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Lady Gaga to be named Woman of the Year by Billboard NEW YORK — Lady Gaga is the woman of the year, according to Billboard magazine. Billboard announced Tuesday that the pop star will be honored at its Dec. 11 Women in Music event in New York City. The decadeold event will be televised for the first time, on Lifetime on Dec. 18.

Gaga released the collaborative jazz album, “Cheek to Cheek,” with Tony Bennett last year. It won a

Grammy Award, and the duo performed songs from the album on a 36-date tour.

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Gaga also plans to release an album next year and will star in FX’s “American Horror Story: Hotel,” which premieres on Oct. 7.

The Women in Music event also honors the year’s 50 most powerful female executives in the music industry. (ap)

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Bali needs to balance economic conditions

Nicki Minaj gets TV sitcom; 50 Cent inks new Starz deal

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LOS ANGELES — Television loves music stars, as two deals with Nicki Minaj and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson demonstrate.

ABC Family said Tuesday that Minaj will executive produce and appear in a new scripted comedy series for the cable channel.

The sitcom will be based on her family’s move from Trinidad to the United States and Minaj’s development as an artist growing up in Queens, New York, the channel said. It will be shot in Queens this winter.

The air date and other cast member were not announced.

Also Tuesday, Starz said it has signed Jackson to an exclusive two-year deal to develop new projects for the channel.

He also will continue to serve as executive producer on the drama series “Power,” which is in production for its third season on Starz. (ap) A steward waits for passengers before departing to Bandung, at Gambir train station in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 31, 2015. Indonesia picked China over Japan to build the country’s first fast-train rail link because Beijing had the courage to provide $5 billion in loans without asking for guarantees, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday.

Katy Perry, Sting, Seinfeld to perform at benefit concert

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NEW YORK — Katy Perry, Sting and Jerry Seinfeld will perform at a benefit concert of the David Lynch Foundation on Nov. 4.

The “Change Begins Within” concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City will also include performances by Jim James, Angelique Kidjo and Sharon Isbin.

Proceeds from the event will aid the foundation’s MEDITATE NEW YORK initiative, which provides transcendental meditation training to 10,000 at-risk New Yorkers for free.

Tickets for the event, which range from $150 to $600, went on sale Tuesday. Director, screenwriter, and artist David Lynch and George Stephanopoulos of ABC News will serve as the evening’s hosts. (ap)

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TOURISM has become the locomotive of Bali’s economy. The revenue generated in Bali from this sector of the economy dominates all other sector, and yet, despite its boasts, tourism nonetheless leaves a gap between the rich and poor with only a small number of people enjoying the benefits, namely: those who already have capital.

The majority of people in Bali only enjoy the so called ‘added value’ of tourism in the form of wages, which is only a small portion of the tourism pie.

Such condition indicate that the economic growth of Bali has not been inclusive. Inclusive development means economic growth, job creation, poverty reduction and care for the environment. Bali therefor needs to reorganize things so that tourism driven economic growth can be equally enjoyed by all levels of society.

Chairman of the the Bali Chamber of Commerce (Kadin), A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra recently stated that Bali’s tourism reliant economy should be able to contribute to public welfare.

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Indonesia rewards China’s “courage” with high-profile rail contract

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JAKARTA - Indonesia picked China over Japan to build the country’s first fast-train rail link because Beijing had the courage to provide $5 billion in loans without asking for guarantees, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday.

The two Asian giants had been battling for months over the highprofile contract to build a railway linking the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with the textile hub of Bandung.

Indonesia initially envisaged a high-speed service for the 150-km (100 mile) journey but this month changed its mind, opting instead for a medium-speed train.

Analysts have said whoever won the bid could be a front runner for future rail projects in the region, in-

cluding one linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

President Joko Widodo’s administration preferred China’s proposal because it was less burdensome and promised a larger share of technology transfer than Japan.

“The government of China has courage not to ask for guarantees from Indonesia,” Gatot Trihargo, deputy assistant for the state-owned enterprises ministry, told Reuters on Wednesday.

“While other countries like Japan

and Germany request government guarantees, we cannot afford this because our budget is limited.”

The high-profile contract is a victory for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” initiative to build a network of ports, trains and expressways to help expand trade, investment and influence in the region.

China’s Foreign Ministry said China had the advantage of experience in developing high-speed rail projects.

“We’re eager to work with the Indonesian side to develop cooperation in the spheres of infrastructure development and production capacity,” ministry spokesman Hong Lei

told a regular briefing.

For Japan, the rail project was a difficult loss, particularly after lastminute efforts by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to provide a better offer than China.

“The Japanese government still believes our proposal was the better and most feasible one,” Japanese embassy official Kijima said.

“We were expecting transparency and fairness from the Indonesian government. We hope that in the future they will be more transparent and fair.”

Indonesia’s national planning minister, Sofyan Djalil, travelled to Japan this week to break the bad news to Tokyo, but also lobby

officials on other investment opportunities.

“There are many infrastructure projects, not just trains, and many opportunities for the Japanese government to build infrastructure in Indonesia,” said Indonesia’s presidential chief of staff, Teten Masduki. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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From page 1 Presently however, rapid economic growth is only happening in South Bali and is causing a widening of the gap between rich and poor, with North, East and West of Bali left to scrape the bottom of the barrel. “Supposedly the tourism industry is rooted downward, meaning that the general public should be enjoying economic benefits. But what we are seeing currently is the exact opposite, with most people in Bali not seeing any of the benefits of the 5 percent growth of this sector” said the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.

According to Wiraputra, the fact that only a minority of the Balinese community is benefiting from tourism, will have an impact on social inequalities and affect investment in Bali which is dominated by investors from outside of the ‘Island of the Gods’.

“We hope they (investors—Ed) will work to jointly take care of Bali’s needs and those of its people. Whatever their investment are in, if Balinese people are not satisfied, undesirable things could occur, making it hard for people to invest in Bali,” he explained.

In addition to pressing investors to pay attention to Bali, Alit Wiraputra also argueds that stakeholders should also think about the economic conditions of places beyond South Bali. Immediate change is required in order to bridge the gap. “We will encourage economic growth, including improving infrastructure that will benefit the local communities,” he said.

Wiraputra also said that the economic inequality occurring in Bali has not only resulted in a gap but has also tended to make people apathetic in addressing the incoming investments, because many people perceive that they will not enjoy any economic benefits from the developments and investments. “This is why we need to urge the government to revise the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Regional Spatial Plan (RTRW). The spatial bylaw for West, East and North Bali must accommodate more people’S interests.

Currently many spatial plans in West and East Bali do not accommodate tourism, for example,” he said, adding that many regions beyond South Bali have a lot of potential to be packaged to attract tourism investors.

Unfortunately, local government spatial rules prohibit the development of tourism in these regions. “Actually those regions could be built up but presently investors are hampered by the spatial plan rules. As a result, tourism -as the backbone of Bali’s economy, remains focused in South Bali,” he said.

Wiraputra however emphasized that developing tourism northward, westward and eastward should not be carried out in the ‘buffer zones’ which are specifically set aside to prevent damage to the environment. “The most important thing is that the buffer zones are always maintained as such. New tourism areas should only be built up in unproductive areas,” he asserted.

Advisory Board member, Gede Sugianyar, agrees that Bali must reorganize its economic growth by reaching beyond South Bali and that such efforts need to be applied -not only to tourism, but other sectors as well (such as the agricultural sector), so that economic growth can be enjoyed by a wider range of people.

“We have taken the initiative of developing agricultural cooperatives in certain regions, in order to manage abundant crops such as tangerines by processing them into products like orange juice, that can be sold to a larger market allowing economic benefits to be enjoyed by more Balinese people,” said Sugianyar.

Farmers often complain about post-harvest losses caused by the amount of produce that can be absorbed by the market, and which favours the highest quality goods. “We must be alert to opportunities, so that we are not inconvenienced by fluctuations in the value of the rupiah. We need to work together to encourage entrepreneurs who want to contribute to the development of Bali, so that Balinese people can survive any economic shocks,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Bali needs grand scenario on labor

BALI, as a world renowned tourist destination, provides promising job opportunities. Unfortunately, the local labor pool has to compete with migrants from outside Bali to get these jobs. Because there has been little protection form local authorities, many Balinese people have become unemployed and been forced to join the transmigration program. The government needs to create a master plan that would reduce unemployment among local residents.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali noted that there were 48, 362 more people employed in Febuary than August 2014 whereas the difference for 2015 was 142,026 people.

Vice Chairman of Advisory Council to Kadin Bali, Wayan Jondra stated that the predominance of migrant workers filling available jobs in Bali is directly related to the the governments lack of action towards absorbing local labour into the job market.

“Very few Balinese are being absorbed into the job market, so clearly there needs to be a master plane created to address this issue.

We cannot simply allow people to be employed because they reside in Bali, there need to be requirements

for understanding Balinese culture as well as certifications of excellence,” said Jondra.

The government should set up a specific certification agency that would issue certificates whose requirements would include things like having an understanding of the concept of Tri Hita Karana. “We need to have a certification system that would guarantee that people understand the culture and the implementation of Tri Hita Karana. This is why it is important to create a master plan the would be supported by all stakeholders, as well as the executive and legislative branches of the House of Representatives,” he explained.

In order for such a plan to be cre-

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Vice Chairman of Advisory Council to Kadin Bali, Wayan Jondra

ated, said Jondra, there needs to be a commitment on the part of employers and the government to build such a system. Employers should sincerely seek to involve native Balinese in the job market. “Failure to do so will result in serious social impacts. It is offensive that currently Balinese people are only given the opportunity to fill lower positions, while middle and top management is filled by non-Balinese and even foreigners,” he said.

According to Jondra, this gap cannot be ignored because if it allowed to drag on like this, there will be serious social repercussions. There is fear that the people of Bali will no loner be able to live quiet, safe and comfortable lives.

“If things continue like this, those who invest in Bali will suffer losses.

This is why entrepreneurs need to contribute to the stability of Bali by involving more local people in the job market. Nevertheless, those from outside Bali will still be required as backup,” he added.

Jondra also mentioned that efforts to involve local manpower in every sector needs to be supported by the issuing of gubernatorial regulations or regional bylaws, so that the legality of labor utilization in Bali is clear. “Of course, these efforts must be followed up with rules, or at least with a gubernatorial regulation. If a business or entrepreneur that is operating in Bali does have 80 percent of its jobs filled

by Balinese, it could have its permit revoked. Of course, the Balinese referred to here would be those who are certified,” he said.

Meanwhile Vice Chairman of Organization and Membership, I Gusti Ngurah Adnyana said that stakeholders must be engaged to prepare the regulations that can fortify the local labor pool from external invasion, especially with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) about to be inaugurated.

“We are about to face the AEC so we must work hard and we need human resources. Our labour force needs to be certified in their respective fields,” he said.

Adnyana added that educational institutions are now working with entrepreneurs in order to fully understand the needs of industry, so that courses offered are in line with the need for specific human resources. (kmb27)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Swiss-Belinn Legian encourages blood donation

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LEGIAN - “The most important aspect of the hospitality industry is to have the right attitude, warmth and willingness to serve. Of course there are challenges, but they’re all part of a great job. You have to look for solutions and move forward as a team. It’s important to solve issues together and put policies and procedures in place so you don’t repeat the mistakes,” said Ni Luh Putu Yati Artini, General Manager Swiss-Belinn-Legian on her speech at blood donation As New General Manager

of the Swiss-Belinn Legian, Yati Artini has 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry, the past 8 years in direct sales with expertise in sales and marketing. Prior to joining Swiss-Belinn Legian, Yati has worked in various companies as Director of Sales and Marketing. In her previous position, Yati was Director of Sales and Marketing of Golden Tulip Jineng Resort.

“A Blood Donation was organized by Swiss-Belinn Legian in collaboration with the Red Cross Bali Province

on Thursday, September 17th 2015 at Pesamuan Meeting Room, encourages as part of Awareness and humanitarian action,” Yati stressed.

During the event many of the hotel’s employees took part in this initiative to donate blood as a response to the emergent needs of blood reserves, there also participants from media partners and colleagues volunteered in large numbers to take part in this civil and humanitarian action. In total 80 participants, it’s gain 44 pouch of blood. (kmb)

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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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Alternative to antibiotics found for deadly infection

MIAMI - A stubborn bacterial infection often acquired in hospitals and which can be deadly may have a new treatment on the horizon, US researchers said Wednesday.

Antibiotics only work about 25 percent of the time in wiping out Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a pathogen that infects the digestive tract and kills about 15,000 people and hospitalizes 250,000 each year in the United States.

But the antioxidant drug ebselen was shown to kill C. diff by targeting its toxins, not by killing the bacteria and wiping out beneficial gut microbes at the same time, said researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

The study in the journal Science Translation Medicine was done on mice, but researchers say human trials could be expedited because the drug is already being investigated for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, stroke, atherosclerosis and cancer.

“Unlike antibiotics -- which are both the frontline treatment

for C. difficile infection and, paradoxically, possibly its chief cause -- the drug didn’t kill the bacteria,” said senior author Matthew Bogyo, professor of pathology and of microbiology and immunology.

Rather, it disabled a toxin produced by the pathogen and prevented intestinal damage and inflammation.

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C. diff costs the United States more than $4 billion in healthcare expenses and it often recurs in patients, requiring further hospitalization, researchers said.

The infection is particularly perilous for those with weakened immune systems.

About seven percent of people who are infected die within a month of diagnosis. (afp)

Less than a quarter of cancer patients have access to safe surgery

PARIS - Fewer than a quarter of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide this year have access to safe and proper surgery, researchers said Monday.

Surgery is the mainstay of cancer control or cure and is required

in 80 percent of cases, but over three quarters of patients cannot get it where they live, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology.

People in low-income countries like Zambia and Mongolia fare the

worst, with only five percent of patients receiving basic cancer surgery.

“Surgical services for cancer... are allocated few resources,” said Richard Sullivan, who heads the cancer policy institute at King’s College London.

“As a result, access to safe, affordable cancer surgical services is dismal.”

The authors call for “radical” action to create high-quality training programmes that will equip more doctors and specialists to perform basic cancer

surgery, they said in a statement.

In a separate report published Saturday in The Lancet Oncology, researchers found that investing $97-184 billion (87-165 billion euros) in life-saving radiotherapy could save millions of lives. (afp)

$100 billion could ensure radiotherapy for all

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This May 10, 2012, file photo, shows Truvada pills and a bottle in San Francisco. Officials are asking Mississippi health care providers to expand use of a medicine that can keep people from getting AIDS. Speaking Friday, Sept. 26, 2015, at a conference on minority HIV and health disparities, national AIDS policy chief Douglas Brooks urged more use of the drug Truvada for people at risk of contracting HIV. Studies find the drug reduces AIDS infection rates.

PARIS - An investment of $97184 billion (87-165 billion euros) could make life-saving radiotherapy accessible to most people who need it by 2035 and save millions of lives, research showed Saturday.

Achieving full access to radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries would save an estimated 27 million “life years” -- extra years that cancer patients would have lost without treatment.

And it would yield economic benefits of $278-365 billion, through healthcare savings and higher productivity, said a major study published in The Lancet Oncology, and presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress in Vienna.

Millions of people die from treatable cancers because of a “chronic underinvestment” in radiotherapy -- which is highly cost-effective compared to many cancer drugs, the authors said.

“There is a widespread misconception that the costs of providing radiotherapy put it beyond the reach of all but the richest countries.

Nothing could be further from the truth,” said author Rifat Atun from Harvard University in Boston.

“Our work... clearly shows that not only can this essential service be deployed safely and high quality treatment delivered in low- and middle-income countries, but that scale-up of radiotherapy capacity is

a feasible and highly cost-effective investment.”

The researchers found that in 2035, more than 12 million new cancer patients could benefit from radiotherapy -- access to the treatment is currently restricted to about 40-60 percent.

The situation is worst in poor countries, where up to nine out of 10 people have no access to radiotherapy. In many countries in Africa it is “virtually non-existent”, and 40 countries have no radiotherapy facilities at all.

“Even in high-income countries like Canada, Australia and the UK, numbers of radiotherapy facilities, equipment and trained staff are inadequate,” said a press statement.

The study authors measured the shortfall in access to radiotherapy by country and globally, based on current and projected needs from today to 2035.

The estimated cost of $97 billion at the lower end of the scale, is equivalent to the price of about 230 Airbus A380s, or the budget for building and running the International Space Station for 10 years.

According to the UN’s World Health Organization, there were about 14 million new cancer cases in 2012, and 8.2 million deaths.

This is likely to rise to 22 million new cases per year within two decades. (afp)

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Tourist arrivals in August drop

Tourists spend their holiday in Ubud, Gianyar Regency. The tourist arrivals in Bali during August 2015 dropped due to the eruption of Mount Raung in July 2015.

DENPASAR - The tourist arrivals in Bali during August 2015 dropped due to the eruption of Mount Raung in July 2015.

“Volcanic ash from erupting Mt Raung located in Banyuwangi hindered flights to and from Bali

airport,” Dewa Nyoman Putra, a tourism industry observer, said on Tuesday.

The number of foreign tourists to Bali in August 2015 decreased by 71.307 from 382,683 in July to 301,376 in August 2015.

Putra said the decrease was because the authorities were

DENPASAR - Writing lyrics, singing and performing on stage with the band EINSHOCH6 – and all of this using the German language!

Through this project, high school students from Indonesia have the chance to participate in workshops with the German musicians and also become a part of their concerts.

For students, it will be a great and motivating experience that will enable them to have an encounter with Germany in their home country, as well as foster their interest in Germany and its language.

The musicians of the Munichbased band, who already have a lot of experience on an international level, will write song lyrics and melodize them together with young German language students.

Presenting a unique combination of lyrical hip hop and inspiring classical music, EINSHOCH6 brings the German language closer to its

audience in an entertaining and delightful way.

Together with Deutsche Welle, the band has developed a unique format: to learn German with the help of music. Through the web series “Band diary on tour”, the process of learning the German language turns into an exciting experience addressing all senses as it helps the students to deepen their understanding of the language by listening to the music of EINSHOCH6.

“For us as musicians it’s a gift to see that the combination of music and language is connecting people all around the globe,” said Carl Amadeus Hiller, co-founder, leader and percussionist of EINSHOCH6.

“There is nothing more a musician can wish for.”

The peak of this project in Indonesia will be two concerts by EINSHOCH6 in Denpasar and Yogyakarta. The band will perform

its German songs and also invite the workshop participants on stage to present “their own song.”

For the majority of the band members, it is their first visit to Indonesia.

“We are very keen to interact with the people especially since we heard that music, rhythm, singing and dancing are of great importance in Indonesia,” Hiller said.

The students all come from schools of the “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) network. The initiative PASCH was launched by the German Foreign Ministry in February 2008 and currently oversees a worldwide network of over 1,500 partner schools.

This project is part of the German Season, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office in Germany and organized by the Goethe-Institut Indonesien, the German Embassy Jakarta and EKONID. (r)

forced to close Ngurah Rai International Airport for several times following the eruptions of Mount Raung.

The Bali airport was closed from July 9 to 12, and again on July

22 and 23. Some 414 flights with 39,715 passengers were cancelled.

The airport’s temporary closures have inflicted significant economic losses to affected-airlines and the Bali tourism industry. (ant)

A unique approach to learning German with EINSHOCH6

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The dry condition of the park on the border of Bangli and Buleleng

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Water crisis causing parks to shrivel up

BANGLI - The park that straddles the border of Bangli and Buleleng is in very poor conditions appears to have been severely neglected with several dead plants and many more yellowing.

Head of Bangli Urban Planning, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, admitd that the park was in poor condition and explained that this was due to the drought currently being expe-

rienced in the area. “Indeed it has been difficult to get water in the area of the park since the dry season started,” she explained.

Yudi Sutha added that mainte-

nance of the park is done by the Kintamani technical unit. She also stated that the dryness found in this park is not particular to Kintamani but that the park at the border of Bangli and Karangasem is experiencing similar conditions. To prevent these parks from deteriorating nay more, efforts are being made to water the plants.

Faced with extreme weather, Bangli Urban Panning has been overwhelmed in trying to deal with the condition of the parks in town, especially those located around the office of the regent. “Not only is there a water shortage but there is also a lack of water-tank trucks,” she said.

The dry season has serious im-

pacts availability of water so they will think twice before creating any new parks. “Some time ago, there was a proposal to create additional parks in several locations. But given the the difficulty in obtaining adequate water in the dry season, we cannot consider creating any new parks,” she affirmed. (kmb45)

Mass vaccination targets thousands of dogs SINGARAJA - A mass dog vaccination, initiated by the Buleleng Livestock Agency has so far reached 57,000 dogs and cats. The target of reaching 70 percent of the estimated dog population of 80,000 around Buleleng has not yet been reached. Mass vaccinations are still experiencing classic obstacles such as difficulty in finding all the dogs, because many dog owners are still not keeping their dogs on a leash.

Head of the Buleleng Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, accompanied by Division Head of Animal Health, Wayan Susila, said that the mass vaccination has been ongoing since the outbreak of rabies in Buleleng, in an attempt to the rabies virus from spreading in Buleleleng. The Livestock Agency is asking people to be aware and pay attention to raising their dogs

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The dog elminiation is done by the officers to prevent the spread of rabies

responsibly, including not letting their dogs roam freely because they could become infected with the rabies virus.

Dog bite cases that were found to involve rabies carrying dogs, have been reported in 59 hamlets of 45 villages in Buleleng. Most of the dog bite incidents involved dogs that had been allowed to roam free. More seriously, after the bite cases occurred, officers had a lot of trouble track down the the dog owners. The officers in fact frequently found people irresponsibly trying to cover up such cases. “There is still a very real threat of people being bitten by rapid dogs, and dogs that are allowed to roam free could potentially be infected with rabies.

Currently, the health of dogs is being monitored so as not to endanger people’s safety,” said Swatantra.

The threat of dog bites can be seriously reduced if the dog population can be controlled. But this can only happen with the support of the whole community. A reduction of the dog population can happen by enforcing rules that limit

the number of domestic dogs that can be bred. This can be regulated through the villages using perarem or customary village bylaws.

Unfortunately, the creation of such customary bylaws has not met with significant support so far.

As evidence, only a few customary villages have set forth perarem regarding dog breeding. There are some exceptions such as Sawan village in Sawan subdistrict and others that have issued customary bylaws that set restrictions on dog breeding.

In the stipulation, in the case of someone being bitten by a rapid dog and subsequently dying, the dog owner is imposed with customary sanctions that require them to hold a funeral cremations ceremony for the victim. “At Sawan village, quite severe sanctions have been set forth in a bylaw. Now, people will think twice about letting their dog roam wildly. Hopefully, this example will be followed by other villages, so that the dog population can be controlled,” explained Swatantra. (kmb38)

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One of the men accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings is escorted by policemen from a prison to a court in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.

Court gives death to 5 for 2006 Mumbai train bombings

NEW DELHI — An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced five suspected Islamic militants to death and gave seven others life in prison for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800.

Judge Y.D. Shinde, who convicted them earlier this month for murder and a criminal conspiracy to wage war against the government, imposed deaths sentences on five of the men who the prosecution said had planted the explosives on the trains.

Seven bombs exploded during a 10-minute span during the evening rush hour in July 2006 in Mumbai, the financial and entertainment capital of India. A defense attorney said he would appeal the Mumbai

court verdict.

The trial in India’s notoriously slow justice system lasted more than seven years. One person was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Prosecutors said the attack was hatched by Pakistan’s Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence and carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives with help from the Students’ Islamic Movement of India, a banned militant organization.

Pakistan has denied the charges.

Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group.

The 12 convicted men were believed to belong to the Indian militant group. K.P. Raghuvanshi, a police officer who investigated the case, said one Pakistani suspect was killed in the blasts and another was shot dead by Indian police. But there was no independent confirmation of his claim.

India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Islamic insurgents, a charge Pakistan denies. The neighboring countries have fought three wars, two of them over control of disputed Kashmir, since their independence from Britain in 1947 and have been engaged in a fitful peace process in recent years. (ap)

HONG KONG — Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has defended his business strategy against accusations from China’s state media that he is abandoning investments in the world’s No. 2 economy because of its slowing growth.

In an unusual move, Li released a statement responding to a barrage of criticism in recent weeks about him selling off China assets as he restructured his global business empire to focus more on Europe and less on China.

Commentaries in state media chastised Li this month for being immoral and ungrateful, accusing him of running out on China as its economy slows despite profiting handsomely in better times.

Li has undertaken a major reorganization this year of his sprawling business interests that range from ports to mobile phones. The shakeup included shifting the domiciles of his two main companies from Hong Kong to the Cayman Islands, triggering speculation that he was planning to withdraw from China.

“We are vigilant not to let these unfounded allegations escalate to cause investors’ concerns,” said the statement released Tuesday by his company CK Hutchison Holdings. It said there was “no truth in the withdrawal accusations.”

The statement said Li was “confident” that Chinese President Xi Jinping will continue to improve governance and reform China’s economy. The former British colony’s tycoons have long embraced China’s communist leaders in order to ensure survival of their business interests on the mainland. Li was part of a business contingent that met Xi in Beijing last year to show their support as tensions rose over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

The 87-year-old Li has long been Asia’s richest person, although he recently fell to second place with a fortune of $24.3 billion, according to Forbes. Earlier this month, a think tank affiliated with the official Xinhua news agency and the People’s Daily newspaper, the communist party’s mouthpiece, both lambasted Li over his business decisions in China. (ap)

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing reacts during a press conference in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong billionaire Li has defended his business strategy against criticism in China’s state media that accused him of abandoning the country because of its slowing growth.

Iran summons Saudi envoy for 4th time over hajj disaster TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has summoned the Saudi envoy to Tehran for the fourth time to protest over what the Shiite powerhouse describes as the Sunni kingdom’s “mishandling” of the deadly crush last

week during the hajj pilgrimage.

Iran’s English language Press TV on Wednesday quoted foreign ministry official Ali Chegini as warning Riyadh against any delays in the identification of missing

Iranian pilgrims and the repatriation of the bodies of those who died in the disaster.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the official IRNA news agency that the families of the killed Ira-

nian pilgrims do not agree that their kin be buried on Saudi soil. Saudi Arabia says 769 died in the stampede near Mecca. It was the worst disaster to strike the annual pilgrimage in a quarter-century. (ap)

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Asian emerging market currencies rebound against dollar

was 0.48 percent higher.

The Indonesian rupiah gained 0.17 percent, the Singapore dollar rose 0.16 percent, and the Thai baht was up 0.22 percent. The Australian dollar rose 0.12 percent.

Dealers will be keeping an eye on a speech by Fed boss Janet Yellen later in the day for a cue on the bank’s plan for monetary policy, her first since indicating last week that a hike in interest rates remains on the table for 2015.

Washington will release September unemployment figures on Friday, with another strong reading likely to add to calls on the Fed to move, putting pressure on emerging economies as investors withdraw their cash to seek better returns in the US. The dollar rose against the yen and euro. The greenback strengthened to 119.99 yen from 119.75 yen Tuesday in New York, while the euro was at $1.1225 from $1.1242 in US trade.

The single currency also eased to 134.70 yen from 134.77 yen. (afp)

The United States is pushing hard for the 12-country deal to create the world’s largest free trade region, hoping to lock in rules that global trade giant China would eventually have to heed.

A handful of issues bogged down the talks in Hawaii, including how the US treats imports of Japanese auto parts, the length of patent protections for increasingly important biologic drugs, and open markets for dairy products from major producers such as New Zealand.

Joshua Melzer, a trade expert at the Brookings Institution and a former Australian trade negotiator, said there was still work to do but

an agreement was in sight.

“I think the prospects are good for the deal to be done this week,” he said. But nothing was certain, with vocal public groups raising objections to a number of issues under discussion and, more generally, to the secrecy of the talks.

In Ottawa Tuesday, tractor-driving dairy farmers with a handful of cows blocked roads to Canada’s parliament to protest the possible opening up of the country’s milk market to imports under the TPP. Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith said the pact is “endangering the stability and viability of our industry.”

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DENPASAR - The Gianyar Police responded quickly to the condemnation of a same-sex marriage celebration ceremony that took place at a hotel in Ubud, Gianyar. The investigators have named a suspect, with the initial M, from the hotel management. “The suspect is subject to the article on blasphemy but was not arrested,” said Spokesman of the Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, on Tuesday (Sep. 29).

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

A currency trader looks at the monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Asian currencies from the South Korean won to Malaysian ringgit strengthened against the dollar Wednesday with confidence returning to trading floors as regional equity markets recovered after a global rout.

Pacific trade ministers aim to seal TPP trade pact

WASHINGTON - Top trade representatives of 12 Pacific Rim countries begin two days of talks in Atlanta Wednesday hoping to finalize the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement after July negotiations in Hawaii failed.

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TOKYO - Asian currencies from the South Korean won to Malaysian ringgit strengthened against the dollar Wednesday with confidence returning to trading floors as regional equity markets recovered after a global rout. But the greenback losses were likely to be short-lived as the Federal Reserve readies to lift nearzero interest rates for the first time in almost a decade, analysts said.

“It’s hard to see how any Asian currency will post sustained, substantial gains in the fourth quarter, with losses versus the US dollar likely to be the norm,” Sean Callow, a senior currency strategist at Westpac Banking in Sydney, told Bloomberg News.

“We expect volatility to remain elevated as Asian policymakers struggle with regional deceleration in growth, and yet more weeks and months of debate over the Fed policy outlook.”

The won rose almost 1.5 percent against the dollar, the Taiwan dollar added 0.72 percent, and the ringgit

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The meeting of the trade ministers from the 12 TPP countries -- Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam -- will follow four days of detailed discussions between their negotiators in the southern US city.

A deal would lower trade and investment barriers and strengthen intellectual property protections in countries comprising about 40 percent of the global economy.

According to a study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, the stimulus from the TPP pact could add $295 billion in annual global income after the 10-year implementation period.

The negotiations have left out China, which Washington sees as not committed to free trade and which has taken steps to organize its own

Asia-region trade grouping.

TPP negotiators are aiming to present a final, unalterable agreement for ratification to the governments, an approach that has angered legislators and civil society groups in a number of the countries, especially the United States.

Critics say what they know of the discussions favors the needs of industry groups by giving more protection on drug patents; establishing an extra-legal investor-state dispute settlement regime; and does little to assure enforcement of environmental and labor standards.

“Despite the unprecedented secrecy surrounding the TPP negotiations, leaks of TPP documents are fueling opposition in many TPP countries,” said the Washington activist group Public Citizen.

Canberra’s Trade Minister An-

drew Robb told the Australian Financial Review that 90 percent of the issues had been settled going into this week’s discussions.

“There are unresolved issues, but hopefully these aren’t intractable,” he said. “A conclusion remains within imminent reach.”

Melzer said that even if a deal is reached this week, it will be months before it goes to government’s for ratification.

For the United States, that could mean that a potentially hostile Congress recieves that pact in April or May, just as the 2016 presidential election hits high gear.

If a deal is struck, it could become a model for the even larger Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Washington is negotiating with the European Union. (afp)

The police are discussing the alleged same sex marriage in Ubud.

IBP/Manik Astajaya

According to Wiyanto, determination of the suspect was based on the results of an investigation and the collection of evidence. Hotel employees were examined as witnesses, because they were the ones who held the unusual event. “There has only been one suspect charged under the article on blasphemy. The suspect is part of the hotel management and organized the activity,” said Wiyanto.

The investigators also named the same-sex couple as suspects, but they fled overseas. “It is too far for us to go looking for the newly-wed couple. In the meantime, investigators are looking for people considered to be responsible for the event,” explained the police spokesperson, who added that such marriages a re prohibited.

“This is the first case of its kind in Bali. Naturally Balinese people

are angry. The impact of such behaviours should be considered,” he said.

As for the the same-sex couple, they reasoned that they had already held a wedding ceremony in the U.S and just came to Bali to celebrate, but Wiyanto asserted that the article of blasphemy is the most appropriate charge. Although they were just celebrating, because they performed a Hindu ritual, they are considered to have tarnished religious symbols.

Can they be arrested? “There are formal and legal requirements that must be met in order to retain suspects. Based on formal requirement the suspects could be sentenced to more than five years in prison, while in terms of material requirement the suspects did not try to escape nor destroy the evidence,” he said. (kmb36)

Dry season blessing for coffee entrepreneurs

BANGLI - This dry season has caused the coffee trading business to grow. The season that commonly brings nightmares to wetland farmers, has contributed to successful processing and maximal results for coffee growers.

Kintamani business man, I Komang Sukarsana, explained on Tuesday (Sep. 29) that the hot temperatures caused by the dry season actually help coffee famers. “The dry season speeds up the drying process and reduces costs,” he said.

Sukarsana added that the dry season has also contributed to increasing the quality of the beans. As a result, the selling price has increasesd. To date, the price of dry raw coffee is IDR 44,000 per kg, up from IDR 41,00 per KG. This increase in price started last July - this tends to be true every year. “The price of coffee beans has gone up by as much as IDR 3,000 per kg. It is quite helpful for farmers,” he said.

This young entrepreneur also added that he not only targets local markets, but has managed to penetrate exports markets in Korea, Australia and Sweden. “Kintamani coffee is very popular on both the local and international market,” he said.

Similar opinions were expressed by a farmer from Tembuku, named I Wayan Sarma. He said that prices have tended to be relatively stable throughout the years. The newly picked red coffee beans are sold for some IDR 6,000 per kg. “The price of coffee is quite stable but sometimes it goes up,” he said.

Sarma added that so far coffee farming is still quite promising.

However, he regretted that many farmers are willing to cut down their coffee trees and replace them with tangerine tress. Actually, the selling price of tangerine is not always stable. “Coffee farming is still more promising,” he added.

Head of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, confirmed that the price of coffee in recent months has increased.

According to him, there is very little chance that the price of coffee will go down. “The price of coffee indeed tends to increase,” he said.

With such promising condition, Sudibia hopes that coffee farmers do not become pessimistic and switch to growing other crops, like tangerines. “If possible, coffee farmers should not switch to other crops,” he said with hope. (kmb45)

An elderly woman are checking the coffee before it being processed.

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Russian lawmakers give Putin OK to use troops in Syria

MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. The Kremlin sought to play down the decision, saying it will only use its air force there, not ground troops.

Putin had to request parliamentary approval for any use of Russian troops abroad, according to the constitution. The last time he did so was before Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March 2014.

The Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, discussed Putin’s request for the authorization behind closed doors Wednesday, cutting off its live web broadcast to hold a debate notable for its quickness.

Sergei Ivanov, chief of Putin’s administration, said in televised remarks after the discussion that the parliament voted unanimously to give the green light to Putin’s plea.

The proposal does not need to go to another legislative body.

Ivanov insisted that Moscow is not going to send ground troops to Syria but will only use its air force “in order to support the government Syrian forces in their fight against the Islamic State” group.

Putin and other officials have said Russia was only providing weapons and training to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army to help it combat the Islamic State group. Recent satellites images, however, have shown giant Russian military cargo planes in Syria,

and Russian navy transport vessels have been shuttling back and forth for weeks to ferry troops, weapons and supplies to Syria.

Putin said in a CBS interview earlier this week that Russia won’t take part in any troop operations in Syria.

Worried by the threat of Russian and U.S. jets clashing inadvertently over Syrian skies, Washington agreed to talk to Moscow on how to “deconflict” their military actions.

Last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter had a 50-minute phone call with his Russian counterpart, the first such military-to-military discussion between the two countries in more than a year.

Israel has taken similar precautions, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting Moscow last week to agree with Putin on a coordination mechanism to avoid any possible confrontation between Israeli and Russian forces in Syria.

Moscow has always been a top ally for Assad. The war in Syria against his regime, which began in 2011, has left at least 250,000 dead and forced millions to flee the country. It is also the driving force behind the recordbreaking number of asylum-seekers fleeing to Europe this year.

Ivanov told reporters that Rus-

sia decided to help Assad in order to protect its own country from Islamic militants, not because of “some foreign policy goals or ambitions that our Western partners often accuse us of.”

“We are talking about Russia’s national security interests,” Ivanov said, adding that Moscow is worried about the growing number of Russian recruits going off to fight for the Islamic State group — a number he said was in the thousands.

Moscow should “take pre-emptive steps and do it on distant frontiers, instead of facing the issue here and later on,” said Ivanov.

Putin’s troop request comes after his bilateral meeting Monday with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, where the two discussed Russia’s recent military buildup in Syria.

Ivanov said the motion comes after Moscow received a request from Assad asking for help. He said the biggest difference between other countries conducting air strikes in Syria — such as the United States — is that “they do not comply with the international law, but we do.”

Putin hosted a meeting of the Russian security council at his residence Tuesday night outside Moscow to discuss terrorism and extremism, the Kremlin also reported. (ap)

FILE - In this Sunday, July 26, 2015 file pool photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, reviews a Navy parade in Baltisk, western Russia, during celebration for Russian Navy Day. With dozens of Russian combat jets and helicopter gunships lined up at an air base in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a big-time show at the United Nations General Assembly.

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Indonesian death toll in Mina rises to 57

MECCA - The number of Indonesians who died in the recent Mina tragedy continues to increase, and until 2 a.m. Saudi Time, the figure had reached 57, up by 11 pilgrims from the previous report of 46.

Indonesian Hajj Chief Organizer for Mecca (Mecca Daker) Arsyad Hidayat stated that the newly identified bodies of the Indonesian victims came from the old body container.

“Until now, five body containers had yet to be opened. Four of the containers have been taken to

Jidda,” Hidayat noted while providing an update on the data of the Indonesian victims involved in the Mina stampede, which took place on September 24.

The 11 bodies were identified through complementary file data at the Al Mu’ashim morgue and through their fingerprints. The

deteriorating physical condition of the victims’ bodies has made the identification process difficult.

“We also tried to enter the disaster victim identification (DVI) room to search for Indonesian victims by matching their fingerprints. The physical appearance of the victims’ bodies, such as their faces, has changed. So, fingerprints are a very helpful tool,” Hidayat pointed out.

He said that although the physical condition of the victims’ bodies had posed difficulties in the

identification process, yet DNA examination had not yet been deemed necessary.

Fingerprints are still the main tool to identify the victims as fingerprint records of all the pilgrims entering Saudi Arabia had been maintained.

Mecca Daker Secretary Nur Alia Fitria stated that eight of the 11 newly identified victims came from the flight batch 61 of the Jakarta-Bekasi embarkation (JKS 61), two from flight batch 14

of the Batam embarkation (BTH 14), and one from flight batch 10 of the Makassar embarkation (UPG 10).

The 11 victims are Lilis Suryani Misbah Ijudin, Otong Bastaman Sutisnamiharja, Nana Hendiana Idi, Maemunah Dasa Sasmita, Atang Gumawang Dede Herlan, Karmah Padma Kertapraja, Tuti Kuswarti Daman, Iis Masriah Kastoni Mardo, Ida Murtika Porie, Suryati Sahran Ribut, and Nur Alam Iljas. (ant)

Indonesia unveils new stimulus to lift ailing economy

AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File

FILE - In this Friday, May 29, 2015 file photo, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari salutes his supporters during his inauguration in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigerian president also plans to be oil minister

ABUJA, Nigeria — A spokesman says Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who has promised to fight corruption in the oil industry, plans to be the Cabinet minister in charge of the oil sector.

Nigeria is Africa’s biggest petroleum producer, with revenues providing 80 percent of government income. Buhari has said some $150 billion has been stolen from the treasury in 10 years.

Analyst Malte Liewerscheidt of

risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft said Buhari’s move would give himmaximum power to reform the oil and gas industry but warned that it is a “high-risk strategy” that links his fate as president with successful reform.

Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Buhari, confirmed Wednesday that Buhari will put his name forward as petroleum minister on a longawaited Cabinet list to be presented for Parliament’s approval this week. (ap)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s prime minister has appointed veteran, center-right politician Peter Christensen as the Scandinavian country’s new defense minister after his predecessor resigned amid a scandal.

The 40-year-old former taxation minister and member of parliament will be in charge of finalizing talks as the NATO member decides on the purchase of up to 30 new fighter jets to replace an aging fleet of F-16s.

The deal is expected to be worth more than 30 billion kroner ($4.5 billion).

Christensen’s appointment Wednesday came a day after Carl Holst resigned from the position after admitting using a political aide whose salary was paid by taxpayers to help with his parliamentary election campaign in June.

It was Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen’s first scandal since he took office following the June 18 elections. (ap)

Denmark gets new defense minister after political scandal

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JAKARTA - Indonesia on Tuesday introduced more stimulus measures to woo desperately needed investment, in its latest bid to boost the sliding rupiah and breathe new life into the slowing economy.

It was the second time this month that Southeast Asia’s top economy has unveiled steps to battle a sharp slowdown, as it comes under pressure with other emerging markets due to a strengthening US economy and turmoil in China.

“We are making (investing in Indonesia) as attractive as possible,”

said Chief Economics Minister Darmin Nasution, announcing the latest measures along with several other ministers. “We must fix, simplify, make it cheaper.”

New measures announced Tuesday included slashing the time taken to process investment permits from at least eight days to just three hours, with processing for permits in mining and geothermal projects in forested areas to be cut from up to four years to about 15 days.

To keep US dollars in the country, the government said it was

cutting taxes for exporters who deposit their foreign exchange revenue in the country or convert it to rupiah, which should make it more attractive than depositing funds in countries such as neighbouring Singapore, Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said.

President Joko Widodo, who has been in office for almost a year, is faced with a dire economic situation.

The rupiah has plunged about 20 percent against the US dollar this year, while the economy is forecast

to grow less than five percent in 2015, its slowest pace in six years.

While many of the challenges facing Indonesia are blamed on global turmoil, the president must also contend with many domestic problems hampering the economy -- a complex bureaucracy, rickety infrastructure and confusing investment policies.

The World Bank ranked Indonesia 114th in its annual “ease of doing business” survey this year.

The first stimulus package, which included such measures as tax breaks and attempts to simplify

confusing regulations seen as a drag on business, failed to boost the market and rupiah.

Economists welcomed the new policies but said they would not be a silver bullet.

“This is quite a good move from the government,” said Josua Pardede, an economist from Indonesia’s Bank Permata.

“But the market hopes the government can do more to build confidence for portfolio investment and to boost slumping domestic consumption.” (afp)

British journalists on trial over Indonesia piracy film

BATAM - Two British journalists have gone on trial in Indonesia for allegedly trying to make a documentary about piracy without the correct visas, and could face up to five years in jail, an official said Tuesday.

Neil Bonner, 32, and Rebecca Prosser, 31, appeared in court together Monday on the western island of Batam accused of having only tourist visas while attempting to make the film, Ali Akbar, a senior official at the local prosecutor’s office, told AFP. “They have broken Indonesian immigration law and could be jailed for up to five years if found guilty,” he said.

Foreign journalists wanting to report in Indonesia must get a special visa. However, foreign reporters detained in Indonesia for illegal reporting in the past have been deported immediately or handed short prison terms.

According to their indictment seen by AFP, the pair arrived in Indonesia in May to shoot the film for production house Wall to Wall with funding from National Geographic.

It added they had hired several Indonesians to act out a scene of a tanker being boarded by a group of pirates off Batam.

The island is in the Malacca Strait, a major

shipping lane.

The number of pirate attacks in Southeast Asian waters rose last year, according to watchdog the International Maritime Bureau, bucking a global trend of falling piracy incidents.

“Acting on tip-off from residents, the Indonesian navy carried out a raid and arrested them,” the indictment said, adding they had carried out activities that were “not appropriate” on a tourist visa.

The next hearing is Thursday.

Their lawyer Aristo Pangaribuan told AFP what they had done was a “misdemeanour” rather than a serious criminal act.

“This case has been going on since May, the two want to go home immediately,” he said.

A spokesman for the British embassy in Jakarta said: “We can confirm that we are providing consular assistance to the two British journalists currently detained in Batam, Indonesia, and are in contact with their families and legal representatives.”

Two French journalists were given jail terms of two and a half months last year after being caught in Indonesia’s Papua province trying to make a documentary on a separatist movement while on tourist visas. (afp)

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A vendor prepares a chicken for a customer at Senen Market in Jakarta, September 30, 2015. Indonesia is set to cull millions of chickens to ease supply swings in the local meat market caused by a drive for self-sufficiency, the latest in a string of food policies that have backfired for the government of President Joko Widodo.

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Fever and Lynx to meet in WNBA Finals in rematch of 2012

NEW YORK — Four years ago, Tamika Catchings and the Indiana Fever came into the WNBA Finals as a huge underdog to Minnesota. Catchings and her squad put forth an incredible effort to pull off the upset, knocking off the Lynx in four games to win their only championship in franchise history.

Now the Lynx stand in the way again of the Fever, who, as Catchings put it, weren’t even expected to make it out of the first round of the playoffs. The series will begin Sunday in Minnesota.

“Nobody thought we’d win the first series,” Catchings said. “No one thought we’d win this round.

No one thinks we’ll win the finals.

We’re not done yet.”

Catchings, who announced she’s retiring at the end of next season, has willed her team to victories. The Fever won the final two games in the opening round against Chicago.

Then, against New York, the Fever swept the final two contests, rallying from an 18-point deficit in the second quarter in Game 2 to force Tuesday’s contest, which they won 66-51.

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by Hindu community. Among them, there are drinking earthenware, holy water container, earthenware vessel, plate and tray. However, in harmony with the growing demand of tourism sector, the hamlet also produces

garden lamp, perforated coins and various dishes.

Aside from supplying shop orders at Kapal village, local artisans also meet the demand of general public coming in person to them.

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Distinctiveness of the pottery products of Basang Tamiang compared to the others is in terms of the design where it is neutral, without finishing, thicker and applying red brick color. Balinese pottery was sturdier because its body was thicker than the products of outside the region such as the pottery or earthenware bringing

in from Lombok and Yogyakarta.

Many Hindu communities living outside Bali or resettlement area ordered their products.

Moreover, in the season of cremation ceremony, ngenteg linggih and so on, the order would be abundant. Therefore, the artisans consistently made pottery for ceremonial purposes, though also getting some orders from hotels and tourists.

said. “If you had asked me before the season if I’d be sitting right here, we’re going to try, I don’t know. To be sitting here means a lot for the organization, for my team.”

Almost everyone thought Minnesota would be playing for a championship. It was the preseason favorite to win a third championship in five seasons, and the Lynx nearly have Olympians at every position, headlined by Maya Moore.

Still, Catchings has found a way to will her team to victories. Indiana is 8-2 in elimination games the past four seasons, and Catchings is a main reason why. She’s averaged 20.4 points in those contests. She had 14 points and a bunch of key defensive plays in the win over the Liberty on Tuesday night.

She’ll have her hands full with the Lynx and Moore. The 2014

MVP came up with a huge defensive play at the end of Game 2’s win over Phoenix, and then hit the game-winning free throw with 1.5 seconds left after a foul call that the league later said never should have been made. She finished with a playoff career-best 40 points.

“You just keep playing until the last horn,” Moore said. “I was just anticipating them passing the ball inside and just tried to get a deflection. That’s what I’ve been trying to do all year, lead my team in deflections.” (ap)

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings (24) reacts against the New York Liberty during the second half in Game 3 of the WNBA basketball Eastern Conference finals at Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The Fever defeated the Liberty and will take on the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA finals.

Ecclestone responds to F1 teams’ lodging EU complaint

Bernie Ecclestone does not blame Force India and Sauber for voicing their dissatisfaction with Formula 1 through an official complaint to the European Union. The teams have lodged a complaint to

the EU competitions commission regarding F1’s governance and payment structure, as negotiated by commercial rights holder Ecclestone and F1 owner CVC Capital Partners.

Frustrated at the additional handouts to Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Red Bull and Williams, the midfield organisations are hoping an EU investigation will lead to a shake up of F1, and ultimately result in a

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fairer distribution of revenues.

“We haven’t discouraged or encouraged anybody to do anything,” Ecclestone told AUTOSPORT. “That’s what the European Union is there for, for these sorts of things.

“They [the teams] must give it a go, and if they’re successful it’s good, and if not then it costs nothing.” If the EU decides to investigate and F1 is found culpable of an abuse of power in the way it handles its affairs, a fine of 10 per cent of turnover (which last year was £1.06billion) can be levied, as well as forcing a shake up of its structure.

Ecclestone remains unconcerned, and holds no ill feeling towards Force India and Sauber in their bid to compete on a more equal financial footing.

“The bottom line is, what they [the teams] are saying is we’re giving too much money to some people and not enough to the others,” added Ecclestone. “But all this was done whereby everybody knew what they would be getting and what would happen, and they all signed contracts which were

very clear.

“They’ve had a change of heart I suppose, and I don’t blame them, not at all. “Somebody will have a look at it and either decide the agreements they’ve signed are valid and they stick by them, or they’re not valid and they have to be changed. “From our point of view it won’t make any difference at all.”

The contracts referred to by Ecclestone are those signed by the teams in which it apparently makes clear the five major teams would receive premium payments, which were agreed upon by way of bilateral agreements signed in 2012.

Ecclestone has confirmed being fully informed by both teams ahead of the complaint being made, which allowed him to keep CVC chief executive Donald Mackenzie in the loop. “I warned him this was going to happen, so he feels the same as me. He’s not disappointed or annoyed,” said Ecclestone.

“I knew when it was going to be announced. I was well informed by the people who are making the complaints, so it’s OK. No dramas.” (rtr)

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Beer for Bayern after five star Champions League win AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina looks on during the Champions League Group F soccer match between Arsenal and Olympiakos at Emirates stadium in London Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015.

Olympiakos stuns Arsenal 3-2 in Champions League

LONDON — A goalkeeping blunder by David Ospina helped Olympiakos beat Arsenal 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday and leave the Gunners in real danger of its first group-stage exit in 16 years. Ospina fumbled a corner over his line to give the visitors a 2-1 first-half lead, and substitute Alfred Finnbogason scored the winner in the 66th minute — almost immediately after Alexis Sanchez had drawn Arsenal level.

Arsenal, which has advanced past the first group stage every year since 2001, has now lost both its opening games — and still has two meetings with Group F leader Bayern Munich to come. Bayern beat Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 to take a tight grip on first place in the group.

“It leaves us in a bad position, but we are still in it,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “We have to make a result in our next game against Bayern at home. We are not out of it.”

Felipe Pardo gave Olympiakos the lead in the 33rd, but Theo Walcott equalized two minutes later as Arsenal looked likely to start an immediate fightback. However, the London club couldn’t prevent Olympiakos from securing its first ever European win in England in 13 games — which included three group-stage losses at Arsenal in the last six years.

“The key factor today was our endurance,” Olympiakos coach Marco Silva said. “We ran a lot, we knew how to battle and how to remain determined to hold onto

the result we deserved until the end.” Wenger decided to rest firstchoice goalkeeper Petr Cech, just as in the 2-1 loss at Dinamo in the first round, and it proved a costly decision.

Ospina misjudged an inswinging corner in the 40th minute and had to backtrack before failing to hold on to the ball, letting it bounce on the line. The extra official behind the extended goal-line ruled the ball had crossed completely, although some TV replays seemed inconclusive. There is no goal-line technology in use in the Champions League. Wenger bristled after the game when he was asked about the decision to rest Cech.

“I don’t have to sit here and give you an explanation of every decision I make,” the Frenchman said. “Ospina played 19 games last year and kept 14 clean sheets. ... No keeper is mistake free. It could have happened to Petr Cech as well.”

Olympiakos’ first goal also came from a corner, when Pardo was left completely unmarked outside the area, and his shot took a deflection

to wrongfoot Ospina.

Arsenal’s reaction was swift, though, as Walcott took a pass from Sanchez and broke into the left side of the area, firing a low shot toward the far post that Olympiakos goalkeeper Roberto got his hands to but could only deflect into his own net.

Still it was the Greek side that went into halftime in the lead after Ospina’s howler, and the two teams traded quick goals again in the second half. Walcott turned provider for Sanchez this time as he lofted a cross into the area and the Chile striker leaned forward to head in his fourth goal in two games. But Olympiakos was back ahead a minute later after some more poor defending from Arsenal.

Pardo set it up this time as his cross from the right flank found Finnbogason, who beat Per Mertesacker to the ball and slotted his effort past Ospina. Mertesacker had come on as a substitute after Laurent Koscielny went off injured.

With Olivier Giroud suspended, Wenger only had the rarely used Joel Campbell to throw on in search of a late equalizer, but the Gunners didn’t come any closer than a free kick from Mesut Ozil that was punched away by Roberto. Walcott had a last chance in injury time when he broke into the area but shot well wide. (ap)

BERLIN - Bayern Munich’s best start to a Champions League campaign sees them top of Group F after two wins from two, eight goals scored and none conceded but the German champions are expected to get even stronger when key players return from injury.

Bayern scored four goals in the opening 28 minutes against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday and their overall performance in a 5-0 victory fired a warning shot to potential title challengers across the continent. Striker Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Bayern ended the Croats’ 45-game unbeaten run.

Bayern’s dominance, both at home and in Europe, has come despite the fact wingers Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery, as well as defenders Holger Badstuber, Jan Kirchhoff and Medhi Benatia, have been missing due to injury. Spain international Javi Martinez has only just returned after spending several months on the sidelines due to injury.

The injuries have given some players the chance to shine, however, and new signings Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman have so far proved more than adequate replacements for Ribery and Robben on the wings, while the team’s defence does not appear to have been substantially weakened despite the absences.

Five-time European champions Bayern, who are looking for a first Champions League title in coach Pep Guardiola’s third season in charge, will soon welcome back Robben, Badstuber and Benatia, though a date for Ribery’s return to action has yet to be set.

“Six points in two games. This shows the team is in really good form,” Guardiola said. “We did not let anything happen at the back and we had tight control over the game throughout.” A day earlier he had said he would have just 14 or 15 fit players.

“With (Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman our game is much better. Robert and Thomas (Mueller) have much more space in the middle,” he said.

Mueller has netted 11 times in all competitions while Lewandowski took his tally to a remarkable 10 goals in the past seven days.

After falling at the semi-final stage in his previous two seasons on the bench, the Spanish coach is reluctant to get carried away but he was in confident enough mood to order his players to attend Munich’s beer festival ahead of their Bundesliga derby against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

“Now we are off to the Oktoberfest and then we will start thinking about Borussia Dortmund on the weekend,” he added. (rtr)

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring a goal against Dinamo Zagreb during their Champions League Group F soccer match in Munich, Germany, September 29, 2015.

AP Photo/Anthony Harris, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2015 file photo, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner speaks at a political rally in Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago. FIFA has banned former VP Jack Warner from football for life on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 in World Cup bidding probe.

FIFA bans Blatter ally Warner for life over repeated bribery

ZURICH — Four years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life on Tuesday, accused of repeated acts of bribery related to World Cup bidding votes. Warner, a long-time ally of President Sepp Blatter who was allowed to resign from FIFA in 2011 with his “presumption of innocence” maintained, is currently fighting extradition from Trinidad and Tobago on U.S. charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money-laundering.

The decision by the FIFA ethics committee on Tuesday shows that judge Hans-Joachim Eckert will pursue officials long after they have left their jobs.

A more pressing case for the ethics body is an investigation into Blatter, who was interrogated by Swiss prosecutors on Friday in part over allegations he undervalued the awarding of World Cup television rights to Warner. Blatter, who denies wrongdoing, is at risk of being suspended by his own organization.

Warner’s lifetime FIFA ban stems from Eckert’s report on the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

“I do not believe however that this will serve as the distraction to the FIFA’s present problems as the FIFA wishes it to be,” Warner said. “Given what is happening in Zurich with Sepp Blatter I guess that there is no such thing as a coincidence.”

As leader of the CONCACAF region from 1990-2011, Warner gained considerable influence in World Cup votes by the FIFA executive committee and now the extent of his wrongdoing has been reinforced by Eckert. “Mr. Warner was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF,” the FIFA statement said.

“In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of

undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes.”

The case highlights how the specter of corruption has hung over FIFA under Blatter’s 17-year presidency.

Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon, who hopes to succeed Blatter in February’s election, said Tuesday the leadership crisis is so severe that an emergency task force should be set up to run the game.

With Blatter under criminal investigation and general secretary Jerome Valcke suspended from work and being investigated by the ethics committee, Chung said FIFA is in “total meltdown.”

“Under such circumstances, FIFA and regional confederations should consider convening extraordinary sessions of their respective executive committee(s) as well as congress to set-up an emergency task force that will enable FIFA secretariat to function without interruption,” Chung, a former vice president under Blatter, said in a statement from South Korea.

Among Chung’s potential rivals in the election is UEFA President Michel Platini, who has been questioned as a witness over a payment from FIFA — one of the reasons Blatter was interrogated on Friday by Swiss authorities. Blatter and Platini denied wrongdoing as they await news from the ethics committee, which is looking into the case.

Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber said Tuesday that Platini is being treated as “between a witness and an accused person.” Lauber said he would raid Platini’s office if necessary to “clear up what’s the real truth.”

The payment under investigation is the 2 million Swiss francs (about $2 million) received by Platini in 2011 for work supposedly carried out in his job as a FIFA adviser between 1998 and 2002. FIFA’s accounts for 1999-2002 show a revenue surplus of 115 million Swiss francs (about $83 million in 2002). (ap)

BARCELONA - Barcelona coach Luis Enrique woke up on Wednesday confronted with the twin problems of a lengthening injury list and the first signs of discontent this season among the demanding fans at the Nou Camp. Barca’s Spain playmaker and captain Andres Iniesta was the latest to be sidelined, following the likes of Lionel Messi and Rafinha, picking up a thigh muscle strain that local media suggested could keep him out for more than a month.

To make matters worse, some supporters began whistling the team when they were trailing Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in Tuesday’s Champions League Group E game, although they were soon silenced as Barca stormed back to win 2-1 thanks to late goals from Sergi Roberto and Luis Suarez.

It may seem incredible that some home fans are angry a mere four months after Barca secured a treble of Champions League, La Liga and King’s Cup titles but their performances of late have been less than convincing and supporters in Spain are notoriously impatient.

Luis Enrique said Barca would remain competitive despite the rash of injuries and hit back at the disgruntled fans, saying the players deserved greater respect.

“We need more support from people when things aren’t going our way,” Luis Enrique told a news conference.

“You can clearly hear the whistles from beside the pitch,” added the former Barca and Spain midfielder.

“If we are not running enough fine but the team made a big effort. There are going to be players out there (due to the injuries) who need confidence not whistling.” One reason Barca have been left short is a FIFA ban on registering players for the past two transfer windows.

Barca bought Turkey playmaker Arda Turan and versatile Spain midfielder Aleix Vidal in the close season but as things stand neither can play until January.

Barca have asked permission to register Arda due to Rafinha’s long-term knee injury and local media have reported they are prepared to take their fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if necessary.

Tuesday’s victory lifted Barca to the top of the section on four points from two matches, with Leverkusen second on three points, level with BATE Borisov.

BATE beat AS Roma 3-2 on Tuesday and the Serie A side are bottom on one point. Barca’s next outing is a La Liga game at Europa League holders Sevilla on Saturday. (rtr)

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta walks off the pitch during their Champions League group E soccer match against Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, September 29, 2015.

Mourinho blames “ridiculous mistakes” for Chelsea defeat

PORTO, Portugal - Jose Mourinho lamented Chelsea’s defending from set-pieces but was otherwise satisfied with his team’s display after they suffered a fifth defeat of the season on Tuesday, 2-1 at Porto in the Champions League.

Porto, the club Mourinho led to the Champions League title in 2004, scored in each half through Andre Andre and Maicon while the 2012 winners replied through Willian on the stroke of halftime.

“It was a good performance with two ridiculous mistakes,” the Chelsea manager told reporters. “Sometimes you make those mistakes and you are not punished, we were punished.

“With the second goal it’s a ridiculous mistake. We watched dozens of repetitions of Porto taking corners, I thought we were

completely ready for that and at a moment when the game was under control and were preparing to make a change we conceded that goal.

“We had another similar mistake when they hit the post. Apart from that I thought we had balance, defensively we had no problems and the defenders played well,” added Mourinho. “The basic thing in football is a defensive set-play, the ball is there, you know the movements, control the spaces.”

Dynamo Kiev and Porto top Group G with four points from two games. Chelsea are on three while Maccabi Tel Aviv have yet to get off the mark. The Londoners are also way off the pace in the Premier League and Mourinho has criticised his side at times during a difficult start to the season.

On Tuesday night, however, he refused to “point the finger” of blame at his squad. “I don’t think my players deserve me to be critical of them apart from the two mistakes,” he added.

“It’s a difficult opponent and a difficult place to play. The Champions League brings a different emotion to matches, to the crowd and opposing players. I think the team played well.”

Porto’s first-half scorer Andre hailed a memorable performance by his side. “The most important thing is that the team keeps winning, no matter who scores,” said the midfielder.

“I would be equally happy if we won and I was not the one scoring.

We are all very happy, we played a great match and now we have to savour this victory.” (rtr)

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Beer for Bayern after five star Champions League win AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina looks on during the Champions League Group F soccer match between Arsenal and Olympiakos at Emirates stadium in London Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015.

Olympiakos stuns Arsenal 3-2 in Champions League

LONDON — A goalkeeping blunder by David Ospina helped Olympiakos beat Arsenal 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday and leave the Gunners in real danger of its first group-stage exit in 16 years. Ospina fumbled a corner over his line to give the visitors a 2-1 first-half lead, and substitute Alfred Finnbogason scored the winner in the 66th minute — almost immediately after Alexis Sanchez had drawn Arsenal level.

Arsenal, which has advanced past the first group stage every year since 2001, has now lost both its opening games — and still has two meetings with Group F leader Bayern Munich to come. Bayern beat Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 to take a tight grip on first place in the group.

“It leaves us in a bad position, but we are still in it,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “We have to make a result in our next game against Bayern at home. We are not out of it.”

Felipe Pardo gave Olympiakos the lead in the 33rd, but Theo Walcott equalized two minutes later as Arsenal looked likely to start an immediate fightback. However, the London club couldn’t prevent Olympiakos from securing its first ever European win in England in 13 games — which included three group-stage losses at Arsenal in the last six years.

“The key factor today was our endurance,” Olympiakos coach Marco Silva said. “We ran a lot, we knew how to battle and how to remain determined to hold onto

the result we deserved until the end.” Wenger decided to rest firstchoice goalkeeper Petr Cech, just as in the 2-1 loss at Dinamo in the first round, and it proved a costly decision.

Ospina misjudged an inswinging corner in the 40th minute and had to backtrack before failing to hold on to the ball, letting it bounce on the line. The extra official behind the extended goal-line ruled the ball had crossed completely, although some TV replays seemed inconclusive. There is no goal-line technology in use in the Champions League. Wenger bristled after the game when he was asked about the decision to rest Cech.

“I don’t have to sit here and give you an explanation of every decision I make,” the Frenchman said. “Ospina played 19 games last year and kept 14 clean sheets. ... No keeper is mistake free. It could have happened to Petr Cech as well.”

Olympiakos’ first goal also came from a corner, when Pardo was left completely unmarked outside the area, and his shot took a deflection

to wrongfoot Ospina.

Arsenal’s reaction was swift, though, as Walcott took a pass from Sanchez and broke into the left side of the area, firing a low shot toward the far post that Olympiakos goalkeeper Roberto got his hands to but could only deflect into his own net.

Still it was the Greek side that went into halftime in the lead after Ospina’s howler, and the two teams traded quick goals again in the second half. Walcott turned provider for Sanchez this time as he lofted a cross into the area and the Chile striker leaned forward to head in his fourth goal in two games. But Olympiakos was back ahead a minute later after some more poor defending from Arsenal.

Pardo set it up this time as his cross from the right flank found Finnbogason, who beat Per Mertesacker to the ball and slotted his effort past Ospina. Mertesacker had come on as a substitute after Laurent Koscielny went off injured.

With Olivier Giroud suspended, Wenger only had the rarely used Joel Campbell to throw on in search of a late equalizer, but the Gunners didn’t come any closer than a free kick from Mesut Ozil that was punched away by Roberto. Walcott had a last chance in injury time when he broke into the area but shot well wide. (ap)

BERLIN - Bayern Munich’s best start to a Champions League campaign sees them top of Group F after two wins from two, eight goals scored and none conceded but the German champions are expected to get even stronger when key players return from injury.

Bayern scored four goals in the opening 28 minutes against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday and their overall performance in a 5-0 victory fired a warning shot to potential title challengers across the continent. Striker Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Bayern ended the Croats’ 45-game unbeaten run.

Bayern’s dominance, both at home and in Europe, has come despite the fact wingers Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery, as well as defenders Holger Badstuber, Jan Kirchhoff and Medhi Benatia, have been missing due to injury. Spain international Javi Martinez has only just returned after spending several months on the sidelines due to injury.

The injuries have given some players the chance to shine, however, and new signings Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman have so far proved more than adequate replacements for Ribery and Robben on the wings, while the team’s defence does not appear to have been substantially weakened despite the absences.

Five-time European champions Bayern, who are looking for a first Champions League title in coach Pep Guardiola’s third season in charge, will soon welcome back Robben, Badstuber and Benatia, though a date for Ribery’s return to action has yet to be set.

“Six points in two games. This shows the team is in really good form,” Guardiola said. “We did not let anything happen at the back and we had tight control over the game throughout.” A day earlier he had said he would have just 14 or 15 fit players.

“With (Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman our game is much better. Robert and Thomas (Mueller) have much more space in the middle,” he said.

Mueller has netted 11 times in all competitions while Lewandowski took his tally to a remarkable 10 goals in the past seven days.

After falling at the semi-final stage in his previous two seasons on the bench, the Spanish coach is reluctant to get carried away but he was in confident enough mood to order his players to attend Munich’s beer festival ahead of their Bundesliga derby against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

“Now we are off to the Oktoberfest and then we will start thinking about Borussia Dortmund on the weekend,” he added. (rtr)

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring a goal against Dinamo Zagreb during their Champions League Group F soccer match in Munich, Germany, September 29, 2015.

AP Photo/Anthony Harris, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2015 file photo, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner speaks at a political rally in Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago. FIFA has banned former VP Jack Warner from football for life on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 in World Cup bidding probe.

FIFA bans Blatter ally Warner for life over repeated bribery

ZURICH — Four years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life on Tuesday, accused of repeated acts of bribery related to World Cup bidding votes. Warner, a long-time ally of President Sepp Blatter who was allowed to resign from FIFA in 2011 with his “presumption of innocence” maintained, is currently fighting extradition from Trinidad and Tobago on U.S. charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money-laundering.

The decision by the FIFA ethics committee on Tuesday shows that judge Hans-Joachim Eckert will pursue officials long after they have left their jobs.

A more pressing case for the ethics body is an investigation into Blatter, who was interrogated by Swiss prosecutors on Friday in part over allegations he undervalued the awarding of World Cup television rights to Warner. Blatter, who denies wrongdoing, is at risk of being suspended by his own organization.

Warner’s lifetime FIFA ban stems from Eckert’s report on the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

“I do not believe however that this will serve as the distraction to the FIFA’s present problems as the FIFA wishes it to be,” Warner said. “Given what is happening in Zurich with Sepp Blatter I guess that there is no such thing as a coincidence.”

As leader of the CONCACAF region from 1990-2011, Warner gained considerable influence in World Cup votes by the FIFA executive committee and now the extent of his wrongdoing has been reinforced by Eckert. “Mr. Warner was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF,” the FIFA statement said.

“In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of

undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes.”

The case highlights how the specter of corruption has hung over FIFA under Blatter’s 17-year presidency.

Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon, who hopes to succeed Blatter in February’s election, said Tuesday the leadership crisis is so severe that an emergency task force should be set up to run the game.

With Blatter under criminal investigation and general secretary Jerome Valcke suspended from work and being investigated by the ethics committee, Chung said FIFA is in “total meltdown.”

“Under such circumstances, FIFA and regional confederations should consider convening extraordinary sessions of their respective executive committee(s) as well as congress to set-up an emergency task force that will enable FIFA secretariat to function without interruption,” Chung, a former vice president under Blatter, said in a statement from South Korea.

Among Chung’s potential rivals in the election is UEFA President Michel Platini, who has been questioned as a witness over a payment from FIFA — one of the reasons Blatter was interrogated on Friday by Swiss authorities. Blatter and Platini denied wrongdoing as they await news from the ethics committee, which is looking into the case.

Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber said Tuesday that Platini is being treated as “between a witness and an accused person.” Lauber said he would raid Platini’s office if necessary to “clear up what’s the real truth.”

The payment under investigation is the 2 million Swiss francs (about $2 million) received by Platini in 2011 for work supposedly carried out in his job as a FIFA adviser between 1998 and 2002. FIFA’s accounts for 1999-2002 show a revenue surplus of 115 million Swiss francs (about $83 million in 2002). (ap)

BARCELONA - Barcelona coach Luis Enrique woke up on Wednesday confronted with the twin problems of a lengthening injury list and the first signs of discontent this season among the demanding fans at the Nou Camp. Barca’s Spain playmaker and captain Andres Iniesta was the latest to be sidelined, following the likes of Lionel Messi and Rafinha, picking up a thigh muscle strain that local media suggested could keep him out for more than a month.

To make matters worse, some supporters began whistling the team when they were trailing Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in Tuesday’s Champions League Group E game, although they were soon silenced as Barca stormed back to win 2-1 thanks to late goals from Sergi Roberto and Luis Suarez.

It may seem incredible that some home fans are angry a mere four months after Barca secured a treble of Champions League, La Liga and King’s Cup titles but their performances of late have been less than convincing and supporters in Spain are notoriously impatient.

Luis Enrique said Barca would remain competitive despite the rash of injuries and hit back at the disgruntled fans, saying the players deserved greater respect.

“We need more support from people when things aren’t going our way,” Luis Enrique told a news conference.

“You can clearly hear the whistles from beside the pitch,” added the former Barca and Spain midfielder.

“If we are not running enough fine but the team made a big effort. There are going to be players out there (due to the injuries) who need confidence not whistling.” One reason Barca have been left short is a FIFA ban on registering players for the past two transfer windows.

Barca bought Turkey playmaker Arda Turan and versatile Spain midfielder Aleix Vidal in the close season but as things stand neither can play until January.

Barca have asked permission to register Arda due to Rafinha’s long-term knee injury and local media have reported they are prepared to take their fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if necessary.

Tuesday’s victory lifted Barca to the top of the section on four points from two matches, with Leverkusen second on three points, level with BATE Borisov.

BATE beat AS Roma 3-2 on Tuesday and the Serie A side are bottom on one point. Barca’s next outing is a La Liga game at Europa League holders Sevilla on Saturday. (rtr)

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta walks off the pitch during their Champions League group E soccer match against Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, September 29, 2015.

Mourinho blames “ridiculous mistakes” for Chelsea defeat

PORTO, Portugal - Jose Mourinho lamented Chelsea’s defending from set-pieces but was otherwise satisfied with his team’s display after they suffered a fifth defeat of the season on Tuesday, 2-1 at Porto in the Champions League.

Porto, the club Mourinho led to the Champions League title in 2004, scored in each half through Andre Andre and Maicon while the 2012 winners replied through Willian on the stroke of halftime.

“It was a good performance with two ridiculous mistakes,” the Chelsea manager told reporters. “Sometimes you make those mistakes and you are not punished, we were punished.

“With the second goal it’s a ridiculous mistake. We watched dozens of repetitions of Porto taking corners, I thought we were

completely ready for that and at a moment when the game was under control and were preparing to make a change we conceded that goal.

“We had another similar mistake when they hit the post. Apart from that I thought we had balance, defensively we had no problems and the defenders played well,” added Mourinho. “The basic thing in football is a defensive set-play, the ball is there, you know the movements, control the spaces.”

Dynamo Kiev and Porto top Group G with four points from two games. Chelsea are on three while Maccabi Tel Aviv have yet to get off the mark. The Londoners are also way off the pace in the Premier League and Mourinho has criticised his side at times during a difficult start to the season.

On Tuesday night, however, he refused to “point the finger” of blame at his squad. “I don’t think my players deserve me to be critical of them apart from the two mistakes,” he added.

“It’s a difficult opponent and a difficult place to play. The Champions League brings a different emotion to matches, to the crowd and opposing players. I think the team played well.”

Porto’s first-half scorer Andre hailed a memorable performance by his side. “The most important thing is that the team keeps winning, no matter who scores,” said the midfielder.

“I would be equally happy if we won and I was not the one scoring.

We are all very happy, we played a great match and now we have to savour this victory.” (rtr)

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International

Fever and Lynx to meet in WNBA Finals in rematch of 2012

NEW YORK — Four years ago, Tamika Catchings and the Indiana Fever came into the WNBA Finals as a huge underdog to Minnesota. Catchings and her squad put forth an incredible effort to pull off the upset, knocking off the Lynx in four games to win their only championship in franchise history.

Now the Lynx stand in the way again of the Fever, who, as Catchings put it, weren’t even expected to make it out of the first round of the playoffs. The series will begin Sunday in Minnesota.

“Nobody thought we’d win the first series,” Catchings said. “No one thought we’d win this round.

No one thinks we’ll win the finals.

We’re not done yet.”

Catchings, who announced she’s retiring at the end of next season, has willed her team to victories. The Fever won the final two games in the opening round against Chicago.

Then, against New York, the Fever swept the final two contests, rallying from an 18-point deficit in the second quarter in Game 2 to force Tuesday’s contest, which they won 66-51.

“This is awesome,” Catchings IBP/File Photo

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as lampshades, satay roasting pot and large size flower pots.

Distinctiveness of the pottery products of Basang Tamiang compared to the others is in terms of the design where it is neutral, without finishing, thicker and applying red brick color. Balinese pottery was sturdier because its body was thicker than the products of outside the region such as the pottery or earthenware bringing

in from Lombok and Yogyakarta.

Many Hindu communities living outside Bali or resettlement area ordered their products.

Moreover, in the season of cremation ceremony, ngenteg linggih and so on, the order would be abundant. Therefore, the artisans consistently made pottery for ceremonial purposes, though also getting some orders from hotels and tourists.

said. “If you had asked me before the season if I’d be sitting right here, we’re going to try, I don’t know. To be sitting here means a lot for the organization, for my team.”

Almost everyone thought Minnesota would be playing for a championship. It was the preseason favorite to win a third championship in five seasons, and the Lynx nearly have Olympians at every position, headlined by Maya Moore.

Still, Catchings has found a way to will her team to victories. Indiana is 8-2 in elimination games the past four seasons, and Catchings is a main reason why. She’s averaged 20.4 points in those contests. She had 14 points and a bunch of key defensive plays in the win over the Liberty on Tuesday night.

She’ll have her hands full with the Lynx and Moore. The 2014

MVP came up with a huge defensive play at the end of Game 2’s win over Phoenix, and then hit the game-winning free throw with 1.5 seconds left after a foul call that the league later said never should have been made. She finished with a playoff career-best 40 points.

“You just keep playing until the last horn,” Moore said. “I was just anticipating them passing the ball inside and just tried to get a deflection. That’s what I’ve been trying to do all year, lead my team in deflections.” (ap)

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings (24) reacts against the New York Liberty during the second half in Game 3 of the WNBA basketball Eastern Conference finals at Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The Fever defeated the Liberty and will take on the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA finals.

Ecclestone responds to F1 teams’ lodging EU complaint

Bernie Ecclestone does not blame Force India and Sauber for voicing their dissatisfaction with Formula 1 through an official complaint to the European Union. The teams have lodged a complaint to

the EU competitions commission regarding F1’s governance and payment structure, as negotiated by commercial rights holder Ecclestone and F1 owner CVC Capital Partners.

Frustrated at the additional handouts to Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Red Bull and Williams, the midfield organisations are hoping an EU investigation will lead to a shake up of F1, and ultimately result in a

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fairer distribution of revenues.

“We haven’t discouraged or encouraged anybody to do anything,” Ecclestone told AUTOSPORT. “That’s what the European Union is there for, for these sorts of things.

“They [the teams] must give it a go, and if they’re successful it’s good, and if not then it costs nothing.” If the EU decides to investigate and F1 is found culpable of an abuse of power in the way it handles its affairs, a fine of 10 per cent of turnover (which last year was £1.06billion) can be levied, as well as forcing a shake up of its structure.

Ecclestone remains unconcerned, and holds no ill feeling towards Force India and Sauber in their bid to compete on a more equal financial footing.

“The bottom line is, what they [the teams] are saying is we’re giving too much money to some people and not enough to the others,” added Ecclestone. “But all this was done whereby everybody knew what they would be getting and what would happen, and they all signed contracts which were

very clear.

“They’ve had a change of heart I suppose, and I don’t blame them, not at all. “Somebody will have a look at it and either decide the agreements they’ve signed are valid and they stick by them, or they’re not valid and they have to be changed. “From our point of view it won’t make any difference at all.”

The contracts referred to by Ecclestone are those signed by the teams in which it apparently makes clear the five major teams would receive premium payments, which were agreed upon by way of bilateral agreements signed in 2012.

Ecclestone has confirmed being fully informed by both teams ahead of the complaint being made, which allowed him to keep CVC chief executive Donald Mackenzie in the loop. “I warned him this was going to happen, so he feels the same as me. He’s not disappointed or annoyed,” said Ecclestone.

“I knew when it was going to be announced. I was well informed by the people who are making the complaints, so it’s OK. No dramas.” (rtr)

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Russian lawmakers give Putin OK to use troops in Syria

MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. The Kremlin sought to play down the decision, saying it will only use its air force there, not ground troops.

Putin had to request parliamentary approval for any use of Russian troops abroad, according to the constitution. The last time he did so was before Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March 2014.

The Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, discussed Putin’s request for the authorization behind closed doors Wednesday, cutting off its live web broadcast to hold a debate notable for its quickness.

Sergei Ivanov, chief of Putin’s administration, said in televised remarks after the discussion that the parliament voted unanimously to give the green light to Putin’s plea.

The proposal does not need to go to another legislative body.

Ivanov insisted that Moscow is not going to send ground troops to Syria but will only use its air force “in order to support the government Syrian forces in their fight against the Islamic State” group.

Putin and other officials have said Russia was only providing weapons and training to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army to help it combat the Islamic State group. Recent satellites images, however, have shown giant Russian military cargo planes in Syria,

and Russian navy transport vessels have been shuttling back and forth for weeks to ferry troops, weapons and supplies to Syria.

Putin said in a CBS interview earlier this week that Russia won’t take part in any troop operations in Syria.

Worried by the threat of Russian and U.S. jets clashing inadvertently over Syrian skies, Washington agreed to talk to Moscow on how to “deconflict” their military actions.

Last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter had a 50-minute phone call with his Russian counterpart, the first such military-to-military discussion between the two countries in more than a year.

Israel has taken similar precautions, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting Moscow last week to agree with Putin on a coordination mechanism to avoid any possible confrontation between Israeli and Russian forces in Syria.

Moscow has always been a top ally for Assad. The war in Syria against his regime, which began in 2011, has left at least 250,000 dead and forced millions to flee the country. It is also the driving force behind the recordbreaking number of asylum-seekers fleeing to Europe this year.

Ivanov told reporters that Rus-

sia decided to help Assad in order to protect its own country from Islamic militants, not because of “some foreign policy goals or ambitions that our Western partners often accuse us of.”

“We are talking about Russia’s national security interests,” Ivanov said, adding that Moscow is worried about the growing number of Russian recruits going off to fight for the Islamic State group — a number he said was in the thousands.

Moscow should “take pre-emptive steps and do it on distant frontiers, instead of facing the issue here and later on,” said Ivanov.

Putin’s troop request comes after his bilateral meeting Monday with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, where the two discussed Russia’s recent military buildup in Syria.

Ivanov said the motion comes after Moscow received a request from Assad asking for help. He said the biggest difference between other countries conducting air strikes in Syria — such as the United States — is that “they do not comply with the international law, but we do.”

Putin hosted a meeting of the Russian security council at his residence Tuesday night outside Moscow to discuss terrorism and extremism, the Kremlin also reported. (ap)

FILE - In this Sunday, July 26, 2015 file pool photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, reviews a Navy parade in Baltisk, western Russia, during celebration for Russian Navy Day. With dozens of Russian combat jets and helicopter gunships lined up at an air base in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a big-time show at the United Nations General Assembly.

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Indonesian death toll in Mina rises to 57

MECCA - The number of Indonesians who died in the recent Mina tragedy continues to increase, and until 2 a.m. Saudi Time, the figure had reached 57, up by 11 pilgrims from the previous report of 46.

Indonesian Hajj Chief Organizer for Mecca (Mecca Daker) Arsyad Hidayat stated that the newly identified bodies of the Indonesian victims came from the old body container.

“Until now, five body containers had yet to be opened. Four of the containers have been taken to

Jidda,” Hidayat noted while providing an update on the data of the Indonesian victims involved in the Mina stampede, which took place on September 24.

The 11 bodies were identified through complementary file data at the Al Mu’ashim morgue and through their fingerprints. The

deteriorating physical condition of the victims’ bodies has made the identification process difficult.

“We also tried to enter the disaster victim identification (DVI) room to search for Indonesian victims by matching their fingerprints. The physical appearance of the victims’ bodies, such as their faces, has changed. So, fingerprints are a very helpful tool,” Hidayat pointed out.

He said that although the physical condition of the victims’ bodies had posed difficulties in the

identification process, yet DNA examination had not yet been deemed necessary.

Fingerprints are still the main tool to identify the victims as fingerprint records of all the pilgrims entering Saudi Arabia had been maintained.

Mecca Daker Secretary Nur Alia Fitria stated that eight of the 11 newly identified victims came from the flight batch 61 of the Jakarta-Bekasi embarkation (JKS 61), two from flight batch 14

of the Batam embarkation (BTH 14), and one from flight batch 10 of the Makassar embarkation (UPG 10).

The 11 victims are Lilis Suryani Misbah Ijudin, Otong Bastaman Sutisnamiharja, Nana Hendiana Idi, Maemunah Dasa Sasmita, Atang Gumawang Dede Herlan, Karmah Padma Kertapraja, Tuti Kuswarti Daman, Iis Masriah Kastoni Mardo, Ida Murtika Porie, Suryati Sahran Ribut, and Nur Alam Iljas. (ant)

Indonesia unveils new stimulus to lift ailing economy

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Nigerian president also plans to be oil minister

ABUJA, Nigeria — A spokesman says Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who has promised to fight corruption in the oil industry, plans to be the Cabinet minister in charge of the oil sector.

Nigeria is Africa’s biggest petroleum producer, with revenues providing 80 percent of government income. Buhari has said some $150 billion has been stolen from the treasury in 10 years.

Analyst Malte Liewerscheidt of

risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft said Buhari’s move would give himmaximum power to reform the oil and gas industry but warned that it is a “high-risk strategy” that links his fate as president with successful reform.

Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Buhari, confirmed Wednesday that Buhari will put his name forward as petroleum minister on a longawaited Cabinet list to be presented for Parliament’s approval this week. (ap)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s prime minister has appointed veteran, center-right politician Peter Christensen as the Scandinavian country’s new defense minister after his predecessor resigned amid a scandal.

The 40-year-old former taxation minister and member of parliament will be in charge of finalizing talks as the NATO member decides on the purchase of up to 30 new fighter jets to replace an aging fleet of F-16s.

The deal is expected to be worth more than 30 billion kroner ($4.5 billion).

Christensen’s appointment Wednesday came a day after Carl Holst resigned from the position after admitting using a political aide whose salary was paid by taxpayers to help with his parliamentary election campaign in June.

It was Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen’s first scandal since he took office following the June 18 elections. (ap)

Denmark gets new defense minister after political scandal

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JAKARTA - Indonesia on Tuesday introduced more stimulus measures to woo desperately needed investment, in its latest bid to boost the sliding rupiah and breathe new life into the slowing economy.

It was the second time this month that Southeast Asia’s top economy has unveiled steps to battle a sharp slowdown, as it comes under pressure with other emerging markets due to a strengthening US economy and turmoil in China.

“We are making (investing in Indonesia) as attractive as possible,”

said Chief Economics Minister Darmin Nasution, announcing the latest measures along with several other ministers. “We must fix, simplify, make it cheaper.”

New measures announced Tuesday included slashing the time taken to process investment permits from at least eight days to just three hours, with processing for permits in mining and geothermal projects in forested areas to be cut from up to four years to about 15 days.

To keep US dollars in the country, the government said it was

cutting taxes for exporters who deposit their foreign exchange revenue in the country or convert it to rupiah, which should make it more attractive than depositing funds in countries such as neighbouring Singapore, Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said.

President Joko Widodo, who has been in office for almost a year, is faced with a dire economic situation.

The rupiah has plunged about 20 percent against the US dollar this year, while the economy is forecast

to grow less than five percent in 2015, its slowest pace in six years.

While many of the challenges facing Indonesia are blamed on global turmoil, the president must also contend with many domestic problems hampering the economy -- a complex bureaucracy, rickety infrastructure and confusing investment policies.

The World Bank ranked Indonesia 114th in its annual “ease of doing business” survey this year.

The first stimulus package, which included such measures as tax breaks and attempts to simplify

confusing regulations seen as a drag on business, failed to boost the market and rupiah.

Economists welcomed the new policies but said they would not be a silver bullet.

“This is quite a good move from the government,” said Josua Pardede, an economist from Indonesia’s Bank Permata.

“But the market hopes the government can do more to build confidence for portfolio investment and to boost slumping domestic consumption.” (afp)

British journalists on trial over Indonesia piracy film

BATAM - Two British journalists have gone on trial in Indonesia for allegedly trying to make a documentary about piracy without the correct visas, and could face up to five years in jail, an official said Tuesday.

Neil Bonner, 32, and Rebecca Prosser, 31, appeared in court together Monday on the western island of Batam accused of having only tourist visas while attempting to make the film, Ali Akbar, a senior official at the local prosecutor’s office, told AFP. “They have broken Indonesian immigration law and could be jailed for up to five years if found guilty,” he said.

Foreign journalists wanting to report in Indonesia must get a special visa. However, foreign reporters detained in Indonesia for illegal reporting in the past have been deported immediately or handed short prison terms.

According to their indictment seen by AFP, the pair arrived in Indonesia in May to shoot the film for production house Wall to Wall with funding from National Geographic.

It added they had hired several Indonesians to act out a scene of a tanker being boarded by a group of pirates off Batam.

The island is in the Malacca Strait, a major

shipping lane.

The number of pirate attacks in Southeast Asian waters rose last year, according to watchdog the International Maritime Bureau, bucking a global trend of falling piracy incidents.

“Acting on tip-off from residents, the Indonesian navy carried out a raid and arrested them,” the indictment said, adding they had carried out activities that were “not appropriate” on a tourist visa.

The next hearing is Thursday.

Their lawyer Aristo Pangaribuan told AFP what they had done was a “misdemeanour” rather than a serious criminal act.

“This case has been going on since May, the two want to go home immediately,” he said.

A spokesman for the British embassy in Jakarta said: “We can confirm that we are providing consular assistance to the two British journalists currently detained in Batam, Indonesia, and are in contact with their families and legal representatives.”

Two French journalists were given jail terms of two and a half months last year after being caught in Indonesia’s Papua province trying to make a documentary on a separatist movement while on tourist visas. (afp)

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A vendor prepares a chicken for a customer at Senen Market in Jakarta, September 30, 2015. Indonesia is set to cull millions of chickens to ease supply swings in the local meat market caused by a drive for self-sufficiency, the latest in a string of food policies that have backfired for the government of President Joko Widodo.

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Asian emerging market currencies rebound against dollar

was 0.48 percent higher.

The Indonesian rupiah gained 0.17 percent, the Singapore dollar rose 0.16 percent, and the Thai baht was up 0.22 percent. The Australian dollar rose 0.12 percent.

Dealers will be keeping an eye on a speech by Fed boss Janet Yellen later in the day for a cue on the bank’s plan for monetary policy, her first since indicating last week that a hike in interest rates remains on the table for 2015.

Washington will release September unemployment figures on Friday, with another strong reading likely to add to calls on the Fed to move, putting pressure on emerging economies as investors withdraw their cash to seek better returns in the US. The dollar rose against the yen and euro. The greenback strengthened to 119.99 yen from 119.75 yen Tuesday in New York, while the euro was at $1.1225 from $1.1242 in US trade.

The single currency also eased to 134.70 yen from 134.77 yen. (afp)

The United States is pushing hard for the 12-country deal to create the world’s largest free trade region, hoping to lock in rules that global trade giant China would eventually have to heed.

A handful of issues bogged down the talks in Hawaii, including how the US treats imports of Japanese auto parts, the length of patent protections for increasingly important biologic drugs, and open markets for dairy products from major producers such as New Zealand.

Joshua Melzer, a trade expert at the Brookings Institution and a former Australian trade negotiator, said there was still work to do but

an agreement was in sight.

“I think the prospects are good for the deal to be done this week,” he said. But nothing was certain, with vocal public groups raising objections to a number of issues under discussion and, more generally, to the secrecy of the talks.

In Ottawa Tuesday, tractor-driving dairy farmers with a handful of cows blocked roads to Canada’s parliament to protest the possible opening up of the country’s milk market to imports under the TPP. Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith said the pact is “endangering the stability and viability of our industry.”

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DENPASAR - The Gianyar Police responded quickly to the condemnation of a same-sex marriage celebration ceremony that took place at a hotel in Ubud, Gianyar. The investigators have named a suspect, with the initial M, from the hotel management. “The suspect is subject to the article on blasphemy but was not arrested,” said Spokesman of the Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, on Tuesday (Sep. 29).

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A currency trader looks at the monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Asian currencies from the South Korean won to Malaysian ringgit strengthened against the dollar Wednesday with confidence returning to trading floors as regional equity markets recovered after a global rout.

Pacific trade ministers aim to seal TPP trade pact

WASHINGTON - Top trade representatives of 12 Pacific Rim countries begin two days of talks in Atlanta Wednesday hoping to finalize the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement after July negotiations in Hawaii failed.

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TOKYO - Asian currencies from the South Korean won to Malaysian ringgit strengthened against the dollar Wednesday with confidence returning to trading floors as regional equity markets recovered after a global rout. But the greenback losses were likely to be short-lived as the Federal Reserve readies to lift nearzero interest rates for the first time in almost a decade, analysts said.

“It’s hard to see how any Asian currency will post sustained, substantial gains in the fourth quarter, with losses versus the US dollar likely to be the norm,” Sean Callow, a senior currency strategist at Westpac Banking in Sydney, told Bloomberg News.

“We expect volatility to remain elevated as Asian policymakers struggle with regional deceleration in growth, and yet more weeks and months of debate over the Fed policy outlook.”

The won rose almost 1.5 percent against the dollar, the Taiwan dollar added 0.72 percent, and the ringgit

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The meeting of the trade ministers from the 12 TPP countries -- Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam -- will follow four days of detailed discussions between their negotiators in the southern US city.

A deal would lower trade and investment barriers and strengthen intellectual property protections in countries comprising about 40 percent of the global economy.

According to a study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, the stimulus from the TPP pact could add $295 billion in annual global income after the 10-year implementation period.

The negotiations have left out China, which Washington sees as not committed to free trade and which has taken steps to organize its own

Asia-region trade grouping.

TPP negotiators are aiming to present a final, unalterable agreement for ratification to the governments, an approach that has angered legislators and civil society groups in a number of the countries, especially the United States.

Critics say what they know of the discussions favors the needs of industry groups by giving more protection on drug patents; establishing an extra-legal investor-state dispute settlement regime; and does little to assure enforcement of environmental and labor standards.

“Despite the unprecedented secrecy surrounding the TPP negotiations, leaks of TPP documents are fueling opposition in many TPP countries,” said the Washington activist group Public Citizen.

Canberra’s Trade Minister An-

drew Robb told the Australian Financial Review that 90 percent of the issues had been settled going into this week’s discussions.

“There are unresolved issues, but hopefully these aren’t intractable,” he said. “A conclusion remains within imminent reach.”

Melzer said that even if a deal is reached this week, it will be months before it goes to government’s for ratification.

For the United States, that could mean that a potentially hostile Congress recieves that pact in April or May, just as the 2016 presidential election hits high gear.

If a deal is struck, it could become a model for the even larger Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Washington is negotiating with the European Union. (afp)

The police are discussing the alleged same sex marriage in Ubud.

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According to Wiyanto, determination of the suspect was based on the results of an investigation and the collection of evidence. Hotel employees were examined as witnesses, because they were the ones who held the unusual event. “There has only been one suspect charged under the article on blasphemy. The suspect is part of the hotel management and organized the activity,” said Wiyanto.

The investigators also named the same-sex couple as suspects, but they fled overseas. “It is too far for us to go looking for the newly-wed couple. In the meantime, investigators are looking for people considered to be responsible for the event,” explained the police spokesperson, who added that such marriages a re prohibited.

“This is the first case of its kind in Bali. Naturally Balinese people

are angry. The impact of such behaviours should be considered,” he said.

As for the the same-sex couple, they reasoned that they had already held a wedding ceremony in the U.S and just came to Bali to celebrate, but Wiyanto asserted that the article of blasphemy is the most appropriate charge. Although they were just celebrating, because they performed a Hindu ritual, they are considered to have tarnished religious symbols.

Can they be arrested? “There are formal and legal requirements that must be met in order to retain suspects. Based on formal requirement the suspects could be sentenced to more than five years in prison, while in terms of material requirement the suspects did not try to escape nor destroy the evidence,” he said. (kmb36)

Dry season blessing for coffee entrepreneurs

BANGLI - This dry season has caused the coffee trading business to grow. The season that commonly brings nightmares to wetland farmers, has contributed to successful processing and maximal results for coffee growers.

Kintamani business man, I Komang Sukarsana, explained on Tuesday (Sep. 29) that the hot temperatures caused by the dry season actually help coffee famers. “The dry season speeds up the drying process and reduces costs,” he said.

Sukarsana added that the dry season has also contributed to increasing the quality of the beans. As a result, the selling price has increasesd. To date, the price of dry raw coffee is IDR 44,000 per kg, up from IDR 41,00 per KG. This increase in price started last July - this tends to be true every year. “The price of coffee beans has gone up by as much as IDR 3,000 per kg. It is quite helpful for farmers,” he said.

This young entrepreneur also added that he not only targets local markets, but has managed to penetrate exports markets in Korea, Australia and Sweden. “Kintamani coffee is very popular on both the local and international market,” he said.

Similar opinions were expressed by a farmer from Tembuku, named I Wayan Sarma. He said that prices have tended to be relatively stable throughout the years. The newly picked red coffee beans are sold for some IDR 6,000 per kg. “The price of coffee is quite stable but sometimes it goes up,” he said.

Sarma added that so far coffee farming is still quite promising.

However, he regretted that many farmers are willing to cut down their coffee trees and replace them with tangerine tress. Actually, the selling price of tangerine is not always stable. “Coffee farming is still more promising,” he added.

Head of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, confirmed that the price of coffee in recent months has increased.

According to him, there is very little chance that the price of coffee will go down. “The price of coffee indeed tends to increase,” he said.

With such promising condition, Sudibia hopes that coffee farmers do not become pessimistic and switch to growing other crops, like tangerines. “If possible, coffee farmers should not switch to other crops,” he said with hope. (kmb45)

An elderly woman are checking the coffee before it being processed.

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The dry condition of the park on the border of Bangli and Buleleng

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Water crisis causing parks to shrivel up

BANGLI - The park that straddles the border of Bangli and Buleleng is in very poor conditions appears to have been severely neglected with several dead plants and many more yellowing.

Head of Bangli Urban Planning, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, admitd that the park was in poor condition and explained that this was due to the drought currently being expe-

rienced in the area. “Indeed it has been difficult to get water in the area of the park since the dry season started,” she explained.

Yudi Sutha added that mainte-

nance of the park is done by the Kintamani technical unit. She also stated that the dryness found in this park is not particular to Kintamani but that the park at the border of Bangli and Karangasem is experiencing similar conditions. To prevent these parks from deteriorating nay more, efforts are being made to water the plants.

Faced with extreme weather, Bangli Urban Panning has been overwhelmed in trying to deal with the condition of the parks in town, especially those located around the office of the regent. “Not only is there a water shortage but there is also a lack of water-tank trucks,” she said.

The dry season has serious im-

pacts availability of water so they will think twice before creating any new parks. “Some time ago, there was a proposal to create additional parks in several locations. But given the the difficulty in obtaining adequate water in the dry season, we cannot consider creating any new parks,” she affirmed. (kmb45)

Mass vaccination targets thousands of dogs SINGARAJA - A mass dog vaccination, initiated by the Buleleng Livestock Agency has so far reached 57,000 dogs and cats. The target of reaching 70 percent of the estimated dog population of 80,000 around Buleleng has not yet been reached. Mass vaccinations are still experiencing classic obstacles such as difficulty in finding all the dogs, because many dog owners are still not keeping their dogs on a leash.

Head of the Buleleng Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, accompanied by Division Head of Animal Health, Wayan Susila, said that the mass vaccination has been ongoing since the outbreak of rabies in Buleleng, in an attempt to the rabies virus from spreading in Buleleleng. The Livestock Agency is asking people to be aware and pay attention to raising their dogs

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The dog elminiation is done by the officers to prevent the spread of rabies

responsibly, including not letting their dogs roam freely because they could become infected with the rabies virus.

Dog bite cases that were found to involve rabies carrying dogs, have been reported in 59 hamlets of 45 villages in Buleleng. Most of the dog bite incidents involved dogs that had been allowed to roam free. More seriously, after the bite cases occurred, officers had a lot of trouble track down the the dog owners. The officers in fact frequently found people irresponsibly trying to cover up such cases. “There is still a very real threat of people being bitten by rapid dogs, and dogs that are allowed to roam free could potentially be infected with rabies.

Currently, the health of dogs is being monitored so as not to endanger people’s safety,” said Swatantra.

The threat of dog bites can be seriously reduced if the dog population can be controlled. But this can only happen with the support of the whole community. A reduction of the dog population can happen by enforcing rules that limit

the number of domestic dogs that can be bred. This can be regulated through the villages using perarem or customary village bylaws.

Unfortunately, the creation of such customary bylaws has not met with significant support so far.

As evidence, only a few customary villages have set forth perarem regarding dog breeding. There are some exceptions such as Sawan village in Sawan subdistrict and others that have issued customary bylaws that set restrictions on dog breeding.

In the stipulation, in the case of someone being bitten by a rapid dog and subsequently dying, the dog owner is imposed with customary sanctions that require them to hold a funeral cremations ceremony for the victim. “At Sawan village, quite severe sanctions have been set forth in a bylaw. Now, people will think twice about letting their dog roam wildly. Hopefully, this example will be followed by other villages, so that the dog population can be controlled,” explained Swatantra. (kmb38)

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One of the men accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings is escorted by policemen from a prison to a court in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.

Court gives death to 5 for 2006 Mumbai train bombings

NEW DELHI — An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced five suspected Islamic militants to death and gave seven others life in prison for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800.

Judge Y.D. Shinde, who convicted them earlier this month for murder and a criminal conspiracy to wage war against the government, imposed deaths sentences on five of the men who the prosecution said had planted the explosives on the trains.

Seven bombs exploded during a 10-minute span during the evening rush hour in July 2006 in Mumbai, the financial and entertainment capital of India. A defense attorney said he would appeal the Mumbai

court verdict.

The trial in India’s notoriously slow justice system lasted more than seven years. One person was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Prosecutors said the attack was hatched by Pakistan’s Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence and carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives with help from the Students’ Islamic Movement of India, a banned militant organization.

Pakistan has denied the charges.

Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group.

The 12 convicted men were believed to belong to the Indian militant group. K.P. Raghuvanshi, a police officer who investigated the case, said one Pakistani suspect was killed in the blasts and another was shot dead by Indian police. But there was no independent confirmation of his claim.

India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Islamic insurgents, a charge Pakistan denies. The neighboring countries have fought three wars, two of them over control of disputed Kashmir, since their independence from Britain in 1947 and have been engaged in a fitful peace process in recent years. (ap)

HONG KONG — Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has defended his business strategy against accusations from China’s state media that he is abandoning investments in the world’s No. 2 economy because of its slowing growth.

In an unusual move, Li released a statement responding to a barrage of criticism in recent weeks about him selling off China assets as he restructured his global business empire to focus more on Europe and less on China.

Commentaries in state media chastised Li this month for being immoral and ungrateful, accusing him of running out on China as its economy slows despite profiting handsomely in better times.

Li has undertaken a major reorganization this year of his sprawling business interests that range from ports to mobile phones. The shakeup included shifting the domiciles of his two main companies from Hong Kong to the Cayman Islands, triggering speculation that he was planning to withdraw from China.

“We are vigilant not to let these unfounded allegations escalate to cause investors’ concerns,” said the statement released Tuesday by his company CK Hutchison Holdings. It said there was “no truth in the withdrawal accusations.”

The statement said Li was “confident” that Chinese President Xi Jinping will continue to improve governance and reform China’s economy. The former British colony’s tycoons have long embraced China’s communist leaders in order to ensure survival of their business interests on the mainland. Li was part of a business contingent that met Xi in Beijing last year to show their support as tensions rose over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

The 87-year-old Li has long been Asia’s richest person, although he recently fell to second place with a fortune of $24.3 billion, according to Forbes. Earlier this month, a think tank affiliated with the official Xinhua news agency and the People’s Daily newspaper, the communist party’s mouthpiece, both lambasted Li over his business decisions in China. (ap)

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing reacts during a press conference in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong billionaire Li has defended his business strategy against criticism in China’s state media that accused him of abandoning the country because of its slowing growth.

Iran summons Saudi envoy for 4th time over hajj disaster TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has summoned the Saudi envoy to Tehran for the fourth time to protest over what the Shiite powerhouse describes as the Sunni kingdom’s “mishandling” of the deadly crush last

week during the hajj pilgrimage.

Iran’s English language Press TV on Wednesday quoted foreign ministry official Ali Chegini as warning Riyadh against any delays in the identification of missing

Iranian pilgrims and the repatriation of the bodies of those who died in the disaster.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the official IRNA news agency that the families of the killed Ira-

nian pilgrims do not agree that their kin be buried on Saudi soil. Saudi Arabia says 769 died in the stampede near Mecca. It was the worst disaster to strike the annual pilgrimage in a quarter-century. (ap)

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Alternative to antibiotics found for deadly infection

MIAMI - A stubborn bacterial infection often acquired in hospitals and which can be deadly may have a new treatment on the horizon, US researchers said Wednesday.

Antibiotics only work about 25 percent of the time in wiping out Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a pathogen that infects the digestive tract and kills about 15,000 people and hospitalizes 250,000 each year in the United States.

But the antioxidant drug ebselen was shown to kill C. diff by targeting its toxins, not by killing the bacteria and wiping out beneficial gut microbes at the same time, said researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

The study in the journal Science Translation Medicine was done on mice, but researchers say human trials could be expedited because the drug is already being investigated for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, stroke, atherosclerosis and cancer.

“Unlike antibiotics -- which are both the frontline treatment

for C. difficile infection and, paradoxically, possibly its chief cause -- the drug didn’t kill the bacteria,” said senior author Matthew Bogyo, professor of pathology and of microbiology and immunology.

Rather, it disabled a toxin produced by the pathogen and prevented intestinal damage and inflammation.

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C. diff costs the United States more than $4 billion in healthcare expenses and it often recurs in patients, requiring further hospitalization, researchers said.

The infection is particularly perilous for those with weakened immune systems.

About seven percent of people who are infected die within a month of diagnosis. (afp)

Less than a quarter of cancer patients have access to safe surgery

PARIS - Fewer than a quarter of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide this year have access to safe and proper surgery, researchers said Monday.

Surgery is the mainstay of cancer control or cure and is required

in 80 percent of cases, but over three quarters of patients cannot get it where they live, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology.

People in low-income countries like Zambia and Mongolia fare the

worst, with only five percent of patients receiving basic cancer surgery.

“Surgical services for cancer... are allocated few resources,” said Richard Sullivan, who heads the cancer policy institute at King’s College London.

“As a result, access to safe, affordable cancer surgical services is dismal.”

The authors call for “radical” action to create high-quality training programmes that will equip more doctors and specialists to perform basic cancer

surgery, they said in a statement.

In a separate report published Saturday in The Lancet Oncology, researchers found that investing $97-184 billion (87-165 billion euros) in life-saving radiotherapy could save millions of lives. (afp)

$100 billion could ensure radiotherapy for all

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This May 10, 2012, file photo, shows Truvada pills and a bottle in San Francisco. Officials are asking Mississippi health care providers to expand use of a medicine that can keep people from getting AIDS. Speaking Friday, Sept. 26, 2015, at a conference on minority HIV and health disparities, national AIDS policy chief Douglas Brooks urged more use of the drug Truvada for people at risk of contracting HIV. Studies find the drug reduces AIDS infection rates.

PARIS - An investment of $97184 billion (87-165 billion euros) could make life-saving radiotherapy accessible to most people who need it by 2035 and save millions of lives, research showed Saturday.

Achieving full access to radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries would save an estimated 27 million “life years” -- extra years that cancer patients would have lost without treatment.

And it would yield economic benefits of $278-365 billion, through healthcare savings and higher productivity, said a major study published in The Lancet Oncology, and presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress in Vienna.

Millions of people die from treatable cancers because of a “chronic underinvestment” in radiotherapy -- which is highly cost-effective compared to many cancer drugs, the authors said.

“There is a widespread misconception that the costs of providing radiotherapy put it beyond the reach of all but the richest countries.

Nothing could be further from the truth,” said author Rifat Atun from Harvard University in Boston.

“Our work... clearly shows that not only can this essential service be deployed safely and high quality treatment delivered in low- and middle-income countries, but that scale-up of radiotherapy capacity is

a feasible and highly cost-effective investment.”

The researchers found that in 2035, more than 12 million new cancer patients could benefit from radiotherapy -- access to the treatment is currently restricted to about 40-60 percent.

The situation is worst in poor countries, where up to nine out of 10 people have no access to radiotherapy. In many countries in Africa it is “virtually non-existent”, and 40 countries have no radiotherapy facilities at all.

“Even in high-income countries like Canada, Australia and the UK, numbers of radiotherapy facilities, equipment and trained staff are inadequate,” said a press statement.

The study authors measured the shortfall in access to radiotherapy by country and globally, based on current and projected needs from today to 2035.

The estimated cost of $97 billion at the lower end of the scale, is equivalent to the price of about 230 Airbus A380s, or the budget for building and running the International Space Station for 10 years.

According to the UN’s World Health Organization, there were about 14 million new cancer cases in 2012, and 8.2 million deaths.

This is likely to rise to 22 million new cases per year within two decades. (afp)

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Tourists spend their holiday in Ubud, Gianyar Regency. The tourist arrivals in Bali during August 2015 dropped due to the eruption of Mount Raung in July 2015.

DENPASAR - The tourist arrivals in Bali during August 2015 dropped due to the eruption of Mount Raung in July 2015.

“Volcanic ash from erupting Mt Raung located in Banyuwangi hindered flights to and from Bali

airport,” Dewa Nyoman Putra, a tourism industry observer, said on Tuesday.

The number of foreign tourists to Bali in August 2015 decreased by 71.307 from 382,683 in July to 301,376 in August 2015.

Putra said the decrease was because the authorities were

DENPASAR - Writing lyrics, singing and performing on stage with the band EINSHOCH6 – and all of this using the German language!

Through this project, high school students from Indonesia have the chance to participate in workshops with the German musicians and also become a part of their concerts.

For students, it will be a great and motivating experience that will enable them to have an encounter with Germany in their home country, as well as foster their interest in Germany and its language.

The musicians of the Munichbased band, who already have a lot of experience on an international level, will write song lyrics and melodize them together with young German language students.

Presenting a unique combination of lyrical hip hop and inspiring classical music, EINSHOCH6 brings the German language closer to its

audience in an entertaining and delightful way.

Together with Deutsche Welle, the band has developed a unique format: to learn German with the help of music. Through the web series “Band diary on tour”, the process of learning the German language turns into an exciting experience addressing all senses as it helps the students to deepen their understanding of the language by listening to the music of EINSHOCH6.

“For us as musicians it’s a gift to see that the combination of music and language is connecting people all around the globe,” said Carl Amadeus Hiller, co-founder, leader and percussionist of EINSHOCH6.

“There is nothing more a musician can wish for.”

The peak of this project in Indonesia will be two concerts by EINSHOCH6 in Denpasar and Yogyakarta. The band will perform

its German songs and also invite the workshop participants on stage to present “their own song.”

For the majority of the band members, it is their first visit to Indonesia.

“We are very keen to interact with the people especially since we heard that music, rhythm, singing and dancing are of great importance in Indonesia,” Hiller said.

The students all come from schools of the “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) network. The initiative PASCH was launched by the German Foreign Ministry in February 2008 and currently oversees a worldwide network of over 1,500 partner schools.

This project is part of the German Season, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office in Germany and organized by the Goethe-Institut Indonesien, the German Embassy Jakarta and EKONID. (r)

forced to close Ngurah Rai International Airport for several times following the eruptions of Mount Raung.

The Bali airport was closed from July 9 to 12, and again on July

22 and 23. Some 414 flights with 39,715 passengers were cancelled.

The airport’s temporary closures have inflicted significant economic losses to affected-airlines and the Bali tourism industry. (ant)

A unique approach to learning German with EINSHOCH6

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From page 1 Presently however, rapid economic growth is only happening in South Bali and is causing a widening of the gap between rich and poor, with North, East and West of Bali left to scrape the bottom of the barrel. “Supposedly the tourism industry is rooted downward, meaning that the general public should be enjoying economic benefits. But what we are seeing currently is the exact opposite, with most people in Bali not seeing any of the benefits of the 5 percent growth of this sector” said the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.

According to Wiraputra, the fact that only a minority of the Balinese community is benefiting from tourism, will have an impact on social inequalities and affect investment in Bali which is dominated by investors from outside of the ‘Island of the Gods’.

“We hope they (investors—Ed) will work to jointly take care of Bali’s needs and those of its people. Whatever their investment are in, if Balinese people are not satisfied, undesirable things could occur, making it hard for people to invest in Bali,” he explained.

In addition to pressing investors to pay attention to Bali, Alit Wiraputra also argueds that stakeholders should also think about the economic conditions of places beyond South Bali. Immediate change is required in order to bridge the gap. “We will encourage economic growth, including improving infrastructure that will benefit the local communities,” he said.

Wiraputra also said that the economic inequality occurring in Bali has not only resulted in a gap but has also tended to make people apathetic in addressing the incoming investments, because many people perceive that they will not enjoy any economic benefits from the developments and investments. “This is why we need to urge the government to revise the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Regional Spatial Plan (RTRW). The spatial bylaw for West, East and North Bali must accommodate more people’S interests.

Currently many spatial plans in West and East Bali do not accommodate tourism, for example,” he said, adding that many regions beyond South Bali have a lot of potential to be packaged to attract tourism investors.

Unfortunately, local government spatial rules prohibit the development of tourism in these regions. “Actually those regions could be built up but presently investors are hampered by the spatial plan rules. As a result, tourism -as the backbone of Bali’s economy, remains focused in South Bali,” he said.

Wiraputra however emphasized that developing tourism northward, westward and eastward should not be carried out in the ‘buffer zones’ which are specifically set aside to prevent damage to the environment. “The most important thing is that the buffer zones are always maintained as such. New tourism areas should only be built up in unproductive areas,” he asserted.

Advisory Board member, Gede Sugianyar, agrees that Bali must reorganize its economic growth by reaching beyond South Bali and that such efforts need to be applied -not only to tourism, but other sectors as well (such as the agricultural sector), so that economic growth can be enjoyed by a wider range of people.

“We have taken the initiative of developing agricultural cooperatives in certain regions, in order to manage abundant crops such as tangerines by processing them into products like orange juice, that can be sold to a larger market allowing economic benefits to be enjoyed by more Balinese people,” said Sugianyar.

Farmers often complain about post-harvest losses caused by the amount of produce that can be absorbed by the market, and which favours the highest quality goods. “We must be alert to opportunities, so that we are not inconvenienced by fluctuations in the value of the rupiah. We need to work together to encourage entrepreneurs who want to contribute to the development of Bali, so that Balinese people can survive any economic shocks,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Bali needs grand scenario on labor

BALI, as a world renowned tourist destination, provides promising job opportunities. Unfortunately, the local labor pool has to compete with migrants from outside Bali to get these jobs. Because there has been little protection form local authorities, many Balinese people have become unemployed and been forced to join the transmigration program. The government needs to create a master plan that would reduce unemployment among local residents.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali noted that there were 48, 362 more people employed in Febuary than August 2014 whereas the difference for 2015 was 142,026 people.

Vice Chairman of Advisory Council to Kadin Bali, Wayan Jondra stated that the predominance of migrant workers filling available jobs in Bali is directly related to the the governments lack of action towards absorbing local labour into the job market.

“Very few Balinese are being absorbed into the job market, so clearly there needs to be a master plane created to address this issue.

We cannot simply allow people to be employed because they reside in Bali, there need to be requirements

for understanding Balinese culture as well as certifications of excellence,” said Jondra.

The government should set up a specific certification agency that would issue certificates whose requirements would include things like having an understanding of the concept of Tri Hita Karana. “We need to have a certification system that would guarantee that people understand the culture and the implementation of Tri Hita Karana. This is why it is important to create a master plan the would be supported by all stakeholders, as well as the executive and legislative branches of the House of Representatives,” he explained.

In order for such a plan to be cre-

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Vice Chairman of Advisory Council to Kadin Bali, Wayan Jondra

ated, said Jondra, there needs to be a commitment on the part of employers and the government to build such a system. Employers should sincerely seek to involve native Balinese in the job market. “Failure to do so will result in serious social impacts. It is offensive that currently Balinese people are only given the opportunity to fill lower positions, while middle and top management is filled by non-Balinese and even foreigners,” he said.

According to Jondra, this gap cannot be ignored because if it allowed to drag on like this, there will be serious social repercussions. There is fear that the people of Bali will no loner be able to live quiet, safe and comfortable lives.

“If things continue like this, those who invest in Bali will suffer losses.

This is why entrepreneurs need to contribute to the stability of Bali by involving more local people in the job market. Nevertheless, those from outside Bali will still be required as backup,” he added.

Jondra also mentioned that efforts to involve local manpower in every sector needs to be supported by the issuing of gubernatorial regulations or regional bylaws, so that the legality of labor utilization in Bali is clear. “Of course, these efforts must be followed up with rules, or at least with a gubernatorial regulation. If a business or entrepreneur that is operating in Bali does have 80 percent of its jobs filled

by Balinese, it could have its permit revoked. Of course, the Balinese referred to here would be those who are certified,” he said.

Meanwhile Vice Chairman of Organization and Membership, I Gusti Ngurah Adnyana said that stakeholders must be engaged to prepare the regulations that can fortify the local labor pool from external invasion, especially with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) about to be inaugurated.

“We are about to face the AEC so we must work hard and we need human resources. Our labour force needs to be certified in their respective fields,” he said.

Adnyana added that educational institutions are now working with entrepreneurs in order to fully understand the needs of industry, so that courses offered are in line with the need for specific human resources. (kmb27)

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Swiss-Belinn Legian encourages blood donation

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LEGIAN - “The most important aspect of the hospitality industry is to have the right attitude, warmth and willingness to serve. Of course there are challenges, but they’re all part of a great job. You have to look for solutions and move forward as a team. It’s important to solve issues together and put policies and procedures in place so you don’t repeat the mistakes,” said Ni Luh Putu Yati Artini, General Manager Swiss-Belinn-Legian on her speech at blood donation As New General Manager

of the Swiss-Belinn Legian, Yati Artini has 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry, the past 8 years in direct sales with expertise in sales and marketing. Prior to joining Swiss-Belinn Legian, Yati has worked in various companies as Director of Sales and Marketing. In her previous position, Yati was Director of Sales and Marketing of Golden Tulip Jineng Resort.

“A Blood Donation was organized by Swiss-Belinn Legian in collaboration with the Red Cross Bali Province

on Thursday, September 17th 2015 at Pesamuan Meeting Room, encourages as part of Awareness and humanitarian action,” Yati stressed.

During the event many of the hotel’s employees took part in this initiative to donate blood as a response to the emergent needs of blood reserves, there also participants from media partners and colleagues volunteered in large numbers to take part in this civil and humanitarian action. In total 80 participants, it’s gain 44 pouch of blood. (kmb)

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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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Lady Gaga to be named Woman of the Year by Billboard NEW YORK — Lady Gaga is the woman of the year, according to Billboard magazine. Billboard announced Tuesday that the pop star will be honored at its Dec. 11 Women in Music event in New York City. The decadeold event will be televised for the first time, on Lifetime on Dec. 18.

Gaga released the collaborative jazz album, “Cheek to Cheek,” with Tony Bennett last year. It won a

Grammy Award, and the duo performed songs from the album on a 36-date tour.

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Gaga also plans to release an album next year and will star in FX’s “American Horror Story: Hotel,” which premieres on Oct. 7.

The Women in Music event also honors the year’s 50 most powerful female executives in the music industry. (ap)

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Nicki Minaj gets TV sitcom; 50 Cent inks new Starz deal

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LOS ANGELES — Television loves music stars, as two deals with Nicki Minaj and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson demonstrate.

ABC Family said Tuesday that Minaj will executive produce and appear in a new scripted comedy series for the cable channel.

The sitcom will be based on her family’s move from Trinidad to the United States and Minaj’s development as an artist growing up in Queens, New York, the channel said. It will be shot in Queens this winter.

The air date and other cast member were not announced.

Also Tuesday, Starz said it has signed Jackson to an exclusive two-year deal to develop new projects for the channel.

He also will continue to serve as executive producer on the drama series “Power,” which is in production for its third season on Starz. (ap) A steward waits for passengers before departing to Bandung, at Gambir train station in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 31, 2015. Indonesia picked China over Japan to build the country’s first fast-train rail link because Beijing had the courage to provide $5 billion in loans without asking for guarantees, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday.

Katy Perry, Sting, Seinfeld to perform at benefit concert

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NEW YORK — Katy Perry, Sting and Jerry Seinfeld will perform at a benefit concert of the David Lynch Foundation on Nov. 4.

The “Change Begins Within” concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City will also include performances by Jim James, Angelique Kidjo and Sharon Isbin.

Proceeds from the event will aid the foundation’s MEDITATE NEW YORK initiative, which provides transcendental meditation training to 10,000 at-risk New Yorkers for free.

Tickets for the event, which range from $150 to $600, went on sale Tuesday. Director, screenwriter, and artist David Lynch and George Stephanopoulos of ABC News will serve as the evening’s hosts. (ap)

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TOURISM has become the locomotive of Bali’s economy. The revenue generated in Bali from this sector of the economy dominates all other sector, and yet, despite its boasts, tourism nonetheless leaves a gap between the rich and poor with only a small number of people enjoying the benefits, namely: those who already have capital.

The majority of people in Bali only enjoy the so called ‘added value’ of tourism in the form of wages, which is only a small portion of the tourism pie.

Such condition indicate that the economic growth of Bali has not been inclusive. Inclusive development means economic growth, job creation, poverty reduction and care for the environment. Bali therefor needs to reorganize things so that tourism driven economic growth can be equally enjoyed by all levels of society.

Chairman of the the Bali Chamber of Commerce (Kadin), A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra recently stated that Bali’s tourism reliant economy should be able to contribute to public welfare.

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Indonesia rewards China’s “courage” with high-profile rail contract

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JAKARTA - Indonesia picked China over Japan to build the country’s first fast-train rail link because Beijing had the courage to provide $5 billion in loans without asking for guarantees, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday.

The two Asian giants had been battling for months over the highprofile contract to build a railway linking the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with the textile hub of Bandung.

Indonesia initially envisaged a high-speed service for the 150-km (100 mile) journey but this month changed its mind, opting instead for a medium-speed train.

Analysts have said whoever won the bid could be a front runner for future rail projects in the region, in-

cluding one linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

President Joko Widodo’s administration preferred China’s proposal because it was less burdensome and promised a larger share of technology transfer than Japan.

“The government of China has courage not to ask for guarantees from Indonesia,” Gatot Trihargo, deputy assistant for the state-owned enterprises ministry, told Reuters on Wednesday.

“While other countries like Japan

and Germany request government guarantees, we cannot afford this because our budget is limited.”

The high-profile contract is a victory for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” initiative to build a network of ports, trains and expressways to help expand trade, investment and influence in the region.

China’s Foreign Ministry said China had the advantage of experience in developing high-speed rail projects.

“We’re eager to work with the Indonesian side to develop cooperation in the spheres of infrastructure development and production capacity,” ministry spokesman Hong Lei

told a regular briefing.

For Japan, the rail project was a difficult loss, particularly after lastminute efforts by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to provide a better offer than China.

“The Japanese government still believes our proposal was the better and most feasible one,” Japanese embassy official Kijima said.

“We were expecting transparency and fairness from the Indonesian government. We hope that in the future they will be more transparent and fair.”

Indonesia’s national planning minister, Sofyan Djalil, travelled to Japan this week to break the bad news to Tokyo, but also lobby

officials on other investment opportunities.

“There are many infrastructure projects, not just trains, and many opportunities for the Japanese government to build infrastructure in Indonesia,” said Indonesia’s presidential chief of staff, Teten Masduki. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.