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John Travolta apologizes to Idina Menzel for flub Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — John Travolta has apologized to Tony Award winner Idina Menzel for mangling the pronunciation of her name during the Oscars telecast, saying he’d been “beating myself up” over it. On Sunday night’s Academy Awards show, Travolta took the stage and introduced Menzel, but he seemed to say “Adele Dazeem” instead. An estimated 43 million people were watching, and social media has been mocking him relentlessly ever since, especially since he attended rehearsals.

Menzel, who played Maureen Johnson in “Rent” onstage and on screen and Elphaba in “Wicked,” seemed unperturbed by the flub as she sang out “Let It Go,” from the animated film “Frozen.”

Travolta said in a statement released Tuesday: “I’ve been beating myself up all day. Then I thought ... what would Idina Menzel say? She’d say, ‘Let it go, let it go!’ Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy ‘Frozen’ took home two

Oscars Sunday night!”

A Twitter account with the handle @adeladazeem went up immediately after the mistake and has almost 20,000 followers. On Facebook, a Travoltafier Name Generator, which butchers any name typed in, became immensely popular.

Menzel next stars in the new Broadway musical “If/Then,” which reunites the creative forces behind “Next to

Normal” — music by Tom Kitt, story by Brian Yorkey and direction by Michael Greif. Menzel plays a woman who, on the verge of turning 40, moves to New York with the hope of a new life.

Presenter John Travolta speaks during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Conan O’Brien to host MTV Movie Awards Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Conan O’Brien will be serving up buckets of golden popcorn.

O’Brien announced Tuesday on his TBS talk show “Conan” that he’s hosting this year’s MTV Movie Awards. The

annual movie celebration that honors winners with golden popcorn trophies is scheduled for April 13 at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

“After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV’s second most prestigious awards show,” O’Brien joked in a state-

ment. It marks the first time O’Brien has hosted the MTV Movie Awards. He previously hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2006.

Past hosts of the MTV Movie Awards have included Jimmy Fallon, Aziz Ansari, Russell Brand, Rebel Wilson and Sarah Silverman.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014 India announces general elections to start April 7

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On death anniversary, Chavez revolution challenged

Subak ecotourism to empower farmers

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DENPASAR - The development of ecotourism in areas where “subak” traditional irrigation method is being applied in the island resort of Bali, will positively empower the local farmers, an observer has said.

“Empowering the farmers on the basis of sustainable nature will improve their welfare, manage the wealth of the local economy, and improve the integrity of local ecosystem,” agricultural observer Gede

Sedana stated on Tuesday.

The dean of Dwijendra University’s Faculty of Agriculture noted that ecotourism development is based on natural attraction with regard to support rural and cultural tourism.

According to him, ecotourism includes a number of important aspects concerning sightseeing tour, natural environment, local community involvement, local culture, and sustainability of the environment.

Gede Sedana then explained that subak, the traditional irrigation system in Bali, has various roles and functions to ensure food security, to control flood and erosion, and to maintain biological diversity.

Meanwhile, I Wayan Windia of

Udayana University has noted that the destruction of subak will affect all aspects of life on this paradise island.

“The destruction of subak due to the diversion of land for purposes other than agriculture has been discussed since a long time, but it has never been addressed completely,” Windia pointed out on Saturday.

He noted that if the subak in Bali was destroyed, the culture of Bali that has been passed on from

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generation to generation will also disappear.

“The destruction of subak will destroy all economic sectors in Bali because they are all interrelated,” he added, explaining that economic sectors, particularly tourism, on the island are based on local culture and tradition.

But he pointed out that, in reality, the tourism sector has destroyed the agricultural area and the subak in Bali.

Oscar pizza delivery man gets $1,000 tip Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The pizza delivery man who fed stars at the Oscars received a best tip award for a supporting player: $1,000 in cash handed over by ceremony host Ellen DeGeneres. That included money collected from Alist celebrities who chowed down on the pies during the ceremony Sunday and from DeGeneres herself.

Edgar Martirosyan received the tip during a visit Monday to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” DeGeneres said she passed Pharrell Williams’ oversized hat at the Oscars and collected about $600, then contributed more. The Big Mama’s & Papa’s delivery guy said he had already gotten a reward: serving Julia Roberts, whom he called the woman of his dreams.

DeGeneres received her own Oscars spiff. Her talk show’s producer, Telepictures Productions, Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP says Monday’s episode was the Brad Pitt, left, and Ellen DeGeneres, right, pass out pizza in the audience during the highest-rated in the series’ 11-year Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. history.

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The development of ecotourism in areas where “subak” traditional irrigation method is being applied in the island resort of Bali, will positively empower the local farmers, an observer has said.

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Mangrove contaminated by fuel pipeline leakage Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Condition of mangroves along the entrance area to Benoa Harbor is quiet apprehensive. Dozens of mangrove trees have blackened, from the roots to the stem. Their leaves are no longer freshly green, but have changed into yellowish as if they had been dead. Such allblack spectacle is coupled with a distinctive odor of oil. It happens because the water around the almost-dead plant has already been contaminated by yellow oil liquid.

The Head of Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura), Mochtar Irwan Abdullah, justified that dozens of mangrove trees in the area of Benoa Harbor were contaminated by oil waste. According to him, such condition had occurred since January 25, 2014 due to leakage on the fuel pipeline owned by PT Indonesia Power.

The contaminated area reached about 75 hectares. However, the worst contamination causing the yellowing leaves was only about 25 hectares.

“There are some mangrove trees, approximately 25-30 trees, suffered yellowing leaves as a result of oil waste due to leaked pipeline owned

by PT Indonesia Power on January 25, 2014,” he said.

Irwan explained the location of waste contamination was within the

authority of Benoa Harbor master or outside the forest area of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura). Nevertheless, his party continued to monitor, including evaluating the causes of the yellowing leaves of the mangroves.

From the monitoring made, PT Indonesia Power, according to him, had installed oil boom to restrict and blockade in order not to spread to the area of Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park.

“I do want this can be carried out soon so it does not spread to the adjacent area of the Grand Forest Park. Otherwise, it can be hazardous. I observed the efforts to localize the area. Then, the oil spills were entirely sucked through a straw. But, when having a closer look, the roots are black,” he explained.

When asked if the nearly-dead mangroves were also caused by the

toll bridge (JDP) construction project, Irwan declined to comment. According to him, it should be asked to those who established the toll bridge.

Meanwhile, PT Indonesia Power through its Spokesperson, Made Sukarma, did not argue if the contamination in the mangrove forest area around the Benoa Harbor was caused by the leakage of pipeline owned by his company.

“However, the problem is over. We just attended a coordinating meeting with the Denpasar Environment Agency, Bali Forestry Agency, Grand Forest Park, Harbor Authority (Pelindo), Benoa Harbor Master and Mangrove, and we will plant mangrove trees this month. It’s no longer need to be published on media,” he said via short message service. (kmb32)

Buleleng Police hold pre-operation drill 2014

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SINGARAJA - Buleleng Police held a Brata Agung preoperative drill 2014 in the Gde Manik Cultural Hall, Singaraja, Tuesday (Mar 4). The activity posed an effort to harmonize the security ahead of the legislative election in April 2014.

On that occasion, Chief of Buleleng Police, Benny Arjanto, asked all staff to improve their discipline and maintain the security solidarity ahead of the election.

Beny Arjanto said the electoral activities and Nyepi holiday had been anticipated in terms of security matters, including coordinating with local government, religious leaders and communities. Regulation of the Nyepi celebration should be guarded well pursuant to the appeals of the Buleleng Regent and Customary Village Middle Assembly (MMDP) of Buleleng. “We’ve been preparing the security for a long time, in which we have identified the vulnerabilities in the election stage. Similarly, it is also done for the campaign activities of political parties which will be adjacent to the celebration of Nyepi,” he said.

With a shared commitment to maintaining the security, it could be realized in the election stages. “Members of the security deployed for the legislative election and Nyepi will be in different number. They will be in charge in appropriate with the circumstances in the field. However, the safety remains to become a priority of security in Buleleng,” he said after the opening the pre-operation drill 2014. (dgk)

DENPASAR - Positive case of rabies in dogs was discovered again. At this time, the positive case was found at Tembok village in Tejakula subdistrict and at Ularan village in Seririt subdistrict. It was revealed by the Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, Tuesday (Mar 4).

With the persistence of positive cases of rabies in dogs, the public awareness needed to be increased again. Moreover, in January 2014, the rabies claimed one casualty in the region of Umajero village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng. With the positive cases, it meant the rabiesfree Bali program would be postponed.

A rabies-free area could be attained if within two years there was no case of rabies found in humans.

On that account, added Suarjaya, the community participation and cooperation were essential. “The problem is that there are some people rejecting to the rabies

preventive measures such as vaccination and elimination of stray dogs,” said Suarjaya. He continued that rabies treatment should be carried out in the upstream by handling the rabies carrier animals. The measure was by performing vaccination, and elimination if necessary.

Unfortunately, some people were reluctant to vaccinate their pet dogs and let them roam around intentionally. “When their stray dogs will be eliminated, they even rejected it,” said Suarjaya. So, to avoid the elimination, people should take another measure by vaccinating the stray dogs. For this action, the government also needed the help of the community.

Therefore, Suarjaya expected people at least to routinely vaccinate their pets and not to let theirs roam around. By doing so, the spread of rabies virus could be controlled and be prevented from claiming further casualties. “Positive cases of rabies in human usually have a history of being bitten by stray dogs or dogs let be wild,” he said. (san)

NUSA DUA - Blood donor is a routine activity of Santika Siligita Hotel, Nusa Dua. Once in every three months, the hotel cooperates with Indonesian Red Cross carry out blood donor. More than 30 employees of the hotel take part in the donor held on February 26, 2014.

The activity held in the Function Room of the hotel was assisted by 5 health officers from Blood Transfer Unit of Indonesian Red Cross. Before joining the donor, the participant must answer 11 questions in the checklist. Then the participants must be examine to guarantee their safety.

There is great hope that the social activity will help those who needed blood. In addition, blood donor is also very healthy to the participant.

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Calendar Event for March 5 through May 21, 2014 5 Mar Hari Urip 6 Mar Hari Patetegan 7 Mar Pengeradanan Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Kabayan Penebel Tabanan

9 Mar Hari Banyu Pinaruh 10 Mar Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Bayu Gaiyang Bangli Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem

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8 Mar Saraswati Pura Pasek tangkas Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Abiansemal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Jakarta Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Pura Agung Wira Loka Cimahi Jawa Barat

The officers are keep doing vaccination to prevent the spread of rabies in Bali

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Santika Siligita Hotel held blood donor

To secure election

Dog with positive rabies found in Buleleng Bali Post

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11 Mar Sabuh Mas 12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Gianyar Pura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Denpasar Pura Siwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Sliki Banyuwangi Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Sukawati 15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani 17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Singapadu Gianyar Pura Bhujangga Jembrana Pura Dalem pingit Tegalalang Pura Penataran Pande Pandean Mengwi Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran AGung Tulikup Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Tabanan 23 Mar Radite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 26 Mar Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan Kawitan Arya Gelgel Kelungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Legian Kuta Badung Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung Pura Puseh Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Peruncak Badung Pura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Krobokan Badung Pura Kereban Langit Mengwi Badung 28 Mar Melasti Pakiyisan Ke Segara Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga 30 Mar Tilem Kesanga Tawur Agung 31 Mar Hari Raya Nyepi 1 May Buda Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

2 May Bhatara Sri Ida Ratu Geng Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Besakih Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Besakih Merajan Saloding Besakih 6 May Anggara Kasih Juluwangi Pura Thirta Harum Tegal Wangi Bangli Pura Baratan Baturiti Pura Batu Klotok Klungkung

Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Ibu Wanagiri Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Manik Bingin Dukuh Sidemen 7 May Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Pande Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Sangeh Abian Semal Pura Puseh Penegil Dharma Kubu Tambahan Bangli Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Linggih Betara Kayu Selem Penataran Agung Besakih 13 May Purnama Sasih Jiyestha Pura Dwija Warsa Malang Pura Pucak Tinggah Angsri Baturiti Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Jati Luwih Penebel Pura Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Tonja Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem Pura Maospahit Grenceng Denpasar 15 May Sugihan Jawa Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Besakih 16 May Sugihan Bali Dan Kajeng Kliwon 18 May Penyekeban 19 May Penyajaan Galungan 20 May Penampahan Galungan 21 May Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung Jakarta Timur

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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Pricey NYC eatery falls short on health inspection Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Its $310 tasting menu makes Per Se one of New York City’s most expensive restaurants, but its “C’’ grade from health inspectors puts it near the bottom of the heap when it comes to sanitary violations. Per Se got 42 violation points when it was inspected Feb. 19, city health department records showed. Infractions included failure to hold hot food at 140 degrees and a lack of a hand-washing facility near the food preparation area.

Per Se representatives did not immediately return a call seeking comment, but the restaurant will have a chance to argue its case at a hearing. Until then it must post a sign saying its grade is pending.

The 10-year-old Per Se is the East Coast outlet of Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Yountville, California. Per Se is one of only seven New York City restaurants to earn three Michelin stars, and The New York Times called it the city’s best restaurant in 2011. The chef’s tasting menu for Sunday included Hudson Valley duck foie gras and Nova Scotia lobster a la Bordelaise. There was a $100 surcharge for Wagyu beef.

New York City health officials began issuing letter grades to restaurants in 2011, and about 87 percent of city restaurants have “A’’ grades, a Health Department spokesman said.

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FILE - This April 12, 2011 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows an H9 T cell, blue, infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yellow.

Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug Associated Press Writer

Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV. The experimental drug has only been tested for prevention in monkeys, but it completely protected them from infection in two studies reported at an AIDS conference on Tuesday.

“This is the most exciting innovation in the field of HIV prevention that I’ve heard recently,” said Dr. Robert Grant, an AIDS expert at the Gladstone Institutes, a foundation affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.

“Both groups are showing 100 percent protection” with the drug, Grant said of the two groups of researchers. “If it works and proves to be safe, it would allow for HIV to be prevented with periodic injections, perhaps every three months.”

Until a vaccine is developed, condoms are the best way to prevent infection with the AIDS virus and many other sexually

spread diseases. But not everyone uses them, or does so all the time, so public health officials have pursued other prevention options.

A drug used to treat people with HIV — Gilead Science’s Truvada — also is used to help prevent infection in people who don’t have the virus. A big study in gay men a few years ago found it could cut this risk by up to 90 percent, depending on how faithfully people take the daily pills.

The new research tested something that could make this type of prevention much more practical — a long-acting experimental drug made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC. The studies tested it in

macaques exposed to a humanmonkey version of HIV. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave six monkeys shots of the drug every four weeks; six others got dummy shots. All were exposed to the virus twice a week for 11 weeks.

The monkeys who got the fake treatment were readily infected “but the animals that received the long-acting drug remained protected,” said study leader Gerardo Garcia-Lerma of the CDC. The results mirror what was seen in the CDC’s early research in monkeys on Truvada, the pill that’s available for HIV prevention now.

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FILE - This July 26, 2011 file photo shows a McDonald’s Cheeseburger Happy Meal with the new apple slices option in Pittsburgh. McDonald’s Corp. says it is adding apple slices to every Happy Meal, part of the chain’s larger push to paint itself as a healthy place to eat.

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Hotel occupancy rates down Antara

DENPASAR - The occupancy rates of star rated hotels in Bali averaged 57.76 percent in January down 4.77 percentage points from 62.53 percent in December, 2013.

“Despite the decline, the rate was still profitable. An occupancy rate of more than 50 percent would be enough to cover operating cost and salaries of employees,” Head of the Bali Central Bureau of Sta-

tistics (BPS) Panusunan Siregar said here on Wednesday.

Panusunan said in January the number of foreign visitors to Bali rose 19.89 percent to 279,257 from a year earlier, but down 6.61

percent from December, 2013.

He said the highest occupancy rate in January was recorded by star rated hotels in the regency of Tabanan though declining to 71 percent from 73.13 percent a month earlier The second highest occupancy rate was 63.11 percent recorded by hotels in in the regency of Bandung also declining from 67.65 percent in the previous month , followed by hotels in Gianyar at 53.74 percent

down from 59.23 percent.

In the district of Karangasem the occupancy rates of star rated hotels averaged only 42.89 percent down from 48.86 percent and in the regency of Buleleng the occupancy rates averaged 33.05 percent down from 40.80 percent and in the city of Denpasar it was 44.17 percent down from 44.80 percent.

The districts of Jembrana, Bangli and Klungkung have no star rated hotels.

Based on record at the Bali branch of the Indonesian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (PHRI), Bali has 2,260 star rated hotels and non-star rate hotels with room totaling 56,971 units.

There are also villa houses for rent in rural areas with no official licenses.

Bali is the country’s most visited tourist destination, contributing to the country’s earnings from the tourism sector.

‘Unstable’ Corby tried to kill herself Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - Australian drug mule Schapelle Corby brandished a knife and acted erratically in an encounter with Indonesian authorities after a government minister warned her parole was in peril, an official said Tuesday.

Sunar Agus, a top prison official in Bali, said he visited 36-year-old Corby on Monday evening at her residence on the resort island of Bali.

The visit followed the airing of a TV documentary in Australia on Sunday that featured an interview with Corby’s sister Mercedes, which has angered Indonesian authorities.

“We saw that she wasn’t mentally stable,” said Agus, chief of the Bali Corrections Division which is in charge of overseeing Corby’s parole.

“She seemed scared when I started a dialogue and she tried to kill herself. She was able to grab a knife. But her family was able to stop her,” he told reporters.

Agus said the scene took place after the officials told her the documentary could see her thrown back in jail.

“She said she was stressed from being followed by reporters all the time,” Agus said.

AFP was not able to reach Corby or her relatives for comment.

The television documentary by Channel Seven has raised hackles in Indonesia, where officials have suggested Corby was seeking to profit from her crime via media exposure.

There has been unconfirmed speculation of a lucrative deal with Channel Seven, which the broadcaster has denied.

“There is a big possibility (that Corby’s parole) will be reconsidered,” Indonesian justice minister Amir Syamsuddin was quoted by the daily Kompas as saying on Monday.

Corby’s saga has riveted Australians and generated significant sympathy in her home country.

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 file photo, convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby is escorted by police officers after her appeal hearing at the district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. An official says that Corby attempted to kill herself when he informed her that the government might revoke her parole.

She has been previously diagnosed with depression and psychosis during her time in prison.

Corby was arrested in 2004 at Bali’s main airport with 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana in her surf gear, and subsequently jailed.

She was freed on parole last month.

Syamsuddin said a decision on her parole status was pending a report from Bali justice officials, who confirmed Tuesday that the report had been submitted.

Corby must remain in Indonesia until 2017 as a parole condition. She lives at her sister’s home in the Kuta tourist area.

Agus warned Tuesday against further contact with the media.

“I suggest Corby keep a lower profile,” he said.

In an interview for the documentary, Corby’s sister Mercedes told Channel Seven her sister was “broken” by her time in jail and described having to bathe and hand-feed her.

Syamsuddin was quoted as

saying he suspected the family had gained financially from working with Channel Seven.

Corby has consistently maintained her innocence. Mercedes Corby told Channel Seven the drugs “could have been from Indonesia”, suggesting she had been set up.

Corby was jailed for 20 years but the end of her sentence was brought forward to 2016 for good behaviour and after President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono cut five years off in response to appeals for clemency.

She was paroled early on con-

dition she remains in Indonesia until 2017.

Her early release drew protests from Indonesian lawmakers and an anti-drugs group.

A member of an Indonesian parliament commission that handles legal affairs has responded furiously to the documentary, Tempo news website said.

“The government must be firm. Just revoke her parole,” the commission’s vice chair, Tjatur Sapto Edy, was quoted as saying in parliament.

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On death anniversary, Chavez revolution challenged

Many illegal travel agencies operate in Bali

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez always said his socialist project would last decades, but a year after the Venezuelan president’s death even some of his most fervent supporters are having their doubts.

The desperation of Venezuelans is growing along with the length of the queues outside state-run markets that reflect the economy’s downward spiral and helped trigger a wave of protests in mid-February which have claimed more than a dozen lives.

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DENPASAR - The number of vehicles in Bali continues to increase.

One of factors kindling the phenomenon is the disparity in the non-tax state revenue (PNDP). Bali picks it as much as 15 percent, while Java region picks 10 percent. As a result, people choose to purchase a vehicle in Java. Besides, many illegal travel agencies are operating in Bali.

This matter was revealed when the Organization of Bali Tourist Transport (Pawiba) and the Organization of Land Transportation (Organda) of Bali made an audience with Director of Bali Police Traffic Affairs, Benone Jesaja Louhenapessy.

Responding to the problem, the Director of Traffic Affairs accompanied by the Subdivision Head of Traffic Education and Engineering, Nyoman Sukasena, admitted to be apprehensive with the issue because Bali continued to be flooded by vehicles from outside Bali. In addition, they paid taxes outside Bali, but the operation was in Bali. Even, many local companies operated the vehicles from outside Bali.

To follow up on the complaint, Directorate of Bali Police Traffic Affairs then cooperated with the Organda Bali to monitor the vehicles from outside Bali at Gilimanuk and Padangbai, Karangasem. When found still operating more than three months, they would be forcibly removed. “The Gubernatorial Regulation has set it forth. If the vehicles from outside Bali operate over three months, their registration name should be changed,” said Sukasena.

Sukasena added the audience was intended to introduce the new board of the Organda Bali, led by Chairman of the Organda, Ketut Edy Darma Putra. On that occasion, Edy Darma with the members also complained about the operation of many illegal travel agencies on this island.

Related to that issue, Benone asked the data on the illegal travel agencies. Later on, it would be held a raid by joint team of the Directorate of Bali Police Traffic Affairs and the Organda Bali to discipline those illegal travel agencies.

“We ask the Organda Bali to prepare the data first in order the target will be clear when the raid is carried out. If they are not immediately disciplined, they will proliferate and kindle unfair competition,” said Sukasena. (rah)

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The Galiran Terminal is very quiet since the relocation of traders to the new place

After trader relocation, Galiran Terminal abandoned Bali Post

AMLAPURA - After relocation of traders from the area of Galiran Terminal to new building of Galiran Public Market, the condition of terminal is increasingly run-down.

This only terminal in Klungkung is impressed to have been abandoned.

Such condition was highlighted by the House during a site inspection, Tuesday (Mar 4). A legislator of Klungkung House, Komang Gede Ludra, said that after the trader relocation, the condition of Galiran Terminal should be re-arranged.

“At this rate, it gives poor impression.

Normalization of the terminal should be undertaken. Do not let the terminal be abandoned,” he said. His party regretted the demolition of the semi-permanent stalls was not accompanied with re-arrangement. Even, the presence of the terminal should be maximized.

Another legislator, AA Gede Agung, also highlighted the condition of terminal. The current conditions showed that local government seemed to re-arrange and optimize the Galiran Terminal half-heartedly.

Deputy Chairman of the Klungkung House, Putu Tika Winawan, also lamented the terminal condition. Innovation of local government to

utilize the terminal was questionable because the existence of terminal was actually crucial in urban transportation. “The terminal is less empowered. It is indicated by this condition that relevant agencies are lazy to work,” he affirmed. Such field condition showed off the condition of the terminal was unkempt.

After the relocation, the abandoned impression was remarkable. As a result, the vehicle mobility serving the urban and rural transportation was not as busy as ever before. It became a serious challenge for the executive to revive the terminal amidst the swift threat to public transportation.

The Head of the Klungkung Transportation, Communication and Informatics Agency, Nengah Sukasta, when contacted on Tuesday realized the conditions of Galiran Terminal. He said the arrangement had been planned to some parts and pavement at the terminal area, so the condition would be more representative. “Now,

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it is still in the bidding process,” he said.

Regional Secretary of Klungkung, Ketut Janapria, asserted that for the arrangement of Galiran Terminal, the county government had prepared a budget worth IDR 1 billion in the parent regional budget for fiscal year 2014.

The existence of public transportation at Galiran Terminal today could be counted on fingers. Decline in the number of public transport in the terminal was very pronounced whereas the data on public transport for human or freight passengers in the test area of Klungkung County in 2012 indicated there were 359 rural transports, 38 local microbuses, 10 local buses, 60 pickup trucks, 11 light trucks, 125 medium trucks and 112 heavy trucks. Of the 359 rural transports, 250 of which operated in mainland Klungkung, while the rest operated in the subdistrict of Nusa Penida.

Most public transport drivers stopped operating due to be deserted of passengers. It was recognized by a public transport driver at Galiran Terminal, Nengah Yustika. He said his fellow drivers of public transport had shifted into a quarry truck driver. “The income is more promising to meet the needs of families,” he said. (kmb31)

“When the head of household is absent, as we say around here, things start to get out of control,” said Pablo Nieves, a community leader in the poor 23 de Enero district of Caracas. “If he were still with us, it would have never gotten to this.” President Nicolas Maduro, the hand-picked successor of Chavez, organized 10 days of commemorative activities to mark Wednesday’s anniversary of the larger-than-life leader’s death from cancer at age 58.

A civilian-military parade is to be followed by speeches by allied presidents expected to include Evo Morales of Bolivia and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua as well as the debut on state TV of director Oliver Stone’s documentary “My Friend Hugo.” But while comrades may laud the man who transformed Venezuela during a 14-year reign by championing its poor, many don’t agree with Nieves that Chavez could mend its compounding woes.

And many blame mismanagement by Chavez himself. The op-

position did not call any protests for Wednesday in the capital, though Foro Penal, which provides lawyers for detainees, did announce a march in the central industrial city of Valencia.

In a stalemate, the opposition is struggling to broaden its support base against the socialist government that rejects it as “putschist” and has been aided in repressing demonstrations by menacing “collectives” of motorcycle-riding thugs. The protesters blame the “collectives” for some of the 18 deaths the government says the unrest has reaped.

More than 1,000 protesters have been detained and 72 people face charges, including eight members of the SEBIN political police. Maduro’s government, meanwhile, has shown itself unable to halt 56 percent annual inflation and crippling currency controls that have fueled a growing scarcity of consumer basics — from milk to flour to cooking oil.

The central bank’s scarcity index was its highest-ever in January at

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A boy dressed in a Spiderman costume poses for a photo next to a mural of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez painted on a wall of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

28 percent.

This nation with the world’s largest proven oil reserves is becoming, to some, as destitute as Cuba, the socialist ally whose economy it helps prop up with oil

shipments.

Former import-export and oil executives are driving cabs while workers from other collapsed industries struggle to find new lines of work. Hugo Faundes studied

culinary arts after being fired from the state-run oil company, PDVSA, for what he said were political reasons. “Now that I’ve graduated there’s nothing to cook,” the Valencia man said with a dark laugh.

Diplomatic exit? Ukraine players converge on Paris Associated Press Writer

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Local residents chopping wood for a bonfire as Russian soldier guards the gate of an Ukrainian infantry base in Perevalne, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Tensions remained high in the strategic Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea with troops loyal to Moscow firing warning shots to ward off protesting Ukrainian soldiers.

PARIS — Top diplomats from the major players trying to find an end to the crisis in Ukraine are gathering in Paris on Wednesday as tensions simmered over the Russian military takeover of the strategic Crimean Peninsula. The envoys from Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., Britain and France are not necessarily all at the same table, but French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said everyone has been working non-stop for a diplomatic solution over tensions in Ukraine.

“We have a principle of firmness but at the same time of searching for dialogue,” Fabius said as he stood alongside his Ukrainian counterpart, making his first trip abroad in the new post. Russia took over Crimea on Saturday, placing troops around its ferry, military bases and border posts.

“Today the Ukrainian future will be decided,” Andriy Deshchytsia, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said of the meetings in Paris. “We want to keep neighborly relations with the Russian people. We want to settle this peacefully.”

Wednesday’s gathering, originally scheduled to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis, came after Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to step back from the brink of war, but the crisis is far from resolved.

Ukraine is near bankruptcy, and the European Union’s executive arm was supposed to decide Wednesday on a package of support measures to add to the $1 billion energy subsidy package aid promised by the U.S. Russian troops remain. Putin does not recognize the new Ukrainian leadership in Kiev, which in turn accuses Russia of a military invasion in Crimea.

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Eroded by high tides, pier at Lovina collapses Bali Post

Australia rejected Qantas request for $2.7 billion loan Associated Press

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A Chinese couples walks at a old alley of shopping area in Beijing, China, Sunday, March. 2, 2014. China is targeting growth of about 7.5 percent in 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, unchanged from last year as the government tempers expectations for an economy transitioning to a more sustainable model.

China targets 7.5 percent economic growth for 2014

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BEIJING - China is targeting growth of about 7.5 percent in 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, unchanged from last year as the government tempers expectations for an economy transitioning to a more sustainable model.

The announcement came in Li’s speech to the annual session of the National People’s Congress, which meets to approve policies decided by the ruling Communist party.

“We must keep economic development as the central task and maintain a proper growth rate,” Li said.

“On the basis of careful comparison and repeatedly weighing various factors, as well as considering what is needed and what is possible, we set a growth target of around 7.5 percent.”

China’s three decades of rapid industrialisation have transformed its economy and seen incomes soar, but have also brought severe environmental consequences including smog that regularly blankets cities.

In his speech Li said he is “declaring war” on pollution, describing it as a “red-

light warning” against inefficiency as he sought to address public concerns on issues from poisoned waterways to food safety.

“We will declare war against pollution and fight it with the same determination we battled poverty,” he said.

The world’s second-largest economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012 -- which was the slowest rate of growth since 1999.

Rising prosperity is a key part of the Communist Party’s claim to legitimacy in China, and the government usually sets a conservative economic growth target that it regularly exceeds.

The figure is closely watched by analysts for insight into the leadership’s thinking about the economy and how they expect it to perform, as well as what policy initiatives they intend to pursue.

Keeping the target unchanged from last year suggests the government wants to stress stability as it carries out promised economic reforms, analysts said.

“My feeling is that on one hand it serves as a signal to stabilise expectations, while on the other it shows policymakers have confidence in maintaining stable momentum in the overall economy,” said Ma Xiaoping, Beijing-based economist for British bank HSBC. The 7.5 percent goal came after soft recent economic data, with a key manufacturing index slipping to an eight-month low in February, the government said Saturday.

“We believe China can achieve 7.5 percent GDP growth this year,” economists with Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a research note on the target, despite what they described as recent “negative news and data” such as manufacturing declines.

China’s once regular annual double-digit growth rates have been on a slowing trend, and the 2013 result meant GDP growth had been in single figures for three consecutive years for the first time since 2002.

CANBERRA — Australia’s government rejected a request from Qantas Airways for a $2.7 billion unsecured loan to help the national carrier return to profitability, deciding instead to abolish foreign ownership restrictions, the prime minister said Wednesday.

In the wake of Monday’s decision to allow greater foreign ownership of Qantas, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his ministers had acted on expert advice from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to decide that Qantas did not need the line of credit.

“We sent in various experts to have a look at Qantas, and the conclusion that we came to based on their advice was that Qantas does not need an unsecured facility from the government,” Abbott told Macquarie Radio on Wednesday.

The airline last week posted a first-half loss of 235 million Australian dollars ($211 million) amid tougher competition. Qantas said it would cut 5,000 jobs in a bid to slash costs by AU$2 billion over three years.

Qantas’ credit rating was downgraded from investment grade to junk in December when it warned of a looming interim loss of up to AU$300 million and job cuts.

The government plans to repeal legislation that prevents foreign airlines from holding more than 35 percent of Qantas and any single foreign investor from holding more than a 25 percent stake. The legislation also mandates 51 percent Australian ownership.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce on Wednesday welcomed the government’s decision to allow more foreign investment, which he said would “level the playing field” with its major competitor Virgin Australia. Virgin Australia is 64 percent owned by three state-owned carriers: Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines.

Joyce argues that foreign governments were funding Virgin Australia’s “loss-making strategy in the domestic market.”

Joyce said a government-backed debt facility would have been an interim measure to correct distortions in the aviation market created by restrictions on ownership of Qantas. “We are a very healthy airline, we’re in a very strong position, but we have to manage our way through this loss of rating and we have a plan to do that,” he said.

Virgin Australia has opposed any government loan to Qantas, but said it had no issue with greater foreign ownership of Australia’s largest airline.

Abbott has not yet won the support of senators outside government whom he needs to pass the changes through parliament. Opposition parties have voiced objections to any reforms that could send Qantas jobs overseas.

The main opposition Labor Party prefers a government loan to secure Qantas’ future, but regional Australian airline Rex warns that such a loan would distort the Australian aviation market.

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High rainfall lately, in fact, also resulted in damage to the roads. As proof, in relatively not too long time, the number of damaged road increases.

Damaged road in Denpasar increases to 14 km

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SINGARAJA - The pier established in the area of Lovina Beach tourist attraction, Buleleng, collapsed after eroded by tidal waves since the bad weather hit Buleleng lately. Pier end on the mainland is now broken and cannot be passed through by travelers. The damage of wooden pier is feared to get worse if the government does not make any efforts to repair.

As field observation on Tuesday (Mar 4), pier foundation on the mainland looked to have been eroded by ocean waves. Swift scour of the waves had eroded the foundation so the pier end was broken. Luckily, the piles supporting the pier remained strong, so the pier was still standing intact. However, travelers were hard to pass as the pier end on the mainland was broken and disconnected from the bridge jutting out to sea. Travelers did not dare to cross the pier for fear of the pier would collapse as eroded by ocean waves.

A resident, Nyoman Artana, when met at location said the pier was known to have collapsed after the adverse weather condition hit the area within the past few days.

Before the pier collapsed, he had seen the foundation at the pier end had started to be eroded by sea waves. A few days later, the pier end was found to have collapsed and came off from pier arrangement jutting into the sea.

He and other residents suspected the pier collapsed because the foundation was not strong enough to hold the ocean waves. “Since

the beginning of the adverse weather, the foundation started to erode and finally collapsed so the pier looked to disconnect to its structure,” he said.

Artana added the pier was built by the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency financed with the PNPM Pariwisata fund. Having been completed, it was never used by boat owners to raise travelers who would enjoy dolphin sightseeing and snorkeling in the middle of the sea. It happened because the pier was too short, so when the tide was low it was difficult for fishing boats to dock around the pier.

Conversely, if the tides went up and the fishermen wanted to take down their boats from the mainland, the boat body even crashed the dock, so it was hazardous for fishermen. Fishermen were then moved to the east of the dock when they were going to take down their boat. Though it was not used by fishermen who transported guests to see dolphin, the pier was taken advantage as an object by visitors wishing to take pictures with the background of ocean view. But since the pier end was damaged, visitors no longer used it.

On that account, residents hoped the relevant authorities to immediately repair the damage.

“If possible, do not be ignored because it can be used by travelers. Moreover, it was established with people’s money so it will not be in vain. Thus, it must be repaired as soon as possible,” explained Artana confirmed by other residents. (mud)

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DENPASAR - High rainfall lately, in fact, also resulted in damage to the roads. As proof, in relatively not too long time, the number of damaged road increases. Compared to the end of 2013, the length of damaged road in Denpasar reached 100.6 km. Meanwhile, in March 2014 it has reached 114.9 km, so it shows an increase of approximately 14 km.

The Head of Denpasar Public Works, I Ketut Winarta, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Mar 4) admitted that other than caused by the number of vehicles with excessive tonnage, the damaged road was also caused by high rainfall.

He said the existing road under the authority of Bali Province reached along 83.896 kilometers and spread across 17 road sections. Similarly, the length of national road in Denpasar reached 33.320 km made of 17 road sections.

The Denpasar Public Works mentioned the length of road under its authority reached 563 km. Of that total amount, 307.693 km was in good condition. As for 140.440 km was in the category

of moderate damage, while along 114.960 km in damaged condition. “The neighborhood roads or LC roads have been worked on gradually. It is based on the concept in order the increase can spread evenly in all areas of the four subdistricts,” said Winartha.

The road improvement project in 2014 would be more concentrated to South Denpasar, for example in the area of Jalan Taman Pancing, Pemogan, Jalan Pulau Kawe, Pedungan and surrounding areas. “The main road like on Jalan Bung Tomo is repaired in 2013. Some of the roads have been repaired last year. For this year, the project is directed to the south area to make it evenly distributed,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Division Head of Denpasar Highways Office, I Putu Dirgayasa, elaborated the condition of the damaged road along 114.960 km spreading across the four subdistricts. Among others, they included the Pulau Kawe, Taman Pancing, IB Oka, Kebo Iwa Utara, Gunung Catur I and II-A, Penamparan, Tegal Dukuh, Cempaka, Gunung Cemara, Gunung Lempuyang, Pura Demak I, Kertapura, Marlboro II, Badak Agung, Draupadi III-A, Madri, and Pandu. “Meanwhile, Gatsu VI, VI-A and Gatsu IV and IV-A are also in poor condition,” he said.

He said that for the year 2014, the road and sidewalk improvement project would be conducted at the length of 17.937 km with the budget of IDR 56 billion more. (kmb12)

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The pier established in the area of Lovina Beach tourist attraction, Buleleng, collapsed after eroded by tidal waves since the bad weather hit Buleleng lately.

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Rights group: Thai fishing sector abuses migrants Associated Press Writer

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India’s Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath speaks to the media after announcing dates for the country’s national elections in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

India announces general elections to start April 7

BANGKOK — An environmental and human rights group has charged that Thailand is not adequately addressing severe abuse against Myanmar migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry. The British-based Environmental Justice Foundation said in a report Tuesday that the Thai government has failed to act strongly against human trafficking and that violence is routine in the industry.

“Endemic corruption, poor enforcement, inadequate victim support, unacceptable working conditions and deficient migration policy,” have not been tackled by Thai authorities, the group said. Thai Labor Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary Boontharik Samiti said the government was making a serious effort to protect workers in the fishing industry.

“Right now, we are aiming to reduce and eradicate human trafficking. For fisheries, all agencies have collectively come together in an effort to prevent this problem in a sustainable and long-term fashion,” she told The Associated Press by phone from Songkhla, a southern seaboard province.

The foundation suggested the United States consider imposing economic sanctions on Thailand, the world’s third-biggest seafood exporter after China and Norway.

Thailand’s fishing industry is staffed predominantly by migrants from much poorer neighboring countries, including Cambodia and especially Myanmar. Often the workers have come to Thailand illegally with the help of human traffickers, leaving them little legal protection and large debts to be paid out of their wages. Very few have any sort of contract.

“Depending on the amount paid, a trafficked fisherman could often work from one to eight months before earning any wages for himself,” noted a 2011 report by the International Organization for Migration, adding that some may work without pay for years on boats that are serviced by supply ships and rarely return to port.

“Migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry, many of them trafficked illegally, are suffering terrible abuses and all too often are denied their basic human rights,” Steve Trent, executive director of the Environmental Justice Foundation, said in a statement.

“These people are Thailand’s ‘seafood slaves’ forced to work to prop up the cash-rich fisheries industry,” Trent said, urging governments and the industry to act to stop abuse.

Associated Press Writer

NEW DELHI — India said Wednesday that it will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12, kicking off a vote that many observers see as the most important election in more than 30 years in the world’s largest democracy. The run-up to the election has laid bare widespread disgust in India over corruption and disenchantment with the storied Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, which has dominated Indian politics since independence from Britain in 1947.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, a pro-business, Hindu nationalist bloc led by Narendra Modi, has the momentum heading into the elections. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center said 63 percent of Indians prefer BJP over the incumbent Congress Party. Modi’s chief rival is Rahul Gandhi, the 43-yearold vice president of Congress and scion of the Gandhi family.

“The future of Indian democracy is at stake,” said Ajoy Bose, a political analyst in New Delhi. “The distinction is between the decline of India’s oldest political party and an attempt by the BJP with Modi at its helm to rise as an alternative.”

The parliamentary election will be held over several weeks for logistical and safety reasons in the country of 1.2 billion people. There are more than 810 million eligible voters this year, an increase of 100

million from five years ago, according to the Election Commission.

Vote counting will be held May 16, and most results are expected the same day, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said. The dates were finalized based on the onset of India’s blistering summer, school schedules and harvesting season, he said.

BJP’s strength ahead of the polls does not necessarily translate into an automatic win. There are dozens of regional parties, as well as the upstart Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man’s Party, which had a surprisingly strong showing in local elections late last year. And 11 smaller parties joined forces last month, forming a “third front” to challenge Congress and BJP. “A number of smaller regional parties could play an important role in forming a new government in the

event of a split verdict in the elections,” Bose said.

Modi’s growing popularity has been a divisive issue in India, where Hindu-Muslim violence has erupted regularly despite the country’s secular constitution. Modi’s supporters say he can revive the country’s ailing economy, pointing to how he turned Gujarat state, where he is chief minister, into an industrial haven over the past 11 years.

But critics take a darker view, blaming him for riots in Gujarat in 2002 that killed more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims. Modi has denied any role in the violence and says he bears no responsibility for the killings. In December, he said that he had been “shaken to the core” by the violence, and that his government responded to it swiftly and decisively.

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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2013 file photo, migrant workers from Myanmar are seen cleaning fishing nets aboard a trawler after a fishing trip in the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Sakhon Province, west of Bangkok, Thailand.

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INDONESIA One dead, 71 hurt in ammunition depot blast Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - One naval serviceman was killed and 71 people were injured on Wednesday when an explosion shattered an Indonesian naval warehouse stocked with light ammunition, the military’s spokesman said.

Iskandar Sitompul also said the blast near the capital Jakarta was believed to have followed an electrical short-circuit in the building.

The explosion blew apart the warehouse belonging to an elite naval combat force, spraying victims with shrapnel and pieces of wood and glass.

“Most of them were injured by pieces of wood and glass that pierced them on their cheek, chest and stomach,” Sitompul said.

The depot is among naval facilities located on a small island a short distance from Jakarta’s shoreline.

Sitompul said one of those injured was a civilian.

Indonesian clerics issue fatwa to protect wildlife Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s top Islamic clerical body has issued a religious fatwa against the illegal hunting and trade in endangered animals in the country, which the WWF hailed on Wednesday as the world’s first.

The fatwa by the Indonesian Ulema Council declares such activities “unethical, immoral and sinful”, council official Asrorun Ni’am Sholeh told AFP. “All activities resulting in wildlife extinction without justifiable religious grounds or legal provisions are haram (forbidden). These include illegal hunting and trading of endangered animals,” said Sholeh, secretary of the council’s commission on fatwas.

“Whoever takes away a life, kills a generation. This is not restricted to humans, but also includes God’s other living creatures, especially if they die in vain.”

The country of 250 million people is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but it remained unclear whether the fatwa would have any practical impact.

Indonesia’s vast and unique array of wildlife is under increasing pressure from development, logging and agricultural expansion.

The government does not typically react to fatwas by implementing specific policy changes.

However, a Forestry Ministry official who asked to remain anonymous told AFP the ministry and the religious council would make a joint announcement regarding the fatwa on March 12, without elaborating

on its content.

The WWF called the fatwa the first of its kind in the world, and said the use of religion for wildlife protection “is a positive step forward.”

“It provides a spiritual aspect and raises moral awareness which will help us in our work to protect and save the remaining wildlife in the country such as the critically endangered tigers and rhinos,” WWF Indonesia communications director Nyoman Iswara Yoga said.

The fatwa was the result of months of dialogue between government officials, conservationists and other stakeholders, said Sholeh, the fatwa commission official.

Acknowledging it was not legally binding, Sholeh said in English: “It’s a divine binding.”

He said the fatwa was effective from January 22. It was only made public late Tuesday.

The fatwa urges the government to effectively monitor ecological protection, review permits issued to companies accused of harming the environment, and bring illegal loggers and wildlife traffickers to justice.

The clearing, often illegally, of Indonesia’s once-rich forests for timber extraction or to make way for oil palm or other plantations poses a severe threat to critically endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger, orangutan, and Sumatran elephant.

Poachers also target wild elephants for their ivory tusks, for use in traditional Chinese medicines.

Under Indonesian law, trafficking in protected animals can result in a maximum of five years in jail and 100 million rupiah ($8,700) fine.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (middle) has stated that the success of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) depends on its leadership and good coordination.

Success of “Basarnas” depends on leadership

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MERAK - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that the success of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) depends on its leadership and good coordination.

“All of you carry an important mission pertaining to the life and safety of the people when disasters and accidents strike,” President Yudhoyono informed Basarnas members and volunteers at Merak port, here on Wednesday.

The head of state made the statement at the 42nd anniversary of the National Search and Rescue Agency at the dock of Merak port.

Realizing the important task of Basarnas, President Yudhoyono advised the agency to continue to maintain its good coordination and leadership.

“Good leadership and control of the operation and coordination will determine the success of Basarnas,” the president noted, adding that the members and volunteers of the agency should continue to improve their technical, physical and mental capabilities.

Building national capacities to respond quickly to disasters and save maximum number of lives is an important focus of the National Search and

Rescue Agency.

Established on February 28, 1972, Basarnas has 33 chapters in provinces across the country.

In conjunction with Basarnas’ anniversary this time, President Yudhoyono also officially launched two 59-meter-long catamaran boats, called “KN Pacitan” and “KB Purworejo” respectively, to be operated by the agency.

The new speedboats, with the speed of 29 knots, will be able to operate even in bad weather. The boats also have helipads.

On the occasion, there was also save and rescue demonstrations by Basarnas personnel supported by, among other things, two CASA aircraft, two Dauphin helicopters, two BO-105 helicopters, two catamaran rescue boats, two hovercrafts, nine rubber boats, two ambulances, and two amphibious boats.

Besides the President, the event was also attended by Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs Djoko Suanto, Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam, and Basarnas Chief Lt.Gen. M. Alfan Baharuddin.

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DENPASAR - This monument is erected in the middle of Denpasar civic center, Renon. lt is a symbol of Bali people’s struggle to gain independence alter the Dutch Colonials retreated from this country. This monument immortalizes the soul and spirit of Bali people’s struggle. lt also aims to take care of and develop and preserve the Balinese culture tor tuture generations.

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Bizarre game brings English town to standstill Associated Press Writer

ASHBOURNE, England — The strains of ‘God Save The Queen’ have died down by the time a local businessman, standing on a 10-foothigh plinth in the middle of a town-center car park, tosses a leather ball into a vast sea of bodies. Hundreds of men of all ages and builds, wearing a combination of rugby jerseys, hoodies and fleeces, grapple and tussle — in fact, use any means necessary — in frenzied attempts to grab the ball.

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A player throws the ball during the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire England Tuesday, March 4, 2014 .

And so begins one of Britain’s most cherished, fabled and downright bizarre sporting traditions.

Played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday ever since the late 1600s, and maybe even before, the Royal Shrovetide football game sees thousands of locals from rival sides of a sleepy market town in central England take part in a chaotic and often brutal contest.

The aim: To ‘goal’ the ball against scoring posts situated in the middle of a shallow river and three miles apart at either end of town.

Injuries and black eyes are common — there have been broken legs and reportedly heart attacks, too. But it’s worth all the pain to have bragging rights over your fierce rivals for the next 12 months.

Don’t underestimate its importance to the locals. “It’s chaos, it’s like a riot — an organized riot,” says Dave Leigh, a pub landlord in Ashbourne. “But they live and die by it.” The game is regarded as a carry-over from the “mob football” matches played in the Middle Ages. These matches are believed to have spawned the global sporting phenomenon that is soccer, as

well as rugby.

Many British towns have played Shrovetide down the centuries but Ashbourne is one of the few to carry on the tradition. Only twice has it been canceled, in 1968 and 2001 — both times because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It continued through both world wars.

And it has had the royal seal of approval — in 1928, the then-Prince of Wales (who would later become King Edward VIII) threw in the ball to start the game. In 2003, Prince Charles had the honor of being the so-called ‘turner-up.’

“Plenty of people seem to have tried over the years to stop this great tradition of Shrovetide,” the Prince said hours before the 2003 game, “but even over the two world wars, the men on active service wrote asking it should be carried on. Now why was it that they did that? Because, they said, it was one of the things they were fighting for, part of the old traditional England that has survived innovations and inventions. “All I can say is you’ve got to keep it going, somehow or other.”

Rockets bring James, Heat back to earth Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON — Houston brought LeBron James and his Miami teammates back to earth, a day after he scored a record 61 points, by beating the Heat 106-103 on Tuesday.

Miami had the consolation of knowing NBA Eastern Conference title rival Indiana also lost, beaten by a last-second Golden State basket; keeping the Pacers’ advantage over the Heat at two games.

The big game in the Western Conference saw the Los Angeles Clippers extend their winning run by beating Phoenix. Houston’s Dwight Howard had 22 points and 16 rebounds and James Harden added 21 points. James had just 22 points and only three in the second half, one night after setting a club record and career-best 61. He acknowledged before the game that he was “extremely tired” and that he

spent most of the day sleeping.

Still, the Heat was within three points with 21.2 seconds left.

Harden threw the ball away after that, and Howard accidentally hit James in the face when they both went up to try to grab a long pass.

James lay on the court holding his broken nose for a few seconds before getting up and slowly walking to the bench. He remained in the game after a timeout, but missed a desperation 3-point attempt at the buzzer that would have tied it.

Dwyane Wade had 24 points for the Heat. Golden State’s Klay Thompson made a 12-foot turnaround jumper with 0.6 seconds left to secure a 98-96 win at Indiana.

Thompson scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter while Stephen Curry finished with 19 points for the Warriors, who have won five of six. It was their first win at Indiana in seven years.

David West had 27 points for the Pacers, who had won their previous five and lost only three home games this season. The Warriors were in control most of the night but the Pacers tied it 94-94 with a 12-0 run. After Thompson put Golden State ahead again, George’s long 3-pointer at the buzzer was short.

Los Angeles’ Matt Barnes scored 18 of his season-high 28 points in the third quarter to set up a 10496 win for the Clippers against Phoenix.

Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones celebrates after a dunk during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Tuesday, March, 4, 2014, in Houston. The Rockets defeated the Heat 106-103.

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Puyol to leave Barcelona at end of season

Hazard shuns rest to stay at best despite ‘Special’ advice Reuters

Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona defender Carles Puyol has decided to leave the club at the end of the season, preferring to take some time off after several injury-filled seasons and putting his football future in doubt. The 35-year-old Puyol has spent his entire career with Barcelona, debuting in 1999. But he has made only 12 appearances this season after returning from a long-term knee injury in October.

Puyol has been an essential figure in Barcelona’s and Spain’s recent achievements, including helping Spain win the 2010 World Cup and leading Barcelona to three Champions League titles. Puyol said Barcelona has agreed to rescind his contract at the end of the season despite two years remaining on his deal.

“The recovery from my knee injury was more difficult than expected. I cannot perform anymore at the level I’d want,” Puyol said Tuesday. “When the season ends I need to rest and then we will see.

I’ve got three months left and I’m going to give my all for Barca, but I don’t know what I’ll do at the end of the season.”

Puyol did not take questions Tuesday as teammates Gerard Pique, Cristian Tello and Jose Manuel Pinto, and former teammate Ivan de la Pena watched. Puyol is a

homegrown success story for the Catalan club, coming through the La Masia youth program like teammates Xavi Hernandez, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta.

He was nicknamed “Tarzan” for his scraggly locks which shielded his face and intimidated opponents despite his small stature. His energetic and physical style of play fit perfectly with his leadership qualities, earning him the captain’s armband at Barcelona until recent injury spells. Puyol, who was raised in the Catalan town of Pobla de Segur, trails only Xavi in appearances made for the club.

He scored his first goal of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over Almeria.

Puyol won his first trophy with the club in the 2004-05 season — the first of six league titles. He also won the Club World Cup, Copa del Rey, Spanish

Super Cup and European Super Cup to go along with Champions League titles in 2006, ‘09, and ‘11. At the World Cup in South Africa, Puyol headed in the winning goal in the 1-0 semifinal victory over Germany. “He’s a reference for every player and a leader on the field of play,” Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said.

It’s written in the stars for Australia’s Cahill Reuters

LONDON - Australia’s Tim Cahill says the “stars have aligned” to hand him the chance to become his country’s leading all-time goalscorer at the ground he still calls home. Cahill returns to south London club Millwall’s The Den, where his English career began, on Wednesday as Australia take on Ecuador in a World Cup warm-up.

The 34-year-old former Everton player is currently tied on 29 goals with Damian Mori and has been included in manager Ange Postecoglou’s youth-focussed squad.

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Carles Puyol reacts after scoring against Almeria during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 2, 2014.

“It’s sort of like how the stars have aligned,” Cahill told a news conference on Tuesday. “This is where it all started and to score tomorrow night, if I play, it’s just one of those things in your career that would be really special. “It’s a place that I call home along with Everton and to be the all-time leading goalscorer for Australia where it all started might be special, but if it’s not here it’ll be somewhere else.”

Cahill made 217 appearances and scored 52 goals for Millwall during a six-year spell before moving to Premier League Everton for a fee of 1.5 million pounds in 2004.

Now at the New York Red Bulls and about to embark on what would be his third World Cup campaign

for the Socceroos, Cahill said he was also looking forward to passing on his knowledge to the new Australian talent coming through the ranks.

“It is a great time for Australia because there is a lot of talent out there and it’s started to get unearthed and at the same time kids know they’re getting the opportunities,” he said.

“I think for me, Mile Jedinak and Luke Wilkshire, it’s a great moment in our careers that we can have the responsibility to guide the youngsters and show them the way to do special things for their country.”

Crystal Palace midfielder Jedinak has been named as captain for the match with fellow World

Eden Hazard is disputing Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s assertion that the attacking midfielder is due a rest, the 23-year-old insisting that he plays consistently better when fed a steady diet of action. “I don’t need rest, as I’ve said before, I’m at my best if I can play a lot of matches. But I must be aware that I don’t let myself burn out,” the Belgian international told the country’s daily Het Laatste Nieuws in an interview published on Wednesday.

“I’m in a good rhythm, I’m getting a lot of game time. I did feel a little down in the first half against Fulham but it went much better in the second half,” he said of Saturday’s 3-1 win in the London derby which saw Chelsea move four points clear at the top of the Premier league. Before the match, Mourinho had told reporters he was hoping Hazard would not play in the midweek international, a World Cup warm-up against the Ivory Coast in Brussels later on Wednesday.

“He needs a rest,” the Chelsea manager said last Friday. “It’d be perfect if his national coach did not play him. “He can not have a rest in the club. In the national team he doesn’t have to play friendly matches.

“He needs a rest and they could give him a rest.

It’s important for us and I prefer him on the pitch even

Argentina’s Lionel Messi controls a ball up during a team training session in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, March 3, 2014.

Argentina will play a friendly soccer match against Romania on Wednesday March 5.

if he’s tired because I know he can produce things.” Hazard would not start for Belgium against the Ivorians but was expecting to come on from the bench, he said.

“I spoke to the coach (Marc Wilmots) about it and we will see how long I will play. He understands the situation, he’s not stupid. He knows I’m playing a lot.”

Hazard told the Belgian daily he was in the best form of his career.

“That shows in the statistics and in the succession of matches in which I’ve played well. In my last season at Lille, I also had a good run, similar to now. I hope it will continue and that I will profit with both Belgium as well as Chelsea.” Hazard said his relationship with Mourinho was also going well.

“I find we have a normal relationship.

If there are things to be said, he says them. If you are playing well, he says so. But if you are not, you also get to hear about it,” he added. “I prefer it if people say things to my face. He might be called the ‘Special One’ but to me he is the ‘Normal One’.”

REUTERS/Toby Melville

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates scoring his first goal against Newcastle United during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London, February 8, 2014.

Messi does not need World Cup for greatness - Maradona Reuters

BUENOS AIRES - Lionel Messi does not need a World Cup winners’ medal to be considered among soccer’s all-time greats, fellow Argentine Diego Maradona said on Tuesday. “Messi doesn’t need to win the World Cup to be the best player in the world,” Maradona, who inspired Argentina to the title in Mexico in 1986, told La Nacion. “(If he did) it would be great for Argentina, the fans and Lio, but (winning) a World Cup or not won’t take away any of his achievements up to now to be among the greatest.” Twice World Cup winners Argentina face Romania in a friendly in Bucharest on

Wednesday as they begin to crank preparations for this year’s Brazil.

Former captain and coach

up their finals in Maradona said

everything appeared in place for Messi to shine although Argentina’s task would be tough with hosts Brazil, title holders Spain and Germany among the sides to beat.

Maradona said Messi had had a great World Cup in South Africa in 2010 despite not scoring any goals. The Argentina team coached by Maradona lost 4-0 to Germany in the quarterfinals. “Messi had an exceptional World Cup with me... and no-one said so. (Was it) because he didn’t score? He turned all the goalkeepers into stars,” he said. Maradona said he could not forget Messi’s sobs when Argentina were eliminated.

“I approached him and told him he’d have many World Cups to get revenge. I said it with all my heart. While the rest were thinking about our return (home) he was there, head bowed, crying.” Argentina are in Group F with Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria at the finals starting on June 12.

“There’s Spain, Germany and there’s Brazil with a tremendous defence. You think of Brazil’s defence and six or seven names come to mind, you think of their attack and there’s only Neymar,” Maradona said.

“For Lio it will be a test of character, to bring out all that crying he has in his heart. Brazil can be his great revenge,” added Maradona, who will commentate on the tournament for a Venezuelan television programme.

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Puyol to leave Barcelona at end of season

Hazard shuns rest to stay at best despite ‘Special’ advice Reuters

Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona defender Carles Puyol has decided to leave the club at the end of the season, preferring to take some time off after several injury-filled seasons and putting his football future in doubt. The 35-year-old Puyol has spent his entire career with Barcelona, debuting in 1999. But he has made only 12 appearances this season after returning from a long-term knee injury in October.

Puyol has been an essential figure in Barcelona’s and Spain’s recent achievements, including helping Spain win the 2010 World Cup and leading Barcelona to three Champions League titles. Puyol said Barcelona has agreed to rescind his contract at the end of the season despite two years remaining on his deal.

“The recovery from my knee injury was more difficult than expected. I cannot perform anymore at the level I’d want,” Puyol said Tuesday. “When the season ends I need to rest and then we will see.

I’ve got three months left and I’m going to give my all for Barca, but I don’t know what I’ll do at the end of the season.”

Puyol did not take questions Tuesday as teammates Gerard Pique, Cristian Tello and Jose Manuel Pinto, and former teammate Ivan de la Pena watched. Puyol is a

homegrown success story for the Catalan club, coming through the La Masia youth program like teammates Xavi Hernandez, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta.

He was nicknamed “Tarzan” for his scraggly locks which shielded his face and intimidated opponents despite his small stature. His energetic and physical style of play fit perfectly with his leadership qualities, earning him the captain’s armband at Barcelona until recent injury spells. Puyol, who was raised in the Catalan town of Pobla de Segur, trails only Xavi in appearances made for the club.

He scored his first goal of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over Almeria.

Puyol won his first trophy with the club in the 2004-05 season — the first of six league titles. He also won the Club World Cup, Copa del Rey, Spanish

Super Cup and European Super Cup to go along with Champions League titles in 2006, ‘09, and ‘11. At the World Cup in South Africa, Puyol headed in the winning goal in the 1-0 semifinal victory over Germany. “He’s a reference for every player and a leader on the field of play,” Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said.

It’s written in the stars for Australia’s Cahill Reuters

LONDON - Australia’s Tim Cahill says the “stars have aligned” to hand him the chance to become his country’s leading all-time goalscorer at the ground he still calls home. Cahill returns to south London club Millwall’s The Den, where his English career began, on Wednesday as Australia take on Ecuador in a World Cup warm-up.

The 34-year-old former Everton player is currently tied on 29 goals with Damian Mori and has been included in manager Ange Postecoglou’s youth-focussed squad.

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Carles Puyol reacts after scoring against Almeria during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 2, 2014.

“It’s sort of like how the stars have aligned,” Cahill told a news conference on Tuesday. “This is where it all started and to score tomorrow night, if I play, it’s just one of those things in your career that would be really special. “It’s a place that I call home along with Everton and to be the all-time leading goalscorer for Australia where it all started might be special, but if it’s not here it’ll be somewhere else.”

Cahill made 217 appearances and scored 52 goals for Millwall during a six-year spell before moving to Premier League Everton for a fee of 1.5 million pounds in 2004.

Now at the New York Red Bulls and about to embark on what would be his third World Cup campaign

for the Socceroos, Cahill said he was also looking forward to passing on his knowledge to the new Australian talent coming through the ranks.

“It is a great time for Australia because there is a lot of talent out there and it’s started to get unearthed and at the same time kids know they’re getting the opportunities,” he said.

“I think for me, Mile Jedinak and Luke Wilkshire, it’s a great moment in our careers that we can have the responsibility to guide the youngsters and show them the way to do special things for their country.”

Crystal Palace midfielder Jedinak has been named as captain for the match with fellow World

Eden Hazard is disputing Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s assertion that the attacking midfielder is due a rest, the 23-year-old insisting that he plays consistently better when fed a steady diet of action. “I don’t need rest, as I’ve said before, I’m at my best if I can play a lot of matches. But I must be aware that I don’t let myself burn out,” the Belgian international told the country’s daily Het Laatste Nieuws in an interview published on Wednesday.

“I’m in a good rhythm, I’m getting a lot of game time. I did feel a little down in the first half against Fulham but it went much better in the second half,” he said of Saturday’s 3-1 win in the London derby which saw Chelsea move four points clear at the top of the Premier league. Before the match, Mourinho had told reporters he was hoping Hazard would not play in the midweek international, a World Cup warm-up against the Ivory Coast in Brussels later on Wednesday.

“He needs a rest,” the Chelsea manager said last Friday. “It’d be perfect if his national coach did not play him. “He can not have a rest in the club. In the national team he doesn’t have to play friendly matches.

“He needs a rest and they could give him a rest.

It’s important for us and I prefer him on the pitch even

Argentina’s Lionel Messi controls a ball up during a team training session in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, March 3, 2014.

Argentina will play a friendly soccer match against Romania on Wednesday March 5.

if he’s tired because I know he can produce things.” Hazard would not start for Belgium against the Ivorians but was expecting to come on from the bench, he said.

“I spoke to the coach (Marc Wilmots) about it and we will see how long I will play. He understands the situation, he’s not stupid. He knows I’m playing a lot.”

Hazard told the Belgian daily he was in the best form of his career.

“That shows in the statistics and in the succession of matches in which I’ve played well. In my last season at Lille, I also had a good run, similar to now. I hope it will continue and that I will profit with both Belgium as well as Chelsea.” Hazard said his relationship with Mourinho was also going well.

“I find we have a normal relationship.

If there are things to be said, he says them. If you are playing well, he says so. But if you are not, you also get to hear about it,” he added. “I prefer it if people say things to my face. He might be called the ‘Special One’ but to me he is the ‘Normal One’.”

REUTERS/Toby Melville

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates scoring his first goal against Newcastle United during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London, February 8, 2014.

Messi does not need World Cup for greatness - Maradona Reuters

BUENOS AIRES - Lionel Messi does not need a World Cup winners’ medal to be considered among soccer’s all-time greats, fellow Argentine Diego Maradona said on Tuesday. “Messi doesn’t need to win the World Cup to be the best player in the world,” Maradona, who inspired Argentina to the title in Mexico in 1986, told La Nacion. “(If he did) it would be great for Argentina, the fans and Lio, but (winning) a World Cup or not won’t take away any of his achievements up to now to be among the greatest.” Twice World Cup winners Argentina face Romania in a friendly in Bucharest on

Wednesday as they begin to crank preparations for this year’s Brazil.

Former captain and coach

up their finals in Maradona said

everything appeared in place for Messi to shine although Argentina’s task would be tough with hosts Brazil, title holders Spain and Germany among the sides to beat.

Maradona said Messi had had a great World Cup in South Africa in 2010 despite not scoring any goals. The Argentina team coached by Maradona lost 4-0 to Germany in the quarterfinals. “Messi had an exceptional World Cup with me... and no-one said so. (Was it) because he didn’t score? He turned all the goalkeepers into stars,” he said. Maradona said he could not forget Messi’s sobs when Argentina were eliminated.

“I approached him and told him he’d have many World Cups to get revenge. I said it with all my heart. While the rest were thinking about our return (home) he was there, head bowed, crying.” Argentina are in Group F with Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria at the finals starting on June 12.

“There’s Spain, Germany and there’s Brazil with a tremendous defence. You think of Brazil’s defence and six or seven names come to mind, you think of their attack and there’s only Neymar,” Maradona said.

“For Lio it will be a test of character, to bring out all that crying he has in his heart. Brazil can be his great revenge,” added Maradona, who will commentate on the tournament for a Venezuelan television programme.

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DENPASAR - This monument is erected in the middle of Denpasar civic center, Renon. lt is a symbol of Bali people’s struggle to gain independence alter the Dutch Colonials retreated from this country. This monument immortalizes the soul and spirit of Bali people’s struggle. lt also aims to take care of and develop and preserve the Balinese culture tor tuture generations.

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Bizarre game brings English town to standstill Associated Press Writer

ASHBOURNE, England — The strains of ‘God Save The Queen’ have died down by the time a local businessman, standing on a 10-foothigh plinth in the middle of a town-center car park, tosses a leather ball into a vast sea of bodies. Hundreds of men of all ages and builds, wearing a combination of rugby jerseys, hoodies and fleeces, grapple and tussle — in fact, use any means necessary — in frenzied attempts to grab the ball.

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A player throws the ball during the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire England Tuesday, March 4, 2014 .

And so begins one of Britain’s most cherished, fabled and downright bizarre sporting traditions.

Played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday ever since the late 1600s, and maybe even before, the Royal Shrovetide football game sees thousands of locals from rival sides of a sleepy market town in central England take part in a chaotic and often brutal contest.

The aim: To ‘goal’ the ball against scoring posts situated in the middle of a shallow river and three miles apart at either end of town.

Injuries and black eyes are common — there have been broken legs and reportedly heart attacks, too. But it’s worth all the pain to have bragging rights over your fierce rivals for the next 12 months.

Don’t underestimate its importance to the locals. “It’s chaos, it’s like a riot — an organized riot,” says Dave Leigh, a pub landlord in Ashbourne. “But they live and die by it.” The game is regarded as a carry-over from the “mob football” matches played in the Middle Ages. These matches are believed to have spawned the global sporting phenomenon that is soccer, as

well as rugby.

Many British towns have played Shrovetide down the centuries but Ashbourne is one of the few to carry on the tradition. Only twice has it been canceled, in 1968 and 2001 — both times because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It continued through both world wars.

And it has had the royal seal of approval — in 1928, the then-Prince of Wales (who would later become King Edward VIII) threw in the ball to start the game. In 2003, Prince Charles had the honor of being the so-called ‘turner-up.’

“Plenty of people seem to have tried over the years to stop this great tradition of Shrovetide,” the Prince said hours before the 2003 game, “but even over the two world wars, the men on active service wrote asking it should be carried on. Now why was it that they did that? Because, they said, it was one of the things they were fighting for, part of the old traditional England that has survived innovations and inventions. “All I can say is you’ve got to keep it going, somehow or other.”

Rockets bring James, Heat back to earth Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON — Houston brought LeBron James and his Miami teammates back to earth, a day after he scored a record 61 points, by beating the Heat 106-103 on Tuesday.

Miami had the consolation of knowing NBA Eastern Conference title rival Indiana also lost, beaten by a last-second Golden State basket; keeping the Pacers’ advantage over the Heat at two games.

The big game in the Western Conference saw the Los Angeles Clippers extend their winning run by beating Phoenix. Houston’s Dwight Howard had 22 points and 16 rebounds and James Harden added 21 points. James had just 22 points and only three in the second half, one night after setting a club record and career-best 61. He acknowledged before the game that he was “extremely tired” and that he

spent most of the day sleeping.

Still, the Heat was within three points with 21.2 seconds left.

Harden threw the ball away after that, and Howard accidentally hit James in the face when they both went up to try to grab a long pass.

James lay on the court holding his broken nose for a few seconds before getting up and slowly walking to the bench. He remained in the game after a timeout, but missed a desperation 3-point attempt at the buzzer that would have tied it.

Dwyane Wade had 24 points for the Heat. Golden State’s Klay Thompson made a 12-foot turnaround jumper with 0.6 seconds left to secure a 98-96 win at Indiana.

Thompson scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter while Stephen Curry finished with 19 points for the Warriors, who have won five of six. It was their first win at Indiana in seven years.

David West had 27 points for the Pacers, who had won their previous five and lost only three home games this season. The Warriors were in control most of the night but the Pacers tied it 94-94 with a 12-0 run. After Thompson put Golden State ahead again, George’s long 3-pointer at the buzzer was short.

Los Angeles’ Matt Barnes scored 18 of his season-high 28 points in the third quarter to set up a 10496 win for the Clippers against Phoenix.

Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones celebrates after a dunk during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Tuesday, March, 4, 2014, in Houston. The Rockets defeated the Heat 106-103.

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India’s Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath speaks to the media after announcing dates for the country’s national elections in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

India announces general elections to start April 7

BANGKOK — An environmental and human rights group has charged that Thailand is not adequately addressing severe abuse against Myanmar migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry. The British-based Environmental Justice Foundation said in a report Tuesday that the Thai government has failed to act strongly against human trafficking and that violence is routine in the industry.

“Endemic corruption, poor enforcement, inadequate victim support, unacceptable working conditions and deficient migration policy,” have not been tackled by Thai authorities, the group said. Thai Labor Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary Boontharik Samiti said the government was making a serious effort to protect workers in the fishing industry.

“Right now, we are aiming to reduce and eradicate human trafficking. For fisheries, all agencies have collectively come together in an effort to prevent this problem in a sustainable and long-term fashion,” she told The Associated Press by phone from Songkhla, a southern seaboard province.

The foundation suggested the United States consider imposing economic sanctions on Thailand, the world’s third-biggest seafood exporter after China and Norway.

Thailand’s fishing industry is staffed predominantly by migrants from much poorer neighboring countries, including Cambodia and especially Myanmar. Often the workers have come to Thailand illegally with the help of human traffickers, leaving them little legal protection and large debts to be paid out of their wages. Very few have any sort of contract.

“Depending on the amount paid, a trafficked fisherman could often work from one to eight months before earning any wages for himself,” noted a 2011 report by the International Organization for Migration, adding that some may work without pay for years on boats that are serviced by supply ships and rarely return to port.

“Migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry, many of them trafficked illegally, are suffering terrible abuses and all too often are denied their basic human rights,” Steve Trent, executive director of the Environmental Justice Foundation, said in a statement.

“These people are Thailand’s ‘seafood slaves’ forced to work to prop up the cash-rich fisheries industry,” Trent said, urging governments and the industry to act to stop abuse.

Associated Press Writer

NEW DELHI — India said Wednesday that it will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12, kicking off a vote that many observers see as the most important election in more than 30 years in the world’s largest democracy. The run-up to the election has laid bare widespread disgust in India over corruption and disenchantment with the storied Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, which has dominated Indian politics since independence from Britain in 1947.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, a pro-business, Hindu nationalist bloc led by Narendra Modi, has the momentum heading into the elections. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center said 63 percent of Indians prefer BJP over the incumbent Congress Party. Modi’s chief rival is Rahul Gandhi, the 43-yearold vice president of Congress and scion of the Gandhi family.

“The future of Indian democracy is at stake,” said Ajoy Bose, a political analyst in New Delhi. “The distinction is between the decline of India’s oldest political party and an attempt by the BJP with Modi at its helm to rise as an alternative.”

The parliamentary election will be held over several weeks for logistical and safety reasons in the country of 1.2 billion people. There are more than 810 million eligible voters this year, an increase of 100

million from five years ago, according to the Election Commission.

Vote counting will be held May 16, and most results are expected the same day, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said. The dates were finalized based on the onset of India’s blistering summer, school schedules and harvesting season, he said.

BJP’s strength ahead of the polls does not necessarily translate into an automatic win. There are dozens of regional parties, as well as the upstart Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man’s Party, which had a surprisingly strong showing in local elections late last year. And 11 smaller parties joined forces last month, forming a “third front” to challenge Congress and BJP. “A number of smaller regional parties could play an important role in forming a new government in the

event of a split verdict in the elections,” Bose said.

Modi’s growing popularity has been a divisive issue in India, where Hindu-Muslim violence has erupted regularly despite the country’s secular constitution. Modi’s supporters say he can revive the country’s ailing economy, pointing to how he turned Gujarat state, where he is chief minister, into an industrial haven over the past 11 years.

But critics take a darker view, blaming him for riots in Gujarat in 2002 that killed more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims. Modi has denied any role in the violence and says he bears no responsibility for the killings. In December, he said that he had been “shaken to the core” by the violence, and that his government responded to it swiftly and decisively.

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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2013 file photo, migrant workers from Myanmar are seen cleaning fishing nets aboard a trawler after a fishing trip in the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Sakhon Province, west of Bangkok, Thailand.

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INDONESIA One dead, 71 hurt in ammunition depot blast Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - One naval serviceman was killed and 71 people were injured on Wednesday when an explosion shattered an Indonesian naval warehouse stocked with light ammunition, the military’s spokesman said.

Iskandar Sitompul also said the blast near the capital Jakarta was believed to have followed an electrical short-circuit in the building.

The explosion blew apart the warehouse belonging to an elite naval combat force, spraying victims with shrapnel and pieces of wood and glass.

“Most of them were injured by pieces of wood and glass that pierced them on their cheek, chest and stomach,” Sitompul said.

The depot is among naval facilities located on a small island a short distance from Jakarta’s shoreline.

Sitompul said one of those injured was a civilian.

Indonesian clerics issue fatwa to protect wildlife Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s top Islamic clerical body has issued a religious fatwa against the illegal hunting and trade in endangered animals in the country, which the WWF hailed on Wednesday as the world’s first.

The fatwa by the Indonesian Ulema Council declares such activities “unethical, immoral and sinful”, council official Asrorun Ni’am Sholeh told AFP. “All activities resulting in wildlife extinction without justifiable religious grounds or legal provisions are haram (forbidden). These include illegal hunting and trading of endangered animals,” said Sholeh, secretary of the council’s commission on fatwas.

“Whoever takes away a life, kills a generation. This is not restricted to humans, but also includes God’s other living creatures, especially if they die in vain.”

The country of 250 million people is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but it remained unclear whether the fatwa would have any practical impact.

Indonesia’s vast and unique array of wildlife is under increasing pressure from development, logging and agricultural expansion.

The government does not typically react to fatwas by implementing specific policy changes.

However, a Forestry Ministry official who asked to remain anonymous told AFP the ministry and the religious council would make a joint announcement regarding the fatwa on March 12, without elaborating

on its content.

The WWF called the fatwa the first of its kind in the world, and said the use of religion for wildlife protection “is a positive step forward.”

“It provides a spiritual aspect and raises moral awareness which will help us in our work to protect and save the remaining wildlife in the country such as the critically endangered tigers and rhinos,” WWF Indonesia communications director Nyoman Iswara Yoga said.

The fatwa was the result of months of dialogue between government officials, conservationists and other stakeholders, said Sholeh, the fatwa commission official.

Acknowledging it was not legally binding, Sholeh said in English: “It’s a divine binding.”

He said the fatwa was effective from January 22. It was only made public late Tuesday.

The fatwa urges the government to effectively monitor ecological protection, review permits issued to companies accused of harming the environment, and bring illegal loggers and wildlife traffickers to justice.

The clearing, often illegally, of Indonesia’s once-rich forests for timber extraction or to make way for oil palm or other plantations poses a severe threat to critically endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger, orangutan, and Sumatran elephant.

Poachers also target wild elephants for their ivory tusks, for use in traditional Chinese medicines.

Under Indonesian law, trafficking in protected animals can result in a maximum of five years in jail and 100 million rupiah ($8,700) fine.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (middle) has stated that the success of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) depends on its leadership and good coordination.

Success of “Basarnas” depends on leadership

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MERAK - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that the success of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) depends on its leadership and good coordination.

“All of you carry an important mission pertaining to the life and safety of the people when disasters and accidents strike,” President Yudhoyono informed Basarnas members and volunteers at Merak port, here on Wednesday.

The head of state made the statement at the 42nd anniversary of the National Search and Rescue Agency at the dock of Merak port.

Realizing the important task of Basarnas, President Yudhoyono advised the agency to continue to maintain its good coordination and leadership.

“Good leadership and control of the operation and coordination will determine the success of Basarnas,” the president noted, adding that the members and volunteers of the agency should continue to improve their technical, physical and mental capabilities.

Building national capacities to respond quickly to disasters and save maximum number of lives is an important focus of the National Search and

Rescue Agency.

Established on February 28, 1972, Basarnas has 33 chapters in provinces across the country.

In conjunction with Basarnas’ anniversary this time, President Yudhoyono also officially launched two 59-meter-long catamaran boats, called “KN Pacitan” and “KB Purworejo” respectively, to be operated by the agency.

The new speedboats, with the speed of 29 knots, will be able to operate even in bad weather. The boats also have helipads.

On the occasion, there was also save and rescue demonstrations by Basarnas personnel supported by, among other things, two CASA aircraft, two Dauphin helicopters, two BO-105 helicopters, two catamaran rescue boats, two hovercrafts, nine rubber boats, two ambulances, and two amphibious boats.

Besides the President, the event was also attended by Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs Djoko Suanto, Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam, and Basarnas Chief Lt.Gen. M. Alfan Baharuddin.

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Eroded by high tides, pier at Lovina collapses Bali Post

Australia rejected Qantas request for $2.7 billion loan Associated Press

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A Chinese couples walks at a old alley of shopping area in Beijing, China, Sunday, March. 2, 2014. China is targeting growth of about 7.5 percent in 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, unchanged from last year as the government tempers expectations for an economy transitioning to a more sustainable model.

China targets 7.5 percent economic growth for 2014

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BEIJING - China is targeting growth of about 7.5 percent in 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, unchanged from last year as the government tempers expectations for an economy transitioning to a more sustainable model.

The announcement came in Li’s speech to the annual session of the National People’s Congress, which meets to approve policies decided by the ruling Communist party.

“We must keep economic development as the central task and maintain a proper growth rate,” Li said.

“On the basis of careful comparison and repeatedly weighing various factors, as well as considering what is needed and what is possible, we set a growth target of around 7.5 percent.”

China’s three decades of rapid industrialisation have transformed its economy and seen incomes soar, but have also brought severe environmental consequences including smog that regularly blankets cities.

In his speech Li said he is “declaring war” on pollution, describing it as a “red-

light warning” against inefficiency as he sought to address public concerns on issues from poisoned waterways to food safety.

“We will declare war against pollution and fight it with the same determination we battled poverty,” he said.

The world’s second-largest economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012 -- which was the slowest rate of growth since 1999.

Rising prosperity is a key part of the Communist Party’s claim to legitimacy in China, and the government usually sets a conservative economic growth target that it regularly exceeds.

The figure is closely watched by analysts for insight into the leadership’s thinking about the economy and how they expect it to perform, as well as what policy initiatives they intend to pursue.

Keeping the target unchanged from last year suggests the government wants to stress stability as it carries out promised economic reforms, analysts said.

“My feeling is that on one hand it serves as a signal to stabilise expectations, while on the other it shows policymakers have confidence in maintaining stable momentum in the overall economy,” said Ma Xiaoping, Beijing-based economist for British bank HSBC. The 7.5 percent goal came after soft recent economic data, with a key manufacturing index slipping to an eight-month low in February, the government said Saturday.

“We believe China can achieve 7.5 percent GDP growth this year,” economists with Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a research note on the target, despite what they described as recent “negative news and data” such as manufacturing declines.

China’s once regular annual double-digit growth rates have been on a slowing trend, and the 2013 result meant GDP growth had been in single figures for three consecutive years for the first time since 2002.

CANBERRA — Australia’s government rejected a request from Qantas Airways for a $2.7 billion unsecured loan to help the national carrier return to profitability, deciding instead to abolish foreign ownership restrictions, the prime minister said Wednesday.

In the wake of Monday’s decision to allow greater foreign ownership of Qantas, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his ministers had acted on expert advice from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to decide that Qantas did not need the line of credit.

“We sent in various experts to have a look at Qantas, and the conclusion that we came to based on their advice was that Qantas does not need an unsecured facility from the government,” Abbott told Macquarie Radio on Wednesday.

The airline last week posted a first-half loss of 235 million Australian dollars ($211 million) amid tougher competition. Qantas said it would cut 5,000 jobs in a bid to slash costs by AU$2 billion over three years.

Qantas’ credit rating was downgraded from investment grade to junk in December when it warned of a looming interim loss of up to AU$300 million and job cuts.

The government plans to repeal legislation that prevents foreign airlines from holding more than 35 percent of Qantas and any single foreign investor from holding more than a 25 percent stake. The legislation also mandates 51 percent Australian ownership.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce on Wednesday welcomed the government’s decision to allow more foreign investment, which he said would “level the playing field” with its major competitor Virgin Australia. Virgin Australia is 64 percent owned by three state-owned carriers: Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines.

Joyce argues that foreign governments were funding Virgin Australia’s “loss-making strategy in the domestic market.”

Joyce said a government-backed debt facility would have been an interim measure to correct distortions in the aviation market created by restrictions on ownership of Qantas. “We are a very healthy airline, we’re in a very strong position, but we have to manage our way through this loss of rating and we have a plan to do that,” he said.

Virgin Australia has opposed any government loan to Qantas, but said it had no issue with greater foreign ownership of Australia’s largest airline.

Abbott has not yet won the support of senators outside government whom he needs to pass the changes through parliament. Opposition parties have voiced objections to any reforms that could send Qantas jobs overseas.

The main opposition Labor Party prefers a government loan to secure Qantas’ future, but regional Australian airline Rex warns that such a loan would distort the Australian aviation market.

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High rainfall lately, in fact, also resulted in damage to the roads. As proof, in relatively not too long time, the number of damaged road increases.

Damaged road in Denpasar increases to 14 km

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SINGARAJA - The pier established in the area of Lovina Beach tourist attraction, Buleleng, collapsed after eroded by tidal waves since the bad weather hit Buleleng lately. Pier end on the mainland is now broken and cannot be passed through by travelers. The damage of wooden pier is feared to get worse if the government does not make any efforts to repair.

As field observation on Tuesday (Mar 4), pier foundation on the mainland looked to have been eroded by ocean waves. Swift scour of the waves had eroded the foundation so the pier end was broken. Luckily, the piles supporting the pier remained strong, so the pier was still standing intact. However, travelers were hard to pass as the pier end on the mainland was broken and disconnected from the bridge jutting out to sea. Travelers did not dare to cross the pier for fear of the pier would collapse as eroded by ocean waves.

A resident, Nyoman Artana, when met at location said the pier was known to have collapsed after the adverse weather condition hit the area within the past few days.

Before the pier collapsed, he had seen the foundation at the pier end had started to be eroded by sea waves. A few days later, the pier end was found to have collapsed and came off from pier arrangement jutting into the sea.

He and other residents suspected the pier collapsed because the foundation was not strong enough to hold the ocean waves. “Since

the beginning of the adverse weather, the foundation started to erode and finally collapsed so the pier looked to disconnect to its structure,” he said.

Artana added the pier was built by the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency financed with the PNPM Pariwisata fund. Having been completed, it was never used by boat owners to raise travelers who would enjoy dolphin sightseeing and snorkeling in the middle of the sea. It happened because the pier was too short, so when the tide was low it was difficult for fishing boats to dock around the pier.

Conversely, if the tides went up and the fishermen wanted to take down their boats from the mainland, the boat body even crashed the dock, so it was hazardous for fishermen. Fishermen were then moved to the east of the dock when they were going to take down their boat. Though it was not used by fishermen who transported guests to see dolphin, the pier was taken advantage as an object by visitors wishing to take pictures with the background of ocean view. But since the pier end was damaged, visitors no longer used it.

On that account, residents hoped the relevant authorities to immediately repair the damage.

“If possible, do not be ignored because it can be used by travelers. Moreover, it was established with people’s money so it will not be in vain. Thus, it must be repaired as soon as possible,” explained Artana confirmed by other residents. (mud)

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DENPASAR - High rainfall lately, in fact, also resulted in damage to the roads. As proof, in relatively not too long time, the number of damaged road increases. Compared to the end of 2013, the length of damaged road in Denpasar reached 100.6 km. Meanwhile, in March 2014 it has reached 114.9 km, so it shows an increase of approximately 14 km.

The Head of Denpasar Public Works, I Ketut Winarta, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday (Mar 4) admitted that other than caused by the number of vehicles with excessive tonnage, the damaged road was also caused by high rainfall.

He said the existing road under the authority of Bali Province reached along 83.896 kilometers and spread across 17 road sections. Similarly, the length of national road in Denpasar reached 33.320 km made of 17 road sections.

The Denpasar Public Works mentioned the length of road under its authority reached 563 km. Of that total amount, 307.693 km was in good condition. As for 140.440 km was in the category

of moderate damage, while along 114.960 km in damaged condition. “The neighborhood roads or LC roads have been worked on gradually. It is based on the concept in order the increase can spread evenly in all areas of the four subdistricts,” said Winartha.

The road improvement project in 2014 would be more concentrated to South Denpasar, for example in the area of Jalan Taman Pancing, Pemogan, Jalan Pulau Kawe, Pedungan and surrounding areas. “The main road like on Jalan Bung Tomo is repaired in 2013. Some of the roads have been repaired last year. For this year, the project is directed to the south area to make it evenly distributed,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Division Head of Denpasar Highways Office, I Putu Dirgayasa, elaborated the condition of the damaged road along 114.960 km spreading across the four subdistricts. Among others, they included the Pulau Kawe, Taman Pancing, IB Oka, Kebo Iwa Utara, Gunung Catur I and II-A, Penamparan, Tegal Dukuh, Cempaka, Gunung Cemara, Gunung Lempuyang, Pura Demak I, Kertapura, Marlboro II, Badak Agung, Draupadi III-A, Madri, and Pandu. “Meanwhile, Gatsu VI, VI-A and Gatsu IV and IV-A are also in poor condition,” he said.

He said that for the year 2014, the road and sidewalk improvement project would be conducted at the length of 17.937 km with the budget of IDR 56 billion more. (kmb12)

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The pier established in the area of Lovina Beach tourist attraction, Buleleng, collapsed after eroded by tidal waves since the bad weather hit Buleleng lately.

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On death anniversary, Chavez revolution challenged

Many illegal travel agencies operate in Bali

Associated Press Writer

CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez always said his socialist project would last decades, but a year after the Venezuelan president’s death even some of his most fervent supporters are having their doubts.

The desperation of Venezuelans is growing along with the length of the queues outside state-run markets that reflect the economy’s downward spiral and helped trigger a wave of protests in mid-February which have claimed more than a dozen lives.

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DENPASAR - The number of vehicles in Bali continues to increase.

One of factors kindling the phenomenon is the disparity in the non-tax state revenue (PNDP). Bali picks it as much as 15 percent, while Java region picks 10 percent. As a result, people choose to purchase a vehicle in Java. Besides, many illegal travel agencies are operating in Bali.

This matter was revealed when the Organization of Bali Tourist Transport (Pawiba) and the Organization of Land Transportation (Organda) of Bali made an audience with Director of Bali Police Traffic Affairs, Benone Jesaja Louhenapessy.

Responding to the problem, the Director of Traffic Affairs accompanied by the Subdivision Head of Traffic Education and Engineering, Nyoman Sukasena, admitted to be apprehensive with the issue because Bali continued to be flooded by vehicles from outside Bali. In addition, they paid taxes outside Bali, but the operation was in Bali. Even, many local companies operated the vehicles from outside Bali.

To follow up on the complaint, Directorate of Bali Police Traffic Affairs then cooperated with the Organda Bali to monitor the vehicles from outside Bali at Gilimanuk and Padangbai, Karangasem. When found still operating more than three months, they would be forcibly removed. “The Gubernatorial Regulation has set it forth. If the vehicles from outside Bali operate over three months, their registration name should be changed,” said Sukasena.

Sukasena added the audience was intended to introduce the new board of the Organda Bali, led by Chairman of the Organda, Ketut Edy Darma Putra. On that occasion, Edy Darma with the members also complained about the operation of many illegal travel agencies on this island.

Related to that issue, Benone asked the data on the illegal travel agencies. Later on, it would be held a raid by joint team of the Directorate of Bali Police Traffic Affairs and the Organda Bali to discipline those illegal travel agencies.

“We ask the Organda Bali to prepare the data first in order the target will be clear when the raid is carried out. If they are not immediately disciplined, they will proliferate and kindle unfair competition,” said Sukasena. (rah)

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After trader relocation, Galiran Terminal abandoned Bali Post

AMLAPURA - After relocation of traders from the area of Galiran Terminal to new building of Galiran Public Market, the condition of terminal is increasingly run-down.

This only terminal in Klungkung is impressed to have been abandoned.

Such condition was highlighted by the House during a site inspection, Tuesday (Mar 4). A legislator of Klungkung House, Komang Gede Ludra, said that after the trader relocation, the condition of Galiran Terminal should be re-arranged.

“At this rate, it gives poor impression.

Normalization of the terminal should be undertaken. Do not let the terminal be abandoned,” he said. His party regretted the demolition of the semi-permanent stalls was not accompanied with re-arrangement. Even, the presence of the terminal should be maximized.

Another legislator, AA Gede Agung, also highlighted the condition of terminal. The current conditions showed that local government seemed to re-arrange and optimize the Galiran Terminal half-heartedly.

Deputy Chairman of the Klungkung House, Putu Tika Winawan, also lamented the terminal condition. Innovation of local government to

utilize the terminal was questionable because the existence of terminal was actually crucial in urban transportation. “The terminal is less empowered. It is indicated by this condition that relevant agencies are lazy to work,” he affirmed. Such field condition showed off the condition of the terminal was unkempt.

After the relocation, the abandoned impression was remarkable. As a result, the vehicle mobility serving the urban and rural transportation was not as busy as ever before. It became a serious challenge for the executive to revive the terminal amidst the swift threat to public transportation.

The Head of the Klungkung Transportation, Communication and Informatics Agency, Nengah Sukasta, when contacted on Tuesday realized the conditions of Galiran Terminal. He said the arrangement had been planned to some parts and pavement at the terminal area, so the condition would be more representative. “Now,

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it is still in the bidding process,” he said.

Regional Secretary of Klungkung, Ketut Janapria, asserted that for the arrangement of Galiran Terminal, the county government had prepared a budget worth IDR 1 billion in the parent regional budget for fiscal year 2014.

The existence of public transportation at Galiran Terminal today could be counted on fingers. Decline in the number of public transport in the terminal was very pronounced whereas the data on public transport for human or freight passengers in the test area of Klungkung County in 2012 indicated there were 359 rural transports, 38 local microbuses, 10 local buses, 60 pickup trucks, 11 light trucks, 125 medium trucks and 112 heavy trucks. Of the 359 rural transports, 250 of which operated in mainland Klungkung, while the rest operated in the subdistrict of Nusa Penida.

Most public transport drivers stopped operating due to be deserted of passengers. It was recognized by a public transport driver at Galiran Terminal, Nengah Yustika. He said his fellow drivers of public transport had shifted into a quarry truck driver. “The income is more promising to meet the needs of families,” he said. (kmb31)

“When the head of household is absent, as we say around here, things start to get out of control,” said Pablo Nieves, a community leader in the poor 23 de Enero district of Caracas. “If he were still with us, it would have never gotten to this.” President Nicolas Maduro, the hand-picked successor of Chavez, organized 10 days of commemorative activities to mark Wednesday’s anniversary of the larger-than-life leader’s death from cancer at age 58.

A civilian-military parade is to be followed by speeches by allied presidents expected to include Evo Morales of Bolivia and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua as well as the debut on state TV of director Oliver Stone’s documentary “My Friend Hugo.” But while comrades may laud the man who transformed Venezuela during a 14-year reign by championing its poor, many don’t agree with Nieves that Chavez could mend its compounding woes.

And many blame mismanagement by Chavez himself. The op-

position did not call any protests for Wednesday in the capital, though Foro Penal, which provides lawyers for detainees, did announce a march in the central industrial city of Valencia.

In a stalemate, the opposition is struggling to broaden its support base against the socialist government that rejects it as “putschist” and has been aided in repressing demonstrations by menacing “collectives” of motorcycle-riding thugs. The protesters blame the “collectives” for some of the 18 deaths the government says the unrest has reaped.

More than 1,000 protesters have been detained and 72 people face charges, including eight members of the SEBIN political police. Maduro’s government, meanwhile, has shown itself unable to halt 56 percent annual inflation and crippling currency controls that have fueled a growing scarcity of consumer basics — from milk to flour to cooking oil.

The central bank’s scarcity index was its highest-ever in January at

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A boy dressed in a Spiderman costume poses for a photo next to a mural of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez painted on a wall of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

28 percent.

This nation with the world’s largest proven oil reserves is becoming, to some, as destitute as Cuba, the socialist ally whose economy it helps prop up with oil

shipments.

Former import-export and oil executives are driving cabs while workers from other collapsed industries struggle to find new lines of work. Hugo Faundes studied

culinary arts after being fired from the state-run oil company, PDVSA, for what he said were political reasons. “Now that I’ve graduated there’s nothing to cook,” the Valencia man said with a dark laugh.

Diplomatic exit? Ukraine players converge on Paris Associated Press Writer

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Local residents chopping wood for a bonfire as Russian soldier guards the gate of an Ukrainian infantry base in Perevalne, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Tensions remained high in the strategic Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea with troops loyal to Moscow firing warning shots to ward off protesting Ukrainian soldiers.

PARIS — Top diplomats from the major players trying to find an end to the crisis in Ukraine are gathering in Paris on Wednesday as tensions simmered over the Russian military takeover of the strategic Crimean Peninsula. The envoys from Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., Britain and France are not necessarily all at the same table, but French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said everyone has been working non-stop for a diplomatic solution over tensions in Ukraine.

“We have a principle of firmness but at the same time of searching for dialogue,” Fabius said as he stood alongside his Ukrainian counterpart, making his first trip abroad in the new post. Russia took over Crimea on Saturday, placing troops around its ferry, military bases and border posts.

“Today the Ukrainian future will be decided,” Andriy Deshchytsia, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said of the meetings in Paris. “We want to keep neighborly relations with the Russian people. We want to settle this peacefully.”

Wednesday’s gathering, originally scheduled to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis, came after Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to step back from the brink of war, but the crisis is far from resolved.

Ukraine is near bankruptcy, and the European Union’s executive arm was supposed to decide Wednesday on a package of support measures to add to the $1 billion energy subsidy package aid promised by the U.S. Russian troops remain. Putin does not recognize the new Ukrainian leadership in Kiev, which in turn accuses Russia of a military invasion in Crimea.

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Pricey NYC eatery falls short on health inspection Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Its $310 tasting menu makes Per Se one of New York City’s most expensive restaurants, but its “C’’ grade from health inspectors puts it near the bottom of the heap when it comes to sanitary violations. Per Se got 42 violation points when it was inspected Feb. 19, city health department records showed. Infractions included failure to hold hot food at 140 degrees and a lack of a hand-washing facility near the food preparation area.

Per Se representatives did not immediately return a call seeking comment, but the restaurant will have a chance to argue its case at a hearing. Until then it must post a sign saying its grade is pending.

The 10-year-old Per Se is the East Coast outlet of Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Yountville, California. Per Se is one of only seven New York City restaurants to earn three Michelin stars, and The New York Times called it the city’s best restaurant in 2011. The chef’s tasting menu for Sunday included Hudson Valley duck foie gras and Nova Scotia lobster a la Bordelaise. There was a $100 surcharge for Wagyu beef.

New York City health officials began issuing letter grades to restaurants in 2011, and about 87 percent of city restaurants have “A’’ grades, a Health Department spokesman said.

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FILE - This April 12, 2011 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows an H9 T cell, blue, infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yellow.

Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug Associated Press Writer

Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV. The experimental drug has only been tested for prevention in monkeys, but it completely protected them from infection in two studies reported at an AIDS conference on Tuesday.

“This is the most exciting innovation in the field of HIV prevention that I’ve heard recently,” said Dr. Robert Grant, an AIDS expert at the Gladstone Institutes, a foundation affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.

“Both groups are showing 100 percent protection” with the drug, Grant said of the two groups of researchers. “If it works and proves to be safe, it would allow for HIV to be prevented with periodic injections, perhaps every three months.”

Until a vaccine is developed, condoms are the best way to prevent infection with the AIDS virus and many other sexually

spread diseases. But not everyone uses them, or does so all the time, so public health officials have pursued other prevention options.

A drug used to treat people with HIV — Gilead Science’s Truvada — also is used to help prevent infection in people who don’t have the virus. A big study in gay men a few years ago found it could cut this risk by up to 90 percent, depending on how faithfully people take the daily pills.

The new research tested something that could make this type of prevention much more practical — a long-acting experimental drug made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC. The studies tested it in

macaques exposed to a humanmonkey version of HIV. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave six monkeys shots of the drug every four weeks; six others got dummy shots. All were exposed to the virus twice a week for 11 weeks.

The monkeys who got the fake treatment were readily infected “but the animals that received the long-acting drug remained protected,” said study leader Gerardo Garcia-Lerma of the CDC. The results mirror what was seen in the CDC’s early research in monkeys on Truvada, the pill that’s available for HIV prevention now.

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FILE - This July 26, 2011 file photo shows a McDonald’s Cheeseburger Happy Meal with the new apple slices option in Pittsburgh. McDonald’s Corp. says it is adding apple slices to every Happy Meal, part of the chain’s larger push to paint itself as a healthy place to eat.

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Hotel occupancy rates down Antara

DENPASAR - The occupancy rates of star rated hotels in Bali averaged 57.76 percent in January down 4.77 percentage points from 62.53 percent in December, 2013.

“Despite the decline, the rate was still profitable. An occupancy rate of more than 50 percent would be enough to cover operating cost and salaries of employees,” Head of the Bali Central Bureau of Sta-

tistics (BPS) Panusunan Siregar said here on Wednesday.

Panusunan said in January the number of foreign visitors to Bali rose 19.89 percent to 279,257 from a year earlier, but down 6.61

percent from December, 2013.

He said the highest occupancy rate in January was recorded by star rated hotels in the regency of Tabanan though declining to 71 percent from 73.13 percent a month earlier The second highest occupancy rate was 63.11 percent recorded by hotels in in the regency of Bandung also declining from 67.65 percent in the previous month , followed by hotels in Gianyar at 53.74 percent

down from 59.23 percent.

In the district of Karangasem the occupancy rates of star rated hotels averaged only 42.89 percent down from 48.86 percent and in the regency of Buleleng the occupancy rates averaged 33.05 percent down from 40.80 percent and in the city of Denpasar it was 44.17 percent down from 44.80 percent.

The districts of Jembrana, Bangli and Klungkung have no star rated hotels.

Based on record at the Bali branch of the Indonesian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (PHRI), Bali has 2,260 star rated hotels and non-star rate hotels with room totaling 56,971 units.

There are also villa houses for rent in rural areas with no official licenses.

Bali is the country’s most visited tourist destination, contributing to the country’s earnings from the tourism sector.

‘Unstable’ Corby tried to kill herself Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - Australian drug mule Schapelle Corby brandished a knife and acted erratically in an encounter with Indonesian authorities after a government minister warned her parole was in peril, an official said Tuesday.

Sunar Agus, a top prison official in Bali, said he visited 36-year-old Corby on Monday evening at her residence on the resort island of Bali.

The visit followed the airing of a TV documentary in Australia on Sunday that featured an interview with Corby’s sister Mercedes, which has angered Indonesian authorities.

“We saw that she wasn’t mentally stable,” said Agus, chief of the Bali Corrections Division which is in charge of overseeing Corby’s parole.

“She seemed scared when I started a dialogue and she tried to kill herself. She was able to grab a knife. But her family was able to stop her,” he told reporters.

Agus said the scene took place after the officials told her the documentary could see her thrown back in jail.

“She said she was stressed from being followed by reporters all the time,” Agus said.

AFP was not able to reach Corby or her relatives for comment.

The television documentary by Channel Seven has raised hackles in Indonesia, where officials have suggested Corby was seeking to profit from her crime via media exposure.

There has been unconfirmed speculation of a lucrative deal with Channel Seven, which the broadcaster has denied.

“There is a big possibility (that Corby’s parole) will be reconsidered,” Indonesian justice minister Amir Syamsuddin was quoted by the daily Kompas as saying on Monday.

Corby’s saga has riveted Australians and generated significant sympathy in her home country.

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 file photo, convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby is escorted by police officers after her appeal hearing at the district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. An official says that Corby attempted to kill herself when he informed her that the government might revoke her parole.

She has been previously diagnosed with depression and psychosis during her time in prison.

Corby was arrested in 2004 at Bali’s main airport with 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana in her surf gear, and subsequently jailed.

She was freed on parole last month.

Syamsuddin said a decision on her parole status was pending a report from Bali justice officials, who confirmed Tuesday that the report had been submitted.

Corby must remain in Indonesia until 2017 as a parole condition. She lives at her sister’s home in the Kuta tourist area.

Agus warned Tuesday against further contact with the media.

“I suggest Corby keep a lower profile,” he said.

In an interview for the documentary, Corby’s sister Mercedes told Channel Seven her sister was “broken” by her time in jail and described having to bathe and hand-feed her.

Syamsuddin was quoted as

saying he suspected the family had gained financially from working with Channel Seven.

Corby has consistently maintained her innocence. Mercedes Corby told Channel Seven the drugs “could have been from Indonesia”, suggesting she had been set up.

Corby was jailed for 20 years but the end of her sentence was brought forward to 2016 for good behaviour and after President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono cut five years off in response to appeals for clemency.

She was paroled early on con-

dition she remains in Indonesia until 2017.

Her early release drew protests from Indonesian lawmakers and an anti-drugs group.

A member of an Indonesian parliament commission that handles legal affairs has responded furiously to the documentary, Tempo news website said.

“The government must be firm. Just revoke her parole,” the commission’s vice chair, Tjatur Sapto Edy, was quoted as saying in parliament.

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Mangrove contaminated by fuel pipeline leakage Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Condition of mangroves along the entrance area to Benoa Harbor is quiet apprehensive. Dozens of mangrove trees have blackened, from the roots to the stem. Their leaves are no longer freshly green, but have changed into yellowish as if they had been dead. Such allblack spectacle is coupled with a distinctive odor of oil. It happens because the water around the almost-dead plant has already been contaminated by yellow oil liquid.

The Head of Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura), Mochtar Irwan Abdullah, justified that dozens of mangrove trees in the area of Benoa Harbor were contaminated by oil waste. According to him, such condition had occurred since January 25, 2014 due to leakage on the fuel pipeline owned by PT Indonesia Power.

The contaminated area reached about 75 hectares. However, the worst contamination causing the yellowing leaves was only about 25 hectares.

“There are some mangrove trees, approximately 25-30 trees, suffered yellowing leaves as a result of oil waste due to leaked pipeline owned

by PT Indonesia Power on January 25, 2014,” he said.

Irwan explained the location of waste contamination was within the

authority of Benoa Harbor master or outside the forest area of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura). Nevertheless, his party continued to monitor, including evaluating the causes of the yellowing leaves of the mangroves.

From the monitoring made, PT Indonesia Power, according to him, had installed oil boom to restrict and blockade in order not to spread to the area of Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park.

“I do want this can be carried out soon so it does not spread to the adjacent area of the Grand Forest Park. Otherwise, it can be hazardous. I observed the efforts to localize the area. Then, the oil spills were entirely sucked through a straw. But, when having a closer look, the roots are black,” he explained.

When asked if the nearly-dead mangroves were also caused by the

toll bridge (JDP) construction project, Irwan declined to comment. According to him, it should be asked to those who established the toll bridge.

Meanwhile, PT Indonesia Power through its Spokesperson, Made Sukarma, did not argue if the contamination in the mangrove forest area around the Benoa Harbor was caused by the leakage of pipeline owned by his company.

“However, the problem is over. We just attended a coordinating meeting with the Denpasar Environment Agency, Bali Forestry Agency, Grand Forest Park, Harbor Authority (Pelindo), Benoa Harbor Master and Mangrove, and we will plant mangrove trees this month. It’s no longer need to be published on media,” he said via short message service. (kmb32)

Buleleng Police hold pre-operation drill 2014

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SINGARAJA - Buleleng Police held a Brata Agung preoperative drill 2014 in the Gde Manik Cultural Hall, Singaraja, Tuesday (Mar 4). The activity posed an effort to harmonize the security ahead of the legislative election in April 2014.

On that occasion, Chief of Buleleng Police, Benny Arjanto, asked all staff to improve their discipline and maintain the security solidarity ahead of the election.

Beny Arjanto said the electoral activities and Nyepi holiday had been anticipated in terms of security matters, including coordinating with local government, religious leaders and communities. Regulation of the Nyepi celebration should be guarded well pursuant to the appeals of the Buleleng Regent and Customary Village Middle Assembly (MMDP) of Buleleng. “We’ve been preparing the security for a long time, in which we have identified the vulnerabilities in the election stage. Similarly, it is also done for the campaign activities of political parties which will be adjacent to the celebration of Nyepi,” he said.

With a shared commitment to maintaining the security, it could be realized in the election stages. “Members of the security deployed for the legislative election and Nyepi will be in different number. They will be in charge in appropriate with the circumstances in the field. However, the safety remains to become a priority of security in Buleleng,” he said after the opening the pre-operation drill 2014. (dgk)

DENPASAR - Positive case of rabies in dogs was discovered again. At this time, the positive case was found at Tembok village in Tejakula subdistrict and at Ularan village in Seririt subdistrict. It was revealed by the Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, Tuesday (Mar 4).

With the persistence of positive cases of rabies in dogs, the public awareness needed to be increased again. Moreover, in January 2014, the rabies claimed one casualty in the region of Umajero village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng. With the positive cases, it meant the rabiesfree Bali program would be postponed.

A rabies-free area could be attained if within two years there was no case of rabies found in humans.

On that account, added Suarjaya, the community participation and cooperation were essential. “The problem is that there are some people rejecting to the rabies

preventive measures such as vaccination and elimination of stray dogs,” said Suarjaya. He continued that rabies treatment should be carried out in the upstream by handling the rabies carrier animals. The measure was by performing vaccination, and elimination if necessary.

Unfortunately, some people were reluctant to vaccinate their pet dogs and let them roam around intentionally. “When their stray dogs will be eliminated, they even rejected it,” said Suarjaya. So, to avoid the elimination, people should take another measure by vaccinating the stray dogs. For this action, the government also needed the help of the community.

Therefore, Suarjaya expected people at least to routinely vaccinate their pets and not to let theirs roam around. By doing so, the spread of rabies virus could be controlled and be prevented from claiming further casualties. “Positive cases of rabies in human usually have a history of being bitten by stray dogs or dogs let be wild,” he said. (san)

NUSA DUA - Blood donor is a routine activity of Santika Siligita Hotel, Nusa Dua. Once in every three months, the hotel cooperates with Indonesian Red Cross carry out blood donor. More than 30 employees of the hotel take part in the donor held on February 26, 2014.

The activity held in the Function Room of the hotel was assisted by 5 health officers from Blood Transfer Unit of Indonesian Red Cross. Before joining the donor, the participant must answer 11 questions in the checklist. Then the participants must be examine to guarantee their safety.

There is great hope that the social activity will help those who needed blood. In addition, blood donor is also very healthy to the participant.

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11 Mar Sabuh Mas 12 Mar Hari Pagerwesi Pura Labang Sindu JiwaUbud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang Jawa tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Gianyar Pura Gaduh Pangiasan Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Denpasar Pura Siwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Sliki Banyuwangi Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Sukawati 15 Mar Purnama Sasih Kesanga Pura Nataran Sasih Pejeng Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung lebah Batur Kintamani 17 Mar Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 22 Mar Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya

Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Singapadu Gianyar Pura Bhujangga Jembrana Pura Dalem pingit Tegalalang Pura Penataran Pande Pandean Mengwi Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran AGung Tulikup Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Tabanan 23 Mar Radite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 26 Mar Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan Kawitan Arya Gelgel Kelungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Legian Kuta Badung Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung Pura Puseh Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Peruncak Badung Pura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Krobokan Badung Pura Kereban Langit Mengwi Badung 28 Mar Melasti Pakiyisan Ke Segara Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga 30 Mar Tilem Kesanga Tawur Agung 31 Mar Hari Raya Nyepi 1 May Buda Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

2 May Bhatara Sri Ida Ratu Geng Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Besakih Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Besakih Merajan Saloding Besakih 6 May Anggara Kasih Juluwangi Pura Thirta Harum Tegal Wangi Bangli Pura Baratan Baturiti Pura Batu Klotok Klungkung

Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Ibu Wanagiri Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Manik Bingin Dukuh Sidemen 7 May Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Pande Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Sangeh Abian Semal Pura Puseh Penegil Dharma Kubu Tambahan Bangli Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Linggih Betara Kayu Selem Penataran Agung Besakih 13 May Purnama Sasih Jiyestha Pura Dwija Warsa Malang Pura Pucak Tinggah Angsri Baturiti Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Jati Luwih Penebel Pura Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Tonja Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem Pura Maospahit Grenceng Denpasar 15 May Sugihan Jawa Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Besakih 16 May Sugihan Bali Dan Kajeng Kliwon 18 May Penyekeban 19 May Penyajaan Galungan 20 May Penampahan Galungan 21 May Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung Jakarta Timur

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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John Travolta apologizes to Idina Menzel for flub Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — John Travolta has apologized to Tony Award winner Idina Menzel for mangling the pronunciation of her name during the Oscars telecast, saying he’d been “beating myself up” over it. On Sunday night’s Academy Awards show, Travolta took the stage and introduced Menzel, but he seemed to say “Adele Dazeem” instead. An estimated 43 million people were watching, and social media has been mocking him relentlessly ever since, especially since he attended rehearsals.

Menzel, who played Maureen Johnson in “Rent” onstage and on screen and Elphaba in “Wicked,” seemed unperturbed by the flub as she sang out “Let It Go,” from the animated film “Frozen.”

Travolta said in a statement released Tuesday: “I’ve been beating myself up all day. Then I thought ... what would Idina Menzel say? She’d say, ‘Let it go, let it go!’ Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy ‘Frozen’ took home two

Oscars Sunday night!”

A Twitter account with the handle @adeladazeem went up immediately after the mistake and has almost 20,000 followers. On Facebook, a Travoltafier Name Generator, which butchers any name typed in, became immensely popular.

Menzel next stars in the new Broadway musical “If/Then,” which reunites the creative forces behind “Next to

Normal” — music by Tom Kitt, story by Brian Yorkey and direction by Michael Greif. Menzel plays a woman who, on the verge of turning 40, moves to New York with the hope of a new life.

Presenter John Travolta speaks during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Conan O’Brien to host MTV Movie Awards Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Conan O’Brien will be serving up buckets of golden popcorn.

O’Brien announced Tuesday on his TBS talk show “Conan” that he’s hosting this year’s MTV Movie Awards. The

annual movie celebration that honors winners with golden popcorn trophies is scheduled for April 13 at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

“After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV’s second most prestigious awards show,” O’Brien joked in a state-

ment. It marks the first time O’Brien has hosted the MTV Movie Awards. He previously hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2006.

Past hosts of the MTV Movie Awards have included Jimmy Fallon, Aziz Ansari, Russell Brand, Rebel Wilson and Sarah Silverman.

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Subak ecotourism to empower farmers

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DENPASAR - The development of ecotourism in areas where “subak” traditional irrigation method is being applied in the island resort of Bali, will positively empower the local farmers, an observer has said.

“Empowering the farmers on the basis of sustainable nature will improve their welfare, manage the wealth of the local economy, and improve the integrity of local ecosystem,” agricultural observer Gede

Sedana stated on Tuesday.

The dean of Dwijendra University’s Faculty of Agriculture noted that ecotourism development is based on natural attraction with regard to support rural and cultural tourism.

According to him, ecotourism includes a number of important aspects concerning sightseeing tour, natural environment, local community involvement, local culture, and sustainability of the environment.

Gede Sedana then explained that subak, the traditional irrigation system in Bali, has various roles and functions to ensure food security, to control flood and erosion, and to maintain biological diversity.

Meanwhile, I Wayan Windia of

Udayana University has noted that the destruction of subak will affect all aspects of life on this paradise island.

“The destruction of subak due to the diversion of land for purposes other than agriculture has been discussed since a long time, but it has never been addressed completely,” Windia pointed out on Saturday.

He noted that if the subak in Bali was destroyed, the culture of Bali that has been passed on from

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generation to generation will also disappear.

“The destruction of subak will destroy all economic sectors in Bali because they are all interrelated,” he added, explaining that economic sectors, particularly tourism, on the island are based on local culture and tradition.

But he pointed out that, in reality, the tourism sector has destroyed the agricultural area and the subak in Bali.

Oscar pizza delivery man gets $1,000 tip Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The pizza delivery man who fed stars at the Oscars received a best tip award for a supporting player: $1,000 in cash handed over by ceremony host Ellen DeGeneres. That included money collected from Alist celebrities who chowed down on the pies during the ceremony Sunday and from DeGeneres herself.

Edgar Martirosyan received the tip during a visit Monday to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” DeGeneres said she passed Pharrell Williams’ oversized hat at the Oscars and collected about $600, then contributed more. The Big Mama’s & Papa’s delivery guy said he had already gotten a reward: serving Julia Roberts, whom he called the woman of his dreams.

DeGeneres received her own Oscars spiff. Her talk show’s producer, Telepictures Productions, Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP says Monday’s episode was the Brad Pitt, left, and Ellen DeGeneres, right, pass out pizza in the audience during the highest-rated in the series’ 11-year Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. history.

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The development of ecotourism in areas where “subak” traditional irrigation method is being applied in the island resort of Bali, will positively empower the local farmers, an observer has said.