Schapelle Corby's parole will be monitored more strictly and she will get a severe warning after her boyfriend was charged with possessing marijuana.

Indonesian police have charged the boyfriend of convicted Australian drug smuggler after they allegedly caught him carrying drugs on Bali street.

A blood-smeared suitcase found to be containing the battered body of a US tourist has sparked a murder inquiry in Bali, and seen her daughter arrested.

New Zealander Leeza Ormsby has been sentenced in Bali to 10 months in jail on drugs charges.

Kiwi Leeza Ormsby is likely to escape a 12-year sentence in a Bali prison after prosecutors at her trial on drugs charges recommended a much shorter jail term.

A Sydney DJ, who was with Kiwi Leeza Ormsby the night before she was arrested on drugs charges in Bali, says he did not know anything about drugs found in the villa she was staying in.

Bali police have confirmed they searched a man at the scene of a drug bust that snared Sydney woman Leeza Ormsby, but decided he wasn't a suspect and let him go.

A travel insurer has warned tourists about the risk of drinking arak, a locally made alcohol in Bali.

The lawyer for Leeza Ormsby hopes for a sentence of less than 18 months for the New Zealander facing drug charges in Bali.

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Schapelle Corby had trafficked drugs into Bali three times before her arrest, and "acted crazy" to get her sentence cut, her former Australian cellmate claims.

A New Zealand woman has been arrested in Bali on drugs charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

Exhausted, bloodied and burned by the Indonesian sun, five Japanese divers are recovering after being pulled from the waters off Bali.

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Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby could be a free woman later this afternoon.

Drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been granted parole.

Schapelle Corby's former lawyer said comments made about the jailed 36-year-old celebrating her release from prison with a "big marijuana joint" were not intended to be taken seriously.

A giant python has suffocated and killed a security guard at a luxury beachfront hotel on the holiday island of Bali, Indonesia.

Schapelle Corby's half-brother will plead guilty to cocaine possession charges, his lawyer says.

Prime Minister John Key says there is only one chance to get a comprehensive Trans Pacific Partnership and it would be worth waiting a little longer to get one.

The name of the beer here in Bali is a tad corny, Bali Hai, the haunting tune from the musical South Pacific.

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There's no mistaking it, Ubud has taken over from Seminyak - with its comparatively garish nightclubs and resorts - as Bali's premiere destination.

An Australian woman assaulted as a knife was held to her throat during a violent robbery in Bali is believed to be the latest victim of a serial rapist.

Australia has offered Indonesia an "official guarantee" that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.

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