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NASA responds to Beyonce’s Challenger sample use

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Confetti flies over Tines Square in New York Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 as the new year is celebrated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster “should never be trivialized” in response to a new song from Beyonce that features an audio sample recorded just after the craft exploded on takeoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers. The space agency issued the statement late Tuesday after the pop star began to receive criticism from Challenger families and others for using the short sample that includes the words “major malfunction” as an allusion to a failed relationship.

“The Challenger accident is an important part of our history; a tragic reminder that space exploration is risky and should never be trivialized,” said the statement from Lauren B. Worley, NASA’s press secretary. “NASA works every day to honor the legacy of our fallen astronauts as we carry out our mission to reach for new heights and explore the universe.”

NASA’s response came after Beyonce explained the use of the short snippet in a statement to ABC News Tuesday that stopped short of an apology. The sample appears at the beginning of her song “XO” from her new

self-titled album. Among those critical of the sample was June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee. She told ABC in a statement that she was disappointed and described the use of the sample as “emotionally difficult.”

“My heart goes out to the families of those lost in the Challenger disaster,” Beyonce’s statement said. “The song ‘XO’ was recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones and to remind us that unexpected things happen, so love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you.

The songwriters included the audio in tribute to the unselfish work of the Challenger crew with hope that they will never be forgotten.”

Beyonce released her new self-titled “visual album” earlier this month that included 14 songs and 17 videos. Much of the initial discussion about the album had to do with its surprise release and platinum sales until the reaction to the Challenger sample began to circulate. “XO” is about a failing relationship and taking the time to appreciate what one has in the moment because life changes. Beyonce’s publicist did not return messages left Tuesday by The Associated Press.

‘Duck’ son Robertson makes nice in Fox interview

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson chose not to quack back. In one of his first chances to comment on the dust-up surrounding his outspoken father and reality TV co-star Phil Robertson, the younger Robertson had only kind words for the A&E cable TV network and New Year’s wishes for the nation in an appearance Tuesday night on Fox News’ “All-American New Year” special.

“We’re just glad to be back to work, and A&E and us are fine,” Willie Robertson said in a live appearance with wife Korie from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Fox hosts Bill Hemmer and Elizabeth Hasselbeck gave him several chances to address the firestorm surrounding the suspension of his father over anti-gay comments, but without quite ducking the question, Willie Robertson chose not to take the bait either.

“We’re looking forward to getting back to making some funny shows.

It’s a New Year so we’re ready to break in a New Year and start it all over again,” Robertson said. “We’re ready to move on, you know. I think we all learned a lot and we’re just ready to move on, and the family’s happy, and we’re ready to go. I’ve got to make sure my guys are back there

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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, in New Orleans.

Global fireworks party welcomes in 2014

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NEW YORK - Times Square erupted in joy and a shower of multi-colored confetti as New York City’s famed glass ball eased down to mark the final seconds ushering in 2014.

AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard

This undated image released by A&E shows Phil Robertson, flanked by his sons Jase Robertson, left, and Willie Robertson from the popular series “Duck Dynasty.” building duck calls.”

Asked her thoughts on the suspension by Hasselbeck, Korie Robertson took the same conciliatory tone. “Hey,

I’m just glad the family’s all together, the best thing about the show is we get to do it as a family,” she said. “We’re all happy, happy, happy.”

In the latest scene of global New Year celebrations an estimated one million people, braving freezing temperatures and some of them camping out since morning for a good spot at the festivities, joined in a chorus to boom out the final countdown to 2014.

None other than US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- a native New Yorker -- activated the mechanism that sent the Big Apple’s famed 5,500 kilo multicolor, flashy ball on its way down a pole to signal the end of one year and the start of another.

Times Square blazed with neon lights above the jubilant crowd, many wearing blue top hots advertising a brand of skin cream.

Parties in other cities further west were to follow.

Three astronauts from the International Space Station appeared on a giant screen TV to wish the crowd a happy new year.

The crowd withstood the sub-freezing cold thanks in part to lots of live entertainment including Melissa Etheridge singing

a version of the John Lennon song “Imagine.”

“It’s really cold but there’s a lot of entertainment. It’s fun!,” said Sara, a New Jersey woman who arrived at the square at seven in the morning to get a front row spot. Elsewhere around the world, fireworks boomed and lit up the skies to welcome the new year.

Some 2.3 million thronged Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for a raucous celebration about 24 tonnes of fireworks.

Europe joined in the party with a giant salvo in London, after Dubai attempted to break the work record for the biggest-ever fireworks show and Sydney got the ball rolling ahead of Asia with a dazzling display.

In London, huge cheers went up as parliament’s clock tower chimed in 2014, as people packed the banks of the River Thames to watch the pyrotechnics at the London Eye observation wheel.

About 50,000 took part in “the world’s first multi-sensory fireworks display”, when peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles descended on a section of the crowd.

In Dubai, the Middle East hub was attempting to break

the Guinness World Record by setting off more than 400,000 fireworks.

The glittering display lasted around six minutes and spanned 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the coast, focusing on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower at 830 metres high.

People crowded in the streets below took pictures as the thundering display filled the skies. “It’s amazing,” said May Hinnawi, a 35-year-old Syrian. “I will tell my children and grand children I was here to see this event.” Kuwait set the record in 2011 with an hour-long blast of 77,282 fireworks.

In Europe, Berliners partied at the Brandenburg Gate, while hundreds of thousands in Paris thronged the Champs Elysees.

“Paris is wonderful tonight,” said Hu Lichu, a Chinese woman in her 60s who came with her husband.

Thousands of cheering Spaniards in Madrid saw in 2014 by gobbling down twelve grapes -- one with each clock chime -- in a New Year tradition. One man was killed by fireworks in the Netherlands and another in France.

Kiribati and Samoa in the Pacific were the first to see in the New Year at 1000 GMT Tuesday, in a wave of celebrations that will finish on the United States’ remote Howland and Baker Islands at 1200 GMT Wednesday.

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Throughout 2013, Social and Manpower Agency repatriates 198 beggars Bali Post

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One of the fisherman on Lebih Beach shows the fish which will be made marine satay

Mix of marine fish satay

A blessing for Lebih residents Bali Post

GIANYAR - Ahead of New Year’s Eve, Tuesday (Dec 31), became a blessing moment for the villagers of Lebih, Gianyar. The economic life of people selling seafood stuff such as the mix of marine fish satay and fish to be grilled was much sought after by people who would celebrate the New Year. The demand for marine fish satay mix and fish, as the previous year, was ascertained to increase. Even, the preparation to welcome the New Year such as the demand for ingredient of twisted satay already appeared on Monday (Dec 30).

Some people also looked to peddle fish satay mix at the edge of Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra. By using a simple table, the satay mix was sold at the range of IDR 35,000-IDR 37,000 per kilogram. Other than at roadside, the satay mix was also sold at seafood stalls along the Lebih Beach.

“As the preparation of celebrating this New Year, we prepare the satay mix around the 150 kg per stall,” said Made Ane, the owner of Warung Tepi Lebih.

Meanwhile, in terms of the type of fish, the stalls provided more snappers whose normal price reached IDR 45,000-IDR 60,000 per kilogram. The fish were obtained from catches of fishermen on Lebih Beach, and some others from several coastal regions in Bali such as Karangasem. By and large, the fish was grilled to welcome the New Year, he said.

The demand for marine fish satay mix was usually met by many seasonal traders. They commonly

sold along the right roadside of Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra.

According to Made Ana, the seasonal traders displayed their goods along the roadside.

For the sales ahead of the New Year, the turnover of seasonal traders was pretty good, not to mention the demand for marine fish. Apart from buying satay mix, many people wishing to grill marine fish on the New Year’s Eve also came to the beach for buying marine fish. (kmb16)

DENPASAR - The existence of beggars in Denpasar is increasingly difficult to eradicate. As proof, hundreds of beggars have been successfully repatriated to their home of origin, but some are still actively operating in strategic places. As a result, the Denpasar Social and Manpower Agency routinely disciplines the beggars.

The Head of Denpasar Social and Manpower Agency, I Made Erwin Suryadarma, said in the mayor’s office on Monday (Dec 30) that throughout 2013 his party arrested and repatriated 198 beggars.

They originated from villages like Muntigunung, Pedahan and Kubu in Karangasem and from East Java.

Erwin Suryadarma said that among the 198 beggars repatriated, 149 of whom were from Pedahan and Muntigunung village, Karangasem and 49 others were from East Java such as Jember, Situbondo, Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. Most of the beggars arrested were found operating to people’s homes and the rest in the intersections. “Before repatriating them to their village of origin, they were first commended in a halfway house belonging to Bali government located at Tangtu hamlet, Kesiman Kertalangu village, East Denpasar,” said Erwin.

He said that some of the arrested beggars were repeater beggars.

For newcomer beggars, they mostly came from East Java, specifically supplied by an individual to be used as a livelihood. As the way of operating, the beggars were dropped in the afternoon at the intersections such as that of Jalan Cokroaminoto, Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jalan Gunung Agung, Jalan Mahendradatta and other streets.

Meanwhile, the beggars from Pedahan and Muntigunung village usually came together, but when operating they spread at crowded places and came into people’s home. “We organized a beggar raid at night until dawn to make Denpasar city free from beggars. Moreover, ahead of the New Year, the beggars are predicted to roam around the streets or come to public places,” said Erwin Suryadarma.

He argued that before the New Year’s Eve 2014 many foreign and domestic tourists would spend holidays in Denpasar in particular and Bali in general. The occasion was usually taken advantage to earn something and fortune by the beggars. “We will disseminate field officers to monitor the movement of beggars. If they are found to operate at intersections or elsewhere they will be arrested and sent back to their home of origin,” said the former Spokesperson of Denpasar municipality. (kmb12)

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15 Jan Purnama Sasih Kapitu Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjauan Bangli Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud Pura Benua Besakih Pura Gunung Rena Sidemen Karangasem Pura Pasek Gelgel Abadi Karangasem Pura Pucak Gunung Mangun Kubu Karangasem

One of the beggars arrested by the police

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21 Jan Anggara Kasih Prangbakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sidamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Gunung Pangsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar Pura Pura Hyang Haluh/Jenggala Besakih

Pura Tengkulak Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Badung

Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura jala Sidhi amerta Juanda Surabaya

29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

19 Feb Buda Cemeng Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran ped Nusa Penida Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Kelungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kayangan Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Gunung Karangasem

30 Jan Tilem Sasih Kepitu Pura Buana Kawan Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih 31 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 5 Feb Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Kayangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Taro Tegalalang 6 Feb Pura Dalem Puri Besakih 14 Feb Purnama Sasih Kawulu Pura Dalem Batur Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Pasek Besakih Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen Karangasem Pura Buana Kawan Besakih 15 Feb Tumpek Wayang & Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pedarman Dinasti Dalem Besakih

21 Feb Hari Bhatara Sri 25 Feb Anggara Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Krambitan Tabanan Pura Pucak Taman bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Gianyar 26 Feb Pura Agung Pasek gelgel Sibang Kaja Abian Semal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar

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

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

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

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

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

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CEO predictions for the next 100 years of flying

Budget travelers still enliven Bali tourism

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DENPASAR - In 2014, Bali tourism is predicted to still be enlivened by the arrival of travelers with low budget. Such condition is triggered by the rapid growth of hotels with cheaper rates and promotions of air tickets offering Bali destination.

NEW YORK — Millions of people step aboard airplanes each day, complaining about the lack of legroom and overhead space but almost taking for granted that they can travel thousands of miles in just a few hours. Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight: a 23-minute hop across Florida’s Tampa Bay. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line was subsidized by St. Petersburg officials who wanted more winter tourists in their city. The alternative: an 11hour train ride from Tampa.

IN FIVE YEARS:

— Richard Anderson, CEO Delta Air Lines: “Just over a decade ago airlines seemed to be buying every 50-seat aircraft they could get their hands on.

But the real utility of those small jets has come and gone and in the next five years we’ll see their numbers in the U.S. continue to dwindle.”

— Gary Kelly, CEO Southwest Airlines: “We’ll have fewer airlines, but they will be bigger, stronger and healthier.”

— Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., CEO Allegiant Travel Co.: “The next five years will be all about increasing automation and decreasing labor cost. The industry is already implementing mobile boarding passes, bag drops, even self-boarding. These processes will become more prevalent and significantly reduce the number of employees the customer needs to interact with.”

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“The visit of budget travelers in 2014 to Bali shows a significant increase. It happens because a growing number of hotels at cheaper rates are on offer in Bali coupled with the promotion on air tickets offered by some airlines,” said Chairman of the Indonesia Convention and Congress Association (INCCA) of Bali Chapter, IB Surakusuma.

According to him, the budget travelers making a visit to Bali commonly coincided with public holidays and school holidays.

“Various facilities including in the promotions actually make it easier for low budget travelers to be able to spend holidays in Bali,” said the man nicknamed Gus Lolec.

Nevertheless, next year would be a political year that could be used as a tourist promotion event in Indonesia, including Bali. Quite

Pilot Tony Jannus had room for just one passenger, who sat next to him in the open cockpit.

Three months later — when tourism season ended — so did the subsidy. The airline had carried 1,204 passengers but would never fly again.

With the anniversary in mind, The Associated Press reached out to today’s aviation leaders to see what they are predicting for the future of flying. Answers have been edited for length and clarity.

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a few foreign travelers coming to Bali even enjoyed the democratic process.

“Many travelers are glancing up directly at polling stations. It is a major advancement for the country such as Indonesia. We’ve tested in several times of elections. In terms of such point of view, the general election 2014 will be assured to be secure,” he said.

He predicted that cruise tourism would increase in 2014. Even, similar increase also occurred in the demand for MICE sector namely the corporate meeting.

“Meanwhile, incentive has not showed an increase because the period of confirmation is short.

The MICE leisure of Australia, Europe and the United States increased. In October and September, the MICE will increase again, while we do not see any

increase in government MICE,” he explained.

Further, Gus Lolec said that tourism development in Bali would rise sharply in 2014 supported by the market of Asian and domestic travelers. Tourist arrival to Bali in 2014 was composed by 75 percent of foreign travelers and 25 percent of domestic travelers. They mostly stayed at budget hotels. They were advantageous for Bali tourism. Even, many of them booked restaurant of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

“Inevitably, Bali will become the destination of budget travelers. Budget hotels do not only exist in Bali, but also in Singapore.

The problem is that whether the destination can provide appropriate accommodation with the budget of traveler prospects,” he said. (kmb27)

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A street vendor creating temporary tattoo in the hand of domestic tourist that visited Kuta Beach, Bali Island, during holiday season. In 2014, Bali tourism is predicted to still be enlivened by the arrival of travelers with low budget.

Mangrove forests must remain to be given attention Bali Post

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In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 photo, a plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles. With Jan. 1, 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight in mind, The Associated Press reached out to today’s aviation leaders to see what they are predicting for the future of flying.

IN 25 YEARS:

— David Barger, CEO JetBlue Airways: “The freedom to travel between any two points in the world will be commonplace.

There will be billions of travelers every year flying on new aircraft that will be environmentally friendly; in fact, they will be making zero-carbon travel maybe even a reality.”

— Mark Dunkerley, CEO Hawaiian Airlines: “Many of today’s consumers will be priced out of the air: a sad legacy to 30 years of massive progress in democratizing air travel. Failure to invest in aviation infrastructure and the insatiable appetite for regulation will not be offset by relatively modest further improvements in aircraft efficiency.”

— James Hogan, CEO Etihad Airways: “A new generation of airlines, who have the vision and willingness to be different, will succeed in cutting costs, improving productivity and finding affordable ways of accessing new markets. The emerging markets — the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia — will become established markets and Abu Dhabi will be one of the uniting global hubs.”

— Sir Richard Branson, president Virgin Atlantic Airways: “I have no doubt that during my lifetime we will be able to fly from London to Sydney in under two hours, with minimal environmental impact. The awe-inspiring views of our beautiful planet below and zero-gravity passenger fun will bring a whole new meaning to in-flight entertainment.”

— Jeff Smisek, CEO United Airlines: “The airframe and engine manufacturers continue to develop aircraft that are more fuel-efficient, have lower maintenance costs and have greater range and utility. Longer term, I believe manufacturers will explore engine and airframe technology that could significantly reduce travel times, but advances in this area would have to be safe and economical to make a real impact on our industry.”

IN 100 YEARS: — David Siegel, CEO Frontier Airlines: “The first flight was just 18 miles (29 kilometers) long, but now look how far we can go.

Perhaps in the future, experts will be designing futuristic propulsion systems. We could see in-

novations in aircraft design, local community-based air transport with smaller, higher efficiency aircraft, and maybe even pilotless commercial aircraft.”

— Doug Parker, CEO American Airlines: “I am quite certain that Tony Jannus never could have imagined the size and importance of commercial aviation today, or the impact it had on changing our world. Similarly, I cannot imagine what commercial aviation will look like in 2114.

I imagine whatever state it is, though, it will be extremely important and its continued development will be a key part of the story that built that world.”

— Ben Baldanza, CEO Spirit Airlines: “Google’s ‘put me there’ technology implemented into its maps software renders all airlines obsolete.”

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Youngster visiting Mangrove Center that located at Bypass Ngurah Rai Suwung, Denpasar, Bali Island. Mangrove forest poses a buffer of nature ecosystem in Bali. When having a closer look at the mangrove forest in the Management Forest Management Agency for Region I located around Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Suwung Kauh, Denpasar, the condition is quite apprehensive due to a few wastes piling up in the roots of trees.

DENPASAR - Mangrove forest poses a buffer of nature ecosystem in Bali. When having a closer look at the mangrove forest in the Management Forest Management Agency for Region I located around Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Suwung Kauh, Denpasar, the condition is quite apprehensive due to a few wastes piling up in the roots of trees. Janitor is minimal and insufficient to clean up hundreds of hectares of mangrove forest.

Ketut Ta, a janitor of mangrove forest, said on Monday (Dec 30) that mangrove required the attention from various parties such as the community, NGOs to the government. According to him, the waste was piling up around the trees and it originated in debris from the sea and rivers around the location, he said.

Piling up debris caused it difficult to clean up. Dominated by plastic waste, it stuck in wet mud and between the roots of mangrove trees. Even, the waste also reached the location in the middle of the forest so it was difficult to clean up, he said. He hoped though with simple and limited cleaning tools, general public had helped clean up the mangrove forest ecosystem, he added.

It was recognized that janitor only consisted of five personnel. “Our daily tasks are cleaning up every area of the mangrove trees containing plastic waste,” explained, Agung Ngurah, a local janitor. The waste transportation system was carried out twice a day by the Denpasar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP).

According to him, people were often advised not to dispose garbage into the river or sea area. Today, there had been a Regional Bylaw (Perda) for offenders and the offense would be imposed with proper fine, he said. Acreage of the mangrove forest area reached 102.2 hectares, requiring the help of various parties to maintain the conservation and sanitation. He described that a mangrove tree took 3 years to grow as high as 2.5 meters.

Maintenance of mangrove forest was not easy, so it was the obligation of society to preserve and maintain the ecosystem, he affirmed. (dgk)

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No firework party, Bangli government deploys rain stopper Bali Post

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The illegal fireworks and liquor confiscated by the police

Securing Christmas and New Year

400 liters of liquor and 32 assembled cannons confiscated

BANGLI - To anticipate the rain at the time of welcoming the New Year 2014, Bangli government planned to deploy rain stoppers. It was considering that a number of events including the celebration of New Year’s Eve would be held at open-air venue namely the Captain Mudita Square. To bring in rain stoppers, Bangli government has provided a budget worth IDR 5 million.

Governance Division Head of Bangli Regional Secretary doubling as Chairman of New Year Organizing Committee, Pasek Lanang Sadia, explained on Monday (Dec 30) the New Year’s Eve event in Bangli would begin at 7:00 p.m. His party scheduled to organize a Female Janger performance and Janger Maborbor Dance at the Captain Mudita Square in Bangli.

After the event, it would be resumed with a night reflection of the past one year to be attended by the employees, leadership of the regional working units (SKPD) and Bangli leadership council (Muspida) located in the BMB Building of the Bangli Regional Secretariat.

Furthermore, precisely at 12:00 p.m., it would be held the peak of New Year’s Eve celebration centered back at the Captain Mudita Square. New Year’s Eve event this time would also be enlivened with the shows by a number of local bands.

However, in contrast to the celebration of the New Year’s Eve last year, at this time there would be no firework party. It was based on consideration of common security. “We have committed not to organize firework party.

It’s for the sake of security. At least, it will be jazzed up with the sound of trumpet,” said Lanang Sadia. Nevertheless, despite no firework party, his party guaranteed that the event held with a budget of IDR 100 million would remain lively. In this New Year’s Eve, his party just would like to take a simple yet effective meaning. (ina)

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Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called for unity in a New Year message Wednesday and hailed the execution of his oncepowerful uncle as a resolute act to remove “factionalist scum”. “Our party took resolute action to remove... factionalist scum within the party last year,” Kim said in his message broadcast on state TV. It was his first public comment on the shock execution last month of Jang Song-Thaek, once the country’s unofficial number two and Kim’s political mentor, although the young leader did not mention him by name. “Our party’s timely, accurate decision to purge the anti-party, anti-revolutionary and factionalist elements helped greatly cement unity of the party and the revolution and strengthened our solidarity by 100 times,” Kim said.

Kim’s tone was strong as he called for nationwide ideological education and political awareness to eliminate “even the slightest phenomenon and element” undermining unity.

“It is necessary to establish stringent revolutionary discipline and order in all domains of the revolutionary struggle and construction work,” he said, pledging a crackdown on “any sort of alien ideology and decadent lifestyle”.

Jang’s purge and execution was staged in an extraordinarily public and brutal fashion. A party state-

ment denounced him as “human scum” and a drug-addicted womaniser who pocketed state money to support his decadent lifestyle.

Yang Moo-Jin, a professor at Seoul’s University of North Korean Studies, said the speech underlined Kim’s desire to portray himself as an unchallenged and stable leader, two years after he took power.

“He is sending a message to its people that, with Jang gone, now let’s put the purge behind and look to the future based on firm unity among the party, military and the government,” Yang said. Jang played a key role in cementing the leadership of the inexperienced Kim, who took over after the death of his father and long-time ruler Kim Jong-Il in December 2011.

But analysts said Jang’s growing political power and intervention in the lucrative coal trade was resented by his young nephew. In his message Kim struck a rare relatively conciliatory note with South Korea, after extreme tensions in the spring of last year. He called for a “favourable climate” to improve

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In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers an annual New Year’s Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim boasted Wednesday that North Korea enters the new year on a surge of strength because of the elimination of “factionalist filth” - a reference to the young leader’s once powerful uncle, whose execution last month raised questions about Kim’s grip on power.

relations, saying it was “high time” for the two Koreas to stop doing “anything detrimental to national unity and reconciliation”.

“We will join hands with anyone who opts to give priority to the nation and wishes for its reunifica-

by a man with the initials ST on Jalan Tegal Sari, Padang Sambian, could be secured 1 red jerry can containing 10 liters of arrack, 2 white jerry cans containing 40 liters of arrack, 1 white Cleo bottle containing 6 liters of arrack and 1 bottle of Cleo containing 3 liters of arrack.

From the stall owned by SR on Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat Denpasar could be secured 1 red jerry can containing 15 liters of arrack and a jerry can containing 25 liters of arrack.

Ultimately, from a stall owned by a woman with initials SN on Jalan Padang Mas Denpasar could be secured 1 white jerry can containing 30 liters of arrack. “So, the total liquor (arrack) seized approximately reached 230 liters,” he said. (nik)

tion, regardless of his or her past, and continue to strive for better inter-Korean relations,” he said.

But Kim said North Korea would not beg for peace. He accused the United States and South Korea of manoeuvreing for a nuclear

war against the nuclear-armed North and vowed to strengthen its military power. “If war breaks out again in this land, it will bring about a massive nuclear disaster and the US will also never be safe,” Kim said.

Putin visits bomb-hit Volgograd

DENPASAR - As anticipation against the public order and safety ahead of the New Year 2014, the West Denpasar Police seized 32 assembled cannons from a man with initials JM living on Jalan Kenyeri 46 Denpasar. In addition, the police ranks also secured 400 liters of liquor in a raid held on Friday (Dec 27). loud explosive sound. “From this arrest, we confiscated 32 units of assembled cannon,” he said.

In addition, police also seized illegal liquor of various brands from a shop owned by a man with the initials BS on Jalan Gunung Batukaru Gang VII Denpasar. The liquor seized included Black Label (15 bottles), Red Label (12 bottles), Jeam Beam (6 bottles) and Chivas Regal (6 bottles). “The illegal liquors totally reached approximately 170 liters,” he said.

Aside from illegal liquors, said Erwin, the officers also seized liquor belonging to arrack type owned by a woman with the initials SN on Jalan Gunung Resimuka Ujung Denpasar (1 gallon) and 24 bottles of Aqua containing alcohol. From the shop owned

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Chief of West Denpasar Police, Erwin Pratomo, said on Monday (Dec 30) that his party initially got complaints from the public related to the loud cannon sold by the culprit JM for IDR 50,000 each unit. “At first, we got a public complaint regarding the seller of cannon at Kompyang Sujana Square,” he said.

He added the total amount of the assembled cannon reached IDR 1,600,000 (for 32 units of assembled cannon). Chief of West Denpasar Police directly assigned his members to perform an investigation. In fact, it was correct that JM sold the cannon with a loud sound. The cannon was made from used cans with a diameter of 7 cm and then assembled to 90 cm. With the rubbing alcohol fuel, it could produce a

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The fireworks party which was held in Buleleng Regency. The similar event was not found in Bangli Regency

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from left, shakes hands with a man who was injured in recent terrorist attacks as he visits a hospital in Volgograd, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.

VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a pre-dawn visit to the city reeling from two suicide bombings this week, bringing gestures of sympathy for the victims and questions for the officials he has ordered to beef up security. The bombings at the main railway station of Volgograd and on a city trolleybus killed 34 people and wounded scores, 65 of whom are hospitalized.

No claim of responsibility has been made for either attack, but they come a few months after the leader of an Islamic insurgency in Russia’s south called for attacks in the run-up to February’s Winter Olympics in the resort city of Sochi.

“Whatever motivated the criminals’ actions, there’s no justification for committing crimes against civilians, especially against women and children,” Putin said, opening a meeting in Volgograd with the heads of the Federal Security Service and the Interior Ministry. He said he would ask the two officials in the closed-door session for details on what measures their agencies are taking to raise security in the country.

Afterward, Putin placed a bouquet on the pile of flowers, balloons and other commemorative items that has risen at the site of the trolleybus bombing, then visited a hospital where some of the wounded are being treated.

Volgograd, a city of about 1 million, has been under heavy security since the Sunday and Monday attacks. Police reinforcements and paramilitary troops were sent into the city. City authorities canceled public New Year’s Eve gatherings and have closed movie theaters until Thursday.

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BUSINESS China to resume IPOs after year-long freeze Agence France-Presse

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A woman struggles with her umbrella as she passes a sale sign, on Oxford street in London, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. Prime Minister David Cameron boasted Wednesday that Britain would become a post-recession flagship in 2014, in what was reported as a swipe at France’s “disastrous” economic policies.

Cameron trumpets British recovery in ‘swipe at France’ Agence France-Presse

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron boasted Wednesday that Britain would become a post-recession flagship in 2014, in what was reported as a swipe at France’s “disastrous” economic policies.

Writing in The Times newspaper, Cameron said Britain was a country on the rise as he warned against “the great mistakes that led up to the great recession -- more borrowing, more spending and more debt”.

Though Cameron did not name the “countries currently following that approach”, The Times said it was a “swipe at France” and an “apparent gibe” at President Francois Hollande.

“Cameron’s dig at France in warning over debt”, said the front page.

His remarks “will be widely interpreted as an attack on Mr Hollande, who is under pressure as France’s economy continues to struggle,” the daily said.

Cameron wrote: “2014 is when we start to turn Britain into the flagship post-great recession success story.

“With record numbers of new businesses, we can be the enterprise capital of Europe.

“We must not resurrect the dangerous thinking that got us into the mess from

which we are now recovering,” the centreright Conservative leader warned.

Blaming the previous centre-left Labour government, which lost power in 2010, he said the British economy contracted by 7.2 per cent during the economic downturn.

“If you doubt how disastrous a return to Labour-style economics would be, just look at countries that are currently following that approach,” he wrote.

“They face increasing unemployment, industrial stagnation and enterprise in free-fall. The opposite of what’s happening here.

“Our recovery is real, but it’s also fragile, and there are more difficult decisions ahead.

A return to that economic madness would devastate this country.”

While Britain is predicting economic growth of 1.4 percent in 2013 and 2.4 percent in 2014, France’s national economics statistics institute INSEE predicted growth of 0.2 percent for 2013, while the country’s

belt-tightening budget is based on projected growth of 0.9 percent in 2014.

France’s economy contracted 0.1 percent in the third quarter of 2013.

Socialist French Prime Minister JeanMarc Ayrault said last month that his government would not copy British economic policies, saying they had created poverty and inequality.

In Britain, unemployment has hit a four-year low, at 7.4 percent. INSEE said the French unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent in the three months to September to 10.5 percent.

Cameron said his government would reduce the national deficit further in 2014, cut income taxes, slash red tape for small businesses and invest in infrastructure projects. He pledged to cap Britain’s overall welfare budget.

“New year is a time for resolutions.

Here’s mine: to make 2014 the year in which Britain begins to rise,” he said.

SHANGHAI - Five Chinese companies said Tuesday that they had received permission to raise a combined 2.1 billion yuan ($347 million) in initial public offerings (IPOs), ending a year-old official freeze on flotations.

In separate statements, the firms announced the nation’s stock regulator had given the green light for their share offers, following a suspension of such approvals in November 2012.

The move came after the China Securities Regulatory Commission said last month that IPOs could resume as early as January, under new rules that aim to make the process more market-oriented.

Analysts welcomed the move, saying companies needed to be able to raise cash.

“Fund-raising is an indispensable part of the stock market, which will only be revitalised after embracing new companies,” Central China Securities analyst Zhang Gang told AFP. China’s regulator has traditionally decided which firms can launch IPOs and when they go to market, instead of underwriters and the companies themselves, though authorities have pledged reform.

Roughly 50 of the more than 760 firms lining up for share offers are expected to list on China’s two stock exchanges by the end of January, a regulatory official has said.

In the first batch of five companies, only one will list on Shanghai’s main board for blue chips, while four others will target boards aimed at small enterprises and technology firms on the Shenzhen stock exchange in southern China, according to their statements.

The firm which will float on the Shanghai exchange, Suzhou-based Neway Valve Co., aims to raise 839.2 million yuan for investment in production facilities, it said.

The pace of new listings on Shanghai’s main board was expected to be slower, analysts said, as regulators fear new issues will drain funds away from existing shares.

“The ChiNext (technology) board will be the main battlefield, while the pace of IPO resumption on the Shanghai market will likely be slower as the issuance of large-cap shares will put more pressure on market liquidity,” Zhang said.

The five firms will probably start roadshows for their IPOs on January 2, the China Business News newspaper reported Tuesday.

Despite the threat of share oversupply impacting an already weak market investors shrugged off the announcements, which had been expected since the market regulator flagged the coming move in late November.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.88 percent on Tuesday while the Shenzhen index rose 0.33 percent.

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Minimizing illegal villas

BVA urges national villa standardization Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Bali Villa Association encourages the central government to immediately endorse the National Villa Standards that have been designed to suppress the growth of illegal villas.

Existence of the illegal villa business in Bali continues to reap criticism from tourism businesspeople. Aside from being accused of operating without a business license, the accommodation offering private facilities is also alleged to have caused of the decline in hotel occupancy rate on the island.

“At the moment, there is no clear rule governing the existence of villa, so illegal villas appear in numbers. We from the association in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism have prepared the National Villa Business Standards and Bali becomes the reference. We have been waiting for this standard,” said Chairman of the Bali Villa Association, Jero Mangku Wayan Suteja.

According to him, the rule was

just waiting for an approval from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. By that way, county government and provincial government would comply with the standards having been implemented by the central government through the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. “The standardization is just waiting for the signature of the ministry to be further followed up by county and the provincial government,” he said.

He said the existence of villa business in Indonesia had been arranged through Ministerial Regulation No.10/2009, but it could not be implemented in the field as the rules were unclear. “County and provincial government is unable to discipline them thoroughly. People

are still allowed to use the word ‘villa’ as label for a residence, either for their own home or leased home because there are no clear rules,” he said.

It was mentioned, their amount in Bali had exceeded 1,200 villas where 700 villas were located in Badung, while the remaining scattered in Tabanan, Buleleng, Klungkung, Gianyar and other areas. “The unlicensed villas amount to more than 10 percent,” he said.

Operations of many illegal villas, he explained, practiced unfair competition such as cutting room rates. Even, the action of discounting rate was made up to 50 percent below the standard rate. Competition among the market of villa was getting more difficult due to the

growing proliferation of villas in Bali, especially in the areas best favored by tourists, such as Badung and Gianyar. Even, the average annual growth reached 10 percent.

“Competition will be increasingly tight because the growth of villa is getting more and more each year.

Among the rapid growth of villas, the most is widely seen in Badung and Ubud area,” he said.

He hoped that government could work together to discipline the illegal villas in order the competition of villas in Bali could be getting fairer. “The government should be more assertive. Other than harming the existing licensed villas, the unlicensed villas are also detrimental to the government because they do not pay taxes to government,” he explained.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, IGN

Rai Suryawijaya, previously said that proliferation of accommodation business operating illegally, especially villas, had caused the low room occupancy rate of hotels in Bali. It happened due to the lack of supervision made by the government in enforcing the rules.

The violation virtually occurred in all counties/municipality, either in terms of spatial and accommodation such as hotels and villas.

All this time, he said the Regional Bylaw (Perda) and other rules regarding the sustainability of Bali seemed powerless. It occurred because the governance made too many discourses rather than taking concrete action. “They should be more concerned in enforcing the rules for the future of Bali. Do not let the government be tricked by investors due to lack of supervision in enforcing the rules,” he affirmed. (kmb27)

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Uganda warns South Sudan rebel leader Associated Press Writer

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A woman holds a child wrapped in a blanket as she stands on a street in Naples, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.

Italy president says won’t serve entire term Reuters

ROME - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said on Tuesday that he would stay on the job only as long as he is needed and “not a day more,” eight months after breaking a political deadlock by agreeing to serve an unprecedented second term. While it was widely believed the 88-year-old head of state would not serve his entire seven-year term, he made it clear in the president’s traditional year-end TV address to the nation that he would step down as soon as he deemed it possible.

“I’ll stay president until the situation of the country and its institutions make it necessary and possible, and until my strength holds up. Until then and not a day longer; and so certainly not for a very long time,” Napolitano said at the end of a 20-minute speech.

Napolitano, who some refer to as “King George”, used the powers of his office to help guide Italy through a burgeoning debt crisis in 2011 and a political stalemate earlier this year that led to the formation of broad, and sometimes unstable, governing coalition.

After replacing an embattled Silvio Berlusconi with Mario Monti in 2011, Napolitano this year handpicked Prime Minister Enrico Letta to form a govern-

ment to pass badly needed reforms to overhaul the political system - especially with a new electoral law - and to boost economic growth. “We will combat with the same energy those who express, with an exclusively destructive spirit, the will to bring the system to collapse without making realistic proposals and reforms,” Letta said in a statement following his speech.

Opposition parties like Beppe Grillo’s 5-Star Movement and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia have called for elections in the spring, and have directed a barrage of attacks against Napolitano for opposing them and overplaying his role.

But Napolitano has repeatedly warned that a new electoral law,

which has yet to be passed, is essential before the next national election or else the country will end up with the same political stalemate that followed February’s vote. While the president did not specifically say what must be done before he is prepared to step down, he said he hoped 2014 would bring economic growth after a two-year recession, new jobs, and the start of “an incisive institutional reform.”

In what is normally used as a pep talk to the nation, Napolitano opened his eighth year-end address on a gloomy note: “The year that is about to end was one of the heaviest and most troubled Italy has endured since the republic was created” in 1946.

JUBA, South Sudan — Uganda’s president on Monday warned South Sudan’s rebel leader against rejecting the government’s offer of a cease-fire, saying regional leaders would unite to “defeat” the former vice president, who is accused of mounting a failed coup in the world’s newest country. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told reporters in Juba, the South Sudan capital, that a regional bloc known as IGAD had given Riek Machar “four days to respond” to the cease-fire offer.

“If he doesn’t we shall have to go for him, all of us,” he said, referring to IGAD. A meeting of East African leaders last week said it “welcomed the commitment” by South Sudan’s government to cease hostilities against rebels and urged both sides to start peace talks by Tuesday. Machar instead called for a negotiated cease-fire that includes a way to monitor compliance.

The U.N. Security Council on Monday evening issued a statement reiterating its support for IGAD’s “efforts to bring about peace” and insisted that the warring factions begin talks “without preconditions.”

Violence since mid-December in South Sudan has displaced up to 180,000 people, the United Nations said Monday. Uganda’s influence is strong in South Sudan, where special forces from the neighboring country have been deployed at the request of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, raising questions about the impartiality of Uganda as a possible mediator in a conflict that many fear could lead to civil war in the world’s newest country.

But France’s ambassador to the United Nations said South Sudan’s government has the right under international law to seek help from neighboring countries to defend itself.

“There is a government in South Sudan, which has the right to ask for another country to support its military efforts,” said Gerard Araud, who is the U.N. Security Council president. He added that the Security Council “does not have a say” in whether South Sudan seeks such help.

Museveni and Kiir are strong allies. The Ugandan leader is believed to be concerned about the security implications for Uganda of a violent takeover of South Sudan’s government.

For years the brutal warlord Joseph Kony, who once operated in the expansive jungle that now falls within South Sudan’s territory, was a source of tension between Uganda and Sudan. Sudan’s government faced persistent allegations of supporting Kony’s rebellion against Uganda’s government.

Kony was forced to flee, and is thought to have fled to Congo and then Central African Republic, as the south moved closer to independence from Sudan.

South Sudan peacefully broke away from Sudan in 2011 after a decadeslong fight for independence, giving Uganda a new sense of border security.

Uganda, one of the South’s strongest supporters in its quest for independence, denies it has taken sides in South Sudan’s latest conflict, saying its forces provided security as Western countries and others safely evacuated their citizens from South Sudan.

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From page 1 Sydney had the first of the world’s major pyrotechnic shows, with seven tonnes of explosives lighting up Australia’s biggest city.

Fireworks shot off the Opera House for the first time in more than 10 years in a show which attracted some 1.5 million people.

In Japan, millions visited local temples and shrines to greet the new year with contemplation and to pray for peace for relatives.

For areas ravaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, celebrations were muted.

In the ruined farming village of San Isidro, residents are still grappling with the overpowering stench of death as 1,400 corpses stacked in black body bags lay in a field, more than seven weeks after the tragedy.

Seoul rang the city’s 15th-century bronze bell 33 times, reflecting the ancient custom for marking a new year.

In Indonesia’s sharia stronghold of Banda Aceh, New Year’s Eve celebrations were banned for the first time. Islamic police seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets.

Mumbai revellers celebrated a court victory which pushed back closing time in bars and restaurants to 5:00am instead of 1:30am.

South Africa bade farewell to 2013 with a 3D video send-off of Mandela as the country entered the New Year without its beloved icon.

His face was mapped onto Cape Town’s city hall where in 1990 he gave his first speech after 27 years in apartheid incarceration.

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INDONESIA Six terrorist suspects shot dead Antara

JAKARTA - Six terrorist suspects have been shot dead during an encounter with anti-terrorist police squad, on Tuesday (Dec. 31) night in Ciputat, South Tangerang district, Banten province, stated the police.

“The six terrorist suspects have been shot dead. Before the Tuesday raid, we had managed to arrest a terrorist suspect in Banyumas, Central Java province, named Anton, who give us information about his accomplices living in Ciputat area,” stated spokesman to the National Police Boy rafli Amar, here on Wednesday.

According to Boy, five out of the six suspects have been identified as Daeng alias Dayat alias Hidayat, Nurul Haq alias Dirman, Oji alias Tomo, Rizal alias Teguh, Hendi and Ujuh Edo alias Amril.

Anton and his friends were suspects for a bomb attack in an orphanage in Beji, Depok district, West Java that took place in September 2012. The seven suspects are allegedly also responsible for shooting police officers 2nd Brig Maulana and 2nd Adj. Insp.

Kus Hendratma in Pondok Aren, Banten province, in August 2013, Boy stated.

The police is still guarding the home of the suspected terrorists in the south-western outskirts of Jakarta, after shooting them dead overnight.

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ANTARA FOTO/Hafidz Mubarak

Head of National Police, Sutarman (middle) inspect the house of suspected terrorist on Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Six terrorist suspects have been shot dead during an encounter with anti-terrorist police squad, on Tuesday (Dec. 31) night in Ciputat, South Tangerang district, Banten province, stated the police. closer to the house, since the police have been sterilizing it, an Antara journalist observed.

Police are still checking the rented house in Ciputat, South Tangerang municipality, Banten province, soon after they found explosives inside.

Journalists were allowed to take pictures of the scene, albeit from a distance.

The police anti-terror squad Densus

88 shot dead the suspected terrorists while searching the house on Tuesday night.

The search was based on the investigation of a suspected terrorist cell in Banyumas, Central Java, he emphasized.

The bodies of the six slain terror suspects had been taken to the Sukanto police hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, for identification.

Aceh bans New Year’s festivities Agence France-Presse

BANDA ACEH - Islamic police in Indonesia’s sharia stronghold seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets after the city administration banned New Year’s Eve celebrations for the first time, an official said Tuesday.

The Monday night raid on street stalls and shops selling the items followed a fatwa, or decree, by the clerical Ulema Consultative Assembly that said New Year’s celebrations or wishing someone “Merry Christmas” was “haram” (forbidden) in the city of Banda Aceh.

The Banda Aceh government backed the fatwa by banning New Year’s Eve celebrations in the city.

“This public-order operation ahead

of New Year’s Eve is to ensure residents are compliant with calls from the government and ulema,” a senior Banda Aceh sharia police official Reza Kamilin.“There should be no activity whatsoever to celebrate the turn of the year,” Kamilin said.

The city ban is not technically legally binding but is being enforced by sharia police, whose role it is to “safeguard” morality.

Banda Aceh is the capital of Aceh province -- the only part of Indonesia that enforces Islamic law, or sharia -- where raids to enforce religious law are an everyday occurrence.

But this year is the first for any administration in the province to ban New Year’s Eve celebrations, in a sign of growing draconianism that rights groups oppose.

Sharia police will also conduct raids on hotels and cafes, which have been warned not to celebrate the day, Kamilin said.

“We will dissolve any mass gatherings. If anyone is seen with firecrackers or trumpets, we will confiscate them,” he said.Other administrations in Aceh were reportedly also banning celebrations, saying Muslims should only celebrate the Islamic New Year.

Aceh began implementing sharia law after it was granted special autonomy in 2001. Authorities now regularly cane people caught gambling or drinking alcohol.

Indonesia is the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation, but most practise a moderate form of Islam, and New Year’s Eve festivities are planned all over the country.

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Government struggles to clean up corrupt forestry sector Agence France-Presse

BERAU - Deep in the forests of Borneo island, workmen from an Indonesian timber company fell a tree with a chainsaw, stick a red tag with a serial number onto it and attach a corresponding stub to the stump.

This is all part of an arduous auditing process, one of many government attempts to clamp down on illegal logging and clean up one of the country’s most corrupt and mismanaged sectors as Western countries demand proof their timber imports are legal.

Following an agreement signed with the European Union in September, Jakarta is rolling out a system under which companies holding government-issued permits are given a certificate to prove their wood is harvested within the law.

Indonesia, Asia’s leading exporter of timber to the EU, is hoping the pact will help it double timber exports to Europe to the tune of $2 billion a year.

But critics say logging permits considered legal are often obtained through illegal means, and laws passed in Europe, the US and Australia to give consumers a clear conscience do little to tackle underthe-table transactions that compromise the sector.

“This system is basically asking, do you have a permit, and if you do, that box is ticked. It’s saying anything that the government does is considered legal,” said Emily Harwell, lead author of “The Dark Side of Green Growth”, a recent report by Human Rights Watch.

“It is silent on corruption.”

Indonesia is rapidly losing its forests, mostly to make way for plantations for timber products such as paper and palm oil.

According to a map released by Google Earth in November, two million hectares (20,000 km2) are lost annually, the equivalent of 10,000 football fields every day.

Bribery for permits

The forestry ministry is considered the country’s most corrupt institution, according to a 2012 survey by the country’s respected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which found permits being bought from officials with bribe money was the most common act of corruption.

Timber companies in Indonesia, which has the world’s thirdlargest expanse of rainforests, are legally obliged to comply with strict guidelines before being granted permits, such as carrying out environmental impact assessments and consulting communities affected by their operations.

But permits are handed out even when such requirements are not fulfilled, critics say, while even government data shows only 16 percent of such permits have been through the process of consulting affected communities.

Law enforcement is not only lax, it is often part of the problem.

In May, mid-ranking police officer Labora Sitorus was arrested for allegedly running a $150 million illegal logging ring in the remote, eastern Papua region -- seen as Indonesia’s last bastion of vast untouched rainforest.

Sitorus was caught after state financial auditors linked him to 115 containers of illegally-logged timber in Surabaya on Java island, a hub for hand-made furniture exports.

Critics like Harwell say this all means that even with Indonesia’s new Timber Legality Assurance System, the mountains of cardboard packaging, dining tables and timber flooring being sent abroad with a stamp of approval are not necessarily legal at all.

Nevertheless there are some companies striving to ensure their timber is genuinely legal.

Sumalindo Lestari Jaya -- the timber company on Indonesian Borneo tagging its logs and tree stumps -- has spent years engaging with the local indigenous Dayak communities affected by its 60,000hectare (150,000-acre) concession near the city of Berau.

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Ankle fears make for a serener Serena

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BRISBANE - Serena Williams’ inconsistent displays are usually accompanied by angry self-chastisement, but the greater fear of her ankles not surviving through January saw the world number one in phlegmatic mood despite her far-from-perfect first WTA outing of the season. In 2012, Williams’ left ankle forced her to pull out of the Brisbane International and led to an early departure from the Australian Open when she was beaten by American compatriot Sloane Stephens.

After the loss, Williams sent a picture on Twitter of her grotesquely swollen right ankle. “I always tape (the ankles) pretty high, but I put extra wraps on them today,” Williams said after her 6-4 6-4 victory over Andrea Petkovic in Brisbane on Tuesday.

“I told my physio, let’s do some extra ones. I don’t want anything to happen. Please. “I have it down to a science, so (it takes) just 15, 20 minutes. “I think it is (mental). But at the same time, it definitely wasn’t mental when I took those falls ... I just don’t want that anymore.”

Misfiring efforts prompted calm practice shots on Tuesday. A rueful smile followed an embarrassing air swing at the net and her celebrations after big points, though involving the standard fist pumps, were quieter than usual.

While her serve and ground strokes both need improving in the next fortnight, Williams is happy with where her physical condition is as she aims for a sixth tournament victory at Melbourne Park. “My fitness is definitely where it should be,” Williams said. “I felt great out there. Never actually felt winded.”

Indeed, her only gripe post-match was with her earrings, a Christmas present from sister Venus, which fell out during the first set. “I’m going to complain to Venus and make her buy me something new.”

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SEMARAPURA - This monument or building is skyrocketing as high as 28 meters from the pedestal of the building located downtown Semarapura. The monument in the form of Lingam-Yoni and built in an area of 123 square meters was named Puputan Klungkung Monument and inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs on April 28, 1992. The entire monument building is made from black stone so it is in harmony with the meaning of Hindu philosophy, namely fighting all-out by the royal family of Klungkung Kingdom together with their people.

Puputan Klungkung Monument is situated in the middle of Semarapura City so it is easily achieved from Denpasar, Besakih or Candi Dasa because it sits on the outskirts of the road side with busy traffic. Additionally, location of the Puputan Klungkung Monument is very strategic because it is adjacent to Kertha Ghosa/Taman Gili, Shopping Centre, Traditional Market and Government Offices.

AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews (2) shoots between Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson (15) and forward Serge Ibaka (9) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Portland won 98-94.

Blazers win at Oklahoma City to cut gap

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Associated Press Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY — Portland stormed back from a 13-point second-half deficit to win 98-94 at Oklahoma City on Tuesday, moving within half a game of the Thunder atop the Northwest Division. Their clash was the New Year’s Eve standout, while elsewhere, Indiana maintained the NBA’s best record with a strong finish to overwhelm Cleveland, San Antonio rolled past a listless Brooklyn, and Sacramento won a close game at Houston.

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Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates her victory against Li Na of China after their WTA tennis championships final match in Istanbul October 27, 2013.

Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 14 rebounds while Damian Lillard added 21 points, 11 assists and a pair of clinching free throws with 2.1 seconds left to give the Trail Blazers their second win in a month over their chief divisional rival. Kevin Durant had 37 points and 14 rebounds for the Thunder, which had won 20 of its past 22 games before Tuesday. But Durant managed only one point in the fourth quarter and missed an 11-foot jumper that would have tied the game in the final seconds.

Indiana dominated the fourth quarter to push past Cleveland and win 91-76. Paul George scored 21 points and Roy Hibbert added 19 for the Pacers, who have won eight in a row against Cleveland; their longest active streak against any opponent.

They limited the Cavaliers to 3-of-16 shooting and forced seven turnovers

in the final period.

Cleveland, which has suffered six straight defeats, lost star Kyrie Irving to a knee injury in the third quarter and he will have a scan on Wednesday. Anderson Varejao led the Cavs with 14 points and 11 rebounds. San Antonio’s Big Three were again to the fore in a 113-92 stroll past Brooklyn.

Tony Parker had 18 points while Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan had 15 each for the Spurs.

Miles Plumlee and Shaun Livingston had 15 points each to lead Brooklyn while Kevin Garnett was held to two points, failing to make a field shot for only the second time in his 19-year career.

Sacramento’s Rudy Gay had 25 points to set up the Kings 110-106 win at Houston. The Kings trailed by three points before DeMarcus Cousins scored four quick points to make it

105-104. He then stole the ball and passed to Ben McLemore for an easy layup. On the next play, Cousin took a charge to give the Kings the ball back.

The late comeback ruined a big night by James Harden, who finished with a season-high 38 points for the Rockets, and had 10 rebounds and two steals. Atlanta’s Paul Millsap had season highs with 34 points and 15 rebounds as the Hawks pipped Boston 92-91. Golden State’s David Lee had 22 points to lead the Warriors past Orlando 94-81.

Toronto rallied to an 85-79 win at Chicago, with Jonas Valanciunas scoring 15 points. Milwaukee handed Los Angeles its sixth straight loss, with Brandon Knight scoring 18 of his career-high 37 points in the third quarter to drive the Bucks to a 94-79 road win.

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Clubs unlikely to splash cash in transfer window Associated Press Writer

LONDON — When European football’s January transfer window opens for business on Wednesday, the market is expected to have a slow start. In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the offseason. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers.

Chasing their first league title in 10 years, the Gunners are reportedly looking for a forward to add to France international Olivier Giroud, who ended a seven-match scoring drought with the winner at Newcastle on Sunday, ensuring that his club starts 2014 at the top. Although Giroud said Arsenal has sufficient attacking options for the remainder of the season with himself, Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hinted he could be tempted to sign a couple of new players.

After failing to lure Luis Suarez, Wenger won’t bid again for the Uruguay striker, who signed a new deal with Liverpool this month.

“We are, as many clubs, certainly on alert. If something special turns up, we will not turn it down,” Wenger said. “But we are not as well desperate because we have a big depth in our squad.”

Lagging two points behind Arsenal in the standings, Chelsea could also be looking for extra firepower after Samuel Eto’o, Demba Ba and Fernando Torres scored only six goals between them in the league so far this season. With Ba, Juan Mata and Kevin De Bruyne possibly leaving, British media reported that Chelsea and Liverpool have held discussions about the possible arrival of Suarez at Stamford Bridge that could make up

for Jose Mourinho’s failure to sign Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney in the offseason.

While a Suarez move to Chelsea looks highly unlikely, Monaco forward Radamel Falcao is a more realistic target for Mourinho, with the Colombian reportedly unhappy in the French league. Xabi Alonso has also been linked with a move to the Blues.

After a shaky start to the season, defending champion Manchester United has managed to limit the damages with four consecutive wins and trails Arsenal by eight points going into the new year.

David Moyes has not been able to replace Paul Scholes and is in

Reuters

REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

AS Monaco’s Radamel Falcao (L) reacts after missing a goal against Valenciennes’ goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau (R) during their French Ligue 1 soccer match at Louis II stadium December 20, 2013. need of a creative midfielder. The Red Devils manager could make a 50 million pound ($82 million) offer for Everton marvel Ross Barkley. Avoiding the drop to the second-tier League Championship is crucial, with topflight teams boosted by increased revenues. And last-place Sunderland will beef up its defense with Marcos Alonso, who will join from Fiorentina until the end of the season.

“Marcos is a player that I have known well for a very long time,” Sunderland manager Gus Poyet said.

“He was desperate to come and play for Sunderland and he is a player I am excited to work with.”

Staying among the elite is also vital for West Ham. The London club is languishing in 19th place after scoring only 18 goals in 19 matches and signed 18-year-old striker Jaanai Gordon from Peterborough.

Everything looks relatively quiet in Spain, too. Barcelona seems more concerned with getting Lionel Messi healthy again for the second half of the season, and will probably be more than content to have its star forward playing at full speed again. The only possible big move would be Barcelona signing a replacement for goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who has said he will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.

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FA takes no action after Adam’s challenge on Paulinho

LONDON - The FA will not take any action against Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam despite Tottenham Hotspur’s anger over his challenge which injured their Brazilian midfielder Paulinho in Sunday’s Premier League game at White Hart Lane. The 25-yearold international is likely to be out for at least four weeks and will miss four league matches and the FA Cup third-round tie at Arsenal on Saturday.

Referee Kevin Friend did not see the heavy second-half challenge, the fifth time that Scotland midfielder Adam had been involved in incidents with Spurs players after two involving Gareth Bale, and others affecting Scott Parker and Jan Vertonghen. He has also been sent off twice against Spurs, playing for both Liverpool and Stoke.

An FA spokesman confirmed the case had been examined by the FA’s three-man review panel but that no further action would be taken.

“Action can only be taken in unseen cases if the panel, all former referees, agree unanimously it is a red card incident and as this was not the case, no further action will be taken,” he said.

Adam was booed by Spurs fans when he came on as a 50th-minute substitute for Stephen Ireland. Twelve minutes later the Brazil international midfielder, who was playing a vital part in Tottenham’s 3-0 victory, hobbled off after a crunching tackle from Adam near the halfway line.

Spurs confirmed on their website (www.tottenhamhotpsur.com) that Paulinho had an MRI scan on Monday and is likely to be out for at least four weeks with “significant ligament damage” to his right ankle.

Bale, who left Spurs for Real Madrid in the last transfer window, was hurt twice by Adam, the first time seriously when he suffered snapped ankle ligaments when Adam was playing for Blackpool. The second incident occurred when Adam was playing for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly in the United States in 2012.

Hanover break new ground by naming Turk Korkut as coach Reuters

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Tayfun Korkut

Former Turkey international Tayfun Korkut was the surprise choice as struggling Bundesliga club Hanover 96 named their new coach on Tuesday.

The 39-year-old, who played 42 times for his country between 1995 and 2003, became the first Turk to coach a Bundesliga side on a permanent basis after replacing Mirko Slomka, who was sacked last week.

It is also the first senior coaching job for the former midfielder who previously worked as a youth team coach at Real Socieded, Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart and as assistant to Turkey coach Abdullah Avci between 2012 and 2013. “This appointment has been taken with the future of Hanover 96 in mind,” sporting director Dirk Dufner told the club website (www.hanover96.de).

“We have decided for a young, well trained and

highly motivated coach and he has fully convinced us with his personality. “We know that we are making a bold decision, but look on our co-operation with Tayfun Korkut with a great perspective. I have great confidence that we will be successful together.”

Hanover, 13th in the 18-team table, parted company with Slomka after almost exactly three years with the team only four points clear of the relegation zone. “I thank Hanover for their trust in giving me this chance,” said Korkut, who was born and raised in Stuttgart and began his playing career with Stuttgarter Kickers.

He went on to play for Fenerbahce, Real Sociedad, Espanyol, Besiktas and Genclerbirligi.

Hanover are the fourth Bundesliga club to change coach this season after VfB Stuttgart, Hamburg SV and Nuremberg. Their next competitive game is at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Jan. 25.

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Referee Jon Moss (L) shows a red card to Tottenham Hotspur’s Paulinho for a foul on Liverpool’s Luis Suarez (R) during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane in London December 15, 2013.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Chelsea’s Fernando Torres, left, controls the ball watched by Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.

Chelsea reports annual losses of more than $80m Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Chelsea has posted annual losses of more than $80 million but the Premier League club remains confident of complying with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules. The club slipped back into the red a year after making a profit for the first time since Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich’s takeover in 2003.

Chelsea lost 49.4 million pounds ($81.7 million) in the year to June 30, after making a profit of 1.4 million pounds ($2.3 million) in 2011-12. But UEFA, the governing body for European football, allows unlimited investment on infrastructure and youth development, which Chelsea believes accounted for around 15 million pounds ($25 million) in spending in 2012-13.

UEFA is allowing losses of up to 45 million euros ($62 million) in the first FFP monitoring period — 2011-2013 — without the risk of being barred from European competitions. UEFA wants clubs to move toward breaking even on their football-related activities,

and will be preparing in March and April to punish the first clubs for FFP breaches.

“We will meet the stipulations set down by UEFA in their first assessment period,” Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said Tuesday in a statement giving a partial breakdown of financial results. “And by our own analysis we are progressing from a commercial viewpoint as well as continuing to add trophies to our collection, which we never lose sight of as our most important goal.”

The 2011-12 profit of 1.4 million pounds ($2.3 million) came on the back of generating around 90 million pounds ($149 million) from the transfer market and a successful Champions League campaign. But Chelsea’s UEFA income was hit despite winning the Europa League in May because the team was knocked out of the more lucrative Champions League at the group stage.

So, although Chelsea posted a record turnover of 255.8 million pounds ($423 million) in 2012-13, it only rose by 100,000 pounds ($165,500). But com-

mercial income grew 20 percent year-on-year to 79.6 million pounds ($132 million), and there should be a more significant uplift in 2013-14 when the first year of a 300 million-pound ($497-million), 10-year contract extension with kit maker Adidas kicks in.

Chelsea has also advanced beyond the Champions League group stage this season and is third in the Premier League, two points behind leader Arsenal.

“For Chelsea FC to achieve a record level of turnover despite our first group-stage elimination from the Champions League shows we have structured our business and are growing in the correct way for long-term stability,” chief executive Ron Gourlay said.

“Our philosophy is we build upon success on the pitch and although in these financial results we haven’t repeated the sizeable profits made the previous year from player transfers, we believe the age profile of the existing squad means we will benefit from that investment for many years to come.”

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Clubs unlikely to splash cash in transfer window Associated Press Writer

LONDON — When European football’s January transfer window opens for business on Wednesday, the market is expected to have a slow start. In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the offseason. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers.

Chasing their first league title in 10 years, the Gunners are reportedly looking for a forward to add to France international Olivier Giroud, who ended a seven-match scoring drought with the winner at Newcastle on Sunday, ensuring that his club starts 2014 at the top. Although Giroud said Arsenal has sufficient attacking options for the remainder of the season with himself, Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hinted he could be tempted to sign a couple of new players.

After failing to lure Luis Suarez, Wenger won’t bid again for the Uruguay striker, who signed a new deal with Liverpool this month.

“We are, as many clubs, certainly on alert. If something special turns up, we will not turn it down,” Wenger said. “But we are not as well desperate because we have a big depth in our squad.”

Lagging two points behind Arsenal in the standings, Chelsea could also be looking for extra firepower after Samuel Eto’o, Demba Ba and Fernando Torres scored only six goals between them in the league so far this season. With Ba, Juan Mata and Kevin De Bruyne possibly leaving, British media reported that Chelsea and Liverpool have held discussions about the possible arrival of Suarez at Stamford Bridge that could make up

for Jose Mourinho’s failure to sign Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney in the offseason.

While a Suarez move to Chelsea looks highly unlikely, Monaco forward Radamel Falcao is a more realistic target for Mourinho, with the Colombian reportedly unhappy in the French league. Xabi Alonso has also been linked with a move to the Blues.

After a shaky start to the season, defending champion Manchester United has managed to limit the damages with four consecutive wins and trails Arsenal by eight points going into the new year.

David Moyes has not been able to replace Paul Scholes and is in

Reuters

REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

AS Monaco’s Radamel Falcao (L) reacts after missing a goal against Valenciennes’ goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau (R) during their French Ligue 1 soccer match at Louis II stadium December 20, 2013. need of a creative midfielder. The Red Devils manager could make a 50 million pound ($82 million) offer for Everton marvel Ross Barkley. Avoiding the drop to the second-tier League Championship is crucial, with topflight teams boosted by increased revenues. And last-place Sunderland will beef up its defense with Marcos Alonso, who will join from Fiorentina until the end of the season.

“Marcos is a player that I have known well for a very long time,” Sunderland manager Gus Poyet said.

“He was desperate to come and play for Sunderland and he is a player I am excited to work with.”

Staying among the elite is also vital for West Ham. The London club is languishing in 19th place after scoring only 18 goals in 19 matches and signed 18-year-old striker Jaanai Gordon from Peterborough.

Everything looks relatively quiet in Spain, too. Barcelona seems more concerned with getting Lionel Messi healthy again for the second half of the season, and will probably be more than content to have its star forward playing at full speed again. The only possible big move would be Barcelona signing a replacement for goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who has said he will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

FA takes no action after Adam’s challenge on Paulinho

LONDON - The FA will not take any action against Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam despite Tottenham Hotspur’s anger over his challenge which injured their Brazilian midfielder Paulinho in Sunday’s Premier League game at White Hart Lane. The 25-yearold international is likely to be out for at least four weeks and will miss four league matches and the FA Cup third-round tie at Arsenal on Saturday.

Referee Kevin Friend did not see the heavy second-half challenge, the fifth time that Scotland midfielder Adam had been involved in incidents with Spurs players after two involving Gareth Bale, and others affecting Scott Parker and Jan Vertonghen. He has also been sent off twice against Spurs, playing for both Liverpool and Stoke.

An FA spokesman confirmed the case had been examined by the FA’s three-man review panel but that no further action would be taken.

“Action can only be taken in unseen cases if the panel, all former referees, agree unanimously it is a red card incident and as this was not the case, no further action will be taken,” he said.

Adam was booed by Spurs fans when he came on as a 50th-minute substitute for Stephen Ireland. Twelve minutes later the Brazil international midfielder, who was playing a vital part in Tottenham’s 3-0 victory, hobbled off after a crunching tackle from Adam near the halfway line.

Spurs confirmed on their website (www.tottenhamhotpsur.com) that Paulinho had an MRI scan on Monday and is likely to be out for at least four weeks with “significant ligament damage” to his right ankle.

Bale, who left Spurs for Real Madrid in the last transfer window, was hurt twice by Adam, the first time seriously when he suffered snapped ankle ligaments when Adam was playing for Blackpool. The second incident occurred when Adam was playing for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly in the United States in 2012.

Hanover break new ground by naming Turk Korkut as coach Reuters

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Tayfun Korkut

Former Turkey international Tayfun Korkut was the surprise choice as struggling Bundesliga club Hanover 96 named their new coach on Tuesday.

The 39-year-old, who played 42 times for his country between 1995 and 2003, became the first Turk to coach a Bundesliga side on a permanent basis after replacing Mirko Slomka, who was sacked last week.

It is also the first senior coaching job for the former midfielder who previously worked as a youth team coach at Real Socieded, Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart and as assistant to Turkey coach Abdullah Avci between 2012 and 2013. “This appointment has been taken with the future of Hanover 96 in mind,” sporting director Dirk Dufner told the club website (www.hanover96.de).

“We have decided for a young, well trained and

highly motivated coach and he has fully convinced us with his personality. “We know that we are making a bold decision, but look on our co-operation with Tayfun Korkut with a great perspective. I have great confidence that we will be successful together.”

Hanover, 13th in the 18-team table, parted company with Slomka after almost exactly three years with the team only four points clear of the relegation zone. “I thank Hanover for their trust in giving me this chance,” said Korkut, who was born and raised in Stuttgart and began his playing career with Stuttgarter Kickers.

He went on to play for Fenerbahce, Real Sociedad, Espanyol, Besiktas and Genclerbirligi.

Hanover are the fourth Bundesliga club to change coach this season after VfB Stuttgart, Hamburg SV and Nuremberg. Their next competitive game is at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Jan. 25.

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REUTERS/Toby Melville

Referee Jon Moss (L) shows a red card to Tottenham Hotspur’s Paulinho for a foul on Liverpool’s Luis Suarez (R) during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane in London December 15, 2013.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Chelsea’s Fernando Torres, left, controls the ball watched by Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.

Chelsea reports annual losses of more than $80m Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Chelsea has posted annual losses of more than $80 million but the Premier League club remains confident of complying with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules. The club slipped back into the red a year after making a profit for the first time since Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich’s takeover in 2003.

Chelsea lost 49.4 million pounds ($81.7 million) in the year to June 30, after making a profit of 1.4 million pounds ($2.3 million) in 2011-12. But UEFA, the governing body for European football, allows unlimited investment on infrastructure and youth development, which Chelsea believes accounted for around 15 million pounds ($25 million) in spending in 2012-13.

UEFA is allowing losses of up to 45 million euros ($62 million) in the first FFP monitoring period — 2011-2013 — without the risk of being barred from European competitions. UEFA wants clubs to move toward breaking even on their football-related activities,

and will be preparing in March and April to punish the first clubs for FFP breaches.

“We will meet the stipulations set down by UEFA in their first assessment period,” Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said Tuesday in a statement giving a partial breakdown of financial results. “And by our own analysis we are progressing from a commercial viewpoint as well as continuing to add trophies to our collection, which we never lose sight of as our most important goal.”

The 2011-12 profit of 1.4 million pounds ($2.3 million) came on the back of generating around 90 million pounds ($149 million) from the transfer market and a successful Champions League campaign. But Chelsea’s UEFA income was hit despite winning the Europa League in May because the team was knocked out of the more lucrative Champions League at the group stage.

So, although Chelsea posted a record turnover of 255.8 million pounds ($423 million) in 2012-13, it only rose by 100,000 pounds ($165,500). But com-

mercial income grew 20 percent year-on-year to 79.6 million pounds ($132 million), and there should be a more significant uplift in 2013-14 when the first year of a 300 million-pound ($497-million), 10-year contract extension with kit maker Adidas kicks in.

Chelsea has also advanced beyond the Champions League group stage this season and is third in the Premier League, two points behind leader Arsenal.

“For Chelsea FC to achieve a record level of turnover despite our first group-stage elimination from the Champions League shows we have structured our business and are growing in the correct way for long-term stability,” chief executive Ron Gourlay said.

“Our philosophy is we build upon success on the pitch and although in these financial results we haven’t repeated the sizeable profits made the previous year from player transfers, we believe the age profile of the existing squad means we will benefit from that investment for many years to come.”

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Ankle fears make for a serener Serena

Puputan Klungkung Monument

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BRISBANE - Serena Williams’ inconsistent displays are usually accompanied by angry self-chastisement, but the greater fear of her ankles not surviving through January saw the world number one in phlegmatic mood despite her far-from-perfect first WTA outing of the season. In 2012, Williams’ left ankle forced her to pull out of the Brisbane International and led to an early departure from the Australian Open when she was beaten by American compatriot Sloane Stephens.

After the loss, Williams sent a picture on Twitter of her grotesquely swollen right ankle. “I always tape (the ankles) pretty high, but I put extra wraps on them today,” Williams said after her 6-4 6-4 victory over Andrea Petkovic in Brisbane on Tuesday.

“I told my physio, let’s do some extra ones. I don’t want anything to happen. Please. “I have it down to a science, so (it takes) just 15, 20 minutes. “I think it is (mental). But at the same time, it definitely wasn’t mental when I took those falls ... I just don’t want that anymore.”

Misfiring efforts prompted calm practice shots on Tuesday. A rueful smile followed an embarrassing air swing at the net and her celebrations after big points, though involving the standard fist pumps, were quieter than usual.

While her serve and ground strokes both need improving in the next fortnight, Williams is happy with where her physical condition is as she aims for a sixth tournament victory at Melbourne Park. “My fitness is definitely where it should be,” Williams said. “I felt great out there. Never actually felt winded.”

Indeed, her only gripe post-match was with her earrings, a Christmas present from sister Venus, which fell out during the first set. “I’m going to complain to Venus and make her buy me something new.”

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SEMARAPURA - This monument or building is skyrocketing as high as 28 meters from the pedestal of the building located downtown Semarapura. The monument in the form of Lingam-Yoni and built in an area of 123 square meters was named Puputan Klungkung Monument and inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs on April 28, 1992. The entire monument building is made from black stone so it is in harmony with the meaning of Hindu philosophy, namely fighting all-out by the royal family of Klungkung Kingdom together with their people.

Puputan Klungkung Monument is situated in the middle of Semarapura City so it is easily achieved from Denpasar, Besakih or Candi Dasa because it sits on the outskirts of the road side with busy traffic. Additionally, location of the Puputan Klungkung Monument is very strategic because it is adjacent to Kertha Ghosa/Taman Gili, Shopping Centre, Traditional Market and Government Offices.

AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews (2) shoots between Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson (15) and forward Serge Ibaka (9) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Portland won 98-94.

Blazers win at Oklahoma City to cut gap

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Associated Press Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY — Portland stormed back from a 13-point second-half deficit to win 98-94 at Oklahoma City on Tuesday, moving within half a game of the Thunder atop the Northwest Division. Their clash was the New Year’s Eve standout, while elsewhere, Indiana maintained the NBA’s best record with a strong finish to overwhelm Cleveland, San Antonio rolled past a listless Brooklyn, and Sacramento won a close game at Houston.

REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates her victory against Li Na of China after their WTA tennis championships final match in Istanbul October 27, 2013.

Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 14 rebounds while Damian Lillard added 21 points, 11 assists and a pair of clinching free throws with 2.1 seconds left to give the Trail Blazers their second win in a month over their chief divisional rival. Kevin Durant had 37 points and 14 rebounds for the Thunder, which had won 20 of its past 22 games before Tuesday. But Durant managed only one point in the fourth quarter and missed an 11-foot jumper that would have tied the game in the final seconds.

Indiana dominated the fourth quarter to push past Cleveland and win 91-76. Paul George scored 21 points and Roy Hibbert added 19 for the Pacers, who have won eight in a row against Cleveland; their longest active streak against any opponent.

They limited the Cavaliers to 3-of-16 shooting and forced seven turnovers

in the final period.

Cleveland, which has suffered six straight defeats, lost star Kyrie Irving to a knee injury in the third quarter and he will have a scan on Wednesday. Anderson Varejao led the Cavs with 14 points and 11 rebounds. San Antonio’s Big Three were again to the fore in a 113-92 stroll past Brooklyn.

Tony Parker had 18 points while Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan had 15 each for the Spurs.

Miles Plumlee and Shaun Livingston had 15 points each to lead Brooklyn while Kevin Garnett was held to two points, failing to make a field shot for only the second time in his 19-year career.

Sacramento’s Rudy Gay had 25 points to set up the Kings 110-106 win at Houston. The Kings trailed by three points before DeMarcus Cousins scored four quick points to make it

105-104. He then stole the ball and passed to Ben McLemore for an easy layup. On the next play, Cousin took a charge to give the Kings the ball back.

The late comeback ruined a big night by James Harden, who finished with a season-high 38 points for the Rockets, and had 10 rebounds and two steals. Atlanta’s Paul Millsap had season highs with 34 points and 15 rebounds as the Hawks pipped Boston 92-91. Golden State’s David Lee had 22 points to lead the Warriors past Orlando 94-81.

Toronto rallied to an 85-79 win at Chicago, with Jonas Valanciunas scoring 15 points. Milwaukee handed Los Angeles its sixth straight loss, with Brandon Knight scoring 18 of his career-high 37 points in the third quarter to drive the Bucks to a 94-79 road win.

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Uganda warns South Sudan rebel leader Associated Press Writer

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A woman holds a child wrapped in a blanket as she stands on a street in Naples, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.

Italy president says won’t serve entire term Reuters

ROME - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said on Tuesday that he would stay on the job only as long as he is needed and “not a day more,” eight months after breaking a political deadlock by agreeing to serve an unprecedented second term. While it was widely believed the 88-year-old head of state would not serve his entire seven-year term, he made it clear in the president’s traditional year-end TV address to the nation that he would step down as soon as he deemed it possible.

“I’ll stay president until the situation of the country and its institutions make it necessary and possible, and until my strength holds up. Until then and not a day longer; and so certainly not for a very long time,” Napolitano said at the end of a 20-minute speech.

Napolitano, who some refer to as “King George”, used the powers of his office to help guide Italy through a burgeoning debt crisis in 2011 and a political stalemate earlier this year that led to the formation of broad, and sometimes unstable, governing coalition.

After replacing an embattled Silvio Berlusconi with Mario Monti in 2011, Napolitano this year handpicked Prime Minister Enrico Letta to form a govern-

ment to pass badly needed reforms to overhaul the political system - especially with a new electoral law - and to boost economic growth. “We will combat with the same energy those who express, with an exclusively destructive spirit, the will to bring the system to collapse without making realistic proposals and reforms,” Letta said in a statement following his speech.

Opposition parties like Beppe Grillo’s 5-Star Movement and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia have called for elections in the spring, and have directed a barrage of attacks against Napolitano for opposing them and overplaying his role.

But Napolitano has repeatedly warned that a new electoral law,

which has yet to be passed, is essential before the next national election or else the country will end up with the same political stalemate that followed February’s vote. While the president did not specifically say what must be done before he is prepared to step down, he said he hoped 2014 would bring economic growth after a two-year recession, new jobs, and the start of “an incisive institutional reform.”

In what is normally used as a pep talk to the nation, Napolitano opened his eighth year-end address on a gloomy note: “The year that is about to end was one of the heaviest and most troubled Italy has endured since the republic was created” in 1946.

JUBA, South Sudan — Uganda’s president on Monday warned South Sudan’s rebel leader against rejecting the government’s offer of a cease-fire, saying regional leaders would unite to “defeat” the former vice president, who is accused of mounting a failed coup in the world’s newest country. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told reporters in Juba, the South Sudan capital, that a regional bloc known as IGAD had given Riek Machar “four days to respond” to the cease-fire offer.

“If he doesn’t we shall have to go for him, all of us,” he said, referring to IGAD. A meeting of East African leaders last week said it “welcomed the commitment” by South Sudan’s government to cease hostilities against rebels and urged both sides to start peace talks by Tuesday. Machar instead called for a negotiated cease-fire that includes a way to monitor compliance.

The U.N. Security Council on Monday evening issued a statement reiterating its support for IGAD’s “efforts to bring about peace” and insisted that the warring factions begin talks “without preconditions.”

Violence since mid-December in South Sudan has displaced up to 180,000 people, the United Nations said Monday. Uganda’s influence is strong in South Sudan, where special forces from the neighboring country have been deployed at the request of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, raising questions about the impartiality of Uganda as a possible mediator in a conflict that many fear could lead to civil war in the world’s newest country.

But France’s ambassador to the United Nations said South Sudan’s government has the right under international law to seek help from neighboring countries to defend itself.

“There is a government in South Sudan, which has the right to ask for another country to support its military efforts,” said Gerard Araud, who is the U.N. Security Council president. He added that the Security Council “does not have a say” in whether South Sudan seeks such help.

Museveni and Kiir are strong allies. The Ugandan leader is believed to be concerned about the security implications for Uganda of a violent takeover of South Sudan’s government.

For years the brutal warlord Joseph Kony, who once operated in the expansive jungle that now falls within South Sudan’s territory, was a source of tension between Uganda and Sudan. Sudan’s government faced persistent allegations of supporting Kony’s rebellion against Uganda’s government.

Kony was forced to flee, and is thought to have fled to Congo and then Central African Republic, as the south moved closer to independence from Sudan.

South Sudan peacefully broke away from Sudan in 2011 after a decadeslong fight for independence, giving Uganda a new sense of border security.

Uganda, one of the South’s strongest supporters in its quest for independence, denies it has taken sides in South Sudan’s latest conflict, saying its forces provided security as Western countries and others safely evacuated their citizens from South Sudan.

welcomes in 2014...

From page 1 Sydney had the first of the world’s major pyrotechnic shows, with seven tonnes of explosives lighting up Australia’s biggest city.

Fireworks shot off the Opera House for the first time in more than 10 years in a show which attracted some 1.5 million people.

In Japan, millions visited local temples and shrines to greet the new year with contemplation and to pray for peace for relatives.

For areas ravaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, celebrations were muted.

In the ruined farming village of San Isidro, residents are still grappling with the overpowering stench of death as 1,400 corpses stacked in black body bags lay in a field, more than seven weeks after the tragedy.

Seoul rang the city’s 15th-century bronze bell 33 times, reflecting the ancient custom for marking a new year.

In Indonesia’s sharia stronghold of Banda Aceh, New Year’s Eve celebrations were banned for the first time. Islamic police seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets.

Mumbai revellers celebrated a court victory which pushed back closing time in bars and restaurants to 5:00am instead of 1:30am.

South Africa bade farewell to 2013 with a 3D video send-off of Mandela as the country entered the New Year without its beloved icon.

His face was mapped onto Cape Town’s city hall where in 1990 he gave his first speech after 27 years in apartheid incarceration.

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INDONESIA Six terrorist suspects shot dead Antara

JAKARTA - Six terrorist suspects have been shot dead during an encounter with anti-terrorist police squad, on Tuesday (Dec. 31) night in Ciputat, South Tangerang district, Banten province, stated the police.

“The six terrorist suspects have been shot dead. Before the Tuesday raid, we had managed to arrest a terrorist suspect in Banyumas, Central Java province, named Anton, who give us information about his accomplices living in Ciputat area,” stated spokesman to the National Police Boy rafli Amar, here on Wednesday.

According to Boy, five out of the six suspects have been identified as Daeng alias Dayat alias Hidayat, Nurul Haq alias Dirman, Oji alias Tomo, Rizal alias Teguh, Hendi and Ujuh Edo alias Amril.

Anton and his friends were suspects for a bomb attack in an orphanage in Beji, Depok district, West Java that took place in September 2012. The seven suspects are allegedly also responsible for shooting police officers 2nd Brig Maulana and 2nd Adj. Insp.

Kus Hendratma in Pondok Aren, Banten province, in August 2013, Boy stated.

The police is still guarding the home of the suspected terrorists in the south-western outskirts of Jakarta, after shooting them dead overnight.

Nobody has been allowed to come

ANTARA FOTO/Hafidz Mubarak

Head of National Police, Sutarman (middle) inspect the house of suspected terrorist on Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Six terrorist suspects have been shot dead during an encounter with anti-terrorist police squad, on Tuesday (Dec. 31) night in Ciputat, South Tangerang district, Banten province, stated the police. closer to the house, since the police have been sterilizing it, an Antara journalist observed.

Police are still checking the rented house in Ciputat, South Tangerang municipality, Banten province, soon after they found explosives inside.

Journalists were allowed to take pictures of the scene, albeit from a distance.

The police anti-terror squad Densus

88 shot dead the suspected terrorists while searching the house on Tuesday night.

The search was based on the investigation of a suspected terrorist cell in Banyumas, Central Java, he emphasized.

The bodies of the six slain terror suspects had been taken to the Sukanto police hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, for identification.

Aceh bans New Year’s festivities Agence France-Presse

BANDA ACEH - Islamic police in Indonesia’s sharia stronghold seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets after the city administration banned New Year’s Eve celebrations for the first time, an official said Tuesday.

The Monday night raid on street stalls and shops selling the items followed a fatwa, or decree, by the clerical Ulema Consultative Assembly that said New Year’s celebrations or wishing someone “Merry Christmas” was “haram” (forbidden) in the city of Banda Aceh.

The Banda Aceh government backed the fatwa by banning New Year’s Eve celebrations in the city.

“This public-order operation ahead

of New Year’s Eve is to ensure residents are compliant with calls from the government and ulema,” a senior Banda Aceh sharia police official Reza Kamilin.“There should be no activity whatsoever to celebrate the turn of the year,” Kamilin said.

The city ban is not technically legally binding but is being enforced by sharia police, whose role it is to “safeguard” morality.

Banda Aceh is the capital of Aceh province -- the only part of Indonesia that enforces Islamic law, or sharia -- where raids to enforce religious law are an everyday occurrence.

But this year is the first for any administration in the province to ban New Year’s Eve celebrations, in a sign of growing draconianism that rights groups oppose.

Sharia police will also conduct raids on hotels and cafes, which have been warned not to celebrate the day, Kamilin said.

“We will dissolve any mass gatherings. If anyone is seen with firecrackers or trumpets, we will confiscate them,” he said.Other administrations in Aceh were reportedly also banning celebrations, saying Muslims should only celebrate the Islamic New Year.

Aceh began implementing sharia law after it was granted special autonomy in 2001. Authorities now regularly cane people caught gambling or drinking alcohol.

Indonesia is the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation, but most practise a moderate form of Islam, and New Year’s Eve festivities are planned all over the country.

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Government struggles to clean up corrupt forestry sector Agence France-Presse

BERAU - Deep in the forests of Borneo island, workmen from an Indonesian timber company fell a tree with a chainsaw, stick a red tag with a serial number onto it and attach a corresponding stub to the stump.

This is all part of an arduous auditing process, one of many government attempts to clamp down on illegal logging and clean up one of the country’s most corrupt and mismanaged sectors as Western countries demand proof their timber imports are legal.

Following an agreement signed with the European Union in September, Jakarta is rolling out a system under which companies holding government-issued permits are given a certificate to prove their wood is harvested within the law.

Indonesia, Asia’s leading exporter of timber to the EU, is hoping the pact will help it double timber exports to Europe to the tune of $2 billion a year.

But critics say logging permits considered legal are often obtained through illegal means, and laws passed in Europe, the US and Australia to give consumers a clear conscience do little to tackle underthe-table transactions that compromise the sector.

“This system is basically asking, do you have a permit, and if you do, that box is ticked. It’s saying anything that the government does is considered legal,” said Emily Harwell, lead author of “The Dark Side of Green Growth”, a recent report by Human Rights Watch.

“It is silent on corruption.”

Indonesia is rapidly losing its forests, mostly to make way for plantations for timber products such as paper and palm oil.

According to a map released by Google Earth in November, two million hectares (20,000 km2) are lost annually, the equivalent of 10,000 football fields every day.

Bribery for permits

The forestry ministry is considered the country’s most corrupt institution, according to a 2012 survey by the country’s respected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which found permits being bought from officials with bribe money was the most common act of corruption.

Timber companies in Indonesia, which has the world’s thirdlargest expanse of rainforests, are legally obliged to comply with strict guidelines before being granted permits, such as carrying out environmental impact assessments and consulting communities affected by their operations.

But permits are handed out even when such requirements are not fulfilled, critics say, while even government data shows only 16 percent of such permits have been through the process of consulting affected communities.

Law enforcement is not only lax, it is often part of the problem.

In May, mid-ranking police officer Labora Sitorus was arrested for allegedly running a $150 million illegal logging ring in the remote, eastern Papua region -- seen as Indonesia’s last bastion of vast untouched rainforest.

Sitorus was caught after state financial auditors linked him to 115 containers of illegally-logged timber in Surabaya on Java island, a hub for hand-made furniture exports.

Critics like Harwell say this all means that even with Indonesia’s new Timber Legality Assurance System, the mountains of cardboard packaging, dining tables and timber flooring being sent abroad with a stamp of approval are not necessarily legal at all.

Nevertheless there are some companies striving to ensure their timber is genuinely legal.

Sumalindo Lestari Jaya -- the timber company on Indonesian Borneo tagging its logs and tree stumps -- has spent years engaging with the local indigenous Dayak communities affected by its 60,000hectare (150,000-acre) concession near the city of Berau.

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BUSINESS China to resume IPOs after year-long freeze Agence France-Presse

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A woman struggles with her umbrella as she passes a sale sign, on Oxford street in London, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. Prime Minister David Cameron boasted Wednesday that Britain would become a post-recession flagship in 2014, in what was reported as a swipe at France’s “disastrous” economic policies.

Cameron trumpets British recovery in ‘swipe at France’ Agence France-Presse

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron boasted Wednesday that Britain would become a post-recession flagship in 2014, in what was reported as a swipe at France’s “disastrous” economic policies.

Writing in The Times newspaper, Cameron said Britain was a country on the rise as he warned against “the great mistakes that led up to the great recession -- more borrowing, more spending and more debt”.

Though Cameron did not name the “countries currently following that approach”, The Times said it was a “swipe at France” and an “apparent gibe” at President Francois Hollande.

“Cameron’s dig at France in warning over debt”, said the front page.

His remarks “will be widely interpreted as an attack on Mr Hollande, who is under pressure as France’s economy continues to struggle,” the daily said.

Cameron wrote: “2014 is when we start to turn Britain into the flagship post-great recession success story.

“With record numbers of new businesses, we can be the enterprise capital of Europe.

“We must not resurrect the dangerous thinking that got us into the mess from

which we are now recovering,” the centreright Conservative leader warned.

Blaming the previous centre-left Labour government, which lost power in 2010, he said the British economy contracted by 7.2 per cent during the economic downturn.

“If you doubt how disastrous a return to Labour-style economics would be, just look at countries that are currently following that approach,” he wrote.

“They face increasing unemployment, industrial stagnation and enterprise in free-fall. The opposite of what’s happening here.

“Our recovery is real, but it’s also fragile, and there are more difficult decisions ahead.

A return to that economic madness would devastate this country.”

While Britain is predicting economic growth of 1.4 percent in 2013 and 2.4 percent in 2014, France’s national economics statistics institute INSEE predicted growth of 0.2 percent for 2013, while the country’s

belt-tightening budget is based on projected growth of 0.9 percent in 2014.

France’s economy contracted 0.1 percent in the third quarter of 2013.

Socialist French Prime Minister JeanMarc Ayrault said last month that his government would not copy British economic policies, saying they had created poverty and inequality.

In Britain, unemployment has hit a four-year low, at 7.4 percent. INSEE said the French unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent in the three months to September to 10.5 percent.

Cameron said his government would reduce the national deficit further in 2014, cut income taxes, slash red tape for small businesses and invest in infrastructure projects. He pledged to cap Britain’s overall welfare budget.

“New year is a time for resolutions.

Here’s mine: to make 2014 the year in which Britain begins to rise,” he said.

SHANGHAI - Five Chinese companies said Tuesday that they had received permission to raise a combined 2.1 billion yuan ($347 million) in initial public offerings (IPOs), ending a year-old official freeze on flotations.

In separate statements, the firms announced the nation’s stock regulator had given the green light for their share offers, following a suspension of such approvals in November 2012.

The move came after the China Securities Regulatory Commission said last month that IPOs could resume as early as January, under new rules that aim to make the process more market-oriented.

Analysts welcomed the move, saying companies needed to be able to raise cash.

“Fund-raising is an indispensable part of the stock market, which will only be revitalised after embracing new companies,” Central China Securities analyst Zhang Gang told AFP. China’s regulator has traditionally decided which firms can launch IPOs and when they go to market, instead of underwriters and the companies themselves, though authorities have pledged reform.

Roughly 50 of the more than 760 firms lining up for share offers are expected to list on China’s two stock exchanges by the end of January, a regulatory official has said.

In the first batch of five companies, only one will list on Shanghai’s main board for blue chips, while four others will target boards aimed at small enterprises and technology firms on the Shenzhen stock exchange in southern China, according to their statements.

The firm which will float on the Shanghai exchange, Suzhou-based Neway Valve Co., aims to raise 839.2 million yuan for investment in production facilities, it said.

The pace of new listings on Shanghai’s main board was expected to be slower, analysts said, as regulators fear new issues will drain funds away from existing shares.

“The ChiNext (technology) board will be the main battlefield, while the pace of IPO resumption on the Shanghai market will likely be slower as the issuance of large-cap shares will put more pressure on market liquidity,” Zhang said.

The five firms will probably start roadshows for their IPOs on January 2, the China Business News newspaper reported Tuesday.

Despite the threat of share oversupply impacting an already weak market investors shrugged off the announcements, which had been expected since the market regulator flagged the coming move in late November.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.88 percent on Tuesday while the Shenzhen index rose 0.33 percent.

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Minimizing illegal villas

BVA urges national villa standardization Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Bali Villa Association encourages the central government to immediately endorse the National Villa Standards that have been designed to suppress the growth of illegal villas.

Existence of the illegal villa business in Bali continues to reap criticism from tourism businesspeople. Aside from being accused of operating without a business license, the accommodation offering private facilities is also alleged to have caused of the decline in hotel occupancy rate on the island.

“At the moment, there is no clear rule governing the existence of villa, so illegal villas appear in numbers. We from the association in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism have prepared the National Villa Business Standards and Bali becomes the reference. We have been waiting for this standard,” said Chairman of the Bali Villa Association, Jero Mangku Wayan Suteja.

According to him, the rule was

just waiting for an approval from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. By that way, county government and provincial government would comply with the standards having been implemented by the central government through the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. “The standardization is just waiting for the signature of the ministry to be further followed up by county and the provincial government,” he said.

He said the existence of villa business in Indonesia had been arranged through Ministerial Regulation No.10/2009, but it could not be implemented in the field as the rules were unclear. “County and provincial government is unable to discipline them thoroughly. People

are still allowed to use the word ‘villa’ as label for a residence, either for their own home or leased home because there are no clear rules,” he said.

It was mentioned, their amount in Bali had exceeded 1,200 villas where 700 villas were located in Badung, while the remaining scattered in Tabanan, Buleleng, Klungkung, Gianyar and other areas. “The unlicensed villas amount to more than 10 percent,” he said.

Operations of many illegal villas, he explained, practiced unfair competition such as cutting room rates. Even, the action of discounting rate was made up to 50 percent below the standard rate. Competition among the market of villa was getting more difficult due to the

growing proliferation of villas in Bali, especially in the areas best favored by tourists, such as Badung and Gianyar. Even, the average annual growth reached 10 percent.

“Competition will be increasingly tight because the growth of villa is getting more and more each year.

Among the rapid growth of villas, the most is widely seen in Badung and Ubud area,” he said.

He hoped that government could work together to discipline the illegal villas in order the competition of villas in Bali could be getting fairer. “The government should be more assertive. Other than harming the existing licensed villas, the unlicensed villas are also detrimental to the government because they do not pay taxes to government,” he explained.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, IGN

Rai Suryawijaya, previously said that proliferation of accommodation business operating illegally, especially villas, had caused the low room occupancy rate of hotels in Bali. It happened due to the lack of supervision made by the government in enforcing the rules.

The violation virtually occurred in all counties/municipality, either in terms of spatial and accommodation such as hotels and villas.

All this time, he said the Regional Bylaw (Perda) and other rules regarding the sustainability of Bali seemed powerless. It occurred because the governance made too many discourses rather than taking concrete action. “They should be more concerned in enforcing the rules for the future of Bali. Do not let the government be tricked by investors due to lack of supervision in enforcing the rules,” he affirmed. (kmb27)

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No firework party, Bangli government deploys rain stopper Bali Post

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The illegal fireworks and liquor confiscated by the police

Securing Christmas and New Year

400 liters of liquor and 32 assembled cannons confiscated

BANGLI - To anticipate the rain at the time of welcoming the New Year 2014, Bangli government planned to deploy rain stoppers. It was considering that a number of events including the celebration of New Year’s Eve would be held at open-air venue namely the Captain Mudita Square. To bring in rain stoppers, Bangli government has provided a budget worth IDR 5 million.

Governance Division Head of Bangli Regional Secretary doubling as Chairman of New Year Organizing Committee, Pasek Lanang Sadia, explained on Monday (Dec 30) the New Year’s Eve event in Bangli would begin at 7:00 p.m. His party scheduled to organize a Female Janger performance and Janger Maborbor Dance at the Captain Mudita Square in Bangli.

After the event, it would be resumed with a night reflection of the past one year to be attended by the employees, leadership of the regional working units (SKPD) and Bangli leadership council (Muspida) located in the BMB Building of the Bangli Regional Secretariat.

Furthermore, precisely at 12:00 p.m., it would be held the peak of New Year’s Eve celebration centered back at the Captain Mudita Square. New Year’s Eve event this time would also be enlivened with the shows by a number of local bands.

However, in contrast to the celebration of the New Year’s Eve last year, at this time there would be no firework party. It was based on consideration of common security. “We have committed not to organize firework party.

It’s for the sake of security. At least, it will be jazzed up with the sound of trumpet,” said Lanang Sadia. Nevertheless, despite no firework party, his party guaranteed that the event held with a budget of IDR 100 million would remain lively. In this New Year’s Eve, his party just would like to take a simple yet effective meaning. (ina)

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Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called for unity in a New Year message Wednesday and hailed the execution of his oncepowerful uncle as a resolute act to remove “factionalist scum”. “Our party took resolute action to remove... factionalist scum within the party last year,” Kim said in his message broadcast on state TV. It was his first public comment on the shock execution last month of Jang Song-Thaek, once the country’s unofficial number two and Kim’s political mentor, although the young leader did not mention him by name. “Our party’s timely, accurate decision to purge the anti-party, anti-revolutionary and factionalist elements helped greatly cement unity of the party and the revolution and strengthened our solidarity by 100 times,” Kim said.

Kim’s tone was strong as he called for nationwide ideological education and political awareness to eliminate “even the slightest phenomenon and element” undermining unity.

“It is necessary to establish stringent revolutionary discipline and order in all domains of the revolutionary struggle and construction work,” he said, pledging a crackdown on “any sort of alien ideology and decadent lifestyle”.

Jang’s purge and execution was staged in an extraordinarily public and brutal fashion. A party state-

ment denounced him as “human scum” and a drug-addicted womaniser who pocketed state money to support his decadent lifestyle.

Yang Moo-Jin, a professor at Seoul’s University of North Korean Studies, said the speech underlined Kim’s desire to portray himself as an unchallenged and stable leader, two years after he took power.

“He is sending a message to its people that, with Jang gone, now let’s put the purge behind and look to the future based on firm unity among the party, military and the government,” Yang said. Jang played a key role in cementing the leadership of the inexperienced Kim, who took over after the death of his father and long-time ruler Kim Jong-Il in December 2011.

But analysts said Jang’s growing political power and intervention in the lucrative coal trade was resented by his young nephew. In his message Kim struck a rare relatively conciliatory note with South Korea, after extreme tensions in the spring of last year. He called for a “favourable climate” to improve

AP Photo/KRT via AP Video

In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers an annual New Year’s Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim boasted Wednesday that North Korea enters the new year on a surge of strength because of the elimination of “factionalist filth” - a reference to the young leader’s once powerful uncle, whose execution last month raised questions about Kim’s grip on power.

relations, saying it was “high time” for the two Koreas to stop doing “anything detrimental to national unity and reconciliation”.

“We will join hands with anyone who opts to give priority to the nation and wishes for its reunifica-

by a man with the initials ST on Jalan Tegal Sari, Padang Sambian, could be secured 1 red jerry can containing 10 liters of arrack, 2 white jerry cans containing 40 liters of arrack, 1 white Cleo bottle containing 6 liters of arrack and 1 bottle of Cleo containing 3 liters of arrack.

From the stall owned by SR on Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat Denpasar could be secured 1 red jerry can containing 15 liters of arrack and a jerry can containing 25 liters of arrack.

Ultimately, from a stall owned by a woman with initials SN on Jalan Padang Mas Denpasar could be secured 1 white jerry can containing 30 liters of arrack. “So, the total liquor (arrack) seized approximately reached 230 liters,” he said. (nik)

tion, regardless of his or her past, and continue to strive for better inter-Korean relations,” he said.

But Kim said North Korea would not beg for peace. He accused the United States and South Korea of manoeuvreing for a nuclear

war against the nuclear-armed North and vowed to strengthen its military power. “If war breaks out again in this land, it will bring about a massive nuclear disaster and the US will also never be safe,” Kim said.

Putin visits bomb-hit Volgograd

DENPASAR - As anticipation against the public order and safety ahead of the New Year 2014, the West Denpasar Police seized 32 assembled cannons from a man with initials JM living on Jalan Kenyeri 46 Denpasar. In addition, the police ranks also secured 400 liters of liquor in a raid held on Friday (Dec 27). loud explosive sound. “From this arrest, we confiscated 32 units of assembled cannon,” he said.

In addition, police also seized illegal liquor of various brands from a shop owned by a man with the initials BS on Jalan Gunung Batukaru Gang VII Denpasar. The liquor seized included Black Label (15 bottles), Red Label (12 bottles), Jeam Beam (6 bottles) and Chivas Regal (6 bottles). “The illegal liquors totally reached approximately 170 liters,” he said.

Aside from illegal liquors, said Erwin, the officers also seized liquor belonging to arrack type owned by a woman with the initials SN on Jalan Gunung Resimuka Ujung Denpasar (1 gallon) and 24 bottles of Aqua containing alcohol. From the shop owned

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Chief of West Denpasar Police, Erwin Pratomo, said on Monday (Dec 30) that his party initially got complaints from the public related to the loud cannon sold by the culprit JM for IDR 50,000 each unit. “At first, we got a public complaint regarding the seller of cannon at Kompyang Sujana Square,” he said.

He added the total amount of the assembled cannon reached IDR 1,600,000 (for 32 units of assembled cannon). Chief of West Denpasar Police directly assigned his members to perform an investigation. In fact, it was correct that JM sold the cannon with a loud sound. The cannon was made from used cans with a diameter of 7 cm and then assembled to 90 cm. With the rubbing alcohol fuel, it could produce a

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The fireworks party which was held in Buleleng Regency. The similar event was not found in Bangli Regency

AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from left, shakes hands with a man who was injured in recent terrorist attacks as he visits a hospital in Volgograd, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.

VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a pre-dawn visit to the city reeling from two suicide bombings this week, bringing gestures of sympathy for the victims and questions for the officials he has ordered to beef up security. The bombings at the main railway station of Volgograd and on a city trolleybus killed 34 people and wounded scores, 65 of whom are hospitalized.

No claim of responsibility has been made for either attack, but they come a few months after the leader of an Islamic insurgency in Russia’s south called for attacks in the run-up to February’s Winter Olympics in the resort city of Sochi.

“Whatever motivated the criminals’ actions, there’s no justification for committing crimes against civilians, especially against women and children,” Putin said, opening a meeting in Volgograd with the heads of the Federal Security Service and the Interior Ministry. He said he would ask the two officials in the closed-door session for details on what measures their agencies are taking to raise security in the country.

Afterward, Putin placed a bouquet on the pile of flowers, balloons and other commemorative items that has risen at the site of the trolleybus bombing, then visited a hospital where some of the wounded are being treated.

Volgograd, a city of about 1 million, has been under heavy security since the Sunday and Monday attacks. Police reinforcements and paramilitary troops were sent into the city. City authorities canceled public New Year’s Eve gatherings and have closed movie theaters until Thursday.

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Budget travelers still enliven Bali tourism

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DENPASAR - In 2014, Bali tourism is predicted to still be enlivened by the arrival of travelers with low budget. Such condition is triggered by the rapid growth of hotels with cheaper rates and promotions of air tickets offering Bali destination.

NEW YORK — Millions of people step aboard airplanes each day, complaining about the lack of legroom and overhead space but almost taking for granted that they can travel thousands of miles in just a few hours. Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight: a 23-minute hop across Florida’s Tampa Bay. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line was subsidized by St. Petersburg officials who wanted more winter tourists in their city. The alternative: an 11hour train ride from Tampa.

IN FIVE YEARS:

— Richard Anderson, CEO Delta Air Lines: “Just over a decade ago airlines seemed to be buying every 50-seat aircraft they could get their hands on.

But the real utility of those small jets has come and gone and in the next five years we’ll see their numbers in the U.S. continue to dwindle.”

— Gary Kelly, CEO Southwest Airlines: “We’ll have fewer airlines, but they will be bigger, stronger and healthier.”

— Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., CEO Allegiant Travel Co.: “The next five years will be all about increasing automation and decreasing labor cost. The industry is already implementing mobile boarding passes, bag drops, even self-boarding. These processes will become more prevalent and significantly reduce the number of employees the customer needs to interact with.”

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“The visit of budget travelers in 2014 to Bali shows a significant increase. It happens because a growing number of hotels at cheaper rates are on offer in Bali coupled with the promotion on air tickets offered by some airlines,” said Chairman of the Indonesia Convention and Congress Association (INCCA) of Bali Chapter, IB Surakusuma.

According to him, the budget travelers making a visit to Bali commonly coincided with public holidays and school holidays.

“Various facilities including in the promotions actually make it easier for low budget travelers to be able to spend holidays in Bali,” said the man nicknamed Gus Lolec.

Nevertheless, next year would be a political year that could be used as a tourist promotion event in Indonesia, including Bali. Quite

Pilot Tony Jannus had room for just one passenger, who sat next to him in the open cockpit.

Three months later — when tourism season ended — so did the subsidy. The airline had carried 1,204 passengers but would never fly again.

With the anniversary in mind, The Associated Press reached out to today’s aviation leaders to see what they are predicting for the future of flying. Answers have been edited for length and clarity.

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a few foreign travelers coming to Bali even enjoyed the democratic process.

“Many travelers are glancing up directly at polling stations. It is a major advancement for the country such as Indonesia. We’ve tested in several times of elections. In terms of such point of view, the general election 2014 will be assured to be secure,” he said.

He predicted that cruise tourism would increase in 2014. Even, similar increase also occurred in the demand for MICE sector namely the corporate meeting.

“Meanwhile, incentive has not showed an increase because the period of confirmation is short.

The MICE leisure of Australia, Europe and the United States increased. In October and September, the MICE will increase again, while we do not see any

increase in government MICE,” he explained.

Further, Gus Lolec said that tourism development in Bali would rise sharply in 2014 supported by the market of Asian and domestic travelers. Tourist arrival to Bali in 2014 was composed by 75 percent of foreign travelers and 25 percent of domestic travelers. They mostly stayed at budget hotels. They were advantageous for Bali tourism. Even, many of them booked restaurant of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

“Inevitably, Bali will become the destination of budget travelers. Budget hotels do not only exist in Bali, but also in Singapore.

The problem is that whether the destination can provide appropriate accommodation with the budget of traveler prospects,” he said. (kmb27)

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A street vendor creating temporary tattoo in the hand of domestic tourist that visited Kuta Beach, Bali Island, during holiday season. In 2014, Bali tourism is predicted to still be enlivened by the arrival of travelers with low budget.

Mangrove forests must remain to be given attention Bali Post

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In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 photo, a plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles. With Jan. 1, 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight in mind, The Associated Press reached out to today’s aviation leaders to see what they are predicting for the future of flying.

IN 25 YEARS:

— David Barger, CEO JetBlue Airways: “The freedom to travel between any two points in the world will be commonplace.

There will be billions of travelers every year flying on new aircraft that will be environmentally friendly; in fact, they will be making zero-carbon travel maybe even a reality.”

— Mark Dunkerley, CEO Hawaiian Airlines: “Many of today’s consumers will be priced out of the air: a sad legacy to 30 years of massive progress in democratizing air travel. Failure to invest in aviation infrastructure and the insatiable appetite for regulation will not be offset by relatively modest further improvements in aircraft efficiency.”

— James Hogan, CEO Etihad Airways: “A new generation of airlines, who have the vision and willingness to be different, will succeed in cutting costs, improving productivity and finding affordable ways of accessing new markets. The emerging markets — the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia — will become established markets and Abu Dhabi will be one of the uniting global hubs.”

— Sir Richard Branson, president Virgin Atlantic Airways: “I have no doubt that during my lifetime we will be able to fly from London to Sydney in under two hours, with minimal environmental impact. The awe-inspiring views of our beautiful planet below and zero-gravity passenger fun will bring a whole new meaning to in-flight entertainment.”

— Jeff Smisek, CEO United Airlines: “The airframe and engine manufacturers continue to develop aircraft that are more fuel-efficient, have lower maintenance costs and have greater range and utility. Longer term, I believe manufacturers will explore engine and airframe technology that could significantly reduce travel times, but advances in this area would have to be safe and economical to make a real impact on our industry.”

IN 100 YEARS: — David Siegel, CEO Frontier Airlines: “The first flight was just 18 miles (29 kilometers) long, but now look how far we can go.

Perhaps in the future, experts will be designing futuristic propulsion systems. We could see in-

novations in aircraft design, local community-based air transport with smaller, higher efficiency aircraft, and maybe even pilotless commercial aircraft.”

— Doug Parker, CEO American Airlines: “I am quite certain that Tony Jannus never could have imagined the size and importance of commercial aviation today, or the impact it had on changing our world. Similarly, I cannot imagine what commercial aviation will look like in 2114.

I imagine whatever state it is, though, it will be extremely important and its continued development will be a key part of the story that built that world.”

— Ben Baldanza, CEO Spirit Airlines: “Google’s ‘put me there’ technology implemented into its maps software renders all airlines obsolete.”

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Youngster visiting Mangrove Center that located at Bypass Ngurah Rai Suwung, Denpasar, Bali Island. Mangrove forest poses a buffer of nature ecosystem in Bali. When having a closer look at the mangrove forest in the Management Forest Management Agency for Region I located around Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Suwung Kauh, Denpasar, the condition is quite apprehensive due to a few wastes piling up in the roots of trees.

DENPASAR - Mangrove forest poses a buffer of nature ecosystem in Bali. When having a closer look at the mangrove forest in the Management Forest Management Agency for Region I located around Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Suwung Kauh, Denpasar, the condition is quite apprehensive due to a few wastes piling up in the roots of trees. Janitor is minimal and insufficient to clean up hundreds of hectares of mangrove forest.

Ketut Ta, a janitor of mangrove forest, said on Monday (Dec 30) that mangrove required the attention from various parties such as the community, NGOs to the government. According to him, the waste was piling up around the trees and it originated in debris from the sea and rivers around the location, he said.

Piling up debris caused it difficult to clean up. Dominated by plastic waste, it stuck in wet mud and between the roots of mangrove trees. Even, the waste also reached the location in the middle of the forest so it was difficult to clean up, he said. He hoped though with simple and limited cleaning tools, general public had helped clean up the mangrove forest ecosystem, he added.

It was recognized that janitor only consisted of five personnel. “Our daily tasks are cleaning up every area of the mangrove trees containing plastic waste,” explained, Agung Ngurah, a local janitor. The waste transportation system was carried out twice a day by the Denpasar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP).

According to him, people were often advised not to dispose garbage into the river or sea area. Today, there had been a Regional Bylaw (Perda) for offenders and the offense would be imposed with proper fine, he said. Acreage of the mangrove forest area reached 102.2 hectares, requiring the help of various parties to maintain the conservation and sanitation. He described that a mangrove tree took 3 years to grow as high as 2.5 meters.

Maintenance of mangrove forest was not easy, so it was the obligation of society to preserve and maintain the ecosystem, he affirmed. (dgk)

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Throughout 2013, Social and Manpower Agency repatriates 198 beggars Bali Post

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One of the fisherman on Lebih Beach shows the fish which will be made marine satay

Mix of marine fish satay

A blessing for Lebih residents Bali Post

GIANYAR - Ahead of New Year’s Eve, Tuesday (Dec 31), became a blessing moment for the villagers of Lebih, Gianyar. The economic life of people selling seafood stuff such as the mix of marine fish satay and fish to be grilled was much sought after by people who would celebrate the New Year. The demand for marine fish satay mix and fish, as the previous year, was ascertained to increase. Even, the preparation to welcome the New Year such as the demand for ingredient of twisted satay already appeared on Monday (Dec 30).

Some people also looked to peddle fish satay mix at the edge of Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra. By using a simple table, the satay mix was sold at the range of IDR 35,000-IDR 37,000 per kilogram. Other than at roadside, the satay mix was also sold at seafood stalls along the Lebih Beach.

“As the preparation of celebrating this New Year, we prepare the satay mix around the 150 kg per stall,” said Made Ane, the owner of Warung Tepi Lebih.

Meanwhile, in terms of the type of fish, the stalls provided more snappers whose normal price reached IDR 45,000-IDR 60,000 per kilogram. The fish were obtained from catches of fishermen on Lebih Beach, and some others from several coastal regions in Bali such as Karangasem. By and large, the fish was grilled to welcome the New Year, he said.

The demand for marine fish satay mix was usually met by many seasonal traders. They commonly

sold along the right roadside of Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra.

According to Made Ana, the seasonal traders displayed their goods along the roadside.

For the sales ahead of the New Year, the turnover of seasonal traders was pretty good, not to mention the demand for marine fish. Apart from buying satay mix, many people wishing to grill marine fish on the New Year’s Eve also came to the beach for buying marine fish. (kmb16)

DENPASAR - The existence of beggars in Denpasar is increasingly difficult to eradicate. As proof, hundreds of beggars have been successfully repatriated to their home of origin, but some are still actively operating in strategic places. As a result, the Denpasar Social and Manpower Agency routinely disciplines the beggars.

The Head of Denpasar Social and Manpower Agency, I Made Erwin Suryadarma, said in the mayor’s office on Monday (Dec 30) that throughout 2013 his party arrested and repatriated 198 beggars.

They originated from villages like Muntigunung, Pedahan and Kubu in Karangasem and from East Java.

Erwin Suryadarma said that among the 198 beggars repatriated, 149 of whom were from Pedahan and Muntigunung village, Karangasem and 49 others were from East Java such as Jember, Situbondo, Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. Most of the beggars arrested were found operating to people’s homes and the rest in the intersections. “Before repatriating them to their village of origin, they were first commended in a halfway house belonging to Bali government located at Tangtu hamlet, Kesiman Kertalangu village, East Denpasar,” said Erwin.

He said that some of the arrested beggars were repeater beggars.

For newcomer beggars, they mostly came from East Java, specifically supplied by an individual to be used as a livelihood. As the way of operating, the beggars were dropped in the afternoon at the intersections such as that of Jalan Cokroaminoto, Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jalan Gunung Agung, Jalan Mahendradatta and other streets.

Meanwhile, the beggars from Pedahan and Muntigunung village usually came together, but when operating they spread at crowded places and came into people’s home. “We organized a beggar raid at night until dawn to make Denpasar city free from beggars. Moreover, ahead of the New Year, the beggars are predicted to roam around the streets or come to public places,” said Erwin Suryadarma.

He argued that before the New Year’s Eve 2014 many foreign and domestic tourists would spend holidays in Denpasar in particular and Bali in general. The occasion was usually taken advantage to earn something and fortune by the beggars. “We will disseminate field officers to monitor the movement of beggars. If they are found to operate at intersections or elsewhere they will be arrested and sent back to their home of origin,” said the former Spokesperson of Denpasar municipality. (kmb12)

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21 Jan Anggara Kasih Prangbakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sidamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Gunung Pangsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar Pura Pura Hyang Haluh/Jenggala Besakih

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29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

19 Feb Buda Cemeng Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran ped Nusa Penida Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Kelungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kayangan Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Gunung Karangasem

30 Jan Tilem Sasih Kepitu Pura Buana Kawan Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih 31 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 5 Feb Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Kayangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Taro Tegalalang 6 Feb Pura Dalem Puri Besakih 14 Feb Purnama Sasih Kawulu Pura Dalem Batur Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Pasek Besakih Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen Karangasem Pura Buana Kawan Besakih 15 Feb Tumpek Wayang & Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pedarman Dinasti Dalem Besakih

21 Feb Hari Bhatara Sri 25 Feb Anggara Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Krambitan Tabanan Pura Pucak Taman bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Gianyar 26 Feb Pura Agung Pasek gelgel Sibang Kaja Abian Semal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar

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

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

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

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

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

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Confetti flies over Tines Square in New York Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 as the new year is celebrated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster “should never be trivialized” in response to a new song from Beyonce that features an audio sample recorded just after the craft exploded on takeoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers. The space agency issued the statement late Tuesday after the pop star began to receive criticism from Challenger families and others for using the short sample that includes the words “major malfunction” as an allusion to a failed relationship.

“The Challenger accident is an important part of our history; a tragic reminder that space exploration is risky and should never be trivialized,” said the statement from Lauren B. Worley, NASA’s press secretary. “NASA works every day to honor the legacy of our fallen astronauts as we carry out our mission to reach for new heights and explore the universe.”

NASA’s response came after Beyonce explained the use of the short snippet in a statement to ABC News Tuesday that stopped short of an apology. The sample appears at the beginning of her song “XO” from her new

self-titled album. Among those critical of the sample was June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee. She told ABC in a statement that she was disappointed and described the use of the sample as “emotionally difficult.”

“My heart goes out to the families of those lost in the Challenger disaster,” Beyonce’s statement said. “The song ‘XO’ was recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones and to remind us that unexpected things happen, so love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you.

The songwriters included the audio in tribute to the unselfish work of the Challenger crew with hope that they will never be forgotten.”

Beyonce released her new self-titled “visual album” earlier this month that included 14 songs and 17 videos. Much of the initial discussion about the album had to do with its surprise release and platinum sales until the reaction to the Challenger sample began to circulate. “XO” is about a failing relationship and taking the time to appreciate what one has in the moment because life changes. Beyonce’s publicist did not return messages left Tuesday by The Associated Press.

‘Duck’ son Robertson makes nice in Fox interview

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson chose not to quack back. In one of his first chances to comment on the dust-up surrounding his outspoken father and reality TV co-star Phil Robertson, the younger Robertson had only kind words for the A&E cable TV network and New Year’s wishes for the nation in an appearance Tuesday night on Fox News’ “All-American New Year” special.

“We’re just glad to be back to work, and A&E and us are fine,” Willie Robertson said in a live appearance with wife Korie from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Fox hosts Bill Hemmer and Elizabeth Hasselbeck gave him several chances to address the firestorm surrounding the suspension of his father over anti-gay comments, but without quite ducking the question, Willie Robertson chose not to take the bait either.

“We’re looking forward to getting back to making some funny shows.

It’s a New Year so we’re ready to break in a New Year and start it all over again,” Robertson said. “We’re ready to move on, you know. I think we all learned a lot and we’re just ready to move on, and the family’s happy, and we’re ready to go. I’ve got to make sure my guys are back there

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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, in New Orleans.

Global fireworks party welcomes in 2014

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NEW YORK - Times Square erupted in joy and a shower of multi-colored confetti as New York City’s famed glass ball eased down to mark the final seconds ushering in 2014.

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This undated image released by A&E shows Phil Robertson, flanked by his sons Jase Robertson, left, and Willie Robertson from the popular series “Duck Dynasty.” building duck calls.”

Asked her thoughts on the suspension by Hasselbeck, Korie Robertson took the same conciliatory tone. “Hey,

I’m just glad the family’s all together, the best thing about the show is we get to do it as a family,” she said. “We’re all happy, happy, happy.”

In the latest scene of global New Year celebrations an estimated one million people, braving freezing temperatures and some of them camping out since morning for a good spot at the festivities, joined in a chorus to boom out the final countdown to 2014.

None other than US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- a native New Yorker -- activated the mechanism that sent the Big Apple’s famed 5,500 kilo multicolor, flashy ball on its way down a pole to signal the end of one year and the start of another.

Times Square blazed with neon lights above the jubilant crowd, many wearing blue top hots advertising a brand of skin cream.

Parties in other cities further west were to follow.

Three astronauts from the International Space Station appeared on a giant screen TV to wish the crowd a happy new year.

The crowd withstood the sub-freezing cold thanks in part to lots of live entertainment including Melissa Etheridge singing

a version of the John Lennon song “Imagine.”

“It’s really cold but there’s a lot of entertainment. It’s fun!,” said Sara, a New Jersey woman who arrived at the square at seven in the morning to get a front row spot. Elsewhere around the world, fireworks boomed and lit up the skies to welcome the new year.

Some 2.3 million thronged Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for a raucous celebration about 24 tonnes of fireworks.

Europe joined in the party with a giant salvo in London, after Dubai attempted to break the work record for the biggest-ever fireworks show and Sydney got the ball rolling ahead of Asia with a dazzling display.

In London, huge cheers went up as parliament’s clock tower chimed in 2014, as people packed the banks of the River Thames to watch the pyrotechnics at the London Eye observation wheel.

About 50,000 took part in “the world’s first multi-sensory fireworks display”, when peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles descended on a section of the crowd.

In Dubai, the Middle East hub was attempting to break

the Guinness World Record by setting off more than 400,000 fireworks.

The glittering display lasted around six minutes and spanned 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the coast, focusing on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower at 830 metres high.

People crowded in the streets below took pictures as the thundering display filled the skies. “It’s amazing,” said May Hinnawi, a 35-year-old Syrian. “I will tell my children and grand children I was here to see this event.” Kuwait set the record in 2011 with an hour-long blast of 77,282 fireworks.

In Europe, Berliners partied at the Brandenburg Gate, while hundreds of thousands in Paris thronged the Champs Elysees.

“Paris is wonderful tonight,” said Hu Lichu, a Chinese woman in her 60s who came with her husband.

Thousands of cheering Spaniards in Madrid saw in 2014 by gobbling down twelve grapes -- one with each clock chime -- in a New Year tradition. One man was killed by fireworks in the Netherlands and another in France.

Kiribati and Samoa in the Pacific were the first to see in the New Year at 1000 GMT Tuesday, in a wave of celebrations that will finish on the United States’ remote Howland and Baker Islands at 1200 GMT Wednesday.

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