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Indonesian search and rescue teams continue to look for victims of a Merpati Nusantara passenger plane crash in Kaimana on May 8, 2011. Indonesian search and rescue teams intensified underwater operations to recover bodies from the plane that crashed on May 7 into the sea in eastern Indonesia killing all 27 people on board, officials said.

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Jayapura, Papua province - The search and rescue team is still looking for three passengers of Merpati Airline which crashed last Saturday (May 7) around 500 kilometers from Utarom airport. “So far, SAR has found 24 bodies including the plane`s crew members,” Chief of Utarom airport administration Kaimana Gagarin Mardiansyah said here on Monday.

Kaimana said one of the victims was a little boy named Rifli Abimanyu, son of a police officer named Tedy Efendi and their money Irmawaty (who also died in the crash). Kaimana said six of the 24 victims had not been identified.

Earlier, spokesman of the Ministry of Transportation Bambang S Ervan said that a Merpati Nusantara Airlines M160 aircraft made in China had crashed in Papua province in bad weather. “When it hap-

pened the weather was bad and it was raining,” Bambang said.

He said however that an investigation to determine the cause of the crash in which 27 people were killed was still being conducted. “Confirmation of it is still pending the results of investigation by the National Committee of Transportation Safety,” he said.

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Indonesia seeks life in jail for Islamist cleric Bashir Reuters

JAKARTA - Indonesian state prosecutors told a Jakarta court on Monday they were seeking a sentence of life in prison for 72-yearold cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, spiritual leader of Islamist militants in Southeast Asia, for helping finance a “terrorist training camp”.

Scores of his supporters, some packed into the courtroom and others watching live on a screen outside, shouted in dismay at what they said was the severity of the proposed sentence, shook their fists and chanted “Allahu Akbar” or “God is

greatest”. Under Indonesian law the prosecutor was entitled to ask for death penalty, but chose not to.

Although Bashir does not command wide support in Indonesia, the harshness of the proposed sentence is likely to further inflame anger among hardcore Islamists already enraged by the killing last week of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

“We wish judges to decide that Abu Bakar Bashir has been proven guilty of planning and or influencing others to provide money for an act that he would suspect would be used partly or fully for terrorism,” said prosecutor Andi Muhammad

Taufik. A verdict is not due for several weeks, after Bashir has mounted his defence against the charges.

“Evil!” shouted a man wearing a Middle-east style kaffiyeh scarf outside the heavily guarded courtroom in south Jakarta. Another yelled: “The judges said they are Muslims but they have been using the law of the infidels.”

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Indonesian radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir speaks to journalists from a holding cell at the Jakarta court before his trial in on May 9, 2011.

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Bali News

Proposed to be World Heritage Four regions assessed by UNESCO Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Next June, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is scheduled to conduct an assessment to four regions in Bali proposed to be the World Heritage region. The four regions assessed by the organization dealing with the issues of education, science and culture cover the Ulun Danu Batur and Lake Batur, Pakerisan River watershed, Taman Ayun Temple and the surrounding environment as well as the region of Batukaru (Catur Angga Batukaru). Division Head of History and Antiquities of Bali Cultural Services, Wirawati Bagiasih, told the matters not long ago.

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According to Wirawati Bagiasih, the regions belonging to Pakerisan River watershed were Subak Pulagan, Subak Kulub, Kulub Village, Tampaksiring Village, Manukaya Village, Pegulingan Temple, Tirta Empul Temple, Mengening Temple and Gunung Kawi Site. Meanwhile, the Batukaru region (Catur Angga Batukaru) consisted of fifteen subaks (Balinese irrigation cooperative)

namely the subak of Bedugul, Jatiluwih, Kedampal, Keloncing, Penatahan, Pesagi, Piak, Puakan, Rejasa, Sangketan, Soka, Tegallinggah, Tengkudak and Wangaya Betan. Furthermore, the Taman Ayun Temple would be assessed together with the surrounding environment such as the Subak Batang Badung and the region of Ulun Danu Batur Temple in the same package as

Lake Batur. “The four regions proposed to be the World Heritage were indeed very spacious,” she said.

Wirawati Bagiasih added, at the moment her party was working hard to prepare all the necessary needs in filing the four highly historic quarters to be World Heritage to UNESCO. Her party also established a special team so that all needs required could be eventually met. Moreover, the assessment process had been getting closer to around June. “Hopefully, all requirements obliged could be met.

Thus, the four regions retaining a very high historical value could be recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage,” she expected.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bali Cultural Services, I Ketut Suastika, hoped the four historic regions proposed to be World Heritage to UNESCO could be achieved. He said the public understanding on the importance of world heritage preservation and development should continue to be increased.

Of course, it should be sustainably supported with the existence of an integrated policy towards the protection of cultural heritage through coordination, synchronization, socialization and internalization. “By doing so, the endeavor of cultural heritage preservation and development can be realized accordingly,” he said. (kmb13)

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Adipura Awards achieved for five years in succession Trashes remain scattered in Klungkung Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Every year since 2005, Klungkung Regency has never been absent from the achievement of Adhipura Award as a clean small town in Indonesia. Unmitigatedly, every year the Adhipura Award is received in person by the Regent of Klungkung, Wayan Candra, from the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in the State Palace.

Unfortunately, various circles remain to question about the sanitation in Klungkung Regency because trashes are still seen scattered in several points as mentioned by a resident of Tojan, Klungkung, Ketut Sugiana, Sunday (May 8). Sugiana questioned how Klungkung Regency could achieve the Adhipura Award every year since 2005, while the waste handling in Klungkung Regency remained poor. “This afternoon (Sunday—Ed), I saw the piles of rubbish were not transported at some road sections in Klungkung,” said Sugiana. He mentioned that some of those piles located on Jalan Puputan (in front of Galiran Market), Jalan Flamboyan (in

front of hospital), Jalan Gunung Agung, Jalan Nakula and others.

This Chairman of Klungkung Public Security and Order Forum asked the Klungkung Regency not only to carry out clean-up services during the Adhipura assessment by the team from central government (Jakarta).

However, sanitation should be well maintained at all times and continuously. “It equally makes nonsense, receiving the award as a clean city but the city itself is filled with rubbish,” said Sugiana.

When asked for his confirmation separately, the Executive Officer of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Services, Wayan Tika, acknowl-

edged if several areas in Klungkung Regency stayed dirty. He also recognized if the matter was also highlighted by the Adipura assessment team that had performed the first phase assessment some time ago. Some of the points highlighted were the markets, landfill and some streets. “As a matter of fact, it has now entered the second phase assessment. Some locations are also highlighted in this assessment, such as the terminal of Klungkung,” said Tika. Tika denied if the clean-up services were carried out at certain times only. According to him, the sanitation program had been carried out regularly and sustainably. (kmb20)

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Garbage is seen on on the corner of Semarapura City, the capital of Klungkung Regency.

To preserve Balinese culture, BaliTV Bedugul overwhelmed by rubbishes organizes Balinese dance show In conjunction with the anniversary celebration of BaliTV, it provides the opportunity for the people of Bali who have the ability and artistic talents to preserve Balinese culture. In welcoming the 9th anniversary, BaliTV Bali organized a Balinese Dance Performance graced by kiddy talented dancers from all over Bali held at BaliTV in Bali K. Nadha Press House on Sunday (May 8). The dance performance was jazzed up by a number of dance studios such as Warini Dance Studio and some other studios from Ubud, Gianyar, Badung, Denpasar and Karangasem.

Such Balinese dance performance got a very enthusiastic response from the community and parents of the participants. The appearance presented by participants came up with a maximum capability and mastered the dance delivered. Although participants were averagely 8 years old but the appearance of those kid dancers like Melan, Ade Ayu and Gek Eka were somewhat maximal and able to master the stage.

Some parents of the participants expected the event of Balinese dance performance could be held sustainably. Hopefully, it could engender talented Balinese dance prospective artists at early age. A number of children making a performance in the event admitted to be very proud, happy and enthusiastic as appeared on BaliTV. Balinese dance performance highly supported the Balinese art and cultural preservation. “I want to make my next performance in BaliTV,” pleaded Melan while hoping her hobby could be expressed to participate in the preservation of Balinese culture.

Meanwhile, another dancer, Ade

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Dancers particpate in the dancing competition held by Bali TV. Ayu expected she could be back to BaliTV to train mentality and get a champion.

In the meantime, one of the other participants, Gek Eka said she was proud of the Balinese arts and culture which was very popular in foreign countries and could generate foreign exchange. By performing Balinese dance, Gek Eka hoped she could give motivation to the other Balinese dancers as it was a good measure to preserve the Balinese culture.

One of the parents of participant, I Wayan Gede Rumega, from Karangasem said his party was very proud as his child could make appearance on BaliTV. “I am very happy as my daughter can make a performance in BaliTV to preserve Balinese culture from early age,” he said. By Balinese dance performance in BaliTV children could be armed with the ability and shield to protect them and preserve Balinese culture.

“If this dance performance can be held continuously and periodically,

other children would get interested,” said the man who worked as a deputy judge of Banyuwangi Court.

The dance performance, he said, could stimulate children to express their talents and preserve Balinese culture. He added that BaliTV as a mediator of arts could motivate children so they could have a better selfconfidence in the show.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, I Made Sujaya with Gusti Ngurah Andi Gunawan said that in the connection with the 9th anniversary of BaliTV his party provided a medium and the opportunity to children to show off their ability in the community through performances of Balinese dance.

“Balinese Dances are still very popular and widely studied. It can be seen through the performance of children on stage where they have done their best,” he said. The Balinese dance performances were expected to improve the skills and artistic talents of children particularly in Balinese dances. (kmb)

Condition of the Lake Beratan destination, Candi Kuning Village, Baturiti, begins to look apprehensive. The region greatly favored by foreign tourists is actually filled with rubbishes as seen on Sunday (May 8). On the corner of rest area, the rubbishes piled up right on the lakeside. As a result, the view was quite disturbing many tourists who happened to pay a visit. More seriously, it happened right in the front of the row of food stalls on the lakeside.

As in large amount, it started to generate stench. Moreover, because of rain, invasion of flies directly turned widespread. “How come the rubbish reaches this abundance, whereas it is an international tourist destination?” questioned one of the visitors. As it looked dirty, some tourists then preferred to avoid the location.

The overwhelming rubbishes at Bedugul were also complained by the Village Head of Candi Kuning, Made Mudita. This man admitted, so far Bedugul region was only enjoyed by people. However, no one had taken care of the rubbish problems, even they were cohesively indifferent. “We get the rubbishes only, whereas the object sold belongs to our territory,” he said on Sunday (May 8). Since the destination was visited many tourists, added Mudita, no special funds were allocated for the waste management.

As a result, local residents had to clean-up the garbage in mutual assistance that usually held once a week.

Invasion of the abundant rubbishes always piled up, especially happened on weekends and long holidays. When it rained heavily, the

rubbishes could enter the lake area.

In order it did not look so shabby, local village apparatus together with residents of Kembang Merta Hamlet voluntarily cleaned up the rubbishes.

According to Mudita, the Sanitation and Landscaping Services (DKP) only assisted some trash cans around the site. Meanwhile, the waste management had not been performed optimally. “Finally, we still have to clean up the rubbishes,” he complained again. In terms of revenue, according to Mudita, the village had never received any direct levy allocation.

He hoped the waste issues could be considered by the operators of tourism businesses in the region.

By and large, the rubbishes amassed by residents were disposed to final landfill located at Batu Desa.

Apart from dumped by visitors, the raid of those trashes were also coming from the dirt washed away by rain water from traditional market nearby.

Mudita added if his party had organized a meeting with a number of prominent residents to think about the waste issues. He did hope there would be a special levy provided by the operator of Bedugul tourist attraction for waste management. “We’ve made a proposal related to waste handling to every inn and hotel. In essence, the waste problem must be resolved together,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, one of the stall owners on the Beratan lakeside said the problem was triggered by the accumulation of rubbishes due to rainy season. Since they were wet, traders were unable to burn them. The trader admitted if the waste levy had been included in the package of rental price of land in the area. “We usually burn the trashes. However, since it was raining, they finally piled up,” said one of the meatball traders. (udi)

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International

Japan expected to shut nuclear plant over quake worries Reuters

TOKYO – Japan’s third biggest power company on Monday is expected to shut a nuclear plant because of its vulnerability to a major quake, adding to concerns about electricity supplies after a giant quake and tsunami crippled another nuclear facility in March.

The expected announcement follows a call by Prime Minister Naoto Kan to close the Hamaoka plant in central Japan, about 200 km (120 miles) southwest of Tokyo, and signals a potential shift in energy policy following the worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.

Chubu Electric Power Co shares tumbled as much as 14 percent on the call by the prime minister. Chubu will hold a board meeting at 0630 GMT at which it is expected to make a final decision to close the plant, Japanese media said. A board meeting on Saturday had failed to reach a consensus, reflecting worries over whether the company would be able to get alternative supplies of energy as well as cope with a sharp jump in its fuel costs.

The government is under pressure to review its energy policy, of which atomic power is a major part, after the March 11 quake and tsunami wrecked the Fukushima nuclear power plant run by Tokyo Electric Power. Nearly 26,000 people were killed or are unaccounted for following the natu-

ral disaster which triggered the world’s biggest nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

The plant is still leaking radiation.

Government experts put the chance of a magnitude 8.0 quake hitting the Hamaoka area in the next 30 years at 87 percent, which has raised questions over why it was built there in the first place. Shares of Chubu were down 11 percent at 1,570 yen in afternoon trade, after falling as low as 1,521 yen.

Chubu’s tumble helped push Tokyo’s electric and gas subindex down 2.7 percent.

“This news is triggering uncertainty not just about Chubu Electric but the whole utility sector,” said Yoshinori Nagano, a senior strategist at Daiwa Asset Management. “Investors are concerned that on the back of this news other reactors currently under inspection may not resume operations soon.”

Kan, under fire for his response to the crisis in northeast Japan after the March quake, said the government would try to prevent the halt of the Hamaoka reactors from causing power supply problems.

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This aerial view, taken on February 2005, shows Chubu Electric Power’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant at Omaezaki city in Shizuoka prefecture, 200km west of Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered on May 5, 2011 the shutdown of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant because it is located close to a dangerous tectonic faultline.

Under fire, Pakistan’s PM to address nation on bin Laden death Reuters

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A South Korean attack helicopter fires machinegun rounds during a military exercises close to its border

S. Korea fortifies shelters on islands near North Agence France Presse

SEOUL – South Korea is spending millions of dollars to fortify shelters on five frontline islands near its tense sea border with North Korea in case of any future attacks, an official said Monday. The move follows an artillery and rocket barrage by the North last November against Yeongpyeong island, which killed two marines and two civilians. The South has sent more troops and weaponry to the islands since the attack.

“We are strengthening military shelters in the northwestern border islands to guard against coastal artillery attacks from the North,” a defence ministry spokesman told AFP without elaborating.Yonhap news agency said the military had started rebuilding

about 100 shelters on the five islands.

The new corrugated steel structures would produce fewer fragments when hit than existing concrete shelters, it quoted a defence ministry official as saying.

“Construction will cost about 5 to 10 billion won ($9.2 million) and will be completed by the end of June,” said the official, adding that the ministry planned to rebuild other military installations with the same material.

The disputed Yellow Sea border has been a flashpoint for over a decade and was the scene of deadly naval clashes in 1999, 2002 and November 2009. Seoul also accused Pyongyang of torpedoing a warship near the border in March 2010 and killing 46 sailors, a charge denied by the North.

ISLAMABAD – Political rivals took aim at Pakistan’s leaders on Monday over the killing of Osama bin Laden, compounding U.S. pressure over the al Qaeda leader’s hideout, as the prime minister prepared to address parliament on the crisis for the first time.

Pakistan’s main opposition party is stepping up calls for the prime minister and president to resign over the breach of sovereignty by U.S. special forces who slipped in from Afghanistan to storm the compound where bin Laden was holed up. “We want resignations, not halfbaked explanations,” an official of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League told the News daily.

Pakistan welcomed the death of bin Laden, who plotted the September 11, 2001, airliner attacks on the United States, as a step in the fight against militancy but also complained that the U.S. helicopter raid to kill him was a violation of its sovereignty.

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, who will make his statement when parliament sits at 1200 GMT, is expected to deliver a stern warning against further military missions inside Pakistan by foreign forces. The incident has added to strains in ties between

Islamabad and Washington, which are crucial to combating Islamist militants and the war in Afghanistan.

TENSE RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON

Relations were already fragile after a string of diplomatic disputes over issues including a big attack by a U.S. drone aircraft in March and Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who shot dead two Pakistanis in the city of Lahore in January. Potentially stirring tension further, a Pakistani TV channel and a newspaper pub-

lished what they said was the name of the undercover CIA station chief in Islamabad.

The U.S. embassy declined to comment, but said no one of that name worked at the mission in Pakistan. Last year, after the chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was named in a U.S. civil case over attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, the then-head of the CIA’s Islamabad station was named by Pakistani media and he was forced to leave the country.

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Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamiatulema-i-Islam attend a rally to condemn the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden on Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Quetta, Pakistan.

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Aston Inn Tuban Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary GLORIOUS and familial atmosphere colored the fifth anniversary of Aston Inn Tuban celebrated Thursday (Apr 21). The fiesta intended for all staff was organized in the Purple Room and attended by the CEO of Aston International Mr. Charles Brookfield, owners of Aston Inn Tuban consisting of Mrs. Yayuk Tjandrawati, Mrs. Yeni, Mrs. Veronica and Mr. Haryono as well as the ranks of the Aston International and Aston Inn Tuban management.

By taking the theme ‘FUNtastic Unity,’ the anniversary festivity was intended to further establish amazing togetherness and amicable atmosphere among the employees and management in the effort to achieve remarkable success. The theme of the fifth anniversary was also taken from the taglines of Aston Inn Tuban namely Fun, Fresh, and Friendly.

The anniversary happening coincided with the birthday celebration of Mrs. Yayuk Tjandrawati was jazzed up with a variety of vibrant entertainments. Interestingly, those entertainments were presented by each department featuring the hidden art talents of each staff. The performance was commenced with presentation of modern dance and followed by Balinese traditional dances such as Sekar Jagat, Joged Bumbung to Kecak a cappella dance. Afterward, it was resumed with a vivacious live band and adorable puppet shadow.

No less interestingly, the festive anniversary was also graced with the delivery of door prizes in the form of 32inch LCD TV, washing machines, refrigerators and other exquisite prizes. Meanwhile, pinnacle of the anniversary celebration was marked by the cutting of rice cone and cake. (BTN/015)

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event forApril 27 through May 23, 2011 27 Apr Pagerwesi Day Laban Sindu Jiwa Temple Kedewatan Ubud Kehen Temple Bangli Wirabuana Temple Magelang Jawa Tengah Padang Sakti Tangtu Temple Denpasar Timur Jogan Agung Temple Ketewel Sukawati Gadung Pengiasan Temple Dauh Puri Denpasar Pasek Gelgel Temple Buruan Kaja Tabanan Pasek Gobleg Temple Kerambitan tabanan Pasek Gelgel Meliling Temple Tabanan Masceti Selasih Temple Sanding Tampak Siring Paek Gaduh Temple Buduk Dadia Pasek Gelgel Temple Kelabang Moding Merajan Pasek Gelgel Sekalan Marga - Tabanan

8 May Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Temple Tegal Tugu Gianyar

2 May Tilem Jiyestha Bhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Temple Jembrana

17 May Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Temple Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Temple Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Temple Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sading Dalem Gandamayu Temple Klungkung Pura Sanghyang Tegal Temple Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang

7 May Tumpek Landep Day Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan South of Denpasar Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Silamadeg Temple Selamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Sengguan Tenggaling Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Temple Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Bubunan Temple Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Br, Taro Kaje Tegalalang Dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Selat Village Sukasada Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih - Karangasem Mr. Pasek Toh Jiwa Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Kusamba Temple Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Temple Banjar Menak Desa Tulikup Gianyar

11 May Buda Wage Ukir Pasar Agung Temple Besakih - Karangasem Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Temple Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Temple Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Temple Tegal Puseh Village Temple Temple Bebalang Village Bangli Dalem Perancak Temple Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Temple Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Temple Sading Mengwi

18 May Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas kaler Temple Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar 22 May Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Temple Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan 23 May Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Temple Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Temple Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Temple Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Temple Ceningan KanginNusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih - Karangasem Penataran Agung Penatih Temple Banjar Saba Penatih

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

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

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

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Russia marks Victory Day with vast parade Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW – Tens of thousands of granite-faced soldiers marched in lockstep across Red Square Monday in Russia’s annual Victory Day display of military might, while President Dmitry Medvedev said the country is committed to peace and global stability.

The parade, marking the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II, is the centerpiece of Russia’s most solemn secular holiday, both commemorating the Soviet Union’s enormous sacrifices in the war and asserting the potency of its modern military.

The 20,000 troops who strode in precision formation through the vast square outside the Kremlin were followed by more than 100 pieces of mobile military hardware, from armored personnel carriers to lumbering Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launchers. It concluded with a squadron of helicopters carrying flags over the square but, unusually for recent years, did not include warplanes.

Although Russian armed forces suffered from severe funding shortages and morale problems in the early years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the parade put forth the image of a spit-andpolish and vigorous military, with an emphasis on discipline and precision. The parade announcer even praised the “maximal synchronization” with which the cars carrying Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Moscow Military District commander Col.-Gen. Valery Gerasimov approached each other in the center of the square.

Medvedev told the crowd, which included many war veterans festooned with medals and ribbons, that restoring the military would continue.

“The state will continue to do everything to guarantee the dignity of military service, to actively upgrade the armed forces so that the troops will have the most modern equipment,” Medvedev said.

“Today Russia firmly upholds the principles of peaceful cooperation, consistently advocates for a security system and contributes to the overall effort to maintain global stability in the world,” he said in the speech from a tribune set up in front of the Lenin Mausoleum.

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From page 1 The plane was on the Nabire-Kaimana route. “The ill-fated plane crashed when it was about to land and touched Runway 19 about 500 meters approaching the runway at around 2 pm local time,” he said. Bambang said evacuation was still being conducted and it was believed all of the passengers and crew had died.

“The plane carried 18 adult passengers, a young boy and two other youngsters, and a crew of which include the pilot Purwandi Wahyu, co-pilot Paul Nap, two stewardesses Sumaryani and Indriyana Puspasari and two technicians Joko and Dadi Tarsidik,” he said.

Burried in Papua

The bodies of three of the 27 people who had been on the Merpati Nusantara Airlines M160 aircraft have been buried here, an insurance official said.

The dead victims, identified as Sawi Stevanus, Sarce Samaran and Galilea Samaran were laid in state at the Kaimana district police precinct prior to their burial at the local public cemetery, said Artaban, public relations officer of accident in-

surer PT Jasa Raharja here on Monday.

Sarce Samaran was the wife of a Kaimana police officer.

According to Artaban, Sarce Samaran and her child, Galilea Samaran, were among the dead victims found by a Search and Rescue (SAR) team in Kaimana waters near the crash site. The funeral of the three dead victims was also attended by local police and government officials, their friends and relatives.

The ill-fated plane crashed when it was about to land and about 500 meters from Runway 19 at around 2 pm local time. As many as 27 people including the plane crew members were killed in the accident. The plane was plying the Nabire-Kaimana route.

On the insurance money that would be paid by PT Jasa Raharja to the families of the dead victims, Artaban said that his company has insured all three victims on the basis of Act No. 33 of 1964.

“PT Jasa Raharja is ready to pay the insurance claims of all passengers of the Merpati plane at the rate of Rp50 million per victim,” he said.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, walk along the Kremlin wall prior to the beginning of the Victory Day parade in Moscow, on Monday May 9, 2011. of the square, was hidden behind an elaborate scrim painted to mark the holiday, reflecting the symbolic delicacy of commemorating a victory achieved by the Soviet regime that is now largely discredited. Some of the marching military units carried period flags bearing the Communist hammerand-sickle emblem.

Last year’s Victory Day period was marked by repeated complaints from Medvedev and other officials that some countries deni-

grate the Soviet Union’s contribution in WWII, in which some 26 million Soviets died, according to some estimates. But Medvedev made no reference to the issue this year and made of a point of noting the efforts of the other Allies.

“Now, new generations are reinforcing the traditions of friendship and cooperation with those nations who together with us celebrate victory. And I sincerely congratulate the veterans of all countries,” he said.

SPIRITUAL GUIDE AND MORE? Bashir is the spiritual leader of outlawed and now-defunct Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which police have blamed for several bombings and killings including the country’s worst ever militant attacks, the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. He is also the spiritual leader and former head of Islamist preaching group Jema’ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT), whose members have been linked to recent bombings in Indonesia.

While he is clearly regarded as a spiritual figurehead by many militants, the authorities have so far never been able to prove that he was guilty of aiding militant attacks. The Islamists rallying at the court in support of Bashir were also furious about bin Laden’s death.

“Osama bin Laden will never die,” shouted a man in a Muslim skullcap outside he court.

“And even if he did, it was because of disease, not because he was shot by American soldiers.”

Journalists who spoke to Bashir in his holding cell ahead of the hearing asked him if he knew bin Laden. He shook his head and said “No,” but added: “He

is a great Muslim fighter... He was destroyed by infidels and a big gift from God awaits him.”

Bashir also condemned U.S. President Barack Obama: “If Obama does not repent and convert to Islam, when he dies he will be a dog in hell. Tell him to repent.”

Prosecutors said Bashir raised at least 350 million rupiah ($41,000) from supporters and funneled some to a militant training camp discovered last year in a remote mountainous part of Aceh, a province on the northern tip of Sumatra island that is staunchly Muslim and observes sharia law.

Police say militants at the camp were hatching several plots including a plan to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and hoped to turn Indonesia into an Islamic state.

The discovery of the camp was a surprise for the security forces who had thought they were winning the battle against militants.

This is the third trial in eight years for Bashir, some of whose followers and sympathisers have been convicted of terrorist offences in the past. Bashir has been jailed before, but not on terror charges.

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Anti-terror unit chasing two more suspects Antara

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A handout photo from WWF taken with a remote infra-red camera and released on May 9, 2011 shows a rare Sumatran tiger with a cub in images recorded in March and April 2011 in the forest of Bukit Tigapuluh wildlife reserve in Indonesia’s eastern Sumatra.

Forest clearance threatens Sumatran tigers: WWF Agence France Presse

JAKARTA – Conservation group WWF Monday urged companies to drop plans to clear Indonesian forest areas where infra-red cameras have captured footage of rare Sumatran tigers and their cubs. The video recorded in March and April shows two mothers with four cubs and another six of the critically endangered big cats in the Bukit Tigapuluh wildlife reserve in eastern Sumatra. “ That was the highest number of forest and protect areas with high tigers and tiger images obtained... conservation value,” he added. we’ve ever experienced,” WWF ti“We also urge the local, provinger researcher Karmila Parakkasi cial and central government to take said in a statement. The 12 tigers are into consideration the importance of concentrated in locations with good this corridor and manage it as part forest cover, which includes natural of Indonesia’s commitments to proforest inside a land concession be- tecting biodiversity,” he said. longing to Barito Pacific Timber, There are fewer than 400 wood supplier to regional giant Asia Sumatran tigers left in the wild. EnPulp and Paper (APP), the statement vironmental activists say the animals added. are increasingly coming into contact “This video confirms the extreme with people as a result of their natuimportance of these forests in the ral habitat being lost due to deforesBukit Tigapuluh ecosystem and its tation for timber and palm oil planwildlife corridor,” the WWF’s for- tations. est and species programme director President Susilo Bambang Anwar Purwoto said. “WWF calls Yudhoyono has been under pressure for all concessions operating in this from environmentalists to implearea to abandon plans to clear this ment a promised two-year morato-

rium on the clearing of natural forest and peatland, which was due to begin January 1. Norway agreed in May last year to contribute up to $1 billion to help preserve Indonesia’s forests, in part through the moratorium.

A summit in Russia in November 2010 of the 13 countries that are home to wild tigers was the first meeting of top state officials and international organisations on the threats posed to the animal, and was the first step to unblocking funds needed to launch a five-year 350 million dollar plan of action to save the cat. The Indian subcontinent is home to half of remaining animals as well as responsible for 54 percent of all tiger poaching.

China is the primary consumer of tiger-derived products, which are used in Chinese traditional medicine. Russia’s Amur tigers, which populate the Far Eastern Primorye region, have also suffered from habitat destruction and become targets for poachers eager to sell them across the Chinese border.

Eight injured in Palu clash Antara

Palu, C Sulawesi - At least eight people were injured in a clash between two groups of people near the Palu municipality-Donggala district borders in Central Sulawesi province

early Monday. All the injured were rushed to nearby public health service post for gunshot wounds and other injuries, a source said.

Police officers from the Central Sulawesi provincial police, Palu city police and Donggala police resort

were fielded to the scene to prevent the clash from spreading.

One of the injured was a police officer. He suffered serious injury on his face. The cause of the clash is still unclear. The clash followed a similar incident the night before.

Jakarta - The police‘s anti-terror unit Densus 88 is still chasing two wanted terror suspects in connection with a suicide bombing at a mosque in a police compound in Cirebon some time ago. “We are still chasing two that have been put in the wanted list linked to the bombing in Cirebon,” national police head of public information Senior Commissioner Boy Rafly Amar said here on Monday.

Boy however did not tell about the initials of the wanted suspects nor locations of the police operations. “On Friday (May 6) and Saturday (May 7) we arrested three suspects connected to Cirebon bombing in Boyolali (Central Java) and Depok in West Java,” he said. He said JH was caught in Boyolali while Fd and E alias Baim were arrested in Depok.

Their arrest followed a further investigation into the bombing case and questioning of Ishak Andriana alias Abu Sifa caught in Cirebon at around 2pm on Friday (May 6). “JH was arrested at 5pm on Friday in Boyolali in connection with the sale of an FN handgun while Fd at 7pm on Saturday in connection with the sale of an FN,” he said. On Saturday the police also arrested E in connection with the sale of ammunition for various kinds of firearms, he said.

“Upon searching police discovered 344 rounds of AK 47 and SS 1 ammunition, eight AK 47 magazines some of them fully loaded. In the search at the house of ZL, a buyer of weapons from Fd also in Depok police discovered an FN and 34 bullets,” Boy said. Ishak was arrrested in Karang Kencana, Pagongan Timur, Cirebon who along with suspect Maulana had hidden or protected wanted suspects Gendut and Irwan and he was able to assemble bombs.

Musala was arrested on Monday (May 2) in Slawi, Central Java, while selling goods at a night market. “He was arrested for allegedly possessing and keeping explosives. Investigation however is still being done to seek his connection with the Cirebon suicide bomber Muchamad Syarif,” Boy said.

Muchamad Syarif exploded the bomb at the Al Dzikro mosque in the Cirebon city police compound killing himself and hurting others, mostly police officers on April 15. After further investigation the police arrested Syarif‘s younger brother, Basuki for involvement in the case.

RI still waiting for Singapore‘s decision on hijacked ship‘s rescue Antara

Jakarta - The Indonesian government is still waiting for a decision from Singapore regarding efforts to free the MT Gemini ship and its crew members from Somalian hijackers, a senior minister said. “No significant developments yet,” Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto said when he was contacted on Monday by ANTARA with regard to the ship which was hijacked by Somalian pirates late last month.

Djoko said that the Indonesian government continued to communicate with the Singapore government for the release of MT Gamini ship which carried 25 crew members, of whom 13 are Indonesian nationals. “The Indonesian government met with the Singapore ambassador here last night and no new developments have yet to be made,” he said.

Earlier, the Indonesian Defense Forces Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono said that the liberation of MT Gemini very much depended on the Singapore decision because the ship was Singapore-flagged commercial ship. “Therefore, the efforts to release the pirated ship depend on the decision of the Singapore government,” the military chief said.

The MT Gemini which is based in Singapore with 13 Indonesian sailors and other crew members of other nationalities on board was hijacked by Somali pirates on April 30, 2011.

Singapore-based Glory Ship Management which owns the MT Gemini said the ship was pirated on Saturday (April 30) while it was sailing to the port town of Mombassa, Kenya. It said the crew members included 13 Indonesians, five Chinese, four South Koreans and three Myanmarese. “They were hijacked in Kenya and taken to the north where the headquarters of the hijackers is located,” Djoko Suyanto said.

In the meantime, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Indonesian government had been informed by Singapore that th 13 Indonesian sailors aboard the pirated ship were in good health conditions.

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Bali Today Domestic tourists targeted to reach 237 million this year Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Domestic tourists seem to be no longer underestimated by the tourism industry. In 2011, it is targeted to reach 237 million. To achieve the target, Ministry of Culture and Tourism has made various endeavors, including promoting some new tourist destinations to visit. These measures were revealed by the Division Head of Destination Promotion of Region V, Director General of Domestic Destination Promotion, Diah Widiati, in Kuta on Saturday (May7).

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Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika

Bali to limit foreign workers Antara

DENPASAR – Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, plan to limit the number of expatriate or foreigners who work in Bali especially in hotel industry. This must be done to make the opportunity for the locals to fill the position in the industry.

“The limitation need further study and it also will depend on the quality of the graduation in Bali.

They must fix their character which is not very good right now,” the Governor said during the meeting held by Indonesian Private University Association (Aptisi), Monday.

Currently, 98% of the General Managers in star hotels in Bali are foreigners and the Governor is disappointed with it. Bali has many universities which teach hotel or tourism but the graduates can not com-

pete with other so they can not fill a high position in a hotel.

A thorough study is needed to determine the problem. “Is it because the lack of skill or knowledge or lack of character such as not working properly or taking too many holidays,” the Governor said.

For that reason, there is a need to improve the character of the graduates of the hotel university, one of them is to be able to show their skills.

Mangku Pastika said, “in order to make that happen, the government urges the university to form the character of the students since they enter the university.” He thinks that the students can be put in a dormitory to make them independent. The Governor also urge the management of university to think out of the books to follow the development of the technology.

Diah described the target of domestic tourists this year was set higher than last year. It was by considering that last year’s target could have been successfully exceeded in the yearend 2010. Last year, the number of domestic tourist visits reached 229 million from the target established at 220 million. Achievement exceeding the target signified if domestic tourists constituted a potential market to work on.

She said the current domestic tourists remained to indicate uneven distribution. They generally visited the islands of Java and Bali. As a matter of fact, Indonesia had many more regions worth visiting by domestic tourists.

When the distribution ran evenly, of course, the growth of national tourism industry could move forward together as well.

To distribute the domestic tourists evenly, various regions aggressively promoted their tourism po-

tential, such as Maluku and North Maluku. Both regions located in the eastern part of Indonesia had not obtained tourist visits optimally. Even, the number of tourist visit was fairly minimal whereas the regions had a variety of beautiful objects.

Related to this, the North Maluku Cultural and Tourism Services targeted the number of foreign and domestic tourist visit at 6,000 people.

According to the Head of North Maluku Cultural and Tourism Services, Nurlaila Armaiyn, the target this year was minimal due to inadequacy of tourism infrastructure to ensure the comfort of travelers spending holidays. “North Maluku is still relatively new to develop tourism. Therefore, the target established remains to be adjusted to the existing real conditions,” explained Nurlaila.

She said the target in 2011 was almost the same as last year. In 2010, the realization almost reached the target. The number of tourists com-

ing to North Maluku reached 2,000 foreign tourists and 4,000 domestic tourists. Meanwhile, during the period of January to April 2011, the number of tourist visits had increased reaching 1,500 people.

She added that in 2012 her party targeted that 10,000 tourists would visit North Maluku being famous for the potential of nature, cultural and historical heritage tourism. There were five major tourism destinations on offer, among others, the areas of Ternate and Tidore. The potential nature tourism drawing many visitors consisted of Kastela Beach, Laguna Lake and Batu Angus.

Meanwhile, the tourist objects and cultural attractions becoming the local mainstay included the Museum of Ternate Sultanate, Mahkota, Salai Jin Dance and Baramasumen Dance. Then, tourist destination of historical heritages consisted of the Ternate Sultanate Mosque and Saint Willibrordus Catholic Church. (kmb18)

North Maluku to become tourist destination : official Antara

DENPASAR - The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will promote North Maluku as a tourist destination besides the already existing ten, an promotion official of the ministry said.

Deputy Director for Promotion of Destination Area V of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Diah Widiati said here on Sunday that ten tourist destinations registered by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) are Bali, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Jakarta, North Sumatra, Lampung, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra, Banten and West Sumatra.

Actually, East Indonesian province has the potential of cultural and tourism which can lure a great number of local and foreign tourists if it is introduced properly, Diah Widiati.

“Thus, we promoted North Maluku, in the hope of attracting more tourists,” she said. Apart from intensifying tourism promotion, Diah said that her office also required the provincial administration to prepare proper transportation and accommodation facilities for the tourists.

Data obtained from the provincial administration showed that only 1,500 tourists visited North Maluku in the January-April, 2011, period.

According to her, a similar problem is also facing Papua province which was not registered by the Central Statistics Agency as one of Indonesia’s tourist destinations although Papua has fascinating undersea wealth.

One of the tourism potentials which can attract tourists to Papua province is “Pulau Raja Empat”. a beautiful island with fascinating undersea wealth.

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The domestic tourists are enjoying their time on Kuta Beach.

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Balinese Culture

Culinary Adventure to Lebih Beach Do you remember the tranquil Lebih Beach tourist area? The beach belonging to the region of Gianyar Regency about 7 km east of Denpasar offers a wide variety of seafood treasures. The special menu is twisted satay and the distinctive grilled fish of Gianyar style. Moreover, if combined with the presence of plecing kangkung or hot-spiced water spinach, of course it will make your tongue swing steadily. The journey to or from Karangasem passing through the Jalan Bypass IB Mantra will becomes more meaningful when dropping at the beach area offering this specialty cuisine.

Indeed, the tourist area of Lebih Beach was recently very crowded as thronged by many visitors. Most of them were local people. Especially, on school holidays or public holidays the food vendors on the beach will look busier. “In terms of the beauty of the coast, perhaps it is similar to other beaches. However, what attracted me to come here is the culinary serving that offers typical delicacy,” said a tourist from Australia during his visit to the Lebih Beach recently.

Such a fact made the Gianyar government open the eyes to realize Lebih Beach into a new tourist attraction in the region. Arrangement continues to be carried out, so the beach really becomes an ideal tourist resort. On Sunday (Nov 28) together with local communities,

government of Gianyar Regency rearranged this new tourist attraction by planting about 3,000 rare plants, such as santol, kepel fruit, mountain parasite, bignay, krikis wood, mahogany, bamboo, and many other trees widely used in religious ceremonies.

The greening activity utilizing less productive dormant land was chaired in person by Gianyar Regent Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati. The activity began with the clean-up service on the coastal area of Lebih Beach by involving hundreds of students of elementary school, secondary school, se-

nior high schools and university in the Gianyar Regency as well as civil servants in the circle of Gianyar Regency government.

Chairman of the committee, I Made Suweta, said the arrangement of the Lebih area as an effort to make the Lebih Village into an enchanting tourist attraction of out bound, jogging track, Kecak open stage, and camp activities for the scouts. “Lebih Beach potentially becomes a new tourist attraction. Moreover, this beach has been visited by many tourists because of offering typical seafood,” said Suweta. (BTN/015)

TINGKIH

(Candle Nuts) A round, cream colored nut with an oily consistency used to add texture and a faint flavor to many dishes.

Substitute raw peanuts.

SAMBAL TOMAT (Tomato Sambal Hot) INGREDIENTS: 750 gr large chili, seeded and chopped 750 gr bird’s eye chili, whole 1½ kg tomato, Skinned, wedged and seeded 200 gr garlic, peeled and sliced 400 gr shallot, peeled and sliced 50 gr dried shrimp paste, roasted 100 gr palm sugar, chopped 4 ea lemon juice IBP/file

Lebih Beach

400 ml coconut oil 1 tbsp salt

PREPARATION: Heat oil in heavy saucepan, add shallots and garlic and sauté until golden, add chilies and continue to sauté until chilies are soft. Add palm sugar and shrimp paste and continue to sauté until sugar caramelizes. Finally add tomatoes and continue to sauté until tomatoes are soft.

Set aside and cool. Grind in stone mortar and puree coarsely. Season to taste with salt and lemon juice.

PS: Make sure to cook all ingredients over high heat while continuously mixing. This will preserve nice red color.

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Mount Abang and Batur THE historically active Mount Batur (Gunung Batur) is located at the center of two concentric calderas north west of Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia. The south east side of the larger 10×13 km caldera contains a caldera lake. The inner 7.5-kilometer-wide caldera, which was formed during emplacement of the Bali (or Ubud) ignimbrite, has been dated at about 23,670 and 28,500 years ago (Wheller 1986, Sutawidjaja et al.

1992).

The SE wall of the inner caldera lies beneath Lake Batur; Batur cone has been constructed within the inner caldera to a height above the outer caldera rim.

The Batur stratovolcano has produced vents over much of the inner caldera, but a NE-SW fissure system has localized the Batur I, II, and III craters along the summit ridge. Historical eruptions have been characterized by mild-to-moderate explosive activity sometimes accompanied by lava emission. Basaltic lava flows from both summit and flank vents have reached the caldera floor and the shores of Lake Batur in historical time.

The caldera contains an active, 700-metre-tall stratovolcano rising above the surface of Lake Batur. The first historically documented eruption of Batur was in 1804, and it has been frequently active since then.

Mount abang is an old 2,152 meter high volcano (‘Red Mountain’), on the eastern side of the crater southeast of Penelokan, is the highest point on Batur’s outer crater. Climbing it is demanding but easier than climbing Gunung Batur. The trailhead lies about six km southeast of Penelokan

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BUSINESS Speculation rife as Merkel keeps mum on ECB candidate Agence France Presse

FRANKFURT – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is playing her cards close to her chest on her pick for the next head of the European Central Bank, though frontrunner Mario Draghi is emerging as an acceptable choice for Berlin, analysts said. Merkel has kept mum on the issue, although sources close to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble have not concealed that he would prefer Draghi, the head of the Italian central bank, to be the next head of the eurozone central bank.

A former Goldman Sachs banker, Draghi would succeed Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet whose appointment ends at the end of October, but this has never been said officially.

France last week threw its support behind Draghi. Speculation is rife over Merkel’s silence, with media and analysts saying she wants several concessions in return for endorsing him, including on the eurozone’s new bailout system, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

Merkel “knows that Draghi is a very good candidate but his problem is that numerous high-ranking European economic and political positions are already occupied by Italians,” said Guntram Wolff, a researcher on the eurozone economy at the Brusselsbased Bruegel think tank. Her hesitation shows that “Berlin desires concessions in negotiations over Europe’s permanent financial crisis mechanism, the ESM, and wants Germans in other positions,” he added.

European Union leaders are haggling over a lasting bailout fund to guard against future crises in the region. Merkel “will try to place German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Asmussen as head of the economic

and financial committee but it appears the Italian incumbent Vittorio Grilli is likely to continue presiding,” said Wolff.

An article in the German magazine Der Spiegel, to be published Monday, and which does not give sources, said Merkel does not want to see Draghi appointed to the post, preferring instead that Draghi replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the head of the International Monetary Fund.

This despite Merkel’s view of Draghi as “the most German candidate still in the race,” according to Bild, another daily.

Sylvain Broyer, chief economist at Natixis, said: “The chancellor is trying to sell a German endorsement at a very high price.”

Until now, her strategy of contradicting other European leaders allowed Merkel to impose her opinions, for example over the EU’s “competitiveness pact” — but that may backfire with the ECB case, he said. Following the resignation of Bundesbank head Axel Weber in February, “without Weber and if Draghi is not taken, we risk falling again on a president who would only be Europe’s lowest common denominator,” said Broyer.

Business daily Handelsblatt in an editorial last week wrote that Merkel had lost her strongest trump card in the eyes of her European partners by failing to propose a credible German candidate. Claire Demesmay, a researcher at the German Society for Foreign Policy (DGAP) said: “Berlin can no longer afford to wait.”

Although Draghi’s nationality works against him in “the current context of mistrust towards southern Europe, fundamentally Draghi corresponds to Germany’s wishes,” she said. “He is committed to fighting inflation, which is of primary importance for Berlin.”

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Qatar on Sunday ruled out any “dramatic” action by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to control prices, insisting that production and supplies were at healthy levels.

Oil rises to near $99 on weaker US dollar Associated Press Writer

SINGAPORE – Oil prices rose to near $99 a barrel Monday in Asia, bouncing back from last week’s plunge, as a weaker U.S. dollar made commodities less expensive for investors with other currencies. Benchmark crude for June delivery was up $1.65 to $98.83 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $2.62 to settle at $97.18 on Friday.

In London, Brent crude for June delivery was up $1.53 to $110.66 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Oil prices fell 15 percent last week as the dollar strengthened and traders worried that slowing U.S. economic growth didn’t justify a 35 percent increase from February to near $115 on May 2.

The euro rose to $1.4393 on Monday from $1.4312 on Friday while the dollar dropped to 80.59 yen from 80.63. Some analysts are taking heart from a larger-thanexpected increase in U.S. jobs last month. Non-farm payrolls rose by

244,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate rose to 9.0 percent from 8.8 percent in March.

“The fundamental backdrop in the market remains entirely unaltered, with global oil demand still showing continued strength,” Barclays Capital said in a report.

“The general (oil price) trend from here should be higher, rather than lower.”

Other analysts expect oil to drop as higher U.S. gasoline prices — up 37 percent from a year ago — undermine crude demand. U.S. gross domestic product growth

slowed to 1.8 percent in the first quarter.

“Demand destruction already appears to be well under way in the U.S, reflected in the latest GDP data,” Capital Economics said in a report. “We expect oil to fall further as the global economy slows, the dollar continues to rebound, and the risk premium due to unrest in the Middle East eventually fades.”

In other Nymex trading in June contracts, heating oil rose 4.0 cents to $2.89 a gallon and gasoline added 4.8 cents to $3.14 a gallon.

Natural gas futures were up 4.8 cents at $4.28 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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Thor’ hammers competition with $66M opening Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – “Thor” kicked off the summer movie season by smashing the competition at the box office with a $66 million opening weekend. The 3-D action picture from Paramount, based on the Marvel comic, was by far the No. 1 movie, according to Sunday studio estimates.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth stars as the arrogant god of thunder who’s sent down to Earth as punishment. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh, best known for making films based on Shakespeare plays such an epic “Hamlet,” and featured a supporting cast that included Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard. In second place was a holdover from last week, the car-racing sequel “Fast Five” from Universal Pictures. It made $32.5 million for a total of nearly $140 million in just 10 days.

Although the opening for “Thor” wasn’t as enormous as those of other superhero movies, it still exceeded studio expectations, which were around $55 million. It was the third-highest opening for a Marvel franchise launch, behind “Spider-Man,” which made $115 million in 2002, and “Iron Man,” which made $98.6 million in 2008.

Don Harris, Paramount’s executive vice president for distribution, thought the film held appeal for both men and women; 37 percent of the audience was female. “ C h r i s Hemsworth looks like he’s going to be a movie star,” Harris said.

“Kenneth Branagh made a very smart movie, and the idea that the man who’s most closely identified with Shakespeare is making a Marvel superhero movie, I always thought was pretty interesting.

Audiences connected with the Natalie Portman relationship, between AP Photo/Paramount Pictures-Marvel Studios, Zade Rosenthal FILE - In this file film publicity image released her character and

by Paramount Pictures, Chris Hemsworth por- Thor. The movie trays the title character in a scene from the film, looks spectacular on “Thor.” “Thor” kicked off the summer movie the screen. It was season by smashing the competition at the box fun, and it’s a big, epic movie.” office with a $66 million opening weekend.

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A photo taken on October 19, 1992 shows German multi-millionaire industrialist Gunter Sachs and his wife Mirja in Saint-Tropez, southern France.

German playboy Gunter Sachs kills self at 78 Agence France Presse

PARIS – Legendary German-born playboy Gunter Sachs, a former husband of French bombshell Brigitte Bardot, killed himself at his Swiss chalet due to sickness, his family said Sunday. He was 78. His relatives released a suicide note to Swiss media written by the swinging sixties celebrity and photographer in which he explained he took his life because of an illness he dubbed “A”.

“The loss of mental control over my life was an undignified condition, which I decided to counter decisively,” the letter signed by Sachs said. He called it the “no hope illness A”, Swiss news agency SDA reported. Sachs added that he had always regarded any “threat” he would face “as the only criteria that would lead me to bring my life to an end”.

He outlined symptoms such as forgetfulness that appeared to be consistent with a condition like Alzheimers. His son Rolf Sachs

confirmed the death to German celebrity magazine Bunte, and the German news weekly Focus said he had shot himself on Saturday.

Sachs was a veteran of the go-go 1960s who helped make the French Riviera resort Saint Tropez a playground for rich and beautiful celebrities, such as film star Bardot, who was said to be devastated by the news.

“We called Gunter Sachs’s private secretary who confirmed the suicide to us, but we have no details on the circumstances,” an official at Bardot’s

animal rights foundation told AFP. The source said Bardot “has been informed and is devastated. She had kept close ties with Gunter Sachs, who was a guest when we celebrated 20 years of the foundation”. Sachs, who was born in southern Germany, took Swiss citizenship in 1976. His Vieux Chalet home which overlooks the Swiss resort of Gstaad was guarded by two security agents on Sunday, an AFP photographer said.

A billionaire philanthropist and art collector, Sachs was the grandson of the founder of car giant Opel and the third of Bardot’s three husbands. A few hours after meeting her for the first time he had a helicopter fly over La Madrague, her villa on the French Riviera, and shower it with hundreds of red roses. “It’s not every day that a man drops a tonne of roses in your yard,” she later wrote.

The Radiators’ last show at New Orleans’ jazz fest Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS – On the final day of this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, fans camped out early Sunday to get a great spot to hear the closing day set of The Radiators — one of the city’s funkiest blues rock bands — who have been closing the fest along with the Neville Brothers for years.

The band — keyboardist Ed Volker, guitarists Dave Malone and Camile Baudoin, bassist Reggie Scanlon and drummer Frank Bua — formed in 1978 and have been playing together since. Festival producer Quint Davis said that kind of longevity is worth celebrating.

“I’ve always been around them and a part of their journey,” he said.

“They’re an amazing phenomenon. It’s equally rare to have the same five guys playing in a band for this long and still have the unique chemistry that allows you to travel on what Ed calls ‘a spirit ride.’”

Davis introduced the band Sunday evening, saying Professor Longhair and the Nevilles were the only other acts to regularly close the fest. “We at jazz fest take our traditions as seriously as those in New Orleans,” Davis said. “I thank them for giving us the times of our lives.”

Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil made a guest appearance during the farewell set as did guitarist Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule. The group walked fans through all their hits including “Red Dress,” “Never Let Your Fire Go Out,” “Ride Me High” and “Sunshine Down.” “They’re always

tight,” said Lisa Troutt, of WinstonSalem, N.C. “It’s heartbreaking to know they’re breaking up.”

The Radiators are calling it quits this year, with final performances set June 9-11 at New Orleans’ famed music club Tipitinas. At the festival, fans from far and wide expressed thanks for the opportunity to experience their music and regret that the music was coming to an end.

Camile Baudoin, foreground, and Dave Malone of The Radiators perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 8, 2011. The Radiators are disbanding in June after playing together for 33 years.

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Elizabeth Hawley, world’s Everest expert Reuters

AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press & Independent, Cari Sue Flores

A fire burns on Monday, March 7, 2011 just north of Tyrone, N.M. New Mexico officials say winds were picking up Tuesday afternoon, renewing concerns about a wildfire that has destroyed 12 homes and several other structures and forced the evacuations of 100 people.

La Nina brings flood risks and drought to the West Associated Press Writer

SALT LAKE CITY – The winter and early spring have been extreme across the West, with record snowpacks bringing joy to skiers and urban water managers but severe flood risks to northern Utah, Wyoming and Montana.

And despite all the wet weather in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada, parts of eastern Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona are in severe drought and gearing up for what is forecast as a bad fire season. In New Mexico, some 400 fires, driven by relentless winds, have already raced across 315,000 acres.

Credit — or blame — for the extreme weather goes mostly to a strong La Nina, which is associated with cooler than normal water tem-

peratures in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean and an atmospheric flow that’s causing drier than normal conditions in the Southwest and wetter than normal in the Northwest..

“This winter has been fairly unusual,” said Laura Edwards, a research climatologist at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nev., in what can only be considered an understatement.

Randy Julander, supervisor for the Utah Snow Survey, described more colorfully the disparity between the

snow buried, flood endangered parts of the West and those that are parched and burning: “They’re wishing they could get a little of what we have. (The wet weather) just continues to get worse.

At this point, all you can do is open the chute, let her buck and hope your butt stays glued to the saddle.”

Julander was referring to the coming melt with snowpacks at 200 percent of normal or higher throughout northern Utah. One lower-elevation area in the mountains 50 miles east of Salt Lake City is at 750 percent of normal — with another big storm headed to the region early this week.

“The sandbagging is in place.

They’ve cleared the channels. Everybody is just sitting around chewing on their nails,” Julander said.

KATHMANDU – Over fifty years living in the shadow of Mount Everest has made U.S.born Elizabeth Hawley the unrivalled authority on the world’s highest peak. Not bad for a former journalist who has never set foot on the snow of base camp.

When the 87-year-old Hawley came to Nepal in 1960 as a journalist for Time magazine, she had no idea that she was on the road to becoming the most highly-respected chronicler of mountain climbing in the Himalayan nation, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest peaks.

Today, from her house in Kathmandu, Hawley runs the Himalayan Database, a record of major climbs of the Nepali mountains, and a necessary endorsement for climbers to gain global fame by validating their achievements.

“I never took a conscious decision but it has been an engaging work over all these years,” the short, thin Hawley told Reuters, peering over the rim of her glasses at decades of notes from interviews with climbers stacked on shelves in her study.

Though the database itself is unofficial, it is widely respected by climbers. Born in Chicago in 1923, Hawley began reporting for Reuters in 1962, nine years after the pioneering climb of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay opened the gates to global tourism in the mountainous nation.

“I very quickly realized that mountaineering will be a very important part of news reporting for an international news agency,” she said, dressed as always in a neatly pressed skirt.

But Hawley, now the unofficial arbiter of climbing-related disputes, has herself never been to Everest base camp from where climbers begin their ascent and which turns into a tent city in climbing times. “Why go there?” she asks. “I have seen it in pictures. It is crammed and uncomfortable. It is all rocky and it is a mess.”

During the peak March-May climbing season, Hawley is busy driving the maze of Kathmandu’s narrow streets in her iconic light blue 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, as she has done for over 45 years, to meet climbers bound for or returning from mountains. Still a U.S. citizen, she also doesn’t speak Nepali.

REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar

The moonlit Everest mountain range is seen from Syangboche in Nepal December 4, 2009.

Facebook sharing sending readers to big news sites Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook is influencing what news gets read online as people use the Internet’s most popular hangout to share and recommend content. That’s one of the key findings from a study on the flow of traffic to the Web’s 25 largest news destinations. The study was released Monday by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

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FILE — A Jan. 3, 2001 file photo shows the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.

Facebook was responsible for 3 percent of traffic to the 21 news sites that allowed data to be tracked, according to the study’s co-author, Amy Mitchell. Five of the sites studied got 6 percent to 8 percent of their readers from Facebook. The referrals typically came from links posted by friends on Facebook’s social-networking site or from the ubiquitous “like” buttons, which Facebook encourages other websites to place alongside their content.

The Facebook effect is small compared with Google’s clout. Google Inc.’s dominant search engine supplies about 30 percent of traffic to the top news sites, according to Pew. But

Facebook and other sharing tools, such as Addthis.com, are empowering people to rely on their online social circles to point out interesting content. By contrast, Google uses an automated formula to help people find news.

Facebook is at the forefront of this shift because it has more than 500 million worldwide users.

That’s far more than any other Internet service built for socializing and sharing.

“If searching for the news was the most important development of the last decade, sharing the news may be among the most important of the next,” the Pew report said.

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Man Utd near record 19th title after Chelsea win Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom – Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Manchester United’s impending coronation as English champions for a record 19th time as a “fantastic achievement”.

United moved level with Liverpool’s tally of 18 titles two years ago and their 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday means they now need one more point to secure their 19th.

Ferguson’s side are six points ahead of Chelsea with two games at Blackburn and at home against Blackpool - remaining in the Premier League season. They could even secure the title at Ewood Park next Saturday, on the same day that neighbours City are attempting to win their first silverware in 35 years in the FA Cup final.

And Ferguson, who has already won 11 league titles, is in no doubt that United will finish the job after killing off Chelsea’s chances. “For the last 18 years, Arsenal and Chelsea, you have to look at them always as being the main challengers to us,” said Ferguson.

“In the last few years, it’s been Chelsea but Arsenal made a great attempt this year “To win 19 is fantastic, to be the most successful team in the country in terms of championship victories, and the minute we won (the Premier League) for the first time in 1992, the door opened for us and it’s an incredible achievement.”

Ferguson admits he is desperate to get the title won so that he can begin to concentrate on the upcoming Champions League final against Barcelona on May 28.

He added: “In the next few

weeks, we’ve got to be doing some work on Barcelona. Of course it’ll be about that in the week now in particular but we’ve got to get a point at Blackburn. “Blackburn are fighting relegation and Blackpool as well so we’ve got 100 percent respect for those two great clubs. They’re neighbours and I don’t see them going down but we have to do our job and, if we get a point, I’ll be delighted.”

United could not have asked for a better start at Old Trafford, taking the lead through Javier Hernandez after just 37 seconds. Nemanja Vidic doubled the lead with a header. Frank Lampard pulled a goal back for Chelsea, but United held on for a victory.

Even though Carlo Ancelotti won the Premier League and the FA Cup in his first season in charge at Chelsea, he is now facing mounting speculation about his future.

The Italian has one year left on his contract and maintains that he would like the chance to see out the remainder of his deal despite a trophyless season.

“You know my position. I have another year of my contract. I would like to stay. The club will take a decision at the end of the season. I accept the decision. We will wait and see,” he said.

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Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez, left, beats Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech to score a goal during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Sunday May 8, 2011.

Barcelona one point from title after Espanyol win Agence France Presse

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FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, center, vies for the ball next to Espanyol’s Javi Marquez, left, during their Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, 8. May, 2011.

BARCELONA, Spain – Mighty Barcelona moved to within a point of a third successive Spanish league title on Sunday with a 2-0 win over Espanyol in the Catalan derby. Goals from Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique took Barcelona to 91 points, eight ahead of Real Madrid, who stayed alive in the title race with a 62 win over Sevilla on Saturday.

Barcelona, who have a superior headto-head record over Real, will be crowned champions if they avoid defeat against Levante on Wednesday. A Real failure to see off Getafe on Tuesday will also be enough for the championship celebrations to start.

“The later that Barca win the title, the better,” said Cristiano Ronaldo who scored four times in Real’s demolition of Sevilla to take his season’s league tally to 33, two better than Barca star Lionel Messi. Barca started slowly on Sunday, appearing to suffer a hangover from their Champions League semi-final against Real where they came out on top in a tumultuous double header.

Espanyol were still in the hunt for a

place in the Europa League despite a dismal run which had seen them win just once in six games. It became seven as Barca slowly cranked up their customary passing game and started to find cracks in the defence.

Pedro Rodriguez tested ?keeper Carlos Kameni with a strike from 20 yards and then Iniesta had a shot from the edge of the area before he made the break through.

The Spain international jockeyed his man, making space for himself, and then fired passed Kameni.

Any hopes of an Espanyol comeback suffered a blow at the start of the second half when poor defending at a corner allowed Pique to steal in and head home at the near post. “We had an excellent first half although after the first goal we relaxed a bit,” said Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.

“In general terms it was a good game against a side who always cause us problems.

The league is now very close and it is down to us.” Espanyol coach Mauricio Pochettino was satisfied his side did their best.

“I am proud of the performance and the way the team tried their hardest. Although the result was bad we have to take positives from the game,” he said.

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Djokovic stuns Nadal to take 34th victory in row Agence France Presse

MADRID – Rafael Nadal faces a fight to hold on to his world number one ranking after Novak Djokovic extended his victory streak to 34 matches with a 7-5, 6-4 win over the Spaniard at the Madrid Masters. Nadal had to swallow his first loss on clay in nearly two years, a run of 37 straight victories stretching back to the French Open fourth round in 2009 when he lost to Robin Soderling.

Now Nadal has this week’s Rome Masters, Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion’s points to defend. With Djokovic barely registering during the period a year ago (two quarter-finals and a Wimbledon semifinal), the Serb is well-placed to seize the top ranking and fulfill his lifetime tennis dream.

“I walked onto the court thinking I could win,” said Djokovic, now holder of six titles this season. “I’m very happy with the way I played.

Beating Nadal is the greatest challenge on clay, I’m so glad I was able to do it.” Djokovic insisted that he is

not getting too side-tracked by the pursuit of the world number one spot.

“If I continue to win, I will get closer to it, but I am trying not to think about it as I have only just started my claycourt season,” he said. “It’s a perfect start to win two events on clay (Djokovic also won in Belgrade last weekend). But I am concentrating on the tournaments ahead. I know that if I want to become number one, I will have to play well constantly week after week.

“That’s what Rafa and the other players will be doing.” World number two Djokovic has now won three

straight Masters 1000 trophies over Nadal after defeating the number one at Indian Wells and Miami in March and April respectively.

Sunday’s win was also the Serb’s first over Nadal on clay after losing their nine previous meetings on the surface while his incredible winning streak is made up of 32 matches in 2011 and his two Davis Cup victories in December. “Obviously I didn’t play at my best,” said Nadal. “I didn’t play badly, just normal. But that is not enough against Djokovic.” Djokovic’s start is the best to a season since John McEnroe in 1984 when he went 42-0.

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Serbian Novak Djokovic kisses his trophy after defeating Spanish Rafael Nadal during their final match of the Madrid Masters on May 08, 2011 at the Caja Magic sports complex in Madrid.

World number two Novak Djokovic stunned Rafael Nadal, the world’s top player, 7-5, 6-4 to win the Madrid Masters final.

Jackson leaving on low note as Lakers swept away Associated Press Writer

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Forward Dirk Nowitzki #41 of the Dallas Mavericks gets the slam dunk against Ron Artest #15 of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2011 NBA Playoffs on May 8, 2011 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

DALLAS – The fun is over for Phil Jackson and his five kids.

They’ve spent the last 20-plus years treating the NBA playoffs like a private party, according to their dad. So with Jackson retiring after this postseason, and with his Los Angeles Lakers on the brink of elimination, four of them flew to Dallas for Game 4 of a second-round series against the Mavericks.

Decked out in yellow hats with Roman numerals marking Jackson’s 10th and 11th championships, hoping he could somehow pull out No. 12, they instead witnessed perhaps the worst game of his playoff career — an ugly blowout loss to the Mavericks, completing Dallas’ sweep.

Jason Terry tied a playoff record with nine 3-pointers and the Mavs advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 122-86 victory Sunday that ended the Lakers’ run toward a third straight NBA championship.

“It felt good tonight, but we know we’re only halfway home,” center Tyson Chandler said. “We’ve got eight wins, but we need eight more.

That’s our ultimate goal.” Jackson knows that better than anyone.

A Hall of Famer since 2007, he leaves with a record 11 titles, and only 10 series losses. Take away Red Auerbach, who won nine championships, and Jackson won more titles than any two coaches combined. He won six championships with Michael Jordan, three with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal,

and the last two with Bryant leading the way.

The 65-year-old Zen Master had to be talked into coming back this year. He was lured by the chase for a 12th title, bundled neatly as four three-peats, but he knew it would be tough with a team worn down by three straight years of playing into mid-June. “(That) puts a lot of strain on the basketball club from all angles: per-

sonalities, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and getting charged up for game after game and assault after assault when you go in and play a team,” Jackson said. “It was a challenge bigger than we could beat this year.” Jackson has retired before, only to come back. This time, he said he means it. “In all my hopes and aspirations, this is the final game that I’ll coach,” he said. “It’s been a wonderful run.”

Petacchi wins Giro sprint but Cavendish in pink Agence France Presse

PARMA, Italy – Italian sprint ace Alessandro Petacchi of the Lampre team won the second stage of the Tour of Italy here on Sunday amid protests from British star Mark Cavendish who took the leader’s pink jersey. Petacchi just edged HTC rider Cavendish in a battle for the finish line, in a victory which was only confirmed by the jury after viewing video footage.

The 37-year-old Petacchi had launched his sprint 225 metres from the line. His British rival tried to overtake on the right before being forced to try on the left after the Italian slightly changed his direction. Italy’s Manuel Belletti finished third after the longest stage, raced under blaz-

ing sunshine over 244km.

“If I changed direction I didn’t realise it. I don’t think I made a mistake,” said the Italian amid protests from Cavendish and his team. “I don’t have a problem with him (Cavendish). He’s young, he reacts quickly .. There will be other sprints, he’ll win others.”

Cavendish laid the blame with the jury rather than his rival. “It’s not the fault of Alessandro who is a great rider, a great sprinter whom I respect,” said the rider from the Isle of Man. “In the past I was relegated in the standings for changing direction by centimetres in the sprint. I thought it would be the same this time. “I repeat, my frustration isn’t because of Alessandro’s error but that of the jury or the organisers.”

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McLaren duo unhappy with results Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button admitted that fourth and sixth places in the Turkish Grand Prix were very disappointing results, with Hamilton frustrated with himself for a first-lap error and Button regretting his strategy. Hamilton was attacking Mark Webber for third when he ran wide at Turn 3 on the opening lap and fell to sixth.

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McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Jenson Button (L) and McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton (R) drive at Istanbul Park on May 8, 2011 in Istanbul during the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix.

Turkey hopeful of keeping F1 race in 2012 Reuters

ISTANBUL - Turkish officials sounded more optimistic about keeping their race on the Formula One calendar on Monday after weekend talks with the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. “We sat down with Ecclestone and Youth and Sport General Director Yunus Akgul and discussed the plans that we could implement,” local media quoted Turkish Automobile Sports Federation Chair-

man Mumtaz Tahincioglu as saying.

“Both sides are trying to solve this issue. Comparing before the race and the current situation, there is a 50 percent difference,” he added.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce head Murat Yalcintas said before Sunday’s race at Istanbul Park that the grand prix faced the axe next year because of a disagreement with Ecclestone over payments. He also said the government had rejected a bid by the 80-year-old Briton to

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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany competes during the Formula One race at the Istanbul Park circuit racetrack on Sunday, May 8, 2011.

double the payment to stage the race to $26 million from 13 million.

Ecclestone subsequently said he would be disappointed to lose what is one of Formula One’s better modern circuits, despite poor crowd figures. Official figures released on Sunday put the race day crowd at 42,000, although some paddock observers questioned the numbers.

“We will do everything we can.

We will talk with Ecclestone,” said Akgul. “We want this race to stay but it is not the be all and end all,” he added. “We will keep this track alive in every way. There are other races, we will go to them. We definitely want Formula (One) to stay here and we will do everything we can.”

“The draft calendar will be discussed on June 3. Even if the issue is not resolved by that date, we must get into the draft.” Formula One teams and drivers hoped the race would stay on the calendar. “It’s a good circuit, it’s a great city, we enjoy coming here and I think all the teams are of that mind,” said McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh.

“It is a very special place for me.

I won three times, especially the first time it was a big fight with Fernando (Alonso) and Michael (Schumacher) in 2006,” said Ferrari’s Brazilian Felipe Massa.

“We will miss it if we are not coming here next year.”

He felt the time lost fighting back from that mistake - and the damage he caused to his tyres in the process - were the most costly delays in a race that also featured a slow second pitstop. “It was a disappointing day on my behalf, I would say,” Hamilton admitted.

“Not one of my best races. I got a pretty decent start but then lost a lot of ground at Turn 3.

“I got stuck behind Jenson and damaged my tyres trying to get past so I pitted. I had to pit way too early at my first pitstop I think, and then at one of the stops we lost a lot of time. “But in general I was already behind from Turn 3.”

Hamilton felt the pace he showed later in the race proved he could have finished higher but for his early delay. “I felt that I recovered reasonably well considering how much time I lost throughout the race,” he said. “I feel quite happy with the way the car was behaving. I just apologised to the guys - they worked as hard as they could. We were definitely able to do better today.”

Button had been on course for fourth on a three-stop strategy until he was passed by Hamilton and Nico Rosberg - both on fresher tyres from a four-stop plan - in the closing laps. “I think most people were probably on my strategy initially, but because most of them damaged their tyres in their first stint, they changed their strategy.

We didn’t,” said Button.

He did not feel that stopping three times was a mistake in itself, but that McLaren should have run longer early on and made the final stint shorter. “We didn’t leave the tyres long enough,” Button suggested. “The tyres were still good at the end of every stint, but we came in.

“We should’ve stayed out for longer because it made the last stint just impossible, just too many laps.” Button admitted there was nothing he could do to fend off Hamilton and Rosberg at the end.

“You’re not racing anymore,” he said. “You’re a sitting duck. It’s unbelievable, the difference in speed.”