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“Bumblebee” floated on Sydney Harbour in front of the Sydney Opera House on November 5, 2009.

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Several rented rooms were being searched by Bali Police Department. One of the police inspects the wallet of the rental in Pemogan, Denpasar.

Bali Police raid rented rooms

Only confiscated Viagra and “jamu”

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Denpasar (Bali Post) – Sudden operation was held by narcotics division in Bali Police Department on Thursday, November 5th 2009. Hundreds of rented rooms was raided and searched in order to find the legal drugs. The operation which was led by AKBP Sobirin, the head of the narcotics division, didn’t find any narcotics.

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The police confiscated Viagra and traditional herb “jamu” during the operation. The rented rooms raided by the police were located in three different places in Pemogan area, southern Denpasar.

The police officers, some of them carrying weapon, started to check the rooms one by one on 9 o’clock. The rentals of the rooms were very surprised, some of them were still a sleep when the police

came. The officers searched every inch of the rooms, started from the cabinet, beds, and other places. However, after several hours of search, the police didn’t find any evidences

of narcotics. The police only found Viagra and “jamu” in the room of Anwari. Because the owner didn’t have the permit for the medicines, the drugs were confiscated by the police. Anwari said that the medicines will be sold in Denpasar area. The operation was held in order to prevent the spread of illegal durgs in Bali.(kmb21)

US puts onus on China for climate deal Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - The United States will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves, US climate envoy Todd Stern warned Wednesday. “No country holds the fate of the Earth in its hands more than China,” Stern told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, weeks before a major climate change summit in Copenhagen.

Stern said new climate rules could include exemptions for developing countries to ensure that growth is not hampered, but emerging giants like China, India and Brazil should pull their weight. “What we do not agree with, though, is that we should commit to implement what we promise to do, while major developing countries make no commitment at all,” he said. His comments come as divisions between developed and developing countries threaten to scupper a Copenhagen climate deal

to replace the Kyoto Protocol. “We have 32 days left before the beginning of the Copenhagen conference and there is still a lot of work to do,” Stern said. “It’s fair to say that the progress has been too slow, especially in the formal UN negotiating track,” he stressed. “The developed-developing country divide that has run down the center of climate change discussions for the past 17 years is still I’m afraid alive and well. But Stern said the situation was not all gloomy.

“Paradoxically, while the negotiations are in a difficult state, it’s also true that we are at a moment in history when more countries, including China, Brazil and South Africa are taking stronger actions or are poised to take stronger actions than ever before to combat climate change.” He addressed members of Congress as they debate a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, which many see as a prerequisite to a deal at Copenhagen. Continued on page 6

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Bali News Protest against Rabies Management in Bali

Forty Thousand Foreigners Signed Concern Petition Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The ways of Bali handling rabies triggered an apprehensiveness of foreigners concerning with animals. At least, there were 40,000 foreigners from 19 countries delivering apprehensiveness petition to rabies management putting forward eliminating or killing method. Rabies control by dog elimination kindled a severe protest from several circles. “It was registered 40,000 foreigners signing apprehensiveness petition and asked Bali to choose more elegant ways in controlling rabies,” sad Wita Wahyu from Rabies Care Forum when making a social visit to Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building, last Wednesday (Nov 4). She said that the apprehensiveness petition has been informed to Governor of Bali Mangku Pastika. However, the intention of Bali Rabies Forum to hold hearing with Governor could have not been realized since last April. “We would like to commit some more elegant and effective strategies in controlling the rate of rabies. Elimination should become the last choice after conducting other scientific processes,” she suggested. Alternative strategies that could be selected for this matter, she said, were by carrying out mass vaccination, socialization of public awareness to be respon-

sive to rabies threat, and controlling more intensively over the animal traffic entering Bali. Wild dogs that currently made into target of elimination should be captured and verified. “Only rabies-infected dogs that should be eliminated, not all dogs are captured and then killed,” she asserted. Jatmiko Wiwoho, also from Bali Rabies Forum, reminded that public officials in Bali should put forward studies that are more scientific in this matter. Even, as reflection of civilization and culture, officials in Bali might implement ritual and cultural approach. Apprehensiveness of 40,000 foreigners from 19 countries toward the practice of mass dog elimination in Bali should be responded by approach that is more effective. “Regional Legislation Draft on Rabies including its action plan that once discussed integratively by Bali Provincial government should be followed up,” he advised. (044)

Alternative Strategies of Rabies Control: · · · · ·

Mass vaccination Socialization of public awareness toward rabies threat Conducting a more intensive control to animal traffic entering Bali Optimizing Regional Legislation Draft on Rabies Performing ritual and cultural approach

Pig Hatchling Resembles an Elephant WITHIN this week the residents of Katulampa Hamlet, Manistutu Village were made shocked by the birth of pig hatchling in abnormal condition. Mother of the pig bred by I Ketut Sujendi (50) gave birth to a hatchling with white hair whereas its mother is black. Meanwhile, other 12 hatchlings were black. Besides, on its forehead emerged a trunk like that of elephant sizing 5 cm. Its eyes opened wide and its ears widened. Unfortunately, such pig hatchling has died and could last for 30 minutes only. Ketut Sujendi met on Wednesday (Nov 4) said that such incident transpired on last Tuesday (Nov 2) and it was the first time for him to get bizarre pig hatchling. “The pig mother has given birth for three times, but it was the first time to give birth the bizarre one,” he

explained. On its birth, its mother once turned fierce but his party attempted to rescue the hatchling. “I separated it from its mother and put at another place. I did not know thirty minutes later the hatchling died,” he said. His party then dug a hole at the back yard to bury the pig hatchling. However, after burying it, the son of Sujendi, Made Wirama, suggested to take back the pig hatchling. He then put it into a bucket. Interestingly, the carcass of pig hatchling became a spectacle of surrounding residents. Sujendi said the hatchling was then made into oil. “I dry first its carcass. After that it is fried to take its oil,” he said. On responding such bizarre incident, his party would like to organize an exorcism rite (pecaruan) on his land pursuant to suggestions of some elder figures of the village. (sur)

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An officer of the animal department shoot a wild dog. Wild dogs in Bali was eliminated in order to prevent the spread of rabies.

Data of Bali Health Services

Registered 14,515 People Bitten by Dog Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Based on the data of Bali Health Services since rabies spreading out in Bali up to November 1, 2009, it has been registered 14,515 cases of people bitten by dog. Such data were collected by seven rabies posts, namely Badung registered 2,208 cases of bite and 1,960 of them obtained anti-rabies vaccine (VAR), Denpasar 1,251and just 1,058 of them obtained VAR, Sanglah Hospital 8,840 cases (800 obtained VAR). Afterward, the other four posts were Tabanan 2,165 cases (1,586 obtained VAR), Bangli 4 cases (1 obtained VAR), Karangasem 68 cases (5 obtained VAR) and Klungkung registered 11 cases of new bites and al l have obtained VAR. Out of such 14, 515 cases of new bites, 13,422 of them have obtained VAR. Meanwhile, supply of VAR up to these days amounted to totally 14,560 vials sourcing from Department of Health (4,760 vials), Provincial Government of Bali (7,800 vials) and WHO (2,000). Such VAR were distributed to Badung (5,124 vials), Sanglah Hospital (5,052 vials), BBV and Biomol (17 vials), Animal Husbandry (42 vials), Denpasar (4,122 vials), Bali Police (40 vials) and Tabanan (150 vials). Other than from Department of Health, Bali Provincial Government and WHO, some regencies in Bali also purchased VAR, such as Badung has provided 5,238 vials, Denpasar 1,200 vials, Tabanan 3,360 vials and Klungkung 28 vials. In the meantime, Denpasar, Badung and Tabanan per November 3 were devoid of VAR stock.

Made Complains On the other hand, in fact, the VAR administration services seemed to be complained by community. One of Denpasar residents, Ni Wayan Suryadewi, said that she got information if VAR administration at Sanglah Hospital was categorized based on the seriousness level of wound. Secretary of Rabies Management Team of Sanglah Hospital, Ken Wirasandhi, last Wednesday (Nov 4) rejected such issue. According to him, Sanglah Hospital has undertaken the policy of Governor that all patients bitten by dog, without discriminating based on infected region or region under threat, light or severe injury, obtained VAR administration, injury treatment up to ATS administration if required at free of charge. “Even, if patients required operation, it would be executed and all expenses are free as they have been born by the state,” said Ken when met on last Wednesday (Nov 4) at Sanglah Hospital. He admitted that at the beginning when rabies spread out, implementation of VAR administration was slightly different from the current one. There were some theories implemented in the administration of VAR at that time. VAR would only be given to patient bitten by dog that has been known for sure to have been infected by rabies or lived in endemic area and judged necessary to get such vaccine. “However, on seeing the fear of residents, Governor stipulated a policy that VAR administration is given to all patients bitten by dog,” he said. (kmb24)

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An Ukrainian Attempts to Commit Suicide Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Shocking action was committed by a man from Ukraine, Tsehenko Igor (32), last Monday (Nov 2) at 9:30 p.m. Local Time. It was unknown what he thought about when he attempted to commit suicide by hanging on glass bottom boat at sea. Of course, the party of St. Regis Hotel, Nusa Dua knowing the incident became panic and reported the action to officer of Waters Police of Bali Police, Nusa Dua. Fortunately, the effort of victim to commit suicide could be prevented by police and finally he could be rescued. Information that could be gathered, last Wednesday (Nov 4), mentioned that such determined action was executed by victim at sea right in front of St Regis Hotel. It was unknown for sure the motive of victim doing so. Later, victim was evacuated to Sanglah Hos-

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The suspects was escorted by the police officers

Escaping When Captured

Three Criminals Awarded with Hot Lead Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Seemingly, police would not like to lose its target in pursuing criminal. If giving resistance or escaping when captured, the criminals are ensured to be awarded a hot lead. Without exception, the three criminals from Pegayaman, Buleleng, namely Hairul (23), Zakaria (20) and Saiful (25) were awarded with hot lead when they attempted to escape. Such flock of robbers remaining to belong to the gang of Badaullah (the suspect captured due to motortheft), were captured on last Tuesday (Nov 3). They were repeated offenders in the same case, captured one after another at different places. Chief of South Denpasar Sector Police, I Gede Ganefo, explained that the capture of the three suspects was committed after police developed the theft case ensuing on Jalan Gelogor Carik, South Denpasar few weeks ago. At that time, the flock of robbers took action there and it was known by surrounding residents. When the suspects escaped, they left black Suzuki Shogun motorcycle with police number DK 6893 EB at location. Though they could escape, police were not left behind to follow up the incident. “We have investigated the case at location, chiefly regarding to the owner of such Shogun motorbike,” explained Chief Ganefo, last Wednesday (Nov 4). Having investigated for almost two weeks, detective team led by Boni Wicaksono could trace the owner of such motorbike. It belonged to the suspect Hairul. “On that account, we pursued him right away,” he explained. Based on the result of investigation

at location, the suspect Hairul in fact had a flock consisting of Zakaria and Saiful. Previously, police could capture Zakaria and Saiful on Jalan Tukad Irawadi. When the attack took place, they attempted to escape. “We had no choice but shot their leg after they neglected the three warning shoots,” he explained. Capture of the two suspects was undertaken when they would like to sell evidences as the result of their theft. Since worried if the target escaped, police did the capture right away. “They could not escape because their leg has been shot,” he revealed. Both suspects where then taken to hospital to get medical treatment. After that, they were dragged to Headquarter of South Denpasar Sector Police to undergo intensive probe. Seemingly, the tasks of police have not ended when they could capture two suspects that have become target of operation for long time. Detective team of South Denpasar Sector Police departed to search another suspect, Hairul, right away. Based on information obtained from police, suspect Hairul was said to have gone out by Suzuki Karimun vehicle. The pursuit kept on continu-

ing until the vehicle Suzuki Karimun with police number DK 1058 YO could be traced by police. Police could encounter the vehicle parking at a boarding house on Jalan Tunjung Sari where behind such boarding house was the residence of his girlfriend. “We could encounter the suspect there at 8 p.m. Local Time. However, he preferred to escape,” he explained. Escape of the suspect made police release warning shoots. Again, this suspect neglected the warning. For the second time in the attack, police shot the leg of suspect “Well, we are forced to paralyze his leg by a shoot. Besides, he also attempted to escape when captured,” he explained. Aside from the three suspects, police also seized evidences in the form of 2 laptops, 4 cell phones, 2 units of motorbike namely black Yamaha Mio with police number DK 6860 FF and black Suzuki Shogun with police number DK 6893 EB. More than that, equipments in undertaking their criminal action consisting of two knives, one scissors, a chisel and pinchers were also seized. “Some locations have been admitted by suspect, but we keep on developing the case,” he added. (kmb21)

pital to get further treatment. Such suicidal incident was first known by chief security of St Regis Hotel and then it was reported to police nearby. Waters Police of Bali Police that happened to undertake patrol at that time followed up the report right away. By means of boat, police hurried to sail to location and performed the rescue. Victim was on glass bottom boat at sea. “We straightforwardly did the rescue to victim,” explained one of the waters police officer of Bali Police on last Wednesday. Several ways have been taken by Waters Police to prevent victim’s intention committing suicide. After persuading the victim for few times, the police finally could rescue the victim. “We evacuate the victim to the office of Waters Police of Bali Police in Nusa Dua,” he explained. (kmb21)

Establishment of PT Bali Mandara Regional Enterprise

May Not Become ‘a Stamp’ Passing Investors Establishing is easier than maintaining. Thus, our elder often reminds us when we initiate something. This means that everything we do should be considered thoroughly before realizing it. Never make it left unmanaged when it has been realized. Moreover, it would become a ‘stamp’ for every investor entering Bali. Here are opinions of three resource persons: Rutha Ady, Sugawa Kory and I.B. Raka Suardana. INITIATIVE of Provincial Government to establish a regional enterprise (BUMD) drew a highlight from a number of parties. An economic observer from National Education University (Undiknas), Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Raka Suardana, judged the initiative of regional enterprise establishment named PT Bali Mandara was not relevant. He considered the company would be useless, moreover if it would be functioned to organize investment in Bali. If willing, it would be better to optimize the existing BUMD.”Actually, there has been a Regional Coordinative Agency for Investments (BKPMD). Simply maximize its role,” said Prof. Suardana. Establishment of PT Bali Mandara regional enterprise is not something monumental, but it tends to become something useless. It should be found out another truly monumental program that could give significant benefits to the interest of wider community. “I do not intend to compare, Bali Arts Festival (BAF) was a monumental work of Mr. Mantra before it became like we see today. The initiative should be like this, so that it could be remembered by all of us,” added Prof. Suardana. In the meantime, Rutha Ady, a social observer considered that such initiative needed assessing more profoundly in order it would not resulted

in something ineffective and high cost scraping the regional budget. A member of Bali House, N Sugawa Korry, delivered comparable opinions. He said what required today was to make effective the regional enterprise that has been long established. Rutha Ady said that establishment of Regional Enterprise could kindle an image of gratitude where the enterprise would be used to accommodate those who lately have extended much assistance in making the governor election a success. If it was intended to empower the regional asset and existing enterprise, the regional enterprise should be handled in a better focus. “Why did it become less optimal and what was the obstacle faced?” asked Rutha Ady. Here, the role of legislative was also very important to criticize what actually happened. According to Rutha Ady, to empower the economic potential of Bali should be carried out integratively in order it could be beneficial for Bali. “Do not only compete to gain the potential if it would finally harm the region,” he said. Sugawa Korry observed that to make the business prospective, there were three fundamental aspects that should be give attention. They comprised that the business should get in touch with public interest, become a pioneer and not become a competitor to the existing enterprises. He said, if it was indeed serious, provincial government could take advantage of the existing regional enterprises. “It does not matter who will manage. Most importantly, the person had capability required and could pass the selection. In short, it should have clear concept,” added Sugawa who has deeply involved in business sector. (031/056)

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US envoy in landmark talks with Suu Kyi Agence France-Presse

YANGON - A top US official held talks with Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as Myanmar’s ruling junta gave the democracy icon a rare break from house arrest during Washington’s highest-level visit here in 14 years. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell also met Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein as part of efforts by the Obama administration to re-engage with the hardline military regime. Nobel Laureate Suu Kyi met Campbell for two hours at a luxury hotel in Yangon — the first time she had appeared in front of the media other than at her home or in prison since her current period of detention began in 2003. Campbell said at Yangon airport that in the “exploratory mission” he had underscored “strong support for human rights, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners, and the pursuit of democratic reform.” “We stated clearly that the

United States is prepared to take steps to improve the relationship but that process must be based on reciprocal and concrete efforts by the Burmese government,” Campbell said in a statement. The US diplomat said he and his deputy, Scot Marciel, had also urged the regime to let Suu Kyi meet more often with members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) Party ahead of elections that are due in 2010. The duo were not allowed to meet the reclusive head of Myanmar’s junta, General Than Shwe. They instead held talks with Premier Thein Sein in the remote administrative capital Naypyidaw. During the talks with Suu Kyi “we affirmed our commitment to a dialogue among the government, the opposition, and the ethnic groups,” Campbell said. Dressed in a pink and maroon traditional outfit, the 64-year-old Suu Kyi did not answer questions after the meeting with the US duo but smiled to reporters and joked: “Am I beautiful when I smile?”

Kabul’s British Cemetery honours dead of wars old and new Agence France-Presse

KABUL - Wreaths of red paper poppies — the symbol of remembrance — lie against the high southern wall of the British Cemetery in Kabul, a layer of fine dust covering their curled-up leaves in the midday sun. The names of British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001 are engraved in clear letters on highly polished stone above personal tributes to fallen comrades, regimental symbols and mottos. Next to them lie the chipped and fading white stone graves of some of the 150 soldiers who died during Britain’s last foray into Afghanistan more than a century ago, which ended in defeat and retreat Rahimullah, the cemetery’s venerable gatekeeper, always expects

more visitors in November, when Britain and her Commonwealth allies remember their war dead from conflicts past and present, in far-off lands and closer to home. “Every year there is a big ceremony,” he told AFP. “The British people come, about 50 to 60 of them, military people in army clothes and national dress. They stay for about one hour and then leave flowers.” But this year, Rahimullah, a former gravedigger who now doubles as gardener, has doubts that many people will come in the days leading up to Remembrance Sunday on November 8 and Armistice Day three days later. The number of foreigners seeking out this peaceful place has dwindled in recent months, he said, as security worsens in the capital and the Taliban insurgency spreads acrossAfghanistan.

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Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks on November 4, 2009 at a Milan’s court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street. The high-profile case involves the CIA’s covert “extraordinary rendition” programme in which scores of terror suspects are thought to have been transferred to countries known to practise torture.

Italy convicts 23 US agents in CIA kidnapping trial Agence France-Presse

MILAN - An Italian judge convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA’s kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003, as Washington expressed dismay over the ruling. The CIA’s Milan station chief at the time, Robert Seldon Lady, was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison and the other Americans to five years, all in their absence in the landmark trial. The two Italians were given threeyear prison terms following the first trial involving the transfer of a “war on terror” suspect by CIA operatives thought to have sent scores of people

Chinese workers struggle to adjust to Algerian life Agence France-Presse

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This photograph taken October 19, 2009, tombstones are seen at the British Cemetery in Kabul which has become a memorial for British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001.

to countries known to practise torture. The CIA chief for Italy at the time, Jeffrey Castelli, and the then head of Italian military intelligence SISMI, Nicolo Pollari, were protected by state secrecy rules, while two other American defendants benefited from diplomatic immunity, Judge Oscar Magi said. US President Barack Obama’s administration expressed disap-

pointment at the verdict. “We are disappointed by the verdicts against the Americans and Italians charged in Milan for their alleged involvement in the case involving Egyptian cleric Abu Omar,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said in Washington. “Our view is the Italian court has no jurisdiction over Lieutenant Colonel (Joseph) Romano and should have immediately dismissed the charges,” Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters. “Now that they have not, we will, of course, explore what options we have going forward.”

ALGIERS - More than 25,000 Chinese work on huge housing projects and cross-country highways in Algeria, but few have any deep contacts with the local population. For more than a decade tens of thousands of Chinese workers have flowed into Algeria, one of the many African nations that have embraced trade and closer political links with China that will be strengthened at a China-Africa summit in Egypt from Sunday. China became Algeria’s second largest foreign supplier in 2008. Chinese exports reached 2.7 billion dollars, coming from almost nothing in the 1990s. But the language barrier keeps the migrants apart from Algerians.

“The ‘yellow peril’ does not threaten Algeria, the Chinese are well-regarded, despite the language and cultural barriers,” said political scientist Rachid Tlemcani. The government has spent a lot of Algeria’s oil wealth on new homes and infrastructure. Chinese companies have won more than 15 billion dollars worth of those contracts. “Chinese workers live and work in difficult conditions that many Algerians would not accept, so there is no competition between the two populations. They are part of separate worlds that accept each other,” Tlemcani said. “These workers are virtually cut off from the Algerian population. They live in basic accommodation

set up near the building sites and move around in groups, even when they go shopping”, an Algerian chauffeur for a Chinese construction company said. But there have been tensions. Since 2002 a number of Chinese have settled in the country, buying clothes shops, jewellers and bazaars, like the Algiers suburb of Bab Ezzouar. The mini-Chinatown has grown but the harmony was broken in August when a parking dispute escalated into clashes between members of the two communities. “It was predictable” said one Algerian wholesaler, who complained that his business is surrounded by Chinese shops who have “invaded the area”.

International IMIGRATION Australian Consulate General Jalan Tantular 32 Renon Denpasar Phone: +62 361 241118 Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

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HOSPITAL Denpasar There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners Denpasar General Hospital (RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongaya and Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

HOSPITAL Bangli Bangli General Hospital Jl. Kesumayuda 27, Bangli Phone : +62 366 91521 Gianyar

Royal Danish & Norwegian Mimpi Resort Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 070 The Czech Republic Jalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.286 465 France Consulate Agency Jalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.285 485 The Federal Republic of Germany Jalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.288 535 The Republic of Hungary Jalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.287 701 Italian Consulate Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 005 Honorary Consulate of Mexico Jalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.223 266 Honorary Consulate of The Netherlands Jalan Raya Kuta 127, Bali Phone +62.361.761 506 Honorary Consulate of Spain Komplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. Jalan Patih Jelantik Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.769 286 USA Consulate Agency Jalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.222 426 Consulate General of Japan Jalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.227 628 Honorary Consulate of British Jalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.270 601 Swiss and Austria Consulate Jalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan Istana Galleria Phone +62.361.751 735 Honorary Consulate of Brazil Jalan Legian No. 186, Bali Phone +62.361.757 775 Honorary Consulate of Thailand Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.263 310 Embassy of India Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.241 978 Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf Finland Segara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.282 223 Honorary Consulate of Malaysia Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.752 520

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Its facilities have improved since the emergency ward had been built in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become a problem anymore since it has complete equipments. It is located on Jl. Kesehatan Selatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with : Phone : 227 911 – 15 Fax : 226 363 Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters for less serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, anemia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equipped to care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl. Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar. Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690. Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit) Jl. Kartini, Denpasar. Phone : 222 142. Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private) Jl. Sudirman No 50, Denpasar Phone : 227 560, 234 824 In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medical evacuation company, that is: AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali. PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No. 24X, Kuta 80361. Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768 One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that the Blood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh) Negative blood. Badung Bali Medical Clinics There are some medical clinics that are well known by foreigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and operated : Bali International Medical Center (BIMC) Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excellent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Services for tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali. Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance & Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone : 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta, Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com International SOS Clinic Bali Opened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visitors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-hour emergency medical service. Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - Indonesia Phone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919 E-mail : info@sos-bali.com ttp ://www.sos-bali.com Bali Nusa Dua Emergency Clinic Jl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324 Kuta Clinic Jl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268 Dental Clinic Dr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, Denpasar Phone : 222 445, 234 375 DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81 Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324 Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4A Br. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Clinic Mas Jl. Raya Mas, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974573 Toyo Clinic Jl. Pengosekan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 978078 Permata Bunda Clinic Jl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 942082 Ubud Clinic Jl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974911 Gianyar General Hospital Jl. Ciung Wanara 2, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 943049 Karangasem Karangasem General Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai, Karangasem Phone : +62 363 21001 Klungkung Klungkung General Hospital Jl. Flamboyan 40-4, Klungkung Phone : +62 366 21371 Negara Negara General Hospital Jl. Gelar, Negara Phone : +62 365 41006 Tabanan Laboratorium Clinic Jl. Gunung semeru No. 8, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 819260 Mengwi Clinic Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 880550 Darma Kerti Hospital Jl. Teratai 16, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 812359 Tabanan General Hospital Jl. Pahlawan 14, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 811027 Singaraja Prodia Clinic Jl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 24-516 Singaraja Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 22-573 Pet Clinics Kayumas: (0361) 226934 Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121 Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018 Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518 Sidakarya: (0361) 724492 Pedungan: (0361) 720026

TAXIS Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090 Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111 Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724 Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366 Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

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News Neighbors of alleged US serial killer ‘smelt bodies’ Agence France-Presse

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Walls surround the remains of a doctor’s surgery following the dramatic collapse of the building which flung rubble and dust across a busy Melbourne street, on November 5, 2009. Seham Mostafa, who owned a medical practice inside the building, said her receptionist evacuated after noticing cracks in the surgery floor. Half an hour later, the building collapsed. WorkSafe acting executive director Stan Krpan said the workplace safety agency would investigate whether the earlier demolition of an adjacent building caused the collapse, which he described as a “very close call”.

Australian officials probe dramatic building collapse Agence France-Presse

MELBOURNE - Australian authorities were on Thursday investigating the dramatic collapse of a building which flung rubble and dust across a busy Melbourne street, officials said. Witnesses said the two-storey building creaked and started cracking, prompting people inside to flee, before suddenly caving in on Wednesday in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick. “I got off a tram just before Albion Street on Sydney Road and I was walking down and then ‘bang!’ The building came down,” one witness told public radio. No one was hurt in the accident

but an elderly man was slightly injured after being hit by a tram in the ensuing chaos, which brought peakhour traffic to a halt on Sydney Road. Seham Mostafa, who owned a medical practice inside the building, said her receptionist evacuated after noticing cracks in the surgery floor. Half an hour later, the building collapsed. “It was really scary, a lot of dust and bricks flying everywhere,” ex-

plained another witness, Ramina Younan. WorkSafe acting executive director Stan Krpan said the workplace safety agency would investigate whether the earlier demolition of an adjacent building caused the collapse, which he described as a “very close call.” “The consequences could have been potentially tragic,” Krpan said. “It’s a great relief that people have escaped.”

Irish police seize 7,000 oriental swords Agence France-Presse

LONDON - Irish police have seized about 7,000 swords, including some with blades up to four feet (121 centimetres) long, during raids in Dublin, a spokesman said Wednesday. Air rifles were also confiscated during the raids by detectives on warehouses and other premises on

Monday in northern Dublin, police said. “Approximately 7,000 swords of different length and specification, and also a number of air rifles, have been seized,” police in a statement. Reports in Ireland said the Garda, or police, have smashed a massive illegal supply network for lethal swords. Some samurai and ninja-style

swords had decorative and colourful handles, photographs released by police showed. Hundreds were found still in boxes while others with blades ranging in size from one to four feet long were on display. Two men in their twenties were detained after the weapons were recovered but have since been released without charge.

CLEVELAND - Neighbors of alleged US serial killer Anthony Sowell had apparently complained about a foul smell for years, but many believed it was coming from a sausage factory next door. The 50-year-old convicted rapist was arraigned Wednesday on a string of murder charges as investigators examined the gruesome remains of up to 11 bodies unearthed at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. Local councilman Zack Reed said he would push for an independent investigation into why complaints about the smell didn’t lead to an earlier discovery. “Residents are mad and they have every right to be mad,” he told AFP. Reed said his office called the public health department about two and a half years ago after a neighbor reported the smell. He wondered whether an earlier detection could have prevented some of the murders. “I know darned well that our health department should have been able to tell the difference between the smell of a dead body and the smell of dead meat,” he told AFP. At the arraignment hearing, defense lawyers argued unsuccessfully that Sowell should be granted bail as he had a heart condition that required him to wear a pacemaker and had other undisclosed medical problems. Prosecutors were adamant the alleged serial killer, who has already served a 15-year stint behind bars for a 1989 rape, should continue to be kept under lock and key. “The state believes he is an incredibly dangerous threat to the public,” assistant county prosecutor Brian Murphy told the hearing. A frail looking Sowell stared straight ahead at judge Ronald Adrine as he was ordered to remain in jail pending trial on five charges

of aggravated murder. Police said they expected further charges to follow. “After 26 years on the bench, this is without question the most serious set of allegations I’ve ever faced,” said Adrine, refusing bail due to the “gruesome nature” of the crimes and the defendant’s criminal history. The horrific murders came to light last Thursday when police went to Sowell’s house to arrest him on unrelated rape and assault charges for a September attack on a woman who survived. Sowell was not in but instead police discovered the decomposing bodies of six women over two days in the house and yard. Four were reportedly found rotting in the back garden with other remains inside the house. Investigators unearthed four more bodies and a skull at the property on Tuesday, bringing the total number of victims to a possible 11. “We have located 10 bodies and a singular skull,” Cleveland police spokesman Thomas Stacho told AFP. “It is not known yet if the skull is an 11th victim.” The first six bodies have all been identified as African-American women and coroners are working on the sex and race of the rest with the help of an anthropologist from a local museum. At least five of the women were strangled. None of the victims have yet been formally identified and earlier in the week worried family members clasped photos of missing loved-ones outside the Sowell house, fearing the worst. Local ministers met with the city’s police chief Wednesday to offer their support for families and friends of victims once they have been identified. Sowell was arrested on Saturday after a local resident recognized him walking down the street and notified police. He did not try to resist arrest.

US puts... From page 1 Climate talks in Barcelona resumed on Wednesday after an angry spat, but negotiators admitted chances for sealing a hoped-for UN treaty on global warming by year’s end were vanishing. On Tuesday African countries boycotted the Barcelona climate talks. The bloc of 50 nations accused rich counterparts of backsliding on promises to curb man-made carbon emissions blamed for global warm-

ing, demanding they slash their pollution by at least 40 percent by 2020 over 1990 levels. The squabble blocked talks among countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the cornerstone pact of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The twin-track process was launched in Bali in 2007 with the goal of concluding a post-2012 treaty among the UNFCCC’s 192 parties at a December 7-18 showdown in Copenhagen.

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Malaysian royal wins defamation against model wife: lawyer Agence France Presse

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Two men attend a protest in support of two officials of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that were detained and then released on corruption charges in Jakarta on November 5, 2009, as the case continues. Indonesia’s top detective quit on November 5 after wiretap phone recordings implicated him in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-graft investigators Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto, in a scandal that has appalled the nation. The KPK commissioners were arrested by police last week but were released on November 3 after the KPK’s wiretap recordings exposing the apparent conspiracy were played in court. They are still facing charges of extortion and abuse of power that the police refuse to drop.

Indonesia’s top detective quits over wiretap scandal Agence France Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s top detective quit Thursday after wiretap phone recordings implicated him in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-graft investigators, in a scandal that has appalled the nation. Three-star Police General Susno Duadji, the national chief of detectives, submitted his resignation two days after the recordings were played in a nationally televised session of the Constitutional Court. “Today he has tendered his resignation. The national police has received his letter,” police spokesman Nanan Soekarna told a press conference amid calls for police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri to follow suit. Deputy Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga, equally implicated in the alleged plot, is also expected to resign in line with a request from President Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono for all those involved to stand down. “I’ve advised the police chief and the attorney general to suspend those whose names were mentioned in the tape recordings and discharge them from their duties,” Yudhoyono told a cabinet meeting earlier Thursday. Duadji was allegedly at the centre of a conspiracy involving senior police, prosecutors and a corrupt businessman to fabricate criminal charges against two deputy chairmen of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The commissioners, Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto, were arrested by police last week but

were released Tuesday after the KPK’s wiretap recordings exposing the apparent conspiracy were played in court. Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, who has ignored repeated calls to resign over corruption within his department, told reporters that Ritonga had informed him of his intention to step down. But the resignations of Duadji and Ritonga may not be enough to calm public anger over the scandal, which has lifted the lid on what Indonesians call the “Court Mafia”, or corrupt collusion between the judiciary and the police. More than 860,000 Indonesians have joined a group on social networking website Facebook supporting the two KPK investigators, who are still facing charges of extortion and abuse of power that the police refuse to drop.

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian prince on Thursday won a defamation suit against his estranged teenage model wife and mother-in-law for alleging he had sexually abused his spouse, his lawyer said. Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, the prince of northern Kelantan state, won by default after the two women failed to file a defence, his lawyer Mohamad Haaziq Pillay told AFP. “The prince is extremely happy and he said justice has prevailed. Money has never been the question, all he wants is to get his name cleared,” he said, adding that the High Court will assess damages at a later date. Tengku Fakhry launched the 105 billion ringgit (31 billion dollars) lawsuit in July claiming his US-Indonesian model wife Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mother had defamed him by claiming he had sexually abused the 17year-old. In May, Manohara slipped away from the prince’s guards at a Singapore hotel and returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of

abuse, rape and torture at the hands of the 31-year-old prince. She later told reporters she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage last year to Tengku Fakhry, whose father is the sultan of Kelantan. “Imagine if you were accused of injecting your wife with hormones and cutting her breasts with razors, they have made the prince look like a monster in the eyes of public,” Mohamad Haaziq said. “The prince won the suit because defamation is established in this case by default. We are saying there is ample opportunity for them to come forward to seek justice but they failed to do so — they chose not to,” he added. The lawyer also said divorce proceedings are still pending in a religious court. Manohara — a well-known socialite in Jakarta — claims to have been cut with a razor and injected with drugs which made her vomit blood while being held under guard in her bedroom at the palace. Her lawyer said she had filed a police report on the abuse but Indonesian police say they are unable to investigate as the incidents took place outside their jurisdiction.

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(FILES) In a file picture taken on May 31, 2009, US-Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot waves to journalists as she arrives at home in Jakarta after fleeing her husband, a Malaysian prince, who she has accused of being abusive. A Malaysian prince on November 5, 2009 won a defamation suit against his estranged teenage model wife, Pinot, and mother-in-law for alleging he had sexually abused his spouse, his lawyer said.

Indonesian president vows to fight ‘Court Mafia’ Agence France Presse

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed Thursday to crack down on judicial corruption after wiretap evidence exposed an alleged high-level conspiracy to frame anti-graft fighters. But the president, who was reelected in July, made no mention of

what action would be taken against the officials incriminated by the recordings, amid calls for the police chief and the attorney general to resign. “It will be our priority in the first 100-day programme of this government to eradicate the ‘Court Mafia’,” he told reporters. “I know it’s not as easy as we

imagine, we can’t clean it up easily, but I’m sure if we’re serious we’ll get results.” The former general urged people to send any information about judicial corruption to a special address. “I urge Indonesian people who have become victims of this mafia to make reports. Let’s eradicate this mafia so that we uphold the law,” he said.

The country’s chief detective resigned earlier Thursday after being incriminated in the alleged conspiracy to frame two deputy chairmen of the Corruption Eradication Commission. The deputy attorney general is also expected to resign over the scandal, which has gripped the Southeast Asian country for weeks.

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Bali Today Foundation to build Asia’s Largest Yoga Center in Bali Antara

Denpasar - The Bali-India Foundation is planning to set up the largest yoga center in Asia named “Markandeya Yoga City” at Sukasada village in Buleleng district, a foundation spokesman said. “Markandeya Yoga City which is to be built at Sukasada village in Buleleng district will be the largest yoga center in Asia,” Bali-India Foundation chairman Dr Somvir said here on Thursday. He said the first corner-stone of the center on a 1.5-hectare plot of land would be laid on March 3 next year in conjunction with the opening of an International Bali-India Yoga Festival. “Markandeya Yoga City will run a program to give youths yoga-inspired education from elementary to high-school level,” Somvir said. He said the yoga education center would also implement “Ayurweda” traditional medicine and integrate it with permanent treatment by using various kinds of plants around the campus. According to Simvir, the construction of Markandeya Yoga City would be done in stages while the needed land would be cleared in cooperation with the local community. “The Yoga center will be fully dedicated to social activities and the local community’s wellbeing,” Somvir said. He said the project was actually commenced

with the growing of around 50 kinds of medicinal plants from India. The medicinal plants which were effective to cure various diseases had been developed in the Tegal Linggah area of Sukasada village in Buleleng district. Somvis said Markandeya Yoga City would be the venue of the second International Bali-India Yoga Festival from March 3-10, 2010 with around 1,500 participants from India, Europe, the United States, and the Asian region. According to Somvir, Bali hosted a one-week International yoga festival from March 3-10 this year which involved hundreds of yoga instructors from various countries around the world. Themed “Yoga for Peace and Health,” the March festival was followed by a Yoga Day program and a series of activities around the Perjuangan Rakyat Bali (Bali People’s Struggle) Monument in the Niti Mandala Renon area in Denpasar. During the one-week activities, the yoga instructors actively gave yoga courses which were good for health.

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A woman conducting yoga.

Pendet Dance at a Glance Pendet Dance was once at issue in tourism domain. The dance belonging to Hindu community of Bali was displayed in a promotion package of Malaysian tourism without prior permission to the government of Indonesia whereas the dance itself purely be-

longs to Bali and Indonesia. The following is the brief history of Pendet Dance in Bali. Pendet Dance constitutes a dance presentation to ancestors (Bhatara and Bhatari). It is regularly presented at the outermost courtyard of temple, facing to a shrine where

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The Balinese perform Pendet dance in Art Center Denpasar

Bhatara and Bhatari abide. The dance is performed by women in customary attires and they bring silver bowl with wide rim filled with canang sari, flowers and kwangen. Some of them also bring ritual paraphernalia such as holy water container and earthware flask. This dance is performed en masse, led by a temple priest and the dancers bring a pasepan or aromatic barks burnt on standing tray. At the ending session, some dancers put the offerings, canang sari and kwangen in the shrine, while others sprinkle the flower to Bhatara as their honor. This dance is accompanied by gamelan music. At some regions in Southern Bali, this dance is presented in duet by some pairs of dancers called Gabor Dance. Sometimes it is also inserted with male dancers bringing kris dagger that later on known as Baris Pendet Dance. In the 1960s, the Pendet Dance was presented to welcome guests in relation to Bali as a tourist destination. Interestingly, it was once performed en masse on the opening ceremony of Asian Games in Jakarta on the special request of President Soekarno. Today, the Pendet Dance is usually presented by six to eight female dancers in arranged costumes. At the end of the dance, the flowers are sprinkled to guests. (BTN/015)

Peace should be included in “Eat, Pray, Love” Antara

Denpasar – Bali Government wanted the movie “Eat, Pray, Love” to enclose the word peace in one of the scene. The movie which is being shooting in Bali is stared by Julia Roberts. Ida Bagus Sedawa, the head of Bali Cultural Department, said that Elizabert Gilbert who wrote the book not only discovered “love” in Bali but also found peace. “A short word of peace has an enormous meaning to Bali and the tourism world,” he added. The government especially the governor wanted that the peace message placed in the end of the movie. Bali as the island of paradise can bring peace to anyone who came to the island. There is great hope that the message will give better image to Bali. Sedawa said that the movie also mentioned that the life concept of the Balinese shifted from the old kind, patient, and friendly attitude become more materialistic. It is because the effect of tourism business in Bali. Now, most of the Balinese see the foreigners as tourists that can give them profit. Sedawa is arranging a meting between Bali’s Governor, I Made Mangku Pastika and the star of “Eat, Pray, Love” Julia Roberts. A banquet will be held in order to increase the friendship of both parties. There is great hope by that event, they will stay longer in Bali.

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Balinese Culture NASI KUNING (Yellow Rice)

Foreign tourists visited Bali decrease

OVERVIEW: Yellow, one of the four sacred colors makes this festive rice dish strikingly different from the normal, everyday steamed rice. The rice is cooked in lightly seasoned coconut milk and chicken stock for extra flavor, while the touch of oil in the coconut milk gives it a glistening appearance and keeps each grain separate.

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Denpasar – The number of foreign tourists visited Bali in September 2009 was 208,185 people. The number decreased compared to the previous month which was 221,441 tourists. Even tough there was decrease in September but the total number of foreign tourists coming to Bali during January through September 2009 increased 13% compared to the same period last year. The number of tourists from Asia and Europe also decrease in September 2009. Only the tourists from China were increasing on the period. In August 2009, the number of tourists from China was 18,204 people. The number increased and became 19,156 tourists in the following month. There is certain reason why the number of tourists visited Bali decreased in the last two months. There is possibility that the condition was because the low season and there is great hope that in the end of the year the number of tourists increasing highly.

INGREDIENTS: 1½ cups long grain rice, washed and drained 2½ cups coconut milk ¾ cup chicken stock 1 salam leaf 1 pandan leaf 1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 2 tbsp turmeric water 2 cm laos cut in 4 lengthwise slices 1 tbsp salt

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Foreign tourists are seen on Sanur beach

PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in rice cooker or heavy stockpot and simmer, covered until don. Helpful hints: if your are not using a rice cooker, cook the rice over high heat until the liquid comes to the bowl, then lower heat and cook gently so that the coconut milk does not catch and burn on the bottom of the pan. Remove the lemon grass and Laos before serving

SATE LILIT

(Minced Seafood Satay) OVERVIEW: This probably the most delicious satay you will ever encounter. The delicate flavors of the shrimp and fish are greatly improved if you can find spears of fresh lemongrass to use as skewers, and if you can cook them over a fire of coconut husks rather than charcoal. Nonetheless, even with wooden skewers and a standard charcoal grill, you will have people coming back more. INGREDIENTS: 600 gr skinned boneless snapper fillet 1 cup freshly grated coconut or 1½ cups moistened desiccated coconut ½ cup seafood spice paste 5 fragrant lime leaves, chopped 1 tsp black peppercorns, finely crushed 1 tsp salt 3-5 bird’s eye chilies, very finely chopped 2 tbsp palm sugar Lemon grass or satay skewers PREPARATION: 1. Mince fish fillet very finely in a food processor or with a chopper. 2. Add all other ingredients & mix well. 3. Mould a heaped tablespoon full of this mixture around a wooden skewer or over trimmed stalks of lemon grass and grill over charcoal until golden brown. Note: This recipe won’t work with frozen fish.

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GIANYAR REGENCY Desa Batubulan(Batubulan Village) Gianyar Regency

The village is located in Sukawati district, Gianyar. Originaly, Batubulan village is famous as a village which has many beautiful arts such as dancing and carving. The structure of its society and culture affected by Hindu and become the base of the live of Batubulan village. Batubulan located between Denpasar and Gianyar. The village is approximately 10 kilometers from Denpasar and 21 kilometers from Gianyar. The village is very famous for its Barong Dance. Everyday the tourists can watch Baring dances in five different locations. The tourists also can see how the craftsmen carve stone to crate beautiful statues for house or hotels decoration or temples. Sukawati Market

The market is a traditional market which sells handicrafts and souvenirs. The market is located in Gianyar and it is very famous in Bali. The items sell here are shirts, cloth draw with Balinese art, paintings, and other handicrafts. Ubud

Ubud is known as the center of art in Bali. There are a lot of art group in Ubud where you can see and even learn Balinese traditional arts such as dancing and playing “gong�. Celuk

Celuk is the center of gold and silver handicraft in Bali. The visitors can see the making of the handicraft and buy it directly from the craftsmen. Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave)

The cave was originally used as a shrine. Outside the cave, we can still see a Ganeca statute and a fountain which is still being used by the local until now

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BUSINESS Booming shares boost China’s super-rich, Forbes says Agence France Presse

SHANGHAI - The sharp rebound in Chinese stocks has seen the total fortune of the nation’s ultra-wealthy balloon by 141 billion dollars, Forbes magazine said Thursday as it released its annual China rich list. The net worth of the country’s 400 richest people rose to a record 314 billion dollars in the year to November from 173 billion dollars a year ago, Forbes said in a report on its website. The list consists of a record 79 dollar billionaires, as opposed to just 24 last year, after the Hong Kong and Shanghai bourses soared 56 percent and 69 percent respectively, the magazine said. “The gains in their personal fortunes were a sharp reversal to the losses sustained by billionaires in other parts of the world, (and) reflected the rise of China,” Forbes senior editor Russell Flannery said in a statement. BYD car battery tycoon Wang

Chuanfu came out on top with a fortune of 5.8 billion dollars. Wang also topped the recently released Hurun Rich List. The rankings illustrate how fortunes have recovered from last year when China’s super-wealthy were hit hard by the global credit crunch and financial crisis. Last year’s number one, Liu Yongxing, slipped to second spot despite increasing his fortune to 5.5 billion dollars — up 2.5 billion dollars on 2008. Liu made his money through privately held agricultural company East Hope and stakes in China Minsheng Bank, Minsheng Insurance and Bright

Dairy. Yang Huiyan, the wealthiest woman on the list, is fifth on the list after seeing her fortune increase by 75 percent to 3.9 billion dollars — but she is still well below her 2007 net worth of 16.2 billion dollars. The 28-year-old’s fortune was tied up in Guangdong developer Country Gardens, run by her father Yeung Kwok Keung, who transferred shares to her, Forbes said. The highest ranking newcomer to the list was Liu Zhongtian, in eighth spot, whose aluminium products maker China Zhongwang raised 1.3 billion dollars in an initial public offering in April.

Plan to charge newspaper Toyota posts surprise profit, upgrades outlook readers online delayed: Murdoch Agence France Presse

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TOKYO - Toyota Motor, the world’s largest automaker, announced Thursday a surprise return to profit and narrowed its loss forecast for the full year, helped by demand for fuel-efficient cars. It was the company’s first quarter in the black in a year. The Japanese giant joins Honda and Nissan in upgrading its outlook, reinforcing hopes that automakers are through the worst of the global industry slump. Toyota posted net earnings of 21.8 billion yen (240 million dollars) for the fiscal second quarter to September, down 84.4 percent from a year earlier but much better than the first quarter’s 77.8-billion-yen loss. A day after announcing it was quitting Formula One racing to slash costs, the company reported that operating profit dropped 65.8 percent year-on-year to 58.0 billion yen as revenue fell 24.4 percent to 4.23 trillion yen. Toyota’s vehicle sales declined in each region, but the company made progress in cutting costs, said vice president Yoichiro Ichimaru. “In addition, demand-stimulating measures by governments worldwide have contributed to our revised targets for the full fiscal year,” he added. “However, the outlook for global vehicle demand still remains uncertain.” Car sales in the United States, Japan and Europe have been supported by government stimulus measures designed to encourage people to buy new fuel-efficient cars and boost the ailing industry. But such initiatives are being wound down in several countries. Auto sales have fallen sharply in the United States since the three-billion-

WASHINGTON - News Corp. chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that a plan to begin charging readers of his newspapers online may be delayed. Murdoch had previously outlined plans to erect pay walls around his vast newspaper empire by the end of News Corp.’s current fiscal year in June but he indicated that was now unlikely. “We are working all very, very hard at this but I wouldn’t promise that we’re going to meet that date,” he told reporters in a conference call after releasing News Corp.’s firstquarter results. Asked what was causing the delay, he said: “Everything.” “It’s a work in progress and there’s a huge amount of work going on not just with our sites but with other people,” Murdoch said. The Wall Street Journal is currently the only newspaper in the News Corp. group to charge leaders for access to all of its content. Other News Corp. properties include The Australian, the New York Post and The Times of London. A slump in newspaper revenue was offset in the first quarter by strong results from News Corp.’s movie, cable television and book publishing divisions as the company posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit. News Corp. reported a net profit of 571 million dollars, or 22 cents per share, for the first quarter of its fiscal year compared with 515 million dollars, or 20 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue declined 4.1 percent to 7.2 billion dollars but was better than

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Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru checks a document as he speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Toyota said Thursday it returned to a profit in the latest quarter as government incentives boosted sales, leading the world’s largest automaker to trim its projected red ink for the year. dollar “Cash for Clunkers” programme there ended in August. Toyota, the maker of the Corolla and the Prius hybrid, narrowed its annual net loss forecast to 200 billion yen from 450 billion and its operating loss projection to 350 billion yen from 750 billion. It lifted its global sales goal for the current financial year to 7.03 million vehicles from 6.6 million. For the first half to September, Toyota logged a net loss of 56 billion yen, compared with a year-earlier profit of 493.4 billion yen. The result was much better than the company’s own forecast for a 250-billion-yen shortfall. The company sold about 3.13 million vehicles worldwide in the six-

month period, down 26.4 percent from the same period of the previous year. Even though the North American operations returned to profit in the second quarter, “the business situation in the United States is still severe,” said another Toyota vice president, Yukitoshi Funo. The Japanese maker overtook US rival General Motors in 2008 as the world’s top selling automaker but it fell into the red for the first time in the year to March 2009. It has idled plants and slashed thousands of jobs as it tries to weather its biggest ever crisis. Earlier this year it appointed Akio Toyoda as its new president, turning to the grandson of its founder to rescue it from its biggest ever crisis.

the 7.16 billion dollars forecast by analysts, who had also expected earnings of 18 cents per share. Murdoch welcomed what he called “exceptionally strong results” despite “continued macro-economic challenges.” “The strategic steps we took last year to ensure stability during the downturn have proven successful, with significant cost reductions offsetting much of the revenue declines in our television and newspapers and information services segments,” Murdoch said. “The economies in which we do business are clearly in better shape than they were a year ago, and we have further positioned our operations to take advantage of the improvements we are seeing globally,” he said. Operating income soared 56 percent in the film division to 391 million dollars largely on the strength of 20th Century Fox’s “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” which has grossed more than 880 million dollars at the box office. Operating income at the cable television division rose 41 percent to 495 million dollars but fell sharply at the broadcast television division to 38 million dollars from 83 million dollars a year ago. Newspaper division revenue declined 81 percent to 25 million dollars. Newspapers are struggling with plunging print advertising revenue, steadily declining circulation and the migration of readers to free news online and Murdoch has announced plans to start charging online readers. Operating income at the book publishing division rose from three million dollars a year ago to 20 million dollars.

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Hollywood eyes world domination with ‘RISK’ Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – Sony Pictures Entertainment is eyeing global domination after acquiring rights to make a movie version of the classic boardgame “RISK”, a statement said Wednesday. Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad said the popular game — which sees players attempting to conquer the world by eliminating rivals — would be developed by toymakers Hasbro and Overbrook Entertainment. “Hasbro has already seen tremendous success with ‘Transformers’ and ‘G.I. Joe’ and audiences have shown a great desire for films that bring to life everything that has made these franchise properties stand the test of time,” Belgrad said in a statement. “The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make RISK a classic, thoroughly engaging game. “Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are

what will make this a uniquely exciting movie.” Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. RISK was invented in 1957 by French film-maker Albert Lamorisse under the title “La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World.)” The game was published by Parker brothers in the United States in 1959 as “RISK.” In the game players compete on a map of the world building armies in an attempt to occupy ever territory on the board. The game has sold millions of copies and general several themed variations, with settings ranging from famous movie properties to different periods of world history.

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The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. Sony Pictures Entertainment is eyeing global domination after acquiring rights to make a movie version of the classic boardgame “RISK”, a statement said Wednesday.

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This handout photo received from Ozbec Media shows the “Bumblebee” robot from the film “Transformers, floated on Sydney Harbour in front of the Sydney Opera House on November 5, 2009. The one-of-a-kind statue is in Australia as part of a world tour to help promote the film “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” which is out on DVD and Blue Ray on November 5.

Indian filmmaker unveils her own minuscule Parsi Minority Agence France Presse

PARIS – Men in PLO T-shirts march through noisy, chaotic streets; their leader, all in white, stands before the wrought iron gate of a Zoroastrian fire temple urging followers to pledge purity and denounce outsiders. Welcome to the fictitious world of the Parsi Liberation Organisation led by a buffoon character in a zany movie that looks at India’s Parsis — both their excesses and endearments — as a minuscule minority of some 70,000 in a country of more than one billion people. Veteran screenwriter-turned-director Sooni Taraporevala has put the spotlight on the Parsis, an ethnic-religious group whose name derives from their Persian origins, in a film and in a book of photography because, for starters, she’s one of them.

“When you’re a Parsi you’re just used to nobody knowing who you are — and always having to explain yourself,” she said before a screening of her film at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, where her Parsi photographs also are part of an international exhibition. “I think I got tired of that and I just wanted people to know who Parsis were,” added Taraporevala, whose screen writing credits include such hits as “Mississippi Masala”, “The Namesake” and “Salaam Bombay!” The Parsis arrived in India more than a 1,000 years ago, fleeing the Arab invasion of Persia to preserve their religion, Zoroastrianism. Today Taraporevala says they still seem to be living at once in many centuries, “from our religious rituals which are so many thousands of years old to being so modern and at the same time

being so conservative and exclusive.” This “amalgam of contradictions” in the Parsi community is what she tackles in her comedy “Little Zizou”, narrated by a Parsi boy in contemporary Mumbai, who is mad about soccer and French football star Zinedine “Zizou” Zidane.The boy is also the younger son of a Parsi fundamentalist leader who is pitted against his arch rival, a reformist newspaper editor. “In my film there are two warring families, one is a fundamentalist lunatic and one is a reforming journalist, a very particular subject but it also can be seen universally. That’s the battle being fought in the world today; in every religion you find the same thing,” says Taraporevala. But rather than take a heavy-handed approach to extremism, she said she chose to treat the Parsi ultra-conservatives in an exaggerated, mocking way in a light-hearted comedy.

Outrage over wall blockinag free U2 Berlin concert BERLIN – Fans hoping to catch a glimpse of U2’s free concert celebrating 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall will have to “scale these city walls” after organizers threw up a massive barrier to block the view for those without tickets. The move has triggered outrage from Berliners, who see the irony in building walls around a concert dedicated to the wall that has come down. Music network MTV, which organized Thursday’s concert in front of the Brandenburg Gate, did not respond to requests for comment. Some 10,000 tickets were made available online for the Irish rockers’ free show — and they were snapped up in just three hours. The Berlin Wall fell Nov. 9, 1989, ending almost 30 years of eastwest Cold War division. Jazz

American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano has been taken to hospi-

tal in Spain after injuring his shoulder in a fall, organisers of the Madrid Jazz Festival said Wednesday.Lovano, 56, considered one of the best saxophonists around today, cancelled a concert he was to have given to open the festival Wednesday night.He suffered a slight injury to his shoulder in a fall in the northeastern city of Barcelona, the organisers said.The November 4-28 Madrid Jazz Festival features a 50th anniversary tribute to Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” album with the participation of Jimmy Cobb, the only surviving member from the original recording.Others scheduled to perform are saxophonist Roy Hargrove, pianist Brad Mehldau and singers Madeleine Peyroux and Cassandra Wilson. U2’s Bono, left, and Adam Clayton perform at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York.

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Surf’s up in China as shunned sport catches a wave Agence France Presse

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A picture taken on October 30, 2009 at a Parisian art gallery “Au bonheur du jour” shows old erotic postcards presented during an exhibition gathering photographies, drawings, paintings and objects on bordellos and prostitution. A show of erogenous memorabilia in Paris harks back to the years when the bordellos drew the likes of Britain’s “Bertie”, then Prince of Wales and soon to become King Edward VII.

‘Archaeologist of erotica’ revives lost world of brothels Agence France Presse

PARIS - The sign hung at 12, rue Chabanais, in the days when the building housed the most prestigious of Paris’ infamous bordellos, read “Welcome to the Chabanais: The House of All Nations”. With the brothels closed down 60 years ago, nowadays the skinny eightstorey building on a tiny street near the Louvre houses an employment agency and a bunch of flats. But right across the road, at number 11, a gallery is keeping its memories alive. Nicole Canet, who runs a gallerycum-boutique of erotic pictures and historic sex toys, is holding an exhibition there on the heyday of France’s legendary “maisons closes”, or authorised brothels. “I love going back in time, playing detective,” Canet, a 50-something former dancer, told AFP. Along with a selection of whips in rhino-horn and other suggestive bits and pieces, the show revisits the life of the brothels from 1860 to their forced closure in 1946 in some 400 old photographs, etchings and books. The Chabanais, for one, was a routine stopover for foreign dignitaries, who would be sneaked in secretly by French government officials. One of its most distinguished visitors was Britain’s “Bertie”, then Prince of Wales and soon to become King Edward VII. “Bertie” had his own room there, as well as a giant copper bath — with a half-woman half-swan figurehead — that he liked to fill with champagne before jumping in, and a socalled “love-seat”, a weird contraption said to be for threesomes. Worlds apart from sordid back-

rooms in cheap hotels, the high society brothels evoked in the show were luxury palaces with sumptuous decors designed to cater to any fantasy. Old photographs of Le Chabanais show the entrance hall decked out like a primitive cave in bare stone. But inside, each room and parlour came with its own plush decor, from 18th century splendour to Moorish or Japanese overtones. “The Indian room was for the Prince of Wales,” Canet said. “The Chabanais was practically a national monument, it was listed as a site to see by the travel agencies.” The brothels combined the lure of private pleasures with chic bars and restaurants for party-goers, attracting stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Mae West and Marlene Dietrich — whose favourite was the One Two Two, named after its address at 122 rue de Provence. Photographer Robert Doisneau shot a series of elegant bedrooms and four-posters in the “One Two Two”, which offered couples a musketeers’ room, an African room, a pirate’s room, a chamber of mirrors, and, like most of the high-end brothels, a torture chamber. ‘It’s the work of an archaeologist’

Writer Marcel Proust, whose tastes were male-inclined, joined other financiers in investing in two of the city’s specialist brothels for

men. The houses generally turned a good profit and some of its owners were creme de la creme society people. On the cultural front, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who spent much of his time and drew much of his inspiration in the Paris brothels, offered Le Chabanais 16 paintings depicting male and female centaurs for the Pompeii room. Along with crops for spanking and erotic door-knockers, a large oldfashioned wooden box fitted with lenses known as a stereoscope is on show. It enabled patrons to view pictures of the girls on offer. In most houses, tokens rather than cash were used to avoid problems. With almost scientific rigour, Canet has meticulously scoured the lost world of the brothels for the show and for a book, from its lingerie, to its tokens, literature and specialist painters and photographers. “I can tell from the backdrop now which photographer took which picture, even when there is no name,” she said. “And I’ve discovered there were probably only five men in Paris who posed for photographers specialising in men.” After collecting old erotica photos and selling them at a Paris flea market stand when she gave up life as a cabaret artiste, Canet a decade ago — “by chance”, she says — opened her gallery opposite the site of Le Chabanais. “I love going back in time, discovering the stories behind the pictures,” said Canet, who has walked the city checking addresses on old documents.

HOUHAI BEACH - Clutching her surfboard, Guo Shujuan strolls down a beach on southern China’s Hainan island and glides into waves that pound a shoreline littered with rubbish and broken bottles. Surf’s up, Chinese style. China may have one of the world’s longest coastlines, but surfing has barely made a ripple in a country where a deep tan is a badge of the peasantry, water pollution is rife and outdoor sports are still coming into their own. But Guo, a 23-year-old tour guide from the city of Guilin, also in the south, embodies the potential of the sport in the Asian giant, with a rising generation of millions of thrill-seeking youths. “Two years ago I had never even heard of surfing in China,” the cocoa-skinned Guo, who took up the sport a year ago, said after a session in the waves. “I thought, why surf? What is so fun about standing up on a board? But once I tried it, I thought, wow, how cool”. In the great surfers’ tradition of seeking out undiscovered breaks, China may be one of the final frontiers, and its potential lies largely in Hainan, a tropical island province being massively developed for tourism. Most of the credit for launching Hainan’s fledgling surf scene goes to Brendan Sheridan, a 30year-old American engaged in a personal — and somewhat quix-

otic — mission to bring the sport to China. An amateur surfer from California who previously taught English in China, Sheridan most recently worked at a Philadelphia bank processing electronic payments — “a crummy office job looking at spreadsheets all day,” he said. Intrigued by the thought of China’s surf potential, he quit his US day job three years ago and came to Hainan, where he eventually started Surfing Hainan, which organises lessons and day trips to the island’s breaks. Its waves will never rival those in Hawaii or California, but Hainan was Sheridan’s choice because he felt it had China’s best surf, occasionally large enough to challenge even some advanced surfers. Best of all, while famed surf breaks are usually mobbed, Hainan’s waves might be among the least crowded places in China due to the sport’s novelty here. “That’s what Hainan has to offer people who enjoy surfing. The crowd factor, no crowds at all,” said the lean and tan Sheridan. That could change. Sheridan’s clientele has doubled over the past year and, in a sign of the sport’s progress here, the Sheridan-organised Hainan Open — China’s first and only surfing competition — takes place this weekend for the second time. Top surfwear designers have signed on as sponsors and the number of contestants grew to more than 40 this year from 18 last year, mostly expats living in China.

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A surfer rides a wave in the waters of the South China Sea at Houhai Beach outside of Sanya on October 24, 2009, in China’s southernmost island province of Hainan. China may have one of the world’s longest coastlines, but surfing has barely made a ripple in a country where a deep tan is a badge of the peasantry, water pollution is rife, and outdoor sports are still coming into their own.

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Bryant scores 41 as Lakers down Rockets in overtime Agence France Presse

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns a ball to Italy’s Andreas Seppi during their round of sixteen match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

HOUSTON - Kobe Bryant scored 41 points Wednesday to help the Los Angeles Lakers post their second straight National Basketball Association overtime victory, 103102 over the Houston Rockets. Andrew Bynum added 17 points with 17 rebounds for the Lakers, while Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza scored 15 points apiece in their first meeting since they swapped teams in July. The Rockets inked Ariza less than a week after Artest departed Houston for the Lakers. Carl Landry scored 20 points to lead six Rockets players in double figures for Houston. Luis Scola added 16 points and 13 rebounds and Chuck Hayes had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Artest and Ariza guarded each other much of the game and both hit three-pointers in the final minute of

regulation. Artest’s three with 30 seconds to play put the Lakers up 92-89. Ariza won a jump ball with 19.6 seconds to play, got the ball back and drained a three-pointer with 14.2 seconds left. Bryant had the ball in the final seconds of regulation, but Hayes smacked it out of bounds, and the Rockets knocked away the long inbound pass as time expired. With 90 seconds left in overtime, Bryant hit a jump shot from the freethrow line. He then hit a free-throw for a 100-98 Lakers lead. Aaron Brooks’ layup tied it again, before Bynum’s free throws with 44.2 seconds left in overtime put the Lakers up. After Landry hit a hook shot for the Rockets, Bynum responded by making one of two free throws. Ariza had the ball in the final seconds, but Derek Fisher stripped the ball and time expired.

Federer crushes Seppi to cruise into third round Agence France Presse

BASEL - Roger Federer took just an hour to crush Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3 for a sixth straight victory against the Italian to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors here on Wednesday. The top seed, a hometown hero at the St Jakobshalle, was invincible as he reached the last eight, winning his 17th straight match in Basel and his 57th of the season. The winner of the last three editions has not been defeated at the tournament since 2003 when he lost to Ivan Ljubicic, who went out here on Wednesday having come to the tournament in form having won the Lyon title last Sunday. “It was a straightforward match, similar to my first round,” said a relaxed Federer. “But tonight I had to saved break points,it was a bit tougher. “I was able to raise my game when I needed to, it was a good performance.” Federer saved two break points in the routine win, with Seppi yet to win a set in their encounters. The Swiss improved to a 31-6 record in his career playing at home and has now won 36 of his last 37 matches. Federer will await a winner from Russian Evgeny Korolev and France’s Jeremy Chardy, who beat slumping American James Blake, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (6/8), 6-4. “He served well and I didn’t

do my job of putting pressure on his serve,” said the 41st-ranked Blake who had to deal with 24 aces from his opponent. “That made a big difference. “If you don’t do that, you have a tough time putting any pressure. I had one lapse early in the third set and he took advantage. He didn’t let up on his serve at all during the match.” Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic stayed in touch for a possible place in the year-end final as he began with a defeat of Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 6-4. The German, also a first-round loser last week in Vienna, has gone a month without a decent result dating back six weeks ago to Metz, when he reached the quarter-finals against Richard Gasquet. Gasquet was also in action on Wednesday and qualified for the second round with victory over Argentine Horacio Zeballos 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. Gasquet earned a narrow win over the 42nd-ranked Zeballos with nine aces, saving both break points against his serve. The Frenchman finally won a match after losing five of his previous eight, with the victory snapping a two-match losing streak in the first round. Cilic, losing finalist at the week-

end in Austria to home favourite Jurgen Melzer, needs a massive performance in the last three weeks of the regular ATP season if he is to make a run for the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals in London from November 22. The Croatian remains provisional 12th in the sprint for the last two spots in the year-end field, needing to nudge in front of provisional eight-placed Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. He must start with a title in Basel, no easy ask with Federer on hand and in lethal touch. Cilic will face his second-round challenge against Serbian Viktor Troicki. Swiss sixth seed Stanislas Wawrinka beat Ljubicic 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 despite dealing with a shoulder problem for which he received treatment on court. “I was able to make a comeback even with my physical problem,” said Wawrinka. “It was a good victory and it wasn’t easy. “I managed to produce the tennis I needed. I stayed aggressive in the third set and put on the pressure.” Czech Radek Stepanek joined Federer in the last eight, defeating Florent Serra of France 3-6, 7-6 (7/ 1), 7-6 (7/1).

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Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, left, shoots over Houston Rockets’ Shane Battier, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Houston.

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Sevilla and Lyon go through, Liverpool on the edge Agence France Presse

PARIS - English Premier League giants Liverpool are on the brink of going out of the Champions League after drawing 1-1 with Lyon on Wednesday.

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Ronaldo to see old doctor over ankle problem Agence France Presse

MADRID - Real Madrid’s injured Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will be referred to his former doctor Professor Niek van Dyjk as he seeks to overcome an ankle injury, his club said on Wednesday. “After examining the evolution of Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury today (Wednesday), it was determined that there has been no clinical improvement of the bone edema in the centre of his right ankle,” read a statement on Real’s website. “The player cannot, therefore, begin training and must continue treatment and relief work until another examination is carried out.” Dutch physician van Dyjk, who has also treated Ronaldo’s team-mate

Ruud van Nistelrooy and AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, previously operated on Ronaldo in 2008. Ronaldo, Real’s record signing at 94 million euros, will definitely miss their Madrid derby meeting with city rivals Atletico on Saturday in the Primera Liga. He initially injured his right ankle in Real’s 3-0 Champions League victory over Marseille at the end of September and aggravated the problem while playing for Portugal on October 10. Early diagnosis of the injury suggested he would be sidelined for between three and four weeks. Ronaldo, who signed from Manchester United in the summer, is Real’s top scorer with five goals in the league and four in the Champions League.

Fletcher sets sights on psychological edge over Chelsea Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER - Darren Fletcher believes Manchester United can claim an important psychological edge over Chelsea with a win in Sunday’s showdown between the Premier League’s top two. But the Scotland midfielder, who returned to action in Tuesday’s 3-3 draw with CSKA Moscow after a month out with an ankle injury, insists the title race will remain wide open, regardless of the outcome at Stamford Bridge, where United have not won in seven years. “Sunday is a massive game. Games against Chelsea always are,” Fletcher said. “It is not going to be make-orbreak who wins the league by any means, although it is an important benchmark. “Maybe psychologically it might have an effect. But Chelsea are a topclass side and we will respect them.” Fletcher will expect to start at Chelsea given the importance the United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, attaches to his defensive qualities, which were badly missed as United

went down to a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool last month. Even once-sceptical fans have come to recognise what Fletcher brings to the United mix although he insists he is not getting carried away with his growing reputation as a player for the big occasion. “I take the compliments with a pinch of salt,” he said. “I enjoy these matches as much as anyone and I put pressure on myself to perform more than anyone does. “The challenge of playing against the top-class players that Chelsea have is one I look forward to and I will be doing my best to win the match. But I am not going to makeor-break games like this.” Fletcher admitted that his latest lay-off had taken its toll on his match sharpness. “It is nice to get back into the team and get 90 minutes under my belt because I have not played for a while,” he said. “I felt fine, which was the most important thing, although I was not 100 percent with my touch and awareness on the pitch. But the game will help and, if selected, I should feel the benefit on Sunday.”

The draw put Lyon through to the knockout stages and they were joined by Sevilla, who were held 11 by VfB Stuttgart but assured of a top-two finish in their group when Rangers drew with Unirea Urziceni. Barcelona’s hold on the trophy which they won in such style last season loosened ever so slightly when they were held 0-0 by Russian champions Rubin Kazan. Indeed Inter Milan’s late comeback to gain a 2-1 victory over Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine sees the Italian side go top of the tightest group. Should Barcelona and Kazan finish tied for second place on points it would be the Russian outfit who progress by virtue of their head-tohead record. Liverpool had bossed the first half against the seven-time French champions with Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt and Andriy Voronin all going close. They looked set to come away with all three points when Ryan Babel struck a stunning opener late on but Lyon broke their hearts when Lisandro Lopez struck with minutes remaining. Fiorentina’s 5-2 romp at home to Debrecen - begun by Adrian Mutu’s early goal - has really turned the heat up on Liverpool. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, who has come under increas-

ing pressure and who has now seen his side win just one of their last eight games, believed that things had not gone fairly for his injury-racked team. “We deserved to win and to concede a goal in the last minute is really unlucky,” said the Spaniard. “But the team showed character given our problems and they were really positive. “Can we pull off a great escape? Yes, we will.” Lyon’s highly-rated coach Claude Puel was relieved and delighted to have reached the knockout stage from one of the tougher groups. “We have mastered the art of writing particular screenplays throughout the season,” said the former Monaco and Lille tactician. “We were very courageous till the end in order to equalise and to qualify this evening.” Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola said he never thought it would be easy in Russia, especially in temperatures that reached as low as -5 degrees Celsius, but accepted that his side had to get maximum points from their final two matches. “We looked better in the first half but later in the match Kazan played creative football and could have won,” said Guardiola, who guided Barcelona to an unprecedented treble last term. “The draw is a good result after such a match but now we need to

win both of the remaining matches.” His Russian counterpart Kurban Berdyev was more than satisfied. “We hoped to repeat our performance at Camp Nou (when they won 2-1) and in general we were successful,” he said. “We also created some chances against the world’s best club but unfortunately missed them.” Inter’s charismatic coach Jose Mourinho was immensely proud of his runaway Serie A leaders, who have failed to translate their domestic form onto the Champions League stage over the past few seasons. “It was a fantastic performance, with heart, emotion, desire and unity,” he said. “I’ve done some quick calculations and I think that nine points will be enough (to qualify for the last 16). We have six, we need three more.” Arsenal are all but through after a 4-1 victory over Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar. Gunners manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for his side and singled out Russia playmaker Andrey Arshavin. “It was a brilliant performance. We dominated technically, tactically and were never under threat. We played with confidence and overall I’m very happy,” he said. “Arshavin was outstanding. He gave the ball every time at the fraction of the second you wanted to give it. That is top, top quality. “I believe this season we are getting stronger from game to game. It is important to keep that attitude to progress and improve.”

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Liverpool’s Fernando Torres, left, challenges for the ball with Lyon’s Cris during their Champions League Groupe E soccer match at Gerland stadium, in Lyon, central France, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.Liverpool’s chances of progressing in the Champions League took a big hit Wednesday when the five-time European champions conceded late to draw 1-1 at Lyon, which advanced to the next round.

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Renault mulls quitting sport: reports Agence France Presse

LONDON - Renault have held an emergency board meeting in Paris to discuss pulling out of Formula One, on the same day as Toyota announced it was also quitting the sport, reports said Thursday.

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Mechanics pushes the car of Renault’s Spanish driver Fernando Alonso in the pits of the Yas Marina Circuit on October 29, 2009 in Abu Dhabi, three days ahead of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix.

Horner: Formula 1 in good health RED Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner believes that Formula 1 is in good health despite Toyota becoming the third manufacturer to quit the sport in the last 12 months. Horner pointed to the fact that 13 teams are still planning to be on the grid for next year’s seasonopening Bahrain Grand Prix, as Toyota’s withdrawal clears the way for the Qadbak Investmentsowned Sauber team to compete provided the FIA hands it the slot, as proof that the sport is still strong. “Whilst it is a great shame for Formula 1, the show ultimately goes on and there will be more cars on the grid next year than we have seen in recent years,” Horner told AUTOSPORT. “Manufacturers have tended to come and go over the years, and although it’s disappointing to lose one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in the world it provides an opportunity for the now independent Sauber team to find their place on the grid. So out of a negative comes a positive.” Horner is also confident that Toyota’s withdrawal will not significantly weaken the Formula One Teams’ Association, despite the major role that team president John Howett has played as vice chairman and the manufacturer’s influence as a major automotive manufacturer. “Toyota have contributed hugely to FOTA, in particular

John Howett who has worked tirelessly for FOTA. They will be a loss, but collectively the FOTA teams will sit down and decide how we move forward and deal with the vacancies that this has created. “FOTA is doing a lot of great work, it’s great to see the teams together working with the FIA and the commercial rights holder. The objective is the same for all parties and it’s important that we work together.” Horner added that he did not believe that Howett’s successor as vice chairman necessarily needs to

come from an independent team despite their now being only three manufacturers remaining in F1. “To me, it doesn’t matter whether it’s from an independent team or a manufacturer as long as we get the right guy. John did very well to combine that with his fulltime job in a grand prix team and he will be missed, especially by Luca de Montezemolo. “But things move on and there are a few faces that are missing in the room that were there at the beginning of the year. F1 is entering a new era.”

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The French car company was considering whether to remain in Formula One, switch to become an engine supplier only to teams, or exit the sport altogether, the BBC reported. The outcome of Wednesday’s meeting, attended by Formula One team bosses Bob Bell and Jean-Francois Caubet, was not immediately clear, the Guardian said. Renault has been dogged in recent months by a race-fix scandal in which they decided not to contest charges that Nelson Piquet was ordered to deliberately crash in Singapore last year to help teammate Fernando Alonso to victory. Renault’s former team boss was banned from the sport indefinitely and its chief engineer was suspended for five years. Renault finished a dismal eighth out of 10 in the constructors’ championship after the final race of the season on Sunday in Abu Dhabi. The meeting came as Formula One was left reeling by Toyota’s decision to quit in response to the economic crisis, just days after tyre manufacturer Bridgestone also pulled out. Toyota said its decision to leave after this season reflected “the current severe economic realities.” Honda have already withdrawn, while Germany’s BMW have announced they were leaving at the end of the season to cope with the credit crunch. While F1 attracts millions of viewers, the amount of money it costs to run a team — estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a year — means it has become an unaffordable luxury for some manufacturers.