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‘Bad Blood’: Trump sours on Taylor Swift after Dem endorsement

Legendary Arab poet Antara rises as comic book superhero

The “Bad Blood” singer backed Phil Bredesen on Sunday for the upper house in her home state, and unleashed a fierce attack on his opponent, Republican Marsha Blackburn, who currently serves in the House.

The president was asked for his reaction to the snub and told reporters at the White House he was “sure Taylor Swift doesn’t know anything” about Blackburn.

“Let’s say that I like Taylor ’s music about 25 percent less now, okay?” Trump added, flashing what could best be de-

says.

“Arabs like the exaggerated personality traits of heroes, and we thought why not transform Antara into a superhero like those you see in the US, Europe, Japan.”

“Antara” is the first comic strip to be published

by Kalimat, a publishing house based in the UAE emirate of Sharjah which specialises in Arabic translations of Japanese manga and US cartoonist Nick Seluk’s series, “The Awkward Yeti” and “Heart and Brain”.

The story weaves a tale of bravery, slavery, freedom, loyalty and love -- and co-stars his beloved Abla, daughter of a tribal sheikh and object of Antara’s undying affection. (afp)

scribed as a cheeky grin.

Trump, it should be noted, has form going back years as something of a Swifty.

“Glad to hear that @taylorswift13 will be co-hosting the Grammy nominations special on 12.5. Taylor is terrific!” he tweeted breathlessly in October 2012.

In August of that year, addressing her directly, he swooned: “Thanks for the beautiful picture--- you are fantastic!”

The singer tends to stay above the political fray, but told her 112 million Instagram followers on Sunday she felt she needed to speak out ahead of the midterm elections in November.

“As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn.

Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,” the 28-year-old said. (afp)

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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday he liked pop superstar Taylor Swift’s music “about 25 percent less” after her endorsement of the Democrat in Tennessee’s Senate race.

Comic artist Mumen Hilmi poses in his office with his illustrated comic book “Antara” in the Gulf emirate of Sharjah on September 18, 2018.

SHARJAH - In a red cape, dark hair blowing in the wind, he crosses the dunes under a blazing sun: Antara, the famed 6th century Arab poet born a slave, is now a superhero.

A pre-Islamic poet, Antara is celebrated in the collective memory of Arabs as well as in pop culture -- a child born to a tribal leader and his Abyssinian slave who rose as a warrior-poet to free himself and demand his father recognise him as his son, and a free man.

Now, he stars in his own comic strip, reimagined as a shield-wielding, cape-wearing superhero by Egyptian writer Mumen Hilmi and renowned Indian illustrator Ashraf Ghuri.

The story of Antara breaks across the class and race lines that frequently dominate society, the “perfect example of what it means to be a superhero,” writer Hilmi

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This handout photo taken and released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 9, 2018 shows International Monetary Fund Economic Counsellor Maurice Obstfeld (C), deputy director Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti (L) and communications officer Wafa Amr (R) arriving for the World Economic Outlook press conference during the 2018 IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

The trade war will hit US and Chinese growth next year, the IMF warns

Bali - The trade war is set to take its toll on the American and Chinese economies in 2019. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for the United States and China, citing the recent waves of tariffs the world’s top two economies have imposed on each other.

The more pessimistic forecast comes as the clash between Washington and Beijing threatens to keep escalating and cause damage in other countries.

“When you have the world’s two largest economies at odds, that’s a situation where everyone suffers,” Maurice Obstfeld, the IMF’s chief economist, said at a media briefing about the fund’s latest World Economic Outlook.

Despite healthy momentum in the United States, which received a boost from recent tax cuts, IMF economists now expect growth to slow to 2.5% next year from 2.9% this year. They cut the 2019 forecast by 0.2 percentage points

because of the trade conflict.

The Trump administration has slapped tariffs this year on roughly half of the products that China sells to the United States annually. President Donald Trump has threatened to expand the tariffs to cover all US imports from China.

Beijing has responded with tariffs on American goods worth more than $110 billion.

The tit-for-tat is set to take a bite out of Beijing’s economic growth next year, too.

China’s growth is now expected to drop to 6.2%, from 6.6% this year, according to the IMF. The new 2019 forecast is 0.2 percentage points lower than the fund’s previ-

ous forecast, reflecting the waves of new tariffs that have taken effect since then.

The impact of the US-China trade conflict is likely to be felt beyond the two economic superpowers. While global growth should remain strong next year, the IMF says the prospects are notably “less bright” than when it reviewed them in April.

The fund now projects economic growth to be steady but slightly lower in 2019 because of higher interest rates and trade barriers. It cut the global forecast 0.2 percentage points to 3.7%, and predicted a downward trend over the next few years.

“The impacts of trade policy and uncertainty are becoming evident at the macroeconomic level, while anecdotal evidence accumulates on the resulting harm to companies,” the IMF said.

There’s plenty of scope for further damage if Trump follows through on his threats of further measures and China retaliates.

“An intensification of trade tensions, and the associated rise in policy uncertainty, could dent business and financial market sentiment, trigger financial market volatility, and slow investment and trade,” the IMF said.

At the briefing, Obstfeld said that “close to a percentage point” could be shaved off of global growth if the trade rift continues.

“The possibility that China and US resolve their disagreements

would be a significant upside to the forecast,” he added.

The fading effects of the tax cuts and other US stimulus measures will “subtract momentum” starting in 2020, the IMF warned.

That’s why the IMF is urging governments to act now as the “window of opportunity” narrows to enact reforms like dealing with the ballooning budget deficit in the United States and the low level of public investment in Germany. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Bali prepares 30 helicopters for heads of state for IMF-WB Meeting

DENPASAR - As many as 30 helicopters will be prepared to evacuate heads of state who will attend the IMF-World Bank meeting from October 8-14, 2018 in case of a tsunami and earthquake.

“In the event of a disaster, the evacuation of the head of state will use helicopters in the process, one head of state standard evacuation process in 10 minutes,” Head of the UPT Center for Disaster Management Operations (Pusdalops PB) of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency of Bali Province (BPBD Bali) I Gede Made Jaya Serataberana, said in Denpasar on Sunday.

In the event of a tsunami disaster, he continued, the heads of state and delegations of IMF-WB participants have prepared a vertical evacuation plan by going to the fourth floor of the hotel.

According to Jaya, in addition to the BNDCC and BICC Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, which is the venue of the IMF-WB meeting, most hotels in the Nusa Dua ITDC area have been trained for evacuation processes and have been certified for disaster preparedness, equipment completeness, and evacuation tools.

“For the evacuation using a helicopter when the tsunami, the system is half-playing and does not have to look for a helipad. On the golf course it can, taken from the hotel can also be done. Lowered the device, then withdrawn, then shifted, in a higher field just raised then flown to Ngurah Airport Rai, or Mataram, or Belimbing Sari Airport in Banyuwangi, “he said.

In principle, added Jayaserataberana, the military, Police, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), IMF-WB national committee have prepared a number of vertical and horizontal evacuation steps to anticipate the possibility of disasters during the meeting, all of which are connected to the “Command Center” and PB BPBD Bali Pusdalops.

“For the evacuation of the residents, the hotel has also cooperated with the banjar and the village, where to go to the hotel during the tsunami, and the hotel should not refuse,” said Jaya, while mentioning based on the results of the LIPI analysis the tsunami height in Bali could reach 12 meter.

On the other hand, to anticipate possible eruptions of Mount Agung, evacuation scenarios have been prepared using sea and land routes.

“At Benoa Harbor cruise ships will be prepared with a capacity of 3,000 passengers. In addition, the Navy also prepares floating hospital vessels. There are also KRI, submarines, and so on that will be lined up a few days before the IMF-WB meeting, “Jaya said. (WDY)

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VVIP’s arrival estimated to be on October 9-12

Airnav adds to 35 flight lots per hour

MANGUPURA - Peak of the arrival of the heads of state or VVIP guests to be attending the IMF-WB Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua is estimated to occur on October 9-12. Moreover, the number of delegates of the IMF for this year is far greater than during the meeting of APEC 2013. Related to the IMF event, flight traffic increase is estimated to reach 10-15 percent of the average number of flights amounting to 460 per day.

“The peak will occur on October 9-12. Our main task is to regulate the smooth movement of airplanes to navigate into and coming in and out of Ngurah Rai Airport,” said President Director of AirNav Indonesia, Novie Riyanto, on Monday (Aug. 8).

He said that currently the number of regular flight at Ngurah Rai Airport reaches 460 per day with the average flight slot of 30 aircrafts per hour on weekdays. To serve flights during the IMF event, he said there are 35 additional slots for aircraft per hour during the period of October 9-15.

According to him, based on the data available, there are a lot of delegates. Moreover, he estimated that VVIP guests will come with regular and private jet aircraft

whose numbers can reach 150. On that account, in order to be able to accommodate such many aircraft movements, his agency has made good preparation. “Angkasa Pura 1 has added a parking stand. From our side, we also provide navigation services like in Banyuwangi and Lombok. Additionally, we prepare several other airports such as Surabaya, Solo, Makassar and Halim,” he said.

By doing a good arrangement, he was confident there will be no delay at Ngurah Rai Airport because if there is a delay at Ngurah Rai Airport, another airport will delay as well. Admittedly, upon the arrival of VVIP guests, there will be a block service with the closure of air space for a few minutes. “Maximum delay in ac-

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cordance with the circular is the blocking for 30 minutes before landing and 15 minutes after landing,” he said.

Surely, his agency has also coordinated with AP 1 and AP 2.

With the best arrangement through computerization, even if there is a delay, it will not certainly take place too long. According to him, the ground delay program will be applied so that it doesn’t delay too long in the air.

However, the most important thing is related to the addition of human resources to be assisted from Jakarta. The number of human resources at Airnav Denpasar currently amounts to 198 people.

Those in charge of the ATC almost reach 80 people and there are 10 additional personnel. (kmb32)

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I La Galigo

REVIVAL 2018

All of us have been deeply saddened by the profound human suffering caused by earthquake in Central Sulawesi. Thousands of people are now living in circumstances we never imagined possible. Our hearts go out to all the families and communities that have been directly affected by this devastating natural disasters.

Sureq Galigo, or Galigo Manuscripts, contain the origin epic of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi. From these massive texts the storyline of our stage production, I La Galigo, was developed.

The story begins in prehistoric times in Luwuq, the site believed to be the origin of Bugis culture. The wild exploits of the core characters are triggered by the importance of family lineage and the dictate to find and marry a person of the same royal blood. The royal family tree begins with the Gods of the Upper and Under Worlds who

send a son and a daughter to rule the Middle World. Sureq Galigo chronicles six generations, hundres of adventures, wars, rituals, cockfights, love stories and complicated marrages, ending when the gods recall all on earth to gather in Luwuq. The gods declare that the Middle World has become corrupt and must be cleansed. Descendants of the royal families are sent to the Upper and Underworlds leaving the Middle World empty and renewed. After time, a son and a daughter of the original couple are sent from the Upper and Under Worlds to repopulate

Two foreigners intensively examined

NEGARA - A number of foreigners wishing to go to Bali via Gilimanuk Harbor on Monday (Oct. 8) were rejected because they did not have appropriate documents. In a different time, both foreigners from Afghanistan and Uganda had an intensive examination from the officers of Singaraja Immigration Office. The Afghan repatriated to Java is known to be a refugee or asylum seeker. Meanwhile, another foreigner suspected of being from Uganda is known not to carry a passport and then taken to the Singaraja Immigration Office.

Head of the Singaraja Immigration Office, Ngurah Mas Wijaya Kusuma, stated that from the inspection at the Gilimanuk Immigration Temporary Post there was indeed one Afghan citizen rejected to enter to Bali. From the checking, the Afghan on behalf of Hassan Zada, 31, brought along a refugee card from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Based on the immigration records, this foreigner entered Indonesia through Soekarno-Hatta Airport and has lived in Surabaya for four years. He told officials that he wanted to go to Bali for traveling. However, the officer refused and was immediately delivered to harbor ticket counter to further return to his domicile.

“Since Bali does not have a community house, the refugees are prohibited from being close to the harbor. So, we repatriated him,” said Wijaya Kusuma.

In addition to refugees from Afghanistan, last Sunday the immigration officers also secured a foreigner suspected of being from Uganda. The officers finally brought him to the Singaraja Immigration Office because the foreign national did not carry a passport.

The temporary immigration post at Gilimanuk is functioned during the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua. Since the operation on Friday (Oct. 5), on average there are more than 200 foreigners coming to Bali every day through the Gilimanuk Harbor. (kmb26)

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the Middle World, but this time the gates to the Upper and Under Worlds are closed and locked forever. Life in the new world, the world of today, continues without the intervention of the gods.

La Galigo began as oral tradition chanted by generatons of storytellers constantly enriching it with additional characters, locations and adventures. By the14th century, with the development of the Old Bugis written language, Sureq Galigo began to be transcribed – and further embelished. Today there are over 100 known manuscripts, more than 6,000 folio pages. Sureq Galigo is believed to be the longest text in the world, longer than the Mahabhrata. But there is not one standard version of the story. The main characters and important elements of the epic are always present but verions of each episode can be longer or shorter often dependant on the number of hours a storyteller was commission to chant. Our production represents yet another version in the ongoing life of the epic.

Although considered a work of world literature, very few including the Bugis, knew it existed. Today there are few who can still read and understand the ancient poetic language. Episdoes continue to be translated into Indonesian, and hopefully, will one day, be translated into English.

In 2011 the Sureq Galigo was recognized by UNESCO as a UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MOW).

EIGHTEEN YEARS WITH I LA GALIGO – Restu Imansari Kusumaningrum

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The creation of I La Galigo, has proven to be the journey of a lifetime.

From our earliest efforts in 2001 to our performances around the world I La Galigo came to Jakarta in 2006.

A long voyage but not complete. We still hadn’t been to South Sulawesi, the home of the epic.

At last, in 2011, I La Galigo finally sailed into Makassar, South Sulawesi. We built an outdoor theatre in the courtyard of the Fort Rotterdam and announced the performances. When the theatre gates opened, nearly a thousand spectators from all over Sulawesi, flooded into the seating area. Watching the performance amidst a riveted audience of people who held the

epic as their own, I felt fulfilled. I La Galigo had come home. After 10 years, our journey was complete and it was thanks to Mr. Tanri Abeng and Mr. Jusuf Kalla of the La Galigo Foundation which was created to support and preserve the Bugis culture.

In the spring of 2018, on a quiet afternoon in Bali Purnati, my phone rang. Mr. Ricky Pesik, Deputy Head of Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy, is at the other end of the line. Would I present “I La Galigo” in conjunction with the IMF and World Bank Annual Meeting in October? To be honest, I was very shocked. So little time, but I enthusiastically accepted the

invitation and immediately got to work. We had to open the archives, revisit the details of the production and collect the mosaic of pieces of I La Galigo scattered throughout the world: Franco Laera and Elisabetta di Mambro, our original producers in Italy, director in the United States, composer in Solo, dramaturge in Bali, performers and musicians from South Sulawesi, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, West Sumatra and West Papua. We did it all with joy, although I have to admit we did not really calculate our own strength.

By August, the activity of assembling “I La Galigo - Revival 2018” was moving like an ava-

lanche. It was impossible to stop.

With continued support from the I La Galigo Foundation and others, we had assembled our performers, some from the original cast and others new; our creative team was onboard; the location of the stage was selected, an old heliport in Nusa Dua. There was a lot to do and time was going fast. It was like navigating an old Bugis Pinisi ship across continents, sometimes in calm seas, sometimes up against challenging waves.

But it all came together and here we are, honored to have been invited to bring I La Galigo to new audiences, delegates of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meeting and to

the people of Bali. I hope you enjoy I La Galigo as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you.

From the beginning, The Bali Purnati Center for the Arts was known as an international nonprofit cultural foundation dedicated to the preservation, promotion, presentation, and creation of new directions in performing, visual and design arts. The I La Galigo project has offered us an unusual opportunity to serve Indonesian arts, artists, scholarship and scholars on an international platform. Therefor, “I La Galigo - Revival 2018” in Nusa Dua, is really a manifestation of our intentions as an international nonprofit cultural foundation.

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Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’ TOKYO - Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa’s training to go the moon should not be too tricky, he joked Tuesday, adding that he planned to use free time from his six-hour work day to squeeze it in.

The 42-year-old Maezawa paid an undisclosed sum for a ticket on fellow tycoon Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket around the moon as early as 2023 and the passionate art collector also plans to take around half a dozen artists with him on the trip.

“It hasn’t been decided yet what training I will need to undergo but Elon Musk has said it shouldn’t be too hard,” Maezawa jested, adding in Japanese, “I believe English will be a must.”

Asked how he could fit astronaut training around his already hectic schedule, he said he adhered to his own company policy of working a six-hour day and devoting the rest of the time to personal projects.

“I don’t go to work from morning to night. I’m there three or four times a week and I try to go home after six hours,” Maezawa told a packed news conference in Tokyo.

Maezawa will hitch a ride aboard Musk’s Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), which SpaceX has acknowledged may not be ready for human flight for at least five years.

First announced in 2016 and estimated to cost $5 billion, the BFR was touted as the most powerful rocket in history, even more potent than the Saturn V moon rocket that launched the Apollo missions five decades ago.

Maezawa said he had received “safety guarantees” that allowed him to be able to invite the artists along on the trip, although he confirmed he had not yet begun negotiations with potential fellow-travellers.

He said he was most looking forward to seeing the entire Earth from space.

“I look forward to getting close to the moon. I would like to see the Earth in full view... To see it with my own eyes, just thinking about it now makes tears well up in my own eyes,” he said.

Maezawa is chief executive of Japan’s largest online fashion store and is the 13th richest person in Japan, with an estimated fortune of $2.8 billion, according to business magazine Forbes.

He did not deny there were some commercial interests behind his decision to pay for a ticket to the moon, as the exposure has hugely boosted his profile.

“I was formerly known as ‘Maezawa the fashion guy’ and now its been updated to ‘Maezawa, who’s going to the moon’,” he said. (afp)

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210 Years, Indonesia returns to host the meeting

DENPASAR — Until Sunday (Oct. 7), more than 60 of 189 countries participating in the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank (WB) Annual Meeting have arrived in Bali. However, no VVIP guests have yet arrived, but VIP plus changed into VVIP including the President of the World Bank and the Managing Director of the IMF have arrived on the Island of the Gods. This was conveyed by Chief of Bali Police, Inspector General Pol. Dr. Petrus Reinhard Golose, on Sunday (Oct. 7) at Renon, East Denpasar.

“I’d like to reiterate that of the 189 participants, if only 70 countries have the capability to host, it means that it will return to be organized in Indonesia next 210 years. So, those living today get extraordinary luck. The government can benefit from this event because of development and investment, including the people of Indonesia especially Balinese,” he said.

According to him, the same treatment is carried out with synergy between the National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian Military (TNI). Security of the objects is also done together. “We do sterilization every day, especially in the VIP plus and VVIP locations,” he said.

So far, Golose stated the troop has been well prepared and will be deployed to the field to support the peak event on October 1012, 2018 because it involves many heads of state and central bank governors and finance ministers of around the world.

Some participants registered through the Meeting Team Secretariat (MTS) whose number almost reaches 14,000 and will continue to grow even though it was closed at the beginning of this October.

The others registered through the Indonesia Planning Team (IPT) whose number reaches 21,000 and this was already closed as well.

“We do not limit or increase the security. Security remains, but we have prepared it,” he said.

His authority also attempts to reduce the unnecessary vehicles from entering Nusa Dua, so that an even and odd system is implemented, closing schools and police discretion will be carried out on the toll road. (kmb36)

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Yusaku Maezawa, entrepreneur and CEO of ZOZOTOWN and SpaceX BFR’s first private passenger, poses with a miniature rocket and space helmet prior to start of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo on October 9, 2018.

Trouble for Hubble: gyro fails on space telescope

The Hubble space telescope

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WASHINGTON - The Hubble space telescope, which has been in orbit since 1990, has temporarily suspended operations because of a gyroscope failure, the US space agency said Monday.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Hubble went into “safe mode” on Friday.

“Hubble entered safe mode after one of the three gyroscopes actively being used to point and steady the telescope failed,” NASA said in a statement.

“Safe mode puts the telescope into a stable configuration until ground control can correct the issue and return the mission to normal operation,” it said.

“Hubble’s instruments still are fully operational and are expected to produce excellent science for years to come,” NASA added.

Hubble is equipped with six gyroscopes to orient the telescope.

Hubble is currently down to two working gyros and needs at least three for optimal operations. But it can continue to provide observations

with just one functioning gyroscope.

Dr. Rachel Osten, the deputy head of the Hubble mission, said it had been a “very stressful weekend.”

“First step is to try to bring back the last gyro, which had been off, and is being problematic,” Osten said on Twitter.

NASA said staff at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute were conducting tests and analysis to get the gyro working again.

NASA said if they are unable to recover the malfunctioning gyro Hubble will resume science operations using just one device.

“While reduced-gyro mode offers less sky coverage at any particular time, there is relatively limited impact on the overall scientific capabilities,” NASA said.

Hubble has made numerous outstanding observations of the cosmos since it was deployed in 1990.

The James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to Hubble, is scheduled to be launched in March 2021. (afp)

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The number of participants of the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting in Bali taking place on October 8-14 is ensured to exceed the target.

Exceeding target, IMF-WB participant reaches 34,000 people

MANGUPURA — The number of participants of the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting in Bali taking place on October 8-14 is ensured to exceed the target. Until Sunday (Oct. 7), the number of registered participants already reached 34,000 people.

Inspector General Pol. Dr. Petrus Reinhard Golose

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This was affirmed by Chairperson of the National Committee of the Annual Meeting who is also the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan, after visiting a number of buildings and facilities in the BICC and BNDCC area of Nusa Dua, Bali, with the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani, on Sunday (Oct. 7).

Coordinating Minister stated that from the initial target of 22,000 participants, this number had reached 34,000 until last Sunday. “We are ready to carry out this Annual Meeting. The entire venue is ready and we are satisfied,” he said.

In order to see the progress of site preparation for the IMFWBG 2018 Annual Meeting, the Coordinating Minister for

Maritime Affairs and the Minister of Finance visited the rooms and various locations that will be used for the meetings and seminars at Westin Hotel, BICC, BND and BNDCC in Nusa Dua. In addition, the Minister of Finance also visited health facilities, press center as well as the venue for cultural diplomacy to be graced with various dances in Taman Jepun and Indonesia Pavilion.

Some of the agendas to be held at the BICC include the seminars on Women at Workplace, IMF Youth Dialogue, press briefings on global finance and so on.

Meanwhile, the main event at the BNDCC will be the opening and closing session. President Jokowi is scheduled to attend as well as

open this international event.

Aside from discussing the substance, in this annual meeting, Indonesia Pavilion will showcase the art and craft expositions, tourism booths and infrastructure booths. The expert staff of the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Sahala Lumban Gaol, explained that in Indonesia Pavilion participants can see and buy various original art and craft products from the native Indonesians. Other than crafts, these booths also feature a variety of tourism packages offered to participants. Regarding the infrastructure, it displays the developments in infrastructure, several investment and financing opportunities in Indonesia. (kmb23)

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Tsunami attacks business premises

30 boxes of ornamental fish regularly sent each week to Denpasar

THE earthquake followed by tsunami and the liquefaction that occurred in Palu, Donggala and Sigi, Central Sulawesi, on Friday afternoon (Sep. 28) caused considerable losses to I Nyoman Selamet. His house becoming the business premise of marine ornamental fish was swept away by the tsunami. The remaining property is only the padmasana shrine remaining to stand rigidly.

According to Nyoman Selamet, his house is an old one and has been occupied since 1999 also functioned as location of marine ornamental fish business. It is located in the coastal area of Mamboro, North Palu. However, since 2015, Nyoman Selamet moved to his new home in an area with a higher position. Practically, the beachside house is just functioned to manage his marine ornamental fish business. It was managed by his sister assisted by a number of employees, considering the busyness of Nyoman Selamet as a member of the Central Sulawesi House of Representatives.

When the earthquake followed by tsunami occurred, several employees were still on duty. Luckily all of them survived from the disaster. “However, there was an employee’s family (whose house is not far from the ornamental fish business—Ed) at home at the time of disaster, so they could not be rescued,” said Selamet.

Meanwhile, the two-tiered house plus warehouse and dozens of ornamental fish storage boxes were carried by the waves and they were not found. It was only the second floor deck visible to get washed away across the street. “All properties were swept away

and the traces are even not visible. The only thing left is this padmasana shrine remaining to stand,” said Selamet claiming to be somewhat surprised.

Regarding his seawater ornamental fish business, this father of three children admitted to have dispatched fish to Bali and Jakarta. During the heyday, he even dispatched up to 30 boxes per week. But lately, it began to decrease slightly. He rejected to mention the exact losses due to the

disaster experienced with thousands of other residents in Palu, Donggala and Sigi district.

“The house buildings can be curated, not to mention the warehouse and the box of the ornamental fish along with the equipment.

They can reach hundreds of millions or even billions,” he said.

Meanwhile, the post-disaster recovery efforts continue to be carried out by various parties. Humanitarian assistance also continues to flow to Palu, Donggala and also

Sigi. Basic needs of the people continue to be addressed such as clean water, electricity and others.

However, until now a number of evacuation shelters have begun to run out of logistics as stated by the officers and volunteers in one of the areas affected by the most severe disaster, Balaroa. Here, at least it happened to eight points of refugee. Logistics is running low, especially baby equipment, milk for 0 to 3-year old baby and elder age. (kmb20)

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DENPASAR - Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives appreciated to the government’s seriousness in handling the waste problem in Bali. In this case, it is the arrangement at the Sarbagita Regional Landfill or Suwung Landfill even though the arrangement efforts are still related to the implementation of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting.

Nevertheless, the parliament hoped the waste management can be carried out continuously.

“It means nothing if only pursuing the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting. People actually feel cheated.

Its continuity must go on seriously because it is a very big problem,” said Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nengah Tamba, after coming down to the Suwung Landfill with the Minister of Public Works and Settle-

ment, Head of the Bali Public Works and Spatial Planning and the related technical units on Monday (Oct. 8).

Tamba added the piles of garbage are now compacted to be used for an ecopark. The methane gas produced must get decomposed properly and not be toxic in the air.

On that account, the height of the exhaust pipe gas must be regulated and tested for feasibility. Then, the waste to energy project must also be realized immediately so that the Suwung Landfill does not return to be stuffed with waste. Moreover, the president has issued Presidential Regulation No.35/2018 concerning the Acceleration of the Construction of Waste Management Plants to Be Electric Energy Based on Green Technology.

“Five hectares of land is utilized for waste to energy. The electricity from waste is not yet clear where the

budget comes from. Even though it is said to be handled by the PLN, we cannot prove it. Moreover, currently the PLN is having problems. I tend to agree if this project can be handled by the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement because the execution will be much faster,” said this Democratic politician from Jembrana.

According to Tamba, waste to energy must be completed in 2021. At least, this project should have been worked on in 2019.

Otherwise, the waste problem will return to be a time bomb for Bali, chiefly concerning health and tourism, not to mention there is a heap of oil sources next to it.

Then, the northern side still looks shabby with scavenging beds. “We think about health problems. Even though scavengers, their health must be maintained,” he explained. (kmb12)

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Russian trust in Putin plunges to 39 percent

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According to Nyoman Selamet, his house becoming the business premise of marine ornamental fish was swept away by the tsunami.

Ecopark at Suwung Landfill may not exude toxic gas

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Russian President Vladimir Putin

MOSCOW - Trust in President Vladimir Putin has plunged to 39 percent among ordinary Russians, according to an opinion poll published Monday amid popular discontent over pension reforms.

It is the lowest rating for Putin since 2014, before he enjoyed a surge in popularity over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

The survey by the independent Levada Centre found that trust in Putin has fallen nine percentage points since June and a total of 20 percentage points since November 2017.

Thirteen percent of Russians

said they did not trust him, according to the latest poll carried out between September 20 and 26.

The veteran Russian leader last week signed into law a bill that will gradually increase the state retirement age to 60 for women and 65 for men, the first such increase since the 1930s.

Most ordinary Russians are

deeply opposed to the reforms, which sparked rare street protests.

“People think the government is trying to solve its problems at the public’s expense. It has made an attempt to take something people consider to be theirs: pension savings,” Levada Centre director Lev Gudkov told the Vedomosti business daily.

He said social tensions have been building since the end of last year because of a variety of factors including a fall in real earnings and rising prices.

While Putin easily won the March presidential election with more than 76 percent of the vote, public discontent about the pension reforms meant “all elements of concern (about him) were lumped together”, Gudkov said.

This led to a fall in trust not only in Putin but also in his allies: Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, he added said.

Putin’s personal style of rule means he “cannot hand over re-

sponsibility to someone else” for unpopular decisions, political analyst Dmitry Orlov told Vedomosti.

Putin’s lowest ever rating in such a Levada poll was in August 2013, when just 30 percent named him as a trusted politician.

He had suffered a long period of decline in support after the 2008 economic crisis and a wave of protests in 2011-12.

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment to Vedomosti on the latest poll. (afp)

German troops face Russian ‘hybrid war’ in Lithuania: Merkel

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel observes the movement of a robot during a visit to the technical University in Darmstadt, western Germany on October 8, 2018.

RUKLA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday Berlin was boosting military cyber capabilities to respond to Russian hybrid warfare that is targeting its troops deployed on NATO’s eastern flank.

“Here you are also confronted with a situation that represents another part of the Russian military doctrine: the idea of hybrid warfare,” she told German troops stationed in Lithuania as part of a NATO force deployed to deter Russia.

NATO allies have accused Russia of using “hybrid warfare” techniques, including subversion, propaganda and cyber warfare, to undermine the West without

triggering a full NATO military response.

Russia has repeatedly denied that it stages such attacks and has accused the US-led alliance of provoking an arms race.

“Hybrid warfare is not something that we are very used to.

You clearly experience this here in very specific ways,” Merkel added, without elaborating.

“It is not for nothing that we built in Germany a special cyber unit within the German military in order to build capabilities in this area,” she told troops at their base in Rukla, northwest of the capital Vilnius.

Last year, Germany deployed over 500 troops in Lithuania as

part of a NATO mission to reassure eastern allies and deter Russia.

Soon after their arrival, German troops were subjected to false rape accusations while media reports said Moscow also targeted NATO soldiers’ smartphones.

Fears that Russia could attempt to attack NATO’s ex-communist states surged after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, a move that sent EastWest relations to their lowest point since the Cold War. Besides Lithuania, 1,000-strong NATO battalions were also deployed in fellow Baltic states Latvia and Estonia and neighbouring Poland. (afp)

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Importance of early childhood education

Alam Atelier School holds Practical Wisdom for Leader’s Conference

ACQUIRING positive experience and education at early age plays an important role in child development.

On that account, educational institutions should be able to use methods that are appropriate with child’s age.

This was revealed in a sharing session in the Practical Wisdom for Leader’s Conference held at the Alam Atelier School, Canggu, on Sunday (Oct. 7).

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In this July 7, 2018 file photo, people walk past a mural on a bank showing symbols for American, Chinese and other world currencies in Beijing. The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade. The IMF said Monday, Oct. 8 that the global economy will grow 3.7 percent this year, the same as in 2017 but down from the 3.9 percent it was forecasting for 2018 in July.

IMF downgrades outlook for world economy to 3.7 pct. growth WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade.

The IMF said Monday that the global economy will grow 3.7 percent this year, the same as in 2017 but down from the 3.9 percent it was forecasting for 2018 in July. It slashed its outlook for the 19 countries that use the euro currency and for Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the

Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The report comes on the eve of the Oct. 12-14 meetings in Bali, Indonesia, of the IMF and its sister lending organization, the World Bank.

The IMF expects the U.S. economy to grow 2.9 percent this year, the fastest pace since 2005 and un-

changed from the July forecast. But it predicts that U.S. growth will slow to 2.5 percent next year as the effect of recent tax cuts wears off and as President Donald Trump’s trade war with China takes a toll.

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, has raised short-term U.S. rates three times this year as the American economy gains strength more than nine years after the end of the Great Recession.

The fund kept its forecast for growth in the Chinese economy unchanged at 6.6 percent this year. Citing the impact of U.S. taxes on Chinese imports, however, the IMF shaved the outlook for China next year to 6.2 percent, which would be the country’s slowest growth since 1990.

The United States and China — the world’s two biggest economies — are sparring over Beijing’s aggressive effort to challenge American

technological dominance. Washington charges that China uses predatory tactics, including outright cybertheft and forcing foreign companies to hand of trade secrets in exchange for access to the Chinese market.

The outlook for world trade overall also darkened: The fund expects global trade to grow 4.2 percent this year, down from 5.2 percent in 2017 and from the 4.8 percent it expected in July. (ap)

Asian markets cautious amid US-China tensions

The sell-off in Asian markets slowed on Tuesday, with most markets seeing little movement as ongoing US-China tensions simmer. A testy public interaction between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Beijing on Monday refuelled market worries about China-US relations, which have taken a hefty knock from titfor-tat tariffs.

“A possible train wreck on the negotiation front could completely derail global markets,” said Ste-

phen Innes, head of Asia-Pacific trading at OANDA. “We should not underestimate the potentially destabilising effect... a weaker yuan will have on regional markets, if not global markets.”

Adding to economic uncertainty on Tuesday was a bearish report from the International Monetary Fund, which lowered its forecast for Chinese economic growth in 2019 and warned that escalating trade tensions would drag on the world’s second-largest economy.

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook predicted China’s economy would grow 6.2 percent next year, down from an previous forecast of 6.4 percent. Both of those figures would mark the slowest rate of expansion for China since 1990.

- ‘Sense of foreboding’ After the biggest sell-off in three months on Monday, Shanghai’s stock market -- which led the retreat following a week-long public holiday -- was largely flat through Tuesday, finally closing up by 0.2

percent.

“If the trade confrontation continues, the Chinese currency will go lower and that will create a whole host of problems for the global economy,” Alicia Levine, chief strategist at BNY Investment Management, told Bloomberg News.

Stocks edged up in Hong Kong too, rising by a modest 0.2 percent through the afternoon. “The relative calm in today’s Asia session belies the eerie sense of foreboding that continues to hang over equity markets,” said Innes.

But markets slumped in Tokyo for a fourth consecutive session, falling 1.3 percent as traders returned from a long weekend, with stocks dragged down by a higher yen, worries over China, and a trading system glitch which affected part of the trading day.

Toyota, which announced a massive recall of its hybrid cars on Friday, plunged three percent.

In early European trade, London rose 0.2 percent, while Paris fell 1.1 percent and Frankfurt slipped by 1.4 percent. (afp)

Supiani Winata, Commissioner of the Alam Atelier School, explained the sharing session was attended by around 200 early childhood teachers from all over Bali.

“The teachers are mostly members of the Early Childhood Education Association (Himpaudi). We certainly want them to get information and knowledge about how early childhood education is appropriate for children,” he added.

The session attended by Prof. Dr. Hj Netty Herawati, Chairperson of HIMPAUDI Indonesia, was filled in by international speakers. They shared about how to teach children correctly so they can grow into individual that are not only smart and superior in academics but also grow into individual with strong and positive personality, with integrity. At the same time, their social and life skills also develop maximally. “The method described in this session has proved effective in improving children’s abilities and helping them develop their potential to the fullest. We have also applied it in our schools,” added Supiani.

Meanwhile, Maryati Lauw, Director of Operations of Alam Atelier School, explained that her school applies the Reggio Emilia learning method having the approach that allows children to interact and learn from

The seminar of Practical Wisdom for Leader’s Conference nature freely. “We invite students to learn more in nature or from nature so they do not only learn and stay quiet in one class room.

Our teachers continue to deliver learning materials in accordance with the lesson plan having been designed and programmed in such a way. What different at Alam Atelier School is the approach applied to children, so they can learn in a comfortable environment,” he said.

Maryati also stated that children should be given education from the earliest possible

age. “At our school, there is a curriculum prepared for babies aged 6 months (toddler classes) to children aged 9 years (primary 3) for now. Everything is made in such a way to develop the child’s potential to the fullest and designed to meet competencies of national curriculum standards,” added Maryati.

Alam Atelier School, located at Tibubeneng village, Berawa, Canggu, is indeed different from other schools. Nuance of the nature is obviously felt as the location is surrounded

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by paddy fields and very close to the beach.

Besides, school facilities such as open classrooms, spacious gardens and equipment are friendly to children that strongly support the concept of fun education.

“We really support children to get knowledge from positive experiences resulting from interaction with the surrounding environment. We are confident that this will make children better developed as a whole and not just from the academic aspect,” she concluded.(kmb)

Ngampin Tradition, Gratitude Expression to Birth of Great-Grandchild

Related to traditions often practiced in Hinduism, either in each family, village or district, it has its own characteristics. As in the Balinese nomenclature, a person who has get married will certainly have

children, then have grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and the next descendant according to the Balinese family nomenclature.

Various traditions are held to

remember the family order. One of them is through tradition of giving betel leaves with betel nut or better known as the tradition of ngampin kumpi by greatgrandmother (kumpi lingsir) to its great grandchild (kumpi alit). This tradition is very rarely implemented and even many people do not know because currently it is rare for parents who live longer to even have a great grandchild. However, this tradition remains often to be carried out at villages such as at Rendang in Karangasem.

Ni Wayan Logég, a great grandmother who is staying healthy and having a great grandchild, said that at Rendang village, Karangasem and the surrounding areas, the ngampin tradition is still often carried out.

This tradition is carried out by touching the baby using betel

leaves and betel nuts. The nail of the baby’s thumb are smeared with the betel stalk bite of great grandmother and ended by provision of banknote to her great-grandson (great grand-child). “This tradition is implemented when meeting first time with great grandchildren,” she said.

Similar opinion was revealed

by Ni Madé Gerot, one of the elderly residents from Tegal village, Rendang, Karangasem. After touching with betel leaves, the great-grandmother often gives money to her great-grandchild. According to Ni Madé Gerot, giving money is similar to giving provision to descendants and propriety of parents to their children. “This tradition means to remember each other and pray for each other so as to reach longevity. In addition to expressing gratitude for the birth

of great grandchild, it is also meant to strengthen the sense of kinship,” she said.

Community believes that by implementing this ngampin tradition, hopefully the great grandmother (kumpi lingsir) and great grandchild (kumpi alit) equally could have longevity.

In addition, this tradition is also aimed that the newborn grandson will not get miseries in living the life.

From the execution of this tradition, the elders remind their offspring so that families could remember one another and know one another. This ngampin tradition is one of the ways for parents to strengthen brotherhood. It is advisable to always undertake this tradition even though it looks unimportant but really meaningful. (kmb)

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Ukraine hunger striker ends protest ‘to avoid force-feeding’

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In this handout picture released by the Federal Penitentiary Service in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on September 29, 2018, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov undergoes medical examination at a state hospital in Labytnangi.

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MOSCOW - Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov, who has refused food for 145 days in a Russian jail, said on Friday he was halting his high-profile protest to avoid being force-fed.

Russia’s most famous prisoner wants Moscow to release all Ukrainian prisoners but President Vladimir Putin has refused to fulfil his demands or free the 42-year-old himself despite a star-studded global campaign to secure his release.

“I am forced to halt my hunger strike from tomorrow, that is 6/10/18,” Sentsov said in a hand-written statement, a copy of which was released to the media.

He said Russian authorities had planned to start force-feeding him “due to my critical condition and the onset of pathological changes to my internal organs.”

“My opinion is not being taken into account,” he added.

Many activists and Soviet-era dissidents have compared forcefeeding in Russian prisons to a form of torture with unpredictable consequences.

Sentsov said he had fasted for 145 days and lost 20 kilogrammes (44 pounds).

He apologised for failing to win the release of Ukrainian prisoners.

“I am grateful to everyone who supported me and I ask those who I let down to forgive me,” he wrote.

Earlier on Friday, the Russian prison service said Sentsov had started eating food.

- ‘Life goes on’ Deputy head of the prison service, Valery Maksimenko, said Sentsov was currently in a prison hospital but would be transferred back to his barracks once he recovers.

“He is young, maybe he will become a famous director,” Maksimenko told Dozhd television channel. “Let him live,” he said, adding the prisoner had until now eaten “pastes from tubes -- like a cosmonaut”.

Maksimenko said he was grateful to doctors and lawyers who persuaded Sentsov that “he needs to live, that life goes on”.

The film-maker is best known for his film “Gamer”, which screened to critical acclaim at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2012.

Moscow has refused to free Ukrainian prisoners or Sentsov himself, saying he must ask Putin for a pardon.

The Ukrainian director has refused to do so.

Sentsov began his hunger strike on May 14. He had been sustained with a glucose drip, some nutritional supplements and water.

Sentsov is serving a 20-year sentence in a prison in the Russian Arctic after being convicted on terrorism charges over an alleged arson plot in Crimea.

A vocal Kremlin critic, Sentsov was detained in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine.

Supporters say Russia wanted to make an example of him with the stiff sentence. The film-maker has denied the charges. (afp)

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Shrieking with delight, Indonesian kids in disaster-struck Palu rush to cuddle a giant Winnie the Pooh, his horseplay and goofy smiles drawing big smiles in a park surrounded with rubble.

Volunteers are cheering up children across Palu with songs and games as the youngsters come to grips with a city hollowed out and twisted by nature.

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Visitors walk next to solar panels during the official opening ceremony of the new one-megawatt power plant next to the New Safe Confinement over the fourth block of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl on October 5, 2018.

An earthquake and tsunami on September 28 has killed close to 2,000 on Sulawesi island and the carnage is still raw, with thousands more believed buried underneath the rubble.

The confronting scene is especially grim for the estimated 180,000 youngsters affected by the disaster. Erna wanted to offer a distraction from the misery.

She threw a Winnie the Pooh costume and other props in a car, gathered some friends and drove three hours to Palu. There, a volunteer sweated in the tropical heat inside the red and yellow suit

as kids giggled and embraced the loveable bear. “I felt sorry for the children, and I didn’t want them to be traumatised,” Erna told AFP. Aid workers on the ground said many children were shocked and distressed by the scale of the disaster.

Many were orphaned or separated from family in the terrifying aftermath as buildings crumbled and a wall of water crashed over the city. Across Palu, efforts are being thrown into getting smiles back on kids’ faces. Some volunteers have brought toys to replace those lost in the chaos. Others have

organised badminton and football matches, or enraptured kids with fun stories.

Save the Children has teamed up with local charities to run safe spaces for kids to play while their parents gather food and other desperately-needed supplies.

“Play is an extremely important part of a child’s psychological health and wellbeing,” said David Bloomer, a child protection technical adviser with Save the Children.

“It gives them a chance to regain a sense of normalcy in a world that has changed around them.”(afp)

Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park

CHERNOBYL - Ukraine launched Friday a park of photovoltaic panels at the former Chernobyl power plant as the country seeks to use solar power to give the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster a new lease on life.

The 1 million-euro ($1.2-million), one-megawatt plant is located just a hundred metres (yards) from a giant metal dome sealing the remains of the the nuclear power plant which suffered a catastrophic meltdown in 1986.

“Today we are connecting the station to the power system of Ukraine,” Yevgen Varyagin, the head of Solar Chernobyl, a Ukrainian-German company behind the project, said at the launch ceremony.

The facility, which is installed across an area of 1.6 hectares (4 acres), can power a mediumsized village, or about 2,000 households.

Plans are to eventually produce 100 megawatts at the site, which due to contamination from radiation cannot be used for farming.

Ukrainian authorities have offered investors nearly 2,500 hectares to construct solar panels, and beside the cheap price of the land the site is also attractive as it offers connections to the power grid.

Foreign investors are attracted by the price at which Ukraine will buy the solar power, which exceeds the European average by 50 percent, according to experts.

Ukraine, which has stopped buying natural gas from Russia in the last few years, aims to diversify its electricity generation.

Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl plant exploded April 26, 1986 and the fallout contaminated up to three quarters of Europe, according to some estimates, especially hitting Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Following the disaster, Soviet authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and the vast territory -- over 2,000 square kilometres wide -- has remained abandoned.

The other reactors were only gradually shut down, with the last closing in 2000, ending industrial activity in the area.

Humans cannot return to live in the zone for another 24,000 years, according to the Ukrainian authorities. (afp)

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Indonesian children hug a Winnie the Pooh character as they attend a trauma healing program at a shelter in Palu, Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 8, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said on October 8, warning the number would rise with thousands still missing.

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Tip-top Federer ‘where I want to be’ for Shanghai defence

SHANGHAI - Roger Federer warned Novak Djokovic and his other Shanghai Masters rivals on Tuesday that he was in prime condition even as another long season approaches its climax.

Batukaru Temple Mountain Temple Complex in Central Bali

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The main structure of Batukaru Temple features a multitude of shrines with tiered roofs, and the complex is filled with ancient structures heavily covered in green moss.

The walled compounds contain several shrines, as well as high ‘meru’ towers, and ‘bale’ pavilions with

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Mount Batukaru as a whole is considered a sacred site and the misty slopes of the heavily forested mountain enhances its spiritual vibe.

The temple complex is frequented by visitors on any given day; however several parts of the temple’s inner sanctum remain off-limits to non-pilgrims. The temple is devoted to the Hindu god Mahadeva, considered the master of the air, water and plants. The 11th century Batukaru

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The best time to visit is during the temple’s biannual ‘piodalan’ temple anniversaries, which coincides each Thursday after the Galungan celebrations. Balinese families from adjacent villages in Wangaya Gede and from all over the island make pilgrimages to this mountain temple for blessings.

Old Balinese chronicles state that the temple suffered major destruction following a siege by the neighbouring Buleleng kingdom during the warring times of 1605 AD. The temple remained in ruins for a considerable period, until major restorations began in 1959 for over two decades, reinstating Batukaru Temple back to its current form. A visit to the temple calls for proper attire and conduct.

As with any Balinese temple visit, you must wear a sash around your waist, which are available for free at the security post before the temple entrance, and women during their periods are not allowed to the temple grounds. There is a large parking area a kilometre down from

the temple, where a variety of local kiosks and warungs offer local cuisine, snacks and refreshments. One of the traditional must-try cakes in the Tabanan region include klepon, palm sugar-filled gelatinous steamed rice flour balls served with shredded coconut. (IBP/net)

The 37-year-old Swiss has been carefully managing his schedule in recent years, cutting out the clay-court segment of the season since 2017 to wring the most out of his ageing body. It appears to be working and the 20-time Grand Slam winner opens his defence of the Shanghai Masters this week in ominously good shape.

The world number two played in a victorious Laver Cup campaign in Chicago two weeks ago, following his surprise last-16 defeat to the Australian John Millman at the US Open.

“The good thing is after feeling good in practice I played a good Laver Cup, have had also some rest after the US Open,” said Federer.

The Swiss great’s prime threats in Shanghai are likely to come from world number three Djokovic -- who is in fine form -- and fourth-ranked Juan Martin del Potro. World number one Rafael Nadal, beaten by Federer in last year’s final of the Masters 1000 showpiece, is absent with injury.

Del Potro, who was hindered by cold and flu in losing Sunday’s China Open final to unseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili, said in Beijing last week that he was running on empty.

Not so Federer, it seems, who is seven years older than the Argentine.

“I feel like I’m where I want to be,” Federer said.

“I know that this is where I could be playing a lot of tennis, depending on how I play.”

Reflecting on his 2018, which included winning the Australian Open and several weeks back at world number one, Federer said: “I have actually been very successful when I played.

“I didn’t play many poor matches, to be quite honest. There is only maybe a couple that come to my mind and I have been injury-free for over a year now.”

Federer, who is chasing his fourth title this season, will face either Chinese wildcard Zhang Ze or feisty Russian Daniil Medvedev in his opener. (afp) Switzerland’s tennis player Roger Federer poses in the photo session during his press conference at the Fast Retailing headquarters in Tokyo on October 2, 2018.

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Marcus Smart #36 of the Boston Celtics handles the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers during a pre-season game on October 2, 2018 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

NEW YORK - Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart and Cleveland Cavaliers swingman J.R. Smith were each fined Monday by the NBA for their roles in an on-court altercation, the league announced.

Smart was fined $25,000 for escalating an on-court incident during an altercation in which he was ejected. Smith was fined $15,000 for initiating the confrontation.

The incident took place with 3:38 remaining in the first quarter of Cleveland’s 113-102 home victory over Boston late Saturday.

Smith and Australian forward Aron Baynes of the Celtics became entangled and exchanged shoves, with Smart entering the

scuffle by pushing Smith from behind.

Both Smart and Smith had to be restrained from escalating the situation.

Smart was whistled for a technical foul and ejected. Smith was issued a technical foul for shoving Baynes.

The Celtics, who were ousted from the NBA playoffs by Cleveland in last season’s Eastern Conference final, will not face the Cavaliers in the regular season until November 30.

The Cavaliers reached the NBA Finals in each of the past four seasons, but that was with four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James, who departed Cleveland in the off-season to join the Los Angeles Lakers. (afp)

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Modric v Ronaldo rematch as Ballon d’Or nominees unveiled

FIFA best player of the year Luka Modric remains on track for a second major award after he was named Monday among 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or alongside the likes of ex-Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

Modric, a World Cup runnerup with Croatia, beat Juventus’ Ronaldo and Salah to win the FIFA prize last month after Messi was surprisingly left off the final threeman list.

Ronaldo, currently facing allegations of rape dating back to 2009 that he strenuously denies, has already won the Ballon d’Or five times and is the current holder of the award. Messi has also won the award on five occasions.

FIFA split from the Ballon d’Or in 2016 to launch its own set of awards. The winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or organised by France Football magazine will be announced on December 3.

Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale and Manchester City’s Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne also featured among a list of familiar names.

Bale, who scored two goals in Real’s triumph in the final of the Champions League against Liverpool including a spectacular overhead kick, is joined by club teammates Karim Benzema, Raphael Varane, Isco, Marcelo and Sergio Ramos.

De Bruyne was nominated for helping City win the Premier League and Belgium reach the

World Cup semi-finals.

Antoine Griezmann, a World Cup winner with France and Europa League champion at Atletico Madrid, is nominated alongside international teammates, Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante, Manchester United’s Paul Pogba and PSG’s Kylian Mbappe.

Eden Hazard gives Chelsea another player in the running after starring alongside De Bruyne at the World Cup, with England’s Golden Boot winner Harry Kane also included.

Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero and PSG’s Neymar are nominated as are two other prolific South American strikers: Uruguayans Edinson Cavani of PSG and Luis Suarez of Barcelona.

Liverpool’s Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino and Uruguay’s rugged defender Diego Godin of Atletico Madrid also got the nod.

Four goalkeepers are also among the 30 -- Thibaut Courtois of Belgium and Real Madrid, Liverpool and Brazil stopper Alisson Becker, Tottenham’s France World Cup winner Hugo Lloris and Atletico’s Jan Oblak.

Also making the cut are Juve’s Mario Mandzukic and Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, while Barcelona are also represented by Croat midfilder

Ivan Rakitic.

- Lyon dominate women’s list For the first time, a Ballon d’Or for women players will be awarded this year, with Champions League winners Lyon accounting for seven of the 15 nominees.

France internationals Amandine Henry, Amel Majri and Wendie Renard are joined on the list by Germany’s Dzsenifer Marozsan, England’s Lucy Bronze, Ada Hegerberg of Norway and Japan defender Saki Kumagai.

Brazil’s Marta, crowned best women’s player for a record sixth time at last month’s FIFA awards, is also in contention after her role in winning the Copa America.

Other nominees are Pernille Harder, Lindsey Horan, Fran Kirby, Sam Kerr, Lieke Martens, Megan Rapinoe and Christine Sinclair.

In another first, the best under-21 player will receive the Kopa Trophy. Kylian Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain striker who burst onto the global scene with his performances as France won the World Cup, is the favourite.

The Ballon d’Or, which was first won by Englishman Stanley Matthews in 1956, is decided by a ballot of journalists from around the world.(afp)

Cutrone and 2 defenders leave Italy squad with injuries FLORENCE — Three injured players have left Italy’s squad ahead of a friendly against Ukraine and a UEFA Nations League match at Poland.

Forward Patrick Cutrone and defenders Alessio Romagnoli and Danilo D’Ambrosio were all ruled out with minor physical problems.

Sampdoria defender Lorenzo

Tonelli and Valencia fullback Cristiano Piccini were called up as replacements.

Striker Ciro Immobile remained with the squad despite a broken finger.

With Mario Balotelli left out because of poor form, the other forwards left in the team include: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria),

Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) and Simone Zaza (Torino).

Italy hosts Ukraine in Genoa on Wednesday then visits Poland on Sunday.

The Azzurri drew with Poland and lost to Portugal in their opening Nations League matches last month.(ap)

Paul ELLIS / AFP

Leicester City’s English defender Ben Chilwell (L) vies with Everton’s English midfielder Jonjoe Kenny during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Everton at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on October 6, 2018.

Leicester’s Chilwell replaces Shaw in England squad

Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric gestures during the Spanish league football match between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid CF at the Mendizorroza stadium in Vitoria on October 6, 2018.

Leicester’s Ben Chilwell has been called into the England squad as a replacement for injured Manchester United leftback Luke Shaw, the Football Association confirmed on Monday.

Chilwell, who made his England debut in a 1-0 friendly win over Switzerland on home soil at Leicester’s King Power Stadium last month, had originally been included in England’s under-21 squad.

But the 21-year-old will now take the place of Shaw, whose

rotten luck with injuries continues to rule him out of a Nations League double-header away to Croatia and Spain.

Shaw suffered concussion in a 2-1 defeat to Spain last month on his first international start since breaking his leg in 2015.

He completed the 90 minutes in United’s thrilling comeback from 2-0 down to beat Newcastle 3-2 on Saturday, but the FA said he had returned to his club for treatment on an unspecified injury.

Chilwell adds to an already inexperienced squad assembled by Gareth Southgate with his Leicester team-mate James Maddison, 21, on loan Derby midfielder Mason Mount, 19, and Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho, 18, all receiving their first call-ups.

Brighton defender Lewis Dunk was also brought in for the first time as a replacement for the injured James Tarkowski on Sunday.(afp)

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Modric v Ronaldo rematch as Ballon d’Or nominees unveiled

FIFA best player of the year Luka Modric remains on track for a second major award after he was named Monday among 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or alongside the likes of ex-Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

Modric, a World Cup runnerup with Croatia, beat Juventus’ Ronaldo and Salah to win the FIFA prize last month after Messi was surprisingly left off the final threeman list.

Ronaldo, currently facing allegations of rape dating back to 2009 that he strenuously denies, has already won the Ballon d’Or five times and is the current holder of the award. Messi has also won the award on five occasions.

FIFA split from the Ballon d’Or in 2016 to launch its own set of awards. The winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or organised by France Football magazine will be announced on December 3.

Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale and Manchester City’s Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne also featured among a list of familiar names.

Bale, who scored two goals in Real’s triumph in the final of the Champions League against Liverpool including a spectacular overhead kick, is joined by club teammates Karim Benzema, Raphael Varane, Isco, Marcelo and Sergio Ramos.

De Bruyne was nominated for helping City win the Premier League and Belgium reach the

World Cup semi-finals.

Antoine Griezmann, a World Cup winner with France and Europa League champion at Atletico Madrid, is nominated alongside international teammates, Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante, Manchester United’s Paul Pogba and PSG’s Kylian Mbappe.

Eden Hazard gives Chelsea another player in the running after starring alongside De Bruyne at the World Cup, with England’s Golden Boot winner Harry Kane also included.

Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero and PSG’s Neymar are nominated as are two other prolific South American strikers: Uruguayans Edinson Cavani of PSG and Luis Suarez of Barcelona.

Liverpool’s Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino and Uruguay’s rugged defender Diego Godin of Atletico Madrid also got the nod.

Four goalkeepers are also among the 30 -- Thibaut Courtois of Belgium and Real Madrid, Liverpool and Brazil stopper Alisson Becker, Tottenham’s France World Cup winner Hugo Lloris and Atletico’s Jan Oblak.

Also making the cut are Juve’s Mario Mandzukic and Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, while Barcelona are also represented by Croat midfilder

Ivan Rakitic.

- Lyon dominate women’s list For the first time, a Ballon d’Or for women players will be awarded this year, with Champions League winners Lyon accounting for seven of the 15 nominees.

France internationals Amandine Henry, Amel Majri and Wendie Renard are joined on the list by Germany’s Dzsenifer Marozsan, England’s Lucy Bronze, Ada Hegerberg of Norway and Japan defender Saki Kumagai.

Brazil’s Marta, crowned best women’s player for a record sixth time at last month’s FIFA awards, is also in contention after her role in winning the Copa America.

Other nominees are Pernille Harder, Lindsey Horan, Fran Kirby, Sam Kerr, Lieke Martens, Megan Rapinoe and Christine Sinclair.

In another first, the best under-21 player will receive the Kopa Trophy. Kylian Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain striker who burst onto the global scene with his performances as France won the World Cup, is the favourite.

The Ballon d’Or, which was first won by Englishman Stanley Matthews in 1956, is decided by a ballot of journalists from around the world.(afp)

Cutrone and 2 defenders leave Italy squad with injuries FLORENCE — Three injured players have left Italy’s squad ahead of a friendly against Ukraine and a UEFA Nations League match at Poland.

Forward Patrick Cutrone and defenders Alessio Romagnoli and Danilo D’Ambrosio were all ruled out with minor physical problems.

Sampdoria defender Lorenzo

Tonelli and Valencia fullback Cristiano Piccini were called up as replacements.

Striker Ciro Immobile remained with the squad despite a broken finger.

With Mario Balotelli left out because of poor form, the other forwards left in the team include: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria),

Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) and Simone Zaza (Torino).

Italy hosts Ukraine in Genoa on Wednesday then visits Poland on Sunday.

The Azzurri drew with Poland and lost to Portugal in their opening Nations League matches last month.(ap)

Paul ELLIS / AFP

Leicester City’s English defender Ben Chilwell (L) vies with Everton’s English midfielder Jonjoe Kenny during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Everton at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on October 6, 2018.

Leicester’s Chilwell replaces Shaw in England squad

Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric gestures during the Spanish league football match between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid CF at the Mendizorroza stadium in Vitoria on October 6, 2018.

Leicester’s Ben Chilwell has been called into the England squad as a replacement for injured Manchester United leftback Luke Shaw, the Football Association confirmed on Monday.

Chilwell, who made his England debut in a 1-0 friendly win over Switzerland on home soil at Leicester’s King Power Stadium last month, had originally been included in England’s under-21 squad.

But the 21-year-old will now take the place of Shaw, whose

rotten luck with injuries continues to rule him out of a Nations League double-header away to Croatia and Spain.

Shaw suffered concussion in a 2-1 defeat to Spain last month on his first international start since breaking his leg in 2015.

He completed the 90 minutes in United’s thrilling comeback from 2-0 down to beat Newcastle 3-2 on Saturday, but the FA said he had returned to his club for treatment on an unspecified injury.

Chilwell adds to an already inexperienced squad assembled by Gareth Southgate with his Leicester team-mate James Maddison, 21, on loan Derby midfielder Mason Mount, 19, and Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho, 18, all receiving their first call-ups.

Brighton defender Lewis Dunk was also brought in for the first time as a replacement for the injured James Tarkowski on Sunday.(afp)

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Tip-top Federer ‘where I want to be’ for Shanghai defence

SHANGHAI - Roger Federer warned Novak Djokovic and his other Shanghai Masters rivals on Tuesday that he was in prime condition even as another long season approaches its climax.

Batukaru Temple Mountain Temple Complex in Central Bali

TABANAN - Batukaru Temple, referred to by locals as Pura Luhur Batukaru, is one of Bali’s key temples, located at the foot of namesake Mount Batukaru. At an altitude of 2,270m above sea level on the second highest peak in Bali after Mount Agung, the temple is surrounded by cool natural forests, providing a pleasant sightseeing stopover for nature lovers. Moreover, the island’s most impressive expanse of rice paddies, Jatiluwih, is within a two-kilometre drive from the temple, making popular stopovers on excursions to Bali’s central highlands.

The main structure of Batukaru Temple features a multitude of shrines with tiered roofs, and the complex is filled with ancient structures heavily covered in green moss.

The walled compounds contain several shrines, as well as high ‘meru’ towers, and ‘bale’ pavilions with

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Mount Batukaru as a whole is considered a sacred site and the misty slopes of the heavily forested mountain enhances its spiritual vibe.

The temple complex is frequented by visitors on any given day; however several parts of the temple’s inner sanctum remain off-limits to non-pilgrims. The temple is devoted to the Hindu god Mahadeva, considered the master of the air, water and plants. The 11th century Batukaru

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Temple shares the cool and quiet upland vicinity of the Wongaya Gede farming community in the Penebel Village of Tabanan regency.

The best time to visit is during the temple’s biannual ‘piodalan’ temple anniversaries, which coincides each Thursday after the Galungan celebrations. Balinese families from adjacent villages in Wangaya Gede and from all over the island make pilgrimages to this mountain temple for blessings.

Old Balinese chronicles state that the temple suffered major destruction following a siege by the neighbouring Buleleng kingdom during the warring times of 1605 AD. The temple remained in ruins for a considerable period, until major restorations began in 1959 for over two decades, reinstating Batukaru Temple back to its current form. A visit to the temple calls for proper attire and conduct.

As with any Balinese temple visit, you must wear a sash around your waist, which are available for free at the security post before the temple entrance, and women during their periods are not allowed to the temple grounds. There is a large parking area a kilometre down from

the temple, where a variety of local kiosks and warungs offer local cuisine, snacks and refreshments. One of the traditional must-try cakes in the Tabanan region include klepon, palm sugar-filled gelatinous steamed rice flour balls served with shredded coconut. (IBP/net)

The 37-year-old Swiss has been carefully managing his schedule in recent years, cutting out the clay-court segment of the season since 2017 to wring the most out of his ageing body. It appears to be working and the 20-time Grand Slam winner opens his defence of the Shanghai Masters this week in ominously good shape.

The world number two played in a victorious Laver Cup campaign in Chicago two weeks ago, following his surprise last-16 defeat to the Australian John Millman at the US Open.

“The good thing is after feeling good in practice I played a good Laver Cup, have had also some rest after the US Open,” said Federer.

The Swiss great’s prime threats in Shanghai are likely to come from world number three Djokovic -- who is in fine form -- and fourth-ranked Juan Martin del Potro. World number one Rafael Nadal, beaten by Federer in last year’s final of the Masters 1000 showpiece, is absent with injury.

Del Potro, who was hindered by cold and flu in losing Sunday’s China Open final to unseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili, said in Beijing last week that he was running on empty.

Not so Federer, it seems, who is seven years older than the Argentine.

“I feel like I’m where I want to be,” Federer said.

“I know that this is where I could be playing a lot of tennis, depending on how I play.”

Reflecting on his 2018, which included winning the Australian Open and several weeks back at world number one, Federer said: “I have actually been very successful when I played.

“I didn’t play many poor matches, to be quite honest. There is only maybe a couple that come to my mind and I have been injury-free for over a year now.”

Federer, who is chasing his fourth title this season, will face either Chinese wildcard Zhang Ze or feisty Russian Daniil Medvedev in his opener. (afp) Switzerland’s tennis player Roger Federer poses in the photo session during his press conference at the Fast Retailing headquarters in Tokyo on October 2, 2018.

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Marcus Smart #36 of the Boston Celtics handles the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers during a pre-season game on October 2, 2018 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

NEW YORK - Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart and Cleveland Cavaliers swingman J.R. Smith were each fined Monday by the NBA for their roles in an on-court altercation, the league announced.

Smart was fined $25,000 for escalating an on-court incident during an altercation in which he was ejected. Smith was fined $15,000 for initiating the confrontation.

The incident took place with 3:38 remaining in the first quarter of Cleveland’s 113-102 home victory over Boston late Saturday.

Smith and Australian forward Aron Baynes of the Celtics became entangled and exchanged shoves, with Smart entering the

scuffle by pushing Smith from behind.

Both Smart and Smith had to be restrained from escalating the situation.

Smart was whistled for a technical foul and ejected. Smith was issued a technical foul for shoving Baynes.

The Celtics, who were ousted from the NBA playoffs by Cleveland in last season’s Eastern Conference final, will not face the Cavaliers in the regular season until November 30.

The Cavaliers reached the NBA Finals in each of the past four seasons, but that was with four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James, who departed Cleveland in the off-season to join the Los Angeles Lakers. (afp)

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Ukraine hunger striker ends protest ‘to avoid force-feeding’

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In this handout picture released by the Federal Penitentiary Service in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on September 29, 2018, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov undergoes medical examination at a state hospital in Labytnangi.

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MOSCOW - Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov, who has refused food for 145 days in a Russian jail, said on Friday he was halting his high-profile protest to avoid being force-fed.

Russia’s most famous prisoner wants Moscow to release all Ukrainian prisoners but President Vladimir Putin has refused to fulfil his demands or free the 42-year-old himself despite a star-studded global campaign to secure his release.

“I am forced to halt my hunger strike from tomorrow, that is 6/10/18,” Sentsov said in a hand-written statement, a copy of which was released to the media.

He said Russian authorities had planned to start force-feeding him “due to my critical condition and the onset of pathological changes to my internal organs.”

“My opinion is not being taken into account,” he added.

Many activists and Soviet-era dissidents have compared forcefeeding in Russian prisons to a form of torture with unpredictable consequences.

Sentsov said he had fasted for 145 days and lost 20 kilogrammes (44 pounds).

He apologised for failing to win the release of Ukrainian prisoners.

“I am grateful to everyone who supported me and I ask those who I let down to forgive me,” he wrote.

Earlier on Friday, the Russian prison service said Sentsov had started eating food.

- ‘Life goes on’ Deputy head of the prison service, Valery Maksimenko, said Sentsov was currently in a prison hospital but would be transferred back to his barracks once he recovers.

“He is young, maybe he will become a famous director,” Maksimenko told Dozhd television channel. “Let him live,” he said, adding the prisoner had until now eaten “pastes from tubes -- like a cosmonaut”.

Maksimenko said he was grateful to doctors and lawyers who persuaded Sentsov that “he needs to live, that life goes on”.

The film-maker is best known for his film “Gamer”, which screened to critical acclaim at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2012.

Moscow has refused to free Ukrainian prisoners or Sentsov himself, saying he must ask Putin for a pardon.

The Ukrainian director has refused to do so.

Sentsov began his hunger strike on May 14. He had been sustained with a glucose drip, some nutritional supplements and water.

Sentsov is serving a 20-year sentence in a prison in the Russian Arctic after being convicted on terrorism charges over an alleged arson plot in Crimea.

A vocal Kremlin critic, Sentsov was detained in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine.

Supporters say Russia wanted to make an example of him with the stiff sentence. The film-maker has denied the charges. (afp)

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Shrieking with delight, Indonesian kids in disaster-struck Palu rush to cuddle a giant Winnie the Pooh, his horseplay and goofy smiles drawing big smiles in a park surrounded with rubble.

Volunteers are cheering up children across Palu with songs and games as the youngsters come to grips with a city hollowed out and twisted by nature.

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Visitors walk next to solar panels during the official opening ceremony of the new one-megawatt power plant next to the New Safe Confinement over the fourth block of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl on October 5, 2018.

An earthquake and tsunami on September 28 has killed close to 2,000 on Sulawesi island and the carnage is still raw, with thousands more believed buried underneath the rubble.

The confronting scene is especially grim for the estimated 180,000 youngsters affected by the disaster. Erna wanted to offer a distraction from the misery.

She threw a Winnie the Pooh costume and other props in a car, gathered some friends and drove three hours to Palu. There, a volunteer sweated in the tropical heat inside the red and yellow suit

as kids giggled and embraced the loveable bear. “I felt sorry for the children, and I didn’t want them to be traumatised,” Erna told AFP. Aid workers on the ground said many children were shocked and distressed by the scale of the disaster.

Many were orphaned or separated from family in the terrifying aftermath as buildings crumbled and a wall of water crashed over the city. Across Palu, efforts are being thrown into getting smiles back on kids’ faces. Some volunteers have brought toys to replace those lost in the chaos. Others have

organised badminton and football matches, or enraptured kids with fun stories.

Save the Children has teamed up with local charities to run safe spaces for kids to play while their parents gather food and other desperately-needed supplies.

“Play is an extremely important part of a child’s psychological health and wellbeing,” said David Bloomer, a child protection technical adviser with Save the Children.

“It gives them a chance to regain a sense of normalcy in a world that has changed around them.”(afp)

Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park

CHERNOBYL - Ukraine launched Friday a park of photovoltaic panels at the former Chernobyl power plant as the country seeks to use solar power to give the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster a new lease on life.

The 1 million-euro ($1.2-million), one-megawatt plant is located just a hundred metres (yards) from a giant metal dome sealing the remains of the the nuclear power plant which suffered a catastrophic meltdown in 1986.

“Today we are connecting the station to the power system of Ukraine,” Yevgen Varyagin, the head of Solar Chernobyl, a Ukrainian-German company behind the project, said at the launch ceremony.

The facility, which is installed across an area of 1.6 hectares (4 acres), can power a mediumsized village, or about 2,000 households.

Plans are to eventually produce 100 megawatts at the site, which due to contamination from radiation cannot be used for farming.

Ukrainian authorities have offered investors nearly 2,500 hectares to construct solar panels, and beside the cheap price of the land the site is also attractive as it offers connections to the power grid.

Foreign investors are attracted by the price at which Ukraine will buy the solar power, which exceeds the European average by 50 percent, according to experts.

Ukraine, which has stopped buying natural gas from Russia in the last few years, aims to diversify its electricity generation.

Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl plant exploded April 26, 1986 and the fallout contaminated up to three quarters of Europe, according to some estimates, especially hitting Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Following the disaster, Soviet authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and the vast territory -- over 2,000 square kilometres wide -- has remained abandoned.

The other reactors were only gradually shut down, with the last closing in 2000, ending industrial activity in the area.

Humans cannot return to live in the zone for another 24,000 years, according to the Ukrainian authorities. (afp)

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Indonesian children hug a Winnie the Pooh character as they attend a trauma healing program at a shelter in Palu, Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 8, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said on October 8, warning the number would rise with thousands still missing.

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Alam Atelier School holds Practical Wisdom for Leader’s Conference

ACQUIRING positive experience and education at early age plays an important role in child development.

On that account, educational institutions should be able to use methods that are appropriate with child’s age.

This was revealed in a sharing session in the Practical Wisdom for Leader’s Conference held at the Alam Atelier School, Canggu, on Sunday (Oct. 7).

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In this July 7, 2018 file photo, people walk past a mural on a bank showing symbols for American, Chinese and other world currencies in Beijing. The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade. The IMF said Monday, Oct. 8 that the global economy will grow 3.7 percent this year, the same as in 2017 but down from the 3.9 percent it was forecasting for 2018 in July.

IMF downgrades outlook for world economy to 3.7 pct. growth WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade.

The IMF said Monday that the global economy will grow 3.7 percent this year, the same as in 2017 but down from the 3.9 percent it was forecasting for 2018 in July. It slashed its outlook for the 19 countries that use the euro currency and for Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the

Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The report comes on the eve of the Oct. 12-14 meetings in Bali, Indonesia, of the IMF and its sister lending organization, the World Bank.

The IMF expects the U.S. economy to grow 2.9 percent this year, the fastest pace since 2005 and un-

changed from the July forecast. But it predicts that U.S. growth will slow to 2.5 percent next year as the effect of recent tax cuts wears off and as President Donald Trump’s trade war with China takes a toll.

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, has raised short-term U.S. rates three times this year as the American economy gains strength more than nine years after the end of the Great Recession.

The fund kept its forecast for growth in the Chinese economy unchanged at 6.6 percent this year. Citing the impact of U.S. taxes on Chinese imports, however, the IMF shaved the outlook for China next year to 6.2 percent, which would be the country’s slowest growth since 1990.

The United States and China — the world’s two biggest economies — are sparring over Beijing’s aggressive effort to challenge American

technological dominance. Washington charges that China uses predatory tactics, including outright cybertheft and forcing foreign companies to hand of trade secrets in exchange for access to the Chinese market.

The outlook for world trade overall also darkened: The fund expects global trade to grow 4.2 percent this year, down from 5.2 percent in 2017 and from the 4.8 percent it expected in July. (ap)

Asian markets cautious amid US-China tensions

The sell-off in Asian markets slowed on Tuesday, with most markets seeing little movement as ongoing US-China tensions simmer. A testy public interaction between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Beijing on Monday refuelled market worries about China-US relations, which have taken a hefty knock from titfor-tat tariffs.

“A possible train wreck on the negotiation front could completely derail global markets,” said Ste-

phen Innes, head of Asia-Pacific trading at OANDA. “We should not underestimate the potentially destabilising effect... a weaker yuan will have on regional markets, if not global markets.”

Adding to economic uncertainty on Tuesday was a bearish report from the International Monetary Fund, which lowered its forecast for Chinese economic growth in 2019 and warned that escalating trade tensions would drag on the world’s second-largest economy.

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook predicted China’s economy would grow 6.2 percent next year, down from an previous forecast of 6.4 percent. Both of those figures would mark the slowest rate of expansion for China since 1990.

- ‘Sense of foreboding’ After the biggest sell-off in three months on Monday, Shanghai’s stock market -- which led the retreat following a week-long public holiday -- was largely flat through Tuesday, finally closing up by 0.2

percent.

“If the trade confrontation continues, the Chinese currency will go lower and that will create a whole host of problems for the global economy,” Alicia Levine, chief strategist at BNY Investment Management, told Bloomberg News.

Stocks edged up in Hong Kong too, rising by a modest 0.2 percent through the afternoon. “The relative calm in today’s Asia session belies the eerie sense of foreboding that continues to hang over equity markets,” said Innes.

But markets slumped in Tokyo for a fourth consecutive session, falling 1.3 percent as traders returned from a long weekend, with stocks dragged down by a higher yen, worries over China, and a trading system glitch which affected part of the trading day.

Toyota, which announced a massive recall of its hybrid cars on Friday, plunged three percent.

In early European trade, London rose 0.2 percent, while Paris fell 1.1 percent and Frankfurt slipped by 1.4 percent. (afp)

Supiani Winata, Commissioner of the Alam Atelier School, explained the sharing session was attended by around 200 early childhood teachers from all over Bali.

“The teachers are mostly members of the Early Childhood Education Association (Himpaudi). We certainly want them to get information and knowledge about how early childhood education is appropriate for children,” he added.

The session attended by Prof. Dr. Hj Netty Herawati, Chairperson of HIMPAUDI Indonesia, was filled in by international speakers. They shared about how to teach children correctly so they can grow into individual that are not only smart and superior in academics but also grow into individual with strong and positive personality, with integrity. At the same time, their social and life skills also develop maximally. “The method described in this session has proved effective in improving children’s abilities and helping them develop their potential to the fullest. We have also applied it in our schools,” added Supiani.

Meanwhile, Maryati Lauw, Director of Operations of Alam Atelier School, explained that her school applies the Reggio Emilia learning method having the approach that allows children to interact and learn from

The seminar of Practical Wisdom for Leader’s Conference nature freely. “We invite students to learn more in nature or from nature so they do not only learn and stay quiet in one class room.

Our teachers continue to deliver learning materials in accordance with the lesson plan having been designed and programmed in such a way. What different at Alam Atelier School is the approach applied to children, so they can learn in a comfortable environment,” he said.

Maryati also stated that children should be given education from the earliest possible

age. “At our school, there is a curriculum prepared for babies aged 6 months (toddler classes) to children aged 9 years (primary 3) for now. Everything is made in such a way to develop the child’s potential to the fullest and designed to meet competencies of national curriculum standards,” added Maryati.

Alam Atelier School, located at Tibubeneng village, Berawa, Canggu, is indeed different from other schools. Nuance of the nature is obviously felt as the location is surrounded

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by paddy fields and very close to the beach.

Besides, school facilities such as open classrooms, spacious gardens and equipment are friendly to children that strongly support the concept of fun education.

“We really support children to get knowledge from positive experiences resulting from interaction with the surrounding environment. We are confident that this will make children better developed as a whole and not just from the academic aspect,” she concluded.(kmb)

Ngampin Tradition, Gratitude Expression to Birth of Great-Grandchild

Related to traditions often practiced in Hinduism, either in each family, village or district, it has its own characteristics. As in the Balinese nomenclature, a person who has get married will certainly have

children, then have grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and the next descendant according to the Balinese family nomenclature.

Various traditions are held to

remember the family order. One of them is through tradition of giving betel leaves with betel nut or better known as the tradition of ngampin kumpi by greatgrandmother (kumpi lingsir) to its great grandchild (kumpi alit). This tradition is very rarely implemented and even many people do not know because currently it is rare for parents who live longer to even have a great grandchild. However, this tradition remains often to be carried out at villages such as at Rendang in Karangasem.

Ni Wayan Logég, a great grandmother who is staying healthy and having a great grandchild, said that at Rendang village, Karangasem and the surrounding areas, the ngampin tradition is still often carried out.

This tradition is carried out by touching the baby using betel

leaves and betel nuts. The nail of the baby’s thumb are smeared with the betel stalk bite of great grandmother and ended by provision of banknote to her great-grandson (great grand-child). “This tradition is implemented when meeting first time with great grandchildren,” she said.

Similar opinion was revealed

by Ni Madé Gerot, one of the elderly residents from Tegal village, Rendang, Karangasem. After touching with betel leaves, the great-grandmother often gives money to her great-grandchild. According to Ni Madé Gerot, giving money is similar to giving provision to descendants and propriety of parents to their children. “This tradition means to remember each other and pray for each other so as to reach longevity. In addition to expressing gratitude for the birth

of great grandchild, it is also meant to strengthen the sense of kinship,” she said.

Community believes that by implementing this ngampin tradition, hopefully the great grandmother (kumpi lingsir) and great grandchild (kumpi alit) equally could have longevity.

In addition, this tradition is also aimed that the newborn grandson will not get miseries in living the life.

From the execution of this tradition, the elders remind their offspring so that families could remember one another and know one another. This ngampin tradition is one of the ways for parents to strengthen brotherhood. It is advisable to always undertake this tradition even though it looks unimportant but really meaningful. (kmb)

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Tsunami attacks business premises

30 boxes of ornamental fish regularly sent each week to Denpasar

THE earthquake followed by tsunami and the liquefaction that occurred in Palu, Donggala and Sigi, Central Sulawesi, on Friday afternoon (Sep. 28) caused considerable losses to I Nyoman Selamet. His house becoming the business premise of marine ornamental fish was swept away by the tsunami. The remaining property is only the padmasana shrine remaining to stand rigidly.

According to Nyoman Selamet, his house is an old one and has been occupied since 1999 also functioned as location of marine ornamental fish business. It is located in the coastal area of Mamboro, North Palu. However, since 2015, Nyoman Selamet moved to his new home in an area with a higher position. Practically, the beachside house is just functioned to manage his marine ornamental fish business. It was managed by his sister assisted by a number of employees, considering the busyness of Nyoman Selamet as a member of the Central Sulawesi House of Representatives.

When the earthquake followed by tsunami occurred, several employees were still on duty. Luckily all of them survived from the disaster. “However, there was an employee’s family (whose house is not far from the ornamental fish business—Ed) at home at the time of disaster, so they could not be rescued,” said Selamet.

Meanwhile, the two-tiered house plus warehouse and dozens of ornamental fish storage boxes were carried by the waves and they were not found. It was only the second floor deck visible to get washed away across the street. “All properties were swept away

and the traces are even not visible. The only thing left is this padmasana shrine remaining to stand,” said Selamet claiming to be somewhat surprised.

Regarding his seawater ornamental fish business, this father of three children admitted to have dispatched fish to Bali and Jakarta. During the heyday, he even dispatched up to 30 boxes per week. But lately, it began to decrease slightly. He rejected to mention the exact losses due to the

disaster experienced with thousands of other residents in Palu, Donggala and Sigi district.

“The house buildings can be curated, not to mention the warehouse and the box of the ornamental fish along with the equipment.

They can reach hundreds of millions or even billions,” he said.

Meanwhile, the post-disaster recovery efforts continue to be carried out by various parties. Humanitarian assistance also continues to flow to Palu, Donggala and also

Sigi. Basic needs of the people continue to be addressed such as clean water, electricity and others.

However, until now a number of evacuation shelters have begun to run out of logistics as stated by the officers and volunteers in one of the areas affected by the most severe disaster, Balaroa. Here, at least it happened to eight points of refugee. Logistics is running low, especially baby equipment, milk for 0 to 3-year old baby and elder age. (kmb20)

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DENPASAR - Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives appreciated to the government’s seriousness in handling the waste problem in Bali. In this case, it is the arrangement at the Sarbagita Regional Landfill or Suwung Landfill even though the arrangement efforts are still related to the implementation of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting.

Nevertheless, the parliament hoped the waste management can be carried out continuously.

“It means nothing if only pursuing the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting. People actually feel cheated.

Its continuity must go on seriously because it is a very big problem,” said Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nengah Tamba, after coming down to the Suwung Landfill with the Minister of Public Works and Settle-

ment, Head of the Bali Public Works and Spatial Planning and the related technical units on Monday (Oct. 8).

Tamba added the piles of garbage are now compacted to be used for an ecopark. The methane gas produced must get decomposed properly and not be toxic in the air.

On that account, the height of the exhaust pipe gas must be regulated and tested for feasibility. Then, the waste to energy project must also be realized immediately so that the Suwung Landfill does not return to be stuffed with waste. Moreover, the president has issued Presidential Regulation No.35/2018 concerning the Acceleration of the Construction of Waste Management Plants to Be Electric Energy Based on Green Technology.

“Five hectares of land is utilized for waste to energy. The electricity from waste is not yet clear where the

budget comes from. Even though it is said to be handled by the PLN, we cannot prove it. Moreover, currently the PLN is having problems. I tend to agree if this project can be handled by the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement because the execution will be much faster,” said this Democratic politician from Jembrana.

According to Tamba, waste to energy must be completed in 2021. At least, this project should have been worked on in 2019.

Otherwise, the waste problem will return to be a time bomb for Bali, chiefly concerning health and tourism, not to mention there is a heap of oil sources next to it.

Then, the northern side still looks shabby with scavenging beds. “We think about health problems. Even though scavengers, their health must be maintained,” he explained. (kmb12)

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Russian trust in Putin plunges to 39 percent

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According to Nyoman Selamet, his house becoming the business premise of marine ornamental fish was swept away by the tsunami.

Ecopark at Suwung Landfill may not exude toxic gas

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Russian President Vladimir Putin

MOSCOW - Trust in President Vladimir Putin has plunged to 39 percent among ordinary Russians, according to an opinion poll published Monday amid popular discontent over pension reforms.

It is the lowest rating for Putin since 2014, before he enjoyed a surge in popularity over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

The survey by the independent Levada Centre found that trust in Putin has fallen nine percentage points since June and a total of 20 percentage points since November 2017.

Thirteen percent of Russians

said they did not trust him, according to the latest poll carried out between September 20 and 26.

The veteran Russian leader last week signed into law a bill that will gradually increase the state retirement age to 60 for women and 65 for men, the first such increase since the 1930s.

Most ordinary Russians are

deeply opposed to the reforms, which sparked rare street protests.

“People think the government is trying to solve its problems at the public’s expense. It has made an attempt to take something people consider to be theirs: pension savings,” Levada Centre director Lev Gudkov told the Vedomosti business daily.

He said social tensions have been building since the end of last year because of a variety of factors including a fall in real earnings and rising prices.

While Putin easily won the March presidential election with more than 76 percent of the vote, public discontent about the pension reforms meant “all elements of concern (about him) were lumped together”, Gudkov said.

This led to a fall in trust not only in Putin but also in his allies: Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, he added said.

Putin’s personal style of rule means he “cannot hand over re-

sponsibility to someone else” for unpopular decisions, political analyst Dmitry Orlov told Vedomosti.

Putin’s lowest ever rating in such a Levada poll was in August 2013, when just 30 percent named him as a trusted politician.

He had suffered a long period of decline in support after the 2008 economic crisis and a wave of protests in 2011-12.

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment to Vedomosti on the latest poll. (afp)

German troops face Russian ‘hybrid war’ in Lithuania: Merkel

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel observes the movement of a robot during a visit to the technical University in Darmstadt, western Germany on October 8, 2018.

RUKLA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday Berlin was boosting military cyber capabilities to respond to Russian hybrid warfare that is targeting its troops deployed on NATO’s eastern flank.

“Here you are also confronted with a situation that represents another part of the Russian military doctrine: the idea of hybrid warfare,” she told German troops stationed in Lithuania as part of a NATO force deployed to deter Russia.

NATO allies have accused Russia of using “hybrid warfare” techniques, including subversion, propaganda and cyber warfare, to undermine the West without

triggering a full NATO military response.

Russia has repeatedly denied that it stages such attacks and has accused the US-led alliance of provoking an arms race.

“Hybrid warfare is not something that we are very used to.

You clearly experience this here in very specific ways,” Merkel added, without elaborating.

“It is not for nothing that we built in Germany a special cyber unit within the German military in order to build capabilities in this area,” she told troops at their base in Rukla, northwest of the capital Vilnius.

Last year, Germany deployed over 500 troops in Lithuania as

part of a NATO mission to reassure eastern allies and deter Russia.

Soon after their arrival, German troops were subjected to false rape accusations while media reports said Moscow also targeted NATO soldiers’ smartphones.

Fears that Russia could attempt to attack NATO’s ex-communist states surged after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, a move that sent EastWest relations to their lowest point since the Cold War. Besides Lithuania, 1,000-strong NATO battalions were also deployed in fellow Baltic states Latvia and Estonia and neighbouring Poland. (afp)

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Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’ TOKYO - Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa’s training to go the moon should not be too tricky, he joked Tuesday, adding that he planned to use free time from his six-hour work day to squeeze it in.

The 42-year-old Maezawa paid an undisclosed sum for a ticket on fellow tycoon Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket around the moon as early as 2023 and the passionate art collector also plans to take around half a dozen artists with him on the trip.

“It hasn’t been decided yet what training I will need to undergo but Elon Musk has said it shouldn’t be too hard,” Maezawa jested, adding in Japanese, “I believe English will be a must.”

Asked how he could fit astronaut training around his already hectic schedule, he said he adhered to his own company policy of working a six-hour day and devoting the rest of the time to personal projects.

“I don’t go to work from morning to night. I’m there three or four times a week and I try to go home after six hours,” Maezawa told a packed news conference in Tokyo.

Maezawa will hitch a ride aboard Musk’s Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), which SpaceX has acknowledged may not be ready for human flight for at least five years.

First announced in 2016 and estimated to cost $5 billion, the BFR was touted as the most powerful rocket in history, even more potent than the Saturn V moon rocket that launched the Apollo missions five decades ago.

Maezawa said he had received “safety guarantees” that allowed him to be able to invite the artists along on the trip, although he confirmed he had not yet begun negotiations with potential fellow-travellers.

He said he was most looking forward to seeing the entire Earth from space.

“I look forward to getting close to the moon. I would like to see the Earth in full view... To see it with my own eyes, just thinking about it now makes tears well up in my own eyes,” he said.

Maezawa is chief executive of Japan’s largest online fashion store and is the 13th richest person in Japan, with an estimated fortune of $2.8 billion, according to business magazine Forbes.

He did not deny there were some commercial interests behind his decision to pay for a ticket to the moon, as the exposure has hugely boosted his profile.

“I was formerly known as ‘Maezawa the fashion guy’ and now its been updated to ‘Maezawa, who’s going to the moon’,” he said. (afp)

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210 Years, Indonesia returns to host the meeting

DENPASAR — Until Sunday (Oct. 7), more than 60 of 189 countries participating in the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank (WB) Annual Meeting have arrived in Bali. However, no VVIP guests have yet arrived, but VIP plus changed into VVIP including the President of the World Bank and the Managing Director of the IMF have arrived on the Island of the Gods. This was conveyed by Chief of Bali Police, Inspector General Pol. Dr. Petrus Reinhard Golose, on Sunday (Oct. 7) at Renon, East Denpasar.

“I’d like to reiterate that of the 189 participants, if only 70 countries have the capability to host, it means that it will return to be organized in Indonesia next 210 years. So, those living today get extraordinary luck. The government can benefit from this event because of development and investment, including the people of Indonesia especially Balinese,” he said.

According to him, the same treatment is carried out with synergy between the National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian Military (TNI). Security of the objects is also done together. “We do sterilization every day, especially in the VIP plus and VVIP locations,” he said.

So far, Golose stated the troop has been well prepared and will be deployed to the field to support the peak event on October 1012, 2018 because it involves many heads of state and central bank governors and finance ministers of around the world.

Some participants registered through the Meeting Team Secretariat (MTS) whose number almost reaches 14,000 and will continue to grow even though it was closed at the beginning of this October.

The others registered through the Indonesia Planning Team (IPT) whose number reaches 21,000 and this was already closed as well.

“We do not limit or increase the security. Security remains, but we have prepared it,” he said.

His authority also attempts to reduce the unnecessary vehicles from entering Nusa Dua, so that an even and odd system is implemented, closing schools and police discretion will be carried out on the toll road. (kmb36)

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Yusaku Maezawa, entrepreneur and CEO of ZOZOTOWN and SpaceX BFR’s first private passenger, poses with a miniature rocket and space helmet prior to start of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo on October 9, 2018.

Trouble for Hubble: gyro fails on space telescope

The Hubble space telescope

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WASHINGTON - The Hubble space telescope, which has been in orbit since 1990, has temporarily suspended operations because of a gyroscope failure, the US space agency said Monday.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Hubble went into “safe mode” on Friday.

“Hubble entered safe mode after one of the three gyroscopes actively being used to point and steady the telescope failed,” NASA said in a statement.

“Safe mode puts the telescope into a stable configuration until ground control can correct the issue and return the mission to normal operation,” it said.

“Hubble’s instruments still are fully operational and are expected to produce excellent science for years to come,” NASA added.

Hubble is equipped with six gyroscopes to orient the telescope.

Hubble is currently down to two working gyros and needs at least three for optimal operations. But it can continue to provide observations

with just one functioning gyroscope.

Dr. Rachel Osten, the deputy head of the Hubble mission, said it had been a “very stressful weekend.”

“First step is to try to bring back the last gyro, which had been off, and is being problematic,” Osten said on Twitter.

NASA said staff at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute were conducting tests and analysis to get the gyro working again.

NASA said if they are unable to recover the malfunctioning gyro Hubble will resume science operations using just one device.

“While reduced-gyro mode offers less sky coverage at any particular time, there is relatively limited impact on the overall scientific capabilities,” NASA said.

Hubble has made numerous outstanding observations of the cosmos since it was deployed in 1990.

The James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to Hubble, is scheduled to be launched in March 2021. (afp)

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The number of participants of the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting in Bali taking place on October 8-14 is ensured to exceed the target.

Exceeding target, IMF-WB participant reaches 34,000 people

MANGUPURA — The number of participants of the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting in Bali taking place on October 8-14 is ensured to exceed the target. Until Sunday (Oct. 7), the number of registered participants already reached 34,000 people.

Inspector General Pol. Dr. Petrus Reinhard Golose

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This was affirmed by Chairperson of the National Committee of the Annual Meeting who is also the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan, after visiting a number of buildings and facilities in the BICC and BNDCC area of Nusa Dua, Bali, with the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani, on Sunday (Oct. 7).

Coordinating Minister stated that from the initial target of 22,000 participants, this number had reached 34,000 until last Sunday. “We are ready to carry out this Annual Meeting. The entire venue is ready and we are satisfied,” he said.

In order to see the progress of site preparation for the IMFWBG 2018 Annual Meeting, the Coordinating Minister for

Maritime Affairs and the Minister of Finance visited the rooms and various locations that will be used for the meetings and seminars at Westin Hotel, BICC, BND and BNDCC in Nusa Dua. In addition, the Minister of Finance also visited health facilities, press center as well as the venue for cultural diplomacy to be graced with various dances in Taman Jepun and Indonesia Pavilion.

Some of the agendas to be held at the BICC include the seminars on Women at Workplace, IMF Youth Dialogue, press briefings on global finance and so on.

Meanwhile, the main event at the BNDCC will be the opening and closing session. President Jokowi is scheduled to attend as well as

open this international event.

Aside from discussing the substance, in this annual meeting, Indonesia Pavilion will showcase the art and craft expositions, tourism booths and infrastructure booths. The expert staff of the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Sahala Lumban Gaol, explained that in Indonesia Pavilion participants can see and buy various original art and craft products from the native Indonesians. Other than crafts, these booths also feature a variety of tourism packages offered to participants. Regarding the infrastructure, it displays the developments in infrastructure, several investment and financing opportunities in Indonesia. (kmb23)

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Bali prepares 30 helicopters for heads of state for IMF-WB Meeting

DENPASAR - As many as 30 helicopters will be prepared to evacuate heads of state who will attend the IMF-World Bank meeting from October 8-14, 2018 in case of a tsunami and earthquake.

“In the event of a disaster, the evacuation of the head of state will use helicopters in the process, one head of state standard evacuation process in 10 minutes,” Head of the UPT Center for Disaster Management Operations (Pusdalops PB) of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency of Bali Province (BPBD Bali) I Gede Made Jaya Serataberana, said in Denpasar on Sunday.

In the event of a tsunami disaster, he continued, the heads of state and delegations of IMF-WB participants have prepared a vertical evacuation plan by going to the fourth floor of the hotel.

According to Jaya, in addition to the BNDCC and BICC Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, which is the venue of the IMF-WB meeting, most hotels in the Nusa Dua ITDC area have been trained for evacuation processes and have been certified for disaster preparedness, equipment completeness, and evacuation tools.

“For the evacuation using a helicopter when the tsunami, the system is half-playing and does not have to look for a helipad. On the golf course it can, taken from the hotel can also be done. Lowered the device, then withdrawn, then shifted, in a higher field just raised then flown to Ngurah Airport Rai, or Mataram, or Belimbing Sari Airport in Banyuwangi, “he said.

In principle, added Jayaserataberana, the military, Police, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), IMF-WB national committee have prepared a number of vertical and horizontal evacuation steps to anticipate the possibility of disasters during the meeting, all of which are connected to the “Command Center” and PB BPBD Bali Pusdalops.

“For the evacuation of the residents, the hotel has also cooperated with the banjar and the village, where to go to the hotel during the tsunami, and the hotel should not refuse,” said Jaya, while mentioning based on the results of the LIPI analysis the tsunami height in Bali could reach 12 meter.

On the other hand, to anticipate possible eruptions of Mount Agung, evacuation scenarios have been prepared using sea and land routes.

“At Benoa Harbor cruise ships will be prepared with a capacity of 3,000 passengers. In addition, the Navy also prepares floating hospital vessels. There are also KRI, submarines, and so on that will be lined up a few days before the IMF-WB meeting, “Jaya said. (WDY)

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VVIP’s arrival estimated to be on October 9-12

Airnav adds to 35 flight lots per hour

MANGUPURA - Peak of the arrival of the heads of state or VVIP guests to be attending the IMF-WB Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua is estimated to occur on October 9-12. Moreover, the number of delegates of the IMF for this year is far greater than during the meeting of APEC 2013. Related to the IMF event, flight traffic increase is estimated to reach 10-15 percent of the average number of flights amounting to 460 per day.

“The peak will occur on October 9-12. Our main task is to regulate the smooth movement of airplanes to navigate into and coming in and out of Ngurah Rai Airport,” said President Director of AirNav Indonesia, Novie Riyanto, on Monday (Aug. 8).

He said that currently the number of regular flight at Ngurah Rai Airport reaches 460 per day with the average flight slot of 30 aircrafts per hour on weekdays. To serve flights during the IMF event, he said there are 35 additional slots for aircraft per hour during the period of October 9-15.

According to him, based on the data available, there are a lot of delegates. Moreover, he estimated that VVIP guests will come with regular and private jet aircraft

whose numbers can reach 150. On that account, in order to be able to accommodate such many aircraft movements, his agency has made good preparation. “Angkasa Pura 1 has added a parking stand. From our side, we also provide navigation services like in Banyuwangi and Lombok. Additionally, we prepare several other airports such as Surabaya, Solo, Makassar and Halim,” he said.

By doing a good arrangement, he was confident there will be no delay at Ngurah Rai Airport because if there is a delay at Ngurah Rai Airport, another airport will delay as well. Admittedly, upon the arrival of VVIP guests, there will be a block service with the closure of air space for a few minutes. “Maximum delay in ac-

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cordance with the circular is the blocking for 30 minutes before landing and 15 minutes after landing,” he said.

Surely, his agency has also coordinated with AP 1 and AP 2.

With the best arrangement through computerization, even if there is a delay, it will not certainly take place too long. According to him, the ground delay program will be applied so that it doesn’t delay too long in the air.

However, the most important thing is related to the addition of human resources to be assisted from Jakarta. The number of human resources at Airnav Denpasar currently amounts to 198 people.

Those in charge of the ATC almost reach 80 people and there are 10 additional personnel. (kmb32)

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I La Galigo

REVIVAL 2018

All of us have been deeply saddened by the profound human suffering caused by earthquake in Central Sulawesi. Thousands of people are now living in circumstances we never imagined possible. Our hearts go out to all the families and communities that have been directly affected by this devastating natural disasters.

Sureq Galigo, or Galigo Manuscripts, contain the origin epic of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi. From these massive texts the storyline of our stage production, I La Galigo, was developed.

The story begins in prehistoric times in Luwuq, the site believed to be the origin of Bugis culture. The wild exploits of the core characters are triggered by the importance of family lineage and the dictate to find and marry a person of the same royal blood. The royal family tree begins with the Gods of the Upper and Under Worlds who

send a son and a daughter to rule the Middle World. Sureq Galigo chronicles six generations, hundres of adventures, wars, rituals, cockfights, love stories and complicated marrages, ending when the gods recall all on earth to gather in Luwuq. The gods declare that the Middle World has become corrupt and must be cleansed. Descendants of the royal families are sent to the Upper and Underworlds leaving the Middle World empty and renewed. After time, a son and a daughter of the original couple are sent from the Upper and Under Worlds to repopulate

Two foreigners intensively examined

NEGARA - A number of foreigners wishing to go to Bali via Gilimanuk Harbor on Monday (Oct. 8) were rejected because they did not have appropriate documents. In a different time, both foreigners from Afghanistan and Uganda had an intensive examination from the officers of Singaraja Immigration Office. The Afghan repatriated to Java is known to be a refugee or asylum seeker. Meanwhile, another foreigner suspected of being from Uganda is known not to carry a passport and then taken to the Singaraja Immigration Office.

Head of the Singaraja Immigration Office, Ngurah Mas Wijaya Kusuma, stated that from the inspection at the Gilimanuk Immigration Temporary Post there was indeed one Afghan citizen rejected to enter to Bali. From the checking, the Afghan on behalf of Hassan Zada, 31, brought along a refugee card from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Based on the immigration records, this foreigner entered Indonesia through Soekarno-Hatta Airport and has lived in Surabaya for four years. He told officials that he wanted to go to Bali for traveling. However, the officer refused and was immediately delivered to harbor ticket counter to further return to his domicile.

“Since Bali does not have a community house, the refugees are prohibited from being close to the harbor. So, we repatriated him,” said Wijaya Kusuma.

In addition to refugees from Afghanistan, last Sunday the immigration officers also secured a foreigner suspected of being from Uganda. The officers finally brought him to the Singaraja Immigration Office because the foreign national did not carry a passport.

The temporary immigration post at Gilimanuk is functioned during the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua. Since the operation on Friday (Oct. 5), on average there are more than 200 foreigners coming to Bali every day through the Gilimanuk Harbor. (kmb26)

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the Middle World, but this time the gates to the Upper and Under Worlds are closed and locked forever. Life in the new world, the world of today, continues without the intervention of the gods.

La Galigo began as oral tradition chanted by generatons of storytellers constantly enriching it with additional characters, locations and adventures. By the14th century, with the development of the Old Bugis written language, Sureq Galigo began to be transcribed – and further embelished. Today there are over 100 known manuscripts, more than 6,000 folio pages. Sureq Galigo is believed to be the longest text in the world, longer than the Mahabhrata. But there is not one standard version of the story. The main characters and important elements of the epic are always present but verions of each episode can be longer or shorter often dependant on the number of hours a storyteller was commission to chant. Our production represents yet another version in the ongoing life of the epic.

Although considered a work of world literature, very few including the Bugis, knew it existed. Today there are few who can still read and understand the ancient poetic language. Episdoes continue to be translated into Indonesian, and hopefully, will one day, be translated into English.

In 2011 the Sureq Galigo was recognized by UNESCO as a UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MOW).

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The creation of I La Galigo, has proven to be the journey of a lifetime.

From our earliest efforts in 2001 to our performances around the world I La Galigo came to Jakarta in 2006.

A long voyage but not complete. We still hadn’t been to South Sulawesi, the home of the epic.

At last, in 2011, I La Galigo finally sailed into Makassar, South Sulawesi. We built an outdoor theatre in the courtyard of the Fort Rotterdam and announced the performances. When the theatre gates opened, nearly a thousand spectators from all over Sulawesi, flooded into the seating area. Watching the performance amidst a riveted audience of people who held the

epic as their own, I felt fulfilled. I La Galigo had come home. After 10 years, our journey was complete and it was thanks to Mr. Tanri Abeng and Mr. Jusuf Kalla of the La Galigo Foundation which was created to support and preserve the Bugis culture.

In the spring of 2018, on a quiet afternoon in Bali Purnati, my phone rang. Mr. Ricky Pesik, Deputy Head of Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy, is at the other end of the line. Would I present “I La Galigo” in conjunction with the IMF and World Bank Annual Meeting in October? To be honest, I was very shocked. So little time, but I enthusiastically accepted the

invitation and immediately got to work. We had to open the archives, revisit the details of the production and collect the mosaic of pieces of I La Galigo scattered throughout the world: Franco Laera and Elisabetta di Mambro, our original producers in Italy, director in the United States, composer in Solo, dramaturge in Bali, performers and musicians from South Sulawesi, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, West Sumatra and West Papua. We did it all with joy, although I have to admit we did not really calculate our own strength.

By August, the activity of assembling “I La Galigo - Revival 2018” was moving like an ava-

lanche. It was impossible to stop.

With continued support from the I La Galigo Foundation and others, we had assembled our performers, some from the original cast and others new; our creative team was onboard; the location of the stage was selected, an old heliport in Nusa Dua. There was a lot to do and time was going fast. It was like navigating an old Bugis Pinisi ship across continents, sometimes in calm seas, sometimes up against challenging waves.

But it all came together and here we are, honored to have been invited to bring I La Galigo to new audiences, delegates of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meeting and to

the people of Bali. I hope you enjoy I La Galigo as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you.

From the beginning, The Bali Purnati Center for the Arts was known as an international nonprofit cultural foundation dedicated to the preservation, promotion, presentation, and creation of new directions in performing, visual and design arts. The I La Galigo project has offered us an unusual opportunity to serve Indonesian arts, artists, scholarship and scholars on an international platform. Therefor, “I La Galigo - Revival 2018” in Nusa Dua, is really a manifestation of our intentions as an international nonprofit cultural foundation.

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‘Bad Blood’: Trump sours on Taylor Swift after Dem endorsement

Legendary Arab poet Antara rises as comic book superhero

The “Bad Blood” singer backed Phil Bredesen on Sunday for the upper house in her home state, and unleashed a fierce attack on his opponent, Republican Marsha Blackburn, who currently serves in the House.

The president was asked for his reaction to the snub and told reporters at the White House he was “sure Taylor Swift doesn’t know anything” about Blackburn.

“Let’s say that I like Taylor ’s music about 25 percent less now, okay?” Trump added, flashing what could best be de-

says.

“Arabs like the exaggerated personality traits of heroes, and we thought why not transform Antara into a superhero like those you see in the US, Europe, Japan.”

“Antara” is the first comic strip to be published

by Kalimat, a publishing house based in the UAE emirate of Sharjah which specialises in Arabic translations of Japanese manga and US cartoonist Nick Seluk’s series, “The Awkward Yeti” and “Heart and Brain”.

The story weaves a tale of bravery, slavery, freedom, loyalty and love -- and co-stars his beloved Abla, daughter of a tribal sheikh and object of Antara’s undying affection. (afp)

scribed as a cheeky grin.

Trump, it should be noted, has form going back years as something of a Swifty.

“Glad to hear that @taylorswift13 will be co-hosting the Grammy nominations special on 12.5. Taylor is terrific!” he tweeted breathlessly in October 2012.

In August of that year, addressing her directly, he swooned: “Thanks for the beautiful picture--- you are fantastic!”

The singer tends to stay above the political fray, but told her 112 million Instagram followers on Sunday she felt she needed to speak out ahead of the midterm elections in November.

“As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn.

Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,” the 28-year-old said. (afp)

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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday he liked pop superstar Taylor Swift’s music “about 25 percent less” after her endorsement of the Democrat in Tennessee’s Senate race.

Comic artist Mumen Hilmi poses in his office with his illustrated comic book “Antara” in the Gulf emirate of Sharjah on September 18, 2018.

SHARJAH - In a red cape, dark hair blowing in the wind, he crosses the dunes under a blazing sun: Antara, the famed 6th century Arab poet born a slave, is now a superhero.

A pre-Islamic poet, Antara is celebrated in the collective memory of Arabs as well as in pop culture -- a child born to a tribal leader and his Abyssinian slave who rose as a warrior-poet to free himself and demand his father recognise him as his son, and a free man.

Now, he stars in his own comic strip, reimagined as a shield-wielding, cape-wearing superhero by Egyptian writer Mumen Hilmi and renowned Indian illustrator Ashraf Ghuri.

The story of Antara breaks across the class and race lines that frequently dominate society, the “perfect example of what it means to be a superhero,” writer Hilmi

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This handout photo taken and released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 9, 2018 shows International Monetary Fund Economic Counsellor Maurice Obstfeld (C), deputy director Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti (L) and communications officer Wafa Amr (R) arriving for the World Economic Outlook press conference during the 2018 IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

The trade war will hit US and Chinese growth next year, the IMF warns

Bali - The trade war is set to take its toll on the American and Chinese economies in 2019. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for the United States and China, citing the recent waves of tariffs the world’s top two economies have imposed on each other.

The more pessimistic forecast comes as the clash between Washington and Beijing threatens to keep escalating and cause damage in other countries.

“When you have the world’s two largest economies at odds, that’s a situation where everyone suffers,” Maurice Obstfeld, the IMF’s chief economist, said at a media briefing about the fund’s latest World Economic Outlook.

Despite healthy momentum in the United States, which received a boost from recent tax cuts, IMF economists now expect growth to slow to 2.5% next year from 2.9% this year. They cut the 2019 forecast by 0.2 percentage points

because of the trade conflict.

The Trump administration has slapped tariffs this year on roughly half of the products that China sells to the United States annually. President Donald Trump has threatened to expand the tariffs to cover all US imports from China.

Beijing has responded with tariffs on American goods worth more than $110 billion.

The tit-for-tat is set to take a bite out of Beijing’s economic growth next year, too.

China’s growth is now expected to drop to 6.2%, from 6.6% this year, according to the IMF. The new 2019 forecast is 0.2 percentage points lower than the fund’s previ-

ous forecast, reflecting the waves of new tariffs that have taken effect since then.

The impact of the US-China trade conflict is likely to be felt beyond the two economic superpowers. While global growth should remain strong next year, the IMF says the prospects are notably “less bright” than when it reviewed them in April.

The fund now projects economic growth to be steady but slightly lower in 2019 because of higher interest rates and trade barriers. It cut the global forecast 0.2 percentage points to 3.7%, and predicted a downward trend over the next few years.

“The impacts of trade policy and uncertainty are becoming evident at the macroeconomic level, while anecdotal evidence accumulates on the resulting harm to companies,” the IMF said.

There’s plenty of scope for further damage if Trump follows through on his threats of further measures and China retaliates.

“An intensification of trade tensions, and the associated rise in policy uncertainty, could dent business and financial market sentiment, trigger financial market volatility, and slow investment and trade,” the IMF said.

At the briefing, Obstfeld said that “close to a percentage point” could be shaved off of global growth if the trade rift continues.

“The possibility that China and US resolve their disagreements

would be a significant upside to the forecast,” he added.

The fading effects of the tax cuts and other US stimulus measures will “subtract momentum” starting in 2020, the IMF warned.

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