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Relatives of plane crash victims cry after they learned that their loved ones were found dead in Bahorok, Nort Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The bodies of all 18 people who were on board the plane that crashed into the junglecovered mountains of western Indonesia were recovered from the wreckage Saturday, an ofďŹ cial said.

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Associated Press BAHOROK — The bodies of all 18 people who were on board a plane that crashed into the jungle-covered mountains of western Indonesia were recovered from the wreckage Saturday, an ofďŹ cial said.

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The Spanish-designed CASA C-212 lost contact with air trafďŹ c control early Thursday while ying from North Sumatra to Aceh province.

Minutes later, it sent out a distress signal, then dropped off the radar.

Rugged, forested terrain and bad weather had prevented rescuers from reaching the crash site by foot, and the wreckage was spotted from a helicopter Friday in the Leuser mountains at an altitude of 5,000 feet (1,524 meters).

Early Saturday, 13 rescuers were lowered by helicopter by rope to the crash site, following two

others who had reached the site just before darkness fell Friday. “They found the bodies in their seats with their seat belts on,� Sunarbowo Sandi, head of the local search-and-rescue team, told The Associated Press from his monitoring post in a village near the crash site in the Bahorok region, about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Jakarta.

The bodies included all 14 passengers and four crew members.

Four of the dead were children.

Hopes had been raised that there may be survivors after the aircraft was

spotted intact with one of its doors open, and rescuers dropped food and medicine down to the crash site.

The victims’ relatives, who had been waiting for information, broke down in tears when they learned that their loved ones were found dead. Many of them accused the airline — PT Nusantara Buana Air — of taking far too long to give them information. “The rescue operation was too slow and unprofessional,�

Rosmawati Harahap, who lost her son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren in the crash, said while sobbing.

But rescuers insisted that tornado-like winds and heavy fog hampered their efforts to reach the crash site. “The conditions were really bad,â€? said Sandi, the search-andrescue ofďŹ cial, adding that rescu-

ers were further hampered by the mountainous terrain and impenetrable forests.

Robur Rizallianto, a safety manager with the airline, said “all efforts� were made to try to save the passengers. It was unclear what caused the crash, and Indonesia’s transportation safety commission was investigating the accident.

The aircraft, made in Indonesia in 1989, was last inspected Sept.

22, according to Rizallianto. It was in good condition, and a check ahead of takeoff Thursday also came up clean, he said.

Indonesia, a sprawling archipelagic nation of 240 million people, has been plagued by transportation accidents in recent years, from plane and train crashes to ferry sinkings. Many are blamed on overcrowding and poor safety standards.

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PADANG — Indonesia’s antiterrorism squad has arrested one of the country’s most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly

plotting suicide attacks.

Local police chief Lt. Col. Lufti Martadian said Sunday that Beni Asri was captured without a ďŹ ght on Friday near his parents’ house in Solok of West Sumatra province.

He says that Asri was own to Jakarta hours after he was arrested for allegedly helping plot a suicide bombing in a church in the Central Java town of Solo on Sept. 25 that injured 22 worshippers.

The 26-year-old was one of ďŹ ve men wanted for allegedly plotting an April suicide bombing that injured 30 police ofďŹ cers praying in a mosque in the West Java town of Cirebon.

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Bali News Land Army Simulation

Raider Freed Captivated Undiksha Lecturers Singaraja (Bali Post) –

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A resident of Baturiti shows the tap that doesn’t give any water.

Drought causes residents of two hamlets in clean water crisis Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Drought in Tabanan is getting more apprehensive. Not only farmer, the water crisis itself also engulfs the people at two hamlets of Bangli Village, Baturiti. Since three months ago, they have undergone clean water crisis. As a result, they have to buy water for their daily needs. For indigent residents, they are forced to take water as far as one kilometer.

Both hamlets in the most apprehensive condition are the Munduk Andong Tengah and Munduk Andong Atas.

During this time, residents at both hamlets only rely on the supply of rainwater. When it never rains, they continue to get confused. “Our water supply in the reservoir has bogged down for over three months as the rain never comes,� sighed Wayan Nuarta, 27, a resident of Munduk Andong Tengah, Friday (Sep 30).

Residents at both hamlets DPRXQWHG WR VRPH IDPLOLHV In details, Munduk Andong Tengah came to 20 families and Munduk Andong Atas did 60 families. All residents relied on the rainwater accommodated in each water tank.

Every house compound had a water tank donated by a philanthropist a few years ago. It

averagely could accommodate up to 500 liters of water. When being full, the water supply in the tank could be used up to four months. Since there was no rain, lots of water tanks were neglected as did not contain any water. “We have to take water to the source by passing through a steep path,� said Nuarta.

Last Saturday, this man was seen so busy carrying jerrycan.

He went down the steep path on foot from the highway to the water source at Munduk Andong Bawah. Every day, Nuarta had to take at least two jerrycans of water. The water itself was used to meet the cooking and drinking needs.

Meanwhile, for bathing and washing, they had to walk to the water source near the creek.

According to Nuarta, it was

impossible for his party to persistently buy clean water because it was quite expensive.

Moreover, local residents only relied on the income from the yield of garden. Most local residents preferred to find clean water by their own effort. They expected the springs could be taken up to the house of each resident.

Approximately in 1999, the local residents had set up a pump to drain the water into their homes. However, since it was required high cost of electric bills, the facility eventually turned dormant. “Many people could not afford to pay the electric bill. So, the water pump is no longer used,â€? said another resident. In reality, the spring at Munduk Andong Bawah was relatively large. However, the fairly steep location made peoSOH GLIÂżFXOW WR GUDLQ LW (udi)

The Language and Art (FBS) Faculty of Ganesha Education University (Undiksha) at Ahmad Yani Street last Friday (30/9) had a tense atmosphere and filled with batalyon Infantri Yonif 900 Raider troops who are trying to free a number of students and lecturers captivated by an armed group. In this simulation Ahmad Yani was closed from East and West sides, where the Raider troops show the fast way in freeing captives inside the campus. The simulation invited a lot of public to see. Two units of war vehicles including trail kind motorcycles also show how the army chased the bus with the captives.

In the simulation the negotiator of the Raider troops did try to front the armed group yet the group asked for IDR 2 billion. Even though it’s fulfilled, the unknown group still captivated a girl student and a lecturer which then brought by a bus. The Army led by Dan Yonif 900 Raider, Lieutenant Agustinus Dedy Prasetya, directed his terror management team, Gultor 900 Raider. Chase act between them happened all along Ahmad Yani Street, Singaraja, causing traffic, which then they successfully stopped the bus in front of Mumbul Market. Without any fight back, the armed group surrendered. “We did the simulation to prepare in securing the coming ASEAN conference,� Prasetya explained.

Dandim 1609 Buleleng, Lieutenant Inf. Nugroho also stated the same and he thinks this is to prepare the Land Army in protecting territorial areas especially in their awareness. (kmb15)

Teacher Crisis in Badung Commission A Finds Out at Central Mangupura (Bali Post) –

Badung House of Representatives Commission A has been going to the central government to solve the teacher crisis at Badung as they think there are still spaces for central government to produce moratorium in ÂżQGLQJ &LYLO 6WDWH :RUNHUV XQWLO +HDG RI &RPPLVVLRQ $ , 1\Rman Satria, when contacted last Friday (30/9) stated that Badung demand for teachers is high following 250 teachers retiring and predicted will be 650 by the end of 2012.

It was said if there are no recruitments until 2013 it is worried that Badung will have no teachers and affects studying processes. Even so schools took committee teachers, the other problem would be salary as committee teacher are less than minimal salary which in Badung IDR 1,221,000 per month. “This is the reality and a problem that needs attention so the quality of education can be better,� Satria stated.

Moreover stated, in the three ministers agreeing letter connected to the moratorium, It was said in the ‘shopping workers’ regulations stated can’t be more than 50 percent of the Regional Budget and Expenses $3%' ZKLFK LQ %DGXQJ $3%' ,'5 WULOOLRQ WKH VKRSSLQJ EXGJHW ZDV ,'5 ELOOLRQ SHUFHQW IXOÂżOV UHJXODWLRQ DQG FDQ recruit civil state workers especially for teachers and medics. “Looking at these holes so we have to work hard to recruit them. This beginning of October we ask all institute involved such as Education Agency, Health Agency, BKD Badung, and Badung Hospital for consultation and listen to State Aparatur Sources Using Minister explanation,â€? Satria concluded. (kmb25)

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A salt farmer is carrying his salt.

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seven ares yielding some 15-20 food containers of salt in good weather as today.

Similar destiny was also experienced by another farmer, Ketut Kaping, 50. According to him, the salt product of Kusamba actually had quality. However, it was often wedged by salt product from the Java Island though its quality was much lower. “However, the price is 50 percent cheaper. As consequence, many people prefer to choose salt from Java, LQFOXGLQJ WKH HQWUHSUHQHXU RI ÂżVK SURcessing at Kusamba tend to use Java salt,â€? said Kaping.

According to Kaping, the salt farmers at Kusamba often got orders from foreign country like Japan. Only, the current amount of salt farmers had continued to shrink. Kaping had already been a salt maker for more than 20 years.Hewasmorefortunatethanother salt farmers as he was able to send their two children to school.The eldest child was in the second grade of high school, ZKLOH KLV VHFRQG FKLOG ZDV LQ WKH ÂżUVW grade of secondary school. “Many children of my friends dropped out of schoolanddecidedtowork.Onlyafew are willing to follow the work of their parents of making salt,â€? he said.

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7,000 per food container from previously reaching IDR 10,000. This good weatherwas predicted to last until early December 2011 so it was taken advantage by farmers to produce salt in large quantities. Moreover, recently, many tofu employers required the deposition ofsaltwaterforthetofumixtureinstead of using formaldehyde. Price of the salt water deposit, according to Kaping, was IDR 70,000 per cracker can.

Meanwhile, the salt farmers admitted to face an obstacle such as the progressively rising price of the equipment. For instance, the price of rubber for the making of ladle, a tool used to convey sea water to salt production hut, was IDR 30,000 per piece and so was the drying equipment.

Earlier, Deputy Chairman of Klungkung House, A.A. Sarjana, requested the Klungkung Regency to intervene for resolving the issues of salt farmers. Anyhow, the traditional salt-making had to be preserved.

According to Agung Anom, government should provide assistance to farmers for the procurement of equipment. Currently, condition of most salt making equipments had been damaged. Hence, the salt farmers tended to divert the more promising profession. (bal)

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Chavez backs his ‘brothers’ .DGKD‍ ۋ‏$VVDG Agence France Presse

Venezuela’s ďŹ rebrand President Hugo Chavez reiterated his support for ousted Libyan leader Moamer KadhaďŹ and embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, calling them “brothers.â€? “I ask God for the life of our brother KadhaďŹ ... No one knows where KadhaďŹ is, I think he went to the desert,â€? Chavez told ofďŹ cial television VTV on Saturday.

The 57-year-old Venezuelan leader has defended KadhaďŹ since the start of the uprising against his regime in February, accusing NATO of using the conflict to gain control over Libya’s oil.

The whereabouts of KadhaďŹ , who ruled the north African nation with an iron ďŹ st for more than

four decades, are unknown.

Chavez has refused to recognize Libya’s new interim leadership, ridiculing its UN representative Ibrahim Dabbashi as a “puppet� and a “dummy.�

The Venezuelan leader said he had spoken by telephone late Friday with Assad, who is ďŹ ghting “an aggression from Yankee imperialists and their European allies.â€? “Our solidarity is with the Syrian people, with President Bashar,â€? he added.

Foreign ministers of the eight member states in the leftist ALBA bloc plan to travel to Syria to prevent what Chavez called “the madness of war by (US) President (Barack) Obama and his imperial allies to destroy the Syrian people.�

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FILE- In this Aug. 22, 1998 ďŹ le photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan.

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KABUL - NATO-led forces said on Saturday that they had captured the senior commander for the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, Haji Mali Khan, during an operation in eastern Paktia province earlier in the week.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, seen here at the Miraores presidential palace in Caracas, on October 1.

Khan is “the uncle of Siraj and Badruddin Haqqani ... one of the highest ranking members of the Haqqani network and a revered elder of the Haqqani clan,� the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.

Siraj, or Sirajuddin, Haqqani and his brother, Badruddin, are sons of veteran Afghan militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani.

NATO said Khan had managed bases and operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and moved forces across the border for attacks,

as well as transferring funds and sourcing supplies. The force called him “the senior Haqqani commander in Afghanistan.�

Khan was captured on Tuesday in Jani Khel district of Paktia province along with his deputy and bodyguard, in an operation by Afghan and foreign forces, NATO said.

He was heavily armed but “submitted ... without incident or resistance,â€? the force said. It did not detail how they had identiďŹ ed Khan.

The Taliban, to whom the Haqqani network has pledged allegiance, denied that Khan had been captured. “I have just spoken with Haji Mali Khan, he is ďŹ ne and is somewhere else and hasn’t been detained,â€? spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters. “This is a baseless news and it has been released in order to weaken Mujahideen’s morale,â€? he said.

Members of the Haqqani network declined to comment on the ISAF statement, but conďŹ rmed to Reuters that Khan is Sirajuddin Haqqani’s maternal uncle.

They said he was not a senior commander but his relatives are involved in the Haqqanis’ ďŹ ght against NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Bomb blast, shootout in north Nigerian city Agence France Presse

Attackers used explosives and gunďŹ re to target a military patrol near a wedding in violence-torn northeastern Nigeria, with residents reporting two civilians killed in the violence.

The incident on Saturday, Nigeria’s independence day, occurred in Maiduguri, hit by scores of attacks blamed on an Islamist sect known as Boko Haram, which also claimed an August bombing of UN headquarters in the capital Abuja.

“There was a bomb and gun attack on one of our patrol teams yesterday,� said Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed, spokesman for a military task force deployed to Maiduguri. “Our men responded to the attack but details are still sketchy.�

Residents reported that two people were left dead after the bomb blast and an exchange of gunďŹ re between soldiers and residents. It was unclear whether they were killed by the bomb or gunďŹ re.

Those attending a nearby wedding took cover when the violence

broke out. Two residents said those killed were not part of the wedding.

Thousands have ed Maiduguri in recent months out of fears of further violence. Dozens of similar bomb blasts have hit the city as well as assassinations blamed on Boko Haram.

While most of its attacks have occurred in Nigeria’s northeast, Boko Haram also claimed responsibility for the August 26 bomb blast at UN headquarters in Abuja that killed at least 23 people.

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Attackers used explosives and gunďŹ re to target a military patrol near a wedding in violence-torn northeastern Nigeria, with residents reporting two civilians killed in the violence.

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Wins Indonesia Design editor’s choice award IBP

KUTA - Quest Hotel Kuta Central Park received the 2011 Indonesia Design Magazine’s Editor’s choice award for smart budget hotel design.

Indonesia Design is Indonesia’s leading architecture, interior design and lifestyle magazine and has since its inception 8 years ago become the most respected showcase and trend spotter for quality architecture and interior design in Indonesia.

The Quest Hotel Kuta Central Park has been conceptualized by Aston International and opened in May 2011 as the first of Aston’s affordable lifestyle 3 star QUEST HOTELS in Bali.

Norbert Vas, Vice President Sales & Marketing for Aston International said: “We created Quest Hotels with the objective to offer affordable lifestyle

hotels to style conscious but budget minded travelers and to prove that trendy designer hotels do not necessarily need to be expensive. This important Editors Choice award is a vindication for us and fills us with a sense of mission accomplished.”

Aston International also operates an affordable lifestyle Quest Hotel in Central Java’s Semarang and will open a 427 room Quest Hotel in Cebu in the Philippines later this year. Further Quest Hotels are under development in Tuban - Bali, Yogyakarta, Makassar and Surabaya.

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Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for August 31 through October 5, 2011 31 Aug Buda Umanis Tambir Sari Bankar Titih Temple Kapal 12 Sep Purnama Ketiga Gunung Sari Temple Lombok Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Kawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar Karangasem Pedarman Arya Telabah Besakih Bukit Mentik Temple Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani 14 Sep Buda Keliwon Matal Village Temple Sukawati Merajan Agung Batuyang - batubulan Pasek Gelgel Bebetin Temple Sawan - buleleng Maspahit Temple Sesetan - Denpasar Selatan Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran - Tegalalang Panti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan Merajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 24 Sep Tumpek Kandang Puseh Temple Gianyar Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - Tabanan Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 27 Sep Tilem Ketiga Ulun Kulkul Temple Ulun Kulkul Besakih 28 Sep Buda Wage Menail Tarukan Temple Cemenggaon Sukawati Mr. Pasek Dangke Bambang - Bangli Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja - Gianyar Puseh Menakaji Temple Peninjoan - Bangli Merajan Agung Temple Blangsinga - Blahbatuh Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi

4 Ock Anggar Kasih Perangbakat Bukit Buluh Temple Gunaksa - Klungkung Tirta Sudamala Temple Bebalang - Bangli Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit - sawan - Buleleng Pasek Gelgel Temple Pangi Dawan - Klungkung Gunung Tengsong Lombok Dalem Benawah Temple Benawah - Gianyar Dalem Temple Bitra - Gianyar Dalem Temple Banyuning Timur - Buleleng Dalem Pauman Batan Getas Pauman Batan Getas Titih Denpasar Tengah Padang Tegalalang Merajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Adat Pagan Denpasar Hyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung Merajan Pasek Subrata Medahan Merajan Pasek Munggu Munggu Tengkulak Temple Tulikup - Gianyar Penataran Badung Ogang Sidemen 5 Ock Buda Umanis Perangbakat Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Rambut Siwi Temple Jembrana Batu Bolong Temple Canggu - Kuta Pasek Marga Klaci Temple Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru Jembrana Ratu Pasek Temple Sangsit Sawan - Buleleng Pasek Tangkas Darma R. Tabanan Village Temple Banyuning Buleleng Srijon Temple Tabanan Mr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung Merajan Pasek Gelgel Patemon Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak Siring Dadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba Tegalalang Pedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel Tabanan Puncak Mundi Nusa Penida

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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Thai prime minister’s Twitter account hacked Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK — The Twitter account of Thailand’s new prime minister has been hacked by someone posting criticism of her policies.

Government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisaeng says Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s account was hacked into Sunday morning.

The Information and Communication Ministry is looking into who was responsible.

At least eight messages were posted accusing Yingluck’s government of incompetence and cronyism.

Yingluck’s Pheu Thai Party won a landslide election victory in July, but critics charge she is just a puppet of her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thaksin was ousted by a military coup in 2006 after being accused RI FRUUXSWLRQ VHWWLQJ RII ELWWHU DQG VRPHWLPHV YLROHQW FRQĂ€LFWV EHWZHHQ his opponents and supporters.

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A man scales the support cables above the pedestrian walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge as demonstrators afďŹ liated with the Occupy Wall Street movement attempt to cross the bridge in New York City.

More than 700 anti-Wall Street protestors arrested Agence France Presse

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Earlier, another NYPD spokesman said there were â&#x20AC;&#x153;several hundred protestors who decided to walk on the roadway and who blocked traffic. Some heeded the warnings, some left, and arrests were made.â&#x20AC;? The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Occupy Wall Streetâ&#x20AC;? group inspired by the pro-democracy Arab Spring movements had said on its website that â&#x20AC;&#x153;at least 50â&#x20AC;? protestors had

been arrested.

Police shut down the Brooklyn Bridge â&#x20AC;&#x153;for a couple of hoursâ&#x20AC;? in the late afternoon, the NYPD said, adding that many protestors had remained on the bridgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pedestrian walkway without incident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Occupy Wall Streetâ&#x20AC;? said it had staked its ground in downtown Manhattan â&#x20AC;&#x153;as a symbolic gesture of our discontent with the current economic and political climate.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all races, sexes and creeds. We are the majority. We are the 99 percent. And we will no longer be silent,â&#x20AC;? it added.

Protestors have added police brutality to their lengthy and still vaguely

GHÂżQHG OLVW RI JULHYDQFHV DIWHU D VHQLRU RIÂżFHU XVHG pepper spray against four demonstrators who had already been shut inside a police pen a week ago. In Boston on Saturday, twenty-four protestors were arrested and charged with trespassing as a vast crowd marched outside Bank of $PHULFD RIÂżFHV Right to the City, the coalition of advocacy groups that organized the demonstration, said the event was held to protest corporate greed and to stop bank foreclosures. According to organizers, around 3,000 people marched outside the bank. Police did not provide a crowd estimate.

Jailed China Nobel winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife still silenced Associated Press Writer

BEIJING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In a quiet, leafy neighborhood of Beijing, a woman has been living in enforced isolation in her bookOLQHG ÂżIWK Ă&#x20AC;RRU DSDUWPHQW +HU DSSDUHQW PLVGHHG EHLQJ married to a Nobel Peace Prize winner the Chinese government calls a criminal.

In the year since jailed democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo was awarded the prize, his wife Liu Xia has also become a prisoner. She has largely been held incommunicado, effectively under house arrest, watched by police, without phone or Internet access and prohibited from seeing all but a few family members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liu Xia has been completely cut off from communication with the outside world, and leads a lonely and oppressed life,â&#x20AC;? said Beijing activist Zeng Jinyan, the wife of another well-known dissident who has endured bouts of surveillance and harassment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has already been a year, I dare not imagine how much longer she must bear this pain.â&#x20AC;?

The Nobel prize announced last Oct. 8 cheered Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fractured, persecuted dissident community and brought calls from the U.S., Germany and others for Liuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release, but also infuriated Beijing, and authorities harassed and detained dozens of his supporters in the weeks that followed.

China has a long history of punishing family members of government critics. But the Liu case is different because KHÂśV WKH ÂżUVW WR ZLQ WKH 3HDFH 3UL]H DQG E\ LVRODWLQJ /LX ;LD the government seems intent on preventing the frail-looking 51-year-old poet with close-cropped hair and wire-rimmed glasses from becoming a rallying point for political activists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Chinese government simply just do not want people to be reminded of the emotional, the human aspect of Liu Xiaobo in jail, and to do that they also want to erase Liu Xia from peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory,â&#x20AC;? said Wang Songlian, a researcher with China Human Rights Defenders in Hong Kong.

The harsh treatment of Liu Xia seemingly runs afoul of Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laws and might be the most severe retaliation ever suffered by the family of a Peace Prize laureate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As far as I know, the way she is treated is unprecedented in the history of the Nobel Peace Prize,â&#x20AC;? said Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her situation is extremely regrettable.â&#x20AC;?

Lundestad said the committee is also worried about Liu Xiaobo because it has not received any new information about his situation since late last year. The government did not comment.

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RI’s dependence on chinese goods alarming Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian public’s dependence on Chinese products has reached an alarming level with imports from the Asian economic giant continuing to increase all the time, a lawmaker said.

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, a boy wears a cap that says “It’s time for the caliphate to lead the world” during a protest against corruption held by members of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Global Islamic group rising in Asia Associated Press

JAKARTA — The chanting crowd at the radical Muslim protest in Indonesia stood out for its normalcy: smartly dressed businessmen, engineers, lawyers, smiling mothers, scampering children.

At a time when al-Qaida seems to be faltering, the recruitment of such an educated, somewhat mainstream following is raising fears that Hizbut Tahrir, an enigmatic global movement, could prove more effective at radicalizing the Islamic world than outright terrorist groups.

Active in 45 countries, Hizbut is now expanding in Asia, spreading its radical message from Indonesia to China. It wants to unite all Muslim countries in a globe-spanning bloc ruled by strict sharia law. It targets university students and professionals, working within countries to try to persuade people to overthrow their governments.

The movement’s appeal to an often influential part of society worries experts. Its goal of an Islamic state may be far-fetched, but it could still undercut efforts to control extremism and develop democracy in countries such as Indonesia, which the U.S. hopes will be a vital regional partner and a global model for moderate Islam.

“Our grand plan over the next five to 10 years is to reinforce the people’s lack of trust and hope in the regime,” said Rochmat Labib, the group’s Indonesia chairman in a rare interview with a Western reporter. “That’s what we are doing now: converting people from democracy, secularism and capitalism to Islamic ideology.”

Hizbut Tahrir, which means The Party of Liberation, is also raising its profile in the U.S. after operating largely underground since the 1990s. Its first major event was a 2009 conference, followed by another one in Chicago this June.

Starkly conflicting views swirl around Hizbut. It has been described as both a peaceful movement to restore one-time Islamic glory and a breeding ground for future suicide bombers, “a conveyer belt to terrorism,” in the words of Zeyno Baran, an expert on Islam in the modern world.

Banned in most countries, Hizbut remains legal in others, including the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Indonesia, where its leaders say it has spread to all 33 provinces. It is closely monitored everywhere, and often operates on the knife-edge of legality.

“The rhetoric they have goes to the fringe of democracy,” said Hans Joergen Bonnichsen, the former head of Denmark’s intelligence service. But the Danish Justice Ministry has twice asked the nation’s top prosecutor if Hizbut could be banned under Danish law, and both times the answer was no.

Its new frontier in Asia ranges from Indonesia and neighboring Malaysia to Pakistan and China, where Beijing has accused it of inciting violence among Muslim Uighurs in the remote west. It has also become the most widespread, and persecuted, radical Muslim group in Central Asia.

The Indonesia chapter is believed to be the largest, with a following estimated in the hundreds of thousands, according to Sidney Jones, an

expert on Islam in Southeast Asia.

“They are a real force here. They are a greater long-term threat to Indonesia than people who use violence,” said Jones, a Jakarta-based analyst with the International Crisis Group think tank. “Collectively, hardline civil society can have a bigger effect than jihadists and terrorists.”

Her words are echoed by antiterrorism expert Zhang Jiadong of China’s Fudan University, who said Hizbut is “more harmful than terrorist organizations, because it has more influence on ordinary people.”

The group, estimated at up to 20,000 members in China, is more likely to foment riots or rebellions than terrorist attacks, he said.

Ismail Yusanto, the group’s urbane spokesman in Indonesia, insists that “we are a peaceful Islamic movement.”

The claims of nonviolence contrast with the movement’s fiery rhetoric, which calls for the annihilation of Israel — that’s what led to it being outlawed in Germany in 2003 — and exhorts Muslims to fight coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. One flyer shows a decapitated Statue of Liberty with New York City aflame in the background.

The U.S. State Department says the group “may indirectly generate support for terrorism but there is no evidence that it has committed any acts of terrorism.”

Hizbut followers may later “graduate” to terror under the tutelage of other groups. Often cited are the first British suicide bombers, Asif Hanif and Omar Khan Sharif, who attacked a Tel Aviv bar in 2001 and had past Hizbut links.

The Chinese dominance in the domestic market was believed to have been caused by the low number of local industries producing similar goods causing imports to increase, House of Representatives (DPR) Commission VI nember Mustafa Kamal said here on Saturday.

Quoting the results of his own observations, Kamal who is also chief of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction in the DPR said in the January-August 2011 period alone, the import of certain products such as foods, drinks, electronics, garments and children`s toys from China reached US$962.8 million, while the overall value those imports during the period stood at US$2.86 billion.

“Our industries should be able to produce similar products of high quality so that we can minimize the import of goods from China,”

he said.

He further criticized the government`s policies of allowing the import of Chinese electronics which accounted for 33.3 percent or US$817.9 million.

As a matter of fact, one of the Industry Ministry`s visions was to develop technology into a spearhead of product development and market creation. “How can we develop domestic technological products if Chinese products are not restricted,” he said.

The lawmaker noted that the import of Chinese toys now represented 70.6 percent of the overall figure.

The best solution to the Chinese domination of the domestic market was protecting the domestic market and empowering domestic traders so that they could compete with foreign rivals, he said.

Kalla, Ralahalu awarded men of peace Antara

AMBON - World Assembly of Youth (WAY) has awarded men of peace to former Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu.

The award was given to Kalla and Ralahalu by WAY deputy chairman and Central Executive Council`s Chairman of the Indonesian Youth National Committee (KNPI) Ahmad Doli Kurnia here on Saturday in connection with World Youth Forum on Peace and Harmony.

Ahmad Doli Kurnia the award was given to Jusuf Kalla because the former vice president was considered an important figure who had a great contribution in peace process following the conflicts in Ambon, Maluku, Poso in Central Sulawesi, and Sampit in Central Kalimantan, and Nangroe Aceh Darusalam in Aceh.

And for Ralahalu, Doli said the former was a hard-working regional leader with a capability to overcome three-year sectarian

conflicts in Maluku from 19992002 and a communal clash in Ambon on September 11, 2011.

Doli said the men of peace award for Kalla and Ralahalu was the first from the World Assembly of Youth since the organization was established in 1943.

“This is the first ever award from WAY to former Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu,” Doli said, adding that the organization would present the similar award to the world figures who contributed in various fields for peace and welfare of the community.

On Saturday, Governor Ralahalu officially opened the “World Youth Forum on Peace and Harmony” in Ambon.

Organized by the World Assembly of Youth (WAY), the twoday meeting is attended by around 100 members of the National Committee of Indonesian Youths (KNPI) and eight foreign youths representing Timor Leste, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Russia, and the Netherlands.

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Bali Today A man put a flower bouquet in the Bali Bombing memorial during the commemoration of the Bali Bombing. Police in Bali are tightening security in a number of locations in Kuta and Jimbaran ahead of the anniversary of the second Bali terrorist bombings on Saturday.

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Police tighten security ahead of Bali bombings anniversary Antara

DENPASAR - Police in ali are ti htenin security in a number of locations in uta and imbaran ahead of the anniversary of the second ali terrorist bombin s on Saturday The director of vital objects security of the Bali Regional Police Command, Senior Commissioner Adhi S Putra, said here on Friday the security tightening was being done among others by stationing officers at the locations of the bombings in 2002 and 2005.

He said among the objects to be given special attention were the Ground Zero on Jalan Legian in Kuta as well as Kuta Square and Muaya Jimbaran Coast which was the location of the bombing on October 1, 2005.

Adhi said police predicted a lot of people from various countries would gather at the locations to commemorate the incident that claimed the lives of hundreds of people including tourists from many countries.

“Special security measures will be taken as usually many people from various countries would come to commemorate the second bombings tomorrow or the first bombings on October 12,” he said.

He said the police would also conduct patrols at hotels to beef up hotel security.

In an effort to increase security on the tourist island he said the regional police plan to install CCTVs in two vital objects with which the National Police Headquarters could also monitor situation there.

Bali exporters trying to gain share in Middle East Antara

DENPASAR - Bali traders and exporters have begun trying to gain a share in Middle Eastern markets by offering garments, handicraft products and other non-oil/non-gas commodities to consumers there, a provincial trade official said.

The province’s handicraft and other non-oil/nongas exports to the Middle East reached US 2.3 million in the January-August 2011 period with almost 50 percent of the amount going to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, said Putu Bagiada, head of the Bali Industry and Trade Office’s export section.

The figure represented an increase compared to that in the same period in 2010 when it was US 2.2 million, Putu said, adding, “To Dubai alone, the export value totaled US 1.1 million”.

He further said consumers in Iran also bought Bali non-oil/non-gas products worth US 1 million during the first six months of 2011 while people in Saudi Arabia purchased US 108,000 worth of Balinese non-0il/non-gas commodities.

However, he said, the export of handicraft products including household utensils, furniture and garments from Bali to the Middle East was still fluctuating.

Putu called on Bali’s exporters to intensively explore the markets in other Middle Eastern countries as well as those in Africa and South Asia.

According to Putu, countries where Balinese non-oil/non-gas commodities had bigger market shares were in Central America and South America including Bra il which imported Balinese non-oil/ non-gas commodities worth US 2.9 million in the January-August 2011 period.

Meanwhile, the export value of Bali’s products to Central American countries like Bahama, Panama and Costa Rica was still relatively small as it is only totaled US 3.1 million, he said.

Consumers in the United States contributed the most to Bali’s income from handicraft product exports in the January-August 2011 period, namely US 71 million. Bali handicraft products entering the US market included garments, jewelry and silver works.

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Balinese Culture Rp2.1 trillion for Ngurah Rai airport’s expansion Antara

Kuta - State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I will allocate Rp2.1 trillion in funds for the expansion of Ngurah Rai international airport in Bali.

“The funds will come from Angkasa Pura I’s internal cash sources and syndicated loans from national banks,” Director of Ngurah Rai Airport Development Project Sri Unon Setyasih said on Saturday.

The funds would be used to renovate a number of buildings and facilities at the airport built on 285 hectares of land, she said.

“Through the project the airport`s international terminal will be expanded to 129 thousand sq meters from 65.8 thousand sq meters. The domestic terminal which covers 13.3 thousand sq meters will be moved to the former location of international terminal. The airport’s apron will be expanded to 300.2 thousand sq meters from 214.5 thousand sq meters,” she said.

The funds would also be used to build four-storeyed parking lot on 39 thousand sq meters of land, and expand international cargo terminal to 6 thousand sq meters, school complex and runway, she said.

She said the land used for the

GULING CELENG (Suckling Pig)

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Ngurah Rai Airport expansion project was owned by PT Angkasa Pura so that there was no land clearance.

“Ideally, an international airport should cover an area of at least two thousand hectares. But since Ngurah Rai airport has an area of 285 hectares we must use it as optimally as possible,” she said.

She said the expansion project had so far reached 1.7 percent.

“The project started in May

2011 and is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2013 prior to an APEC Summit here,” she said.

The project was also designed to anticipate the growing number of foreign and domestic tourists which was expected to reach 25 million in 2025, she said.

“An average of 11 million tourists currently come to Bali via Ngurah Rai airport,” she said.

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

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

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

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

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Balangan Beach IBP

Balangan is one of the surfing beaches on the western side of the Bukit peninsula located just north of Dreamland. To get there from Kuta you take Bypass Ngurah Rai heading towards Nusa Dua and look for the Uluwatu turn off to the right after about 10 minutes.

Basically head up the hill and go straight through the small crossroads, ignoring the sign for Balangan to the right. Keep going and turn right at this entrance, which is also the Dreamland entrance. Follow the road downhill for a mile or so, you go through 3 roundabouts and will pass a small sign to the left saying Dreamland. Keep going and shortly you will see this turnoff with a sign for Balangan.

This road becomes heavily rutted, after all the Bukit is a limestone plateau and the rain just chews up the ground. Riding slowly you can get down and can actually get a motorbike or SUV

all the way to the beach, which is nice!

On the way down to the beach you will pass a couple of signs for accommodation. There are actually 3 places but the last one has not yet got themselves organized enough to fix up a sign. The 3 places are La Joya, Flower Bud Bungalows and Coconut Hummingbird.

All bungalows are in semi-modern style with circular bamboo roof and sliding glass doors affording views of the surf.

Heading down the hill you can park your car / bike or continue down. The entry to the beach is split by a gully that is dry most of the year. To the right is a line of shacks that service the surfing crowd. None were doing much business when I visited being March, there was surf however and I saw plenty of locals enjoying good waves.

If you keep walking to the far right side of the beach you will dead end at Pura Balangan, the local temple.

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BUSINESS Citigroup faces regulatory scrutiny in Japan Reuters

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The FSA plans to order Citigroup to report on its legal compliance and will then decide whether it deserves to be punished. Possible sanctions include having some operations suspended for a certain period of time, the source said.

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No one at the FSA, which carries out routine inspections on all banks, could be immediately reached for comment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a matter of public record that the FSA is conducting an inspection and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on conversations with our regulators,â&#x20AC;? a spokeswoman for Citigroup in Japan said without elaborating.

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Sanctions would come as a fresh blow to Citigroup, which had its name tarnished in Japan in 2004 when regulators forced it to close its private banking business due to lax controls in the prevention of money laundering.

It was punished again in 2009 for the same violation and forced to suspend retail bank marketing activities for a month.

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A woman with a child loads purchases from a Target store into her car in Culver City, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. The Commerce Department said Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 that consumer spending rose 0.2 percent in August after a revised 0.7 percent increase in July.

China manufacturing gains China paper urges Europe get in Sept but exports weak

act together on debt crisis Reuters

EI IN - European countries must act decisively to resolve the euro one debt crisis or risk having some member states forced out of the single currency, Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top newspaper said in a front page commentary on Saturday.

The call came in the overseas edition of WKH 3HRSOHÂśV 'DLO\ WKH RIÂżFLDO SDSHU RI WKH ruling Communist Party.

While such a piece does not amount to WKH RIÂżFLDO JRYHUQPHQW OLQH LW XQGHUVFRUHV the worries in Beijing about the safety of its investments in the euro one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Europe is standing at a crucial juncture in its history. It must show great wisdom, great boldness and great resolve, and genuinely go into action,â&#x20AC;? the commentary said. Âł,I LW LV DEOH WR VHW XS D ÂżVFDO XQLRQ Europe can still turn its luck around. If the decision comes too late, some (euro) members may be forced to pull out.â&#x20AC;?

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Outsiders who want to help will not dare, and then the euro one may really disintegrate. Without doubt, this would be a huge

disaster for Europe and the world.â&#x20AC;?

Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pile of 3.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, the biggest in the world, keeps growing thanks to trade surpluses and FDSLWDO LQĂ&#x20AC;RZV Analysts estimate that China holds about a quarter of its foreign exchange in euro assets, and there are few other places for it to park investments of such a scale.

7KH JRYHUQPHQW KDV VDLG LW KDV FRQÂżdence in the euro and in the EUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to tackle the crisis. But a chorus of voices has revealed anxieties about the security of euro assets.

China remains willing to invest in Europe but wants rich economies to show they are serious about tackling debt, Premier Wen Jiabao said last month, sending the euro one a mix of reassurance and demands.

There has been debate in the EU about FKDQJHV WR WUHDWLHV WR IDFLOLWDWH GHHSHU ÂżVFDO union and better deal with the crisis.

The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daily said that with huge differences in the economies of euro member states, especially in the north and south of Europe, this plan would not be easy to implement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leaving aside how enlightened that plan may be, Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to put it in place have been too sluggish. A failure to act when they should will certainly cause more trouble, and the euro oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems are now getting greater and greater.â&#x20AC;?

Associated Press

S AN AI - Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manufacturing improved slightly in September, for a second month of gains, with domestic demand helping to offset weakness in the export sector, according to a survey released Saturday.

The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, an industry group, said its monthly purchasing managers index rose 0.3 points from the month before to 51.2, showing activity expanding slightly.

Figures above 50 show expansion, and below contraction.

The survey followed a similar one released Friday by HSBC that, at 49.9, showed little change from August, suggesting still sluggish growth in demand.

But both suggest the economy remains stable, with scant signs of a major slowdown that could sap growth in other countries that rely on Chinese industries to drive demand for iron ore, factory machinery and other goods.

(IIRUWV WR FXUE LQĂ&#x20AC;DWLRQ E\ WLJKWHQLQJ controls on bank lending have raised worries that Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planners might overshoot their goal and slow the economy too much, especially if conditions in Europe and the U.S. deteriorate further.

A preliminary version of the HSBC purchasing managers index, which showed a sharper weakening than the ÂżQDO ÂżJXUH SURPSWHG D VHOO RII LQ JOREDO markets as investors reacted to the pos-

sibility that Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s robust growth might falter.

The latest results â&#x20AC;&#x153;should provide VRPH VXSSRUW WR JOREDO LQYHVWRU FRQÂżdence, if only at the margin,â&#x20AC;? said Alistair Thornton of IHS Global Insight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is clear that despite the policy-driven slowdown and weakening external climate, WKHUH UHPDLQV VLJQLÂżFDQW PRPHQWXP LQ the economy.â&#x20AC;?

Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prolonged debt crisis and sluggishness in the U.S. economy have prompted many analysts to revise growth forecasts for China downward. Most forecasts, however, put growth at a still dynamic rate of between 8 percent and 9 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The domestic economy is now in good shape, but from an international point of view, the global manufacturing index has been declining since March,â&#x20AC;? the report by the Federation of Logistics noted.

It said most areas showed only modest improvement, and warned of a need to UHPDLQ RQ JXDUG DJDLQVW LQĂ&#x20AC;DWLRQ ZKLFK moderated to 6.2 percent in August after hitting a three-year high of 6.5 percent in July.

The report said the surveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results show slowing growth in the raw materials and energy industries and stable progress in consumer goods industries. Strong advances in machinery and electrical equipment and information technology suggest efforts to restructure the economy and develop those more advanced industries are succeeding, it said.

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Jackson judge calls attorney’s interview shocking Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The judge overseeing the trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death told the lead defense attorney Friday that he found an interview his law partner conducted on the case “shocking” and possible grounds for contempt.

Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor told attorneys he watched the interview during a break with his mouth open because attorney Matt Alford is identified as a member of Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense team and criticized a key prosecution witness.

The judge noted that Alford used the pronouns “we” and “our” to describe decisions about the doctor’s defense. Alford, a partner of Murray’s lead defense lawyer Ed Chernoff, was interviewed outside the courthouse by “The Today Show.”

“I sat there with m y

mouth open” while watching the interview, Pastor said, because Alford was identified as a member of Murray’s defense team, according to court transcripts. He also called the interview shocking.

Attorneys and the judge huddled in several sidebar conferences throughout the day on the issue. Alford criticized a key prosecution witness, Alberto Alvarez, in the interview. Alvarez, a bodyguard for Jackson, testified Thursday that Murray scooped up vials of medicine and placed them in a bag before telling him to call 911.

Pastor ordered Alford to appear in his courtroom on Nov. 15 for a contempt hearing. At the end of a heated conference on the issue, Pastor said Alford was considered a witness.

That came after Chernoff told the judge to hold him in contempt and not punish Alford. Prosecutors complained about the interview Friday morning. The interview with Ann Curry came hours after the judge warned defense attorneys not to comment on the case out of court.

“I am serious about interviews and about commenting on the state of the evidence or on credibility or on the overall issues in the case,” Pastor told the defense team Thursday afternoon, a transcript shows.Alford is not one of the attorneys representing the doctor in court in his involuntary manslaughter case.

AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool

Conrad Murray

AP Photo/FX, Robert Zuckerman

In this image released by FX, from left, Dylan McDermott, Taissa Farmiga and Connie Britton are shown in a scene from the “American Horror Story,” premiering Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 at 10 p.m. EDT.

‘American Horror Story’ brings the haunting home Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - Just when you needed it, the FX network is throwing “American Horror Story” at you. To judge from its first two episodes, it’s a robust diversion from the real-life droughts and hurricanes, joblessness and political stalemate that were already giving you the willies. It aspires to be “The Shining”-meets-”Rosemary’s Baby,” with “Carrie” and “Don’t Look Now” tossed in. But more than a dead-on horror show, it’s a homage to cinematic spookery. And a good one.

In short, “American Horror Story” doesn’t really scare you. It just gets in your head. The big unknown: Is it wily enough to stay there, week after week?

Alert: Spoilers coming up — which is another way of saying you might just as well apply the time you’d spend reading this to watching the premiere (which airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. EDT), then making up your own mind. You’ll find it a memorable

experience, at least.

From the fertile imaginations of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (“Glee,” ‘’Nip/Tuck”), “American Horror Story” has a premise that is simple and time-honored: A haunted house is occupied by a likable, remarkably unsuspecting family.

Ben Harmon (played by Dylan McDermott) is a Boston psychiatrist who has been caught cheating by his wife, Vivien (the wonderful Connie

Britton of “Friday Night Lights”).

She already was reeling from a lateterm miscarriage. They need to make a fresh start. They and their teenage daughter, Violet (Taissa Farmiga) pull up stakes and head cross-country for Los Angeles.

“This place is our second chance,” Ben tells Vivien, whose forgiveness he desperately seeks — if for no other reason than because she hasn’t slept with him for almost a year.

This place, the family’s new homestead, is a looming “classic L.A. Victorian from the 1920s,” according to the real-estate agent showing them around. But it seems more like a vestige of “Monster Chiller Horror Theater,” a domicile whose past residents have, of course, died gruesomely.

Whoopi Goldberg says potato chips are her weakness Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Culinary confession time for Whoopi Goldberg: Potato chips are her undoing. At the New York City Wine and Food Festival on Friday, Goldberg said she “can’t resist them. It’s terrible. And fried chicken, but that’s so ethnic I’m afraid to say it out loud.”

And, she added, she won’t “eat

watermelon in public, just on principle.”

Goldberg is hosting the festival’s annual Burger Bash competition but admits that it’s an odd job for a woman who doesn’t cook. That is, with one exception: Every year she tries to recreate her late mother’s Thanksgiving turkey.

Goldberg says her mom “made a great holiday turkey. And every

year I try it.” She says it’s how they reconnect. And, Goldberg adds, it’s the only thing she knows how to make.

Whoopi Goldberg poses with a burger at the New York City Wine and Food Festival’s Burger Bash, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

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&DQDGLDQ $UFWLF nearly loses HQWLUH LFH VKHOI AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Bob Weber, File

FILE - In this April 1, 2008 file photo, Canadian Ranger Samson Ejanqiaq looks along the length of one of the gaping new cracks in the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, the largest ice shelf left in the Arctic, during a patrol of the area.

Associated Press Writer TORONTO — Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether, Canadian scientists say in new research.

The loss is important as a marker of global warming, returning the Canadian Arctic to conditions that date back thousands of years, scientists say. Floating icebergs that have broken free as a result pose a risk to offshore oil facilities and potentially to shipping lanes.

The breaking apart of the ice shelves also reduces the environment that supports microbial life and changes the look of Canada’s coastline.

Luke Copland is an associate professor in the geography department at the University of Ottawa who co-authored the research. He said the Serson Ice Shelf shrank from 79.15 square miles (205 square kilometers) to two remnant sections three years ago, and was further diminished this past summer.

Copland said the shelf went from a 16-square-mile (42-square-kilometer) floating glacier tongue to 9.65 square miles (25 square kilometers), and the second section from 13.51 square miles (35 square kilometers) to 2 square miles (7 square kilometers), off Ellesmere Island’s northern coastline.

This past summer, Ward Hunt Ice Shelf’s central area disintegrated into drifting ice masses, leaving two

separate ice shelves measuring 87.65 and 28.75 square miles (227 and 74 square kilometers) respectively, reduced from 131.7 square miles (340 square kilometers) the previous year. “It has dramatically broken apart in two separate areas and there’s nothing in between now but water,” said Copland.

Copland said those two losses are significant, especially since the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf has always been the biggest, the farthest north and the one scientists thought might have been the most stable.

“Recent (ice shelf) loss has been very rapid, and goes hand-in-hand with the rapid sea ice decline we have seen in this decade and the increasing warmth and extensive melt in the Arctic regions,” said Ted Scambos, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, remarking on the research.

Copland, who uses satellite imagery and who has conducted field work in the Arctic every May for the past five years, said since the end of July, pieces equaling one and a half times the size of Manhattan Island have broken off. Co-researcher Derek Mueller, an assistant professor at Carleton University’s geography and environmental studies department, said the loss this past summer equals up to three billion tons.

Copland said their findings have not yet been peer reviewed since the research is new, but a number of scientists contacted by The Associated Press reviewed the findings, agreeing the loss in volume of ice shelves is significant.

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WASHINGTON SHINGT - Hate mornpecially on Mondays? You ings, especially may be surpris surprised to know that much off the wo world doesn’t share mpy fee that grumpy feeling. ter show Twitter shows people are more th morning, get cheerful in the gloomier as the day wears on and rebound in the evening, with a peak right before bedtime. They’re also happier from December to late June, when days gradually lengthen in the Northern Hemisphere.

Using the micro-blogging site Twitter as a gauge of global sentiment, social scientists studied 509 million tweets from 2.4 million users in 84 countries between February 2008 and January 2010, according to research reported on Thursday in the journal Science.

Bad news, even if it happens to a complete stranger, brings

Twitter users down, research by scientists from Cornell University suggests.

Twitter, the five-year-old site that lets users communicate 140character posts, offers an unprecedented chance to study human behavior and social networks, the scientists said.

Those brief posts get down to the nitty-gritty, showing that Twitter users prefer bacon to sausage and Cheerios to Frosted Flakes, Cornell sociologist and co-author Michael Macy said in a telephone interview on Friday.

“Twitter offers an unprecedented opportunity for social and behavioral scientists to study social behavior and interaction in real time with high temporal granularity -- hour by hour, day by day, over the course of the year -- and to do this at population scale with millions of people all over the world,” Macy said.

REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009.

5DUH ‫ی‬X OLNH YLUXV RQ WKH ULVH 86 Agence France Presse

A rare virus has killed three people and sickened nearly 100 in Japan, the Philippines, the United States and the Netherlands over the past two years, US health authorities said Friday. The culprit is human enterovirus 68 (HEV68), and its respiratory symptoms can be particularly dangerous to children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its

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A doctor wearing a protective mask against flu checks an Xray scan at a hospital in 2009.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In six separate clusters of the virus that showed up worldwide, patients commonly experienced cough, difficulty breathing and wheezing. The highest number of cases were found in Japan, where local public health authorities reported more than 120 cases last year.

However, the CDC said it could only confirm clinical data for 11 of those patients, all children, one of whom died. The Philippines had 21 cases in late 2008 and early 2009, causing two deaths, the CDC said.

Other cases surfaced in the Netherlands and the US states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona, for 95 total confirmed cases over two years.

The virus was first discovered in four children who were sick with pneumonia in California in 1962, but subsequent incidences have been rare and sporadic, according to the CDC. “Identification of a large number of patients with HEV68 respiratory disease detected during a single season, such as described in this report, is a recent phenomenon,” it added.

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Napoli go top after winning at 10-man Inter Reuters

ROME - Napoli shot to the top of Serie A with a controversial 3-0 win at 10-man Inter Milan on Saturday as Claudio Ranieri VXIIHUHG KLV ÂżUVW GHIHDW LQ FKDUJH DQG ZDV VHQW RII DW KDOIWLPH (DUOLHU %RMDQ 3DEOR 2VYDOGR DQG 6LPSOLFLR ZHUH RQ WDUJHW DV IRXUWK SODFHG $6 5RPD EHDW $WDODQWD After an end-to-end start at Inter the game turned dramatically on an incident four minutes before the break when Joel Obi was handed a second yellow card for bundling over Christian Maggio on the edge of the box.

Julio Cesar saved Marek Hamsikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resulting penalty but defender Hugo Campagnaro followed up to give Napoli the lead. Ranieri was sent off for remonstrating with the referee as the teams trooped off at halftime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He ruined a beautiful game,â&#x20AC;? the Inter coach told Sky Sports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was not on his game.

What he could get wrong, he did get wrong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boys gave their all and should not have been punished in this way. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally complain about these things but today was an exceptional occasion.â&#x20AC;?

In a more subdued second period wing back Maggio added a second goal on 57 minutes, lifting the ball over Julio Cesar, before Hamsik slotted home the third with a quarter of an hour to go to VHDO 1DSROLÂśV ÂżUVW YLFWRU\ DW the San Siro in 17 years.

Inter have only four points IURP ÂżYH JDPHV ZKLOH 1DSROL ZKR ÂżQLVKHG WKLUG ODVW season, go two points clear of Juventus, Udinese and Roma ahead of Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main programme. The hosts, without Wesley Sneijder and Diego Milito, edged the opening exchanges at the San Siro with Diego Forlan going closest WR VFRULQJ DIWHU Âż]]LQJ D ORZ 25-metre drive just wide on 13 minutes.

Despite missing striker Edinson Cavani through injury, Napoli enjoyed plenty of possession in a refreshingly open start and Colombian left back Juan Zuniga headed weakly wide with a back-post header after 19 minutes. The home crowd then started to jeer when Campagnaro put Napoli in front.

The visitors made it 2-0 when Giuseppe Mascara played an innocuous ball over the top of the Inter defence for the energetic Maggio to outpace substitute Yuto Nagatomo and beat

Julio Cesar.

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With a disjointed Inter leaving huge gaps at the back, +DPVLN UDQ RQ WR (]HTXLHO /DYH]]LÂśV VOLGH UXOH SDVV WR ensure Napoli ended a run of eight straight defeats at Inter.

1DSROL FRDFK :DOWHU 0D]]DUUL ZKR WXUQHG RQ 6DWXUday, thanked his players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful present the boys have given me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the penalty I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was a mistake or not, I have to see the replay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I do know Napoli played a great game and deserved to win. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had decisions go against us so I hope there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too much said about it.â&#x20AC;?

At the Stadio Olimpico, Roma resisted a second-half ÂżJKWEDFN IURP SURPRWHG $WDlanta to earn Luis Enriqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side their second successive win. Spanish striker Bojan opened the scoring on 20 minutes, grabbing his first goal in the Giallorossi shirt with a left-foot shot.

Argentine forward Pablo Osvaldo doubled the lead ZLWK D FRRO ÂżQLVK MXVW DIWHU WKH half-hour as Roma dominated the opening period. The second half was a different story after Argentine forward GerPDQ 'HQLV KDOYHG WKH GHÂżFLW with a back-post header from a well-worked corner on 48 minutes.

The home side were then made to defend for long stretches until midfielder Simplicio played a delightful one-two with Miralem Pjanic EHIRUH ÂżQLVKLQJ QHDWO\ RQ PLQXWHV Âł,W ZDV D GLIÂżFXOW game against the in-form side in the league,â&#x20AC;? Luis Enrique told Sky Sports after 5RPDÂśV ÂżUVW KRPH ZLQ RI WKH season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Denis goal meant ZH KDG VRPH GLIÂżFXOW PRments but we were able to survive. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re improving but we need more patience to be able to dominate possession throughout the match.â&#x20AC;? Atalanta, docked six points for PDWFK Âż[LQJ VWD\HG RQ IRXU points after suffering their ÂżUVW GHIHDW RI WKH VHDVRQ

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Napoli defender Hugo Armando Campagnaro jumps in celebration after scoring, during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Napoli at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct.1, 2011.

Stunning Baptista goal puts Malaga top Reuters

MADRID - A stunning overhead kick from Julio Baptista earned Malaga a last-gasp 3-2 victory over Getafe that put them top of La Liga on Saturday.

7KH %UD]LOLDQ LQWHUQDWLRQDO KRYered in the air over the penalty spot in stoppage time and lashed his shot into the top corner to leave the bigspending south-coast club on 13 points from six games, ahead of

Valencia on goal difference.

An early strike from Sergio Canales earned Valencia a 1-0 home win over promoted Granada earlier in the day.

The Spanish youth international, on loan from Real Madrid, scored from outside the area in the fourth minute and although Valencia lived dangerously they held on for the victory. *UDQDGD EDFN LQ WKH WRS Ă&#x20AC;LJKW after a 35-year absence, hit the

crossbar in the second half but a ODFN RI ÂżUHSRZHU PHDQV WKH\ DUH /D Ligaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joint lowest scorers with two goals alongside Sporting Gijon.

On Sunday third-placed Real Betis (12 points) host Levante, fourth-placed Barcelona (11)visit Gijon and Real Madrid (10) travel to Espanyol.

The troubled trio of Villarreal, Real Mallorca and Racing Santander all rallied to grab draws on Saturday.

A superb overhead kick in injury time from Julio Baptista, pictured in January, completed a spectacular turnaround for Malaga who scored twice in the last four minutes to beat Getafe 3-2 on Saturday and take top spot in La Liga.

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Tevezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No.32 shirt allocated to reserve goalie Pantilimon Reuters

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Derek Fisher, center, Los Angeles Lakers point guard and president of the NBA Players Association, speaks to reporters after a ďŹ ve-hour meeting with owners to discuss a new labor deal and possibly avert a lockout on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in New York.

ONDON - Carlos Teve â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No.32 shirt was allocated to reserve goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon when Manchester City played at Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League on Saturday, another indication that he is unlikely to play for City again. City fans also displayed banners saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teve Outâ&#x20AC;? aimed at the 27-year-old Argentine striker.

Teve was missing at Ewood Park, serving a two week club suspension for allegedly ignoring manager Roberto Manciniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instructions to come on as a 56th minute substitute against Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday. City lost that game 2-0 but bounced back on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Rovers with goals from Adam Johnson, Mario Balotelli, and substitutes 6DPLU 1DVUL DQG 6WHIDQ 6DYLF ZKR ERWK VFRUHG WKHLU ÂżUVW JRDOV IRU WKH FOXE City are level on points with champions Manchester United at the top of the table, both unbeaten with 19 points from seven matches, though United are in ÂżUVW SODFH ZLWK D JRDO GLIIHUHQFH RI SOXV FRPSDUHG WR &LW\ÂśV SOXV Following Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incident in Munich, Mancini said Teve would QHYHU SOD\ IRU WKH FOXE DJDLQ DQG KLV &LW\ FDUHHU ÂłZDV ÂżQLVKHG´ DV IDU DV KH was concerned. The club have started an inquiry and suspended him for the maximum two weeks allowed under Premier League rules. %XW WKH IDFW 6DWXUGD\ÂśV RIÂżFLDO WHDP VKHHW VKRZHG KLV VKLUW QXPEHU ZDV allocated to 24-year-old Romanian international goalkeeper Pantilimon, who has made one appearance for City in the League Cup against Birmingham City, was a telling point. Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant manager David Platt told Sky Sports: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed to concentrate totally on this game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From having the day off on Wednesday after coming back from Munich, we came in on Thursday and put everything to bed -- the performance and everything else that went with it.

No NBA deal after day of salary cap talks Associated Press Writer

NE OR ith a month until the N A season, players and owners don t sound much closer to a labor deal than they did when the lockout be an hey re so far apart on money they decided to leave it alone Saturday and focused mainly on the salary cap They couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t solve that one, either. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say there was any progress.

What happened was, they put some concepts up, we put some concepts up, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still miles apart,â&#x20AC;? union executive director Billy Hunter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge bridge, gap, that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be able to close it or not.â&#x20AC;?

The sides will meet again Monday the day training camps were to have begun though time is getting short to save the start of the regular season, scheduled

f o r N o v. 1 . N e i t h e r s i d e sounds optimistic.

In a seven-hour bargaining session, their longest since the lockout began July 1, the sides talked about one of the two major issues that divides them. Owners want a hard cap, or at least want a number of changes to the current soft cap system, which the players prefer to keep largely intact.

The sides didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even attempt to deal with the division of revenues, the other big obstacle to a labor agreement that would end the lockout.

Commissioner David Stern said he had nothing to announce in terms of cancellations. But the remainder of the preseason schedule is in jeopardy some games already have been canceled. Regularseason games could now be threatened, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our desire would be to not cancel, and we had been hopeful that this weekend would be a broader marker, but for reasons which we understand, the players suggested that we resume o n M o n d a y, a n d w e s a i d fine,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Stern said.

AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson

Manchester Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CarlosTevez leaves the stadium after the Group A Champions League soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Manchester City FC in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday , Sept. 27, 2011.

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3HGURVD ZLQV DWWULWLRQDO -DSDQHVH *UDQG 3UL[ Dani Pedrosa handed Honda a home win in an eventful and attritional race at Motegi, which counted Ducati’s Valentino Rossi as one of its several victims. Jorge Lorenzo finished second and Casey Stoner a distant third following a mistake in the early stages. Stoner’s gap now stands at 40 points over Yamaha’s Lorenzo.

Pedrosa’s route to the front happened more by fortune than design, as accidents dominated the Japanese Grand Prix.

Rossi was the first casualty, as he made contact with Lorenzo at Turn 2 on the opening, losing the front end and also collecting Yamaha’s Ben Spies as he slid into the gravel and out of the race.

Stoner meanwhile had protected his lead and rapidly built a lead of more than 1s, but on lap four suffered a huge wobble over the back straight bumps and missed his braking point into Turn 11 running through the gravel and dropping down to seventh as a result.

The lead therefore transferred to Andrea Dovizioso, who had passed his Honda team-mate Pedrosa in the opening stages. Dovizioso however was one of three riders adjudged to have jumped the

start, and on lap five came into the pits for his ride-through - Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli and Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow following him in after also falling foul of the stewards.

Victory became a straight fight between Pedrosa and Lorenzo, and a series of fastest laps was enough to earn the Honda man his third win of the year.

Third had been a fight between the one Suzuki of Alvaro Bautista and the remaining works Ducati of Nicky Hayden, but by the halfway distance Stoner had passed both as he fought his way back to third.

As he did so, Motegi claimed another two victims. Hayden ran deep and through the gravel at Turn 1 while trying to follow Stoner, while several laps later Bautista made a mistake of his own

accord, losing the front of the Suzuki at Turn 12 and crashing out from fourth.

Dovizioso and Simoncelli meanwhile had fought their way back through the field, and the Gresini rider claimed fourth one lap from the end with a typically aggressive pass at Turn 11. Having fallen on the opening lap incident with Rossi, Spies capped a fine comeback ride by finishing sixth, ahead of Hayden and Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards.

Toni Elias on the LCR Honda had held sixth but crashed with just seven laps to go, while on his MotoGP debut Damian Cudlin (Pramac Ducati) was another Motegi casualty, crashing out just after the half-distance mark.

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Spain’s Dani Pedrosa takes the checkered flag to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan, at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.

6HEDVWLHQ 2JLHU KDQJV RQ WR OHDG as Dani Sordo closes in SEBASTIEN Ogier continues to lead the Rally of France - but Dani Sordo is closing in again. Although Citroen driver Ogier managed to pull out a 9.5-second advantage over the chasing Mini yesterday afternoon, Sordo was quicker on today’s opener Graviere de Bischwiller, fastest of all on Vignoble de Cleebourg, then equalled Ogier on the Haguenau street stage.

The gap between them now stands at 4.5s with three stages to go. “That’s not bad, but we need to be faster if we want to win,” said Sordo. “I’m pushing hard, I just have to keep up the pressure.”

Ogier said he was relishing the fight and expected it to go down to the wire. “I think it will be close because Dani is pushing hard,” he said. “He had a good drive this morning. It’s good fun.”

Petter Solberg (Solberg Citroen) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) remain third and fourth, with Ford yet to apply the team orders that will elevate title contender Mikko Hirvonen up a place from his current fifth. Armindo Araujo crashed his Motorsport Italia Mini out of seventh on the first stage of the morning, where Dennis Kuipers (FERM Ford) cemented his potential careerbest sixth by setting a surprise second-fastest time.

Also flying is Ken Block - two top-six stage times have brought the Monster Ford up to ninth.

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

Sebastien Ogier of France and Julien Ingrassia of France steer their Citroen DS3 during the 2nd stage of the Rally de France, in Nothalten, eastern France, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.