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Streep, Judi Dench slam Weinstein over sexual harassment claims

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Shania Twain back on top, Tom Petty re-enters U.S. charts

LOS ANGELES - Shania Twain’s first studio album in 15 years debuted at the top of the Billboard album charts, while rocker Tom Petty’s death sent his music soaring back onto the U.S. charts.

Twain’s album “Now” sold more than 137,000 copies in its first week, according to data on Monday from Nielsen SoundScan, almost double new releases by pop singers Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus.

Petty’s “Greatest Hits” album with his band The Heartbreakers, first released in 1993, sold some 83,000 units to take the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200 a week after the “American Girl” singer died at age 66.

The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and

streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

Canadian country-pop crosssover Twain, 52, released “Now” after several years away from the studio following a struggle with Lyme disease and a tough divorce.

Lovato’s “Tell Me You Love Me” bowed at No. 3 with 73,000 in sales, while Cyrus’s change of direction to a more folksy style with “Younger” debuted in fifth place with some 45,000 units sold.

It was also a good week for Beyonce and fundraising for hurricane and earthquake disasters. The R&B singer’s remix of Spanish-language hit “Mi Gente” took the top spot on the digital songs chart, which measures online single sales.

“Mi Gente,” in which Beyonce joined forces with Latin singer J.Balvin and Willy William, sold some 79,000 units, and rose 25 places on the charts. (rtr)

LOS ANGELES - Meryl Streep and Judi Dench, two of Hollywood’s most respected actresses, lashed out at movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Monday but said they were unaware of his decades of alleged sexual harassment of women.

As Hollywood moved to distance itself from Weinstein, Streep said she had been appalled by the claims made against the film studio executive she once likened to “God” in a 2012 awards speech.

His “behavior is inexcusable, but the abuse of power familiar,” Streep said a statement.

Britain’s Dench, who won a supporting actress Oscar in 1999 for the Weinstein-produced film “Shakespeare in Love,” said in a statement she was “completely unaware of these offences, which are of course horrifying.”

Stars like Streep and Dench, whose movies had been championed by Weinstein, have been under pressure to speak out after a New York Times investigation last week detailed claims by multiple women of unwanted physical contact by Weinstein over three

decades.

Weinstein, 65, initially apologized but later threatened to sue over the allegations uncovered by the newspaper. He has not been charged with any crimes but was fired on Sunday as co-chairman of the Weinstein amid fallout from the Times story.

In a statement to the Huffington Post, Streep said she had been unaware of claims that Weinstein undressed in front of actresses and assistants and asked young women to give him massages.

“The disgraceful news about Harvey Weinstein has appalled those of us whose work he championed,” Streep said.

Producer and director Kevin Smith said on Monday he regretted taking money from Weinstein’s production company.

“He financed the first 14 years of my career - and now I know while I was profiting, others were in terrible pain. It makes me feel ashamed,” Smith, known for the comedies “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” and “Clerks,” wrote on Twitter. (rtr)

A firefighting helicopter drops water to help save a home during a wind driven wildfire in Orange, California, U.S., October 9, 2017.

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This file photo taken on February 25, 2017 shows Co-Chairman, The Weinstein Company Harvey Weinstein (L) and fashion designer Georgina Chapman attending the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.

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SANTA ROSA - Firefighters battled overnight to contain wildfires in Northern California, evacuating residents in the path of 15 separate blazes that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.

Efforts to control the fires, which swept through the state’s worldfamous wine country, were being helped by more favorable weather conditions, a spokesman for the governor’s Office of Emergency Services said.

However, the death toll could still rise, Brad Alexander warned.

“Firefighters and emergency management workers were taking advantage of the winds dying down ...and a lot of work is going to be done overnight and early

(Tuesday) morning,” he said late on Monday. “...The top priority is still the evacuations for the most active fires because life protection is the number one concern.”

Some 20,000 people had been evacuated from their homes since Sunday, officials said, while broadcaster CNN said more than 100 had been treated for fire-related injuries including burns and smoke inhalation.

About 1,500 homes and com-

mercial buildings had been destroyed, Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said on Monday.

Fanned by high temperatures and dry conditions, the 15 fires broke out over the weekend and spread to cover some 73,000 acres (114 sq miles), fire officials said.

The largest, covering 42 sq miles and 39 sq miles respectively, struck in Napa and Sonoma counties, the heartland of California’s wine industry where the status of the crop currently being harvested was unclear on Monday.

In addition to potential damage to vineyards from fire itself,

experts say sustained exposure to heavy smoke can taint unpicked grapes. Fred Oliai, 47, owner of the Alta Napa Valley Winery, said winemakers were nervous.

“You can’t see anything, the smoke is very dense,” he told Reuters by telephone on Monday. He had not been able to get close enough to his vineyards to see if flames reached his 90-acre property.

“We got our grapes in last week, but others still have grapes hanging,” he said. Schools and colleges near the wildfires canceled Tuesday’s classes, and two hospitals in Sonoma County were forced to evacuate, state officials said.

California Governor Jerry

Brown declared a state of emergency Napa, Sonoma and five other counties.

That included Orange County in Southern California, where a wildfire on Monday destroyed at least a half dozen homes in the affluent Anaheim Hills neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents, authorities said. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Bento boxes began to be used in Japan almost a thousand years ago. During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), people began to pack dried meals, called hoshi-ii, when going out to work or hunt. “Bento” during this time was merely a small bag used to store dehydrated rice that was either eaten dry or rehydrated. The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568 – 1600) was when the typical wooden lacquered bento boxes appeared, though instead of packing lunches, they were used mainly for storing food at gatherings and parties. During the Edo Period (1603-1868), bento boxes become common, people have not only sought to use bento for entertaining, at tea ceremonies, and at Buddhist memorial services, but also for travel lunches.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika

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Governor of Bali disappointed with performance of Karangasem govt

AMLAPURA —The Coordination meeting between the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, and sub-district heads, headmen and other related agencies at the Tanah Ampo Command Post on Monday afternoon (Oct. 9) suddenly became tense. The governor first apologized to the media for having provided false data especially related to the number of residents in the exclusion zone of Mount Agung. The Governor also said that he was disappointed with the performance of the government of Karangasem and asked the regent to dismiss the officials considered to be incompetent.

Governor Pastika’s disappointed emerged after not being able to get precise data about the number of residents in the exclusion zone adding that he himself had to intervene in this matter that should have been easy or the local government. Governor Pastika finally got the data regarding the 28 villages located in the exclusion zone of Mount Agung: a total of 239 hamlets with 202 lying in the affected area. This represents some 54. 788 heads of family or 185,865 inhabitants.

“We have to apologize to the media for providing false data over the last two weeks.

We have been saying that there were 70,000 people based on the false data from the government of Karangasem. The officials are panicky” said Governor Pastika.

Governor Pastika even asked the regent of Karangasem to immediately dismiss the head of Population and Civil Registry because he is considered to be incompetent.

The Governor added that he was extremely disappointed because this basic data from the government of Karangasem had been disseminated everywhere, including to President Joko Widodo during his recent visit to Bali. “It would be best to dismiss this official. Why was he unable to do his

job? It it now our fault for having accused residents of having wrongly evacuated from the safe zone”, said Governor Pastika.

Aside from the matter of population data, the governor also expressed his disappointment about the evacuees cards that he ordered to be created immediately a week ago has still not been done. The governor claimed that he had to design and print it himself so as to facilitate the handling of evacuees, adding that it took one day to make the card and three days to be filled out by evacuees. The refugee identity card he explained, will facilitate the timely distribution of logistics, health units, shelter, education and hospitalization. This card will also make budgeting activities easier.

This refugee card is also useful for the government in controlling how things are disbursed. For example, if an evacuees does not have their BPJS card, they can use their evacuee card to receive medical treatment in a hospital. All medical expenses will be borne by the government for treatment in government hospitals -not in private hospitals. So, this card is not just for obtaining snacks. This card will also allow the government to know how many elderly and how many children have been evacuated as wel

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Almost all of Bali’s handicrafts oriented towards export DENPASAR —Bali’s exports increased by 4.77 percent in August 2017 compared to the previous month. There was also a general increase in exports of 19. 48 percent between January and August 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. The export commodities that were most often exported between July and August 2017 were hand crafted jewellery with a total worth of USD 1, 633. 696. Nearly all of Bali’s handicrafts are oriented towards the export market.

Head of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, stated on Friday (Oct. 6) that some artisans export their own products while others simply make them.

“Often artisans will sell in other people’s shops where foreigners shop, which is fine” she said.

Based on data for 2016, there were 605 metal craft industries registered along with 711 jewellery craft business.There were a total of 300 hundred exporters carrying various products. “ Craftsmen also have their own export products” added Kusumawathi. Craft commodities account for 33. 35 of Bali’s total exports. “Silver handicrafts have increased a slight 0.04 percent but show a 7.04 percent increase per piece, with the export of wood crafts having increased by 10. 74 percent and textiles 14. 69 percent” she explained.

Asia-pacific countries are the biggest importers of Balinese products representing 39.94 percent of all exports from Bali, followed by the European Union (22.81 percent), Eastern Europe (7.17 percent), and then Central America and South America.

All these countries showed an increase in the amount and value of their imports from Bali.

“Asia Pacific is worth USD 316 million, with 50 percent of the exports going to the USA (USD 124 million). Kusumawathi added that he hope’S to see these figures increasing every year as it represents a major impact on the economic welfare of Balinese people.

According to Kusumawathi, gold and silver handicraft (jewelry) exports increased in August because of jewelry crafted in Bali is been well known overseas. Bali is a good center for jewelry in Indonesia. “Most marketing is carried out through Bali because we are the gateway of tourism. Our brand image is strong and our craftsmen are actively exhibiting”, she said.

Almost all the regions across Bali (Gianyar, Klungkung, Buleleng, Denpasar, Badung, Tabanan and Jembrana) have centers of gold and silver handicraft production that are active and creative so emerging new designs can draw the interest of the world market.

In addition, there are both Balinese as well as foreign jewelry entrepreneurs in Bali. Collaboration between foreigners and Balinese produces good products. “Balinese are born with a natural artistic talent, while foreigners have innovations in designs favored in their home country that are different from our culturally-owned designs. This cultural collaborations has led to new contemporary designs and the development of Balinese handicrafts” said Kusumawathi. (kmb42)

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las their dietary needs. His will make futur mapping easier, explained the governor.

The governor’a criticism made Deputy Regent of Karangasem, Wayan Artha Dipa’s face turn red. Other related officials in the coordination meeting also looked visibly embarrassed. Other officials laughed in dismay.

Regional Secretary of Karangasem, I Gede Adnya Muliyadi, when asked about the governor highlighting the incorrect data, did not want to comment. “For your information this data came from a single source, please ask someone else” said Adnya Muliyadi.

Chief of Karangasem Police, I Gede Ardana, agreed with Governor Pastika that the original data was not correct. He added that he was skeptical form the beginning that there were only 70,000 people living in the exclusion zone because according to the data obtained from his personnel the number was close to 185,000. If currently about 140,000 people have been evacuated, that means there are still 45,000 people that have not been evacuated. Thus, Chief Ardana urged his personnel to go to this villages over the next few days and persuade those remaining that they need to evacuate immediately.

For example, in Purwakerti village in the subdistrict of Abang that lies in a disasterprone area (KBR II), there are still hundreds of people in three of four administrative hamlets that have not been evacuated namely; Bau Kawan (80 people), Laga (75 people) and Bau Kangin (12 people). (kmb)

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of garlic rice; lightly grilled aged Australian tenderloin beef, crispy arancini balls (crispy risotto bacon & truffle rice balls with Japanese curry); edamame, shiitake and shimeji, carrots and purple cabbage, tropical fruit salad maki with candied lemon skin.

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Swelling of Mt. Agung from all angles

Smoke down to 200 meters AMLAPURA—The puff of smoke or solfatara that had previously soared to a height of up to 1,500 meters form the summit of Mount Agung has reduced in altitude to 200 meters.

Based on monitoring with a tiltmeter, Mount Agung has begun to experience swelling on all sides.

Head of Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Kasbani, said there are

still many signs of an eruption that can be seen from the seismicity that remains high with about 800

earthquakes each day. Monitoring is therefore still being done to see the development of the mountain.

“We have not been able to predict when the eruption may be. We continue to evaluate things and all indications still show that there will be an eruption”, he said.

Kasbani revealed that the moni-

toring of the mountain’s deformation using a tiltmeter device in the North and South is still being done in order to determine the pulsation of the mountain. Now, there is swelling on every side. “When the volcano is active, the swelling is natural due to the pressure from below. Our monitoring is synchro-

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Based on monitoring with tiltmeter, the Mount Agung began to experience swelling in all angles.

Japan to show off new heavy lift military plane in search for first overseas arms sale

TOKYO - Japan’s air force said on Friday it will send its new C-2 long-range heavy lift military cargo plane overseas for the first time to show it off to potential buyers in the Middle East and New Zealand.

Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the C-2 will fly to the United Arab Emirates on Nov. 8 to participate in the Dubai Airshow and will be on display in New Zealand from Nov. 25

to Dec. 1, the Japan Air Self Defence Force said in a news release.

A C-2 sale would secure Japan its first major overseas arms contract.

“A number of nations have shown interest in the C-2 and we want to show off our advanced technology,” Japan’s Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told a regular media briefing.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a decades-old ban on arms exports in 2014 in a bid to lower procurement costs by widening production bases and use military-industrial collaboration to bolster diplomatic ties.

The C-2 represents a major logistical upgrade on Japan’s older C-1 transports. It can lift

nearly four times as much and fly six times as far, enough range to reach Afghanistan from Tokyo.

Development of the C-2 had been delayed for several years while engineers struggled with defects that forced them to redesign sections of the aircraft, including the rear cargo door. (rtr)

Google uncovered Russia-backed ads on YouTube, Gmail -source WASHINGTON - Google has discovered Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on its YouTube, Gmail and Google Search products in an effort to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a person briefed on the company’s probe told Reuters on Monday.

The ads do not appear to be from the same Kremlin-affiliated entity that bought ads on Facebook Inc, but may indicate a broader Russian online disinformation effort, according to the source, who was not authorized to discuss details of the confidential investigation by Alphabet Inc’s Google.

Microsoft Corp said separately on Monday that it was looking at whether Russians bought U.S. election ads on its Bing search engine or other Microsoft-owned products and platforms.

A spokeswoman for the company declined to comment further.

The revelation about Google is likely to fuel further scrutiny of the role that Silicon Valley technology

giants may have unwittingly played during last year’s election. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Moscow’s goal was to help elect Donald Trump.

Google has uncovered less than $100,000 in ad spending potentially linked to Russian actors, the source said.

Both Twitter Inc and Facebook recently detected and disclosed that suspected Russian operatives, working for a content farm known as the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia, used their platforms to purchase ads and post content that was politically divisive in a bid to influence Americans before and after the November 2016 presidential election.

The Internet Research Agency employ hundreds of so-called “trolls” who post pro-Kremlin content, much of it fake or discredited, under the guise of phony social media accounts that posed as American or European residents, according to lawmakers and

researchers.

Facebook announced last month it had unearthed $100,000 in spending by the Internet Research Agency and, under pressure from lawmakers, has pledged to be more transparent about how its ads are purchased and targeted.

Google’s review had been more robust than ones undertaken so far by Facebook or Twitter, the source said.

Russia’s ad purchases on Google were first reported by the Washington Post.

Google did not deny the story, and in a statement pointed to its existing ad policies that limit political ad targeting and prohibit targeting based on race or religion.

“We are taking a deeper look to investigate attempts to abuse our systems, working with researchers and other companies, and will provide assistance to ongoing inquiries,” a Google spokeswoman said on Monday. (rtr)

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The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017.

nized with the data generated by the device installed on the mountain”, explained Kasbani.

He also emphasized that until now there have been no indications of an eruption leading to the side. So far, his agency still observes indicates that the eruption will occur upwards. (kmb41)

Taking advantage of spare time

Evacuees trained to sort and process waste

The Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) invited Mount Agung evacuees to use their spare time productively by providing training in how to sort and process paper waste. The Municipality of Denpasar launched this program in order to provide evacuees with something productive to do as they wait in their refuges.

Denoasar’s Gurita evacuation post is one of the places where the waster processing training is going on and evacuees welcomed it enthusiastically.

One evacuees from Selat Duda Karangasem named I Gusti Lanang Agung Alit Darma Susila, said he is very grateful to the Municipality of Denpasar for having provided good facilities for the evacuees. “ Thank you very much for having given us shelter and other help” he said.

Apart from relieving boredom, the waste processing program also helps to maintain the condition of the evacuation post. “In accordance with the directions of the mayor of Denpasar, this training

is conducted to provide education for evacuees so that they can spend their time doing productive things while they wait”, said Ketut Adi Wiguna, Division Head of Waste and Hazardous Materials of DLHK Denpasar.

Head of the Pagan Asri Waste Bank and owner of Bengkel Kreatif Denpasar, Ketut Yudi Mahendra, said the training is helps the evacuees to be more creative and provides skills that they use later on..

“In their home village, they usually process materials from nature such as roots, but now we are inviting to be creativity with waste products such as newsprint”, said Ketut Yudi Mahendra.

“We are specifically training the evacuees to make trays out of used newspaper because this product is in demand and used in worshipping as well”, he added.

Hopefully, the training will benefit the evacuees, not only in filling their spare time but also provide them with additional skills that they can use to supplement their income. (ara)

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Denpasar municipality launched this measure to embrace refugees so as not to get caught in the boredom during in the refuge.

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Nine foreign tourists swept away by waves, one killed MANGUPURA - Nine foreigners from Sweden, Austria, Norway and Belgium were carried off by bg waves while swimming on Batu Mejan Beach in North Kuta, on Monday (Oct. 9). Eight of the swimmers managed to make it to shore. Unfortunately, a 19 year old Norwegian named Jorgen Viken was found dead. Jorgen’s corpse was taken to Sanglah Hospital.

Chief of North Kuta Criminal Investigation Unit, Putu Ika Prabawa, said that based on testimonial of 20 year old Sweedish survivor Oscar Erik Bertil Petterson, on Sunday (Oct. 8) at 23.00, he and his eight friends (7 boys and 2 girls) left their villa on Jalan Tanah Barak, North Kuta to go to Sand Bar. At 14:15, they went for a swim in front of the

Australian High Court sits to resolve lawmakers’ citizenship crisis

bar on Batu Mejan Beach where the waves seemed calm. A few minutes later however a large waves rolled in and dragged them all out to sea. “ Eight of us managed to make it back to shore”, he said.

Chief Putu Ika added the names, ages and country of origin of the survivors are as follows: Stefan Marjanovic 21, Kamilla Elisabeth Wilner 18, Oscar Erik Bertil Petterson 20, Carl Anderson Berntasson 21, Nils Victor Andre Svensson 20, Rebecca Wiman 19 from Sweeden, Aurora Betten Hansen,19, from Norway and Brutht Berth Patrick 24, from Belgium.

“Jorgen Viken 19 from Sweeden did not survive. They they were all staying at the same villa”, added Ika. (kmb36)

CANBERRA - Australia’s High Court began a three-day hearing on Tuesday to determine the eligibility of seven lawmakers who may hold dual citizenship, a case that could determine whether the government is able to maintain its razor-thin majority.

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Rohingya refugees collect water at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh October 10, 2017.

Rohingya insurgent ceasefire ends in Myanmar with no report of attacks

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After getting the report, personnel of the municipal police together with the environment and sanitation agency, North Denpasar subdistrict head and headman of Peguyangan directly came down to location.

Municipal police reprimand people littering the river

DENPASAR - On Monday (Oct. 9), the Denpasar Municipal Police reprimanded and five people who own a tofu and tempe making business in Banaya hamlet, Peguyangan, North Denpasar on Monday directly guided five residents that own the business of tofu and tempeh making at Benaya hamlet, Peguyangan, North Denpasar.

Following reports by neighbouring residents that the tofu and tempe makers were dumping waste into the river, police reprimanded and gave guidance to the violators. “As regional law enforcement officers, we must follow up on complaints made by local residents of Denpasar. The first step that we take is reprimanding and coaching” said Section Head of Coaching, Counseling and Monitoring for the Denpasar Municipal Police, Nyoman Gede Sudana.

After receiving the report about the illegal dumping, personnel of the municipal police along with the Environment and Sanitation Agency, the North Denpasar subdistrict head and headman of Peguyangan went down to verify the report. Sudana said the tempeh

and tofu entrepreneurs had been subjected to a misdemeanour trial last year, after which business owners Fuji Nurdiansyah, Abu Rohim, Redesi, Sunaryo and Arman Suprapto installed a septic tank.

“Probably, their tank had a leak which caused waste to flow into the river causing the surrounding residents to complain”, explained Sudana.

During the official reprimand, the owners of tofu and tempeh companies said they were willing to create a waste storage basin so that their waste can be filtered properly and then only clean water will be dumped into the river. Nevertheless, according to procedures, the owners were still summoned to the office of the municipal police to submit an official statement. If the business owners do not comply with these requirements, they will be summoned to trial and their business could be shut down.

On the same day, municipal police also arrested six workers who did not have ID cards that were working to make a place to dump tofu and tempe waste in Tag- Tag Kaja hamlet. The six workers are subject to a misdemeanour trial in the Denpasar District Court for not having ID cars. (kmb12)

Batu Mejan Beach

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YANGON - Myanmar authorities said there was no sign of attacks

by Rohingya Muslim militants on Tuesday as a one-month insurgent ceasefire came to end.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) announced the ceasefire from Sept. 10 in order, they said, to facilitate aid deliveries to Rakhine State, where their attacks on the security forces on Aug. 25 triggered a ferocious government crackdown.

The government offensive in the north of Rakhine State has sent some 520,000 Rohingya civilians fleeing to Bangladesh and has drawn international condemnation and U.N. accusations of ethnic cleansing.

The government denies ethnic cleansing. It had rebuffed the insurgents’ ceasefire, saying it did not negotiate with terrorists.

Myanmar says more than 500 people have been killed in the violence since late August, most of them insurgents.

Even before the government offensive, the small, lightly armed ARSA had only appeared capable of hit-and-run raids on security posts and unable to mount any sort of sustained challenge to the army.

Authorities had been on guard

over recent days and tightened security in the state capital of Sittwe as the end of the ceasefire approached, a state government spokesman said.

“We had information that the ARSA could attack but there have been no reports,” the spokesman, Min Aung, said early on Tuesday.

The insurgents said on Saturday they were ready to respond to any peace move by the government, even though the ceasefire was ending at midnight on Monday.

They also reiterated their demand for rights for the Rohingya, who have never been regarded as an indigenous minority in Myanmar and so have been denied citizenship under a law that links nationality to ethnicity.

Instead, Rohingya are seen as illegal immigrants with freedoms restricted and rights denied, and are derided by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, and much of the wider popular in Myanmar, which has seen a surge in Buddhist nationalism in recent years.

Thousands more Rohingya villagers have arrived in Bangladesh this week in a new surge of refugees, now also driven by fears of starvation and telling of bloody attacks by Buddhist mobs on people trekking towards the border. (rtr)

Australia’s parliament was rocked by revelations in August that the seven politicians, including the deputy prime minister and two other Cabinet members in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s coalition government, are dual citizens.

That means they are potentially ineligible to hold elected office under Australia’s constitution.

Turnbull’s unpopular centre-right government holds just a one-seat majority in parliament, meaning its future could rest on the outcome of the citizenship crisis.

The seven lawmakers accept they were dual nationals at the time of their election last year but the government argues that five of them, including all three Cabinet members, should be cleared because they were unaware that they had contravened the constitutional requirement at the time.

Australian Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue urged the seven justices of the High Court not to interpret the constitution literally.

Donaghue said instead the constitution should only disqualify politicians if they had prior knowledge that

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

they may be dual citizens but did not take “reasonable steps” to investigate and renounce their second citizenship where needed.

A ruling could come as soon as Thursday.

Should the High Court rule Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, the sole lower house lawmaker caught up in the crisis, is ineligible, Turnbull will then need to win the support of one of three independent lawmakers to keep his minority government.

Joyce acquired dual citizenship from his New Zealand-born father. He said in a submission to the court he believed that his father had renounced his New Zealand citizenship before he was born.

He did not know until he was 10 that his father was still a New Zealand citizen, Joyce said.

Turnbull’s government is already in a minority in the upper house Senate and, should the High Court disqualify all seven lawmakers, he will face a government reshuffle after losing two more Cabinet members who are senators.

Support for Turnbull continues to languish near a six-month low, but political analysts believe he might receive a boost if he is able to win passage of a samesex marriage bill.

Turnbull’s government won High Court approval last month to stage a non-binding postal survey on the issue, which is widely popular among Australians. Results of that poll will be announced on Nov. 15. (rtr)

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The Basque: Spain’s effective but expensive antidote to secession

BILBAO - As Spain and Catalonia head towards a constitutional collision over the region’s claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country. Among the verdant mountains of Basque Country, which borders France, a once-violent campaign for independence has petered out, with generous fiscal autonomy from Madrid helping to keep popular agitation for independence in check.

“We don’t have that economic resentment,” Aitor Esteban, organizer for the Basque National Party in Spain’s parliament, told Reuters in an interview at party headquarters in Bilbao. “People don’t feel that need to act upon a grievance about money; that makes a big difference.” The Catalan government is not calling for a Basque-style deal, insisting instead on independence after declaring overwhelming support for secession in an Oct. 1 referendum banned by Madrid.

But the most moderate lawmakers in the region’s ruling coalition privately say they could drop independence claims if they were given the tax autonomy that Basque Country enjoys. In Madrid, some socialists have suggested it could serve as a model for a compromise that would defuse Spain’s biggest political crisis since a failed coup in 1981, although the cost to the central government would be significant.

Basque staged modest protests over Madrid’s violent crackdown on Catalonia’s referendum, but the crisis has failed to rekindle secessionist fervour on the streets of Bilbao, the Basque capital nestled on the banks of the Nervion. Catalan flags hang from balconies alongside the Basque flag in a sign of solidarity, but Bilbao is prosperous and peaceful.

Where once unionist politicians needed bodyguards and car bombings were a constant fear, tourists now crowd the taverns of the old town and the world-famous Guggenheim museum.

Just 17 percent of Basques want independence and less than half would like to hold a referendum on the issue, according to a poll carried out by the university of Deusto. Basque militant group ETA, which killed more than 850 people in a decades-long campaign to carve out a separate state, effectively ended its armed resistance this year when it surrendered its weapons.

The region now has one of the highest economic outputs per capita and one of the lowest unemployment rates in Spain.

“The independence debate is on standby in Basque Country because of great fatigue after years of violence and uncertainty after the economic crisis,” said Xabier Barandiaran, professor of sociology at Deusto University.

CAN SPAIN AFFORD IT?

Basque’s fiscal autonomy is among the most generous of any region in Europe, dating back to the 19th century and enshrined in Spain’s 1978 constitution.

If it were to be extended to Catalonia, an economically more powerful region accounting for a fifth of national production, the Spanish state would lose about 16 billion euros, according to a 2014 study by research house CSIC. That would equal about 13 percent of next year’s budget and affect Spain’s deficit and borrowing costs.

For that reason, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has ruled out such generous treatment for Catalonia. Under Basque’s accord with Madrid, the region collects nearly all its own taxes, which are forecast to total 13 billion euros ($15 billion) this year. It is due to return 800 million euros to Madrid in what is known as an annual quota to cover the costs of national expenses such as defence or infrastructure.

Rajoy has sweetened that arrangement since he regained power at the head of a minority government last year, as the price of securing Basque National Party support for his 2017 budget. It has proved unpopular with other regions who would almost certainly oppose any similar deal for Catalonia, as it would mean cutting their share of state revenue. Typically, regions pass taxes to Madrid which redistributes money back to them according to a formula that favours the poorer regions.

Former Catalan leader Artur Mas tried to hold talks with Rajoy in 2012 about granting Catalonia powers to raise and spend its own taxes, but the prospect of negotiations in the current climate look bleak. Catalonia has long said it pays a disproportionate level of taxes to Madrid in relation to the central funding it receives. A study backed by the Budget Ministry says Catalonia pays to the state 9.9 billion euros more than it receives.

The Catalan economy ministry says this is even higher.

Economists say an overhaul of the fiscal relationship between Madrid and the regions is overdue because the current

system has led to intense tax competition between regions. Some autonomous communities have become under-financed, resulting in cuts in public services. “Now

the situation is so critical, there might just be the political momentum needed to tackle it,” said Antonio Garcia Pascual of Barclays Capital.(rtr)

Lots of prayers for Mt. Agung; so far so good

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But danger still looms and over 140,000 evacuees waiting anxiously

The PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) or Geology department of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources reported that there had been an increase in seismic activity near Mt. Agung on September 14-15 and thus declared a level II warning status for the mountain and surrounding area. Three days later on September 18 the warning status was raised from level II to level III following larger and more frequent earthquakes in the area. On September 21, 22 and 23 there was an ongoing increase in earthquake activity around Mt. Agung which caused the PVMBG to raise the warning status from level III to Level IV, meaning that the mountain could erupt at anytime. About 50, 000 people were immediately evacuated from the 12 km exclusion zone considered to be most affected by a possible eruption.

Within a week the number of evacuees had increased significantly and the initial camps set up to accommodate evacuees proved to be far too small. Many people sought refuge in local hamlet halls and those more fortunate with relatives. It took some time for authorities to recored how many people had been evacuated to which villages. On September 29th, the BPBD (Disaster Mitigation Agency) announced that 51 out of the 78 villages that had been evacuated were not in fact located within the disaster-prone area that had been outlined. During a coordination meeting with the government of Karangasem, Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastika asked that the 70 thousand or so people from these 51 villages return to their homes. He added that residents of the 28 villages that are located in the (KBR) I, II and II disasterprone areas, should under no circumstances return home until Mt. Agung had returned to normal. Some confusion ensued leading the Governor to finally say that whoever does not feel safe in their homes that are outside the exclusion zone may evacuate and those that feel safe should stay put.

As of October 7th, the BPBD had recorded a total of 143.322 people who have been evacuated from their homes to some 331 places in Badung, Bangli, Buleleng, Denpasar, Gianyar, Jembrana, Karangasem and Klungkung with the largest numbers being concentrated in Karangasem, Buleleng and Klungkung.

Last friday there were more than 1000 earthquakes of various kinds which is more than there have been in any of the previous days. This, explained Head of the Mt. Agung mitigation team Devy Kamil Syabhana indicates that the

magma inside the volcano is still on the move trying to find a ways out. “If the layer of rock holding back the magma gives way, then the volcano will erupt. But until now this rock has been able to withstand the pressure” she added saying that the gas that has been coming out of the crater does not mean that the pressure inside has been released as there is still ongoing seismic activity which indicates that the magma is still on the move.

As reported by Bali Post, (Oct, 9 ) the sulphuric smoke that has been coming out of the crater had reached at new height of some 1,500 kilometers following heavy rain fall in the previous days. Division Head of Volcano Mitigation of the PVMBG/BG, for Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), I Gede Suartika explained that this was caused by rain water pooling in the crater and then turning to water vapour as it heated. He added that as of yet there are no indication that the mountain is about to erupt. Before an eruption he explained, there are constant tremors but the earthquakes of the last few days have been the same as in previous days.

Volcanology experts agree that although no one can say for sure what will happen with Mount Agung, indications show a higher likelyhood that the volcano will erupt that the likelihood that there will not be an eruption. In the meantime various, government, NGO, village and private initiatives have been focusing attention on the many people who have been displaced, providing basic necessities and even entertainment. Further evacuation plans remain uncertain as does the condition of Bali’s most sacred mountain.

On September 20th after the initial level II warning status for Mt. Agung was declared, thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at 9 different shrines in Besakih Temple for a Panglempana” ceremony asking for that Mt. Agung not erupt, explained Jero Mangku CIk to Bali Post.

Ten days later, two priests braved the mountain, hiking to the crater summit of Mt. Agung on the morning of September 30th, to verify conditions. Jero Mangku Kari and Jero Mangku Ade explained that they saw 11 fissures in the crater from which there white smoke being emitted. Two of the fissures had rather high towers of smoke wafting upward.

“I did not feel afraid climbing Mount Agung, Ijust wanted to confirm what was going on up there. If I was afraid I would not have gone up there”, said Mangku Kari. A video of their quick visit to the crater was quickly spread on social media

sites, though experts were quick to point out that it was in fact extremely dangerous to be anywhere near the mountain at this time.

On Wednesday October 4, Penataran Agung Temple located in Rendang, Karangasem which is in the 12 km exclusion zone held their regular Mapapade Wewalungan ceremony, that was preceded by Upacara Nenundang Ida Bhatara the day before, explained Jero Mangku Sueca to Bali Post, adding that only a few dozen people took part. “We are still performing this ceremony as usual, even though Mount Agung is in critical condition. We are performing a simpler version but the essential aspects of the ritual have not been diminished”, said Mangku Jana as quoted by Bali Post. Normally there are 25 Pemangku who offer devotional service at Penataran Agung Temple, whereas now there are only 6 Pemangku who remain.

They have been saying prayers daily.

As reported by Bali post on Friday October 5th, several government officials including the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, head of PHRI Cokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Regent of Karangasem Iga Sumatri and others joined the Purnama Kapat ceremony at Besakih temple, although Mt.Agung is still in critical condition and Besakih Temple is just a few kilometres from the crater of the sacred mountain. The Usaba Kapat ceremony at Besakih Temple usually lasts for 3 days, however because of the status of Mt.. Agung, the same ritual process was done in just one day, explained the priest. Devotees from Besakih Village were told that they are welcome to come but are by no means expected to and that it was perfectly fine to give simple offerings wherever they may have been evacuated to.

Balinese devotees throughout Bali have been holding prayers together over the last two weeks and were recently asked to say special prayers at temples throughout the island, asking that if Mount Agung erupts, that the people of Bali be spared. Many temples throughout the island were already holding the usual special ceremonies for Purnama Kapat (fourth moon of the Balinese calendar),giving thanks for the abundance of nature.

Though nobody can say for sure when or if the sacred Mount Agung will erupt at all, some people are preparing for the worst and people all over the island are praying that Bali’s most sacred mountain will settle down and not cause harm. (kmb)

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Europe cautious ahead of Catalonia independence call LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - World shares ground out a fresh record high on Tuesday, making it almost 50 for the year, although Europe tread cautiously as markets waited to see whether Spain’s Catalonia region would push for independence later in the day.

Japan and South Korea returned from extended breaks to give Asia a lift, but the Catalan uncertainty meant it was a lower start for the euro zone’s main bourses and for Spanish bond markets.

Catalonia’s secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont is due to address the region’s parliament in Barcelona. He could ask the assembly to vote on a unilateral declaration of independence from Madrid.

It is Spain’s biggest political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981. Madrid’s IBEX stocks index drooped 0.5 percent early on and it is now down almost 9 percent since May, though a sharp rise in the euro has also taken a toll.

“We have not witnessed any relevant statement or signal by the separatists that would hint at a change of strategy ahead of today’s discussion in the Catalonian parliament,” economists at Barclays wrote.

“Consequently, at this point, it seems likely that Catalan President Carles Puigdemont remains on track to announce a unilateral declaration of independence as early as today.”

The euro remained resilient. It hopped to a one-week high as data showed German exports had surged in August.

Traders were also still upbeat on the currency after one of the European Central Bank’s German policymakers called for an end to its stimulus.

There was also help from a weaker dollar which was down for a third straight day. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major rivals, dropped 0.2 percent to 93.533 and away from Friday’s almost 3-month peak.

It gave the Turkish lira a breather having been sent sprawling to a nine-month low on Monday after the United States and Turkey scaled back visa services.

Mexico’s peso hovered at its weakest in more than four months too, ahead of the latest round of talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Wednesday. (rtr)

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Ministries, police uncover illegal fishing network, seize bombs and seeds

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has uncovered an illegal fishing network that had been operating in the country for the past years, following the confiscation of fishing bombs and unreported imported seeds, an official said here on Monday.

The organized crime network was uncovered as a result of the operations of Maritime and Fishery Ministry, Finance Ministry, Transportation Ministry, the airport operators, Angkasa Pura (AP) I and II, and the Crime and Investigation Unit of Indonesian Police.

“The Indonesian government has foiled the distribution of bombs used for the illegal, unreported, and

unregulated (IUU) fishing,” the ministrys head of quarantine, quality control, and fish safety (BKIPM), Rina, stated in Jakarta on Monday.

Apart from the bombs, the police and quarantine office have also traced the distribution of key materials, such as ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and detonators, to detect some destructive fishing activities.

Following the confiscation, the

quarantine office further found some “toxic” dory fish fillet in some shops in Jakarta.

Jakarta BKIPM chairman, Riza Priyatna, noted that the office, along with the Finance Ministrys Custom Office, has seized 22,198 kilograms of illegal frozen fish, imported overseas on Aug 16.

The products were initially planned to be distributed from Telaga Punggur

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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on October 7, 2017 shows Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani attending a ceremony at Tehran University marking the beginning of new Iranian academic year.

Iran says US would aid terrorism if it declared Revolutionary Guards terrorists

LONDON - Iran said on Tuesday that the United States would be “joining the terrorists’ camp” if it chose to designate its elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) a terrorist organisation.

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont presides over a cabinet meeting at the regional government headquarters, the Generalitat, in Barcelona, Spain October 10, 2017.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week his final decision on how he wants to contain Iran’s regional influence.He is also expected to designate Iran’s most powerful security force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist organization.

“The world should be thankful to the Revolutionary Guards for its fight against terrorists, especially against Daesh (Islamic State),” Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said in a weekly news conference broadcast live on state television.

“So by taking a stance against

the Revolutionary Guards and designating it a terrorist group, the Americans would be joining the terrorists’ camp,” he added.

Trump is expected to “decertify” a landmark 2015 deal Iran struck with world powers to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of most international sanctions.

Trump’s announcement would stop short of pulling out of the agreement but give Congress 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions.

U.S. sanctions on the IRGC could affect conflicts in Iraq and

Syria, where Tehran and Washington support warring parties that oppose the Islamic State militant group.

IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Sunday that if Washington designated the Guards a terrorist organization, they “will consider the American army to be like Islamic State all around the world.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that Tehran would give a “firm, decisive and crushing” response if the United States goes ahead with such a plan. (rtr)

22 Indonesian soldiers promoted for UN peace missions in Congo

JAKARTA - Some 22 soldiers of the Indonesian Army, Navy, and Air Force received promotions for UN peace missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official noted in a written statement received by ANTARA here, Monday.

Led by Lieutenant Colonel Czi Nur Alam Sucipto, the Kizi TNI Konga XX-N/Monusco peace mission task force commander, the promotion ceremony was held at the Indo Eng Coy Bumi Nusantara base camp, Haut-Uele District, Dungu City, DR Congo.

In his opening remarks, the commander congratulated the 22 soldiers comprising five senior commissioners, four petty officers, and 13 privates for their efforts in

maintaining peace in the conflict area.

“You must feel proud, as not all peacekeepers received promotions during their missions on the field,” the commander said while referring to the 22 soldiers.

Sucipto expressed hope that the promotions would further motivate and improve the performance of the soldiers, as peacekeepers.

“After being promoted, the soldiers should bolster their professional work while improving their commitment to serve the country,” he reiterated.

Comprising 175 soldiers of the three Indonesian forces, the Kizi TNI Konga XX-N/Monusco peace mission task force was assigned to three UN camps: COB Dungu,

TOB Tadu, and TOB Demu.

Apart from their role as peacekeepers, the soldiers also joined the Civic Military Coordination mission for providing health services, assisting the affected community, and restoring destroyed infrastructure, such as roads and bridges.

Indonesia has assigned several thousand of its troops to join the UN peace mission in some conflict countries.

According to the UN, Indonesia has been listed among the top 10 countries, with the most troops contributing to the UN peace mission, totaling 2,713 soldiers, comprising 2,646 men and 67 women. Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country ranked in the UN top 10 list of 124 states.(ant)

port in Batam, Riau islands province, to Tembilahan port, Riau province.

According to the probe, the illegal fish imports would cause Rp7 billion of potential income loss to the state.

Besides the fish export, the authority has also foiled 1.87 million lobster seeds exports, worth Rp281,41 billion, at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali,

and Lombok International Airport in West Nusa Tenggara province.

Following the operation, some 45 suspects were detained, and most of them have been convicted guilty after trials in the districts of Tangerang, Central Lombok, Denpasar, Pangkal Pinang, Lampung, Sleman, Kendari, Banten, Bekasi, and Bogor. (ant)

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Jelekungkang Waterfall being made into tourist attraction

BANGLI - Jelekungkang waterfalls is being made into a tourist attraction and the local community is stepping up to the task by arranging the area around these waterfalls located in Tammanbali, Bangli. Ketut Purna who has been instrumental in this process, said that as of a week ago a path to the waterfalls has been opened.

He explained that local residents have been bathing at these waterfalls for a very long time but that acces was not easy until recently. Since the road and path have been opened, children have been coming the waterfall in droves. “Now, almost every day, children from our village come here to bathe. Sometimes, they also help us cleanup the area”, said this man who also popularised Kiningan waterfall.

Purna added that he is eager to make this waterfalls into a tourist attraction as a way to boost the local economy. Chief of Jelekungkang customary village, Wayan Wirya, confrimed that although the waterfall has been there for a very long time, it is only very recently that it has been made more accessible. “ It is Mr. Purna who took the initiative to arrange the area and I myself only found out a few days ago about his plan to make it inot a tourist attraction” siad Chief Wirya, who added that quite possibly the customary village authorities whoudl manage the site in the future.

However, he explained that for the time being they are just seeing how things go. “For the now we do not know what management will look like. If things go well, perhaps it will be taken over by the customary village. Let’s see how things progress” stated Wirya.

As observation recently, the path to the waterfall is quite steep with the path leading along a steep precipice that is only accessible by foot. The water of this 25 foot waterfall is very clear. (kmb)

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Serena targets Australian Open title defence - organisers

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Victorian state minister for sport and major events John Eren (L) and Australian Open Tournament director Craig Tiley posing with the Australian Open trophies at the launch of the 2018 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. New mum Serena Williams remains on track to make her return at the Australian Open, tournament organisers said on October 10 as they announced the winners will get a bumper Aus$4 million (US$3.1 million).

MELBOURNE - Former world number one and new mum Serena Williams is targeting a return to Melbourne Park next year to defend her Australian Open title, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Tuesday.

Williams, who won her 23rd grand slam title when pregnant at the 2017 tournament in January, gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1. She has just three months to get fit if she is to defend her title.

“Serena will be back,” Tiley told reporters in Melbourne.

“She wants to come back in 2018 and defend her title and she’s in training now.

“There’s several months to go and obviously it will be up to her as to where she is with her fitness.”

The 36-year-old would be competing for a tournament record A$4 million ($3.11 million) winner’s purse in 2018, with total prize money hiked 10 percent to A$55 million. (rtr)

NFLPA’s Smith: ‘No player is disrespecting our country or our flag’

NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith released a statement Monday regarding players protesting during the national anthem, saying “no player is disrespecting our country or our flag.”

Smith’s statement comes following Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ comments on Sunday that his players must stand for the anthem or else they would not play.

In addition, Vice President Mike Pence left Sunday’s game in Indianapolis when the visiting San Francisco 49ers knelt during the national anthem before facing the Colts.

“Last week both the Commissioner and the Chair of the NFL Management Council John Mara were clear when they assured our union leaders, in the presence of other owners, that they would respect the Constitutional rights of our members without retribution,” Smith said in a statement. “I look forward to the day when everyone in Management can unite and truly embrace and article what that Flag stands for: ‘Liberty and Justice for All’ instead of some of them just talking about standing. We look forward to continuing our talks with them on this very issue.

“No player is disrespecting our Country or our Flag. As thousands have shown in the past, it takes bravery and courage to speak and confront these issues as our players have, especially when it is unpopular with some. There is room for Management to do the same and maybe then players do not have to risk the taunts and threats alone. This is their opportunity to lead as well and will be a true test of the motto that ‘Football is Family.’”

Jones’ comments occurred in response to Pence abruptly leaving Sunday’s game after more than 20 49ers knelt during the national anthem.

“Understand? We will not ... if we are disrespecting the flag, then we will not play. Period,” Jones said after the Cowboys’ 35-31 home loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Before the Cowboys’ game at Arizona on Sept. 25, Jones and members of his family joined the players, coaches and staff on the field prior to the anthem. They kneeled and locked arms. When the anthem was performed, they stood arm-in-arm with the players.

The gesture was in response to President Donald Trump’s comments that NFL owners should fire players who disrespect the flag by not standing during the national anthem.

Cowboys defensive ends Damontre Moore and David Irving raised their fists at the end of the anthem before the game against the Packers, according to the Dallas Morning News. Jones said he was unaware of their actions.

Pence, a former governor of Indiana, was on hand to celebrate former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning’s induction into the franchise’s Ring of Honor.

No Colts players knelt during the anthem prior to the game but the 49ers had more than 20 players kneeling with their hands over their hearts for the second straight week.

“I left today’s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” Pence tweeted about leaving the game: About an hour later, Trump tweeted that Pence was acting in response to his instructions.

“I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen,” Trump tweeted.

NBC News reported Sunday that reporters were told before the game there could be “an early departure” by Pence.

Trump followed up Monday morning with another tweet: “The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such

disrespect for country!”

Trump’s position unified more NFL players to protest racial injustice before or during the anthem. He said during a political rally in Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 22 that NFL owners should fire the players who knelt during the anthem.

“We’re proud of our country. We respect our flag,” Trump said to loud applause at the campaign event. “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired! He’s fired!’”

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick drew national attention last season when he knelt during the national anthem as a protest against racial injustice. A number of players followed Kaepernick’s lead by taking a knee during the anthem last year.

NFL players who have demonstrated during the national anthem have said they are protesting police brutality and racism, but not the flag or the anthem itself. (rtr)

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Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the National Anthem prior to a game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium.

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Sp rt Giroud scorpion kick shortlisted for FIFA goal award

Olivier Giroud’s scorpion kick strike for Arsenal against Crystal Palace last season was shortlisted for FIFA’s goal of the year award on Monday, alongside efforts from Venezuelan teenager Deyna Castellanos and goalkeeper Oscarine Masuluke.

Giroud scored with an improvised volley in the Premier League match on Jan. 1, producing an acrobatic flick with his left heel to convert Alexis Sanchez’s cross into the net off the crossbar while tumbling forward.

Arsenal won the match 2-0 and Giroud, who admitted afterwards that he had a bit of luck with his connection, said it was the best goal he had ever scored.

The 31-year-old is the seventh Frenchman to be nominated for the award but the first to make the final shortlist of three, world soccer’s governing body said on its website. (www.fifa.com) Castellanos is the second Venezuelan woman in successive years to make the final three and was nominated for her strike from the halfway line against Cameroon at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan last year.

The 18-year-old follows in the footsteps of compatriot Daniuska Rodriguez, whose goal made the final three for last year’s award but lost out to Malaysian Mohd Faiz Subri’s spectacular 35-metre, swerving free-kick.

South Africa’s Masuluke is the first goalkeeper as well as the first player from Africa to make it to the final three for his last minute bicycle-kick equaliser for Baroka FC against Orlando Pirates last year.

The winner of the award, named after the late Hungary captain Ferenc Puskas, will be decided by the public and announced at FIFA’s annual player of the year ceremony in London on Oct. 23.(rtr)

Coleman to take time reflecting on future after Wales loss

Iceland fans celebrate.

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Reykjavik erupts in jubilation as Iceland reach first World Cup

REYKJAVIC - Iceland’s soccer supporters were in raptures on Monday as they celebrated in the capital and across the country after the national team qualified for their first World Cup. Iceland, the smallest country ever to reach the finals, booked their ticket to next year’s finals in Russia by beating Kosovo 2-0 to top their European qualifying group. “Are you kidding!

We are going to the World Cup!” the local TV commentator screamed as the final whistle blew and fireworks erupted over the Laugardalsvollur national stadium.

“Iceland to the World Cup,” was the cry at the American Bar, the biggest sports bar in downtown Reykjavík. Outside the rain came down but inside nothing could dampen the spirits. “The smallest country to get to the World Cup by far, this is surreal,” supporter Gunnar Atli Thorodssen said on a busy Monday night. “I have to book my ticket to Russia immediately.” Iceland has a population of about 350,000 while the previous smallest country to have reached a World Cup was Trinidad & Tobago, in 2006, which had 1.3 million people.

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Olivier Giroud finds the net with an outrageous scorpion flick to give Arsenal the lead

VIKING CLAP On TV, team captain Aron Gunnarsson could be seen joining in with the stadium crowd’s now-famous traditional viking clap. The crowd in the bar clapped along with the primal chant, which

is sure to be an endearing feature in Russia next year, as it was at the European Championship in France last year where Iceland beat Austria and England to reach the last eight. “The World Cup, Pele, Maradona and Aron Einar Gunnarsson,” the national team manager Heimir Hallgrímsson told TV reporters. Behind him, the players joined the crowd in singing “Feroalok”, the team’s anthem, which means: “I am home”.

Gunnarsson has no doubt that the World Cup is where Iceland, ranked 22nd in last month’s world rankings, belong. “Nonsense? I don’t know if this is nonsense,” he said. “After we lost against Croatia (in the 2014 World Cup playoffs) we aimed at qualifying next time. In my opinion we were in the most difficult group, but we decided that we were just going to finish this. We had no interest in

some playoff bother.”

Inside the bar, there was a faint hope the team might come downtown to join the party as the rambunctious crowd, wearing their red, white and blue jerseys, bounced around. Even the tourists appeared to be get caught up in the moment.

“Not since 1996, when Tony Adams played for Arsenal, have I followed football, but last summer that all changed,” said Arni thor Arnason, with a beer in his hand. “Now we’re going to the World Cup, unreal. I still don’t believe it.”

Reykjavík’s bars usually close at 1am on weekdays but Monday’s celebrations seemed set to continue until dawn. There will be some sore heads on Tuesday but come the start of the World Cup the whole country will likely be at a standstill.(rtr)

CARDIFF - Wales manager Chris Coleman said he would “let the dust settle” before deciding whether to continue after his side’s World Cup qualification hopes ended in a 1-0 defeat by Ireland on Monday. Coleman led Wales to the semi-finals of the 2016 European Championships but his dream of taking the nation to their first World Cup finals since 1958 was crushed in the Cardiff City Stadium.

James McClean’s second-half goal meant Ireland claimed a playoff spot after they leapfrogged Wales into second place in Group D behind Serbia. It was Wales’ first defeat in a World Cup qualifier for 12 games and their first home defeat in a competitve fixture for four years -- a record

Coleman said he was proud of.

“All I can think about right now is the faces of the players in the dressing room and their disappointment,” Coleman, who took over in 2012 after the death of former coach Gary Speed, said.

“They are inconsolable but they should be very proud.

“I will take some time to let the dust settle, we will sit down and have a chat and take it from there. “This was our first defeat at home for four years.

Four years ago we were playing against Macedonia in front of 8,000. It is different now.”

Coleman was generous in his praise for Ireland counterpart Martin O’Neill, whose side produced a textbook away display.

“I thought on the balance of play

we pretty much dominated the first half,” he said. “We knew Ireland would have a gameplan and they executed it very well.

Fair play to them.

“Martin O’Neill has done a great job and good luck to them.”

Ireland will probably face one of the seeded nations in the playoffs, possibly Portugal or Italy, but showed in Cardiff that they will be no pushovers, whoever they draw next Tuesday.

“We are in the play-offs.

Whenever the draw is made we will take our chance,” O’Neill said. “The impression of our campaign? Absolutely delighted.

When the draw was made I thought we had a very difficult group. We have come t hrough, fantastic.”(rtr)

Struggling Italy head for playoffs after win over Albania SHKODER - Italy battled to a 1-0 win over Albania on Monday with a late Antonio Candreva goal as the struggling Group G runners-up head for the playoffs in a bid to reach next year’s World Cup. The four-times world champions had already clinched a playoff spot by finishing second behind group winners Spain, but, after a humiliating 1-1 draw at home to Macedonia on Friday, they were under pressure to perform in Albania.

Italy squandered several good chances until Candreva, unmarked to the left side of goalkeeper Etrit Berisha, was found with a ball across the area from Leonardo Spinazzola and fired home a powerful shot to give Italy the victory.

“We played a great game, were united in our play and we brought the victory home,” said midfielder Lorenzo Insigne.

“Today we sought the victory at all costs and we managed to win.

We gave everything and showed that Italy never gives up”.

Struggling Italy face a twolegged playoff against one of the other eight best runners-up from the European qualifying campaign to secure a place at next year’s finals in Russia.

Under-fire Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura told reporters: “In the November playoffs, I hope they (the team) are in better health, I hope we can get back some of the (injured) players.”

Third-placed Albania were eager to show they had improved over the last few years thanks to coaching from Italians. Their current manager Christian Panucci, a former Italy international, spurred his side to attack against his compatriots.

Visiting keeper Gianluigi

Buffon kept out a powerful Eros Grezda shot from outside the area before the goal and Panucci was pleased with his side’s performance if not the result.

“I am very sorry for the boys. We played as equals with Italy, and Buffon saved more than Berisha. But they punished us just in one moment when we were not attentive,” Panucci said.

It was the first time Italy had played in Albania, across the Adriatic Sea, where they displayed the four World Cup trophies they have won, to the delight of fans who had followed Italian soccer since they were isolated under Communism.

Buffon’s shirt was in demand at the end of the game and he exchanged it with striker Armando Sadiku, who said he had asked the keeper for it while they were waiting for a corner.(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Wales manager Chris Coleman speaks to’ Jonathan Williams as he prepares to substitute him on

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Olivier Giroud’s scorpion kick strike for Arsenal against Crystal Palace last season was shortlisted for FIFA’s goal of the year award on Monday, alongside efforts from Venezuelan teenager Deyna Castellanos and goalkeeper Oscarine Masuluke.

Giroud scored with an improvised volley in the Premier League match on Jan. 1, producing an acrobatic flick with his left heel to convert Alexis Sanchez’s cross into the net off the crossbar while tumbling forward.

Arsenal won the match 2-0 and Giroud, who admitted afterwards that he had a bit of luck with his connection, said it was the best goal he had ever scored.

The 31-year-old is the seventh Frenchman to be nominated for the award but the first to make the final shortlist of three, world soccer’s governing body said on its website. (www.fifa.com) Castellanos is the second Venezuelan woman in successive years to make the final three and was nominated for her strike from the halfway line against Cameroon at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan last year.

The 18-year-old follows in the footsteps of compatriot Daniuska Rodriguez, whose goal made the final three for last year’s award but lost out to Malaysian Mohd Faiz Subri’s spectacular 35-metre, swerving free-kick.

South Africa’s Masuluke is the first goalkeeper as well as the first player from Africa to make it to the final three for his last minute bicycle-kick equaliser for Baroka FC against Orlando Pirates last year.

The winner of the award, named after the late Hungary captain Ferenc Puskas, will be decided by the public and announced at FIFA’s annual player of the year ceremony in London on Oct. 23.(rtr)

Coleman to take time reflecting on future after Wales loss

Iceland fans celebrate.

Reuters/Gerix

Reykjavik erupts in jubilation as Iceland reach first World Cup

REYKJAVIC - Iceland’s soccer supporters were in raptures on Monday as they celebrated in the capital and across the country after the national team qualified for their first World Cup. Iceland, the smallest country ever to reach the finals, booked their ticket to next year’s finals in Russia by beating Kosovo 2-0 to top their European qualifying group. “Are you kidding!

We are going to the World Cup!” the local TV commentator screamed as the final whistle blew and fireworks erupted over the Laugardalsvollur national stadium.

“Iceland to the World Cup,” was the cry at the American Bar, the biggest sports bar in downtown Reykjavík. Outside the rain came down but inside nothing could dampen the spirits. “The smallest country to get to the World Cup by far, this is surreal,” supporter Gunnar Atli Thorodssen said on a busy Monday night. “I have to book my ticket to Russia immediately.” Iceland has a population of about 350,000 while the previous smallest country to have reached a World Cup was Trinidad & Tobago, in 2006, which had 1.3 million people.

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Olivier Giroud finds the net with an outrageous scorpion flick to give Arsenal the lead

VIKING CLAP On TV, team captain Aron Gunnarsson could be seen joining in with the stadium crowd’s now-famous traditional viking clap. The crowd in the bar clapped along with the primal chant, which

is sure to be an endearing feature in Russia next year, as it was at the European Championship in France last year where Iceland beat Austria and England to reach the last eight. “The World Cup, Pele, Maradona and Aron Einar Gunnarsson,” the national team manager Heimir Hallgrímsson told TV reporters. Behind him, the players joined the crowd in singing “Feroalok”, the team’s anthem, which means: “I am home”.

Gunnarsson has no doubt that the World Cup is where Iceland, ranked 22nd in last month’s world rankings, belong. “Nonsense? I don’t know if this is nonsense,” he said. “After we lost against Croatia (in the 2014 World Cup playoffs) we aimed at qualifying next time. In my opinion we were in the most difficult group, but we decided that we were just going to finish this. We had no interest in

some playoff bother.”

Inside the bar, there was a faint hope the team might come downtown to join the party as the rambunctious crowd, wearing their red, white and blue jerseys, bounced around. Even the tourists appeared to be get caught up in the moment.

“Not since 1996, when Tony Adams played for Arsenal, have I followed football, but last summer that all changed,” said Arni thor Arnason, with a beer in his hand. “Now we’re going to the World Cup, unreal. I still don’t believe it.”

Reykjavík’s bars usually close at 1am on weekdays but Monday’s celebrations seemed set to continue until dawn. There will be some sore heads on Tuesday but come the start of the World Cup the whole country will likely be at a standstill.(rtr)

CARDIFF - Wales manager Chris Coleman said he would “let the dust settle” before deciding whether to continue after his side’s World Cup qualification hopes ended in a 1-0 defeat by Ireland on Monday. Coleman led Wales to the semi-finals of the 2016 European Championships but his dream of taking the nation to their first World Cup finals since 1958 was crushed in the Cardiff City Stadium.

James McClean’s second-half goal meant Ireland claimed a playoff spot after they leapfrogged Wales into second place in Group D behind Serbia. It was Wales’ first defeat in a World Cup qualifier for 12 games and their first home defeat in a competitve fixture for four years -- a record

Coleman said he was proud of.

“All I can think about right now is the faces of the players in the dressing room and their disappointment,” Coleman, who took over in 2012 after the death of former coach Gary Speed, said.

“They are inconsolable but they should be very proud.

“I will take some time to let the dust settle, we will sit down and have a chat and take it from there. “This was our first defeat at home for four years.

Four years ago we were playing against Macedonia in front of 8,000. It is different now.”

Coleman was generous in his praise for Ireland counterpart Martin O’Neill, whose side produced a textbook away display.

“I thought on the balance of play

we pretty much dominated the first half,” he said. “We knew Ireland would have a gameplan and they executed it very well.

Fair play to them.

“Martin O’Neill has done a great job and good luck to them.”

Ireland will probably face one of the seeded nations in the playoffs, possibly Portugal or Italy, but showed in Cardiff that they will be no pushovers, whoever they draw next Tuesday.

“We are in the play-offs.

Whenever the draw is made we will take our chance,” O’Neill said. “The impression of our campaign? Absolutely delighted.

When the draw was made I thought we had a very difficult group. We have come t hrough, fantastic.”(rtr)

Struggling Italy head for playoffs after win over Albania SHKODER - Italy battled to a 1-0 win over Albania on Monday with a late Antonio Candreva goal as the struggling Group G runners-up head for the playoffs in a bid to reach next year’s World Cup. The four-times world champions had already clinched a playoff spot by finishing second behind group winners Spain, but, after a humiliating 1-1 draw at home to Macedonia on Friday, they were under pressure to perform in Albania.

Italy squandered several good chances until Candreva, unmarked to the left side of goalkeeper Etrit Berisha, was found with a ball across the area from Leonardo Spinazzola and fired home a powerful shot to give Italy the victory.

“We played a great game, were united in our play and we brought the victory home,” said midfielder Lorenzo Insigne.

“Today we sought the victory at all costs and we managed to win.

We gave everything and showed that Italy never gives up”.

Struggling Italy face a twolegged playoff against one of the other eight best runners-up from the European qualifying campaign to secure a place at next year’s finals in Russia.

Under-fire Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura told reporters: “In the November playoffs, I hope they (the team) are in better health, I hope we can get back some of the (injured) players.”

Third-placed Albania were eager to show they had improved over the last few years thanks to coaching from Italians. Their current manager Christian Panucci, a former Italy international, spurred his side to attack against his compatriots.

Visiting keeper Gianluigi

Buffon kept out a powerful Eros Grezda shot from outside the area before the goal and Panucci was pleased with his side’s performance if not the result.

“I am very sorry for the boys. We played as equals with Italy, and Buffon saved more than Berisha. But they punished us just in one moment when we were not attentive,” Panucci said.

It was the first time Italy had played in Albania, across the Adriatic Sea, where they displayed the four World Cup trophies they have won, to the delight of fans who had followed Italian soccer since they were isolated under Communism.

Buffon’s shirt was in demand at the end of the game and he exchanged it with striker Armando Sadiku, who said he had asked the keeper for it while they were waiting for a corner.(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

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Jelekungkang Waterfall being made into tourist attraction

BANGLI - Jelekungkang waterfalls is being made into a tourist attraction and the local community is stepping up to the task by arranging the area around these waterfalls located in Tammanbali, Bangli. Ketut Purna who has been instrumental in this process, said that as of a week ago a path to the waterfalls has been opened.

He explained that local residents have been bathing at these waterfalls for a very long time but that acces was not easy until recently. Since the road and path have been opened, children have been coming the waterfall in droves. “Now, almost every day, children from our village come here to bathe. Sometimes, they also help us cleanup the area”, said this man who also popularised Kiningan waterfall.

Purna added that he is eager to make this waterfalls into a tourist attraction as a way to boost the local economy. Chief of Jelekungkang customary village, Wayan Wirya, confrimed that although the waterfall has been there for a very long time, it is only very recently that it has been made more accessible. “ It is Mr. Purna who took the initiative to arrange the area and I myself only found out a few days ago about his plan to make it inot a tourist attraction” siad Chief Wirya, who added that quite possibly the customary village authorities whoudl manage the site in the future.

However, he explained that for the time being they are just seeing how things go. “For the now we do not know what management will look like. If things go well, perhaps it will be taken over by the customary village. Let’s see how things progress” stated Wirya.

As observation recently, the path to the waterfall is quite steep with the path leading along a steep precipice that is only accessible by foot. The water of this 25 foot waterfall is very clear. (kmb)

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Serena targets Australian Open title defence - organisers

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Victorian state minister for sport and major events John Eren (L) and Australian Open Tournament director Craig Tiley posing with the Australian Open trophies at the launch of the 2018 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. New mum Serena Williams remains on track to make her return at the Australian Open, tournament organisers said on October 10 as they announced the winners will get a bumper Aus$4 million (US$3.1 million).

MELBOURNE - Former world number one and new mum Serena Williams is targeting a return to Melbourne Park next year to defend her Australian Open title, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Tuesday.

Williams, who won her 23rd grand slam title when pregnant at the 2017 tournament in January, gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1. She has just three months to get fit if she is to defend her title.

“Serena will be back,” Tiley told reporters in Melbourne.

“She wants to come back in 2018 and defend her title and she’s in training now.

“There’s several months to go and obviously it will be up to her as to where she is with her fitness.”

The 36-year-old would be competing for a tournament record A$4 million ($3.11 million) winner’s purse in 2018, with total prize money hiked 10 percent to A$55 million. (rtr)

NFLPA’s Smith: ‘No player is disrespecting our country or our flag’

NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith released a statement Monday regarding players protesting during the national anthem, saying “no player is disrespecting our country or our flag.”

Smith’s statement comes following Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ comments on Sunday that his players must stand for the anthem or else they would not play.

In addition, Vice President Mike Pence left Sunday’s game in Indianapolis when the visiting San Francisco 49ers knelt during the national anthem before facing the Colts.

“Last week both the Commissioner and the Chair of the NFL Management Council John Mara were clear when they assured our union leaders, in the presence of other owners, that they would respect the Constitutional rights of our members without retribution,” Smith said in a statement. “I look forward to the day when everyone in Management can unite and truly embrace and article what that Flag stands for: ‘Liberty and Justice for All’ instead of some of them just talking about standing. We look forward to continuing our talks with them on this very issue.

“No player is disrespecting our Country or our Flag. As thousands have shown in the past, it takes bravery and courage to speak and confront these issues as our players have, especially when it is unpopular with some. There is room for Management to do the same and maybe then players do not have to risk the taunts and threats alone. This is their opportunity to lead as well and will be a true test of the motto that ‘Football is Family.’”

Jones’ comments occurred in response to Pence abruptly leaving Sunday’s game after more than 20 49ers knelt during the national anthem.

“Understand? We will not ... if we are disrespecting the flag, then we will not play. Period,” Jones said after the Cowboys’ 35-31 home loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Before the Cowboys’ game at Arizona on Sept. 25, Jones and members of his family joined the players, coaches and staff on the field prior to the anthem. They kneeled and locked arms. When the anthem was performed, they stood arm-in-arm with the players.

The gesture was in response to President Donald Trump’s comments that NFL owners should fire players who disrespect the flag by not standing during the national anthem.

Cowboys defensive ends Damontre Moore and David Irving raised their fists at the end of the anthem before the game against the Packers, according to the Dallas Morning News. Jones said he was unaware of their actions.

Pence, a former governor of Indiana, was on hand to celebrate former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning’s induction into the franchise’s Ring of Honor.

No Colts players knelt during the anthem prior to the game but the 49ers had more than 20 players kneeling with their hands over their hearts for the second straight week.

“I left today’s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” Pence tweeted about leaving the game: About an hour later, Trump tweeted that Pence was acting in response to his instructions.

“I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen,” Trump tweeted.

NBC News reported Sunday that reporters were told before the game there could be “an early departure” by Pence.

Trump followed up Monday morning with another tweet: “The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such

disrespect for country!”

Trump’s position unified more NFL players to protest racial injustice before or during the anthem. He said during a political rally in Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 22 that NFL owners should fire the players who knelt during the anthem.

“We’re proud of our country. We respect our flag,” Trump said to loud applause at the campaign event. “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired! He’s fired!’”

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick drew national attention last season when he knelt during the national anthem as a protest against racial injustice. A number of players followed Kaepernick’s lead by taking a knee during the anthem last year.

NFL players who have demonstrated during the national anthem have said they are protesting police brutality and racism, but not the flag or the anthem itself. (rtr)

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Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the National Anthem prior to a game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium.

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Europe cautious ahead of Catalonia independence call LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - World shares ground out a fresh record high on Tuesday, making it almost 50 for the year, although Europe tread cautiously as markets waited to see whether Spain’s Catalonia region would push for independence later in the day.

Japan and South Korea returned from extended breaks to give Asia a lift, but the Catalan uncertainty meant it was a lower start for the euro zone’s main bourses and for Spanish bond markets.

Catalonia’s secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont is due to address the region’s parliament in Barcelona. He could ask the assembly to vote on a unilateral declaration of independence from Madrid.

It is Spain’s biggest political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981. Madrid’s IBEX stocks index drooped 0.5 percent early on and it is now down almost 9 percent since May, though a sharp rise in the euro has also taken a toll.

“We have not witnessed any relevant statement or signal by the separatists that would hint at a change of strategy ahead of today’s discussion in the Catalonian parliament,” economists at Barclays wrote.

“Consequently, at this point, it seems likely that Catalan President Carles Puigdemont remains on track to announce a unilateral declaration of independence as early as today.”

The euro remained resilient. It hopped to a one-week high as data showed German exports had surged in August.

Traders were also still upbeat on the currency after one of the European Central Bank’s German policymakers called for an end to its stimulus.

There was also help from a weaker dollar which was down for a third straight day. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major rivals, dropped 0.2 percent to 93.533 and away from Friday’s almost 3-month peak.

It gave the Turkish lira a breather having been sent sprawling to a nine-month low on Monday after the United States and Turkey scaled back visa services.

Mexico’s peso hovered at its weakest in more than four months too, ahead of the latest round of talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Wednesday. (rtr)

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Ministries, police uncover illegal fishing network, seize bombs and seeds

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has uncovered an illegal fishing network that had been operating in the country for the past years, following the confiscation of fishing bombs and unreported imported seeds, an official said here on Monday.

The organized crime network was uncovered as a result of the operations of Maritime and Fishery Ministry, Finance Ministry, Transportation Ministry, the airport operators, Angkasa Pura (AP) I and II, and the Crime and Investigation Unit of Indonesian Police.

“The Indonesian government has foiled the distribution of bombs used for the illegal, unreported, and

unregulated (IUU) fishing,” the ministrys head of quarantine, quality control, and fish safety (BKIPM), Rina, stated in Jakarta on Monday.

Apart from the bombs, the police and quarantine office have also traced the distribution of key materials, such as ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and detonators, to detect some destructive fishing activities.

Following the confiscation, the

quarantine office further found some “toxic” dory fish fillet in some shops in Jakarta.

Jakarta BKIPM chairman, Riza Priyatna, noted that the office, along with the Finance Ministrys Custom Office, has seized 22,198 kilograms of illegal frozen fish, imported overseas on Aug 16.

The products were initially planned to be distributed from Telaga Punggur

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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on October 7, 2017 shows Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani attending a ceremony at Tehran University marking the beginning of new Iranian academic year.

Iran says US would aid terrorism if it declared Revolutionary Guards terrorists

LONDON - Iran said on Tuesday that the United States would be “joining the terrorists’ camp” if it chose to designate its elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) a terrorist organisation.

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont presides over a cabinet meeting at the regional government headquarters, the Generalitat, in Barcelona, Spain October 10, 2017.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week his final decision on how he wants to contain Iran’s regional influence.He is also expected to designate Iran’s most powerful security force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist organization.

“The world should be thankful to the Revolutionary Guards for its fight against terrorists, especially against Daesh (Islamic State),” Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said in a weekly news conference broadcast live on state television.

“So by taking a stance against

the Revolutionary Guards and designating it a terrorist group, the Americans would be joining the terrorists’ camp,” he added.

Trump is expected to “decertify” a landmark 2015 deal Iran struck with world powers to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of most international sanctions.

Trump’s announcement would stop short of pulling out of the agreement but give Congress 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions.

U.S. sanctions on the IRGC could affect conflicts in Iraq and

Syria, where Tehran and Washington support warring parties that oppose the Islamic State militant group.

IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Sunday that if Washington designated the Guards a terrorist organization, they “will consider the American army to be like Islamic State all around the world.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that Tehran would give a “firm, decisive and crushing” response if the United States goes ahead with such a plan. (rtr)

22 Indonesian soldiers promoted for UN peace missions in Congo

JAKARTA - Some 22 soldiers of the Indonesian Army, Navy, and Air Force received promotions for UN peace missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official noted in a written statement received by ANTARA here, Monday.

Led by Lieutenant Colonel Czi Nur Alam Sucipto, the Kizi TNI Konga XX-N/Monusco peace mission task force commander, the promotion ceremony was held at the Indo Eng Coy Bumi Nusantara base camp, Haut-Uele District, Dungu City, DR Congo.

In his opening remarks, the commander congratulated the 22 soldiers comprising five senior commissioners, four petty officers, and 13 privates for their efforts in

maintaining peace in the conflict area.

“You must feel proud, as not all peacekeepers received promotions during their missions on the field,” the commander said while referring to the 22 soldiers.

Sucipto expressed hope that the promotions would further motivate and improve the performance of the soldiers, as peacekeepers.

“After being promoted, the soldiers should bolster their professional work while improving their commitment to serve the country,” he reiterated.

Comprising 175 soldiers of the three Indonesian forces, the Kizi TNI Konga XX-N/Monusco peace mission task force was assigned to three UN camps: COB Dungu,

TOB Tadu, and TOB Demu.

Apart from their role as peacekeepers, the soldiers also joined the Civic Military Coordination mission for providing health services, assisting the affected community, and restoring destroyed infrastructure, such as roads and bridges.

Indonesia has assigned several thousand of its troops to join the UN peace mission in some conflict countries.

According to the UN, Indonesia has been listed among the top 10 countries, with the most troops contributing to the UN peace mission, totaling 2,713 soldiers, comprising 2,646 men and 67 women. Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country ranked in the UN top 10 list of 124 states.(ant)

port in Batam, Riau islands province, to Tembilahan port, Riau province.

According to the probe, the illegal fish imports would cause Rp7 billion of potential income loss to the state.

Besides the fish export, the authority has also foiled 1.87 million lobster seeds exports, worth Rp281,41 billion, at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali,

and Lombok International Airport in West Nusa Tenggara province.

Following the operation, some 45 suspects were detained, and most of them have been convicted guilty after trials in the districts of Tangerang, Central Lombok, Denpasar, Pangkal Pinang, Lampung, Sleman, Kendari, Banten, Bekasi, and Bogor. (ant)

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The Basque: Spain’s effective but expensive antidote to secession

BILBAO - As Spain and Catalonia head towards a constitutional collision over the region’s claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country. Among the verdant mountains of Basque Country, which borders France, a once-violent campaign for independence has petered out, with generous fiscal autonomy from Madrid helping to keep popular agitation for independence in check.

“We don’t have that economic resentment,” Aitor Esteban, organizer for the Basque National Party in Spain’s parliament, told Reuters in an interview at party headquarters in Bilbao. “People don’t feel that need to act upon a grievance about money; that makes a big difference.” The Catalan government is not calling for a Basque-style deal, insisting instead on independence after declaring overwhelming support for secession in an Oct. 1 referendum banned by Madrid.

But the most moderate lawmakers in the region’s ruling coalition privately say they could drop independence claims if they were given the tax autonomy that Basque Country enjoys. In Madrid, some socialists have suggested it could serve as a model for a compromise that would defuse Spain’s biggest political crisis since a failed coup in 1981, although the cost to the central government would be significant.

Basque staged modest protests over Madrid’s violent crackdown on Catalonia’s referendum, but the crisis has failed to rekindle secessionist fervour on the streets of Bilbao, the Basque capital nestled on the banks of the Nervion. Catalan flags hang from balconies alongside the Basque flag in a sign of solidarity, but Bilbao is prosperous and peaceful.

Where once unionist politicians needed bodyguards and car bombings were a constant fear, tourists now crowd the taverns of the old town and the world-famous Guggenheim museum.

Just 17 percent of Basques want independence and less than half would like to hold a referendum on the issue, according to a poll carried out by the university of Deusto. Basque militant group ETA, which killed more than 850 people in a decades-long campaign to carve out a separate state, effectively ended its armed resistance this year when it surrendered its weapons.

The region now has one of the highest economic outputs per capita and one of the lowest unemployment rates in Spain.

“The independence debate is on standby in Basque Country because of great fatigue after years of violence and uncertainty after the economic crisis,” said Xabier Barandiaran, professor of sociology at Deusto University.

CAN SPAIN AFFORD IT?

Basque’s fiscal autonomy is among the most generous of any region in Europe, dating back to the 19th century and enshrined in Spain’s 1978 constitution.

If it were to be extended to Catalonia, an economically more powerful region accounting for a fifth of national production, the Spanish state would lose about 16 billion euros, according to a 2014 study by research house CSIC. That would equal about 13 percent of next year’s budget and affect Spain’s deficit and borrowing costs.

For that reason, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has ruled out such generous treatment for Catalonia. Under Basque’s accord with Madrid, the region collects nearly all its own taxes, which are forecast to total 13 billion euros ($15 billion) this year. It is due to return 800 million euros to Madrid in what is known as an annual quota to cover the costs of national expenses such as defence or infrastructure.

Rajoy has sweetened that arrangement since he regained power at the head of a minority government last year, as the price of securing Basque National Party support for his 2017 budget. It has proved unpopular with other regions who would almost certainly oppose any similar deal for Catalonia, as it would mean cutting their share of state revenue. Typically, regions pass taxes to Madrid which redistributes money back to them according to a formula that favours the poorer regions.

Former Catalan leader Artur Mas tried to hold talks with Rajoy in 2012 about granting Catalonia powers to raise and spend its own taxes, but the prospect of negotiations in the current climate look bleak. Catalonia has long said it pays a disproportionate level of taxes to Madrid in relation to the central funding it receives. A study backed by the Budget Ministry says Catalonia pays to the state 9.9 billion euros more than it receives.

The Catalan economy ministry says this is even higher.

Economists say an overhaul of the fiscal relationship between Madrid and the regions is overdue because the current

system has led to intense tax competition between regions. Some autonomous communities have become under-financed, resulting in cuts in public services. “Now

the situation is so critical, there might just be the political momentum needed to tackle it,” said Antonio Garcia Pascual of Barclays Capital.(rtr)

Lots of prayers for Mt. Agung; so far so good

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But danger still looms and over 140,000 evacuees waiting anxiously

The PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) or Geology department of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources reported that there had been an increase in seismic activity near Mt. Agung on September 14-15 and thus declared a level II warning status for the mountain and surrounding area. Three days later on September 18 the warning status was raised from level II to level III following larger and more frequent earthquakes in the area. On September 21, 22 and 23 there was an ongoing increase in earthquake activity around Mt. Agung which caused the PVMBG to raise the warning status from level III to Level IV, meaning that the mountain could erupt at anytime. About 50, 000 people were immediately evacuated from the 12 km exclusion zone considered to be most affected by a possible eruption.

Within a week the number of evacuees had increased significantly and the initial camps set up to accommodate evacuees proved to be far too small. Many people sought refuge in local hamlet halls and those more fortunate with relatives. It took some time for authorities to recored how many people had been evacuated to which villages. On September 29th, the BPBD (Disaster Mitigation Agency) announced that 51 out of the 78 villages that had been evacuated were not in fact located within the disaster-prone area that had been outlined. During a coordination meeting with the government of Karangasem, Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastika asked that the 70 thousand or so people from these 51 villages return to their homes. He added that residents of the 28 villages that are located in the (KBR) I, II and II disasterprone areas, should under no circumstances return home until Mt. Agung had returned to normal. Some confusion ensued leading the Governor to finally say that whoever does not feel safe in their homes that are outside the exclusion zone may evacuate and those that feel safe should stay put.

As of October 7th, the BPBD had recorded a total of 143.322 people who have been evacuated from their homes to some 331 places in Badung, Bangli, Buleleng, Denpasar, Gianyar, Jembrana, Karangasem and Klungkung with the largest numbers being concentrated in Karangasem, Buleleng and Klungkung.

Last friday there were more than 1000 earthquakes of various kinds which is more than there have been in any of the previous days. This, explained Head of the Mt. Agung mitigation team Devy Kamil Syabhana indicates that the

magma inside the volcano is still on the move trying to find a ways out. “If the layer of rock holding back the magma gives way, then the volcano will erupt. But until now this rock has been able to withstand the pressure” she added saying that the gas that has been coming out of the crater does not mean that the pressure inside has been released as there is still ongoing seismic activity which indicates that the magma is still on the move.

As reported by Bali Post, (Oct, 9 ) the sulphuric smoke that has been coming out of the crater had reached at new height of some 1,500 kilometers following heavy rain fall in the previous days. Division Head of Volcano Mitigation of the PVMBG/BG, for Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), I Gede Suartika explained that this was caused by rain water pooling in the crater and then turning to water vapour as it heated. He added that as of yet there are no indication that the mountain is about to erupt. Before an eruption he explained, there are constant tremors but the earthquakes of the last few days have been the same as in previous days.

Volcanology experts agree that although no one can say for sure what will happen with Mount Agung, indications show a higher likelyhood that the volcano will erupt that the likelihood that there will not be an eruption. In the meantime various, government, NGO, village and private initiatives have been focusing attention on the many people who have been displaced, providing basic necessities and even entertainment. Further evacuation plans remain uncertain as does the condition of Bali’s most sacred mountain.

On September 20th after the initial level II warning status for Mt. Agung was declared, thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at 9 different shrines in Besakih Temple for a Panglempana” ceremony asking for that Mt. Agung not erupt, explained Jero Mangku CIk to Bali Post.

Ten days later, two priests braved the mountain, hiking to the crater summit of Mt. Agung on the morning of September 30th, to verify conditions. Jero Mangku Kari and Jero Mangku Ade explained that they saw 11 fissures in the crater from which there white smoke being emitted. Two of the fissures had rather high towers of smoke wafting upward.

“I did not feel afraid climbing Mount Agung, Ijust wanted to confirm what was going on up there. If I was afraid I would not have gone up there”, said Mangku Kari. A video of their quick visit to the crater was quickly spread on social media

sites, though experts were quick to point out that it was in fact extremely dangerous to be anywhere near the mountain at this time.

On Wednesday October 4, Penataran Agung Temple located in Rendang, Karangasem which is in the 12 km exclusion zone held their regular Mapapade Wewalungan ceremony, that was preceded by Upacara Nenundang Ida Bhatara the day before, explained Jero Mangku Sueca to Bali Post, adding that only a few dozen people took part. “We are still performing this ceremony as usual, even though Mount Agung is in critical condition. We are performing a simpler version but the essential aspects of the ritual have not been diminished”, said Mangku Jana as quoted by Bali Post. Normally there are 25 Pemangku who offer devotional service at Penataran Agung Temple, whereas now there are only 6 Pemangku who remain.

They have been saying prayers daily.

As reported by Bali post on Friday October 5th, several government officials including the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, head of PHRI Cokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Regent of Karangasem Iga Sumatri and others joined the Purnama Kapat ceremony at Besakih temple, although Mt.Agung is still in critical condition and Besakih Temple is just a few kilometres from the crater of the sacred mountain. The Usaba Kapat ceremony at Besakih Temple usually lasts for 3 days, however because of the status of Mt.. Agung, the same ritual process was done in just one day, explained the priest. Devotees from Besakih Village were told that they are welcome to come but are by no means expected to and that it was perfectly fine to give simple offerings wherever they may have been evacuated to.

Balinese devotees throughout Bali have been holding prayers together over the last two weeks and were recently asked to say special prayers at temples throughout the island, asking that if Mount Agung erupts, that the people of Bali be spared. Many temples throughout the island were already holding the usual special ceremonies for Purnama Kapat (fourth moon of the Balinese calendar),giving thanks for the abundance of nature.

Though nobody can say for sure when or if the sacred Mount Agung will erupt at all, some people are preparing for the worst and people all over the island are praying that Bali’s most sacred mountain will settle down and not cause harm. (kmb)

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Nine foreign tourists swept away by waves, one killed MANGUPURA - Nine foreigners from Sweden, Austria, Norway and Belgium were carried off by bg waves while swimming on Batu Mejan Beach in North Kuta, on Monday (Oct. 9). Eight of the swimmers managed to make it to shore. Unfortunately, a 19 year old Norwegian named Jorgen Viken was found dead. Jorgen’s corpse was taken to Sanglah Hospital.

Chief of North Kuta Criminal Investigation Unit, Putu Ika Prabawa, said that based on testimonial of 20 year old Sweedish survivor Oscar Erik Bertil Petterson, on Sunday (Oct. 8) at 23.00, he and his eight friends (7 boys and 2 girls) left their villa on Jalan Tanah Barak, North Kuta to go to Sand Bar. At 14:15, they went for a swim in front of the

Australian High Court sits to resolve lawmakers’ citizenship crisis

bar on Batu Mejan Beach where the waves seemed calm. A few minutes later however a large waves rolled in and dragged them all out to sea. “ Eight of us managed to make it back to shore”, he said.

Chief Putu Ika added the names, ages and country of origin of the survivors are as follows: Stefan Marjanovic 21, Kamilla Elisabeth Wilner 18, Oscar Erik Bertil Petterson 20, Carl Anderson Berntasson 21, Nils Victor Andre Svensson 20, Rebecca Wiman 19 from Sweeden, Aurora Betten Hansen,19, from Norway and Brutht Berth Patrick 24, from Belgium.

“Jorgen Viken 19 from Sweeden did not survive. They they were all staying at the same villa”, added Ika. (kmb36)

CANBERRA - Australia’s High Court began a three-day hearing on Tuesday to determine the eligibility of seven lawmakers who may hold dual citizenship, a case that could determine whether the government is able to maintain its razor-thin majority.

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Rohingya refugees collect water at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh October 10, 2017.

Rohingya insurgent ceasefire ends in Myanmar with no report of attacks

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After getting the report, personnel of the municipal police together with the environment and sanitation agency, North Denpasar subdistrict head and headman of Peguyangan directly came down to location.

Municipal police reprimand people littering the river

DENPASAR - On Monday (Oct. 9), the Denpasar Municipal Police reprimanded and five people who own a tofu and tempe making business in Banaya hamlet, Peguyangan, North Denpasar on Monday directly guided five residents that own the business of tofu and tempeh making at Benaya hamlet, Peguyangan, North Denpasar.

Following reports by neighbouring residents that the tofu and tempe makers were dumping waste into the river, police reprimanded and gave guidance to the violators. “As regional law enforcement officers, we must follow up on complaints made by local residents of Denpasar. The first step that we take is reprimanding and coaching” said Section Head of Coaching, Counseling and Monitoring for the Denpasar Municipal Police, Nyoman Gede Sudana.

After receiving the report about the illegal dumping, personnel of the municipal police along with the Environment and Sanitation Agency, the North Denpasar subdistrict head and headman of Peguyangan went down to verify the report. Sudana said the tempeh

and tofu entrepreneurs had been subjected to a misdemeanour trial last year, after which business owners Fuji Nurdiansyah, Abu Rohim, Redesi, Sunaryo and Arman Suprapto installed a septic tank.

“Probably, their tank had a leak which caused waste to flow into the river causing the surrounding residents to complain”, explained Sudana.

During the official reprimand, the owners of tofu and tempeh companies said they were willing to create a waste storage basin so that their waste can be filtered properly and then only clean water will be dumped into the river. Nevertheless, according to procedures, the owners were still summoned to the office of the municipal police to submit an official statement. If the business owners do not comply with these requirements, they will be summoned to trial and their business could be shut down.

On the same day, municipal police also arrested six workers who did not have ID cards that were working to make a place to dump tofu and tempe waste in Tag- Tag Kaja hamlet. The six workers are subject to a misdemeanour trial in the Denpasar District Court for not having ID cars. (kmb12)

Batu Mejan Beach

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YANGON - Myanmar authorities said there was no sign of attacks

by Rohingya Muslim militants on Tuesday as a one-month insurgent ceasefire came to end.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) announced the ceasefire from Sept. 10 in order, they said, to facilitate aid deliveries to Rakhine State, where their attacks on the security forces on Aug. 25 triggered a ferocious government crackdown.

The government offensive in the north of Rakhine State has sent some 520,000 Rohingya civilians fleeing to Bangladesh and has drawn international condemnation and U.N. accusations of ethnic cleansing.

The government denies ethnic cleansing. It had rebuffed the insurgents’ ceasefire, saying it did not negotiate with terrorists.

Myanmar says more than 500 people have been killed in the violence since late August, most of them insurgents.

Even before the government offensive, the small, lightly armed ARSA had only appeared capable of hit-and-run raids on security posts and unable to mount any sort of sustained challenge to the army.

Authorities had been on guard

over recent days and tightened security in the state capital of Sittwe as the end of the ceasefire approached, a state government spokesman said.

“We had information that the ARSA could attack but there have been no reports,” the spokesman, Min Aung, said early on Tuesday.

The insurgents said on Saturday they were ready to respond to any peace move by the government, even though the ceasefire was ending at midnight on Monday.

They also reiterated their demand for rights for the Rohingya, who have never been regarded as an indigenous minority in Myanmar and so have been denied citizenship under a law that links nationality to ethnicity.

Instead, Rohingya are seen as illegal immigrants with freedoms restricted and rights denied, and are derided by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, and much of the wider popular in Myanmar, which has seen a surge in Buddhist nationalism in recent years.

Thousands more Rohingya villagers have arrived in Bangladesh this week in a new surge of refugees, now also driven by fears of starvation and telling of bloody attacks by Buddhist mobs on people trekking towards the border. (rtr)

Australia’s parliament was rocked by revelations in August that the seven politicians, including the deputy prime minister and two other Cabinet members in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s coalition government, are dual citizens.

That means they are potentially ineligible to hold elected office under Australia’s constitution.

Turnbull’s unpopular centre-right government holds just a one-seat majority in parliament, meaning its future could rest on the outcome of the citizenship crisis.

The seven lawmakers accept they were dual nationals at the time of their election last year but the government argues that five of them, including all three Cabinet members, should be cleared because they were unaware that they had contravened the constitutional requirement at the time.

Australian Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue urged the seven justices of the High Court not to interpret the constitution literally.

Donaghue said instead the constitution should only disqualify politicians if they had prior knowledge that

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they may be dual citizens but did not take “reasonable steps” to investigate and renounce their second citizenship where needed.

A ruling could come as soon as Thursday.

Should the High Court rule Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, the sole lower house lawmaker caught up in the crisis, is ineligible, Turnbull will then need to win the support of one of three independent lawmakers to keep his minority government.

Joyce acquired dual citizenship from his New Zealand-born father. He said in a submission to the court he believed that his father had renounced his New Zealand citizenship before he was born.

He did not know until he was 10 that his father was still a New Zealand citizen, Joyce said.

Turnbull’s government is already in a minority in the upper house Senate and, should the High Court disqualify all seven lawmakers, he will face a government reshuffle after losing two more Cabinet members who are senators.

Support for Turnbull continues to languish near a six-month low, but political analysts believe he might receive a boost if he is able to win passage of a samesex marriage bill.

Turnbull’s government won High Court approval last month to stage a non-binding postal survey on the issue, which is widely popular among Australians. Results of that poll will be announced on Nov. 15. (rtr)

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Swelling of Mt. Agung from all angles

Smoke down to 200 meters AMLAPURA—The puff of smoke or solfatara that had previously soared to a height of up to 1,500 meters form the summit of Mount Agung has reduced in altitude to 200 meters.

Based on monitoring with a tiltmeter, Mount Agung has begun to experience swelling on all sides.

Head of Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Kasbani, said there are

still many signs of an eruption that can be seen from the seismicity that remains high with about 800

earthquakes each day. Monitoring is therefore still being done to see the development of the mountain.

“We have not been able to predict when the eruption may be. We continue to evaluate things and all indications still show that there will be an eruption”, he said.

Kasbani revealed that the moni-

toring of the mountain’s deformation using a tiltmeter device in the North and South is still being done in order to determine the pulsation of the mountain. Now, there is swelling on every side. “When the volcano is active, the swelling is natural due to the pressure from below. Our monitoring is synchro-

The C-2 built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Based on monitoring with tiltmeter, the Mount Agung began to experience swelling in all angles.

Japan to show off new heavy lift military plane in search for first overseas arms sale

TOKYO - Japan’s air force said on Friday it will send its new C-2 long-range heavy lift military cargo plane overseas for the first time to show it off to potential buyers in the Middle East and New Zealand.

Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the C-2 will fly to the United Arab Emirates on Nov. 8 to participate in the Dubai Airshow and will be on display in New Zealand from Nov. 25

to Dec. 1, the Japan Air Self Defence Force said in a news release.

A C-2 sale would secure Japan its first major overseas arms contract.

“A number of nations have shown interest in the C-2 and we want to show off our advanced technology,” Japan’s Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told a regular media briefing.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a decades-old ban on arms exports in 2014 in a bid to lower procurement costs by widening production bases and use military-industrial collaboration to bolster diplomatic ties.

The C-2 represents a major logistical upgrade on Japan’s older C-1 transports. It can lift

nearly four times as much and fly six times as far, enough range to reach Afghanistan from Tokyo.

Development of the C-2 had been delayed for several years while engineers struggled with defects that forced them to redesign sections of the aircraft, including the rear cargo door. (rtr)

Google uncovered Russia-backed ads on YouTube, Gmail -source WASHINGTON - Google has discovered Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on its YouTube, Gmail and Google Search products in an effort to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a person briefed on the company’s probe told Reuters on Monday.

The ads do not appear to be from the same Kremlin-affiliated entity that bought ads on Facebook Inc, but may indicate a broader Russian online disinformation effort, according to the source, who was not authorized to discuss details of the confidential investigation by Alphabet Inc’s Google.

Microsoft Corp said separately on Monday that it was looking at whether Russians bought U.S. election ads on its Bing search engine or other Microsoft-owned products and platforms.

A spokeswoman for the company declined to comment further.

The revelation about Google is likely to fuel further scrutiny of the role that Silicon Valley technology

giants may have unwittingly played during last year’s election. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Moscow’s goal was to help elect Donald Trump.

Google has uncovered less than $100,000 in ad spending potentially linked to Russian actors, the source said.

Both Twitter Inc and Facebook recently detected and disclosed that suspected Russian operatives, working for a content farm known as the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia, used their platforms to purchase ads and post content that was politically divisive in a bid to influence Americans before and after the November 2016 presidential election.

The Internet Research Agency employ hundreds of so-called “trolls” who post pro-Kremlin content, much of it fake or discredited, under the guise of phony social media accounts that posed as American or European residents, according to lawmakers and

researchers.

Facebook announced last month it had unearthed $100,000 in spending by the Internet Research Agency and, under pressure from lawmakers, has pledged to be more transparent about how its ads are purchased and targeted.

Google’s review had been more robust than ones undertaken so far by Facebook or Twitter, the source said.

Russia’s ad purchases on Google were first reported by the Washington Post.

Google did not deny the story, and in a statement pointed to its existing ad policies that limit political ad targeting and prohibit targeting based on race or religion.

“We are taking a deeper look to investigate attempts to abuse our systems, working with researchers and other companies, and will provide assistance to ongoing inquiries,” a Google spokeswoman said on Monday. (rtr)

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The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017.

nized with the data generated by the device installed on the mountain”, explained Kasbani.

He also emphasized that until now there have been no indications of an eruption leading to the side. So far, his agency still observes indicates that the eruption will occur upwards. (kmb41)

Taking advantage of spare time

Evacuees trained to sort and process waste

The Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) invited Mount Agung evacuees to use their spare time productively by providing training in how to sort and process paper waste. The Municipality of Denpasar launched this program in order to provide evacuees with something productive to do as they wait in their refuges.

Denoasar’s Gurita evacuation post is one of the places where the waster processing training is going on and evacuees welcomed it enthusiastically.

One evacuees from Selat Duda Karangasem named I Gusti Lanang Agung Alit Darma Susila, said he is very grateful to the Municipality of Denpasar for having provided good facilities for the evacuees. “ Thank you very much for having given us shelter and other help” he said.

Apart from relieving boredom, the waste processing program also helps to maintain the condition of the evacuation post. “In accordance with the directions of the mayor of Denpasar, this training

is conducted to provide education for evacuees so that they can spend their time doing productive things while they wait”, said Ketut Adi Wiguna, Division Head of Waste and Hazardous Materials of DLHK Denpasar.

Head of the Pagan Asri Waste Bank and owner of Bengkel Kreatif Denpasar, Ketut Yudi Mahendra, said the training is helps the evacuees to be more creative and provides skills that they use later on..

“In their home village, they usually process materials from nature such as roots, but now we are inviting to be creativity with waste products such as newsprint”, said Ketut Yudi Mahendra.

“We are specifically training the evacuees to make trays out of used newspaper because this product is in demand and used in worshipping as well”, he added.

Hopefully, the training will benefit the evacuees, not only in filling their spare time but also provide them with additional skills that they can use to supplement their income. (ara)

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Denpasar municipality launched this measure to embrace refugees so as not to get caught in the boredom during in the refuge.

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Bento boxes began to be used in Japan almost a thousand years ago. During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), people began to pack dried meals, called hoshi-ii, when going out to work or hunt. “Bento” during this time was merely a small bag used to store dehydrated rice that was either eaten dry or rehydrated. The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568 – 1600) was when the typical wooden lacquered bento boxes appeared, though instead of packing lunches, they were used mainly for storing food at gatherings and parties. During the Edo Period (1603-1868), bento boxes become common, people have not only sought to use bento for entertaining, at tea ceremonies, and at Buddhist memorial services, but also for travel lunches.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika

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Governor of Bali disappointed with performance of Karangasem govt

AMLAPURA —The Coordination meeting between the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, and sub-district heads, headmen and other related agencies at the Tanah Ampo Command Post on Monday afternoon (Oct. 9) suddenly became tense. The governor first apologized to the media for having provided false data especially related to the number of residents in the exclusion zone of Mount Agung. The Governor also said that he was disappointed with the performance of the government of Karangasem and asked the regent to dismiss the officials considered to be incompetent.

Governor Pastika’s disappointed emerged after not being able to get precise data about the number of residents in the exclusion zone adding that he himself had to intervene in this matter that should have been easy or the local government. Governor Pastika finally got the data regarding the 28 villages located in the exclusion zone of Mount Agung: a total of 239 hamlets with 202 lying in the affected area. This represents some 54. 788 heads of family or 185,865 inhabitants.

“We have to apologize to the media for providing false data over the last two weeks.

We have been saying that there were 70,000 people based on the false data from the government of Karangasem. The officials are panicky” said Governor Pastika.

Governor Pastika even asked the regent of Karangasem to immediately dismiss the head of Population and Civil Registry because he is considered to be incompetent.

The Governor added that he was extremely disappointed because this basic data from the government of Karangasem had been disseminated everywhere, including to President Joko Widodo during his recent visit to Bali. “It would be best to dismiss this official. Why was he unable to do his

job? It it now our fault for having accused residents of having wrongly evacuated from the safe zone”, said Governor Pastika.

Aside from the matter of population data, the governor also expressed his disappointment about the evacuees cards that he ordered to be created immediately a week ago has still not been done. The governor claimed that he had to design and print it himself so as to facilitate the handling of evacuees, adding that it took one day to make the card and three days to be filled out by evacuees. The refugee identity card he explained, will facilitate the timely distribution of logistics, health units, shelter, education and hospitalization. This card will also make budgeting activities easier.

This refugee card is also useful for the government in controlling how things are disbursed. For example, if an evacuees does not have their BPJS card, they can use their evacuee card to receive medical treatment in a hospital. All medical expenses will be borne by the government for treatment in government hospitals -not in private hospitals. So, this card is not just for obtaining snacks. This card will also allow the government to know how many elderly and how many children have been evacuated as wel

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Almost all of Bali’s handicrafts oriented towards export DENPASAR —Bali’s exports increased by 4.77 percent in August 2017 compared to the previous month. There was also a general increase in exports of 19. 48 percent between January and August 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. The export commodities that were most often exported between July and August 2017 were hand crafted jewellery with a total worth of USD 1, 633. 696. Nearly all of Bali’s handicrafts are oriented towards the export market.

Head of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, stated on Friday (Oct. 6) that some artisans export their own products while others simply make them.

“Often artisans will sell in other people’s shops where foreigners shop, which is fine” she said.

Based on data for 2016, there were 605 metal craft industries registered along with 711 jewellery craft business.There were a total of 300 hundred exporters carrying various products. “ Craftsmen also have their own export products” added Kusumawathi. Craft commodities account for 33. 35 of Bali’s total exports. “Silver handicrafts have increased a slight 0.04 percent but show a 7.04 percent increase per piece, with the export of wood crafts having increased by 10. 74 percent and textiles 14. 69 percent” she explained.

Asia-pacific countries are the biggest importers of Balinese products representing 39.94 percent of all exports from Bali, followed by the European Union (22.81 percent), Eastern Europe (7.17 percent), and then Central America and South America.

All these countries showed an increase in the amount and value of their imports from Bali.

“Asia Pacific is worth USD 316 million, with 50 percent of the exports going to the USA (USD 124 million). Kusumawathi added that he hope’S to see these figures increasing every year as it represents a major impact on the economic welfare of Balinese people.

According to Kusumawathi, gold and silver handicraft (jewelry) exports increased in August because of jewelry crafted in Bali is been well known overseas. Bali is a good center for jewelry in Indonesia. “Most marketing is carried out through Bali because we are the gateway of tourism. Our brand image is strong and our craftsmen are actively exhibiting”, she said.

Almost all the regions across Bali (Gianyar, Klungkung, Buleleng, Denpasar, Badung, Tabanan and Jembrana) have centers of gold and silver handicraft production that are active and creative so emerging new designs can draw the interest of the world market.

In addition, there are both Balinese as well as foreign jewelry entrepreneurs in Bali. Collaboration between foreigners and Balinese produces good products. “Balinese are born with a natural artistic talent, while foreigners have innovations in designs favored in their home country that are different from our culturally-owned designs. This cultural collaborations has led to new contemporary designs and the development of Balinese handicrafts” said Kusumawathi. (kmb42)

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las their dietary needs. His will make futur mapping easier, explained the governor.

The governor’a criticism made Deputy Regent of Karangasem, Wayan Artha Dipa’s face turn red. Other related officials in the coordination meeting also looked visibly embarrassed. Other officials laughed in dismay.

Regional Secretary of Karangasem, I Gede Adnya Muliyadi, when asked about the governor highlighting the incorrect data, did not want to comment. “For your information this data came from a single source, please ask someone else” said Adnya Muliyadi.

Chief of Karangasem Police, I Gede Ardana, agreed with Governor Pastika that the original data was not correct. He added that he was skeptical form the beginning that there were only 70,000 people living in the exclusion zone because according to the data obtained from his personnel the number was close to 185,000. If currently about 140,000 people have been evacuated, that means there are still 45,000 people that have not been evacuated. Thus, Chief Ardana urged his personnel to go to this villages over the next few days and persuade those remaining that they need to evacuate immediately.

For example, in Purwakerti village in the subdistrict of Abang that lies in a disasterprone area (KBR II), there are still hundreds of people in three of four administrative hamlets that have not been evacuated namely; Bau Kawan (80 people), Laga (75 people) and Bau Kangin (12 people). (kmb)

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where exquisite, luxurious & affordable go together. These are the first bentos of contemporary Japanese cuisine on the island, created mindful of another of Ji’s motto: living Bali & Canggu’s beach life to the fullest.

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LOS ANGELES - Shania Twain’s first studio album in 15 years debuted at the top of the Billboard album charts, while rocker Tom Petty’s death sent his music soaring back onto the U.S. charts.

Twain’s album “Now” sold more than 137,000 copies in its first week, according to data on Monday from Nielsen SoundScan, almost double new releases by pop singers Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus.

Petty’s “Greatest Hits” album with his band The Heartbreakers, first released in 1993, sold some 83,000 units to take the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200 a week after the “American Girl” singer died at age 66.

The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and

streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

Canadian country-pop crosssover Twain, 52, released “Now” after several years away from the studio following a struggle with Lyme disease and a tough divorce.

Lovato’s “Tell Me You Love Me” bowed at No. 3 with 73,000 in sales, while Cyrus’s change of direction to a more folksy style with “Younger” debuted in fifth place with some 45,000 units sold.

It was also a good week for Beyonce and fundraising for hurricane and earthquake disasters. The R&B singer’s remix of Spanish-language hit “Mi Gente” took the top spot on the digital songs chart, which measures online single sales.

“Mi Gente,” in which Beyonce joined forces with Latin singer J.Balvin and Willy William, sold some 79,000 units, and rose 25 places on the charts. (rtr)

LOS ANGELES - Meryl Streep and Judi Dench, two of Hollywood’s most respected actresses, lashed out at movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Monday but said they were unaware of his decades of alleged sexual harassment of women.

As Hollywood moved to distance itself from Weinstein, Streep said she had been appalled by the claims made against the film studio executive she once likened to “God” in a 2012 awards speech.

His “behavior is inexcusable, but the abuse of power familiar,” Streep said a statement.

Britain’s Dench, who won a supporting actress Oscar in 1999 for the Weinstein-produced film “Shakespeare in Love,” said in a statement she was “completely unaware of these offences, which are of course horrifying.”

Stars like Streep and Dench, whose movies had been championed by Weinstein, have been under pressure to speak out after a New York Times investigation last week detailed claims by multiple women of unwanted physical contact by Weinstein over three

decades.

Weinstein, 65, initially apologized but later threatened to sue over the allegations uncovered by the newspaper. He has not been charged with any crimes but was fired on Sunday as co-chairman of the Weinstein amid fallout from the Times story.

In a statement to the Huffington Post, Streep said she had been unaware of claims that Weinstein undressed in front of actresses and assistants and asked young women to give him massages.

“The disgraceful news about Harvey Weinstein has appalled those of us whose work he championed,” Streep said.

Producer and director Kevin Smith said on Monday he regretted taking money from Weinstein’s production company.

“He financed the first 14 years of my career - and now I know while I was profiting, others were in terrible pain. It makes me feel ashamed,” Smith, known for the comedies “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” and “Clerks,” wrote on Twitter. (rtr)

A firefighting helicopter drops water to help save a home during a wind driven wildfire in Orange, California, U.S., October 9, 2017.

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This file photo taken on February 25, 2017 shows Co-Chairman, The Weinstein Company Harvey Weinstein (L) and fashion designer Georgina Chapman attending the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.

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SANTA ROSA - Firefighters battled overnight to contain wildfires in Northern California, evacuating residents in the path of 15 separate blazes that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.

Efforts to control the fires, which swept through the state’s worldfamous wine country, were being helped by more favorable weather conditions, a spokesman for the governor’s Office of Emergency Services said.

However, the death toll could still rise, Brad Alexander warned.

“Firefighters and emergency management workers were taking advantage of the winds dying down ...and a lot of work is going to be done overnight and early

(Tuesday) morning,” he said late on Monday. “...The top priority is still the evacuations for the most active fires because life protection is the number one concern.”

Some 20,000 people had been evacuated from their homes since Sunday, officials said, while broadcaster CNN said more than 100 had been treated for fire-related injuries including burns and smoke inhalation.

About 1,500 homes and com-

mercial buildings had been destroyed, Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said on Monday.

Fanned by high temperatures and dry conditions, the 15 fires broke out over the weekend and spread to cover some 73,000 acres (114 sq miles), fire officials said.

The largest, covering 42 sq miles and 39 sq miles respectively, struck in Napa and Sonoma counties, the heartland of California’s wine industry where the status of the crop currently being harvested was unclear on Monday.

In addition to potential damage to vineyards from fire itself,

experts say sustained exposure to heavy smoke can taint unpicked grapes. Fred Oliai, 47, owner of the Alta Napa Valley Winery, said winemakers were nervous.

“You can’t see anything, the smoke is very dense,” he told Reuters by telephone on Monday. He had not been able to get close enough to his vineyards to see if flames reached his 90-acre property.

“We got our grapes in last week, but others still have grapes hanging,” he said. Schools and colleges near the wildfires canceled Tuesday’s classes, and two hospitals in Sonoma County were forced to evacuate, state officials said.

California Governor Jerry

Brown declared a state of emergency Napa, Sonoma and five other counties.

That included Orange County in Southern California, where a wildfire on Monday destroyed at least a half dozen homes in the affluent Anaheim Hills neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents, authorities said. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.