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Rhea Seehorn answers call on ‘Better Call Saul’

NEW YORK — Kim Wexler may be the most quietly complicated character on TV. She is the levelheaded, nose-to-thegrindstone Albuquerque lawyer who, two seasons into “Better Call Saul,” remains full of mystery and contradictions.

Most paradoxically (or so it seems): How, both professionally and romantically, Kim long ago threw in with fellow lawyer Jimmy McGill, the series’ hero played by Bob Odenkirk, a freewheeling rascal who cuts corners with such gusto his squares become circles.

He, of course, will eventually double down on his duplicity by rebranding himself Saul Goodman and serving a key role in the meth-making mayhem of “Breaking Bad” (which aired from 2008 to 2013). But in “Saul,” the prequel of “Breaking Bad,” Jimmy’s soul remains in play as Kim appeals to his better nature, and he to hers.

“There’s a lot of history between them, but also a lot of boundaries,” says Rhea Seehorn, who plays Kim. “It isn’t flirting and sexual in a superficial way. There’s a rich friendship and a real respect going back and forth.

“Kim is a conduit for the audience

for what they love about him,” she adds. “No viewers want to think about how someday, as Saul, he will order hits on people, but we do love that Jimmy colors just outside the lines remarkably well.

“I don’t look at each season of ‘Better Call Saul’ as a countdown to ‘Breaking Bad,’ thinking: ‘We’re this much closer to him being Saul.’ But in season three you get more glimpses of Saul emerging in Jimmy. This transformation is heartbreaking.

“But he’s still a great lawyer,” she insists. “And a great thinker.”

As “Saul” returns for its third season Monday at 10 p.m. EDT on AMC, Kim, too, remains a great lawyer, a great thinker and her own breed of enigma. No wonder that, for Seehorn, playing Kim has been a learning process from the start.

Rhea (pronounced “Ray”) Seehorn

A general view is seen as Egyptians gather by a Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017.

became an actress to learn: “I was obsessed with trying to figure out people psychologically who aren’t me,” she says, “and walk in their shoes for a while.”

In person, her shoes are clearly different from Kim’s: stylish boots, not office-suited heels. Her blond hair cascades past her shoulders, freed from Kim’s strict ponytail. She flashes a dazzling smile almost never displayed by the meditative Kim, whose introspective bearing strikes a marked contrast to Seehorn’s vivacious manner.

“I’m obviously more awkward and dorky in real life,” she says. “But it’s really fun playing someone cool.”

She had logged stage credits on and off Broadway, and supporting roles on the sitcom “Whitney” and the lighthearted drama “Franklin & Bash,” when she tried out for “Better Call Saul.” (ap)

“Nervous” One Direction singer Harry Styles releases debut solo single

LONDON - A “nervous” Harry Styles unveiled his debut solo single on Friday, the singer’s first own music release since hugely popular boy band One Direction announced it was taking a break.

With rock ballad “Sign of the Times”, the 23-year-old follows in the footsteps of One Direction bandmates Niall Harry Styles of One Direction arrives at the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 23, 2014.

Horan and Louis Tomlinson in putting out solo material in the last year.

Speaking on Britain’s BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw, Styles, who stars in upcoming World War Two drama “Dunkirk”, said he was “nervous” before introducing the track.

“It’s a bit weird. I feel like I’ve been hibernating in the studio for so long,” he said. “You hear it in the safety of the studio...(and now) it’s time to give birth.”

Upon its debut, British media were quick to draw comparisons with the late

David Bowie’s music. “It’s the song I’m most proud of writing I think,” Styles said.

The originally five-member One Direction formed on British television talent show “The X Factor” in 2010 and won legions of fans around the world soon after. The best-selling group was reduced to four members in March 2015 when Zayn Malik announced he was quitting the band.

A few months later, Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and fellow member Liam Payne said the group would be taking a break from early 2016. (rtr)

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Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches kill 36, injure more than 100

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TANTA/CAIRO - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same month that Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt.

The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta city less than 100 kilometres outside Cairo, killed at least 25 and injured at least 78, Egypt’s Ministry of Health said. The second, carried out just a few hours later by a suicide bomber in Alexandria, hit the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 11, including three police officers, and injuring 35, the ministry added.

Pope Tawadros, who had attended mass at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, was still in the building at the time of the explosion but was not harmed, the Ministry of Interior said. The bombings come as Islamic State’s

branch in Egypt appears to be stepping up attacks and threats against Christians.

In February, Christian families and students fled Egypt’s North Sinai province after a spate of targeted killings. Those attacks came after one of the deadliest on Egypt’s Christian minority, when a suicide bomber hit its largest Coptic cathedral, killing at least 25. Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Thousands gathered outside the church in Tanta shortly after the blast, some wearing black, crying, and describing a scene of carnage. “There was blood all over the floor

and body parts scattered,” said a Christian woman who was inside the church.

“There was a huge explosion in the hall.

Fire and smoke filled the room and the injuries were extremely severe,” another Christian woman, Vivian Fareeg, said.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prime Minister Sherif Ismail are set to visit the Tanta site on Sunday and Sisi has ordered an emergency national defence council meeting, state news reported.

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Shoot drug traffickers in place

Must be in accordance with procedures

DENPASAR - President of the RI, Joko Widodo, has declared that Indonesia is currently in the emergency of drugs. Drum of war against drugs had been sounded. National Narcotics Agency (BNN) is even ready to shoot drug dealers. However, the act of shooting in place is often considered as something that violates the law and human rights.

“The principle is like this. First of all, we still respect to the existence of the law. Actually, our conscience also supports it, but sometimes we worry about varied criticism of the NGOs and human rights activists. In my opinion, it is better to follow the law first or the legal system in accordance with our conditions in Indonesia,” said the member of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, I Gede Suamba, when confirmed on Saturday (Apr. 8).

Suamba added that all this time drug dealers and users indeed seem never deterrent. Even though threatened with the law, from life imprisonment to the death penalty, they are still desperate to control the circulation of drugs in society. However, the application of the law of shooting in place can result in risks of pros and cons.

“However, if police or BNN does not echo it, they still have a strategy. For example, if the offenders are really proved, police can still shoot with the reasons of resisting, so that it should not be made into fuss first because it can draw pros and cons,” said this PDI-P politician from Tabanan.

If it should be done, added Suamba, shooting in place must comply with legal procedures. If necessary, there must be regulation issued first as a legal instrument.

In the meantime, Chairman of the Anti-Narcotics Movement (Granat), Henry Yosodiningrat, even encouraged the law enforcement officers to firmly crack down on drug dealers with a shooting in place because so far Indonesia has failed in law enforcement. There are still many persons of the BNN, police, prosecutors or judges both at central and regional levels that ‘get involved’ and do not get strict sanctions.

“In the law enforcement, I invite the government to do what the Philippines do. We do as what President Rodrigo Duterte does, shoot,” he said in the public discussion 2017 entitled ‘Young Generation, Generation without Drugs’ in the meeting hall of the PDI-P Bali, early last year.

According to Henry, it should not be afraid of being condemned by other countries because the most important thing is to save our nation. If there are people saying that shooting in place is violation

against human rights, try to compare to 50 young generations that die each day from drugs. Based on the record of Granat, a total of 2 million of drug abusers have died when the Granat was established in 1999. So far, it has reached 6 million people, though every attempt has been made. Other than drug users, the types of drugs in circulation continue to grow each day.

“This means we have failed. Our failure lies in the dissemination of the hazards, the impact of drug abuse. In general, those who use have never heard of or ever heard but vaguely,” he said. Therefore, continued Henry, it should be found out a method to provide counseling in order to be truly pervasive in the minds of young generation of this nation. (kmb32)

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Drug traffickers tempted by profits and different sensation SINGARAJA - Drug trafficking in Buleleng Regency is quite rampant. It is indicated by the arrest of drug users and dealers by the Buleleng police narcotic investigation unit where from January to March reached dozens of people. They consist of users and dealers.

They plunge into the cases due to be tempted by huge profits and the intention to feel different sensation.

Chief of Buleleng Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, Ketut Adnyana T.J., with permission from the Buleleng Police Chief, Made Suka Wijaya, explained that for three months namely from January to March his unit had arrested 17 offenders of drug cases.

In details, four people were arrested in January and seven other people in March. It indicates the circulation of drugs in Buleleng is still rampant. The offenders are not just from outside the island.

A number of Balinese people are also registered both as users and dealers. “There is a tendency that the cases increase. Those who have been arrested are dealers and users,” he said recently.

Based on the results of investigation, the illicit goods are obtained from dealers in Java. It happens because the purchasing price is relatively cheap, namely around IDR 1 million per gram. “Then, here (in Buleleng--Ed) it is sold for IDR 1.8 million. The profit is quite large. This triggers the circulation,” he said.

Meanwhile, related to the users, their existence is just like an iceberg. Thus, it also gets a serious concern to be eradicated. “Those who consuming are triggered to feel different sensations,” continued this officer from Seririt.

To anticipate the emergence of such cases, Adnyana claimed to have intensively disseminated both to general public and students.

The implementation is also synergized with customary village.

“Preventive efforts have kept running. The dissemination is also held to schools,” he explained. (kmb45)

Chinese traveler sinks on Tanjung Benoa Beach

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One of the drug traffickers which is arrested by the police.

MANGUPURA - Travelers who were doing activities on Tanjung Benoa Beach, South Kuta, Badung, precisely at Novotel Hotel, were shocked on Tuesday (Apr. 4). It happened because a traveler from China, Wang Qian, 32, sank while swimming. The victim could be found and directly rushed to BIMC Hospital but he was declared to have died.

Chief of Denpasar Waters Police, Ketut Suparta, when asked for his confirmation on Thursday (Apr. 6) justified the incident. Some witnesses have been examined, while the victim’s wife could not be questioned because of being severely shocked. “We have not yet known whether the victim could swim or not because his wife could not be questioned,” he said.

According to witnesses, it hap-

pened at 10:30. The victim with his wife came to the beach in front of the hotel where they were staying.

Once arriving on the beach, the victim took bath and joined the other guests, while his wife was waiting on the beach.

Few minutes later, the witnesses Nyoman Arianta, 39, an employee of Bali Apollo, and Wayan Dana, a security guard of Novotel, saw the victim sinking at the bottom of the water.

The victim was evacuated and taken to BIMC Hospital. After receiving treatment, a few moments later the victim was declared to have died. “The victim was found about 15 meters from the beach.

We encourage beach visitors to be more careful, especially if being unable to swim,” he appealed. (kmb36)

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Lunar New Year celebrations 2017

Hong Kong promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light as the Lunar New Year celebrations 2017 promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever.

Themed “Best Fortune. World Party”, the 2017 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade will be held on the first day of Chinese New Year - 28 January - and feature the largest number of performers in the event’s history.

Three-thousand local and international performers and ten illuminated floats will parade through the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui to usher in the year of the Rooster and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region.

Spectators along the parade route will delight in the local traditions of dragon and lion dances, magic

shows, clown acts and percussion performed by 26 roving groups.

They’ll also experience overseas troupes including stilt walkers, cheerleaders, folk dancers artistic cycling, rope skipping and Latin dancing. And there’s an added treat for some as 350 local youngsters will act as “Lucky Buddies” and give out 13,000 festive goody bags.

The parade of ten vibrant, spectacularly decorated, illuminated floats starts at 8pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Open Piazza, and its trail of light and colour will unfold along Canton Road, Haiphong Road, Nathan Road and Salisbury Road, ending outside the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers.

And the celebrations don’t end there – if you head to Victoria Harbour on the evening of 29 January, you can take in the world-

renowned, awe-inspiring fireworks display; and on 30 January you can try out your New Year-luck at Chinese New Year Race Day at Sha Tin Racecourse, where alongside the city’s favourite jockeys you can enjoy lion dances and singing performances.

And away from the carnival atmosphere of the night parade, races and fireworks, you can indulge in simple pleasures to celebrate the New Year like a Hong Konger.

Explore the city’s many temples to pray for good luck, and light an incense stick to mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster. In Che Kung Temple, turning the pin wheel is said to get rid of bad luck.

And the fan-bladed wheel of fortune next to the Che Kung Statue, tradition has it, will bring good luck when spun three times.

Pick up a tangerine at the Chinese New Year Fair to bring luck in the Year of the Rooster; or simply browse Hong Kong’s many markets for red-coloured souvenirs to decorate your home or office – red is the colour of good fortune, joy, happiness, good luck and wealth.

Wherever you are in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year – be it

squeezed into a crowded temple; browsing festive markets selling auspicious foods and blooms; walking under the bright-red lanterns that adorn the city; or soaking up the party atmosphere of the night parade and firework display - you will find it impossible not to be caught up in and inspired by the energy of the celebrations to usher in the Year of the Rooster. (rtr)

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Volume overloaded

Garbage truck crews overwhelmed

SINGARAJA - It has become a habit that celebration of major Hindu feast days in Buleleng will result in increasing waste production compared to usual days. As on the recent Galungan, almost all locations of garbage containers belonging to Buleleng Environment Agency (DLH) at several locations were overloaded. Surely, this situation caused the crew of garbage transportation trucks in North Bali to be overwhelmed to cope with the increase of waste production in this region.

Increased production of waste began to occur on Penampahan Galungan or Tuesday (Apr. 4) to Thursday (Apr. 6). Garbage containers of DLH Buleleng placed in Singaraja town to villages seemed overloaded. Moreover, the garbage spilled up onto roadside. This situation is disturbing sights because the garbage starts to perish and spread stenches.

Amid the surge of garbage volume, transport activity became late because the DLH provided the opportunities for garbage transport crew to celebrate Galungan. They would be on duty late in the afternoon, so that such short time is not enough to transport the entire garbage.

Head of the DLH Buleleng, Nyoman Genep, did not admit if the transportation of garbage on the feast day was overwhelmed.

He said no garbage transportation crew took holidays. However, the transport time usually carried out in the morning is temporarily moved to late afternoon. Short time and greater volume of garbage than

on the ordinary days caused some garbage to be unable to be transported to landfill. To overcome the problem, the DLH optimized the transportation in accordance with schedule that started to be back to normal on Friday morning (Apr. 7).

“It is a commonplace happening when entering feast day. No garbage trucks take holiday, but the garbage is transported in the afternoon. Indeed, there is some garbage remaining not to be transported, but we will optimize the transport from Friday because the schedule is back to normal after the holidays,” he said.

Genep also added that the volume of garbage dumped at the location beyond the garbage containers on major feast days also increased.

Responding this condition, DLH Buleleng is still transporting the garbage even though dumped by residents outside the containers.

However, the transportation is not optimal. This happened because the officers transported first the garbage put at the location of container, after that it is resumed with the transport of garbage outside the containers.

“Locations of the containers are in Singaraja and some others at rural areas. Beyond these, there is indeed garbage dumped at roadside or private land. We continue to serve the transportation, but first take at the location of containers. To avoid environmental interference, we hope the garbage should only be dumped at the location of containers,” he explained. (kmb38)

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As on the recent Galungan, almost all locations of garbage containers belonging to Buleleng Environment Agency (DLH) at several locations were overloaded.

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Within 10 days the foreign travelers are not entirely staying in Bali. However, they also ‘resume’ their travel to other regions in Indonesia.

Behind 10.8 days of length of stay

Many travelers resume to outside Bali

DENPASAR - The issues on the average length of stay of foreign travelers in Bali for 10.08 days in the version of ministry of tourism are continuously pursued by LKPJ Special Committee of the Bali House of Representatives. The data of the ministry differ much from the version of the central statistics agency (BPS) of Bali that only show 3.1 days.

The special committee ultimately found the fact that within 10 days the foreign travelers are not entirely staying in Bali. However, they also ‘resume’ their travel to other regions in Indonesia.

“So, the data (on average length of stay of 10.08 days) source from the ministry of tourism. The data indicate their arrival in Bali until departing from Bali.

Probably they also travel to Banyuwangi or to Lombok, and then arrive again in Bali. After that, they return to their home country,” said the Head of the Bali Development Planning Board and R & D, I Putu Astawa, after meeting with the special committee regarding the accountability reports (LKPJ) of the regional leadership in the Bali parliament house on Monday (Apr. 3).

Astawa recognized that the data of BPS are different from the data of the minister of tourism.

It happens because BPS calculates the length of stay of foreign travelers during particular stay at star- rated hotels through a survey method. There is possibility that travelers moved from star rated hotels to the non-star rated or lower class. Nevertheless, the data of ministry of tourism and BPS are equally required for the planning of Bali provincial government.

“All the data are important because those of the ministry of tourism can be used to calculate the amount of foreign exchange generated in Bali. Travelers making a visit to Bali, staying in Bali, spending money in Bali are counted as export of services. For the sake of our planning, both data must be elaborated and processed,” he said.

Astawa added there are many challenges faced by Bali to increase the length of stay when referring to the BPS data mentioning only 3.1 days. Among others, there are concerning transportation to other regions that have been getting easier. For example, there has been a flight access to Labuan Bajo or Lombok. Ease of the access definitely increases the interest of travelers to visit other regions in Indonesia. Besides, Bali is also faced with the competition against the 10-New Bali.

“To work around this, we must create attractive destinations for travelers at home in Bali. We have to build tourism village, synergy between agriculture and tourism, and develop the potential of Nusa Penida to increase the length of stay,” he concluded.

Chairman of the LKPJ Special Committee of the Bali House of Representatives, AAN Adhi Ardhana, said that recognition of the regional development planning agency (Bappeda) related to travelers ‘escaping’ Bali has reinforced the position of Bali as a tourism hub. However, it does not mean that Bali is unable to grab the opportunity to extend the length of stay of travelers on the Island of the Gods.

“We agree to become a tourism hub so as to add potential guests. From this potential of guests we expect to get an increase in tourism revenue,” he said.

Adhi Ardhana added that destinations in Bali should be explored in order to get maximum results. Thus, travelers that previously have spent one or two days outside Bali from a total of 3 days could be transformed into longer stay in Bali. As becoming a hub, travelers will certainly come out of Bali in addition to vacationing in Bali.

“There has been chance of 10 days, why is it abandoned? At least, the average length of stay of the travelers could remain 5 days,” added this PDI-P politician from Denpasar.

If the opportunities are abandoned, said Adhi Ardhana, Bali will also lose in terms of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP). On that account, the average expenditure of USD 163 per foreign traveler per day or IDR 550,000 per domestic traveler per day will ‘fly’ to other regions. (kmb32)

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Venezuelans return to streets, roused by ban on opposition leader

CARACAS - Protesters clashed with security forces during protests in Venezuela on Saturday after a ban on a top opposition leader from office breathed life into a fractured movement and fueled the first sustained antigovernment demonstrations since 2014.

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In recent years, cruise ships often stop at the Celukan Harbor, Gerokgak. This moment is also taken advantage by the district government to promote the region.

Promotion of Buleleng tourist attractions targets cruise travelers

TOURISM sector in Buleleng increasingly develops. Emergence of the object is not just confined to natural attractions such as waterfalls. More than that, there are also in the form of marine tourism, spiritual tourism and cultural tourism to local wisdom packed in tourism village. The combination becomes uniqueness amid the trend of travelers that want something more varied.

To increase the number of tourist visits to the attraction, district government does not only promote through website and exhibition, both in regional and national level incorporated in several festivals. In

recent years, cruise ships often stop at the Celukan Harbor, Gerokgak.

This moment is also taken advantage by the district government to promote the region. “Since five years ago, cruise ships have quite

often dropped by at the harbor. We take advantage of the opportunities for promotion,” said Nyoman Sutrisna, Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, recently.

Each cruise ship can hold hundreds of passengers from different countries. They are immediately welcomed with a dance while disseminating brochures of tourist destinations. Through this way, several travelers are interested to make a visit. “Some travelers visit

a number of attractions such as Pemuteran, Gitgit, Gedong Kirtya, Munduk and others. It depends on their interest. Their trip is directly handled by travel agencies,” he explained.

Especially for this year, he said that based on information received there will be 9 cruise ships that will drop by with respective passenger of approximately 600 people. The moment will continue to be taken advantage as promotional medium.

“Recently, we got information there will be a large cruise ship to come.

Unfortunately, our pier does not yet support. Hopefully, this can be realized in the future,” he said.

To poise it, he said that the arrangement of tourist attraction will continue to be maximized accompanied with quality improvement of the management and human resources. “Quality improvement continues to be a concern in the future,” he added. (sos)

Thousands of people, some carrying signs reading “Dictator Maduro!” and “Elections now!” in support of banned leader Henrique Capriles, took part in marches across the country against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

Saturday’s protests extended a week of unrest sparked by last week’s Supreme Court decision in which it assumed the role of the opposition-led congress. The action was quickly overturned, but the global outcry it sparked galvanized the opposition.

Security forces blocked the march in Caracas, as they did during two other protests this week, prompting violent confrontations.

Protesters lobbed rocks and petrol bombs and burned trash in the street while authorities responded with a volley of tear gas.

“The government is afraid. If it were not afraid, it would not close the streets. ... It would not disqualify Capriles,” said 27-year-old lawyer Gikeissy Diaz, adding that half of her graduating class has left the country and that she is thinking of doing so, too.

Capriles, a two-time presidential candidate and current Miranda state governor, who was seen by many as the opposition’s best chance in the presidential election scheduled for 2018, on Friday was banned from holding political office for 15 years.

The order from the national comptroller’s office cited “administrative irregularities” including breaking contracting laws and improper management of donations, according to a copy of the ban.

The ban triggered condemnation from other Latin American countries and the United States, which said it was “deeply troubled by the persecution” of Venezuela’s opposition.

“We also reject the rationales the Maduro government proffers for its repressive actions, which, when closely examined are spurious and, politically-motivated, and without basis in domestic or REUTERS/Marco Bello international law,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Opposition supporters hold placards that read “No more dictatorship”, during a protest against Saturday. (rtr) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Los Teques, Venezuela April 7, 2017.

Basque militants ETA surrender arms in end to decades of conflict

BAYONNE - Basque militant group ETA effectively ended an armed separatist campaign after almost half a century on Saturday, leading French authorities to the

sites where it says its caches of weapons, explosives and ammunition are hidden.

ETA, which killed more than 850 people in its attempt to carve

Investor plan to build cable car

Do not let tarnish sanctity of Mount Batur

Batur Geopark, Kintamani

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BANGLI — One of the investors is rumored to be building a cable car in the area of Batur Geopark, Kintamani. However, so far this plan has not been fully known by Batur community. People hoped that the construction will not tarnish the sanctity of Mount Batur.

A community leader of Batur, Kintamani, Jero Gede Batur Alitan, stated that he did not know if investors plan to build a cable car in Batur. “As a resident of Batur customary village, we have not received any information related to the cable car development plan. Until

now there is no information from the government. Similarly, the investor itself has not come to discuss about it,” affirmed Jero Gede Batur Alitan on Thursday (Apr.6).

He delivered that if investor is really planning to build a cable car in the Geopark area, all the decisions lie in the Batur customary village. “If built outside Batur, it’s okay. When engaging Batur, all the decisions lie in the Batur customary village. If it is true, we’ll surely carry out a meeting to discuss about it. In the meeting will be decided whether it will be allowed to build

a cable car or not,” he said.

According to him, the Hindus do not only sanctify the Mount Batur but also all the mountains.

Physically, the mountain is the abode of Lord Shiva. On that account, Balinese community has the concept known as nyegaragunung (seaward-mountainward orientation).

“Essentially, the seas, lakes and mountains are sanctified by the Hindus. So, do not let the cable car development tarnish the sanctified region,” said Jro Gede Batur Alitan. (kmb41)

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French police officers and bomb-disposal experts are seen during investigations in Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle near Bayonne, France, April 8, 2017, after Basque militant separatist group ETA passed a list with the location of its arms caches to French authorities ,effectively ending an armed separatist campaign after almost half a century.

out an independent state in northern Spain and southwest France, declared a ceasefire in 2011 but did not disarm.

Founded in 1959 out of anger among Basques at political and cultural repression under General Francisco Franco, ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna - Basque Country and Freedom) gained notoriety as one of Europe’s most intractable separatist groups.

The Spanish government said ETA’s handover of weapons in the French city of Bayonne was positive but insufficient and called on the group to formally dissolve and apologise to its victims.

ETA’s disarmament ends an era of political violence in Western Europe, but comes as nationalism is stirring across the continent, with Scotland and the Spanish region of Catalonia seeking independence referendums, while Sinn Fein has urged a vote on taking Northern Ireland out of Britain.

ETA said in a letter to the BBC

earlier this week it had handed over its weapons and explosives to civilian go-betweens who would deliver them to authorities.

The mediators - known as “The Artisans of Peace” - passed authorities a list with the coordinates for eight sites where ETA had stored its weapons arsenal, their representative, Michel Tubiana, told reporters in Bayonne. The caches contain 120 firearms, about 3 tonnes of explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, he said.

Security forces were now searching the sites to neutralize the explosives and secure the weapons, French Interior Minister Matthias Fekl said at a news conference in Paris. Police were photographed carrying out bags from sites around Bayonne.

A Spanish government source said Madrid did not believe the group would hand over all its arms, while Spain’s state prosecutor has asked the High Court to examine those surrendered as possible mur-

der weapons used in hundreds of unresolved cases.

ETA’s disarmament entailed no impunity for their crimes and they should not expect any favourable treatment, the government said in a statement.

“The actions carried out today by the terrorist group are nothing more than the result of their definitive defeat,” Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido told reporters in Madrid.

Arnaldo Otegi, leader of Basque pro-independence party EH Bildu who has served time in jail for his links with ETA, said in Bayonne that it was a day that would be welcomed by the great majority of Basques, although work was not finished.

“From today we will put on the table all the problems we still have as a society and a nation,” he said, adding that the biggest issues were the around 300 ETA members still in Spanish and French prisons and the group’s victims. (rtr)

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Retail store job cuts deepen as more buyers migrate online

NEW YORK — Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, evidence of a seemingly inexorable shift away from employee-heavy stores as Americans increasingly shop online.

A combined 60,600 retail job losses over the past two months have had less to do with the health of U.S. consumer spending than with changes in buying habits.

In the age of Amazon, traditional stores, from J.C. Penney to Macy’s, have accelerated store closures and are experimenting with the use of fewer employees to staff the remaining stores.

The industry has also been bruised by a string of bankruptcy filings, most recently from Payless ShoeSource. The company announced this week that it was closing nearly 400 stores, nearly 10 percent of its fleet.

The job cuts in the retail industry, unwelcome as they are, are still a relatively minor burden for the overall U.S. economy. But for Americans seeking a foothold in the job market, the pullback represents a painful obstacle. Retail accounts for nearly one-third of first-time jobs in the United States, so a retrenchment by the industry’s employers can block access to the job market for many.

As shopping on the web has expanded, retail jobs have represented a declining share of the labor market. They now account for 10.9 percent of jobs, compared with 11.6 percent in 2000, says Michael Niemira, principal of The Retail Economist, a research firm.

And experts expect more store closings — and job losses — in coming months.

“It’s principally about the impact of online shopping and how consumers are shopping differently than ever before,” Niemira said. “It’s harder for the industry to consistently do well and MAKE MONEY.” Take Fernando Ramirez, a 19year-old restaurant server and college student, who was looking Friday to buy some sweaters at a Kohl’s in Tustin, California.

Ramirez said he stops at a department store or mall once or twice a week to see what’s available. But most of his buying is done on the web.

“It’s mostly to browse and see

what they have,” said Ramirez, who lives in Tustin, Calif. “I do more of my purchasing online now.”

The two-month contraction in retail jobs — 30,900 lost in February and 29,700 in March — marked the largest two-month decline since December 2009, when the industry shed 62,200 jobs. That month’s loss had signaled the end of a prolonged decline in the industry resulting from the Great Recession.

The retail industry losses for February and March were contained in Friday’s U.S. jobs report from the government. The report offered an overall mixed message: Hiring in the United States dropped to its weakest pace in nearly a year, but the unemployment rate managed to reach its lowest level in nearly a decade.

The jobs report pointed to dire problems confronting many of the stores populating shopping plazas and malls. Department and general merchandise stores — a category that includes Macy’s and WalMart — shed 34,700 workers last month. Clothiers let go of 5,800.

Retailers involved in high-priced big ticket items such as furniture stores and auto dealers barely added jobs.

Nor are wages keeping pace.

Average hourly earnings for retail employees, including managers, has inched up just 1.1 percent over the past year, compared with a 2.7 percent average increase for all U.S. workers.

The struggles of many traditional retailers can be traced most of all to Amazon and other online retailers. Amazon’s Prime membership program, costing $99 a year, has been a juggernaut, with services like streaming music and video that have created fierce loyalty. Analysts say Amazon Prime members disproportionately buy more and spend more.

In the process, Amazon has redefined the standards for its rival retailers. They now feel more pressure to limit costs while expanding services and offers for shoppers, from free shipping to non-stop

Yellow Bridge re-promoted, Equipped with decorative lamps and fireworks

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Having been inaugurated physically and psychically on Friday (Mar. 31), the Yellow Bridge connecting Nusa Lembongan to Nusa Ceningan was eventually re-promoted by the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, with the apparatuses of local customary village. Re-promotion of the Yellow Bridge commonly referred to as the Bridge of Love was marked by lighting colorful lamps. It included the fireworks launched simultaneously at that night.

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FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, a sales clerk arranges towels that are part of a “Buy One Get One for a Penny” sale at a J.C. Penney store, in New York. The last two months saw the largest decline in retail jobs since December 2009, when the economy was coming out of deep funk. But the combined 60,600 job losses have less to do about the economy and more to do with shoppers’ dramatic shift in spending online. discounting, which take a toll on profit margins.

It’s hardly just Amazon. One online-only retailer, Chewy.com, sells an array of pet supplies beyond what’s generally available in physical stores, including high-end organic pet food. The fast-growing company plans to add about 3,200 jobs this year, raising its head count to 6,900.

Though traditional retailers are expanding their own online presences, those operations require far fewer workers. The labor involved in selling an item online through a distribution center can be 50 percent less than if it were sold in a store, estimates Pete Madden, a director at AlixPartners, LLP, a consultancy.

Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics LLC, a research firm, says he expects earnings for the

first quarter for the 113 retailers he tracks to drop 6.8 percent. That would be the worst quarterly performance since 2013.

Stores are also increasingly adopting technology that reduces the need for employees, like shopping kiosks and iPads where shoppers can buy online while in a store.

And some traditional stores like Macy’s are testing self-service in some of their shoe departments.

In the restaurant industry, executives have touted the benefits of automation for customers. Ordering kiosks, for instance, can help speed up lines and improve order accuracy. Though it’s still early, chains including McDonald’s and Panera have introduced ordering screens in some stores. And some sit-down chains have introduced table-top ordering tablets.

One of the hard realities of the

new shopping era is evident at the Richmond Town Center outside of Cleveland, where the number of employees working at stores appeared to exceed the slim number of shoppers on a cold spring afternoon Friday. Two of the mall’s three anchors— Sears and Macy’s — have closed in the past year.

The third, J.C. Penney, is slated to close in June.

Tiffany Fulton was cutting through J.C. Penney to get a new battery for a watch. She doesn’t shop at the mall regularly, she said, and her buying habits, especially for clothes, involve stocking up “every blue moon” and then not shopping again for six months or even a year. She said she goes to the mall every once in a while for some “retail therapy.” “If I need to feel better, I might stop by,” Fulton said.(ap)

A touching moment encapsulated the activity because the collapse of Yellow Bridge on last October 16, 2016 resulted in a deep sorrow for the community as it claimed eight fatalities. Regent Nyoman

Suwirta who led the activities shed a tear. Similar things also happened to several other residents, especially those who lost relatives in the bridge collapse disaster.

“I realize that establishment of

Kedisan Palace

If you’re traveling to Kedisan tourism village, attempt to stop at Kedisan Palace. The palace established around 1670 remains to have beautiful ancient house layout. There is sacred fig exuding cool atmosphere. Magical aura is felt strongly due to influence of the royal heritages in form of kris dagger supposedly to have been made in Blambangan (East Java) style.

This heritage has close relationship to the sanctified barong at the local village. This heritage is taken out if the sanctified barong is danced. Wherever the barong is placed, the kris dagger will definitely accompany. The sanctified effigies in the form barong ket, rangda and a mask like the faces of some characters in the parwa

storyline are taken out every Buda (Wednesday) Kliwon Pahang or 35 days after Galungan.

I Gusti Ngurah Agung Mahajaya, one of the royal figures, said that Kedisan Palace serves as the protector of the arts at Kedisan village. The Gambuh art is still conserved until now and so do the Legong Leko at Tangkup hamlet, the mask at Kebon hamlet, sculpture at Bayat hamlet and sculpture at Pakudui.

These arts are also staged every time there are tourist visits to the royal palace. There are dances presented when they have dinner at Kedisan Palace. “Nowadays, there are always foreign tourists making a visit to Kedisan Palace.

They are happy with the building layout remaining to look unique

the bridge is not at the same time removing the victim’s family grief.

Nevertheless, this life should not stop and we have to move forward strongly and vivaciously both to build Nusa Penida and Klungkung as well as the aura they feel,” said Agung Mahajaya.

The Kedisan Palace indeed looks classic and is often chosen as dinner venue. This activity involves residents of the surrounding communities, both in performing arts, dance, gamelan music, crafts and other activities. “At least once in a month, guests from various countries such as America and Europe are organizing a dinner at Kedisan Palace,” he explained.

According to Agung Mahajaya, the Kedisan Palace is quite old in Gianyar. Since the 1600s when the Anak Agung Maruti committed a coup d’etat, the King of Klungkung finally ordered his ancestors to bring one of her sons to hide in the northwest. Finally they reached Timbul Tegalalang. Then, he established a palace in Sukawati. Some of the followers settled at Timbul

itself,” said Regent Suwirta.

In addition, this regent from Ceningan, Nusa Penida, invited the public to participate and maintain the Yellow Bridge. “I ask the community to take advantage of this bridge as well as possible and be ready to be regulated. Thus, the unfortunate ever happened will not repeat again,” he appealed.

To note, the re-promotion of the Yellow Bridge really drew the at-

tention of residents. It also included travelers that happened to make a visit to Lembongan and Ceningan.

They immediately saw the beauty of the Yellow Bridge equipped with colorful decorative lights at night.

The atmosphere was getting more festive when the lights were simultaneously turned on followed by a burst of fireworks. As a result, it beautified the atmosphere of the Yellow Bridge at night to look at. (kmb)

Tegalalang.

Well, the descendant of the retainer Anglurah Sideman then established his clan during the reign of Waturenggong living at Timbul village (now Kedisan village) and

then set up the arts such as gambuh, lenggong leko and others. “Royal family has a close social relationship because it serves as the players of music, dance, sculpture and carving,” he concluded. (kmb)

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U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula -U.S. official

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program.

Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquidfueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its range.

The strike group, called Carl Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier and will make its way from Singapore toward the Korean peninsula, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity.

“We feel the increased presence is necessary,” the official said, citing North Korea’s worrisome behavior.

The news was first reported by Reuters.

In a statement late Saturday, the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet said the strike group had been directed to sail north, but it did not specify the destination. The military vessels will operate in the Western Pacific rather than making previously planned port visits to Australia, it added.

This year North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, have repeatedly indicated an intercontinental ballistic missile test or something similar could be coming, possibly as soon as April 15, the 105th birthday of North Korea’s founding president and celebrated annually as “the Day of the Sun.” Earlier this week U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Florida, where Trump pressed his counterpart to do more to curb North Korea’s nuclear program.

Trump’s national security aides have completed a review of U.S. options to try to curb North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. These include economic and military measures but lean more toward sanctions and increased pressure on Beijing to rein in its reclusive neighbor.

Although the option of pre-emptive military strikes on North Korea is not off the table, the review prioritizes less-risky steps and de-emphasizes direct military action.

Trump spoke with South Korea’s acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday, the White House said on Saturday in a statement which did not mention the strike group. (rtr)

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The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean January 30, 2017.

‘WE FEEL TARGETED’......

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A shift in Islamic State’s tactics, which has waged a low-level conflict for years in the Sinai peninsula against soldiers and police, to targeting Christian civilians and broadening its reach into Egypt’s mainland is a potential

turning point in a country trying to prevent a provincial insurgency from spiralling into wider sectarian bloodshed.

Egypt’s Christian community has felt increasingly insecure since Islamic State spread through Iraq and Syria in 2014, ruthlessly targeting religious minorities. In 2015, 21 Egyptian Christians working in Libya were killed by Islamic State.

“Of course we feel targeted,

there was a bomb here about a week ago but it was dismantled.

There’s no security,” said another Christian woman in Tanta referring to an attack earlier this month near a police training centre that killed one policeman and injured 15..

Copts face regular attacks by Muslim neighbours, who burn their homes and churches in poor rural areas, usually in anger over an inter-faith romance or the construction of a church. (rtr)

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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven looks at flowers laid for the victims as he visits the crime scene, April 8, 2017, the day after a hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians on Drottninggatan and crashed into Ahlens department store, in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Uzbek man main suspect in Swedish truck attack that killed four

STOCKHOLM - A 39-year-old Uzbek man being held in custody is the suspected driver of a hijacked beer delivery truck that ploughed into crowds in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in an apparent terror attack, police said on Saturday.

The man, previously known to Swedish intelligence services as a marginal figure with no clear links to extremist groups, is suspected of mowing down pedestrians on a busy shopping street and smashing through a store front on Friday.

“Nothing indicates that we have the wrong person, on the contrary, suspicions have strengthened as the investigation has progressed,” Dan Eliasson, head of Sweden’s national police, told a news conference on Saturday.

The man, detained on Friday night on terrorism charges after the attack in the heart of the capital, appeared to have acted alone but “we still cannot rule out that more people are involved,” he said.

Police raided several addresses in the Stockholm area on Saturday, according to TT news agency and tabloid Aftonbladet, but told Reuters no further arrests in connection with the attack had been made.

A Reuters witness saw police wearing protective masks carrying out a search at an apartment in a southern Stockholm suburb.

LAWYER MET WITH SUSPECT

Court-appointed lawyer Johan Eriksson told Reuters he had met with the suspect on Saturday but declined to give further details about his client.

Police did not name the detainee, but said he was from the central

Asian republic of Uzbekistan and that he had seemed peripheral in intelligence reports.

“We received intelligence last year, but we did not see any links to extremist circles,” Sapo security police chief Anders Thornberg said.

Eliasson said there were “clear similarities” to an attack last month in London in which six people died, including the assailant who drove a hired car into pedestrians on a bridge.

Vehicles have also been used as weapons in Nice and Berlin in the past year in attacks claimed by Islamic State.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Sweden, which until now had been largely immune from major attacks and where many take pride in an open, democratic society.

“I think it was just a matter of time, but still one doesn’t think it will happen,” Cecilia Hansson, a 25 year-old nurse, said. “It’s still unreal when it happens this close.”

Police said they had found a suspicious device in the vehicle, which ended up rammed into the Ahlens department store, but said they did not yet know if it was a homemade bomb, as reported by public broadcaster SVT. Local authorities in Stockholm, where flags flew at half mast, said 10 people including a child were still being treated in hospital, with two adults in intensive care.

Sweden will hold a minute’s silence at midday (1000 GMT) on Monday to mourn the dead.

Police said they were maintaining a heightened presence, fearing copycat attacks. (rtr)

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Police kill six suspected Islamic militants in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Police shot dead six suspected members of an Islamic militant group in Indonesia on Saturday, they said, after a failed drive-by shooting targeting police officers in East Java.

Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population and has been on high alert over a recent resurgence in radicalism inspired by the extremist group Islamic State.

After a police chase the six

abandoned their vehicle in a village in the Tuban area, not far from the industrial city of Surabaya, and attempted to flee into a plantation where they were all killed in a second gun battle with police,

East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said.

“By around 5pm we had immobilized all of them,” Mangera said, confirming that all six had died during the incident. A box of 9mm bullets was found in their vehicle, he said.

Police were monitoring the vehicle prior to the attack, he said, in connection with the Friday arrest of three suspected members of the group, Jemaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD), who were allegedly planning an attack on a police station and had bought M16 machine guns from the southern Philippines.

“We tried to stop that vehicle, but the vehicle did not stop,” Mangera said, adding that those in the vehicle “took out weapons and shot at officers.”

Indonesia has had some major successes tackling militancy inspired by al Qaeda’s attacks on the United States in 2001. But there has been a resurgence of Islamist activity in recent years, some of it linked to the rise of Islamic State.

The most serious incident last

year was in January when four suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a shopping area in central Jakarta.

Jemaah Anshorut Daulah is an umbrella organization on a U.S. State Department “terrorist” list that is estimated to have drawn hundreds of Islamic State sympathizers

in Indonesia.

Recent attacks by Islamic State sympathizers have mostly been poorly organized, but authorities believe about 400 Indonesians have left to join the militant group in Syria, and some could pose a more deadly threat if they came home. (rtr)

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The car which was used by the suspected terrorists in Tuban to escape.

Indonesian Air Force must be free from corruption: Chief of staff

JAKARTA - Air Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU), has said that the Air Force must be free from corruption.

“The TNI AU must be free from corruption and must be dignified. It should have good planning, abide by regulations, be transparent, accountable and in line with the existing laws,” he said when acting as inspector of ceremony during celebration of the 71st anniversary of the Air Force, here, Sunday. Development of modern air force needs huge funds and political support,

he remarked.

The Air Force is ready to protect the sovereignty of the nation, he said, adding that the public support in defending the countrys sovereignty, is also crucial.

Modernization of the Air Forces weaponry would be useless of officers using it, are not professional nor loyal, he said.

The Indonesian Air Force celebrated its 71st anniversary with a spectacular air power display of 132 jet fighters, choppers and transport aircraft, at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta.

The celebration activities also included Air Force Day parade, as well as flypast and maneuver, Vice Marshal Jemi Trisonjaya, spokesman of the Indonesian Air Force, said.

The event involved 1,600 personnel and 132 aircraft including Sukhoi 27/30, F-16, T-50i, Hawk 109/209, EMB-314, Boeing, C-130 Hercules, CN-295/235/235 MPA, EC-120 B, NAAS 332/ SA -330/C-725, Grob G-120 TP, KT-1 Woong Bee, T-41 Cessna, and UAV. Jupiter Aerobatic Team also performed during the Indonesian Air Force Day parade. (ant)

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Vihara Dharmayana Kuta

MANGUPURA - Vihara Dharmayana Kuta temple stands majestically as one of the very few cultural landmarks Hidden amid Kuta’s traffic frenzy and surfing paradise glamour.

This age-old Chinese Buddhist temple was one of the various Buddhist sites in Bali visited by Tibet’s 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on his international tour in 1982 so it certainly has pedigree. Located only a kilometre east from Kuta’s main coastal strip, Vihara Dharmayana Kuta is often referred to by the locals as ‘Kongco Leeng Gwan Kuta’, or simply ‘Kong-

co Kuta’. Slightly inconspicuous due to its location on a corner of Jalan Blambangan, a one-way route usually congested with traffic, the temple’s bright red walls and murals can easily be spotted by taking a leisurely stroll around the area.

Vihara Dharmayana Kuta dates back to 1876, and serves as a great opportunity to get a glimpse into the rich history of Kuta. Despite its age, the temple is very well-maintained thanks to the generations of local devotees, mostly of Chinese descent, who regularly visit the temple for

prayers and communal activities, especially around the Lunar New Year.

Its main structures feature intricate far eastern-style architecture, creating a vivid and striking sight with no apparent sign of aging. Escaping the hectic traffic scene and stepping into the temple’s courtyard offers a calming sense of peace and tranquillity, with constant wafts of incense smoke from the altars further adding to the spiritual atmosphere. This Kuta oasis is comprised of a main structure, known as the Baktisala, which features large round lanterns

hanging from the rims of its roof supported by giant red pillars wrapped by menacing dragons.

Next to the Baktisala is a smaller structure, the Dharmasala, where family prayers take place in front of smaller relics, various Chinese deity figurines and a wall mural of the Borobuder temple. Opposite the Baktisala and under a banyan tree is a unique place of worship where prayers are made to the ‘Four FacedBuddha’. This spot is surrounded by a small moat where a collection of turtles swim around or bask on the

stones, offering a quite a peculiar sight. Outside visitors are welcome to Vihara Dharmayana Kuta, but basic rules to follow include proper attire (no shorts or singlets) and no flash photography in the praying rooms (picture taking of certain relics is forbidden). A friendly senior temple keeper usually stands near the outside altar, either folding joss paper for offerings or arranging incense sticks, and they can provide some useful insights into the temple and its history (in Indonesian and broken English). (IBP/net)

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Lewis Hamilton coasts to fifth title at Chinese Grand Prix

SHANGHAI — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton steered clear of a chaotic start to the Chinese Grand Prix and coasted to victory on Sunday, claiming his fifth title in Shanghai.

Blanjong village. Along with the inscription, 15 metres northwest, is a Ganesha statue (the elephant-headed son of Shiva). Pura Blanjong is characterised by its coral instead of brick wall and twin sitting calf statues inside, sadly from which both heads have been removed. Apart from being one of the most sacred temples, Pura Blanjong shows you things of architectural and archeological interest. (IBP/net)

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Winner Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates on the podium with Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands after the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit.

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Hamilton started from pole position and led from beginning to end to capture the 54th race title of his career and his first of the new Formula One season.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel recovered from a mishap-filled start to finish in second place, 6.2 seconds behind the Mercedes driver.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen improved from 16th position on the starting grid to finish third, fighting off a spirited challenge from teammate Daniel Ricciardo on the final lap.

Ricciardo ended up in fourth position, followed by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in fifth and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in sixth.

A drama-filled start on a wet track from rain earlier in the day set the stage for Hamilton’s victory and Mercedes’ recovery after Vettel surprisingly captured the season’s opening race at the Australian Grand Prix last month.

The drivers had barely left the starting grid when Williams’ Lance Stroll bumped against Sergio Perez of Force India and spun off the

track into a bed of gravel. A short time later later, on the fourth lap, Antonio Giovinazzi hit a wet patch and slammed into the wall, severely damaging his Sauber car and bringing the race to a halt again.

During the safety-car slowdowns to remove both cars from the track, the top drivers pitted to change tires, reshuffling the starting order. Hamilton emerged from the fray with a hold on the lead, but Vettel and Bottas slipped back several places and had to fight the rest of the race to catch up.

“I’m trying to keep the car on the track and look after the tires at the same time, it was definitely really tough,” Hamilton said.

Verstappen, meanwhile, drove his Red Bull masterfully through traffic to move up from near the back of the starting grid to second place by lap 11.

The young Dutch driver was even threatening Hamilton for the lead at one point, but fell back and eventually got passed by Vettel midway through the race.

The first half of the race brought

plenty of daring passes as Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo and Raikkonen battled for second place behind Hamilton. Vettel’s pass of Verstappen on lap 28 was one of the most breathtaking of the day as the Ferrari driver surged past when Verstappen locked up momentarily.

“Obviously, we were a little unfortunate with the safety car early on, but even if it wasn’t there, you never know how it could have impacted on the race,” he said.

After an exciting start, though, the second half of the race was short of drama as the top drivers maintained their positions to the end.

A number of drivers failed to finish.

Stroll and Giovinazzi never returned after their early mishaps, and they were joined on the sidelines on lap 20 when McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat retired with mechanical problems.

McLaren’s other driver, Fernando Alonso, was also forced to stop on lap 34 with what he said was a driveshaft problem. The veteran Spanish driver had been running eighth at the time, a strong race considering McLaren’s considerable mechanical issues to start the season. (ap)

SYDNEY - Nick Kyrgios overcame a shaky start to down Sam Querrey 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 and send Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over the United States in Brisbane on Sunday.

The world number 16 roared in delight and was mobbed by his team mates after sealing the victory with an ace after just over two hours on Pat Rafter Arena to set up a last four meeting with Belgium or Italy.

“I couldn’t be prouder of my boys,” said Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt.

“They’ve put so much effort into this campaign and they deserve this.”

Australia led 2-0 after Friday’s opening singles with world number 79 Jordan Thompson stunning Jack Sock 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 and Kyrgios easing past John Isner 7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(5).

Sock replaced Querrey in Saturday’s doubles and paired up with Steve Johnson to beat Sam Groth and John Peers 3-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-3 to keep the visitors alive at 2-1.

Visiting captain Jim Courier continued to mix things up on Sunday and sent Querrey in for world number 15 Sock, a gambit that initially looked like succeeding in unsettling Kyrgios.

The 21-year-old Australian, who has been in the form of his life over the last month, gave up an early service break on the back of a couple of double faults.

A whipped forehand return got the set back on serve at 4-3 but Kyrgios needed an ace to save a set point and force the tiebreak.

Roared on by a partisan crowd, Kyrgios won the tiebreak 7-4 when Querrey went long with a return and 33 minutes later was two sets up after the American erred in almost identical fashion.

Querrey rustled up two break points on the Australian’s first service game in the third set and although Kyrgios saved them both, the American converted a third two games later for a 3-1 lead.

Kyrgios, whose 2016 season ended with an ATP ban for not trying at the Shanghai Masters, rallied to win five of the next six games, sealing the victory with a thunderbolt of an ace - his 21st of the contest.

“I knew that I hit a bit of a flat patch at the start of the third set but Lleyton told me to compete for every point and it’s easy to get up out here,” Kyrgios said.

Australia have not won the Davis Cup since they bagged their 28th crown in 2003. Belgium led Italy 2-1 going into Sunday’s reverse singles matches in Charleroi. (rtr)

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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios reacts in front of Jim Courier, team Captain for the USA, during his Davis Cup quarterfinal match against Sam Querrey of the USA.

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MADRID - Neymar was sent off as Barcelona suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Malaga on Saturday that scuppered their hopes of going top of La Liga and handed control of the title race to leaders to Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane’s Real were held to a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the capital derby earlier in the day, giving Barcelona the chance to go top on goal difference, but Luis Enrique’s side squandered the opportunity and now sit three points behind Los Blancos, who have played a game less.

Former Barcelona striker Sandro Ramirez opened the scoring for Malaga with a breakaway goal in the 32nd minute before Jony added a 90th-minute second for the hosts. Neymar was shown his second yellow card and dismissed midway through the second half.

Luis Enrique was angry with several of referee Gil Manzano’s decisions, including the award of a free kick rather than a penalty after Charles fouled Sergi Roberto in the box.

“It’s curious that a team like us that doesn’t usually kick people gets so many yellow cards in such an incomprehensible manner,” he said.

“There was some very ugly tackles from behind from their team which didn’t see them get booked and others committed by us which were given yellows.

“The rules are there to be interpreted, but equally for everyone. I don’t understand how the foul on Sergi Roberto was given outside the area, but we are

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used to it.”

After the Madrid derby ended in a draw a victory at La Rosaleda would have sent Barcelona level with Madrid on 72 points. Barcelona started well but Juankar’s long ball caught the visitors off guard and Sandro beat Jeremy Mathieu for pace before finishing past Marc-Andre ter Stegen with aplomb.

Neymar was booked in the first half for tying his laces in front of a Malaga player trying to take a free kick and received his marching orders for a late tackle on Diego Llorente in the 65th minute.

Adalberto Penaranda put the ball in the net for Malaga but his effort was incorrectly ruled out for offside.

Malaga grabbed a second at the death, however, with the excellent Pablo Fornals unselfishly teeing up Jony.

Earlier on Saturday, Madrid handed their arch-rivals the chance to depose them at the top of the table, as Antoine Griezmann grabbed an 85th-minute equaliser for Atletico.

Pepe opened the scoring for Real with a looping header in the 52nd minute and it looked like the hosts would earn victory, until the Frenchman intervened late on, reaching Angel Correa’s through ball and SLOTTING home. Madrid coach Zidane put the dropped points down to a lapse in concentration.

“It was a great performance (from Real), but we just lost concentration for five minutes,” he said. “I can’t say that Atletico played well. We didn’t get the second goal and we suffered.” (rtr)

NEW YORK — The United States, Mexico and Canada are going to announce a joint bid for the 2026 World Cup on Monday, a person familiar with the decision said.

The Confederation of North and Central America and Caribbean Association Football is moving ahead with the bid that was widely expected before Donald Trump was elected president. There has been concern the plan was unworkable under Trump’s anti-immigrant policies, but even if he serves a second term Trump would not be president in 2026.

The confederation made the final decision to go ahead with the bid at its meeting Saturday in Aruba, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the bid will not formally be announced until Monday in Manhattan. In a news release, CONCACAF said the countries will be making a “historic announcement.”

The hosting rights are set to be decided in May 2020 — during Trump’s potential re-election campaign.

CONCACAF has not hosted the World Cup since the tournament was played at nine U.S. venues in 1994, and the region appears to be the leading contender for 2026, when soccer’s premier event expands from 32 nations to 48.

“I think now that there is the potential of 48 teams then a three-nation tournament can happen,” former U.S. forward and ESPN analyst Taylor Twellman said. “Does the U.S. need the other two? No, they don’t but it does make for a unique opportunity for North America to host the tournament.”

A successful North American bid appears possible. FIFA barred Europe and Asia from entering the 2026 race because those continents will have

hosted the previous two tournaments.

South American soccer leaders are hoping to host a centenary World Cup in 2030. And bidding experts say privately that Africa is not a realistic option this time around. Of potential concern to other soccer federations is how many automatic bids would be awarded to the three-way host.

FIFAis considering a plan in which CONCACAF would have six automatic berths, and the three co-hosts would get three of those under the proposal. CONCACAF currently gets three automatic slots and its fourthplace team advances to a playoff for another.

In 2010, the United States lost in bids to host the 2018 (Russia) and ‘22 (Qatar) World Cups, a process discredited by corruption allegations linked to the bidding.

The fallout from the two FIFA executive committee votes included the ouster of president Sepp Blatter and the criminal indictments in the U.S. of more than 40 people. Probes of FIFA corruption are still underway in the U.S. and Switzerland. The 2026 bid vote will be taken by the entire FIFA membership.

Sunil Gulati, a FIFA executive committee member who is also president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, had said the U.S. would have to see changes in the bidding process before participating again.

More should be known in May. FIFA has said it “defined a set of principles for countries to bid” with new emphasis on human rights compliance and inclusion of only bidders that meet technical requirements. The rules should be announced around its annual congress, on May 11 in Manama, Bahrain. (ap)

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FILE - In this June 24, 2016, file photo, CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani speaks during a news conference in New York. The United States, Mexico and Canada are going to announce a joint bid for the 2026 World Cup on Monday, a person familiar with the decision said.

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Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuaín celebrates after scoring second goal.

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All 11 City players touch ball in 2nd goal of win over Hull

LONDON — Manchester City didn’t just appoint Pep Guardiola to win trophies. City hired him to do it with the sort of style his iconic Barcelona and magnificent Bayern Munich sides did.

The Spaniard’s first season in England has been far from smooth sailing with a Champions League qualification spot not yet secure, but his side’s second goal during a 3-1 victory over Hull on Saturday showed why many remain so excited by his presence in the English PREMIER LEAGUE. All 11 City players, including recalled goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, touched the ball in the 20-pass move which ended with the familiar sight of Sergio Aguero putting the ball in the net.

“The second goal is the big example of what we would like to

be,” Guardiola said. “I don’t like the defenders to just defend and the strikers just to score goals. I like everybody involved in the way we want to play.”

However, Guardiola’s EPL title hopes were effectively ended on Wednesday by the loss to leader Chelsea, and Antonio Conte’s side matched City on Saturday by beating Bournemouth 3-1.

Two victories in four days for Chelsea have quickly erased last weekend’s shock defeat against CRYSTAL PALACE from the memory, and ensured that the gap to second-placed Tottenham remains at seven points.

Tottenham applied pressure to Chelsea with a resounding 4-0 victory in the day’s early fixture, but the Blues displayed resilience once more to see off Bournemouth. (ap)

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates Sergio Aguero (not pictured) scoring his side’s second goal of the game against HULL CITY during their English PREMIER LEAGUE match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, April 8, 2017.

MILAN - A brace from Gonzalo Higuain gave Juventus a 2-0 win at home to Chievo on Saturday and moved them closer to a sixth consecutive Serie A title as they forged nine points clear of their closest pursuers.

Juve extended their run to 32 successive home league wins and left second-placed AS Roma needing to win away at Bologna on Sunday just to keep the gap down to six points.

Higuain opened the scoring in the 23rd minute after fellow Argentine Paulo Dybala burst down the right and pulled the ball back into the area.

Dybala was in inspired form and nearly added the second after a one-two with Sami Khedira but shot wide. He then set up another chance for Higuain who missed the target from 12 metres.

Dybala was also involved in the second goal six minutes from

time when he found Stephan Lichtsteiner on the right and the Swiss full back’s cross was turned in by Higuain for his 21st league goal of the season.

Juve, who host Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday, now have 77 points from 31 games with Roma on 68.

Atalanta ensured that they will finish the weekend in the Europa League places after a 1-1 draw at home to Sassuolo.

Sassuolo went ahead nine minutes before halftime when Atalanta defender Mattia Caldara was caught in possession and Lorenzo Pellegrini ran on to score.

The hosts took until the 73rd minute to equalise when Bryan Cristante headed in Alejandro Gomez’s free kick. Atalanta are fifth on 59 points, four ahead of Inter Milan who visit Crotone on Sunday. (rtr)

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Barcelona’s Neymar reacts during the match.

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Barcelona fall to shock Malaga defeat after Madrid derby draw

MADRID - Neymar was sent off as Barcelona suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Malaga on Saturday that scuppered their hopes of going top of La Liga and handed control of the title race to leaders to Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane’s Real were held to a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the capital derby earlier in the day, giving Barcelona the chance to go top on goal difference, but Luis Enrique’s side squandered the opportunity and now sit three points behind Los Blancos, who have played a game less.

Former Barcelona striker Sandro Ramirez opened the scoring for Malaga with a breakaway goal in the 32nd minute before Jony added a 90th-minute second for the hosts. Neymar was shown his second yellow card and dismissed midway through the second half.

Luis Enrique was angry with several of referee Gil Manzano’s decisions, including the award of a free kick rather than a penalty after Charles fouled Sergi Roberto in the box.

“It’s curious that a team like us that doesn’t usually kick people gets so many yellow cards in such an incomprehensible manner,” he said.

“There was some very ugly tackles from behind from their team which didn’t see them get booked and others committed by us which were given yellows.

“The rules are there to be interpreted, but equally for everyone. I don’t understand how the foul on Sergi Roberto was given outside the area, but we are

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used to it.”

After the Madrid derby ended in a draw a victory at La Rosaleda would have sent Barcelona level with Madrid on 72 points. Barcelona started well but Juankar’s long ball caught the visitors off guard and Sandro beat Jeremy Mathieu for pace before finishing past Marc-Andre ter Stegen with aplomb.

Neymar was booked in the first half for tying his laces in front of a Malaga player trying to take a free kick and received his marching orders for a late tackle on Diego Llorente in the 65th minute.

Adalberto Penaranda put the ball in the net for Malaga but his effort was incorrectly ruled out for offside.

Malaga grabbed a second at the death, however, with the excellent Pablo Fornals unselfishly teeing up Jony.

Earlier on Saturday, Madrid handed their arch-rivals the chance to depose them at the top of the table, as Antoine Griezmann grabbed an 85th-minute equaliser for Atletico.

Pepe opened the scoring for Real with a looping header in the 52nd minute and it looked like the hosts would earn victory, until the Frenchman intervened late on, reaching Angel Correa’s through ball and SLOTTING home. Madrid coach Zidane put the dropped points down to a lapse in concentration.

“It was a great performance (from Real), but we just lost concentration for five minutes,” he said. “I can’t say that Atletico played well. We didn’t get the second goal and we suffered.” (rtr)

NEW YORK — The United States, Mexico and Canada are going to announce a joint bid for the 2026 World Cup on Monday, a person familiar with the decision said.

The Confederation of North and Central America and Caribbean Association Football is moving ahead with the bid that was widely expected before Donald Trump was elected president. There has been concern the plan was unworkable under Trump’s anti-immigrant policies, but even if he serves a second term Trump would not be president in 2026.

The confederation made the final decision to go ahead with the bid at its meeting Saturday in Aruba, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the bid will not formally be announced until Monday in Manhattan. In a news release, CONCACAF said the countries will be making a “historic announcement.”

The hosting rights are set to be decided in May 2020 — during Trump’s potential re-election campaign.

CONCACAF has not hosted the World Cup since the tournament was played at nine U.S. venues in 1994, and the region appears to be the leading contender for 2026, when soccer’s premier event expands from 32 nations to 48.

“I think now that there is the potential of 48 teams then a three-nation tournament can happen,” former U.S. forward and ESPN analyst Taylor Twellman said. “Does the U.S. need the other two? No, they don’t but it does make for a unique opportunity for North America to host the tournament.”

A successful North American bid appears possible. FIFA barred Europe and Asia from entering the 2026 race because those continents will have

hosted the previous two tournaments.

South American soccer leaders are hoping to host a centenary World Cup in 2030. And bidding experts say privately that Africa is not a realistic option this time around. Of potential concern to other soccer federations is how many automatic bids would be awarded to the three-way host.

FIFAis considering a plan in which CONCACAF would have six automatic berths, and the three co-hosts would get three of those under the proposal. CONCACAF currently gets three automatic slots and its fourthplace team advances to a playoff for another.

In 2010, the United States lost in bids to host the 2018 (Russia) and ‘22 (Qatar) World Cups, a process discredited by corruption allegations linked to the bidding.

The fallout from the two FIFA executive committee votes included the ouster of president Sepp Blatter and the criminal indictments in the U.S. of more than 40 people. Probes of FIFA corruption are still underway in the U.S. and Switzerland. The 2026 bid vote will be taken by the entire FIFA membership.

Sunil Gulati, a FIFA executive committee member who is also president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, had said the U.S. would have to see changes in the bidding process before participating again.

More should be known in May. FIFA has said it “defined a set of principles for countries to bid” with new emphasis on human rights compliance and inclusion of only bidders that meet technical requirements. The rules should be announced around its annual congress, on May 11 in Manama, Bahrain. (ap)

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File

FILE - In this June 24, 2016, file photo, CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani speaks during a news conference in New York. The United States, Mexico and Canada are going to announce a joint bid for the 2026 World Cup on Monday, a person familiar with the decision said.

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Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuaín celebrates after scoring second goal.

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All 11 City players touch ball in 2nd goal of win over Hull

LONDON — Manchester City didn’t just appoint Pep Guardiola to win trophies. City hired him to do it with the sort of style his iconic Barcelona and magnificent Bayern Munich sides did.

The Spaniard’s first season in England has been far from smooth sailing with a Champions League qualification spot not yet secure, but his side’s second goal during a 3-1 victory over Hull on Saturday showed why many remain so excited by his presence in the English PREMIER LEAGUE. All 11 City players, including recalled goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, touched the ball in the 20-pass move which ended with the familiar sight of Sergio Aguero putting the ball in the net.

“The second goal is the big example of what we would like to

be,” Guardiola said. “I don’t like the defenders to just defend and the strikers just to score goals. I like everybody involved in the way we want to play.”

However, Guardiola’s EPL title hopes were effectively ended on Wednesday by the loss to leader Chelsea, and Antonio Conte’s side matched City on Saturday by beating Bournemouth 3-1.

Two victories in four days for Chelsea have quickly erased last weekend’s shock defeat against CRYSTAL PALACE from the memory, and ensured that the gap to second-placed Tottenham remains at seven points.

Tottenham applied pressure to Chelsea with a resounding 4-0 victory in the day’s early fixture, but the Blues displayed resilience once more to see off Bournemouth. (ap)

Dave Thompson/PA via AP

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates Sergio Aguero (not pictured) scoring his side’s second goal of the game against HULL CITY during their English PREMIER LEAGUE match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, April 8, 2017.

MILAN - A brace from Gonzalo Higuain gave Juventus a 2-0 win at home to Chievo on Saturday and moved them closer to a sixth consecutive Serie A title as they forged nine points clear of their closest pursuers.

Juve extended their run to 32 successive home league wins and left second-placed AS Roma needing to win away at Bologna on Sunday just to keep the gap down to six points.

Higuain opened the scoring in the 23rd minute after fellow Argentine Paulo Dybala burst down the right and pulled the ball back into the area.

Dybala was in inspired form and nearly added the second after a one-two with Sami Khedira but shot wide. He then set up another chance for Higuain who missed the target from 12 metres.

Dybala was also involved in the second goal six minutes from

time when he found Stephan Lichtsteiner on the right and the Swiss full back’s cross was turned in by Higuain for his 21st league goal of the season.

Juve, who host Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday, now have 77 points from 31 games with Roma on 68.

Atalanta ensured that they will finish the weekend in the Europa League places after a 1-1 draw at home to Sassuolo.

Sassuolo went ahead nine minutes before halftime when Atalanta defender Mattia Caldara was caught in possession and Lorenzo Pellegrini ran on to score.

The hosts took until the 73rd minute to equalise when Bryan Cristante headed in Alejandro Gomez’s free kick. Atalanta are fifth on 59 points, four ahead of Inter Milan who visit Crotone on Sunday. (rtr)

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Vihara Dharmayana Kuta

MANGUPURA - Vihara Dharmayana Kuta temple stands majestically as one of the very few cultural landmarks Hidden amid Kuta’s traffic frenzy and surfing paradise glamour.

This age-old Chinese Buddhist temple was one of the various Buddhist sites in Bali visited by Tibet’s 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on his international tour in 1982 so it certainly has pedigree. Located only a kilometre east from Kuta’s main coastal strip, Vihara Dharmayana Kuta is often referred to by the locals as ‘Kongco Leeng Gwan Kuta’, or simply ‘Kong-

co Kuta’. Slightly inconspicuous due to its location on a corner of Jalan Blambangan, a one-way route usually congested with traffic, the temple’s bright red walls and murals can easily be spotted by taking a leisurely stroll around the area.

Vihara Dharmayana Kuta dates back to 1876, and serves as a great opportunity to get a glimpse into the rich history of Kuta. Despite its age, the temple is very well-maintained thanks to the generations of local devotees, mostly of Chinese descent, who regularly visit the temple for

prayers and communal activities, especially around the Lunar New Year.

Its main structures feature intricate far eastern-style architecture, creating a vivid and striking sight with no apparent sign of aging. Escaping the hectic traffic scene and stepping into the temple’s courtyard offers a calming sense of peace and tranquillity, with constant wafts of incense smoke from the altars further adding to the spiritual atmosphere. This Kuta oasis is comprised of a main structure, known as the Baktisala, which features large round lanterns

hanging from the rims of its roof supported by giant red pillars wrapped by menacing dragons.

Next to the Baktisala is a smaller structure, the Dharmasala, where family prayers take place in front of smaller relics, various Chinese deity figurines and a wall mural of the Borobuder temple. Opposite the Baktisala and under a banyan tree is a unique place of worship where prayers are made to the ‘Four FacedBuddha’. This spot is surrounded by a small moat where a collection of turtles swim around or bask on the

stones, offering a quite a peculiar sight. Outside visitors are welcome to Vihara Dharmayana Kuta, but basic rules to follow include proper attire (no shorts or singlets) and no flash photography in the praying rooms (picture taking of certain relics is forbidden). A friendly senior temple keeper usually stands near the outside altar, either folding joss paper for offerings or arranging incense sticks, and they can provide some useful insights into the temple and its history (in Indonesian and broken English). (IBP/net)

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Lewis Hamilton coasts to fifth title at Chinese Grand Prix

SHANGHAI — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton steered clear of a chaotic start to the Chinese Grand Prix and coasted to victory on Sunday, claiming his fifth title in Shanghai.

Blanjong village. Along with the inscription, 15 metres northwest, is a Ganesha statue (the elephant-headed son of Shiva). Pura Blanjong is characterised by its coral instead of brick wall and twin sitting calf statues inside, sadly from which both heads have been removed. Apart from being one of the most sacred temples, Pura Blanjong shows you things of architectural and archeological interest. (IBP/net)

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Winner Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates on the podium with Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands after the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit.

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Hamilton started from pole position and led from beginning to end to capture the 54th race title of his career and his first of the new Formula One season.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel recovered from a mishap-filled start to finish in second place, 6.2 seconds behind the Mercedes driver.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen improved from 16th position on the starting grid to finish third, fighting off a spirited challenge from teammate Daniel Ricciardo on the final lap.

Ricciardo ended up in fourth position, followed by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in fifth and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in sixth.

A drama-filled start on a wet track from rain earlier in the day set the stage for Hamilton’s victory and Mercedes’ recovery after Vettel surprisingly captured the season’s opening race at the Australian Grand Prix last month.

The drivers had barely left the starting grid when Williams’ Lance Stroll bumped against Sergio Perez of Force India and spun off the

track into a bed of gravel. A short time later later, on the fourth lap, Antonio Giovinazzi hit a wet patch and slammed into the wall, severely damaging his Sauber car and bringing the race to a halt again.

During the safety-car slowdowns to remove both cars from the track, the top drivers pitted to change tires, reshuffling the starting order. Hamilton emerged from the fray with a hold on the lead, but Vettel and Bottas slipped back several places and had to fight the rest of the race to catch up.

“I’m trying to keep the car on the track and look after the tires at the same time, it was definitely really tough,” Hamilton said.

Verstappen, meanwhile, drove his Red Bull masterfully through traffic to move up from near the back of the starting grid to second place by lap 11.

The young Dutch driver was even threatening Hamilton for the lead at one point, but fell back and eventually got passed by Vettel midway through the race.

The first half of the race brought

plenty of daring passes as Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo and Raikkonen battled for second place behind Hamilton. Vettel’s pass of Verstappen on lap 28 was one of the most breathtaking of the day as the Ferrari driver surged past when Verstappen locked up momentarily.

“Obviously, we were a little unfortunate with the safety car early on, but even if it wasn’t there, you never know how it could have impacted on the race,” he said.

After an exciting start, though, the second half of the race was short of drama as the top drivers maintained their positions to the end.

A number of drivers failed to finish.

Stroll and Giovinazzi never returned after their early mishaps, and they were joined on the sidelines on lap 20 when McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat retired with mechanical problems.

McLaren’s other driver, Fernando Alonso, was also forced to stop on lap 34 with what he said was a driveshaft problem. The veteran Spanish driver had been running eighth at the time, a strong race considering McLaren’s considerable mechanical issues to start the season. (ap)

SYDNEY - Nick Kyrgios overcame a shaky start to down Sam Querrey 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 and send Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over the United States in Brisbane on Sunday.

The world number 16 roared in delight and was mobbed by his team mates after sealing the victory with an ace after just over two hours on Pat Rafter Arena to set up a last four meeting with Belgium or Italy.

“I couldn’t be prouder of my boys,” said Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt.

“They’ve put so much effort into this campaign and they deserve this.”

Australia led 2-0 after Friday’s opening singles with world number 79 Jordan Thompson stunning Jack Sock 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 and Kyrgios easing past John Isner 7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(5).

Sock replaced Querrey in Saturday’s doubles and paired up with Steve Johnson to beat Sam Groth and John Peers 3-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-3 to keep the visitors alive at 2-1.

Visiting captain Jim Courier continued to mix things up on Sunday and sent Querrey in for world number 15 Sock, a gambit that initially looked like succeeding in unsettling Kyrgios.

The 21-year-old Australian, who has been in the form of his life over the last month, gave up an early service break on the back of a couple of double faults.

A whipped forehand return got the set back on serve at 4-3 but Kyrgios needed an ace to save a set point and force the tiebreak.

Roared on by a partisan crowd, Kyrgios won the tiebreak 7-4 when Querrey went long with a return and 33 minutes later was two sets up after the American erred in almost identical fashion.

Querrey rustled up two break points on the Australian’s first service game in the third set and although Kyrgios saved them both, the American converted a third two games later for a 3-1 lead.

Kyrgios, whose 2016 season ended with an ATP ban for not trying at the Shanghai Masters, rallied to win five of the next six games, sealing the victory with a thunderbolt of an ace - his 21st of the contest.

“I knew that I hit a bit of a flat patch at the start of the third set but Lleyton told me to compete for every point and it’s easy to get up out here,” Kyrgios said.

Australia have not won the Davis Cup since they bagged their 28th crown in 2003. Belgium led Italy 2-1 going into Sunday’s reverse singles matches in Charleroi. (rtr)

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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios reacts in front of Jim Courier, team Captain for the USA, during his Davis Cup quarterfinal match against Sam Querrey of the USA.

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U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula -U.S. official

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program.

Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquidfueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its range.

The strike group, called Carl Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier and will make its way from Singapore toward the Korean peninsula, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity.

“We feel the increased presence is necessary,” the official said, citing North Korea’s worrisome behavior.

The news was first reported by Reuters.

In a statement late Saturday, the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet said the strike group had been directed to sail north, but it did not specify the destination. The military vessels will operate in the Western Pacific rather than making previously planned port visits to Australia, it added.

This year North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, have repeatedly indicated an intercontinental ballistic missile test or something similar could be coming, possibly as soon as April 15, the 105th birthday of North Korea’s founding president and celebrated annually as “the Day of the Sun.” Earlier this week U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Florida, where Trump pressed his counterpart to do more to curb North Korea’s nuclear program.

Trump’s national security aides have completed a review of U.S. options to try to curb North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. These include economic and military measures but lean more toward sanctions and increased pressure on Beijing to rein in its reclusive neighbor.

Although the option of pre-emptive military strikes on North Korea is not off the table, the review prioritizes less-risky steps and de-emphasizes direct military action.

Trump spoke with South Korea’s acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday, the White House said on Saturday in a statement which did not mention the strike group. (rtr)

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The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean January 30, 2017.

‘WE FEEL TARGETED’......

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A shift in Islamic State’s tactics, which has waged a low-level conflict for years in the Sinai peninsula against soldiers and police, to targeting Christian civilians and broadening its reach into Egypt’s mainland is a potential

turning point in a country trying to prevent a provincial insurgency from spiralling into wider sectarian bloodshed.

Egypt’s Christian community has felt increasingly insecure since Islamic State spread through Iraq and Syria in 2014, ruthlessly targeting religious minorities. In 2015, 21 Egyptian Christians working in Libya were killed by Islamic State.

“Of course we feel targeted,

there was a bomb here about a week ago but it was dismantled.

There’s no security,” said another Christian woman in Tanta referring to an attack earlier this month near a police training centre that killed one policeman and injured 15..

Copts face regular attacks by Muslim neighbours, who burn their homes and churches in poor rural areas, usually in anger over an inter-faith romance or the construction of a church. (rtr)

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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven looks at flowers laid for the victims as he visits the crime scene, April 8, 2017, the day after a hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians on Drottninggatan and crashed into Ahlens department store, in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Uzbek man main suspect in Swedish truck attack that killed four

STOCKHOLM - A 39-year-old Uzbek man being held in custody is the suspected driver of a hijacked beer delivery truck that ploughed into crowds in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in an apparent terror attack, police said on Saturday.

The man, previously known to Swedish intelligence services as a marginal figure with no clear links to extremist groups, is suspected of mowing down pedestrians on a busy shopping street and smashing through a store front on Friday.

“Nothing indicates that we have the wrong person, on the contrary, suspicions have strengthened as the investigation has progressed,” Dan Eliasson, head of Sweden’s national police, told a news conference on Saturday.

The man, detained on Friday night on terrorism charges after the attack in the heart of the capital, appeared to have acted alone but “we still cannot rule out that more people are involved,” he said.

Police raided several addresses in the Stockholm area on Saturday, according to TT news agency and tabloid Aftonbladet, but told Reuters no further arrests in connection with the attack had been made.

A Reuters witness saw police wearing protective masks carrying out a search at an apartment in a southern Stockholm suburb.

LAWYER MET WITH SUSPECT

Court-appointed lawyer Johan Eriksson told Reuters he had met with the suspect on Saturday but declined to give further details about his client.

Police did not name the detainee, but said he was from the central

Asian republic of Uzbekistan and that he had seemed peripheral in intelligence reports.

“We received intelligence last year, but we did not see any links to extremist circles,” Sapo security police chief Anders Thornberg said.

Eliasson said there were “clear similarities” to an attack last month in London in which six people died, including the assailant who drove a hired car into pedestrians on a bridge.

Vehicles have also been used as weapons in Nice and Berlin in the past year in attacks claimed by Islamic State.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Sweden, which until now had been largely immune from major attacks and where many take pride in an open, democratic society.

“I think it was just a matter of time, but still one doesn’t think it will happen,” Cecilia Hansson, a 25 year-old nurse, said. “It’s still unreal when it happens this close.”

Police said they had found a suspicious device in the vehicle, which ended up rammed into the Ahlens department store, but said they did not yet know if it was a homemade bomb, as reported by public broadcaster SVT. Local authorities in Stockholm, where flags flew at half mast, said 10 people including a child were still being treated in hospital, with two adults in intensive care.

Sweden will hold a minute’s silence at midday (1000 GMT) on Monday to mourn the dead.

Police said they were maintaining a heightened presence, fearing copycat attacks. (rtr)

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Police kill six suspected Islamic militants in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Police shot dead six suspected members of an Islamic militant group in Indonesia on Saturday, they said, after a failed drive-by shooting targeting police officers in East Java.

Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population and has been on high alert over a recent resurgence in radicalism inspired by the extremist group Islamic State.

After a police chase the six

abandoned their vehicle in a village in the Tuban area, not far from the industrial city of Surabaya, and attempted to flee into a plantation where they were all killed in a second gun battle with police,

East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said.

“By around 5pm we had immobilized all of them,” Mangera said, confirming that all six had died during the incident. A box of 9mm bullets was found in their vehicle, he said.

Police were monitoring the vehicle prior to the attack, he said, in connection with the Friday arrest of three suspected members of the group, Jemaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD), who were allegedly planning an attack on a police station and had bought M16 machine guns from the southern Philippines.

“We tried to stop that vehicle, but the vehicle did not stop,” Mangera said, adding that those in the vehicle “took out weapons and shot at officers.”

Indonesia has had some major successes tackling militancy inspired by al Qaeda’s attacks on the United States in 2001. But there has been a resurgence of Islamist activity in recent years, some of it linked to the rise of Islamic State.

The most serious incident last

year was in January when four suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a shopping area in central Jakarta.

Jemaah Anshorut Daulah is an umbrella organization on a U.S. State Department “terrorist” list that is estimated to have drawn hundreds of Islamic State sympathizers

in Indonesia.

Recent attacks by Islamic State sympathizers have mostly been poorly organized, but authorities believe about 400 Indonesians have left to join the militant group in Syria, and some could pose a more deadly threat if they came home. (rtr)

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The car which was used by the suspected terrorists in Tuban to escape.

Indonesian Air Force must be free from corruption: Chief of staff

JAKARTA - Air Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU), has said that the Air Force must be free from corruption.

“The TNI AU must be free from corruption and must be dignified. It should have good planning, abide by regulations, be transparent, accountable and in line with the existing laws,” he said when acting as inspector of ceremony during celebration of the 71st anniversary of the Air Force, here, Sunday. Development of modern air force needs huge funds and political support,

he remarked.

The Air Force is ready to protect the sovereignty of the nation, he said, adding that the public support in defending the countrys sovereignty, is also crucial.

Modernization of the Air Forces weaponry would be useless of officers using it, are not professional nor loyal, he said.

The Indonesian Air Force celebrated its 71st anniversary with a spectacular air power display of 132 jet fighters, choppers and transport aircraft, at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta.

The celebration activities also included Air Force Day parade, as well as flypast and maneuver, Vice Marshal Jemi Trisonjaya, spokesman of the Indonesian Air Force, said.

The event involved 1,600 personnel and 132 aircraft including Sukhoi 27/30, F-16, T-50i, Hawk 109/209, EMB-314, Boeing, C-130 Hercules, CN-295/235/235 MPA, EC-120 B, NAAS 332/ SA -330/C-725, Grob G-120 TP, KT-1 Woong Bee, T-41 Cessna, and UAV. Jupiter Aerobatic Team also performed during the Indonesian Air Force Day parade. (ant)

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Retail store job cuts deepen as more buyers migrate online

NEW YORK — Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, evidence of a seemingly inexorable shift away from employee-heavy stores as Americans increasingly shop online.

A combined 60,600 retail job losses over the past two months have had less to do with the health of U.S. consumer spending than with changes in buying habits.

In the age of Amazon, traditional stores, from J.C. Penney to Macy’s, have accelerated store closures and are experimenting with the use of fewer employees to staff the remaining stores.

The industry has also been bruised by a string of bankruptcy filings, most recently from Payless ShoeSource. The company announced this week that it was closing nearly 400 stores, nearly 10 percent of its fleet.

The job cuts in the retail industry, unwelcome as they are, are still a relatively minor burden for the overall U.S. economy. But for Americans seeking a foothold in the job market, the pullback represents a painful obstacle. Retail accounts for nearly one-third of first-time jobs in the United States, so a retrenchment by the industry’s employers can block access to the job market for many.

As shopping on the web has expanded, retail jobs have represented a declining share of the labor market. They now account for 10.9 percent of jobs, compared with 11.6 percent in 2000, says Michael Niemira, principal of The Retail Economist, a research firm.

And experts expect more store closings — and job losses — in coming months.

“It’s principally about the impact of online shopping and how consumers are shopping differently than ever before,” Niemira said. “It’s harder for the industry to consistently do well and MAKE MONEY.” Take Fernando Ramirez, a 19year-old restaurant server and college student, who was looking Friday to buy some sweaters at a Kohl’s in Tustin, California.

Ramirez said he stops at a department store or mall once or twice a week to see what’s available. But most of his buying is done on the web.

“It’s mostly to browse and see

what they have,” said Ramirez, who lives in Tustin, Calif. “I do more of my purchasing online now.”

The two-month contraction in retail jobs — 30,900 lost in February and 29,700 in March — marked the largest two-month decline since December 2009, when the industry shed 62,200 jobs. That month’s loss had signaled the end of a prolonged decline in the industry resulting from the Great Recession.

The retail industry losses for February and March were contained in Friday’s U.S. jobs report from the government. The report offered an overall mixed message: Hiring in the United States dropped to its weakest pace in nearly a year, but the unemployment rate managed to reach its lowest level in nearly a decade.

The jobs report pointed to dire problems confronting many of the stores populating shopping plazas and malls. Department and general merchandise stores — a category that includes Macy’s and WalMart — shed 34,700 workers last month. Clothiers let go of 5,800.

Retailers involved in high-priced big ticket items such as furniture stores and auto dealers barely added jobs.

Nor are wages keeping pace.

Average hourly earnings for retail employees, including managers, has inched up just 1.1 percent over the past year, compared with a 2.7 percent average increase for all U.S. workers.

The struggles of many traditional retailers can be traced most of all to Amazon and other online retailers. Amazon’s Prime membership program, costing $99 a year, has been a juggernaut, with services like streaming music and video that have created fierce loyalty. Analysts say Amazon Prime members disproportionately buy more and spend more.

In the process, Amazon has redefined the standards for its rival retailers. They now feel more pressure to limit costs while expanding services and offers for shoppers, from free shipping to non-stop

Yellow Bridge re-promoted, Equipped with decorative lamps and fireworks

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Having been inaugurated physically and psychically on Friday (Mar. 31), the Yellow Bridge connecting Nusa Lembongan to Nusa Ceningan was eventually re-promoted by the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, with the apparatuses of local customary village. Re-promotion of the Yellow Bridge commonly referred to as the Bridge of Love was marked by lighting colorful lamps. It included the fireworks launched simultaneously at that night.

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FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, a sales clerk arranges towels that are part of a “Buy One Get One for a Penny” sale at a J.C. Penney store, in New York. The last two months saw the largest decline in retail jobs since December 2009, when the economy was coming out of deep funk. But the combined 60,600 job losses have less to do about the economy and more to do with shoppers’ dramatic shift in spending online. discounting, which take a toll on profit margins.

It’s hardly just Amazon. One online-only retailer, Chewy.com, sells an array of pet supplies beyond what’s generally available in physical stores, including high-end organic pet food. The fast-growing company plans to add about 3,200 jobs this year, raising its head count to 6,900.

Though traditional retailers are expanding their own online presences, those operations require far fewer workers. The labor involved in selling an item online through a distribution center can be 50 percent less than if it were sold in a store, estimates Pete Madden, a director at AlixPartners, LLP, a consultancy.

Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics LLC, a research firm, says he expects earnings for the

first quarter for the 113 retailers he tracks to drop 6.8 percent. That would be the worst quarterly performance since 2013.

Stores are also increasingly adopting technology that reduces the need for employees, like shopping kiosks and iPads where shoppers can buy online while in a store.

And some traditional stores like Macy’s are testing self-service in some of their shoe departments.

In the restaurant industry, executives have touted the benefits of automation for customers. Ordering kiosks, for instance, can help speed up lines and improve order accuracy. Though it’s still early, chains including McDonald’s and Panera have introduced ordering screens in some stores. And some sit-down chains have introduced table-top ordering tablets.

One of the hard realities of the

new shopping era is evident at the Richmond Town Center outside of Cleveland, where the number of employees working at stores appeared to exceed the slim number of shoppers on a cold spring afternoon Friday. Two of the mall’s three anchors— Sears and Macy’s — have closed in the past year.

The third, J.C. Penney, is slated to close in June.

Tiffany Fulton was cutting through J.C. Penney to get a new battery for a watch. She doesn’t shop at the mall regularly, she said, and her buying habits, especially for clothes, involve stocking up “every blue moon” and then not shopping again for six months or even a year. She said she goes to the mall every once in a while for some “retail therapy.” “If I need to feel better, I might stop by,” Fulton said.(ap)

A touching moment encapsulated the activity because the collapse of Yellow Bridge on last October 16, 2016 resulted in a deep sorrow for the community as it claimed eight fatalities. Regent Nyoman

Suwirta who led the activities shed a tear. Similar things also happened to several other residents, especially those who lost relatives in the bridge collapse disaster.

“I realize that establishment of

Kedisan Palace

If you’re traveling to Kedisan tourism village, attempt to stop at Kedisan Palace. The palace established around 1670 remains to have beautiful ancient house layout. There is sacred fig exuding cool atmosphere. Magical aura is felt strongly due to influence of the royal heritages in form of kris dagger supposedly to have been made in Blambangan (East Java) style.

This heritage has close relationship to the sanctified barong at the local village. This heritage is taken out if the sanctified barong is danced. Wherever the barong is placed, the kris dagger will definitely accompany. The sanctified effigies in the form barong ket, rangda and a mask like the faces of some characters in the parwa

storyline are taken out every Buda (Wednesday) Kliwon Pahang or 35 days after Galungan.

I Gusti Ngurah Agung Mahajaya, one of the royal figures, said that Kedisan Palace serves as the protector of the arts at Kedisan village. The Gambuh art is still conserved until now and so do the Legong Leko at Tangkup hamlet, the mask at Kebon hamlet, sculpture at Bayat hamlet and sculpture at Pakudui.

These arts are also staged every time there are tourist visits to the royal palace. There are dances presented when they have dinner at Kedisan Palace. “Nowadays, there are always foreign tourists making a visit to Kedisan Palace.

They are happy with the building layout remaining to look unique

the bridge is not at the same time removing the victim’s family grief.

Nevertheless, this life should not stop and we have to move forward strongly and vivaciously both to build Nusa Penida and Klungkung as well as the aura they feel,” said Agung Mahajaya.

The Kedisan Palace indeed looks classic and is often chosen as dinner venue. This activity involves residents of the surrounding communities, both in performing arts, dance, gamelan music, crafts and other activities. “At least once in a month, guests from various countries such as America and Europe are organizing a dinner at Kedisan Palace,” he explained.

According to Agung Mahajaya, the Kedisan Palace is quite old in Gianyar. Since the 1600s when the Anak Agung Maruti committed a coup d’etat, the King of Klungkung finally ordered his ancestors to bring one of her sons to hide in the northwest. Finally they reached Timbul Tegalalang. Then, he established a palace in Sukawati. Some of the followers settled at Timbul

itself,” said Regent Suwirta.

In addition, this regent from Ceningan, Nusa Penida, invited the public to participate and maintain the Yellow Bridge. “I ask the community to take advantage of this bridge as well as possible and be ready to be regulated. Thus, the unfortunate ever happened will not repeat again,” he appealed.

To note, the re-promotion of the Yellow Bridge really drew the at-

tention of residents. It also included travelers that happened to make a visit to Lembongan and Ceningan.

They immediately saw the beauty of the Yellow Bridge equipped with colorful decorative lights at night.

The atmosphere was getting more festive when the lights were simultaneously turned on followed by a burst of fireworks. As a result, it beautified the atmosphere of the Yellow Bridge at night to look at. (kmb)

Tegalalang.

Well, the descendant of the retainer Anglurah Sideman then established his clan during the reign of Waturenggong living at Timbul village (now Kedisan village) and

then set up the arts such as gambuh, lenggong leko and others. “Royal family has a close social relationship because it serves as the players of music, dance, sculpture and carving,” he concluded. (kmb)

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Venezuelans return to streets, roused by ban on opposition leader

CARACAS - Protesters clashed with security forces during protests in Venezuela on Saturday after a ban on a top opposition leader from office breathed life into a fractured movement and fueled the first sustained antigovernment demonstrations since 2014.

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In recent years, cruise ships often stop at the Celukan Harbor, Gerokgak. This moment is also taken advantage by the district government to promote the region.

Promotion of Buleleng tourist attractions targets cruise travelers

TOURISM sector in Buleleng increasingly develops. Emergence of the object is not just confined to natural attractions such as waterfalls. More than that, there are also in the form of marine tourism, spiritual tourism and cultural tourism to local wisdom packed in tourism village. The combination becomes uniqueness amid the trend of travelers that want something more varied.

To increase the number of tourist visits to the attraction, district government does not only promote through website and exhibition, both in regional and national level incorporated in several festivals. In

recent years, cruise ships often stop at the Celukan Harbor, Gerokgak.

This moment is also taken advantage by the district government to promote the region. “Since five years ago, cruise ships have quite

often dropped by at the harbor. We take advantage of the opportunities for promotion,” said Nyoman Sutrisna, Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, recently.

Each cruise ship can hold hundreds of passengers from different countries. They are immediately welcomed with a dance while disseminating brochures of tourist destinations. Through this way, several travelers are interested to make a visit. “Some travelers visit

a number of attractions such as Pemuteran, Gitgit, Gedong Kirtya, Munduk and others. It depends on their interest. Their trip is directly handled by travel agencies,” he explained.

Especially for this year, he said that based on information received there will be 9 cruise ships that will drop by with respective passenger of approximately 600 people. The moment will continue to be taken advantage as promotional medium.

“Recently, we got information there will be a large cruise ship to come.

Unfortunately, our pier does not yet support. Hopefully, this can be realized in the future,” he said.

To poise it, he said that the arrangement of tourist attraction will continue to be maximized accompanied with quality improvement of the management and human resources. “Quality improvement continues to be a concern in the future,” he added. (sos)

Thousands of people, some carrying signs reading “Dictator Maduro!” and “Elections now!” in support of banned leader Henrique Capriles, took part in marches across the country against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

Saturday’s protests extended a week of unrest sparked by last week’s Supreme Court decision in which it assumed the role of the opposition-led congress. The action was quickly overturned, but the global outcry it sparked galvanized the opposition.

Security forces blocked the march in Caracas, as they did during two other protests this week, prompting violent confrontations.

Protesters lobbed rocks and petrol bombs and burned trash in the street while authorities responded with a volley of tear gas.

“The government is afraid. If it were not afraid, it would not close the streets. ... It would not disqualify Capriles,” said 27-year-old lawyer Gikeissy Diaz, adding that half of her graduating class has left the country and that she is thinking of doing so, too.

Capriles, a two-time presidential candidate and current Miranda state governor, who was seen by many as the opposition’s best chance in the presidential election scheduled for 2018, on Friday was banned from holding political office for 15 years.

The order from the national comptroller’s office cited “administrative irregularities” including breaking contracting laws and improper management of donations, according to a copy of the ban.

The ban triggered condemnation from other Latin American countries and the United States, which said it was “deeply troubled by the persecution” of Venezuela’s opposition.

“We also reject the rationales the Maduro government proffers for its repressive actions, which, when closely examined are spurious and, politically-motivated, and without basis in domestic or REUTERS/Marco Bello international law,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Opposition supporters hold placards that read “No more dictatorship”, during a protest against Saturday. (rtr) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Los Teques, Venezuela April 7, 2017.

Basque militants ETA surrender arms in end to decades of conflict

BAYONNE - Basque militant group ETA effectively ended an armed separatist campaign after almost half a century on Saturday, leading French authorities to the

sites where it says its caches of weapons, explosives and ammunition are hidden.

ETA, which killed more than 850 people in its attempt to carve

Investor plan to build cable car

Do not let tarnish sanctity of Mount Batur

Batur Geopark, Kintamani

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BANGLI — One of the investors is rumored to be building a cable car in the area of Batur Geopark, Kintamani. However, so far this plan has not been fully known by Batur community. People hoped that the construction will not tarnish the sanctity of Mount Batur.

A community leader of Batur, Kintamani, Jero Gede Batur Alitan, stated that he did not know if investors plan to build a cable car in Batur. “As a resident of Batur customary village, we have not received any information related to the cable car development plan. Until

now there is no information from the government. Similarly, the investor itself has not come to discuss about it,” affirmed Jero Gede Batur Alitan on Thursday (Apr.6).

He delivered that if investor is really planning to build a cable car in the Geopark area, all the decisions lie in the Batur customary village. “If built outside Batur, it’s okay. When engaging Batur, all the decisions lie in the Batur customary village. If it is true, we’ll surely carry out a meeting to discuss about it. In the meeting will be decided whether it will be allowed to build

a cable car or not,” he said.

According to him, the Hindus do not only sanctify the Mount Batur but also all the mountains.

Physically, the mountain is the abode of Lord Shiva. On that account, Balinese community has the concept known as nyegaragunung (seaward-mountainward orientation).

“Essentially, the seas, lakes and mountains are sanctified by the Hindus. So, do not let the cable car development tarnish the sanctified region,” said Jro Gede Batur Alitan. (kmb41)

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French police officers and bomb-disposal experts are seen during investigations in Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle near Bayonne, France, April 8, 2017, after Basque militant separatist group ETA passed a list with the location of its arms caches to French authorities ,effectively ending an armed separatist campaign after almost half a century.

out an independent state in northern Spain and southwest France, declared a ceasefire in 2011 but did not disarm.

Founded in 1959 out of anger among Basques at political and cultural repression under General Francisco Franco, ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna - Basque Country and Freedom) gained notoriety as one of Europe’s most intractable separatist groups.

The Spanish government said ETA’s handover of weapons in the French city of Bayonne was positive but insufficient and called on the group to formally dissolve and apologise to its victims.

ETA’s disarmament ends an era of political violence in Western Europe, but comes as nationalism is stirring across the continent, with Scotland and the Spanish region of Catalonia seeking independence referendums, while Sinn Fein has urged a vote on taking Northern Ireland out of Britain.

ETA said in a letter to the BBC

earlier this week it had handed over its weapons and explosives to civilian go-betweens who would deliver them to authorities.

The mediators - known as “The Artisans of Peace” - passed authorities a list with the coordinates for eight sites where ETA had stored its weapons arsenal, their representative, Michel Tubiana, told reporters in Bayonne. The caches contain 120 firearms, about 3 tonnes of explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, he said.

Security forces were now searching the sites to neutralize the explosives and secure the weapons, French Interior Minister Matthias Fekl said at a news conference in Paris. Police were photographed carrying out bags from sites around Bayonne.

A Spanish government source said Madrid did not believe the group would hand over all its arms, while Spain’s state prosecutor has asked the High Court to examine those surrendered as possible mur-

der weapons used in hundreds of unresolved cases.

ETA’s disarmament entailed no impunity for their crimes and they should not expect any favourable treatment, the government said in a statement.

“The actions carried out today by the terrorist group are nothing more than the result of their definitive defeat,” Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido told reporters in Madrid.

Arnaldo Otegi, leader of Basque pro-independence party EH Bildu who has served time in jail for his links with ETA, said in Bayonne that it was a day that would be welcomed by the great majority of Basques, although work was not finished.

“From today we will put on the table all the problems we still have as a society and a nation,” he said, adding that the biggest issues were the around 300 ETA members still in Spanish and French prisons and the group’s victims. (rtr)

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Lunar New Year celebrations 2017

Hong Kong promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light as the Lunar New Year celebrations 2017 promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever.

Themed “Best Fortune. World Party”, the 2017 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade will be held on the first day of Chinese New Year - 28 January - and feature the largest number of performers in the event’s history.

Three-thousand local and international performers and ten illuminated floats will parade through the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui to usher in the year of the Rooster and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region.

Spectators along the parade route will delight in the local traditions of dragon and lion dances, magic

shows, clown acts and percussion performed by 26 roving groups.

They’ll also experience overseas troupes including stilt walkers, cheerleaders, folk dancers artistic cycling, rope skipping and Latin dancing. And there’s an added treat for some as 350 local youngsters will act as “Lucky Buddies” and give out 13,000 festive goody bags.

The parade of ten vibrant, spectacularly decorated, illuminated floats starts at 8pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Open Piazza, and its trail of light and colour will unfold along Canton Road, Haiphong Road, Nathan Road and Salisbury Road, ending outside the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers.

And the celebrations don’t end there – if you head to Victoria Harbour on the evening of 29 January, you can take in the world-

renowned, awe-inspiring fireworks display; and on 30 January you can try out your New Year-luck at Chinese New Year Race Day at Sha Tin Racecourse, where alongside the city’s favourite jockeys you can enjoy lion dances and singing performances.

And away from the carnival atmosphere of the night parade, races and fireworks, you can indulge in simple pleasures to celebrate the New Year like a Hong Konger.

Explore the city’s many temples to pray for good luck, and light an incense stick to mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster. In Che Kung Temple, turning the pin wheel is said to get rid of bad luck.

And the fan-bladed wheel of fortune next to the Che Kung Statue, tradition has it, will bring good luck when spun three times.

Pick up a tangerine at the Chinese New Year Fair to bring luck in the Year of the Rooster; or simply browse Hong Kong’s many markets for red-coloured souvenirs to decorate your home or office – red is the colour of good fortune, joy, happiness, good luck and wealth.

Wherever you are in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year – be it

squeezed into a crowded temple; browsing festive markets selling auspicious foods and blooms; walking under the bright-red lanterns that adorn the city; or soaking up the party atmosphere of the night parade and firework display - you will find it impossible not to be caught up in and inspired by the energy of the celebrations to usher in the Year of the Rooster. (rtr)

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Garbage truck crews overwhelmed

SINGARAJA - It has become a habit that celebration of major Hindu feast days in Buleleng will result in increasing waste production compared to usual days. As on the recent Galungan, almost all locations of garbage containers belonging to Buleleng Environment Agency (DLH) at several locations were overloaded. Surely, this situation caused the crew of garbage transportation trucks in North Bali to be overwhelmed to cope with the increase of waste production in this region.

Increased production of waste began to occur on Penampahan Galungan or Tuesday (Apr. 4) to Thursday (Apr. 6). Garbage containers of DLH Buleleng placed in Singaraja town to villages seemed overloaded. Moreover, the garbage spilled up onto roadside. This situation is disturbing sights because the garbage starts to perish and spread stenches.

Amid the surge of garbage volume, transport activity became late because the DLH provided the opportunities for garbage transport crew to celebrate Galungan. They would be on duty late in the afternoon, so that such short time is not enough to transport the entire garbage.

Head of the DLH Buleleng, Nyoman Genep, did not admit if the transportation of garbage on the feast day was overwhelmed.

He said no garbage transportation crew took holidays. However, the transport time usually carried out in the morning is temporarily moved to late afternoon. Short time and greater volume of garbage than

on the ordinary days caused some garbage to be unable to be transported to landfill. To overcome the problem, the DLH optimized the transportation in accordance with schedule that started to be back to normal on Friday morning (Apr. 7).

“It is a commonplace happening when entering feast day. No garbage trucks take holiday, but the garbage is transported in the afternoon. Indeed, there is some garbage remaining not to be transported, but we will optimize the transport from Friday because the schedule is back to normal after the holidays,” he said.

Genep also added that the volume of garbage dumped at the location beyond the garbage containers on major feast days also increased.

Responding this condition, DLH Buleleng is still transporting the garbage even though dumped by residents outside the containers.

However, the transportation is not optimal. This happened because the officers transported first the garbage put at the location of container, after that it is resumed with the transport of garbage outside the containers.

“Locations of the containers are in Singaraja and some others at rural areas. Beyond these, there is indeed garbage dumped at roadside or private land. We continue to serve the transportation, but first take at the location of containers. To avoid environmental interference, we hope the garbage should only be dumped at the location of containers,” he explained. (kmb38)

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As on the recent Galungan, almost all locations of garbage containers belonging to Buleleng Environment Agency (DLH) at several locations were overloaded.

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Within 10 days the foreign travelers are not entirely staying in Bali. However, they also ‘resume’ their travel to other regions in Indonesia.

Behind 10.8 days of length of stay

Many travelers resume to outside Bali

DENPASAR - The issues on the average length of stay of foreign travelers in Bali for 10.08 days in the version of ministry of tourism are continuously pursued by LKPJ Special Committee of the Bali House of Representatives. The data of the ministry differ much from the version of the central statistics agency (BPS) of Bali that only show 3.1 days.

The special committee ultimately found the fact that within 10 days the foreign travelers are not entirely staying in Bali. However, they also ‘resume’ their travel to other regions in Indonesia.

“So, the data (on average length of stay of 10.08 days) source from the ministry of tourism. The data indicate their arrival in Bali until departing from Bali.

Probably they also travel to Banyuwangi or to Lombok, and then arrive again in Bali. After that, they return to their home country,” said the Head of the Bali Development Planning Board and R & D, I Putu Astawa, after meeting with the special committee regarding the accountability reports (LKPJ) of the regional leadership in the Bali parliament house on Monday (Apr. 3).

Astawa recognized that the data of BPS are different from the data of the minister of tourism.

It happens because BPS calculates the length of stay of foreign travelers during particular stay at star- rated hotels through a survey method. There is possibility that travelers moved from star rated hotels to the non-star rated or lower class. Nevertheless, the data of ministry of tourism and BPS are equally required for the planning of Bali provincial government.

“All the data are important because those of the ministry of tourism can be used to calculate the amount of foreign exchange generated in Bali. Travelers making a visit to Bali, staying in Bali, spending money in Bali are counted as export of services. For the sake of our planning, both data must be elaborated and processed,” he said.

Astawa added there are many challenges faced by Bali to increase the length of stay when referring to the BPS data mentioning only 3.1 days. Among others, there are concerning transportation to other regions that have been getting easier. For example, there has been a flight access to Labuan Bajo or Lombok. Ease of the access definitely increases the interest of travelers to visit other regions in Indonesia. Besides, Bali is also faced with the competition against the 10-New Bali.

“To work around this, we must create attractive destinations for travelers at home in Bali. We have to build tourism village, synergy between agriculture and tourism, and develop the potential of Nusa Penida to increase the length of stay,” he concluded.

Chairman of the LKPJ Special Committee of the Bali House of Representatives, AAN Adhi Ardhana, said that recognition of the regional development planning agency (Bappeda) related to travelers ‘escaping’ Bali has reinforced the position of Bali as a tourism hub. However, it does not mean that Bali is unable to grab the opportunity to extend the length of stay of travelers on the Island of the Gods.

“We agree to become a tourism hub so as to add potential guests. From this potential of guests we expect to get an increase in tourism revenue,” he said.

Adhi Ardhana added that destinations in Bali should be explored in order to get maximum results. Thus, travelers that previously have spent one or two days outside Bali from a total of 3 days could be transformed into longer stay in Bali. As becoming a hub, travelers will certainly come out of Bali in addition to vacationing in Bali.

“There has been chance of 10 days, why is it abandoned? At least, the average length of stay of the travelers could remain 5 days,” added this PDI-P politician from Denpasar.

If the opportunities are abandoned, said Adhi Ardhana, Bali will also lose in terms of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP). On that account, the average expenditure of USD 163 per foreign traveler per day or IDR 550,000 per domestic traveler per day will ‘fly’ to other regions. (kmb32)

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Shoot drug traffickers in place

Must be in accordance with procedures

DENPASAR - President of the RI, Joko Widodo, has declared that Indonesia is currently in the emergency of drugs. Drum of war against drugs had been sounded. National Narcotics Agency (BNN) is even ready to shoot drug dealers. However, the act of shooting in place is often considered as something that violates the law and human rights.

“The principle is like this. First of all, we still respect to the existence of the law. Actually, our conscience also supports it, but sometimes we worry about varied criticism of the NGOs and human rights activists. In my opinion, it is better to follow the law first or the legal system in accordance with our conditions in Indonesia,” said the member of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, I Gede Suamba, when confirmed on Saturday (Apr. 8).

Suamba added that all this time drug dealers and users indeed seem never deterrent. Even though threatened with the law, from life imprisonment to the death penalty, they are still desperate to control the circulation of drugs in society. However, the application of the law of shooting in place can result in risks of pros and cons.

“However, if police or BNN does not echo it, they still have a strategy. For example, if the offenders are really proved, police can still shoot with the reasons of resisting, so that it should not be made into fuss first because it can draw pros and cons,” said this PDI-P politician from Tabanan.

If it should be done, added Suamba, shooting in place must comply with legal procedures. If necessary, there must be regulation issued first as a legal instrument.

In the meantime, Chairman of the Anti-Narcotics Movement (Granat), Henry Yosodiningrat, even encouraged the law enforcement officers to firmly crack down on drug dealers with a shooting in place because so far Indonesia has failed in law enforcement. There are still many persons of the BNN, police, prosecutors or judges both at central and regional levels that ‘get involved’ and do not get strict sanctions.

“In the law enforcement, I invite the government to do what the Philippines do. We do as what President Rodrigo Duterte does, shoot,” he said in the public discussion 2017 entitled ‘Young Generation, Generation without Drugs’ in the meeting hall of the PDI-P Bali, early last year.

According to Henry, it should not be afraid of being condemned by other countries because the most important thing is to save our nation. If there are people saying that shooting in place is violation

against human rights, try to compare to 50 young generations that die each day from drugs. Based on the record of Granat, a total of 2 million of drug abusers have died when the Granat was established in 1999. So far, it has reached 6 million people, though every attempt has been made. Other than drug users, the types of drugs in circulation continue to grow each day.

“This means we have failed. Our failure lies in the dissemination of the hazards, the impact of drug abuse. In general, those who use have never heard of or ever heard but vaguely,” he said. Therefore, continued Henry, it should be found out a method to provide counseling in order to be truly pervasive in the minds of young generation of this nation. (kmb32)

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Drug traffickers tempted by profits and different sensation SINGARAJA - Drug trafficking in Buleleng Regency is quite rampant. It is indicated by the arrest of drug users and dealers by the Buleleng police narcotic investigation unit where from January to March reached dozens of people. They consist of users and dealers.

They plunge into the cases due to be tempted by huge profits and the intention to feel different sensation.

Chief of Buleleng Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, Ketut Adnyana T.J., with permission from the Buleleng Police Chief, Made Suka Wijaya, explained that for three months namely from January to March his unit had arrested 17 offenders of drug cases.

In details, four people were arrested in January and seven other people in March. It indicates the circulation of drugs in Buleleng is still rampant. The offenders are not just from outside the island.

A number of Balinese people are also registered both as users and dealers. “There is a tendency that the cases increase. Those who have been arrested are dealers and users,” he said recently.

Based on the results of investigation, the illicit goods are obtained from dealers in Java. It happens because the purchasing price is relatively cheap, namely around IDR 1 million per gram. “Then, here (in Buleleng--Ed) it is sold for IDR 1.8 million. The profit is quite large. This triggers the circulation,” he said.

Meanwhile, related to the users, their existence is just like an iceberg. Thus, it also gets a serious concern to be eradicated. “Those who consuming are triggered to feel different sensations,” continued this officer from Seririt.

To anticipate the emergence of such cases, Adnyana claimed to have intensively disseminated both to general public and students.

The implementation is also synergized with customary village.

“Preventive efforts have kept running. The dissemination is also held to schools,” he explained. (kmb45)

Chinese traveler sinks on Tanjung Benoa Beach

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One of the drug traffickers which is arrested by the police.

MANGUPURA - Travelers who were doing activities on Tanjung Benoa Beach, South Kuta, Badung, precisely at Novotel Hotel, were shocked on Tuesday (Apr. 4). It happened because a traveler from China, Wang Qian, 32, sank while swimming. The victim could be found and directly rushed to BIMC Hospital but he was declared to have died.

Chief of Denpasar Waters Police, Ketut Suparta, when asked for his confirmation on Thursday (Apr. 6) justified the incident. Some witnesses have been examined, while the victim’s wife could not be questioned because of being severely shocked. “We have not yet known whether the victim could swim or not because his wife could not be questioned,” he said.

According to witnesses, it hap-

pened at 10:30. The victim with his wife came to the beach in front of the hotel where they were staying.

Once arriving on the beach, the victim took bath and joined the other guests, while his wife was waiting on the beach.

Few minutes later, the witnesses Nyoman Arianta, 39, an employee of Bali Apollo, and Wayan Dana, a security guard of Novotel, saw the victim sinking at the bottom of the water.

The victim was evacuated and taken to BIMC Hospital. After receiving treatment, a few moments later the victim was declared to have died. “The victim was found about 15 meters from the beach.

We encourage beach visitors to be more careful, especially if being unable to swim,” he appealed. (kmb36)

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Rhea Seehorn answers call on ‘Better Call Saul’

NEW YORK — Kim Wexler may be the most quietly complicated character on TV. She is the levelheaded, nose-to-thegrindstone Albuquerque lawyer who, two seasons into “Better Call Saul,” remains full of mystery and contradictions.

Most paradoxically (or so it seems): How, both professionally and romantically, Kim long ago threw in with fellow lawyer Jimmy McGill, the series’ hero played by Bob Odenkirk, a freewheeling rascal who cuts corners with such gusto his squares become circles.

He, of course, will eventually double down on his duplicity by rebranding himself Saul Goodman and serving a key role in the meth-making mayhem of “Breaking Bad” (which aired from 2008 to 2013). But in “Saul,” the prequel of “Breaking Bad,” Jimmy’s soul remains in play as Kim appeals to his better nature, and he to hers.

“There’s a lot of history between them, but also a lot of boundaries,” says Rhea Seehorn, who plays Kim. “It isn’t flirting and sexual in a superficial way. There’s a rich friendship and a real respect going back and forth.

“Kim is a conduit for the audience

for what they love about him,” she adds. “No viewers want to think about how someday, as Saul, he will order hits on people, but we do love that Jimmy colors just outside the lines remarkably well.

“I don’t look at each season of ‘Better Call Saul’ as a countdown to ‘Breaking Bad,’ thinking: ‘We’re this much closer to him being Saul.’ But in season three you get more glimpses of Saul emerging in Jimmy. This transformation is heartbreaking.

“But he’s still a great lawyer,” she insists. “And a great thinker.”

As “Saul” returns for its third season Monday at 10 p.m. EDT on AMC, Kim, too, remains a great lawyer, a great thinker and her own breed of enigma. No wonder that, for Seehorn, playing Kim has been a learning process from the start.

Rhea (pronounced “Ray”) Seehorn

A general view is seen as Egyptians gather by a Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017.

became an actress to learn: “I was obsessed with trying to figure out people psychologically who aren’t me,” she says, “and walk in their shoes for a while.”

In person, her shoes are clearly different from Kim’s: stylish boots, not office-suited heels. Her blond hair cascades past her shoulders, freed from Kim’s strict ponytail. She flashes a dazzling smile almost never displayed by the meditative Kim, whose introspective bearing strikes a marked contrast to Seehorn’s vivacious manner.

“I’m obviously more awkward and dorky in real life,” she says. “But it’s really fun playing someone cool.”

She had logged stage credits on and off Broadway, and supporting roles on the sitcom “Whitney” and the lighthearted drama “Franklin & Bash,” when she tried out for “Better Call Saul.” (ap)

“Nervous” One Direction singer Harry Styles releases debut solo single

LONDON - A “nervous” Harry Styles unveiled his debut solo single on Friday, the singer’s first own music release since hugely popular boy band One Direction announced it was taking a break.

With rock ballad “Sign of the Times”, the 23-year-old follows in the footsteps of One Direction bandmates Niall Harry Styles of One Direction arrives at the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 23, 2014.

Horan and Louis Tomlinson in putting out solo material in the last year.

Speaking on Britain’s BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw, Styles, who stars in upcoming World War Two drama “Dunkirk”, said he was “nervous” before introducing the track.

“It’s a bit weird. I feel like I’ve been hibernating in the studio for so long,” he said. “You hear it in the safety of the studio...(and now) it’s time to give birth.”

Upon its debut, British media were quick to draw comparisons with the late

David Bowie’s music. “It’s the song I’m most proud of writing I think,” Styles said.

The originally five-member One Direction formed on British television talent show “The X Factor” in 2010 and won legions of fans around the world soon after. The best-selling group was reduced to four members in March 2015 when Zayn Malik announced he was quitting the band.

A few months later, Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and fellow member Liam Payne said the group would be taking a break from early 2016. (rtr)

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Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches kill 36, injure more than 100

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TANTA/CAIRO - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same month that Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt.

The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta city less than 100 kilometres outside Cairo, killed at least 25 and injured at least 78, Egypt’s Ministry of Health said. The second, carried out just a few hours later by a suicide bomber in Alexandria, hit the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 11, including three police officers, and injuring 35, the ministry added.

Pope Tawadros, who had attended mass at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, was still in the building at the time of the explosion but was not harmed, the Ministry of Interior said. The bombings come as Islamic State’s

branch in Egypt appears to be stepping up attacks and threats against Christians.

In February, Christian families and students fled Egypt’s North Sinai province after a spate of targeted killings. Those attacks came after one of the deadliest on Egypt’s Christian minority, when a suicide bomber hit its largest Coptic cathedral, killing at least 25. Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Thousands gathered outside the church in Tanta shortly after the blast, some wearing black, crying, and describing a scene of carnage. “There was blood all over the floor

and body parts scattered,” said a Christian woman who was inside the church.

“There was a huge explosion in the hall.

Fire and smoke filled the room and the injuries were extremely severe,” another Christian woman, Vivian Fareeg, said.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prime Minister Sherif Ismail are set to visit the Tanta site on Sunday and Sisi has ordered an emergency national defence council meeting, state news reported.

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