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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 Cast members (L-R) Viola Davis, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto and Joel Kinnaman attend the world premiere of “Suicide Squad” in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 1, 2016.

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Bali needs intensification of agriculture

‘Suicide Squad’ Smashes Records With $135.1 Million Debut, ‘Nine Lives’ Dies REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

LOS ANGELES - “Suicide Squad” smashed records, scoring a colossal $135.1 million debut despite suffering some of the worst reviews of the year.

That sets a new high-water mark for an August launch, lapping “Guardians of the Galaxy’s” $94.3 million bow. It also ranks as a new personal best for star Will Smith, trumping “I Am Legend’s” $77.2 million debut in 2007.

The action spectacle is also resonating with foreign crowds.

“Suicide Squad” earned $132 million overseas from 57 territories, bringing its global total to more than $267 million.

“It bested anything that we could have expected,” said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. distribution executive vice president. “The marketing campaign was brilliant and the

performances by the cast, starting with Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Jared Leto were just extraordinary. They’re fun and wicked and fans enjoy it.”

“Suicide Squad” has been one of the most hotly anticipated films of the summer. Buzz on the film has built steadily since Warner Bros. released a teaser trailer at last year’s Comic-Con that highlighted Jared Leto’s grill-sporting Joker and Margot Robbie looking demented in pigtails as Harley Quinn. However, the studio was caught off guard by the fusillade of withering reviews and their were concerns that the poor reception would dampen the

opening numbers.

And boy were those reviews awful. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern called the film “...an all-out attack on the whole idea of entertainment,” New York’s David Edelstein branded it “the worst of the worst,” and MTV’s Amy Nicholson dismissed the picture as “two hours of padding.”

Audiences appeared to like the film better than critics, handing the film a B+ CinemaScore. Younger consumers appear to like the film better than older moviegoers, with audiences under the age of 18 giving it an A rating. The question is will “Suicide Squad” show some endurance?

“There’s a major disconnect with between what the critics are saying and what audiences are seeing,” said Goldstein. (rtr)

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In the future, farmers will heavily depend on the efforts to increase the agricultural output by optimizing the existing land. There is small possibility to expand the agricultural areas. That is why Bali is in desperate need of agricultural intensification rather than the extension or expansion of land.

“Extension effort is impossible because our agricultural area is certainly getting narrower.

So, we encourage the intensification by applying balanced fertilization, superior seeds and there should be a market after the harvest,” said Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, amid the visit to the Botanical Garden Indonesia Foundation and 27 ambassadors to Eka Karya Botanical Garden, Tabanan.

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People walk past the skyline of Marina Bay central business district in Singapore April 26, 2013.

Indonesian group behind Singapore plot has “dozens of members” - police

JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities said on Monday several suspected Islamist radicals arrested last week on suspicion of plotting to attack neighbouring Singapore were part of a group that has “dozens of members” and has been active for two years.

Counter-terrorism forces arrested six men on Friday on Batam island, just to the south of Singapore. The arrests comes amid mounting concern about the spread of Islamist ideology in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said the group mostly recruited members online and was taking instructions from Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian who has

joined Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

“The GRD group has been in operation for two years and has dozens of members,” Amar told a news conference in Jakarta, referring to the group named after its leader Gigih Rahmat Dewa. “This group is an extension of Bahrum Naim’s vision and mission. We cannot underestimate them.”

Authorities in Indonesia say dozens of men have gone to join

IS in the Middle East. Security officials fear that IS leaders are now asking supporters in Southeast Asia to launch attacks at home.

Counter-terrorism officers rounded up the six men after tracking them for months on social media. One of the suspects was later released, Amar said on Monday.

Dewa, 31, and others in his group are believed to have been in direct contact with Naim via Facebook.

Police say Naim masterminded an attack in the capital, Jakarta, early this year that killed four people, and has since continued to instruct people online on how to mount attacks and assemble bombs

and weapons. Authorities say they are working to block radical online content.

Following the arrests on Friday, Singapore’s home affairs minister, K. Shanmugam, said the men had planned a rocket attack on Marina Bay, a central entertainment area with a waterfront promenade, giant ferris wheel and a swanky casino resort.

Police seized bomb-making materials, guns and arrows from suspects’ homes in Batam. But, police said, there were no signs that a rocket attack was anything more than a plan.

“There was no specific time frame for them to attack Singapore,

but that was their target,” Amar said.

The vast majority of Indonesians practice a moderate form of Islam.

The country saw a spate of attacks from homegrown militants in the 2000s, including a bombing at a nightclub on the holiday island of Bali that killed 202 people.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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COVER STORY Farming...

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Wiryatama considered that farmers over the years always planted haphazardly. As a result, when massive harvest comes no markets receive their agricultural products. Here, the role of government is essential to oversee whether what grown by farmers has been in accordance with the market needs.

Similar effort must be applied to fertilizer, seed and the pesticides used by farmers.

“By and large, farmers face difficulty to get fertilizer when they need it. Similar difficulty is also faced when needing insecticides.

Moreover, they are also faced with fake insecticides like the fake vaccines. From the beginning, the agriculture is faced with fake seeds and fake pesticides,” said this former regent of Tabanan.

Wiryatama claimed to have tried

one brand of insecticide used to eradicate ants. However, the ants did not die because the insecticide apparently has been mixed with mud. Then, there is also fake rice seed because when put into a bucket of water it floats.

“Original seed will not be floating because it has been sorted. It is the theory, but the reality in the field is different. Thus, farmers have a lot of ‘disease’ such as fake seeds and fake fertilizers and fake pesticides so that they need supervision together because the agriculture essentially needs intensification,” he said.

Related to the plummeted price during harvest season, Wiryatama asked the government to intervene to help the farmers. For example, the government of Tabanan and Badung make cooperation with village-owned enterprise (BUMDes) and farmers to buy the agricultural products.

“When the prices go down, the

government has the role of purchasing the product. First of all, it must be kept in a warehouse, and then it will be gradually taken out.

In this case, it is required a capital reserve, a bailout. So, farmers are first then given a bailout, while the government or cooperative also plays its role here,” explained this PDI-P politician.

Other than the production of grain or rice, continued Wiryatama, local fruit commodities must also be accommodated by the government starting from the planting to the harvest. For example, the government helps inform local fruit growers what kinds of fruits are needed by hotels including how many it is needed must be measurable.

“When there is excessive production, it must be considered whether it needs to be made a large-sized refrigerator so that later on it just needs to take out when required,” he said. (kmb32)

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TABANAN —

Rain in dry season provides benefits for farmers to irrigate their paddy fields. However, rain in dry season does not have a good impact on the plantation crops. Due to wet drought, the farming production is ascertained to decline because the flowers supposed to bloom are mostly falling down caused by the rain.

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Rain in dry season, target of coffee export hard to be reached

The coffee plant

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The Head of the Tabanan Plantation and Forestry Agency, Roemy Liestyowati, not long ago explained that decline in the production of cacao and coffee plantations as indeed frequently happens every leap year. “Based on our experience of previous years, every leap year or four years there will be a decline in the production of plantations,” she said.

This happens because it always rains during dry season every leap year. As a result of the rain, the pollination process necessarily happening finally fails because the flowers experience losses.

Decline in the production will cause difficulties to farmers in meeting the export demand, in this case the exports of Robusta coffee. Actually in 2016, for instance, there has been Robusta coffee demand of eight containers to Korea. If calculated per container composed of about 18 tons, farmers have to meet the export demand of 144 tons.

Regarding this request, added Roemy, there is no certainty how many containers can be fulfilled because the coffee harvest has just started. “If it continues to rain,

the drying of coffee will have problems, too,” she said.

Even though it is difficult, her agency remains optimistic that farmers will be able to meet the export target to Korea.

Other than coffee, in the current season many cacao plants are also attacked by black pod rot and rodents such as squirrels. However, in some areas such as Lumbung Sari hamlet, West Selemadeg, coffee plantation grows and bears fruit very well because of the compactness of farmers in maintaining their cacao plant routinely.

“The success of cacao plantation lies in the will and compactness of farmers to take care of their cacao plants on a regular basis so as to avoid pests and it can bear fruit very well,” said Roemy.

Wet drought has caused the production of plantation to decline and can be seen from the gradual price hike of the plantation production. Currently, the price of fermented cacao penetrated IDR 50,000 per kilogram while the price of Robusta coffee about a week ago touched IDR 25,000 per kilogram. (kmb24)

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Just a burp: Intriguing hints of physics particle evaporate

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 photo, research scientist Sung-Jin Park displays a tissueengineered robot on a piece of glass in a laboratory at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

The stingray-shaped robot, capable of paddling in water after exposure to blue light, has a gold skeleton, silicone fins and the heart muscle cells of a rat.

Cyborg stingray swims toward light, breaks new ground

CAMBRIDGE — The idea of taking apart a rat’s heart and transforming it into a tissueengineered stingray first came to Kevin Kit Parker during a trip to the New England Aquarium with his daughter.

Four years later, a robotic ray that swims toward light has made the cover of Science Magazine and is pushing the limits of what’s possible in the design of machines powered by living cells.

A research team based at Harvard University’s Disease Biophysics Group, which Parker directs, created the translucent, penny-sized ray with a gold skeleton and silicone fins layered with the heart muscle cells of a rat.

It’s remote-controlled, guided by a blinking blue flashlight. Each burst of blue sets off a cascade of signals through the cells, which have been genetically-engineered to respond to light. The contraction of the tissue creates a downward motion on the ray’s body. When the tissue relaxes, the gold skeleton recoils — moving the fin upward again in an undulating cycle that mimics the graceful swimming of a real ray or skate.

Parker, whose research includes cardiac cell biology, launched the project as a method for learning more about the mysteries of the human heart and a step toward the far-off goal of building an artificial one. But the interdisciplinary project is also sparking interest in other fields, from marine biology to robotics.

Parker is not a roboticist. But as an Army veteran who did two tours in Afghanistan, he welcomes any part his stingrays could play in advancing the development of machines able to perform dangerous jobs.

“Bio-hybrid machines — things with synthetic parts and living materials — they’re going to happen,” Parker said. “I’ve spent time getting shot at and seen people getting shot.

If I could build a cyborg so my buddy doesn’t have to crawl into that ditch to look for an IED, I’d do that in a heartbeat.”

When he first asked postdoctoral researcher Sung-Jin Park to help him create the stingray four years ago, the bench scientist was doubtful.

“I had this whole idea of a laserguided, tissue-engineered stingray made out of rat,” Parker said. “He looked at me like a hog staring at a wristwatch. He was like, ‘Have I trusted my career to this yahoo’? I think he thought I was unglued.”

Indeed, the project to build the ray was more difficult and expensive — close to $1 million, according to Parker 7/8— than either of them imagined. A mechanical engineer by training, Park had to delve into molecular and cell biology. The team pulled experts from

diverse fields, including an ichthyologist — someone who studies fish — to understand and help replicate a ray’s muscle structure and biomechanics. Their work was published in Science last month.

Biologically-inspired robots aren’t new. A precursor to the stingray was a tissue-engineered jellyfish Parker helped create in 2012, also with the aim of understanding the muscular pumping of a heart.

But one of the robotic stingray’s most intriguing contributions is the way it shows a glimpse of autonomy, said John Long, a professor of biology and cognitive science who directs Vassar College’s Interdisciplinary Robotics Research Laboratory.

“By putting in the light control they have a way of controlling the cell without a nervous system,” said Long, who was not involved in the stingray research. “We used to control puppets with strings. Now we can do it with light.”

Long says the creation could spark new research into autonomous, part-living machines. He envisions a time when a packet of micro-rays could be unleashed into a busted sewage pipe with simple sensors to measure acidity. (ap)

WASHINGTON — Eight months after raising hopes that they may have found an intriguing new particle that cannot be explained by the existing main physics theory, disappointed scientists are saying: Never mind. It was just a statistical burp, not a breakthrough, researchers reported Friday.

“Basically we see nothing,” said Tiziano Camporesi, a chief scientific spokesman at the European Center for Nuclear Research .

Early unconfirmed readings of a new particle in December by physicists at the center, called CERN, set the physics world abuzz. Scientists there had discovered the Higgs boson or “God particle” in 2012, and two new readings from the Large Hadron Collider made it seem as though they may had found a revolutionary new particle.

In the months that followed, scientists pored over more data from high-speed atom crashes while theorists tried to figure out what it all means. But the new data ruled out any particle existing at the energy level they had been looking at.

At a Chicago physics conference , Dave Charlton, another CERN chief scientific spokesman, said the additional data showed that what they had seen earlier was just a random “statistical fluke.”

California Institute of Technology physicist Sean Carroll, who wasn’t part of the CERN team, said: “It’s a shame there wasn’t a particle there, but there aren’t any big ideas that would rise or fall on it being there.”

The Large Hadron Collider is operating beyond expectations in its second extended run— which is still going on — and is providing more data than expected, Charlton and Camporesi said. Physicists from CERN presented more than 50 new results, but none of them are breakthrough findings that would change current theory. “Stay tuned, I don’t think we have lost hope yet,” Camporesi said. (ap)

Iran executes nuclear scientist who was convicted of spying TEHRAN — Iran executed a nuclear scientist convicted of spying for the United States, an official said Sunday, acknowledging for the first time that the nation secretly detained and tried a man who was once heralded as a hero.

Shahram Amiri defected to the U.S. at the height of Western efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear program. When he returned in 2010, he was welcomed with flowers by government leaders and even went on the Iranian talk-show circuit. Then he mysteriously disappeared.

He was hanged the same week that Tehran executed a group of militants, a year after Iran agreed to a landmark accord to limit uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Amiri first vanished in 2009 while on a religious pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia. A year later, he reappeared in a series of contradictory online videos filmed in the U.S. He then walked into the Iranian-interests section at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington and demanded to be sent home.

In interviews, he described being kidnapped and held against his will by Saudi and American spies. U.S. officials said he was to receive millions of dollars for his help in understanding Iran’s nuclear program.

Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi said Amiri “had access to the country’s secret and classified information” and “had been linked to our hostile and No. 1 enemy, America, the Great Satan.”

The spokesman told journalists that Amiri had been tried in a death-penalty case that was upheld by an appeals court. He did not explain why authorities never announced the conviction, though he said Amiri had access to lawyers.

News about Amiri, born in 1977, has been scant since his return to Iran. Last year, his father told the BBC’s Farsi-language service that his son had been held at a secret site. Ejehi said Amiri’s family mistakenly believed he received a 10-year prison sentence.

On Tuesday, Iran announced it had executed a number of criminals, describing them mainly as militants from the country’s Kurdish minority. Then an obituary notice for Amiri circulated in his hometown of Kermanshah, a city 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Tehran, according to the Iranian pro-reform daily newspaper Shargh. (ap)

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Newspaper used to conjure barong and rangda

SINGARAJA - The processing of garbage in Buleleng is no easy task and the government has been working hard to deal with it. Young people howwever have been coming up with creative ways of recycling used materials into valuable crafts.

The youth of Tukadmungga village, for example, have been processing old newspapers into Barong and Rangda statues. Despite the difficulties that the youth faced when they first started, thanks to their perseverance and cooperation thay have managed to create som ewonderous things.

“Previously old newspapers were just discarded but now we use it to make artistic products. We start by working as a team to create a frame onto which the newspaper is then pasted”, said Gede Feggy Supradnyan on Sunday (Aug. 7). The Barong and Rangda puppets are made in the wantilan hall of Tukadmungga Village and the papier-mâché scuptures that they create, using newspring, cardboard and fabric in much the same way that ogoh-ogoh demons are made.

These youths learned the technique on their own.

“Initially we had trouble but slowly we figured out how to make the different parts by working together.

Hundreds of sheets of newsprint are glued onto the cardboard frame and then we cover it all in fabric”, explained one of the youths named Gede Ritter.

Gede and friends were looking for a way to take advantage of materials that would normally be discarded in order to create unique crafts with economic value. “We found that newspaper could be used to make Barong and Rangda paper sculptures that can be used in performances resembling Calongarang but more comedy based. We hope to contineu developping our creativity in different forms”, he added.

Headman of Tukadmungga, Made Arka, aknowledged that this Dharma Laksana customary youth club ii sindeed quite creative, adding that they can make the Barong and Randga sculptures in less than a week.

“Our youth have artistic talent that allows them to make these sculptures in under a week. This is the first time that such creations have been made in Tukadmungga village and they have already performed in the village, in regional festivals during ashram education programs”, he said.

Headman Arka added that he hopes that this creativity can be further developped into other art forms in the futur. “ I will do everything I can to support the development of further postive art works”, he concluded. (kmb34)

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The youth of Tukadmungga village, for example, have been processing old newspapers into Barong and Rangda statues.

A tourist found dead in bathroom

DENPASAR - An Australian tourist named Norris Arthur Berger, 74, was found dead in the bathroom at contracted house located on Jalan Hang Tuah Gang Mawar X, Sanur Kaja, Denpasar, Sunday (Aug. 7). According to a friend of the victim, Ni Wayan Armini, 35, at 09:00 she came to the victim’s house because of having an appointment to go to Bedugul for a promenade. When knocking at the door for several times, the victim did not respond.

“Afterward, I asked for a duplicate key to the house owner, Ketut Senu,” she said. Finally, they opened the door using the duplicate key. They were shocked when seeing the victim lying lifeless in the bathroom. “The victim never complained of pain,” she said.

The body of citizen from the Kangaroo country was found in facedown and naked condition.

Similarly, police found some drugs in the victim’s room. Chief of the South Denpasar Police, Aris Pur-

wanto, said that the initial results of examination indicate that no signs of violence are found.

Aris said the victim has dwelt the house since November 2015.

He rented the house for a year.

The victim is known to enjoy vacation after his retirement.

“We are still coordinating with the Consul General. The victim has been referred to Forensic Department of Sanglah Hospital for internal examination,” he said. (kmb36)

Road widening SINGARAJA - Legislator of the Bali House of Representatives -Buleleng constituency, Ida Gede Komang Kresna Budi, expressed his support of the plan to develop four shortcuts on the Mengwitani-Singaraja road section. The shortcut development project will also be accompanied by the widening of roads making the shortcut

wider thatn the main roads in anticipation of an accumulation of vehicles – mainly large-sized buses.

“The shortcuts will be widened so that traffic will not be slowed down”, he said.

This road widening, continued Kresna Budi, can be done by the provincial government of Bali. (kmb32)

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As shortcut passes forest, govt should sit together

TABANAN - The Candi Kuning 2 Shorcut, planned to be built in 2017 would pass through an area of protected forest. Althouh part of the proposed shortcut would pass through land owned by the Bali’s Provincial Government the fact that protected forest land would be affected, it is essential that the govenrment evaluate the plan so as to avoide the adverse effects that would come from converting forested land into road.

“Indeed, this poses a constraint. We are often dealing with protected forest. We agree the forest is great and must be sustained, but we do not the people of our society to remian poor because of the forest. If the forest remians then poverty also remains. I do not want this”, said Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, when met in Bedugul, Tabanan on Saturday (Aug. 6).

Wiryatama added that every development project certainly requires a sacrifice. However, the ‘sacrifice’ must be minimized as much as possible. One way of doing this is by utilizing technology in the construction of the shortcut, whether in the form of a panel or bridge.

Most importantly, the central and local governments must sit down together to discuss this issue.

“Some parts of the land belong to provincial government. We will ask for this forest, and if possible, we will sit side by side like the buttons of shirt. If the above (central government—Ed) can be dealt with first then dealing with the lower buttons will be easy. Usually if the above is not dealt with, the bottom will be crippled” he explained.

Wiryatama recalled the building of a road in the area of Titi Galar, Bedugul that runs from the corn statue to Penebel and that resulted in a polemic in 2004. At that time, he was serving as the regent of Tabanan and was reported to the minister and the chief of the National Police for having allegedly cleared the forest. Wiryatama argues that the forested area that was converted into road was barren or unproductive.

“When passing into about 300 meters at the location, I was reported.

With the gubernatorial policy, we indeed had differing opinions but there is little to no policy on the matter. The wisdom certainly violates the rules for the sake of public interest, but it was then accepted by society. As evidence, we have been using this road”, he said.

Chief of the Bali Forest Service, IGN Wiranatha, will be discussing the matter of the Candi Kuning 2 Shortcut Tuesday (Aug 9), with “Regarding the shortcut at Candi Kuning, it remains in process and will be discussed on Tuesday. Once there is certainty about it, the public wil lbe informed”, he said via instant messages on Sunday (Aug. 7).

Earlier, the Head of the Bali Public Works, I Nyoman Astawa Riadi, said that the Candi Kuning 2 shortcut is planned to mostly run through forest. It is not yet known whether this forested land conservation or protected forest.

“Based on the explanation of the Chief of Asset Bureau, the land also belongs to the provincial government and community. Since the shortcut would pass through the forest, we will coordinate with the Forest Service” he said. Astawa added that the land needing to be acquired amonts to an area of ??5,775 square meters. (kmb32)

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It is essential that the govenrment evaluate the plan so as to avoide the adverse effects that would come from converting forested land into road.

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Dozens of Philippine officials surrender after being linked to drugs trade

MANILA - Dozens of Philippine government and police officials turned themselves in on Monday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte linked them to the drugs trade, stepping up a war on narcotics that has killed hundreds since he took office in June.

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Apparently there is still a general misconception about blood donors amongst the Balinese public and even amongst health officials.

Hanging the mindset of potential blood donors

DENPASAR - Apparently there is still a general misconception about blood donors amongst the Balinese public and even amongst health officials. There remains a dire lack of certain types of blood so many worry that if a family member were to need a blood transfusion that this blood type might not be available. Many people erronesouly believe that should a patietn need to have a blood transfusion that a family member could simply donate at that moment.

However, the Blood Transfusion Unit (UTD) of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in Bali has been trying to disuade people from thinking that way stating that 97.21 percent of the blood used for emmergency tranfusions comes from blood that has been previsouly voluntarily donated – not from the family of patients.

The main reason for this is that it takes some 20 hours to process blood that has been donated, before it can be administered to the patient in need and in most cases that is just too long. Also there is the fact that blood that has been donated by a family member is not necessarily compatible with the patient who needs the blood.

Directress of the Blood Transfu-

sion Unit of PMI Bali, A.A. Sagung Mas Dwipayani, said that this issue remains something that we all need to look at. The bllod transfusion unit continues to appeal to the public to give blood voluntarily and never refuses to give bllod to a patient in need, even if their family does not give blood.

She added that even though the stocks of blood for a particular blood type is critically low at the moment, regular donors are still called upon to give blood. The health of blood donors is important, she explained.. “The point here is that when a patient’s family member gives blood, we need to undertake a complete screening to make sure that they are healthy”,

said Dwipayani. She added that the blood transfusion unit already has the medical record of regular donors on hand and although their blood is still tested every time they give blood, the whole screeingin process is done more quickluy that with first time donors.

“Hospital attendants have confirmed to us that emmergency donors have been decreasing in number”, she said while adding that the district and municipal governments stil have many obstacles to overcome regarding this issue and that more people should be giving bloodon a regular basis.

Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, emphasised that the public needs to be educated about the importance of giving blood, because blood stocks in Bali are down and in the case of an emmergency the availability of usuable blood can make all the difference.

“If we were to rely solely on existing stocks, there is great concern that we could run out as emmercies requiring bllod occur frequently”, he affirmed. (kmb42)

More than 400 suspected drug dealers have been killed by police across the Philippines since Duterte took over, officials say. Broadcaster ABS-CNN put the number at over 800, though this includes executions by anonymous vigilantes.

On Monday, 27 mayors and 31 police officers, including a colonel, went to the national police office in the capital, Manila, to clear their names, fearing the president’s order to hunt them down if they failed to surrender within 24 hours.

Several local officials reported to regional police offices to beat the deadline set by Duterte, who won the elections in May on a single platform of fighting crime and drugs.

On Sunday, he identified about 160 officials in a name-and-shame campaign.

“I want to change,” a Cebubased businessman tagged as a toplevel drug trafficker told reporters after he met national police chief Ronald dela Rosa.

Nicknamed “the punisher” and “Duterte Harry” for his brutal fight on crime, Duterte has hit back at activists incensed by the surge in the killings of suspected drug traffickers.

Alarmed human rights groups have urged the United Nations to

condemn the rise in extrajudicial killings. The Philippine Senate is to hold a legislative inquiry.

Dela Rosa reprimanded the police officers on Duterte’s list, threatening to kill them if they continued to protect drug traders and resell seized drugs. At one point, he challenged them to a fistfight.

“I am mad with what is happening,” Dela Rosa said in a speech to local officials and police. “I am ashamed. We should be the ones arresting these people, but we are protecting them. I will kill you if you will not change.”

All police officers linked to the drug trade were disarmed, investigated and could face criminal and administrative cases if there was strong evidence, said national police spokesman Dionardo Carlos.

“They will be accorded due process,” he added.

Besides local officials and police officers, Duterte’s list included two retired police generals, soldiers, paramilitary members, judges and a former lawmaker. In a letter, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday told the president the court alone had the right to discipline judges. One judge named by Duterte died eight years ago and two others have already been removed. (rtr)

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte views the body of a soldier inside a casket, who was killed in an encounter with communist rebels at a military Camp Panacan in Davao city, in southern Philippines August 7, 2016.

Japan’s emperor speaks to public in remarks suggesting he wants to abdicate

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public on Monday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.

Public broadcaster NHK reported last month that Akihito, who has had heart surgery and been treated for prostate cancer, wanted to step down in a few years - which would be unprecedented in modern Japan.

Once considered divine, the emperor is defined in the constitution as a symbol of the state and the unity of the people. He has no political power.

Akihito stopped short of saying outright that he wanted to abdicate, which could be interImperial Household Agency of Japan/Handout via Reuters preted as interfering in politics.

Japanese Emperor Akihito addresses a speech at the Imperial Palace in “When I consider that my fitness level is Tokyo, Japan, August 7, 2016 in this handout photo released on August gradually declining, I am worried that it may become difficult for me to carry out my duties 8, 2016 by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan.

as the symbol of the state with my whole being, as I have done until now,” he said.

Akihito took the throne after the death in 1989 of his father, Hirohito, in whose name Japan fought World War Two. He has sought to soothe the wounds of the war in Asia during trips overseas and tried to bring the monarchy closer to the people.

Akihito feels strongly that an emperor’s full performance of his duties is integral to his constitutional role, experts say.

Opinion polls show the vast majority of ordinary Japanese sympathise with the emperor’s desire to retire, but such a step would need changes to the law.

Akihito has been cutting back on official duties, with his heir, 56-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, taking his place. There were limits to how far that could go, he said on Monday. (rtr)

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Pay up by 10 percent for Britain’s top bosses in 2015, survey shows

LONDON - The average pay of bosses in Britain’s FTSE 100 rose more than 10 percent in 2015 to an average of 5.5 million pounds, according to a survey that is likely to reinforce a drive by Prime Minister Theresa May to curb excessive pay.

Britain’s new prime minister has denounced as irrational and unhealthy the yawning gap between the amounts paid to bosses and those paid to the average worker, vowing to better align incentives with the long-term interests of companies.

A survey by the High Pay Centre said the average FTSE 100 chief executive’s pay package hit 5.48 million pounds ($7.15 million) in 2015, up from 4.96 million pounds in 2014, meaning CEOs now earn 140 times more than their employees on average. The survey said FTSE CEO pay had now risen by 33 percent since 2010.

“There is apparently no end yet in sight to the rise and rise of FTSE 100 CEO pay packages,” director Stefan Stern said. “The High Pay Centre was delighted by Theresa May’s recent intervention on this issue. There now seems to be political will and momentum behind attempts to reform top pay.”

The country has seen a resurgence in investor activism in the last year, with several FTSE 100 bosses criticised at annual general meetings for taking ever larger pay deals at a time of weak economic growth.

May, who became prime minister in July, used a speech before she took office to set out her plans for the economy, arguing that it did not work for everyone in society and needed to be reformed.

Her proposals included making shareholder votes on corporate pay binding. She also said she wanted to see more transparency around bonus targets and the publication of the ratio between a CEO’s pay and that of the average company worker. According to the survey, the three highest paid bosses in the blue-chip index were WPP’s Martin Sorrell, Tony Pidgeley at housebuilder Berkeley and Rakesh Kapoor at Reckitt Benckiser.

The 70 million-pound pay package awarded to Sorrell was one of the biggest payouts in British history.

A third of investors refused to back the deal while Sorrell, one of the best known businessmen in Britain who built the advertising group from scratch, said all his wealth and interests were tied up in the future of the company.

The High Pay Centre is an independent think tank that monitors executive pay and campaigns to reduce the income gap.(rtr)

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LANGKAT - The police of Langkat District in North Sumatra have arrested two residents of Bireun District for carrying 20 kilograms of hashish while they were travelling aboard a bus from Aceh Province to Pekanbaru, Riau Province.

The two young men claimed that they had been paid Rp4 million for transporting the hashish, Langkat Police Resort Adjunct Senior Commissioner Mulya Hakim Solichin was quoted as saying by Adjunct Senior Commissioner Supriyadi Yantoto, here, Monday.

A university student 24-year-old AR and 23-year-old AM are the residents of Kreung, Bireun District, Aceh.(ap)

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Firefighters spray water on a smouldering slum area after a fire razed more than 100 dwellings and workshops in East Jakarta, Indonesia August 8, 2016.

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Container ships are docked at a port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. China’s exports fell again in July by an unexpectedly wide margin while a decline in imports accelerated in a possible sign of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

China’s imports, exports fall again in July

BEIJING — China’s exports fell again in July by an unexpectedly wide margin while a decline in imports accelerated in a possible sign of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

Exports contracted 4.4 percent to $184.7 billion, a slight improvement over June’s 4.8 percent contraction, customs data showed Monday. Imports fell 12.5 percent to $132.4 billion, accelerating from a decline of 8.4 percent.

Weak global demand has hampered efforts to shore up Chinese trade and stave off job losses in export industries. The contraction in imports reflects possible weakness in the domestic economy, but the figures also are depressed by a decline in prices of oil and other commodities.

Chinese economic growth held

steady at 6.7 percent in the quarter ending in June compared with a year earlier, though that was the lowest quarterly level since the aftermath of the 2008 global crisis.

The declines in both exports and imports were worse than many forecasters expected.

“The data dash hopes that a pickup in global manufacturing growth last month might have buoyed shipments from China,” said Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics in a report. “The country’s export growth is likely to remain subdued for some time,” said Evans-Pritchard. “While we think

the worst is probably over for many emerging markets, global growth is likely to remain lackluster well into next year.”

The slump in imports meant China’s global trade surplus swelled by 22 percent from the same month a year ago to $52.3 billion.

China’s trade surplus with the European Union, its biggest trading partner, was $11.8 billion. The surplus with the United States was $24.7 billion.Even taking lower prices into account, the Chinese figures suggest imports fell by 5.3 percent, according to Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics.

“It implies that volumes dropped substantially month on month,” said Kuijs in a report. “It may herald that domestic demand started to slow down in July.”(ap)

Indonesia`s hajj pilgrims to start leaving from nine airports Tuesday

JAKARTA - A great number of Indonesian hajj pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia starting Tuesday from nine embarkation airports, an official has said.

A total of 157,120 pilgrims will depart in 384 regular batches of flights, Director of Hajj Services of the Religious Affairs Ministry Ahda Barori said in his press statement received here. The hajj pilgrims are scheduled to embark from Padang at 06.25 a.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB), from Jakarta-Pondok Gede at 08.15 a.m. WIB, from Batam at 09.30 a.m.

WIB, Makasar (UPG) at 09.40 a.m. Central Indonesia Standard Time (WITA), JakartaBekasi (JKT-BKSI) and Surabaya (SUB) at

10.30 a.m. WIB, Medan at 12.30 p.m. WIB, Solo at 04.40 p.m. WIB, and Banjarmasin (BDJ) at 11.30 p.m. WITA. “All the hajj pilgrims (scheduled to leave on Tuesday) should enter their dormitories on Monday (Aug 8) for round the clock before leaving for the Saudi Arabia on Tuesday,” Barori said, adding that 11 batches of flights will depart on Tuesday.

In addition, another three embarkation airports which will depart the hajj pilgrims on August 10 are in Balikpapan at 01.25

a.m. WITA, Palembang at 08.30 a.m. WIB, and Aceh at 07.20 p.m. WIB. The flights will depart in two phases. The first lot of flights will depart between August 9 and 21, while the second lot will depart between August 21 and September 5.

In the meantime, the ministry of Transportation has also coordinated with relevant institutions, including the Hajj flight operator, the Indonesian flight carrier, Garuda Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia Airlines.

This year, Garuda will be providing 12 planes. These will be Boeing 777 and 747, and Airbus A330. Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabia Airlines provides Boeing 747 and Airbus A330.(ant)

Do not trim defense budget: Legislator

JAKARTA - The government should not trim the budget for defense and security as it would reduce Indonesias combat ability in the region, stated member of House of Representatives Commission-I overseeing defense and foreign affairs Bobby Rizaldi.

“To protect and uphold the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), the government should not trim the budget for defense and security and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) sec-

tors,” Rizaldi remarked here on Monday.

According to Rizaldi, the National Defense Forces require a significant amount of funds to procure the latest equipment and main weaponry systems (Alutsista).

The legislator noted that between 1998 and 2008, no modernization of Alutsista was carried out in Indonesia, although many of them were obsolete. He stated that the defense sector needed the budget not only for modernizing Alutsista but also for

upgrading and procuring new ones.

“In addition, drug control should be a priority, so that the budget for the National Police to maintain public order should also not be reduced,” he affirmed.

The Golkar party politician emphasized that it was risky to trim the budget for defense and security and the BNN since it would be the same as weakening the states “hard power” in its task to maintain the sovereignty of NKRI.(ant)

Govt confirms one more Indonesian abducted in Malaysian water

SOLO - Director of Citizen and Legal Entities Protection of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Lalu Muhammad Iqbal has confirmed that several gunmen have abducted an Indonesian captain of a fishing trawler in the Malaysian water.

“We have been notified since August 5, that the abducted person is an Indonesian captain of a Malaysian flagged-fishing trawler, and it happened in the Malaysian water,” Iqbal said here on Sunday.

Iqbal explained that the fishing trawler was attacked by the gunmen on August 3, at around 4 p.m. local time. There were two other crew members on board when the incident occurred, but the gunmen released them, and they reported the incident to police in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, on August 5.

Following the report to the police, Iqbal said the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and consulate general in Kota Kinabalu worked closely with the local authorities, the freed crewmen, ship company, and the Philippine authority, to seek more detailed information.

“Some information related to the incident and the abductions actors are still different one to another, so we still need to verify it,” Iqbal noted.

According to a local newspaper, The Star, Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSC) director Datuk Wan Abdul Bari Wan Khalid confirmed a report had been filed by the owner of the fishing trawler on Saturday, two days after the abduction was said to happen.

Khalid also told the newspaper that the incident did not look like the usual kidnapping and a police investigation is on progress. At the present, the two crewmen and the trawler are being held for investigations.

Previously, ten Indonesians were kidnapped by armed group members and until now they are still being taken hostage in the southern Philippines.(ant)

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Suicide bomber kills at least 50 at Pakistan hospital QUETTA - A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the violence-plagued southwestern province of Baluchistan.

The bomber struck as more than 100 mourners, mostly lawyers and journalists, crowded into the emergency department to accompany the body of a prominent lawyer, who had been shot and killed in the city earlier in the day, Faridullah, a journalist who was among the wounded, told Reuters.

Sarfaraz Bugti, the provincial home minister, said at least 50 people were killed, and more than that number were wounded, as the casualty toll spiked from initial estimates.

“There are many wounded, so the death toll could rise,” said Rehmat Saleh Baloch, the provincial health minister.

Television footage showed scenes of chaos, with panicked people fleeing through debris as smoke filled the hospital corridors.

The motive behind the attack was unclear and no group had yet claimed responsibility, but several lawyers have been targeted during a recent spate of killings in Quetta.

The latest victim, Bilal Anwar Kasi, was shot and killed while on his way to the city’s main court complex, senior police official Nadeem Shah told Reuters. He was the president of Baluchistan Bar Association.

The subsequent suicide attack appeared to target his mourners, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, a spokesman for the Baluchistan government, said.

“It seems it was a pre-planned attack,” he said.

Police cordoned off the hospital following the blast.

Aside from a long-running separatist insurgency, and sectarian tensions, Baluchistan also suffers from rising crime.

Quetta has also long been regarded as a base for the Afghan Taliban, whose leadership has regularly held meetings there in the past.

In May, Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed by a U.S. drone strike while travelling to Quetta from the PakistanIran border. (rtr)

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First responders and volunteers transport the injured and dead away from the scene of a bomb blast outside a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan August 8, 2016.

Delta hit by computer outage, flights delayed worldwide

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A passenger talks on her phone at a Delta Airlines gate a day before the annual Thanksgiving Day holiday at the Salt Lake City international airport, in Salt Lake City, Utah November 21, 2012.

LONDON - Delta Air Lines Inc said a “major system-wide network outage” on Monday had delayed flights worldwide and technicians were working to resolve the computer problem as soon as possible.

Flights scheduled for departure were not taking off, but those already in the air were operating normally, Delta said in a statement.

Delta operates 5,000 departures a day and is a member of the SkyTeam alliance alongside airlines including Air France-KLM .

It also partners for transatlantic flights with Virgin Atlantic, which said its flights were operating normally but cautioned that passengers should check tickets in case their flight was due to be operated by Delta as part of a code share agreement.

“Delta experienced a computer outage that has impacted flights scheduled for this morning,” said Delta, the world’s second largest airline measured by revenue passenger kilometres flown.

“Our systems are down everywhere. Hopefully it won’t be much longer,” the airline said on Twitter.

The outage was affecting flights globally, a London-based spokeswoman for the airline said.

Passengers stuck in check-in queues in airports across the world, or on board planes waiting to depart took to Twitter to share photos and frustration at the delays.

“1 hr.+ lines @HeathrowAirport for @Delta due to system outage,” tweeted user @MITJAKE with a picture of passengers waiting to check in.

The glitch follows several high-profile computer problems faced by U.S. airlines in recent months.

Budget carrier Southwest Airlines Co last month had to halt departures after a technical outage, while American Airlines had to suspend flights from three of its hubs last September after technical problems.

Industry consultants say airlines face an increasing risk from computer disruptions as they automate more of their operations, distribute boarding passes on smartphones and outfit their planes with Wifi. (rtr)

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More records fall as Phelps collects 19th gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - Michael Phelps picked up his 19th gold medal on a second night of world records in the Olympic pool, with Katie Ledecky cruising to women’s 400 metres freestyle victory and Britain’s Adam Peaty running away with the men’s 100 breaststroke.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom extended Saturday’s record spree in winning the 100 metres butterfly, and Peaty and Ledecky followed suit in the next two finals before the U.S. men’s team, with Phelps swimming second, took the 4x100 freestyle relay.

Six swimming world records have now fallen in two days of competition, and the United States moved level with Australia on two gold medals each.

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, now has 19 golds, two silvers and two bronzes. For his relay team mates Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Held, it was their first Olympic medal.

London Olympics 100 freestyle champion Nathan Adrian swam the final leg for the Americans, touching first ahead of France and Australia.

“On the block I thought my heart was going to explode, I was so hyped, so excited,” said Phelps, competing in his fifth Olympics.

Ledecky, the rising U.S. swimming sensation, shaved 1.91 seconds off her own world record on the way to the 400m gold, the first stage of a rare treble she hopes to complete along with the 200m and 800m.

“It’s pure happiness,” the 19-year-old told reporters.

“I wanted the first 200 to hurt as little as possible and I really felt like I could build into it and really explode that last 50,” she added after leading the race from start to finish. (rtr)

Buleleng Ex Harbour SINGARAJA - It is situated on the northern coast in Singaraja. In the old days when Singaraja was the capital of Nusa Tenggara Province Singaraja was an important shipping centre. The decision to move the capital of Bali from the north to the south of Bali, after Nusa Tenggara was divided into three provinces, made Buleleng Harbour less important. The decline of Buleleng Harbour was made complete with the development of the way seaport in Celukan Bawang, approximately 40 kilometres west of Singaraja.

Although not in use any more, there are still many old warehouses in the harbor district that date back to the Dutch colonial times. Before the opening of the international airport Ngurah Rai at Denpasar/Kuta in the 1970’s, Singaraja was the main entrance port for

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RIO DE JANEIRO - World number one Novak Djokovic was reduced to tears after suffering a shock first round 7-6(4) 7-6(2) loss to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in the men’s Olympic tennis tournament on Sunday.

Djokovic has dominated the men’s game in recent years and had made it a priority to win an Olympic gold medal, the only major prize that still eludes him.

“No doubt this is one of the toughest losses in my life and in my career,” a distraught Djokovic told reporters.

“It’s not easy to handle, especially now, just after the wounds are still fresh.”

After winning this year’s Australian and French Open titles, Djokovic was the favourite to add Olympic gold to his 12 grand slam titles and Del Potro was as surprised as anyone to see the Serb go out.

“I didn’t expect to beat Novak tonight,” said the 2009 U.S. Open champion, who has been battling a wrist injury for much of the season and is ranked 141st in the world.

“But I played an amazing match, my forehand worked great.”

The 27-year-old Argentine crunched 29 forehand winners in comparison to just seven by Djokovic, who lost a bronze medal match to Del Porto at the London Olympics four years ago.

Del Potro, who was once ranked fourth highest in the world, said the performance against Djokovic gave him hope of fully overcoming his injury nightmare.

“I felt once again I had the capability to play against the best in the world,” he said.

The two men, who are also friends, were both visibly emotional and shared a warm embrace over the net at the end of the game in which a raucous Brazilian crowd produced

an electric atmosphere.

“This kind of atmosphere I experience a few times in my life, mostly when I’m in my country.

This felt like I was in my country.

This felt like I was Brazilian,” said Djokovic.

The Serb will get another chance to experience the Rio atmosphere when he teams up with Nenad Zimonjic to play Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in a second round men’s doubles match on Monday.

Djokovic will be 33 by the time of the Tokyo 2020 Games meaning the Rio men’s doubles could be his best hope of achieving Olympic success.

Meanwhile, Del Potro, who found himself stuck in a malfunctioning lift earlier on Sunday, has blown the draw wide open and can look forward to a second round match with Joao Sousa of Portugal. (rtr)

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‘Pogback’: Pogba near to joining United for world-record fee MANCHESTER — Paul Pogba is close to joining Manchester United for a worldrecord transfer fee, with manager Jose Mourinho saying Sunday the France midfielder will be at the right club “to be the best player in the world.”

Pogba has been given permission by Juventus to have a medical examination to complete his return t o Old Trafford, United said. The English club made the announcement in a one-line statement under the hashtag “Pogback.”

Pogba left United to join Juventus in 2012, reportedly for 800,000 pounds (now $1.05 million) in compensation. He is set to return for a fee of around 105 million euros ($116.4 million), which would eclipse the 101 million euros that Real Madrid spent to sign Gareth Bale from Tottenham in 2013.

“I don’t think Real were upset when they broke the record with Gareth Bale or

LONDON — Manchester United hired Jose Mourinho and signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to bring a winning mentality and trophies to a fallen English giant. Barely a month at United and they’ve already made their mark.

Ibrahimovic headed in an 83rd-minute winner on Sunday as United beat Leicester 2-1 in the Community Shield — the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season — and give Mourinho his first piece of silverware as Old Trafford.

“That’s what it’s all about, winning trophies,” Ibrahimovic said. “This is why I came.

Hopefully I can win much more than this.”

On the day United moved closer to signing Paul Pogba in potentially a world-record transfer, its most high-profile offseason signing so far made an immediate impact, despite having a quiet game by his high standards at Wembley Stadium.

Ibrahimovic was lurking at the back post when Antonio Valencia floated over a cross from the right wing. Beating Wes Morgan in the air, Ibrahimovic planted a downward header against the post and the ball rebounded over the line.

The Community Shield is nothing more than a friendly match between the winners of last season’s Premier League (Leicester) and FA Cup (United), but both teams treated it seriously and

Ibrahimovic proudly hailed it as the 31st title of his trophy-filled career.

“Something big is going on with our team,” Ibrahimovic said, before walking with his teammates up the Wembley steps to lift the shield to explosions of ticker-tape.

Eleven weeks after scoring an extra-time winner for United in the FA Cup final at Wembley, Jesse Lingard returned to the stadium to put his team ahead in the 32nd minute with a solo goal that started 45 meters out.

He slalomed past both of Leicester’s center backs, Robert Huth and Morgan, darted past Danny Simpson and slid a finish under goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Jamie Vardy equalized for the league champions in the 52nd, pouncing on a short back pass from Marouane Fellaini, who had done well initially to track back and break up play. However, his pass to goalkeeper David de Gea was underhit, allowing the alert Vardy to round De Gea and shoot in left-footed from an acute angle. Mourinho blamed Fellaini’s mistake on the slowness of the Wembley field.

Ahmed Musa, Leicester’s clubrecord signing this offseason, was brought on at halftime and his pace, allied to Vardy’s, worried United.

Eric Bailly, one of United’s three signings so far, lost his composure after a strong first half and w a s booked for fouls on Musa and Vardy.

Musa missed a great chance — a header from five meters out — before Ibrahimovic’s goal.

In injury time, Mourinho took off Juan Mata, who had only been on the field 30 minutes as a substitute.

Mata, who was sold to United by Mourinho when the coach was at Chelsea, looked unhappy at a decision that was Mourinho at his ruth-

ghani Alghazali said. “It’s a great achievement for Iraqi football.”

One of Brazil’s best chances of the match fell to midfielder Renato Augusto in secondhalf injury time, but his volley from close range sailed over the crossbar with the goalkeeper already beaten.

“As the time passes and we can’t score, the anxiety increases, and in this situation it’s easier to make mistakes,” Micale said.

“It’s natural.”

In other games, Nigeria became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals by beating Sweden 1-0 in the jungle city of Manaus, earning the spot in the knockout round despite arriving in Brazil just hours before its opening game because of a travel mix-up.

Portugal moved close to the quarterfinals by beating Honduras 2-1 in Rio de Janeiro, while defending champion Mexico defeated Fiji 5-1 in Salvador with four goals by midfielder Erick Gutierrez. Argentina topped Algeria 2-1 in Rio for its first win, while Germany scored late in a 3-3 draw against South Korea in Salvador.

Denmark, Brazil’s next opponent, defeated South Africa 1-0 earlier Sunday in Brasilia. It had opened with a scoreless draw against Iraq.

Brazil is trying to win its first gold medal in soccer and it arrived for Sunday’s match under pressure after a disappointing 0-0 draw in the opener against South Africa.

The crowd of more than 60,000 started supporting Brazil but it grew anxious as the team struggled against Iraq, jeering the players at halftime and more and more toward the end of the match. Gabriel Jesus, who last week secured a multimillion-dollar transfer to Manchester City, missed a few decent chances early and was loudly booed when he was substituted in the second half.

Brazil also had a goal by Gabigol disallowed in the 28th because of offside, and Augusto hit the crossbar with a shot just before halftime.

Soccer is the only competition played outside Rio. The other host cities are Sao Paulo, Salvador, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Manaus. The tournament began two days before the opening ceremony, and the men’s final will be Aug. 20 at the Maracana Stadium.(ap)

Cristiano (Ronaldo). I don’t think it’s a reason to be sad — it’s a reason to be proud,” Mourinho said.

“Football is crazy and the market has become crazy. What you think this season is crazy, you realize three years later it’s not crazy anymore.”

United’s statement said the medical would take place at the club’s training complex, but didn’t say when.

Pogba would be the club’s fourth signing since Mourinho replaced Louis van Gaal in May as manager of United, the record 20-time English champion. Defender Eric Bailly, midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic have already moved to Old Trafford this offseason.

“Finally,” Mourinho said, when asked about Pogba’s impending arrival following United’s 2-1 win over Leicester in the Community Shield. “It’s amazing that such a good player is with us. Finally we have him.”

“United is the perfect club to bring him to the level he wants to be,” Mourinho added.

“The Premier League is the perfect habitat for that, if you want to be the best player in

Inter Milan part company with coach Mancini

Brazil disappoints again in men’s soccer, draws Iraq 0-0 BRASILIA — Disappointed yet again, the Brazilian fans jeered their own team and saved their applause for Iraq. Brazil, which has never won the Olympic gold medal in men’s soccer, failed to win for the second consecutive game, held to a 0-0 draw by the Iraqis on Sunday.

The result leaves Brazil tied for second place in Group A. The team needs a victory over Denmark on Wednesday in Salvador to advance and avoid another huge embarrassment at home two years after the 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinals.

“We need to apologize to the fans, to the people of Brasilia,” Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. “We didn’t play our best football. We feel like we left our fans frustrated.” Neymar, the tournament’s biggest star, played below expectations for the second straight game, and promising young strikers Gabigol and Gabriel Jesus also struggled.

Voicing their frustration, the fans chanted “Marta, Marta” in reference to the five-time world player of the year who has been thriving with the women’s national team. And as the Iraqis rejoiced on the field after the draw, the fans applauded the team and broke out into chants of “Iraq, Iraq.”

“It’s a historic day for Iraq to be able to draw against Brazil at its home,” Iraq coach Abdul-

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Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring a goal during the Community Shield soccer match between Leicester and Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Aug.

the world. If you go to Barcelona or Real Madrid, you are in trouble because I don’t think the other two big guys (Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) will let you. Here he is in the most-seen, worldwide, championship which is absolutely incredible, with a team which wants to bring Manchester United to the top again. We have everything to give him and we know the reasons why he wants to come to us.”

Pogba’s expensive return to Old Trafford follows a bitter split four years ago.

The then-United manager Alex Ferguson accused Pogba of not showing United “any respect” and insisted he was happy to let Pogba leave.

Now the Frenchman is among the brightest young talents in the game after winning four successive Serie A titles with Juventus and becoming a regular for his national team.

“Money, he would get at any big club,” Mourinho said. “He comes because he knows the club, knows the city, many of the players and wants to be an important part of the project. Hopefully everything goes well.”(ap)

MILAN - Inter Milan have parted company with coach Roberto Mancini “by mutual agreement”, less than two weeks before the start of the Serie A season, the Italian club said on Monday.

“Inter would like to place on record its thanks to Roberto for the work carried out with the team since joining in November 2014,” said a statement on Inter’s website (www.inter.it).

The decision follows a string of bad results in pre-season friendlies for Inter, with defeats against Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Tottenham in the last 15 days.

The club, which came fourth in Serie A last season, failing to qualify for the Champions League, play their first game of the new league season against Chievo Verona in 13 days’ time.

Mancini was rumoured to have been unhappy since Chinese electronics retailer Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd bought a controlling stake in the club in June.

Mancini’s contract had been due to expire in June 2017. The former Manchester City and Action Images via Reuters / Adam Holt Livepic Galatasaray coach had previously led Inter to Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini before the three consecutive Serie A titles during his first match spell at Inter between 2004 and 2008 but his second stint at the club was less successful.

According to media reports in Italy and the Netherlands, Inter are set to sign former Ajax Amsterdam coach Frank de Boer who resigned from the Dutch side in May, to replace Mancini.(rtr)

AP Photo/David Vincent, file

FILE - In this Monday, May 30, 2016 file photo, France’s Paul Pogba looks on during a friendly soccer match between France and Cameroon at the La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes, western France.

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‘Pogback’: Pogba near to joining United for world-record fee MANCHESTER — Paul Pogba is close to joining Manchester United for a worldrecord transfer fee, with manager Jose Mourinho saying Sunday the France midfielder will be at the right club “to be the best player in the world.”

Pogba has been given permission by Juventus to have a medical examination to complete his return t o Old Trafford, United said. The English club made the announcement in a one-line statement under the hashtag “Pogback.”

Pogba left United to join Juventus in 2012, reportedly for 800,000 pounds (now $1.05 million) in compensation. He is set to return for a fee of around 105 million euros ($116.4 million), which would eclipse the 101 million euros that Real Madrid spent to sign Gareth Bale from Tottenham in 2013.

“I don’t think Real were upset when they broke the record with Gareth Bale or

LONDON — Manchester United hired Jose Mourinho and signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to bring a winning mentality and trophies to a fallen English giant. Barely a month at United and they’ve already made their mark.

Ibrahimovic headed in an 83rd-minute winner on Sunday as United beat Leicester 2-1 in the Community Shield — the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season — and give Mourinho his first piece of silverware as Old Trafford.

“That’s what it’s all about, winning trophies,” Ibrahimovic said. “This is why I came.

Hopefully I can win much more than this.”

On the day United moved closer to signing Paul Pogba in potentially a world-record transfer, its most high-profile offseason signing so far made an immediate impact, despite having a quiet game by his high standards at Wembley Stadium.

Ibrahimovic was lurking at the back post when Antonio Valencia floated over a cross from the right wing. Beating Wes Morgan in the air, Ibrahimovic planted a downward header against the post and the ball rebounded over the line.

The Community Shield is nothing more than a friendly match between the winners of last season’s Premier League (Leicester) and FA Cup (United), but both teams treated it seriously and

Ibrahimovic proudly hailed it as the 31st title of his trophy-filled career.

“Something big is going on with our team,” Ibrahimovic said, before walking with his teammates up the Wembley steps to lift the shield to explosions of ticker-tape.

Eleven weeks after scoring an extra-time winner for United in the FA Cup final at Wembley, Jesse Lingard returned to the stadium to put his team ahead in the 32nd minute with a solo goal that started 45 meters out.

He slalomed past both of Leicester’s center backs, Robert Huth and Morgan, darted past Danny Simpson and slid a finish under goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Jamie Vardy equalized for the league champions in the 52nd, pouncing on a short back pass from Marouane Fellaini, who had done well initially to track back and break up play. However, his pass to goalkeeper David de Gea was underhit, allowing the alert Vardy to round De Gea and shoot in left-footed from an acute angle. Mourinho blamed Fellaini’s mistake on the slowness of the Wembley field.

Ahmed Musa, Leicester’s clubrecord signing this offseason, was brought on at halftime and his pace, allied to Vardy’s, worried United.

Eric Bailly, one of United’s three signings so far, lost his composure after a strong first half and w a s booked for fouls on Musa and Vardy.

Musa missed a great chance — a header from five meters out — before Ibrahimovic’s goal.

In injury time, Mourinho took off Juan Mata, who had only been on the field 30 minutes as a substitute.

Mata, who was sold to United by Mourinho when the coach was at Chelsea, looked unhappy at a decision that was Mourinho at his ruth-

ghani Alghazali said. “It’s a great achievement for Iraqi football.”

One of Brazil’s best chances of the match fell to midfielder Renato Augusto in secondhalf injury time, but his volley from close range sailed over the crossbar with the goalkeeper already beaten.

“As the time passes and we can’t score, the anxiety increases, and in this situation it’s easier to make mistakes,” Micale said.

“It’s natural.”

In other games, Nigeria became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals by beating Sweden 1-0 in the jungle city of Manaus, earning the spot in the knockout round despite arriving in Brazil just hours before its opening game because of a travel mix-up.

Portugal moved close to the quarterfinals by beating Honduras 2-1 in Rio de Janeiro, while defending champion Mexico defeated Fiji 5-1 in Salvador with four goals by midfielder Erick Gutierrez. Argentina topped Algeria 2-1 in Rio for its first win, while Germany scored late in a 3-3 draw against South Korea in Salvador.

Denmark, Brazil’s next opponent, defeated South Africa 1-0 earlier Sunday in Brasilia. It had opened with a scoreless draw against Iraq.

Brazil is trying to win its first gold medal in soccer and it arrived for Sunday’s match under pressure after a disappointing 0-0 draw in the opener against South Africa.

The crowd of more than 60,000 started supporting Brazil but it grew anxious as the team struggled against Iraq, jeering the players at halftime and more and more toward the end of the match. Gabriel Jesus, who last week secured a multimillion-dollar transfer to Manchester City, missed a few decent chances early and was loudly booed when he was substituted in the second half.

Brazil also had a goal by Gabigol disallowed in the 28th because of offside, and Augusto hit the crossbar with a shot just before halftime.

Soccer is the only competition played outside Rio. The other host cities are Sao Paulo, Salvador, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Manaus. The tournament began two days before the opening ceremony, and the men’s final will be Aug. 20 at the Maracana Stadium.(ap)

Cristiano (Ronaldo). I don’t think it’s a reason to be sad — it’s a reason to be proud,” Mourinho said.

“Football is crazy and the market has become crazy. What you think this season is crazy, you realize three years later it’s not crazy anymore.”

United’s statement said the medical would take place at the club’s training complex, but didn’t say when.

Pogba would be the club’s fourth signing since Mourinho replaced Louis van Gaal in May as manager of United, the record 20-time English champion. Defender Eric Bailly, midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic have already moved to Old Trafford this offseason.

“Finally,” Mourinho said, when asked about Pogba’s impending arrival following United’s 2-1 win over Leicester in the Community Shield. “It’s amazing that such a good player is with us. Finally we have him.”

“United is the perfect club to bring him to the level he wants to be,” Mourinho added.

“The Premier League is the perfect habitat for that, if you want to be the best player in

Inter Milan part company with coach Mancini

Brazil disappoints again in men’s soccer, draws Iraq 0-0 BRASILIA — Disappointed yet again, the Brazilian fans jeered their own team and saved their applause for Iraq. Brazil, which has never won the Olympic gold medal in men’s soccer, failed to win for the second consecutive game, held to a 0-0 draw by the Iraqis on Sunday.

The result leaves Brazil tied for second place in Group A. The team needs a victory over Denmark on Wednesday in Salvador to advance and avoid another huge embarrassment at home two years after the 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinals.

“We need to apologize to the fans, to the people of Brasilia,” Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. “We didn’t play our best football. We feel like we left our fans frustrated.” Neymar, the tournament’s biggest star, played below expectations for the second straight game, and promising young strikers Gabigol and Gabriel Jesus also struggled.

Voicing their frustration, the fans chanted “Marta, Marta” in reference to the five-time world player of the year who has been thriving with the women’s national team. And as the Iraqis rejoiced on the field after the draw, the fans applauded the team and broke out into chants of “Iraq, Iraq.”

“It’s a historic day for Iraq to be able to draw against Brazil at its home,” Iraq coach Abdul-

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AP Photo/Tim Ireland

Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring a goal during the Community Shield soccer match between Leicester and Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Aug.

the world. If you go to Barcelona or Real Madrid, you are in trouble because I don’t think the other two big guys (Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) will let you. Here he is in the most-seen, worldwide, championship which is absolutely incredible, with a team which wants to bring Manchester United to the top again. We have everything to give him and we know the reasons why he wants to come to us.”

Pogba’s expensive return to Old Trafford follows a bitter split four years ago.

The then-United manager Alex Ferguson accused Pogba of not showing United “any respect” and insisted he was happy to let Pogba leave.

Now the Frenchman is among the brightest young talents in the game after winning four successive Serie A titles with Juventus and becoming a regular for his national team.

“Money, he would get at any big club,” Mourinho said. “He comes because he knows the club, knows the city, many of the players and wants to be an important part of the project. Hopefully everything goes well.”(ap)

MILAN - Inter Milan have parted company with coach Roberto Mancini “by mutual agreement”, less than two weeks before the start of the Serie A season, the Italian club said on Monday.

“Inter would like to place on record its thanks to Roberto for the work carried out with the team since joining in November 2014,” said a statement on Inter’s website (www.inter.it).

The decision follows a string of bad results in pre-season friendlies for Inter, with defeats against Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Tottenham in the last 15 days.

The club, which came fourth in Serie A last season, failing to qualify for the Champions League, play their first game of the new league season against Chievo Verona in 13 days’ time.

Mancini was rumoured to have been unhappy since Chinese electronics retailer Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd bought a controlling stake in the club in June.

Mancini’s contract had been due to expire in June 2017. The former Manchester City and Action Images via Reuters / Adam Holt Livepic Galatasaray coach had previously led Inter to Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini before the three consecutive Serie A titles during his first match spell at Inter between 2004 and 2008 but his second stint at the club was less successful.

According to media reports in Italy and the Netherlands, Inter are set to sign former Ajax Amsterdam coach Frank de Boer who resigned from the Dutch side in May, to replace Mancini.(rtr)

AP Photo/David Vincent, file

FILE - In this Monday, May 30, 2016 file photo, France’s Paul Pogba looks on during a friendly soccer match between France and Cameroon at the La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes, western France.

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More records fall as Phelps collects 19th gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - Michael Phelps picked up his 19th gold medal on a second night of world records in the Olympic pool, with Katie Ledecky cruising to women’s 400 metres freestyle victory and Britain’s Adam Peaty running away with the men’s 100 breaststroke.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom extended Saturday’s record spree in winning the 100 metres butterfly, and Peaty and Ledecky followed suit in the next two finals before the U.S. men’s team, with Phelps swimming second, took the 4x100 freestyle relay.

Six swimming world records have now fallen in two days of competition, and the United States moved level with Australia on two gold medals each.

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, now has 19 golds, two silvers and two bronzes. For his relay team mates Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Held, it was their first Olympic medal.

London Olympics 100 freestyle champion Nathan Adrian swam the final leg for the Americans, touching first ahead of France and Australia.

“On the block I thought my heart was going to explode, I was so hyped, so excited,” said Phelps, competing in his fifth Olympics.

Ledecky, the rising U.S. swimming sensation, shaved 1.91 seconds off her own world record on the way to the 400m gold, the first stage of a rare treble she hopes to complete along with the 200m and 800m.

“It’s pure happiness,” the 19-year-old told reporters.

“I wanted the first 200 to hurt as little as possible and I really felt like I could build into it and really explode that last 50,” she added after leading the race from start to finish. (rtr)

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Novak Djokovic (SRB) of Serbia reacts after losing his match against Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) of Argentina.

RIO DE JANEIRO - World number one Novak Djokovic was reduced to tears after suffering a shock first round 7-6(4) 7-6(2) loss to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in the men’s Olympic tennis tournament on Sunday.

Djokovic has dominated the men’s game in recent years and had made it a priority to win an Olympic gold medal, the only major prize that still eludes him.

“No doubt this is one of the toughest losses in my life and in my career,” a distraught Djokovic told reporters.

“It’s not easy to handle, especially now, just after the wounds are still fresh.”

After winning this year’s Australian and French Open titles, Djokovic was the favourite to add Olympic gold to his 12 grand slam titles and Del Potro was as surprised as anyone to see the Serb go out.

“I didn’t expect to beat Novak tonight,” said the 2009 U.S. Open champion, who has been battling a wrist injury for much of the season and is ranked 141st in the world.

“But I played an amazing match, my forehand worked great.”

The 27-year-old Argentine crunched 29 forehand winners in comparison to just seven by Djokovic, who lost a bronze medal match to Del Porto at the London Olympics four years ago.

Del Potro, who was once ranked fourth highest in the world, said the performance against Djokovic gave him hope of fully overcoming his injury nightmare.

“I felt once again I had the capability to play against the best in the world,” he said.

The two men, who are also friends, were both visibly emotional and shared a warm embrace over the net at the end of the game in which a raucous Brazilian crowd produced

an electric atmosphere.

“This kind of atmosphere I experience a few times in my life, mostly when I’m in my country.

This felt like I was in my country.

This felt like I was Brazilian,” said Djokovic.

The Serb will get another chance to experience the Rio atmosphere when he teams up with Nenad Zimonjic to play Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in a second round men’s doubles match on Monday.

Djokovic will be 33 by the time of the Tokyo 2020 Games meaning the Rio men’s doubles could be his best hope of achieving Olympic success.

Meanwhile, Del Potro, who found himself stuck in a malfunctioning lift earlier on Sunday, has blown the draw wide open and can look forward to a second round match with Joao Sousa of Portugal. (rtr)

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Suicide bomber kills at least 50 at Pakistan hospital QUETTA - A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the violence-plagued southwestern province of Baluchistan.

The bomber struck as more than 100 mourners, mostly lawyers and journalists, crowded into the emergency department to accompany the body of a prominent lawyer, who had been shot and killed in the city earlier in the day, Faridullah, a journalist who was among the wounded, told Reuters.

Sarfaraz Bugti, the provincial home minister, said at least 50 people were killed, and more than that number were wounded, as the casualty toll spiked from initial estimates.

“There are many wounded, so the death toll could rise,” said Rehmat Saleh Baloch, the provincial health minister.

Television footage showed scenes of chaos, with panicked people fleeing through debris as smoke filled the hospital corridors.

The motive behind the attack was unclear and no group had yet claimed responsibility, but several lawyers have been targeted during a recent spate of killings in Quetta.

The latest victim, Bilal Anwar Kasi, was shot and killed while on his way to the city’s main court complex, senior police official Nadeem Shah told Reuters. He was the president of Baluchistan Bar Association.

The subsequent suicide attack appeared to target his mourners, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, a spokesman for the Baluchistan government, said.

“It seems it was a pre-planned attack,” he said.

Police cordoned off the hospital following the blast.

Aside from a long-running separatist insurgency, and sectarian tensions, Baluchistan also suffers from rising crime.

Quetta has also long been regarded as a base for the Afghan Taliban, whose leadership has regularly held meetings there in the past.

In May, Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed by a U.S. drone strike while travelling to Quetta from the PakistanIran border. (rtr)

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First responders and volunteers transport the injured and dead away from the scene of a bomb blast outside a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan August 8, 2016.

Delta hit by computer outage, flights delayed worldwide

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A passenger talks on her phone at a Delta Airlines gate a day before the annual Thanksgiving Day holiday at the Salt Lake City international airport, in Salt Lake City, Utah November 21, 2012.

LONDON - Delta Air Lines Inc said a “major system-wide network outage” on Monday had delayed flights worldwide and technicians were working to resolve the computer problem as soon as possible.

Flights scheduled for departure were not taking off, but those already in the air were operating normally, Delta said in a statement.

Delta operates 5,000 departures a day and is a member of the SkyTeam alliance alongside airlines including Air France-KLM .

It also partners for transatlantic flights with Virgin Atlantic, which said its flights were operating normally but cautioned that passengers should check tickets in case their flight was due to be operated by Delta as part of a code share agreement.

“Delta experienced a computer outage that has impacted flights scheduled for this morning,” said Delta, the world’s second largest airline measured by revenue passenger kilometres flown.

“Our systems are down everywhere. Hopefully it won’t be much longer,” the airline said on Twitter.

The outage was affecting flights globally, a London-based spokeswoman for the airline said.

Passengers stuck in check-in queues in airports across the world, or on board planes waiting to depart took to Twitter to share photos and frustration at the delays.

“1 hr.+ lines @HeathrowAirport for @Delta due to system outage,” tweeted user @MITJAKE with a picture of passengers waiting to check in.

The glitch follows several high-profile computer problems faced by U.S. airlines in recent months.

Budget carrier Southwest Airlines Co last month had to halt departures after a technical outage, while American Airlines had to suspend flights from three of its hubs last September after technical problems.

Industry consultants say airlines face an increasing risk from computer disruptions as they automate more of their operations, distribute boarding passes on smartphones and outfit their planes with Wifi. (rtr)

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A worker repairs miners lamps in a workshop at Kellingley Colliery on its last day of operation in north Yorkshire, England, December 18, 2015.

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Langkat police arrest two men for carrying 20 kg hashish

Pay up by 10 percent for Britain’s top bosses in 2015, survey shows

LONDON - The average pay of bosses in Britain’s FTSE 100 rose more than 10 percent in 2015 to an average of 5.5 million pounds, according to a survey that is likely to reinforce a drive by Prime Minister Theresa May to curb excessive pay.

Britain’s new prime minister has denounced as irrational and unhealthy the yawning gap between the amounts paid to bosses and those paid to the average worker, vowing to better align incentives with the long-term interests of companies.

A survey by the High Pay Centre said the average FTSE 100 chief executive’s pay package hit 5.48 million pounds ($7.15 million) in 2015, up from 4.96 million pounds in 2014, meaning CEOs now earn 140 times more than their employees on average. The survey said FTSE CEO pay had now risen by 33 percent since 2010.

“There is apparently no end yet in sight to the rise and rise of FTSE 100 CEO pay packages,” director Stefan Stern said. “The High Pay Centre was delighted by Theresa May’s recent intervention on this issue. There now seems to be political will and momentum behind attempts to reform top pay.”

The country has seen a resurgence in investor activism in the last year, with several FTSE 100 bosses criticised at annual general meetings for taking ever larger pay deals at a time of weak economic growth.

May, who became prime minister in July, used a speech before she took office to set out her plans for the economy, arguing that it did not work for everyone in society and needed to be reformed.

Her proposals included making shareholder votes on corporate pay binding. She also said she wanted to see more transparency around bonus targets and the publication of the ratio between a CEO’s pay and that of the average company worker. According to the survey, the three highest paid bosses in the blue-chip index were WPP’s Martin Sorrell, Tony Pidgeley at housebuilder Berkeley and Rakesh Kapoor at Reckitt Benckiser.

The 70 million-pound pay package awarded to Sorrell was one of the biggest payouts in British history.

A third of investors refused to back the deal while Sorrell, one of the best known businessmen in Britain who built the advertising group from scratch, said all his wealth and interests were tied up in the future of the company.

The High Pay Centre is an independent think tank that monitors executive pay and campaigns to reduce the income gap.(rtr)

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LANGKAT - The police of Langkat District in North Sumatra have arrested two residents of Bireun District for carrying 20 kilograms of hashish while they were travelling aboard a bus from Aceh Province to Pekanbaru, Riau Province.

The two young men claimed that they had been paid Rp4 million for transporting the hashish, Langkat Police Resort Adjunct Senior Commissioner Mulya Hakim Solichin was quoted as saying by Adjunct Senior Commissioner Supriyadi Yantoto, here, Monday.

A university student 24-year-old AR and 23-year-old AM are the residents of Kreung, Bireun District, Aceh.(ap)

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Firefighters spray water on a smouldering slum area after a fire razed more than 100 dwellings and workshops in East Jakarta, Indonesia August 8, 2016.

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Container ships are docked at a port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. China’s exports fell again in July by an unexpectedly wide margin while a decline in imports accelerated in a possible sign of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

China’s imports, exports fall again in July

BEIJING — China’s exports fell again in July by an unexpectedly wide margin while a decline in imports accelerated in a possible sign of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

Exports contracted 4.4 percent to $184.7 billion, a slight improvement over June’s 4.8 percent contraction, customs data showed Monday. Imports fell 12.5 percent to $132.4 billion, accelerating from a decline of 8.4 percent.

Weak global demand has hampered efforts to shore up Chinese trade and stave off job losses in export industries. The contraction in imports reflects possible weakness in the domestic economy, but the figures also are depressed by a decline in prices of oil and other commodities.

Chinese economic growth held

steady at 6.7 percent in the quarter ending in June compared with a year earlier, though that was the lowest quarterly level since the aftermath of the 2008 global crisis.

The declines in both exports and imports were worse than many forecasters expected.

“The data dash hopes that a pickup in global manufacturing growth last month might have buoyed shipments from China,” said Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics in a report. “The country’s export growth is likely to remain subdued for some time,” said Evans-Pritchard. “While we think

the worst is probably over for many emerging markets, global growth is likely to remain lackluster well into next year.”

The slump in imports meant China’s global trade surplus swelled by 22 percent from the same month a year ago to $52.3 billion.

China’s trade surplus with the European Union, its biggest trading partner, was $11.8 billion. The surplus with the United States was $24.7 billion.Even taking lower prices into account, the Chinese figures suggest imports fell by 5.3 percent, according to Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics.

“It implies that volumes dropped substantially month on month,” said Kuijs in a report. “It may herald that domestic demand started to slow down in July.”(ap)

Indonesia`s hajj pilgrims to start leaving from nine airports Tuesday

JAKARTA - A great number of Indonesian hajj pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia starting Tuesday from nine embarkation airports, an official has said.

A total of 157,120 pilgrims will depart in 384 regular batches of flights, Director of Hajj Services of the Religious Affairs Ministry Ahda Barori said in his press statement received here. The hajj pilgrims are scheduled to embark from Padang at 06.25 a.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB), from Jakarta-Pondok Gede at 08.15 a.m. WIB, from Batam at 09.30 a.m.

WIB, Makasar (UPG) at 09.40 a.m. Central Indonesia Standard Time (WITA), JakartaBekasi (JKT-BKSI) and Surabaya (SUB) at

10.30 a.m. WIB, Medan at 12.30 p.m. WIB, Solo at 04.40 p.m. WIB, and Banjarmasin (BDJ) at 11.30 p.m. WITA. “All the hajj pilgrims (scheduled to leave on Tuesday) should enter their dormitories on Monday (Aug 8) for round the clock before leaving for the Saudi Arabia on Tuesday,” Barori said, adding that 11 batches of flights will depart on Tuesday.

In addition, another three embarkation airports which will depart the hajj pilgrims on August 10 are in Balikpapan at 01.25

a.m. WITA, Palembang at 08.30 a.m. WIB, and Aceh at 07.20 p.m. WIB. The flights will depart in two phases. The first lot of flights will depart between August 9 and 21, while the second lot will depart between August 21 and September 5.

In the meantime, the ministry of Transportation has also coordinated with relevant institutions, including the Hajj flight operator, the Indonesian flight carrier, Garuda Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia Airlines.

This year, Garuda will be providing 12 planes. These will be Boeing 777 and 747, and Airbus A330. Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabia Airlines provides Boeing 747 and Airbus A330.(ant)

Do not trim defense budget: Legislator

JAKARTA - The government should not trim the budget for defense and security as it would reduce Indonesias combat ability in the region, stated member of House of Representatives Commission-I overseeing defense and foreign affairs Bobby Rizaldi.

“To protect and uphold the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), the government should not trim the budget for defense and security and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) sec-

tors,” Rizaldi remarked here on Monday.

According to Rizaldi, the National Defense Forces require a significant amount of funds to procure the latest equipment and main weaponry systems (Alutsista).

The legislator noted that between 1998 and 2008, no modernization of Alutsista was carried out in Indonesia, although many of them were obsolete. He stated that the defense sector needed the budget not only for modernizing Alutsista but also for

upgrading and procuring new ones.

“In addition, drug control should be a priority, so that the budget for the National Police to maintain public order should also not be reduced,” he affirmed.

The Golkar party politician emphasized that it was risky to trim the budget for defense and security and the BNN since it would be the same as weakening the states “hard power” in its task to maintain the sovereignty of NKRI.(ant)

Govt confirms one more Indonesian abducted in Malaysian water

SOLO - Director of Citizen and Legal Entities Protection of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Lalu Muhammad Iqbal has confirmed that several gunmen have abducted an Indonesian captain of a fishing trawler in the Malaysian water.

“We have been notified since August 5, that the abducted person is an Indonesian captain of a Malaysian flagged-fishing trawler, and it happened in the Malaysian water,” Iqbal said here on Sunday.

Iqbal explained that the fishing trawler was attacked by the gunmen on August 3, at around 4 p.m. local time. There were two other crew members on board when the incident occurred, but the gunmen released them, and they reported the incident to police in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, on August 5.

Following the report to the police, Iqbal said the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and consulate general in Kota Kinabalu worked closely with the local authorities, the freed crewmen, ship company, and the Philippine authority, to seek more detailed information.

“Some information related to the incident and the abductions actors are still different one to another, so we still need to verify it,” Iqbal noted.

According to a local newspaper, The Star, Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSC) director Datuk Wan Abdul Bari Wan Khalid confirmed a report had been filed by the owner of the fishing trawler on Saturday, two days after the abduction was said to happen.

Khalid also told the newspaper that the incident did not look like the usual kidnapping and a police investigation is on progress. At the present, the two crewmen and the trawler are being held for investigations.

Previously, ten Indonesians were kidnapped by armed group members and until now they are still being taken hostage in the southern Philippines.(ant)

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As shortcut passes forest, govt should sit together

TABANAN - The Candi Kuning 2 Shorcut, planned to be built in 2017 would pass through an area of protected forest. Althouh part of the proposed shortcut would pass through land owned by the Bali’s Provincial Government the fact that protected forest land would be affected, it is essential that the govenrment evaluate the plan so as to avoide the adverse effects that would come from converting forested land into road.

“Indeed, this poses a constraint. We are often dealing with protected forest. We agree the forest is great and must be sustained, but we do not the people of our society to remian poor because of the forest. If the forest remians then poverty also remains. I do not want this”, said Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, when met in Bedugul, Tabanan on Saturday (Aug. 6).

Wiryatama added that every development project certainly requires a sacrifice. However, the ‘sacrifice’ must be minimized as much as possible. One way of doing this is by utilizing technology in the construction of the shortcut, whether in the form of a panel or bridge.

Most importantly, the central and local governments must sit down together to discuss this issue.

“Some parts of the land belong to provincial government. We will ask for this forest, and if possible, we will sit side by side like the buttons of shirt. If the above (central government—Ed) can be dealt with first then dealing with the lower buttons will be easy. Usually if the above is not dealt with, the bottom will be crippled” he explained.

Wiryatama recalled the building of a road in the area of Titi Galar, Bedugul that runs from the corn statue to Penebel and that resulted in a polemic in 2004. At that time, he was serving as the regent of Tabanan and was reported to the minister and the chief of the National Police for having allegedly cleared the forest. Wiryatama argues that the forested area that was converted into road was barren or unproductive.

“When passing into about 300 meters at the location, I was reported.

With the gubernatorial policy, we indeed had differing opinions but there is little to no policy on the matter. The wisdom certainly violates the rules for the sake of public interest, but it was then accepted by society. As evidence, we have been using this road”, he said.

Chief of the Bali Forest Service, IGN Wiranatha, will be discussing the matter of the Candi Kuning 2 Shortcut Tuesday (Aug 9), with “Regarding the shortcut at Candi Kuning, it remains in process and will be discussed on Tuesday. Once there is certainty about it, the public wil lbe informed”, he said via instant messages on Sunday (Aug. 7).

Earlier, the Head of the Bali Public Works, I Nyoman Astawa Riadi, said that the Candi Kuning 2 shortcut is planned to mostly run through forest. It is not yet known whether this forested land conservation or protected forest.

“Based on the explanation of the Chief of Asset Bureau, the land also belongs to the provincial government and community. Since the shortcut would pass through the forest, we will coordinate with the Forest Service” he said. Astawa added that the land needing to be acquired amonts to an area of ??5,775 square meters. (kmb32)

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It is essential that the govenrment evaluate the plan so as to avoide the adverse effects that would come from converting forested land into road.

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Dozens of Philippine officials surrender after being linked to drugs trade

MANILA - Dozens of Philippine government and police officials turned themselves in on Monday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte linked them to the drugs trade, stepping up a war on narcotics that has killed hundreds since he took office in June.

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Apparently there is still a general misconception about blood donors amongst the Balinese public and even amongst health officials.

Hanging the mindset of potential blood donors

DENPASAR - Apparently there is still a general misconception about blood donors amongst the Balinese public and even amongst health officials. There remains a dire lack of certain types of blood so many worry that if a family member were to need a blood transfusion that this blood type might not be available. Many people erronesouly believe that should a patietn need to have a blood transfusion that a family member could simply donate at that moment.

However, the Blood Transfusion Unit (UTD) of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in Bali has been trying to disuade people from thinking that way stating that 97.21 percent of the blood used for emmergency tranfusions comes from blood that has been previsouly voluntarily donated – not from the family of patients.

The main reason for this is that it takes some 20 hours to process blood that has been donated, before it can be administered to the patient in need and in most cases that is just too long. Also there is the fact that blood that has been donated by a family member is not necessarily compatible with the patient who needs the blood.

Directress of the Blood Transfu-

sion Unit of PMI Bali, A.A. Sagung Mas Dwipayani, said that this issue remains something that we all need to look at. The bllod transfusion unit continues to appeal to the public to give blood voluntarily and never refuses to give bllod to a patient in need, even if their family does not give blood.

She added that even though the stocks of blood for a particular blood type is critically low at the moment, regular donors are still called upon to give blood. The health of blood donors is important, she explained.. “The point here is that when a patient’s family member gives blood, we need to undertake a complete screening to make sure that they are healthy”,

said Dwipayani. She added that the blood transfusion unit already has the medical record of regular donors on hand and although their blood is still tested every time they give blood, the whole screeingin process is done more quickluy that with first time donors.

“Hospital attendants have confirmed to us that emmergency donors have been decreasing in number”, she said while adding that the district and municipal governments stil have many obstacles to overcome regarding this issue and that more people should be giving bloodon a regular basis.

Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, emphasised that the public needs to be educated about the importance of giving blood, because blood stocks in Bali are down and in the case of an emmergency the availability of usuable blood can make all the difference.

“If we were to rely solely on existing stocks, there is great concern that we could run out as emmercies requiring bllod occur frequently”, he affirmed. (kmb42)

More than 400 suspected drug dealers have been killed by police across the Philippines since Duterte took over, officials say. Broadcaster ABS-CNN put the number at over 800, though this includes executions by anonymous vigilantes.

On Monday, 27 mayors and 31 police officers, including a colonel, went to the national police office in the capital, Manila, to clear their names, fearing the president’s order to hunt them down if they failed to surrender within 24 hours.

Several local officials reported to regional police offices to beat the deadline set by Duterte, who won the elections in May on a single platform of fighting crime and drugs.

On Sunday, he identified about 160 officials in a name-and-shame campaign.

“I want to change,” a Cebubased businessman tagged as a toplevel drug trafficker told reporters after he met national police chief Ronald dela Rosa.

Nicknamed “the punisher” and “Duterte Harry” for his brutal fight on crime, Duterte has hit back at activists incensed by the surge in the killings of suspected drug traffickers.

Alarmed human rights groups have urged the United Nations to

condemn the rise in extrajudicial killings. The Philippine Senate is to hold a legislative inquiry.

Dela Rosa reprimanded the police officers on Duterte’s list, threatening to kill them if they continued to protect drug traders and resell seized drugs. At one point, he challenged them to a fistfight.

“I am mad with what is happening,” Dela Rosa said in a speech to local officials and police. “I am ashamed. We should be the ones arresting these people, but we are protecting them. I will kill you if you will not change.”

All police officers linked to the drug trade were disarmed, investigated and could face criminal and administrative cases if there was strong evidence, said national police spokesman Dionardo Carlos.

“They will be accorded due process,” he added.

Besides local officials and police officers, Duterte’s list included two retired police generals, soldiers, paramilitary members, judges and a former lawmaker. In a letter, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday told the president the court alone had the right to discipline judges. One judge named by Duterte died eight years ago and two others have already been removed. (rtr)

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte views the body of a soldier inside a casket, who was killed in an encounter with communist rebels at a military Camp Panacan in Davao city, in southern Philippines August 7, 2016.

Japan’s emperor speaks to public in remarks suggesting he wants to abdicate

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public on Monday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.

Public broadcaster NHK reported last month that Akihito, who has had heart surgery and been treated for prostate cancer, wanted to step down in a few years - which would be unprecedented in modern Japan.

Once considered divine, the emperor is defined in the constitution as a symbol of the state and the unity of the people. He has no political power.

Akihito stopped short of saying outright that he wanted to abdicate, which could be interImperial Household Agency of Japan/Handout via Reuters preted as interfering in politics.

Japanese Emperor Akihito addresses a speech at the Imperial Palace in “When I consider that my fitness level is Tokyo, Japan, August 7, 2016 in this handout photo released on August gradually declining, I am worried that it may become difficult for me to carry out my duties 8, 2016 by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan.

as the symbol of the state with my whole being, as I have done until now,” he said.

Akihito took the throne after the death in 1989 of his father, Hirohito, in whose name Japan fought World War Two. He has sought to soothe the wounds of the war in Asia during trips overseas and tried to bring the monarchy closer to the people.

Akihito feels strongly that an emperor’s full performance of his duties is integral to his constitutional role, experts say.

Opinion polls show the vast majority of ordinary Japanese sympathise with the emperor’s desire to retire, but such a step would need changes to the law.

Akihito has been cutting back on official duties, with his heir, 56-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, taking his place. There were limits to how far that could go, he said on Monday. (rtr)

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Just a burp: Intriguing hints of physics particle evaporate

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 photo, research scientist Sung-Jin Park displays a tissueengineered robot on a piece of glass in a laboratory at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

The stingray-shaped robot, capable of paddling in water after exposure to blue light, has a gold skeleton, silicone fins and the heart muscle cells of a rat.

Cyborg stingray swims toward light, breaks new ground

CAMBRIDGE — The idea of taking apart a rat’s heart and transforming it into a tissueengineered stingray first came to Kevin Kit Parker during a trip to the New England Aquarium with his daughter.

Four years later, a robotic ray that swims toward light has made the cover of Science Magazine and is pushing the limits of what’s possible in the design of machines powered by living cells.

A research team based at Harvard University’s Disease Biophysics Group, which Parker directs, created the translucent, penny-sized ray with a gold skeleton and silicone fins layered with the heart muscle cells of a rat.

It’s remote-controlled, guided by a blinking blue flashlight. Each burst of blue sets off a cascade of signals through the cells, which have been genetically-engineered to respond to light. The contraction of the tissue creates a downward motion on the ray’s body. When the tissue relaxes, the gold skeleton recoils — moving the fin upward again in an undulating cycle that mimics the graceful swimming of a real ray or skate.

Parker, whose research includes cardiac cell biology, launched the project as a method for learning more about the mysteries of the human heart and a step toward the far-off goal of building an artificial one. But the interdisciplinary project is also sparking interest in other fields, from marine biology to robotics.

Parker is not a roboticist. But as an Army veteran who did two tours in Afghanistan, he welcomes any part his stingrays could play in advancing the development of machines able to perform dangerous jobs.

“Bio-hybrid machines — things with synthetic parts and living materials — they’re going to happen,” Parker said. “I’ve spent time getting shot at and seen people getting shot.

If I could build a cyborg so my buddy doesn’t have to crawl into that ditch to look for an IED, I’d do that in a heartbeat.”

When he first asked postdoctoral researcher Sung-Jin Park to help him create the stingray four years ago, the bench scientist was doubtful.

“I had this whole idea of a laserguided, tissue-engineered stingray made out of rat,” Parker said. “He looked at me like a hog staring at a wristwatch. He was like, ‘Have I trusted my career to this yahoo’? I think he thought I was unglued.”

Indeed, the project to build the ray was more difficult and expensive — close to $1 million, according to Parker 7/8— than either of them imagined. A mechanical engineer by training, Park had to delve into molecular and cell biology. The team pulled experts from

diverse fields, including an ichthyologist — someone who studies fish — to understand and help replicate a ray’s muscle structure and biomechanics. Their work was published in Science last month.

Biologically-inspired robots aren’t new. A precursor to the stingray was a tissue-engineered jellyfish Parker helped create in 2012, also with the aim of understanding the muscular pumping of a heart.

But one of the robotic stingray’s most intriguing contributions is the way it shows a glimpse of autonomy, said John Long, a professor of biology and cognitive science who directs Vassar College’s Interdisciplinary Robotics Research Laboratory.

“By putting in the light control they have a way of controlling the cell without a nervous system,” said Long, who was not involved in the stingray research. “We used to control puppets with strings. Now we can do it with light.”

Long says the creation could spark new research into autonomous, part-living machines. He envisions a time when a packet of micro-rays could be unleashed into a busted sewage pipe with simple sensors to measure acidity. (ap)

WASHINGTON — Eight months after raising hopes that they may have found an intriguing new particle that cannot be explained by the existing main physics theory, disappointed scientists are saying: Never mind. It was just a statistical burp, not a breakthrough, researchers reported Friday.

“Basically we see nothing,” said Tiziano Camporesi, a chief scientific spokesman at the European Center for Nuclear Research .

Early unconfirmed readings of a new particle in December by physicists at the center, called CERN, set the physics world abuzz. Scientists there had discovered the Higgs boson or “God particle” in 2012, and two new readings from the Large Hadron Collider made it seem as though they may had found a revolutionary new particle.

In the months that followed, scientists pored over more data from high-speed atom crashes while theorists tried to figure out what it all means. But the new data ruled out any particle existing at the energy level they had been looking at.

At a Chicago physics conference , Dave Charlton, another CERN chief scientific spokesman, said the additional data showed that what they had seen earlier was just a random “statistical fluke.”

California Institute of Technology physicist Sean Carroll, who wasn’t part of the CERN team, said: “It’s a shame there wasn’t a particle there, but there aren’t any big ideas that would rise or fall on it being there.”

The Large Hadron Collider is operating beyond expectations in its second extended run— which is still going on — and is providing more data than expected, Charlton and Camporesi said. Physicists from CERN presented more than 50 new results, but none of them are breakthrough findings that would change current theory. “Stay tuned, I don’t think we have lost hope yet,” Camporesi said. (ap)

Iran executes nuclear scientist who was convicted of spying TEHRAN — Iran executed a nuclear scientist convicted of spying for the United States, an official said Sunday, acknowledging for the first time that the nation secretly detained and tried a man who was once heralded as a hero.

Shahram Amiri defected to the U.S. at the height of Western efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear program. When he returned in 2010, he was welcomed with flowers by government leaders and even went on the Iranian talk-show circuit. Then he mysteriously disappeared.

He was hanged the same week that Tehran executed a group of militants, a year after Iran agreed to a landmark accord to limit uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Amiri first vanished in 2009 while on a religious pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia. A year later, he reappeared in a series of contradictory online videos filmed in the U.S. He then walked into the Iranian-interests section at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington and demanded to be sent home.

In interviews, he described being kidnapped and held against his will by Saudi and American spies. U.S. officials said he was to receive millions of dollars for his help in understanding Iran’s nuclear program.

Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi said Amiri “had access to the country’s secret and classified information” and “had been linked to our hostile and No. 1 enemy, America, the Great Satan.”

The spokesman told journalists that Amiri had been tried in a death-penalty case that was upheld by an appeals court. He did not explain why authorities never announced the conviction, though he said Amiri had access to lawyers.

News about Amiri, born in 1977, has been scant since his return to Iran. Last year, his father told the BBC’s Farsi-language service that his son had been held at a secret site. Ejehi said Amiri’s family mistakenly believed he received a 10-year prison sentence.

On Tuesday, Iran announced it had executed a number of criminals, describing them mainly as militants from the country’s Kurdish minority. Then an obituary notice for Amiri circulated in his hometown of Kermanshah, a city 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Tehran, according to the Iranian pro-reform daily newspaper Shargh. (ap)

Bali News

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

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Newspaper used to conjure barong and rangda

SINGARAJA - The processing of garbage in Buleleng is no easy task and the government has been working hard to deal with it. Young people howwever have been coming up with creative ways of recycling used materials into valuable crafts.

The youth of Tukadmungga village, for example, have been processing old newspapers into Barong and Rangda statues. Despite the difficulties that the youth faced when they first started, thanks to their perseverance and cooperation thay have managed to create som ewonderous things.

“Previously old newspapers were just discarded but now we use it to make artistic products. We start by working as a team to create a frame onto which the newspaper is then pasted”, said Gede Feggy Supradnyan on Sunday (Aug. 7). The Barong and Rangda puppets are made in the wantilan hall of Tukadmungga Village and the papier-mâché scuptures that they create, using newspring, cardboard and fabric in much the same way that ogoh-ogoh demons are made.

These youths learned the technique on their own.

“Initially we had trouble but slowly we figured out how to make the different parts by working together.

Hundreds of sheets of newsprint are glued onto the cardboard frame and then we cover it all in fabric”, explained one of the youths named Gede Ritter.

Gede and friends were looking for a way to take advantage of materials that would normally be discarded in order to create unique crafts with economic value. “We found that newspaper could be used to make Barong and Rangda paper sculptures that can be used in performances resembling Calongarang but more comedy based. We hope to contineu developping our creativity in different forms”, he added.

Headman of Tukadmungga, Made Arka, aknowledged that this Dharma Laksana customary youth club ii sindeed quite creative, adding that they can make the Barong and Randga sculptures in less than a week.

“Our youth have artistic talent that allows them to make these sculptures in under a week. This is the first time that such creations have been made in Tukadmungga village and they have already performed in the village, in regional festivals during ashram education programs”, he said.

Headman Arka added that he hopes that this creativity can be further developped into other art forms in the futur. “ I will do everything I can to support the development of further postive art works”, he concluded. (kmb34)

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The youth of Tukadmungga village, for example, have been processing old newspapers into Barong and Rangda statues.

A tourist found dead in bathroom

DENPASAR - An Australian tourist named Norris Arthur Berger, 74, was found dead in the bathroom at contracted house located on Jalan Hang Tuah Gang Mawar X, Sanur Kaja, Denpasar, Sunday (Aug. 7). According to a friend of the victim, Ni Wayan Armini, 35, at 09:00 she came to the victim’s house because of having an appointment to go to Bedugul for a promenade. When knocking at the door for several times, the victim did not respond.

“Afterward, I asked for a duplicate key to the house owner, Ketut Senu,” she said. Finally, they opened the door using the duplicate key. They were shocked when seeing the victim lying lifeless in the bathroom. “The victim never complained of pain,” she said.

The body of citizen from the Kangaroo country was found in facedown and naked condition.

Similarly, police found some drugs in the victim’s room. Chief of the South Denpasar Police, Aris Pur-

wanto, said that the initial results of examination indicate that no signs of violence are found.

Aris said the victim has dwelt the house since November 2015.

He rented the house for a year.

The victim is known to enjoy vacation after his retirement.

“We are still coordinating with the Consul General. The victim has been referred to Forensic Department of Sanglah Hospital for internal examination,” he said. (kmb36)

Road widening SINGARAJA - Legislator of the Bali House of Representatives -Buleleng constituency, Ida Gede Komang Kresna Budi, expressed his support of the plan to develop four shortcuts on the Mengwitani-Singaraja road section. The shortcut development project will also be accompanied by the widening of roads making the shortcut

wider thatn the main roads in anticipation of an accumulation of vehicles – mainly large-sized buses.

“The shortcuts will be widened so that traffic will not be slowed down”, he said.

This road widening, continued Kresna Budi, can be done by the provincial government of Bali. (kmb32)

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Wiryatama considered that farmers over the years always planted haphazardly. As a result, when massive harvest comes no markets receive their agricultural products. Here, the role of government is essential to oversee whether what grown by farmers has been in accordance with the market needs.

Similar effort must be applied to fertilizer, seed and the pesticides used by farmers.

“By and large, farmers face difficulty to get fertilizer when they need it. Similar difficulty is also faced when needing insecticides.

Moreover, they are also faced with fake insecticides like the fake vaccines. From the beginning, the agriculture is faced with fake seeds and fake pesticides,” said this former regent of Tabanan.

Wiryatama claimed to have tried

one brand of insecticide used to eradicate ants. However, the ants did not die because the insecticide apparently has been mixed with mud. Then, there is also fake rice seed because when put into a bucket of water it floats.

“Original seed will not be floating because it has been sorted. It is the theory, but the reality in the field is different. Thus, farmers have a lot of ‘disease’ such as fake seeds and fake fertilizers and fake pesticides so that they need supervision together because the agriculture essentially needs intensification,” he said.

Related to the plummeted price during harvest season, Wiryatama asked the government to intervene to help the farmers. For example, the government of Tabanan and Badung make cooperation with village-owned enterprise (BUMDes) and farmers to buy the agricultural products.

“When the prices go down, the

government has the role of purchasing the product. First of all, it must be kept in a warehouse, and then it will be gradually taken out.

In this case, it is required a capital reserve, a bailout. So, farmers are first then given a bailout, while the government or cooperative also plays its role here,” explained this PDI-P politician.

Other than the production of grain or rice, continued Wiryatama, local fruit commodities must also be accommodated by the government starting from the planting to the harvest. For example, the government helps inform local fruit growers what kinds of fruits are needed by hotels including how many it is needed must be measurable.

“When there is excessive production, it must be considered whether it needs to be made a large-sized refrigerator so that later on it just needs to take out when required,” he said. (kmb32)

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Rain in dry season provides benefits for farmers to irrigate their paddy fields. However, rain in dry season does not have a good impact on the plantation crops. Due to wet drought, the farming production is ascertained to decline because the flowers supposed to bloom are mostly falling down caused by the rain.

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Rain in dry season, target of coffee export hard to be reached

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The Head of the Tabanan Plantation and Forestry Agency, Roemy Liestyowati, not long ago explained that decline in the production of cacao and coffee plantations as indeed frequently happens every leap year. “Based on our experience of previous years, every leap year or four years there will be a decline in the production of plantations,” she said.

This happens because it always rains during dry season every leap year. As a result of the rain, the pollination process necessarily happening finally fails because the flowers experience losses.

Decline in the production will cause difficulties to farmers in meeting the export demand, in this case the exports of Robusta coffee. Actually in 2016, for instance, there has been Robusta coffee demand of eight containers to Korea. If calculated per container composed of about 18 tons, farmers have to meet the export demand of 144 tons.

Regarding this request, added Roemy, there is no certainty how many containers can be fulfilled because the coffee harvest has just started. “If it continues to rain,

the drying of coffee will have problems, too,” she said.

Even though it is difficult, her agency remains optimistic that farmers will be able to meet the export target to Korea.

Other than coffee, in the current season many cacao plants are also attacked by black pod rot and rodents such as squirrels. However, in some areas such as Lumbung Sari hamlet, West Selemadeg, coffee plantation grows and bears fruit very well because of the compactness of farmers in maintaining their cacao plant routinely.

“The success of cacao plantation lies in the will and compactness of farmers to take care of their cacao plants on a regular basis so as to avoid pests and it can bear fruit very well,” said Roemy.

Wet drought has caused the production of plantation to decline and can be seen from the gradual price hike of the plantation production. Currently, the price of fermented cacao penetrated IDR 50,000 per kilogram while the price of Robusta coffee about a week ago touched IDR 25,000 per kilogram. (kmb24)

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LOS ANGELES - “Suicide Squad” smashed records, scoring a colossal $135.1 million debut despite suffering some of the worst reviews of the year.

That sets a new high-water mark for an August launch, lapping “Guardians of the Galaxy’s” $94.3 million bow. It also ranks as a new personal best for star Will Smith, trumping “I Am Legend’s” $77.2 million debut in 2007.

The action spectacle is also resonating with foreign crowds.

“Suicide Squad” earned $132 million overseas from 57 territories, bringing its global total to more than $267 million.

“It bested anything that we could have expected,” said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. distribution executive vice president. “The marketing campaign was brilliant and the

performances by the cast, starting with Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Jared Leto were just extraordinary. They’re fun and wicked and fans enjoy it.”

“Suicide Squad” has been one of the most hotly anticipated films of the summer. Buzz on the film has built steadily since Warner Bros. released a teaser trailer at last year’s Comic-Con that highlighted Jared Leto’s grill-sporting Joker and Margot Robbie looking demented in pigtails as Harley Quinn. However, the studio was caught off guard by the fusillade of withering reviews and their were concerns that the poor reception would dampen the

opening numbers.

And boy were those reviews awful. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern called the film “...an all-out attack on the whole idea of entertainment,” New York’s David Edelstein branded it “the worst of the worst,” and MTV’s Amy Nicholson dismissed the picture as “two hours of padding.”

Audiences appeared to like the film better than critics, handing the film a B+ CinemaScore. Younger consumers appear to like the film better than older moviegoers, with audiences under the age of 18 giving it an A rating. The question is will “Suicide Squad” show some endurance?

“There’s a major disconnect with between what the critics are saying and what audiences are seeing,” said Goldstein. (rtr)

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In the future, farmers will heavily depend on the efforts to increase the agricultural output by optimizing the existing land. There is small possibility to expand the agricultural areas. That is why Bali is in desperate need of agricultural intensification rather than the extension or expansion of land.

“Extension effort is impossible because our agricultural area is certainly getting narrower.

So, we encourage the intensification by applying balanced fertilization, superior seeds and there should be a market after the harvest,” said Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, amid the visit to the Botanical Garden Indonesia Foundation and 27 ambassadors to Eka Karya Botanical Garden, Tabanan.

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Indonesian group behind Singapore plot has “dozens of members” - police

JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities said on Monday several suspected Islamist radicals arrested last week on suspicion of plotting to attack neighbouring Singapore were part of a group that has “dozens of members” and has been active for two years.

Counter-terrorism forces arrested six men on Friday on Batam island, just to the south of Singapore. The arrests comes amid mounting concern about the spread of Islamist ideology in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said the group mostly recruited members online and was taking instructions from Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian who has

joined Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

“The GRD group has been in operation for two years and has dozens of members,” Amar told a news conference in Jakarta, referring to the group named after its leader Gigih Rahmat Dewa. “This group is an extension of Bahrum Naim’s vision and mission. We cannot underestimate them.”

Authorities in Indonesia say dozens of men have gone to join

IS in the Middle East. Security officials fear that IS leaders are now asking supporters in Southeast Asia to launch attacks at home.

Counter-terrorism officers rounded up the six men after tracking them for months on social media. One of the suspects was later released, Amar said on Monday.

Dewa, 31, and others in his group are believed to have been in direct contact with Naim via Facebook.

Police say Naim masterminded an attack in the capital, Jakarta, early this year that killed four people, and has since continued to instruct people online on how to mount attacks and assemble bombs

and weapons. Authorities say they are working to block radical online content.

Following the arrests on Friday, Singapore’s home affairs minister, K. Shanmugam, said the men had planned a rocket attack on Marina Bay, a central entertainment area with a waterfront promenade, giant ferris wheel and a swanky casino resort.

Police seized bomb-making materials, guns and arrows from suspects’ homes in Batam. But, police said, there were no signs that a rocket attack was anything more than a plan.

“There was no specific time frame for them to attack Singapore,

but that was their target,” Amar said.

The vast majority of Indonesians practice a moderate form of Islam.

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