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Soul Train fans bop on Broadway in Cornelius fete PAGE 12 IBP/Eka Adhiyasa
A woman buying chicken in the market, Bali Island. Bali still have high dependency on products from outside Bali. During the bad weather condition, this high dependency will cause a problem for Bali.
High, dependence rate of Bali Denpasar (Bali Post)—
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Dependence of Bali on outside products, especially the agricultural commodities, makes the regional economy highly vulnerable. Have a look at before the feast day nearly 60 percent of the agricultural products sold in traditional markets in Bali were brought in from outside Bali, chiefly Java. Ritual paraphernalia religiously shoring up the strength of Bali re-
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For instance, during the high waves and strong winds in the Gilimanuk area, the price of staple agricultural products immediately went up. “Open government policy to the entry of products from outside triggers the high volume of products coming from outside Bali or even from overseas, chiefly the agricultural products. Of course, it is very unfortunate for the development of our agriculture,” he explained. Continued on page 6
Car bomb kills 7 people in Kandahar Associated Press
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main to be brought in from outside such as coconut, banana, orange, apple, meat, egg and so forth. Not to mention the labor sector and other informal SME business. Meanwhile, for the hotel market and the like, percentage of the outside
products is probably even higher. An agricultural observer from the Udayana University, Prof. Wayan Windia, recently said that Bali had been trapped by a high dependence rate. A high supply of various daily commodities, especially the agricultural products from outside, was admitted to bring in unfavorable impact on Bali. When the supply was interrupted, then the economic impact would be enormous and prices could soar.
KANDAHAR — A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. The blast went off at a parking lot outside the police building in Kandahar, said Saisal Ahmad, a spokesman for the provincial
government. Five police officers and two civilians were killed, and least 19 people were wounded, he added. The blast was large enough that it shattered windows in nearby buildings. No one immediately claimed responsibility. Although the international military coalition in Afghanistan has poured resources into Kandahar city and surrounding areas in
recent years as part of a push to take back insurgent strongholds, the area has remained dangerous and there have been repeated attacks against government installations. In the north, meanwhile, Afghan police said that an American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a U.S. base, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him.
There have been a growing number of attacks by Afghan soldiers against international forces in Afghanistan in recent years, some the result of arguments and others by insurgent infiltrators. Last month, an Afghan soldier shot and killed four unarmed French troops last month at a base in eastern Afghanistan. Continued on page 6