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‘Batman v Superman’ Dives 68% to $52.4 Million in 2nd Weekend LOS ANGELES - “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” appears to be losing steam as it ends its second weekend in theaters.

The critically loathed superhero movie topped the box office, picking up $52.4 million. However, that represented a steep 68% fall from its $166 million debut. It suggests that “Batman v Superman” will be a front-loaded blockbuster along the lines of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” or “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” both of which earned a disproportionate share of their revenues in their initial weekends and suffered similar drop-offs.

Domestically, the Warner Bros. release has picked up a hefty $261.4 million. The major problem facing the studio is it doesn’t just need “Batman v Superman” to be a hit, it needs it to be so fervently embraced that fans will show up to see sequels and spin-offs for years to come. The film is intended to kick off an interconnected cinematic universe of DC Comics characters that Warner Bros. hopes will rival what Marvel has achieved with the Avengers films.

There wasn’t much in the way of competition.

Most studios steered clear of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel’s on screen scuffle, preferring to hold their fire. The next big-budget studio release to hit theaters is Disney’s “The Jungle Book” on April 15.

In the interim, Pure Flix tried to engage faith-based audiences with “God’s Not Dead 2,” a follow-up to

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In Wisconsin, Trump looks to put rough week behind him

the 2014 low-budget smash. The picture centers on a school teacher (Melissa Joan Hart, of “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” fame) who gets embroiled in a legal controversy after bringing up Jesus in class. The film wasn’t as warmly embraced as its predecessor, pulling in $8.1 million for a fourth place finish, and trailing the original’s $9.2 million launch, despite opening on 2,318 theaters, more than double the number of locations as the first “God’s Not Dead.”

The weekend’s other new release, Freestyle Releasing’s “Meet the Blacks,” fared even worse. A parody of the film “The Purge,” the film did a tepid $4.1 million after debuting on 1,011 screens.

Among holdovers, Disney’s “Zootopia” took second place, with roughly $19.8 million, pushing the animated hit’s domestic total to $ million. In its second weekend, Universal’s “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” showed some endurance, racking up $11.1 million, a slender 38% drop from its opening weekend. The romantic comedy sequel has earned $36.5 million after two weeks of release. Sony’s “Miracles From Heaven” rounded out the top five, grossing approximately $7.5 million and pushing its total to $46.8 million. (rtr)

MILWAUKEE - Donald Trump is fighting to put a difficult week behind him and finish strong on Tuesday in Wisconsin, a state whose primary contest may prove to be a turning point in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Gal Gadot arrives for the European Premiere of “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” in Leicester Square in London, Britain, March 22, 2016.

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British actress Judi Dench picks up record eighth Olivier Award LONDON - Veteran film, television and stage actress Judi Dench picked up her eight Olivier Award on Sunday, a record tally at Britain’s biggest night for theatre.

The 81-year-old scooped the Olivier for best actress in a supporting role for “The Winter’s Tale”.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I am absolutely livid as I had a bet with my grandson, which I’ve now lost and I’m never going to be allowed to forget it,” Dench said in her acceptance speech.

“I know everybody says what a wonderful time they had doing something, I can truly say this time that in ‘The Winter’s Tale’, it was an absolutely memorable time for me.”

Asked backstage if she had any plans to slow her workload down, Dench told REUTERS/Neil Hall Reuters: “Who wants to slow down? No, British actress Judi Dench poses for photog- I want to be employed. It’s putting the raphers as she arrives at the Olivier Awards car in the garage that. You will never get at the Royal Opera House in London, Britain it started.”

“Gypsy” picked up four prizes, the April 3, 2016.

most awards for a single production on the night, including best musical revival and best actress in a musical for Imelda Staunton, who opened the glitzy London ceremony in character as Momma Rose.

“Gypsy” also picked up awards for best actress in a supporting role in a musical for Lara Pulver and best lighting design.

“Kinky Boots” picked up three awards, including best new musical, best actor in a musical for Matt Henry and best costume design. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper, who collaborated with playwright Harvey Fierstein on bringing the 2005 film first to the Broadway stage before London, also performed on the night.

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, inspired by the blues singer, won best revival while “Hangmen”, about the abolition of hanging in Britain in the 1960s, won best new play.

Kenneth Cranham beat competition from the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance to be named best actor for “The Father”, in

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which he portrays a man with dementia.

In a category including nominees Nicole Kidman and Gemma Arterton, Denise Gough won best actress for “People, Places And Things”, a rehab drama in which she plays an addict.

In her acceptance speech, Gough lamented the lack of diversity among nominees - an issue that overshadowed February’s Oscars.

“I love this industry so much and to be given an award is fantastic but we have a responsibility,” she said backstage.

Robert Icke picked up the best director award for “Oresteia” while long-running musical “The Phantom Of The Opera” won the audience award - the sole prize voted for by the public.

“Nell Gwynn”, which stars Arterton, won best new comedy.

The awards, celebrating their 40th anniversary, wrapped up with past winners performing “What I did For Love” from “A Chorus Line”, which won best new musical at the 1976 ceremony. (rtr)

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Volunteer Elam Stoltzfus, from Lancaster, Pa., places yard signs for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, outside a rally Sunday, April 3, 2016, in West Allis, Wis.

The Republican front-runner is at risk of losing the Midwestern state to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, an outcome that would dent the New York billionaire’s aura of inevitability and make it harder for him to win the 1,237 delegates needed for the party’s nomination for the Nov. 8 election.

On the Democratic side, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is trying protect his lead over front-runner Hillary Clinton in the opinion polls in Wisconsin and eke out another victory over the former secretary of state.

Trailing Cruz in the polls in Wisconsin, Trump on Sunday night told supporters in West Allis, Wisconsin, that Cruz was a liar and a “dirty rotten cheater” who is weak on immigration and would cut Social Security benefits. “Wisconsin is going to be such a big surprise on Tuesday. We are doing so well,” Trump said.

A loss would add to Trump’s woes after his campaign was rocked last week by the fallout from his suggestion, which he later dialed back, that women be punished for getting abortions if the procedure is banned.

He also drew fire for comments that he would not rule out using nuclear weapons in Europe and that Japan and South Korea might need nuclear weapons to ease the U.S. financial commitment to their security.

“Was this my best week? I guess not,” Trump told “Fox News Sunday” in an interview conducted Friday. But, he added: “I think I’m doing OK.” Cruz, speaking to supporters on Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was eager to capitalize on Trump’s potential missteps.

More Republicans are recognizing, said Cruz, that “nominating Donald Trump would be a train wreck.”

Cruz faces difficulty in winning the delegates needed to secure the nomination, given that the next states to vote, including New York on April 19, are Trump-friendly territory.

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Desire to revise bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism D e n pasar Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives rejected the proposal of the executive wishing to revise the Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.2/2012 on Bali Cultural Tourism. More-

Parliament rejects proposal of govt

over, one of the purposes of revising it is to lower the minimum educational standard of the tour guides from Diploma II to high or vocational school graduate. The government of Bali, in this case the Bali Tourism Office, should propose new legislation related to the tour guides.

A member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, said that Bali actually has Regional Bylaw No.5/2008 on Tour Guides. However, 50 percent of the legal basis in the regulation is no longer used. On that account, bylaw on the Tour

Guides must be revoked and replaced with a new one.

“It happens because there is consultation to the Director General of Regional Autonomy stating if the legislation on tour guides has too narrow scope, so that it is quite enough to be made a gubernatorial regulation. However, the

gubernatorial regulation has no sanctions so that it will be inserted into regional bylaw on cultural tourism,” he said after holding a meeting with the executive in the parliamentary building.

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The fishermen are going to the sea. They are now recieving the benefit of the lower fuel price IBP/File

Fishermen enjoy blessings on fuel price reduction MANGUPURA—

Price reduction of Premium reaching IDR 500 per liter becomes a blessing for fishermen in Badung. With the price reduction, particularly Premium, it has an impact on the reduction of operating costs, so that fishermen can enjoy a slight advantage.

As expressed by I Ketut Suardinata, the Kertha Bali fishermen group leader of Kedonganan, Kuta subdistrict, the government’s policy to decrease the fuel price is a positive policy because it can reduce operating costs while at sea.

“We are grateful to the government (for reducing fuel price—Ed). Although it is not much, but for fishermen it has been very helpful,” said I Ketut Suardinata, Sunday (Mar. 3).

He hoped that the fuel price can be further reduced, so that it can help the economy of fishermen, chiefly the traditional fishermen.

“Automatically the price reduction of fuel will alleviate fishermen expenditure. If possible, we wish the government could further reduce the fuel price because it will help small communities,” he said.

According to him, the period of April to November is the moment of fish harvest. So, the reduction in fuel price is a blessing for fishermen relying on their livelihood from fishing. “Now, it is the season of fish, while the price of fuel reduces. So, it greatly helps fishermen,” he said.

Fuel consumption for once departure to sea, he explained, typically reaches 50 liters of Premium for small boat with fish catches of about 300-400 kg. “If the fuel price reduces, we can save expenses,” said Suardinata happily.Suardinata said the selling price of fish of

fishermen varies depending on the type of fish.

Tuna is usually sold for IDR 10,000 per kg.

Squid is more expensive, namely IDR 30,000 per kilogram. “Hopefully, fishermen will get profits in this fishing season,” he hoped.

When confirmed separately, the Head of the Badung Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, I Made Badra, also recognized if the reduction in fuel prices per April 1, 016 is welcomed by the fishermen. “Obviously, fishermen are very vivacious with price reduction of fuel. Moreover, it coincides with fishing season,” he said.

On that account, his agency hoped fishermen to take advantage of the moment of fuel price decline to increase their fish catches. “With such condition, fishermen can prosper,” he hoped.

Separately, Area Manager of Communications & Relations for East Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Heppy Wulansari, explained that Marketing Operation for Region V of Pertamina ensured that subsidized and non-subsidized fuel is secure. Pertamina has taken anticipatory measures internally and externally to ensure the availability of fuel, especially after the decline in fuel prices.

“Internal measure includes the operation of fuel terminal for 24 hours, especially on the day one before until day tree days after so that the service time becomes longer,” he said.

All the gas stations have also been instructed to keep stocks at safe level. To anticipate the

worries of gas stations from suffering losses due to the price reduction, Pertamina has set up a compensation mechanism for replacement of the price disparity of Premium and diesel of gas stations corresponding to the average volume of daily turnover.

“In addition to ensuring the safety of stock in the fuel terminal, we also ensure adequate stocks at gas station along with the attempt to minimize losses hitting the gas station entrepreneurs. To that end, people should not worry about the availability of fuel,” he said.

Further, Pertamina urged the public to purchase Premium and diesel fuel gradually at gas station. If the vehicle tank remains to contain sufficient fuel, it is no need to queue on the first day of the price decline.

“As delivered by the government, the new price will be valid until the next few months, so that people do not need to scramble or take long lines at gas stations to buy Premium or diesel on fuel on the first day,” said Heppy.

Other than ensuring the stock of Premium and diesel fuel, Pertamina also ensured that the stock of non-subsidized fuel such as Pertalite and Pertamax remains in sufficient condition.

Thus, it can become an alternative for people wishing to purchase fuel at gas station. “If there are gas stations remaining to sell fuel at the old price or ran out of fuel stock, people can report them to us,” she added. (kmb27)

Adhi asserted that regional bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism is the parent regulation so that it is not good when it should be revised although the law also includes a general arrangement of tour guides. Regional bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism may be revised when there is indeed a new principle or concept of tourism.

“Indeed, there should be a technical regulation particularly on the tour guides, but must be expanded. It has to be added with other factors aside from tour guide, like cultural aspects that are required but have not been mentioned. In the letter of the Director General of Regional Autonomy, other than with the gubernatorial regulation, it must also be synchronized again with the Law No.23/2014 and so on. It has not been completed and probably it is reluctant to complement and it will apply the existing regulation only. It is not acceptable, so that it should be revised again,” he said.

Chairman of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, Ketut Suwandhi, added that his commission already asked the Tourism Office and Legal Bureau of the Regional Secretariat of Bali Province to complete the material regarding the regional bylaw on tour guide. In other words, the regional bylaw on Bali cultural tourism cancelled to be revised. However, the draft of a new regional bylaw regarding the tour guides cannot be taken into plenary session of the parliament, Monday (Apr. 4). “The material is not yet complete, so that we postpone it. We give approximately one month to complete,” he said.

The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that his office will immediately reassess the parliamentary input.

It included asking back the central government, in this case the Director General of Regional Autonomy, Ministry of Home Affairs.

“We will consult it again to the Legal Bureau.

I just want the regional bylaw on tour guides, but the Director General of Regional Autonomy insists on the gubernatorial regulation. Actually, we cannot set forth the sanction in the gubernatorial regulation,” he said.

Chief of the Legal Bureau of the Regional Secretariat of Bali Province, I Wayan Sugiada, said that the proposal on revision is not inseparable from a number of illegal tour guides in the field.

Political interests

Interviewed separately, Chairman of the Indonesia Tourism Intellectual Association (ICPI) of Bali, I Putu Anom, asserted that Bali tourism should not be out of the spirit namely the sublime values of Hinduism. Do not let the revision of regional bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism have particular political interests. Or it is just carried out to smooth the greedy desires of investors wishing to get economic benefits.

“Regardless of the damage to nature of Bali, degrading Balinese culture inspired by Hinduism, marginalizing employers and local community, especially the local Hindu community supporting Balinese culture is wrong,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

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Europe gives green light to first gene therapy for children LONDON - The world’s first life-saving gene therapy for children, developed by Italian scientists and GlaxoSmithKline, has been recommended for approval in Europe, boosting the pioneering technology to fix faulty genes.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday it had endorsed the therapy, called Strimvelis, for a tiny number of children with ADA Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (ADA-SCID) for whom no matching bone marrow donor is available.

Around 15 children a year are born in Europe with the ultra-rare genetic disorder, which leaves them unable to make a type of white blood cell. They rarely survive beyond two years unless their immune function is restored with a suitable bone marrow transplant.

SCID is sometimes known as “bubble baby” disease, since children born with it have immune systems so weak they must live in germ-free environments.

Strimvelis is expected to secure formal marketing authorisation from the European Commission in a couple of months, making it the second gene therapy to be approved in Europe, after UniQure’s Glybera, which treats a rare adult blood disorder.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to approve any gene therapies but a growing number of U.S. biotech companies, such as Bluebird Bio, have products in development.

Other large pharmaceutical companies are also eyeing the field, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, which has a tie-up with UniQure.

REUTERS/Blue Origin/Handout via Reuters

The New Shepard rocket booster lands in this handout photo provided by Blue Origin, in West Texas April 2, 2016. Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin successfully launched and landed for the third time a suborbital rocket capable of whisking six passengers off their home planet, taking another step on the company’s quest to develop reusable boosters, the company said on Saturday.

Bezos praises third Blue Origin launch-and-land rocket test as “perfect”

MANY SETBACKS Research into gene therapy goes back a quarter of a century but the field has experienced many setbacks, including the high-profile death of an American patient in 1999 and some disastrous clinical trial results in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Now, though, optimism is building, helped by the discovery of better ways to carry replacement genes into cells.

Martin Andrews, head of GlaxoSmithKline’s rare diseases unit, believes the technology is proving itself, although it remains at an early stage of development.

“We’re on page one of chapter one of a new medicine text book,” he told Reuters.

A host of challenges still need to be overcome, including the complexity of delivering a product like GSK’s new treatment, which requires bone marrow cells to be taken from the patient, processed and injected back.

Trickiest of all may be pricing, given the tiny market for a therapy like Strimvelis. UniQure’s Glybera made history in 2014 as the first drug to carry a $1 million price tag. GSK is not putting a price on its product but a source close to the company said that, if approved, Strimvelis would cost “very significantly less than $1 million”. (rtr)

successful launch-and-land for the rocket, with similar missions completed in January and November.

Bezos, the founder of Amazon. com Inc, said earlier this month that Blue Origin expects to begin crewed test flights of the New Shepard next year and begin flying paying passengers as early as 2018.

Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are among a handful of companies working to develop rockets that can fly themselves back to Earth so they can be refur-

bished and flown again, potentially slashing launch costs.

For now, Blue Origin is flying suborbital rockets, which lack the speed to put spacecraft into orbit around Earth.

The New Shepard rose through clear skies to an apogee of 339,138 feet (103,369 meters), the company said.

The engine that powers the pocket restarted at 3,635 feet (1,108 meters) above ground level “and ramped fast for a successful landing,” the company said. (rtr)

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A couple at Klatkat hamlet, Abang atudinding, Dwells in weathered bamboo walled-house

KINTAMANI - A house measuring 3 x 4 meters stands amid a tangerine plantation at Klatkat hamlet, Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani. This tiny asbestos roofed building looks quite alarming. The bamboo wall protecting from cold climate has been porous and weathered. The floor made of cement has merged with the earth.

SEATTLE - Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin successfully launched and landed for the third time a suborbital rocket capable of carrying six passengers, taking another step on its path in developing reusable boosters, the company said on Saturday.

The New Shepard rocket and capsule blasted off from a launch site in West Texas on Saturday at an undisclosed time, and landed minutes later back at a landing pad, the company said. The capsule, which was flying autonomously, parachuted to a nearby site and was recovered, the company said.

“Perfect booster landing,” Bezos wrote on Twitter. Blue Origin declined to comment on the test but said on Twitter, “Congrats Blue team on today’s (flight)!”

Saturday’s flight marks the third

At first glance, the house located in a quiet place Klatkat hamlet, Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani looks uninhabited.

REUTERS/Grant Thompson

A vector, which is used to transport the healthy gene into the patient’s cells, is seen in this undated handout image provided by GlaxoSmithKline on April 1, 2016.

At first glance, the house located in a quiet place looks uninhabited. When having a closer look inside, no fancy stuff can be found. Bedroom and kitchen area are located in the same room. Another thing making us sad is the body warmer where they only use a carpet having looked obsolete. It is unimaginable when cold weather hits. It is a glimpse about the house condition of I Wayan Slamat, 52.

Slamat with his wife Ni Nyoman Arni, 42, has been living in the house sitting on the land area of 200 square meters for decades. Damaged wall enables water to come in when it rains. As a result, cold atmosphere is unavoidable. This very poor condition requires their two married sons to stay with their grandfather.

Although so far there is no problem, at

least it is embarrassing. “My house is like this, my children are forced to stay with their grandfather,” said Slamat, Sunday (Apr. 3).

In order to survive, this couple is only dependent on part time job as handyman. The seasonal work and inadequate income often make him confused. To be able to enjoy a mouthful of rice, he frequently must owe at stall nearby.

For side dishes, other than relying on nature, he occasionally goes fishing to Lake Batur. However, this effort does not continue to bring in results. Sometimes, he returns home empty-handed.

“When having no money to buy side dish, sometimes I must fish in the lake.

Sometimes I can get fish and sometimes not,” said Slamat.

His intention to repair the house seems only a dream because no single penny he has in his pocket. Although experiencing such condition, Slamat still claimed to be lucky. He has already enjoyed the assistance of rice for the poor or raskin and so has health assistance. “If I sell a cow to build a house, it is not possible because it belongs to someone else,” he said while shaking his head.

Chief of Klatkat hamlet, I Made Slamat, conveyed if the house repair for the couple has been proposed to get the assistance from the government. However, so far there is no response yet. “We have proposed him to get a house refurbishment program. But so far he cannot. Hopefully, he can get the attention from the government,” he said. (sos)

Ubud designed “Parang Poleng” cloth showcased in national competition GIANYAR - Aam Hamanda is a 31 year old designer from Ubud whose work has started to be noticed at the national level.

One of his couture works entitled “Parang Poleng” was featured in the Adi Wastra Nusantara national couture competition.

Parent Poleng is composed of abstract writing and painting and was made using 100% natural dyes and won Aam a ranking in the top ten winners of the competition that took place at the Jakarta Convention Center, on March 23-27, 2016.

Aam explained that Adi Wastra Nusantara is a national design competition for woven fabrics and traditional silk fabrics that hashundreds of competitors from all over Indonesia.

“I never thought I could compete against senior designers from across Indonesia - let alone rank in the top ten!” said Aam. (nik)

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Bali Police asked to investigate President Director of Bank of India

the Bali Police was asked to follow up the report of Rita Kishore.

This case began from the loan agreement between Rita Kishore and Bank of India (formerly, Bank Swadesi). Some time ago, Rita Kishore borrowed money from the Bank of India whose balance approximately worth IDR 8 billion with collateral of a villa property owned by Rita Kishore located in Kuta, Bali.

On the way, Rita Kishore got difficulties and delayed the debt repayment, and asked for restructuring.

Responding to the request, the Bank of India immediately declined and then seized and auctioned the Villa Kozy belonging to Rita Kishore.

However, the auction value is far below the appraisal value of about IDR 18 billion. Villa Kozy was forcibly auctioned costing about IDR 6.3 billion. In the auction process, Ningsih Suciati et al. were alleged to have included incorrect information in the application documents of the auction. And the auction was just made to one of two mortgage rights.

Rita Kishore considered to have been aggrieved, so that she finally reported this case to the Bali Police and Ningsih Suciati et al. were named as the suspects.

Related to the auction of Villa Kozy, the auction official from the Denpasar Auction Office, Usman Arif Murtopo, was already ensnared in a criminal case. The High Court has declared that the file case of the second phase has been completed and is currently still undergoing trial in the Denpasar District Court. (ad)

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Ties between Germany and Russia enter new chill

Losing in pretrial

AFTER losing at the court of pretrial, the investigator of the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police was instructed by the Denpasar District Court to re-investigate Ningsih Suciati et al. (President Director and Administrator of Bank of India / Bank Swadesi) in the allegation of banking criminal case.

Such instruction was delivered by judge I Ketut Suarta when reading the verdict of pretrial court last week. In the pretrial court, the Bali Police was declared to lose in the pretrial court of the lawsuit filed

by Rita Kishore Kumar Pridhnani, Director of PT Ratu Kharisma or Villa Kozy.

“Verdict of the pretrial instructs the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police to re-investigate Ningsih Suciati et al.,” said Jacob Antolis, legal counsel of Rita Kishore, in Denpasar, Saturday (Apr. 02).

Last week, Rita Kishore filed a pretrial against the Bali Police to Denpasar District Court for terminating the investigation against Ningsih Suciati et al.

Actually the status of Ningsih et al. has been predefined by the investigator of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police as a suspect based on the report of Rita Kishore.

According to Jacob, the judge Ketut Suarta prosecuting the pretrial case stated that the action of Bali Police to terminate the investigation against Ningsih Suciati et al. is not valid. On that account, citing the judge’s verdict, the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at

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BERLIN - At an hour-long meeting in Moscow on March 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov irritated his German counterpart by raising the case of a German-Russian girl who said she was raped by migrants in Berlin earlier this year.

ITDC’s Director of Operations, A. A Ngurah Wirawan.

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Nusa Dua can be a window dressing for local fruits

Public officials asked to become example not consuming imported fruits

NUSA DUA - The existence of local fruit continues to suffer from the attacks of imported fruit. Local fruits like being a guest in their own home.

Some asked for the tourism industry to absorb local fruits. Also, local fruit campaigns are now being conducted by government and industry to boost the popularity of local fruits.

But in reality, local fruit still a “stepchild” in the world of tourism.

ITDC’s Director of Operations, A. A Ngurah Wirawan, during the opening of the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) Improvement of Competitiveness of Agriculture Bali, on Friday at Wantilan ITDC, expressed hope that the local fruit can become a host in their own country. In fact, he said that ITDC is ready to facilitate the promotion of local fruits.

He believes local fruit will be interesting considering the local tropical fruit can only be found in Bali and was not found in the origin countries of tourists. “We’re not talking about litchis or pears or apples. I believe China or Australia has those fruits with a higher quality. But we have fruits, like mangosteen and Salak that can be an attraction, “he said.

As a manager of international

tourism areas, he hopes ITDC can be used as window dressing for the promotion of local fruit. In fact, he also invites the government and the agriculture industry in the region to do an exhibition in ITDC. Former Managing Director of Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC), Made Mandra, said local fruit campaign should be initiated by the leaders of this country. The campaign cannot use local fruit as a discourse only. “Public officials should give an example not to consume imported fruit. We are campaigning about our local fruits but still consume imported fruit,” he criticized.

Head of Subak’s Research Center, Prof Wayan Windia, also expressed his criticism of the use of local fruits by the tourism industry.

He stated that the tourism industry should not only follow tourists’ favored. “We give them what we have, not what is favored by guests.

I’m sure the tourists who come to Bali want to enjoy the local fruits when only local fruits are available,” he said.

Windia assessed that tourism

and agricultural sectors like heaven and earth. They could not be put together as a result of the difference is so great.

Successful farmer from Banyuwangi, Wayan Supadmo, who was also present as a speaker doesn’t agree with stigma that farmers always poor and suffered. “Farmers can be rich and successful. Our farmers can produce quality products and in accordance with market demand,” said Supadmo.

On the occasion, he also presented the great opportunities and potential of the agricultural sector.

In fact, he was urged farmers in Bali to not complaining and starting doing a real thing. “I want to revive Bondalem’s oranges which once very famous. I am sure with proper treatment and agricultural technology, the Bondalem’s oranges will again gain popularity,” said the owner of hundreds hectares of agricultural land.

Nirmala Group owner, Made Sujana, said he hoped local fruits can play an important role in modern markets. He admitted there are some obstacles to local fruits during its entry to modern market. Local fruits still hampered by quality and stock. (kmb18)

After the girl’s claims were reported by Russian media in January, Lavrov accused Germany of “sweeping problems under the rug.” The Berlin public prosecutor’s office, though, said a medical examination had found the girl had not been raped.

That was why Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was so upset when Lavrov raised the issue again. “I can only hope that such incidents and difficulties, as we had in that case, aren’t repeated,” he told reporters afterwards.

The rape case is indicative of the mutual suspicion that officials from both countries say extends to the highest levels of government. At the root of those tensions lie opposing visions for Europe and the Middle East. Those rival visions have led to clashes at diplomatic negotiating tables, in cyberspace and in the media.

German and other European security officials accuse Russian media of launching what they call an “information war” against Germany. By twisting the truth in reports on Germany’s migrant crisis, the officials say, Russia hopes to fuel popular angst, weaken voters’ trust in Chancellor Angela Merkel, and feed divisions in the European Union so that it drops

sanctions against Moscow.

“Russian propaganda is a danger to the cohesion of our society,” Ole Schroeder, German deputy interior minister and a member of Merkel’s conservatives, told Reuters.

Russian officials deny their country is mounting a campaign against Germany. “These accusations are atrocious,” said one Russian official, who said Moscow is the victim of an “indiscriminate information war” being waged from Germany.

In February, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, denied the Kremlin had exploited the rape case to stir up tensions around immigration in Germany.

“We cannot agree with such accusations,” Peskov said. “On the contrary, we were keen that our position be understood, we were talking about a citizen of the Russian Federation.

Any country expresses its concerns (in such cases). It would be wrong to look for any hidden agenda.”

But officials in Berlin say Russia’s aim is to muddy what is true and what is not and shake Germans’ trust in Merkel. “The idea today is to get disinformation, which means you don’t believe anything,” Hans-Peter Hinrichsen, a Foreign Ministry offi-

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in this May 10, 2015 file photo. cial, told a recent meeting on Russia’s role in Europe at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

German and European officials say Russia’s aim is two-fold: To exaggerate the problems the migrant crisis is causing Germany and to

push Germany to relax its backing for European sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s interference in Ukraine.

While EU governments last month extended asset freezes and travel bans on Russians and Russian companies, there is less consensus on whether to

prolong more far-reaching sanctions on Russia’s banking, defence and energy sectors from July.

Both sides agree on one point: relations between the two countries are at their lowest point since the early days of the Cold War. (rtr)

Tax authorities begin probes into some people named in Panama Papers leak

REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/Illustration

The website of the Mossack Fonseca law firm is pictured in this illustration taken April 4, 2016.

PANAMA CITY - Tax authorities in Australia and New Zealand are probing local clients of a Panama-based law firm at the centre of a massive data leak for possible

tax evasion.

Other jurisdictions are likely to follow suit following the leak over the weekend of details of hundreds of thousands of clients in more than

11.5 million documents from the files of law firm Mossack Fonseca, based in the tax haven of Panama.

The documents are at the center of an investigation published on Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 other news organizations around the globe.

The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it received the huge cache of documents and shared them with the other media outlets.

The leaked “Panama Papers” cover a period over almost 40 years, from 1977 until last December, and allegedly show that some companies domiciled in tax havens were being used for suspected money laundering, arms and drug deals and tax evasion.

“I think the leak will prove to be probably the biggest blow the offshore world has ever taken because of the extent of the docu-

ments,” said Gerard Ryle, director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Britain’s Guardian newspaper said the documents showed a network of secret offshore deals and loans worth $2 billion led to close friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Reuters could not independently confirm those details.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters on Monday.

Last week, Peskov said reports about the financial dealings of concert cellist Sergei Roldugin, a friend of Putin, and other related reports, were part of a politically motivated campaign to discredit Putin ahead of a cycle of elections.

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said it was investigating more than 800 wealthy clients of Mossack Fonseca.

“We have now linked over 120

of them to an associate offshore service provider located in Hong Kong,” the Australian tax office said in a statement. It did not name the Hong Kong company.

ATO Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston said his office was working with the Australian police and the anti-money laundering regulator AUSTRAC to crosscheck the data, and some cases may be referred to the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce.

The 800 individuals under investigation include taxpayers who had previously been investigated and others who had reported themselves to the tax office under a voluntary disclosure initiative which allowed people to come forward and avoid steep penalties and criminal charges and has since ended.

However, the ATO said those under investigation also included many taxpayers who had not previously come forward. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Euro jobless rate drops to 10.3 percent, lowest since 2011

FRANKFURT — The unemployment rate in the 19 countries that use the euro inched down to 10.3 percent in February in another token of the currency union’s modest recovery. The rate fell from 10.4 percent in January, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said Monday. January’s figure was revised up from 10.3 percent.

The job numbers underlined that Europe’s recovery remains only moderate. The number of jobless people fell by only 39,000 in February, compared to a drop of 118,000 in January. Still, there are 1.3 million fewer people without work compared to the same month a year earlier, and the jobless rate is the lowest since August 2011.

“Fewer eurozone jobless, together with deflation-negligible inflation, should be supportive to consumer spending,” wrote Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist at IHS Economics, in an emailed note. “Consumer spending will likely be key if eurozone growth can regain momentum over the coming months after stuttering recently.” Archer said he expected the jobless rate to dip under 10 percent later this year.

Germany had the lowest jobless rate at 4.3 percent thanks to a strong domestic economy and its traditional export strength in machines and auto. But the rate remains painfully high in Spain at 20.4 percent and Greece at 24.0 percent.

The European Central Bank last month increased its stimulus measures to boost the recovery and raise weak inflation. Those steps include pumping newly printed money into the banking system through bond purchases in an attempt to expand credit to companies.(ap)

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Ketewel unique Murda craft

Since the 1980s, the people at Ketewel village, Sukawati, have made shrine decorations known as murda craft and this region is now the center of the murda craft industry.

Murda artisan Ketut Mita, admitted that his craft business often goes through ups and downs, but added that he has still managed to earn a living with this business. He explained that most customers will order a single set of murda but that on good days he gets as many as ten orders, with each sold for anywhere between IDR 25,000 and IDR 700,000 a piece.

In one day Mita can only produce one or two murda as he explained that Ketewel murda frames are carved with intricate ornamental motifs that include images of holy bells, dragons, elephants, mango leaves and others.

His wife, I Nyoman Sutini, added that the making of murda ornaments indeed requires special skills and takes a long time because everything is done manually without the help of machines or molds.

“To make the bottom frame, we must first form it by using iron and then cast it with concrete. Then it can be carved according the customers request”, she said. (kmb35)

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The bed of an homeless is placed next to a mural painting of the Euro symbol, in Milan, Thursday, March 10, 2016. European Central Bank launched an unexpectedly broad array of stimulus measures Thursday aimed at boosting a modest economic recovery in the 19 countries that use the euro and nudging up dangerously low inflation.

Global markets mostly gain on upbeat US, China economic data

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A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, April 4, 2016. Asian stock markets kicked off the week higher as investor sentiment was boosted by the U.S. monthly job report showing a sustained recovery in the labor market and a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity.

SEOUL — Global stock markets kicked off the week mostly higher on Monday as investor sentiment was boosted by the U.S. monthly job report showing a sustained recovery in the labor market and a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity.

KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.4 percent to 6,171.34 and Germany’s DAX gained 0.5 percent to 9,840.99. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5 percent to 4,343.16. U.S. futures showed a tepid start for Wall Street with Dow futures up 0.2 percent.

S&P futures also rose 0.2 percent.

U.S. JOBS: The U.S. government said Friday that job growth continued at a strong clip in March, slightly stronger than investors expected and showing employers were confident enough to add staff despite the slowing economy. Employers added 215,000 jobs last month, a solid figure but not enough to keep up with the new job-seekers.

More people also looked for work and wages edged higher.

ANALYST’S QUOTE: “This month’s job data, together with strong job growth over the last few months, will help to maintain investor’s confidence in the U.S. economy and reduce worries of a recession,” said Margaret Yang, a market analyst at CMC Markets Singapore. But the latest U.S. job report will have a limited impact on the market’s expectations for another rate hike this year, Yang said. “Much

stronger job growth numbers and rising inflation is probably needed to put pressure on the Fed to raise rates faster.”

CHINA MANUFACTURING: China’s manufacturing activity rebounded in March to its highest level since late August, official data showed on Friday. The purchasing managers’ index came in at 50.2 in March, up from February’s 49, Xinhua News Agency reported citing official data. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.

ASIA’S DAY: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stock index fell 0.3 percent to 16,123.27. Seoul’s Kospi edged up 0.3 percent at 1,978.97 while Singapore’s Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.1 percent to 4,995.30.

Stocks in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines were also higher. Stock markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were closed for a holiday.

OIL: Oil prices faced selling pressure after reports that Saudi Arabia would freeze its production only if Iran and other producers agreed to do the same.

Benchmark U.S. crude fell 12 cents to $36.66 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.55 on Friday to close at $36.79. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 9 cents to $38.75 in London.

CURRENCIES: The euro weakened to $1.1367 from $1.1394 while the dollar fell to 111.61 yen from 111.66 yen.(ap)

Ketut Mita, one of the craftsmen who make Murda.

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Gogo rice successfully planted in Nusa Penida Farmers yield 3.5 tons per hectare

SEMARAPURA - Finally the residents of Nusa Penida, Klungkung, could rejoice. The pilot project of planting gogo rice carried out at Batumadeg village, Nusa Penida, by the Klungkung Agriculture and Plantation Agency finally borne fruits. The gogo rice planted on two hectares of land can eventually be harvested. Rice harvest at the demonstration plot was carried by the Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta with the Head of the Agriculture Agency I Wayan Durma, subdistrict head of Nusa Penida Gusti Agung Gede Putra Mahajaya and Chief of BPTP Bali, A.A. Ngurah Kamandalu.

A number of farmers in the Sloka Karya farmer group at Batumadeg village are rejoicing to harvest.

Moreover, the two-hectare land can produce a total of 3.5 tons of dry grain per hectare. When processed into milled grain, it will produce about three tons. Chief of the Agricultural Technology Assessment Institute Bali, A.A. Ngurah Kamandalu, estimated the gogo rice yields could be increased if the rainfall is normal in Nusa Penida. “We hope that through this cooperation, the potential of gogo rice cultivation in Nusa Penida can be improved,” said A.A. Kamandalu.

Similar opinion was also revealed by the Head of the Klungkung Agriculture Agency, Wayan Durma. He said that gogo rice is suitable to be grown in Nusa Penida considering the potential owned by Nusa Penida. Not to mention the increasing number of existing population and the amount of land that is narrowing. Then, the right solution to address food security is very suitable to be applied in Nusa Penida. Besides, the cropping pattern of gogo rice is similar to other rice varieties. Farmers can harvest after 110 to 115 days after planting.

Regent I Nyoman Suwirta is very satisfied with the gogo rice harvest this time. However, Regent Suwirta hoped the cooperation between the BPTPB and the Klungkung Agriculture Agency can be more enhanced and dare to follow up the trials of gogo rice in the future. Thus, the glory of gogo rice of Nusa Penida in the 1970s Nusa Penida can be revived.

Besides, this regent from Nusa Penida is also optimistic if the gogo rice harvest can reach the target of

4 to 5 tons per hectare if the water discharge in Nusa Penida is enough. Therefore, he requested to the Agriculture Agency to further provide insight and education for farmers in Nusa Penida.

“I hope the food security of Nusa Penida in the future can be improved, not just corn and cassava but also rice,” asked the regent. (119)

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The Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta is harvesting the Gogo rice in Nusa Penida Island

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Migrants are escorted by Turkish police officers as they arrive in the Turkish coastal town of Dikili, Turkey, April 4, 2016.

Migrants sent back from Greece arrive in Turkey under EU deal

LESBOS - Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos began arriving in Turkey on Monday under a disputed European Union scheme aimed at closing the main route by which a million people poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece in the last year.

Under a deal denounced by refugee agencies and human rights campaigners, Ankara will take back all migrants and refugees who enter Greece illegally, including Syrians, in return for the EU taking in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey and rewarding it with more money, early visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations.

Two Turkish-flagged passenger boats carrying 131 migrants arrived in the Turkish town of Dikili early on Monday, accompanied by two Turkish coast guard vessels with a police helicopter buzzing overhead, a Reuters witness said.

A coastguard official on the Greek island of Chios told Reuters that 66

people, most of them Afghans, were also sent to Turkey on a third boat early on Monday.

The aim of the EU-Turkey deal is to discourage migrants from perilous crossings, often in small boats and dinghies, and to break the business model of human smugglers who have fuelled Europe’s biggest migration wave since World War Two. A few hours after the first boat of returnees set sail from Lesbos, Greek coast guard patrol vessels rescued at least two dinghies carrying more than 50 migrants and refugees, including children and a woman in a wheelchair, trying to reach the island.

“We are just going to try our chance. It is for our destiny. We are dead anyway,” said Firaz, 31,

a Syrian Kurd from the province of Hasakah who was travelling with his cousin.

Asked if he was aware that the Greeks were sending people back, he said: “I heard maybe Iranians, Afghans. I didn’t hear they were sending back Syrians to Turkey... At least I did what I could. I’m alive.

That’s it.”

A group of 47 mainly Pakistani men were also intercepted by the Turkish coast guard on Monday and taken to a holding centre next to Dikili’s port, a Reuters witness said.

Under the pact, the EU will resettle thousands of legal Syrian refugees directly from Turkey - one for each Syrian returned from the Greek islands. German police said the first Syrian refugees arrived by plane on Monday under the deal. (rtr)

International

U.S., Philippines begin military exercises as maritime tension simmers

MANILA - About 8,000 U.S. and Filipino troops began annual military exercises on Monday against a backdrop of tension over China’s greater assertiveness in the South China Sea though a Philippine commander played that down as the reason for the drills.

Over the next two weeks, the allies will test their commandand-control, communications, logistics and mobility procedures to address humanitarian and maritime security, Philippine defence officials said.

Their troops will also simulate retaking an oil-and-gas platform and practice an amphibious landing on a Philippine beach.

“The Balikatan exercise is designed not to address a particular concern but the whole lump in the spectrum of warfare,” Vice Admiral Alexander Lopez, the Philippine military’s exercise director, told a news conference.

“China is not part of the idea.”

Ash Carter, will be the first U.S. defense secretary to observe the exercises when he arrives next week, underscoring the significance of the war games for both countries.

China’s more assertive pursuit of its claims in the South China Sea over the past year or so has included land reclamation and the construction of air and port facilities on some isles and reefs.

The United States has conducted what it calls “freedom of navigation” patrols in the area, sailing near disputed islands controlled by China to underscore its right to navigate the seas.

The patrols have drawn sharp rebukes from China but despite that, U.S. officials have made clear the United States would continue to challenge what it considers China’s unfounded maritime claims.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to parts of the waters, through which about $5 trillion in trade is shipped every year.

The Philippines has sought international arbitration on the dispute and a decision is expected late this month or in early May. China has declined to take part in the case.

Lieutenant-General John Toolan, commander of U.S. Marine forces in the Pacific, told the news conference it was prudent to plan for any situation that could occur and to practice how the two allies would likely respond.

Asked if that included a security crisis in the South China Sea, Toolan said: “It does, absolutely.”

Toolan said U.S. forces would for the first time in the Philippine exercises fire a long-range truck-mounted multiple-rocket launcher known as the high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS).

A small contingent of Australian troops will join the exercises while Vietnam and Japan have sent officers to observe. (rtr)

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In Wisconsin...

Clinton is already eyeing New York, holding campaign stops there on Monday even as other candidates make their final pitches in Wisconsin. “I’m absolutely confident I will be the nominee,” Clinton told ABC in an interview that aired Monday as she and Sanders continued to spar over scheduling more debates.

Sanders adviser Tad Devine said the Vermont Senator wanted another prime-time debate with Clinton. “If we can continue to win, if he has a good day tomorrow, we’re going to make his case through New York all the way to California,” he told CNN. Republicans Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, third in the race, want to deny Trump enough delegates so that the nominee is determined at the Republican National Convention in July. Over the weekend, Trump complained Kasich was an irritant gobbling up some of the delegates Trump needs. “The problem is he’s in the way of me, not Cruz,” Trump said. Kasich, who has vowed to stay in the race, tweeted: “That’s not how our republic works, Donald. We’ll keep fighting until someone reaches a majority of delegates.”(rtr)

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INDONESIA In this Friday, April 1, 2016, photo, a man signals to show that he’s for hire as a “jockey” to help drivers cheat a peak time traffic rule of three people to one car during rush hour, at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Traffic clogged Jakarta planned to suspend the peak time traffic rule this week raising concerns among the jockeys that they could lose their way to eke out living.

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Narcotics agency uncovers drug trafficking controlled from prison

JAKARTA - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has revealed a drug trafficking syndicate controlled from the Cirebon Correctional Institution in West Java, and held an inmate suspect named Asanudin.

“The BNN held the suspect, Asanudin from the Cirebon Correctional Institution on Saturday (April 2), after coordinating with prison officials,” BNN Deputy for illegal drug elimination Brig. Gen Arman Depari told ANTARA News Agency here on Sunday.

During the arrest of Asanudin, BNN officials seized a methamphetamine suction tool and a cellular phone the suspect used to control a drug courier, suspect Ahmad Fadillah, he said.

“The test conducted on Asanudins urine show positive result. It

contained methamphetamine and amphetamine,” Arman said.

The disclosure of the Cirebon prison drug ring started with the arrest of suspect Ahamd Fadilah at Hotel FM 1 Boutiq, West Jakarta, on Wednesday, March 30. Officials confiscated narcotics of the methamphetamine type

weighing 10.22 gram.

“The officials then conducted a raid on Ahmads house in the Sunter area where they found 96 grams of methamphetamine in eight packs.

There were also 20 ecstasy pills and 245 grams of ganja in five packs,” Arman said.

Ahmad admitted to be the courier of Asanudin who controlled the drug trafficking from the Cirebon Correctional Institution, he said.(ant)

KLATEN - A team of forensic doctors from Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesias major Islamic organizations, conducted an autopsy on the body of Siyono, the suspected terrorist who died after being seized by antiterrorist squad Densus 88 recently, here on Sunday.

Nine doctors led by Prof. DR. Dr. Sudibyo started the autopsy at 8 a.m. at the cemetery in Brengkungan hamlet in the village of Pogung, Cawas subdistrict, Klaten, Central Java with a witness from the police, which was

carried out under tight security.

It was also attended by Siane Indriani, who is a team coordinator of the Sub-Commission of Monitoring and Investigation of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham), board members of the Surakarta chapter of the Islamic Study and Action Center (ISAC) and a team of lawyers for Siyono family.

“The autopsy has gone well from 8am to 11.45am. Afterwards Siyonos body was buried at the same place again,” ISACs secretary Endro Su-

darsono said.

He said Siyonos body was buried again at the same place where he had been buried before and there had no problem with local villagers and Pogung village figures.

Siyono (34), a member of Dukuh hamlet, Pogung, died in Jakarta on Friday (11/3) after being seized by anti-terrorist squad Densus 88. In connection with it his family has asked for justice.

Komnas Ham coordinated by Siane Indriani then conducted an investiga-

tion over the case and later asked Muhammadiyah to among others conduct an autopsy on Siyono.

Local villagers initially objected to the initiative citing trauma and fear over the incident in their village.

In view of that the general chairman of Muhammadiyah Youth wing, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, had met with the family of Siyono to give advocacy and had a dialog with the head of Pogung village, Djoko Widoyono, and local figures on Wednesday (30/3).(ant)

Doctors conduct autopsy on Siyono

Big business leader prohibited to leave country JAKARTA - A big business leader has been prohibited to leave the country over alleged corruption case linked to Jakarta Bay reclamation.

“It is true the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has sent a letter to the Directorate General of Immigration of the ministry of justice to prohibit Sugianto Kusuma starting April 1, 2016 to leave the country for the next six months,” KPK acting spokesperson Yuyuk Andriati said here on Sunday.

KPK prohibited Sugianto Kusuma alias Aguan Sugianto who is a top executive of Agung Sedayu Group in connection with the alleged case of bribery linked to the process of the draft by-law on Jakarta Bay reclamation.

PT Kapuk Naga Indah, the subsidiary of Agung Sedayu Group, has been known as one of the two developers that have received a permit to carry out reclamation at Jakarta Bay. The other company that has also received the permit is PT Muara Wisesa Samudera, the subsidiary of Agung Podomoro Group.

KPK has already named the president director of PT Agung Podomoro, Arieswan Widjaja, as a suspect who has paid Rp2 billion in bribes to chairman of the Gerindra Party faction in the Jakarta Legislative Assembly, Mohamad Sanusi, in connection with deliberation of draft by-laws on zoning plan for Jakartas coastal area and small isles for 2015-2035 and on spatial plan for strategic North Jakarta coastal area. KPK on Thursday (March 31) confiscated evidence in the form of cash money worth Rp1.14 billion out of a total of Rp2 billion commitment that has been paid by Ariesman to Sanusi through PT Agung Podomoro Lands personal assistant Trinanda Prihantoro.

The draft by-laws have been discussed for the past several months but the Jakarta provincial government and the Jakarta legislative assembly still failed to reach an agreement over them.

The Jakarta provincial government has demanded a contribution of 15 percent of the sales value of the effective land from reclamation reaching 58 percent of the total area.(ant)

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It is strategically located beside of the main road from Denpasar to Ubud. For over a thousand years, Batuan has been a village of artists and craftsmen, old legends and mysterious tales.

Batuan Temple is not only emitting a high spiritual vibration, but also representing the historical values. You can look inside there are many stunning ancient relics from prehistoric times. How the influence of Hindu culture in Bali made of natural stones in this temple become a place of worship, both to their ancestors and worshiped Hindu Deities. You will amaze in finding some ancient and unique statues there. Based on a number of statues found in this Puseh Temple, it can be grouped into several types. They are Dwarapala Statue, Embodiment Statue, Animal Statues, The Status Figure of Holding the Chicken, Phallus, Demons (Time), and many more. (IBP/net)

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Russia’s Maria Sharapova reacts as she watches compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova play against Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands during their Fed Cup World Group tennis match in Moscow, in this February 7, 2016 file photo. Sharapova, who last week revealed she had tested positive for the banned drug meldonium at the Australian Open in January, is facing suspension of up to four years by the International Tennis Federation.

Sharapova positive test sparks renewed vigilance in NZ

AUCKLAND - Athletes in New Zealand have become more vigilant about the medication and supplements they take in the wake of Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova’s positive test, Drug Free Sports New Zealand (DFSNZ) said on Monday.

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The five-times grand slam champion announced in March she had tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January.

Sharapova said she had been unaware that it had been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from Jan. 1. Since then, more than 100 athletes across a variety of sports have been found to have used it.

“It is sad that a famous athlete has been caught out in this way, but the good outcome for us is that it has helped get our message across to athletes that they need to check all medications and supplements carefully,” Drug Free

Sports New Zealand (DFSNZ) Chief Executive Graeme Steel said on Monday.

DFSNZ is a government body that implements the World AntiDoping Code in New Zealand.

Athletes were using the organisation’s website and telephone and email channels to check everything from cold sore cream to asthma medication, he added.

DFSNZ said in the two weeks prior to Sharapova’s announcement they had received 961 queries about medication and another 339 about supplements through the website.

In the two weeks after the announcement, those figures had more than doubled to 1,982 queries about

medication and 581 for supplements.

The request rate for information through DFSNZ’s text and email service had also significantly increased they added.

A spokesperson told Reuters they typically received only three or four requests a day via email and text messaging, but that had increased to more than 20 per day.

“We’ve invested a lot of resources into ensuring that our athletes, parents and support personnel here in New Zealand have access to the most up-to-date information on banned substances and supplements,” Steel added.

“It’s about education and access to information so that athletes aren’t caught unintentionally taking a banned substance, which could ultimately affect their health and their careers.” (rtr)

MANAMA - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he has no concerns about Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg’s five-race winning streak or his own poor starts this season.

The Briton, who has not won a race since clinching his third title in Texas last October, told reporters he felt psychologically stronger than ever despite the setbacks.

“This is a psychological game, for sure,” Hamilton told reporters after finishing third in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix despite starting on pole position for the second race in a row.

“It is a battle. I guess with age and experience, I’m in the most solid place I’ve ever been psychologically. There’s very little if anything that can penetrate that ... there’s a long way to go.”

Referencing Muhammad Ali’s ‘Rope a Dope’ tactics in the 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ heavyweight title fight against George Foreman, Hamilton suggested Rosberg’s early season victories might not count for anything in the end.

“You can’t win them all,” he added. “Not that this is the same, but Muhammad Ali with that Rumble in the Jungle, he got the dude to believe that he was winning and he didn’t. So anything can happen.”

Hamilton is now 17 points behind Rosberg, but 19 races remain in a championship with more rounds than ever.

He had looked a good bet for a third successive win in Bahrain after seizing pole with the fastest ever lap around the Sakhir circuit but once again lost out at the start.

Rosberg led through the first corner and romped away untroubled, while Hamilton was hit broadside by the Williams of Finland’s Valtteri Bottas and had to fight back from seventh.

Hamilton had also started on pole in Australia two weeks earlier, when both Mercedes drivers were jumped by the Ferraris before eventually finishing one-two.

“I honestly am just really grateful that I was able to continue to get third place, considering it could have been a million times worse than that,” he said.

Hamilton was confident the start problems would be resolved for the next race and played down any psychological advantage Rosberg might be building.

“I couldn’t care less if he’s won the last five,” he said.

“It’s the last two. Only two in the season so it doesn’t count, the last five. If you win consecutively in the season that’s something. But five over two seasons, for me that doesn’t psychologically mean anything. (rtr)

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Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning third place at the Bahrain GP.

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Bayern out to reach 5th straight Champions League semifinal MUNICH — Bayern Munich hosts Benfica for the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday, aiming to leave the second leg a mere formality in reaching the club’s fifth consecutive semifinal.

Confidence is high among Bayern’s players and fans of getting past the Portuguese league leader and moving another step closer to repeating the 2013 feat of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup victories.

Benfica is bidding to reach the final four for the first time since 1990.

“Benfica is a team that you simply have to beat,” former Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said. “I can’t imagine that Benfica can put Bayern in danger.

Bayern will pass this test with flying colors.”

The sides met three times before in European competition. Bayern prevailed on the three occasions. The German powerhouse has won all nine of its previous two-legged knockout ties against Portuguese opposition.

Bayern survived a close shave against Juventus in the previous round on Thomas Mueller ’s injury-time equalizer and two more goals in extra time to progress in dramatic fashion.

The side will hope to avoid such excitement against Benfica by claiming another comprehensive quarterfinal victory over a Portuguese side at home. At the same stage last season, Bayern defeated Porto 6-1 in Munich to recover from the 3-1 loss in the first leg.

Bayern seemed to be conserving energy in Saturday’s 1-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

Franck Ribery’s acrobatic scissors kick was enough to maintain the side’s fivepoint lead but the players will need to step up against the Portuguese league leader.

“The quality won’t be enough for Tuesday,” Bayern chairman KarlHeinz Rummenigge said. “We’ll have to play much better. We’ll need two concentrated outings to then hopefully

reach the semifinals.”

GUARDIOLA’S MILESTONE

Pep Guardiola will be in charge for his 150th competitive game at the helm of Bayern.

The Spaniard so far has overseen 115 victories, 14 draws and 20 defeats since taking over from Jupp Heynckes in 2013.

Guardiola, who is leaving at the end of the season to join Manchester City, is bidding to repeat Heynckes’ feat of winning the treble in his last season in charge.

Guardiola led Barcelona to 14 trophies in a hugely successful four-year spell but his tenure at Bayern will be judged on success in the Champions League, where semifinal defeats to Real Madrid and former club Barcelona represent his biggest disappointments at the club.

Despite claiming backto-back Bundesliga titles and being on the verge of leading Bayern to an unprecedented fourth successive league title, Guardiola needs to match the mark set by his predecessor to leave on a high note.(ap)

Munich’s Franck Ribery celebrates his opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt, in Munich Saturday April 2, 2016.

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FIFA judge faces ethics investigation over offshore accounts

ZURICH — A FIFA judge who helped ban Sepp Blatter for financial misconduct is now under investigation by his ethics committee colleagues after being named in an international probe of offshore accounts.

The FIFA ethics prosecution chamber said Monday that it “opened a preliminary investigation to review the allegations” linked to lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani of Uruguay.

Damiani was identified in reports Sunday by international media who received a vast trove of data and documents leaked from a Panama law firm about evading tax and hiding assets through offshore accounts.

The FIFA case against Damiani was opened in March after ethics judges learned of his “business relationship” with former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo, a fellow Uruguayan arrested in Zurich almost 10 months earlier.

Figueredo was indicted by American federal prosecutors last May, and later extradited to Uruguay. In December, Figueredo pleaded guilty to bribery and money laundering charges.

Damiani was a founding member of the FIFA ethics committee in 2006. He was proposed by the South American soccer body, CONMEBOL, and approved by the FIFA executive committee chaired by then-president Blatter.

Damiani retained his place when the FIFA ethics court was restructured in 2012 under the leadership of chief judge Joachim Eckert and former U.S. federal prosecutor Michael Garcia, then the lead investigator.(ap)

Lazio replaces Pioli with Simone Inzaghi after derby loss ROME — Lazio has fired Stefano Pioli and named Simone Inzaghi its new coach following a 4-1 derby loss to Roma. Lazio announced the move late Sunday, hours after the defeat to its bitter city rival left the team in eighth place and unlikely to qualify for European competition.

Pioli led Lazio to a third-place finish last season but this campaign began poorly with a loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League playoffs.

The 39-year-old Inzaghi, a former Lazio player, had been coaching the club’s youth squad. His older brother, Filippo Inzaghi, was a standout player for Juventus and AC Milan and coached Milan last season.

It is Simone Inzaghi’s first coaching position in Serie A. Lazio is the eighth Serie A club to change coaches this season.(ap)

Man United beats Everton 1-0 after Bobby Charlton is honored

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Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain argues with referee Massimiliano Irrati during a Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Napoli at the Friuli stadium, in Udine, Italy, Sunday, 3 April 2016.

Napoli’s title hopes fading after 3-1 loss at Udinese MILAN — Napoli’s title hopes are fading after losing 3-1 at Udinese to leave it six points behind Serie A leader Juventus with only seven rounds remaining.

To add to Napoli’s misery Sunday, top goalscorer Gonzalo Higuain was sent off following two bookings.

The Argentina international was visibly agitated and had to be moved off the pitch by fellow players.

Second spot is also in jeopardy as third-place Roma moved to within four points of Napoli after winning the derby match against Lazio 4-1.

Bruno Fernandes gave Udinese the lead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and although Higuain leveled with his 30th goal in 31 matches, Fernandes scored again on the stroke of halftime, and Cyril Thereau sealed the result.

It could have been worse for Napoli as goalkeeper Gabriel saved another Fernandes penalty in the 26th minute. Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri was sent to the stands for his protests.

“I only told the referee that he was doing very badly, but that’s just an opinion, if you can’t even say this...”

Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. “Higuain told me that he didn’t do anything and he got a second yellow card, he was very upset because he is very attached to these colors.

“I want to finish this season at the same very high level that we have had. We must be able to put today’s disappointment behind us and to use the anger at this defeat to start again with a group of highly motivated players.”

Fiorentina’s chances of third spot and the final Champions League spot also diminished as it was held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Sampdoria. It is seven points behind Roma and one above Inter Milan, which lost 2-1 at home to Torino after being reduced to nine men following the dismissals of Miranda and Yuto Nagatomo.

AC Milan, whose players were wearing black armbands following the death of former player and coach Cesare Maldini, got off to the perfect start at Atalanta but went on to lose 2-1, with home player Mauricio Pinilla scoring a stunning overhead kick Elsewhere, relegation-threatened sides Frosinone and Palermo are further in trouble after losing 4-0 and 3-1 at

Genoa and Chievo Verona, respectively.

It was a curious atmosphere in the derby as fans from Roma and Lazio again boycotted the match in protest at the security measures that split the Stadio Olimpico “curve” — the ends of the stadium where the hardcore supporters sit.

Lazio had a number of regular players out through injury, especially at the back and that had a part to play in Roma’s first goal as Stephan El Shaarawy was left unmarked to head Lucas Digne’s cross into the bottom right corner. Miralem Pjanic should have extended Roma’s lead but his shot from distance hit the right post.

Roma did double its lead shortly after the hour when Diego Perotti’s long-range strike crashed off the left upright and substitute Edin Dzeko rushed in to fire the rebound into the bottom right corner with his first touch, four minutes after coming off the bench.

Lazio came close to getting one back when Wesley Hoedt headed onto the post and Marco Parolo’s header was fingertipped onto the bar

by Wojciech Szczesny. It did get back into the match in the 75th when Miroslav Klose headed over the onrushing Szczesny and Parolo tapped into the empty net.

But goals from homegrown Roma fan Alessandro Florenzi and Perotti secured the points. Hoedt was sent off in stoppage time following a second yellow card.(ap)

MANCHESTER — Anthony Martial kept Manchester United a point behind neighbor Manchester City in the quest for Champions League qualification on Sunday, clinching a 1-0 victory over Everton.

United remains fifth but has seven games left to try to break into the top four. The 20-year-old Martial netted in the 54th minute at Old Trafford on the day United great Bobby Charlton had a stand named after him during a pre-match ceremony.

The 78-year-old Charlton, who remains a United director, was accompanied on the field by wife Norma to see his name unveiled above the South Stand.

Charlton survived the 1958 Munich air disaster which killed eight United teammates during a career that saw him win the English title three times, the European Cup and the 1966 World Cup with England.(ap)

Former soccer player Bobby Charlton walks on the pitch with his wife Norma Ball as the South Stand is officially renamed the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand, prior to the start of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Everton, at Old Trafford, in Manchester, England, Sunday April 3, 2016.

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Bayern out to reach 5th straight Champions League semifinal MUNICH — Bayern Munich hosts Benfica for the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday, aiming to leave the second leg a mere formality in reaching the club’s fifth consecutive semifinal.

Confidence is high among Bayern’s players and fans of getting past the Portuguese league leader and moving another step closer to repeating the 2013 feat of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup victories.

Benfica is bidding to reach the final four for the first time since 1990.

“Benfica is a team that you simply have to beat,” former Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said. “I can’t imagine that Benfica can put Bayern in danger.

Bayern will pass this test with flying colors.”

The sides met three times before in European competition. Bayern prevailed on the three occasions. The German powerhouse has won all nine of its previous two-legged knockout ties against Portuguese opposition.

Bayern survived a close shave against Juventus in the previous round on Thomas Mueller ’s injury-time equalizer and two more goals in extra time to progress in dramatic fashion.

The side will hope to avoid such excitement against Benfica by claiming another comprehensive quarterfinal victory over a Portuguese side at home. At the same stage last season, Bayern defeated Porto 6-1 in Munich to recover from the 3-1 loss in the first leg.

Bayern seemed to be conserving energy in Saturday’s 1-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

Franck Ribery’s acrobatic scissors kick was enough to maintain the side’s fivepoint lead but the players will need to step up against the Portuguese league leader.

“The quality won’t be enough for Tuesday,” Bayern chairman KarlHeinz Rummenigge said. “We’ll have to play much better. We’ll need two concentrated outings to then hopefully

reach the semifinals.”

GUARDIOLA’S MILESTONE

Pep Guardiola will be in charge for his 150th competitive game at the helm of Bayern.

The Spaniard so far has overseen 115 victories, 14 draws and 20 defeats since taking over from Jupp Heynckes in 2013.

Guardiola, who is leaving at the end of the season to join Manchester City, is bidding to repeat Heynckes’ feat of winning the treble in his last season in charge.

Guardiola led Barcelona to 14 trophies in a hugely successful four-year spell but his tenure at Bayern will be judged on success in the Champions League, where semifinal defeats to Real Madrid and former club Barcelona represent his biggest disappointments at the club.

Despite claiming backto-back Bundesliga titles and being on the verge of leading Bayern to an unprecedented fourth successive league title, Guardiola needs to match the mark set by his predecessor to leave on a high note.(ap)

Munich’s Franck Ribery celebrates his opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt, in Munich Saturday April 2, 2016.

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FIFA judge faces ethics investigation over offshore accounts

ZURICH — A FIFA judge who helped ban Sepp Blatter for financial misconduct is now under investigation by his ethics committee colleagues after being named in an international probe of offshore accounts.

The FIFA ethics prosecution chamber said Monday that it “opened a preliminary investigation to review the allegations” linked to lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani of Uruguay.

Damiani was identified in reports Sunday by international media who received a vast trove of data and documents leaked from a Panama law firm about evading tax and hiding assets through offshore accounts.

The FIFA case against Damiani was opened in March after ethics judges learned of his “business relationship” with former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo, a fellow Uruguayan arrested in Zurich almost 10 months earlier.

Figueredo was indicted by American federal prosecutors last May, and later extradited to Uruguay. In December, Figueredo pleaded guilty to bribery and money laundering charges.

Damiani was a founding member of the FIFA ethics committee in 2006. He was proposed by the South American soccer body, CONMEBOL, and approved by the FIFA executive committee chaired by then-president Blatter.

Damiani retained his place when the FIFA ethics court was restructured in 2012 under the leadership of chief judge Joachim Eckert and former U.S. federal prosecutor Michael Garcia, then the lead investigator.(ap)

Lazio replaces Pioli with Simone Inzaghi after derby loss ROME — Lazio has fired Stefano Pioli and named Simone Inzaghi its new coach following a 4-1 derby loss to Roma. Lazio announced the move late Sunday, hours after the defeat to its bitter city rival left the team in eighth place and unlikely to qualify for European competition.

Pioli led Lazio to a third-place finish last season but this campaign began poorly with a loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League playoffs.

The 39-year-old Inzaghi, a former Lazio player, had been coaching the club’s youth squad. His older brother, Filippo Inzaghi, was a standout player for Juventus and AC Milan and coached Milan last season.

It is Simone Inzaghi’s first coaching position in Serie A. Lazio is the eighth Serie A club to change coaches this season.(ap)

Man United beats Everton 1-0 after Bobby Charlton is honored

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Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain argues with referee Massimiliano Irrati during a Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Napoli at the Friuli stadium, in Udine, Italy, Sunday, 3 April 2016.

Napoli’s title hopes fading after 3-1 loss at Udinese MILAN — Napoli’s title hopes are fading after losing 3-1 at Udinese to leave it six points behind Serie A leader Juventus with only seven rounds remaining.

To add to Napoli’s misery Sunday, top goalscorer Gonzalo Higuain was sent off following two bookings.

The Argentina international was visibly agitated and had to be moved off the pitch by fellow players.

Second spot is also in jeopardy as third-place Roma moved to within four points of Napoli after winning the derby match against Lazio 4-1.

Bruno Fernandes gave Udinese the lead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and although Higuain leveled with his 30th goal in 31 matches, Fernandes scored again on the stroke of halftime, and Cyril Thereau sealed the result.

It could have been worse for Napoli as goalkeeper Gabriel saved another Fernandes penalty in the 26th minute. Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri was sent to the stands for his protests.

“I only told the referee that he was doing very badly, but that’s just an opinion, if you can’t even say this...”

Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. “Higuain told me that he didn’t do anything and he got a second yellow card, he was very upset because he is very attached to these colors.

“I want to finish this season at the same very high level that we have had. We must be able to put today’s disappointment behind us and to use the anger at this defeat to start again with a group of highly motivated players.”

Fiorentina’s chances of third spot and the final Champions League spot also diminished as it was held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Sampdoria. It is seven points behind Roma and one above Inter Milan, which lost 2-1 at home to Torino after being reduced to nine men following the dismissals of Miranda and Yuto Nagatomo.

AC Milan, whose players were wearing black armbands following the death of former player and coach Cesare Maldini, got off to the perfect start at Atalanta but went on to lose 2-1, with home player Mauricio Pinilla scoring a stunning overhead kick Elsewhere, relegation-threatened sides Frosinone and Palermo are further in trouble after losing 4-0 and 3-1 at

Genoa and Chievo Verona, respectively.

It was a curious atmosphere in the derby as fans from Roma and Lazio again boycotted the match in protest at the security measures that split the Stadio Olimpico “curve” — the ends of the stadium where the hardcore supporters sit.

Lazio had a number of regular players out through injury, especially at the back and that had a part to play in Roma’s first goal as Stephan El Shaarawy was left unmarked to head Lucas Digne’s cross into the bottom right corner. Miralem Pjanic should have extended Roma’s lead but his shot from distance hit the right post.

Roma did double its lead shortly after the hour when Diego Perotti’s long-range strike crashed off the left upright and substitute Edin Dzeko rushed in to fire the rebound into the bottom right corner with his first touch, four minutes after coming off the bench.

Lazio came close to getting one back when Wesley Hoedt headed onto the post and Marco Parolo’s header was fingertipped onto the bar

by Wojciech Szczesny. It did get back into the match in the 75th when Miroslav Klose headed over the onrushing Szczesny and Parolo tapped into the empty net.

But goals from homegrown Roma fan Alessandro Florenzi and Perotti secured the points. Hoedt was sent off in stoppage time following a second yellow card.(ap)

MANCHESTER — Anthony Martial kept Manchester United a point behind neighbor Manchester City in the quest for Champions League qualification on Sunday, clinching a 1-0 victory over Everton.

United remains fifth but has seven games left to try to break into the top four. The 20-year-old Martial netted in the 54th minute at Old Trafford on the day United great Bobby Charlton had a stand named after him during a pre-match ceremony.

The 78-year-old Charlton, who remains a United director, was accompanied on the field by wife Norma to see his name unveiled above the South Stand.

Charlton survived the 1958 Munich air disaster which killed eight United teammates during a career that saw him win the English title three times, the European Cup and the 1966 World Cup with England.(ap)

Former soccer player Bobby Charlton walks on the pitch with his wife Norma Ball as the South Stand is officially renamed the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand, prior to the start of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Everton, at Old Trafford, in Manchester, England, Sunday April 3, 2016.

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Sharapova positive test sparks renewed vigilance in NZ

AUCKLAND - Athletes in New Zealand have become more vigilant about the medication and supplements they take in the wake of Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova’s positive test, Drug Free Sports New Zealand (DFSNZ) said on Monday.

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The five-times grand slam champion announced in March she had tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January.

Sharapova said she had been unaware that it had been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from Jan. 1. Since then, more than 100 athletes across a variety of sports have been found to have used it.

“It is sad that a famous athlete has been caught out in this way, but the good outcome for us is that it has helped get our message across to athletes that they need to check all medications and supplements carefully,” Drug Free

Sports New Zealand (DFSNZ) Chief Executive Graeme Steel said on Monday.

DFSNZ is a government body that implements the World AntiDoping Code in New Zealand.

Athletes were using the organisation’s website and telephone and email channels to check everything from cold sore cream to asthma medication, he added.

DFSNZ said in the two weeks prior to Sharapova’s announcement they had received 961 queries about medication and another 339 about supplements through the website.

In the two weeks after the announcement, those figures had more than doubled to 1,982 queries about

medication and 581 for supplements.

The request rate for information through DFSNZ’s text and email service had also significantly increased they added.

A spokesperson told Reuters they typically received only three or four requests a day via email and text messaging, but that had increased to more than 20 per day.

“We’ve invested a lot of resources into ensuring that our athletes, parents and support personnel here in New Zealand have access to the most up-to-date information on banned substances and supplements,” Steel added.

“It’s about education and access to information so that athletes aren’t caught unintentionally taking a banned substance, which could ultimately affect their health and their careers.” (rtr)

MANAMA - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he has no concerns about Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg’s five-race winning streak or his own poor starts this season.

The Briton, who has not won a race since clinching his third title in Texas last October, told reporters he felt psychologically stronger than ever despite the setbacks.

“This is a psychological game, for sure,” Hamilton told reporters after finishing third in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix despite starting on pole position for the second race in a row.

“It is a battle. I guess with age and experience, I’m in the most solid place I’ve ever been psychologically. There’s very little if anything that can penetrate that ... there’s a long way to go.”

Referencing Muhammad Ali’s ‘Rope a Dope’ tactics in the 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ heavyweight title fight against George Foreman, Hamilton suggested Rosberg’s early season victories might not count for anything in the end.

“You can’t win them all,” he added. “Not that this is the same, but Muhammad Ali with that Rumble in the Jungle, he got the dude to believe that he was winning and he didn’t. So anything can happen.”

Hamilton is now 17 points behind Rosberg, but 19 races remain in a championship with more rounds than ever.

He had looked a good bet for a third successive win in Bahrain after seizing pole with the fastest ever lap around the Sakhir circuit but once again lost out at the start.

Rosberg led through the first corner and romped away untroubled, while Hamilton was hit broadside by the Williams of Finland’s Valtteri Bottas and had to fight back from seventh.

Hamilton had also started on pole in Australia two weeks earlier, when both Mercedes drivers were jumped by the Ferraris before eventually finishing one-two.

“I honestly am just really grateful that I was able to continue to get third place, considering it could have been a million times worse than that,” he said.

Hamilton was confident the start problems would be resolved for the next race and played down any psychological advantage Rosberg might be building.

“I couldn’t care less if he’s won the last five,” he said.

“It’s the last two. Only two in the season so it doesn’t count, the last five. If you win consecutively in the season that’s something. But five over two seasons, for me that doesn’t psychologically mean anything. (rtr)

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Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning third place at the Bahrain GP.

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Migrants are escorted by Turkish police officers as they arrive in the Turkish coastal town of Dikili, Turkey, April 4, 2016.

Migrants sent back from Greece arrive in Turkey under EU deal

LESBOS - Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos began arriving in Turkey on Monday under a disputed European Union scheme aimed at closing the main route by which a million people poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece in the last year.

Under a deal denounced by refugee agencies and human rights campaigners, Ankara will take back all migrants and refugees who enter Greece illegally, including Syrians, in return for the EU taking in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey and rewarding it with more money, early visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations.

Two Turkish-flagged passenger boats carrying 131 migrants arrived in the Turkish town of Dikili early on Monday, accompanied by two Turkish coast guard vessels with a police helicopter buzzing overhead, a Reuters witness said.

A coastguard official on the Greek island of Chios told Reuters that 66

people, most of them Afghans, were also sent to Turkey on a third boat early on Monday.

The aim of the EU-Turkey deal is to discourage migrants from perilous crossings, often in small boats and dinghies, and to break the business model of human smugglers who have fuelled Europe’s biggest migration wave since World War Two. A few hours after the first boat of returnees set sail from Lesbos, Greek coast guard patrol vessels rescued at least two dinghies carrying more than 50 migrants and refugees, including children and a woman in a wheelchair, trying to reach the island.

“We are just going to try our chance. It is for our destiny. We are dead anyway,” said Firaz, 31,

a Syrian Kurd from the province of Hasakah who was travelling with his cousin.

Asked if he was aware that the Greeks were sending people back, he said: “I heard maybe Iranians, Afghans. I didn’t hear they were sending back Syrians to Turkey... At least I did what I could. I’m alive.

That’s it.”

A group of 47 mainly Pakistani men were also intercepted by the Turkish coast guard on Monday and taken to a holding centre next to Dikili’s port, a Reuters witness said.

Under the pact, the EU will resettle thousands of legal Syrian refugees directly from Turkey - one for each Syrian returned from the Greek islands. German police said the first Syrian refugees arrived by plane on Monday under the deal. (rtr)

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U.S., Philippines begin military exercises as maritime tension simmers

MANILA - About 8,000 U.S. and Filipino troops began annual military exercises on Monday against a backdrop of tension over China’s greater assertiveness in the South China Sea though a Philippine commander played that down as the reason for the drills.

Over the next two weeks, the allies will test their commandand-control, communications, logistics and mobility procedures to address humanitarian and maritime security, Philippine defence officials said.

Their troops will also simulate retaking an oil-and-gas platform and practice an amphibious landing on a Philippine beach.

“The Balikatan exercise is designed not to address a particular concern but the whole lump in the spectrum of warfare,” Vice Admiral Alexander Lopez, the Philippine military’s exercise director, told a news conference.

“China is not part of the idea.”

Ash Carter, will be the first U.S. defense secretary to observe the exercises when he arrives next week, underscoring the significance of the war games for both countries.

China’s more assertive pursuit of its claims in the South China Sea over the past year or so has included land reclamation and the construction of air and port facilities on some isles and reefs.

The United States has conducted what it calls “freedom of navigation” patrols in the area, sailing near disputed islands controlled by China to underscore its right to navigate the seas.

The patrols have drawn sharp rebukes from China but despite that, U.S. officials have made clear the United States would continue to challenge what it considers China’s unfounded maritime claims.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to parts of the waters, through which about $5 trillion in trade is shipped every year.

The Philippines has sought international arbitration on the dispute and a decision is expected late this month or in early May. China has declined to take part in the case.

Lieutenant-General John Toolan, commander of U.S. Marine forces in the Pacific, told the news conference it was prudent to plan for any situation that could occur and to practice how the two allies would likely respond.

Asked if that included a security crisis in the South China Sea, Toolan said: “It does, absolutely.”

Toolan said U.S. forces would for the first time in the Philippine exercises fire a long-range truck-mounted multiple-rocket launcher known as the high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS).

A small contingent of Australian troops will join the exercises while Vietnam and Japan have sent officers to observe. (rtr)

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Clinton is already eyeing New York, holding campaign stops there on Monday even as other candidates make their final pitches in Wisconsin. “I’m absolutely confident I will be the nominee,” Clinton told ABC in an interview that aired Monday as she and Sanders continued to spar over scheduling more debates.

Sanders adviser Tad Devine said the Vermont Senator wanted another prime-time debate with Clinton. “If we can continue to win, if he has a good day tomorrow, we’re going to make his case through New York all the way to California,” he told CNN. Republicans Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, third in the race, want to deny Trump enough delegates so that the nominee is determined at the Republican National Convention in July. Over the weekend, Trump complained Kasich was an irritant gobbling up some of the delegates Trump needs. “The problem is he’s in the way of me, not Cruz,” Trump said. Kasich, who has vowed to stay in the race, tweeted: “That’s not how our republic works, Donald. We’ll keep fighting until someone reaches a majority of delegates.”(rtr)

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INDONESIA In this Friday, April 1, 2016, photo, a man signals to show that he’s for hire as a “jockey” to help drivers cheat a peak time traffic rule of three people to one car during rush hour, at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Traffic clogged Jakarta planned to suspend the peak time traffic rule this week raising concerns among the jockeys that they could lose their way to eke out living.

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Narcotics agency uncovers drug trafficking controlled from prison

JAKARTA - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has revealed a drug trafficking syndicate controlled from the Cirebon Correctional Institution in West Java, and held an inmate suspect named Asanudin.

“The BNN held the suspect, Asanudin from the Cirebon Correctional Institution on Saturday (April 2), after coordinating with prison officials,” BNN Deputy for illegal drug elimination Brig. Gen Arman Depari told ANTARA News Agency here on Sunday.

During the arrest of Asanudin, BNN officials seized a methamphetamine suction tool and a cellular phone the suspect used to control a drug courier, suspect Ahmad Fadillah, he said.

“The test conducted on Asanudins urine show positive result. It

contained methamphetamine and amphetamine,” Arman said.

The disclosure of the Cirebon prison drug ring started with the arrest of suspect Ahamd Fadilah at Hotel FM 1 Boutiq, West Jakarta, on Wednesday, March 30. Officials confiscated narcotics of the methamphetamine type

weighing 10.22 gram.

“The officials then conducted a raid on Ahmads house in the Sunter area where they found 96 grams of methamphetamine in eight packs.

There were also 20 ecstasy pills and 245 grams of ganja in five packs,” Arman said.

Ahmad admitted to be the courier of Asanudin who controlled the drug trafficking from the Cirebon Correctional Institution, he said.(ant)

KLATEN - A team of forensic doctors from Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesias major Islamic organizations, conducted an autopsy on the body of Siyono, the suspected terrorist who died after being seized by antiterrorist squad Densus 88 recently, here on Sunday.

Nine doctors led by Prof. DR. Dr. Sudibyo started the autopsy at 8 a.m. at the cemetery in Brengkungan hamlet in the village of Pogung, Cawas subdistrict, Klaten, Central Java with a witness from the police, which was

carried out under tight security.

It was also attended by Siane Indriani, who is a team coordinator of the Sub-Commission of Monitoring and Investigation of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham), board members of the Surakarta chapter of the Islamic Study and Action Center (ISAC) and a team of lawyers for Siyono family.

“The autopsy has gone well from 8am to 11.45am. Afterwards Siyonos body was buried at the same place again,” ISACs secretary Endro Su-

darsono said.

He said Siyonos body was buried again at the same place where he had been buried before and there had no problem with local villagers and Pogung village figures.

Siyono (34), a member of Dukuh hamlet, Pogung, died in Jakarta on Friday (11/3) after being seized by anti-terrorist squad Densus 88. In connection with it his family has asked for justice.

Komnas Ham coordinated by Siane Indriani then conducted an investiga-

tion over the case and later asked Muhammadiyah to among others conduct an autopsy on Siyono.

Local villagers initially objected to the initiative citing trauma and fear over the incident in their village.

In view of that the general chairman of Muhammadiyah Youth wing, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, had met with the family of Siyono to give advocacy and had a dialog with the head of Pogung village, Djoko Widoyono, and local figures on Wednesday (30/3).(ant)

Doctors conduct autopsy on Siyono

Big business leader prohibited to leave country JAKARTA - A big business leader has been prohibited to leave the country over alleged corruption case linked to Jakarta Bay reclamation.

“It is true the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has sent a letter to the Directorate General of Immigration of the ministry of justice to prohibit Sugianto Kusuma starting April 1, 2016 to leave the country for the next six months,” KPK acting spokesperson Yuyuk Andriati said here on Sunday.

KPK prohibited Sugianto Kusuma alias Aguan Sugianto who is a top executive of Agung Sedayu Group in connection with the alleged case of bribery linked to the process of the draft by-law on Jakarta Bay reclamation.

PT Kapuk Naga Indah, the subsidiary of Agung Sedayu Group, has been known as one of the two developers that have received a permit to carry out reclamation at Jakarta Bay. The other company that has also received the permit is PT Muara Wisesa Samudera, the subsidiary of Agung Podomoro Group.

KPK has already named the president director of PT Agung Podomoro, Arieswan Widjaja, as a suspect who has paid Rp2 billion in bribes to chairman of the Gerindra Party faction in the Jakarta Legislative Assembly, Mohamad Sanusi, in connection with deliberation of draft by-laws on zoning plan for Jakartas coastal area and small isles for 2015-2035 and on spatial plan for strategic North Jakarta coastal area. KPK on Thursday (March 31) confiscated evidence in the form of cash money worth Rp1.14 billion out of a total of Rp2 billion commitment that has been paid by Ariesman to Sanusi through PT Agung Podomoro Lands personal assistant Trinanda Prihantoro.

The draft by-laws have been discussed for the past several months but the Jakarta provincial government and the Jakarta legislative assembly still failed to reach an agreement over them.

The Jakarta provincial government has demanded a contribution of 15 percent of the sales value of the effective land from reclamation reaching 58 percent of the total area.(ant)

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BUSINESS Euro jobless rate drops to 10.3 percent, lowest since 2011

FRANKFURT — The unemployment rate in the 19 countries that use the euro inched down to 10.3 percent in February in another token of the currency union’s modest recovery. The rate fell from 10.4 percent in January, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said Monday. January’s figure was revised up from 10.3 percent.

The job numbers underlined that Europe’s recovery remains only moderate. The number of jobless people fell by only 39,000 in February, compared to a drop of 118,000 in January. Still, there are 1.3 million fewer people without work compared to the same month a year earlier, and the jobless rate is the lowest since August 2011.

“Fewer eurozone jobless, together with deflation-negligible inflation, should be supportive to consumer spending,” wrote Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist at IHS Economics, in an emailed note. “Consumer spending will likely be key if eurozone growth can regain momentum over the coming months after stuttering recently.” Archer said he expected the jobless rate to dip under 10 percent later this year.

Germany had the lowest jobless rate at 4.3 percent thanks to a strong domestic economy and its traditional export strength in machines and auto. But the rate remains painfully high in Spain at 20.4 percent and Greece at 24.0 percent.

The European Central Bank last month increased its stimulus measures to boost the recovery and raise weak inflation. Those steps include pumping newly printed money into the banking system through bond purchases in an attempt to expand credit to companies.(ap)

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Ketewel unique Murda craft

Since the 1980s, the people at Ketewel village, Sukawati, have made shrine decorations known as murda craft and this region is now the center of the murda craft industry.

Murda artisan Ketut Mita, admitted that his craft business often goes through ups and downs, but added that he has still managed to earn a living with this business. He explained that most customers will order a single set of murda but that on good days he gets as many as ten orders, with each sold for anywhere between IDR 25,000 and IDR 700,000 a piece.

In one day Mita can only produce one or two murda as he explained that Ketewel murda frames are carved with intricate ornamental motifs that include images of holy bells, dragons, elephants, mango leaves and others.

His wife, I Nyoman Sutini, added that the making of murda ornaments indeed requires special skills and takes a long time because everything is done manually without the help of machines or molds.

“To make the bottom frame, we must first form it by using iron and then cast it with concrete. Then it can be carved according the customers request”, she said. (kmb35)

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The bed of an homeless is placed next to a mural painting of the Euro symbol, in Milan, Thursday, March 10, 2016. European Central Bank launched an unexpectedly broad array of stimulus measures Thursday aimed at boosting a modest economic recovery in the 19 countries that use the euro and nudging up dangerously low inflation.

Global markets mostly gain on upbeat US, China economic data

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A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, April 4, 2016. Asian stock markets kicked off the week higher as investor sentiment was boosted by the U.S. monthly job report showing a sustained recovery in the labor market and a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity.

SEOUL — Global stock markets kicked off the week mostly higher on Monday as investor sentiment was boosted by the U.S. monthly job report showing a sustained recovery in the labor market and a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity.

KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.4 percent to 6,171.34 and Germany’s DAX gained 0.5 percent to 9,840.99. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5 percent to 4,343.16. U.S. futures showed a tepid start for Wall Street with Dow futures up 0.2 percent.

S&P futures also rose 0.2 percent.

U.S. JOBS: The U.S. government said Friday that job growth continued at a strong clip in March, slightly stronger than investors expected and showing employers were confident enough to add staff despite the slowing economy. Employers added 215,000 jobs last month, a solid figure but not enough to keep up with the new job-seekers.

More people also looked for work and wages edged higher.

ANALYST’S QUOTE: “This month’s job data, together with strong job growth over the last few months, will help to maintain investor’s confidence in the U.S. economy and reduce worries of a recession,” said Margaret Yang, a market analyst at CMC Markets Singapore. But the latest U.S. job report will have a limited impact on the market’s expectations for another rate hike this year, Yang said. “Much

stronger job growth numbers and rising inflation is probably needed to put pressure on the Fed to raise rates faster.”

CHINA MANUFACTURING: China’s manufacturing activity rebounded in March to its highest level since late August, official data showed on Friday. The purchasing managers’ index came in at 50.2 in March, up from February’s 49, Xinhua News Agency reported citing official data. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.

ASIA’S DAY: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stock index fell 0.3 percent to 16,123.27. Seoul’s Kospi edged up 0.3 percent at 1,978.97 while Singapore’s Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.1 percent to 4,995.30.

Stocks in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines were also higher. Stock markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were closed for a holiday.

OIL: Oil prices faced selling pressure after reports that Saudi Arabia would freeze its production only if Iran and other producers agreed to do the same.

Benchmark U.S. crude fell 12 cents to $36.66 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.55 on Friday to close at $36.79. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 9 cents to $38.75 in London.

CURRENCIES: The euro weakened to $1.1367 from $1.1394 while the dollar fell to 111.61 yen from 111.66 yen.(ap)

Ketut Mita, one of the craftsmen who make Murda.

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Gogo rice successfully planted in Nusa Penida Farmers yield 3.5 tons per hectare

SEMARAPURA - Finally the residents of Nusa Penida, Klungkung, could rejoice. The pilot project of planting gogo rice carried out at Batumadeg village, Nusa Penida, by the Klungkung Agriculture and Plantation Agency finally borne fruits. The gogo rice planted on two hectares of land can eventually be harvested. Rice harvest at the demonstration plot was carried by the Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta with the Head of the Agriculture Agency I Wayan Durma, subdistrict head of Nusa Penida Gusti Agung Gede Putra Mahajaya and Chief of BPTP Bali, A.A. Ngurah Kamandalu.

A number of farmers in the Sloka Karya farmer group at Batumadeg village are rejoicing to harvest.

Moreover, the two-hectare land can produce a total of 3.5 tons of dry grain per hectare. When processed into milled grain, it will produce about three tons. Chief of the Agricultural Technology Assessment Institute Bali, A.A. Ngurah Kamandalu, estimated the gogo rice yields could be increased if the rainfall is normal in Nusa Penida. “We hope that through this cooperation, the potential of gogo rice cultivation in Nusa Penida can be improved,” said A.A. Kamandalu.

Similar opinion was also revealed by the Head of the Klungkung Agriculture Agency, Wayan Durma. He said that gogo rice is suitable to be grown in Nusa Penida considering the potential owned by Nusa Penida. Not to mention the increasing number of existing population and the amount of land that is narrowing. Then, the right solution to address food security is very suitable to be applied in Nusa Penida. Besides, the cropping pattern of gogo rice is similar to other rice varieties. Farmers can harvest after 110 to 115 days after planting.

Regent I Nyoman Suwirta is very satisfied with the gogo rice harvest this time. However, Regent Suwirta hoped the cooperation between the BPTPB and the Klungkung Agriculture Agency can be more enhanced and dare to follow up the trials of gogo rice in the future. Thus, the glory of gogo rice of Nusa Penida in the 1970s Nusa Penida can be revived.

Besides, this regent from Nusa Penida is also optimistic if the gogo rice harvest can reach the target of

4 to 5 tons per hectare if the water discharge in Nusa Penida is enough. Therefore, he requested to the Agriculture Agency to further provide insight and education for farmers in Nusa Penida.

“I hope the food security of Nusa Penida in the future can be improved, not just corn and cassava but also rice,” asked the regent. (119)

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The Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta is harvesting the Gogo rice in Nusa Penida Island

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Bali Police asked to investigate President Director of Bank of India

the Bali Police was asked to follow up the report of Rita Kishore.

This case began from the loan agreement between Rita Kishore and Bank of India (formerly, Bank Swadesi). Some time ago, Rita Kishore borrowed money from the Bank of India whose balance approximately worth IDR 8 billion with collateral of a villa property owned by Rita Kishore located in Kuta, Bali.

On the way, Rita Kishore got difficulties and delayed the debt repayment, and asked for restructuring.

Responding to the request, the Bank of India immediately declined and then seized and auctioned the Villa Kozy belonging to Rita Kishore.

However, the auction value is far below the appraisal value of about IDR 18 billion. Villa Kozy was forcibly auctioned costing about IDR 6.3 billion. In the auction process, Ningsih Suciati et al. were alleged to have included incorrect information in the application documents of the auction. And the auction was just made to one of two mortgage rights.

Rita Kishore considered to have been aggrieved, so that she finally reported this case to the Bali Police and Ningsih Suciati et al. were named as the suspects.

Related to the auction of Villa Kozy, the auction official from the Denpasar Auction Office, Usman Arif Murtopo, was already ensnared in a criminal case. The High Court has declared that the file case of the second phase has been completed and is currently still undergoing trial in the Denpasar District Court. (ad)

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Losing in pretrial

AFTER losing at the court of pretrial, the investigator of the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police was instructed by the Denpasar District Court to re-investigate Ningsih Suciati et al. (President Director and Administrator of Bank of India / Bank Swadesi) in the allegation of banking criminal case.

Such instruction was delivered by judge I Ketut Suarta when reading the verdict of pretrial court last week. In the pretrial court, the Bali Police was declared to lose in the pretrial court of the lawsuit filed

by Rita Kishore Kumar Pridhnani, Director of PT Ratu Kharisma or Villa Kozy.

“Verdict of the pretrial instructs the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police to re-investigate Ningsih Suciati et al.,” said Jacob Antolis, legal counsel of Rita Kishore, in Denpasar, Saturday (Apr. 02).

Last week, Rita Kishore filed a pretrial against the Bali Police to Denpasar District Court for terminating the investigation against Ningsih Suciati et al.

Actually the status of Ningsih et al. has been predefined by the investigator of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bali Police as a suspect based on the report of Rita Kishore.

According to Jacob, the judge Ketut Suarta prosecuting the pretrial case stated that the action of Bali Police to terminate the investigation against Ningsih Suciati et al. is not valid. On that account, citing the judge’s verdict, the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at

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BERLIN - At an hour-long meeting in Moscow on March 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov irritated his German counterpart by raising the case of a German-Russian girl who said she was raped by migrants in Berlin earlier this year.

ITDC’s Director of Operations, A. A Ngurah Wirawan.

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Nusa Dua can be a window dressing for local fruits

Public officials asked to become example not consuming imported fruits

NUSA DUA - The existence of local fruit continues to suffer from the attacks of imported fruit. Local fruits like being a guest in their own home.

Some asked for the tourism industry to absorb local fruits. Also, local fruit campaigns are now being conducted by government and industry to boost the popularity of local fruits.

But in reality, local fruit still a “stepchild” in the world of tourism.

ITDC’s Director of Operations, A. A Ngurah Wirawan, during the opening of the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) Improvement of Competitiveness of Agriculture Bali, on Friday at Wantilan ITDC, expressed hope that the local fruit can become a host in their own country. In fact, he said that ITDC is ready to facilitate the promotion of local fruits.

He believes local fruit will be interesting considering the local tropical fruit can only be found in Bali and was not found in the origin countries of tourists. “We’re not talking about litchis or pears or apples. I believe China or Australia has those fruits with a higher quality. But we have fruits, like mangosteen and Salak that can be an attraction, “he said.

As a manager of international

tourism areas, he hopes ITDC can be used as window dressing for the promotion of local fruit. In fact, he also invites the government and the agriculture industry in the region to do an exhibition in ITDC. Former Managing Director of Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC), Made Mandra, said local fruit campaign should be initiated by the leaders of this country. The campaign cannot use local fruit as a discourse only. “Public officials should give an example not to consume imported fruit. We are campaigning about our local fruits but still consume imported fruit,” he criticized.

Head of Subak’s Research Center, Prof Wayan Windia, also expressed his criticism of the use of local fruits by the tourism industry.

He stated that the tourism industry should not only follow tourists’ favored. “We give them what we have, not what is favored by guests.

I’m sure the tourists who come to Bali want to enjoy the local fruits when only local fruits are available,” he said.

Windia assessed that tourism

and agricultural sectors like heaven and earth. They could not be put together as a result of the difference is so great.

Successful farmer from Banyuwangi, Wayan Supadmo, who was also present as a speaker doesn’t agree with stigma that farmers always poor and suffered. “Farmers can be rich and successful. Our farmers can produce quality products and in accordance with market demand,” said Supadmo.

On the occasion, he also presented the great opportunities and potential of the agricultural sector.

In fact, he was urged farmers in Bali to not complaining and starting doing a real thing. “I want to revive Bondalem’s oranges which once very famous. I am sure with proper treatment and agricultural technology, the Bondalem’s oranges will again gain popularity,” said the owner of hundreds hectares of agricultural land.

Nirmala Group owner, Made Sujana, said he hoped local fruits can play an important role in modern markets. He admitted there are some obstacles to local fruits during its entry to modern market. Local fruits still hampered by quality and stock. (kmb18)

After the girl’s claims were reported by Russian media in January, Lavrov accused Germany of “sweeping problems under the rug.” The Berlin public prosecutor’s office, though, said a medical examination had found the girl had not been raped.

That was why Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was so upset when Lavrov raised the issue again. “I can only hope that such incidents and difficulties, as we had in that case, aren’t repeated,” he told reporters afterwards.

The rape case is indicative of the mutual suspicion that officials from both countries say extends to the highest levels of government. At the root of those tensions lie opposing visions for Europe and the Middle East. Those rival visions have led to clashes at diplomatic negotiating tables, in cyberspace and in the media.

German and other European security officials accuse Russian media of launching what they call an “information war” against Germany. By twisting the truth in reports on Germany’s migrant crisis, the officials say, Russia hopes to fuel popular angst, weaken voters’ trust in Chancellor Angela Merkel, and feed divisions in the European Union so that it drops

sanctions against Moscow.

“Russian propaganda is a danger to the cohesion of our society,” Ole Schroeder, German deputy interior minister and a member of Merkel’s conservatives, told Reuters.

Russian officials deny their country is mounting a campaign against Germany. “These accusations are atrocious,” said one Russian official, who said Moscow is the victim of an “indiscriminate information war” being waged from Germany.

In February, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, denied the Kremlin had exploited the rape case to stir up tensions around immigration in Germany.

“We cannot agree with such accusations,” Peskov said. “On the contrary, we were keen that our position be understood, we were talking about a citizen of the Russian Federation.

Any country expresses its concerns (in such cases). It would be wrong to look for any hidden agenda.”

But officials in Berlin say Russia’s aim is to muddy what is true and what is not and shake Germans’ trust in Merkel. “The idea today is to get disinformation, which means you don’t believe anything,” Hans-Peter Hinrichsen, a Foreign Ministry offi-

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in this May 10, 2015 file photo. cial, told a recent meeting on Russia’s role in Europe at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

German and European officials say Russia’s aim is two-fold: To exaggerate the problems the migrant crisis is causing Germany and to

push Germany to relax its backing for European sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s interference in Ukraine.

While EU governments last month extended asset freezes and travel bans on Russians and Russian companies, there is less consensus on whether to

prolong more far-reaching sanctions on Russia’s banking, defence and energy sectors from July.

Both sides agree on one point: relations between the two countries are at their lowest point since the early days of the Cold War. (rtr)

Tax authorities begin probes into some people named in Panama Papers leak

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The website of the Mossack Fonseca law firm is pictured in this illustration taken April 4, 2016.

PANAMA CITY - Tax authorities in Australia and New Zealand are probing local clients of a Panama-based law firm at the centre of a massive data leak for possible

tax evasion.

Other jurisdictions are likely to follow suit following the leak over the weekend of details of hundreds of thousands of clients in more than

11.5 million documents from the files of law firm Mossack Fonseca, based in the tax haven of Panama.

The documents are at the center of an investigation published on Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 other news organizations around the globe.

The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it received the huge cache of documents and shared them with the other media outlets.

The leaked “Panama Papers” cover a period over almost 40 years, from 1977 until last December, and allegedly show that some companies domiciled in tax havens were being used for suspected money laundering, arms and drug deals and tax evasion.

“I think the leak will prove to be probably the biggest blow the offshore world has ever taken because of the extent of the docu-

ments,” said Gerard Ryle, director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Britain’s Guardian newspaper said the documents showed a network of secret offshore deals and loans worth $2 billion led to close friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Reuters could not independently confirm those details.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters on Monday.

Last week, Peskov said reports about the financial dealings of concert cellist Sergei Roldugin, a friend of Putin, and other related reports, were part of a politically motivated campaign to discredit Putin ahead of a cycle of elections.

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said it was investigating more than 800 wealthy clients of Mossack Fonseca.

“We have now linked over 120

of them to an associate offshore service provider located in Hong Kong,” the Australian tax office said in a statement. It did not name the Hong Kong company.

ATO Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston said his office was working with the Australian police and the anti-money laundering regulator AUSTRAC to crosscheck the data, and some cases may be referred to the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce.

The 800 individuals under investigation include taxpayers who had previously been investigated and others who had reported themselves to the tax office under a voluntary disclosure initiative which allowed people to come forward and avoid steep penalties and criminal charges and has since ended.

However, the ATO said those under investigation also included many taxpayers who had not previously come forward. (rtr)

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Europe gives green light to first gene therapy for children LONDON - The world’s first life-saving gene therapy for children, developed by Italian scientists and GlaxoSmithKline, has been recommended for approval in Europe, boosting the pioneering technology to fix faulty genes.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday it had endorsed the therapy, called Strimvelis, for a tiny number of children with ADA Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (ADA-SCID) for whom no matching bone marrow donor is available.

Around 15 children a year are born in Europe with the ultra-rare genetic disorder, which leaves them unable to make a type of white blood cell. They rarely survive beyond two years unless their immune function is restored with a suitable bone marrow transplant.

SCID is sometimes known as “bubble baby” disease, since children born with it have immune systems so weak they must live in germ-free environments.

Strimvelis is expected to secure formal marketing authorisation from the European Commission in a couple of months, making it the second gene therapy to be approved in Europe, after UniQure’s Glybera, which treats a rare adult blood disorder.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to approve any gene therapies but a growing number of U.S. biotech companies, such as Bluebird Bio, have products in development.

Other large pharmaceutical companies are also eyeing the field, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, which has a tie-up with UniQure.

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The New Shepard rocket booster lands in this handout photo provided by Blue Origin, in West Texas April 2, 2016. Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin successfully launched and landed for the third time a suborbital rocket capable of whisking six passengers off their home planet, taking another step on the company’s quest to develop reusable boosters, the company said on Saturday.

Bezos praises third Blue Origin launch-and-land rocket test as “perfect”

MANY SETBACKS Research into gene therapy goes back a quarter of a century but the field has experienced many setbacks, including the high-profile death of an American patient in 1999 and some disastrous clinical trial results in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Now, though, optimism is building, helped by the discovery of better ways to carry replacement genes into cells.

Martin Andrews, head of GlaxoSmithKline’s rare diseases unit, believes the technology is proving itself, although it remains at an early stage of development.

“We’re on page one of chapter one of a new medicine text book,” he told Reuters.

A host of challenges still need to be overcome, including the complexity of delivering a product like GSK’s new treatment, which requires bone marrow cells to be taken from the patient, processed and injected back.

Trickiest of all may be pricing, given the tiny market for a therapy like Strimvelis. UniQure’s Glybera made history in 2014 as the first drug to carry a $1 million price tag. GSK is not putting a price on its product but a source close to the company said that, if approved, Strimvelis would cost “very significantly less than $1 million”. (rtr)

successful launch-and-land for the rocket, with similar missions completed in January and November.

Bezos, the founder of Amazon. com Inc, said earlier this month that Blue Origin expects to begin crewed test flights of the New Shepard next year and begin flying paying passengers as early as 2018.

Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are among a handful of companies working to develop rockets that can fly themselves back to Earth so they can be refur-

bished and flown again, potentially slashing launch costs.

For now, Blue Origin is flying suborbital rockets, which lack the speed to put spacecraft into orbit around Earth.

The New Shepard rose through clear skies to an apogee of 339,138 feet (103,369 meters), the company said.

The engine that powers the pocket restarted at 3,635 feet (1,108 meters) above ground level “and ramped fast for a successful landing,” the company said. (rtr)

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A couple at Klatkat hamlet, Abang atudinding, Dwells in weathered bamboo walled-house

KINTAMANI - A house measuring 3 x 4 meters stands amid a tangerine plantation at Klatkat hamlet, Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani. This tiny asbestos roofed building looks quite alarming. The bamboo wall protecting from cold climate has been porous and weathered. The floor made of cement has merged with the earth.

SEATTLE - Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin successfully launched and landed for the third time a suborbital rocket capable of carrying six passengers, taking another step on its path in developing reusable boosters, the company said on Saturday.

The New Shepard rocket and capsule blasted off from a launch site in West Texas on Saturday at an undisclosed time, and landed minutes later back at a landing pad, the company said. The capsule, which was flying autonomously, parachuted to a nearby site and was recovered, the company said.

“Perfect booster landing,” Bezos wrote on Twitter. Blue Origin declined to comment on the test but said on Twitter, “Congrats Blue team on today’s (flight)!”

Saturday’s flight marks the third

At first glance, the house located in a quiet place Klatkat hamlet, Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani looks uninhabited.

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A vector, which is used to transport the healthy gene into the patient’s cells, is seen in this undated handout image provided by GlaxoSmithKline on April 1, 2016.

At first glance, the house located in a quiet place looks uninhabited. When having a closer look inside, no fancy stuff can be found. Bedroom and kitchen area are located in the same room. Another thing making us sad is the body warmer where they only use a carpet having looked obsolete. It is unimaginable when cold weather hits. It is a glimpse about the house condition of I Wayan Slamat, 52.

Slamat with his wife Ni Nyoman Arni, 42, has been living in the house sitting on the land area of 200 square meters for decades. Damaged wall enables water to come in when it rains. As a result, cold atmosphere is unavoidable. This very poor condition requires their two married sons to stay with their grandfather.

Although so far there is no problem, at

least it is embarrassing. “My house is like this, my children are forced to stay with their grandfather,” said Slamat, Sunday (Apr. 3).

In order to survive, this couple is only dependent on part time job as handyman. The seasonal work and inadequate income often make him confused. To be able to enjoy a mouthful of rice, he frequently must owe at stall nearby.

For side dishes, other than relying on nature, he occasionally goes fishing to Lake Batur. However, this effort does not continue to bring in results. Sometimes, he returns home empty-handed.

“When having no money to buy side dish, sometimes I must fish in the lake.

Sometimes I can get fish and sometimes not,” said Slamat.

His intention to repair the house seems only a dream because no single penny he has in his pocket. Although experiencing such condition, Slamat still claimed to be lucky. He has already enjoyed the assistance of rice for the poor or raskin and so has health assistance. “If I sell a cow to build a house, it is not possible because it belongs to someone else,” he said while shaking his head.

Chief of Klatkat hamlet, I Made Slamat, conveyed if the house repair for the couple has been proposed to get the assistance from the government. However, so far there is no response yet. “We have proposed him to get a house refurbishment program. But so far he cannot. Hopefully, he can get the attention from the government,” he said. (sos)

Ubud designed “Parang Poleng” cloth showcased in national competition GIANYAR - Aam Hamanda is a 31 year old designer from Ubud whose work has started to be noticed at the national level.

One of his couture works entitled “Parang Poleng” was featured in the Adi Wastra Nusantara national couture competition.

Parent Poleng is composed of abstract writing and painting and was made using 100% natural dyes and won Aam a ranking in the top ten winners of the competition that took place at the Jakarta Convention Center, on March 23-27, 2016.

Aam explained that Adi Wastra Nusantara is a national design competition for woven fabrics and traditional silk fabrics that hashundreds of competitors from all over Indonesia.

“I never thought I could compete against senior designers from across Indonesia - let alone rank in the top ten!” said Aam. (nik)

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The fishermen are going to the sea. They are now recieving the benefit of the lower fuel price IBP/File

Fishermen enjoy blessings on fuel price reduction MANGUPURA—

Price reduction of Premium reaching IDR 500 per liter becomes a blessing for fishermen in Badung. With the price reduction, particularly Premium, it has an impact on the reduction of operating costs, so that fishermen can enjoy a slight advantage.

As expressed by I Ketut Suardinata, the Kertha Bali fishermen group leader of Kedonganan, Kuta subdistrict, the government’s policy to decrease the fuel price is a positive policy because it can reduce operating costs while at sea.

“We are grateful to the government (for reducing fuel price—Ed). Although it is not much, but for fishermen it has been very helpful,” said I Ketut Suardinata, Sunday (Mar. 3).

He hoped that the fuel price can be further reduced, so that it can help the economy of fishermen, chiefly the traditional fishermen.

“Automatically the price reduction of fuel will alleviate fishermen expenditure. If possible, we wish the government could further reduce the fuel price because it will help small communities,” he said.

According to him, the period of April to November is the moment of fish harvest. So, the reduction in fuel price is a blessing for fishermen relying on their livelihood from fishing. “Now, it is the season of fish, while the price of fuel reduces. So, it greatly helps fishermen,” he said.

Fuel consumption for once departure to sea, he explained, typically reaches 50 liters of Premium for small boat with fish catches of about 300-400 kg. “If the fuel price reduces, we can save expenses,” said Suardinata happily.Suardinata said the selling price of fish of

fishermen varies depending on the type of fish.

Tuna is usually sold for IDR 10,000 per kg.

Squid is more expensive, namely IDR 30,000 per kilogram. “Hopefully, fishermen will get profits in this fishing season,” he hoped.

When confirmed separately, the Head of the Badung Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, I Made Badra, also recognized if the reduction in fuel prices per April 1, 016 is welcomed by the fishermen. “Obviously, fishermen are very vivacious with price reduction of fuel. Moreover, it coincides with fishing season,” he said.

On that account, his agency hoped fishermen to take advantage of the moment of fuel price decline to increase their fish catches. “With such condition, fishermen can prosper,” he hoped.

Separately, Area Manager of Communications & Relations for East Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Heppy Wulansari, explained that Marketing Operation for Region V of Pertamina ensured that subsidized and non-subsidized fuel is secure. Pertamina has taken anticipatory measures internally and externally to ensure the availability of fuel, especially after the decline in fuel prices.

“Internal measure includes the operation of fuel terminal for 24 hours, especially on the day one before until day tree days after so that the service time becomes longer,” he said.

All the gas stations have also been instructed to keep stocks at safe level. To anticipate the

worries of gas stations from suffering losses due to the price reduction, Pertamina has set up a compensation mechanism for replacement of the price disparity of Premium and diesel of gas stations corresponding to the average volume of daily turnover.

“In addition to ensuring the safety of stock in the fuel terminal, we also ensure adequate stocks at gas station along with the attempt to minimize losses hitting the gas station entrepreneurs. To that end, people should not worry about the availability of fuel,” he said.

Further, Pertamina urged the public to purchase Premium and diesel fuel gradually at gas station. If the vehicle tank remains to contain sufficient fuel, it is no need to queue on the first day of the price decline.

“As delivered by the government, the new price will be valid until the next few months, so that people do not need to scramble or take long lines at gas stations to buy Premium or diesel on fuel on the first day,” said Heppy.

Other than ensuring the stock of Premium and diesel fuel, Pertamina also ensured that the stock of non-subsidized fuel such as Pertalite and Pertamax remains in sufficient condition.

Thus, it can become an alternative for people wishing to purchase fuel at gas station. “If there are gas stations remaining to sell fuel at the old price or ran out of fuel stock, people can report them to us,” she added. (kmb27)

Adhi asserted that regional bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism is the parent regulation so that it is not good when it should be revised although the law also includes a general arrangement of tour guides. Regional bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism may be revised when there is indeed a new principle or concept of tourism.

“Indeed, there should be a technical regulation particularly on the tour guides, but must be expanded. It has to be added with other factors aside from tour guide, like cultural aspects that are required but have not been mentioned. In the letter of the Director General of Regional Autonomy, other than with the gubernatorial regulation, it must also be synchronized again with the Law No.23/2014 and so on. It has not been completed and probably it is reluctant to complement and it will apply the existing regulation only. It is not acceptable, so that it should be revised again,” he said.

Chairman of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, Ketut Suwandhi, added that his commission already asked the Tourism Office and Legal Bureau of the Regional Secretariat of Bali Province to complete the material regarding the regional bylaw on tour guide. In other words, the regional bylaw on Bali cultural tourism cancelled to be revised. However, the draft of a new regional bylaw regarding the tour guides cannot be taken into plenary session of the parliament, Monday (Apr. 4). “The material is not yet complete, so that we postpone it. We give approximately one month to complete,” he said.

The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that his office will immediately reassess the parliamentary input.

It included asking back the central government, in this case the Director General of Regional Autonomy, Ministry of Home Affairs.

“We will consult it again to the Legal Bureau.

I just want the regional bylaw on tour guides, but the Director General of Regional Autonomy insists on the gubernatorial regulation. Actually, we cannot set forth the sanction in the gubernatorial regulation,” he said.

Chief of the Legal Bureau of the Regional Secretariat of Bali Province, I Wayan Sugiada, said that the proposal on revision is not inseparable from a number of illegal tour guides in the field.

Political interests

Interviewed separately, Chairman of the Indonesia Tourism Intellectual Association (ICPI) of Bali, I Putu Anom, asserted that Bali tourism should not be out of the spirit namely the sublime values of Hinduism. Do not let the revision of regional bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism have particular political interests. Or it is just carried out to smooth the greedy desires of investors wishing to get economic benefits.

“Regardless of the damage to nature of Bali, degrading Balinese culture inspired by Hinduism, marginalizing employers and local community, especially the local Hindu community supporting Balinese culture is wrong,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

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‘Batman v Superman’ Dives 68% to $52.4 Million in 2nd Weekend LOS ANGELES - “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” appears to be losing steam as it ends its second weekend in theaters.

The critically loathed superhero movie topped the box office, picking up $52.4 million. However, that represented a steep 68% fall from its $166 million debut. It suggests that “Batman v Superman” will be a front-loaded blockbuster along the lines of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” or “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” both of which earned a disproportionate share of their revenues in their initial weekends and suffered similar drop-offs.

Domestically, the Warner Bros. release has picked up a hefty $261.4 million. The major problem facing the studio is it doesn’t just need “Batman v Superman” to be a hit, it needs it to be so fervently embraced that fans will show up to see sequels and spin-offs for years to come. The film is intended to kick off an interconnected cinematic universe of DC Comics characters that Warner Bros. hopes will rival what Marvel has achieved with the Avengers films.

There wasn’t much in the way of competition.

Most studios steered clear of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel’s on screen scuffle, preferring to hold their fire. The next big-budget studio release to hit theaters is Disney’s “The Jungle Book” on April 15.

In the interim, Pure Flix tried to engage faith-based audiences with “God’s Not Dead 2,” a follow-up to

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the 2014 low-budget smash. The picture centers on a school teacher (Melissa Joan Hart, of “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” fame) who gets embroiled in a legal controversy after bringing up Jesus in class. The film wasn’t as warmly embraced as its predecessor, pulling in $8.1 million for a fourth place finish, and trailing the original’s $9.2 million launch, despite opening on 2,318 theaters, more than double the number of locations as the first “God’s Not Dead.”

The weekend’s other new release, Freestyle Releasing’s “Meet the Blacks,” fared even worse. A parody of the film “The Purge,” the film did a tepid $4.1 million after debuting on 1,011 screens.

Among holdovers, Disney’s “Zootopia” took second place, with roughly $19.8 million, pushing the animated hit’s domestic total to $ million. In its second weekend, Universal’s “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” showed some endurance, racking up $11.1 million, a slender 38% drop from its opening weekend. The romantic comedy sequel has earned $36.5 million after two weeks of release. Sony’s “Miracles From Heaven” rounded out the top five, grossing approximately $7.5 million and pushing its total to $46.8 million. (rtr)

MILWAUKEE - Donald Trump is fighting to put a difficult week behind him and finish strong on Tuesday in Wisconsin, a state whose primary contest may prove to be a turning point in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Gal Gadot arrives for the European Premiere of “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” in Leicester Square in London, Britain, March 22, 2016.

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British actress Judi Dench picks up record eighth Olivier Award LONDON - Veteran film, television and stage actress Judi Dench picked up her eight Olivier Award on Sunday, a record tally at Britain’s biggest night for theatre.

The 81-year-old scooped the Olivier for best actress in a supporting role for “The Winter’s Tale”.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I am absolutely livid as I had a bet with my grandson, which I’ve now lost and I’m never going to be allowed to forget it,” Dench said in her acceptance speech.

“I know everybody says what a wonderful time they had doing something, I can truly say this time that in ‘The Winter’s Tale’, it was an absolutely memorable time for me.”

Asked backstage if she had any plans to slow her workload down, Dench told REUTERS/Neil Hall Reuters: “Who wants to slow down? No, British actress Judi Dench poses for photog- I want to be employed. It’s putting the raphers as she arrives at the Olivier Awards car in the garage that. You will never get at the Royal Opera House in London, Britain it started.”

“Gypsy” picked up four prizes, the April 3, 2016.

most awards for a single production on the night, including best musical revival and best actress in a musical for Imelda Staunton, who opened the glitzy London ceremony in character as Momma Rose.

“Gypsy” also picked up awards for best actress in a supporting role in a musical for Lara Pulver and best lighting design.

“Kinky Boots” picked up three awards, including best new musical, best actor in a musical for Matt Henry and best costume design. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper, who collaborated with playwright Harvey Fierstein on bringing the 2005 film first to the Broadway stage before London, also performed on the night.

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, inspired by the blues singer, won best revival while “Hangmen”, about the abolition of hanging in Britain in the 1960s, won best new play.

Kenneth Cranham beat competition from the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance to be named best actor for “The Father”, in

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which he portrays a man with dementia.

In a category including nominees Nicole Kidman and Gemma Arterton, Denise Gough won best actress for “People, Places And Things”, a rehab drama in which she plays an addict.

In her acceptance speech, Gough lamented the lack of diversity among nominees - an issue that overshadowed February’s Oscars.

“I love this industry so much and to be given an award is fantastic but we have a responsibility,” she said backstage.

Robert Icke picked up the best director award for “Oresteia” while long-running musical “The Phantom Of The Opera” won the audience award - the sole prize voted for by the public.

“Nell Gwynn”, which stars Arterton, won best new comedy.

The awards, celebrating their 40th anniversary, wrapped up with past winners performing “What I did For Love” from “A Chorus Line”, which won best new musical at the 1976 ceremony. (rtr)

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Volunteer Elam Stoltzfus, from Lancaster, Pa., places yard signs for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, outside a rally Sunday, April 3, 2016, in West Allis, Wis.

The Republican front-runner is at risk of losing the Midwestern state to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, an outcome that would dent the New York billionaire’s aura of inevitability and make it harder for him to win the 1,237 delegates needed for the party’s nomination for the Nov. 8 election.

On the Democratic side, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is trying protect his lead over front-runner Hillary Clinton in the opinion polls in Wisconsin and eke out another victory over the former secretary of state.

Trailing Cruz in the polls in Wisconsin, Trump on Sunday night told supporters in West Allis, Wisconsin, that Cruz was a liar and a “dirty rotten cheater” who is weak on immigration and would cut Social Security benefits. “Wisconsin is going to be such a big surprise on Tuesday. We are doing so well,” Trump said.

A loss would add to Trump’s woes after his campaign was rocked last week by the fallout from his suggestion, which he later dialed back, that women be punished for getting abortions if the procedure is banned.

He also drew fire for comments that he would not rule out using nuclear weapons in Europe and that Japan and South Korea might need nuclear weapons to ease the U.S. financial commitment to their security.

“Was this my best week? I guess not,” Trump told “Fox News Sunday” in an interview conducted Friday. But, he added: “I think I’m doing OK.” Cruz, speaking to supporters on Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was eager to capitalize on Trump’s potential missteps.

More Republicans are recognizing, said Cruz, that “nominating Donald Trump would be a train wreck.”

Cruz faces difficulty in winning the delegates needed to secure the nomination, given that the next states to vote, including New York on April 19, are Trump-friendly territory.

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Desire to revise bylaw on Bali Cultural Tourism D e n pasar Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives rejected the proposal of the executive wishing to revise the Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.2/2012 on Bali Cultural Tourism. More-

Parliament rejects proposal of govt

over, one of the purposes of revising it is to lower the minimum educational standard of the tour guides from Diploma II to high or vocational school graduate. The government of Bali, in this case the Bali Tourism Office, should propose new legislation related to the tour guides.

A member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, said that Bali actually has Regional Bylaw No.5/2008 on Tour Guides. However, 50 percent of the legal basis in the regulation is no longer used. On that account, bylaw on the Tour

Guides must be revoked and replaced with a new one.

“It happens because there is consultation to the Director General of Regional Autonomy stating if the legislation on tour guides has too narrow scope, so that it is quite enough to be made a gubernatorial regulation. However, the

gubernatorial regulation has no sanctions so that it will be inserted into regional bylaw on cultural tourism,” he said after holding a meeting with the executive in the parliamentary building.

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