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Residents walk in an area devastated by landslides at Khao Phanom district of Krabi province, south of Bangkok March 31, 2011.

Severe flooding and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 21 people, cut off land and air transportations and delayed shipments of at least 50,000 tonnes of rubber in the world’s largest rubber-producing country, authorities said on Thursday.

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Flooding in Thailand kills 21, strands thousands Reuters

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BANGKOK - Severe flooding and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 21 people, stranded thousands of tourists and threatened to delay shipments of rubber in the world’s largest rubber-producing country, authorities said on Wednesday. Trains to the region have been cancelled and three airports have been shut, including one on the popular island of Koh Samui.

As well as Koh Samui, foreign tourists have also been stuck at resorts in Krabi and Koh Phangan.

The Thai navy evacuated about 1,200 people from Koh Samui and Koh Tao, a remote island popular with backpackers.

Thailand’s navy sent four vessels including an amphibious landing craft with on-board helicopters to deliver supplies and rescue tourists and vil-

lagers in areas severely hit. “More rain is expected in the next few days,” Satit Wongnongtoey, a minister in the prime minister’s office, told Reuters.

British ambassador Asif Ahmad said Britain was in close contact with the Thai navy on the evacuation of tourists from the region.

The flooding could delay shipments of between 1,000 and 1,500 tonnes of smoked rubber sheet, industry officials said. The region supplies 90 percent of the 3.2 million tonnes produced annually in Thailand, the world’s biggest producer and exporter.

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OLTEN, Switzerland – Two people were injured when a parcel bomb exploded in the offices of the Swiss nuclear lobby on Thursday, police said. The two female employees of Swissnuclear were taken to hospital with superficial burns and hearing damage, a police spokesman said, adding police did not yet know who had sent the parcel.

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Police cordoned off the office of Swissnuclear on the fourth floor of a building in the northern town of Olten. The police spokesman said they had forensic specialists on the ground.

Earlier this month, Switzerland suspended the approvals process for three new nuclear power stations so that safety standards could be reviewed after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power

plant.

Swissnuclear says it works to promote the safe and efficient use of nuclear power and represents Swiss utilities Alpiq, Axpo, BKW, CKW and EGL, which run the nuclear plants that produce about 40 percent of Swiss electricity.

Olten is also home to the headquarters of Alpiq, where about 50 Greenpeace protestors held a demonstration on Thursday calling for the company to withdraw its appli-

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cation to build a new nuclear plant.

A police spokesman said they were examining whether there was any connection between the explosion and the demonstration.

Greenpeace said it had nothing to do with the attack. “We are shocked that such action can be used for political purposes.

Greenpeace is committed to nonviolent protest,” said energy campaigner Florian Kasser.

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Bali News Having been pilfered by falling tree

Blanjong Temple not renovated yet Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Blanjong Temple posing one of the cultural heritages in Denpasar was pilfered by a falling tree on Wednesday (Jan 19).

At that time, strong winds accompanied by rain flushing Denpasar caused a banyan tree next to the temple to collapse.

As a result of the incident, four existing shrines consisting of Bhatara Istri shrine, Padmasana, priest pavilion and oblation pavilion were damaged.

After two months of incident, until now there are signs of improvement against those shrines located in Sanur.

It is feared that devotees who would like to say prayers to the temple will get disturbed as a number of shrines remain damaged.

Made Sutama, Chief of Renon Customary Village, becoming the supporting devotees of the temple admitted on Wednesday (Mar 30) that repair to a number of damaged shrines had not been undertaken yet. The delay was due to the lack of clarity given by the Cultural Reserve Maintenance Agency. “We’ve had time to send a letter about this incident, but no official response from the Cultural Reserve Maintenance Agency based at Pejeng, Gianyar,” said Sutama.

His party did not dare to do the repairs before any formal response obtained from the authorities for the improvements. If only the Cultural Reserve Maintenance Agency had responded officially, his party would at-

tempt to repair them. “We expect what we have reported could be responded immediately, so the efforts to repair the temple could be put into our agenda,” said former Division Head of Waters Services, Denpasar Public Works.

Likewise, it was explained that the Blanjong Temple was one of the assets of the Archaeological Institute of Bali, NTT and NTB Region. This temple retained the Blanjong Site consisting of some important ancient shrines, statues, stone and others. The temple was supported by four customary villages, namely the Renon Customary Village, Ceramcam Customary Hamlet, Kesiman (9 families), Taman Hamlet, Sanur (2 families), and Lantang Hidung Hamlet, Sukawati (36 families). “Indeed, most supporting devotees are from Renon.

It has something to do with the history of Sri Kesari Warmadewa,” he said. (kmb12)

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The Hindus are praying in Blanjong Temple in Sanur.

More Indonesian Islamists resorting to violence-agency Reuters

JAKARTA - Indonesian militants are using parcel bombs and targeting minorities to try to push an Islamist agenda on the government and they could launch further small attacks, the country’s antiterror agency chief told Reuters.

Militant attacks and incidents of religious intolerance have risen in recent weeks, with mobs lynching three followers of a minority Islamic sect and torching two churches on Java island.

Parcel bombs have been sent to people involved in promoting pluralism and counter-terrorism in Jakarta.

The head of the National CounterTerrorism Agency, Ansyaad Mbai, said Islamic organisations that had not previously been involved in acts of terror were joining a militant network in Indonesia because of a convergence on certain issues.

“Terrorism is politics. The motive is politics, and clearly the militant network’s aim is to affect political policy,” Mbai said in an interview at his barricaded office in a former colonial

building in central Jakarta.

Mbai said radical groups were putting pressure on the government to grant demands to dissolve the Ahmadi, a minority Islamic sect branded deviant by religious leaders in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

Members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), known for smashing up bars but not considered a terrorist group, have threatened to launch a revolution if the Ahmadi sect is not banned.

Mbai said the Islamist movement in the officially secular country would gain more ground if the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has no clear stance on the matter, bowed to this demand.

“The president said that we can’t be defeated by terrorism, but I say, if Ahmadi is dissolved, this country has been defeated,” said Mbai, a former two-star police general.

Five parcel bombs were sent to the office and homes of pluralist and counter-terrorism figures this month,

with one exploding and injuring three people. While there were no deaths, others in those fields are now fearful they could be next.

Indonesia has been successful in recent years in weakening Islamic militants and reducing the risk of bomb attacks such as those that killed over 200 people in Bali in 2002, but security in

the capital has been stepped up after the parcel bombs.

“The bombs were the work of terrorist groups that have been doing terror in the past. The circuit, the type of explosives, the message and the targets carry the same signature,” Mbai said.

Mbai said such groups could launch more attacks because they still had weap-

ons, could recruit new members and had a stronghold in northern Sumatra island.

However, security forces have killed or captured key figures of Indonesia’s most infamous group, Jemaah Islamiah (JI), in recent years.

JI, blamed for the Bali bombings, wanted to establish an Islamic state across Southeast Asia.

Slopes of Mount Abang Kintamani avalanches Bangli (Bali Post)—

Due to heavy rain flushing Kintamani, the slopes of Mount Abang Kintamani avalanched. The worst incident happened on Tuesday (Mar 29) afternoon after heavy rains flushed the region consecutively for three days. The avalanche of Mount Abang’s slopes brought materials in the form of sand and stone along 835 meters with a depth of 3.5 meters. Though it did not cause casualties, the in-

cident filled the water embankment and threatened the safety of many residents living in the area.

After the report on the landslides occurred on the slopes of Mount Abang, Wednesday (Mar 30), the National Unity and Community Protection (Kesbanglinmas), Bangli Public Works, Deputy Head of Bangli House I Nyoman Basma and Made Sugiman of Commission III of Bangli House immediately made a visit to location.

According to I Nyoman Basma, at a glance from the bottom the avalanche on the slopes of Mount Abang looked small. However, it brought materials along 835 meters with a height of 3.5 meters.

The incident was a little weird but real. There was possibility of another avalanche at the other points, but the flow of materials led to one location, precisely toward Dukuh Hamlet, Abang Batu Dinding Village, Kintamani.

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Fish exports to Japan predicted to stagnate Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Fish exports from Bali to Japan are estimated to have stagnated following the earthquake and tsunami hitting the country.

Head of Bali Fisheries and Maritime Services, I Gusti Putu Nuriartha, had confidence that such condition only lasted temporary and was not too significant.

“The volume of fish export to Japan is quite high. Even, it is dominant if compared to the export destination countries in general, reaching 80 percent,” said Nuriartha in Denpasar, Wednesday (Mar 30).

According to him, existence of the natural disaster causing nuclear radiation was also estimated to affect the demand for imports. However, he had confidence it would not last too long as Japan posing one of the developed countries had experience of the earthquake, tsunami and was economically a strong country.

Such conditions would make a quick return on the Japan’s economic recovery.

“I am optimistic that Japan can resolve the problem. The effect of fish export from Bali to Japan as the biggest consumer will only last temporarily,” he said.

Nuriartha asked the fish exporters in Bali not to be panic in addressing the tsunami disaster af-

flicting Japan because it was only temporary. Japan was a strong country and fish posed one of the most important consumption commodities for people of the country.

Other than Japan, the countries in the European Union, the United States and Middle-East were potential markets for the Indonesian fisheries. However, the exporters faced an entry tariff barriers and food safety issues to the European Union. After 2004, many of the exported products from Indonesia, especially Bali, were rejected by EU countries as alleged to contain heavy metals.

Total fishery export of Bali in February 2011 reached 1,894,185.62 kg with a nominal value of USD 7,636,037.09. Species of fish exported by Bali in this period included fresh tuna, fresh lion tuna, fresh grouper and fresh snapper to frozen squid with varying volume. Meanwhile, the increase of productivity in the field of maritime and fishery affairs had been reached from 243,965.2 tons in 2009 to 245,399.71 tons in 2010 and the increase of export value from USD 127,012,338.86 to USD 136,288,388. Meanwhile, the revenue of fisheries business perpetrators in the period of 2010 reached IDR 19,166,658. (par)

Fake coffee sweepstakes spread to Mendoyo Negara (Bali Post)—

Distribution of milk-coffee sweepstake coupon with the prize of car is getting widespread in Jembrana. Previously, the sweepstakes were distributed in the vicinity of Negara and Melaya, but now it has started to spread eastwardly. The community of Pasar Hamlet, Yehembang Village, Mendoyo, earlier this week found the coupon on the packaging of ABC milk-coffee similar to the fake sweepstake coupon at Banyubiru and Lateng, Negara.

The coupon is encountered at each entrance to house compound.

The sweepstake coupon carrying the signature and photograph of the Metro Jaya Police Chief were alleged fake. A number of local residents said on Wednesday (Mar 30) that they found a laminated paper in small piece on the entrance area to their house compound. When opened, it contained sweepstake coupon from the product ABC milk-coffee.

One of the residents, Ni Putu Mulyawati, 27, said the coupon

on behalf of ABC’s milk-coffee was found in front of her stall. “I have found it when opening my stall. I was about to call but luckily my husband prevented me to do so as it was a fraud,” she explained.

Her party was getting more confident after knowing that her neighbors also got a similar coupon in their courtyard. Possibly, the distribution of such fake sweepstakes deliberately targeted the Yehembang and surrounding areas.

Another resident, Dewa Putu Mahardika, 31, claimed to have seen a car passing through Jalan Kuru Setra at Pasar Hamlet on Tuesday (Mar 29) midnight. On the other hand, the Village Head of Yehembang, I Ketut Wadia, appealed his citizens to be alert and careful against any fraud impersonating sweepstakes. They included a fraud via short message services (SMS). Additionally, he also called for his residents to immediately report if there were any suspicious people in the vicinity of the village spreading similar coupons. (kmb26)

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The tourists from Japan who arrive in Ngurah Rai International Airport are checked to determine the radiation.

Post-disaster, Japanese tourists drop by10 percent Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The impact of devastating earthquake measuring 8.9 Richter scale and tsunami of about 4meter striking northeastern Japan will have a significant impact on the tourism of Indonesia.

Director of Domestic Tourism Promotion, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, M. Faried, predicted there would be a decrease of tourist visit up to 10 percent.

“Decline in the tourist visit in national level due to tsunami disaster in Japan will certainly take place several months ahead. We estimate the tourist visit will drop in the average range of 30-10 percent,” said Faried in Kuta last Tuesday.

According to Faried, Japanese market occupied the top five positions after Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and China. Ministry of Culture and Tourism would encourage every festival organized by regencies and cities throughout Indonesia to recover the market.

“In Bali alone, we will support some festivals. Among others, there are Festival Buleleng, Festival Kintamani, Festival Legian, Kuta Karnival, Sanur Village Festival and several other local events,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali Government Tourism Office, Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu, said the visit of Japanese tourists began to decline as the aftermath of natural disaster. Cancellations and delays of Japanese tourists were estimated to be experienced by many

hotels outside the area of Nusa Dua, Kuta and Sanur.

“Since 2008, Japanese market has decreased because of global crisis. Although the data on daily visits (Mar 11-14) showed an increase to 36 percent compared to 2010, the impact of disaster will be felt within the past three months,” he said.

Despite a decline in tourist arrivals after Australia as the largest, he said, his party continued to make an effort for tourism promotion through the Internet and promotion activities abroad. “We keep on doing tourism promotion, such as participating in the world’s largest tourism exhibition, the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin, Germany, as well as exhibitions and tourism exchanges like JATA World Travel Fair,” he said.

He added that such a move could become a means for promotion of Indonesia tourism, especially Bali because German and Japanese tourist visit to Bali showed an increasing trend recently.

On the other hand, the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Asso-

ciation (PHRI) of Bali Chapter hoped the scanning measure was carried out wholeheartedly to Japanese tourists travelling to Bali in relation to the issue of nuclear radiation exposure until such an issue vanished. “Examination or radiation should be done continuously. Otherwise, it will result in a perception that government lacks of seriousness. Additionally, the condition will have an impact on tourism in Bali,” said Secretary General of PHRI Bali, Ferry Markus.

Ferry also hoped that examination was not only applied to passengers originating from Japan, but also to aircraft and passengers passing through Japan. PHRI had sent a letter to the entire stakeholders in Japan to convey the disaster-related sympathy costing the lives of several thousands.

The number of Japanese tourists visiting Bali was ranked second after Australian tourists. In 2010, there were approximately 305,857 Japanese tourists from a total tourist visit of approximately 2.5 million. (par)

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Bomber kills 12 in attack on convoy in Pakistan Associated Press Writer

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying a prominent hardline Islamist leader in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 12 people in what was the second attack that targeted the politician in as many days, police said. Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of the Jamiat Ulema Islam party, told local TV after the attack in Charsadda town that he was unharmed but his vehicle was slightly damaged. The attack came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of Rehman’s supporters minutes after he passed by in a vehicle.

Rehman has been an outspoken supporter of the Afghan Taliban, but some militants in Pakistan have shown a willingness to target anyone connected to the U.S.-backed government. U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks last year also revealed that Rehman allegedly sought support from U.S. officials in Pakistan despite his fierce criticism of Washington in public.

The 12 dead from Thursday’s attack included at least three policemen, said Liquat Ali Khan, police chief in Peshawar city. The blast also wounded at least 20 people. It was unclear if the bomber was on foot or on a motorcycle.

Local TV footage showed a police truck damaged by the blast, its front partially ripped off and its side covered in shrapnel holes. Several nearby shops were also damaged and their goods spilled out into the street.

On Wednesday, a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up at a police checkpoint that was surrounded by Rehman’s supporters who had showed up to greet him as he traveled to Charsadda to address a public gathering. The blast left Rehman unharmed but killed 13 others.

It was unclear at the time whether the bomber was targeting Rehman and his supporters, or if they just happened to be there when he hit the checkpoint. But Thursday’s attack indicated that Rehman was indeed being targeted.

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A woman eats as she and others try to sell food stuff at a fuel station with UN troops providing security in the area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, March 18, 2011.

Pro-Ouattara forces seize Ivory Coast capital Associated Press Writer

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Fighters supporting Ivory Coast’s internationally recognized leader seized control of the nation’s administrative capital on Wednesday, marking a symbolic victory after months of political chaos sparked when the country’s former president refused to step down after an election.

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A man, who was injured in a bomb explosion in Charsdada, is brought to the Lady Reading hospital for treatment in Peshawar march 31, 2011. A prominent Pakistani Islamist politician narrowly escaped an apparent assassination attempt on Thursday when the bomb exploded near his car in the country’s volatile northwest, killing at least nine people, police and aides said.

The fall of Yamoussoukro caps a dramatic advance on the city from multiple directions this week by soldiers supporting Alassane Ouattara, but many believe a final bloody battle over the presidency is now destined for the commercial capital of Abidjan, only 143 miles (230 kilometers) away.

Capt. Leon Alla, a defense spokesman for Ouattara, confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that “the town of Yamoussoukro is in the hands of the Republican Forces.”

Also on Wednesday, the U.N. Se-

curity Council voted unanimously to demand an immediate end to the escalating violence and impose sanctions on Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish the presidency, and his inner circle.

With the sounds of gunshots cracking over the telephone line, a woman at the downtown Hotel La Residence in Yamassoukro said the rebel group loyal to Ouattara was doing a victory tour, shooting into the air. Residents came out into the streets to welcome them.

The woman, who would not give her name for fear of reprisals, said soldiers and police had fled hours before the fighters arrived. When they first entered the city center, there were cries of alarm, she said, but those turned to shouts of joy and whistles of approval when the proOuattara gunmen were recognized.

“Blitzkrieg seems to be the strategy, rather than fighting to clear every inch and hamlet,” said Christian Bock, senior security analyst at Avascent International. “It will take an enormous amount of restraint to hold these forces back from moving onto Abidjan.”

Alla said the forces hoped for a similar lack of resistance upon reaching the country’s largest city, which is divided into neighborhoods backing Ouattara and others supporting former leader Gbagbo.

New cracks in Gadhafi regime as minister defects Associated Press Writer

AJDABIYA, Libya – The defection of Libya’s foreign minister, a member of Moammar Gadhafi’s inner circle, is the latest sign that the embattled regime is cracking at the highest levels as the West keeps up pressure on the longtime leader to relinquish power.

In another blow to the regime, U.S. officials revealed Wednesday that the CIA has sent small teams of operatives into rebel-held eastern Libya while the White House debates whether to arm the opposition. Battlefield setbacks are hardening the U.S. view that the poorly equipped rebels are probably is incapable of prevailing without decisive Western interven-

tion, a senior U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press.

Despite the setbacks and ongoing NATO airstrikes on government forces, Gadhafi loyalists have been logging successes on the battlefield and reversing a rebel advance westward toward the regime’s stronghold in the capital Tripoli. On Thursday, the rebels came under heavy shelling by Gadhafi’s forces in the strategic oil town of Brega on the coastal road that leads to Tripoli. Black smoke billowed in the air over Brega as mortars exploded.

“Gadhafi’s forces advanced to about 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Brega,” said rebel fighter Fathi Muktar, 41. Overnight, he said the rebels had temporarily pushed them back, but by morning they were at the gates of Brega. “There were loads of wounded

at the front lines this morning,” he said of rebel casualties.

Britain’s government said Wednesday that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa had arrived in Britain and was resigning from his post, though the Libyan government denied it. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the resignation showed the regime is “fragmented, under pressure and crumbling.”

Koussa is not the first high-ranking member of the regime to quit — the justice and interior ministers resigned early in the conflict and joined the rebellion based in the east. However Koussa is a close confidant of Gadhafi’s privy to all the inner workings of the regime. His departure could open the door for some hard intelligence on the regime.

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Libya’s Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa leaves after reading a statement to foreign journalists in Tripoli, Friday March 18, 2011. We decided on an immediate ceasefire and on an immediate stop to all military operations,” he told reporters.

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Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for March 21 through April 23, 2011 21 Mar Betara Turun Kabeh Ceremony Besakih - Karangasem Bukit Jati Temple Bangli Batur Temple Kalanganyar - Bangli Masceti Pejengaji Temple Tegallalang - Gianyar Dalem Temple Tangsud,Sukawati - Gianyar Penambangan Badung Temple Denpasar Lempuyang Madia Temple Karangasem Batur Temple Bangli Desa Temple Singakerta,Ubud - Gianyar Pasek Gelgel Temple Marga - Tabanan Gaduh Temple Ketapian, Sumerta - Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Temple Tuakilang - Tabanan Pasek Agung Temple Tatag Kelod,Peguyangan Denpasar Agung Pasek Bendesa Temple Tonja - Denpasar Pasek Gegel Angsri Temple Baturiti - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Baleagung Temple Braban - Tabanan Dukuh Sakti Belatung Temple Timpag,KerambitanTabanan Puseh Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang - Karangasem Pitamaha Temple Palangkaraya - Kalimantan Tengah Candra Praba Temple Komplek Polri,JelambarJakarta Barat Agung Jagatnatha Temple Denpasar Pemerajan Agung Temple Puri Petak - Gianyar Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Abiansemal - Badung Puseh Temple Sidemen - Karangasem Agung Giri Natha Temple Semarang - Center of Java 2 April Puseh Temple , Village Temple Sukawati Gianyar Pasek Gelgel-Bebetin Temple Sawan Buleleng Maspahit Temple Sesetan Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Tegallalang Gianyar Panti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan - Denpasar Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Temple Besakih Karangasem 5 April Kahyangan Tiga Temple Batur Kintamani - Bangli Batur Temple Camenggaon, Sukawati Gianyar

Luhur Bhujangga Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Kawitan Kayu Selem Temple Batur, Kintamani Bangli 12 April Puseh Temple , Desa Temple Gianyar Luhur Dalem Segening Temple Kediri Tabanan Sanghyang Tegal Temple Taro,Tegallalang Gianyar 16 April Dalem Tarukan Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati-Gianyar Penataran Dalem Ketut Temple Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Puseh Manakaji Temple Peninjoan - Bangli Kawitan Gusti Celuk Temple Mengwi Badung 20 April Segara Temple Lombok Island Dwijawarsa Temple Malang East Java Puncak Tinggah Temple Baturiti Tabanan Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Temple Tonja - Denpasar Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri,Selemadeg Tabanan Penataran Agung Temple Sidemen Karangasem Samuan Tiga Temple Bedulu Gianyar Kawitan Jati Luwih Bhujangga Jatiluwih Tabanan 21 April Dalem Taman Temple Peguyangan Denpasar 23 April Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng,Tampaksiring Gianyar Rambut Siwi Temple Jembrana Batu Bolong Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Pasek Temple Klaci,Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru - Jembrana Ratu Pasek Temple Sangsit Buleleng Pasek Tangkas Temple Gede Tabanan Pedharman Batur Sari Ngiis Temple Jegu,Penebel Tabanan Desa Temple Banyuning Buleleng Srijong Temple Tabanan Puncak Mundi Temple Klumpu,Nusa PenidaKlungkung

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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U.S. captures major Guatemalan drug trafficker Reuters

GUATEMALA CITY – U.S. and Guatemalan agents captured Guatemala’s top drug trafficker on Wednesday as the United States pitches in to help curb drug cartels’ expanding reach in Central America. Soldiers and police in helicopters swooped into Guatemala’s second largest city, Quetzaltenango, and arrested Juan Ortiz-Lopez in his home, where he appeared to be only lightly guarded by two men, the Guatemalan interior ministry said.

Ortiz-Lopez, 41, is considered Guatemala’s most important drug smuggler by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, an indictment by a U.S. prosecutor said.

Heavily armed agents landed at the air force base in Guatemala City with Ortiz-Lopez, handcuffed and wearing a leather jacket, and escorted him and two bodyguards to court.

The suspects are accused of smuggling tonnes of cocaine through Guatemala to Mexico and the United States over the past decade, according to the U.S. indictment. “This is the capture of a big fish,” Guatemala’s Interior Minister Carlos Menocal told a news conference.

He said Ortiz-Lopez and his associates were likely to be extradited to the United States. Ortiz-Lopez’s capture follows the arrest in October of his henchman, Mauro Solomon, in another

joint operation as Washington tries to stop Guatemala from being sucked deeper into Mexico’s drugs wars.

Guatemala is struggling to prevent Mexican cartels from destabilizing parts of the country, a poor but democratic U.S. trading partner and a major coffee and sugar exporter.

Officials worry that Central America’s weak governments do not have the capacity to contain the spreading threat of cartels as their armies and police are no match for gangs equipped with rocket launchers and semi-automatic weapons.

President Barack Obama announced $200 million in fresh funds for the drug fight in Central America this month during a trip to neighboring El Salvador. Until now, most U.S. aid is for Mexico, where turf wars between the gangs have killed more than 36,000 people over the past four years.

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Suspect Juan Ortiz (C) alias El Chamale is escorted in Guatemala City March 30, 2011. Ortiz, a suspected drug trafficker, was captured by U.S. and Guatemalan agents in Quetzaltenango and is wanted by a District Court in the United States, for drug trafficking through international borders, according to the Guatemalan government.

Radiation slows recovery of dead near Japan plant Associated Press Writer

FUKUSHIMA, Japan – In the shadow of Japan’s struggle to stem radioactive leaks from its stricken nuclear complex, police in white moon suits pull bodies of tsunami victims from an evacuated zone in halting work interrupted by radiation alarms.

Authorities are increasingly turning to international help in stabilizing the plant and stemming the tide of radiation, while simultaneously dealing with the other disaster wrought by a March 11 tsunami: the decimation of hundreds of miles (kilometers) of northeastern coastline, the displacement of tens of thousands and the deaths of an estimated 19,000 people.

“We find bodies everywhere — in cars, in rivers, under debris and in streets,” a police official from the hard-hit Fukushima prefecture said Thursday. He spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

Efforts to recover the bodies from the 12-mile (20-kilometer) evacuation zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant have been slowed by the scale of destruction and a wasteland of debris, but also by fears of radiation. Police in that prefecture dressed in full radiation suits grabbed 19 corpses from the rubble on Wednesday, the police official said.

Authorities declined to say how many bodies might still be buried in the evacuation zone, but local

media have estimated hundreds remain.

Each officer wears a radiation detector and must leave the area whenever its alarm goes off — a frequent occurrence that has often dragged the operation to a halt, the official said. “We want to recover bodies quickly, but also must ensure the safety of police officers against nuclear radiation,” he said.

Officers were forced to give up trying to recover one corpse Sunday after radiation on it triggered the

alarm. There are also concerns about the disposal of bodies since Japanese tend to cremate their dead, and fires can spread radiation. The Health Ministry recommends that the bodies should all be cleaned and those with even small levels of radiation should be handled only by people wearing suits, gloves and masks.

Police in affected prefectures have so far recovered more than 11,000 bodies, but estimate that at least 19,500 are dead.

Flooding...

From page 1 “Small producers along the upper south, who need to carry rubber by road to be shipped from Bangkok’s port are facing disruption as roads are cut off,” Prapas Uernontat, secretary general of the Thai Rubber Association, told Reuters. Nearly a million people have been affected by unseasonably heavy downpours across the region.

Mudslides were reported in

three areas in Krabi province. At least 10 people were killed in one village, with at least 10 others missing.

Wiboon Sangruanpong, directorgeneral of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said it was too soon to assess full damage and said more mudslides were possible. Along with the airport on Koh Samui, the Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani airports have also been shut.

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In this Sunday, March 27, 2011 photo, police officers in protective suits surround a body found following the March 11 earthquake within 5 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan.

The center-left Social Democrats and the Greens are calling for Switzerland to abandon nuclear power after the Japan disaster but Energy Minister Doris Leuthard has cautioned against a hasty decision, warning that would mean more gas power stations which would lead to a rise in carbon emissions.

In 1990, Swiss voters backed

a 10-year moratorium on the building of nuclear power plants but they rejected extending the freeze in 2003, opening the way for the government to consider new plants to replace those that need retiring.

Last month, voters narrowly approved the building of a new plant in Muehleberg to replace the old one there, 20 percent owned by Germany’s E.ON.

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President meets ASEAN high military officials Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday met ASEAN military senior officials in the framework of the 8th ASEAN Chief of Defense Forces informal meeting.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (middle) met ASEAN military senior officials in the framework of the 8th ASEAN Chief of Defense Forces informal meeting.

Wednesday’s meeting was also attended by Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Djoko Suyanto, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and Military(TNI) Chief Agus Suhartono.

With the theme “Synergizing the Role of ASEAN Military in Response to Current Regional Challenges”, the informal meeting would concluded on April 1.

Indonesian Military spokesman Iskandar Sitompul said this year‘s meeting would discuss regional challenges and the high military officials‘ overview on it.

The meeting was expected to yield a solid joint statement from all the stakeholders regarding challenges in the region so that it would give a positive impact on efforts to ensure peace and stability in Southeast Asia.

Earlier, ASEAN was reported to also plan to use military assets to help handling post-disaster situations in the region. Director General of Defense Power Units at the Defense Ministry Admiral Mochammad Jurianto ad-

dressed the opening of a seminar themed The Use of ASEAN Military Assets and Capacities last Tuesday (March 29) said humanitarian aid and post-disaster handling would be one of ASEAN‘s main focuses in future military cooperation.

However, Jurianto hoped the use of military assets to help in handling post-disaster situations would be in line with the spirit of respecting the sovereignty of the related country.

“The implementation must also respect human rights without discriminating the victims of natural disasters in the respected countries,” he added.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by ASEAN Founding Fathers Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999.

Belu flood forces 1,447 people to evacuate RI naval patrol catches Malaysian vessel

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KUPANG - More than 1,447 people fled their homes after a flood swept through Malaka Barat subdistrict, Belu district, East Nusa Tenggara province, on Monday.

The figure excluded those from three flooded-villages of Mota‘Ain, Sikun and Fofoe, Jhon Blegur, an employee of local public health service post, said on Wednesday.

It was still unclear where residents of the three villages were taking refuge as land communication to the villages was cut off, he said.

There was no other transport mode except speed boat to reach the villages, he said.

“Up till now there is still a big flood. However, the

water level is not as high as that when the dike collapsed a few days ago,” he said.

He said all the evacuees were being sheltered at four different places.

Belu deputy district head Lodovikus Taolin said the flood affected dozens of 36 villages in the subdistrict after four rivers flowing through Mutis nature preserve overflowed, forcing thousands of people to evacuate to higher grounds.

Among the flooded villages are Alas Selatan, Rainawe, Fahiluka, Lawalu, Railor, Naimana, Kleseleon, Motaulun, Umatoos, Lasaen, Fafoe, Sikun, Oanmane, Forekmodok, Angkaes, Wederok and Umalawain.

Jhon Blegur said the flood was the biggest to hit the area in the past five years.

Government to stop importing rice as of March 31 Antara

MEDAN - The government looks set to stop importing rice as of March 31, citing the ongoing grand harvest and adequate stocks.

“Rice imports will be stopped because they are no longer needed.

Right now rice stocks are enough as almost all the country`s main rice-producing regions see grand harvest,” Deputy Agriculture Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said following a dialog with the national logistics agency (Bulog) and its working partners here on Wednesday.

The dialog was designed to find problems related to rice trading in North Sumatra.

Krisnamurthi said the current rice stocks were enough to meet consumption for five to six months ahead.

On a national scale, since the government issued permits to rice importers some time ago rice imports had reached 1.6 million to 1.7 million tons. The rice imports had been used to build national stocks including market operations to keep down the rising rice prices, he said.

“Rice stocks are really safe.

Even rice stocks in some regions

such as North Sumatra are very safe or enough to meet consumption until the end of this year due to the ongoing harvest. So there will be no problem if the rice imports are stopped,” he said.

He said six ships carrying 25,000 tons of imported rice were on their way to Belawan port in Medan. It would not be problem even if the rice imported by the North Sumatra branch of Bulog would arrive at the port after March 31.

“What we will stop is rice imports conducted as of March 31 because we have decided to stop importing rice,” he said.

Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian navy has again caught a Malaysian fishing boat in Batam waters, Riau Islands, Indonesian naval spokesman Commodore Tri Prasodjo said.

“The Malaysian vessel was caught

by Indonesian naval patrol boat KRI Pulau Rangsang-727 in Batam waters,” he said here Tuesday.

Tri said the 60,82 GT vessel

captained by Malek Sarman Bin Shuib was arrested after it has been stopped and examined by Pulau Rangsang-727 personnel.

It later turned out that the vessel had no Port Clearance when entering Indonesian territorial waters. It also has no fishing gear in its hold, which indicated that the vessel had just been fishing in Indonesian waters and its captain was not on the ship,” he said.

RI already adopts quakeresistant building technology Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia has adopted a variety of technologies to build quake-resistant houses in the country‘s quake-prone areas, an official said.

“The quake-resistant building construction is already provided for in the law, government regulation and regional government regulations,” Secretary General of the Public Works Ministry Agoes Widjanarko said here on Wednesday.

Unlike in Japan where buildings were able to tolerate quakes up to 10 on the Richter scale, buildings in Indonesia‘s quake-prone areas were only able to resist quakes with a magnitude of below 10, he said.

“The government divides the In-

donesian territory into (several) quake zones so the buildings set up must be adjusted to the magnitude of quakes in each of the zones,” he said. The policy was aimed at using construction cost as efficiently as possible, he said.

“If the magnitude of quakes in a certain area only reaches up to 3 on the Richter scale, why should the buildings there be designed to tolerate quakes up to 8 on the Richter scale,” he said.

He said buildings set up in the epicenter of quakes would definitely be destroyed now matter how strong they were.

“Yet the damage will not be so serious that their occupants still have a chance to escape the quake,” he said.

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Bali Today Tanah Ampo Harbor not suitable with international standard DENPASAR – The Regent of Karangasem Regency, Wayan Geredeg, stated that the cruise harbor in Tanah Ampo is currently unable to accommodate large ships. “The addition on the dock is needed. It needs around 154 meters more so it will become 300 meters,” he added.

During the event of law socialization regarding the harbor on Thursday, March 31, 2011, Geredeg said that the current size of the dock make the large cruise ship can not use it. “I will personally come to Jakarta to give report to the Transportation Ministry so the harbor can be developed properly,” the Regent explained.

He said that he will try to enlarge the harbor by the assistance of the ministry because if it stays like now, the harbor will not be able to accommodate the international ships, the main purpose for Tanah Ampo harbor.

According to Geredeg, in April

2011 there will be a few cruise ships that will come to Bali through Tanah Ampo Harbor. However, if the harbor is not developed yet, then the ships will be only stay in the middle of the sea.

Previously, the Regent had visited US to promote the new harbor and he got positive respond from the cruise ships businessmen in Miami and California. “They want to travel to Bali but the requested the proper infrastructures such as the harbor,” Geredeg said.

Meanwhile, the head of Bali Tourism Board, Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya, said that Tanah Ampo Harbor is not suitable with the international standard. If the harbor is developed seriously then it give great chance to increase the number of tourists come to Bali especially through the sea.

He stated that Indonesian businessmen will also gain many benefit from the visitation of the international cruise ship. For that reason, all infrastructures must be prepared properly.

BNDCC to open on May FOTO ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana

Foreign Minister of Indonesia Marty Natalegawa (left) shake hand with his counterpart from Australia Kevin Rudd during the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime on Nusa Dua, Bali.

Umar Patek can be extradited to Indonesia Antara

NUSA DUA - Indonesia‘s international cooperation may enable the extradition of terrorist fugitive Umar Patek reported to have been arrested in Pakistan to Indonesia.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa made the statement in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday following information on the arrest of Umar Patek

by Pakistani authorities.

“If I am asked to confirm the information, I cannot do so because the most important thing for us is not merely about Umar Patek`s arrest but our effort to uncover the terrorist ring behind him,” Marty said.

Marty and his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd were in Bali to co-chair the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related

Transnational Crime.

According to Marty, the news about the arrest of Umar Patek (40) in Pakistan was certainly an important subject in eradicating terrorists and their networks.

“Please keep in mind that up to this stage we should not ignore operational matters. We have international cooperation with Pakistan and thus it can allow Umar Patek to be extradited,” Marty said.

Meanwhile, responding to the news of Patek‘s arrest, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd even confirmed that it was true.

Australia felt the bitterness of the Bali Bombings by Amrozi-

Imam Samudra, Noordin M TopAzahari pair from Malaysia, and Dulmatin-Patek.

Umar Patek was involved in the October 12, 2002 bombings at Paddy‘s Cafe and Sari Club in the island resort of Bali that killed at least 202 people, most of them Australian tourists.

Ever since, Australian involvement in the response to terrorist networks in Indonesia got even stronger.

“We are still an important friend of Indonesia in the eradication of terrorists,” Rudd said, adding that the arrest of Patek in Pakistan proved that terrorist networks could be eradicated.

IBP

NUSA DUA - As a result of the success of some international conferences held in Indonesia for the past few years, Bali is now being recognized as a preferable destination for MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference & Exhibition) organizers. To accommodate the increasing demand for MICE, Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), opening in May 2011, is ready to play its role as the largest convention facility in Bali.

Located at the northern side of the Bali Nusa Dua Resort Complex (BTDC), the convention facility is easily accessible and within walking distance from all resorts in the Nusa Dua area.

BNDCC offers substantial flexibility. It consists of 23 multi purposebuilt function rooms including a pillarless 4,600 sqm with 9m ceiling height Convention Hall that can be subdivided into 5 flexible smaller rooms. The 17 meeting rooms located in ground and first floor areas with the room size from 64 up to 254 sqm are suitable for break-out rooms, press conferences, training sessions and seminars.

The floor load of our Convention Hall can support up to 1,000 kg per sqm while the pre-function lobby is

up to 600 kg per sqm. These all apply to any kind of equipment or product display to facilitate an exhibition.

One-Stop Service is an important element that BNDCC offers to its clients to ensure comfort, convenience and create confidence and easy communications. The convention will be supported with a well-experienced and dedicated team which will take care of the event from the start to finish.

BNDCC is a comprehensive facility. Each function room is equipped with Wi-Fi access, a conference system and modern audio-visual equipment. High-Speed Wireless Broadband network provides internet access to all areas. Other communication services including standard telephone and fax, ISDN data services and video conferencing are easily installed.

“Our in-house kitchen is has the capacity to cater all Food & Beverage requirements. Bonded warehouse facility and a spacious parking area for 600 cars add additional value to ensure smooth and hassle free operation,” explained GM of BNDCC Desiria Wright.

On top of technology and trained security personnel, a built-in surveillance camera system and regular patrol of our security officers are provided to secure the whole complex. (kmb18)

Courtesy of BNDCC

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Balinese Culture Balinese Characters:

From Palm-leaf to Keyboards Probably, you have watched or are going to watch arja operetta or Ramayana Ballet during the visit in Bali. It would be more convenient if it is enjoyed while having dinner of Balinese cuisine.

At the same time, you watch the beauty of culture and taste the delicacy of local culinary. You may hear the language spoken by players or puppeteer was not understandable. Of course, it is Balinese language.

As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters. They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus. When the writing works have completed, they should be rubbed with a blend of oil and lamp shoot to blacken them. So they are visible easily. Since the works were performed manually, the copying of a manuscript took a long time.

At a glance, Balinese characters look like Old Javanese, Tamil (India). It is inseparable from historical aspect where they had similarity of genealogical lines.

Today, Balinese characters still have restricted use, namely at school for local subject from elementary school to senior high

school. It is becoming the responsibility of local government to preserve and develop Balinese language in order it could survive in the midst of the growth of other languages like Bahasa Indonesia and foreign languages.

Balinese language poses a medium and spirit of Balinese culture.

To preserve Balinese culture should also simultaneously maintain and use of Balinese language in daily life. In other words, speaking Balinese language also characterizes one of the identities as a Balinese. Among the use of other languages, Balinese language should remain to give a space to grow and develop. Other than speaking and teaching it at schools, it should also accommodate the need of modern community or use in wider functions of language.

Balinese community receives abundant heritages of lontar or palm-leaf manuscripts from the predecessors retained by individuals and museums. They carry many aspects of knowledge, ranging from philosophy, local healing, literature, architecture, agriculture, herbal practice, astrology and so forth. Therefore, if they could be interpreted and presented in popular language, they could become attractive information for young generation and saleable books for

commercial needs. Today, there is also a trend of poising the tradition with modern science namely by reinterpreting the indigenous wisdoms that are relevant to the current time. People will get balanced inputs from the past and current orientation.

Of course, such treasures will be beneficial for the conservation and future development of Balinese culture because it stays in touch with its original roots. Young generation should be introduced to these roots at early stage. Later, they will not lose their identity and even could feel proud of it. Moreover, it could give them inspiration in making their creativities, either in fine arts, performance, traditional architecture or herbal healings.

Thanks to modern technology, the writing of Balinese characters now can be made easy by Bali Simbar font. It is the innovative thinking of I Made Suatjana (1986) lies behind the composing of this font. His work has helped the writing of Balinese characters in word processing application like Microsoft Word. Hopefully, there would be more creative software helping the development and learning of Balinese language so it would not come into extinction or be far left behind with the modern life. (BTN/punia)

Guling Celeng (Suckling Pig)

OVERVIEW: If there’s just one dish that people remember after a visit to Bali, it’s this famous delicacy, usually known by its Indonesian name, Babi Guling.

INGREDIENTS: 1 suckling pig, weighing about 6-8kg 1½ tbsp salt 200 shallots, peeled and sliced 100 gr cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 50 gr ginger, peeled & chopped 300 gr candlenuts, chopped 350 gr fresh turmeric, peeled &chopped 3 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed 80 gr laos, finely chopped 120 gr bird’s-eye chilies, sliced 10 stalks lemon grass, finely sliced 1 tbsp black peppercorns, crushed 1 tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted 5 fragrant lime leaves, finely shredded 2 salam leaves 2½ tbsp oil 4 tbsp turmeric water PREPARATION: Ensure inside of suckling pig is completely cleaned out. Season inside and outside with salt. Combine all other ingredients, except turmeric water, and mix thoroughly. Fill inside of suckling with mixture, close belly with string or thin satay skewer.

Rub the outside of the pig with turmeric water until the skin is shiny yellow.

Place suckling pig on roasting rack and roast in hot oven (220°C / 425°F) for approximately 1 hour. Rest for 10 minutes in warm place before serving. When serving, first remove the crisp skin with a strong carving knife, then loosen meat from the bones and cut into even dice or slices. Place a heaped tablespoon of stuffing on each serving plate, and then top with meat and skin. Traditionally this dish is eaten with Jukut Nangka Mekuah and steamed rice.

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Helpful hint: If you have a large barbeque with rotisserie or constantly turning spit, you can cook the pig over charcoal for an authentic Balinese flavor. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Kintamani IBP

For those who love to go hiking or go to the mountainous area, Bali is famous for its beautiful mountainous scenery. Kintamani for example. Kintamani is the most favorite tourist destinations in Bali with the active volcano of mount Batur and beautiful lake.

Kintamani is surrounded by the captivating nature and there are six ancient villages around cauldron of Batur Lake which is often conceived by Bali Age Village. The local people from these Bali Age villages own the unique cultures, houses and life style. Kintamani Area is consisted of some Villages those are Kedisan Village , Buahan, Abang, Trunyan, Songan, South Batur, Middle Batur, North Batur, Sukawana and Kintamani Village . The total of resident in these area are about 15 thousand who are mostly working as farmer, merchant, or work at industrial tourism.

Mount Batur is located at Kintamani and it has erupted about

24 times since year 1800 and still active up to now. Since the mount erupting, it has impacted to the local society life around this mount, like removing altar (Temple), improve or repairing the village and rearrange the tradition. Lake Batur is the biggest lake in Bali and functioning as irrigation source to all farmers around it and it is also for all Bali society generally. Kintamani area has been founded some lodging, hotels and restaurants which are located in Kintamani and Penelokan Village. It is a famous tourist place because Kintamani area owns the beautiful panorama and it is encircled by the cold atmosphere.

Kintamani is beautifully seen at the day time around 10:00 am until 15:00 pm especially having fine weather where entire Kintamani area will be able to be seen clearly. Generally, all tourists who pay a visit to this place will arrive in the day time where they can enjoy the panorama or enjoy the lunch in the local restaurant with lake view. Mostly restaurants at Kintamani generally own very beautiful view where tourist

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BUSINESS Japan impact on U.S. economy more than realized: trade group Reuters

DETROIT - The impact on the U.S. economy of the Japanese crisis is far greater than realized, a top trade group said on Wednesday.

U.S. companies and industries rely heavily on Japanese-made automotive products and high-tech electronics, but the U.S. Business and Industry Council said in a report there is an even greater dependence on less well-known Japanese products. These include industrial equipment like machine tools and energy-generating turbines.

While the federal data studied by the trade group, which represents 2,000 small- and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers in many industries, was from 2009, it said trade figures for last year strongly indicate the reliance rose considerably in 2010.

“Many more American manufacturing industries than typically recognized — and especially advanced, capital- and technology-intensive sectors — are vulnerable to production disruptions stemming from the earthquake, and to the aftershocks that may continue for several years,” the council said in a report entitled “A SupplyChain Earthquake?”

“Such disruptions could greatly slow America’s already sluggish economic recovery, as these industries generate an out-sized share of the country’s best-paying jobs and technological innovation,” it added.

However, the council, which has criticized U.S. trade policy for encouraging the shift of too much advanced manufacturing outside the country, also said the instability offers opportunities as U.S.-made products are substituted for the Japanese-made ones, potentially boosting the recovery.

On a broader scale, American economic growth could be expanded by hundreds of billions of dollars annually by limiting import growth rates, the council said. Higher domestic production also would boost the country’s tax revenue without raising taxes.

South Korea won peak on higher inflation views Reuters

SEOUL - The South Korean won bounced to a 2-1/2 year high against the dollar early on Thursday, on growing market expectations that rising inflationary pressures will persuade the government to let the local currency advance.

Government bond prices also firmed amid steady buying by foreign investors into treasury futures, although March consumer inflation due on Friday is widely expected to rise to near 5 percent from a year earlier, its strongest in almost 2-1/2 years.

“The role of the KRW in reducing inflationary pressure will be even more important in the near future,” said Goldman Sachs economist Goohoon Kwon in a note.

Softer industrial production data had little impact on financial markets, as government officials and analysts played down the month-on-month drop as the result of one-off seasonal factors.

The won was quoted at 1,102.10/ 60 per dollar, versus Wednesday’s local close at 1,104.2.

It opened local trade at 1,100.1, the highest intraday level since midSeptember 2008, taking its year-todate gain to 3.15 percent.

The five-year won interest rate swap rate edged down one basis point to 4.16 percent, with one-year IRS steady at 3.67 percent.

Kwon said higher inflation would likely provide impetus to pay fiveyear swaps in South Korea.

Industrial output in February shrank for the first time in four months from the previous month af-

ter a far higher-than-expected increase in January, data from Statistics Korea showed. It declined by 2.3 percent from January, above the median forecast for a 0.8 percent dip from a Reuters survey.

The leading composite indicator, a useful guide to future economic activity, posted slowing annual growth from January as higher oil prices lifted costs and forced manufacturers to cut production, an official from Statistics Korea told reporters at a briefing.

Some analysts warned that factory output growth could slow down through the second quarter because of the impact of high oil prices and China’s tightening policies.

Separately, Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong-soo told Reuters late on Wednesday that consumer inflation was likely to average 3.5 percent this year as it forecast earlier.

The impact of the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami are well reported on the auto and electronics sectors.

For example, Japan accounted for more than 10 percent of the transmission and power train parts used in America in 2009, almost 150 percent higher than in 1997, according to the report. Almost a third of the capacitors — an electronic component — used in 2009 were from Japan, up almost 70 percent from 1997.

But Japan’s presence is heavy in other products as well. In 2009, Japan accounted for about 15 percent of the turbines for generating energy sold in the United States, up more than 2,000 percent from 1997, according to the council.

While import penetration rates for 2010 are not available, the council said in most cases the growth rates of U.S. imports of these Japanese products rose dramatically last year.

“Although Japan’s presence in the American automotive and electronics markets has attracted the most attention, Japan’s presence in many U.S. non-electronics capital goods markets is larger,” the council said.

“Consequently, as long as so many advanced manufacturing industries rely so heavily on Japanese machinery and components, the crown jewels of America’s industrial base will remain vulnerable to Japan’s fragile geology,” it added.

In the auto sector, numerous automakers have idled plants or cut production to account for a shortage of parts coming from Japan.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would resume normal operations at all its Japanese plants, except its Iwaki engine facility, by mid-April. The Japanese automaker said the production schedules of its Japanese plants will be determined by the availability of parts. It said the impact of the earthquake through March was a reduction in output of 55,000 vehicles.

The damage to some assembly and parts factories by the earthquake in Japan has led to an industry-wide production loss of at least 400,000 vehicles to date in Japan.

Meanwhile, Nissan’s Taiwan affiliate said it will check radiation levels on all car parts imported from Japan, while its cars will have stickers on their windscreens in an effort to reassure customers of their safety.

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A man walks in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Japan’s government may need to spend over 10 trillion yen in emergency budgets for disaster relief and reconstruction, the country’s deputy finance minister, Mitsuru Sakurai, signaled on Thursday.

Japan Deputy Finance Minister says extra bonds may top Y10 trillion Reuters

TOKYO - Japan’s government may need to spend over 10 trillion yen in emergency budgets for disaster relief and reconstruction, the country’s deputy finance minister, Mitsuru Sakurai, signaled on Thursday.

Sakurai also said he hoped the government could ask the public to broadly shoulder the burden for reconstruction, signaling that a tax hike may emerge as an option.

Senior ruling party lawmakers have said total spending for several extra budgets that the government is set to compile this year will be around 10 trillion yen.

Asked how the government will finance extra budgets to pay for quake-related costs, Sakurai told a news conference: “When considering the magnitude , I don’t think it will be something like 10 trillion yen,” signaling the amount will be much higher.

“We also need to take into account the bond market,” Sakurai said, suggesting that the government would prefer not to issue too much in extra bonds to fund steps for disaster relief.

“If we can ask the public to broadly share the burden, we’d like to do so,” he said.

Sakurai’s remarks are in line with those of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who said on Tuesday he would not rule out any source of funding for reconstruction, including a tax increase or abandoning a plan to cut corporate tax. The government is likely to set aside 2 trillion yen for disaster relief in its first emergency budget to be submitted to parliament in April, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday.

Analysts say the government will probably need two more extra budgets for reconstruction in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeast Japan on March 11.

The government is still juggling delivering aid to the worst-hit areas with a protracted battle to contain the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago.

It estimated last week that damage to roads, homes, and factories and other infrastructure from the magnitude 9.0 quake and deadly tsunami could top 25 trillion yen, making it the world’s costliest natural disaster.

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Prince William’s hairline is fading fast Associated Press Writer

LONDON – Prince William looks like someone who has it all: royal status, a charming fiancee, good health, and an easy touch with his future subjects. But there is one thing he lacks: a full head of hair.

Casual observers who have not paid much attention to Britain’s future king in the years before his recent engagement to Kate Middleton have been surprised by the extent of the 28-year-old’s hair loss. William still cuts a tall, imposing figure, but his bald spot has been spreading as his hairline recedes.

It’s even more apparent since his 26-year-old brother Prince Harry still sports a luxuriant supply of tousled red hair. The British tabloids have been merciless in their coverage, constantly punning the “hair to the throne” theme, and comparing his hair loss to that of his father, Prince Charles, and the follically challenged prime minister, David Cameron.

William keeps his hair short, as befits a Royal Air Force helicopter rescue pilot, but the military look only emphasizes the way his hairline has changed. Is hair loss dampening William’s appeal? Jennifer Engelhart, a 19-year-old student, doesn’t think he should worry.

“He’s got the prince appeal and I don’t think ... the lack of hair can ever take that away,” she said. Zoe Robinson, another student, also doesn’t see a problem with the thinning hair: “It’s just kind of a part of him, isn’t it?”

William’s receding hairline has a genetic link. His father, Charles, and his grandfather, Prince Philip, also experienced it, although at a slower pace. Dr. Bessam Farjo, a British hair restoration surgeon who has treated patients as young as 14, said William should take steps now to keep as much hair as possible.

“Considering his young age and the unpredictability of where his hair loss is going to end, his main priority should be to stabilize his situation,” Farjo said. “Some medications certainly have a track record of stopping the hair loss so long as the person continues to use (them).”

Farjo said it has become socially acceptable over the last decade for men to intervene to prevent hair loss. There is a simpler solution: William could just follow in his grandmother’s footsteps and develop a fondness for hats.

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US talk show star Oprah Winfrey greets her fans during the filming of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ at the Sydney Opera House on December 14, 2010.

Oprah moves to smooth Australia blunder Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – US talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey on Thursday moved to downplay comments in a new documentary-style show suggesting her high-profile tour of Australia in December was not a smooth ride.

In Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes, Winfrey revealed concerns about the large crowds in Melbourne and on Queensland’s Hamilton island and that she was worried about flies and heat at Uluru, or Ayers Rock.

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 8, 2011 file photo, Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton prepare to flip pancake at a display by the charity Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children outside the City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

She was also unsure how to pronounce Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s name and decided to break into two words - “gill” and “lard” so she could pronounce it properly when they met for a walk.

After the comments ran in Australian newspapers, she issued a statement, insisting she loved every minute of her visit. “When I say I love Australia, I mean what I say. I LOVE AUSTRALIA,” she said.

“It was one of the most life

changing, mind expanding, once in a lifetime extraordinary experiences for all of us, and I would never want any of my comments taken out of context to make it seem otherwise.

“I have so many great memories.

The (Great Barrier) Reef was breathtaking, Sydney was spectacular, and I was mesmerized by Uluru and so glad I went there.

“I was overwhelmed by the response of the people of Melbourne and was honored to meet the Prime

Minister, Julia Gillard, and to feel the welcoming energy of 10,000 people in Federation Square,” she added. “I can’t wait to come back.”

The behind-the-scenes show airs on Winfrey’s new American cable TV channel OWN and follows her team of producers as they plan and shoot episodes of the talk show, including her four-part Ultimate Australian Adventure.

The Australian trip was the first time Winfrey had recorded episodes of her chat show outside the United States in its 24-year history.

She brought more than 300 US audience members with her and interviewed some of Australia?s biggest stars, including Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, as well as Hugh Jackman and Olivia Newton-John.

Taylor Swift celebrates 20 million sales in London Associated Press Writer

LONDON – Taylor Swift ended her European tour on a celebratory note: Not only did she perform in front of thousands of fans, she got an honor for reaching the 20 million mark in worldwide album sales. A giddy Swift was given a plaque commemorating the milestone before her sold-out concert Wednesday night at the O2 Arena.

“It’s just sort of beyond my comprehension to get a plaque like that, and the fact the fans have done that much for me in such a short

period of time is unreal, and I’m so excited and so thankful,” she told The Associated Press after the presentation.

The 21-year-old Grammy-winner released her latest multiplatinum effort, “Speak Now,” last fall. It’s just the third album of her young career. She launched an international tour this year that took her to Asia and Europe. It wrapped up with her London concert. She called the trek a “lifechanging experience.”

“I couldn’t think of a more perfect way to end this European run.

I’ve gotten to experience just parts of the world I never thought I’d get to see, nonetheless play shows in and have the crowds singing the words back to me,” she said. She spent much of her downtime sightseeing — and shopping. “I got so much stuff; I don’t know how I’m going to get it home with me,” she

said of one of her London antique shopping sprees.

Swift is due to start her North American tour in Omaha, Neb., on May 27. She’ll be in Las Vegas on Sunday for the Academy of Country Music awards, where she’s set to perform. She’s also up for four awards, including entertainer of the year.

US singer Taylor Swift is presented with an achievement award backstage for reaching the 20 million mark in worldwide album sales on the last night of her European Tour at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday March 30, 2011.

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gan Shipwreck Research Associates, Todd White In this 2010 photo taken from video and provided by Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates, the stern of an unnamed 60foot, singlemasted sloop, covered in zebra mussels, that may date back to the 1830s, is shown in Lake Michigan.

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Group reports finding shipwreck in Lake Michigan Associated Press Writer

HOLLAND, Mich. – An organization that documents shipwrecks said it has found the wreck of a 60-foot, single-masted sloop in Lake Michigan that may date back to the 1830s while looking for remnants of a plane that crashed into the lake more than 60 years ago.

The wreck was found off southwestern Michigan in water about 250 feet deep between Saugatuck and South Haven, Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates announced this week. The discovery was made while working with author Clive Cussler and his sonar operator Ralph Wilbanks of the National Underwater & Marine Agency.

The group was searching for the remnants of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, which crashed into the

lake in 1950, killing 58 people.

“Sometimes, when you’re looking for one thing, you come across another,” shipwreck researcher Craig Rich told The Grand Rapids Press of the discovery.

The vessel sits upright and is in relatively good condition, Hollandbased Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates said. The sloop’s construction and design are consistent with ships built in the 1820s and 1830s. Video of the wreck is

expected to be shown April 16 at a social event in Holland.

“It’s fascinating stuff,” Cussler, who has worked with Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates to locate other wrecks, told the newspaper.

“It’s not the Titanic or anything like that. But it is rather historic just for the era in which it sank.”

The ship likely was moving goods across the lake when it went down, Rich said, and it could be the oldest shipwreck discovered by Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates. Rich said the group hopes to identify the ship by the summer and begin researching its story. And the group plans to explore the wreck this year. “If we can put a name to it, we’ll figure out what the story is and, if not, it’ll be a mystery wreck,” he said.

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Baltic Sea letter in a bottle found 24 years later Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW – Nearly a quartercentury after a German boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he’s received an answer. A 13-year-old Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something glittering lying in the sand.

“I saw that bottle and it looked interesting,” Korotkikh told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “It looked like a German beer bottle with a ceramic plug, and there was a message inside.” His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter, carefully wrapped in cellophane and sealed by a medical bandage.

It said: “My name is Frank, and I’m five years old. My dad and I are traveling on a ship to Denmark. If you find this letter, please write back to me, and I will write back to you.”

The letter, dated 1987, included an address in the town of Coesfeld.

The boy in the letter, Frank Uesbeck, is now 29. His parents still live at the letter’s address. “At first I didn’t believe it,” Uesbeck told the AP about getting the response from Korotkikh. In fact, he barely remembered the trip at all; his father actually wrote the letter.

The Russian boy and the German man met each other earlier this month via an Internet video link.

Korotkikh showed Uesbeck the bottle where he found the message and the letter that he put in a frame.

The Russian boy said he does not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea: “It would not have survived in the water all that time,” he said.

He believes it had been hidden under the sand where he found it — on the Curonian Spit, a 100-kilometer (60-mile) stretch of sand in Lithuania and Russia. In the web chat earlier this month, Uesbek gave Korotkikh his new address to write to and promised to write back when he receives his letter.

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In this Friday, March 11, 2011 photo Daniil Korotkikh shows a letter he found in a bottle on a beach at the village of Morskoye on the Curonian Spit, 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Kaliningrad, Russia.

First Mercury images in orbit show lots of craters Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Think the moon has many craters? New photos from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury show the tiny inner planet has far more impressive battle scars from regular high-speed peltings by space rocks. NASA’s Messenger spacecraft, which began orbiting the planet less than two weeks ago, reveals a pockmarked planet full of craters from pieces of asteroids and comets.

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This image provided by NASA was photographed by the spacecraft Messenger, the first ever images made from a spacecraft while in orbit around the planet. It shows Mercury’s horizon as the spacecraft was moving northward along the first orbit during which MDIS was turned on.

“Mercury has had an exposed surface for at least 3.5 to 4 billion years and some of those surfaces are extremely cratered to the point where there are so many craters they start to obscure one another,” said mission chief scientist Sean Solomon.

He said it was surprising how many secondary craters there are. Those are craters created by the falling soil kicked up from space rock collisions.

Those initial space rock crashes “throw out a lot of material in the explosive process,” Solomon said.

One area of the far north of Mercury had never been seen by previous spacecraft on mere fly-bys. The new images show scatterings of secondary craters, almost like a loaded pizza, but not the primary crater that was first carved out. The region is also so far north that the sun barely gets above the horizon and casts long shadows.

“It’s heavily cratered,” Solomon said Wednesday. “It may have happened on a particularly bad day.”

The secondary craters usually are six miles wide but can be as much as 15 miles wide, much larger than secondary craters on the moon, Solomon said.

He said that could be because the chunks of asteroids and comets are moving faster as they get closer to the gravitational pull of the sun so they smack Mercury harder, causing the soil to bounce higher and make bigger secondary craters. The fact that Mercury, unlike the moon, is shrinking and has a magnetic field could be another factor.

Mercury is also darker and appears more weather-beaten than the moon, because of “the constant bombardment of the surface by dust particles and small meteoroids,” Solomon said.

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Surging Inter ready to knock Milan off top spot Reuters

ROME - Surging Inter Milan, firmly back in contention for a sixth consecutive scudetto, can end AC Milan’s season-long occupation of top-spot in Serie A when the city rivals clash on Saturday (1945 GMT).

Just two points now separate the sides with eight matches of the season to play following Inter’s stunning run of results - 12 victories from 15 league games - since last season’s Milan coach Leonardo took over the reins from Rafa Benitez at the start of the year when the gap between the sides was 13 points.

The volume level at the 80,000capacity San Siro in what is one of the loudest, most colourful and hotly contested derbies in the game looks set to go through the roof when Leonardo, who spent more than a decade as a player, director and last season as coach for the Rossoneri, leads out the visiting Nerazzurri.

“I live my life based on love, not recrimination,” the Brazilian, who had a fractious relationship with Milan owner and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, told reporters. “Life goes on and you have to learn from every experience. Looking back on my career, I see only the good things and will never forget my 13 years at Milan.”

While Jose Mourinho’s Inter claimed the treble last season, the Brazilian, in his rookie year as coach, led Milan to third place before leaving through mutual agreement amid rumours of interference in team selection. “The derby won’t be crucial because after that there are another seven rounds,” said the 41-year old, who has also guided

Inter to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and semi-finals of the Italian Cup. “What we wanted to do was get closer, get back in the race and challenge for the scudetto. We reach this derby in the best possible condition.”

Inter’s cause will be helped by the absence from the Rossoneri ranks of former striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who along with Inter defender Lucio, must watch the game from the sidelines because of suspension.

The big Swede, whose early penalty won this season’s opening derby for Milan, has been out-of-sorts since the turn of the year with Milan winning just seven games as Leonardo’s replacement in the hot seat, Massimiliano Allegri, has struggled to find an alternative.

“Ibra has done a lot for us so far this season but we are going to have to do without him,” said Allegri. “I’m sure Milan will be up for it.” Robinho, likely to start in attack alongside compatriot Pato, has promised to dance the samba if he scores the winner.

“It’s a key moment for us and we cannot afford to fail if we want to win the scudetto,” the Brazilian told Milan Channel before addressing Leonardo’s controversial decision to join the black-and-blue side of the city.

“It was his decision to go there but I can understand the Milan fans’ disappointment. He will have to accept the consequences of his actions.” Without Ibrahimovic, Allegri

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Inter Milan forward Giampaolo Pazzini, right, celebrates with Brazilian coach Leonardo after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Lecce at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 20, 2011. is likely to add muscle to his attack in the shape of Kevin-Prince Boateng rather than Antonio Cassano.For Inter, defenders Cristian Chivu and Andrea Ranocchia face late fitness test while

last year’s hot-shot Diego Milito, who has missed much of the season through injury, may recover in time for a place on the bench. One certain starter is Argentine midfielder Javier Zanetti, who will play his 35th

consecutive derby and 39th in all.

Napoli, who host Lazio on Sunday (1130), are three points off the top while in-form Udinese, who visit Lecce on Sunday (1400), are a further three points back.

Depleted Man United return to scene of thrashing Reuters

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Manchester United players stand for a minute silence for the people of Japan before their team’s English Premier League soccer match against Bolton Wanderers at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday March 19, 2011.

LONDON - Manchester United have already lost 4-0 at West Ham United this season and, with a patched-up defence, they cannot afford a repeat on Saturday as the Premier League title race resumes. A second-string United side crashed out of the League Cup at Upton Park and with Rio Ferdinand, John O’Shea, Jonny Evans and Rafael da Silva all ruled out, manager Alex Ferguson will be short of defensive options.

The international break came at a good time for the league leaders and at least they should be boosted by the return of captain Nemanja Vidic who emerged unscathed from his comeback game for Serbia. “It has been a bad spell for us,” said Ferguson, adding that injuries were undermining any hopes of emulating the 1999 team who won the treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. “It is going to be more difficult than it

was in 1999, we didn’t have the injuries we do now,” he added. “There is a great desire to do it but we have so many injuries to defenders at present.”

United lead the standings on 63 points, five ahead of Arsenal who have a game in hand. United still have to visit the Emirates as well as hosting third-placed Chelsea (54 points) so the league is still wide open.

United, who have won only four of 15 away league games this season, start Saturday’s action with an 11.45 GMT kickoff and will be hoping the game follows a similar pattern as the 4-0 league win at West Ham last season.

West Ham, however, are above the relegation zone on goal difference only and a third home league win a row would boost their prospects of avoiding the drop.

Arsenal, who have to wait until 1630 to play Blackburn Rovers at the Emirates, have won their last seven home games against them, scoring 25 goals in the process.

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Melo scores 39 as Knicks rally past Nets 120-116 Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points for the second straight game, including the tiebreaking jumper with 1:08 left, and the New York Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the New Jersey Nets 120-116 on Wednesday night. Chauncey Billups added 33 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Amare Stoudemire scored 23 points for the Knicks, who have won two in a row after a six-game losing streak and trimmed their magic number for clinching a playoff spot to three.

Anthony scored only two points in the fourth quarter after a 20-point third, but it was the basket the Knicks needed in the first meeting since they beat out the Nets in the race to acquire the All-Star forward.

Deron Williams had 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in his return from a six-game absence with an injured wrist, but was short on a potential tying jumper in the final seconds and appeared hurt again after going down trying to chase down his miss.

Anthony Morrow scored a season-high 30 points to lead the Nets. Brook Lopez added 26 points and Kris Humphries finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds, but New Jersey came up short in a game it desperately wanted to win.

With the Nets making their first national TV appearance since the

2007-08 season in the ESPN contest and facing their closest rival, guard Sasha Vujacic on Tuesday said the game was “probably the biggest of the season.” “I heard Vujacic already say this is the biggest game of their season so far, so it’s the biggest one of our season too, Vujacic,” Anthony said after the Knicks’ morning shootaround.

Anthony again called it a “must win,” just as he had before Monday’s victory over Orlando. And he again also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who got big contributions in the fourth quarter from Shelden Williams and Anthony Carter, who came with Anthony and Billups in the trade from Denver.

The Knicks had surged to a fivepoint lead before Deron Williams rallied the Nets. He followed a bucket by Lopez by converting a three-point play to tie it at 107, and after a jumper by Carter, Williams knocked down another jumper be-

fore adding another three-point play to give the Nets a 112-109 lead with 3:28 remaining.

Billups made three free throws to tie it at 114 before Anthony’s first basket of the fourth quarter, a short pull-up jumper, put the Knicks back ahead 116-114 with 1:08 to play.

Lopez missed a short jumper, and the Nets missed a chance to retain possession when the ball was batted off his back out of bounds while he was trying to pick up a sneaker that had fallen off.

Toney Douglas hit two free throws before Deron Williams’ basket made it 118-116. Anthony missed a jumper, but so did Deron Williams after a timeout. Billups then closed it out with two free throws with 2 seconds remaining.

Despite the teams’ proximity, there has never been much of a rivalry, since they have rarely been good at the same time — and neither have been lately.

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Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks shoots over Brook Lopez #11 of the New Jersey Nets at Madison Square Garden on March 30, 2011 in New York City.

Djokovic avenges Miami loss to Anderson Agence France Presse

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts against Kevin Anderson of South Africa during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 30, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida.

MIAMI – Novak Djokovic reached the Miami semi-finals by beating Kevin Anderson, extending his winning streak and avenging a loss two years ago to the South African in the same city.

World number two Djokovic on Wednesday defeated unseeded Anderson 6-4, 6-2 in a quarter-final match at the $9 million ATP Masters 1000 hardcourt tournament.

“When I was two breaks up in the second set I was comfortable sure, but not before that,” Djokovic said. “In the second set I found that momentum, but I went through situations where I faced a couple of break points in the first and second set, and I saved them.

“I was fortunate in those moments.”

Djokovic, who has won all of his 22 matches this season, will face American Mardy Fish in the semi-finals.

Djokovic has now won 24 consecutive matches dating back to last year’s Davis Cup final.

“You obviously get confidence with 24 wins in a row,” he said. “It keeps getting better. But I don’t want to be carried away with that. “I want to keep on working hard and taking one match at a time. When it stops, it stops.” The Serb is looking for back-to-back titles in Indian Wells and Miami. It would be his fourth title this season to go with victories in Dubai, Indian Wells and the

Australian Open. Anderson became South Africa’s first ATP winner in more than five years when he took the title in Johannesburg in February. Anderson won their only prior meeting by beating Djokovic in three sets in the second round here three years ago. At the time,

Djokovic was ranked third in the world and Anderson was ranked 122nd.

Djokovic will be the heavy favourite against 14th seeded Fish who will pass Andy Roddick as the No. 1 ranked American player when the next ATP Tour rankings come out.

CAS confident of Contador case ruling before Tour start Reuters

PARIS - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is confident it can make a ruling on Spaniard Alberto Contador’s doping case before this year’s Tour de France starts on July 2.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) both appealed against the Spanish federation’s decision to clear the triple Tour champion after testing positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol during last year’s race.

“The parties will now have the opportunity to file written submis-

sions including all their arguments and evidence,” CAS said in a statement.

“The CAS secretary general has informed the parties that the CAS would be ready to establish a procedural calendar allowing for the settlement of the dispute before the end of June 2011.”

Contador, 28, was cleared by the RFEC, who had initially proposed a one-year ban, after he claimed the agent entered his system from a piece of contaminated meat consumed during one of the rest days. If eventually found guilty, the Saxo BankSunGard rider faces a two-year ban and being stripped of his title.

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Pedrosa to undergo surgery after Jerez Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa will undergo surgery after the Spanish Grand Prix after being diagnosed with intermittent compression of the subclavian artery. The condition causes numbness and lack of strength in his left arm, a problem that affected the Honda rider during the season-opening race in Qatar.

Pedrosa, who underwent surgery last October after a double fracture of his left collarbone, will have another operation after this weekend’s race and will then make the most of the month available before the next race in order to recover.

In the operation, the titanium

plate and screws inserted in October will be taken out of the collarbone in order to release the compression pressure.

“It’s never nice to have an operation, but we’ve had a lot of time searching for an answer to the effects of this injury and I’m relaxed

because I finally know what has happened,” said Pedrosa.

“Now, we are in Jerez and I want to concentrate on the race, working with my team in best possible way to prepare the grand prix.

“This race is special, the crowd is always there to give you an extra point and I hope it helps me, as always. I like the track, I’ve had always good results here and I face the weekend with an open mind, trying to do my best in my current condition.”

Glock says fitness no issue for Sepang VIRGIN Racing’s Timo Glock is unconcerned that the recent surgical operation to remove his appendix could harm his preparation ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Although Glock competed at the Australian Grand Prix without discomfort, suggestions in the paddock

that the high speeds and stifling humidity indicative of the sweeping Sepang International Circuit could pose higher risks. The German was confident, however, that a few aches and pains wouldn’t slow him down.

“It’s all okay. I just feel I couldn’t do a proper workout in the last three

weeks. But it’s nothing critical. My muscles just realise that they have to wake up again!

“It’s not so bad that I would go to Malaysia and would be worried about my fitness. The lower muscles are just a bit...unused, and that’s it.

Malaysia shouldn’t be a problem.”

Sauber hails ‘outstanding’ Perez REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad

SAUBER team boss Peter Sauber has hailed Sergio Perez’s performance in the Australian Grand Prix as “outstanding”. The Mexican rookie put on a superb showing in Melbourne on his way to seventh place, although he and team-mate Kamui Kobayashi were latter disqualified for a technical infringement.

Perez was the only driver who managed to complete the race on a one-stop strategy, and Sauber conceded he was impressed by his performance.

“Yes, I am surprised,” said Sauber. “My first impression was okay because we followed him the last season in GP2 and he did a good job and also during the pre-season tests we were happy with him but in the race he was outstanding.

“Thirty-five laps with used soft tyres, that is incredible.” Sauber admitted the team did not consider stopping just once before the race, as it didn’t believe it was a possibility.

“It was never a decision - it was absolutely clear to do a second or

third stop and we looked for a window but then the times were so good and after 40 laps we spoke about maybe it is possible and the race engineer spoke with Sergio and he said yes maybe it is possible to drive to the end.” Technical director James Key also praised Perez after his maiden grand prix.

“Outstanding for a rookie driver in first race. We felt he was quick anyway but I think to be faced to do 38 laps on a soft tyre which no one believed possible was an outstanding.”

Sergio Perez of Mexico drives his Sauber Ferrari through a bend during the first practice session for Formula One’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 25, 2011.

The first race of the 2011 season will be held on the 5.3km Albert Park road circuit on March 27.

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Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain holds up his trophy on the podium after finishing third during the Qatar Grand Prix at the Losail international circuit in Doha March 20, 2011.