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Kimmel leads Oscar celebration of gender equality, artistic diversity LOS ANGELES - Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday led a starstudded tribute to Hollywood’s best in honoring the campaign against sexual misconduct and breakthroughs in racial and ethnic diversity beginning to transform the movie business.

The live telecast, which ran for nearly four hours, built on the socially conscious thrust that has marked Oscar night during the past few years, transforming the 90th edition of the glittering awards show into a conversation about sexual politics and inclusion.

In his opening monologue, Kimmel skewered the class of powerful men who prayed on women with a sight gag focused on a larger-than-life Oscar statue on stage, noting the male sculpture’s anatomically simplified lack of genitalia.

“He is literally a statue of limitations. And that’s the kind of man we need more of in this town,” he said, drawing uproarious laughter from the Dolby Theatre’s audience of film luminaries.

The joke helped break the looming tension from a torrent of sexual misconduct allegations that have roiled the film industry since legions of mostly female victims broke their silence in recent months to shed light on long-cloaked abuses of power and gender bias.

Kimmel also called out Harvey

Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan whose fall from grace helped give rise to the #MeToo social media movement, which galvanized accusers of privileged men in media, politics and other walks of American life, and the Time’s Up campaign for greater equality.

Weinstein, who has denied ever having nonconsensual sex with anyone, was expelled last year from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after dozens of women accused him of a range of sexual misbehavior, including rape.

“There were a lot of great nominees, but Harvey deserved it the most,” Kimmel said of the expulsion.

Kimmel also addressed the widely reported disparity in pay received by actor Mark Wahlberg and actress Michelle Williams for reshooting scenes in the kidnapping drama “All the Money in the World,” but he drew laughs by making Hollywood agents the butt of his joke. Both performers were represented by the same agent, he noted, adding, “if we can’t trust agents, who can we trust?”

That gag, like the tone of the show’s social commentary as a whole, felt more restrained than the pointed, angry jabs about gender bias and sexual peccadilloes that marked much of the Golden Globes telecast in January. (rtr)

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Animated “The Emoji Movie” stunk up the annual Razzie awards on Saturday, tanking below all contenders for worst achievements in film.

‘Emoji Movie’ swoons below Cruise, Gibson at ‘worst in film’ Razzies

LOS ANGELES - Animated “The Emoji Movie” stunk up the annual Razzie awards on Saturday, tanking below all contenders for worst achievements in film, while Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were also roasted for 2017’s most ignoble performances.

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“The Emoji Movie,” Sony Pictures children’s film about talking emoticons, earned four Golden Raspberries, including worst picture, director and screenplay.

In its 38th year, the Razzies serves as a tongue-in-cheek response to the Sunday’s Academy Awards by handing out $4.97 gold spray-painted berry trophies.

Cruise won worst actor for his leading role as a U.S. Army ser-

geant who accidentally unleashes mayhem by disturbing an ancient grave in the much-maligned action reboot “The Mummy.”

Gibson was bestowed the worst supporting actor for his comedic turn in “Daddy’s Home 2” alongside John Lithgow, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.

Tyler Perry, a perennial Razzie punching bag, took home the worst actress raspberry for his popular drag character Madea in “Boo 2:

A Medea Halloween.”

Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger earned the Razzie dishonor for her supporting role in erotic romance “Fifty Shades Darker,” while the big screen adaptation of TV series “Baywatch” won the fan-voted award of “nominee so bad you loved it!”

The Razzies are chosen by more than 1,000 voting members from more than 26 countries, organizers said. (rtr)

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Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office, and Suh Hoon, chief of the South’s National Intelligence Service, talk before boarding an aircraft as they leave for Pyongyang at a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, South Korea March 5, 2018.

South Koreans meet North Korean leader Kim for talks about talks

SEOUL - A South Korean delegation met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk. Both North Korea and the United States have expressed a willingness to talk, but the long-held U.S. position is that the North first give up its nuclear weapons programme.

The North, which has vowed never to give up its nuclear deterrent against what it sees as U.S. hostility, says it will not sit down to talks under preconditions.

Reclusive North Korea, which has made no secret of its pursuit of a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the mainland United States in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, is also concerned about joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, which it sees as preparation for war. South Korean officials have said the drills

will start next month as planned, after being postponed for the Winter Olympics held last month in South Korea.

The 10-member South Korean delegation, led by National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong, was greeted by North Korean officials after landing in Pyongyang, said Kim Eui-kyeom, a spokesman for South Korea’s presidential office.

The North Koreans at the airport included Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peace-

ful Reunification of the Country, and Kim Yong Chol, who heads the United Front Department, the North Korean office responsible for handling inter-Korean affairs. Both visited South Korea last month during the Winter Olympics.

The South Korean delegation was later invited to join Kim Jong Un for dinner, the South Korean spokesman added. The South Korean officials are the most senior officials from the South to meet Kim Jong Un since he took power in late 2011 following the death of

his father, Kim Jong Il. “We will deliver President Moon Jae-in’s wish to bring about denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and permanent peace by extending the goodwill and better inter-Korean relations created by the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics,” Chung said in South Korea before the delegation’s departure.

Chung’s team includes National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon and Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung. The government hopes the visit will create “a positive atmosphere”, Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a regular briefing.

Chung and Suh are due to fly to Washington later in the week

to brief U.S. officials on their discussions in the North. Thawing relations between the Korean neighbours have prompted speculation about direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang after months of tension and exchanges of bellicose insults between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un fuelled fears of war.

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Siyat Sampian procession held at Penataran Sasih Temple

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Chief of Jero Kuta Pejeng customary village, Cokorda Gde Putra Pemayun, said the Siyat Sampian ceremony is an absolute tradition that must always be implemented every piodalan or temple anniversary at Penataran Sasih Temple.

“This tradition should always be implemented every single piodalan at Penataran Sasih Temple every year,” he said.

It is said the tradition is done precisely before the

procession of deities from outside the Jero Kuta Pejeng customary village goes on. He explained the Siyat Sampian ceremony has been prepared from the morning commenced with nampyog where the sutri and sirat dancers show performance around the area of the Penataran Sasih Temple.

After the nampyog procession, it is continued with the mabete-betean activity where they mutually pull. While the procession takes place, Jero Sutri and Juru Sirat holds hands together and then pull each other. They look to be moving forward and backward in such a way that resembles wave motion with the accompaniment of gamelan music.

The entire procession was carried out in the surrounding the area of Penataran Sasih Temple for three times clockwise.

After the procession, Jero Sutri and Juru Sirat relaxed for a

moment. Well not long after, suddenly the Jero Sutri and Juru Sirat shouted hysterically. They were directly praying in front of the shrine of the Ratu Sanghyang.

After saying prayers and being sprinkled with holy water, all the participants looked to fall into trance. They immediately picked up the sampian (ritual paraphernalia) having been prepared in advance in the temple courtyard. The sampian is taken by village apparatuses from the hundreds of dangsil and banten pengambaian in the temple area.

All the participants seemed to attack one another with a number of other Jero Sutri. Similarly, the same thing was also done by Juru Sirat. Surprisingly, none of them felt pain after implementing the tradition. After the event a number of Jeru Sutri and Juru Sirat claimed to be happy after having done devotional works. (kmb35)

Film phenomenon of contemporary style

DENPASAR - Numerous creative ideas are developing in the current millennial era. Other than business ideas, transportation, cuisines, shopping, ticket bookings and rooms, the current era is also marked with the development of short films.

Lately, social media like Instagram publishes many outstanding short films. The short films filled with meaningful message are actually played by general public. They are not artists or actors of television series with high flying hours. The players of such short films are better known as celebgram.

Alit and Ayunda, for example, are the players of short film in

Instagram. They said that short films with duration of 2-3 minutes are made to showcase the diversity of Balinese language dialects throughout Bali. The words barong, lepeh and kola belong to the dialect of Nusa Penida they have played.

Such dialect made their short film viral. Departing from such condition, they made short films with various Balinese dialects. With such diverse themes, they can simultaneously preserve Balinese language and culture.

Alit is not a film actor. Alit basically is a student in one of the Bali’s private university majoring in a design and video studies.

Meanwhile, Ayunda is a student of

nurse department without having a basic skill in acting. But Alit’s offer for a duet was instantly accepted. “Something successful is sometimes unplanned. Suppose this (short film) is made with concept, it will be definitely successful,” he said. After becoming viral in social media, Ayunda also gets endorse and income from various sponsors and so does Alit.

An actress as well as theater player, Heny Shanti, said the current world of film / television series is different from the one in the past.

“In the past, people must have a good basic acting as requirement to play movie / television series.

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A UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE VISITING BALI ON NYEPI DAY AT JIMBARAN BAY BEACH RESORT & SPA

Have you ever trying to visit and stay in Bali on Nyepi day?

Have you?The holy Bali’s Hindu New Year is coming again. Nyepi “Balinese day of silence “ is a day reserved for self-reflection, and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. During the Day of Silence, Bali people are expected to reflect on their actions over the past year. Many Balinese people will take this as an opportunity to rest and think of ways

GIANYAR - Siyat Sampian ceremony returned to be held at Penataran Sasih Temple, Pejeng village, Tampaksiring, on Sunday noon (Mar. 4). This unique procession was held during the ongoing ritual of ‘escorting out’ deities from outside of the local temple. It was performed by a number of devotees including Jero Sutri (female) and Juru Sirat (male).

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handsome or mulatto appearance is enough. In the era of Teguh Karya, the most important is quality,” he said.

This also makes the short films on Instagram scattered. Short films on Instagram can be more viral than movies / television series. She herself felt the changing conditions of the entertainment world.

Heny Shanti who started her career through television film (FTV) in 2007 really feels to have made hard work so as to be able to appear on TV screen. Previously in 2001 she also participated in the film entitled ‘Memedi’ produced by BaliTV. Because she is a theater player who has tested the ability of her

role, she was invited to play in the Memedi film. “Seeing the works of the younger generation of Balinese, she believed that Bali can make quality films. It’s local quality with national flavor,” she said.

However, she considered that Balinese have not dared to make a film. “Actually, we lose in mentality. Actually we have many talents in Bali. Javanese song alone can be a trend for horror films, why Balinese song cannot?” she explained.

According to her, younger generations in Bali have been taught to perform Balinese dance since childhood. This can become an adequate capital to move in the world of entertainment. (kmb42)

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to improve themselves throughout the upcoming year. To ensure that all aspects of the Nyepi rituals are followed, Nyepi policemen patrol the island of Bali. Everyone on Bali must abide by the Nyepi rituals.

Because of this, the Bali airport closes for the day and all visitors stay indoors or leave the island. The Day of Silence is a tradition that dates back to some of the earliest years in Balinese history. Balinese people believe that remaining silent

for a full day after loud celebrations will trick evil spirits into thinking that the island of Bali is inhabited.

According to this idea, the spirits will leave the island alone since their ultimate goal is to torment humans.Bali’s Hindu New Year, or Hari Raya Nyepi, is a unique holiday that allows the Balinese people to celebrate the Saka New Year in accordance to their traditions.

A day before Nyepi called Pengerupukanthe day of Ogoh-Ogoh

carnival (the fantastic monsters or evil spirits or the Butha Kala made of bamboo) Hindus people specially the youth organization will do the carnival, the carnivals themselves are held all over Bali following sunset. Bleganjur the Balinese gamelan music will accompanies the procession.

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Dubai tests autonomous pods in drive for smart city

DUBAI - Dubai has begun testing autonomous pods in a trial run the Gulf’s trade and tourism hub hopes will help its transformation into one of the smartest cities in the world.

Officials from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) displayed two cube-shaped vehicles built by U.S.-based Next Future Transportation company in Italy as they spun around on a main street in Dubai.

Passersby stopped to try out the sixseat vehicles and question the Italian engineers overseeing the test.

RTA officials said they have allocated 1.5 million dirhams ($410,000) for further research and development of the vehicles, which Dubai hopes to use for local transportation under the city’s 2030 Dubai Future Accelerators, which aims to make 25 percent of daily transportation self-driven.

“The goal is to develop these two research vehicles,” Khaled al-Awadhi, director of Automated Collection Systems at the RTA, said.

“These tests are aimed at developing the performance of these vehicles,” he added, without giving details on the cost of the project.

He said several projects were being developed, including self-driving buses and a marine transportation system.

The RTA says the autonomous pods would travel on pre-programmed routes in the first few years, but would eventually become accessible for pick up from home using a mobile telephone application. No date was provided for the start of either service.

RTA officials said they hoped to have a more solid plan for the program by the end of 2018 or early 2019.

The vehicles are powered by electricity and have a top speed of 80 kms (50 miles) per hour.

Dubai last year unveiled plans for a “flying taxi”. (rtr)

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DENPASAR — Bali’s exports to the UAE increased significantly by 4,033 percent in January 2018 when compared to December 2017.

Compared to January 2017, Bali’s exports in January 2018 also rose by 3,794 percent.

Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Adi Nugroho, said the exports to UAE in January 2017 only reached USD 97.331 and in December 2017 reached USD 91.702.

However, in January 2018, the export value to UAE rose significantly to USD 3,790,614.

This export figure placed UAE to the fourth position of Bali’s largest export destination country with 7.12 percent of share. Meanwhile, the highest export destination country remains to the United States with the share of 25.82 percent.

In December 2017, of the 10 major export countries, China, Japan and Singapore are the export destination country recording a decline. Meanwhile, when compared to January 2017, of the 10 export destination countries, only Singapore is decreasing. “The highest increase in month to month happened to the UAE destination reaching 4,033 percent,” he added.

Based on statistical data, the commodity exported to UAE is garment such as non-knitted apparel (28 percent) and footwear (56.93 percent).

Additionally, the wood and processed wood commodities are also exported to UAE reaching 13.31 percent. There are also furniture and home lighting product amounting to 1.82 percent, jewelry / gems (0.01 percent), knitted goods (0.14 percent) and patchwork (0.11 percent). “Non-knitted apparel and footwear are the highest commodities exported to UAE,” he said.

Head of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency, I Putu Astawa, said that many commodities are exported to the UAE such as furniture, jewelry and garment.

The increase in exports to the UAE is estimated to have increased since two months ago.

This export increase is suspected to happen following the visit of King Salman to Bali some time ago. Thus, Bali is better known in Arab and Arab tourists come, especially businessmen. “Maybe the products selling well in Arab are sought here,” he said.

Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, justified the increasing exports to the UAE. “Currently, many Arab countries are exporting handicraft and furniture products,” he said Sunday (4/3).

At first, tourists from the Middle East travel to Bali. They travel as well as shop products from Bali. The product is then shipped to their home country via cargo. This transaction continues. “Subsequent orders and shipping run smoothly and the following order is made via email,” he said.

The products of interest are jewelry and garment. Aside from the UAE, the other countries in the Middle East also like the products of Bali.

All shipments are reported to Kadin.

Commonly a company can dispatch for two or three times a month.

Currently, Kadin is preparing trade relations and cooperation with the chambers of commerce from the UAE countries. According to him, the exports to the country are getting more maximal with exhibitions in the UAE to introduce the wide products from Bali. “We hope there is an exhibition in the countries facilitated by the government. Thus, we can increase our exports to Arab,” he said. (kmb42)

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A flag with a company logo is seen during satellite launch company Arianespace annual news conference in Paris, France, January 9, 2018.

Arianespace is facing increased competition for the launch of commercial satellites with the emergence of rivals like tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, putting it under pressure to provide reliable launches.

It is due to send four broadband satellites into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket on March 6 and a Japanese communications satellite on an Ariane 5 on March 21. (rtr)

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Uncontrollable addiction to devices can trigger behavior changes such as getting irritable when the pleasure is disturbed.

Gadget addiction can trigger psychiatric disorder

DENPASAR — The addiction to gadget such as smart phones and games apparently can trigger people to experience mental disorders.

Although the emerging phenomenon remains to be classified into a light mental disorder, they still have to be aware of the negative impact.

Uncontrollable addiction to devices can trigger behavior changes such as getting irritable when the pleasure is disturbed.

European satellite launches to go ahead after Ariane 5 snafu number of launches in 2018.

An independent investigation found that the cause of the error was that the rocket was fed with incorrect data, Arianespace has said.

Arianespace has drawn up an action plan following the incident that includes a fix for the problem experienced during the Ariane 5 launch. It will also improve other processes related to launches, the European Space Agency said on Friday, without providing details.

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Bali’s exports to UAE increase 4,000 percent

Men stand next to the world’s first autonomous pods which was launched by the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates February, 28, 2018. Picture taken February, 28, 2018.

FRANKFURT - Planned satellite launches using Europe’s heavy lifter Ariane 5 rocket can go ahead this month thanks to steps being taken following a problem with a launch earlier this year, the European Space Agency said on Friday.

On Jan. 26, an Ariane 5 rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites flew off course and deposited them in the wrong orbit, just as European satellite launch company Arianespace gears up for a record

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“Now, we observe many people walking, but their hands are still busy with their mobile phone. When being called, they will not respond. Psychologically, it is called obsessive-compulsive or obsessive over something,” said Deputy Director of Service Affairs of Bangli Mental Hospital, Dewa Gde Basudewa, in Denpasar, on Sunday (Mar. 4).

Basudewa also observed that many teenagers today are addicted to online games. Phenomenon of the addiction to mobile phones and online games is called a contemporary mental disorder.

“I hope the spectrum of psychiatric categories can

be changed so that the contemporary phenomenon can be included in the rules and can be addressed as early as possible,” he added.

All this time, continued Basudewa, the common trigger of mental disorder is depression. A person can be categorized to be having psychiatric disorder when his behavior starts to be out of harmony with the environment. The changes can be observed from the beginning such as from sociable to be non-sociable.

Another characteristic is that he likes to speak to himself. Mental disorders are the cause of high suicide rates.

“The mortality rate due to suicide in Bali is quite high, the peak happened in 2004 with a total of 180 people, while in 2017 can be held at 99 people,” he said.

According to Basudewa, the suicide rate remains high even though showing a declining graphics.

Suicide can be prevented starting from the family environment, namely by not doing psychic violence in child care pattern. For instance, parents should never scold, demean and always demand the child to be the best. Every family member must always open a good communication atmosphere. (kmb42)

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Water usage predicted to be normal on Nyepi

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TABANAN — Nyepi holiday will fall on Saturday (Mar. 17). Related to the preparation for the upcoming Nyepi, Division Head of Customer Relations of the Tabanan Municipality Waterworks (PDAM), I.B. Marjaya Wirata, said the company remains to alert service officers and call center services. Meanwhile, the water consumption is predicted to be normal or there is no significant decline.

Wirata continued, unlike the electricity usage commonly decreasing drastically during Nyepi, the water consumption in the community during the Nyepi day will not decrease significantly.

Based on the data, the water usage in Tabanan averagely reaches 19 cubic meters to 20 cubic meters per family per day. A day before Nyepi it will usually increase but not exceed 21 cubic meters. Meanwhile, during the Nyepi holiday there is a decrease but not exceeding 18 cubic meters per family.

In addressing the problem related to the clean water distribution to the community either due to network damage or other problems during Nyepi, the PDAM keeps alerting the call center services to accommodate any complaints and will be followed up the next day by technical officers. “Although it’s a holiday, our call centers and technical officers remain to be alerted,” he said.

Nyepi feast day 2018 is adjacent to the final payment date of the PDAM namely on the 20th day. According to Wirata although it is adjacent, payment date will not be extended because Nyepi holiday this year does not fall on working day. “If it falls on a weekday, there is usually an extension of payment date, but this year is not on a working day so the payment deadline is not extended,” he explained. (kmb24)

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U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is seen in the Pacific Ocean on May 27, 2017.

U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam on landmark visit

DANANG - A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived on Monday in Vietnam for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, dramatically underscoring the growing strategic ties between the former foes at a time when China’s regional influence is rising.

The water consumption is predicted to be normal or there is no significant decline.

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Denpasar ranked fourth in terms of inflation in Indonesia

DENPASAR — In February 2018, Denpasar City recorded inflation of 0.65 percent.

This inflation happened due to changes in the consumer price index (CPI) of 129.21 compared to January 2018. The inflation rate of the calendar year (CPI of February 2018 compared to December 2017) was recorded at 1.60 percent. The year-on-year inflation rate (CPI of February 2018 compared to February 2017 / yoy) was recorded at 3.10 percent.

Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Adi Nugroho, revealed that from 82 CPI cities, 55 cities are recorded to experience inflation. The highest inflation occurred in Jayapura (Papua) reaching 1.05 percent and the lowest is recorded in Palangkaraya (Central Kalimantan) reaching 0.04 percent. The highest deflation is recorded in Medan (North Sumatra) at 0.96 percent and the lowest in Lubuklinggau (South Sumatera) at 0.02 percent. If sorted from the highest inflation, Denpasar is ranked fourth of 55 cities experiencing inflation.

Unlike Singaraja, its inflation in February 2018 was recorded at 0.25 percent. This IBP/eka inflation rate took Singaraja to the 32nd poFoodstuff group contributing to the highest inflation include spices reaching sition of 55 cities in Indonesia experiencing 13.34 percent. inflation. Meanwhile, the calendrical infla-

tion rate of Singaraja was 1.11 percent and the yoy inflation rate was 1.88 percent.

The inflation is indicated by rising index in six expenditure groups, namely the foodstuff group at 1.75 percent, cigarette and tobacco (0.77 percent), transportation, communication and financial services (0.46 percent), housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel (0.39 percent), the health group (0.30 percent) as well as the education, recreation and sports group (0.03 percent). Meanwhile, the group experiencing a decrease in index / deflation was the clothing group by 0.60 percent.

The recorded commodities contributing to inflation in February 2018 include sand, airfare, non-subsidized fuel, bottled water, cayenne pepper, red peppers, onions, garlic and oranges. Conversely, the recorded commodities experiencing decreased prices or withstanding the inflation rate, among others, are chicken meat, mackerel tuna brine, carrots, green mustard, beans and hand body lotion.

Foodstuff group contributing to the highest inflation include spices reaching 13.34 percent. In details, the CPI of January 2018 reached 164.07 and showed an increase to 185.95 in February 2018. (kmb42)

The grey and imposing silhouette of the USS Carl Vinson could be seen on Monday morning from the cliff tops just outside the central Vietnamese city of Danang, where the 103,000-tonne carrier and two other U.S. ships begin a five-day visit.

The arrival of the Vinson marks the biggest U.S. military presence in Vietnam since 1975 - but it also illus-

trates Hanoi’s complex and evolving relationship with Beijing over the disputed South China Sea. Vietnamese envoys had been working for months to ease the concerns of their giant Chinese neighbour over the visit and the prospect of broader security cooperation between Hanoi and Washington, according to diplomats and others

familiar with the talks.

U.S. carriers frequently ply the South China Sea in a rising pattern of naval deployments, and are now routinely shadowed by Chinese naval vessels, naval officers in the region say.

China’s rapid construction and build-up of the land it holds in the disputed Spratly islands group has alarmed Vietnam and other regional governments as it seeks to enforce its claims to much of the disputed waterway, through which some $3 trillion in trade passes each year.

BEIJING - China unveiled its largest rise in defence spending in three years on Monday, setting an 8.1 percent growth target compared to 2017, fuelling the country’s ambitious military modernisation programme amid rising Chinese security concerns.

The 2018 defence budget will be 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion), according to a report issued at the opening of the country’s annual meeting of parliament.

The defence spending figure is closely watched around the world for clues to China’s strategic intentions as it develops new military capabilities, including stealth fighters, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles.

China will “advance all aspects of military training and war preparedness, and firmly and resolvedly safeguard national sov-

ereignty, security, and development interests”, Premier Li Keqiang said in an address at parliament’s opening session.

“Faced with profound changes in the national security environment” the absolute leadership of the military by the ruling Communist Party must be observed, and the unity between the government and the military and the people and the military must always be “strong as stone”, he said. The 2018 defence spending increase comes as China’s economic growth expanded 6.9 percent last year, the first acceleration in annual growth since 2010.

But China kept its 2018 economic growth target at around 6.5 percent, said Li, the same as in 2017 despite exceeding that year’s target.

Last year, defence spending was set to increase by just 7 percent,

to 1.044 trillion yuan ($164.60 billion) about one-quarter of the proposed U.S. defence spending for the year. In 2016, it grew by 7.6 percent.

“The pace and scale of this build-up is really dramatic. It is extremely alarming for Australia and many other countries in the region,” said Sam Roggeveen, Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University in Canberra.

“There is every indication that China wants to expand what it will call defence capabilities in the South China Sea. I expect eventually we will see warships and aircraft there regularly, if not based there permanently. What is unclear, however, is whether the United States will want to rise to that challenge.” (rtr)

While some Chinese commentators have used the Vinson’s presence to demand an even greater Chinese military build-up in the South China Sea, official reaction from Beijing has been relatively muted since the stop was announced in January.

That announcement came during a two-day visit to Hanoi by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and followed months of backroom military diplomacy between Hanoi and the Pentagon.

Although no U.S. aircraft carrier has been to Vietnam since the end of

the war, other, smaller U.S. warships have made high-level visits as ties improved in recent years.

That includes a 2016 visit by submarine tender USS Frank Cable and guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain to Cam Ranh Bay, a crucial logistics complex during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy band will play a concert in Danang during the Vinson’s visit, and sailors from the carrier are scheduled to spend time at a treatment centre for people who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals during the war. (rtr)

China boosts defence spending amid military modernisation

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Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army at the Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, July 30, 2017.

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BUSINESS Shares falter on trade war fears; euro choppy amid Italian uncertainty

SYDNEY - Asian investors dumped shares and drove to the safety of the yen and gold on Monday amid fears of a global trade war and worries of political uncertainty in Italy, risks that cloud the outlook for world growth. Italian voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, flocking to anti-establishment and far-right parties in record numbers and casting the euro zone’s third-largest economy into a political gridlock that could take months to clear.

The euro traded choppily around $1.2320, easing from a two-week high of $1.2365 as the eurosceptic 5-Star Movement saw its support soar to become the largest single party, according to projections based on early votecounting.

In the United States, President Donald Trump proposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminium, a pledge that met with warnings of retaliation from the rest of the world over the weekend. The spectre of a global trade war hit risk appetite, sending MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.8 percent to the lowest since mid-February.

U.S. stock futures did not inspire much confidence, with S&P E-Minis down 0.6 percent and Dow futures off 0.4 percent. “The messy Italian election result adds a bit to the nervousness to global equity markets at present,” said Shane Oliver, Sydney-based chief economist at AMP. “The Italian election...does run the risk of making Italy’s public finances worse than they already are with no progress in addressing Italy’s long-term competitiveness problems.”

The euro still found support after Germany’s Social Democrat party decisively backed the renewal of an alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, allowing her to form a new government more than five months since the country’s inconclusive election. The single currency also got a lift from some safe-haven flows, as did the Japanese yen.

The dollar fell for a fourth straight session to trade around 105.52 yen, but was slightly above Friday’s low of 105.23, a level not seen since November 2016.

“Nothing’s happened over the weekend to soften concerns about trade wars or retaliatory actions by other countries,” said Ray Attrill, head of forex strategy at National Australia Bank. “There is no rowing back so that gets us to a cautious start.”

Canada and Mexico have threatened retaliation, and the European Union said it would apply 25 percent tariffs on about $3.5 billion of imports from the United States if Trump carried out his threat.

China said on Sunday it did not want a trade war with the United States but will defend its interests, warning that policies based on “mistaken assumptions” will damage bilateral relations. (rtr)

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Mouse Cremation at Bedha Village, How Does the Ceremony Look Like?

Bali Island retains a number of unique things. For instance, Balinese people have a tradition of fighting against mouse pests. Dubbed as the rice granary region of ??Bali, Tabanan district surely has an extensive agricultural land. A number of challenges are often faced by local farmers.

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A pint of beer is served through rows of beer pumps at the Campaign For Real Ale Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court in London August 2, 2011.

Days of tax cuts are finished in UK, think-tank warns

LONDON - The days of tax cuts in Britain are over and the baby-boomer generation should prepare for higher wealth taxes to fund an inevitable surge in healthcare costs, the Resolution Foundation think tank said on Monday. The new research showed spending on education, social security and above all health looks set to rise by 20 billion pounds ($28 billion) a year in today’s money by the end of the next decade and by 60 billion pounds a year by 2040.

Britain has steadily brought down a budget deficit that stood at 10 percent of economic output in 2010 mostly through spending cuts for many government departments. But many of the easier-to-make cuts to spending have already been made, putting pressure on the government to consider raising more revenues through taxes. Finance minister Philip Hammond, who is due to deliver a half-yearly budget statement on March 13, has cut Britain’s budget deficit faster than expected this financial year.

But the Resolution Foundation report showed the government will have its hands tied by rising public spending over the coming years. Most of the increase will be caused by spending on health as Britain’s population ages - a demographic timebomb that means the “age of tax cuts is over”, David Willetts, chair of the Resolution Foundation and a former Conservative government minister, said.

“The time has come when we boomers are going to have reach into our own pockets. The alternative could be an extra 15 (pence) on the basic rate of tax, paid largely by our kids.”

HOME OWNERSHIP PLUMMETS AMONG THE YOUNG Baby-boomers are considered to be people who were born before the mid1960s. Underlining why baby-boomers will need to shoulder more of the tax burden, the Resolution Foundation said millennials - born between 1981 and 2000 - spend more of their income on housing costs than any generation since the late 19th century.

But home ownership in Britain has plummeted over the last 20 years among young adults, who have had to pay more towards pensions while bearing the brunt of weak wage growth since the financial crisis. As a result, wealth has become increasingly skewed towards older people.

“For many years, higher wealth taxation has been off the political agenda,” Willetts said. “But unless we act, at some point we will face a choice between changing our approach to taxation, or cutting access to the NHS and letting social care get into an even deeper crisis. We can’t delay that debate any longer.”

Willetts added that politically difficult reforms on wealth, inheritance and local council taxes would be needed.

Tax as a share of economic output in Britain rose to 33.2 percent in 2016, the highest level since 2011, according to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Still, this stands slightly below the average of OECD countries of 34.3 percent.

Britain ranks above the OECD average in terms of revenue collected from income and property taxes, but is below average when it comes to social security and corporation tax. (rtr)

For instance, mouse attack threatens the yields of agricultural production. To overcome such pest attack, some villages in Tabanan district still uses traditional method of mass hunting. Not only that, the ceremony of mereteka merana or mouse cremation is still done especially by subak members in the area of Bedha customary village, Tabanan. This ceremony is still closely related to the safety and fertility of plants, especially paddy.

The mouse cremation has been frequently done at Bedha customary village and has been regarded as local custom. Moreover, this ceremony is held in the holy place namely Penataran Bale Agung, Puseh Temple of Bedha. Moreover, after the ceremony it has proved to provide real evidence for the life of farmers. “Until now, the tradition of mouse cremation in Bedha remains to exist, but it’s only done if there is an uncontrolled mouse pest attacks in paddy fields,” said chief of Bedha customary village, I Nyoman Surata.

The ceremony, said Surata, aims to purify the soul of pests so

as to return to its origin and does not re-incarnate to the earth as a pest that damage all types of plants on earth, especially paddy plants.

“Thus, it is unlike cremation on Pitra Yadnya but when there is an uncontrolled pest attack, so farm-

ers always face harvest failure.

The mouse also called as Jero Ketut is cremated like in ngaben ceremony. After being cremated, the mice collected from mass hunting (through fumigation) in the fields are floated to the sea,”

he explained.

He added that at Bedha village such ceremonies are often organized when mice and other pests have caused an extraordinary disturbance and cannot be controlled.

This last mouse cremation cer-

emony was held in 2009 involving subak groups in Tabanan district under the coordination of Sedahan Agung of Tabanan. Interestingly, after the mouse cremation, the plants have never been attacked by pests until now. (kmb)

Tumpek Krulut: Celebration of Gamelan to Invoke Divine Vibration

Hindu community in Bali has a special way to honor the gamelan musical instrument. It is carried out by holding otonan ceremony on the Tumpek Krulut falling on Saniscara

(Saturday) Kliwon Krulut (22/10).

It is conducted every six months or 210 days. People who have gamelan, the artists and gamelan art troupes are required to implement

this ceremony.

Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiarta, Rector of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, said that providing ritual for gamelan instrument was mentioned in the Prakempa palm-leaf manuscript on Balinese gamelan. It was mentioned there were four good ways to play Balinese gamelan namely the logic or philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and techniques to play gamelan.

In the ethics was then mentioned about the otonan for gamelan. To make the gamelan instrument well maintained psychically, it could be done with ritual on Tumpek Krulut. If people would like to learn gamelan, they should perform the ceremony on Tumpek Krulut. “Tradition of holding ritual for gamelan on Tumpek Krulut is indeed a new tradition because we just realized

it,” he said.

In the manuscript was mentioned that gamelan ritual was dedicated to God in his manifestation as the god of the arts. After the ceremony, it was expected that all gamelan musicians could play together. “It is based on the belief that after saying prayers people play gamelan together. In essence, it is building a sense of togetherness,” he said.

According to Dr. Arya Sugiarta, the tradition of providing ritual for gamelan began around the 1990s when the Dance Academy of Indonesia (former name of the ISI) learned about the Prakempa manuscript well. “Through our faculty and students, we try to disseminate the information, so that it has now become a tradition,” he added.

The manuscript also mentioned that people were not allowed to

overstep the gamelan as an effort to take care of the gamelan well. In addition to offering some oblations, it should also be followed with good behavior. Essentially, it was the way how to respect to Balinese gamelan accordingly. “If it has been respected and cared for, it will automatically generate the taksu or divine vibration,” he added.

Prakempa manuscript, said Dr. Arya Sugiarta, mentioned the ethics in playing the gamelan such as related to people’s posture.

Gamelan should not be overstepped because the respected goods might not be overstepped. For example, Balinese drums might not be overstepped, but played on thighs in cross-legged position. “Having been respected in such a way, the taksu would appear by itself,” he said. (kmb)

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Italy faces political gridlock as 5-Star surges in election

ROME - Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in Sunday’s election, spurning traditional parties and flocking to antiestablishment and far-right groups in record numbers.

With half the ballot counted, it looked almost certain that none of Italy’s three main factions would be able to rule alone and there was little prospect of a return to mainstream government, giving the European Union a new headache to handle.

Scenarios now include the creation of a more eurosceptic coalition, which would likely challenge EU budget restrictions and be little interested in further European integration, or swift new elections to try to break the deadlock.

A rightist alliance including former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (Go Italy!) emerged with the biggest bloc of votes, ahead of the anti-system 5-Star Movement, which saw its support soar to become Italy’s largest single party.

Despite overseeing a modest economic recovery, the ruling centre-left coalition came a distant third, hit by widespread anger over persistent poverty, high unemployment and an influx of more than 600,000 migrants over the past four years.

The full result is not due until much later on Monday.

A prolonged political stalemate could make heavily indebted Italy the focus of market concern in Europe, now that the threat of German instability has receded

after the revival on Sunday of a grand coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The euro dipped in Asia early on Monday and remained prone to volatility as investors awaited final results.

“Italy is far from having sorted its long-standing problems, and now it will have new ones. Be prepared for long and complex negotiations that will take months,” said Lorenzo Codogno, a former chief economist at the Italian Treasury.

Berlusconi’s centre-right alliance was seen taking around 37 percent of the vote and in a bitter personal defeat for the billionaire media magnate, his Forza Italia party was overtaken by its ally, the far-right, anti-immigrant League.

“My first words: THANK YOU,” League leader Matteo Salvini tweeted. His party, which campaigned on a fiercely anti-migrant ticket, looked set to win more than 17 percent of the vote against just 4 percent at the last national election in 2013.

But the biggest winner on Sunday was the 5-Star Movement, which was predicted to have won a third of all votes cast, up from 25 percent last time around, putting it in the driving seat in any future coalition talks.

“Nobody will be able to govern without the 5-Star Movement,” said senior party member Riccardo Fraccaro. “We will assume the responsibility to build this government, but in a different way, talking with all the parties about what this country needs.”

The ruling centre-left bloc was seen on around 22 percent. (rtr)

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Northern League party leader Matteo Salvini poses at the end of a news conference, the day after Italy’s parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy March 5, 2018.

South Koreans...

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North Korea has not carried out any weapons tests since late November, when it tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.

Inter-Korean talks began after Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s address that he wanted to engage the South. North Korea later sent

athletes to the Olympics, as well as a high-ranking delegation that included Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong.

Impoverished North Korea and the rich, democratic South are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. The North regularly threatens to destroy the South and its main ally, the United States, which stations 28,500 troops in the South, a legacy of the Korean War.

“Neither sanctions nor provocations nor threats can ever undermine our position of a nuclear weapons state,” the North’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper said recently.

“Hoping that the DPRK would abandon its nuclear programmes is as foolish an act as trying to wish seas to get dried up,” it said, referring to itself by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (rtr)

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Jokowi looking for running mate

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Cardinal George Pell arrives at the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia March 5, 2018.

Vatican treasurer faces Australian court for hearing on sex offence charges

MELBOURNE - Lawyers for Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell asked an Australian court on Monday to allow a support person to sit with him through a four-week pre-trial hearing into charges of historical sexual offences because of his age and ill health.

Pell, 76, a top adviser to Pope Francis, did not speak as he was escorted by police through a group of media and protesters into Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for the start of the hearing.

Pell was summoned by Australian police last year and is the most senior Catholic official to face such charges. Details have not been made public.

His lawyers have said at past administrative hearings that he will plead not guilty to all charges. He is not required to enter a formal plea until a magistrate determines if prosecutors have enough evidence for a case to be committed to a full trial.

The court was open to the public for less than half an hour for legal arguments after it began.

It was later closed while Pell’s accusers were questioned via video link from a remote facility, which is normal under Australian rules for cases involving sexual offences.

The hearing was expected to remain closed for up to two weeks.

Prosecutor Mark Gibson asked the court to allow Pell’s accusers to have an assistant and a support dog next to them for comfort. Both requests were granted.

Coop, a black Labrador, is used by courts in Victoria state, of which Melbourne is the capital, to ease the trauma for people testifying in sexual assault and family violence cases.

Pell’s lawyer, Robert Richter, initially questioned the defence request for Pell’s accusers to have a support dog with them while testifying.

“I always thought that dogs were for children and very old people,” Richter said.

Magistrate Belinda Wallington replied: “No, they’re also there for vulnerable and traumatised people.”

Richter also said it would only be fair to also allow his client to have a support person with him due to his “age and medical condition”, which Wallington said she would allow.

Richter did not say what type of assistant would accompany Pell and no other details were available.

Pell is on a leave of absence from his Vatican role as Pope Francis’ economy minister, which he started in 2014. The pontiff has said he will not comment on the case until it is over. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been certain to seek reelection next year. He recently accepted the nomination by his Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP) at a party national working meeting in Bali to run again in the presidential election scheduled in April.

He has revealed his confidence on being able to win the election again.

PDIP is the country`s biggest party, with 18.95 percent votes collected in the 2014 general election. Following his decision, efforts are now being made to find a person fit to be his running mate. Many believe that his recent meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla, over a lunch recently, was aimed at discussing the possibility for the vice president to be his running mate again in the election in 2019.

Kalla, who is a strong figure, however, has signaled that he would not run for vice president in 2019, citing an article in the constitution that only allows a person to be in the post of president or vice president twice.

Kalla has twice been in the post of vice president, although it was not consecutively, with the first one from 2004 to 2009, with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the president.

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo stated that the law was still arguable as it does not clearly state if it applies to one who holds the same post twice consecutively Golkar Party, where Kalla comes from, has to think hard to find a candidate to make the party remain in power if Kalla would not run.

Kalla has stated two factors needed for a person to be able to become Jokowi`s running mate. Firstly, the person must have experience in the government, so that he can help the president in carrying out his duties. Secondly, he must be able to help boost vote collection for Jokowi for the election. Some Golkar party officials have suggested grooming current General Chairman Airlangga Hartarto to be Jokowi’s running mate.

PDIP`s Deputy Secretary General Eriko Sotarduga revealed that there are three criteria to determine a candidate as Jokowi`s running mate. “The person concerned must have a chemistry to work with Jokowi, must be able to boost his electability, and must represent the Unitary State of Indonesia,” he explained.

He added that the three criteria had been discussed formally, as well as informally, by participants of the party`s national working meeting concluded on Sunday (Feb 25). He stated that the party`s general chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jokowi would determine who would finally be fit for the position.

In addition, he remarked that the decision had to be made after consultations with other parties that support Jokowi.

Sotarduga asserted that PDIP would not only rely on survey results but also on the three criteria.

There are still a lot of things to be considered before the party could finally make the decision, but there is still time for it, he revealed. The presidential election is scheduled to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on April 17, 2019. Registration of presidential and vice presidential candidates, meanwhile, is scheduled to be held in August this year.

Several parties that have supported Jokowi`s government have also proposed names for Jokowi`s running mate, such as Wiranto, who is former general chairman of Hanura; Muhaimin Iskandar, the general chairman of National Awakening Party (PKB); and Romahurmuzzy, the general chairman of United Development Party (PPP).

Other figures that have also emerged include former defense forces commander General Gatot Nurmantyo; Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who is the son of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; and former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. Jokowi seems to be still a strong candidate for the president of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. (ant)

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Evidence of preserved tigers burned for destruction at the Office of Natural Resources Conservation in Palembang, Indonesia, February 7, 2018.

Endangered Sumatran tiger falls victim to brutal killing spree

JAKARTA - A critically endangered Sumatran tiger was brutally killed in Indonesia on Sunday, the latest victim of a killing spree targeting near-extinct species that has alarmed conservationists.

Authorities have in recent months found a number of killed animals, including endangered Borneo orangutans, after conflicts with farmers or plantation workers.

Activists said the tiger had been roaming Mandailing Natal village in North Sumatra for over a month and had injured one person, prompting residents to call on rangers to kill it.

“We explained to the villagers that the tiger is an endangered animal...but they didn’t like our way of handling this situation,” said Hotmauli Sianturi, of the

Natural Resources Conservation Agency, adding a trap had been used to try to capture the cat.

“We regret that they killed the tiger. We will prove that its body parts are being traded,” she added.

An investigation showed it had several parts missing, including its canine teeth, claws, and skin off its face and tail. These body parts can be used in traditional medicines or sold as artefacts.

A representative of the village community was not immediately available for comment.

There are only around 400 Sumatran tigers left in the world, meaning it is on the brink of extinction, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Police on Borneo island arrested at least two people in two separate incidents this year in which an orangutan had been decapitated and another had been shot more than 130 times with an air rifle. (rtr)

25 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

RIAU - The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 25 hotspots indicating wildfires across Sumatra Island on Monday morning.

Of the 25 hotspots, 10 were found in Bengklu Province, seven in Riau Province, six in Riau Islands Province, and one hotspot each in the provinces of Jambi and South Sumatra, Sukisno, head of the Pekanbaru meteorology station, noted here, Monday.

In Riau, two hotspots were detected in the Meranti Islands District, and one each in the districts of Indragiri Hulu, Rokan Hulu, Pelalawan, and Kampar as well as in Dumai City.

The number of hotspots in Riau Province since early 2018 has increased significantly owing to which the Riau administration has declared a forest fire emergency status from February 19 to May 31, 2018.

Since January 14, 2018, fires gutted a total of 849.5 hectares of land.

The gutted forest and plantation areas were found in Meranti Islands District, reaching 218 hectares (ha); Siak, 130 ha; Indragiri Hulu, 121.5 ha; Bengkalis, 117 ha; Dumai, 109.25 ha; Pelalawan, 56 ha; Pekanbaru, 31 ha; Rokan Hilir, 26 ha; Indragiri Hilir, 24 ha; Kampar, 15.25 ha; and Rokan Hulu, 1 ha. (ant)

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Italian Fognini wins Brazil Open title

SAO PAULO - Fabio Fognini fought back from a poor start to beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry 1-6 6-1 6-4 and win the Brazil Open title on Sunday.

The Italian struggled with Jarry’s big serve early in the match and the 22-year-old Chilean, playing in his first ATP final, looked intent on claiming his first tour crown as he stormed through the first set in 21 minutes.

But Fognini adjusted his game and romped through the second set before overpowering a tired-looking opponent to take the title, the sixth of his career.

“He started very well and I had to wait a bit for his serve to calm down,” Fognini said. “I’ve always played well in Sao Paulo and never been able to win so I’m very happy.” (rtr)

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Marcel Hirscher of Austria celebrates with his father Ferdinand Hirscher and fans after the prize giving ceremony.

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The temple was constructed in such a way that it faces the same direction as Mount Agung. This is a key aspect since the mountain is considered to be a sacred mountain in Bali. The temple follows the basic layout of temples in Bali, and is aptly divided into various courtyards. The courtyards lead to the temple’s inner rooms through gateways.

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Hirscher clinches seventh World Cup title

KRANJSKA GORA - Double Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher lifted his seventh consecutive overall Alpine skiing World Cup crown when he completed a clean sweep of the events at Kranjska Gora with victory in the slalom on Sunday.

The Austrian ace, who won Olympic gold medals in the giant slalom and combined events at the Pyeongchang Winter Games last month, took the overall and slalom titles after clinching a fifth giant slalom crystal globe on Saturday.

With 17 crystal globes to his name, the irrepressible Hirscher is two behind Swedish great Ingemar

Stenmark’s tally.

Hirscher clocked one minute 49.22 seconds over the two runs in Sunday’s race, 1.22 seconds faster than Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, with Swiss Ramon Zenhaeusern 1.61 behind in third.

Hirscher tops the slalom standings with 874 points, Kristoffersen has 710 and Swede Andre Myhrer,

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Fabio Fognini of Italy celebrates after winning his final match against Nicolas Jarry of Chile.

Farah wins inaugural Big Half LONDON - Britain’s top long distance runner Mo Farah won the inaugural Big Half 13.1-mile half-marathon on Sunday in his build-up to next month’s London Marathon.

Farah won a sprint to the finish line in the London district

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24th in Sunday’s race, is third with 460. The Austrian has 1,494 points in the overall standings and cannot be caught by Kristoffersen, who has 1,205 with two events left at Kvitfjell in Norway next weekend.

Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal is a distant third on 716 after not participating at Kranjska Gora. (rtr)

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Britain’s Mo Farah wins the half marathon elite men’s race

of Greenwich, ahead of Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, winner of last year’s London marathon, with Scot Callum Hawkins in third.

The 34-year-old Farah has been training in Ethiopia and arrived in London on Thursday. He managed to adjust to a huge drop in temperature for Sunday’s race, his first for six months.

“It wasn’t too bad, I was comfortable,” Farah told BBC radio, but added with a laugh “I have

to do double the distance (in six weeks’ time).”

Farah has turned to marathon racing after a glorious career on the track winning gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

He is targetting the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, training with Gary Lough, husband of former women’s great long distance runner Paula Radcliffe. (rtr)

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AFC Cup matches in Iraq postponed until after FIFA Council meets

Fiorentina’s Davide Astori reacts. Picture taken February 9, 2018

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Two AFC Cup matches involving Iraqi clubs have been postponed until April in the hope that FIFA will lift a ban on the country hosting competitive international games, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Monday.

Al Zawraa were scheduled to host Bahraini side Manama Club on Tuesday, while Air Force Club’s home game against Malkiya of Bahrain was to be held a week later.

The AFC and the participating clubs had given their consent to stage fixtures in Iraq but FIFA are yet to allow the country to host competitive club fixtures of Asian tournaments.

“FIFA have emphasised that the lifting of the ban on playing matches in Iraq applies only for

MILAN - Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori died of a sudden illness at the age of 31 on Sunday, leaving Italian football in a state of shock. Serie A postponed all of Sunday’s matches, including the derby between AC Milan and Inter Milan, as Italian and European clubs and dozens of players sent messages of condolence and expressed their disbelief.

“Fiorentina is deeply upset to have to announce that its captain Davide Astori has passed away, victim of a sudden illness,” said Fiorentina in a statement.

“Due to the terrible and delicate situation, and above all for the respect of his family, an appeal is made to everyone’s sensitivity.”

Defender Astori, in his 10th Serie A season, was found dead in his hotel room in Udine, where Fiorentina had been due to face Udinese at the Dacia Arena later on Sunday. The Fiorentina staff became worried when Astori, who was married with a daughter, did not join his team mates for breakfast at around 9.30 a.m. local time, club spokesman Arturo Mastronardi told reporters outside the hotel.

Astori, who made 289 top-flight appearances, joined Fiorentina on loan in August 2015 and the club signed him outright one year later. He previously spent six seasons at Cagliari and one on loan at AS Roma.

He was raised at AC Milan but never played for their senior team. He made 14 appearances for Italy between 2012 and 2017 and was in the squad at the Confederations Cup in 2013 where Italy finished third.

Udine state prosecutor Antonio Di Nicolo was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying it was believed “that the player died from a cardiac arrest, the result of natural causes”.

“GOODBYE CAPTAIN”

Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle said Astori

had been due to sign a new contract on Monday that would have kept him at the Florence-based club for the rest of his playing career. “Davide was a true captain, a great person and it was an honour to have him hear for these years,” he told reporters. Former Italy Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was one of the first to pay tribute to the player.

“It seems impossible. I’m in a state of disbelief and I cry with his family and all of Fiorentina. Goodbye captain,” he said on Twitter. AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso said football became meaningless in such circumstances. “I can’t think of the derby after a tragedy like that,” he said on Twitter.

The teams were already on the pitch and warming up for the lunchtime match between Genoa and Cagliari when news broke of Astori’s death.

Fans applauded when Astori’s picture was shown on the stadium screen and left in silence when it was announced that the game would not go ahead. Italian media reported that Cagliari coach Diego Lopez, a former team mate of Astori, needed medical treatment on hearing the news. Veteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon wrote on Instagram: “You were the best expression of an out-of-fashion, old world ruled by values such as generosity, elegance, politeness and respect towards other people. You’ve been one of the best sportspeople I’ve ever met.”

Former AS Roma playmaker Francesco Totti said he was “shocked, incredulous and speechless for this tragedy”.

Cesare Prandelli, Astori’s coach in most of his Italy games, said he was “deeply upset, I feel a great emptiness inside”.

Giovanni Malago, the head of the Italian Olympic Committee and acting head of Serie A, said it was his duty to call off Sunday’s matches, which he did at the request of the clubs.

“I have spoken to more than one doctor and I don’t want to get involved in speculation,” he said. “I believe that no doctor in the world can ever tell you that there is a foolproof remedy when it comes to the risk of sudden death.” (rtr)

Tottenham Hotspur have nothing to fear ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League game against Juventus and possess plenty of firepower to progress to the quarter-finals, midfielder Son Heung-min said.

Tottenham clawed their way back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw with the Italian champions in Turin in the first leg of the last-16 tie.

“We play at home but we are not scared,” Son said. “We need to play our game, be confident and play forward like we play at Wembley.

That’s the most important thing.

“We are hungry. We are not finished... it’s a Champions League

Marseille grab last-gasp equaliser to draw with Nantes

international friendly matches and that the AFC Cup matches are not friendly games and therefore cannot be staged in Iraq without a change in the current ruling by the FIFA Council,” the AFC said in a statement.

“As the next FIFA Council is to be held on March 15-16, 2018, the AFC, in order to provide the Iraqi clubs with an opportunity to play the matches on home soil and in accordance with the AFC Cup Regulations 2018 (Article7.3) have decided to postpone the affected matches until April 16 and 17, 2018.”

The AFC said it would decide venues for the two matches after the FIFA Council considers the issue in their next meeting. (rtr)

Fiorentina captain Astori Hungry Tottenham ready dies suddenly aged 31 for Juventus, says Son

game against a difficult opponent...

I hope it’s a great atmosphere and I think we have a great opportunity,” the South Korean added.

Son scored twice as Spurs outclassed Huddersfield Town 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 17 games.

Tottenham, who are preparing to move to a new stadium next season, have taken time to settle in at their temporary home but are favourites to reach the last eight.

“You can see how well Tottenham play. We deserve to play in the Champions League to the quarter-final or even more. We are good enough,” Son said. (rtr)

REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

ottenham’s Son Heung-min scores their second goal

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Marseille’s Florian Thauvin looks dejected

Guardiola says he could not have imagined City title runaway

MANCHESTER - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he never imagined his team would run away with the Premier League title as they are doing this season. City are 18 points clear of second-placed Liverpool after beating Chelsea 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday and need just four wins from their final nine games to be sure of the title.

Asked whether he felt such a season of dominance could be possible, Guardiola said: “Before?

No way. No way, no. Who could believe it? I think if you ask the players, the players (couldn’t believe it) neither,” he said.

“In terms of not just the results but the way we played, today was another demonstration. We showed the same desire as at Stamford Bridge. That is what pleases me the most. “To have the distance, 25 to Chelsea, 33 to Arsenal. Tottenham, Liverpool and United, they have had good results and kept a good pace. We are so far so good... I think it is a consequence of the way we play. The way we play today is a bit similar to what we have done (this season),” he said.

With nine games remaining, City who are on 78 points, have a chance to become the first team to break the 100-points barrier in the history of the English top flight. Guardiola said, though, that his focus was not on records but on securing silverware.

“We are not going to play for the records. Records are always a consequence of what you have done but they are not the main thing. “What really matters is to be champions. I never spoke with the players about the records. Next week at Stoke we are going to try and play like we play all season.

After, at the end, we will see,” he said.

Guardiola has had a tense relationship at times with Argentine striker Sergio Aguero but he said the forward was playing the best football since the Spaniard took over at the club last season.

“Since we were together here with Sergio, the last month and a half, two months, is the best Sergio I have seen. He doesn’t lose one ball, he makes a movement in behind, he is the first man to help.

Okay, he didn’t score -- he will score in the future.

It is no problem, he did really well.” (rtr)

PARIS - Olympique Marseille snatched an equaliser five minutes into stoppage-time to draw 1-1 at home to Nantes in Ligue 1 on Sunday and avoid a fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions. Florian Thauvin bundled the ball into the net in a goalmouth melee following a corner after Nantes had taken the lead early in the first half through Leo Dubois, who beat Steve Mandanda with a right-foot shot from Valentin Rongier’s cut-back.

Nantes defender Nicolas Pallois was sent off after a second booking for dissent immediately after the equaliser for protesting that he had been fouled by Marseille’s Luis Gustavo.

Marseille, who enjoyed more possession but squandered a string of chances, notably three by France international Dimitri Payet, remained third in the standings on 56 points from 28 matches. They are four points behind second-placed Monaco and 18 adrift of leaders Paris St Germain, who won 2-0 at Troyes on Saturday.

Fourth-placed Olympique Lyonnais were also held to a 1-1 draw at Montpellier and remained five points behind Marseille in the race for Champions League berths. Lyon have gone six league matches without a win since their 2-1 victory over PSG in January.

On a pitch at La Mosson in a sorry state because of heavy rain that made good football difficult, Isaac Mbenza opened the scoring for Montpellier in the seventh minute and striker Mariano Diaz equalised in the 58th. (rtr)

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AFC Cup matches in Iraq postponed until after FIFA Council meets

Fiorentina’s Davide Astori reacts. Picture taken February 9, 2018

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Two AFC Cup matches involving Iraqi clubs have been postponed until April in the hope that FIFA will lift a ban on the country hosting competitive international games, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Monday.

Al Zawraa were scheduled to host Bahraini side Manama Club on Tuesday, while Air Force Club’s home game against Malkiya of Bahrain was to be held a week later.

The AFC and the participating clubs had given their consent to stage fixtures in Iraq but FIFA are yet to allow the country to host competitive club fixtures of Asian tournaments.

“FIFA have emphasised that the lifting of the ban on playing matches in Iraq applies only for

MILAN - Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori died of a sudden illness at the age of 31 on Sunday, leaving Italian football in a state of shock. Serie A postponed all of Sunday’s matches, including the derby between AC Milan and Inter Milan, as Italian and European clubs and dozens of players sent messages of condolence and expressed their disbelief.

“Fiorentina is deeply upset to have to announce that its captain Davide Astori has passed away, victim of a sudden illness,” said Fiorentina in a statement.

“Due to the terrible and delicate situation, and above all for the respect of his family, an appeal is made to everyone’s sensitivity.”

Defender Astori, in his 10th Serie A season, was found dead in his hotel room in Udine, where Fiorentina had been due to face Udinese at the Dacia Arena later on Sunday. The Fiorentina staff became worried when Astori, who was married with a daughter, did not join his team mates for breakfast at around 9.30 a.m. local time, club spokesman Arturo Mastronardi told reporters outside the hotel.

Astori, who made 289 top-flight appearances, joined Fiorentina on loan in August 2015 and the club signed him outright one year later. He previously spent six seasons at Cagliari and one on loan at AS Roma.

He was raised at AC Milan but never played for their senior team. He made 14 appearances for Italy between 2012 and 2017 and was in the squad at the Confederations Cup in 2013 where Italy finished third.

Udine state prosecutor Antonio Di Nicolo was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying it was believed “that the player died from a cardiac arrest, the result of natural causes”.

“GOODBYE CAPTAIN”

Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle said Astori

had been due to sign a new contract on Monday that would have kept him at the Florence-based club for the rest of his playing career. “Davide was a true captain, a great person and it was an honour to have him hear for these years,” he told reporters. Former Italy Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was one of the first to pay tribute to the player.

“It seems impossible. I’m in a state of disbelief and I cry with his family and all of Fiorentina. Goodbye captain,” he said on Twitter. AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso said football became meaningless in such circumstances. “I can’t think of the derby after a tragedy like that,” he said on Twitter.

The teams were already on the pitch and warming up for the lunchtime match between Genoa and Cagliari when news broke of Astori’s death.

Fans applauded when Astori’s picture was shown on the stadium screen and left in silence when it was announced that the game would not go ahead. Italian media reported that Cagliari coach Diego Lopez, a former team mate of Astori, needed medical treatment on hearing the news. Veteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon wrote on Instagram: “You were the best expression of an out-of-fashion, old world ruled by values such as generosity, elegance, politeness and respect towards other people. You’ve been one of the best sportspeople I’ve ever met.”

Former AS Roma playmaker Francesco Totti said he was “shocked, incredulous and speechless for this tragedy”.

Cesare Prandelli, Astori’s coach in most of his Italy games, said he was “deeply upset, I feel a great emptiness inside”.

Giovanni Malago, the head of the Italian Olympic Committee and acting head of Serie A, said it was his duty to call off Sunday’s matches, which he did at the request of the clubs.

“I have spoken to more than one doctor and I don’t want to get involved in speculation,” he said. “I believe that no doctor in the world can ever tell you that there is a foolproof remedy when it comes to the risk of sudden death.” (rtr)

Tottenham Hotspur have nothing to fear ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League game against Juventus and possess plenty of firepower to progress to the quarter-finals, midfielder Son Heung-min said.

Tottenham clawed their way back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw with the Italian champions in Turin in the first leg of the last-16 tie.

“We play at home but we are not scared,” Son said. “We need to play our game, be confident and play forward like we play at Wembley.

That’s the most important thing.

“We are hungry. We are not finished... it’s a Champions League

Marseille grab last-gasp equaliser to draw with Nantes

international friendly matches and that the AFC Cup matches are not friendly games and therefore cannot be staged in Iraq without a change in the current ruling by the FIFA Council,” the AFC said in a statement.

“As the next FIFA Council is to be held on March 15-16, 2018, the AFC, in order to provide the Iraqi clubs with an opportunity to play the matches on home soil and in accordance with the AFC Cup Regulations 2018 (Article7.3) have decided to postpone the affected matches until April 16 and 17, 2018.”

The AFC said it would decide venues for the two matches after the FIFA Council considers the issue in their next meeting. (rtr)

Fiorentina captain Astori Hungry Tottenham ready dies suddenly aged 31 for Juventus, says Son

game against a difficult opponent...

I hope it’s a great atmosphere and I think we have a great opportunity,” the South Korean added.

Son scored twice as Spurs outclassed Huddersfield Town 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 17 games.

Tottenham, who are preparing to move to a new stadium next season, have taken time to settle in at their temporary home but are favourites to reach the last eight.

“You can see how well Tottenham play. We deserve to play in the Champions League to the quarter-final or even more. We are good enough,” Son said. (rtr)

REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

ottenham’s Son Heung-min scores their second goal

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Marseille’s Florian Thauvin looks dejected

Guardiola says he could not have imagined City title runaway

MANCHESTER - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he never imagined his team would run away with the Premier League title as they are doing this season. City are 18 points clear of second-placed Liverpool after beating Chelsea 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday and need just four wins from their final nine games to be sure of the title.

Asked whether he felt such a season of dominance could be possible, Guardiola said: “Before?

No way. No way, no. Who could believe it? I think if you ask the players, the players (couldn’t believe it) neither,” he said.

“In terms of not just the results but the way we played, today was another demonstration. We showed the same desire as at Stamford Bridge. That is what pleases me the most. “To have the distance, 25 to Chelsea, 33 to Arsenal. Tottenham, Liverpool and United, they have had good results and kept a good pace. We are so far so good... I think it is a consequence of the way we play. The way we play today is a bit similar to what we have done (this season),” he said.

With nine games remaining, City who are on 78 points, have a chance to become the first team to break the 100-points barrier in the history of the English top flight. Guardiola said, though, that his focus was not on records but on securing silverware.

“We are not going to play for the records. Records are always a consequence of what you have done but they are not the main thing. “What really matters is to be champions. I never spoke with the players about the records. Next week at Stoke we are going to try and play like we play all season.

After, at the end, we will see,” he said.

Guardiola has had a tense relationship at times with Argentine striker Sergio Aguero but he said the forward was playing the best football since the Spaniard took over at the club last season.

“Since we were together here with Sergio, the last month and a half, two months, is the best Sergio I have seen. He doesn’t lose one ball, he makes a movement in behind, he is the first man to help.

Okay, he didn’t score -- he will score in the future.

It is no problem, he did really well.” (rtr)

PARIS - Olympique Marseille snatched an equaliser five minutes into stoppage-time to draw 1-1 at home to Nantes in Ligue 1 on Sunday and avoid a fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions. Florian Thauvin bundled the ball into the net in a goalmouth melee following a corner after Nantes had taken the lead early in the first half through Leo Dubois, who beat Steve Mandanda with a right-foot shot from Valentin Rongier’s cut-back.

Nantes defender Nicolas Pallois was sent off after a second booking for dissent immediately after the equaliser for protesting that he had been fouled by Marseille’s Luis Gustavo.

Marseille, who enjoyed more possession but squandered a string of chances, notably three by France international Dimitri Payet, remained third in the standings on 56 points from 28 matches. They are four points behind second-placed Monaco and 18 adrift of leaders Paris St Germain, who won 2-0 at Troyes on Saturday.

Fourth-placed Olympique Lyonnais were also held to a 1-1 draw at Montpellier and remained five points behind Marseille in the race for Champions League berths. Lyon have gone six league matches without a win since their 2-1 victory over PSG in January.

On a pitch at La Mosson in a sorry state because of heavy rain that made good football difficult, Isaac Mbenza opened the scoring for Montpellier in the seventh minute and striker Mariano Diaz equalised in the 58th. (rtr)

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Italian Fognini wins Brazil Open title

SAO PAULO - Fabio Fognini fought back from a poor start to beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry 1-6 6-1 6-4 and win the Brazil Open title on Sunday.

The Italian struggled with Jarry’s big serve early in the match and the 22-year-old Chilean, playing in his first ATP final, looked intent on claiming his first tour crown as he stormed through the first set in 21 minutes.

But Fognini adjusted his game and romped through the second set before overpowering a tired-looking opponent to take the title, the sixth of his career.

“He started very well and I had to wait a bit for his serve to calm down,” Fognini said. “I’ve always played well in Sao Paulo and never been able to win so I’m very happy.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic

Marcel Hirscher of Austria celebrates with his father Ferdinand Hirscher and fans after the prize giving ceremony.

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Hirscher clinches seventh World Cup title

KRANJSKA GORA - Double Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher lifted his seventh consecutive overall Alpine skiing World Cup crown when he completed a clean sweep of the events at Kranjska Gora with victory in the slalom on Sunday.

The Austrian ace, who won Olympic gold medals in the giant slalom and combined events at the Pyeongchang Winter Games last month, took the overall and slalom titles after clinching a fifth giant slalom crystal globe on Saturday.

With 17 crystal globes to his name, the irrepressible Hirscher is two behind Swedish great Ingemar

Stenmark’s tally.

Hirscher clocked one minute 49.22 seconds over the two runs in Sunday’s race, 1.22 seconds faster than Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, with Swiss Ramon Zenhaeusern 1.61 behind in third.

Hirscher tops the slalom standings with 874 points, Kristoffersen has 710 and Swede Andre Myhrer,

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Fabio Fognini of Italy celebrates after winning his final match against Nicolas Jarry of Chile.

Farah wins inaugural Big Half LONDON - Britain’s top long distance runner Mo Farah won the inaugural Big Half 13.1-mile half-marathon on Sunday in his build-up to next month’s London Marathon.

Farah won a sprint to the finish line in the London district

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24th in Sunday’s race, is third with 460. The Austrian has 1,494 points in the overall standings and cannot be caught by Kristoffersen, who has 1,205 with two events left at Kvitfjell in Norway next weekend.

Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal is a distant third on 716 after not participating at Kranjska Gora. (rtr)

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Britain’s Mo Farah wins the half marathon elite men’s race

of Greenwich, ahead of Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, winner of last year’s London marathon, with Scot Callum Hawkins in third.

The 34-year-old Farah has been training in Ethiopia and arrived in London on Thursday. He managed to adjust to a huge drop in temperature for Sunday’s race, his first for six months.

“It wasn’t too bad, I was comfortable,” Farah told BBC radio, but added with a laugh “I have

to do double the distance (in six weeks’ time).”

Farah has turned to marathon racing after a glorious career on the track winning gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

He is targetting the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, training with Gary Lough, husband of former women’s great long distance runner Paula Radcliffe. (rtr)

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Italy faces political gridlock as 5-Star surges in election

ROME - Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in Sunday’s election, spurning traditional parties and flocking to antiestablishment and far-right groups in record numbers.

With half the ballot counted, it looked almost certain that none of Italy’s three main factions would be able to rule alone and there was little prospect of a return to mainstream government, giving the European Union a new headache to handle.

Scenarios now include the creation of a more eurosceptic coalition, which would likely challenge EU budget restrictions and be little interested in further European integration, or swift new elections to try to break the deadlock.

A rightist alliance including former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (Go Italy!) emerged with the biggest bloc of votes, ahead of the anti-system 5-Star Movement, which saw its support soar to become Italy’s largest single party.

Despite overseeing a modest economic recovery, the ruling centre-left coalition came a distant third, hit by widespread anger over persistent poverty, high unemployment and an influx of more than 600,000 migrants over the past four years.

The full result is not due until much later on Monday.

A prolonged political stalemate could make heavily indebted Italy the focus of market concern in Europe, now that the threat of German instability has receded

after the revival on Sunday of a grand coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The euro dipped in Asia early on Monday and remained prone to volatility as investors awaited final results.

“Italy is far from having sorted its long-standing problems, and now it will have new ones. Be prepared for long and complex negotiations that will take months,” said Lorenzo Codogno, a former chief economist at the Italian Treasury.

Berlusconi’s centre-right alliance was seen taking around 37 percent of the vote and in a bitter personal defeat for the billionaire media magnate, his Forza Italia party was overtaken by its ally, the far-right, anti-immigrant League.

“My first words: THANK YOU,” League leader Matteo Salvini tweeted. His party, which campaigned on a fiercely anti-migrant ticket, looked set to win more than 17 percent of the vote against just 4 percent at the last national election in 2013.

But the biggest winner on Sunday was the 5-Star Movement, which was predicted to have won a third of all votes cast, up from 25 percent last time around, putting it in the driving seat in any future coalition talks.

“Nobody will be able to govern without the 5-Star Movement,” said senior party member Riccardo Fraccaro. “We will assume the responsibility to build this government, but in a different way, talking with all the parties about what this country needs.”

The ruling centre-left bloc was seen on around 22 percent. (rtr)

REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

Northern League party leader Matteo Salvini poses at the end of a news conference, the day after Italy’s parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy March 5, 2018.

South Koreans...

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North Korea has not carried out any weapons tests since late November, when it tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.

Inter-Korean talks began after Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s address that he wanted to engage the South. North Korea later sent

athletes to the Olympics, as well as a high-ranking delegation that included Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong.

Impoverished North Korea and the rich, democratic South are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. The North regularly threatens to destroy the South and its main ally, the United States, which stations 28,500 troops in the South, a legacy of the Korean War.

“Neither sanctions nor provocations nor threats can ever undermine our position of a nuclear weapons state,” the North’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper said recently.

“Hoping that the DPRK would abandon its nuclear programmes is as foolish an act as trying to wish seas to get dried up,” it said, referring to itself by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (rtr)

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Cardinal George Pell arrives at the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia March 5, 2018.

Vatican treasurer faces Australian court for hearing on sex offence charges

MELBOURNE - Lawyers for Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell asked an Australian court on Monday to allow a support person to sit with him through a four-week pre-trial hearing into charges of historical sexual offences because of his age and ill health.

Pell, 76, a top adviser to Pope Francis, did not speak as he was escorted by police through a group of media and protesters into Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for the start of the hearing.

Pell was summoned by Australian police last year and is the most senior Catholic official to face such charges. Details have not been made public.

His lawyers have said at past administrative hearings that he will plead not guilty to all charges. He is not required to enter a formal plea until a magistrate determines if prosecutors have enough evidence for a case to be committed to a full trial.

The court was open to the public for less than half an hour for legal arguments after it began.

It was later closed while Pell’s accusers were questioned via video link from a remote facility, which is normal under Australian rules for cases involving sexual offences.

The hearing was expected to remain closed for up to two weeks.

Prosecutor Mark Gibson asked the court to allow Pell’s accusers to have an assistant and a support dog next to them for comfort. Both requests were granted.

Coop, a black Labrador, is used by courts in Victoria state, of which Melbourne is the capital, to ease the trauma for people testifying in sexual assault and family violence cases.

Pell’s lawyer, Robert Richter, initially questioned the defence request for Pell’s accusers to have a support dog with them while testifying.

“I always thought that dogs were for children and very old people,” Richter said.

Magistrate Belinda Wallington replied: “No, they’re also there for vulnerable and traumatised people.”

Richter also said it would only be fair to also allow his client to have a support person with him due to his “age and medical condition”, which Wallington said she would allow.

Richter did not say what type of assistant would accompany Pell and no other details were available.

Pell is on a leave of absence from his Vatican role as Pope Francis’ economy minister, which he started in 2014. The pontiff has said he will not comment on the case until it is over. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been certain to seek reelection next year. He recently accepted the nomination by his Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP) at a party national working meeting in Bali to run again in the presidential election scheduled in April.

He has revealed his confidence on being able to win the election again.

PDIP is the country`s biggest party, with 18.95 percent votes collected in the 2014 general election. Following his decision, efforts are now being made to find a person fit to be his running mate. Many believe that his recent meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla, over a lunch recently, was aimed at discussing the possibility for the vice president to be his running mate again in the election in 2019.

Kalla, who is a strong figure, however, has signaled that he would not run for vice president in 2019, citing an article in the constitution that only allows a person to be in the post of president or vice president twice.

Kalla has twice been in the post of vice president, although it was not consecutively, with the first one from 2004 to 2009, with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the president.

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo stated that the law was still arguable as it does not clearly state if it applies to one who holds the same post twice consecutively Golkar Party, where Kalla comes from, has to think hard to find a candidate to make the party remain in power if Kalla would not run.

Kalla has stated two factors needed for a person to be able to become Jokowi`s running mate. Firstly, the person must have experience in the government, so that he can help the president in carrying out his duties. Secondly, he must be able to help boost vote collection for Jokowi for the election. Some Golkar party officials have suggested grooming current General Chairman Airlangga Hartarto to be Jokowi’s running mate.

PDIP`s Deputy Secretary General Eriko Sotarduga revealed that there are three criteria to determine a candidate as Jokowi`s running mate. “The person concerned must have a chemistry to work with Jokowi, must be able to boost his electability, and must represent the Unitary State of Indonesia,” he explained.

He added that the three criteria had been discussed formally, as well as informally, by participants of the party`s national working meeting concluded on Sunday (Feb 25). He stated that the party`s general chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jokowi would determine who would finally be fit for the position.

In addition, he remarked that the decision had to be made after consultations with other parties that support Jokowi.

Sotarduga asserted that PDIP would not only rely on survey results but also on the three criteria.

There are still a lot of things to be considered before the party could finally make the decision, but there is still time for it, he revealed. The presidential election is scheduled to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on April 17, 2019. Registration of presidential and vice presidential candidates, meanwhile, is scheduled to be held in August this year.

Several parties that have supported Jokowi`s government have also proposed names for Jokowi`s running mate, such as Wiranto, who is former general chairman of Hanura; Muhaimin Iskandar, the general chairman of National Awakening Party (PKB); and Romahurmuzzy, the general chairman of United Development Party (PPP).

Other figures that have also emerged include former defense forces commander General Gatot Nurmantyo; Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who is the son of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; and former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. Jokowi seems to be still a strong candidate for the president of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. (ant)

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Evidence of preserved tigers burned for destruction at the Office of Natural Resources Conservation in Palembang, Indonesia, February 7, 2018.

Endangered Sumatran tiger falls victim to brutal killing spree

JAKARTA - A critically endangered Sumatran tiger was brutally killed in Indonesia on Sunday, the latest victim of a killing spree targeting near-extinct species that has alarmed conservationists.

Authorities have in recent months found a number of killed animals, including endangered Borneo orangutans, after conflicts with farmers or plantation workers.

Activists said the tiger had been roaming Mandailing Natal village in North Sumatra for over a month and had injured one person, prompting residents to call on rangers to kill it.

“We explained to the villagers that the tiger is an endangered animal...but they didn’t like our way of handling this situation,” said Hotmauli Sianturi, of the

Natural Resources Conservation Agency, adding a trap had been used to try to capture the cat.

“We regret that they killed the tiger. We will prove that its body parts are being traded,” she added.

An investigation showed it had several parts missing, including its canine teeth, claws, and skin off its face and tail. These body parts can be used in traditional medicines or sold as artefacts.

A representative of the village community was not immediately available for comment.

There are only around 400 Sumatran tigers left in the world, meaning it is on the brink of extinction, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Police on Borneo island arrested at least two people in two separate incidents this year in which an orangutan had been decapitated and another had been shot more than 130 times with an air rifle. (rtr)

25 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

RIAU - The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 25 hotspots indicating wildfires across Sumatra Island on Monday morning.

Of the 25 hotspots, 10 were found in Bengklu Province, seven in Riau Province, six in Riau Islands Province, and one hotspot each in the provinces of Jambi and South Sumatra, Sukisno, head of the Pekanbaru meteorology station, noted here, Monday.

In Riau, two hotspots were detected in the Meranti Islands District, and one each in the districts of Indragiri Hulu, Rokan Hulu, Pelalawan, and Kampar as well as in Dumai City.

The number of hotspots in Riau Province since early 2018 has increased significantly owing to which the Riau administration has declared a forest fire emergency status from February 19 to May 31, 2018.

Since January 14, 2018, fires gutted a total of 849.5 hectares of land.

The gutted forest and plantation areas were found in Meranti Islands District, reaching 218 hectares (ha); Siak, 130 ha; Indragiri Hulu, 121.5 ha; Bengkalis, 117 ha; Dumai, 109.25 ha; Pelalawan, 56 ha; Pekanbaru, 31 ha; Rokan Hilir, 26 ha; Indragiri Hilir, 24 ha; Kampar, 15.25 ha; and Rokan Hulu, 1 ha. (ant)

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BUSINESS Shares falter on trade war fears; euro choppy amid Italian uncertainty

SYDNEY - Asian investors dumped shares and drove to the safety of the yen and gold on Monday amid fears of a global trade war and worries of political uncertainty in Italy, risks that cloud the outlook for world growth. Italian voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, flocking to anti-establishment and far-right parties in record numbers and casting the euro zone’s third-largest economy into a political gridlock that could take months to clear.

The euro traded choppily around $1.2320, easing from a two-week high of $1.2365 as the eurosceptic 5-Star Movement saw its support soar to become the largest single party, according to projections based on early votecounting.

In the United States, President Donald Trump proposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminium, a pledge that met with warnings of retaliation from the rest of the world over the weekend. The spectre of a global trade war hit risk appetite, sending MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.8 percent to the lowest since mid-February.

U.S. stock futures did not inspire much confidence, with S&P E-Minis down 0.6 percent and Dow futures off 0.4 percent. “The messy Italian election result adds a bit to the nervousness to global equity markets at present,” said Shane Oliver, Sydney-based chief economist at AMP. “The Italian election...does run the risk of making Italy’s public finances worse than they already are with no progress in addressing Italy’s long-term competitiveness problems.”

The euro still found support after Germany’s Social Democrat party decisively backed the renewal of an alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, allowing her to form a new government more than five months since the country’s inconclusive election. The single currency also got a lift from some safe-haven flows, as did the Japanese yen.

The dollar fell for a fourth straight session to trade around 105.52 yen, but was slightly above Friday’s low of 105.23, a level not seen since November 2016.

“Nothing’s happened over the weekend to soften concerns about trade wars or retaliatory actions by other countries,” said Ray Attrill, head of forex strategy at National Australia Bank. “There is no rowing back so that gets us to a cautious start.”

Canada and Mexico have threatened retaliation, and the European Union said it would apply 25 percent tariffs on about $3.5 billion of imports from the United States if Trump carried out his threat.

China said on Sunday it did not want a trade war with the United States but will defend its interests, warning that policies based on “mistaken assumptions” will damage bilateral relations. (rtr)

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Mouse Cremation at Bedha Village, How Does the Ceremony Look Like?

Bali Island retains a number of unique things. For instance, Balinese people have a tradition of fighting against mouse pests. Dubbed as the rice granary region of ??Bali, Tabanan district surely has an extensive agricultural land. A number of challenges are often faced by local farmers.

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A pint of beer is served through rows of beer pumps at the Campaign For Real Ale Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court in London August 2, 2011.

Days of tax cuts are finished in UK, think-tank warns

LONDON - The days of tax cuts in Britain are over and the baby-boomer generation should prepare for higher wealth taxes to fund an inevitable surge in healthcare costs, the Resolution Foundation think tank said on Monday. The new research showed spending on education, social security and above all health looks set to rise by 20 billion pounds ($28 billion) a year in today’s money by the end of the next decade and by 60 billion pounds a year by 2040.

Britain has steadily brought down a budget deficit that stood at 10 percent of economic output in 2010 mostly through spending cuts for many government departments. But many of the easier-to-make cuts to spending have already been made, putting pressure on the government to consider raising more revenues through taxes. Finance minister Philip Hammond, who is due to deliver a half-yearly budget statement on March 13, has cut Britain’s budget deficit faster than expected this financial year.

But the Resolution Foundation report showed the government will have its hands tied by rising public spending over the coming years. Most of the increase will be caused by spending on health as Britain’s population ages - a demographic timebomb that means the “age of tax cuts is over”, David Willetts, chair of the Resolution Foundation and a former Conservative government minister, said.

“The time has come when we boomers are going to have reach into our own pockets. The alternative could be an extra 15 (pence) on the basic rate of tax, paid largely by our kids.”

HOME OWNERSHIP PLUMMETS AMONG THE YOUNG Baby-boomers are considered to be people who were born before the mid1960s. Underlining why baby-boomers will need to shoulder more of the tax burden, the Resolution Foundation said millennials - born between 1981 and 2000 - spend more of their income on housing costs than any generation since the late 19th century.

But home ownership in Britain has plummeted over the last 20 years among young adults, who have had to pay more towards pensions while bearing the brunt of weak wage growth since the financial crisis. As a result, wealth has become increasingly skewed towards older people.

“For many years, higher wealth taxation has been off the political agenda,” Willetts said. “But unless we act, at some point we will face a choice between changing our approach to taxation, or cutting access to the NHS and letting social care get into an even deeper crisis. We can’t delay that debate any longer.”

Willetts added that politically difficult reforms on wealth, inheritance and local council taxes would be needed.

Tax as a share of economic output in Britain rose to 33.2 percent in 2016, the highest level since 2011, according to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Still, this stands slightly below the average of OECD countries of 34.3 percent.

Britain ranks above the OECD average in terms of revenue collected from income and property taxes, but is below average when it comes to social security and corporation tax. (rtr)

For instance, mouse attack threatens the yields of agricultural production. To overcome such pest attack, some villages in Tabanan district still uses traditional method of mass hunting. Not only that, the ceremony of mereteka merana or mouse cremation is still done especially by subak members in the area of Bedha customary village, Tabanan. This ceremony is still closely related to the safety and fertility of plants, especially paddy.

The mouse cremation has been frequently done at Bedha customary village and has been regarded as local custom. Moreover, this ceremony is held in the holy place namely Penataran Bale Agung, Puseh Temple of Bedha. Moreover, after the ceremony it has proved to provide real evidence for the life of farmers. “Until now, the tradition of mouse cremation in Bedha remains to exist, but it’s only done if there is an uncontrolled mouse pest attacks in paddy fields,” said chief of Bedha customary village, I Nyoman Surata.

The ceremony, said Surata, aims to purify the soul of pests so

as to return to its origin and does not re-incarnate to the earth as a pest that damage all types of plants on earth, especially paddy plants.

“Thus, it is unlike cremation on Pitra Yadnya but when there is an uncontrolled pest attack, so farm-

ers always face harvest failure.

The mouse also called as Jero Ketut is cremated like in ngaben ceremony. After being cremated, the mice collected from mass hunting (through fumigation) in the fields are floated to the sea,”

he explained.

He added that at Bedha village such ceremonies are often organized when mice and other pests have caused an extraordinary disturbance and cannot be controlled.

This last mouse cremation cer-

emony was held in 2009 involving subak groups in Tabanan district under the coordination of Sedahan Agung of Tabanan. Interestingly, after the mouse cremation, the plants have never been attacked by pests until now. (kmb)

Tumpek Krulut: Celebration of Gamelan to Invoke Divine Vibration

Hindu community in Bali has a special way to honor the gamelan musical instrument. It is carried out by holding otonan ceremony on the Tumpek Krulut falling on Saniscara

(Saturday) Kliwon Krulut (22/10).

It is conducted every six months or 210 days. People who have gamelan, the artists and gamelan art troupes are required to implement

this ceremony.

Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiarta, Rector of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, said that providing ritual for gamelan instrument was mentioned in the Prakempa palm-leaf manuscript on Balinese gamelan. It was mentioned there were four good ways to play Balinese gamelan namely the logic or philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and techniques to play gamelan.

In the ethics was then mentioned about the otonan for gamelan. To make the gamelan instrument well maintained psychically, it could be done with ritual on Tumpek Krulut. If people would like to learn gamelan, they should perform the ceremony on Tumpek Krulut. “Tradition of holding ritual for gamelan on Tumpek Krulut is indeed a new tradition because we just realized

it,” he said.

In the manuscript was mentioned that gamelan ritual was dedicated to God in his manifestation as the god of the arts. After the ceremony, it was expected that all gamelan musicians could play together. “It is based on the belief that after saying prayers people play gamelan together. In essence, it is building a sense of togetherness,” he said.

According to Dr. Arya Sugiarta, the tradition of providing ritual for gamelan began around the 1990s when the Dance Academy of Indonesia (former name of the ISI) learned about the Prakempa manuscript well. “Through our faculty and students, we try to disseminate the information, so that it has now become a tradition,” he added.

The manuscript also mentioned that people were not allowed to

overstep the gamelan as an effort to take care of the gamelan well. In addition to offering some oblations, it should also be followed with good behavior. Essentially, it was the way how to respect to Balinese gamelan accordingly. “If it has been respected and cared for, it will automatically generate the taksu or divine vibration,” he added.

Prakempa manuscript, said Dr. Arya Sugiarta, mentioned the ethics in playing the gamelan such as related to people’s posture.

Gamelan should not be overstepped because the respected goods might not be overstepped. For example, Balinese drums might not be overstepped, but played on thighs in cross-legged position. “Having been respected in such a way, the taksu would appear by itself,” he said. (kmb)

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Water usage predicted to be normal on Nyepi

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TABANAN — Nyepi holiday will fall on Saturday (Mar. 17). Related to the preparation for the upcoming Nyepi, Division Head of Customer Relations of the Tabanan Municipality Waterworks (PDAM), I.B. Marjaya Wirata, said the company remains to alert service officers and call center services. Meanwhile, the water consumption is predicted to be normal or there is no significant decline.

Wirata continued, unlike the electricity usage commonly decreasing drastically during Nyepi, the water consumption in the community during the Nyepi day will not decrease significantly.

Based on the data, the water usage in Tabanan averagely reaches 19 cubic meters to 20 cubic meters per family per day. A day before Nyepi it will usually increase but not exceed 21 cubic meters. Meanwhile, during the Nyepi holiday there is a decrease but not exceeding 18 cubic meters per family.

In addressing the problem related to the clean water distribution to the community either due to network damage or other problems during Nyepi, the PDAM keeps alerting the call center services to accommodate any complaints and will be followed up the next day by technical officers. “Although it’s a holiday, our call centers and technical officers remain to be alerted,” he said.

Nyepi feast day 2018 is adjacent to the final payment date of the PDAM namely on the 20th day. According to Wirata although it is adjacent, payment date will not be extended because Nyepi holiday this year does not fall on working day. “If it falls on a weekday, there is usually an extension of payment date, but this year is not on a working day so the payment deadline is not extended,” he explained. (kmb24)

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U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is seen in the Pacific Ocean on May 27, 2017.

U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam on landmark visit

DANANG - A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived on Monday in Vietnam for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, dramatically underscoring the growing strategic ties between the former foes at a time when China’s regional influence is rising.

The water consumption is predicted to be normal or there is no significant decline.

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Denpasar ranked fourth in terms of inflation in Indonesia

DENPASAR — In February 2018, Denpasar City recorded inflation of 0.65 percent.

This inflation happened due to changes in the consumer price index (CPI) of 129.21 compared to January 2018. The inflation rate of the calendar year (CPI of February 2018 compared to December 2017) was recorded at 1.60 percent. The year-on-year inflation rate (CPI of February 2018 compared to February 2017 / yoy) was recorded at 3.10 percent.

Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Adi Nugroho, revealed that from 82 CPI cities, 55 cities are recorded to experience inflation. The highest inflation occurred in Jayapura (Papua) reaching 1.05 percent and the lowest is recorded in Palangkaraya (Central Kalimantan) reaching 0.04 percent. The highest deflation is recorded in Medan (North Sumatra) at 0.96 percent and the lowest in Lubuklinggau (South Sumatera) at 0.02 percent. If sorted from the highest inflation, Denpasar is ranked fourth of 55 cities experiencing inflation.

Unlike Singaraja, its inflation in February 2018 was recorded at 0.25 percent. This IBP/eka inflation rate took Singaraja to the 32nd poFoodstuff group contributing to the highest inflation include spices reaching sition of 55 cities in Indonesia experiencing 13.34 percent. inflation. Meanwhile, the calendrical infla-

tion rate of Singaraja was 1.11 percent and the yoy inflation rate was 1.88 percent.

The inflation is indicated by rising index in six expenditure groups, namely the foodstuff group at 1.75 percent, cigarette and tobacco (0.77 percent), transportation, communication and financial services (0.46 percent), housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel (0.39 percent), the health group (0.30 percent) as well as the education, recreation and sports group (0.03 percent). Meanwhile, the group experiencing a decrease in index / deflation was the clothing group by 0.60 percent.

The recorded commodities contributing to inflation in February 2018 include sand, airfare, non-subsidized fuel, bottled water, cayenne pepper, red peppers, onions, garlic and oranges. Conversely, the recorded commodities experiencing decreased prices or withstanding the inflation rate, among others, are chicken meat, mackerel tuna brine, carrots, green mustard, beans and hand body lotion.

Foodstuff group contributing to the highest inflation include spices reaching 13.34 percent. In details, the CPI of January 2018 reached 164.07 and showed an increase to 185.95 in February 2018. (kmb42)

The grey and imposing silhouette of the USS Carl Vinson could be seen on Monday morning from the cliff tops just outside the central Vietnamese city of Danang, where the 103,000-tonne carrier and two other U.S. ships begin a five-day visit.

The arrival of the Vinson marks the biggest U.S. military presence in Vietnam since 1975 - but it also illus-

trates Hanoi’s complex and evolving relationship with Beijing over the disputed South China Sea. Vietnamese envoys had been working for months to ease the concerns of their giant Chinese neighbour over the visit and the prospect of broader security cooperation between Hanoi and Washington, according to diplomats and others

familiar with the talks.

U.S. carriers frequently ply the South China Sea in a rising pattern of naval deployments, and are now routinely shadowed by Chinese naval vessels, naval officers in the region say.

China’s rapid construction and build-up of the land it holds in the disputed Spratly islands group has alarmed Vietnam and other regional governments as it seeks to enforce its claims to much of the disputed waterway, through which some $3 trillion in trade passes each year.

BEIJING - China unveiled its largest rise in defence spending in three years on Monday, setting an 8.1 percent growth target compared to 2017, fuelling the country’s ambitious military modernisation programme amid rising Chinese security concerns.

The 2018 defence budget will be 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion), according to a report issued at the opening of the country’s annual meeting of parliament.

The defence spending figure is closely watched around the world for clues to China’s strategic intentions as it develops new military capabilities, including stealth fighters, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles.

China will “advance all aspects of military training and war preparedness, and firmly and resolvedly safeguard national sov-

ereignty, security, and development interests”, Premier Li Keqiang said in an address at parliament’s opening session.

“Faced with profound changes in the national security environment” the absolute leadership of the military by the ruling Communist Party must be observed, and the unity between the government and the military and the people and the military must always be “strong as stone”, he said. The 2018 defence spending increase comes as China’s economic growth expanded 6.9 percent last year, the first acceleration in annual growth since 2010.

But China kept its 2018 economic growth target at around 6.5 percent, said Li, the same as in 2017 despite exceeding that year’s target.

Last year, defence spending was set to increase by just 7 percent,

to 1.044 trillion yuan ($164.60 billion) about one-quarter of the proposed U.S. defence spending for the year. In 2016, it grew by 7.6 percent.

“The pace and scale of this build-up is really dramatic. It is extremely alarming for Australia and many other countries in the region,” said Sam Roggeveen, Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University in Canberra.

“There is every indication that China wants to expand what it will call defence capabilities in the South China Sea. I expect eventually we will see warships and aircraft there regularly, if not based there permanently. What is unclear, however, is whether the United States will want to rise to that challenge.” (rtr)

While some Chinese commentators have used the Vinson’s presence to demand an even greater Chinese military build-up in the South China Sea, official reaction from Beijing has been relatively muted since the stop was announced in January.

That announcement came during a two-day visit to Hanoi by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and followed months of backroom military diplomacy between Hanoi and the Pentagon.

Although no U.S. aircraft carrier has been to Vietnam since the end of

the war, other, smaller U.S. warships have made high-level visits as ties improved in recent years.

That includes a 2016 visit by submarine tender USS Frank Cable and guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain to Cam Ranh Bay, a crucial logistics complex during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy band will play a concert in Danang during the Vinson’s visit, and sailors from the carrier are scheduled to spend time at a treatment centre for people who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals during the war. (rtr)

China boosts defence spending amid military modernisation

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Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army at the Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, July 30, 2017.

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Dubai tests autonomous pods in drive for smart city

DUBAI - Dubai has begun testing autonomous pods in a trial run the Gulf’s trade and tourism hub hopes will help its transformation into one of the smartest cities in the world.

Officials from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) displayed two cube-shaped vehicles built by U.S.-based Next Future Transportation company in Italy as they spun around on a main street in Dubai.

Passersby stopped to try out the sixseat vehicles and question the Italian engineers overseeing the test.

RTA officials said they have allocated 1.5 million dirhams ($410,000) for further research and development of the vehicles, which Dubai hopes to use for local transportation under the city’s 2030 Dubai Future Accelerators, which aims to make 25 percent of daily transportation self-driven.

“The goal is to develop these two research vehicles,” Khaled al-Awadhi, director of Automated Collection Systems at the RTA, said.

“These tests are aimed at developing the performance of these vehicles,” he added, without giving details on the cost of the project.

He said several projects were being developed, including self-driving buses and a marine transportation system.

The RTA says the autonomous pods would travel on pre-programmed routes in the first few years, but would eventually become accessible for pick up from home using a mobile telephone application. No date was provided for the start of either service.

RTA officials said they hoped to have a more solid plan for the program by the end of 2018 or early 2019.

The vehicles are powered by electricity and have a top speed of 80 kms (50 miles) per hour.

Dubai last year unveiled plans for a “flying taxi”. (rtr)

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DENPASAR — Bali’s exports to the UAE increased significantly by 4,033 percent in January 2018 when compared to December 2017.

Compared to January 2017, Bali’s exports in January 2018 also rose by 3,794 percent.

Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Adi Nugroho, said the exports to UAE in January 2017 only reached USD 97.331 and in December 2017 reached USD 91.702.

However, in January 2018, the export value to UAE rose significantly to USD 3,790,614.

This export figure placed UAE to the fourth position of Bali’s largest export destination country with 7.12 percent of share. Meanwhile, the highest export destination country remains to the United States with the share of 25.82 percent.

In December 2017, of the 10 major export countries, China, Japan and Singapore are the export destination country recording a decline. Meanwhile, when compared to January 2017, of the 10 export destination countries, only Singapore is decreasing. “The highest increase in month to month happened to the UAE destination reaching 4,033 percent,” he added.

Based on statistical data, the commodity exported to UAE is garment such as non-knitted apparel (28 percent) and footwear (56.93 percent).

Additionally, the wood and processed wood commodities are also exported to UAE reaching 13.31 percent. There are also furniture and home lighting product amounting to 1.82 percent, jewelry / gems (0.01 percent), knitted goods (0.14 percent) and patchwork (0.11 percent). “Non-knitted apparel and footwear are the highest commodities exported to UAE,” he said.

Head of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency, I Putu Astawa, said that many commodities are exported to the UAE such as furniture, jewelry and garment.

The increase in exports to the UAE is estimated to have increased since two months ago.

This export increase is suspected to happen following the visit of King Salman to Bali some time ago. Thus, Bali is better known in Arab and Arab tourists come, especially businessmen. “Maybe the products selling well in Arab are sought here,” he said.

Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, justified the increasing exports to the UAE. “Currently, many Arab countries are exporting handicraft and furniture products,” he said Sunday (4/3).

At first, tourists from the Middle East travel to Bali. They travel as well as shop products from Bali. The product is then shipped to their home country via cargo. This transaction continues. “Subsequent orders and shipping run smoothly and the following order is made via email,” he said.

The products of interest are jewelry and garment. Aside from the UAE, the other countries in the Middle East also like the products of Bali.

All shipments are reported to Kadin.

Commonly a company can dispatch for two or three times a month.

Currently, Kadin is preparing trade relations and cooperation with the chambers of commerce from the UAE countries. According to him, the exports to the country are getting more maximal with exhibitions in the UAE to introduce the wide products from Bali. “We hope there is an exhibition in the countries facilitated by the government. Thus, we can increase our exports to Arab,” he said. (kmb42)

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A flag with a company logo is seen during satellite launch company Arianespace annual news conference in Paris, France, January 9, 2018.

Arianespace is facing increased competition for the launch of commercial satellites with the emergence of rivals like tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, putting it under pressure to provide reliable launches.

It is due to send four broadband satellites into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket on March 6 and a Japanese communications satellite on an Ariane 5 on March 21. (rtr)

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Uncontrollable addiction to devices can trigger behavior changes such as getting irritable when the pleasure is disturbed.

Gadget addiction can trigger psychiatric disorder

DENPASAR — The addiction to gadget such as smart phones and games apparently can trigger people to experience mental disorders.

Although the emerging phenomenon remains to be classified into a light mental disorder, they still have to be aware of the negative impact.

Uncontrollable addiction to devices can trigger behavior changes such as getting irritable when the pleasure is disturbed.

European satellite launches to go ahead after Ariane 5 snafu number of launches in 2018.

An independent investigation found that the cause of the error was that the rocket was fed with incorrect data, Arianespace has said.

Arianespace has drawn up an action plan following the incident that includes a fix for the problem experienced during the Ariane 5 launch. It will also improve other processes related to launches, the European Space Agency said on Friday, without providing details.

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Men stand next to the world’s first autonomous pods which was launched by the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates February, 28, 2018. Picture taken February, 28, 2018.

FRANKFURT - Planned satellite launches using Europe’s heavy lifter Ariane 5 rocket can go ahead this month thanks to steps being taken following a problem with a launch earlier this year, the European Space Agency said on Friday.

On Jan. 26, an Ariane 5 rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites flew off course and deposited them in the wrong orbit, just as European satellite launch company Arianespace gears up for a record

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“Now, we observe many people walking, but their hands are still busy with their mobile phone. When being called, they will not respond. Psychologically, it is called obsessive-compulsive or obsessive over something,” said Deputy Director of Service Affairs of Bangli Mental Hospital, Dewa Gde Basudewa, in Denpasar, on Sunday (Mar. 4).

Basudewa also observed that many teenagers today are addicted to online games. Phenomenon of the addiction to mobile phones and online games is called a contemporary mental disorder.

“I hope the spectrum of psychiatric categories can

be changed so that the contemporary phenomenon can be included in the rules and can be addressed as early as possible,” he added.

All this time, continued Basudewa, the common trigger of mental disorder is depression. A person can be categorized to be having psychiatric disorder when his behavior starts to be out of harmony with the environment. The changes can be observed from the beginning such as from sociable to be non-sociable.

Another characteristic is that he likes to speak to himself. Mental disorders are the cause of high suicide rates.

“The mortality rate due to suicide in Bali is quite high, the peak happened in 2004 with a total of 180 people, while in 2017 can be held at 99 people,” he said.

According to Basudewa, the suicide rate remains high even though showing a declining graphics.

Suicide can be prevented starting from the family environment, namely by not doing psychic violence in child care pattern. For instance, parents should never scold, demean and always demand the child to be the best. Every family member must always open a good communication atmosphere. (kmb42)

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Siyat Sampian procession held at Penataran Sasih Temple

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Chief of Jero Kuta Pejeng customary village, Cokorda Gde Putra Pemayun, said the Siyat Sampian ceremony is an absolute tradition that must always be implemented every piodalan or temple anniversary at Penataran Sasih Temple.

“This tradition should always be implemented every single piodalan at Penataran Sasih Temple every year,” he said.

It is said the tradition is done precisely before the

procession of deities from outside the Jero Kuta Pejeng customary village goes on. He explained the Siyat Sampian ceremony has been prepared from the morning commenced with nampyog where the sutri and sirat dancers show performance around the area of the Penataran Sasih Temple.

After the nampyog procession, it is continued with the mabete-betean activity where they mutually pull. While the procession takes place, Jero Sutri and Juru Sirat holds hands together and then pull each other. They look to be moving forward and backward in such a way that resembles wave motion with the accompaniment of gamelan music.

The entire procession was carried out in the surrounding the area of Penataran Sasih Temple for three times clockwise.

After the procession, Jero Sutri and Juru Sirat relaxed for a

moment. Well not long after, suddenly the Jero Sutri and Juru Sirat shouted hysterically. They were directly praying in front of the shrine of the Ratu Sanghyang.

After saying prayers and being sprinkled with holy water, all the participants looked to fall into trance. They immediately picked up the sampian (ritual paraphernalia) having been prepared in advance in the temple courtyard. The sampian is taken by village apparatuses from the hundreds of dangsil and banten pengambaian in the temple area.

All the participants seemed to attack one another with a number of other Jero Sutri. Similarly, the same thing was also done by Juru Sirat. Surprisingly, none of them felt pain after implementing the tradition. After the event a number of Jeru Sutri and Juru Sirat claimed to be happy after having done devotional works. (kmb35)

Film phenomenon of contemporary style

DENPASAR - Numerous creative ideas are developing in the current millennial era. Other than business ideas, transportation, cuisines, shopping, ticket bookings and rooms, the current era is also marked with the development of short films.

Lately, social media like Instagram publishes many outstanding short films. The short films filled with meaningful message are actually played by general public. They are not artists or actors of television series with high flying hours. The players of such short films are better known as celebgram.

Alit and Ayunda, for example, are the players of short film in

Instagram. They said that short films with duration of 2-3 minutes are made to showcase the diversity of Balinese language dialects throughout Bali. The words barong, lepeh and kola belong to the dialect of Nusa Penida they have played.

Such dialect made their short film viral. Departing from such condition, they made short films with various Balinese dialects. With such diverse themes, they can simultaneously preserve Balinese language and culture.

Alit is not a film actor. Alit basically is a student in one of the Bali’s private university majoring in a design and video studies.

Meanwhile, Ayunda is a student of

nurse department without having a basic skill in acting. But Alit’s offer for a duet was instantly accepted. “Something successful is sometimes unplanned. Suppose this (short film) is made with concept, it will be definitely successful,” he said. After becoming viral in social media, Ayunda also gets endorse and income from various sponsors and so does Alit.

An actress as well as theater player, Heny Shanti, said the current world of film / television series is different from the one in the past.

“In the past, people must have a good basic acting as requirement to play movie / television series.

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Have you ever trying to visit and stay in Bali on Nyepi day?

Have you?The holy Bali’s Hindu New Year is coming again. Nyepi “Balinese day of silence “ is a day reserved for self-reflection, and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. During the Day of Silence, Bali people are expected to reflect on their actions over the past year. Many Balinese people will take this as an opportunity to rest and think of ways

GIANYAR - Siyat Sampian ceremony returned to be held at Penataran Sasih Temple, Pejeng village, Tampaksiring, on Sunday noon (Mar. 4). This unique procession was held during the ongoing ritual of ‘escorting out’ deities from outside of the local temple. It was performed by a number of devotees including Jero Sutri (female) and Juru Sirat (male).

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handsome or mulatto appearance is enough. In the era of Teguh Karya, the most important is quality,” he said.

This also makes the short films on Instagram scattered. Short films on Instagram can be more viral than movies / television series. She herself felt the changing conditions of the entertainment world.

Heny Shanti who started her career through television film (FTV) in 2007 really feels to have made hard work so as to be able to appear on TV screen. Previously in 2001 she also participated in the film entitled ‘Memedi’ produced by BaliTV. Because she is a theater player who has tested the ability of her

role, she was invited to play in the Memedi film. “Seeing the works of the younger generation of Balinese, she believed that Bali can make quality films. It’s local quality with national flavor,” she said.

However, she considered that Balinese have not dared to make a film. “Actually, we lose in mentality. Actually we have many talents in Bali. Javanese song alone can be a trend for horror films, why Balinese song cannot?” she explained.

According to her, younger generations in Bali have been taught to perform Balinese dance since childhood. This can become an adequate capital to move in the world of entertainment. (kmb42)

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Because of this, the Bali airport closes for the day and all visitors stay indoors or leave the island. The Day of Silence is a tradition that dates back to some of the earliest years in Balinese history. Balinese people believe that remaining silent

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Kimmel leads Oscar celebration of gender equality, artistic diversity LOS ANGELES - Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday led a starstudded tribute to Hollywood’s best in honoring the campaign against sexual misconduct and breakthroughs in racial and ethnic diversity beginning to transform the movie business.

The live telecast, which ran for nearly four hours, built on the socially conscious thrust that has marked Oscar night during the past few years, transforming the 90th edition of the glittering awards show into a conversation about sexual politics and inclusion.

In his opening monologue, Kimmel skewered the class of powerful men who prayed on women with a sight gag focused on a larger-than-life Oscar statue on stage, noting the male sculpture’s anatomically simplified lack of genitalia.

“He is literally a statue of limitations. And that’s the kind of man we need more of in this town,” he said, drawing uproarious laughter from the Dolby Theatre’s audience of film luminaries.

The joke helped break the looming tension from a torrent of sexual misconduct allegations that have roiled the film industry since legions of mostly female victims broke their silence in recent months to shed light on long-cloaked abuses of power and gender bias.

Kimmel also called out Harvey

Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan whose fall from grace helped give rise to the #MeToo social media movement, which galvanized accusers of privileged men in media, politics and other walks of American life, and the Time’s Up campaign for greater equality.

Weinstein, who has denied ever having nonconsensual sex with anyone, was expelled last year from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after dozens of women accused him of a range of sexual misbehavior, including rape.

“There were a lot of great nominees, but Harvey deserved it the most,” Kimmel said of the expulsion.

Kimmel also addressed the widely reported disparity in pay received by actor Mark Wahlberg and actress Michelle Williams for reshooting scenes in the kidnapping drama “All the Money in the World,” but he drew laughs by making Hollywood agents the butt of his joke. Both performers were represented by the same agent, he noted, adding, “if we can’t trust agents, who can we trust?”

That gag, like the tone of the show’s social commentary as a whole, felt more restrained than the pointed, angry jabs about gender bias and sexual peccadilloes that marked much of the Golden Globes telecast in January. (rtr)

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Animated “The Emoji Movie” stunk up the annual Razzie awards on Saturday, tanking below all contenders for worst achievements in film.

‘Emoji Movie’ swoons below Cruise, Gibson at ‘worst in film’ Razzies

LOS ANGELES - Animated “The Emoji Movie” stunk up the annual Razzie awards on Saturday, tanking below all contenders for worst achievements in film, while Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were also roasted for 2017’s most ignoble performances.

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“The Emoji Movie,” Sony Pictures children’s film about talking emoticons, earned four Golden Raspberries, including worst picture, director and screenplay.

In its 38th year, the Razzies serves as a tongue-in-cheek response to the Sunday’s Academy Awards by handing out $4.97 gold spray-painted berry trophies.

Cruise won worst actor for his leading role as a U.S. Army ser-

geant who accidentally unleashes mayhem by disturbing an ancient grave in the much-maligned action reboot “The Mummy.”

Gibson was bestowed the worst supporting actor for his comedic turn in “Daddy’s Home 2” alongside John Lithgow, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.

Tyler Perry, a perennial Razzie punching bag, took home the worst actress raspberry for his popular drag character Madea in “Boo 2:

A Medea Halloween.”

Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger earned the Razzie dishonor for her supporting role in erotic romance “Fifty Shades Darker,” while the big screen adaptation of TV series “Baywatch” won the fan-voted award of “nominee so bad you loved it!”

The Razzies are chosen by more than 1,000 voting members from more than 26 countries, organizers said. (rtr)

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Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office, and Suh Hoon, chief of the South’s National Intelligence Service, talk before boarding an aircraft as they leave for Pyongyang at a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, South Korea March 5, 2018.

South Koreans meet North Korean leader Kim for talks about talks

SEOUL - A South Korean delegation met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk. Both North Korea and the United States have expressed a willingness to talk, but the long-held U.S. position is that the North first give up its nuclear weapons programme.

The North, which has vowed never to give up its nuclear deterrent against what it sees as U.S. hostility, says it will not sit down to talks under preconditions.

Reclusive North Korea, which has made no secret of its pursuit of a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the mainland United States in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, is also concerned about joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, which it sees as preparation for war. South Korean officials have said the drills

will start next month as planned, after being postponed for the Winter Olympics held last month in South Korea.

The 10-member South Korean delegation, led by National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong, was greeted by North Korean officials after landing in Pyongyang, said Kim Eui-kyeom, a spokesman for South Korea’s presidential office.

The North Koreans at the airport included Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peace-

ful Reunification of the Country, and Kim Yong Chol, who heads the United Front Department, the North Korean office responsible for handling inter-Korean affairs. Both visited South Korea last month during the Winter Olympics.

The South Korean delegation was later invited to join Kim Jong Un for dinner, the South Korean spokesman added. The South Korean officials are the most senior officials from the South to meet Kim Jong Un since he took power in late 2011 following the death of

his father, Kim Jong Il. “We will deliver President Moon Jae-in’s wish to bring about denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and permanent peace by extending the goodwill and better inter-Korean relations created by the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics,” Chung said in South Korea before the delegation’s departure.

Chung’s team includes National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon and Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung. The government hopes the visit will create “a positive atmosphere”, Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a regular briefing.

Chung and Suh are due to fly to Washington later in the week

to brief U.S. officials on their discussions in the North. Thawing relations between the Korean neighbours have prompted speculation about direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang after months of tension and exchanges of bellicose insults between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un fuelled fears of war.

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