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Beck, Blige, Sia, ELO among Grammy performers

SANTA MONICA — Beck, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and the Electric Light Orchestra are among a new batch of performers added to the bill for Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

The Grammys continue their signature of pairing artists for special one-time performances. Beck will take the stage with Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Mary J. Blige will duet with Smith. Brandy Clark will perform with veteran country artist Dwight Yoakam.

Sheeran will take the stage with Herbie Hancock, John Mayer and Questlove of the Roots. Sheeran will also join ELO, recently reunited by its leader, Jeff Lynne.

Nominees Juanes, Sia and pianist Lang Lang will also perform on the show, which is being hosted again by rapper and actor LL Cool J. The Grammys have previously announced several other performers, including Madonna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. (ap)

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U.S. actor Johnny Depp and his fiancee Amber Heard arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 for his latest film “Mortdecai” promotion.

Johnny Depp weds Amber Heard

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has married actress Amber Heard in secret at their home in Los Angeles, US media said Wednesday, ahead of a larger bash at the weekend.

Depp, 51, and Heard, 28, got engaged in 2012 and plan a bigger wedding this weekend on Depp’s private island in the Bahamas, People magazine reported, citing a source.

Depp, a Golden Globe and

Screen Actors Guild winner, was married previously to Lori Anne Allison and has dated a string of glamorous and famous women including Winona Ryder, his co-star in “Edward Scissorhands,” British model Kate Moss and French ac-

tress and singer Vanessa Paradis.

Depp has two children with Paradis.

He and Heard, who tied the knot on Tuesday, met on the set of the film “The Rum Diary” in 2011. (afp)

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Ed Sheeran performs at the KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sheeran, Beck, Sam Smith and the Electric Light Orchestra are among a new batch of performers added to the bill for Sunday night’s Grammy Awards.

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Conserve nature, culture

Proposal drafted for Bali tourism donations

DENPASAR - Bali tourism stakeholders are drafting a proposal for travelers who spend their holydays in Bali to contribute donations to a fund dedicated to preserving the natural and cultural landscape of Bali, which has been degraded by tourism. Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board (BTB), I.B. Ngurah Wijaya, said that the conservation fund is being drafted in the form of voluntary donations: “I think this should be instituted as a form of tourism contribution.

Now, what required is accountable and transparent management of the fund, it is not yet clear who would be responsible”.

Wijaya elaborated that because tourism in Bali has developed so rapidly, it seems to have no boundaries, despite the limited carrying capacity of the island. “So, it is time to create a system of contributions used to preserve the culture and nature of Bali so that both of these can survive.

Such a fund would be based on donations because we cannot impose a compulsory levy,” he added.

Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, Gusti Kade Sutawa, also agreed to implement such policy in order for tourism in Bali to be sustainable.

“We agree about the policy. Now,

we need to create regulations that are clear so that the fund is be used appropriately, so that no deviations occur,” he said.

According to Sutawa, the plan should be designed carefully so as not to overlap with existing rules, and also so that travelers feel comfortable with the policy. “The mechanism by which the fund is create must be seriously considered, including who will be accountable for collecting and distributing the donations and what the conservation program would look like,” he emphasized.

Chairman of the Bali Villa Association (AVB), Mangku Wayan Sutedja, also agrees to the implemen-

tation of a system for donations based on the fact that travelers contribute to the environmental and cultural destruction of Bali. “Why are guests charged to tourist attractions? SO that the attraction can be taken care of so that others can visit it too. Surely we can do the same in order to take care our nature and culture,” he said.

Head of the Center for Culture and Tourism Research at Udayana University, Agung Suryawan Wiranatha, Ph.D. explained that to support the preservation of Balinese culture and nature as the primary capital that sustains Bali tourism, adequate funding is required. “Until now, despite ever-increasing

local budgets, there has yet to be any amount allocated to efforts to conserve nature and culture. Rather all the money goes towards meeting primary needs such as health, education and housing,” he explained.

For this reason, Suryawan considers it necessary for the government to create a policy for allocating budgetary funds obtained from the tourism sector proportionally including for the conservation of nature and cultural in Bali.

“A tourist donation system could very well be implemented, as long as it is supported with mechanisms that ensure good governance based on principles of transparency, participation, coordination and accountability,” he stated.

Previously, the government of Bali had planned to impose a USD10 contribution as part of the heritage protection policy that was to be set forth in the form of gubernatorial regulations or regional

bylaws. Some of the donations of the heritage protection would be directed to Balinese customary and Balinese cultural programs.

The heritage protection program was also an attempt to boost local government revenue and the collected fund was to be directed towards Balinese cultural and environmental protection. The heritage protection program was estimated to generate revenues worth IDR 150 billion to IDR 250 billion per year, assuming 6,000 visitors to Bali per day. Unfortunately, the policy was rejected by tourism businesses and the central government. (kmb27) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

INXS guitarist severs finger and may never play again SYDNEY - Guitarist Tim Farriss from Australian rock band INXS has undergone surgery after his finger was severed, his record label said Thursday, raising fears he may never play again.

Farriss’ left hand was injured and the ring finger severed by an electric anchor winch while working on a boat in Sydney late last month.

“The accident has caused permanent damage to Tim’s left hand and one of his fingers has been severed,” Petrol Records said in a statement.

“He has undergone two extensive operations to reattach his finger. Tim is now at home undergoing further treatment to assist with his recovery.”

In an e-mail to his bandmates,

reported by the Sydney Daily Telegraph, Farriss said: “It was horrific.

I don’t know if I will be able to play properly again.”

INXS were one of the world’s biggest acts throughout the late 1980s and early ‘90s, selling more than 30 million records and playing to packed stadiums across the globe.

But the suicide of original frontman Michael Hutchence in 1997 hit them hard.

Since then they have hired several other singers and performed with the likes of Terence Trent D’Arby and Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes, but they were never able to revisit their early success.

INXS announced their retirement in 2012 but enjoyed a renewed wave of popularity fuelled by the screening of the “Never Tear Us Apart” mini-series last year, which documented their rise.

Their “Very Best Of” album was the top-selling Australian record in 2014 and they had hinted at future live performances. (afp)

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Tourists visited Batukaru Temple located on Tabanan Regency, Bali Island. Bali tourism stakeholders are drafting a proposal for travelers who spend their holydays in Bali to contribute donations to a fund dedicated to preserving the natural and cultural landscape of Bali, which has been degraded by tourism.

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Surge in Dengue patients since the new year

NEGARA - Chief of the Jembrana Health Agency, I Putu Suasta, told reporters on Wednesday that there has been a sharp increase the number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) patients in Jembrana this month. Compared to the same month last year, the number increased from 16 to 68 patients, a fourfold increase.

The Jembrana Health Agency said that they had predicted such a surge based on rainy weather conditions. So for the past few months all public health center officers have been asked to be vigilant and active in providing counseling.

They also predict that the number of patients will remain quite high throughout the month of Febuary. Up until this last Tuesday, 17 patients have been reported as suffering from Dengue.

According to Suasta, the Health Agency has been encouraging people to maintain sanitary environments and to eradicate mosquito nest (PSN) by fogging or spraying so as to kill adult mosquitoes. He added that apart from the Health Agency itself, officers in each public health center were also encouraged to go door to door to monitor and give advice in areas prone to the development of mosquito larvae.

Fogging has been intensified, with such preventative measures being taken 25 to 35 times more often, both in residences and in public places such as schools. Admittedly, in many cases, people often misunderstood assuming that after foggings, there would be no mosquitos and thus their homes would be safe. In fact, the larvae may still survive so this should be anticipated.

He also called on people to regularly clean out their water storage units. (kmb26)

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Fogging intensified in house complex on Bali Island to minimize the spread of Dengue Fever. The number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) patient in January in Jembrana increased sharply.

Taro orange penetrates mini market

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Since 2005, the Taro orange cultivated at Taro village has penetrated minimarkets in Bali. Each harvest, the farmer-owned orange was supplied to five mini markets in Denpasar. It was usually done every two days totally amounting to 1.2 tons.

GIANYAR - Happy smiles of farmers at Let hamlet, Taro village, Tegallalang subdistrict, Gianyar, are not caused by the imported fruits circulating in the market are prohibited by the Ministry of Trade due to containing bacteria and providing the opportunities for local fruits. However, the happy smiles of Taro orange growers are caused by 30 percent of the orange plants spreading across the area of 3.5 hectares have begun to bear fruit. They have its day and next five months will enter the harvest period.

Made Nika aka Kentung, a Taro orange grower at Let hamlet, Taro village, admitted that though currently there were cases suspecting the imported fruits such as apples to contain bacteria, it did not have an impact on the existence of local fruits such as the Taro orange cultivated by the farmers at his village.

Since 2005, the Taro orange cultivated at Taro village has penetrated minimarkets in Bali. Each harvest, the farmer-owned orange was supplied to five mini markets in Denpasar.

It was usually done every two days totally amounting to 1.2 tons. In the case of orange cultivation, farmers established a group to

manage their farm. The cultivation was getting better in terms of quality and had changed the profession of the surrounding communities from becoming craftsmen to be back as orange growers. “Nearly 99 percent of people at Let hamlet are going back to orange farming,” he said.

But amidst the happiness of awaiting the harvest, an anxiety annoyed them. The current erratic weather condition generates their concerns. Possibly, heavy rains will cause the growth of their orange plants to be not good.

Trees can decay in the stem as well as be attacked by pests and diseases. However, of the 40 tons of the estimated crops, the failure rate usually comes to about 1 percent.

Other than excessive rainfall, another difficulty of the Taro orange growers today is the matter of water. During sunny day or dry season, farmers must buy water at IDR 25,000 per cubic meter to irrigate their orange crops.

It happens because the springs used to irrigate their orange trees are far enough. With a land area of 3.5 hectares, it takes about 55 cubic meters of water for watering the plants to make them survive. (dar)

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Intercontinental Bali Resort named as a finalist

JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort is proud to have been named as a finalist in the esteemed 2015 Condé Nast Johansens’ Award for Excellence among properties within Africa, Asia, Australia and The Middle East.

Created to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across the Condé Nast Johansens’ global portfolio of recommended properties, the Award for Excellence is a trusted accolade of quality recognised by consumers and travel professionals alike. The properties are chosen from a rich variety of luxury hotels.

The Award of Excellence selects the ‘best of the best’ for each year, seeking out those who provide service beyond expectations, taking into account the high standards of comfort, unique personality, warm service and location.

The Awards are based on responses from online votes, guest nomination forms, guest survey reports, and the criteria of local experts, drawn from the hotels featured in Condé Nast Johansens’ most recent guides.

Condé Nast Johansens is now in its 33rd year as a leading, independently produced, multi-media source for today’s independent travellers, showcasing hotels, spas and venues for leisure and business around the world.

Mr. Michel Chertouh, General Manager of InterContinental Bali Resort said, “We are delighted to receive this recognition of excellence in the luxury market, and proud to be among the world’s world’s top leisure and

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business destinations. I am thrilled that the work of our superb team of staff has been recognised and rewarded, and I would also like to thank our guests for staying with us and experiencing the InterContinental Bali Resort first-hand.”

InterContinental Bali Resort rests in 14 hectares of tropical gardens and is blessed with a spectacular stretch of white sand beach overlooking the tranquil waters of Jimbaran Bay. Designed with

sensitivity towards the surrounding environment, Intercontinental Bali Resort pays respect to the island’s rich culture, fine artistry and Hindu heritage. The Resort features 417 guest rooms in three unique levels of accommodation, complemented by six swimming pools, five restaurants, Planet Trekkers kids’ club, Spa Uluwatu, a fitness centre and plenty of recreational activities to keep guests occupied throughout the day. (r)

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Maintaining cultural tourism

Keeping Bali to stay on the tracks of cultural tourism and preserving cultural tourism are difficult task. It is not enough to be kept only by government or tourism businesspeople alone, but it must be shared equally. It was revealed by General Manager of Kayu Raja Villa, Gede Nik Sukarta, recently to Bali Travel News.

As one of the Tri Hita Karana (THK) Nugraha 2013 achievers, this villa had been already trying to maintain the relationship to the Creator (parhyangan), to employees and surrounding community (pawongan) and to natural environment (palemahan).

“However, the government as policy holder and regulators surely has a more important role in realizing it, namely maintaining and improving the quality of cultural tourism itself,” said Nik. Currently, he added, Bali tourism was leading to mass tourism, and all people admitted it. “We cannot blame on such field conditions,” he said. Besides, we might not blame how condotel and budget hotels could appear like mushrooms in rainy season. He added that it happened because the market was indeed available.

For this reason, he truly expected the government to hold intensive communication to the public. It should be done to the community of tourism, culture and all the components so that Bali could improve the quality of cultural tourism and preserve the cultural tourism itself. “This issue is very important,” he said. (pal)

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

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

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

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

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

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Star Wars exhibit shows the force is with the costumes

SEATTLE — The creators of a new traveling exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars are hoping to gather geeks, fashionistas and movie fans together to discuss how clothing helps set the scene.

But mostly, the exhibit that opened this past weekend at Seattle’s EMP Museum is an opportunity to see 60 original costumes from the six Star Wars movies in one room — from Princess Leia’s slave bikini to Queen Amidala’s wedding dress, which has not been part of any previous public display.

The exhibit, “Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” was created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts and will be traveling across the United States through 2020. The exhibit is scheduled to be in Seattle through early October and the creators have

not yet announced the next stops.

The exhibit designers want people to know this is a rare opportunity to see the costumes up close and personal, without Plexiglas in the way. But be warned, the alarm system will loudly rebuke anyone who leans in too close.

Photography is allowed, but no flash, tripods or selfie sticks. The Darth Vader costume is set off on its own, perfectly arranged for selfies.

Videos of filmmaker George Lucas, costume designers and star Natalie Portman, along with the descriptions under the costumes, share a wealth of insider information about costume construction and idea development.

The displays also talk about cultural influences from Africa to Asia.

Quotes from actors talk about the way the costumes made them feel, from Carrie Fisher’s experience in what she called the bikini from hell, to the power the Sith lords felt in their robes. Gloomy lighting and music from the films permeates the exhibit space.

“The costumes help the characters really come to life,” said Laela French, the Lucas Museum’s senior manager of exhibits and collections.

She talked about the visual clues the costumes offer, such as the way Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi robes darken as he gets older and closer to becoming Darth Vader. Most people

don’t notice that Luke Skywalker’s robes also darkened through his trio of films, showing the mix of light and dark in his character as well, French said.

Star Wars experts may not learn anything new, but a lot of people probably don’t know that the lights in Queen Amidala’s dramatic red throne room gown were powered by a car battery that had to be worn underneath the heavy costume during filming of “The Phantom Menace.”

Among the other display descriptions: Amidala’s wedding dress was made partly out of an Italian lace bedspread; and Chewbacca’s fur is a combination of Yak hair and mohair.

The costumes are displayed on faceless mannequins instead of life-size figurines to put the emphasis on the clothes and not

the characters, French said.

Because the costumes for the second trilogy of films — the prequels — were so much more elaborate and interesting, the exhibit shares many more of them, including several walls of clothing worn by Queen Amidala and her attendants.

But the highlights of the exhibit for most people will be the old ones, including the two droids, which were costumes worn by people, not puppets as some assume. Most of the puppets and computer-generated creatures are not represented. Yoda is present, but slightly hidden.

There are no hints of the new movie, scheduled to come out at the end of 2015.

Some gift shop highlights: Chewbacca slippers, storm trooper knit cap and a travel T-shirt that says “Welcome to Tatooine.” (ap)

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Commemoration of World Cancer Day

Encourage preventive and promoting program

DENPASAR - In order to celebrate the World Cancer Day, the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI) in cooperation with the Indonesian Business Women Association (IWAPI) of Bali Chapter and Bali Health Agency distributed healthy food to mother and child patients in Pudak and Angsoka Room of Sanglah Hospital, Wednesday (Feb 4). The food distributed were healthy foods such as milk, biscuits, etc.

Considering the high number of cancer cases, so the February 4 was celebrated as the World Cancer Day. In Bali itself, the highest cancer cases were breast cancer and cervical cancer affecting many women.

“Unfortunately, we do not have precise data because it is difficult to collect,” explained Prof. W Suardana, Chief Executive of the YKI Bali, Wednesday (Feb 4). Nevertheless, he tried to answer the question based on the common data of the world namely 1/1000 of the population suspected of having cancer. He only had pathologic data, but they could not reflect the cancer patients in Bali. Meanwhile, it had not possessed a hospital base.

The YKI itself was more concerned to preventive and promoting effort in handling the cases of cancer. Early

detection of cervical cancer could be made through a visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) or Pap smear. Meanwhile, early detection of breast cancer was carried out by mammography and breast self examination.

He added the program was held to increase the awareness and knowledge on the importance of early examination. “Most of those coming to hospital belong to the advanced stage, so that what can be done is only the supporting therapy to make them live their life more vivaciously,” he explained. He said only a few patients coming with early stage so that only a few patients could afford the healing process.

He also urged the public to be careful with alternative healing. “In many cases, patients come and then look for alternative treatments. But after

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Non-profit organization commemorate World Cancer Day by campaigning the cancer awareness on Denpasar, Bali. coming to us again, they are already at an advanced stage,” he explained.

But when taking an alternative treatment, he suggested not forgetting to perform control to medical services, he added.

The Division Head of the Disease Control and Environmental Sanitation (P2PL), Bali Health Agency, Gde Wira Sunetra, accompanying the YKI and IWAPI also confirmed the explanation of Prof. Suardana that the program of the Bali Health Agency itself for

Government impose import ban

cancer patients was to further intensify the palliative program, namely integrated care aiming to improve the quality of life by easing the pain and suffering of others and giving spiritual and psychosocial support. Besides, it was also given encouragement to early prevent the cancer.

He also said the non-communicable disease control could be done by living healthy lifestyle without smoking. His party also promoted the integrated development post

(Posbindu) program that could perform screening such as checking cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure. “Eighty percent of cancer patient coming to health services have been at an advanced stage, while 20 percent at early stages,” he said.

On that account, his party would seek to reverse these percentages, namely 20 percent of advanced stage and 80 percent of early stage so that the process toward the healing could be done. (kmb42)

Kodok Market remains sell imported used clothes

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Boba Fett costumes are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars in view of an existing guitar sculpture at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Senate and Trade Federation robes are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi robe and the wedding gown of his bride, Padme Amidala, are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Sith robes and lightsabers are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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TABANAN - Ministry of Trade regulation No.54/M-DAG/PER/10/2009 on General Provisions of Imported Goods has set forth standards for the quality of imported goods staing that they must be previously unused. The ban on importing used goods was revived by the Minister of Trade, Rachmat Gobel, not long ago. The regulation includes the prohibition of importing used clothes as such garments were recently alleged to have cause venereal diseases.

Kodok Market in Dauh Peken village,Tabanan has become one of the centers for sale of both local and imported second-hand clothes. Although there have been laws prohibiting the sale of imported second-hand clothes for some time, vendors at Kodok Market, have ignored them and continue to sell such items, One such vendor, named Sampurno, when met with on Wednesday (Feb 4) at the Kodok Market in Tabanan, said that the prohibition of the import and sale of second-hand clothes was not a new thing.

According to him, the regulation had been issued a long time ago, but until now he can still sell such items. “The law has been around for a long time but there is no follow-up. So, when the issue comes up, apparently nothing happens” he said.

The rampant sale of imported used clothes is clearly based on the profits that this trade generates. According to Sampurno, the market demand for used clothes remains quite high. Consumers are not limited to locals -foreign travelers also seek these items.

“There are foreigners who spend up to IDR 4 million here. I don’t know if they resell the clothes.

Apart from the generally cheap price of used clothes, shoppers can also find brands that are of better quality than locally produced garments” he said.

He went on to say that most of the used clothing that is traded at Kodok Market is imported from Japan, Korea and Malaysia. The price of these garments ranges from IDR 10,000 to IDR 200,000 apiece. On an average day he sells IDR 300,000 to IDR 400,000 worth of merchandise, while on Sundays he can sell as much as IDR 1 million worth. “I purchased these imported clothes per bundle from a collector. The cheapest price is IDR 1.5 million for women’s pants (containing 200 pieces) and the most expensive is IDR 7 million per bundle” he said.

He added that, the government should not worry about allegations of disease-causing bacteria on the used clothes. All of the used-clothing merchants wash the garments they sell before bringing them to the market, in anticipation of such a problem.

Similar opinions were expressed by another used clothing merchant at the Kodok Market, 37 year old Lukman. He said that for the sake of hygiene all his clothes were washed before being put on display for sale. “Local village authorities have suggested that all used clothes vendors wash the clothes they sell before bringing them to the market, so as to ensure cleanliness” he explained.

All 60 used clothing vendors at the Kodok market abide by this suggestion. (kmb24)

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US teen on trial in Bali for mother’s murder ‘petrified’ resort on Bali in August.

Her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend, who had been staying with her at the hotel, were arrested shortly afterwards after fleeing to another part of the island.

Mack and her boyfriend, 21-yearold Tommy Schaefer, are facing separate trials in Bali that recommenced this week and could both face the death penalty if found guilty of premeditated murder.

The trials are expected to last several more weeks.

Prosecutors have previously alleged that Schaefer “blindly hit” Von Wiese Mack with a bowl in a fit of rage after she directed a racial slur at him during an argument. Schaefer is black.

The indictment said Mack hid in the bathroom during the attack

before the couple stuffed the victim’s body in a suitcase.

Mack maintains she is innocent of all charges and is confident her lawyer will prove that in the Denpasar court.

She is engaged in a dispute with a number of US-based lawyers overseeing her trust fund, accusing them of blocking payments to her Indonesian lawyer and “denying me a fair chance of defending myself”.

Mack claims access to some of that money has helped improve her treatment in prison, including access to better meals and a bed.

But she was far from content, saying she forced herself to remain positive to avoid slipping into depression. “The smile is actually a disguise I wear to survive here,” she said. (afp)

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American Heather Mack waits for her witness trial to start at Denpasar district court in Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.

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Mayday call issued before plane crashed into Taipei river

TAIPEI — Moments before the TransAsia Airways propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, one of its pilots said, “Mayday, mayday, engine flameout,” according to a Taiwanese aviation official. “Engine flameout” refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the engine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the propeller. Causes could include a lack of fuel or being struck by volcanic ash, a bird or some other object. “Mayday” is an international distress call.

DENPASAR - A pregnant American teenager on trial in Indonesia for the murder of her mother, whose battered body was found stuffed in a suitcase, says she is “petrified” and insists on her innocence.

In her first in-depth comments since being arrested for her mother’s brutal murder, Heather Mack also revealed that she is sharing a cell with 10 other women in a notorious prison on the resort island of Bali.

“I loved my mom with all my heart and miss her every day,” the 19-year-old told the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Mack and her boyfriend are from the Chicago area.

Mack, who could face death by firing squad if found guilty of premeditated murder, said she was “petrified. More for my daughter than for me”.

Her daughter is due to be born in April.

The body of her mother, 62-yearold Sheila von Wiese Mack, was found rammed in a suitcase in the boot of a taxi outside an exclusive

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Indonesian human rights activist, Matius Arif Mirdjadja holds a letter from death-row prisoners Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan that asks the Indonesian government to spare their lives, in front of Denpasar’s prison in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. Australia’s prime minister on Thursday said his government had done everything it could to save the lives of two Australian heroin traffickers on death row in Indonesia. Sukumaran and Chan learned this week that their applications for judicial reviews of their death sentences have been rejected.

Australians on Indonesia death row lose last-ditch legal bid

DENPASAR - Two Australian drug traffickers facing imminent execution in Indonesia lost a legal bid to have their cases reviewed Wednesday, dashing their final hope of avoiding the firing squad.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” drug-smuggling gang, were arrested in 2005 and sentenced to death the following year for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia.

New President Joko Widodo, who has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment, recently rejected their appeals for clemency, typically a death row convict’s final chance to avoid execution.

But their legal team sought a fresh judicial review of their convictions, saying the men, in their early 30s, had been rehabilitated during their time in jail on the resort island of Bali.

However, the attorney general had already insisted no second review would be permitted, and said this week the pair would be included in the next batch of prisoners to be executed, after Jakarta put six drug convicts to death last month.

On Wednesday, a court in the Balinese capital Denpasar said their application for a new review had

been rejected.

“The application for a judicial review will not be accepted,” Denpasar district court spokesman Hasoloan Sianturi told reporters.

He said that the applications did not fulfil the requirements, such as presenting new evidence.

Their lawyers had merely argued that the judges who undertook the first judicial review -- carried out during the men’s lengthy appeal process -- had handed down the wrong decision, he added.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has appealed for Jakarta not to go ahead with the executions but Widodo, known as Jokowi, reiterated his tough line Wednesday that traffickers would not be granted clemency.

“There are no more pardons for drugs,” he told a meeting of the country’s national anti-drugs agency, adding the country was facing an “emergency” due to the increasing use of narcotics.

Authorities have said they are ready to execute seven foreign drug offenders who recently lost their appeals for presidential clemency.

As well as the Australians, these include convicts from France and Brazil. (afp)

At least 32 people on board the ATR 72 were killed and 15 survivors were injured in the crash in Taiwan’s capital, the latest in a series of aircraft disasters linked to Asian airlines. Divers were searching in the river for the remaining 11 people on board, including the two pilots. The plane’s black boxes were found overnight.

Video images of Flight 235’s final moments in the air captured on car dashboard cameras appear to show the left engine’s propeller at standstill as the aircraft turned sharply, its wings going vertical and clipping a highway bridge before plunging into the Keelung River in Taipei on Wednesday.

An audio recording of the pilot’s communications with the control tower at takeoff and during the brief, minutes-long flight were widely broadcast. A Taiwan Civil Aeronautical Administration official who declined to be named confirmed the distress call and its wording Thursday, but did not say how it might relate to a cause for the crash.

About 10 Taipei fire agency divers were looking for any more bodies that may be at the cold river bottom. A crane was used to bring the rear section of the plane to the shore Wednesday night. The fuselage of the turbo-propeller jet was largely dismantled by hydraulic rescue tools and now lay alongside recovered luggage.

At midday Thursday, about a dozen relatives of Taiwanese victims arrived at the riverbank in the capital to perform traditional mourning rituals. Accompanied by Buddhist monks ringing brass bells, they bowed toward the river and held aloft cloth inscriptions tied to pieces of bamboo meant to guide the spirits of the dead to rest.

Relatives of some of the 31 passengers from mainland China will reach Taipei on a charter flight Thursday afternoon.

Police diver Cheng Ying-chih said search

and rescue efforts were being hampered by “zero visibility” in the turbid river and cold water temperatures that were forcing divers to work on one-hour shifts.

He said the front of the plane had broken into numerous pieces, making the job all the more difficult.

“We’re looking at a very tough search and rescue job,” Cheng told reporters gathered on the river bank beside the wreckage where luggage had been removed and placed in neat rows.

The mangled rear part of the fuselage lay

upside down, its wings and tail assembly sheared off and multiple holes torn into its side.

The pilots’ actions in the flights final moments have led to speculation that they attempted to avoid high-rise buildings by following the line of the river and then banked sharply in an attempt to bring it down in the water rather than crash on land. Taiwan’s aviation authority said it had no evidence of that.

Both the administration and Taipei-based TransAsia Airways declined to speculate on causes for the crash at about 10:55 a.m.

Wednesday near the downtown airport.

The ATR 72-600 is the most modern version of the plane, and the pilot had 4,900 hours of flying experience, said Lin Chih-ming of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

The plane has a generally good reputation for safety and reliability and is known

among airlines for being cheap and efficient to use, said Greg Waldron, Asia managing editor at Flightglobal magazine in Singapore.

About 1,200 of the planes are currently in use worldwide.

A team from ATR, a French-Italian company based in Toulouse, France, was being sent to Taiwan to help in the investigation.

The crashed aircraft, less than a year old, had once changed an engine, TransAsia Airways Vice President Wang Cheng-chung told a news conference Wednesday. He said the original one was returned to the manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney Canada, after a glitch was found.

“P&WC gave a complete, brand new engine to TransAsia and installed it for us,” Wang said.

The engine was replaced in April before the aircraft went into use, an airline publicist said. (ap)

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Emergency personnel sort through luggage recovered at the site of a commercial plane crash in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. TransAsia Airways Flight 235 with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island’s capital of Taipei on Wednesday morning.

Australia PM done all he can for Indonesia death row inmates

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he had done all he could to save the lives of two of his citizens facing imminent execution in Indonesia Thursday, as their lawyers admitted the situation was “bleak”.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” drug smuggling gang, lost a legal bid in the Balinese capital Denpasar to have their cases reviewed Wednesday, dashing their final hope of avoiding the firing squad.

They were arrested in 2005 and

sentenced to death the following year for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia.

Abbott said Thursday his government had “left no stone unturned” in the bid to save them.

“We oppose the death penalty, we do whatever we humanly can to try to ensure that no Australian suffers the death penalty,” he told reporters.

“We are not going to engage in last-minute, megaphone diplomacy but I just want to assure people that the Australian government has left no stone unturned to try to

ensure that these two Australians on death row have their sentences commuted.”

Chan and Sukumaran’s lawyers based their argument for a reprieve on past legal errors, and said the pair had been rehabilitated and this should be considered.

The pair’s Australian lawyer Julian McMahon said he would work to continue their legal fight despite the setback.

“The basis of the application actually was that there was error of law so what we’re looking at now are the legal options that flow from

that but there’s no doubt the situation is bleak,” he told ABC radio.

Despite his image as a reformist, Indonesia’s new President Joko Widodo has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment for drug offenders, disappointing rights activists who had hoped that he would take a softer line on the death penalty.

Last month Indonesia executed six drug offenders, including five foreigners, prompting a furious Brazil and the Netherlands -- whose citizens were among those put to death -- to recall their ambassadors.

McMahon said Chan and Sukumaran had been “just caught up in a giant political move here, and the merits of my clients’ cases don’t seem to be being given the attention that they deserve”.

Abbott has appealed for Jakarta not to go ahead with the executions but Widodo, known as Jokowi, reiterated his tough line Wednesday that traffickers would not be granted clemency.

No date has been set for their executions although Australian media reports suggest they could be put to death within a fortnight. (afp)

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SINGAPORE - Oil turned lower in Asia Thursday as an early rally fizzled out after the euro was hit by fresh concerns over Greece, further hurting demand in the face of an oversupply, analysts said.

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GM 2014 profit falls 26 percent to $2.8 billion DETROIT — If it weren’t for the recalls, 2014 would have been a stellar year for General Motors.

Even with $2.8 billion in pretax costs to fix more than 42 million recalled vehicles worldwide and $400 million set aside for death and injury claims, GM still managed to turn a $2.8 billion profit. It plans to raise the quarterly dividend.

Except for the recalls, most of the stars lined up last year for the Detroit automaker. Gas prices dropped more than a buck to $2.26 per gallon. The U.S. economy gained steam. Cheap credit was abundant.

Combined, they sent buyers to GM’s newly redesigned and lucrative pickup trucks and large SUVs in North America, the company’s most profitable market. At the same time, chief competitor Ford’s truck plants were down much of the year while it switched to a new pickup with a risky aluminum body. Sales in China grew faster than the market. Global sales rose 2 percent to 9.9 million

vehicles, a record.

Things were so good, GM plans to raise its dividend 20 percent next quarter, to 36 cents, pending board approval. And the company said the dividend could go even higher this year once GM gets a better handle on recall costs.

Yes, there was trouble in Europe, Russia and South America, but by and large, GM had a good year.

Investors agreed. GM shares rose 5.4 percent Wednesday. The gain could be the largest one-day increase since July 3, 2012, when the stock closed up 5.6 percent.

For the full year, GM’s net income fell 26 percent, from $3.8 billion in 2013. The company earned $1.65 per share. Excluding one-time items, GM earned $3.05 per share, beating Wall Street’s expectation of $2.64, according to FactSet. Revenue rose slightly to $155.9 billion.

“We’re really going to carry the positive momentum into 2015,” Chief Financial Officer Chuck Stevens said. “We expect both ag-

gregate earnings and profit margins to improve in all of our automotive regions.”

Stevens said earnings were strong when recall costs aren’t counted. The company earned $6.5 billion before interest and taxes last year, and that would have been more than $9 billion without the recalls, he said. Legal expenses rose by more than $300 million, and that’s expected to continue in 2015. Overall, the recalls cost GM $1.10 per share.

In North America, GM’s most profitable region, the company earned $6.6 billion before taxes, 11 percent below 2013. That will bring record profit-sharing checks of about $9,000 for 48,400 eligible union factory workers later this month. To reward employees, GM excluded recall costs and measured the profit-sharing based on core earnings.

GM expects increased pickup truck and big SUV sales this year, and it’s looking for ways to increase factory output, Stevens said. (ap)

FRANKFURT - German industrial orders, a key measure of demand for German-made goods, rose sharply in December, data showed on Thursday, confirming recovery is underway in Europe’s biggest economy, analysts said.

After dropping by 2.4 percent the previous month, industrial orders

jumped by 4.2 percent in December, the economy ministry said in a statement.

There was strong demand both at home and abroad, with domestic orders climbing by 3.4 percent and export orders up by 4.8 percent, the ministry calculated.

Orders from the eurozone soared

by 5.9 percent and those from outside the eurozone were up by 4.0 percent, it said.

By sector, orders for semi-finished goods climbed by 2.8 percent and those for capital goods jumped by 5.7 percent, while demand for consumer goods slipped by 0.6 percent.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery was down 32 cents to $48.14 in afternoon trade and Brent crude for March tumbled 16 cents to 54.03. Both contracts started higher in early Asian trade.

Crude prices on Wednesday snapped a three-day rally, with WTI sinking 8.7 percent owing to mounting stockpiles.

Analysts said prices are weighed down by the euro’s fall on news that the European Central Bank had cut off Greek banks’ access to a key source of much-needed cash.

In a decision that rattled global financial markets, the ECB said Wednesday it would no longer allow Greek banks to use government debt, which has a junk rating, as collateral for loans.

“The Greek situation is worth keeping an eye on as it massively impacts the value of the euro against the US dollar,” said Shailaja Nair, associate editorial director at energy information provider Platts.

A sinking euro makes dollar-priced oil more expensive, denting demand and adding downward pressure on crude prices, which have already been battered by a supply glut and weak demand.

Crude has lost more than half its value since June, when prices were at more than $100 a barrel.

Global supplies have been boosted by surging US shale oil production and a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in November to keep current output levels.

Greece’s Syriza Party won last month’s election on an antiausterity platform, sparking fears the country will default on its debt obligations and exit the eurozone currency union.

Syriza wants to renegotiate the terms of Greece’s 240-billioneuro ($269 billion) bailout deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund which the party says is stifling any chance Greece has of economic recovery. (ap)

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Penting, typical gamelan instrument of Karangasem Karangasem County has a variety of unique and rare gamelan instruments. One of them is penting or lute where this gamelan instrument reached its golden age at the end of Karangasem kingdom era. It remains to be preserved until now and is often performed at important events such as the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) and commonly introduced through television.

Penting is a stringed instrument classified in heptatonic (seventone) gamelan, so that it can play composition either with pelog and selendro tone scale, even a combination of the two. In its performance, penting can play gamelan composition of gong, angklung and joged style. And most importantly, it can be used in various yajña activities.

This music instrument is unique because the way to play is by plucking or strumming with plectrum up and down repeatedly. The plectrum can be made from tortoiseshell or cow leather. To produce the desired tone, the player should press the keys first.

In the past, at the beginning of this music instrument was created, the musician could play it while sitting in cross-legged position where the instrument was placed on top of thighs. Later on, it could be played while walking after an innovation was made by the Merdu Komala art

troupe from the area.

Despite being part of the local community, no one knows for sure about the history of the penting instrument. However, some people believe if the penting instrument was derived from Klungkung played on a grandiose ceremony at Besakih Temple. There is also other information saying if the musical instrument was from Java and then spread to Bali and Lombok. Meanwhile, some others argue if it was derived from China.

At the beginning, it was only played in single instrument. But later on, it was played in combination with other instruments. Merdu Komala art troupe has innovation namely by accompanying it with a piece of fiddle, a piece of pulu gong, a set of Balinese drum, a set of cymbal, four pieces of flute, a piece of kajar / tawa-tawa, a piece of kempul, a piece of kemong and sendon and seven pieces of penting.

Even, in the appearance penting had also been collaborated with a set of slonding and gerantang. One of the penting art troupes, Merdu Komala, has taken advantage of it to accompany several Balinese dances such as the Panyembrama, Puspanjali, Puspa Wresti, Wirayuda, Oleg Tamulilingan, Margapati, Panji Semirang, Tenun, Manuk Rawa, Kebyar Duduk and mask gamelan composition. (kmb)

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Natixis economist Johannes Gareis agreed.

“This is good news for the German economy and it indicates that the global economy and the eurozone should have gained some speed towards the end of last year,” he said. (afp)

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Jegog an enchanting and typical gamelan of Jembrana

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On hearing the word Jegog, we certainly get the imagination about Jembrana, a county of Bali located some 100 km southwest of Denpasar. Jegog is gamelan (musical instrument) made from bamboo born and flourished in Jembrana. This gamelan instrument has a distinctive shape as well as loud and melodious sound.

German factory orders jump in December Analysts said the surprisingly strong rise in the headline number was a sign that recovery is underway in Europe’s economic powerhouse.

“There cannot be any doubt now that an upswing is under way, maybe even a surprisingly strong one,” said UniCredit economist

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The word Jegog is taken from the greatest instrument of Gong Kebyar. This traditional gamelan was created by I Wayan Geliguh who nicknamed Grandpa Geliduh in 1912. He was an artist from Sebual hamlet, Dangin Tukad Aya, Negara subdistrict. The gamelan set was made from petung bamboo, a large species of bamboo.

Jegog is usually played when organizing a unique tradition called Makepung or buffalo race. Besides, it also serves to accompany typical local dance of Jembrana known as Jegog Dance. This dance displays a simple movement much adopted from martial arts. Later, the Jegog also plays gamelan composition of Gong Kebyar usually used to accompany a dance.

In addition to having melodious sound, the way to play it is also unique where the gamelan players are sitting in cross-legged position on a chair or standing because it has

higher size. This type of gamelan music is often presented in competition or mebarung performed together on stage with a position facing each other. The atmosphere becomes more festive and the sound is getting louder and more boisterous as coupled with the cheers of spectators who support each art troupe.

Genuine characteristic can be seen in the way how each art troupe beat the largest-sized instrument namely the Jegog. It is beaten by two gamelan players while squatting and perching on the back. A gamelan player will beat on the left side for lower-pitched tone blades while another on the right side for the high-pitched tone blades of the bamboo gamelan.

Each gamelan player carries a large beater like the large and heavy beater of gong so that it must be grasped with both hands. The player on the left side beats the higher-

pitched or termed as polos while the one on right side does the lowerpitched tone or termed as sangsih.

The other instruments such as undir, penyacah and kantil are the same as gerantang where each gamelan player holds two beaters.

Each instrument has eight equal pieces of blades. It plays selendro tone scale. A set of Jegog gamelan instrument is composed of kantil, penyacah, undir and jegogan. Other than making performance in the event of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF), it is also often presented in Japan and some other countries in Europe.

To preserve the Jegog art, the Jembrana government organizes various competitions and festivals. One of them is the Jembrana Arts Festival featuring the Jegog art troupes in the region. This festival usually takes place in the Bung Karno Cultural Hall downtown Jembrana. (kmb)

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Jordan’s king vows ‘harsh’ war against Islamic State group AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s king vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the Islamic State group after the militants burned a captive Jordanian pilot in a cage and released a video of the killing. The images have sent waves of revulsion across the region.

King Abdullah II consulted with military chiefs Wednesday, after cutting short a U.S. trip, to formulate a response. Jordan is part of a

U.S.-led military alliance that has been bombing IS targets in Syria for nearly five months.

In a statement, the king said

Jordan is waging a war of principles against the militants. He said that Jordan’s response to the killing of the pilot “will be harsh because this

terrorist organization is not only fighting us, but also fighting Islam and its pure values.”

Abdullah pledged to hit the militants “hard in the very center of their strongholds.”

Jordanian officials have not presented details of their response, but said they would be working

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closely with their allies in the antiIS coalition.

In Washington, leading members of Congress have called for increased U.S. military assistance to the kingdom. Currently, the United States is providing Jordan with $1 billion annually in economic and military assistance. (ap)

Argentine president’s tweets Obama, Dalai on Chinese accent cause furor Lama due at BUENOS AIRES — Embattled Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, while on a state visit to China seeking badly needed investment, caused a furor Wednesday by joking about her hosts’ accents on Twitter.

Fernandez tried to mimic a Chinese accent by switching “r’s” with “l’s” in a tweet in Spanish that translates as: “Did they only come for lice and petloleum.”

A few minutes later, she added: “Sorry, the levels of ridiculousness and absurdity are so high they can only be digested with humor.”

The tweets came as she met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

As of late Wednesday, there was no official response from China about the comments by Fernandez, a prolific tweeter who has 3.53 million followers.

But that didn’t stop the Twitterverse in the South American country and beyond from exploding with criticism of what many considered a racist tweet.

“Cristina Fernandez’s lack of tack and respect is incredible,” wrote @FaundezLafarga. “She goes to China looking for (economic) agreements and she makes

fun of their accents.” @GuyChazan wrote: “Faux pas in China. Really, this sort of joke went out of fashion in the 70s.”

Since Twitter is blocked in China and no Chinese state media have reported on it, the accent-mimicking went largely unnoticed in the Chinese public.

For a handful of Chinese who read about it in foreign media, some brushed it off as a joke with no ill intent, while others challenged Fernandez to speak proper Chinese. There was no immediate response from Chinese diplomats.

The latest controversy comes as Fernandez struggles to distance herself from the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in his bathroom Jan. 18, hours before he was to elaborate on allegations that Fernandez helped shield Iranians connected to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85.

Fernandez has vehemently denied the accusations, saying Argentina had nothing to gain from such a deal. She has suggested that rogue elements in the intelligence services ordered Nisman’s

hit, but has not elaborated.

Earlier this week, just as her visit to China was getting underway, investigators looking into Nisman’s death said they had found a of an arrest warrant for Fernandez that Nisman had written up. While he never presented it, the revelations brought Fernandez back to the center of the case.

On Wednesday, relatives of victims of the bombing marched with family members of the victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship and other national tragedies to demand an end to impunity and the truth about what happened to Nisman.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of Congress in Buenos Aires with the march ending in the famed Plaza de Mayo.

“The demand for truth and justice that relatives of the AMIA (Jewish center) victims are making is the same as what we want for the 30,000 people who disappeared” during the dictatorship, said Nora Cortinas, who co-founded the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo human rights group. (ap)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez shake hands after signing documents following their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Fernandez, while on a state visit to China seeking badly needed investment, caused a furor Wednesday by joking about her hosts’ accents on Twitter.

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WASHINGTON — The degree to which President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama will interact Thursday during the National Prayer Breakfast is unclear, but at least a chance encounter is possible, and such a meeting would certainly draw the ire of China.

Obama is to sit at the head table with other speakers for the annual event, which brings together U.S. and international leaders from different parties and faiths for one spiritual hour.

Event organizers say the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will be in the audience of about 3,600, seated close to the dais and actor Richard Gere, a friend and follower.

The Dalai Lama spoke Wednesday at a luncheon closed to the media. But the White House downplayed the prospect of any official engagement meeting between the fellow Nobel Peace Prize winners. Still, the prayer breakfast has already drawn criticism from China, which considers the Dalai Lama an anti-Chinese separatist because of his quest for greater Tibetan autonomy.

China protested each of Obama’s three meetings with the Dalai Lama, which were always held privately without any news coverage because of the sensitivity of the encounter. But President George W. Bush ignored furious Chinese objections when he presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal at the Capitol Rotunda in 2007.

Last year at the prayer breakfast, Obama criticized China for failing to protect religious freedom. When meeting with Chinese leaders, he said, “I stress that realizing China’s potential rests on upholding universal rights, including for Christians and Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims.”

National Security Council spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Obama plans to speak on the importance of upholding religious freedoms again this year. The message will undoubtedly be underscored by the Dalai Lama’s presence.

“The president is a strong supporter of the Dalai Lama’s teachings and preserving Tibet’s unique religious, cultural and linguistic traditions,” Ventrell said.

China warned once again that it would strongly oppose any country’s leader meeting with the Dalai Lama, who fled to exile in India after a failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, and regard it as interference in China’s internal affairs. But Republican Sen. John Boozman, who plans to sit next to the Dalai Lama, said the spiritual leader’s attendance has nothing to do with China.

“It’s just a special time when people from the entire world come together to talk about their faith and pray together,” Boozman said. “Especially in these troubled times, it’s a remarkable time. I sense the Dalai Lama being there says how important this has become.” (ap)

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A technician performs maintenance on power lines in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb., 5, 2015. Indonesia’s economy expanded at its slowest pace for five years in 2014, official data showed Thursday, hit by political uncertainty and weak exports, putting pressure on the country’s new president to deliver much-needed reforms.

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s trade minister sparked anger Wednesday after saying that second-hand clothes could spread HIV as he campaigned to stop the import of used garments.

Rachmat Gobel was quoted in local media saying used clothes could cause “skin diseases, HIV. It is true, we have seen a lab result”.

Indonesian officials have expressed alarm at what they say is a flood of cheap, second-hand clothing flooding the country, saying that it is damaging the local textile industry.

Gobel quickly apologised after his comments were widely reported, posting on Twitter he had meant to say that “wearing used clothes can transmit many kinds of diseases”.

But this did little to calm the public’s anger, with Twitter user Siwiestu saying that it was “such a shame that a highly educated man... still misunderstands HIV”.

“Oh dear, did the minister go to school?” commented Siti Umayah, adding: “His statement is embarassing”.

Gobel, a wealthy businessman, has been trade minister since October in the new government of President Joko Widodo.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which can lead to AIDS, is mainly transmitted via sexual incourse or drug addicts sharing equipment. Since 1981, about 78 million people have been infected by HIV, according to UN figures. (afp)

KUALA LUMPUR - Indonesia has formally protested to the Malaysian government over a vacuum cleaner ad it says is “utterly insensitive” to the hundreds of thousands of its citizens working as maids in the country.

The flap emerged just as Indonesian President Joko Widodo was to arrive later Thursday for an official visit, his first since being elected last year.

The ad by the Malaysian distributor of RoboVac automatic vacuum cleaners declared “Fire your Indonesian maid now!”, according to versions seen on social media.

“The ad by the private company Robovac is utterly insensitive and demeaning to the people of Indonesia,” the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia said in a statement.

The embassy said it sent a formal protest note to Malaysia on Tuesday.

“We urge Malaysian authorities to ban the ad,” it said, adding that it was considering further legal action against the company.

Relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours have repeatedly been strained over the treatment of Indonesian domestic helpers in Malaysia.

Recurring reports of physical and other abuse by Malaysian employers or recruiters prompted Jakarta to angrily cut off the supply of domestic workers in 2009.

It was resumed two years later

following an agreement to provide maids better protection and working conditions.

The Indonesian embassy said the ad has since been removed from circulation. AFP was unable to reach the company Thursday.

In 2012, a flyer advertising cut-rate maid services emerged in Malaysia declaring “Indonesian maids now on sale!”

The issue went viral among angry Internet users in Indonesia and triggered a phone call by Indonesia’s foreign minister to his Malaysian counterpart to complain.

Last year a “racist” Malaysian insurance commercial depicting a male Chinese actor as a Filipina maid drew similar outrage in Hong Kong.

Aimed at the employers of the southern Chinese city’s 300,000 maids, who mainly hail from Indonesia and the Philippines, the ad from Malaysia’s Hong Leong Bank shows the Chinese actor wearing dark orange make-up and a curly wig as he plays clumsy maid “Maria”.

It was withdrawn after the outcry.

One of Southeast Asia’s more affluent countries, Malaysia has long attracted aspiring maids from its poorer neighbours, the vast majority being Indonesian women.

An estimated 400,000 foreign domestic workers are now employed in Malaysia. (afp)

Indonesia protests over Growth at 5-year low, ‘demeaning’ Malaysia ad eyes on Widodo to deliver

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s economy expanded at its slowest pace for five years in 2014, official data showed Thursday, hit by political uncertainty and weak exports, putting pressure on the country’s new president to deliver much-needed reforms.

Southeast Asia’s biggest economy expanded 5.0 percent yearon-year, the statistics agency said, down from 5.8 percent in 2013, and the weakest pace since 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis.

The figures “help to underline the challenge facing the country’s new president, Joko Widodo, who despite a promising first few months in office faces a tough challenge”, said Gareth Leather, Asia economist from Capital Economics.

Widodo, who won office partly on a pledge to revive the slowing economy, has promised to woo investors by cutting red tape and ploughing money into overhauling the country’s ageing infrastructure.

He has already slashed crippling fuel subsidies that have in the past gobbled up 20 percent of the state budget, promising to divert the money towards boosting the economy and helping the country’s poorest.

While his early moves have been praised, analysts warn that he faces a tough time to push through more reforms in a country plagued

by corruption, where protectionist instincts are still strong and parliament is dominated by the opposition.

“Anything that requires legislation is going to be more difficult,” said independent political analyst Paul Rowland.

Indonesia’s economy, long a bright spot among the Group of 20, has been slowing in recent years as the price of its key commodity exports are hit by weakening demand in regional powerhouse China and other major markets.

With exports subdued, there were also worries about a stubborn current account deficit and the impact of high interest rates put in place to shore up the rupiah, which has tumbled against the dollar in expectation of tighter US monetary policy.

The economy was also dragged down by a long-running election season, which lasted six months and led many firms to hold off investment until a successor was known.

But investors have taken heart from the victory of Widodo, a reformist and former businessman.

His other early reforms have included the launch this month of a national “one-stop service” to simplify obtaining business permits.

Previously, firms often had to seek licences from numerous different agencies and ministries before they could invest, a complex and time-consuming process.

Wellian Wiranto, an economist from OCBC Bank in Singapore, said the 2014 growth figure looked like “quite a deceleration” compared to previous years and it would be hard for Indonesia to reach rates of above six percent this year.

But he was positive about future prospects.

“From fiscal rationalisation, involving bold subsidy cuts to infrastructure build-up, as well as measures to pull in more (foreign direct investment), these take time to bear fruit but will ultimately put the economy on a more even keel,” he told AFP. Before Thursday’s data, the statistics agency had updated its base year for GDP calculations from 2000 to 2010, which they said could lead to a small difference in the final figure. (afp)

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SINGARAJA - Ser Hill area at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, is now prepared to become a spiritual tourist resort. Aside from offering a beautiful natural panorama, the seaside hill in the region is indeed known as a sacred area being suitable for performing meditation,

yoga and other similar activities.

Some residents around the Ser Hill said that a number of foreign and local tourists were often seen getting into the area of Ser Hill just for trekking or specifically performing meditation activities. Moreover, on certain days, many Hindus also came to the area to say prayers in the temple located on the small hill.

In terms of scenery, the beach in the area of Ser Hill had been already very well known

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“To that end, the area of Ser Hill is worth to be made into spiritual tourist area,” said a resident living at Pemuteran village.

Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, said that Buleleng government indeed had a plan to develop the Ser Hill

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TOKYO — The final decision on which new sports will be added to the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics won’t be made until August 2016 — a year later than originally planned.

Wrapping up a two-day meeting in the Japanese capital, IOC Vice President John Coates said the inclusion of new sports will be voted on at the IOC session in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the 2016 Games.

“While we were thinking originally the additional events timetable could be completed in July (2015), that is too ambitious,” Coates said.

“In the interest of transparency, that is too tight a timetable.”

Baseball and softball, dropped after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, are considered favorites to return in 2020 because of their popularity in Japan and the existence of first-rate facilities.

Under the IOC’s “Olympic Agenda 2020” reforms approved in December, host cities can propose the inclusion of one or more events for their games.

Several other sports are also lobbying for a spot on the Tokyo program. They include squash, karate, roller sports, skateboarding, surfing, wushu, rock climbing, and billiards and snooker.

Coates said by the end of this April, assessment criteria of each proposed new sport will be prepared. Tokyo organizers will then have time to examine the material before proposing which additional events they wish to add by September of this year.

“The whole world is looking at this process, not just the people of Japan,” Coates said. “Many sports are interested and this is going to be a very transparent process.”

Tokyo organizers recently formed an “additional event program panel” to study the proposed new sports. The panel will hold its first meeting next week.

“Tokyo has its wish list and the timeline is fine for us,” Tokyo organizing chief Yoshiro Mori said.

“We have already consulted with a number of (sports) federations.”

Coates stressed that future Olympic sports events “must be attractive to youth.”

“Universality and gender equality are key in selecting new sports or events but the IOC will also consider an up and coming sport that is gaining in popularity especially with youth,” Coates said.

Coates was in Tokyo as head of an IOC “project review” of the city’s Olympic preparations.

During the meetings, Tokyo organizers brought the IOC up to date on several proposed venue changes, which are aimed at saving money and avoiding white elephants.

The IOC reforms could allow Tokyo organizers to alter their initial plan of having the majority of venues located within an 8-kilometer (5-mile) radius of the Olympic Village — one of the key components of the city’s bid for the games.

Mori said organizers plan to propose that an existing equestrian facility in the middle of Tokyo — which was used for the 1964 Olympics — will be used instead of a new facility. Mori also said organizers are considering holding the cycling events at an existing facility in Izu, which is about a onehour train ride from Tokyo.

Tokyo also plans to build a permanent gymnastics venue rather than a temporary one, Mori said. (ap)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, speaks during a joint press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.

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Ferrari F1 Team’s Finnish Kimi Raikkonen (R) and Toro Rosso F1 Team’s Spanish Carlos Sainz (L) drive on the third day of the Formula One pre-season tests at Jerez racetrack in Jerez .

Raikkonen fastest as McLaren woes continue

JEREZ - Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was fastest on the final day of the first pre-season test series in Jerez on Wednesday but McLaren’s hopes for a problem free day were dashed.

The Finn set the fastest time of the week with a lap of 1min 20.841 followed by Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson and world champion Lewis Hamilton with all three completing over 100 laps on the day.

There was no such luck for Jenson Button as a difficult week for the new McLaren-Honda partnership continued.

Button failed to get beyond the pit lane in two attempts early on before a fuel pump issue cut short his afternoon having completed just 35 laps.

That took the Woking-based team’s tally to just 79 laps for the week.

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier warned on Tuesday that any more setbacks in testing would delay their chances of being competitive once the season gets underway in Australia in six weeks’ time.

“Unfortunately, we’ve had a few issues this week – all of which have been pretty small – but cumulatively they meant we were stuck

in the garage for quite some time,” said McLaren’s engineering director Matt Morris.

“Still, our prime objective coming away from this test was to ascertain that the main car architecture worked, and we’ve done that.”

Red Bull have also had problems in the southern Spanish city, but they recovered from a power unit problem in the morning as Daniil Kyvat managed 62 laps, albeit only ahead of Button on time.

Double world champions Mercedes enjoyed another marathon day on the mileage front as Hamilton’s 117 laps took them past the 500 mark for the week.

“It’s been pretty amazing this week to see how reliable the car has been and how much mileage we’ve covered,” said Hamilton.

“We all loved the experience of last year and everyone wants to do it again. This is where you prove the car, looking for as many laps as you can, not searching for fast times.

“It’s been really positive from that perspective and every day here

the car has got better as we learn more about it.”

It is also been a promising few days for the perennial minnows Sauber and Toro Rosso.

Ericsson and rookie Brazilian teammate Felipe Nasr were in the top two across all four days.

Meanwhile, the youngest ever driver in Formula One, Max Verstappen, got some more experience under his belt in the Toro Rosso as he was fourth fastest in a 97-lap effort.

There was also plenty of news off the track as Force India announced that their new VJM08 car is unlikely to be ready in time for the next test in Barcelona, so they will run their 2014 car in the Catalan capital later this month.

Meanwhile, there were reports that the financially stricken Marussia team could come out of administration in the coming weeks with the hope of still making it to the first Grand Prix of the season in Melbourne on March 15. (afp)

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Sterling, Coutinho strike late to send Liverpool through

LONDON - Last-gasp goals from Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho helped Liverpool reach the FA Cup fifth round and avoid the giant-killing fate of many of their Premier League rivals with a 2-1 replay victory at second tier Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday.

The hosts took the lead when former Chelsea and Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen coolly slotted home a penalty before Bolton were reduced to 10 men when Neil Danns was sent off after receiving two yellow cards.

But Sterling volleyed in the equaliser with four minutes left and a long-range Coutinho strike in stoppage time won the fourthround replay for the Premier League club.

“It was always going to be a tough game,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers told the BBC. “Neil Lennon’s done a brilliant job at Bolton. Going 1-0 behind away from home put us on the back foot. We must have hit the bar about five or six times but eventually the quality came through.”

Liverpool, who next face an away tie at Crystal Palace on Feb. 14, will fancy their chances of launching an assault on the trophy after the exits of Premier

League heavyweights Chelsea and Manchester City.

Both fell to lower league opponents in a remarkable series of FA Cup fixtures in which Manchester United were taken to a replay by fourth tier Cambridge United before they too eased through with a 3-0 replay win.

Liverpool and Bolton had played out a goalless draw at Anfield and the replay started in the same fashion, with Bolton defending stoutly to shut out an attacking Liverpool side.

Bolton took the lead against the run of play when the 36-year-old Gudjohnsen rolled back the years to strike from the spot.

The hosts were reduced to 10 men when Danns received his a second yellow card for a rash challenge after being booked for a similar tackle in the first half.

The dismissal gave the visitors an invitation to push forward led by captain Steven Gerrard who

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Madrid’s James Rodriguez breaks foot, will have surgery

MADRID — Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez has broken a bone in his right foot and will undergo surgery on Thursday.

Madrid said on its club website that medical tests revealed Rodriguez has a “fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot” and that he will be operated on “in the next few hours.”

Rodriguez suffered the injury after scoring the opening goal in Madrid’s 2-1 win over Sevilla in

the Spanish league on Wednesday.

He was substituted in the first half after doctors examined his foot on the sideline.

The 23-year-old Rodriguez quickly became a first-choice midfielder for coach Carlo Ancelotti after his arrival from Monaco following his outstanding World Cup with Colombia when he was the top scorer with six goals and helped his country reach the quarterfinals.

He has played in 33 of Madrid’s 36 games this season, scoring 12 goals and assisting on 10 more for teammates.

Madrid leads the Spanish league and visits defending champion Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

Madrid has also reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League as it seeks to defend its European title. It begins its round-of-16 tie at Schalke on Feb. 18. (ap)

MILAN - Gonzalo Higuain pounced in stoppage time to give holders Napoli a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in their Coppa Italia quarter-final on Wednesday, adding to the misery for Roberto Mancini’s team.

Mancini’s Inter have dropped to 13th in Serie A after losing their last two games and had been hoping that the Cup would bring a change of fortune.

But, with only seconds remaining, a quickly taken throw-in caught Inter defender Andrea Ranocchia off his guard and Higuain got away to side-foot the ball past fellow Argentine Juan Pablo Carrizo into the far corner.

The finish left Mancini, who returned for a second stint at the club in November, completely exasperated.

“We just keep giving away goals, all the time,” he told reporters.

“We played well, but then we did something silly, we are too weak. To concede goals like that one is absurd, it’s shocking.

“It was over, there were 30 seconds left,” he added. “It was a fine performance until then, but you have to score goals and not concede them.

“I can’t remember the last time I lost three matches in a row, it was probably 10 years ago.”

However, Mancini did not single out Ranocchia for criticism. “Higuain is a player who is too experienced, too cunning,” he said Higuain missed two early chances for Napoli before Inter forward Mauro Icardi struck the bar in a lively opening.

Carrizo also made good saves from Higuain and Marek Hamsik, before Inter enjoyed a let-off when Kalidou Koulibaly volleyed wide from close range.

The game looked to be heading for extra-time until Higuain’s goal which came out of the blue to earn Napoli a two-legged semi-final against Lazio. (rtr)

liga champions completely lacked ideas in front of a sold-out 80,000 crowd and were easily outmuscled

by European hopefuls Augsburg for whom Raul Bobadilla netted the winner in the 50th minute to seal his club’s first ever win over Dortmund.

AFP Photo/Patrik Stollarz

Dortmund’s players react after the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Dortmund vs FC Augsburg in the Signal Iduna Park stadium in Dortmund, western Germany on February 4, 2015. Augsburg won 0-1.

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French riot police run towards Bastia’s supporters when they tried to enter the field after their team defeated Monaco during their French League Cup soccer semi-final soccer match in Monaco February 4, 2015.

Higuain’s stoppage-time winner adds to Inter misery Squillaci sends Bastia into final at expense of former club

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Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling celebrates after scoring during their FA Cup fourth round replay soccer match against Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium in Bolton, northern England February 4, 2015. was making his 700th Liverpool appearance, but the former England captain was subdued.

Just as the Bolton defence looked to be standing firm in the

face of a red onslaught, Sterling steered in a precise volley to equalise.

Coutinho, who signed a new five-year contract at Anfield this

week, proved his worth when his dipping strike from 25 metres flew in via the underside of the crossbar to send Liverpool through. (rtr)

Dortmund lose to 10-man Augsburg as crisis deepens BERLIN - Last season’s Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 1-0 home defeat by 10-man Augsburg on Wednesday to continue their spectacular implosion and remain firmly anchored to the foot of the standings.

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Surprise packages Augsburg, who had Christoph Janker sent off midway through the second half, shut out Dortmund in the last half hour and climbed into fourth place on 33 points courtesy of their third successive league win.

Dortmund, who take on Juventus in the Champions League round of 16 this month, are 18th on 16 after their 11th league loss this season.

Coach Juergen Klopp was left speechless after the game while goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller and defender Mats Hummels went straight to speak to their furious fans.

“We can be accused of anything tonight and it is all justified,” Klopp told reporters. “Battling also means having the courage to take the right decision. We were missing that tonight.”

Dortmund showed attacking spirit in the first half with Marco

Reus scraping the post but failed to intimidate the visitors.

Argentine Bobadilla rifled in from close range after four Dortmund players failed to stop a charging Halil Altintop in the 50th minute.

Augsburg kept pressing for a second goal but held back after Janker was sent off for bringing down Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang outside the box with only keeper Alex Manninger to beat.

Dortmund failed to make the extra man count and did not carve out a single chance until the final minute when Ciro Immobile’s close-range header was saved by Manninger.

“If one is in this position after 19 games then it would be unacceptable not to have understanding for the fans’ reactions,” Hummels said.

Hamburg SV, also former

Bundesliga champions, eased their relegation fears by beating Paderborn 3-0, ending a league goal drought that had lasted 398 minutes.

Rafael van der Vaart converted a penalty after Hamburg were awarded the fastest Bundesliga spotkick since timings were introduced in 2004-05 just eight seconds into the game.

Goals from Marcell Jansen and Zoltan Stieber made sure of the three points and lifted Hamburg to 13th on 20 points.

Champions League club Bayer Leverkusen edged past Hertha Berlin 1-0 to move into fifth, a point behind Augsburg.

Bayern Munich maintained their eight-point lead at the top on 45 points despite their 1-1 draw against Schalke 04 as second-placed VfL Wolfsburg also drew against Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday. (rtr)

AP Photo/Ciro Fusco

Napoli’s Gonazlo Higuain, right, scores during the Italian Cup quarter final soccer match against Inter of Milan in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.

PARIS - Former France international Sebastien Squillaci’s penalty secured unfashionable French Ligue 1 club Bastia a place in the League Cup final on Wednesday at the expense of the club where he made his name Monaco.

The 34-year-old -- who was part of the Monaco team that reached the 2004 Champions League final -- tucked away his spot kick to give Bastia victory in the penalty shootout 7-6 after the match finished 0-0 after extra-time.

Bastia -- who have won just one trophy in their history the 1981 French Cup though they were finalists in the 1978 UEFA Cup, 1995 League Cup and the 1972 and 2002 French Cup -- will play holders Paris Saint Germain in the April 11 final at the Stade de France.

PSG, who beat Lille 1-0 on Tuesday, will be bidding for revenge as the Corsican side inflicted a surprise 4-2 defeat on them in January in the league match.

PSG’s win came courtesy of a superb goal by Brazilian fullback Maxwell.

The French champions dominated the game and their goal was a worthy winner on 27 minutes when Maxwell blasted a fierce shot into the corner leaving Lille’s Nigerian ‘keeper Vincent Enyeama no chance.

The joy at reaching the final was tempered somewhat as PSG’s star player Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic tried to persuade several of his team-mates to ignore the waiting press.

“Follow me follow me. Nobody

talks. Zlatan is the boss,” Ibrahimovic said in English as he led a group comprising among others Maxwell, Edinson Cavani and Brazilian Lucas out of the dressingroom.

While a smiling Ibrahimovic progressed serenely through the mixed zone Brazilian star Lucas disobeyed and stopped to speak with the press speaking in Portuguese.

“We’re the Cup holders and we had the heart to defend that,” said PSG coach Laurent Blanc.

“We had to win here (Lille) first and that’s done but what pleases me most is not only the victory but also what we offered against a team that really dug in.

“We didn’t give them hope even if the score was only 1-0 and my team played some really good stuff which will serve us in good stead for the future but we still have to progress,” added the former Bordeaux and France coach.

The victory keeps PSG on track for a quartet of trophies with a Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea on February 17 and a last-16 French Cup fixture against Nantes lying ahead.

The capital club also have the chance to go top of Ligue 1 on Sunday when they attempt to overturn a two point deficit on Lyon when the teams meet at the Stade Gerland.

“We have a lot of matches and it’s going to be a marathon but let’s hope it continues as long as possible.

I hope that March will be complicated and the marathon continues into April and May which will mean we’re advancing in all competitions.” concluded Blanc. (afp)

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Sterling, Coutinho strike late to send Liverpool through

LONDON - Last-gasp goals from Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho helped Liverpool reach the FA Cup fifth round and avoid the giant-killing fate of many of their Premier League rivals with a 2-1 replay victory at second tier Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday.

The hosts took the lead when former Chelsea and Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen coolly slotted home a penalty before Bolton were reduced to 10 men when Neil Danns was sent off after receiving two yellow cards.

But Sterling volleyed in the equaliser with four minutes left and a long-range Coutinho strike in stoppage time won the fourthround replay for the Premier League club.

“It was always going to be a tough game,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers told the BBC. “Neil Lennon’s done a brilliant job at Bolton. Going 1-0 behind away from home put us on the back foot. We must have hit the bar about five or six times but eventually the quality came through.”

Liverpool, who next face an away tie at Crystal Palace on Feb. 14, will fancy their chances of launching an assault on the trophy after the exits of Premier

League heavyweights Chelsea and Manchester City.

Both fell to lower league opponents in a remarkable series of FA Cup fixtures in which Manchester United were taken to a replay by fourth tier Cambridge United before they too eased through with a 3-0 replay win.

Liverpool and Bolton had played out a goalless draw at Anfield and the replay started in the same fashion, with Bolton defending stoutly to shut out an attacking Liverpool side.

Bolton took the lead against the run of play when the 36-year-old Gudjohnsen rolled back the years to strike from the spot.

The hosts were reduced to 10 men when Danns received his a second yellow card for a rash challenge after being booked for a similar tackle in the first half.

The dismissal gave the visitors an invitation to push forward led by captain Steven Gerrard who

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Madrid’s James Rodriguez breaks foot, will have surgery

MADRID — Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez has broken a bone in his right foot and will undergo surgery on Thursday.

Madrid said on its club website that medical tests revealed Rodriguez has a “fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot” and that he will be operated on “in the next few hours.”

Rodriguez suffered the injury after scoring the opening goal in Madrid’s 2-1 win over Sevilla in

the Spanish league on Wednesday.

He was substituted in the first half after doctors examined his foot on the sideline.

The 23-year-old Rodriguez quickly became a first-choice midfielder for coach Carlo Ancelotti after his arrival from Monaco following his outstanding World Cup with Colombia when he was the top scorer with six goals and helped his country reach the quarterfinals.

He has played in 33 of Madrid’s 36 games this season, scoring 12 goals and assisting on 10 more for teammates.

Madrid leads the Spanish league and visits defending champion Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

Madrid has also reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League as it seeks to defend its European title. It begins its round-of-16 tie at Schalke on Feb. 18. (ap)

MILAN - Gonzalo Higuain pounced in stoppage time to give holders Napoli a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in their Coppa Italia quarter-final on Wednesday, adding to the misery for Roberto Mancini’s team.

Mancini’s Inter have dropped to 13th in Serie A after losing their last two games and had been hoping that the Cup would bring a change of fortune.

But, with only seconds remaining, a quickly taken throw-in caught Inter defender Andrea Ranocchia off his guard and Higuain got away to side-foot the ball past fellow Argentine Juan Pablo Carrizo into the far corner.

The finish left Mancini, who returned for a second stint at the club in November, completely exasperated.

“We just keep giving away goals, all the time,” he told reporters.

“We played well, but then we did something silly, we are too weak. To concede goals like that one is absurd, it’s shocking.

“It was over, there were 30 seconds left,” he added. “It was a fine performance until then, but you have to score goals and not concede them.

“I can’t remember the last time I lost three matches in a row, it was probably 10 years ago.”

However, Mancini did not single out Ranocchia for criticism. “Higuain is a player who is too experienced, too cunning,” he said Higuain missed two early chances for Napoli before Inter forward Mauro Icardi struck the bar in a lively opening.

Carrizo also made good saves from Higuain and Marek Hamsik, before Inter enjoyed a let-off when Kalidou Koulibaly volleyed wide from close range.

The game looked to be heading for extra-time until Higuain’s goal which came out of the blue to earn Napoli a two-legged semi-final against Lazio. (rtr)

liga champions completely lacked ideas in front of a sold-out 80,000 crowd and were easily outmuscled

by European hopefuls Augsburg for whom Raul Bobadilla netted the winner in the 50th minute to seal his club’s first ever win over Dortmund.

AFP Photo/Patrik Stollarz

Dortmund’s players react after the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Dortmund vs FC Augsburg in the Signal Iduna Park stadium in Dortmund, western Germany on February 4, 2015. Augsburg won 0-1.

REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

French riot police run towards Bastia’s supporters when they tried to enter the field after their team defeated Monaco during their French League Cup soccer semi-final soccer match in Monaco February 4, 2015.

Higuain’s stoppage-time winner adds to Inter misery Squillaci sends Bastia into final at expense of former club

REUTERS/Andrew Yates

Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling celebrates after scoring during their FA Cup fourth round replay soccer match against Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium in Bolton, northern England February 4, 2015. was making his 700th Liverpool appearance, but the former England captain was subdued.

Just as the Bolton defence looked to be standing firm in the

face of a red onslaught, Sterling steered in a precise volley to equalise.

Coutinho, who signed a new five-year contract at Anfield this

week, proved his worth when his dipping strike from 25 metres flew in via the underside of the crossbar to send Liverpool through. (rtr)

Dortmund lose to 10-man Augsburg as crisis deepens BERLIN - Last season’s Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 1-0 home defeat by 10-man Augsburg on Wednesday to continue their spectacular implosion and remain firmly anchored to the foot of the standings.

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Surprise packages Augsburg, who had Christoph Janker sent off midway through the second half, shut out Dortmund in the last half hour and climbed into fourth place on 33 points courtesy of their third successive league win.

Dortmund, who take on Juventus in the Champions League round of 16 this month, are 18th on 16 after their 11th league loss this season.

Coach Juergen Klopp was left speechless after the game while goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller and defender Mats Hummels went straight to speak to their furious fans.

“We can be accused of anything tonight and it is all justified,” Klopp told reporters. “Battling also means having the courage to take the right decision. We were missing that tonight.”

Dortmund showed attacking spirit in the first half with Marco

Reus scraping the post but failed to intimidate the visitors.

Argentine Bobadilla rifled in from close range after four Dortmund players failed to stop a charging Halil Altintop in the 50th minute.

Augsburg kept pressing for a second goal but held back after Janker was sent off for bringing down Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang outside the box with only keeper Alex Manninger to beat.

Dortmund failed to make the extra man count and did not carve out a single chance until the final minute when Ciro Immobile’s close-range header was saved by Manninger.

“If one is in this position after 19 games then it would be unacceptable not to have understanding for the fans’ reactions,” Hummels said.

Hamburg SV, also former

Bundesliga champions, eased their relegation fears by beating Paderborn 3-0, ending a league goal drought that had lasted 398 minutes.

Rafael van der Vaart converted a penalty after Hamburg were awarded the fastest Bundesliga spotkick since timings were introduced in 2004-05 just eight seconds into the game.

Goals from Marcell Jansen and Zoltan Stieber made sure of the three points and lifted Hamburg to 13th on 20 points.

Champions League club Bayer Leverkusen edged past Hertha Berlin 1-0 to move into fifth, a point behind Augsburg.

Bayern Munich maintained their eight-point lead at the top on 45 points despite their 1-1 draw against Schalke 04 as second-placed VfL Wolfsburg also drew against Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday. (rtr)

AP Photo/Ciro Fusco

Napoli’s Gonazlo Higuain, right, scores during the Italian Cup quarter final soccer match against Inter of Milan in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.

PARIS - Former France international Sebastien Squillaci’s penalty secured unfashionable French Ligue 1 club Bastia a place in the League Cup final on Wednesday at the expense of the club where he made his name Monaco.

The 34-year-old -- who was part of the Monaco team that reached the 2004 Champions League final -- tucked away his spot kick to give Bastia victory in the penalty shootout 7-6 after the match finished 0-0 after extra-time.

Bastia -- who have won just one trophy in their history the 1981 French Cup though they were finalists in the 1978 UEFA Cup, 1995 League Cup and the 1972 and 2002 French Cup -- will play holders Paris Saint Germain in the April 11 final at the Stade de France.

PSG, who beat Lille 1-0 on Tuesday, will be bidding for revenge as the Corsican side inflicted a surprise 4-2 defeat on them in January in the league match.

PSG’s win came courtesy of a superb goal by Brazilian fullback Maxwell.

The French champions dominated the game and their goal was a worthy winner on 27 minutes when Maxwell blasted a fierce shot into the corner leaving Lille’s Nigerian ‘keeper Vincent Enyeama no chance.

The joy at reaching the final was tempered somewhat as PSG’s star player Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic tried to persuade several of his team-mates to ignore the waiting press.

“Follow me follow me. Nobody

talks. Zlatan is the boss,” Ibrahimovic said in English as he led a group comprising among others Maxwell, Edinson Cavani and Brazilian Lucas out of the dressingroom.

While a smiling Ibrahimovic progressed serenely through the mixed zone Brazilian star Lucas disobeyed and stopped to speak with the press speaking in Portuguese.

“We’re the Cup holders and we had the heart to defend that,” said PSG coach Laurent Blanc.

“We had to win here (Lille) first and that’s done but what pleases me most is not only the victory but also what we offered against a team that really dug in.

“We didn’t give them hope even if the score was only 1-0 and my team played some really good stuff which will serve us in good stead for the future but we still have to progress,” added the former Bordeaux and France coach.

The victory keeps PSG on track for a quartet of trophies with a Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea on February 17 and a last-16 French Cup fixture against Nantes lying ahead.

The capital club also have the chance to go top of Ligue 1 on Sunday when they attempt to overturn a two point deficit on Lyon when the teams meet at the Stade Gerland.

“We have a lot of matches and it’s going to be a marathon but let’s hope it continues as long as possible.

I hope that March will be complicated and the marathon continues into April and May which will mean we’re advancing in all competitions.” concluded Blanc. (afp)

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SINGARAJA - Ser Hill area at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, is now prepared to become a spiritual tourist resort. Aside from offering a beautiful natural panorama, the seaside hill in the region is indeed known as a sacred area being suitable for performing meditation,

yoga and other similar activities.

Some residents around the Ser Hill said that a number of foreign and local tourists were often seen getting into the area of Ser Hill just for trekking or specifically performing meditation activities. Moreover, on certain days, many Hindus also came to the area to say prayers in the temple located on the small hill.

In terms of scenery, the beach in the area of Ser Hill had been already very well known

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to foreign tourists. Other than having calm ocean waves and white sand, the beach area also had a very beautiful coral reef and no less attractive than the coral reed at Nusa Lembongan and Karangasem tourist area.

“To that end, the area of Ser Hill is worth to be made into spiritual tourist area,” said a resident living at Pemuteran village.

Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, said that Buleleng government indeed had a plan to develop the Ser Hill

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TOKYO — The final decision on which new sports will be added to the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics won’t be made until August 2016 — a year later than originally planned.

Wrapping up a two-day meeting in the Japanese capital, IOC Vice President John Coates said the inclusion of new sports will be voted on at the IOC session in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the 2016 Games.

“While we were thinking originally the additional events timetable could be completed in July (2015), that is too ambitious,” Coates said.

“In the interest of transparency, that is too tight a timetable.”

Baseball and softball, dropped after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, are considered favorites to return in 2020 because of their popularity in Japan and the existence of first-rate facilities.

Under the IOC’s “Olympic Agenda 2020” reforms approved in December, host cities can propose the inclusion of one or more events for their games.

Several other sports are also lobbying for a spot on the Tokyo program. They include squash, karate, roller sports, skateboarding, surfing, wushu, rock climbing, and billiards and snooker.

Coates said by the end of this April, assessment criteria of each proposed new sport will be prepared. Tokyo organizers will then have time to examine the material before proposing which additional events they wish to add by September of this year.

“The whole world is looking at this process, not just the people of Japan,” Coates said. “Many sports are interested and this is going to be a very transparent process.”

Tokyo organizers recently formed an “additional event program panel” to study the proposed new sports. The panel will hold its first meeting next week.

“Tokyo has its wish list and the timeline is fine for us,” Tokyo organizing chief Yoshiro Mori said.

“We have already consulted with a number of (sports) federations.”

Coates stressed that future Olympic sports events “must be attractive to youth.”

“Universality and gender equality are key in selecting new sports or events but the IOC will also consider an up and coming sport that is gaining in popularity especially with youth,” Coates said.

Coates was in Tokyo as head of an IOC “project review” of the city’s Olympic preparations.

During the meetings, Tokyo organizers brought the IOC up to date on several proposed venue changes, which are aimed at saving money and avoiding white elephants.

The IOC reforms could allow Tokyo organizers to alter their initial plan of having the majority of venues located within an 8-kilometer (5-mile) radius of the Olympic Village — one of the key components of the city’s bid for the games.

Mori said organizers plan to propose that an existing equestrian facility in the middle of Tokyo — which was used for the 1964 Olympics — will be used instead of a new facility. Mori also said organizers are considering holding the cycling events at an existing facility in Izu, which is about a onehour train ride from Tokyo.

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, speaks during a joint press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.

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Ferrari F1 Team’s Finnish Kimi Raikkonen (R) and Toro Rosso F1 Team’s Spanish Carlos Sainz (L) drive on the third day of the Formula One pre-season tests at Jerez racetrack in Jerez .

Raikkonen fastest as McLaren woes continue

JEREZ - Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was fastest on the final day of the first pre-season test series in Jerez on Wednesday but McLaren’s hopes for a problem free day were dashed.

The Finn set the fastest time of the week with a lap of 1min 20.841 followed by Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson and world champion Lewis Hamilton with all three completing over 100 laps on the day.

There was no such luck for Jenson Button as a difficult week for the new McLaren-Honda partnership continued.

Button failed to get beyond the pit lane in two attempts early on before a fuel pump issue cut short his afternoon having completed just 35 laps.

That took the Woking-based team’s tally to just 79 laps for the week.

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier warned on Tuesday that any more setbacks in testing would delay their chances of being competitive once the season gets underway in Australia in six weeks’ time.

“Unfortunately, we’ve had a few issues this week – all of which have been pretty small – but cumulatively they meant we were stuck

in the garage for quite some time,” said McLaren’s engineering director Matt Morris.

“Still, our prime objective coming away from this test was to ascertain that the main car architecture worked, and we’ve done that.”

Red Bull have also had problems in the southern Spanish city, but they recovered from a power unit problem in the morning as Daniil Kyvat managed 62 laps, albeit only ahead of Button on time.

Double world champions Mercedes enjoyed another marathon day on the mileage front as Hamilton’s 117 laps took them past the 500 mark for the week.

“It’s been pretty amazing this week to see how reliable the car has been and how much mileage we’ve covered,” said Hamilton.

“We all loved the experience of last year and everyone wants to do it again. This is where you prove the car, looking for as many laps as you can, not searching for fast times.

“It’s been really positive from that perspective and every day here

the car has got better as we learn more about it.”

It is also been a promising few days for the perennial minnows Sauber and Toro Rosso.

Ericsson and rookie Brazilian teammate Felipe Nasr were in the top two across all four days.

Meanwhile, the youngest ever driver in Formula One, Max Verstappen, got some more experience under his belt in the Toro Rosso as he was fourth fastest in a 97-lap effort.

There was also plenty of news off the track as Force India announced that their new VJM08 car is unlikely to be ready in time for the next test in Barcelona, so they will run their 2014 car in the Catalan capital later this month.

Meanwhile, there were reports that the financially stricken Marussia team could come out of administration in the coming weeks with the hope of still making it to the first Grand Prix of the season in Melbourne on March 15. (afp)

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Jordan’s king vows ‘harsh’ war against Islamic State group AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s king vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the Islamic State group after the militants burned a captive Jordanian pilot in a cage and released a video of the killing. The images have sent waves of revulsion across the region.

King Abdullah II consulted with military chiefs Wednesday, after cutting short a U.S. trip, to formulate a response. Jordan is part of a

U.S.-led military alliance that has been bombing IS targets in Syria for nearly five months.

In a statement, the king said

Jordan is waging a war of principles against the militants. He said that Jordan’s response to the killing of the pilot “will be harsh because this

terrorist organization is not only fighting us, but also fighting Islam and its pure values.”

Abdullah pledged to hit the militants “hard in the very center of their strongholds.”

Jordanian officials have not presented details of their response, but said they would be working

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closely with their allies in the antiIS coalition.

In Washington, leading members of Congress have called for increased U.S. military assistance to the kingdom. Currently, the United States is providing Jordan with $1 billion annually in economic and military assistance. (ap)

Argentine president’s tweets Obama, Dalai on Chinese accent cause furor Lama due at BUENOS AIRES — Embattled Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, while on a state visit to China seeking badly needed investment, caused a furor Wednesday by joking about her hosts’ accents on Twitter.

Fernandez tried to mimic a Chinese accent by switching “r’s” with “l’s” in a tweet in Spanish that translates as: “Did they only come for lice and petloleum.”

A few minutes later, she added: “Sorry, the levels of ridiculousness and absurdity are so high they can only be digested with humor.”

The tweets came as she met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

As of late Wednesday, there was no official response from China about the comments by Fernandez, a prolific tweeter who has 3.53 million followers.

But that didn’t stop the Twitterverse in the South American country and beyond from exploding with criticism of what many considered a racist tweet.

“Cristina Fernandez’s lack of tack and respect is incredible,” wrote @FaundezLafarga. “She goes to China looking for (economic) agreements and she makes

fun of their accents.” @GuyChazan wrote: “Faux pas in China. Really, this sort of joke went out of fashion in the 70s.”

Since Twitter is blocked in China and no Chinese state media have reported on it, the accent-mimicking went largely unnoticed in the Chinese public.

For a handful of Chinese who read about it in foreign media, some brushed it off as a joke with no ill intent, while others challenged Fernandez to speak proper Chinese. There was no immediate response from Chinese diplomats.

The latest controversy comes as Fernandez struggles to distance herself from the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in his bathroom Jan. 18, hours before he was to elaborate on allegations that Fernandez helped shield Iranians connected to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85.

Fernandez has vehemently denied the accusations, saying Argentina had nothing to gain from such a deal. She has suggested that rogue elements in the intelligence services ordered Nisman’s

hit, but has not elaborated.

Earlier this week, just as her visit to China was getting underway, investigators looking into Nisman’s death said they had found a of an arrest warrant for Fernandez that Nisman had written up. While he never presented it, the revelations brought Fernandez back to the center of the case.

On Wednesday, relatives of victims of the bombing marched with family members of the victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship and other national tragedies to demand an end to impunity and the truth about what happened to Nisman.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of Congress in Buenos Aires with the march ending in the famed Plaza de Mayo.

“The demand for truth and justice that relatives of the AMIA (Jewish center) victims are making is the same as what we want for the 30,000 people who disappeared” during the dictatorship, said Nora Cortinas, who co-founded the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo human rights group. (ap)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez shake hands after signing documents following their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Fernandez, while on a state visit to China seeking badly needed investment, caused a furor Wednesday by joking about her hosts’ accents on Twitter.

prayer breakfast but not together

WASHINGTON — The degree to which President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama will interact Thursday during the National Prayer Breakfast is unclear, but at least a chance encounter is possible, and such a meeting would certainly draw the ire of China.

Obama is to sit at the head table with other speakers for the annual event, which brings together U.S. and international leaders from different parties and faiths for one spiritual hour.

Event organizers say the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will be in the audience of about 3,600, seated close to the dais and actor Richard Gere, a friend and follower.

The Dalai Lama spoke Wednesday at a luncheon closed to the media. But the White House downplayed the prospect of any official engagement meeting between the fellow Nobel Peace Prize winners. Still, the prayer breakfast has already drawn criticism from China, which considers the Dalai Lama an anti-Chinese separatist because of his quest for greater Tibetan autonomy.

China protested each of Obama’s three meetings with the Dalai Lama, which were always held privately without any news coverage because of the sensitivity of the encounter. But President George W. Bush ignored furious Chinese objections when he presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal at the Capitol Rotunda in 2007.

Last year at the prayer breakfast, Obama criticized China for failing to protect religious freedom. When meeting with Chinese leaders, he said, “I stress that realizing China’s potential rests on upholding universal rights, including for Christians and Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims.”

National Security Council spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Obama plans to speak on the importance of upholding religious freedoms again this year. The message will undoubtedly be underscored by the Dalai Lama’s presence.

“The president is a strong supporter of the Dalai Lama’s teachings and preserving Tibet’s unique religious, cultural and linguistic traditions,” Ventrell said.

China warned once again that it would strongly oppose any country’s leader meeting with the Dalai Lama, who fled to exile in India after a failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, and regard it as interference in China’s internal affairs. But Republican Sen. John Boozman, who plans to sit next to the Dalai Lama, said the spiritual leader’s attendance has nothing to do with China.

“It’s just a special time when people from the entire world come together to talk about their faith and pray together,” Boozman said. “Especially in these troubled times, it’s a remarkable time. I sense the Dalai Lama being there says how important this has become.” (ap)

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A technician performs maintenance on power lines in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb., 5, 2015. Indonesia’s economy expanded at its slowest pace for five years in 2014, official data showed Thursday, hit by political uncertainty and weak exports, putting pressure on the country’s new president to deliver much-needed reforms.

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s trade minister sparked anger Wednesday after saying that second-hand clothes could spread HIV as he campaigned to stop the import of used garments.

Rachmat Gobel was quoted in local media saying used clothes could cause “skin diseases, HIV. It is true, we have seen a lab result”.

Indonesian officials have expressed alarm at what they say is a flood of cheap, second-hand clothing flooding the country, saying that it is damaging the local textile industry.

Gobel quickly apologised after his comments were widely reported, posting on Twitter he had meant to say that “wearing used clothes can transmit many kinds of diseases”.

But this did little to calm the public’s anger, with Twitter user Siwiestu saying that it was “such a shame that a highly educated man... still misunderstands HIV”.

“Oh dear, did the minister go to school?” commented Siti Umayah, adding: “His statement is embarassing”.

Gobel, a wealthy businessman, has been trade minister since October in the new government of President Joko Widodo.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which can lead to AIDS, is mainly transmitted via sexual incourse or drug addicts sharing equipment. Since 1981, about 78 million people have been infected by HIV, according to UN figures. (afp)

KUALA LUMPUR - Indonesia has formally protested to the Malaysian government over a vacuum cleaner ad it says is “utterly insensitive” to the hundreds of thousands of its citizens working as maids in the country.

The flap emerged just as Indonesian President Joko Widodo was to arrive later Thursday for an official visit, his first since being elected last year.

The ad by the Malaysian distributor of RoboVac automatic vacuum cleaners declared “Fire your Indonesian maid now!”, according to versions seen on social media.

“The ad by the private company Robovac is utterly insensitive and demeaning to the people of Indonesia,” the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia said in a statement.

The embassy said it sent a formal protest note to Malaysia on Tuesday.

“We urge Malaysian authorities to ban the ad,” it said, adding that it was considering further legal action against the company.

Relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours have repeatedly been strained over the treatment of Indonesian domestic helpers in Malaysia.

Recurring reports of physical and other abuse by Malaysian employers or recruiters prompted Jakarta to angrily cut off the supply of domestic workers in 2009.

It was resumed two years later

following an agreement to provide maids better protection and working conditions.

The Indonesian embassy said the ad has since been removed from circulation. AFP was unable to reach the company Thursday.

In 2012, a flyer advertising cut-rate maid services emerged in Malaysia declaring “Indonesian maids now on sale!”

The issue went viral among angry Internet users in Indonesia and triggered a phone call by Indonesia’s foreign minister to his Malaysian counterpart to complain.

Last year a “racist” Malaysian insurance commercial depicting a male Chinese actor as a Filipina maid drew similar outrage in Hong Kong.

Aimed at the employers of the southern Chinese city’s 300,000 maids, who mainly hail from Indonesia and the Philippines, the ad from Malaysia’s Hong Leong Bank shows the Chinese actor wearing dark orange make-up and a curly wig as he plays clumsy maid “Maria”.

It was withdrawn after the outcry.

One of Southeast Asia’s more affluent countries, Malaysia has long attracted aspiring maids from its poorer neighbours, the vast majority being Indonesian women.

An estimated 400,000 foreign domestic workers are now employed in Malaysia. (afp)

Indonesia protests over Growth at 5-year low, ‘demeaning’ Malaysia ad eyes on Widodo to deliver

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s economy expanded at its slowest pace for five years in 2014, official data showed Thursday, hit by political uncertainty and weak exports, putting pressure on the country’s new president to deliver much-needed reforms.

Southeast Asia’s biggest economy expanded 5.0 percent yearon-year, the statistics agency said, down from 5.8 percent in 2013, and the weakest pace since 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis.

The figures “help to underline the challenge facing the country’s new president, Joko Widodo, who despite a promising first few months in office faces a tough challenge”, said Gareth Leather, Asia economist from Capital Economics.

Widodo, who won office partly on a pledge to revive the slowing economy, has promised to woo investors by cutting red tape and ploughing money into overhauling the country’s ageing infrastructure.

He has already slashed crippling fuel subsidies that have in the past gobbled up 20 percent of the state budget, promising to divert the money towards boosting the economy and helping the country’s poorest.

While his early moves have been praised, analysts warn that he faces a tough time to push through more reforms in a country plagued

by corruption, where protectionist instincts are still strong and parliament is dominated by the opposition.

“Anything that requires legislation is going to be more difficult,” said independent political analyst Paul Rowland.

Indonesia’s economy, long a bright spot among the Group of 20, has been slowing in recent years as the price of its key commodity exports are hit by weakening demand in regional powerhouse China and other major markets.

With exports subdued, there were also worries about a stubborn current account deficit and the impact of high interest rates put in place to shore up the rupiah, which has tumbled against the dollar in expectation of tighter US monetary policy.

The economy was also dragged down by a long-running election season, which lasted six months and led many firms to hold off investment until a successor was known.

But investors have taken heart from the victory of Widodo, a reformist and former businessman.

His other early reforms have included the launch this month of a national “one-stop service” to simplify obtaining business permits.

Previously, firms often had to seek licences from numerous different agencies and ministries before they could invest, a complex and time-consuming process.

Wellian Wiranto, an economist from OCBC Bank in Singapore, said the 2014 growth figure looked like “quite a deceleration” compared to previous years and it would be hard for Indonesia to reach rates of above six percent this year.

But he was positive about future prospects.

“From fiscal rationalisation, involving bold subsidy cuts to infrastructure build-up, as well as measures to pull in more (foreign direct investment), these take time to bear fruit but will ultimately put the economy on a more even keel,” he told AFP. Before Thursday’s data, the statistics agency had updated its base year for GDP calculations from 2000 to 2010, which they said could lead to a small difference in the final figure. (afp)

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SINGAPORE - Oil turned lower in Asia Thursday as an early rally fizzled out after the euro was hit by fresh concerns over Greece, further hurting demand in the face of an oversupply, analysts said.

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GM 2014 profit falls 26 percent to $2.8 billion DETROIT — If it weren’t for the recalls, 2014 would have been a stellar year for General Motors.

Even with $2.8 billion in pretax costs to fix more than 42 million recalled vehicles worldwide and $400 million set aside for death and injury claims, GM still managed to turn a $2.8 billion profit. It plans to raise the quarterly dividend.

Except for the recalls, most of the stars lined up last year for the Detroit automaker. Gas prices dropped more than a buck to $2.26 per gallon. The U.S. economy gained steam. Cheap credit was abundant.

Combined, they sent buyers to GM’s newly redesigned and lucrative pickup trucks and large SUVs in North America, the company’s most profitable market. At the same time, chief competitor Ford’s truck plants were down much of the year while it switched to a new pickup with a risky aluminum body. Sales in China grew faster than the market. Global sales rose 2 percent to 9.9 million

vehicles, a record.

Things were so good, GM plans to raise its dividend 20 percent next quarter, to 36 cents, pending board approval. And the company said the dividend could go even higher this year once GM gets a better handle on recall costs.

Yes, there was trouble in Europe, Russia and South America, but by and large, GM had a good year.

Investors agreed. GM shares rose 5.4 percent Wednesday. The gain could be the largest one-day increase since July 3, 2012, when the stock closed up 5.6 percent.

For the full year, GM’s net income fell 26 percent, from $3.8 billion in 2013. The company earned $1.65 per share. Excluding one-time items, GM earned $3.05 per share, beating Wall Street’s expectation of $2.64, according to FactSet. Revenue rose slightly to $155.9 billion.

“We’re really going to carry the positive momentum into 2015,” Chief Financial Officer Chuck Stevens said. “We expect both ag-

gregate earnings and profit margins to improve in all of our automotive regions.”

Stevens said earnings were strong when recall costs aren’t counted. The company earned $6.5 billion before interest and taxes last year, and that would have been more than $9 billion without the recalls, he said. Legal expenses rose by more than $300 million, and that’s expected to continue in 2015. Overall, the recalls cost GM $1.10 per share.

In North America, GM’s most profitable region, the company earned $6.6 billion before taxes, 11 percent below 2013. That will bring record profit-sharing checks of about $9,000 for 48,400 eligible union factory workers later this month. To reward employees, GM excluded recall costs and measured the profit-sharing based on core earnings.

GM expects increased pickup truck and big SUV sales this year, and it’s looking for ways to increase factory output, Stevens said. (ap)

FRANKFURT - German industrial orders, a key measure of demand for German-made goods, rose sharply in December, data showed on Thursday, confirming recovery is underway in Europe’s biggest economy, analysts said.

After dropping by 2.4 percent the previous month, industrial orders

jumped by 4.2 percent in December, the economy ministry said in a statement.

There was strong demand both at home and abroad, with domestic orders climbing by 3.4 percent and export orders up by 4.8 percent, the ministry calculated.

Orders from the eurozone soared

by 5.9 percent and those from outside the eurozone were up by 4.0 percent, it said.

By sector, orders for semi-finished goods climbed by 2.8 percent and those for capital goods jumped by 5.7 percent, while demand for consumer goods slipped by 0.6 percent.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery was down 32 cents to $48.14 in afternoon trade and Brent crude for March tumbled 16 cents to 54.03. Both contracts started higher in early Asian trade.

Crude prices on Wednesday snapped a three-day rally, with WTI sinking 8.7 percent owing to mounting stockpiles.

Analysts said prices are weighed down by the euro’s fall on news that the European Central Bank had cut off Greek banks’ access to a key source of much-needed cash.

In a decision that rattled global financial markets, the ECB said Wednesday it would no longer allow Greek banks to use government debt, which has a junk rating, as collateral for loans.

“The Greek situation is worth keeping an eye on as it massively impacts the value of the euro against the US dollar,” said Shailaja Nair, associate editorial director at energy information provider Platts.

A sinking euro makes dollar-priced oil more expensive, denting demand and adding downward pressure on crude prices, which have already been battered by a supply glut and weak demand.

Crude has lost more than half its value since June, when prices were at more than $100 a barrel.

Global supplies have been boosted by surging US shale oil production and a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in November to keep current output levels.

Greece’s Syriza Party won last month’s election on an antiausterity platform, sparking fears the country will default on its debt obligations and exit the eurozone currency union.

Syriza wants to renegotiate the terms of Greece’s 240-billioneuro ($269 billion) bailout deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund which the party says is stifling any chance Greece has of economic recovery. (ap)

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Penting, typical gamelan instrument of Karangasem Karangasem County has a variety of unique and rare gamelan instruments. One of them is penting or lute where this gamelan instrument reached its golden age at the end of Karangasem kingdom era. It remains to be preserved until now and is often performed at important events such as the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) and commonly introduced through television.

Penting is a stringed instrument classified in heptatonic (seventone) gamelan, so that it can play composition either with pelog and selendro tone scale, even a combination of the two. In its performance, penting can play gamelan composition of gong, angklung and joged style. And most importantly, it can be used in various yajña activities.

This music instrument is unique because the way to play is by plucking or strumming with plectrum up and down repeatedly. The plectrum can be made from tortoiseshell or cow leather. To produce the desired tone, the player should press the keys first.

In the past, at the beginning of this music instrument was created, the musician could play it while sitting in cross-legged position where the instrument was placed on top of thighs. Later on, it could be played while walking after an innovation was made by the Merdu Komala art

troupe from the area.

Despite being part of the local community, no one knows for sure about the history of the penting instrument. However, some people believe if the penting instrument was derived from Klungkung played on a grandiose ceremony at Besakih Temple. There is also other information saying if the musical instrument was from Java and then spread to Bali and Lombok. Meanwhile, some others argue if it was derived from China.

At the beginning, it was only played in single instrument. But later on, it was played in combination with other instruments. Merdu Komala art troupe has innovation namely by accompanying it with a piece of fiddle, a piece of pulu gong, a set of Balinese drum, a set of cymbal, four pieces of flute, a piece of kajar / tawa-tawa, a piece of kempul, a piece of kemong and sendon and seven pieces of penting.

Even, in the appearance penting had also been collaborated with a set of slonding and gerantang. One of the penting art troupes, Merdu Komala, has taken advantage of it to accompany several Balinese dances such as the Panyembrama, Puspanjali, Puspa Wresti, Wirayuda, Oleg Tamulilingan, Margapati, Panji Semirang, Tenun, Manuk Rawa, Kebyar Duduk and mask gamelan composition. (kmb)

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Natixis economist Johannes Gareis agreed.

“This is good news for the German economy and it indicates that the global economy and the eurozone should have gained some speed towards the end of last year,” he said. (afp)

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Jegog an enchanting and typical gamelan of Jembrana

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On hearing the word Jegog, we certainly get the imagination about Jembrana, a county of Bali located some 100 km southwest of Denpasar. Jegog is gamelan (musical instrument) made from bamboo born and flourished in Jembrana. This gamelan instrument has a distinctive shape as well as loud and melodious sound.

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The word Jegog is taken from the greatest instrument of Gong Kebyar. This traditional gamelan was created by I Wayan Geliguh who nicknamed Grandpa Geliduh in 1912. He was an artist from Sebual hamlet, Dangin Tukad Aya, Negara subdistrict. The gamelan set was made from petung bamboo, a large species of bamboo.

Jegog is usually played when organizing a unique tradition called Makepung or buffalo race. Besides, it also serves to accompany typical local dance of Jembrana known as Jegog Dance. This dance displays a simple movement much adopted from martial arts. Later, the Jegog also plays gamelan composition of Gong Kebyar usually used to accompany a dance.

In addition to having melodious sound, the way to play it is also unique where the gamelan players are sitting in cross-legged position on a chair or standing because it has

higher size. This type of gamelan music is often presented in competition or mebarung performed together on stage with a position facing each other. The atmosphere becomes more festive and the sound is getting louder and more boisterous as coupled with the cheers of spectators who support each art troupe.

Genuine characteristic can be seen in the way how each art troupe beat the largest-sized instrument namely the Jegog. It is beaten by two gamelan players while squatting and perching on the back. A gamelan player will beat on the left side for lower-pitched tone blades while another on the right side for the high-pitched tone blades of the bamboo gamelan.

Each gamelan player carries a large beater like the large and heavy beater of gong so that it must be grasped with both hands. The player on the left side beats the higher-

pitched or termed as polos while the one on right side does the lowerpitched tone or termed as sangsih.

The other instruments such as undir, penyacah and kantil are the same as gerantang where each gamelan player holds two beaters.

Each instrument has eight equal pieces of blades. It plays selendro tone scale. A set of Jegog gamelan instrument is composed of kantil, penyacah, undir and jegogan. Other than making performance in the event of the Bali Arts Festival (BAF), it is also often presented in Japan and some other countries in Europe.

To preserve the Jegog art, the Jembrana government organizes various competitions and festivals. One of them is the Jembrana Arts Festival featuring the Jegog art troupes in the region. This festival usually takes place in the Bung Karno Cultural Hall downtown Jembrana. (kmb)

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US teen on trial in Bali for mother’s murder ‘petrified’ resort on Bali in August.

Her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend, who had been staying with her at the hotel, were arrested shortly afterwards after fleeing to another part of the island.

Mack and her boyfriend, 21-yearold Tommy Schaefer, are facing separate trials in Bali that recommenced this week and could both face the death penalty if found guilty of premeditated murder.

The trials are expected to last several more weeks.

Prosecutors have previously alleged that Schaefer “blindly hit” Von Wiese Mack with a bowl in a fit of rage after she directed a racial slur at him during an argument. Schaefer is black.

The indictment said Mack hid in the bathroom during the attack

before the couple stuffed the victim’s body in a suitcase.

Mack maintains she is innocent of all charges and is confident her lawyer will prove that in the Denpasar court.

She is engaged in a dispute with a number of US-based lawyers overseeing her trust fund, accusing them of blocking payments to her Indonesian lawyer and “denying me a fair chance of defending myself”.

Mack claims access to some of that money has helped improve her treatment in prison, including access to better meals and a bed.

But she was far from content, saying she forced herself to remain positive to avoid slipping into depression. “The smile is actually a disguise I wear to survive here,” she said. (afp)

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American Heather Mack waits for her witness trial to start at Denpasar district court in Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.

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Mayday call issued before plane crashed into Taipei river

TAIPEI — Moments before the TransAsia Airways propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, one of its pilots said, “Mayday, mayday, engine flameout,” according to a Taiwanese aviation official. “Engine flameout” refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the engine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the propeller. Causes could include a lack of fuel or being struck by volcanic ash, a bird or some other object. “Mayday” is an international distress call.

DENPASAR - A pregnant American teenager on trial in Indonesia for the murder of her mother, whose battered body was found stuffed in a suitcase, says she is “petrified” and insists on her innocence.

In her first in-depth comments since being arrested for her mother’s brutal murder, Heather Mack also revealed that she is sharing a cell with 10 other women in a notorious prison on the resort island of Bali.

“I loved my mom with all my heart and miss her every day,” the 19-year-old told the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Mack and her boyfriend are from the Chicago area.

Mack, who could face death by firing squad if found guilty of premeditated murder, said she was “petrified. More for my daughter than for me”.

Her daughter is due to be born in April.

The body of her mother, 62-yearold Sheila von Wiese Mack, was found rammed in a suitcase in the boot of a taxi outside an exclusive

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Indonesian human rights activist, Matius Arif Mirdjadja holds a letter from death-row prisoners Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan that asks the Indonesian government to spare their lives, in front of Denpasar’s prison in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. Australia’s prime minister on Thursday said his government had done everything it could to save the lives of two Australian heroin traffickers on death row in Indonesia. Sukumaran and Chan learned this week that their applications for judicial reviews of their death sentences have been rejected.

Australians on Indonesia death row lose last-ditch legal bid

DENPASAR - Two Australian drug traffickers facing imminent execution in Indonesia lost a legal bid to have their cases reviewed Wednesday, dashing their final hope of avoiding the firing squad.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” drug-smuggling gang, were arrested in 2005 and sentenced to death the following year for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia.

New President Joko Widodo, who has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment, recently rejected their appeals for clemency, typically a death row convict’s final chance to avoid execution.

But their legal team sought a fresh judicial review of their convictions, saying the men, in their early 30s, had been rehabilitated during their time in jail on the resort island of Bali.

However, the attorney general had already insisted no second review would be permitted, and said this week the pair would be included in the next batch of prisoners to be executed, after Jakarta put six drug convicts to death last month.

On Wednesday, a court in the Balinese capital Denpasar said their application for a new review had

been rejected.

“The application for a judicial review will not be accepted,” Denpasar district court spokesman Hasoloan Sianturi told reporters.

He said that the applications did not fulfil the requirements, such as presenting new evidence.

Their lawyers had merely argued that the judges who undertook the first judicial review -- carried out during the men’s lengthy appeal process -- had handed down the wrong decision, he added.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has appealed for Jakarta not to go ahead with the executions but Widodo, known as Jokowi, reiterated his tough line Wednesday that traffickers would not be granted clemency.

“There are no more pardons for drugs,” he told a meeting of the country’s national anti-drugs agency, adding the country was facing an “emergency” due to the increasing use of narcotics.

Authorities have said they are ready to execute seven foreign drug offenders who recently lost their appeals for presidential clemency.

As well as the Australians, these include convicts from France and Brazil. (afp)

At least 32 people on board the ATR 72 were killed and 15 survivors were injured in the crash in Taiwan’s capital, the latest in a series of aircraft disasters linked to Asian airlines. Divers were searching in the river for the remaining 11 people on board, including the two pilots. The plane’s black boxes were found overnight.

Video images of Flight 235’s final moments in the air captured on car dashboard cameras appear to show the left engine’s propeller at standstill as the aircraft turned sharply, its wings going vertical and clipping a highway bridge before plunging into the Keelung River in Taipei on Wednesday.

An audio recording of the pilot’s communications with the control tower at takeoff and during the brief, minutes-long flight were widely broadcast. A Taiwan Civil Aeronautical Administration official who declined to be named confirmed the distress call and its wording Thursday, but did not say how it might relate to a cause for the crash.

About 10 Taipei fire agency divers were looking for any more bodies that may be at the cold river bottom. A crane was used to bring the rear section of the plane to the shore Wednesday night. The fuselage of the turbo-propeller jet was largely dismantled by hydraulic rescue tools and now lay alongside recovered luggage.

At midday Thursday, about a dozen relatives of Taiwanese victims arrived at the riverbank in the capital to perform traditional mourning rituals. Accompanied by Buddhist monks ringing brass bells, they bowed toward the river and held aloft cloth inscriptions tied to pieces of bamboo meant to guide the spirits of the dead to rest.

Relatives of some of the 31 passengers from mainland China will reach Taipei on a charter flight Thursday afternoon.

Police diver Cheng Ying-chih said search

and rescue efforts were being hampered by “zero visibility” in the turbid river and cold water temperatures that were forcing divers to work on one-hour shifts.

He said the front of the plane had broken into numerous pieces, making the job all the more difficult.

“We’re looking at a very tough search and rescue job,” Cheng told reporters gathered on the river bank beside the wreckage where luggage had been removed and placed in neat rows.

The mangled rear part of the fuselage lay

upside down, its wings and tail assembly sheared off and multiple holes torn into its side.

The pilots’ actions in the flights final moments have led to speculation that they attempted to avoid high-rise buildings by following the line of the river and then banked sharply in an attempt to bring it down in the water rather than crash on land. Taiwan’s aviation authority said it had no evidence of that.

Both the administration and Taipei-based TransAsia Airways declined to speculate on causes for the crash at about 10:55 a.m.

Wednesday near the downtown airport.

The ATR 72-600 is the most modern version of the plane, and the pilot had 4,900 hours of flying experience, said Lin Chih-ming of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

The plane has a generally good reputation for safety and reliability and is known

among airlines for being cheap and efficient to use, said Greg Waldron, Asia managing editor at Flightglobal magazine in Singapore.

About 1,200 of the planes are currently in use worldwide.

A team from ATR, a French-Italian company based in Toulouse, France, was being sent to Taiwan to help in the investigation.

The crashed aircraft, less than a year old, had once changed an engine, TransAsia Airways Vice President Wang Cheng-chung told a news conference Wednesday. He said the original one was returned to the manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney Canada, after a glitch was found.

“P&WC gave a complete, brand new engine to TransAsia and installed it for us,” Wang said.

The engine was replaced in April before the aircraft went into use, an airline publicist said. (ap)

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Emergency personnel sort through luggage recovered at the site of a commercial plane crash in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. TransAsia Airways Flight 235 with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island’s capital of Taipei on Wednesday morning.

Australia PM done all he can for Indonesia death row inmates

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he had done all he could to save the lives of two of his citizens facing imminent execution in Indonesia Thursday, as their lawyers admitted the situation was “bleak”.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” drug smuggling gang, lost a legal bid in the Balinese capital Denpasar to have their cases reviewed Wednesday, dashing their final hope of avoiding the firing squad.

They were arrested in 2005 and

sentenced to death the following year for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia.

Abbott said Thursday his government had “left no stone unturned” in the bid to save them.

“We oppose the death penalty, we do whatever we humanly can to try to ensure that no Australian suffers the death penalty,” he told reporters.

“We are not going to engage in last-minute, megaphone diplomacy but I just want to assure people that the Australian government has left no stone unturned to try to

ensure that these two Australians on death row have their sentences commuted.”

Chan and Sukumaran’s lawyers based their argument for a reprieve on past legal errors, and said the pair had been rehabilitated and this should be considered.

The pair’s Australian lawyer Julian McMahon said he would work to continue their legal fight despite the setback.

“The basis of the application actually was that there was error of law so what we’re looking at now are the legal options that flow from

that but there’s no doubt the situation is bleak,” he told ABC radio.

Despite his image as a reformist, Indonesia’s new President Joko Widodo has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment for drug offenders, disappointing rights activists who had hoped that he would take a softer line on the death penalty.

Last month Indonesia executed six drug offenders, including five foreigners, prompting a furious Brazil and the Netherlands -- whose citizens were among those put to death -- to recall their ambassadors.

McMahon said Chan and Sukumaran had been “just caught up in a giant political move here, and the merits of my clients’ cases don’t seem to be being given the attention that they deserve”.

Abbott has appealed for Jakarta not to go ahead with the executions but Widodo, known as Jokowi, reiterated his tough line Wednesday that traffickers would not be granted clemency.

No date has been set for their executions although Australian media reports suggest they could be put to death within a fortnight. (afp)

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Star Wars exhibit shows the force is with the costumes

SEATTLE — The creators of a new traveling exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars are hoping to gather geeks, fashionistas and movie fans together to discuss how clothing helps set the scene.

But mostly, the exhibit that opened this past weekend at Seattle’s EMP Museum is an opportunity to see 60 original costumes from the six Star Wars movies in one room — from Princess Leia’s slave bikini to Queen Amidala’s wedding dress, which has not been part of any previous public display.

The exhibit, “Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” was created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts and will be traveling across the United States through 2020. The exhibit is scheduled to be in Seattle through early October and the creators have

not yet announced the next stops.

The exhibit designers want people to know this is a rare opportunity to see the costumes up close and personal, without Plexiglas in the way. But be warned, the alarm system will loudly rebuke anyone who leans in too close.

Photography is allowed, but no flash, tripods or selfie sticks. The Darth Vader costume is set off on its own, perfectly arranged for selfies.

Videos of filmmaker George Lucas, costume designers and star Natalie Portman, along with the descriptions under the costumes, share a wealth of insider information about costume construction and idea development.

The displays also talk about cultural influences from Africa to Asia.

Quotes from actors talk about the way the costumes made them feel, from Carrie Fisher’s experience in what she called the bikini from hell, to the power the Sith lords felt in their robes. Gloomy lighting and music from the films permeates the exhibit space.

“The costumes help the characters really come to life,” said Laela French, the Lucas Museum’s senior manager of exhibits and collections.

She talked about the visual clues the costumes offer, such as the way Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi robes darken as he gets older and closer to becoming Darth Vader. Most people

don’t notice that Luke Skywalker’s robes also darkened through his trio of films, showing the mix of light and dark in his character as well, French said.

Star Wars experts may not learn anything new, but a lot of people probably don’t know that the lights in Queen Amidala’s dramatic red throne room gown were powered by a car battery that had to be worn underneath the heavy costume during filming of “The Phantom Menace.”

Among the other display descriptions: Amidala’s wedding dress was made partly out of an Italian lace bedspread; and Chewbacca’s fur is a combination of Yak hair and mohair.

The costumes are displayed on faceless mannequins instead of life-size figurines to put the emphasis on the clothes and not

the characters, French said.

Because the costumes for the second trilogy of films — the prequels — were so much more elaborate and interesting, the exhibit shares many more of them, including several walls of clothing worn by Queen Amidala and her attendants.

But the highlights of the exhibit for most people will be the old ones, including the two droids, which were costumes worn by people, not puppets as some assume. Most of the puppets and computer-generated creatures are not represented. Yoda is present, but slightly hidden.

There are no hints of the new movie, scheduled to come out at the end of 2015.

Some gift shop highlights: Chewbacca slippers, storm trooper knit cap and a travel T-shirt that says “Welcome to Tatooine.” (ap)

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Commemoration of World Cancer Day

Encourage preventive and promoting program

DENPASAR - In order to celebrate the World Cancer Day, the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI) in cooperation with the Indonesian Business Women Association (IWAPI) of Bali Chapter and Bali Health Agency distributed healthy food to mother and child patients in Pudak and Angsoka Room of Sanglah Hospital, Wednesday (Feb 4). The food distributed were healthy foods such as milk, biscuits, etc.

Considering the high number of cancer cases, so the February 4 was celebrated as the World Cancer Day. In Bali itself, the highest cancer cases were breast cancer and cervical cancer affecting many women.

“Unfortunately, we do not have precise data because it is difficult to collect,” explained Prof. W Suardana, Chief Executive of the YKI Bali, Wednesday (Feb 4). Nevertheless, he tried to answer the question based on the common data of the world namely 1/1000 of the population suspected of having cancer. He only had pathologic data, but they could not reflect the cancer patients in Bali. Meanwhile, it had not possessed a hospital base.

The YKI itself was more concerned to preventive and promoting effort in handling the cases of cancer. Early

detection of cervical cancer could be made through a visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) or Pap smear. Meanwhile, early detection of breast cancer was carried out by mammography and breast self examination.

He added the program was held to increase the awareness and knowledge on the importance of early examination. “Most of those coming to hospital belong to the advanced stage, so that what can be done is only the supporting therapy to make them live their life more vivaciously,” he explained. He said only a few patients coming with early stage so that only a few patients could afford the healing process.

He also urged the public to be careful with alternative healing. “In many cases, patients come and then look for alternative treatments. But after

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Non-profit organization commemorate World Cancer Day by campaigning the cancer awareness on Denpasar, Bali. coming to us again, they are already at an advanced stage,” he explained.

But when taking an alternative treatment, he suggested not forgetting to perform control to medical services, he added.

The Division Head of the Disease Control and Environmental Sanitation (P2PL), Bali Health Agency, Gde Wira Sunetra, accompanying the YKI and IWAPI also confirmed the explanation of Prof. Suardana that the program of the Bali Health Agency itself for

Government impose import ban

cancer patients was to further intensify the palliative program, namely integrated care aiming to improve the quality of life by easing the pain and suffering of others and giving spiritual and psychosocial support. Besides, it was also given encouragement to early prevent the cancer.

He also said the non-communicable disease control could be done by living healthy lifestyle without smoking. His party also promoted the integrated development post

(Posbindu) program that could perform screening such as checking cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure. “Eighty percent of cancer patient coming to health services have been at an advanced stage, while 20 percent at early stages,” he said.

On that account, his party would seek to reverse these percentages, namely 20 percent of advanced stage and 80 percent of early stage so that the process toward the healing could be done. (kmb42)

Kodok Market remains sell imported used clothes

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Boba Fett costumes are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars in view of an existing guitar sculpture at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Senate and Trade Federation robes are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi robe and the wedding gown of his bride, Padme Amidala, are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, Sith robes and lightsabers are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum.

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TABANAN - Ministry of Trade regulation No.54/M-DAG/PER/10/2009 on General Provisions of Imported Goods has set forth standards for the quality of imported goods staing that they must be previously unused. The ban on importing used goods was revived by the Minister of Trade, Rachmat Gobel, not long ago. The regulation includes the prohibition of importing used clothes as such garments were recently alleged to have cause venereal diseases.

Kodok Market in Dauh Peken village,Tabanan has become one of the centers for sale of both local and imported second-hand clothes. Although there have been laws prohibiting the sale of imported second-hand clothes for some time, vendors at Kodok Market, have ignored them and continue to sell such items, One such vendor, named Sampurno, when met with on Wednesday (Feb 4) at the Kodok Market in Tabanan, said that the prohibition of the import and sale of second-hand clothes was not a new thing.

According to him, the regulation had been issued a long time ago, but until now he can still sell such items. “The law has been around for a long time but there is no follow-up. So, when the issue comes up, apparently nothing happens” he said.

The rampant sale of imported used clothes is clearly based on the profits that this trade generates. According to Sampurno, the market demand for used clothes remains quite high. Consumers are not limited to locals -foreign travelers also seek these items.

“There are foreigners who spend up to IDR 4 million here. I don’t know if they resell the clothes.

Apart from the generally cheap price of used clothes, shoppers can also find brands that are of better quality than locally produced garments” he said.

He went on to say that most of the used clothing that is traded at Kodok Market is imported from Japan, Korea and Malaysia. The price of these garments ranges from IDR 10,000 to IDR 200,000 apiece. On an average day he sells IDR 300,000 to IDR 400,000 worth of merchandise, while on Sundays he can sell as much as IDR 1 million worth. “I purchased these imported clothes per bundle from a collector. The cheapest price is IDR 1.5 million for women’s pants (containing 200 pieces) and the most expensive is IDR 7 million per bundle” he said.

He added that, the government should not worry about allegations of disease-causing bacteria on the used clothes. All of the used-clothing merchants wash the garments they sell before bringing them to the market, in anticipation of such a problem.

Similar opinions were expressed by another used clothing merchant at the Kodok Market, 37 year old Lukman. He said that for the sake of hygiene all his clothes were washed before being put on display for sale. “Local village authorities have suggested that all used clothes vendors wash the clothes they sell before bringing them to the market, so as to ensure cleanliness” he explained.

All 60 used clothing vendors at the Kodok market abide by this suggestion. (kmb24)

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Surge in Dengue patients since the new year

NEGARA - Chief of the Jembrana Health Agency, I Putu Suasta, told reporters on Wednesday that there has been a sharp increase the number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) patients in Jembrana this month. Compared to the same month last year, the number increased from 16 to 68 patients, a fourfold increase.

The Jembrana Health Agency said that they had predicted such a surge based on rainy weather conditions. So for the past few months all public health center officers have been asked to be vigilant and active in providing counseling.

They also predict that the number of patients will remain quite high throughout the month of Febuary. Up until this last Tuesday, 17 patients have been reported as suffering from Dengue.

According to Suasta, the Health Agency has been encouraging people to maintain sanitary environments and to eradicate mosquito nest (PSN) by fogging or spraying so as to kill adult mosquitoes. He added that apart from the Health Agency itself, officers in each public health center were also encouraged to go door to door to monitor and give advice in areas prone to the development of mosquito larvae.

Fogging has been intensified, with such preventative measures being taken 25 to 35 times more often, both in residences and in public places such as schools. Admittedly, in many cases, people often misunderstood assuming that after foggings, there would be no mosquitos and thus their homes would be safe. In fact, the larvae may still survive so this should be anticipated.

He also called on people to regularly clean out their water storage units. (kmb26)

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Fogging intensified in house complex on Bali Island to minimize the spread of Dengue Fever. The number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) patient in January in Jembrana increased sharply.

Taro orange penetrates mini market

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Since 2005, the Taro orange cultivated at Taro village has penetrated minimarkets in Bali. Each harvest, the farmer-owned orange was supplied to five mini markets in Denpasar. It was usually done every two days totally amounting to 1.2 tons.

GIANYAR - Happy smiles of farmers at Let hamlet, Taro village, Tegallalang subdistrict, Gianyar, are not caused by the imported fruits circulating in the market are prohibited by the Ministry of Trade due to containing bacteria and providing the opportunities for local fruits. However, the happy smiles of Taro orange growers are caused by 30 percent of the orange plants spreading across the area of 3.5 hectares have begun to bear fruit. They have its day and next five months will enter the harvest period.

Made Nika aka Kentung, a Taro orange grower at Let hamlet, Taro village, admitted that though currently there were cases suspecting the imported fruits such as apples to contain bacteria, it did not have an impact on the existence of local fruits such as the Taro orange cultivated by the farmers at his village.

Since 2005, the Taro orange cultivated at Taro village has penetrated minimarkets in Bali. Each harvest, the farmer-owned orange was supplied to five mini markets in Denpasar.

It was usually done every two days totally amounting to 1.2 tons. In the case of orange cultivation, farmers established a group to

manage their farm. The cultivation was getting better in terms of quality and had changed the profession of the surrounding communities from becoming craftsmen to be back as orange growers. “Nearly 99 percent of people at Let hamlet are going back to orange farming,” he said.

But amidst the happiness of awaiting the harvest, an anxiety annoyed them. The current erratic weather condition generates their concerns. Possibly, heavy rains will cause the growth of their orange plants to be not good.

Trees can decay in the stem as well as be attacked by pests and diseases. However, of the 40 tons of the estimated crops, the failure rate usually comes to about 1 percent.

Other than excessive rainfall, another difficulty of the Taro orange growers today is the matter of water. During sunny day or dry season, farmers must buy water at IDR 25,000 per cubic meter to irrigate their orange crops.

It happens because the springs used to irrigate their orange trees are far enough. With a land area of 3.5 hectares, it takes about 55 cubic meters of water for watering the plants to make them survive. (dar)

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Mr. Michel Chertouh, General Manager of InterContinental Bali Resort said, “We are delighted to receive this recognition of excellence in the luxury market, and proud to be among the world’s world’s top leisure and

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business destinations. I am thrilled that the work of our superb team of staff has been recognised and rewarded, and I would also like to thank our guests for staying with us and experiencing the InterContinental Bali Resort first-hand.”

InterContinental Bali Resort rests in 14 hectares of tropical gardens and is blessed with a spectacular stretch of white sand beach overlooking the tranquil waters of Jimbaran Bay. Designed with

sensitivity towards the surrounding environment, Intercontinental Bali Resort pays respect to the island’s rich culture, fine artistry and Hindu heritage. The Resort features 417 guest rooms in three unique levels of accommodation, complemented by six swimming pools, five restaurants, Planet Trekkers kids’ club, Spa Uluwatu, a fitness centre and plenty of recreational activities to keep guests occupied throughout the day. (r)

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Maintaining cultural tourism

Keeping Bali to stay on the tracks of cultural tourism and preserving cultural tourism are difficult task. It is not enough to be kept only by government or tourism businesspeople alone, but it must be shared equally. It was revealed by General Manager of Kayu Raja Villa, Gede Nik Sukarta, recently to Bali Travel News.

As one of the Tri Hita Karana (THK) Nugraha 2013 achievers, this villa had been already trying to maintain the relationship to the Creator (parhyangan), to employees and surrounding community (pawongan) and to natural environment (palemahan).

“However, the government as policy holder and regulators surely has a more important role in realizing it, namely maintaining and improving the quality of cultural tourism itself,” said Nik. Currently, he added, Bali tourism was leading to mass tourism, and all people admitted it. “We cannot blame on such field conditions,” he said. Besides, we might not blame how condotel and budget hotels could appear like mushrooms in rainy season. He added that it happened because the market was indeed available.

For this reason, he truly expected the government to hold intensive communication to the public. It should be done to the community of tourism, culture and all the components so that Bali could improve the quality of cultural tourism and preserve the cultural tourism itself. “This issue is very important,” he said. (pal)

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

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

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

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

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

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Beck, Blige, Sia, ELO among Grammy performers

SANTA MONICA — Beck, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and the Electric Light Orchestra are among a new batch of performers added to the bill for Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

The Grammys continue their signature of pairing artists for special one-time performances. Beck will take the stage with Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Mary J. Blige will duet with Smith. Brandy Clark will perform with veteran country artist Dwight Yoakam.

Sheeran will take the stage with Herbie Hancock, John Mayer and Questlove of the Roots. Sheeran will also join ELO, recently reunited by its leader, Jeff Lynne.

Nominees Juanes, Sia and pianist Lang Lang will also perform on the show, which is being hosted again by rapper and actor LL Cool J. The Grammys have previously announced several other performers, including Madonna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. (ap)

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U.S. actor Johnny Depp and his fiancee Amber Heard arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 for his latest film “Mortdecai” promotion.

Johnny Depp weds Amber Heard

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has married actress Amber Heard in secret at their home in Los Angeles, US media said Wednesday, ahead of a larger bash at the weekend.

Depp, 51, and Heard, 28, got engaged in 2012 and plan a bigger wedding this weekend on Depp’s private island in the Bahamas, People magazine reported, citing a source.

Depp, a Golden Globe and

Screen Actors Guild winner, was married previously to Lori Anne Allison and has dated a string of glamorous and famous women including Winona Ryder, his co-star in “Edward Scissorhands,” British model Kate Moss and French ac-

tress and singer Vanessa Paradis.

Depp has two children with Paradis.

He and Heard, who tied the knot on Tuesday, met on the set of the film “The Rum Diary” in 2011. (afp)

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Ed Sheeran performs at the KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sheeran, Beck, Sam Smith and the Electric Light Orchestra are among a new batch of performers added to the bill for Sunday night’s Grammy Awards.

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Conserve nature, culture

Proposal drafted for Bali tourism donations

DENPASAR - Bali tourism stakeholders are drafting a proposal for travelers who spend their holydays in Bali to contribute donations to a fund dedicated to preserving the natural and cultural landscape of Bali, which has been degraded by tourism. Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board (BTB), I.B. Ngurah Wijaya, said that the conservation fund is being drafted in the form of voluntary donations: “I think this should be instituted as a form of tourism contribution.

Now, what required is accountable and transparent management of the fund, it is not yet clear who would be responsible”.

Wijaya elaborated that because tourism in Bali has developed so rapidly, it seems to have no boundaries, despite the limited carrying capacity of the island. “So, it is time to create a system of contributions used to preserve the culture and nature of Bali so that both of these can survive.

Such a fund would be based on donations because we cannot impose a compulsory levy,” he added.

Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, Gusti Kade Sutawa, also agreed to implement such policy in order for tourism in Bali to be sustainable.

“We agree about the policy. Now,

we need to create regulations that are clear so that the fund is be used appropriately, so that no deviations occur,” he said.

According to Sutawa, the plan should be designed carefully so as not to overlap with existing rules, and also so that travelers feel comfortable with the policy. “The mechanism by which the fund is create must be seriously considered, including who will be accountable for collecting and distributing the donations and what the conservation program would look like,” he emphasized.

Chairman of the Bali Villa Association (AVB), Mangku Wayan Sutedja, also agrees to the implemen-

tation of a system for donations based on the fact that travelers contribute to the environmental and cultural destruction of Bali. “Why are guests charged to tourist attractions? SO that the attraction can be taken care of so that others can visit it too. Surely we can do the same in order to take care our nature and culture,” he said.

Head of the Center for Culture and Tourism Research at Udayana University, Agung Suryawan Wiranatha, Ph.D. explained that to support the preservation of Balinese culture and nature as the primary capital that sustains Bali tourism, adequate funding is required. “Until now, despite ever-increasing

local budgets, there has yet to be any amount allocated to efforts to conserve nature and culture. Rather all the money goes towards meeting primary needs such as health, education and housing,” he explained.

For this reason, Suryawan considers it necessary for the government to create a policy for allocating budgetary funds obtained from the tourism sector proportionally including for the conservation of nature and cultural in Bali.

“A tourist donation system could very well be implemented, as long as it is supported with mechanisms that ensure good governance based on principles of transparency, participation, coordination and accountability,” he stated.

Previously, the government of Bali had planned to impose a USD10 contribution as part of the heritage protection policy that was to be set forth in the form of gubernatorial regulations or regional

bylaws. Some of the donations of the heritage protection would be directed to Balinese customary and Balinese cultural programs.

The heritage protection program was also an attempt to boost local government revenue and the collected fund was to be directed towards Balinese cultural and environmental protection. The heritage protection program was estimated to generate revenues worth IDR 150 billion to IDR 250 billion per year, assuming 6,000 visitors to Bali per day. Unfortunately, the policy was rejected by tourism businesses and the central government. (kmb27) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

INXS guitarist severs finger and may never play again SYDNEY - Guitarist Tim Farriss from Australian rock band INXS has undergone surgery after his finger was severed, his record label said Thursday, raising fears he may never play again.

Farriss’ left hand was injured and the ring finger severed by an electric anchor winch while working on a boat in Sydney late last month.

“The accident has caused permanent damage to Tim’s left hand and one of his fingers has been severed,” Petrol Records said in a statement.

“He has undergone two extensive operations to reattach his finger. Tim is now at home undergoing further treatment to assist with his recovery.”

In an e-mail to his bandmates,

reported by the Sydney Daily Telegraph, Farriss said: “It was horrific.

I don’t know if I will be able to play properly again.”

INXS were one of the world’s biggest acts throughout the late 1980s and early ‘90s, selling more than 30 million records and playing to packed stadiums across the globe.

But the suicide of original frontman Michael Hutchence in 1997 hit them hard.

Since then they have hired several other singers and performed with the likes of Terence Trent D’Arby and Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes, but they were never able to revisit their early success.

INXS announced their retirement in 2012 but enjoyed a renewed wave of popularity fuelled by the screening of the “Never Tear Us Apart” mini-series last year, which documented their rise.

Their “Very Best Of” album was the top-selling Australian record in 2014 and they had hinted at future live performances. (afp)

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Tourists visited Batukaru Temple located on Tabanan Regency, Bali Island. Bali tourism stakeholders are drafting a proposal for travelers who spend their holydays in Bali to contribute donations to a fund dedicated to preserving the natural and cultural landscape of Bali, which has been degraded by tourism.