Of course, not much of this furniture actually comes from France or Bali.

My mother, Saffire, a beautiful Balinese cat, was a raccoon in her last life.

Tigers have already disappeared from Central Asia, Java and Bali in Indonesia, and most of China.

Since the first outbreaks in 2003 avian influenza has spread rapidly across Java into Bali, Kalimantan and Sumatra.

The constitutional court also dismissed a request by the Bali bombers to be beheaded instead of shot, which their lawyers argue is a more humane method of execution.