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Fifteen countries attend annual APEC marine, fisheries meeting DENPASAR - Some 15 countries are participating in the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Marine and Fisheries Conservation Working Group (MRCWG) in Bali on June 6-9, 2011.

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Fishermen are handing over their catch in the port. Many Indonesian work as fishermen because Indonesia is one of countries that have many marine and fisheries resources.

Some 15 countries are participating in the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Marine and Fisheries Conservation Working Group (MRCWG) in Bali on June 6-9, 2011.

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The meeting was officially opened on Monday by a Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry official for marine research and development, Endhay Kusnendar. Chairman for APEC‘s Fisheries Working group Gelwynn Jusuf said the participants of the meeting would discuss food security and climate change issues.

“Food security has become an important issue to sustain people`s life through sufficient supply of food but at the same time we will also ensure that we can create a healthy environment,” Gelwynn Jusuf said after the meeting`s opening ceremony.

As in the case of climate change issue, he said the increasing of populations in the Asia Pacific region had a negative impact on the environment, and therefore comprehensive action must be taken soon to tackle the problem.

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Indonesia implicates terror gang in police deaths Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA – Indonesian police said on Sunday the gunmen who shot dead two police officers in Central Sulawesi were from an extremist group founded by radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.

“All of them were indicated to be Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) members who had been training or preparing themselves to commit terror acts planned in that region,” national police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam told reporters.

“Their future plans include stealing firearms from Brimob special police force in Central Sulawesi, robbing a bank and carrying out robberies in the villages,” he added.

Two men have been arrested

over the attack, in which four gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police guarding a bank in Palu district last month and two other gang members were killed in a raid in Poso district on Saturday, Alam said.

Three others are still at large, he added. The shooting is the latest in a series of recent terror-related incidents including a Good Friday plot to blow up a Jakarta church and a book bomb campaign targeting Muslim moderates and counter-terrorism officials.

Bashir, 72, has been accused of providing funding of more than $62,000 to a terrorist group dubbed Al-Qaeda in Aceh that was plotting attacks in Indonesia, and prosecutors have sought a maximum life sentence.

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Three arms gun and other evidences confiscated by the police from the gunmen who shot dead two police officers in Central Sulawesi. Indonesian police said on Sunday the gunmen who shot dead two police officers in Central Sulawesi were from an extremist group founded by radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.

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Bali News The 33rd Bali Arts Festival:

Should be marked by launch of cultural masterpiece NEXT Friday (Jun 10) night the 33rd Bali Arts Festival (BAF) will be officially opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The arts festival bearing the theme Desa Kala Patra: SelfAdaptation in Multi-culture will be opened simultaneously with the eleventh national Utsawa Dharma Gita (UDG) and Bali World Culture Forum and Tourism Ethic in Ardha Candra Amphitheater, Bali Art Center. After officially opening the three events, President will enjoy the presentation of colossal ballet entitled Bhisma Dewabharata composed by the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar. What must be improved in the implementation of the 33rd BAF? Implementation of the annual BAF should be marked with the launch of new and superior products of cultural arts or masterpiece. Bali has many talented artists so it is not difficult to find a sublime and elegant work of chefd’oeuvre to serve as identity, icon and mascot of BAF every year.

So far, according to professor in Faculty of Letters, Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Nyoman Darma Putra, it was only the theme of BAF changed through the years and then followed by performances and seminars. “The theme is worth renewing every year.

But, it should ideally be followed by the launch of elegant masterpiece,” said Darma Putra. Hence, according to the author of Bali Dalam Kuasa Politik or literally Bali under Political Control (2008), through the years BAF looked the same and monotonous.

Darma Putra said that such mas-

terpiece of art could be a new quality dance, great painting, and sculptures exceeding the MURI accomplishment or the others. “In short, they should be an amazing or fantastic ones that can make Balinese community proud as Balinese,” he said. Launch of new cultural art products that could become a mascot of BAF should be designed as a primary marker of the BAF each year.

According to Darma Putra, criticism and suggestions submitted by the Independent Monitoring Team of BAF was very good to be a reference in improving the quality of BAF implementation. “If not appreciated, what is the use to form the team?” he questioned. Darma Putra also welcomed when Governor Mangku Pastika enthusiastically implemented the quality improvement as the suggestions submitted by BAF independent team,

including prioritizing the works of art maestro and the ban of transactions in the exhibition arena. Unfortunately, he said, the decision to ban the transaction was too late and without prior socialization.

“Exhibitors are ready to join the BAF with equal passion as BAF in previous years. But, suddenly there was a ban to make transactions. Of course, craftsmen and the committee flounder about,” he said.

As a matter of fact, said Darma Putra, there was a more strategic way to reduce the impression of BAF as a night market. It was not by banning the transactions, but by limiting the number of artisans or entrepreneurs participating in the exhibition. They should be selected from those having potential and good quality. “If exhibition can be restricted, the space for visitors will be more commodious.

Small and stuffy rooms crowded by dozens of merchants makes BAF not different from night market,” said Darma Putra.

Renovation of the Art Center

So far, Darma Putra focused his concentration on how to renovate the Art Center that had been nearly four decades of age. New planning of the Art Center was necessary, so it needed destroying and re-designing. Spectators in the amphitheater were getting more and who knew the capacity of stage to support the audience? How about when the colossal show taking place the stage collapsed? Art Center had to be rebuilt, changed totally according to modern or even post-modern art center.

“When built in 1970s by Prof. Dr. IB Mantra, the Art Center was grandiose, but for the present and next decade, it needs redesigning, preparing to deal with centuries of Balinese culture in years to come,” he advised. If physical renovation could be performed, the implementation of more qualified BAF could be designed better.

On the one hand, Dharma Putra praised the breakthrough of government to restructure the traffic to the Art Center by providing a shuttle bus from Ngurah Rai Stadium and Renon Square. “Since it is the first implementation, it needs extra supervision to keep things running smoothly, otherwise the public that are not easily to manage will make the traffic during BAF complicated as the previous years,” he said. Likewise, effective socialization and con-

trol were required. “Good idea will not run if not guarded,” he added.

Meanwhile, a lecturer at Department of Religious and Art Education in Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi), Denpasar, Made Nada Atmaja, said that in terms of age, the 33rd BAF had been old enough. Its implementation was definitely expected to be better and have strategic impact on the efforts of discovery, preservation and development of Balinese art and culture.

“This 33rd BAF should be better than the previous ones. The image of BAF as night market should be left behind. Thus, BAF as an extravagant art event could be thoroughly reflected in the implementation,” he said. Nada also added the hawkers should be arranged in such a way that they would not enter the area of Art Center that could obscure the boundaries of art. “We really hope that BAF could serve as a venue for the peak of artistic performances without harmed by the image as night market. As consequence, people could truly appreciate the unique arts presentation from each region, including those from outside Bali and overseas,” he said.

As an artist, Nada also expected that safety and comfort of BAF were also important to get attention.

Moreover, BAF had gone worldwide where many art troupes from overseas also participated. Safety and comfort were consequently something necessary to get good handling as priority, including the parking of vehicles belonging to visitors of BAF. (08)

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The Arda Candra, the main stage for performance in Denpasar Art Center.

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To diminish traffic accidents

Denpasar Metro Police do roving campaign Denpasar (Bali Post)—

In the series of implementation of the Grand Sympathetic Operation 2011, Traffic Unit of Denpasar Metro Police carried out safety campaign to diminish the number of traffic accidents on Sunday (Jun 5). The campaign involving hundreds of motorcycles from a number of communities traveled around the city of Denpasar. It was attended by Chief of Denpasar Metro Police, Pol. Gr. Com. Suryanbodo Asmoro and took place at Dewa Ruci Junction, Kuta Chief Suryanbodo said the traffic safety campaign was very important for the entire community, especially the Denpasar city dwellers. It was performed as a basis to provide a warning to road users to be careful when driving or riding on the highway. “So far, traffic accidents happen due to lacking of traffic discipline,” he said.

Accompanied by Chief Unit of Traffic Affairs, Pol. Com. Bima Arya Viyasa, Chief Suryanbodo explained when a traffic accident occurred, other than serving as perpetrator one also served as the victim. Well, it was worth thinking about and discipline was highly required in driving a vehicle on the highway. “We appeal all people to prioritize traffic discipline,” he said.

Further to say, many perpetrators of violation cases were not known up

to these days because they fled after the incident took place. The image of irresponsibility often occurred and made police a little overwhelmed in performing the investigation. “To that end, we also appeal the public to report immediately to nearest police station if they came across a traffic incident,” he explained.

In addition, Chief Suryanbodo also revealed the number of accidents in April. In April, there were 74 cases of accidents with 14 death tolls, 58 seriously injured and 2 slightly injured.

Meanwhile, in May 2011 the number of accident occurred amounted to 88 cases. Twelve people were killed, 58 seriously injured and 10 slightly injured. “It means the number of accidents decreases from April to May,” he added. (kmb21)

Grab boys disturbing Kuta Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The rampant grab boys masquerading as a seller of twisted leather bracelet in the tourist area of Kuta begins to be disturbing. Other than annoying public order, their actions are also classified into a crime that is worried to tarnish the image of tourism.

It was disclosed by a legislator of Badung House from Legian, I Wayan Puspa Negara, Sunday (Jun 5). According to Puspa, aside from forcing and interfering with tourists who were enjoying their holiday, those grab boys also often performed ripping off action.

The modus operandi of those children was to offer twisted leather bracelet to tourists. They swarmed of tourists, especially foreign tourists. Among them, there was one pleading or forcing tourists to buy. Meanwhile, another would carry a razor blade and then tear the bag of foreign tourists to later retrieve their valuables. “Almost every day there are cries and complaints of tourists to those children whose number is quite a few,” said Puspa.

Puspa estimated their activities

were coordinated by certain elements.

Moreover, it had spread to several strategic places in Kuta, Legian and Seminyak. Their main locales were on Jalan Legian, Poppies 1 and 2, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Jalan Melasti, Jalan Sahadewa, Jalan Padma, Jalan Padma Utara, Jalan Werkudara, Jalan Arjuna and Jalan Kayu Aya until Jalan Abhimanyu.

Since it was quite disturbing and belonging to crime, Puspa hoped that relevant agencies such as the public order officers (Satpol PP) of Badung Regency, police, community protection task force (Linmas) as well as Social and Labor Services could immediately take strategic measures to control and provide periodic and sustainable debriefing. “We realize that business opportunities in the tourism sector are widely open. To maintain such favorable atmosphere, any social diseases arising must be reduced by the firmness of the apparatus, especially Satpol PP, in the context of enforcement of the Regional Regulation No. 4/2001 concerning with sanitation and public order,” he said. (kmb25)

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Abrasion on Rening Beach getting more serious Negara (Bali Post)—

The Baluk Rening Beach tourist object is now under threat of damage following the recent abrasion that annexes the beach seriously. Even, on this weekend the sea water was rising again until eroding the land and the pavement collapsed along three meters. As a consequence, the abrasion has an impact on the decline in tourist visit if compared to usual days.

Observation made by Bali Post on Sunday (Jun 5), the seawater overflowed to the mainland as high as one meter and eroded the land until reaching the location of some trees on the beach. The most severe tidal waves annexed the road asphalt on the entrance to Rening Beach. Additionally, according to local residents, the mainland had begun to reduce up to tens of meters along 50 meters reaching out the entrance post into Baluk Rening Beach. The guard post established by hotel’s party was also under threat of erosion and only about one meter away.

According to a lifesaver, Ketut Sudiarsa, the abrasion was the most severe among the previous ones. If not immediately addressed, his party worried that it would get worse. Moreover, the existing asphalt road at the entrance had been broken up to three meters. “Such fierce tidal waves were the first time within the past few days. Even, it had eroded the asphalt road,” he explained. He added as long as 50 meters of the land on the southern verge of the guard post was the most severely affected. Meanwhile, in the northern side, the water still looked normal. “Hopefully, govern-

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The abrasion which happen in Rening Beach. ment could address the problem so it will not be getting worse, moreover it is a tourist object,” he said.

In the meantime, Wayan Suarma said that previously the tides hit the northern side where the local Padma shrine almost eroded. Fortunately, it was soon repaired by installation of coastal safeguarding culvert.

However, it was only performed around the Padma shrine so it remained to stand until now. Lately, the sea water shifted to hit the southern side until causing the trees of tens of years old uproot. Since the abrasion within the past few weeks, the number of beach visitors slightly reduced.

To avoid people from foundering into the broken-down pavement, people inserted a warning sign by means of tree’s twigs. “We deliberately inserted the twigs in

order people will not sink into the beach, especially in the dark night,” said another resident.

On the other hand, the Village Head of Baluk, I Ketut Suasana, said that his party did not take any action because the cost to make coastal culvert was very expensive.

His party had already known but was still unable to do anything.

Previously, the village authority had attempted to secure the Padma shrine located on the beachside by installing culvert to protect it against the brunt of sea waves. However, for the abrasion reaching up to tens of meters long, the village was unable to do prevention. “If constructing abutment like on Sanur Beach will require a very large budget. Understandably, we cannot afford it,” he said. (kmb26)

Environment Day celebration

One thousand hatchlings released on Mertasari Beach Denpasar (Bali Post)—

In the series of World Environment Day, one thousand turtle hatchlings were released on Mertasari Beach, Sanur, on Sunday (Jun 5). Such carapaced-animal release into their natural habitat was intended to maintain the balance of marine ecosystem.

Unfortunately, the turtle hunting for consumption purposes is still going on so the turtle population in their natural habitat is very worrying.

The activity organized by the Foundation of Green Network Indonesia was also filled with transplanting coral reef and planting mangrove. Mangrove planting was very urgent because its formation with a particular thickness was believed to reduce the effects of sea waves if tsunami occurred

one day. “Protecting the environment is very important to do as a real measure to minimize the damage to ecosystems. For this year, we feature the theme of campaign ‘save our marine ecosystem.’ Through these activities, we want to encourage the public awareness of Bali to take active part in environmental conservation activities,” said Agus Awali from the Foundation of Green Network Indonesia, to reporters on Sunday (Jun 5).

Meanwhile, Chairman of Green Network Indonesia, Trantoto Handadhri, said the existence of mangroves growing along the coastal territories had an important role as a fortress in case of a tsunami.

So far, the benefits of mangrove whose species consisting of Avicennia, Bruguiera and others growing up along the beach was not

known by general public. “In fact, the 2-km thickness of mangrove will be able to muffle the brunt of tsunami waves from six kilometers to 600 meters,” he warned.

So far, he said, the urgency of mangrove preservation was not yet known by general public. In years to come, his party promised to further intensify the campaign about it to them. No less importantly, his party would also provide environmental education to schools starting from primary schools in Denpasar. By doing so, awareness of the importance of environmental sustainability would have been formed from an early age. “We will do environmental education activities to build and develop the child’s character and perspective on environment,” he said. (kmb13)

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Yemen’s Saleh comes out of surgery, future unclear Reuters

SANAA/RIYADH – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was recovering from an operation in Saudi Arabia to remove shrapnel from his chest while a truce between his troops and a tribal federation appeared to be holding.

Protesters, interpreting Saleh’s absence as a sign that his grip on power was weakening, celebrated on the streets of Sanaa where they have been staging anti-government demonstrations since January.

“Who is next?,” asked one banner held up by a protesters in a sea of red, white and black Yemeni flags, referring to the wave of uprisings in Arab world that has seen the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt toppled and inspired uprisings elsewhere.

Saleh was wounded on Friday when a rocket was fired into his presidential palace in Sanaa, killing seven others and injuring his closest advisers. He is being treated in a Riyadh hospital.

He left as acting president AbdRabbu Mansour Hadi, the vice president who is seen by many as having little power. Leaving Yemen

at a time of such instability, even for medical care, could make it hard for Saleh to retain power.

Early on Monday, a truce between troops loyal to Saleh and the Ahmar group, leader of Yemen’s Hashed tribal federation, appeared to be holding, offering some respite after two weeks of fighting in the capital in which more than 200 people have been killed.

Key in the coming days will be any news of Saleh’s condition and any signals from Saudi Arabia on whether he will be able to return to Yemen — or whether Riyadh will apply pressure on Saleh to step down.

Saleh, a political survivor who has ruled the impoverished country at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula for nearly 33 years, had so far managed to remain despite the defection of his top generals and ambassadors.

Saleh has exasperated his former U.S. and Saudi allies, who once saw him as a key partner in efforts to combat Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, by repeatedly reneging on a Gulfbrokered deal for him to quit in return for immunity.

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Presidential candidate retired Army commander and leader of the Gana Peru Party Ollanta Humala, casts his vote in Lima on June 5, 2011. Closing polls established a technical tie with conservative contender congresswoman Keiko Fujimori leader of the Fuerza 2011 Party.

Unofficial count gives Humala narrow win in Peru Associated Press Writer

LIMA, Peru – Unofficial results showed leftist military man Ollanta Humala narrowly winning Sunday’s bitterly contested presidential runoff against the daughter of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori after promising the poor a greater share of Peru’s mineral wealth.

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In this photo taken Thursday, March 10, 2011,Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left, and President Ali Abdullah Saleh, attend a rally organized by Saleh supporters in Sanaa, Yemen.

Results announced by the independent election watchdog group Transparencia gave Humala 51.3 percent of the vote against 48.7 percent for Keiko Fujimori with more than 90 percent of the ballots counted. The error margin was one percentage point.

Official results were not expected until later Sunday night, but Transparencia’s track record in previous elections is solid.

Rife with mudslinging and dirty tricks, the election was marred by doubts about both candidates’ com-

mitment to democracy. Fujimori’s father is serving a 25-year prison term for rights abuses and corruption and she shares the same inner circle of advisers. Humala has been accused of violent excesses as an army counterinsurgency unit commander in the 1990s.

Humala, 48, allied himself closely with socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in his first run for the office in 2006, which he narrowly lost to Alan Garcia.

This time he softened his radical rhetoric and disavowed Chavez,

promising instead to follow Brazil’s market-friendly model.

He failed to win over the business elite, however, which fears Humala will nationalize industries and expropriate private property. His champions were Peru’s neglected — the one in three people who are poor, live largely in the Andean highlands, and have gained little or nothing from a mining bonanza that fueled economic growth average 7 percent a year since 2001.

Exit polls gave Humala better than 70 percent of the vote in four poor highland states including Puno, where Aymara Indians who object to a planned Canadian-owned silver mine suspended a nearly month-long highway blockade so people could vote.

The protesters fear the mine will poison their water. Fujimori, meanwhile, led in Lima, but by a modest margin.

William and Kate to live in Kensington Palace Agence France Presse

LONDON – Prince William and new bride Catherine will within the coming months move into Kensington Palace, the London residence once shared by the prince and his late mother Diana, according to St James’s Palace.

The newly-titled Duke of Cambridge and his brother Prince Harry lived in the palace after Diana and Prince Charles divorced in 1996, but the newlywed couple will move into a different property within the grounds.

A spokesman from St James’s Palace said: “We can confirm that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s official London residence will temporarily become a property at Kensington Palace. “A number of options for longer term solutions are still being considered.

“The couple’s main home will continue to be their house on Anglesey, and their Household Office will continue to be based at St James’s Palace,” he added.

The duke and duchess currently live on the north Wales island of Anglesey, where the prince works as

an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot. William, 28, is second in line to the throne for the 16 Commonwealth realms, including Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Members of Britain’s royal family, Kate Duchess of Cambridge (3L) and Prince William (4L) stand alongside Queen Elizabeth II (2nd R) on the balcony ahead of The Derby horse race during the second day of the Epsom Derby Festival, in Surrey, southern England, on June 4, 2011.

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Furama and FuramaXclusive Villas Celebrates 4th Anniversary IBP

UBUD - Furama Villas & Spa and FuramaXclusive Villas & Spa Ubud, Bali celebrated her 4th anniversary on Monday, 6 June 2011 with a meaningful line-up of socially-conscious and environmentally-friendly initiatives.

Various pre-anniversary activities were held in accordance with the management’s concern for humanity and the environment. Beginning with an encouraging blood donation drive, assisted by the Palang Merah Indonesia Charity, the resort’s staff also made a concerted effort in visiting the elderly living around the surrounding Banjar Bindu as Villa district, spreading much joy and cheer. Fun sports activities were organized where staff engaged the local community in active participation.

In addition, an anniversary brunch party was held by the management to commemorate the special day which also attended by the honorable guest in house, DR. Ellen Mc Grath and Harry from New York University. The celebration ended on a high note with the announcement of the Best Employee of the Year 2011.

Mr. Ramia Adnyana, General Manager of

Furama Villas & Spa Ubud remarked, “Every initiative that Furama takes is our respect of an unceasing commitment towards the enhancement of guests’ experiences. Furama Villas & Spa Ubud, Bali is dedicated to delivering the most memorable and exclusive resort experience in the country.”

Furama Villas & Spa is one of the international chains of hotels in Bali which is under the management of Furama Hotels Internationals (FHI), a hotel management company based in Singapore. Developing and committed to offering the best accommodation options in the cities of the world’s first choice, especially for the Asian region includes four-star and five star categories, limited services, boutique-style resorts and villas. Supported by a priority to provide the most memorable experience for guests through the service with the best quality, Furama Villas & Spa also has proven its accreditation in the field of tourism accommodation Indonesia, and Bali in particular by taking several Awards, including: The Best Service Excellence 2010 by International Business & Company Awards, and the Tri Hita Karana Tourism Awards 2010 Gold Medal, Security Gold Award 2009 & 2010 of the Indonesian National Police Region.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011 25 May Buda Pon Tolu Catur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 26 May Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem 1 Jun Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh Guwang Village Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida 8 Jun Buda Paing Wariga Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli 11 Jun Tumpek Uduh/Pengatag Puseh / Village Temple Batuan Sukawati Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem 15 Jun Buda Wage Warigadean Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal Badung Puncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Bangun Sakti Besakih - Karangasem Antegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan Pesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan 17 Jun Sukra Umanis Warigadean Odalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih - Karangasem Odalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih 19 Jun Redite Pon Julungwangi Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja 21 Jun Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Sangsit Buleleng Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang

Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - Gianyar Manik Bingin Sidemen - Karangasem 22 Jun Buda Umanis Julungwangi Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Puncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal - Badung Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Mr. Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja 30 Jun Wraspati Wage Sungsang Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih - Karangasem 6 Jul Buda Keliwon Dunggulan Wakika Temple Kupang, NTT Agung Girinatha Temple Sumbawa Besar NTB Dukuh Sakti Temple Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Atambuananta Temple Kutamba NTT Webananta Temple Kupang, NTT Giripati Mulawarman Temple Pontianak Mustika Dharma Temple Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur 7 Jul Wraspati Umanis Dunggulan Watukaru Temple Tabanan Lempuyang Luhur Temple Karangasem Kentel Gumi Temple Klungkung Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pasek Kubayan Temple Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Tiyingan - Klungkung Merajan Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa 8 Jul Sukra Paing Dunggulan Ulun Suwi Temple Jimbaran - Badung Luhur Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati - Gianyar Pasek Ubung Temple Ubung - Denpasar

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali.

There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

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

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

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Bombings kill 24 people in northwest Pakistan Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD – A suicide bomber attacked a bakery in Pakistan’s northwest on Sunday, killing 18 people, and another bomb in the volatile region left six others dead. The attacks were the latest in a wave of bloodshed to hit Pakistan since the U.S. raid that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.

Also Sunday, a Pakistani security official said authorities are nearly certain that a recent U.S. missile strike killed al-Qaida commander Ilyas Kashmiri.

The suicide bomber struck the bakery in a neighborhood were army personnel live in the town of Nowshera, police said. At least two soldiers were among the dead.

The attacker was a young man carrying around 18 pounds (eight kilograms) of explosives. The blast caused some gas cylinders in the bakery to explode, leading to a fire that left many of the 40 wounded in serious condition, said Fazal Maula, a police official.

Earlier in the day, a bomb exploded at a bus stop in the Matani area of the northwest, killing six people and wounded several others, officials said. It appeared to have been planted at the bus stop, as opposed to a suicide attack.

There was no claim of responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban have claimed credit for other recent attacks, saying they were avenging bin Laden’s

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Pakistani rescue workers gather at the site of a bomb blast in a bus stand in Matani near Peshawar, Pakistan Sunday, June 5, 2011. The bomb blast killed several people in northwest Pakistan, in the latest violence to hit the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. death in the May 2 U.S. raid. Kashmiri is the latest al-Qaida leader to be killed, though there are still lingering doubts after the missile strike late Friday.

Kashmiri was rumored to be a potential long-shot candidate to replace bin Laden as head of al-Qaida. U.S. officials have described him as alQaida’s military operations chief in Pakistan, and he was on a list of the five most wanted militants believed to be in the country. The 47-year-old was sought in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, accused of slaughtering many Pakistanis, and suspected of aiding plots against Western targets.

It was unclear how Kashmiri was tracked down, but Pakistan and the U.S. recently agreed to jointly target him and a handful of other mili-

tant leaders as part of measures to repair relations badly strained by the unilateral May 2 raid, officials have said.

The Pakistani security official said Sunday that the weekend reports of Kashmiri’s death were “95 percent confirmed,” as authorities have checked with various sources.

It’s unlikely authorities will ever find the body to reach 100 percent certainty — militants usually quickly dispose of colleagues’ corpses.

Photographic evidence or DNA samples may help, but verifying the dead in drone strikes is generally difficult. Initial reports have turned out to be wrong in the past, including one in September 2009 that said Kashmiri had been killed.

Most Australians against carbon tax: poll Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – Most Australians oppose a tax on the carbon emissions blamed for global warming and want Prime Minister Julia Gillard to call an early election over the issue, according to a poll released on Monday.

The findings were published a day after thousands of people rallied around the nation in support of the controversial plan, which is the subject of intense debate in Australia.

The Galaxy poll for News Limited newspapers, conducted countrywide on June 1 and 2, revealed 58 percent were against the tax, with just 28 percent in favour and the rest undecided.

Gillard pledged ahead of her election last year that she would not introduce a carbon tax, and the poll showed 64 percent of the 500 voters questioned want her to call a fresh ballot. Only 24 percent said she had a mandate to implement her proposal.

Heavily reliant on coal-fired power and mining exports, Australia is one of the world’s worst per capita polluters and the government wants the tax levied on major industrial polluters by July 1, 2012.

This would give way to an emissions trading scheme within three to five years. But the conservative opposition says it would damage the economy and drive up the cost of living by making energy far more ex-

pensive, bumping up electricity bills.

Nearly three-quarters of those polled believe it would leave them financially worse off and deliver little or no benefit for the environment.

“The problem for the government is that most voters believe the personal cost outweighs the environmental benefits,” said Galaxy pollster David Briggs.

The findings came in the wake of rallies around the country on Sunday in favour of the tax that attracted tens of thousands of supporters.

“We think momentum is building, people-power is building, because Australians want action on climate change,” Australian Conservation Foundation chief executive Don Henry said at a rally in Melbourne.

21 confirmed dead in China mine floods: Xinhua Agence France Presse

BEIJING – Authorities in southwest China have confirmed the deaths of 21 workers in two flooded coal mines, state media said Monday, highlighting the dangers of toiling in the nation’s collieries.

In Guiyang city, the capital of Guizhou province, 13 people were confirmed dead at the Fuhong mine, following a flood on May 29, the official China Daily newspaper reported.

Only five bodies have been recovered, but experts have determined that the eight miners still inside had no chance of survival.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the mine was not constructed in accordance with an approved design — a possible cause of the accident.

The second incident, which took place at an illegal mine on May 31 on the border of Guizhou province and the Guangxi region, left eight workers trapped. All of their bodies had been recovered by Saturday, the newspaper reported.

Police have arrested four mine owners, it said. Last year, 2,433 people died in coal mine accidents in China, according to official statistics, or a rate of more than six workers per day.

Labour rights groups, however, say the actual death toll is likely much higher than official data indicates, partly due to under-reporting of accidents as mine bosses seek to limit their economic losses and avoid punishment.

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From page 1 Police say the JAT he founded in 2008 was a front for a new campaign of terrorism in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority state.

Indonesia is struggling to deal with the threat of homegrown Islamist militants who oppose the country’s secular,

democratic system and want to create a caliphate across much of Southeast Asia.

Vicious communal clashes between Muslims and Christians in 2000 and 2001 claimed around 1,000 lives in Poso, and sporadic unrest continued for several years.

Fifteen countries...

From page 1 He said the working group meeting in Bali was an important forum for APEC member countries to discuss how they would strengthen cooperation in order to face today‘s global challenges such as the food security and climate change issues.

Meanwhile, Chairman of APEC‘s Marine Resources Conservation Working Group Ulises Munaylla from Peru stated recently the world was facing the negative impacts of climate change on the marine biodiversity which eventually would also affect food security.

He expected the Bali meeting would produce positive inputs to member countries of APEC in relation to the efforts to tackle climate change and secure food supply to the people.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) of the

22nd Fisheries Working Group (FWG), the 24th Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRCWG) are participated in by 63 officers from 15 APEC member countries, namely USA, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Chile, Russia and the Philippines.

The event is also attended by an observer from an Independent Assessor and four expert speakers, including from the NGOs. Since 2010, the Lead Shepherd position for APEC FWG has been held by Gellwynn Jusuf from Indonesia, who is also currently serving as Secretary General of Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, while Ulises Munaylla from Peru is the Lead Shepherd from APEC MRCWG since 2009.

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Radical Indonesia cleric rejects terrorism charges Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA – A radical Indonesian cleric facing life in prison on terrorism charges protested his innocence Monday and rejected the trial as outside Islamic law in a final court appearance before judges announce a verdict.

Abu Bakar Bashir is accused of helping to set up and fund a terror training camp in Aceh province for a group that allegedly planned attacks on foreigners and assassinations of moderate Muslim leaders such as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Bashir, who co-founded the al-Qaidalinked Jemaah Islamiyah network, which is blamed for some of Indonesia’s deadliest suicide bombings.

Bashir, 72, denies involvement with the training camp but has repeatedly defended it as legal under Islam.

The white-bearded cleric told a Jakarta court that the case against him was fabricated and witnesses that testified by teleconference were doing so under pressure.

“Therefore their testimonies could not be trusted,” he said.

Citing verses from the Quran, Bashir said he rejected the trial as counter to Islam.

Indonesia, a secular nation of 237 million with more Muslims than any other in the world, has made strides in fighting terrorism since the first Jemaah Islamiyahlinked attack on Bali island in 2002. More than 260 people have died altogether, many of them Western tourists.

But the country still faces pockets of radicalized Islamists, and a small but increasingly vocal hard-line fringe has carried out violent attacks in recent months on minorities and police. A panel of five judges is to announce its verdict on June 16. The maximum penalty for the terror charges is death.

Prosecutors say testimony from dozens of witnesses at Bashir’s trial proved he not only incited others but played an active role in terrorist activities. In a court appearance last month, the fiery cleric called Osama bin Laden a “warrior” who will be rewarded in heaven for the “great sacrifices” he made for Islam.

The Aceh-based training camp, raided by an anti-terror squad early last year, was organized by a new terror cell allegedly planning Mumbai-style attacks.

It’s not the first time Bashir has faced terrorism charges or spent time in detention.

He was arrested almost immediately after the Bali bombings, but prosecutors were unable to prove a string of terrorism-related allegations and reduced his four-year prison sentence to 18 months for immigration violations.

Soon after his release, he was re-arrested and sentenced to 2 1/2 years, this time for inciting the Bali blasts, a charge that was overturned on appeal. He was freed in 2006.

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Supporters of Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir display placards demanding to free Bashir during the closing of his terrorism trial in Jakarta on June 6, 2011.

Sukabumi to have airport Antara

SUKABUMI - The West Java Provincial Development Planning Board (Bappeda) plans to build an airport at Citarete village in Surade subdistrict, Sukabumi district, West Java, in 2015, at a cost of Rp1.5 trillion.

“We have conducted a feasibility study in the area since 2005 and the results of the study suggest that the area is suitable for an airport,” Bappeda Chief Deny Juanda said on Sunday.

The airport was designed to support the tourism industry in the

southern part of Sukabumi district as well as the agromarine industry, he said.

The project had been put in the long-term development plan of 2005-2025 and the provincial spatial layout plan of 2009-2029, he said.

“The construction of the airport will cost about Rp1.5 trillion, excluding land clearance,” he said.

According to him, the development of tourism-oriented airport was inseparable from the Sukabumi district government‘s success in conducting large-scale tourism and

investment promotion campaigns to develop the region including the agromarine industry.

The airport would no doubt provide easy access to tourist sites in the southern part of Sukabumi district, he said.

Meanwhile, head of the Sukabumi District Development Planning Board Dodi Sumantri said he had been informed of the plan to build the airport at Citarete saying the local authorities were currently improving a number of facilities and infrastructures to support the development of the airport.

Sky Aviation to make maiden flight to Kerinci Antara

JAMBI - Sky Aviation will make maiden flight to the Depati Parbo airport in Jambi provincial district of Kerinci, Sumatra, on Monday (June 6, 2011), Tourism Travel Bureau Association spokesman said.

A Sky Aviation aircraft will fly from Jambi three times a week, said Roy Mardianto, the Tourism Travel Bureau Association (ASITA) secretary said here on Sunday.

The first flight of the Sky Aviation Fokker aircraft will be marked

in a ceremony held by Jambi governor Hasan Basri Agus at Jambi Sultan Thaha airport at 9 am on Monday, Roy said.

In the meantime, the Archipelago network regional board Chairman Dahril Alfath warned that the aircraft plying the JambiKerinci route should be maintained if the government really wants to give a positive impact to the Kerinci people.

“The flight should be permanent although it is only two or three times a week, so it will benefit the Kerinci

people,” Dahril said, hoping that the flight can be conducted every day.

Dahril expressed regret if the flight to Kerinci is only temporary, for instance in holding government big and important events, like the Lake Kerinci festival from July 6 to 11, 2011.

If the flight to Kerinci is only temporary, it will stop after the Lake Kerinci festival is concluded, Dahril cited, adding it means that the government fails to manage the Kerinci district potential, and consequently the investors may not come, Dahril said.

RI eyes African markets for its SME products Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia is exploring the possibility of expanding the markets of its small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa through the 11 African countries with which it has already established diplomatic relations, a government official said here on Sunday.

Neddy Rafinaldi Halim, the Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry‘s director for marketing and business networking, said the aim was to canvass the markets in 45 African countries through the 11 countries which already have diplomatic ties with Indonesia.

“We have conducted a business forum with the ambassadors of 11 African countries to Indonesia,” Neddy Rafinaldi Halim said.

According to him, it was concluded at the business forum on June 1, 2011 that there were wide opportunities for Indonesia to market its SME products in the African continent.

In addition, the 11 countries in

Africa had a profound interest in strengthening cooperation with Indonesia in the economic field, especially in small and medium businesses.

“At the business forum we found out that there are many potential markets in Africa for the products of Indonesian small and medium enterprises,” Neddy said.

He said Somalia was importing 20 million sarongs per year from Indonesia.

“It seems that the African countries with diplomatic relations with Indonesia will facilitate our business players especially SMEs to to gain access to more other countries in the African continent,” he added.

To follow it up, Neddy said he would discuss the technical matters with the ambassadors of 11 African countries to Indonesia.

He explained that there were 45 big countries in Africa and 11 of them have had diplomatic relations with Indonesia.

According to him those countries had potential market for Indonesian UKM products.

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Bali Today Bali ready to become economic corridor Antara

DENPASAR - The province of Bali is ready to become an economic corridor, Governor Made Mangku Pastika said here on Monday.

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Governor Bali Made Mangku Pastika explained that province of Bali is ready to become an economic corridor.

The governor said that for Bali to become an economic corridor was in accordance with the Master Plan of the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI 2011-2025).

“In the MP3EI Bali is defined as the corridor and gateway for tourists who want to visit East Java, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),” Governor Mangku Pastika said.

Pastika added that in terms of infrastructure the province has been ready to become gateway of

tourism, not only for tourist who wanted to visit East Java, NTB, and NTT, but also to Makassar, Papua, and other destinations across the country.

Even in the near future another international airport will be built at the northern part of Bali, a toll road across the water, an underpass at Dewa Ruci junction in Kuta, and a rail road around the island for railway tourism.

“And again I say that Bali is absolutely ready to support the MP3EI 2011-2025,” the governor said.

He asserted that there was no problem whatsoever with tourism spatial planning in Bali as a the gateway of tourism in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, culture and tourism spokesman for human resources development Gede Pitana said that as a gateway of tourism, Bali should be able to be a knot of tourism activities to some other areas, especially in the eastern part of Indonesia.

Therefore he added that to be a tourism gateway, the design of tourism development should be done orderly, systematically, and in a measurable way.

Japanese tourist arrivals Indonesia calls for sustainable use of APEC’s Marine Resources in Bali down 21.81 pct Antara

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DENPASAR - Indonesia has called on APEC member countries to make use of their marine resources in a sustainable manner while also trying to preserve the environment.

The call was made by Endhay Kusnendar, head of the research and development division of Indonesia‘s Marine and Fisheries Ministry at the opening session of the 22nd APEC Fisheries Working Group Meeting as well as the 24th APEC‘s Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Meeting in Bali on Monday.

Endhay said APEC had now become one of the prominent economic powers in the world with its member economies accounting for 57% of the global GDP and more than 40% of the world trade volume.

With a total population of more than 2.6 billion, he said, APEC itself had become a huge potential market. The consumption of global fish products in APEC economies had reached 70%, which comes from both captured and aquaculture production.

“Though the numbers look

very promising, on the other hand, however, we are facing a major threat of ecosystem degradation due to excessive use of our resources which in return will jeopardize the sustainability of our oceans, and coastal resources,” he said.

He said it was crucial for countries having marine resources to realize the full economic potential of their fisheries resources. “Economic sustainability depends not only on management of resource sustainability but that economic value added for economies from the use of such resources is fully enabled,” he said.

Therefore, Endhay said, Indonesia with its mega marine biodiversity as a comparative advantage, realized the responsibility to safeguard the sustainable development of its marine resources and called on other APEC members to make the most of their ocean related resources and manage it in a sustainable manner.

He also reminded about the agreement which had been made by APEC Ocean-Related Ministers last 2010 in Paracas, Peru, titled the Paracas Declaration.

“I believe strongly, after all these declarations; it is high time

for us to reaffirm our commitment by moving from words to action in achieving sustainable development of our ocean, seas, and coastal resources in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said.

The APEC‘S 22nd Fisheries Working Group Meeting and the 24th Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Meeting in Bali takes place in Bali starting June 6-9.

The meeting is participated in by representatives from 16 countries namely Indonesia, the US, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Chile, Russia, the Philippine, China and Vietnam. The event is also attended by an observer from Independent Assessor and four expert speakers, including from NGOs. Since 2010, the Lead Shepherd position for APEC FWG held by Mr Gellwynn Jusuf PhD from Indonesia, which currently also serves as Secretary General of Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), while Mr Ulises Munaylla PhD from Peru is the Lead Shepherd from APEC MRCWG since 2009. They are both Co-Chairs of the four days meeting in Bali.

DENPASAR - A total of 64,455 Japanese tourists visited Bali in the first four months of 2011, down 21.81 percent from 82,436 in the same period last year.

“The drop put Japan in third from second place among the top ten sources of Bali`s foreign tourist arrivals,” Head of the Bali Provincial Statistics Office I Gede Suarsa said on Sunday.

China overtook Japan as the second source of foreign tourist arrivals thanks to the increasing number of Chinese tourists holidaying in the world-renowned tourist island, he said.

He said the Japanese tourists were made up of 7.59 percent of the overall tourist arrivals in Bali in the four months through April which reached 848,899, up 13.37 percent compared

to 748,754 in the same period last year.

Last year, 245,040 Japanese tourists visited Bali, a 26.61 percent decline compared with the year before.

Gede Suarsa said tourist arrivals from seven of the top ten source countries increased significantly while those from the other three source countries declined in the JanuaryApril 2011 period.

Tourist arrivals from Australia rose 34.92 percent to 210,903 from 162,082, China 0.19 percent to 71,186 from 71,052, Malaysia 32.95 percent to 52,507 from 39,435, Britain 46.98 percent to 32,128 from 21,859, Russia 26.74 percent to 31,646 from 24,970, Singapore 42.99 percent to 30,455 from 21,095 and France 15.15 percent to 28,897 from 25,095.

Meanwhile, those from Taiwan dropped 10.51 percent from 44,085 to 39,451, and South Korea 1.35 percent from 37,787 to 37,277.

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Asian tourists shopping at art market. A total of 64,455 Japanese tourists visited Bali in the first four months of 2011, down 21.81 percent from 82,436 in the same period last year.

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Balinese Culture Mayadanawa: Feeling Superiority Results in Destruction When penjors paraphernalia are erected throughout the island, they epitomize that Galungan festivity has come. Every single devotee is in blooming heart welcoming it with joy. This six monthly celebration in Balinese calendar encourages people to make earnest preparation whole day and night. It’s time to glorify God and ancestors.

Based on the mythology, Galungan delineates the triumph of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). According to Tatwa Mayadanawa transliterated by Made Gambar said that Bedaulu kingdom in Bali was once ruled by Mayadanawa. He was very powerful and proud of his power and feels to have more sovereign power than that of gods.

This arrogance until forbids all subjects to worship God together with the celebration to glorify all God’s manifestations. The non-existence of freedom to worship and other religious activities caused many subjects greatly suffered where diseases spread and harvests failed. Seeing this condition, Lord Mahadeva in heaven feels disappointed. Having organized an assembly session with other gods, it is decided to attack Mayadanawa.

Under the leadership of Lord Indra, the target can be timely destroyed.

In short, the troops of the gods won the battle. This does not only stand

for the triumph of the gods, but also of the whole mankind on earth.

Afterwards, Galungan then can be re-celebrated after the triumph of Indra. Many subjects felt to regain their enlightenment as they were able to practice their religious life. This festivity lasts for ten days and ends in the day called Kuningan. Aside from paying homage at village temple, it is also intended to appreciate the ancestors at family shrine. Similarly, devotees thank for the prosperity bestowed and maintain the relationship with their ancestors. Though they have left for the beyond, hopefully they could illuminate their descendants.

Another version about Galungan is mentioned by the manuscript Jaya Kasunu. It is said that the king Jaya Kasunu (AD 1204), meditated (held dewa sraya) to invoke guidance. His problem was that not one of his predecessors could rule longer. Through his solemn meditation he was inspired that he should re-organize religious activities, such as Galungan.

No matter what the version is, the essence of these mythologies implies that a devotee or creation should maintain their persistent contact to his Creator. The âtman dwelling within the human self should maintain his contact to Brahman, the Creator. By doing so, humans can continuously obtain the

illumination to walk in the path of dharma.

As manifestation of gratitude, devotees express it through worship at temples, garden, rice field and so forth. Everything that has given prosperity is also offered an oblation, including the means of transportation. If you happen to take an excursion on that day you of course will rub up against many cars affixed with young coconut paraphernalia.

Hopefully, the festivity does not come to an end at the vibrant fiesta marked with grandiose oblation, assorted delicious food or luxurious paraphernalia. All the times it should help the spiritual development. Anything achieved in this life either tangible or intangible entities, should not make us arrogant. Sometimes, when having abundance of wealth or higher educational background, a human feels superior or more powerful than others. Even, it is not employed as a milestone to improve his devotion to God. It’s here where the achievement drags human to sluggish condition or gorge of destruction. Like Mayadanawa, he forgot that there is a vast sky above him. His power has led him to his dissolution. If we do not want to become the next Mayadanawa, consistent devotion must be established. (BTN/punia)

Roast Duck In Banana Leaf OVERVIEW: The rich flavor of duck is greatly enhanced by a host of pungent roots, herbs and seasonings in this dish, which is invariably a great favorite with visitors to Bali.

The Balinese have great admiration for the duck and consider it to be a particularly strong animal as it is, like the turtle, the only one able to survive on land as water.

INGREDIENTS: 1 whole duck, weigh about 2 kg (4 ½ lb) 18 shallots, peeled, cut in half, and sliced 6 cloves garlic, peeled, cut in half, & sliced 3 stalks lemon grass, finely sliced 5 fragrant lime leaves, finely sliced 6 candlenuts, chopped 5 cm (2 in), ginger, peeled and chopped 8 cm (3in) fresh turmeric, peeled, chopped 8 cm (3in) kencur root, peeled, chopped 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed 5 bird’s-eye chilies, slices 1 tsp coriander seeds, crushed 2 tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted and coarsely crushed 1½ tbsp salt 3 tbsp oil Banana leaves, greaseproof paper or aluminum foil for wrapping PREPARATION: Wipe the duck dry and set aside. Combine all ingredients except banana leafs in a bowl and mix well.

Rub the duck outside with this mixture and fill the center of the duck with the remainder.

Close open duck with satay skewer. Wrap in several layers of banana leaves, greaseproof paper or foil and steam for 50 minutes. Transfer duck to a moderate oven and bake at 180o C (350o F) for 30 minutes.

Remove banana leaves, cut duck meat up in small pieces and serve with stuffing. When cooked, the meat should be so tender that it falls off the bones. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Telaga Waja Rafting IBP

Telaga Waja Rivers is one of the longest rivers on east Bali starts to runs southward Bali from southern slope of mount Abang. Mount Abang a peak at the south rim of Batur caldera as the remnant of tremendous eruption which was probably happened at the same time as other super volcanic eruptions along volcanic belt of archipelago. The explosion of Batur created beautiful panorama of Lake Batur, Mount Batur and mount Abang. This nature’s beauty has made west rim of Batur the most haunted place for travelers to Bali, and a tour package called Kintamani tour is the most popular in Bali.

Telaga Waja River seems it was part of the created nature’s beauty starts at the slope of Mt. Abang runs through idyllic villages and jungle slopes along the area of Kecamatan Rendang onward to the area of Kabupaten Klungkung ends on the sea, close to the biggest temple of Bali, the Besakih, and cut the foot of the highest mountain on Bali that is Mount Agung on the west side. It is not known why the name is Telaga Waja. Telaga for Balinese is pool, lake or embung, while waja or Baja is metal. It is no reference in Balinese word could lead to any understanding on what is behind the word of metal pool, as the fact a pool or lake has the water staying, but river or tukad in Balinese has running water which is always ending on the sea.

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BUSINESS IATA says airline profits to plunge this year Associated Press Writer Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP

SINGAPORE – Airline profits will likely plummet this year because of natural disasters, political violence and higher fuel prices, an industry group said Monday.

Airlines will probably earn about $4 billion in 2011, down from $18 billion last year, the International Air Transport Association said. IATA’s previous forecast in March estimated 2011 profits of $8.6 billion.

“Natural disasters in Japan, unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, plus the sharp rise in oil prices have slashed industry profit expectations,” IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani said in a statement. “That we are making any money at all in a year with this combination of unprecedented shocks is a result of a very fragile balance.”

Higher fuel costs — crude rose to $115 last month from $84 in February — are the largest obstacle to airline profitability, IATA said.

The industry’s fuel bill will likely rise by $10 billion this year to $176 billion and fuel now accounts for 30 percent of an airline’s costs, up from 13 percent in 2001, IATA said.

Airlines are counting on the global economy continuing to grow to help offset higher oil prices. Passenger numbers will likely increase 4.4 percent this year while cargo should grow 5.5 percent, though both forecasts are below IATA’s March estimates.

“The corporate sector is cash-rich, business confidence is high, and world trade continues to expand,” IATA said.

“The key risk to this outlook is a weakening of global economic growth.”

IATA expects a razor thin 0.7 percent profit margin for airlines this year on revenue of $598 billion.

Oil falls below $100 after weak US jobs figures Associated Press Writer

SINGAPORE – Oil prices fell below $100 a barrel Monday in Asia after new indications of slowing U.S. economic growth ahead of an OPEC meeting this week.

Benchmark oil for July delivery was down $1 to $99.22 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The contract fell 18 cents to settle at $100.22 on Friday.

In London, Brent crude for July delivery was down 93 cents to $114.91 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

Investors will be closely watching Wednesday’s meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna.

The 12-member cartel, which produces about 40 percent of global crude supplies, will be debat-

ing whether to boost production to help lower prices.

Traders are also gauging the impact of a weaker U.S. economy on consumer spending. The Labor Department said Friday the U.S. added 54,000 jobs in May, the fewest in eight months. During the previous three months, the economy added an average of 220,000 jobs per month.

“We are focusing our attention on the OPEC meeting and the fallout from Friday’s jobs data,” energy consultant The Schork Report said. “Last week issued daily telltales that the pace of the U.S. economic recovery is in serious doubt.”

In other Nymex trading in July contracts, heating oil fell 1.6 cents to $3.04 a gallon and gasoline dropped 2.3 cents to $2.97 a gallon. Natural gas futures gained 8.4 cents to $4.79 per 1,000 cubic feet.

A discount on educational DVDs for children is offered through the Groupon website in the Chicago area on June 2, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.

Groupon announced today that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its Class A common stock. The social buying site is expected to raise an estimated $750 million with the IPO.

Greenhouse gas emissions hitting record highs Associated Press Writer

AMSTERDAM – Despite 20 years of effort, greenhouse gas emissions are going up instead of down, hitting record highs as climate negotiators gather to debate a new global warming accord.

The new report by the International Energy Agency showing high emissions from fossil fuels is one of several pieces of bad news facing delegates from about 180 countries heading to Bonn, Germany, for two weeks of talks beginning Monday.

Another: The tsunami-triggered nuclear disaster in March apparently has sidelined Japan’s aggressive policies to combat climate change and prompted countries like Germany to hasten the decommissioning of nuclear power stations which, regardless of other drawbacks, have nearly zero carbon emissions.

“Japan’s energy future is in limbo,” says analyst Endre Tvinnereim of the consultancy firm Point Carbon. The fallout from the catastrophe has “put climate policy further down the priority list,” and the short-term effect in Japan — one of the world’s most carbon-efficient countries — will be more burning of fossil fuels, he said.

And despite the expansion of renewable energy around the world, the Paris-based IEA’s report said energy-related carbon emissions last year topped 30 gigatons, 5 percent more than the previous record in 2008. With energy investments locked into coal- and oil-fueled infrastructure, that situation will change little over the next decade, it said.

Fatih Birol, the IEA’s chief economist, says the energy trend should be “a wake-up call.” The figures are “a serious setback” to hopes of limiting the rise in the Earth’s average temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (3.8 F) above preindustrial levels, he said.

Any rise beyond that, scientists believe, could lead to catastrophic climate shifts affecting water supplies and global agriculture, setting off more frequent and fierce storms and causing a rise in sea levels that would endanger coastlines.

The June 6-17 discussions in Bonn are to prepare for the annual year-end decision-making U.N. conference, which this year is in Durban, South Africa. Even more than previous conferences, Durban could be the forum for a major showdown between wealthy countries and the developing world.

Poor countries say the wealthy West, whose industries overloaded the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other climatechanging gases over the last 200 years, is not doing enough to cut future pollution.

A study released Sunday supports that view.

The report, based on an analysis by the Stockholm Environment Institute commissioned and released by Oxfam, evaluated national pledges to cut carbon emissions submitted after the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit. It found that developing countries account for 60 percent of the promised reductions.

The analysis is complicated because countries use different yardsticks and baseline years for mea-

suring reductions.

But the study calculated that China, which has pledged to reduce emissions in relation to economic output by 40-45 percent, will cut its carbon output twice as much as the United States by 2020.

“It’s time for governments from Europe and the U.S. to stand up to the fossil fuel lobbyists,” said Tim Gore, a climate analyst for Oxfam, the international aid agency.

Another keynote battle in Bonn will be the fate of the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 accord whose provisions capping emissions by industrial countries expire in 2012.

Wealthy countries falling under the protocol’s mandate are resisting demands to extend their commitments beyond 2012 and set new legally binding emissions targets unless powerful emerging economies like China, India and Brazil accept similar mandatory caps.

“The Kyoto Protocol uncertainty is casting even a bigger shadow over the negotiations than in years past, and is going to come to a head,” said Jake Schmidt of the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council.

Negotiators also must prepare options for the Durban conference on how to raise $100 billion a year for the Green Climate Fund created last December to help countries cope with global warming.

One source under discussion is a levy on international aviation and shipping, said Oxfam’s Gore.

“South African negotiators are hoping a deal on sources for longterm finance will be Durban’s legacy issue,” he said.

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‘X-Men’ mutants weaken with $56M prequel debut Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Young X-Men don’t have the same box-office superpowers as their older selves. “X-Men: First Class” had a solid No. 1 opening with a $56 million weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

But the 20th Century Fox prequel chronicling the formative years of the comic-book mutants found smaller audiences than the franchise’s first four big-screen adventures, which featured older versions of the X-Men. Debut weekends for the last three “X-Men” flicks ranged from $85.1 million to $102.8 million. The original “X-Men” opened 11 years ago with $54.5 million, but that would amount to about $80 million today adjusting for ticket-price inflation.

Fox distribution executive Chris Aronson said the studio achieved its goal of opening the prequel at about the same revenue numbers as the original “X-Men.” “This is just an excellent start in launching a brand new chapter of the `X-Men’ franchise,” said Aronson, dismissing comparisons to the $85.1 million debut of Hugh Jackman’s “XMen Origins: Wolverine” in 2009.

“You can’t compare this one to any

of the other `X-Men’ movies, except maybe” the first one, Aronson said.

“Something like `Wolverine’ is a totally unfair comparison because that had a bonafide worldwide star in Hugh Jackman and arguably the most popular character in the `X-Men’ stable.”

The prequel presents a rising cast of new talent rather than the established stars of the franchise’s previous chapters.

“X-Men: First Class” features James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as Marvel Comics mutants Professor X and Magneto, roles originated by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the characters’ older years.

The prequel follows their first meeting, early alliance and eventual falling out as they take opposite approaches in their dealings with ordinary humans fearful of the superpowered mutants.

The movie added $64 million from 74 overseas markets for a worldwide total of $120 million.

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Cast members Zoe Kravitz, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, James McAvoy, and Michael Fassbender (L-R) pose at the premiere of “X-Men: First Class” in New York City May 25, 2011.

De Niro plays elder statesman at Guys Choice Associated Press Writer

Culver City, Calif. – Fresh from leading the Cannes jury, Robert De Niro found himself on stage at the Guys Choice Awards praising Keith Richards’ “big brass balls” and telling an audience that Sean Penn peaked with “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”

De Niro played the dirty-mouthed elder statesman at Saturday night’s Spike TV honors, a sort of brash, puerile younger brother to the MTV Movie Awards, which is airing live on that network Sunday.

Like that show, the Guys Choice stage on

AP Photo/Matt Sayles

Keith Richards and Robert De Niro are seen onstage at the SpikeTV Guys Choice Awards on Saturday, June 4, 2011, in Culver City, Calif.

the Sony lot was populated by Hollywood types with something to promote — mostly summer movies.

Justin Timberlake leered at his “Friends With Benefits” co-star Mila Kunis as she took the “Holy Grail of Hot” trophy, while his “Bad Teacher” co-star Cameron Diaz kicked off the show with a monologue.

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” star Jim Carrey shared an unprintable story about how he became a funnyman through a painful encounter with an uncle.

“I’m actually kind of a geek that way when I come out to these things,” Carrey said backstage. “It’s half to just be creative and do some crazy, blow-out thing and half because I like seeing people that are in my business. Kind of cool.”

Richards took the night’s final honor, a lifetime achievement trophy previously given to the likes of Clint Eastwood. He hoisted the Brass Balls award, which resembles a giant dumbbell with spheres on two sides.

“I mean, I’ve had a few awards in my time,” the rock legend said backstage. “With the balls it’s like where to put them? It’s easy to pick them up but where are you going to put them? I’ve got to figure that out with the wife.”

Penn led a “Fast Times” reunion onstage, joined by Forest Whitaker, Judge Reinhold and other cast members. Mark Wahlberg was named “Guy of the Year” and his Oscarnominated “The Fighter” took “Guy Movie of the Year.”

“Twilight” sequel shines brightest at MTV awards Reuters

LOS ANGELES – The MTV Movie Awards are turning into a free infomercial for the “Twilight” movie franchise. For the third year in a row, the vampire romance was named best movie at the light-hearted — and frequently X-rated — salute to Hollywood’s biggest crowd-pleasers. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which led the field with eight nominations, ended up with five awards. In a replay from last year Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart won for best male and female performance, respectively The real-life couple won the award for best kiss, which Pattinson celebrated by running into the audience to smooch his co-star Taylor Lautner. Pattinson won an additional prize for best fight — sharing the tub of gold popcorn with Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel. With categories such as those, nobody would ever confuse the MTV event with the selfcongratulatory Academy Awards. The real point of the show is to promote upcoming buzzworthy movies targeted at MTV’s youthful demographic.

Indeed a sneak preview screened of the fourth “Twilight film, “Breaking Dawn, Part 1,” which opens No-

vember 18. Other exclusive clips were shown of the supernatural thriller “Super 8,” which opens Friday, and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” which opens July 15.

The awards are determined by fans’ online votes, which probably accounts for Justin Bieber’s win in the best jaw dropping moment category for his 3D concert film “Never Say Never.” The Canadian teen idol beat seemingly edgier scenes from such films as “Black Swan” and “127 Hours.” The producers of “The Social Network” probably will not lose too much sleep wondering why Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar-winning script lost the best line from a movie category to the critical bomb “Grown Ups.” The winning quote, “I want to get chocolate wasted,” was uttered by child actress Alexys Nycole Sanchez.

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Children of divorce score worse in math, social skills Reuters

AP Photo/AIDS/LifeCycle, Susan Goldman

In this photo released by AIDS/LifeCycle, more than 2,500 riders from 11 countries begin their 545-mile ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the AIDS/LifeCycle Ride, Sunday, June 5, 2011, the same day 30 years ago that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first cases of AIDS.

Thirty years on, AIDS fight may tilt to treatment Reuters

CHICAGO/GENEVA - After 30 years of AIDS prevention efforts, global leaders may now need to shift their focus to spending more on drugs used to treat the disease as new data show this may also be the best way to prevent the virus from spreading.

The U.N. General Assembly will take up the issue next week as it assesses progress in fighting the disease — first reported on June 5, 1981 — that has infected more than 60 million people and claimed nearly 30 million lives. Guiding the meeting is groundbreaking new data that shows early treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, can cut its transmission to a sexual partner by 96 percent.

“There had been for a long time this artificial dichotomy or artificial tension between treatment versus prevention. Now it is very clear that treatment is prevention and treatment is an important part of a multifaceted combination strategy,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), told Reuters.

Fauci, who has made AIDS re-

NEW YORK - Children of divorced parents often fall behind their classmates in math and social skills and are more likely to suffer anxiety, stress and low selfesteem, according to a new study.

Researcher Hyun Sik Kim, of the University of WisconsinMadison, said the study showed that the detrimental effects on the children do not start until after the parents begin divorce proceedings.

“People tend to think that couples go through intense marital conflict before the divorce,” Kim, a PhD candidate in sociology, he said in a statement. “My original prediction was that children of divorce would experience negative impacts even before formal divorce processes began. But my study finds that this is not the case.”

The findings, published in the American Sociological Review, are based on data that tracked the development of 3,585 students from kindergarten through fifth grade to examine the impact be-

fore, during and after the divorce.

Kim compared the progress of children whose parents were going through a divorce with youngsters from stable families. He found that developmental problems continued after the divorce.

“This study reveals that these negative impacts do not worsen in the post-divorce stage, although there is no sign that children of divorce catch up with their counterparts, either,” Kim explained.

He added that math studies were particularly sensitive to impact of divorce.

“Reading is not that cumulative.

But with math, you must understand previous things to develop.

For example, if I do not understand that one plus one is two, then I cannot understand multiplication.”

He attributed the developmental setbacks of the children to several factors, including the stress of living with bickering and potentially depressed parents, unstable living arrangements and being forced to divide time between parents and economic hardship from a drop in family income.

search his life’s work, has a big role to play in the discussion of the NIHfunded study made public on May 12.

“A month ago, we didn’t have that data. People were still arguing.

‘Well, we are not so sure if you treat people you are really going to prevent infection,’” Fauci said. “The policy makers need to sit down and say, ‘Now that we know this, is this going to be enough incentive to change around our policy?’”

That could mean redirecting, or adding to, global spending on fighting AIDS, particularly how much is spent on education or other research versus antiretroviral drugs that allow patients to live with the suppressed disease for many years.

Apple poised to introduce iCloud Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a break from medical leave on Monday to preside over the opening of the company’s annual conference for software developers. And in a break from Apple’s usual practice of shrouding its events in an air of mystery, the California gadgetmaker this time revealed ahead of time what it plans to announce at the event in San Francisco.

Sort of. In a press release, Apple said Jobs and other executives will

unveil the next generation of Lion, the software that powers Macintosh computers, and iOS 5, the next version of the mobile operating system for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

And one more thing: iCloud.

Apple described the previously unknown iCloud as its “upcoming cloud services offering” but provided no further details of what awaits at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. “iCloud was almost a throwaway line in the press release,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst for

technology research company Gartner. “But that’s getting the most scrutiny because we don’t know anything about it.”

According to multiple reports, iCloud would allow for streaming of music hosted on Apple servers in the Internet “cloud” to various devices — from computers to smartphones to touchscreen tablets.

The New York Times reported on Friday that Apple has nearly completed talks with the major music publishers over the new cloud music service after sealing deals with the four major record labels.

The Los Angeles Times said iCloud will initially be offered for free to iTunes users, allowing them to listen to music hosted on Apple servers on a Web browser or an

Internet-connected Apple device.

Apple will eventually charge a subscription fee of around $25 a year for the service, the newspaper said.

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Final fling for exhausted Germany Reuters

BERNE - Germany’s players, exhausted according to coach Joachim Loew, must pick themselves up for one last fling as the marathon European season bows out with a whimper on Tuesday.

The Germans, with six wins from six games in Group A, face their former coach Berti Vogts as they make the long trip to Azerbaijan for a Euro 2012 qualifier — probably the last thing they would have wanted at this stage of the campaign.

Germany are the only big guns in action on a night of six less than mouth-watering ties, the others involving teams playing, at best, for second spot in their respective groups.

Bosnia play their first home AFP PHOTO / Robyn BECK

Mexico’s Javier Hernández (L) is tackled by Salvador’s Marvin González during the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup first round group match between El Salvador and defending champion Mexico June 5, 2011 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,Texas.

Hernandez hattrick as Mexico crush El Salvador

By Simon Evans

DALLAS, June 5 (Reuters) - Javier Hernandez scored a hat-trick as a rampant Mexico crushed El Salvador 5-0 in front of 80,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium in their Gold Cup opener on Sunday.

After a goalless first half, the Mexicans scored four goals inside 12 minutes early in the second and sent out a clear message they will not surrender their CONCACAF crown without a fight.

Hernandez’s goals were hardly among the classiest he will score but they were another reminder that the 23-year-old, who scored 20 goals in all competitions in his debut season for Manchester United, is becoming one of the sharpest poachers around.

It was also the perfect gift for the massive Mexican-American crowd that turned out to welcome ‘El Tri’ to Texas. “Its unbelievable the support that we have from Mexicans who live here,” Hernandez told reporters.

“You can see it here - 80,000 people and most of them in green shirts and it means a lot to us. “The most important thing for me is the three points, I don’t care if I score, sometimes I won’t - the main thing is we won,” said the

striker.

Hernandez and Mexico should have found their way on to the scoresheet in the first half but they looked hurried and anxious in front of goal, but once the first goal went in they never looked back.

Efrain Juarez got the breakthrough in the 55th minute with a slightly fortunate goal. Giovani dos Santos broke down the right and slipped the ball into the path of Juarez whose shot came out off El Salvador goalkeeper Miguel Montes but ricocheted home off Suarez’s head.

Then Aldo De Nigris doubled the advantage with a bustling effort three minutes later, working past two defenders before firing home. Hernandez headed home a cross from Andres Guardado to make it three and the striker, known as ‘Chicharito,’ delighted the massive Mexican support with a fourth in the 67th — albeit with a rather scuffed shot from close range.

El Salvador’s defence was ripped open far too easily and their coach Ruben Israel will have a tough job to get his team to bounce back for their next game in Group A against Costa Rica on Thursday.

In the final minute, Hernandez was brought down in the area by Marvin Gonzalez, who was sent off, and the little forward rose to convert the spot kick. He did so with the coolest and cheekiest of chips, signing off with a clear signal of his confidence.

Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre though seems determined to follow Hernandez’s club coach Alex Ferguson in trying to keep his young striker’s feet on the ground. “He had the fortune to score three but as a result of team play. That’s what forwards are there to do,” he said.

Mexico face Cuba, who fell to a 50 defeat to Costa Rica earlier on Sunday, in Charlotte on Thursday with De la Torre likely to rotate his squad.

match since emerging from an international ban when they host Albania, Sweden entertain neighbours Finland and the Faroe Island take on Estonia. San Marino will attempt to keep the score respectable at home to Hungary and Luxembourg will have similar ambitions when they visit Belarus.

UEFA president Michel Platini is a fervent believer in the right of small nations to face their more illustrious rivals but, once again, the lack of attractive matches casts the format of the Euro qualifiers in an unfavourable light.

The nine group winners will go straight to Poland and Ukraine in 2012 along with the best runnersup. The other eight second-placed teams play off for four more places.

Shinji Kagawa on Man United’s ‘radar’: report Agence France Presse

TOKYO – Japan and Borussia Dortmund star Shinji Kagawa is back on Manchester United’s radar after returning from a four-month layoff with a foot injury, according to a report.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side are planning to send a team of scouts to follow the 22-year-old attacking midfielder at Dortmund games next season, the Japanese daily Nikkan Sports said.

“His goal of joining a big club may be realised within this year at the earliest,” the daily said.

Kagawa, who scored eight goals in 17 Bundesliga games after moving from J-League side Cerezo Osaka at the start of last season but broke his right foot in January, is keen to play for the English Premier League champions.

“If I get a formal offer, I’ll be strongly interested in listening to what they have to say,” Kagawa was quoted as saying by an associate, according to the Nikkan Sports.

“The Premiership is one of the

leagues I want to challenge,” said Kagawa, who once targeted Barcelona as his final destination. “If it is Man U, I’ll be still more eager to go and try how much I can do there.”

Manchester United first showed an interest in Kagawa late last year but backed off after he suffered the injury in Japan’s Asian Cup semi-final win over South Korea in January, the daily said. The Blue Samurai went on to lift a record fourth continental title in his absence.

At that time, Spanish clubs Villarreal and Atletico Madrid as well as Juventus and Tottenham were also reported to be interested in him.

British radio station talkSport reported that Manchester United had been quoted a price of 20 million pounds (24 million euros) for Kagawa.

After seeing Dortmund lift the Bundesliga shield from the bench, he came back onto the pitch to play the last three minutes of their final league game of the season, a 3-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt. Manchester United scouts watched him at the match, the Nikkan Sports said.

Japan and Borussia Dortmund star Shinji Kagawa (pictured in 2010) is back on Manchester United’s radar after returning from a four-month layoff with a foot injury, according to a report.

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Wade, Bosh lift Heat to 2-1 lead in NBA finals Associated Press Writer

DALLAS – Dwyane Wade kept soaring and scoring, doing everything he could to get the Miami Heat a crucial win towards an NBA title. Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem provided the final push. Bosh made a 16-foot, go-ahead jumper from the baseline with 39.6 seconds left and Haslem pestered Dirk Nowitzki the rest of the way as the Heat held on for an 88-86 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night for a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals.

“This is a total win,” said Wade, who led Miami with 29 points and 11 rebounds. “You want to win the game on the defensive end of the floor and we got a stop.” Recent history says this is a huge win for the Heat. The Game 3 winner in a tied finals has won the championship all 11 times since the 23-2 format began in 1985.

The Heat are headed into Game 4 on Tuesday night with a chance to do what they did in 2006: win it all on Dallas’ floor. They’ll need to win that game and the next, on Thursday night.

“I feel like we did nothing but get home-court advantage back,” Wade said. “But the next game is a big game.

We have to bring our hard hats, understanding it’s going to be tougher to win that game than it was to win this one. I believe in this team. If anyone can do it, I believe we can.”

With all its star power, many expected Miami to be planning a victory parade by now, especially after a solid victory in Game 1. But the Heat blew a 15-point lead in the last quarter of Game 2, and nearly did it again this time, coughing up a 14-point lead. The Heat recovered to lead 81-74 with 6:31 left. Everyone knew the Mavericks’

comeback bid would be in Nowitzki’s hands, but it didn’t matter. He still scored 12 straight points — six free throws, a layup, a dunk and a tough jumper — tying it at 86.

With under a minute to go, Wade got the ball to LeBron James near the top of the key. Haslem screened Nowitzki while Bosh got set, took the pass from James and ripped it through the net, quite a thrill for the Dallas native who’d been 0-8 in his hometown.

It was even more impressive considering his left eyelid was swollen because of an accidental poke by Jason Kidd in the first quarter, and he’d been misfiring all series, even when his vision was good.

“I don’t care if he missed 15 in a row,” James said. “He was wide open and that’s his sweet spot. ... It’s the trust we have in each other’s ability, no matter what the point of the game is at.” The Mavericks of course went back to Nowitzki on its last two chances. And Haslem was right there both times for the Heat.

Right after Bosh scored, Nowitzki wanted to take a shot near the foul line but had Haslem swarming him and Wade charging at him. He jumped

to shoot but twisted and threw toward Shawn Marion near the 3-point line on the right side. Marion had already taken off toward the basket, so the ball went into the front row instead.

After James missed a 3, Dallas had 4.4 seconds left to go for the tie or win. The inbounds pass went to Nowitzki and he was alone against Haslem just above the foul line.

Haslem anticipated what Nowitzki was going to do and walked the fine line between disrupting the shot while avoiding a foul.

“He’s a great player, 7 feet, so he’s going to shoot over me,” Haslem said.

“I’ve got to make it tough on him.”

When the buzzer went off, Haslem swung his arms and screamed in delight while a frenzied crowd of 20,340 sighed in agony.

“Emotional game, fought back, and to fall short at the end is tough,” said Nowitzki who scored 34 points. “But they need two more. Hopefully we can play a better all-around game and finally get some shots to go down.”

Wade made 12 of 21 shots and was at his dynamic best from the start, looking like the guy who lifted the Heat past Dallas and to the title in ’06.

AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade (3) runs into Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Kidd (2) as Kidd goes up for a shot during the first half of Game 3 of the NBA Finals basketball game Sunday, June 5, 2011, in Dallas.

Nadal can beat Federer’s grand slam mark China’s Li Na

sets sights on next major title

Reuters

PARIS - If there was any doubt before, there is now no question that Rafa Nadal can and most probably will better Roger Federer’s record of 16 grand slam titles following the Spaniard’s French Open success over the Swiss.

Sunday’s 7-5 7-6 5-7 6-1 victory for his recordequalling sixth Roland Garros crown and his 10th grand slam title overall underlined why Nadal just will not lie down even when the crowd and his own initial form are against him.

Nadal endured his first five-set match on the Paris clay in the first round but his play gradually improved over the fortnight so that when he came up against Federer and his vocal fans in the final, the world number one was ready to flourish.

He slipped 5-2 down in the first set but roared back and dealt with a 10-minute rain interruption to down what had been a resurgent Federer even on his least favourite clay surface.

Wimbledon starts in just two weeks and even though Novak Djokovic is a contender after his 41match winning streak before being halted by Federer in the last four of the French, another RafaRoger final is equally likely.

“After winning a title like this, you go there with a different attitude, with very positive confidence,” Nadal told reporters. “So for me, winning here makes me play Queen’s and Wimbledon with less pressure.”

At 25, the only realistic blocks to Nadal reach-

Agence France Presse

AP Photo/ Michel Euler

FILE - Sweden’s Bjorn Borg raises his trophy after winning the French Open tennis title for a record fifth time at Roland Garros stadium in Paris on June 8, 1980. At right, Spain’s Rafael Nadal holds the trophy after defeating Switzerland’s Roger Federer Sunday, June 5, 2011 in the men’s final of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris. ing 16 grand slams are injury, loss of confidence and hunger or Federer racking up many more major titles of his own.

With Nadal in his way, though, the 29-year-old Swiss is running out of time to greatly increase his sum and the Spaniard is set to play on for a few more years once fellow great Federer retires.

BEIJING – China’s newly-minted first Grand Slam champion Li Na, who won the French Open title at the weekend, is not resting on her laurels — she’s already thinking about winning a second major title.

The 29-year-old Li, who beat defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 on Saturday at Roland Garros, also says she hopes her fellow Chinese players can be inspired by her victory to realise their full potential.

“When you have the first one, naturally you will think about the second one,” Li told the China Daily in an interview published Monday. The Wuhan native, who is known as a strong player on hard courts, confessed she was surprised that her major breakthrough came on the red clay in Paris.

“French Open title? No, I never thought about it before,” Li admitted.

Li is having a breakthrough season.

She reached the finals of the Australian Open in January — eventually losing to Kim Clijsters — before her historic win at the French, which gave Asia its first ever Grand Slam singles win.

When the new WTA rankings come out on Monday, she will be the world number four — equaling the Asian record set by Japan’s Kimiko DateKrumm.

Li, who had never gone beyond the fourth round at Roland Garros before this year, said her storybook success at the French would help her throughout the rest of the year on the grass and hard courts.

“Now I have more confidence playing on other surfaces,” she told the paper, as she prepares for Wimbledon, which begins in two weeks.

Li’s win has generated a groundswell of support in a country where tennis still lags far behind basketball, football and table tennis in terms of popularity.

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Stoner: Rain made win ‘high pressure’ Catalunya - Casey Stoner said his run to victory in the Catalunya Grand Prix was a ‘high pressure’ experience as the threat of rain at the Barcelona track kept him on his toes throughout.

With clouds gathering over the circuit and light rain falling in parts of the lap around half-distance, it looked at one stage like the field would have to pit to change to their wet-shod bikes. In the event, the rain held off and Stoner was able to hold his lead to the flag.

“I managed to build up a bit of a gap and felt comfortable doing that, and then the race came, so that put everything out,” said Honda rider

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Repsol Honda Team’s Australian Casey Stoner celebrates on the podium after winning at the Moto GP race of the Catalunya Grand Prix at the Catalunya racetrack on June 5, 2011, in Montmelo, near Barcelona.

Button: McLaren set to dictate race pace JENSON Button believes his McLaren team can start to “dictate race pace” if it can improve its qualifying speed in the upcoming races. Button finished in third position in the Monaco Grand Prix, although he looked like the favourite to win the race at same stages of the event.

The Briton is confident that if McLaren can raise its game in qualifying, it can start to win races from the front.

“There’s a real momentum within our team at the moment - I think we had a race car good enough to win in both Spain and Monaco; with a little improvement to our qualifying, I think we can start to dictate race pace, which was something we were briefly able to show at both of the last two races,” said Button in a team preview.

“I’m still very pleased with my performance in Monte Carlo. It wasn’t a win, but it was nice to lead the race and to be able to pull away comfortably. “Even if the result didn’t match it, that sort of thing is always nice to keep at the back of your mind.”

Button is also upbeat about his chances for the Canadian Grand Prix, where he reckons McLaren will have the speed to win.

“I’ve never won in north America and I think we have the pace, the development and the momentum to have a good shot at changing that next weekend. I’m really looking forward to it.”

Team-mate Lewis Hamilton is also confident about the team’s prospects for Montreal.”Our car should be well suited to this track; we have a great engine, the best KERS Hybrid system in the sport and excellent traction out of slow corners,” he said.

“All in all, it’s set to be another good weekend for us – I’ll be looking for a strong result on Sunday.”

AP Photo/Christian Lutz

McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button of Britain steers his car during the qualifying session at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, Saturday, May 28, 2011.

Stoner, who had passed Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo to take the lead at the end of the first lap.

“I was starting to get very nervous. There was more rain falling in some parts, and each lap you came by there was a little bit more or a little bit less and you didn’t really know which corner it was going to be raining heavily on.

“I didn’t really know what pace to run, I didn’t know how bad the conditions were. So I pretty much matched myself to the people behind, and it seemed to work. But it was a high pressure race and to stay at the front was a little bit nervewracking.

“It would have been very easy to come down in those conditions but we managed to keep it on two wheels and bring it home.”

The Australian said he had been confident he had the race pace to win after topping all three practice sessions and only narrowly missing out on pole to Marco Simoncelli in qualifying, and had just tried to control the race.

“We knew we had pretty good race pace - the bike, tyres and everything were working pretty well for us on the hard compound all weekend,” Stoner said.

“We wanted to get to the front, so I tried to pass Jorge a couple of times, but he was braking quite hard on the first lap so we managed to get a better exit coming onto the main straight and got past Jorge quite easily.

“Then for the rest of the laps I thought I’d just try and hold the pace where it was in qualifying and get some consistent laps out while the tyres were good, because we have a lot of degradation on this track and we knew we were going to struggle a little bit more at the end of the race.”