali bomber’s lawyers want charges scrapped

Lawyers for the man who helped assemble bombs used in the 2002 nightclub blasts in Bali say the charges against him are obscure and should be dropped.

Strong quake in Bali causes injuries, panic

A powerful earthquake has jolted Bali, injuring 17 people and causing panic as hundreds of tourists fled violently shaking buildings.

Should I get a swastika tattoo?

Should I get a swastika tattoo?

It’s a question you’ve probably often asked yourself, while idly travelling through foreign climes: should I get myself a nice swastika tattoo?

Progress falters on road map to new climate deal

Another round of talks on the road towards a new global deal on climate change wrapped up on Friday, battered by criticism over progress.

UN climate summit enters final stretch

Rich and poor nations wrangled over the need for mandatory caps on greenhouse gases and ways to help the most vulnerable adapt to rising temperatures as a United Nations climate…

Squabble over emissions targets at Bali meeting

Developing countries led by China squabbled with the West over mandatory emission cuts at the Bali climate-change conference, as activists accused Canada on Saturday of…

Bali talks seek new climate pact

About 190 nations met in Bali on Monday seeking a breakthrough to a new global pact to fight climate change by 2009 to avert droughts, heatwaves and rising seas that will hit the…

Bali bombings: Two men questioned

Two men have been detained for questioning over the suicide bombings at three crowded restaurants on Indonesia’s Bali island, police said on Tuesday. Indonesian officials earlier…

Terror in paradise

Powerful bombs ripped through three crowded restaurants on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 100 — the second…

Little-known retrovirus jumps from primate to man

The monkey temples on the resort island of Bali are a perfect photo opportunity for tourists feeding bananas to man’s closest relative, but most visitors are likely unaware…

Bali court jails Australian woman for 20 years

An Indonesian court on Friday convicted an Australian beauty school student of smuggling marijuana into the tourist island of Bali and sentenced her to 20 years in prison.…

Prosecutors demand death for the ‘smiling bomber’

Prosecutors urged a court on Monday to sentence a suspect in last year’s Bali bombings to death — in the first trial over the October 12 attack that killed 202 people, mostly…

Muslim cleric blames US for world terror

With a peppercorn goatee, oversized glasses and clad in white ankle-length robes and Islamic cap, Abu Bakar Ba’aysir looks decidedly unthreatening. But when he gets on to the…

Will the World Summit be stillborn?

Various NGO’s have warned United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan that the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg was in danger of collapse.