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Julia Roberts says scope of #MeToo revelations ‘shocking’

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood star Julia Roberts has revealed the scope of the #MeToo revelations is “shocking” but says she has never directly witnessed any wrongdoing in the industry.

The actress, whose career spans nearly 30 years, told Sky News she has had the “good fortune” to avoid being sexually assaulted.

She said: “Of course, you hear stories about it or know people that have suffered that.

“I myself have the great good fortune that I have not ever been in a situation like that.

“But it is talk that goes around.

I think so many things that come out of that were so shocking and the scope of it was really quite surprising.”

With more than 50 films under her belt, one Academy Award, three Golden Globes and consistently impressive box office returns, she remains remarkably modest about her industry achievements.

“If I had changed my name to Julia O’Roberts at the beginning I would have had a much better career”, she jokes at the Prime Video Presents event in London, referencing her love of Ireland. Her passion for the country first developed when she filmed 1996 biopic Michael Collins and she says she loves the “people, music, history and places where fairies hide”. As for getting recognised on the street, she is similarly self-effacing.

“Big Mistake gets yelled at me a lot - which if you don’t know where that’s coming from you might think ‘Oh that poor lady!’”. The heckle is a reference to the famous scene in the 1990 film that made her a star, Pretty Woman.

Roberts’ Hollywood prostitute - Vivian Ward - returns to the dress shop she was shamed in at the start of the film to give the snooty sales girls some of their own medicine. But despite being one of the most famous film actresses in the world, she’s about to take her first real foray into TV. Psychological thriller Homecoming, based on a 2016 podcast of the same name, sees Roberts play a caseworker at a secret government facility who is keen to return to civilian life. (net)

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MUMBAI - An Indian actress who alleges she was sexually harassed on two film sets said Thursday she had received legal notices and threats of violence over her claims.

Former Miss Universe contestant Tanushree Dutta said she was sexually harassed by multi-award-winning Bollywood star Nana Patekar during the filming of the romantic comedy “Horn Ok Pleassss” in 2008. Dutta first made the allegations ten years ago after walking off the set.

She repeated the claim during a recent interview, also alleging that filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri had behaved inappropriately towards her during the shooting of the 2005 movie “Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets”.

Patekar and Agnihotri both deny the claims. Dutta, 37, said in a statement released Thursday that said she had received legal notices from Patekar and Agnihotri.

“This is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment, humiliation and injustice in India,” Dutta said.Dutta claimed she had also received “violent threats” from the fringe, far-right Hindu nationalist group Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and was the victim of a “smear campaign” on social media.

“This is the age old saga of survivors in our nation,” she said. Agnihotri’s lawyer said Dutta’s allegations against the director were “absolutely false, frivolous and vexatious” and confirmed his client would sue the actress.

“We have served a legal notice to initiate defamation action against her,” Nidhish Mehrotra said in a statement posted on Twitter by Agnihotri. India has yet to witness its own version of the #MeToo movement that rocked Hollywood last year but Dutta has received the backing of several high-profile stars, including Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor.

Other actresses have begun to speak out about an issue almost never discussed in Indian media. (afp)

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An Indonesian flag flies over the flattened village of Petopo in Palu, Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 3, 2018. The death toll in Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster rose to nearly 1,400, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of “vast” unmet needs.

Indonesia battles fake news after quake-tsunami disaster

Indonesia has cracked down on “fake news” about its deadly quake-tsunami disaster, with police arresting nine people for spreading hoaxes in a bid to prevent further panic spreading among survivors.

In this file photo taken on May 4, 2013 Indian Bollywood ctress Tanushree Dutta poses for a photo during an event for the Mandate Model Hunt contest in Mumbai.

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False reports claiming that another huge quake was about to hit Sulawesi island -- which is already reeling from last Friday’s double tragedy that has killed over 1,400 people -- have circulated online in recent days.

Another Facebook post used a photo of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami aftermath to depict what it claimed was a scene from the seaside city of Palu. A caption read: “Those who share this post will be spared from calamities”.

Setyo Wasisto, Indonesia’s national police spokesman, told Kompas TV on Thursday that

nine people had been arrested on suspicion of spreading false news.

Most of the contents were posted to Facebook, he added.

Indonesia has a long-standing problem with internet hoaxes, and fake news is never far behind after a disaster.

The country has one of the world’s biggest online audiences, with a population of 260 million people and one of the world’s highest social media usage rates.

“If anyone predicts another massive earthquake or tsunami, it’s fake news,” said Daryono, head

of the geophysics agency’s quake and tsunami information centre, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

“If you spread this kind of information, you’re just going to create more suffering and confusion for people.”

Teams from Indonesia’s communications ministry and disaster agency have taken to Twitter and other social media to debunk fake claims in recent days.

Communication and Information Ministry spokesman Ferdinandus Setu told AFP a 70-strong team was working 24 hours a day on fake reports about disaster, including a claim that Palu’s mayor was among the dead. “We’ve confirmed that the mayor is still alive and healthy,” Setu said.

- Rampant hoaxes Once the team debunks the contents, the ministry announces the findings through regular press releases and also gives the findings to the police. The disaster agency’s efforts are being fronted by spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, who has won admirers for battling to update journalists around the clock despite suffering from terminal cancer.

“I apologise if I cannot respond to every question from journalists, my friends. If I was healthy, I would surely do it no matter what,” Nugroho told reporters this week, even as he continues to hold daily press briefings, take journalists’ calls and communicate on social media.

Hoaxes were also rampant during a quake disaster on the island

of Lombok, next to Bali, this summer.

Indonesian police have clamped down on fake news and online hate speech more broadly in recent months, ahead of next year’s presidential election.

President Joko Widodo -- who has battled false internet claims that he is a communist -- inaugurated a new cyber security agency in January.

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Ngurah Rai Airport targeted to apply Balinese scripts DENPASAR - Ngurah Rai International Airport becomes one of the inaugurated locations for the simultaneous use of Balinese scripts on October 5, 2018. In accordance with Gubernatorial Regulation No.80/2018, Balinese scripts are written above Latin scripts on the signboards of offices or public facilities. In addition to the airport, other points becoming the target for the use of Balinese scripts include the office of the governor, the Bali House of Representatives, Bali Mandara Hospital, and signposts in the Dewa Ruci intersection area.

“We will place the big one at Ngurah Rai Airport. On October 5 (the commencement of the use of Balinese script—Ed) will be simultaneously held across Bali at 19:00 because it will use the lighting to make it visible,” said the Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, after attending a Plenary Meeting at the Bali House of Representatives on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

According to Koster, the writing of Balinese scripts should

pay attention to quality, ethics and aesthetics. His government implemented this policy to preserve cultural heritage, in this case, in the field of Balinese literacy. “I think that Balinese script is an identity symbolizing our civilization,” he explained.

Previously, Koster had issued the Gubernatorial Decree No.79/2018 on the Day of Balinese Customary Attires

and Gubernatorial Regulation No.80/2018 concerning the Protection and Use of Balinese Language, Literacy, and Literature and the Implementation o f the Balinese Language Month. So, he has issued the Instruction of Bali Governor

No.2331/2018 concerning the simultaneous implementation of the two Gubernatorial Regulations throughout Bali and the technical guidelines.

The use of Balinese traditional attires and Balinese language will be carried out simultaneously on the upcoming October 11. Furthermore, Balinese language and Balinese traditional attires are used every Thursday, full moon, new

moon, and the anniversary of Bali Province and regency / municipality. Meanwhile, the implementation of the Balinese language month in February 2019 remains to be made technical guidelines. (kmb42)

Earthquake and Tsunami in Palu

Governor asks the data of victims from Bali and raises funds DENPASAR —Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, assigned the Regional Secretary of Bali government, Dewa Made Indra, to immediately establish a team related to the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Donggala and Palu, Central Sulawesi. The team will be tasked to make data collection on the number of victims, especially those of Balinese Hindus. Moreover, the number of transmigrants from Bali in Central Sulawesi is said to be quite a lot. In addition, it will be raised voluntary donation from civil servants in the Bali provin-

cial government and the general public for disaster victims.

“Later on, we will coordinate with Parisada and the local community leaders. There are some victims from our people there.

We also assign regional secretary to raise voluntary donations from Bali provincial employees and the general public,” said Koster after attending a Plenary Meeting at the Bali House of Representatives on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

The donations to be collected later, continued Koster, will be handed over to the victims in the affected areas in addition to moral

support. Similar assistance has been made for earthquake victims in Lombok. Voluntary contributions collected from Bali provincial government employees reached IDR 850 million. As scheduled, the donation will be handed over to the victims of the Lombok earthquake on October 7.

“On October 7 the assistance will be handed over to disaster victims in NTB, for our Balinese descendants and other victims at the location. Approximately IDR 850 million has been collected from the provincial government employees.

Later, for Central Sulawesi, I think

it will be more than that number,” he explained.

After receiving the assignment, Regional Secretary of Bali province, Dewa Made Indra, made sure the team was already established and began to carry out the task on Thursday (Oct. 4). The victim data has actually been compiled by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency and the local Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).

His team will focus more on raising donations from Balinese people, employees and all parties willing to volunteer and feeling to be called upon by their humanity to provide

assistance.

“Later, we will announce where the donation or assistance to be delivered. This is humanitarian assistance for our friends and brothers affected by the disaster in Palu, Donggala and surrounding areas,” he explained.

Regarding the earthquake disaster in Lombok, continued Dewa Indra, the assistance from Bali was actually not only in the form of cash donations. However, there is also assistance in the form of medical, ambulance and logistics personnel having been channeled to Lombok earlier. (kmb32)

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Feel the Sky Breeze at Jimbaran Bay Beach The construction of the Simpang Tugu Ngurah Rai Underpass on the Bypass Road, near the airport has been finished and the pamelaspas or cleansing ceremony was held on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. The construction of the Simpang Tugu Ngurah Rai Underpass is one of the government efforts to cope with the severe traffic congestion that is choking its main tourist routes. The Construction of the 712-meter-long road, width 16 meter and height 5, 2 meter began in September 2017 and finished on August 31, 2018 which has designed with Balinese architecture ornaments. This project has been built quickly in order to the upcoming Annual Meeting of the IMF-World Bank in Bali, which will be held in October 2018. The inauguration, was held on September 22, 2018 together with inauguration of Garuda Wisnu Kencana “GWK” the 3rd tallest statue in the world by Indonesia President Bapak “Joko Widodo”. So do not need to be worry anymore about the traffic jam during your holiday in Paradise Island “Bali”.

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Lagerfeld takes Chanel to beach as Vuitton boosts colour

PARIS - Karl Lagerfeld took Chanel for a paddle in the sea Tuesday, creating a huge beach with real waves for his joyously zingy Paris fashion week show.

The 85-year-old produced a winningly youthful and colourful collection to lift the spirits of jaded fashionistas on the last day of a marathon month of shows in New York, London and Milan.

Louis Vuitton wrapped up the packed nine-day Paris schedule with an equally vivid show where designer Nicolas Ghesquiere cut his clean and classy ankle boots, short skirt and jacket schtick with vivid electric florals and highly-coloured abstract painted patterns.

The brightness of both big shows with their celebrity-packed front rows -- Cate Blanchett ruled at Vuitton while the Princess of Thailand Sirivannavari Nariratana graced Chanel -- were in stark contrast to the battalions of black that swept much of the Paris spring-summer catwalks.

Ghesquiere’s show was controversially co-ed, with men walking the runway too even though the label has its own menswear line now led by the American designer Virgil Abloh of Off-White fame.

But it was his mini-bags and a run of short belted dresses, two in glinting metallic mail, that drew the most admiring looks at his Louvre show along with minimalistic three-tone coats and jackets.

With soft drizzle falling outside and the October chill beginning to bite in a grey French capital, more than one fashionista regretted not taking a towel to Chanel’s artificial beach.

Led by the designer’s latest muse, Dutch-born Luna Bijl, models walked barefoot through waves which lapped onto the white sand thanks to a set of hidden pistons.

Catwalk queens including Cara Delevingne and Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber came up from the beach and slipped into low mules to strut the boardwalk runway.

Sometimes Chanel’s spectacular sets are as talked about as the clothes.

But this time the clothes had a lot to say for themselves.

- Karl’s fresh new look The veteran creator hit the sweet spot from his oversized Chanel jackets and 1960s-style egg-shell blue trapeze coat dress to a long line of classy casual looks using the show’s beach umbrella motif.

With a beady eye on the bottom line, Lagerfeld used the brand’s name in capital letters everywhere he could.

From the clothes themselves and a new line of big crystal necklaces, belts and earrings, the label’s name also turned up on a set of double-billed straw hats with CHA at the front and NEL at the back.

Little silver and black beach-ball bags came on Chanel chains and a black scallop shell-shaped number with patent spines had smartphones clicking.

And with Lagerfeld insisting that the only thing better than a Chanel bag is having two, he sent out Bijl and a few of his other stars carrying two classic Chanel bags slung across the body, one in each hand like a pair of six-shooters.

In the past Lagerfeld has turned the vast Grand Palais into an ocean liner, a rocket launch pad, the world’s chicest supermarket and controversially a mid-winter wood full of trees.

After environmentalists attacked Chanel in March for felling decadesold oaks for its autumn-winter collection, the label said it would now “attempt to recycle, reuse and or find alternative uses for the materials” it uses in its shows.(afp)

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Models present creations by Chanel at the end of the SpringSummer 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on October 2, 2018.

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Bukit Payang tourism park returns to catch fire

Suspected of being triggered by a cigarette butt

Children spread the love and take Paris Fashion Week by storm

PARIS - Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture is in full swing for the Spring/Summer season 2019, and miniature models are taking the lead. With a bounce in their step and the assurance of Kendall Jenner or Gisele Bündchen, children stormed VICKY’Z runway for the fashion brand’s big premiere in Paris on Tuesday, 2 October.

Aged from 3 to 13 year-old, holding another model’s hand or strolling alone, they were at the Intercontinental Hotel to showcase designer Xinyin Xu’s newest collection. Xu founded VICKY’Z -- short for Vicky Zhang, her daughter’s name-- and designs clothes specialized in parent-child fashion. The leading brand of parent-child fashion in China offers complimentary mother-daughter, or father-son outfits, making it easier to coordinate when going out for brunch.

“The brand was founded on Vicky’s second birthday,” explains Xu. “She is now 5 years old, and being a mother I wanted to create a parent-children brand to share the warmth and love in families.”

Beautiful princess gowns with trains skimming the floor flowed through the runway in a cascade of ruffles. The make-up was kept simple, and the hair sleeked back into a high ponytail as to avoid any distractions from the garments.

The patterns were simple and placed in strategic places as to not overcharge the dress, with delicate hemlines and soft pastel colors.

The final dress and showstopper of this season was a bit darker than the rest of the collection, all in satin dark navy and with

touches of gold, which radiated an imperial vibe along with the sharp shoulders and the high collar. The young model was also the only one to have a head ornament, with golden leaves decorating her hair.

Boys also had the opportunity to strut down the runway, dressed in sharp suits and capes, resembling mini Prince Charming. “It’s true we have more girl models,” Xu said.

“That is because I have a daughter and have a tendency of designing a bit more for her or for girls.”

This season was inspired by the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) with garments decorated with cranes, a long-legged and long-necked bird, and peony flowers, a traditional floral symbol of China. “With the cranes, I wanted to symbolize happiness and family,” Xu explained.

“And if we add the peony, I wanted to combine these two into a Western and Eastern symbol.”

VICKY’Z runway was also framed with two high burgundy doors on each side of the runway, also a symbol of both Western and Eastern opening their doors to each other. “I wanted it to represent that everybody in this world is a family, and that we’re all in this together,” said the young designer.

For the big finale, the models walked one last time the catwalk holding a red lantern, each with

a Chinese surname written on it. These represented the different family cultures there are throughout China’s 33 different regions, as a lot of family love is represented differently depending on where you are from. The lanterns were then placed on the white wall one by one to finally reveal a secret word that spelled out in Mandarin Chinese: home.

“My inspiration came from family and love, which starts at home.

Being a mother, home is also what represents me the most. I wanted the love to spread throughout the world,” explained Xu. As half a year worth of work strutted one last time the runway under the applause of the audience, Xu took one final bow, relieved that all went well for her first Parisian show. She then took pictures with all 41 children who participated in the show and with their parents who accompanied them.

“Working with children also means that we have to accommodate the parents so they can come see their child’s show,” explained the co-founder of VICKY’Z. “It’s an opportunity for them to leave work and everything at home, to accompany their kid and spend some precious time with them”.(afp)

BANGLI — The area of the natural tourism park (TWA) of Mount Batur Bukit Payang, Kintamani, returned to catch fire. The fire on Sunday (Sep. 30) burned about one hectare of land overgrown with bushes. Allegedly, the fire was triggered by the presence of cigarette butts carelessly dumped in the tourism park area.

Head of the Regional Conservation Section II, Bali Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), Sulistyo Widodo, when asked for his confirmation stated the location of the burned conservation area is under Pasar Agung Temple. As the report received, the fire occurred on Sunday around 11:00.

The fire was successfully extinguished about an hour later by the BKSDA officers, the community and local tour guides. The extinguishing was carried out manually because the terrain is not accessible to fire truck.

Sulistyo claimed he did not know the exact cause of the fire last Sunday. However, he suspected the fire was caused by human negligence. “The cause is still being investigated. Possibly it happened because someone may throw away cigarette butts,” he said. He added the last Sunday’s fire was the second time happening this year. On August 25, a fire had also occurred in the same area.

To prevent the fire incident in the forest area, Sulistyo said that the BKSDA had made a number of efforts ranging from dissemination and counseling for the community, tour guides and visitors, regular patrols into the tourism park area, to the making of firebreaks. The making of this firebreak is carried out to limit the fire movement from quickly expanding when a fire broke out. Ahead of dry season, the coordination has also been intensified with military district command and local police, including the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Bangli to jointly deal with a fire.

“Similarly, we continue to provide guidance for groups of people that care about fire (MPA) established previously,” he explained. To prevent the recurrence of such fire incident, his agency returned to appeal to all communities, tour guides and visitors to jointly protect the forest. (kmb40)

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A North Kuta community figure, AAN Ketut Agus Nadi Putra, along with a number of community leaders at Kerobokan Kelod village immediately came down to the field on Monday (Oct. 1).

Poor family amid the Kerobokan Kelod tourism area

MANGUPURA — Badung tourism area is apparently not free from the poor like at Kerobokan Kelod. The area included in the North Kuta subdistrict is famous for Petitenget, Umalas, Bidadari, and Oberoi as one of the tourism areas in the Badung district.

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Allegedly, the fire was triggered by the presence of cigarette butts carelessly dumped in the tourism park area.

It is the family of the late Wayan Suarnawa. His family is living at Taman Merthanadi hamlet, Kerobokan Kelod village, in a house that is not suitable for habitation, so that people are encouraged to help.

A North Kuta community figure, AAN Ketut Agus Nadi Putra, along with a number of community leaders at Kerobokan Kelod village immediately came down to the field on Monday (Oct. 1). “I know that one of the residents’ houses at Mertanadi hamlet when coming to the house of mourning of the late Wayan Suarnawa, and found his house is very uninhabitable,” he said.

Nevertheless, the man familiarly addressed as Gung Nadi stated the condition of the house began to be refurbished through an independent housing program. The program is carried out by a number of donors in North Kuta, but has not been roofed yet and not been finished.

“We have asked to apply for home refurbishment. However, since the poverty rate at Kerobokan village

is declared to have been zero, the family does not get home refurbishment assistance,” he said.

This Chairperson of Commission IV of the Badung House of Representatives explained that he had coordinated with community leaders in North Kuta and Kerobokan Kelod village to help the deceased’s family in order to get a decent house.

“I helped through the Panca Marga Cooperative Agency for IDR 50 million to carry out the house refurbishment and the rest will be endeavored by the community figures of Kerobokan Kelod,” he said.

He said to have conveyed to the Badung Social Agency in order that the family can get home refurbishment assistance. The agency has also conducted a survey. However, administratively he cannot be helped because the area is recorded to have zero poverty.

“We are so sad to see it. Hopefully, the government will do a cross-check in the future so that

this kind of thing will no longer happen. Moreover, in developed countries there is no poverty up to zero percent and so is in Badung.

On that account, it should not make the status of poverty into zero after reflecting from this finding,” he said.

Headman of Kerobokan Kelod, Made Wistwan, revealed that actually the assistance for the poor at Kerobokan Kelod village has been distributed, both house refurbishment and productive economic assistance for the targeted households, so that the household has been administratively overcome.

“When making data collection at other neighborhood, we did not find such a case. But for this case, it has actually been dealt with considering the rights of this citizen have been provided, so that it is feasible because it can fulfill the needs independently. Sometimes the data in the field are different.

Surely we need to deal with this by making cross-check in the future,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Wife of ex-Malaysian leader charged with money laundering

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Built at Abang Batudinding

Artificial lake set to hold 200m3 of water BANGLI - The plan of the Bangli district government to build an artificial lake as a solution to overcome the overflowing of Lake Batur is ensured to be realized in 2019. In accordance with the plan made by the Public Works, Spatial Planning, Housing and Settlements Agency of Bangli, the artificial lake will be built on the land at Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani.

The artificial lake is designed to accommodate 200 cubic meters of water.

The Head of the Bangli Public Works Agency, I Wayan Lawe, accompanied by Secretary of the Agency, Made Soma, when met on Wednesday (Oct. 3) revealed that other than overcoming the overflowing of Lake Batur, the artificial lake will be built to overcome water difficulties faced by the people at three villages namely the Suter, Abang

Batudinding and Abang Songan. The artificial lake is also built to add new tourist destinations in Kintamani.

The lake construction will be carried out in 2019 with the funds prepared reach of IDR 15 billion.

Lawe explained that in addition to preparing the budget, so far the agency has also prepared the detail engineering design (DED) including

the land. The land to be used is the land property of Abang Batudinding village. “The land prepared by Abang Batudinding is one hectare released for the benefit of the community,” he explained.

Further, he said the artificial lake to be built will be designed to have a volume of 200 cubic meters. The discharge of lake water produced

is 10 liters / second. The taking of Lake Batur‘s water is carried out by using four machines implemented by degrees. “To take up the water, it is carried out through three levels where a cistern is built in each level,” he explained.

Considering the construction of the artificial lake is a big project and takes a long time, Lawe admitted that his agency will attempt so the project can be started at the beginning of the year. The artificial lake will not only supply water for the three villages but also for some other rural areas around it. “The management will

be thought about later on. We are currently focusing on building the artificial lake and raising water from Lake Batur,” he added.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, Nyoman Basma, hoped the construction of artificial lake as well as the taking of Lake Batur water to overcome water difficulties faced by three villages in Kintamani is not just a discourse considering that similar plans have appeared repeatedly. “We hope the government can truly realize it,” said the politician from Suter village. (kmb40)

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Village’s websites are even inactive

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Many websites are dormant or inactive. This is the finding of the Klungkung regent when visiting the command center managed by the Klungkung Communication and Informatics Agency on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

SEMARAPURA - The smart city program continues to be campaigned by the Klungkung district government. To support it, the village must also have a website as a medium to provide information related to various things. However in reality, many websites are dormant or inactive. This is the finding of the Klungkung regent when visiting the command center managed by the Klungkung Communication and Informatics Agency on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

This regent from Nusa Ceningan, Nusa Penida subdistrict, stated the information related to the village needs to be conveyed intensively.

It is not only important for the community, but also for the district

government. “This (inactive—Ed) condition is not very good because the community and myself really need accurate data anytime and anywhere,” he said.

Seeing this condition, the Communication and Informatics Agency was asked to immediately write to each village in order to activate their website. Besides, the website admin as well as the local agencies are immediately appointed to take part in the training. He also found specifically the complaints submitted to the command center remaining to give an impression of slow updates. “This must also be evaluated,” he added.

Meanwhile, Section Head of the E-Government Development, at the

Communication and Informatics Agency, Komang Adi Sujaya, said that according to the evaluation, the village websites are not yet optimal because one of the admin changes is not monitored. In the future, he hoped the management can involve Yowana Gema Santi, so that it does not change. “We encourage this website can be managed optimally,” he said.

Regarding the complaints submitted to the command center, some of which forwarded to the agencies has sometimes been followed up, but the status did not change. On the contrary, sometimes they have been responded but in the field there is no handling at all. (kmb45)

Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP

In this photograph taken on September 4, 2018, students leave a “floating school”, operated

by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (SSS), in Chalan Beel in Rajshahi district. More than 9,000 people have been displaced by the Padma in just five years, as the main tributary of the Ganges encroaches further and further inland.

Bangladesh kids turn the tide on climate change aboard floating schools

KUALA LUMPUR - The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister was Thursday charged with money laundering and tax evasion linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal that helped bring down the country’s previous government.

Rosmah Mansor, the 66-yearold wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty to 17 charges that could see her spend the rest of her life in prison.

Reviled in Malaysia for her lavish overseas shopping sprees and fetish for Birkin handbags as well as dazzling jewellery, Rosmah was released on bail after spending the night in detention at the office of the country’s anti-corruption agency.

Her husband is also out on bail on more than two dozen charges linked to the alleged plunder of state funds during his nine years in power.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 93, who came back from retirement to challenge Najib, has launched a crackdown against corruption in the previous govern-

ment.

“There is no idea of revenge and anything like that... If you steal money, you will be charged in court,” the official Bernama news agency quoted him as saying.

In the charge sheets, prosecutors accused Rosmah of having “engaged directly in a transaction that involves proceeds of unlawful activity” in violation of laws against money laundering.

A dozen charges involved deposits to a single bank account belonging to her from 2013-2017, totalling more than seven million ringgit. The remaining charges were for dodging taxes on the deposits.

Lead prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram told the court Rosmah’s alleged offences were “very serious”.

He also said Rosmah “had approached a witness with a request to give a statement in her favour”.

Rosmah was allowed to post bail of two million ringgit ($483,365) and ordered to surrender her passport. She was barred from contacting any witnesses. (afp)

CHALAN BEEL - Mosammat Rekha’s older cousins grew up unable to read and write, their tiny village so frequently cut off from the nearest school by floods that would rise suddenly in their remote corner of disaster-prone Bangladesh.

But seven-year-old Mosammat is learning her ABCs aboard a boat fitted with a classroom and play equipment that is helping children thrive even as climate change alters the world around them.

“We can attend classes even during the rainy season, when our homes are barely above water,” the seven-year-old told AFP aboard the vessel in Chalan Beel, some 175 kilometres (around 110 miles) northwest of Dhaka.

Climate change is already taking its toll across Bangladesh, a densely populated and impoverished country the United Nations has identified as among the most vulnerable to a warming planet.

Millions in the low-lying nation are being forced to adapt to overflowing rivers, rising seas and increasingly extreme weather in a

country frequented by destructive storms and cyclones.

Twenty million people there could be made “climate refugees” by the end of the century, a UN panel has warned, turfed out of their homes as rivers swallow towns and seas encroach on coastal communities. In villages like Kalidaskhali on the banks of the Padma River, these forces are already reshaping lives by the hour.

As much as five metres (16 feet) of riverbank can disappear in a single day, consuming everything in its path, local government official Azizul Azam told AFP. More than 9,000 people have been displaced by the Padma in just five years, as the main tributary of the Ganges encroaches further and further inland.

“Today my backyard is gone. I

had a cowshed over there... now it is just water,” said Rukaiya Khatun, watching helplessly as chunks of earth disappeared into the turbid water inching towards her home.

“The Padma has devoured everything.”

River erosion -- though long a phenomenon in the delta nation -- is rapidly accelerating due to climate change, said Atiq Rahman, a member of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN climate panel.

A warming planet has made monsoon rainfall more unpredictable across Bangladesh and melted Himalayan glaciers to the north, turbocharging the waterways that criss-cross the country.

Many have struggled to adapt as the river has turned, in the words of one villager, “wild and furious”. (afp)

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Rosmah Mansor (top C), wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, is escorted by police personnel during her arrival at court in Kuala Lumpur on October 4, 2018.

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BUSINESS US services firms grew at a record pace in September

WASHINGTON - U.S. services firms expanded at a record pace last month, stepping up production and hiring, in another sign of strength for the American economy.

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reports that its services index hit 61.6 in September, up from 58.5 in August and the highest in records going back to 2008. Anything above 50 signals growth, and services companies are on a 104-month winning streak.

Economists had expected the index to fall slightly in September.

Seventeen services industries reported growth last month, and none declined.

The services sector enjoyed faster growth in just about every activity — production, new orders, hiring, prices, export orders.

The uptick in the ISM index reflects a healthy economy, helped partly by recent tax cuts. “Activity is still being boosted by the substantial fiscal stimulus enacted earlier this year,” Andrew Hunter, U.S. economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a research note.

“I don’t know how sustainable this rate of growth is,” said Anthony Nieves, chair of the ISM’s services survey committee. Nieves said the index was probably boosted, in part, by local governments stepping up spending before year’s end.

Some of the services firms responding to the ISM survey complained about labor shortages and the impact of U.S. tariffs this year on imported steel, aluminum and products from China.

From April through June, the U.S. economy grew at a 4.2 percent annual pace, fastest in nearly four years. Consumer spending on services rose at a 3 percent rate, fastest in more than three years.

Private services companies account for more than 70 percent of U.S. nonfarm jobs. (ap)

AP Photo/Gene J.Puskar, File

In this July 18, 2018, file photo a customer gets his coffee at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing activity for September.

Eurozone economy appears to lose momentum as exports stall

LONDON - The 19-country eurozone economy lost momentum in September despite a resilient performance by the services sector in Italy, according to a closely watched survey released Wednesday.

Financial information firm IHS Markit said its composite purchasing managers’ index, a key measure of business activity in services and manufacturing, slipped to 54.1 points in September from 54.5 the previous month.

Though anything above 50 indicates expansion, the decline provides further evidence that the

eurozone economy cooled during the summer as trade growth stalled.

Trade tensions around the world, mainly between the United States and China, have stoked worries that protectionism is on the rise to the detriment of business.

Despite the flat-lining in exports, the firm’s survey still points to quarterly economic expansion in the eurozone economy of 0.5 percent, which is strong relative to the growth seen in the past decade.

Chris Williamson, the firm’s chief business economist, said the slowdown is set to continue into the fourth quarter as “recent months

have seen a clear loss of momentum in terms of both output and new order gains.”

Interestingly, the survey showed the Italian services sector was robust in September despite mounting worries in financial markets about the new populist government’s economic policies, which has seen the country’s borrowing rates rise.

“This suggests that, so far, Italian businesses have remained sheltered from concerns about the country’s fiscal stance and the resulting volatility in the Italian sovereign bond market,” said

Moritz Degler, economist at Oxford Economics.

Still, few economists are predicting Italy to break out of its era of tepid growth, especially if the global economy falters in the face of rising protectionism.

That means economic growth around the world may become increasingly reliant on domestic demand.

In the eurozone, that may be a source of concern. Separate figures from the European Union’s statistics agency showed that retail sales fell in August for the second month, this time by 0.2 percent.

Year-on-year, they were down 0.2 percent, too.

The weakness in spending is unexpected given that unemployment has been falling over the past few years. Figures released this week showed the jobless rate at 8.1 percent, a decade-low.

“Although conditions in the labor market continue to improve, today’s figures show retail sales are still modest, which does not bode well for household consumption growth in the third quarter,” said Alastair Neame, senior economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

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Blangsinga Waterfall, an Exotic Attraction in Gianyar

Blangsinga waterfall at Blahbatuh, Gianyar, can become your alternative destination other than beaches. This nature tourism becomes a favorite tourist spot visited by domestic and foreign travelers. Other than water recreation, visitors can also watch the beauty of rainbow and feel the atmosphere of Petanu River.

The waterfall has the height of about 12.5 meters. The water flows swiftly and becomes a very pretty place to take pictures. For those who like spiritual atmosphere, it is perfectly appropriate destination because around the Petanu River sits some places sanctified by local residents. So, do not be surprised when every morning many travelers do meditation or yoga at this location.

Blangsinga waterfall has been equipped with amenities such as a spacious parking lot, gazebo to unwind, toilet, canteen and a concrete pathway to get to the river bed.

The cool and peaceful atmosphere for the whole trip is entertained by the melodious sounds of birds. To enjoy the beauty and natural water features, visitors must buy a ticket for IDR 10,000 (adult) and IDR 5,000 (children).

Blangsinga waterfall has three strategic and unique locations. The first part is located at the edge of the river with ‘stone water’ namely the spring coming out from chunks of boulder. Local people believe it has healing quality for sprains and fractures. “Cows, pigs or other livestock experiencing fractures are usually invoked ‘medicine’ at this shower,” said I Ketut Sudarpa, one of the management officers.

This river is also taken advantage by housewives who have just given birth to a baby because it is believed to give peace to their baby.

Large and small rocks are naturally lined. This location is commonly used by visitors to play with rocks by piling them from large to small, like temples.

In the meantime, in the middle of part the atmosphere becomes more challenging. Visitors can sit on chunks of the local cliff while enjoying the waterfall flowing to the bottom of the river. Travelers choose this location to take pictures as being very close to waterfall and cliff. Beautiful scenery is also taken advantage by photographer as a pre-wedding photo session. It can be creatively combined with a variety of supporting facilities, such as umbrella and other tools.

Besides, teens or young couples choose this place for a casual chat because it is very beautiful. From this area, visitors can also see the beauty of rainbow from the mouth of the cave around 10:00 and in the afternoon around 16:00 seen from beneath the cave.

The third strategic location lies in the bottom of the river, namely the main waterfall. Visitors can feel the power of water falling from a height. Sometimes they also rejoice

while taking bath, splashing or just washing their legs. Here, visitors can take pictures or selfie. “This location is also good for location of pre-wedding photo session,” said Sudarpa while pointing out a unique location to take pictures.

Travelers from Europe, Australia and Asia mostly prefer this location. They mingle with domestic travelers from Surabaya, Jakarta, Kalimantan and Flores. Together with children, relatives and friends, they play with rocks, feel the coolness of water and walk on

the bamboo bridge. “On a normal day, more visitors are foreigners.

But on national holidays, they will be usually dominated by domestic travelers,” he said.

Sudarpa added that the location of Blangsinga waterfall was formerly renowned as a place to play bungee jumping. This object is managed by Blangsinga customary village, but its operation is entrusted to 11 professionals consisting of local villagers. “The waterfall was initially favored by cycling travelers, now it has been well-known

and crowded,” he explained.

Formerly, it was named Srogsogan waterfall. Over the time, after visited by many visitors it is better known as Blangsinga waterfall. Based on the agreement of Blangsinga village residents and management, it was then made walkway heading for the riverbed.

It is financed by village treasury and ticket sales. Then, the income of managing this object is also allocated for rural development, such as ceremonies and physical development. (kmb)

Rice Porridge Can Heal Heatiness

Are you a foodie? Do not be surprised if Balinese people have a number of dishes that are not only delicious, but also useful for healing.

For instance, they have rice porridge.

It is not included in the popular types of food, but some people still make this rice porridge. Interestingly, this rice porridge takes advantage of rice waste, so it is not wasted.

Rice porridge is a menu of people on the Island of the Gods, especially in rural areas that are more engaged as farmers. Before heading out to paddy field, moor or doing their job as a farm laborer, they will make a rice cracker for their refreshment. Other than applied to workers, people having fever, sore throat or other illnesses are often given this rice porridge.

The type of rice porridge is usually eaten warm, so it feels more enjoyable and people believe it can heal inner heat and shore throat. This

porridge also serves as a breakfast for students at villages who will attend school. The rice porridge is also commonly made during rainy season. Cool atmosphere of village will get warmer when eating rice porridge with the family.

The rice porridge has a yellow color as the effect of the seasoning in use namely the turmeric. To make this traditional menu healthier, the rice porridge is usually mixed with spinach or sweet leaf. When cooking, it is also filled with bay leaves, resulting in a distinctive taste.

Eating rice porridge will be more delicious when accompanied with crackers of fried sticky cake.

The ingredients used consist of rice waste, local spices, bay leaves and water. The spices are dominated with turmeric, then add a little galangal, ginger, aromatic ginger, garlic, onion, chili, coriander, pepper, candlenut, shrimp paste,

coconut oil and salt (to taste) and a bay leaf (to taste) as well.

Preparation: first of all, turmeric, galangal, ginger and aromatic ginger are finely chopped. Onion and garlic are sliced ??and then mixed with other ingredients, and then ground to make it smooth.

Similarly, candlenut, pepper and coriander can be crushed or blender to be smoothed, too. After that, put into the basin and then cook the rice waste and add coconut oil. Stir it well so the seasoning can mix thoroughly with the rice.

The next process is to put the mixed rice into the pan. Add water and salt to taste. Put spinach or sweet leaves and two pieces of bay leaves. Heat it for about 20 minutes or until cooked. Finally, take out the porridge and now it is ready to be served. In order to taste better, it can be added with fried onions and crispy crackers. (kmb)

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Merkel pledges German fight against anti-Semitism on Israel visit

JERUSALEM - Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of Germany’s “everlasting responsibility” to oppose anti-Semitism during a visit to Israel on Thursday as she and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed past their differences and promoted cooperation between their nations.

The one-day visit by Merkel and members of her cabinet was part of German-Israeli government consultations held regularly, but came after Netanyahu’s harsh criticism of European countries over their efforts to keep alive the Iran nuclear deal.

Germany and other European countries have also repeatedly hit out at Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank and warned over threats to remaining prospects for a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians.

But both leaders seemed determined to have the visit run smoothly, greeting each other warmly after Merkel’s arrival on Wednesday night and touring an innovation exhibit together on Thursday.

Merkel began the day with a visit to Israel’s Holocaust memorial high in the hills above Jerusalem. After laying a wreath in the Yad Vashem memorial’s solemn Hall of Remembrance, where an eternal flame burns, she spoke of Germany’s responsibility as the perpetrator of the Holocaust.

“From this comes the everlasting responsibility of Germany to remember this crime and to oppose anti-Semitism, xenophobia, hatred and violence,” she said, reading out the message she wrote in the memorial’s guest book. Later after receiving an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Haifa University, she answered questions from students and touched on the Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu has urged European nations to follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and withdraw from the accord with his country’s main enemy. Germany, like other signatories to the deal, says it is preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons for now.

Merkel noted the Iranian presence in neighbouring Syria and how that has exacerbated the threat from Israel’s enemy.

She said the nuclear deal would be discussed further with Netanyahu.

“On the principle that everything must be done to prevent nuclear armament, we absolutely agree,” she said. (afp)

ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) receives an honorary doctorate from Haifa University at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on October 4, 2018. Merkel spoke of Germany’s “everlasting responsibility” to oppose antiSemitism during a visit to Israel, as she and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed past their differences and promoted cooperation between their nations.

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The following month, the communications ministry announced it was deploying new software to identify fake news websites.

Members of the Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) -- a cluster of loosely connected groups accused of using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to attack the government and stoke religious

extremism -- have been rounded up.

Some 130 million Indonesians -- about half the population -- spend an average of nearly three-and-a-half hours a day on social media, one of the highest rates in the world, according to data from London-based creative agency We Are Social and social media management platform Hootsuite. The country was also late to introduce digital literacy programmes, experts say. (afp)

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Desperate hope for survivors at quake-shattered Indonesia hotel

With bare hands and a torch, Martinus Hamaele desperately dug through the rubble of Palu’s shattered Hotel Mercure in the hope of finding his missing daughter Meiren, nearly a week after a quake-tsunami disaster pounded the Indonesian seaside city.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference following a meeting with Austrian Chancellor at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg on October 3, 2018.

UK, Australia blame Russian military for cyber attacks

LONDON - Britain and Australia on Thursday blamed Russia’s military intelligence service for some of the biggest cyber attacks of recent years -- including one on the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 US presidential campaign.

They said the GRU military intelligence service could have only been conducting operations of such scale on Kremlin orders.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly and angrily rejected similar charges.

He told US President Donald Trump during a July summit in Helsinki that talk of Russia meddling in the 2016 election was “nonsense”.

But Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Australian government pointed the blame directly at alleged GRU front operations such as Fancy Bear and APT 28.

The announcement could further strain relations between Russia and Britain that began to deteriorate with the 2006 assassination with polonium in London of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

“This is not the actions of a great power, this is the actions of a pariah state,” British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said during a visit to Brussels.

“We’ll continue working with allies to isolate, make them understand they cannot continue to conduct themselves in such a way.”

The Australian government added that Russia’s actions violated its international commitments to “responsible state be-

haviour” in cyberspace.

“Cyberspace is not the Wild West,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a joint statement.

- Airports and tennis stars Russia is not the only nation accused of conducting aggressive cyber operations in recent years.

The United States blames North Korea for hacking Sony in 2014 and launching the WannaCry ransomware attack last year.

US security researchers said on Wednesday that an elite group of North Korean hackers was also the source of attacks on world banks that netted “hundreds of millions” of dollars.

But British government sources said the NCSC has assessed with “high confidence” that the GRU was “almost certainly” behind the DNC hack that some Hillary Clinton supporters helped tip the US election in Trump’s favour.

Batches of DNC emails were later published by WikiLeaks.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether their release was coordinated with the Trump campaign.

Mueller in July indicted 12 Russian GRU officers in connection with the DNC attack.

The independent findings by

Britain and Australia may help Mueller fend off some of the accusations of political bias in his probe.

British sources said the GRU was also behind BadRabbit ransomware that caused disruptions on the Kiev metro and at an international airport in the Ukrainian port of Odessa last October.

The same attack affected Russia’s Interfax news agency and the popular Fontanka.ru news site.

British sources said the third strike resulted in the release of the medical files of global sports stars in August 2017.

They included tennis’s Serena and Venus Williams and Britain’s Tour de France winning cyclists Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) thinks the files’ release resulted from a data hack of its Doping Administration and Management system.

Russia was arguing at the time that its athletes were being unfairly targeted by anti-doping inspectors.

The fourth attack identified by the NCSC accessed multiple accounts belonging to a small UK-based TV station.

Some opposition Russianlanguage channels operate out of London. (afp)

It’s a race against time after authorities set a tentative deadline of Friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble, at which point the chances of finding anyone alive will dwindle to almost zero.

“We keep shouting ‘Meiren, Meiren, it’s me -- your dad and your brother,” Hamaele told AFP Thursday. “But there is no response, just silence.”

Standing outside the devastated beachside hotel, the 55-year-old recounted clambering through twisted steel and rubble, pulling five survivors from the debris shortly after the massive rumble.

“I asked those who were still alive to make noises by hitting things, to start knocking, so we could detect their location,” he said.

“We managed to make a small opening. Initially we thought it was impossible but I kept trying and never gave up.” One of the five rescued was a pregnant woman, he added.

But his desperate calls after his 20-year-old daughter, who was working at the hotel when Friday’s 7.5 magnitude quake and tsunami smashed Palu, have yet to be answered.

She is thought to be one of at least

three people still trapped inside the badly damaged five-storey building, which has turned into a site of hope and despair for distraught relatives.

- ‘Always hope’ On Thursday morning, family members gathered outside the hotel, wandering amid the rubble or quietly watching as search teams readied special equipment and sniffer dogs to check for victims.

Most returned day after day and complained about what they described as a slow evacuation response by authorities.

“I’ve been here for three days but they just started here yesterday,” said Hadija, 47, who was waiting for news of her younger brother Didi. “They are very slow.” Members of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency and French NGO International Emergency Firefighters pulled one body from the hotel on Wednesday.

Sniffer dogs and specialist equipment like thermal detectors, sound sensors and scanners were deployed Thursday to try identify more victims of the disaster.

“There is always hope,” said International Emergency Firefighters president Philippe Besson. But

he added that “the building is really extremely unstable... since yesterday, there has been so much wind that the building was starting to move on its own.” Retno Budiharto, from Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, added: “There are at least three people in the building according to hotel management... There is a small possibility (they’re alive).”

Fitriana Supratia, from Jakarta Rescue which is assisting with the evacuation, said rescuers faced a number of challenges.

“The first floor is missing and the second and third have collapsed like a pancake,” she told AFP, her speciallytrained sniffer dogs at her side. “The building is not stable, it can move any time and collapse.”

But the cautious approach will be of little comfort to families of the missing in this city of 350,000 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, where dozens are also believed to be buried under the ruins of another hotel, the 80-room Hotel Roa-Roa. Hamaele is hoping the search will be sped up so he can find his daughter. “Whether she is alive in critical condition or God wants something different, one thing is for sure: I want her to be found,” he said.(afp)

Jewel SAMAD / AFP

French member of the International Emergency Firefighters and locals search for survivors in the badly damaged Mercure hotel in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 4, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami. A total of 1,424 people have been confirmed dead and over 2,500 injured after the monster earthquake struck, sending destructive waves barrelling into Sulawesi island.

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The temple was built in the 17th century in worship of the main Hindu trinity, Brahma-VishnuShiva, as well as the lake goddess, Dewi Danu. The sight and cool atmosphere of the Bali uplands have made the lake and this temple a favourite sightseeing and recreational spot as well as a frequently photographed site. The history of the Ulun Danu temple can be traced back to the rise of the Mengwi kingdom. The ‘floating’ temple complex is comprised of four groups of shrines, including the prominent Lingga Petak shrine to its east. There are four gates facing each of the four points of the compass. The second group is located in the west and pays homage to another temple in the hill of Puncak Mangu and is regarded as the symbol of soil fertility. The

‘puncak’ or hilltop of Mangu is northeast of Lake Beratan.

Entering the temple gates, instantly noticeable are the typical Balinese architectural features and the tiered shrines. Inside the complex, the three main shrines are dedicated to the worship of god Vishnu which boasts 11 tiers, god Brahma with seven 7 tiers and Shiva with three tiers. As the temple complex occupies a rather low lying side of the lake, the floating effect is thus featured when the lake’s water levels rise. This is the time for the most perfect photo opportunities. Besides a silent witness and historical site of the golden days of the Mengwi kingdom, this temple complex is also home to a megalithic artifact in the form of a sarcophagus and stone tablet. This has led to the assumption that it was a consecrated site before the Hindu temple was built.

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anniversary ceremony or Piodalan takes place every Kliwon Julungwangi Tuesday on the Pawukon Balinese calendar cycle which occurs every 210 days. Also a grander Piodalan Agung takes place every 420 days. However, on any other regular day the serene lake views and cool uplands are an experience itself. Visits to the Ulun Danu Beratan temple are subject to an entrance fee of IDR 7,500 for domestic tourists and IDR 10,000 for foreigners. Those who want more than scenery may hire traditional jukung outriggers to tour the lake as well as motorized boats for a quicker ride. The other side of the Beratan Lake also offers various water sports such as parasailing and jet-skis. Close to the temple complex visitors can hire fishing gear and bait to pass the time away on the lakeside. The Eka Karya Botanical Gardens is also a highlight of the Bedugul region, with access located nearby.

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Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel walks in the paddock ahead the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit in Suzuka on October 4, 2018.

Prickly Vettel denies Ferrari have ‘lost direction’

LOS ANGELES - Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury were at it again on Wednesday, pushing and shoving and trading barbs as their three-city promotional tour for their heavyweight world title fight hit Los Angeles.

Two days after their London press conference was broken up after they traded shoves, the two scuffled again and were separated by their teams at L.A. Live’s Novo Club -- just a stone’s throw from the Staples Center where they’ll battle for Wilder’s World Boxing Council heavyweight world title on December 1.

America’s Wilder brings a record of 40-0 with 39 knockouts to his defense against Fury, the 30-year-old Briton who formerly held the International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association, International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Organization belts -- now held by Britain’s Anthony Joshua.

Fury, unbeaten in 27 professional fights, made his comeback earlier this year after a near two-and-a-half year absence.

He was unstinting with his insults Wednesday, urging Wilder to clean his teeth as he animatedly walked the stage.

“Your breath stinks!” he said.

“Brush your teeth, mate, brush your teeth.”

Verbal jabs from both were lost as they shouted over one another, standing nose to nose.

When the shoving started the two were pulled apart.

Wilder acknowledged that it was all good theater -- but he never intended to let it go too far.

“Who on stage is going to be able to hold two big fighters back?” he said. “If I want to, I’m going to get you. But then you jeopardize the fight, and I don’t want that.”

The fight will be the first US pay-per-view appearance for both fighters, and Joshua (21-0 with 20 knockouts) will be under pressure to fight the winner next April when he has a reserved date at Wembley Stadium.

Wilder, shaken up before pulling off a 10th-round stoppage of Cuba’s Luis Ortiz in March, says he’ll be the champion fans are clamoring for Joshua to meet.

“He’s feeling the pressure,” Wilder told the Los Angeles Times of Joshua. “When I beat Fury, it’ll be a hell of a lot of pressure.”

In the meantime, Wilder told the Times, he’s looking forward to Fury.

“It’s going to be an interesting, challenging fight,” Wilder said. “We’re each going to get hit.

It’s about who can withstand it.” (afp)

SUZUKA - Sebastian Vettel has rejected the suggestion Ferrari have lost their way after being dealt a hammer blow by Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One title race.

The German, who has watched Hamilton win five of the last six races, attempted to put a positive spin on a poor run of form following his third-place finish behind the two Mercedes in Russia last weekend.

“We haven’t lost direction,” a defiant Vettel said Thursday ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

“We have made progress -- the steps that were planned were the steps that came. Maybe they have made bigger or smaller steps, but we are where we wanted to be,” added Vettel, who trails Hamilton by 50 points with just five races left this season.

“We have a strong car, but I don’t think that we had a dominant car at any point this year. At too many races, we haven’t been close enough.”

Vettel also went on the defensive when asked if this week’s Suzuka race was make-or-break in terms of his waning hopes of pipping

Hamilton to a fifth world title.

“I don’t like the now or never approach,” sniffed Vettel.

“I don’t think there’s much sense in that. I didn’t know it was five out of six,” he added, referring to Hamilton’s run of victories.

“Now I know, so the secret has been not to count. You attack every weekend -- every weekend is different, the track is different, the circumstances are different.

He added: “This is my favourite track in the world, so I’d better enjoy it and not spoil it by starting to count the things that are against me.” Vettel, who like Hamilton has won four times in Japan, remains upbeat despite the Briton’s controversial victory in Sochi, where Mercedes ordered Valterri Bottas to allow Hamilton to pass.

“In race pace we were a bit closer,” said Vettel. “You can’t change much in a week, let’s hope the track suits us more.”

But the German, who has won

five races to Hamilton’s eight this year, gave a withering assessment of coming off second-best to his fierce rival.

“I’m sure he had more fun last weekend than I had,” said Vettel, a four-time Formula One champion with Red Bull from 2010 to 2013.

“It’s tough to have a wheel-towheel battle and it’s been intense, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as he did. Naturally you enjoy it more when you come out on top.

Hopefully this week we are a bit closer.”

Vettel had an even fruitier reaction on the subject of DRS (drag reduction system) in Formula One -- and whether Suzuka should have more than just one zone where drivers can push the go-faster button.

“I’m not a fan,” he shrugged.

“It’s artificial. Now we are in Japan, I think Mario Kart, if you remember -- it might be more fun to throw bananas out of the cockpit. Maybe it’s a better idea.” (afp)

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Professional boxers Deontay Wilder (L) and Tyson Fury speak onstage during their press conference to promote their upcoming December 1, 2018 fight in Los Angeles at The Novo by Microsoft on October 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

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Napoli striker Milik robbed at gunpoint after Liverpool win

Napoli’s Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik was robbed at gunpoint on his way home after his team’s Champions League win over Liverpool, Italian police said on Thursday.

The 24-year-old was in his car heading towards his home at Varcaturo on the Domitian Coast 20km west of Naples at around 2am when his car was stopped by a high-powered motorcycle blocking the road.

The two assailants -- whose faces were entirely covered by helmets -- approached the footballer’s car and pointed a gun at him, ordering him to hand over his Rolex Daytona watch worth 7,000 euros ($8,000).

The robbers then sped into the countryside towards Licola, police said according to the AGI news agency.

As soon as he recovered from the shock, Milik went to the nearest police station to report the crime. Attacks on professional players in the southern Italian city are frequent.

Italian international Lorenzo Insigne was robbed of jewelry, cash and a luxury watch in 2016 and the club’s Slovakian captain, Marek Hamsik, was held up at gunpoint in the centre of the city four years ago.

Napoli beat last year’s Champions League finalists 1-0 with a 90thminute Insigne goal to go top of Group C.(afp)

Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

Liverpool’s English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (R) jumps over Napoli’s Portuguese defender Mario Rui during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Napoli and Liverpool on October 3, 2018 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.

Mauricio Pochettino admitted Tottenham had only themselves to blame for Lionel Messi’s mesmerising masterclass in Barcelona’s 4-2 Champions League win at Wembley. Pochettino’s side found it impossible to subdue Messi as Barcelona ended their three-match winless streak in emphatic style.

The Spanish champions punished a howler from Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to take a second minute lead through Philippe Coutinho.

Ivan Rakitic volleyed a stunning second goal for Barcelona before Harry Kane reduced the deficit after the break. That set the stage for Messi to seize the spotlight once

again as he netted twice either side of Erik Lamela’s deflected effort for Tottenham.

Messi’s brace was just reward for an irresistible display from the Argentina legend. Messi already has five goals in the Champions League this season after hitting a hat-trick against PSV Eindhoven in Barcelona’s group opener.

But Tottenham boss Pochettino claimed his side had made it easy on Messi with the error-prone start that forced them to throw players forward, leaving spaces at the back that the deadly Messi was able to exploit.

“Messi doesn’t surprise me. We conceded the first goal and it is very difficult because that sets the game.

We paid for that,” Pochettino said.

“We had to give spaces when we were looking for a result. What happens is players like him can finish you off.

“After 45 minutes we didn’t concede one chance to Messi. Of course in the second half when it’s 2-0 and you give more space, it’s so difficult to stop this type of player.

“He is the best in the world. With a lot of space it is unbelievable how he runs and dribbles. “In the second half he was decisive. He’s got that capacity and hunger for scoring.” Pochettino was frustrated that Tottenham gifted the initiative to Barca so easily, but he took heart from the way they pushed their star-studded opponents harder in

No one to blame but ourselves, says Klopp after Napoli defeat

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side could only blame themselves after the last year’s Champions League runners-up were overrun by Napoli before Lorenzo Insigne’s late winner gave the Italians a 1-0 win to go top of Group C on Wednesday.

Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

Napoli’s Polish forward Arkadiusz Milik shoots during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Napoli and Liverpool on October 3, 2018 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.

“We were not good enough and if you are not good enough, you’ll lose and that happened to us tonight. That’s it,” said Klopp. “Napoli made a really good game, we didn’t, and that’s why they deserve the three points.”

Lorenzo Insigne scored after 90 minutes in a game Napoli dominated from the start with substitute Dries Mertens also rattling the crossbar.

The hosts had the better chances throughout as Insigne, Jose Callejon, Fabian Ruiz and Arkadiusz Milik all threatened under-pressure Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson.

Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis -- who hired three-time Champions League winning coach Carlo Ancelotti this season in place of Maurizio Sarri -- hailed the success at their Stadio San Paolo.

“Big win against a great team!

Ancelotti worthy of his fame,” wrote De Laurentiis on Twitter. Last season Napoli’s style of football under Sarri impressed against Manchester City but the team lost 4-2 at home before exiting the competition in the group stage.

Insigne’s winner ensures they are top of Group C with four points, one more than Liverpool and Paris SaintGermain.

“I think we timed it well,” said for-

mer Chelsea and Real Madrid coach Ancelotti. “If Mertens had scored a few minutes earlier, it would’ve been more time suffering.

“We interpreted the game well.

We had an extra central defender and were able to build the game from the back. There was a perfect balance.”

Napoli needed a win on Wednesday after their opening match ended 0-0 at Red Star Belgrade.

Liverpool, meanwhile, played as if they would settle for a point after they beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-2.

The Reds’ strike force of Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane were a shadow of the trio who terrorised Europe last season, with Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina not called upon for a single save.

Liverpool’s best effort came when Egyptian Salah shot wide after the break. “It’s always a bad sign if you have to say your goalkeeper was your best player, but that was obvious tonight,” said Klopp.

“The first half was kind of OK, but second half was not good enough.

“Obviously no attempt on target (for us) ... I don’t remember when that happened last. I am really fine to give the credit to Napoli, but I think we had a big part in it as well.”

- ‘Reality check’ Liverpool were also handicapped by an injury to Guinean midfielder Naby Keita inside the first 20 minutes.

“We had prepared the match well,” said Ancelotti, “then it’s all about the performance and the guys played it well and we were rewarded with this victory that keeps us in the group.

“The team did well throughout the game, we never lost control, were always very focused, above all when defending and allowed Liverpool practically nothing.” Liverpool’s Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum said it was a “reality check” before next Sunday’s Premier League top-of-the-table clash with Manchester City.

“We have three days to recover and then we will face Man City,” added German Klopp. “It would have been difficult at any time in the season.

Now, let’s have a look afterwards, how the players are, what happened in the game, injury-wise, little knocks and stuff like that. Then we will prepare for Sunday.

“Then we have our crowd in the back. You could see tonight, Napoli used the atmosphere and we couldn’t calm it down with our performance.

“But on Sunday that –- at least -- will be 100 percent different.”(afp)

Ian KINGTON / IKIMAGES / AFP

Barcelona’s Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with Barcelona’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez during the Champions League group B football match match between Tottenham Hotspur and Barcelona at Wembley Stadium in London, on October 3, 2018.

the second half. “Against a team that needed to win, to concede after two minutes, it destroyed the plan,” Pochettino said.

“After making those mistakes, the first half was difficult for the team to be confident and play the way we planned.

“It’s hard to assess the game.

When you play a team like Barcelona you cannot afford to concede these type of chances. “But for me, most important was the second half. We did everything to come back. We showed character and I’m so proud of the players.”

- ‘Must-win’ Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the last 16 from Group B are now in grave danger after two successive defeats. Having lost to Inter Milan and Barcelona, Pochettino knows Tottenham must win their next European fixture at PSV Eindhoven later in October.

“We still need to play four games.

We are going to have it in our hands to be in the next stage,” he said. “Of course it will be tough because now

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there are must-win games.”

After three La Liga games without a win, including a shock loss to lowly Leganes, this was a morale-boosting success for Barcelona. Another setback would have added to the sudden sense of crisis around the club.

And relieved Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde admitted he was pleased with his side’s stylish response to their recent woes. “It’s true that after a few bad results it was very important to do well today and we responded very well,” he said.

“We want to always dominate and we did. Our response was very strong and effective. “It was a great game against a difficult team.”

Valverde was especially impressed with the way Barca stood up to late Tottenham pressure.

“The game was very intense.

When it was 3-2, Tottenham made it very difficult for us,” he added.

“We had a few problems in the game but we solved them and we just want to continue like this.

“I’m very happy with the players.

Today’s game was key for us.”(afp)

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Napoli striker Milik robbed at gunpoint after Liverpool win

Napoli’s Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik was robbed at gunpoint on his way home after his team’s Champions League win over Liverpool, Italian police said on Thursday.

The 24-year-old was in his car heading towards his home at Varcaturo on the Domitian Coast 20km west of Naples at around 2am when his car was stopped by a high-powered motorcycle blocking the road.

The two assailants -- whose faces were entirely covered by helmets -- approached the footballer’s car and pointed a gun at him, ordering him to hand over his Rolex Daytona watch worth 7,000 euros ($8,000).

The robbers then sped into the countryside towards Licola, police said according to the AGI news agency.

As soon as he recovered from the shock, Milik went to the nearest police station to report the crime. Attacks on professional players in the southern Italian city are frequent.

Italian international Lorenzo Insigne was robbed of jewelry, cash and a luxury watch in 2016 and the club’s Slovakian captain, Marek Hamsik, was held up at gunpoint in the centre of the city four years ago.

Napoli beat last year’s Champions League finalists 1-0 with a 90thminute Insigne goal to go top of Group C.(afp)

Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

Liverpool’s English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (R) jumps over Napoli’s Portuguese defender Mario Rui during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Napoli and Liverpool on October 3, 2018 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.

Mauricio Pochettino admitted Tottenham had only themselves to blame for Lionel Messi’s mesmerising masterclass in Barcelona’s 4-2 Champions League win at Wembley. Pochettino’s side found it impossible to subdue Messi as Barcelona ended their three-match winless streak in emphatic style.

The Spanish champions punished a howler from Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to take a second minute lead through Philippe Coutinho.

Ivan Rakitic volleyed a stunning second goal for Barcelona before Harry Kane reduced the deficit after the break. That set the stage for Messi to seize the spotlight once

again as he netted twice either side of Erik Lamela’s deflected effort for Tottenham.

Messi’s brace was just reward for an irresistible display from the Argentina legend. Messi already has five goals in the Champions League this season after hitting a hat-trick against PSV Eindhoven in Barcelona’s group opener.

But Tottenham boss Pochettino claimed his side had made it easy on Messi with the error-prone start that forced them to throw players forward, leaving spaces at the back that the deadly Messi was able to exploit.

“Messi doesn’t surprise me. We conceded the first goal and it is very difficult because that sets the game.

We paid for that,” Pochettino said.

“We had to give spaces when we were looking for a result. What happens is players like him can finish you off.

“After 45 minutes we didn’t concede one chance to Messi. Of course in the second half when it’s 2-0 and you give more space, it’s so difficult to stop this type of player.

“He is the best in the world. With a lot of space it is unbelievable how he runs and dribbles. “In the second half he was decisive. He’s got that capacity and hunger for scoring.” Pochettino was frustrated that Tottenham gifted the initiative to Barca so easily, but he took heart from the way they pushed their star-studded opponents harder in

No one to blame but ourselves, says Klopp after Napoli defeat

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side could only blame themselves after the last year’s Champions League runners-up were overrun by Napoli before Lorenzo Insigne’s late winner gave the Italians a 1-0 win to go top of Group C on Wednesday.

Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

Napoli’s Polish forward Arkadiusz Milik shoots during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Napoli and Liverpool on October 3, 2018 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.

“We were not good enough and if you are not good enough, you’ll lose and that happened to us tonight. That’s it,” said Klopp. “Napoli made a really good game, we didn’t, and that’s why they deserve the three points.”

Lorenzo Insigne scored after 90 minutes in a game Napoli dominated from the start with substitute Dries Mertens also rattling the crossbar.

The hosts had the better chances throughout as Insigne, Jose Callejon, Fabian Ruiz and Arkadiusz Milik all threatened under-pressure Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson.

Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis -- who hired three-time Champions League winning coach Carlo Ancelotti this season in place of Maurizio Sarri -- hailed the success at their Stadio San Paolo.

“Big win against a great team!

Ancelotti worthy of his fame,” wrote De Laurentiis on Twitter. Last season Napoli’s style of football under Sarri impressed against Manchester City but the team lost 4-2 at home before exiting the competition in the group stage.

Insigne’s winner ensures they are top of Group C with four points, one more than Liverpool and Paris SaintGermain.

“I think we timed it well,” said for-

mer Chelsea and Real Madrid coach Ancelotti. “If Mertens had scored a few minutes earlier, it would’ve been more time suffering.

“We interpreted the game well.

We had an extra central defender and were able to build the game from the back. There was a perfect balance.”

Napoli needed a win on Wednesday after their opening match ended 0-0 at Red Star Belgrade.

Liverpool, meanwhile, played as if they would settle for a point after they beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-2.

The Reds’ strike force of Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane were a shadow of the trio who terrorised Europe last season, with Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina not called upon for a single save.

Liverpool’s best effort came when Egyptian Salah shot wide after the break. “It’s always a bad sign if you have to say your goalkeeper was your best player, but that was obvious tonight,” said Klopp.

“The first half was kind of OK, but second half was not good enough.

“Obviously no attempt on target (for us) ... I don’t remember when that happened last. I am really fine to give the credit to Napoli, but I think we had a big part in it as well.”

- ‘Reality check’ Liverpool were also handicapped by an injury to Guinean midfielder Naby Keita inside the first 20 minutes.

“We had prepared the match well,” said Ancelotti, “then it’s all about the performance and the guys played it well and we were rewarded with this victory that keeps us in the group.

“The team did well throughout the game, we never lost control, were always very focused, above all when defending and allowed Liverpool practically nothing.” Liverpool’s Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum said it was a “reality check” before next Sunday’s Premier League top-of-the-table clash with Manchester City.

“We have three days to recover and then we will face Man City,” added German Klopp. “It would have been difficult at any time in the season.

Now, let’s have a look afterwards, how the players are, what happened in the game, injury-wise, little knocks and stuff like that. Then we will prepare for Sunday.

“Then we have our crowd in the back. You could see tonight, Napoli used the atmosphere and we couldn’t calm it down with our performance.

“But on Sunday that –- at least -- will be 100 percent different.”(afp)

Ian KINGTON / IKIMAGES / AFP

Barcelona’s Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with Barcelona’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez during the Champions League group B football match match between Tottenham Hotspur and Barcelona at Wembley Stadium in London, on October 3, 2018.

the second half. “Against a team that needed to win, to concede after two minutes, it destroyed the plan,” Pochettino said.

“After making those mistakes, the first half was difficult for the team to be confident and play the way we planned.

“It’s hard to assess the game.

When you play a team like Barcelona you cannot afford to concede these type of chances. “But for me, most important was the second half. We did everything to come back. We showed character and I’m so proud of the players.”

- ‘Must-win’ Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the last 16 from Group B are now in grave danger after two successive defeats. Having lost to Inter Milan and Barcelona, Pochettino knows Tottenham must win their next European fixture at PSV Eindhoven later in October.

“We still need to play four games.

We are going to have it in our hands to be in the next stage,” he said. “Of course it will be tough because now

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there are must-win games.”

After three La Liga games without a win, including a shock loss to lowly Leganes, this was a morale-boosting success for Barcelona. Another setback would have added to the sudden sense of crisis around the club.

And relieved Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde admitted he was pleased with his side’s stylish response to their recent woes. “It’s true that after a few bad results it was very important to do well today and we responded very well,” he said.

“We want to always dominate and we did. Our response was very strong and effective. “It was a great game against a difficult team.”

Valverde was especially impressed with the way Barca stood up to late Tottenham pressure.

“The game was very intense.

When it was 3-2, Tottenham made it very difficult for us,” he added.

“We had a few problems in the game but we solved them and we just want to continue like this.

“I’m very happy with the players.

Today’s game was key for us.”(afp)

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LOS ANGELES - Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury were at it again on Wednesday, pushing and shoving and trading barbs as their three-city promotional tour for their heavyweight world title fight hit Los Angeles.

Two days after their London press conference was broken up after they traded shoves, the two scuffled again and were separated by their teams at L.A. Live’s Novo Club -- just a stone’s throw from the Staples Center where they’ll battle for Wilder’s World Boxing Council heavyweight world title on December 1.

America’s Wilder brings a record of 40-0 with 39 knockouts to his defense against Fury, the 30-year-old Briton who formerly held the International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association, International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Organization belts -- now held by Britain’s Anthony Joshua.

Fury, unbeaten in 27 professional fights, made his comeback earlier this year after a near two-and-a-half year absence.

He was unstinting with his insults Wednesday, urging Wilder to clean his teeth as he animatedly walked the stage.

“Your breath stinks!” he said.

“Brush your teeth, mate, brush your teeth.”

Verbal jabs from both were lost as they shouted over one another, standing nose to nose.

When the shoving started the two were pulled apart.

Wilder acknowledged that it was all good theater -- but he never intended to let it go too far.

“Who on stage is going to be able to hold two big fighters back?” he said. “If I want to, I’m going to get you. But then you jeopardize the fight, and I don’t want that.”

The fight will be the first US pay-per-view appearance for both fighters, and Joshua (21-0 with 20 knockouts) will be under pressure to fight the winner next April when he has a reserved date at Wembley Stadium.

Wilder, shaken up before pulling off a 10th-round stoppage of Cuba’s Luis Ortiz in March, says he’ll be the champion fans are clamoring for Joshua to meet.

“He’s feeling the pressure,” Wilder told the Los Angeles Times of Joshua. “When I beat Fury, it’ll be a hell of a lot of pressure.”

In the meantime, Wilder told the Times, he’s looking forward to Fury.

“It’s going to be an interesting, challenging fight,” Wilder said. “We’re each going to get hit.

It’s about who can withstand it.” (afp)

SUZUKA - Sebastian Vettel has rejected the suggestion Ferrari have lost their way after being dealt a hammer blow by Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One title race.

The German, who has watched Hamilton win five of the last six races, attempted to put a positive spin on a poor run of form following his third-place finish behind the two Mercedes in Russia last weekend.

“We haven’t lost direction,” a defiant Vettel said Thursday ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

“We have made progress -- the steps that were planned were the steps that came. Maybe they have made bigger or smaller steps, but we are where we wanted to be,” added Vettel, who trails Hamilton by 50 points with just five races left this season.

“We have a strong car, but I don’t think that we had a dominant car at any point this year. At too many races, we haven’t been close enough.”

Vettel also went on the defensive when asked if this week’s Suzuka race was make-or-break in terms of his waning hopes of pipping

Hamilton to a fifth world title.

“I don’t like the now or never approach,” sniffed Vettel.

“I don’t think there’s much sense in that. I didn’t know it was five out of six,” he added, referring to Hamilton’s run of victories.

“Now I know, so the secret has been not to count. You attack every weekend -- every weekend is different, the track is different, the circumstances are different.

He added: “This is my favourite track in the world, so I’d better enjoy it and not spoil it by starting to count the things that are against me.” Vettel, who like Hamilton has won four times in Japan, remains upbeat despite the Briton’s controversial victory in Sochi, where Mercedes ordered Valterri Bottas to allow Hamilton to pass.

“In race pace we were a bit closer,” said Vettel. “You can’t change much in a week, let’s hope the track suits us more.”

But the German, who has won

five races to Hamilton’s eight this year, gave a withering assessment of coming off second-best to his fierce rival.

“I’m sure he had more fun last weekend than I had,” said Vettel, a four-time Formula One champion with Red Bull from 2010 to 2013.

“It’s tough to have a wheel-towheel battle and it’s been intense, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as he did. Naturally you enjoy it more when you come out on top.

Hopefully this week we are a bit closer.”

Vettel had an even fruitier reaction on the subject of DRS (drag reduction system) in Formula One -- and whether Suzuka should have more than just one zone where drivers can push the go-faster button.

“I’m not a fan,” he shrugged.

“It’s artificial. Now we are in Japan, I think Mario Kart, if you remember -- it might be more fun to throw bananas out of the cockpit. Maybe it’s a better idea.” (afp)

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Professional boxers Deontay Wilder (L) and Tyson Fury speak onstage during their press conference to promote their upcoming December 1, 2018 fight in Los Angeles at The Novo by Microsoft on October 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

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Merkel pledges German fight against anti-Semitism on Israel visit

JERUSALEM - Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of Germany’s “everlasting responsibility” to oppose anti-Semitism during a visit to Israel on Thursday as she and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed past their differences and promoted cooperation between their nations.

The one-day visit by Merkel and members of her cabinet was part of German-Israeli government consultations held regularly, but came after Netanyahu’s harsh criticism of European countries over their efforts to keep alive the Iran nuclear deal.

Germany and other European countries have also repeatedly hit out at Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank and warned over threats to remaining prospects for a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians.

But both leaders seemed determined to have the visit run smoothly, greeting each other warmly after Merkel’s arrival on Wednesday night and touring an innovation exhibit together on Thursday.

Merkel began the day with a visit to Israel’s Holocaust memorial high in the hills above Jerusalem. After laying a wreath in the Yad Vashem memorial’s solemn Hall of Remembrance, where an eternal flame burns, she spoke of Germany’s responsibility as the perpetrator of the Holocaust.

“From this comes the everlasting responsibility of Germany to remember this crime and to oppose anti-Semitism, xenophobia, hatred and violence,” she said, reading out the message she wrote in the memorial’s guest book. Later after receiving an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Haifa University, she answered questions from students and touched on the Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu has urged European nations to follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and withdraw from the accord with his country’s main enemy. Germany, like other signatories to the deal, says it is preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons for now.

Merkel noted the Iranian presence in neighbouring Syria and how that has exacerbated the threat from Israel’s enemy.

She said the nuclear deal would be discussed further with Netanyahu.

“On the principle that everything must be done to prevent nuclear armament, we absolutely agree,” she said. (afp)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) receives an honorary doctorate from Haifa University at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on October 4, 2018. Merkel spoke of Germany’s “everlasting responsibility” to oppose antiSemitism during a visit to Israel, as she and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed past their differences and promoted cooperation between their nations.

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The following month, the communications ministry announced it was deploying new software to identify fake news websites.

Members of the Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) -- a cluster of loosely connected groups accused of using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to attack the government and stoke religious

extremism -- have been rounded up.

Some 130 million Indonesians -- about half the population -- spend an average of nearly three-and-a-half hours a day on social media, one of the highest rates in the world, according to data from London-based creative agency We Are Social and social media management platform Hootsuite. The country was also late to introduce digital literacy programmes, experts say. (afp)

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Desperate hope for survivors at quake-shattered Indonesia hotel

With bare hands and a torch, Martinus Hamaele desperately dug through the rubble of Palu’s shattered Hotel Mercure in the hope of finding his missing daughter Meiren, nearly a week after a quake-tsunami disaster pounded the Indonesian seaside city.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference following a meeting with Austrian Chancellor at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg on October 3, 2018.

UK, Australia blame Russian military for cyber attacks

LONDON - Britain and Australia on Thursday blamed Russia’s military intelligence service for some of the biggest cyber attacks of recent years -- including one on the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 US presidential campaign.

They said the GRU military intelligence service could have only been conducting operations of such scale on Kremlin orders.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly and angrily rejected similar charges.

He told US President Donald Trump during a July summit in Helsinki that talk of Russia meddling in the 2016 election was “nonsense”.

But Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Australian government pointed the blame directly at alleged GRU front operations such as Fancy Bear and APT 28.

The announcement could further strain relations between Russia and Britain that began to deteriorate with the 2006 assassination with polonium in London of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

“This is not the actions of a great power, this is the actions of a pariah state,” British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said during a visit to Brussels.

“We’ll continue working with allies to isolate, make them understand they cannot continue to conduct themselves in such a way.”

The Australian government added that Russia’s actions violated its international commitments to “responsible state be-

haviour” in cyberspace.

“Cyberspace is not the Wild West,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a joint statement.

- Airports and tennis stars Russia is not the only nation accused of conducting aggressive cyber operations in recent years.

The United States blames North Korea for hacking Sony in 2014 and launching the WannaCry ransomware attack last year.

US security researchers said on Wednesday that an elite group of North Korean hackers was also the source of attacks on world banks that netted “hundreds of millions” of dollars.

But British government sources said the NCSC has assessed with “high confidence” that the GRU was “almost certainly” behind the DNC hack that some Hillary Clinton supporters helped tip the US election in Trump’s favour.

Batches of DNC emails were later published by WikiLeaks.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether their release was coordinated with the Trump campaign.

Mueller in July indicted 12 Russian GRU officers in connection with the DNC attack.

The independent findings by

Britain and Australia may help Mueller fend off some of the accusations of political bias in his probe.

British sources said the GRU was also behind BadRabbit ransomware that caused disruptions on the Kiev metro and at an international airport in the Ukrainian port of Odessa last October.

The same attack affected Russia’s Interfax news agency and the popular Fontanka.ru news site.

British sources said the third strike resulted in the release of the medical files of global sports stars in August 2017.

They included tennis’s Serena and Venus Williams and Britain’s Tour de France winning cyclists Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) thinks the files’ release resulted from a data hack of its Doping Administration and Management system.

Russia was arguing at the time that its athletes were being unfairly targeted by anti-doping inspectors.

The fourth attack identified by the NCSC accessed multiple accounts belonging to a small UK-based TV station.

Some opposition Russianlanguage channels operate out of London. (afp)

It’s a race against time after authorities set a tentative deadline of Friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble, at which point the chances of finding anyone alive will dwindle to almost zero.

“We keep shouting ‘Meiren, Meiren, it’s me -- your dad and your brother,” Hamaele told AFP Thursday. “But there is no response, just silence.”

Standing outside the devastated beachside hotel, the 55-year-old recounted clambering through twisted steel and rubble, pulling five survivors from the debris shortly after the massive rumble.

“I asked those who were still alive to make noises by hitting things, to start knocking, so we could detect their location,” he said.

“We managed to make a small opening. Initially we thought it was impossible but I kept trying and never gave up.” One of the five rescued was a pregnant woman, he added.

But his desperate calls after his 20-year-old daughter, who was working at the hotel when Friday’s 7.5 magnitude quake and tsunami smashed Palu, have yet to be answered.

She is thought to be one of at least

three people still trapped inside the badly damaged five-storey building, which has turned into a site of hope and despair for distraught relatives.

- ‘Always hope’ On Thursday morning, family members gathered outside the hotel, wandering amid the rubble or quietly watching as search teams readied special equipment and sniffer dogs to check for victims.

Most returned day after day and complained about what they described as a slow evacuation response by authorities.

“I’ve been here for three days but they just started here yesterday,” said Hadija, 47, who was waiting for news of her younger brother Didi. “They are very slow.” Members of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency and French NGO International Emergency Firefighters pulled one body from the hotel on Wednesday.

Sniffer dogs and specialist equipment like thermal detectors, sound sensors and scanners were deployed Thursday to try identify more victims of the disaster.

“There is always hope,” said International Emergency Firefighters president Philippe Besson. But

he added that “the building is really extremely unstable... since yesterday, there has been so much wind that the building was starting to move on its own.” Retno Budiharto, from Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, added: “There are at least three people in the building according to hotel management... There is a small possibility (they’re alive).”

Fitriana Supratia, from Jakarta Rescue which is assisting with the evacuation, said rescuers faced a number of challenges.

“The first floor is missing and the second and third have collapsed like a pancake,” she told AFP, her speciallytrained sniffer dogs at her side. “The building is not stable, it can move any time and collapse.”

But the cautious approach will be of little comfort to families of the missing in this city of 350,000 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, where dozens are also believed to be buried under the ruins of another hotel, the 80-room Hotel Roa-Roa. Hamaele is hoping the search will be sped up so he can find his daughter. “Whether she is alive in critical condition or God wants something different, one thing is for sure: I want her to be found,” he said.(afp)

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French member of the International Emergency Firefighters and locals search for survivors in the badly damaged Mercure hotel in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 4, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami. A total of 1,424 people have been confirmed dead and over 2,500 injured after the monster earthquake struck, sending destructive waves barrelling into Sulawesi island.

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BUSINESS US services firms grew at a record pace in September

WASHINGTON - U.S. services firms expanded at a record pace last month, stepping up production and hiring, in another sign of strength for the American economy.

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reports that its services index hit 61.6 in September, up from 58.5 in August and the highest in records going back to 2008. Anything above 50 signals growth, and services companies are on a 104-month winning streak.

Economists had expected the index to fall slightly in September.

Seventeen services industries reported growth last month, and none declined.

The services sector enjoyed faster growth in just about every activity — production, new orders, hiring, prices, export orders.

The uptick in the ISM index reflects a healthy economy, helped partly by recent tax cuts. “Activity is still being boosted by the substantial fiscal stimulus enacted earlier this year,” Andrew Hunter, U.S. economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a research note.

“I don’t know how sustainable this rate of growth is,” said Anthony Nieves, chair of the ISM’s services survey committee. Nieves said the index was probably boosted, in part, by local governments stepping up spending before year’s end.

Some of the services firms responding to the ISM survey complained about labor shortages and the impact of U.S. tariffs this year on imported steel, aluminum and products from China.

From April through June, the U.S. economy grew at a 4.2 percent annual pace, fastest in nearly four years. Consumer spending on services rose at a 3 percent rate, fastest in more than three years.

Private services companies account for more than 70 percent of U.S. nonfarm jobs. (ap)

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In this July 18, 2018, file photo a customer gets his coffee at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing activity for September.

Eurozone economy appears to lose momentum as exports stall

LONDON - The 19-country eurozone economy lost momentum in September despite a resilient performance by the services sector in Italy, according to a closely watched survey released Wednesday.

Financial information firm IHS Markit said its composite purchasing managers’ index, a key measure of business activity in services and manufacturing, slipped to 54.1 points in September from 54.5 the previous month.

Though anything above 50 indicates expansion, the decline provides further evidence that the

eurozone economy cooled during the summer as trade growth stalled.

Trade tensions around the world, mainly between the United States and China, have stoked worries that protectionism is on the rise to the detriment of business.

Despite the flat-lining in exports, the firm’s survey still points to quarterly economic expansion in the eurozone economy of 0.5 percent, which is strong relative to the growth seen in the past decade.

Chris Williamson, the firm’s chief business economist, said the slowdown is set to continue into the fourth quarter as “recent months

have seen a clear loss of momentum in terms of both output and new order gains.”

Interestingly, the survey showed the Italian services sector was robust in September despite mounting worries in financial markets about the new populist government’s economic policies, which has seen the country’s borrowing rates rise.

“This suggests that, so far, Italian businesses have remained sheltered from concerns about the country’s fiscal stance and the resulting volatility in the Italian sovereign bond market,” said

Moritz Degler, economist at Oxford Economics.

Still, few economists are predicting Italy to break out of its era of tepid growth, especially if the global economy falters in the face of rising protectionism.

That means economic growth around the world may become increasingly reliant on domestic demand.

In the eurozone, that may be a source of concern. Separate figures from the European Union’s statistics agency showed that retail sales fell in August for the second month, this time by 0.2 percent.

Year-on-year, they were down 0.2 percent, too.

The weakness in spending is unexpected given that unemployment has been falling over the past few years. Figures released this week showed the jobless rate at 8.1 percent, a decade-low.

“Although conditions in the labor market continue to improve, today’s figures show retail sales are still modest, which does not bode well for household consumption growth in the third quarter,” said Alastair Neame, senior economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

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Blangsinga Waterfall, an Exotic Attraction in Gianyar

Blangsinga waterfall at Blahbatuh, Gianyar, can become your alternative destination other than beaches. This nature tourism becomes a favorite tourist spot visited by domestic and foreign travelers. Other than water recreation, visitors can also watch the beauty of rainbow and feel the atmosphere of Petanu River.

The waterfall has the height of about 12.5 meters. The water flows swiftly and becomes a very pretty place to take pictures. For those who like spiritual atmosphere, it is perfectly appropriate destination because around the Petanu River sits some places sanctified by local residents. So, do not be surprised when every morning many travelers do meditation or yoga at this location.

Blangsinga waterfall has been equipped with amenities such as a spacious parking lot, gazebo to unwind, toilet, canteen and a concrete pathway to get to the river bed.

The cool and peaceful atmosphere for the whole trip is entertained by the melodious sounds of birds. To enjoy the beauty and natural water features, visitors must buy a ticket for IDR 10,000 (adult) and IDR 5,000 (children).

Blangsinga waterfall has three strategic and unique locations. The first part is located at the edge of the river with ‘stone water’ namely the spring coming out from chunks of boulder. Local people believe it has healing quality for sprains and fractures. “Cows, pigs or other livestock experiencing fractures are usually invoked ‘medicine’ at this shower,” said I Ketut Sudarpa, one of the management officers.

This river is also taken advantage by housewives who have just given birth to a baby because it is believed to give peace to their baby.

Large and small rocks are naturally lined. This location is commonly used by visitors to play with rocks by piling them from large to small, like temples.

In the meantime, in the middle of part the atmosphere becomes more challenging. Visitors can sit on chunks of the local cliff while enjoying the waterfall flowing to the bottom of the river. Travelers choose this location to take pictures as being very close to waterfall and cliff. Beautiful scenery is also taken advantage by photographer as a pre-wedding photo session. It can be creatively combined with a variety of supporting facilities, such as umbrella and other tools.

Besides, teens or young couples choose this place for a casual chat because it is very beautiful. From this area, visitors can also see the beauty of rainbow from the mouth of the cave around 10:00 and in the afternoon around 16:00 seen from beneath the cave.

The third strategic location lies in the bottom of the river, namely the main waterfall. Visitors can feel the power of water falling from a height. Sometimes they also rejoice

while taking bath, splashing or just washing their legs. Here, visitors can take pictures or selfie. “This location is also good for location of pre-wedding photo session,” said Sudarpa while pointing out a unique location to take pictures.

Travelers from Europe, Australia and Asia mostly prefer this location. They mingle with domestic travelers from Surabaya, Jakarta, Kalimantan and Flores. Together with children, relatives and friends, they play with rocks, feel the coolness of water and walk on

the bamboo bridge. “On a normal day, more visitors are foreigners.

But on national holidays, they will be usually dominated by domestic travelers,” he said.

Sudarpa added that the location of Blangsinga waterfall was formerly renowned as a place to play bungee jumping. This object is managed by Blangsinga customary village, but its operation is entrusted to 11 professionals consisting of local villagers. “The waterfall was initially favored by cycling travelers, now it has been well-known

and crowded,” he explained.

Formerly, it was named Srogsogan waterfall. Over the time, after visited by many visitors it is better known as Blangsinga waterfall. Based on the agreement of Blangsinga village residents and management, it was then made walkway heading for the riverbed.

It is financed by village treasury and ticket sales. Then, the income of managing this object is also allocated for rural development, such as ceremonies and physical development. (kmb)

Rice Porridge Can Heal Heatiness

Are you a foodie? Do not be surprised if Balinese people have a number of dishes that are not only delicious, but also useful for healing.

For instance, they have rice porridge.

It is not included in the popular types of food, but some people still make this rice porridge. Interestingly, this rice porridge takes advantage of rice waste, so it is not wasted.

Rice porridge is a menu of people on the Island of the Gods, especially in rural areas that are more engaged as farmers. Before heading out to paddy field, moor or doing their job as a farm laborer, they will make a rice cracker for their refreshment. Other than applied to workers, people having fever, sore throat or other illnesses are often given this rice porridge.

The type of rice porridge is usually eaten warm, so it feels more enjoyable and people believe it can heal inner heat and shore throat. This

porridge also serves as a breakfast for students at villages who will attend school. The rice porridge is also commonly made during rainy season. Cool atmosphere of village will get warmer when eating rice porridge with the family.

The rice porridge has a yellow color as the effect of the seasoning in use namely the turmeric. To make this traditional menu healthier, the rice porridge is usually mixed with spinach or sweet leaf. When cooking, it is also filled with bay leaves, resulting in a distinctive taste.

Eating rice porridge will be more delicious when accompanied with crackers of fried sticky cake.

The ingredients used consist of rice waste, local spices, bay leaves and water. The spices are dominated with turmeric, then add a little galangal, ginger, aromatic ginger, garlic, onion, chili, coriander, pepper, candlenut, shrimp paste,

coconut oil and salt (to taste) and a bay leaf (to taste) as well.

Preparation: first of all, turmeric, galangal, ginger and aromatic ginger are finely chopped. Onion and garlic are sliced ??and then mixed with other ingredients, and then ground to make it smooth.

Similarly, candlenut, pepper and coriander can be crushed or blender to be smoothed, too. After that, put into the basin and then cook the rice waste and add coconut oil. Stir it well so the seasoning can mix thoroughly with the rice.

The next process is to put the mixed rice into the pan. Add water and salt to taste. Put spinach or sweet leaves and two pieces of bay leaves. Heat it for about 20 minutes or until cooked. Finally, take out the porridge and now it is ready to be served. In order to taste better, it can be added with fried onions and crispy crackers. (kmb)

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Wife of ex-Malaysian leader charged with money laundering

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Built at Abang Batudinding

Artificial lake set to hold 200m3 of water BANGLI - The plan of the Bangli district government to build an artificial lake as a solution to overcome the overflowing of Lake Batur is ensured to be realized in 2019. In accordance with the plan made by the Public Works, Spatial Planning, Housing and Settlements Agency of Bangli, the artificial lake will be built on the land at Abang Batudinding village, Kintamani.

The artificial lake is designed to accommodate 200 cubic meters of water.

The Head of the Bangli Public Works Agency, I Wayan Lawe, accompanied by Secretary of the Agency, Made Soma, when met on Wednesday (Oct. 3) revealed that other than overcoming the overflowing of Lake Batur, the artificial lake will be built to overcome water difficulties faced by the people at three villages namely the Suter, Abang

Batudinding and Abang Songan. The artificial lake is also built to add new tourist destinations in Kintamani.

The lake construction will be carried out in 2019 with the funds prepared reach of IDR 15 billion.

Lawe explained that in addition to preparing the budget, so far the agency has also prepared the detail engineering design (DED) including

the land. The land to be used is the land property of Abang Batudinding village. “The land prepared by Abang Batudinding is one hectare released for the benefit of the community,” he explained.

Further, he said the artificial lake to be built will be designed to have a volume of 200 cubic meters. The discharge of lake water produced

is 10 liters / second. The taking of Lake Batur‘s water is carried out by using four machines implemented by degrees. “To take up the water, it is carried out through three levels where a cistern is built in each level,” he explained.

Considering the construction of the artificial lake is a big project and takes a long time, Lawe admitted that his agency will attempt so the project can be started at the beginning of the year. The artificial lake will not only supply water for the three villages but also for some other rural areas around it. “The management will

be thought about later on. We are currently focusing on building the artificial lake and raising water from Lake Batur,” he added.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, Nyoman Basma, hoped the construction of artificial lake as well as the taking of Lake Batur water to overcome water difficulties faced by three villages in Kintamani is not just a discourse considering that similar plans have appeared repeatedly. “We hope the government can truly realize it,” said the politician from Suter village. (kmb40)

To pursue smart city

Village’s websites are even inactive

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Many websites are dormant or inactive. This is the finding of the Klungkung regent when visiting the command center managed by the Klungkung Communication and Informatics Agency on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

SEMARAPURA - The smart city program continues to be campaigned by the Klungkung district government. To support it, the village must also have a website as a medium to provide information related to various things. However in reality, many websites are dormant or inactive. This is the finding of the Klungkung regent when visiting the command center managed by the Klungkung Communication and Informatics Agency on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

This regent from Nusa Ceningan, Nusa Penida subdistrict, stated the information related to the village needs to be conveyed intensively.

It is not only important for the community, but also for the district

government. “This (inactive—Ed) condition is not very good because the community and myself really need accurate data anytime and anywhere,” he said.

Seeing this condition, the Communication and Informatics Agency was asked to immediately write to each village in order to activate their website. Besides, the website admin as well as the local agencies are immediately appointed to take part in the training. He also found specifically the complaints submitted to the command center remaining to give an impression of slow updates. “This must also be evaluated,” he added.

Meanwhile, Section Head of the E-Government Development, at the

Communication and Informatics Agency, Komang Adi Sujaya, said that according to the evaluation, the village websites are not yet optimal because one of the admin changes is not monitored. In the future, he hoped the management can involve Yowana Gema Santi, so that it does not change. “We encourage this website can be managed optimally,” he said.

Regarding the complaints submitted to the command center, some of which forwarded to the agencies has sometimes been followed up, but the status did not change. On the contrary, sometimes they have been responded but in the field there is no handling at all. (kmb45)

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In this photograph taken on September 4, 2018, students leave a “floating school”, operated

by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (SSS), in Chalan Beel in Rajshahi district. More than 9,000 people have been displaced by the Padma in just five years, as the main tributary of the Ganges encroaches further and further inland.

Bangladesh kids turn the tide on climate change aboard floating schools

KUALA LUMPUR - The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister was Thursday charged with money laundering and tax evasion linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal that helped bring down the country’s previous government.

Rosmah Mansor, the 66-yearold wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty to 17 charges that could see her spend the rest of her life in prison.

Reviled in Malaysia for her lavish overseas shopping sprees and fetish for Birkin handbags as well as dazzling jewellery, Rosmah was released on bail after spending the night in detention at the office of the country’s anti-corruption agency.

Her husband is also out on bail on more than two dozen charges linked to the alleged plunder of state funds during his nine years in power.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 93, who came back from retirement to challenge Najib, has launched a crackdown against corruption in the previous govern-

ment.

“There is no idea of revenge and anything like that... If you steal money, you will be charged in court,” the official Bernama news agency quoted him as saying.

In the charge sheets, prosecutors accused Rosmah of having “engaged directly in a transaction that involves proceeds of unlawful activity” in violation of laws against money laundering.

A dozen charges involved deposits to a single bank account belonging to her from 2013-2017, totalling more than seven million ringgit. The remaining charges were for dodging taxes on the deposits.

Lead prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram told the court Rosmah’s alleged offences were “very serious”.

He also said Rosmah “had approached a witness with a request to give a statement in her favour”.

Rosmah was allowed to post bail of two million ringgit ($483,365) and ordered to surrender her passport. She was barred from contacting any witnesses. (afp)

CHALAN BEEL - Mosammat Rekha’s older cousins grew up unable to read and write, their tiny village so frequently cut off from the nearest school by floods that would rise suddenly in their remote corner of disaster-prone Bangladesh.

But seven-year-old Mosammat is learning her ABCs aboard a boat fitted with a classroom and play equipment that is helping children thrive even as climate change alters the world around them.

“We can attend classes even during the rainy season, when our homes are barely above water,” the seven-year-old told AFP aboard the vessel in Chalan Beel, some 175 kilometres (around 110 miles) northwest of Dhaka.

Climate change is already taking its toll across Bangladesh, a densely populated and impoverished country the United Nations has identified as among the most vulnerable to a warming planet.

Millions in the low-lying nation are being forced to adapt to overflowing rivers, rising seas and increasingly extreme weather in a

country frequented by destructive storms and cyclones.

Twenty million people there could be made “climate refugees” by the end of the century, a UN panel has warned, turfed out of their homes as rivers swallow towns and seas encroach on coastal communities. In villages like Kalidaskhali on the banks of the Padma River, these forces are already reshaping lives by the hour.

As much as five metres (16 feet) of riverbank can disappear in a single day, consuming everything in its path, local government official Azizul Azam told AFP. More than 9,000 people have been displaced by the Padma in just five years, as the main tributary of the Ganges encroaches further and further inland.

“Today my backyard is gone. I

had a cowshed over there... now it is just water,” said Rukaiya Khatun, watching helplessly as chunks of earth disappeared into the turbid water inching towards her home.

“The Padma has devoured everything.”

River erosion -- though long a phenomenon in the delta nation -- is rapidly accelerating due to climate change, said Atiq Rahman, a member of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN climate panel.

A warming planet has made monsoon rainfall more unpredictable across Bangladesh and melted Himalayan glaciers to the north, turbocharging the waterways that criss-cross the country.

Many have struggled to adapt as the river has turned, in the words of one villager, “wild and furious”. (afp)

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Rosmah Mansor (top C), wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, is escorted by police personnel during her arrival at court in Kuala Lumpur on October 4, 2018.

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Lagerfeld takes Chanel to beach as Vuitton boosts colour

PARIS - Karl Lagerfeld took Chanel for a paddle in the sea Tuesday, creating a huge beach with real waves for his joyously zingy Paris fashion week show.

The 85-year-old produced a winningly youthful and colourful collection to lift the spirits of jaded fashionistas on the last day of a marathon month of shows in New York, London and Milan.

Louis Vuitton wrapped up the packed nine-day Paris schedule with an equally vivid show where designer Nicolas Ghesquiere cut his clean and classy ankle boots, short skirt and jacket schtick with vivid electric florals and highly-coloured abstract painted patterns.

The brightness of both big shows with their celebrity-packed front rows -- Cate Blanchett ruled at Vuitton while the Princess of Thailand Sirivannavari Nariratana graced Chanel -- were in stark contrast to the battalions of black that swept much of the Paris spring-summer catwalks.

Ghesquiere’s show was controversially co-ed, with men walking the runway too even though the label has its own menswear line now led by the American designer Virgil Abloh of Off-White fame.

But it was his mini-bags and a run of short belted dresses, two in glinting metallic mail, that drew the most admiring looks at his Louvre show along with minimalistic three-tone coats and jackets.

With soft drizzle falling outside and the October chill beginning to bite in a grey French capital, more than one fashionista regretted not taking a towel to Chanel’s artificial beach.

Led by the designer’s latest muse, Dutch-born Luna Bijl, models walked barefoot through waves which lapped onto the white sand thanks to a set of hidden pistons.

Catwalk queens including Cara Delevingne and Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber came up from the beach and slipped into low mules to strut the boardwalk runway.

Sometimes Chanel’s spectacular sets are as talked about as the clothes.

But this time the clothes had a lot to say for themselves.

- Karl’s fresh new look The veteran creator hit the sweet spot from his oversized Chanel jackets and 1960s-style egg-shell blue trapeze coat dress to a long line of classy casual looks using the show’s beach umbrella motif.

With a beady eye on the bottom line, Lagerfeld used the brand’s name in capital letters everywhere he could.

From the clothes themselves and a new line of big crystal necklaces, belts and earrings, the label’s name also turned up on a set of double-billed straw hats with CHA at the front and NEL at the back.

Little silver and black beach-ball bags came on Chanel chains and a black scallop shell-shaped number with patent spines had smartphones clicking.

And with Lagerfeld insisting that the only thing better than a Chanel bag is having two, he sent out Bijl and a few of his other stars carrying two classic Chanel bags slung across the body, one in each hand like a pair of six-shooters.

In the past Lagerfeld has turned the vast Grand Palais into an ocean liner, a rocket launch pad, the world’s chicest supermarket and controversially a mid-winter wood full of trees.

After environmentalists attacked Chanel in March for felling decadesold oaks for its autumn-winter collection, the label said it would now “attempt to recycle, reuse and or find alternative uses for the materials” it uses in its shows.(afp)

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Models present creations by Chanel at the end of the SpringSummer 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on October 2, 2018.

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Children spread the love and take Paris Fashion Week by storm

PARIS - Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture is in full swing for the Spring/Summer season 2019, and miniature models are taking the lead. With a bounce in their step and the assurance of Kendall Jenner or Gisele Bündchen, children stormed VICKY’Z runway for the fashion brand’s big premiere in Paris on Tuesday, 2 October.

Aged from 3 to 13 year-old, holding another model’s hand or strolling alone, they were at the Intercontinental Hotel to showcase designer Xinyin Xu’s newest collection. Xu founded VICKY’Z -- short for Vicky Zhang, her daughter’s name-- and designs clothes specialized in parent-child fashion. The leading brand of parent-child fashion in China offers complimentary mother-daughter, or father-son outfits, making it easier to coordinate when going out for brunch.

“The brand was founded on Vicky’s second birthday,” explains Xu. “She is now 5 years old, and being a mother I wanted to create a parent-children brand to share the warmth and love in families.”

Beautiful princess gowns with trains skimming the floor flowed through the runway in a cascade of ruffles. The make-up was kept simple, and the hair sleeked back into a high ponytail as to avoid any distractions from the garments.

The patterns were simple and placed in strategic places as to not overcharge the dress, with delicate hemlines and soft pastel colors.

The final dress and showstopper of this season was a bit darker than the rest of the collection, all in satin dark navy and with

touches of gold, which radiated an imperial vibe along with the sharp shoulders and the high collar. The young model was also the only one to have a head ornament, with golden leaves decorating her hair.

Boys also had the opportunity to strut down the runway, dressed in sharp suits and capes, resembling mini Prince Charming. “It’s true we have more girl models,” Xu said.

“That is because I have a daughter and have a tendency of designing a bit more for her or for girls.”

This season was inspired by the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) with garments decorated with cranes, a long-legged and long-necked bird, and peony flowers, a traditional floral symbol of China. “With the cranes, I wanted to symbolize happiness and family,” Xu explained.

“And if we add the peony, I wanted to combine these two into a Western and Eastern symbol.”

VICKY’Z runway was also framed with two high burgundy doors on each side of the runway, also a symbol of both Western and Eastern opening their doors to each other. “I wanted it to represent that everybody in this world is a family, and that we’re all in this together,” said the young designer.

For the big finale, the models walked one last time the catwalk holding a red lantern, each with

a Chinese surname written on it. These represented the different family cultures there are throughout China’s 33 different regions, as a lot of family love is represented differently depending on where you are from. The lanterns were then placed on the white wall one by one to finally reveal a secret word that spelled out in Mandarin Chinese: home.

“My inspiration came from family and love, which starts at home.

Being a mother, home is also what represents me the most. I wanted the love to spread throughout the world,” explained Xu. As half a year worth of work strutted one last time the runway under the applause of the audience, Xu took one final bow, relieved that all went well for her first Parisian show. She then took pictures with all 41 children who participated in the show and with their parents who accompanied them.

“Working with children also means that we have to accommodate the parents so they can come see their child’s show,” explained the co-founder of VICKY’Z. “It’s an opportunity for them to leave work and everything at home, to accompany their kid and spend some precious time with them”.(afp)

BANGLI — The area of the natural tourism park (TWA) of Mount Batur Bukit Payang, Kintamani, returned to catch fire. The fire on Sunday (Sep. 30) burned about one hectare of land overgrown with bushes. Allegedly, the fire was triggered by the presence of cigarette butts carelessly dumped in the tourism park area.

Head of the Regional Conservation Section II, Bali Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), Sulistyo Widodo, when asked for his confirmation stated the location of the burned conservation area is under Pasar Agung Temple. As the report received, the fire occurred on Sunday around 11:00.

The fire was successfully extinguished about an hour later by the BKSDA officers, the community and local tour guides. The extinguishing was carried out manually because the terrain is not accessible to fire truck.

Sulistyo claimed he did not know the exact cause of the fire last Sunday. However, he suspected the fire was caused by human negligence. “The cause is still being investigated. Possibly it happened because someone may throw away cigarette butts,” he said. He added the last Sunday’s fire was the second time happening this year. On August 25, a fire had also occurred in the same area.

To prevent the fire incident in the forest area, Sulistyo said that the BKSDA had made a number of efforts ranging from dissemination and counseling for the community, tour guides and visitors, regular patrols into the tourism park area, to the making of firebreaks. The making of this firebreak is carried out to limit the fire movement from quickly expanding when a fire broke out. Ahead of dry season, the coordination has also been intensified with military district command and local police, including the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Bangli to jointly deal with a fire.

“Similarly, we continue to provide guidance for groups of people that care about fire (MPA) established previously,” he explained. To prevent the recurrence of such fire incident, his agency returned to appeal to all communities, tour guides and visitors to jointly protect the forest. (kmb40)

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A North Kuta community figure, AAN Ketut Agus Nadi Putra, along with a number of community leaders at Kerobokan Kelod village immediately came down to the field on Monday (Oct. 1).

Poor family amid the Kerobokan Kelod tourism area

MANGUPURA — Badung tourism area is apparently not free from the poor like at Kerobokan Kelod. The area included in the North Kuta subdistrict is famous for Petitenget, Umalas, Bidadari, and Oberoi as one of the tourism areas in the Badung district.

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Allegedly, the fire was triggered by the presence of cigarette butts carelessly dumped in the tourism park area.

It is the family of the late Wayan Suarnawa. His family is living at Taman Merthanadi hamlet, Kerobokan Kelod village, in a house that is not suitable for habitation, so that people are encouraged to help.

A North Kuta community figure, AAN Ketut Agus Nadi Putra, along with a number of community leaders at Kerobokan Kelod village immediately came down to the field on Monday (Oct. 1). “I know that one of the residents’ houses at Mertanadi hamlet when coming to the house of mourning of the late Wayan Suarnawa, and found his house is very uninhabitable,” he said.

Nevertheless, the man familiarly addressed as Gung Nadi stated the condition of the house began to be refurbished through an independent housing program. The program is carried out by a number of donors in North Kuta, but has not been roofed yet and not been finished.

“We have asked to apply for home refurbishment. However, since the poverty rate at Kerobokan village

is declared to have been zero, the family does not get home refurbishment assistance,” he said.

This Chairperson of Commission IV of the Badung House of Representatives explained that he had coordinated with community leaders in North Kuta and Kerobokan Kelod village to help the deceased’s family in order to get a decent house.

“I helped through the Panca Marga Cooperative Agency for IDR 50 million to carry out the house refurbishment and the rest will be endeavored by the community figures of Kerobokan Kelod,” he said.

He said to have conveyed to the Badung Social Agency in order that the family can get home refurbishment assistance. The agency has also conducted a survey. However, administratively he cannot be helped because the area is recorded to have zero poverty.

“We are so sad to see it. Hopefully, the government will do a cross-check in the future so that

this kind of thing will no longer happen. Moreover, in developed countries there is no poverty up to zero percent and so is in Badung.

On that account, it should not make the status of poverty into zero after reflecting from this finding,” he said.

Headman of Kerobokan Kelod, Made Wistwan, revealed that actually the assistance for the poor at Kerobokan Kelod village has been distributed, both house refurbishment and productive economic assistance for the targeted households, so that the household has been administratively overcome.

“When making data collection at other neighborhood, we did not find such a case. But for this case, it has actually been dealt with considering the rights of this citizen have been provided, so that it is feasible because it can fulfill the needs independently. Sometimes the data in the field are different.

Surely we need to deal with this by making cross-check in the future,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Ngurah Rai Airport targeted to apply Balinese scripts DENPASAR - Ngurah Rai International Airport becomes one of the inaugurated locations for the simultaneous use of Balinese scripts on October 5, 2018. In accordance with Gubernatorial Regulation No.80/2018, Balinese scripts are written above Latin scripts on the signboards of offices or public facilities. In addition to the airport, other points becoming the target for the use of Balinese scripts include the office of the governor, the Bali House of Representatives, Bali Mandara Hospital, and signposts in the Dewa Ruci intersection area.

“We will place the big one at Ngurah Rai Airport. On October 5 (the commencement of the use of Balinese script—Ed) will be simultaneously held across Bali at 19:00 because it will use the lighting to make it visible,” said the Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, after attending a Plenary Meeting at the Bali House of Representatives on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

According to Koster, the writing of Balinese scripts should

pay attention to quality, ethics and aesthetics. His government implemented this policy to preserve cultural heritage, in this case, in the field of Balinese literacy. “I think that Balinese script is an identity symbolizing our civilization,” he explained.

Previously, Koster had issued the Gubernatorial Decree No.79/2018 on the Day of Balinese Customary Attires

and Gubernatorial Regulation No.80/2018 concerning the Protection and Use of Balinese Language, Literacy, and Literature and the Implementation o f the Balinese Language Month. So, he has issued the Instruction of Bali Governor

No.2331/2018 concerning the simultaneous implementation of the two Gubernatorial Regulations throughout Bali and the technical guidelines.

The use of Balinese traditional attires and Balinese language will be carried out simultaneously on the upcoming October 11. Furthermore, Balinese language and Balinese traditional attires are used every Thursday, full moon, new

moon, and the anniversary of Bali Province and regency / municipality. Meanwhile, the implementation of the Balinese language month in February 2019 remains to be made technical guidelines. (kmb42)

Earthquake and Tsunami in Palu

Governor asks the data of victims from Bali and raises funds DENPASAR —Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, assigned the Regional Secretary of Bali government, Dewa Made Indra, to immediately establish a team related to the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Donggala and Palu, Central Sulawesi. The team will be tasked to make data collection on the number of victims, especially those of Balinese Hindus. Moreover, the number of transmigrants from Bali in Central Sulawesi is said to be quite a lot. In addition, it will be raised voluntary donation from civil servants in the Bali provin-

cial government and the general public for disaster victims.

“Later on, we will coordinate with Parisada and the local community leaders. There are some victims from our people there.

We also assign regional secretary to raise voluntary donations from Bali provincial employees and the general public,” said Koster after attending a Plenary Meeting at the Bali House of Representatives on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

The donations to be collected later, continued Koster, will be handed over to the victims in the affected areas in addition to moral

support. Similar assistance has been made for earthquake victims in Lombok. Voluntary contributions collected from Bali provincial government employees reached IDR 850 million. As scheduled, the donation will be handed over to the victims of the Lombok earthquake on October 7.

“On October 7 the assistance will be handed over to disaster victims in NTB, for our Balinese descendants and other victims at the location. Approximately IDR 850 million has been collected from the provincial government employees.

Later, for Central Sulawesi, I think

it will be more than that number,” he explained.

After receiving the assignment, Regional Secretary of Bali province, Dewa Made Indra, made sure the team was already established and began to carry out the task on Thursday (Oct. 4). The victim data has actually been compiled by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency and the local Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).

His team will focus more on raising donations from Balinese people, employees and all parties willing to volunteer and feeling to be called upon by their humanity to provide

assistance.

“Later, we will announce where the donation or assistance to be delivered. This is humanitarian assistance for our friends and brothers affected by the disaster in Palu, Donggala and surrounding areas,” he explained.

Regarding the earthquake disaster in Lombok, continued Dewa Indra, the assistance from Bali was actually not only in the form of cash donations. However, there is also assistance in the form of medical, ambulance and logistics personnel having been channeled to Lombok earlier. (kmb32)

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Julia Roberts says scope of #MeToo revelations ‘shocking’

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood star Julia Roberts has revealed the scope of the #MeToo revelations is “shocking” but says she has never directly witnessed any wrongdoing in the industry.

The actress, whose career spans nearly 30 years, told Sky News she has had the “good fortune” to avoid being sexually assaulted.

She said: “Of course, you hear stories about it or know people that have suffered that.

“I myself have the great good fortune that I have not ever been in a situation like that.

“But it is talk that goes around.

I think so many things that come out of that were so shocking and the scope of it was really quite surprising.”

With more than 50 films under her belt, one Academy Award, three Golden Globes and consistently impressive box office returns, she remains remarkably modest about her industry achievements.

“If I had changed my name to Julia O’Roberts at the beginning I would have had a much better career”, she jokes at the Prime Video Presents event in London, referencing her love of Ireland. Her passion for the country first developed when she filmed 1996 biopic Michael Collins and she says she loves the “people, music, history and places where fairies hide”. As for getting recognised on the street, she is similarly self-effacing.

“Big Mistake gets yelled at me a lot - which if you don’t know where that’s coming from you might think ‘Oh that poor lady!’”. The heckle is a reference to the famous scene in the 1990 film that made her a star, Pretty Woman.

Roberts’ Hollywood prostitute - Vivian Ward - returns to the dress shop she was shamed in at the start of the film to give the snooty sales girls some of their own medicine. But despite being one of the most famous film actresses in the world, she’s about to take her first real foray into TV. Psychological thriller Homecoming, based on a 2016 podcast of the same name, sees Roberts play a caseworker at a secret government facility who is keen to return to civilian life. (net)

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MUMBAI - An Indian actress who alleges she was sexually harassed on two film sets said Thursday she had received legal notices and threats of violence over her claims.

Former Miss Universe contestant Tanushree Dutta said she was sexually harassed by multi-award-winning Bollywood star Nana Patekar during the filming of the romantic comedy “Horn Ok Pleassss” in 2008. Dutta first made the allegations ten years ago after walking off the set.

She repeated the claim during a recent interview, also alleging that filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri had behaved inappropriately towards her during the shooting of the 2005 movie “Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets”.

Patekar and Agnihotri both deny the claims. Dutta, 37, said in a statement released Thursday that said she had received legal notices from Patekar and Agnihotri.

“This is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment, humiliation and injustice in India,” Dutta said.Dutta claimed she had also received “violent threats” from the fringe, far-right Hindu nationalist group Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and was the victim of a “smear campaign” on social media.

“This is the age old saga of survivors in our nation,” she said. Agnihotri’s lawyer said Dutta’s allegations against the director were “absolutely false, frivolous and vexatious” and confirmed his client would sue the actress.

“We have served a legal notice to initiate defamation action against her,” Nidhish Mehrotra said in a statement posted on Twitter by Agnihotri. India has yet to witness its own version of the #MeToo movement that rocked Hollywood last year but Dutta has received the backing of several high-profile stars, including Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor.

Other actresses have begun to speak out about an issue almost never discussed in Indian media. (afp)

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An Indonesian flag flies over the flattened village of Petopo in Palu, Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 3, 2018. The death toll in Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster rose to nearly 1,400, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of “vast” unmet needs.

Indonesia battles fake news after quake-tsunami disaster

Indonesia has cracked down on “fake news” about its deadly quake-tsunami disaster, with police arresting nine people for spreading hoaxes in a bid to prevent further panic spreading among survivors.

In this file photo taken on May 4, 2013 Indian Bollywood ctress Tanushree Dutta poses for a photo during an event for the Mandate Model Hunt contest in Mumbai.

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False reports claiming that another huge quake was about to hit Sulawesi island -- which is already reeling from last Friday’s double tragedy that has killed over 1,400 people -- have circulated online in recent days.

Another Facebook post used a photo of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami aftermath to depict what it claimed was a scene from the seaside city of Palu. A caption read: “Those who share this post will be spared from calamities”.

Setyo Wasisto, Indonesia’s national police spokesman, told Kompas TV on Thursday that

nine people had been arrested on suspicion of spreading false news.

Most of the contents were posted to Facebook, he added.

Indonesia has a long-standing problem with internet hoaxes, and fake news is never far behind after a disaster.

The country has one of the world’s biggest online audiences, with a population of 260 million people and one of the world’s highest social media usage rates.

“If anyone predicts another massive earthquake or tsunami, it’s fake news,” said Daryono, head

of the geophysics agency’s quake and tsunami information centre, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

“If you spread this kind of information, you’re just going to create more suffering and confusion for people.”

Teams from Indonesia’s communications ministry and disaster agency have taken to Twitter and other social media to debunk fake claims in recent days.

Communication and Information Ministry spokesman Ferdinandus Setu told AFP a 70-strong team was working 24 hours a day on fake reports about disaster, including a claim that Palu’s mayor was among the dead. “We’ve confirmed that the mayor is still alive and healthy,” Setu said.

- Rampant hoaxes Once the team debunks the contents, the ministry announces the findings through regular press releases and also gives the findings to the police. The disaster agency’s efforts are being fronted by spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, who has won admirers for battling to update journalists around the clock despite suffering from terminal cancer.

“I apologise if I cannot respond to every question from journalists, my friends. If I was healthy, I would surely do it no matter what,” Nugroho told reporters this week, even as he continues to hold daily press briefings, take journalists’ calls and communicate on social media.

Hoaxes were also rampant during a quake disaster on the island

of Lombok, next to Bali, this summer.

Indonesian police have clamped down on fake news and online hate speech more broadly in recent months, ahead of next year’s presidential election.

President Joko Widodo -- who has battled false internet claims that he is a communist -- inaugurated a new cyber security agency in January.

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